Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

A

abduct
abrade
abrase
abscise
absorb
abut
acid-wash
add on
adduct
adhere
adjoin
adsorb
aerosolise
aerosolize
affix
afforest
agglomerate
agglutinate
aggrade
aggregate
agitate
air-drop
airbrush
airlift
aluminise
aluminize
amalgamate
amputate
anastomose
anatomise
anatomize
anchor
angle
annex
append
apply
appose
apprehend
archive
arrange
array
arrest
ask in
asphalt
asphyxiate
aspirate
assimilate
assume
astringe
atomise
atomize
attach
attract
autotomise
autotomize
ax
axe

B

babbitt
back up
backcross
backhand
backstitch
badge
bag
balance
bale
ball
band
bandage
bang
bang up
bank
bar
barb
bare
bark
barrel
barricade
bash
bask
baste
bastinado
bat
batch
batfowl
bathe
batten
batten down
batter
bayonet
be intimate
bead
beak
bean
bear
bear away
bear down
bear down on
bear off
beat
beat back
beat up
bed
bedaub
beeswax
beetle
begrime
behead
belabor
belabour
belay
bell
belt
bemire
bend
benight
beplaster
berry
berth
beset
besmear
besmirch
bespangle
bespatter
bespeckle
bespot
bestrew
bevel
biff
bight
bin
bind
bind off
birch
bird-nest
birdie
birdnest
bisect
bite
bite off
bitt
blackberry
blacklead
blacktop
blanket
blast
blast off
blemish
blend
blindfold
blinker
blob
block
block off
block out
block up
blockade
blood
blot
blow
blow off
bludgeon
blunt
blur
board up
bob
bogey
bolster
bolt
bomb up
bombard
bond
bonderise
bonderize
bonk
boom
boost
boot
boot out
bop
border
bore
bosom
boss
bottle
bottom
bottom out
bounce
bounce out
bouse
bower
bowl
bowse
box
brace
bracket
brad
braid
brail
brain
brand
brandish
brandmark
braze
breach
bread
break
break apart
break away
break down
break in
break off
break open
break out
break up
bream
brecciate
breed
brick in
brick over
brick up
bridge
bridle
bring
bring out
broadcast
broadside
brooch
broom
browse
bruise
brush
brush on
bucket
buckle
buff
buffer
buffet
bulldoze
bump
bump into
bunch
bundle
bundle up
bung
bunker
bunt
buoy
buoy up
burden
burnish
burthen
bury
buss
bust
bust up
butcher
butt
butt against
butt on
butt-weld
butter
butterfly
button
buttweld

C

cabin
cable
cake
calcimine
calender
calibrate
calk
call in
calve
camp
camp down
cancel
cane
cannulate
cannulise
cannulize
canoodle
canopy
canulate
canvas
capsulate
capsule
capsulise
capsulize
capture
carburet
card
caress
carjack
carom
carpet
carry
carry away
carry off
cart
cart away
cart off
carve
cascade
case
casket
cast
cast anchor
cast off
cat
catapult
catch
catenate
catenulate
caulk
causeway
cave
cavern
cavern out
cement
center punch
cere
chafe
chain
chain up
chamfer
channel
channelise
channelize
character
charge
chase
chatter
checkrow
cheese
chemisorb
chine
chink
chip
chip at
chip off
chisel
chock
chock up
choke
choke off
choke up
chop
chop down
chop off
chop up
chrome
chromium-plate
chuck
chuck out
chunk
churn
cicatrise
cicatrize
cinch
circle
circumcise
circumscribe
clam
clamp
clap
clap on
clapboard
clapperclaw
clash
clasp
claw
clean
clean house
cleat
cleave
clench
clew
click
click open
clinch
cling
cling to
clip
cloak
clobber
clog
clog up
cloister
close
close in
close off
close up
closet
clothe
cloud
clout
club
clue
clump
cluster
clutch
coal
coalesce
coapt
coarsen
coat
cobble
cobblestone
cock
cockle
cocoon
code
coffin
cog
cohere
coif
coil
cold-cream
coldcock
collar
collate
collect
collide
collide with
colly
comb
combine
come away
come off
come on
come up
commandeer
commingle
commit suicide
commix
commove
communicate
compact
compart
compound
compress
concatenate
concoct
concord
concrete
cone
confine
congest
conglutinate
conjoin
conk
connect
constrain
constrict
construct
consume
contact
containerise
containerize
contort
contract
control
contuse
convey
convolute
convolve
convulse
coop in
coop up
cop
copper
copulate
cord
cordon off
core
core out
cork
cork up
corrade
corral
corrugate
corrupt
cosh
counter-drill
countersink
couple
couple on
couple up
cover
cowhide
cowl
crack
cradle
cram
cramp
cranch
crank
crank up
crap up
crape
crash
crate
craunch
cream
cream off
crease
creep in
crepe
crib
crimp
crinkle
crisp
crisscross
crock
crop
croquet
cross
cross-link
crossbreed
crosscut
crouch
crown
crumb
crumple
crunch
crush
cube
cuddle
cudgel
cuff
cull
cumber
curb
curl
currycomb
cushion
cut
cut across
cut away
cut back
cut down
cut into
cut off
cut out
cut up

D

dab
dado
daisy-chain
dam
dam up
dandle
dangle
darken
darn
dash
daub
deaden
decapitate
deck
decollate
decompress
decorate
decorticate
decouple
deep-six
deface
defenestrate
defile
deflate
deflower
deform
degrade
delete
delineate
deliver
deluge
delve
demodulate
dent
deploy
deplumate
deplume
deposit
depress
deracinate
descale
describe
despoil
destroy
detach
deterge
develop
devour
dibble
dice
diddle
die
die out
diffuse

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