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Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
A
accompany
accomplish
act
act out
action
activate
actualise
actualize
actuate
ad-lib
adopt
adorn
alliterate
alter
animalise
animalize
annotate
anthologise
anthologize
appear
applique
aquatint
arouse
arrange
assemble
assume
attempt
audition
author
B
back up
bake
bang out
bard
barde
bead
bear
beat
beautify
bedeck
bedight
bedizen
begild
bejewel
belly dance
belt
belt out
benday
bespangle
blast
blaze away
blazon
blotch
blueprint
bodypaint
boldface
bootleg
bow
braid
break apart
break up
breed
brew
bring
bring about
bring forth
bring on
bring up
brocade
broider
bugle
build
burn
busk
C
call down
call forth
call up
calligraph
cantilever
caparison
capitalise
capitalize
capture
carnalize
carol
carry
carry out
carry through
cartoon
carve out
cast
cast off
cast on
catalog
catalogue
catch
cause
chalk
chalk out
channelise
channelize
charcoal
charge
chart
check
checker
chequer
chirp
choir
chop
chord
choreograph
chorus
churn out
cinematise
cinematize
cite
clap together
clap up
clarion
clog
clone
co-author
co-star
cobble together
cobble up
coil
coin
cold work
coldwork
color
colour
come up
comfit
commence
commend
compile
compose
compound
computerise
computerize
conceive
conceive of
conceptualise
conceptualize
concert
concertise
concertize
concoct
concord
conduct
confabulate
confect
confection
configure
confuse
conjure
conjure up
constitute
construct
consummate
contour
contrive
conventionalize
cook
cook up
cooper
copy
copy out
corduroy
counterfeit
counterpoint
craft
crank out
crayon
create
create by mental act
create from raw material
create from raw stuff
create mentally
create verbally
crochet
crop
cross
crosshatch
cultivate
custom-make
customise
customize
cut
cut corners
cybernate
cyclostyle
D
damascene
dance
dash off
daydream
debut
deck
decorate
deglaze
delineate
demolish
demyelinate
depict
descant
descant on
design
destroy
destruct
develop
devil
devise
diagram
dilapidate
dip
direct
disassemble
discover
disincarnate
disk
dismantle
dissemble
distemper
do
dogfight
doodle
double
double crochet
double stitch
double tongue
draft
dramatise
dramatize
draught
draw
draw out
dream
dream up
dress
dress ship
dress up
drive
dropforge
drum
dry-wall
dummy
dummy up
duplicate
E
educe
effect
effectuate
elaborate
elegise
elegize
elicit
embark on
embattle
embellish
emblazon
embroider
enact
enamel
end
engender
engild
engrave
enter
entwine
envisage
envision
eradicate
erect
escallop
establish
etch
evoke
evolve
excogitate
execute
extemporise
extemporize
exterminate
extirpate
extort
extract
extrude
F
fabricate
facilitate
faggot
fagot
fake
fancy
fantasise
fantasize
fantasy
farm
fashion
feign
feint
festoon
fictionalise
fictionalize
fiddle
figure
filet
filigree
fill in
fillet
film
film-make
find
finger-paint
fingerprint
fire
fix
flag
flambe
fledge
flight
fling off
foliate
follow
footnote
force
foresee
forge
form
format
formulate
found
fracture
frame
frame up
free
fresco
fret
fringe
fruit
fudge together
fulfil
fulfill
G
garden
garland
garnish
gazette
geminate
generate
germinate
gestate
get
get over
get up
ghost
ghostwrite
gild
gild the lily
give
give birth
give rise
gloss
grace
grandstand
graph
grind
grind out
groin
grow
H
ham
ham it up
hammer
hand-build
handbuild
handcraft
hang
harmonise
harmonize
harp
harrow
hasten
hatch
have
hectograph
heel
hill
hoe
hold
honeycomb
hoof
hook
hot-work
hymn
hyphen
hyphenate
I
ideate
illuminate
illustrate
image
imagine
imitate
impel
impersonate
impress
improvise
improvize
incarnate
incite
indent
indite
induce
induct
initiate
inlay
innovate
inspire
institute
instrument
instrumentate
interdict
interlude
interpret
intertwine
introduce
invent
invoke
italicise
italicize
J
K
L
lace
lacquer
laminate
landscape
lard
lay
lead
letter
level
liberate
limn
lipstick
lithograph
localise
localize
lock
loom
loop
lyric
M
machinate
machine
macrame
madrigal
make
make for
make over
make up
manufacture
map
map out
marble
mass-produce
melodise
melodize
metrify
microcopy
microfilm
mime
mimeo
mimeograph
mimic
miniate
minstrel
mint
miscast
misplay
misprint
mix up
mock up
model
modulate
mold
motivate
mottle
mould
mound
mound over
mount
move
mythologise
mythologize
N
O
occasion
offset
open up
orchestrate
organise
organize
originate
ornament
outline
output
overact
overbear
overcrop
overcultivate
overplay
overprint
overproduce
overwork
P
pacify
paint
paint the lily
panel
pantomime
paragraph
parody
pattern
pedal
pen
pencil
perform
phase
phase in
phase out
photocopy
photostat
pick
picture
piece
pioneer
pipe
place
plait
plan
plant
play
play along
play back
play out
playact
plot
plough
plow
plume
poetise
poetize
portray
practice
practise
prank
prearrange
preassemble
precipitate
preconceive
precook
prefabricate
prefigure
preform
prelude
premier
premiere
prepare
present
press
press out
pretend
print
print over
prise
process
produce
profile
program
programme
project
prompt
proof
propel
prove
provoke
pry
psalm
publish
puddle
pull down
pulsate
pulse
pulverise
pulverize
pun
purl
purl stitch
put