D - verbs

1-damage

V:to cause injury or destruction; N: harm; hurtor injury, usually to things

2-dance

V:to move the body and feet to music; N: a series of steps, usually to music

3-deal

V:to have to do with (“The talks will deal with the problem of pollution.”); to buy or sell (“Her company deals in plastic.”) N: an agreement

4-debate

V:to argue for or against something; N: a public discussion or argument

5-decide

V:to choose; to settle; to judge

6-declare

V:to say; to make a statement

7-decrease

V:to make less in size or amount

8-defeat

V:to cause to lose in a battle or struggle; N: a loss; the condition of having lost

9-defend

V:to guard or fight against attack; to protect

10-define

V:to give the meaning of; to explain

11-delay

V:to decide to do something at a later time; to postpone; to cause to be late

12-demand

V:to ask by ordering; to ask with force

13-demonstrate

V:to make a public show of opinions or feelings (“The crowd demonstrated in support of human rights.”); to explain by using examples (“The teacher demonstrated the idea with an experiment.”)

14-denounce

V:to accuse of being wrong or evil; to criticize severely

15-deny

V:to declare that something is not true; to refuse a request

16-depend

V:to need help and support

17-deplore

V:to regret strongly; to express sadness

18-deploy

V:to move forces or weapons into positions for action

19-describe

V:to give a word picture of something; to give details of something

20-design

V:to plan or create plans for

21-desire

V:to want very much; to wish for

22-destroy

V:to break into pieces; to end the existence of

23-detain

V:to keep or hold (“The police detained several suspects for questioning.”)

24-develop

V:to grow; to create; to experience progress

25-die

V:to become dead; to stop living; to end

26-dig

V:to make a hole in the ground

27-direct

V:to lead; to aim or show the way (“He directed me to the theater.”); adj: straight to something; not through some other person or thing (“The path is direct.”)

28-disappear

V:to become unseen; to no longer exist

29-disarm

V:to take away weapons; to no longer keep weapons; to make a bomb harmless by removing its exploding device

30-discover

V:to find or learn something

31-discuss

V:to talk about; to exchange ideas

32-dismiss

V:to send away; to refuse to consider

33-dispute

V:to oppose strongly by argument; N: an angry debate

34-dive

V:to jump into water head first

35-divide

V:to separate into two or more parts

36-do

V:to act; to make an effort

37-donate

V:to present something as a gift to an organiza-tion, country or cause. (“She donated money to the Red Cross to help survivors of the earthquake.”)

38-double

V:to increase two times as much in size, strength or number.

39-dream

V:to have a picture or story in the mind during sleep; N: a picture or story in the mind during sleep; a happy idea about the future

40-drink

V:to take liquid into the body through the mouth

41-drive

V:to control a moving vehicle

42-drop

V:to fall or let fall; to go lower

43-drown

V:to die under water