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• touch go
  cause to be in brief contact with
• toe go
  touch with the toe
• pick up go
  take up by hand
• touch, disturb go
  tamper with
• violate go
  destroy
• break in go
  intrude on uninvited
• cover, spread over go
  form a cover over
• frost go
  cover with frost
• frost go
  provide with a rough or speckled surface or appearance
• glaciate go
  cover with ice or snow or a glacier
• strew go
  cover
• grass, grass over go
  cover with grass
• hit, strike go
  affect or afflict suddenly, usually adversely
• hit, strike go
  produce by manipulating keys or strings of musical instruments, also metaphorically
• finger, thumb go
  feel or handle with the fingers
• feel go
  pass one's hands over the sexual organs of
• feel, palpate go
  examine (a body part) by palpation
• stub go
  extinguish by crushing
• handle, palm go
  touch, lift, or hold with the hands
• fumble go
  handle clumsily
• paw go
  touch clumsily
• grope go
  fondle for sexual pleasure
• paw go
  scrape with the paws
• dandle go
  pet
• manipulate go
  hold something in one's hands and move it
• lay hands on go
  manage with the hands
• mouse go
  manipulate the mouse of a computer
• clutch, seize, prehend go
  take hold of
• nab go
  seize suddenly
• rack go
  seize together, as of parallel ropes of a tackle in order to prevent running through the block
• claw go
  clutch as if in panic
• seize go
  take or capture by force
• raven go
  obtain or seize by violence
• wrest go
  obtain by seizing forcibly or violently, also metaphorically
• bring out, get out go
  take out of a container or enclosed space
• take in, gather in go
  fold up
• brail go
  take in a sail with a brail
• break up, calve go
  release ice
• arrest, collar, nail, cop, pick up, apprehend, nab go
  take into custody
• capture, catch, get go
  succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase
• collar go
  furnish with a collar
• collar go
  seize by the neck or collar
• grasp, hold on go
  hold firmly
• latch on go
  take hold of or attach to
• hang, cling go
  hold on tightly or tenaciously
• clasp go
  hold firmly and tightly
• scaffold go
  provide with a scaffold for support
• pleat, plicate go
  fold into pleats, "Pleat the cloth"
• block go
  support, secure, or raise with a block
• carry go
  bear or be able to bear the weight, pressure,or responsibility of
• chock go
  support on chocks
• buoy, buoy up go
  keep afloat
• pole go
  support on poles
• bracket go
  support with brackets
• underpin go
  support from beneath
• prop, shore, prop up, shore up go
  support by placing against something solid or rigid
• bolster go
  prop up with a pillow or bolster
• truss go
  support structurally
• jack, jack up go
  lift with a special device
• brace go
  support by bracing
• tread go
  brace (an archer's bow) by pressing the foot against the center
• brace, steady, stabilize, stabilise go
  support or hold steady and make steadfast, with or as if with a brace
• clutch, cling to, hold close, hold tight go
  hold firmly, usually with one's hands
• slat go
  close the slats of (windows)
• stopper, stopple go
  close or secure with or as if with a stopper
• stick, cling, adhere, cleave, cohere go
  come or be in close contact with
• mold go
  fit tightly, follow the contours of
• conglutinate go
  stick together
• agglutinate go
  clump together
• haemagglutinate, hemagglutinate go
  cause the clumping together (of red blood cells)
• agglutinate go
  string together (morphemes in an agglutinating language)
• cradle go
  hold gently and carefully
• clasp go
  grasp firmly
• unclasp go
  release from a clasp
• twist go
  turn in the opposite direction
• quirk go
  twist or curve abruptly
• flip, turn over, flip over go
  turn upside down, or throw so as to reverse
• twist, twine, distort go
  form into a spiral shape
• untwist go
  cause to become untwisted
• wave, curl go
  twist or roll into coils or ringlets
• crape, crimp, kink, frizz, frizzle, kink up go
  curl tightly
• grip go
  hold fast or firmly
• twiddle, fiddle with go
  manipulate, as in a nervous or unconscious manner
• handle, wield, manage go
  handle effectively
• ply go
  wield vigorously
• control, operate go
  handle and cause to function
• turn go
  alter the functioning or setting of
• submarine go
  control a submarine
• treadle go
  operate (machinery) by a treadle
• relay go
  control or operate by relay
• pump go
  operate like a pump
• goose go
  give a spurt of fuel to
• stroke go
  touch lightly and repeatedly, as with brushing motions
• caress, fondle go
  touch or stroke lightly in a loving or endearing manner
• pet go
  stroke or caress in an erotic manner, as during lovemaking
• canoodle go
  fondle or pet affectionately
• probe, dig into, poke into go
  examine physically with or as if with a probe
• cut go
  penetrate injuriously
• interpenetrate, permeate go
  penetrate mutually or be interlocked
• invade go
  penetrate or assault, in a harmful or injurious way
• penetrate, perforate go
  pass into or through, often by overcoming resistance
• strike go
  pierce with force
• break go
  pierce or penetrate
• foray go
  briefly enter enemy territory
• poke into go
  enter briefly
• sneak in, creep in go
  enter surreptitiously
• riddle, imbue, penetrate, diffuse, interpenetrate, permeate, pervade go
  spread or diffuse through
• spiritize, spiritise go
  imbue with a spirit
• honeycomb go
  penetrate thoroughly and into every part
• poke, dig, jab, stab, prod go
  poke or thrust abruptly
• poke go
  make a hole by poking
• jab, stab go
  stab or pierce
• jab go
  strike or punch with quick and short blows
• goose go
  prod into action
• halloo go
  urge on with shouts
• nudge, prod, poke at go
  to push against gently
• jog go
  give a slight push to
• stab, knife go
  use a knife on
• poniard go
  stab with a poniard
• bayonet go
  stab or kill someone with a bayonet
• mangle, maul go
  injure badly by beating
• maul go
  split (wood) with a maul and wedges
• laminate go
  split (wood) into thin sheets
• lapidate go
  throw stones at
• massage, rub down, knead go
  manually manipulate (someone's body), usually for medicinal or relaxation purposes
• pat, dab go
  hit lightly
• dab, swab, swob go
  apply (usually a liquid) to a surface
• smear, daub go
  cover (a surface) by smearing (a substance) over it
• blood go
  smear with blood, as in a hunting initiation rite, where the face of a person is smeared with the blood of the kill
• thatch go
  cover with thatch
• roof go
  provide a building with a roof
• shingle go
  cover with shingles
• mulch go
  cover with mulch
• turf go
  cover (the ground) with a surface layer of grass or grass roots
• bury go
  place in the earth and cover with soil
• bank go
  cover with ashes so to control the rate of burning
• carpet go
  cover with a carpet
• carpet go
  cover completely, as if with a carpet
• board up go
  cover with wooden boards
• work, knead go
  make uniform
• proof go
  knead to reach proper lightness
• masticate go
  grind and knead
• bunt, butt go
  to strike, thrust or shove against
• headbutt go
  butt with the head
• hit, strike, impinge on, run into, collide with go
  hit against
• ping go
  hit with a pinging noise
• bang, spang go
  leap, jerk, bang
• rear-end go
  collide with the rear end of
• broadside go
  collide with the broad side of
• clap go
  strike together so as to produce a sharp percussive noise
• clap go
  strike with the flat of the hand
• connect go
  land on or hit solidly
• spat go
  strike with a sound like that of falling rain
• thud go
  strike with a dull sound
• bottom go
  strike the ground, as with a ship's bottom
• bottom out go
  hit the ground
• knock, strike hard go
  deliver a sharp blow or push :"He knocked the glass clear across the room"
• shoulder go
  push with the shoulders
• shoulder go
  carry a burden, either real or metaphoric
• port go
  carry or hold with both hands diagonally across the body, especially of weapons
• shoulder go
  lift onto one's shoulders
• elbow go
  shove one's elbow into another person's ribs
• knock, bump go
  knock against with force or violence
• down, knock down, cut down, push down, pull down go
  cause to come or go down
• submarine go
  bring down with a blow to the legs
• run into, bump into, jar against, butt against, knock against go
  collide violently with an obstacle
• graze, crease, rake go
  scrape gently
• brush go
  touch lightly and briefly
• prick, goad go
  stab or urge on as if with a pointed stick
• goad go
  urge with or as if with a goad
• spur go
  goad with spurs
• spur go
  equip with spurs
• spur go
  strike with a spur
• flip go
  move with a flick or light motion
• rocket go
  propel with a rocket
• carry go
  propel or give impetus to
• flick go
  touch or hit with a light, quick blow
• click, snap, flick go
  cause to make a snapping sound
• bang, slam go
  strike violently
• lam into, tear into, lace into, pitch into, lay into go
  hit violently, as in an attack
• slam, flap down go
  throw violently
• bang, slam go
  close violently
• shutter go
  close with shutters
• draw go
  move or pull so as to cover or uncover something
• draw, pull back go
  stretch back a bowstring (on an archer's bow)
• pick, beak, peck go
  hit lightly with a picking motion
• pat, chuck go
  pat or squeeze fondly or playfully, especially under the chin
• brush go
  rub with a brush, or as if with a brush
• brush go
  clean with a brush
• swab, swob go
  wash with a swab or a mop
• dust go
  remove the dust from
• dredge go
  remove with a power shovel, usually from a bottom of a body of water
• drag, dredge go
  search (as the bottom of a body of water) for something valuable or lost
• vacuum, vacuum-clean, hoover go
  clean with a vacuum cleaner
• sanitize, sanitise, hygienize, hygienise go
  make sanitary by cleaning or sterilizing
• bream go
  clean (a ship's bottom) with heat
• steam, steam clean go
  clean by means of steaming
• Simonize, Simonise go
  polish with wax
• smooth, shine, polish, smoothen go
  make (a surface) shine
• slick, sleek go
  make slick or smooth