Verbs starting with W

• waver — Verb – English ～ pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness; "Authorities hesitate to quote exact figures"
• waver — Verb – English ～ move hesitatingly, as if about to give way
• wawl — Verb – English ～ make high-pitched, whiney noises
• wax — Verb – English ～ go up or advance; "Sales were climbing after prices were lowered"
• wax — Verb – English ～ increase in phase; "the moon is waxing"
• wax — Verb – English ～ cover with wax; "wax the car"
• waylay — Verb – English ～ wait in hiding to attack
• weaken — Verb – English ～ lessen the strength of; "The fever weakened his body"
• weaken — Verb – English ～ become weaker; "The prisoner's resistance weakened after seven days"
• weaken — Verb – English ～ reduce the level or intensity or size or scope of; "de-escalate a crisis"
• weaken — Verb – English ～ lessen in force or effect; "soften a shock"; "break a fall"
• weaken — Verb – English ～ destroy property or hinder normal operations; "The Resistance sabotaged railroad operations during the war"
• wean — Verb – English ～ detach the affections of
• wean — Verb – English ～ gradually deprive (infants and young mammals) of mother's milk; "she weaned her baby when he was 3 months old and started him on powdered milk"; "The kitten was weaned and fed by its owner with a bottle"
• weaponize — Verb – English ～ make into or use as a weapon or a potential weapon; "Will modern physicists weaponize String Theory?"
• wear away — Verb – English ～ become ground down or deteriorate; "Her confidence eroded"
• wear out — Verb – English ～ exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress; "We wore ourselves out on this hike"
• wear on — Verb – English ～ pass slowly (of time); "The day wore on"
• wear — Verb – English ～ have on one's person; "He wore a red ribbon"; "bear a scar"
• wear down — Verb – English ～ exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress; "We wore ourselves out on this hike"

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