Verbs

• 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"
• give way — Verb – English ～ move in order to make room for someone for something; "The park gave way to a supermarket"; "`Move over,' he told the crowd"
• give way — Verb – English ～ stop operating or functioning; "The engine finally went"; "The car died on the road"; "The bus we travelled in broke down on the way to town"; "The coffee maker broke"; "The engine failed on the way to town"; "her eyesight went after the accident"
• go a long way — Verb – English ～ suffice or be adequate for a while or to a certain extent
• give way — Verb – English ～ break down, literally or metaphorically; "The wall collapsed"; "The business collapsed"; "The dam broke"; "The roof collapsed"; "The wall gave in"; "The roof finally gave under the weight of the ice"
• give way — Verb – English ～ end resistance, as under pressure or force; "The door yielded to repeated blows with a battering ram"
• point the way — Verb – English ～ indicate the right path or direction; "The sign pointed the way to London"
• waylay — Verb – English ～ wait in hiding to attack
• drop by the wayside — Verb – English ～ give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope; admit defeat; "In the second round, the challenger gave up"
• fall by the wayside — Verb – English ～ give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope; admit defeat; "In the second round, the challenger gave up"
• 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"

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