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spike
Overview of noun spike
The noun spike has 9 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (2) spike -- (a transient variation in voltage or current)
2. (1) spike -- (sports equipment consisting of a sharp point on the sole of a shoe worn by athletes; "spikes provide greater traction")
3. ear, spike, capitulum -- (fruiting spike of a cereal plant especially corn)
4. spike -- ((botany) an indeterminate inflorescence bearing sessile flowers on an unbranched axis)
5. spike -- (a sharp rise followed by a sharp decline; "the seismograph showed a sharp spike in response to the temblor")
6. spike -- (a sharp-pointed projection along the top of a fence or wall)
7. spike -- (a long sharp-pointed implement (wood or metal))
8. spike -- (any holding device consisting of a sharp-pointed object)
9. spike -- (a long metal nail)
Overview of verb spike
The verb spike has 6 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. spike -- (stand in the way of)
2. transfix, impale, empale, spike -- (pierce with a sharp stake or point; "impale a shrimp on a skewer")
3. spike -- (secure with spikes)
4. spike, spike out -- (bring forth a spike or spikes; "my hyacinths and orchids are spiking now")
5. spike, lace, fortify -- (add alcohol to (beverages); "the punch is spiked!")
6. spike -- (manifest a sharp increase; "the voltage spiked")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun spike
9 senses of spike
Sense 1
spike
=> electrical discharge
=> discharge
=> happening, occurrence, occurrent, natural event
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
spike
=> sports equipment
=> equipment
=> instrumentality, instrumentation
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 3
ear, spike, capitulum
=> fruit
=> reproductive structure
=> plant organ
=> plant part, plant structure
=> natural object
=> whole, unit
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 4
spike
=> inflorescence
=> flower, bloom, blossom
=> reproductive structure
=> plant organ
=> plant part, plant structure
=> natural object
=> whole, unit
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 5
spike
=> rise
=> emergence, outgrowth, growth
=> beginning
=> happening, occurrence, occurrent, natural event
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 6
spike
=> projection
=> structure, construction
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 7
spike
=> implement
=> instrumentality, instrumentation
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 8
spike
=> holding device
=> device
=> instrumentality, instrumentation
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 9
spike
=> nail
=> fastener, fastening, holdfast, fixing
=> restraint, constraint
=> device
=> instrumentality, instrumentation
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun spike
3 of 9 senses of spike
Sense 2
spike
=> crampon, crampoon, climbing iron, climber
=> piton
=> pricket
Sense 3
ear, spike, capitulum
=> mealie
Sense 8
spike
=> gaff
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun spike
9 senses of spike
Sense 1
spike
=> electrical discharge
Sense 2
spike
=> sports equipment
Sense 3
ear, spike, capitulum
=> fruit
Sense 4
spike
=> inflorescence
Sense 5
spike
=> rise
Sense 6
spike
=> projection
Sense 7
spike
=> implement
Sense 8
spike
=> holding device
Sense 9
spike
=> nail
Antonyms of noun spike
Member Holonyms of noun spike
Substance Holonyms of noun spike
Part Holonyms of noun spike
2 of 9 senses of spike
Sense 2
spike
PART OF: shoe
Sense 3
ear, spike, capitulum
PART OF: corn, maize, Indian corn, Zea mays
Member Meronyms of noun spike
Substance Meronyms of noun spike
Part Meronyms of noun spike
1 of 9 senses of spike
Sense 4
spike
HAS PART: spadix
Meronyms of noun spike
1 of 9 senses of spike
Sense 4
spike
HAS PART: spadix
Holonyms of noun spike
2 of 9 senses of spike
Sense 2
spike
PART OF: shoe
Sense 3
ear, spike, capitulum
PART OF: corn, maize, Indian corn, Zea mays
Attributes of noun spike
Derived Forms of noun spike
5 of 9 senses of spike
Sense 1
spike
RELATED TO>(verb) spike#6
=> spike
Sense 3
ear, spike, capitulum
RELATED TO>(verb) spike#4
=> spike, spike out
Sense 7
spike
RELATED TO>(verb) spike#2
=> transfix, impale, empale, spike
Sense 8
spike
RELATED TO>(verb) spike#3
=> spike
Sense 9
spike
RELATED TO>(verb) spike#3
=> spike
Domain of noun spike
1 of 9 senses of spike
Sense 4
spike
TOPIC>(noun) botany#2, phytology#1
Domain Terms of noun spike
Familiarity of noun spike
spike used as a noun is familiar (polysemy count =9)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun spike
9 senses of spike
Sense 1
spike
> electrical discharge
=> nerve impulse, impulse
=> spike
=> atmospheric electricity
Sense 2
spike
> sports equipment
=> badminton equipment
=> baseball equipment
=> basketball equipment
=> boxing equipment
=> cricket equipment
=> croquet equipment
=> discus, saucer
=> golf equipment
=> gymnastic apparatus, exerciser
=> hammer
=> javelin
=> mat, gym mat
=> mouthpiece, gumshield
=> shot
=> skate
=> spike
=> sporting goods
=> stick
=> target, butt
=> weight, free weight, exercising weight
Sense 3
ear, spike, capitulum
> fruit
=> edible fruit
=> juniper berry
=> May apple
=> achene
=> gourd
=> prairie gourd
=> quandong, blue fig
=> acorn
=> olive
=> hip, rose hip, rosehip
=> wild cherry
=> marasca
=> hagberry
=> chokecherry
=> rowanberry
=> buffalo nut, elk nut, oil nut
=> ear, spike, capitulum
=> fruitlet
=> seed
=> berry
=> aggregate fruit, multiple fruit, syncarp
=> drupe, stone fruit
=> pome, false fruit
=> pod, seedpod
=> pyxidium, pyxis
=> accessory fruit, pseudocarp
=> buckthorn berry, yellow berry
=> cubeb
=> schizocarp
Sense 4
spike
> inflorescence
=> flower head
=> catkin, ament
=> umbel
=> corymb
=> flower cluster
=> cyme
=> spike
Sense 5
spike
> rise
=> crime wave
=> wave
=> spike
Sense 6
spike
> projection
=> arm, branch, limb
=> brim
=> burr
=> cleat
=> cornice
=> drip, drip mold, drip mould
=> flange, rim
=> fluke, flue
=> head
=> knob, boss
=> lobe
=> lug
=> overhang
=> prong
=> spike
=> tenon
=> tooth
=> tooth
Sense 7
spike
> implement
=> bar
=> beater
=> brush
=> buff, buffer
=> candlesnuffer
=> cleaning implement
=> eraser
=> fire iron
=> flail
=> hook
=> iron, branding iron
=> leather strip
=> needle
=> oar
=> rod
=> sharpener
=> snuffer
=> spear, gig, fizgig, fishgig, lance
=> spike
=> sports implement
=> stick
=> stick
=> stirrer
=> strickle
=> swab
=> swatter, flyswatter, flyswat
=> tool
=> tuning fork
=> utensil
=> writing implement
Sense 8
spike
> holding device
=> chuck
=> clamp, clinch
=> holder
=> jaw
=> last, shoemaker's last, cobbler's last
=> pullback, tieback
=> spike
=> vise, bench vise
Sense 9
spike
> nail
=> brad
=> clout nail, clout
=> doornail
=> eightpenny nail
=> fourpenny nail
=> hobnail
=> sixpenny nail
=> spike
=> staple
=> stub nail
=> tack
=> tenpenny nail
Meronyms of noun spike
9 senses of spike
Sense 2
spike
=> sports equipment
=> equipment
=> instrumentality, instrumentation
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
HAS PART: part, portion
HAS PART: section, segment
Sense 3
ear, spike, capitulum
=> fruit
=> reproductive structure
=> plant organ
=> plant part, plant structure
=> natural object
=> whole, unit
HAS PART: part, portion
HAS PART: section, segment
Sense 4
spike
HAS PART: spadix
=> inflorescence
HAS PART: bract
=> flower, bloom, blossom
HAS PART: stamen
HAS PART: anther
HAS PART: gynostegium
HAS PART: pistil
HAS PART: style
HAS PART: stigma
HAS PART: carpel
HAS PART: ovary
HAS PART: placenta
HAS PART: floral leaf
HAS PART: perianth, chlamys, floral envelope, perigone, perigonium
HAS PART: corolla
HAS PART: petal, flower petal
HAS PART: corona
HAS PART: calyx
HAS PART: sepal
=> reproductive structure
=> plant organ
=> plant part, plant structure
=> natural object
=> whole, unit
HAS PART: part, portion
HAS PART: section, segment
Sense 6
spike
=> projection
=> structure, construction
HAS PART: foundation, base, fundament, foot, groundwork, substructure, understructure
HAS PART: plate
HAS PART: structural member
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
HAS PART: part, portion
HAS PART: section, segment
Sense 7
spike
=> implement
=> instrumentality, instrumentation
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
HAS PART: part, portion
HAS PART: section, segment
Sense 8
spike
=> holding device
=> device
=> instrumentality, instrumentation
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
HAS PART: part, portion
HAS PART: section, segment
Sense 9
spike
=> nail
HAS PART: clinch
HAS PART: head
HAS PART: nailhead
HAS PART: shank, stem
=> fastener, fastening, holdfast, fixing
=> restraint, constraint
=> device
=> instrumentality, instrumentation
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
HAS PART: part, portion
HAS PART: section, segment
Holonyms of noun spike
2 of 9 senses of spike
Sense 2
spike
PART OF: shoe
Sense 3
ear, spike, capitulum
PART OF: corn, maize, Indian corn, Zea mays
Grep of noun spike
creeping spike rush
handspike
marlinespike
marlingspike
marlinspike
needle spike rush
slender spike rush
spike
spike arrester
spike heath
spike heel
spike lavender
spike lavender oil
spike lee
spike mike
spike moss
spike oil
spike rush
spike suppressor
spiked loosestrife
spikelet
spikemoss
spikenard
texas purple spike
Antonyms of verb spike
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb spike
6 senses of spike
Sense 1
spike
=> banish, relegate, bar
=> expel, throw out, kick out
=> move, displace
Sense 2
transfix, impale, empale, spike
=> pierce, thrust
=> penetrate, perforate
=> enter, come in, get into, get in, go into, go in, move into
Sense 3
spike
=> fasten, fix, secure
=> attach
=> connect, link, tie, link up
Sense 4
spike, spike out
=> develop
=> grow
=> increase
=> change magnitude
=> change
Sense 5
spike, lace, fortify
=> change, alter, modify
Sense 6
spike
=> increase
=> change magnitude
=> change
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb spike
1 of 6 senses of spike
Sense 2
transfix, impale, empale, spike
=> pin
=> spear
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb spike
6 senses of spike
Sense 1
spike
=> banish, relegate, bar
Sense 2
transfix, impale, empale, spike
=> pierce, thrust
Sense 3
spike
=> fasten, fix, secure
Sense 4
spike, spike out
=> develop
Sense 5
spike, lace, fortify
=> change, alter, modify
Sense 6
spike
=> increase
'Cause To' of verb spike
Derived Forms of verb spike
4 of 6 senses of spike
Sense 2
transfix, impale, empale, spike
RELATED TO>(noun) spike#7
=> spike
Sense 3
spike
RELATED TO>(noun) spike#8
=> spike
RELATED TO>(noun) spike#9
=> spike
Sense 4
spike, spike out
RELATED TO>(noun) spike#3
=> ear, spike, capitulum
Sense 6
spike
RELATED TO>(noun) spike#1
=> spike
Domain of verb spike
1 of 6 senses of spike
Sense 5
spike, lace, fortify
TOPIC>(noun) cooking#1, cookery#1, preparation#8
Domain Terms of verb spike
Familiarity of verb spike
spike used as a verb is common (polysemy count =6)
Sample Sentences of verb spike
6 senses of spike
Sense 1
spike
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 2
transfix, impale, empale, spike
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s something
Sense 3
spike
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 4
spike, spike out
*> Something ----s
Sense 5
spike, lace, fortify
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s something
Sense 6
spike
*> Something ----s
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb spike
6 senses of spike
Sense 1
spike
> banish, relegate, bar
=> spike
Sense 2
transfix, impale, empale, spike
> pierce, thrust
=> stick
=> stick
=> peg
=> center punch
=> transfix, impale, empale, spike
=> horn, tusk
=> gore
=> lance
Sense 3
spike
> fasten, fix, secure
=> strap
=> tie, bind
=> rig
=> bitt
=> latch
=> garter
=> chain
=> cable
=> picket
=> rope up
=> cinch, girth
=> bind, bandage
=> cramp
=> cleat
=> anchor, cast anchor, drop anchor
=> anchor, ground
=> moor
=> moor, berth, tie up
=> spike
=> sew, run up, sew together, stitch
=> crank
=> noose
=> chock
=> brad
=> bight
=> belay
=> belay
=> bar
=> clamp
=> velcro
=> stay
=> clinch
=> clinch
=> lock
=> lock up
=> hasp
=> zip up, zipper, zip
=> tack
=> string
=> hook
=> belt
=> cement
=> grout
=> staple
=> rivet
=> button
=> pin
=> hang, hang up
=> hang
=> lodge, wedge, stick, deposit
=> entrench, intrench
=> buckle, clasp
=> brooch, clasp
=> stake
=> wire
=> coapt
=> joggle
=> joint
=> toggle
Sense 4
spike, spike out
> develop
=> differentiate
=> dedifferentiate
=> grow
=> senesce, age, get on, mature, maturate
=> age
=> progress, come on, come along, advance, get on, get along, shape up
=> mature, maturate, grow
=> evolve
=> adolesce
=> build up, work up, build, progress
=> incubate
=> blossom, blossom out, blossom forth, unfold
=> bloom, blossom, flower
=> spike, spike out
=> bud
Sense 5
spike, lace, fortify
> change, alter, modify
=> awaken, wake, waken, rouse, wake up, arouse
=> cause to sleep
=> affect
=> refresh, freshen, refreshen
=> inseminate, fecundate, fertilize, fertilise
=> indispose
=> cry
=> etiolate
=> brutalize, brutalise, animalize, animalise
=> convert
=> opalize, opalise
=> arterialize, arterialise
=> make, get
=> counterchange, transpose, interchange
=> vascularize, vascularise
=> decrepitate
=> suburbanize, suburbanise
=> revolutionize, revolutionise, overturn
=> etiolate
=> barbarize, barbarise
=> alkalinize, alkalinise
=> mythologize, mythologise, mythicize, mythicise
=> allegorize, allegorise
=> demythologize, demythologise
=> bring, land
=> coarsen
=> affect, impact, bear upon, bear on, touch on, touch
=> alchemize, alchemise
=> alcoholize, alcoholise
=> shape, form
=> round off, round down, round out, round
=> suspend
=> sober
=> reconstruct
=> increase
=> ease up, ease off, let up
=> assimilate
=> dissimilate
=> commute, convert, exchange
=> vitalize, vitalise
=> unclutter, clear
=> activate
=> activate
=> activate, aerate
=> activate
=> inactivate, deactivate
=> deaden, blunt
=> remodel, reconstruct, redo
=> edit, redact
=> edit, cut, edit out
=> tame, chasten, subdue
=> chasten, moderate, temper
=> better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate
=> worsen, aggravate, exacerbate, exasperate
=> wet
=> dry, dry out
=> lubricate
=> strengthen, beef up, fortify
=> spike, lace, fortify
=> weaken
=> blunt
=> oxidize, oxidise, oxidate
=> unite, unify, merge
=> age
=> ripen, mature
=> antique, antiquate
=> antiquate
=> develop, make grow
=> soften
=> damage
=> ossify
=> acerbate
=> stabilize, stabilise
=> destabilize, destabilise
=> sensitize, sensitise, sensify, sensibilize, sensibilise
=> desensitize, desensitise
=> habituate, accustom
=> disorder, disarray
=> discolor
=> color, colorize, colorise, colourise, colourize, colour, color in, colour in
=> stain
=> hue
=> uglify
=> untune
=> adjust, set, correct
=> set
=> disqualify, unfit, indispose
=> domesticate, domesticize, domesticise, reclaim, tame
=> widen
=> dehydrogenate
=> hydrogenate
=> oxygenize, oxygenise
=> darken
=> brighten, lighten up, lighten
=> blur, blear
=> obscure, bedim, overcloud
=> obscure, blot out, obliterate, veil, hide
=> cook
=> slenderize, slenderise
=> crack
=> dissolve, dismiss
=> end, terminate
=> demist, defog
=> condense, concentrate, contract
=> cool, chill, cool down
=> heat, heat up
=> warm
=> boil
=> freeze
=> blister
=> switch, change over, shift
=> transpose
=> convert, change over
=> transform
=> transform
=> transform
=> transmute
=> transform, transmute, transubstantiate
=> ash
=> translate, transform
=> reform, reclaim, regenerate, rectify
=> convert
=> Islamize, Islamise
=> turn back, invert, reverse
=> invert
=> customize, customise
=> personalize, personalise, individualize, individualise
=> depersonalize, depersonalise, objectify
=> sharpen
=> flatten, drop
=> disintegrate
=> magnetize, magnetise
=> demagnetize, demagnetise, degauss
=> simplify
=> complicate, refine, rarify, elaborate
=> refine
=> complicate, perplex
=> supercharge, pressurize, pressurise
=> centralize, centralise, concentrate
=> decentralize, deconcentrate, decentralise
=> socialize, socialise
=> fix, prepare, set up, ready, gear up, set
=> internationalize, internationalise
=> communize, communise, bolshevize, bolshevise
=> Europeanize, Europeanise
=> Europeanize, Europeanise
=> bestialize, bestialise
=> Americanize, Americanise
=> Frenchify
=> civilize, civilise
=> nationalize, nationalise
=> denationalize, denationalise
=> naturalize, naturalise
=> denaturalize, denaturalise
=> naturalize, naturalise
=> denaturalize, denaturalise
=> even, even out
=> equal, match, equalize, equalise, equate
=> stiffen
=> loosen, loose
=> tighten, fasten
=> transitivize, transitivise
=> detransitivize, detransitivise, intransitivize, intransitivise
=> thicken, inspissate
=> full
=> diversify
=> deaden
=> check, retard, delay
=> decrease, lessen, minify
=> liquefy, liquify, liquidize, liquidise
=> solvate
=> dissolve
=> validate
=> invalidate, void, vitiate
=> empty
=> fill, fill up, make full
=> saturate
=> clot, coagulate
=> louden
=> normalize, normalise, renormalize, renormalise
=> morph
=> neutralize, neutralise
=> commercialize, commercialise, market
=> purify, purge, sanctify
=> mechanize, mechanise
=> automatize, automatise, automate
=> automatize, automatise
=> mechanize, mechanise
=> harmonize, harmonise, chord
=> polarize, polarise
=> glorify
=> contaminate
=> devalue
=> insulate
=> calcify
=> urbanize, urbanise
=> urbanize, urbanise
=> emulsify
=> demulsify
=> decarboxylate
=> nazify
=> fertilize, fecundate, fertilise
=> clarify
=> embrittle
=> mark
=> barb
=> nick
=> disable, disenable, incapacitate
=> enable
=> de-emphasize, de-emphasise, destress
=> tender, tenderize, tenderise
=> charge
=> sweeten
=> iodinate
=> ionate
=> archaize, archaise
=> inform
=> officialize, officialise
=> occidentalize, occidentalise, westernize, westernise
=> orientalize, orientalise
=> acetylate, acetylize, acetylise
=> achromatize, achromatise
=> parallel, collimate
=> camp
=> classicize, classicise
=> conventionalize, conventionalise
=> decimalize, decimalise
=> dizzy
=> poison, envenom
=> exteriorize, exteriorise, externalize, externalise, objectify
=> glamorize, glamourise, glamourize, glamorise
=> introvert
=> laicize, laicise
=> politicize, politicise
=> radicalize
=> proof
=> romanticize, romanticise
=> rusticate
=> sauce
=> shallow, shoal
=> tense
=> steepen
=> scramble
=> unscramble
=> unsex
=> vitrify
=> pall
=> saponify
=> extend, expand
=> suspend, set aside
=> muddy
=> transform
=> lift, raise, elevate
=> harshen
=> dinge
=> demonize, demonise
=> devilize, devilise, diabolize, diabolise
=> etherealize, etherialise
=> immaterialize, immaterialise, unsubstantialize, unsubstantialise
=> animize, animise, animate
=> clear
=> dynamize, dynamise
=> dynamize, dynamise
=> rarefy, sublimate, subtilize
=> volatilize, volatilise
=> uniformize, uniformise
=> symmetrize, symmetrise
=> immortalize, immortalise, eternize, eternise, eternalize, eternalise
=> denature
=> denature
=> denature
=> sanitize, sanitise
=> verbify
=> shift
=> sputter
=> draw
=> make
=> dope
=> prostrate
=> excite
=> excite, energize, energise
=> shake
=> outmode
=> spice, spice up
=> shorten
=> think
=> make
=> deflate
=> inflate
=> reflate
=> digitize, digitise, digitalize, digitalise
=> gelatinize, gelatinise
=> recombine
=> feminize, feminise, effeminize, erreminise, womanize
=> masculinize, masculinise, virilize, virilise
=> masculinize
=> disharmonize, dissonate
=> sexualize, sexualise
=> schematize, schematise
=> patent
=> constitutionalize, constitutionalise
=> rationalize, rationalise
=> plasticize, plasticise
=> rarefy
=> paganize, paganise
=> incandesce
=> deaminate, deaminize
=> angulate
=> circularize
=> sensitize, sensitise
=> sensitize, sensitise
=> depolarize, depolarise
=> intensify
=> isomerize, isomerise
=> legitimate
=> evaporate, vaporise
=> industrialize, industrialise
=> opacify
=> opsonize
=> militarize, militarise
=> nationalize, nationalise
=> recommend
=> sentimentalize, sentimentalise
=> solemnize, solemnise
=> territorialize, territorialise
=> transaminate
=> transfigure, glorify, spiritualize
=> unsanctify
=> vesiculate
=> visualize, visualise
=> variegate
=> ventilate
=> vivify
=> vulgarise, vulgarize
=> supple
=> professionalize, professionalise
=> smut
=> still
=> weaponize
=> eroticize, sex up
=> piggyback
=> confuse, blur, obscure, obnubilate
=> confuse
=> tone down, moderate, tame
=> obfuscate
=> synchronize, synchronise
=> mince, soften, moderate
=> militarize, militarise
=> break down, crush
=> fatten, fat, flesh out, fill out, plump, plump out, fatten out, fatten up
=> touch, disturb
=> dull
=> dull, blunt
=> sharpen
=> coarsen
=> loosen
=> untie, undo, loosen
=> barb
=> string
=> straighten, straighten out
=> bring
=> mix, mingle, commix, unify, amalgamate
=> charge
=> put
=> clean, make clean
=> dirty, soil, begrime, grime, colly, bemire
=> lower, depress
=> deform
=> break, break up
=> alter
=> decorate, adorn, grace, ornament, embellish, beautify
=> humanize, humanise
=> humble
=> estrange, alienate, alien, disaffect
=> right
=> desensitize, desensitise
=> deodorize, deodorise, deodourise
=> develop
=> blur
=> blind
=> change intensity
=> change taste
=> capture
=> lend, impart, bestow, contribute, add, bring
=> restore, reinstate, reestablish
=> liberalize, liberalise
=> right, compensate, redress, correct
=> democratize, democratise
=> neutralize
=> corrupt, pervert, subvert, demoralize, demoralise, debauch, debase, profane, vitiate, deprave, misdirect
=> relax, loosen
=> unite, unify
=> flocculate
=> turn
=> make possible
=> cohere
Sense 6
spike
> increase
=> accrue
=> spike
=> add to
=> gain
=> explode, irrupt
=> pyramid
=> snowball
=> accumulate, cumulate, conglomerate, pile up, gather, amass
=> add
=> intensify, deepen
=> intensify, compound, heighten, deepen
=> grow
=> pullulate
=> widen
=> appreciate, apprize, apprise, revalue
=> broaden
=> shoot up
=> wax, mount, climb, rise
=> wax, full
=> crescendo
=> swell
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb spike
Sense 1
spike
=> banish, relegate, bar
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Sense 2
transfix, impale, empale, spike
=> pierce, thrust
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Sense 3
spike
=> fasten, fix, secure
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Sense 4
spike, spike out
=> develop
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Sense 5
spike, lace, fortify
=> change, alter, modify
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Sense 6
spike
=> increase
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Grep of verb spike
spike
spike out
Grep of adj spike
spiked
spikelike
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