OPERATES

Direct or control; projects, businesses, etc.

Example: "She is running a relief operation in the sudan"

• run  3

• direct  9

• financier  14
• work  11
• block  13

Perform as expected when applied

Example: "The washing machine won't go unless it's plugged in"

• function  13
• go  3
• run  3
• work  11

• double  9
• roll  4
• run  3
• cut  5
• • serve  8
  • service  12
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Handle and cause to function

Example: "Do not operate machinery after imbibing alcohol"

• control  9

• manipulate  14

• synchronise  19
• synchronize  28
• dial  5
• turn  4
• • submarine  13
  • treadle  8
  • relay  8
  • gate  5
  • pedal  8
  • drive  9
  • aviate  9
  • fly  9
  • pilot  7
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Perform a movement in military or naval tactics in order to secure an advantage in attack or defense

• maneuver  13
• manoeuver
• manoeuvre  14

• go  3
• move  9

• jockey  22

Keep engaged

Example: "Engaged the gears"

• engage  8
• lock  10
• mesh  9

• displace  13
• move  9

• flip  9
• switch  14
• throw  11
• ride  5

Perform surgery on

Example: "The doctors operated on the patient but failed to save his life"

• operate on

• care for
• treat  5

• desex  13
• desexualise  19
• desexualize  28
• fix  13
• • sterilise  9
  • sterilize  18
  • unsex  12
  • face-lift
  • lift  7
  • trephine  13
  • venesect
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