English word of the day

Definition: (verb) Make up something artificial or untrue. Synonyms: cook up, invent, manufacture. Usage: Did Harold really wrestle a bear, or did he fabricate the story to impress us?

Definition: (verb) To inhabit or overrun in numbers or quantities large enough to be harmful, threatening, or obnoxious. Synonyms: overrun. Usage: During the year that followed, Clayton was several times attacked by the great apes which now seemed to continually infest the vicinity of the cabin.

Definition: (verb) To divest of covering; make bare. Synonyms: strip. Usage: Rake in hand, Flora set out to denude her lawn of fallen leaves.