Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

abacinate: blind by holding a red-hot metal plate before someone's eyes
acetify: make sour or more sour
ache: be the source of pain
ache: feel physical pain
act up: make itself felt as a recurring pain
admire: look at with admiration
advert: give heed (to)
aerate: expose to fresh air
appear: give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
appear: seem to be true, probable, or apparent
apperceive: perceive in terms of a past experience
aromatise: fill or impregnate with an odor
attaint: condemn by attainder
auscultate: examine by auscultation
autopsy: perform an autopsy on a dead body; do a post-mortem
babble: flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise
backfire: emit a loud noise as a result of undergoing a backfire
bang: to produce a sharp often metallic explosive or percussive sound
beacon: shine like a beacon
beam: have a complexion with a strong bright color, such as red or pink
beat: glare or strike with great intensity
beat down: shine hard
beat: make a rhythmic sound
beat: make a sound like a clock or a timer
becloud: make less visible or unclear
bedaze: overcome as with astonishment or disbelief
bedazzle: to cause someone to lose clear vision, especially from intense light
beep: make a loud noise
behold: see with attention
bench: exhibit on a bench
benumb: make numb or insensitive
besot: make dull or stupid or muddle with drunkenness or infatuation
bethink: cause oneself to consider something
birr: make a soft swishing sound
bite: cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort
bitter: make bitter
blare: make a strident sound
bleep: emit a single short high-pitched signal
blind: render unable to see
blind: make blind by putting the eyes out
blink: gleam or glow intermittently
block: interrupt the normal function of by means of anesthesia
block: shut out from view or get in the way so as to hide from sight
blow: play or sound a wind instrument
blow: make a sound as if blown
blow: sound by having air expelled through a tube
blow: provide sexual gratification through oral stimulation
blur: to make less distinct or clear
blur: become glassy; lose clear vision
bob under: disappear suddenly, as if under the surface of a body of water
bombilate: make a buzzing sound
bong: ring loudly and deeply
boom: make a deep hollow sound
boom: make a resonant sound, like artillery
bosom: hide in one's bosom
brandish: exhibit aggressively
brattle: make a rattling sound
bring forth: bring out for display
bring on: bring onto the market or release
bring out: make visible
bug: tap a telephone or telegraph wire to get information
burn: feel hot or painful
bury: cover from sight
camouflage: disguise by camouflaging; exploit the natural surroundings to disguise something
candle: examine eggs for freshness by holding them against a light
candy: coat with something sweet, such as a hard sugar glaze
case: look over, usually with the intention to rob
catch a glimpse: see something for a brief time
catch: suffer from the receipt of
catch: perceive by hearing
catch: hear, usually without the knowledge of the speakers
catch: perceive with the senses quickly, suddenly, or momentarily
catch: see or watch
cause to be perceived: have perceptible qualities
cense: perfume especially with a censer
chafe: become or make sore by or as if by rubbing
change intensity: increase or decrease in intensity
change taste: alter the flavor of
chatter: click repeatedly or uncontrollably
chime: emit a sound
chink: make or emit a high sound
chiromance: divine by reading someone's palms
chug: make a dull, explosive sound
clang: make a loud noise
clangor: make a loud resonant noise
clank: make a clank
clear: go away or disappear
click: make a clicking or ticking sound
clink: make a high sound typical of glass
clitter: make a shrill creaking noise by rubbing together special bodily structures
cloak: hide under a false appearance
clop: make or move along with a sound as of a horse's hooves striking the ground
close: cause a window or an application to disappear on a computer desktop
come: experience orgasm
come across: be perceived in a certain way; make a certain impression
come to: cause to experience suddenly
comprehend: to become aware of through the senses
conceal: prevent from being seen or discovered
conceal: hold back; keep from being perceived by others
condemn: demonstrate the guilt of (someone)
consider: look at carefully; study mentally
consider: look at attentively
consider: give careful consideration to
consonate: sound in sympathy
contemplate: look at thoughtfully; observe deep in thought
cover: spread over a surface to conceal or protect
cover: hide from view or knowledge
crack: make a very sharp explosive sound
crack: make a sharp sound
crackle: make a crackling sound
crash: make a sudden loud sound
creak: make a high-pitched, screeching noise
crop up: appear suddenly or unexpectedly
cruise: look for a sexual partner in a public place
crump: make a noise typical of an engine lacking lubricants
curry: season with a mixture of spices; typical of Indian cooking
cut: give the appearance or impression of
damp: deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping
deaf: make or render deaf
deafen: be unbearably loud
demo: give an exhibition of to an interested audience
deodorise: eliminate the odor from
descry: catch sight of
desensitise: cause not to be sensitive
detect: discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of
develop: make visible by means of chemical solutions
die: suffer or face the pain of death
dig: remove, harvest, or recover by digging
dim: switch (a car's headlights) from a higher to a lower beam
ding: go `ding dong', like a bell
disappear: become invisible or unnoticeable
discern: detect with the senses
disclose: reveal to view as by removing a cover
discover: see for the first time; make a discovery
discriminate: distinguish
disguise: make unrecognizable
disgust: fill with distaste
disorient: cause to be lost or disoriented
display: to show, make visible or apparent
dissimulate: hide (feelings) from other people
dissonate: be dissonant or harsh
divine: perceive intuitively or through some inexplicable perceptive powers
do justice: bring out fully or to advantage
dream: experience while sleeping
drone: make a monotonous low dull sound
drown out: make imperceptible
dulcify: make sweeter in taste
earth: hide in the earth like a hunted animal
eavesdrop: listen without the speaker's knowledge
echo: ring or echo with sound
eclipse: cause an eclipse of (a celestial body) by intervention
endure: undergo or be subjected to
enjoy: have for one's benefit
etch: cause to stand out or be clearly defined or visible
examine: observe, check out, and look over carefully or inspect
excavate: recover through digging
excite: stir feelings in
experience: go through (mental or physical states or experiences)
experience: undergo or live through a difficult experience
expose: expose or make accessible to some action or influence
expose: expose to light, of photographic film
express: manifest the effects of (a gene or genetic trait)
eye: look at
eyewitness: be present at an event and see it with one's own eyes
face: turn so as to expose the face
feel: produce a certain impression
feel: grope or feel in search of something
feel: undergo passive experience of
feel: perceive by a physical sensation, e.g., coming from the skin or muscles
find: perceive oneself to be in a certain condition or place
find: perceive or be contemporaneous with
fixate: pay attention to exclusively and obsessively
flash: expose or show briefly
flash: display proudly; act ostentatiously or pretentiously
flavor: lend flavor to
flex: exhibit the strength of
flick: flash intermittently
flick: look through a book or other written material
fluoresce: exhibit or undergo fluorescence
flush: glow or cause to glow with warm color or light
fly: display in the air or cause to float
focus: cause to converge on or toward a central point
follow: keep under surveillance
fume: treat with fumes, expose to fumes, especially with the aim of disinfecting or eradicating pests
gag: prevent from speaking out
gape: look with amazement; look stupidly
gaze: look at with fixed eyes
get a load: look at with attention
get a noseful: smell strongly and intensely
get off: enjoy in a sexual way
get: receive as a retribution or punishment
ginger: add ginger to in order to add flavor
give the eye: look at with a critical eye
give the glad eye: look seductively at someone
glance over: examine hastily
glance: throw a glance at; take a brief look at
glare: shine intensely
glass: scan (game in the forest) with binoculars
gleam: shine brightly, like a star or a light
gleam: be shiny, as if wet
glimpse: catch a glimpse of or see briefly
gloat: gaze at or think about something with great self-satisfaction, gratification, or joy
gloss over: cover up a misdemeanor, fault, or error
glow: emit a steady even light without flames
glug: make a gurgling sound as of liquid issuing from a bottle
go: make a certain noise or sound
gong: sound a gong
greet: be perceived by
groak: look or stare at longingly
grumble: make a low noise
guggle: make a sound like a liquid that is being poured from a bottle
guide: use as a guide
gurgle: make sounds similar to gurgling water
hallucinate: perceive what is not there; have illusions
harbor: hold back a thought or feeling about
hark: listen; used mostly in the imperative
hear: perceive (sound) via the auditory sense
hear: receive a communication from someone
hear out: listen to every detail and give a full hearing to
hear: listen and pay attention
hide: be or go into hiding; keep out of sight, as for protection and safety
hold up: hold up something as an example; hold up one's achievements for admiration
hole up: remain secluded or in hiding
honey: sweeten with honey
horn in: search or inquire in a meddlesome way
horripilate: cause (someone's) hair to stand on end and to have goosebumps
horripilate: have one's hair stand on end and get goosebumps
hum: sound with a monotonous hum
hunger: feel the need to eat
hunker down: take shelter
hush: become quiet or quieter
ignore: fail to notice
image: render visible, as by means of MRI
incline: bend or turn (one's ear) towards a speaker in order to listen well
insolate: expose to the rays of the sun or affect by exposure to the sun
inspect: look over carefully
instantiate: find an instance of (a word or particular usage of a word)
instantiate: represent by an instance
itch: have or perceive an itch
itch: cause to perceive an itch
itch: scrape or rub as if to relieve itching
jangle: make a sound typical of metallic objects
keep one's eyes open: pay attention; be watchful
kill: be the source of great pain for
knell: ring as in announcing death
knell: make (bells) ring, often for the purposes of musical edification
knock: sound like a car engine that is firing too early
knock: make light, repeated taps on a surface
lap: move with or cause to move with a whistling or hissing sound
leer: look suggestively or obliquely; look or gaze with a sly, immodest, or malign expression
lie low: keep a low profile, try to be inconspicuous
listen: hear with intention
listen in: listen quietly, without contributing to the conversation
look: perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
look after: keep under careful scrutiny
look around: look about oneself
look away: avert one's gaze
look back: look towards one's back
look on: observe with attention
look out: be vigilant, be on the lookout or be careful
look: search or seek
lose: allow to go out of sight or mind
lose sight of: be no longer able to see
lose: fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
louden: become louder
make: appear to begin an activity
make noise: emit a noise
mark: notice or perceive
masquerade: take part in a masquerade
meet: undergo or suffer
misperceive: perceive incorrectly
model: display (clothes) as a mannequin
model: assume a posture as for artistic purposes
monitor: check, track, or observe by means of a receiver
monitor: keep tabs on; keep an eye on; keep under surveillance
moon: expose one's buttocks to
mull: heat with sugar and spices to make a hot drink
nauseate: upset and make nauseated
nettle: sting with or as with nettles and cause a stinging pain or sensation
nose out: recognize or detect by or as if by smelling
nose: catch the scent of; get wind of
note: observe with care or pay close attention to
observe: watch attentively
occult: hide from view
occult: become concealed or hidden from view or have its light extinguished
odorize: cause to smell or be smelly
offer: produce or introduce on the stage
ogle: look at with amorous intentions
open: display the contents of a file or start an application as on a computer
orient: determine one's position with reference to another point
outface: overcome or cause to waver or submit by (or as if by) staring
overexpose: expose excessively
overexpose: expose to too much light
overlook: watch over
overlook: look past, fail to notice
overshadow: cast a shadow upon
pass off: be accepted as something or somebody in a false character or identity
pass up: fail to acknowledge
patter: make light, rapid and repeated sounds
peal: ring recurrently
peal: sound loudly and sonorously
peep: look furtively
peep: cause to appear
peer: look searchingly
pepper: add pepper to
perambulate: make an official inspection on foot of (the bounds of a property)
peruse: examine or consider with attention and in detail
photosensitise: make (an organism or substance) sensitive to the influence of radiant energy and especially light
pick up: register (perceptual input)
pierce: sound sharply or shrilly
ping: make a short high-pitched sound
pop: make a sharp explosive noise
pop: cause to make a sharp explosive sound
prepare: lead up to and soften by sounding the dissonant note in it as a consonant note in the preceding chord
preview: watch (a movie or play) before it is released to the general public
prick: cause a prickling sensation
prick: cause a stinging pain
prickle: cause a stinging or tingling sensation
project: project on a screen
project: cause to be heard
prospect: search for something desirable
put: cause (someone) to undergo something
quicken: make keen or more acute
racket: make loud and annoying noises
radiate: cause to be seen by emitting light as if in rays
ramp: be rampant
rattle: make short successive sounds
reach one's nostrils: be smelled; have a strong odor
reconnoiter: explore, often with the goal of finding something or somebody
record: be aware of
redevelop: develop for a second time, in order to improve the contrast, colour, etc., of a negative or print
rediscover: discover again
redound: return or recoil
reecho: repeat or return an echo again or repeatedly; send (an echo) back
reecho: echo repeatedly, echo again and again
reek: have an element suggestive (of something)
reek: smell badly and offensively
reflect: show an image of
reflect: manifest or bring back
reflect: to throw or bend back (from a surface)
refocus: focus once again
refract: subject to refraction
register: show in one's face
reorient: orient once again, after a disorientation
resinate: impregnate with resin to give a special flavor to
resolve: make clearly visible
resonate: sound with resonance
reveal: disclose directly or through prophets
reverberate: be reflected as heat, sound, or light or shock waves
ring out: sound loudly
roll: emit, produce, or utter with a deep prolonged reverberating sound
rubberneck: strain to watch; stare curiously
ruckle: make a hoarse, rattling sound
rustle: make a dry crackling sound
saccharify: sweeten with sugar
salt: add salt to
salute: become noticeable
savor: taste appreciatively
savor: give taste to
savor: have flavor; taste of something
scan: examine minutely or intensely
scintillate: physics: fluoresce momentarily when struck by a charged particle or high-energy photon
scream: make a loud, piercing sound
screen: project onto a screen for viewing
scrutinise: to look at critically or searchingly, or in minute detail
secrete: place out of sight; keep secret
see: observe as if with an eye
see: perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
see: see and understand, have a good eye
see double: see things as if they were there twice
see through: perceive the true nature of
seel: sew up the eyelids of hawks and falcons
seem: appear to one's own mind or opinion
sense: detect some circumstance or entity automatically
sensitise: cause to sense; make sensitive
sharpen: make (images or sounds) sharp or sharper
shipwreck: cause to experience shipwreck
shoot: cause a sharp and sudden pain in
show: make visible or noticeable
show: be or become visible or noticeable
sight: take aim by looking through the sights of a gun (or other device)
sight: catch sight of; to perceive with the eyes
silhouette: project on a background, such as a screen, like a silhouette
skirl: make a shrill, wailing sound
slosh: make a splashing sound
smack: have a distinctive or characteristic taste
smell: emit an odor
smell: smell bad
smell: inhale the odor of; perceive by the olfactory sense
smell up: cause to smell bad; fill with a bad smell
sniff: perceive by inhaling through the nose
snow-blind: affect with snow blindness
snuff: sniff or smell inquiringly
soften: make (images or sounds) soft or softer
solarise: overexpose to sunlight
solarise: become overexposed
solarise: reverse some of the tones of (a negative or print) and introduce pronounced outlines of highlights, by exposing it briefly to light, then washing and redeveloping it
sound: appear in a certain way
sound: give off a certain sound or sounds
sound: announce by means of a sound
sound: cause to sound
spangle: glitter as if covered with spangles
speak: make a characteristic or natural sound
spectate: be a spectator in a sports event
spice: add herbs or spices to
splat: give off the sound of a bullet flattening on impact
splurge: be showy or ostentatious
sputter: make an explosive sound
squelch: make a sucking sound
squint: be cross-eyed; have a squint or strabismus
stamp: reveal clearly as having a certain character
stargaze: observe the stars
stow away: hide aboard a ship or a plane to get free transportation
strum: sound the strings of (a stringed instrument)
subject: cause to experience or suffer or make liable or vulnerable to
survey: look over carefully or inspect
take: experience or feel or submit to
take notice: observe with special attention
taste: distinguish flavors
taste: perceive by the sense of taste
thirst: feel the need to drink
thrill: cause to be thrilled by some perceptual input
throb: pulsate or pound with abnormal force
thud: make a dull sound
tickle: touch (a body part) lightly so as to excite the surface nerves and cause uneasiness, laughter, or spasmodic movements
ting: make a light, metallic sound; go `ting'
ting: cause to make a ting
tintinnabulate: ring or sound like a small bell
tolerate: have a tolerance for a poison or strong drug or pathogen or environmental condition
toll: ring slowly
tootle: play (a musical instrument) casually
touch: perceive via the tactile sense
trace: discover traces of
track: observe or plot the moving path of something
trot out: bring out and show for inspection and admiration
trump: produce a sound as if from a trumpet
tune in: regulate (a radio or television set) in order to receive a certain station or program
turn on: produce suddenly or automatically
twang: twitch or throb with pain
twang: sound with a twang
twang: cause to sound with a twang
tweet: make a weak, chirping sound
twinge: feel a sudden sharp, local pain
underdevelop: process (a film or photographic plate) less than the required time or in an ineffective solution or at an insufficiently high temperature
underexpose: expose to too little light
underexpose: expose insufficiently
undergo: pass through
unfold: open to the view
urticate: whip with or as with nettles
ventilate: expose to the circulation of fresh air so as to retard spoilage
vet: examine carefully
visualise: view the outline of by means of an X-ray
vitriol: expose to the effects of vitriol or injure with vitriol
watch: observe or determine by looking
watch: look attentively
whish: make a sibilant sound
whistle: make whistling sounds
witness: be a witness to
work: provoke or excite
x-ray: examine by taking x-rays
zoom in: examine closely; focus one's attention on