wooden

wooden (positive)
more wooden (comparative)
most wooden (superlative)

Please do not spill your drink on the wooden floor.


lipstick lesbian

lipstick lesbian (singular)
lipstick lesbians (plural)

A lipstick lesbian is a lesbian who looks very feminine. It is sometimes thought to be a stereotype of what a woman should look.

Heterosexual men often imagine scenes between lipstick lesbians.


question mark

question mark (singular)
question marks (plural)

A question mark is the character ? used at the end of a sentence to mean this sentence is waiting for an answer.

In English the question mark appears immediately after the last word of the sentence, but in French a space between is needed.

A question mark can also stand for a question or a doubt, something uncertain or unknown.

He had no idea what she was thinking; it was one big question mark.


lame duck

lame duck (singular)
lame ducks (plural)

A lame duck is a person who is handicapped or not efficient.

The whole group wasted a lot of time only because of him. He's what I call a lame duck!

In the United States, a lame duck is a politician who holds an office now, but lost the recent election or is not eligible to hold the position anymore; they are called a lame duck because they have very little power in the last few months of their service.

Being accused of corruption, this congressman has become a lame duck.


unwillingly

un- + willing + -ly
unwilling + willingly

ety-affix

Doing something unwillingly is doing something because you have to even though you don't want to.

He began to clean his room unwillingly after being asked five times.


formulae

formula (singular)
formulas or formulae (plural)

The plural form of formula; more than one (kind of) formula.


atom

An atom is the smallest bit that matter can be broken down into.

Atoms of hydrogen make up a water molecule.

A particle which is made up of protons, neutrons, and electrons.


arson

Arson is the crime of setting a fire to cause damage.

A man is being held by police in connection with an arson attack that destroyed a school.

The cause of the fire is unknown, but investigators believe it to be an arson.


midget

A midget is a person little person. A midget's size is much smaller than normal.

He is a midget, only three feet (one meter) tall.

I think I could easily overcome this midget, but he proved to be surprisingly strong.


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creepy-crawly

creepy-crawly (singular)
creepy-crawlies (plural)

A creepy-crawly is a small animal that crawls, such as an insect, spider, or worm; this word describes the way these animals move.

While most people are disgusted by creepy-crawlies, some find them interesting.


scalp

The scalp is part of the head where the hair grows from.


scalp

scalp (canonical)
scalps (third-person singular)
scalped (past)
scalped (past participle)
scalping (present participle)

When you scalp a person, you remove the part of the head where the hair grows from.


skinny

skinny (positive)
skinnier (comparative)
skinniest (superlative)

A skinny person or animal has few flesh or muscle around the skeleton, he/she/it has a thin and narrow body.

You should eat more and do some sports, you're too skinny!

This poor village is full of skinny cats and dogs searching for food.


skinny

A skinny is a person who has not enough flesh, enough muscle, whose body appears to be too thin and narrow.

This skinny has lifted this heavy piece of furniture unaided! I couldn't believe my eyes!


analyse

analyse (canonical)
analyses (third-person singular)
analysed (past)
analysed (past participle)
analysing (present participle)

If you analyse something, you study it carefully to understand it, often to see what it is made of.

They can make up questions, collect field data, and analyse that data on their computers.

The dust was analysed to determine its chemical contents.


helium

Helium is a colourless gas that has an atomic number of 2 and the symbol He.

Sir, can you please fill my balloon up with helium, please?


tosh

Tosh is stupid nonsense, usually made intentionally so that no one can understand.

He always writes tosh on Wikipedia because he thinks it's funny, but in fact he's just blocked.


chaos

Chaos is a state of disorder or confusion.


customers

The plural form of customer; more than one (kind of) customer.


smoulder

smoulder (canonical)
smoulders (third-person singular)
smouldered (past)
smouldered (past participle)
smouldering (present participle)

Smoulder is another way of spelling smolder.


perform

perform (canonical)
performs (third-person singular)
performed (past)
performed (past participle)
performing (present participle)

Please come help me perform this task.

People perform by entertaining an audience.

The actors are going to perform onstage soon.

The Royal Ballet is performing "Swan Lake" tonight.


universe

The universe is the whole space we live in and everything it contains: our Milky Way and billions of other galaxies that are not all known are part of our universe.

According to recent theories, our universe would be bent on itself, being finite but having no frontiers.

A universe can also stand for a world or an area, fictional or not, considered in itself.

Musical universes are so varied that we cannot know them all.

A universe is also an imaginary set of worlds invented by someone.

The universe created by Tolkien is surprisingly dense and imaginative.

The complete set of numerous possibilities.

Among this universe of choices, just one will be the good one.


aggressive

aggressive (positive)
more aggressive (comparative)
most aggressive (superlative)

Making attacks or assaults that are not just.

Aggressive describes an act of aggression.

Yes, he was aggressive to her.


clown

A clown is a person that entertains people, usually at a circus. He dresses in bright colors, has paint on his face, and wears clothes that are too big for him.

Some children are afraid by clowns because of their unusual appearance that can be rather impressive.

A clown is also a person whose behaviour is a bit silly, not serious.

Though very intelligent, this person is a true clown so that no one believes what he says.


clown

clown (canonical)
clowns (third-person singular)
clowned (past)
clowned (past participle)
clowning (present participle)

A person who is clowning is not serious, acts in a silly way, like a clown.

Stop clowning all the time, you're annoying me!


didgeridoo

didgeridoo (singular)
didgeridoos (plural)

A didgeridoo is a long and straight, wooden wind instrument that Australian aborigines traditionally use. Roughly the size of a man, it produces sound when you continuously blow into it.

Didgeridoos often have drawings showing mythological elements of the Aboriginal culture or clanic symbols.

While playing didgeridoo, you can imitate some natural sounds such as bird songs.


event horizon

event horizon (singular)
event horizons (plural)

The imaginary line on a black hole that once passed, nothing can ever escape, except for Hawking radiation.


assure

assure (canonical)
assures (third-person singular)
assured (past)
assured (past participle)
assuring (present participle)

If you assure somebody about something, you tell them not to worry because the thing you say is true.

The doctor assured me that he would be OK.

He certainly won't be boring; I can assure you of that.

If x assures that y happens, x makes it certain that y happens.

You need to begin now to assure that the everything is ready in January.


astronomy

astronomy (singular)
astronomies (plural)

The study of space and everything related to it, like stars, black holes, meteors, etc.


FTL

FTL is a short way of saying Faster Than Light (travel), the word "travel" is usually not needed to understand.

Though sci-fi uses it a lot, today's physics considers FTL impossible.


flavors

The plural form of flavor; more than one (kind of) flavor.


flavors

flavor (canonical)
flavors (third-person singular)
flavored (past)
flavored (past participle)
flavoring (present participle)

The third-person singular form of flavor.


joint

A place where two things meet but are still able to move.

Any part of the body where two bones join, sometimes letting that part of the body to be bent or straightened.

A way to join two pieces of wood together so that they interlock.

It was the kind of joint you wouldn't want your boss to see you in.

I'm not breaking any more laws because I don't want to go back to the joint.

Let's smoke a joint and then go skateboarding.


drawing

draw (canonical)
draw (third-person singular)
draws (past)
drawn (past participle)
drawing (present participle)


drawing

He sketched a drawing of that vase.

A drawing is a contest where the person who wins is chosen randomly.


organized

organized (positive)
more organized (comparative)
most organized (superlative)

If something is organized, it is in a state of order.

/ˈɔːɡənaɪzd/


organized

organize (canonical)
organizes (third-person singular)
organized (past)
organized (past participle)
organizing (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of organize.

/ˈɔːɡənaɪzd/


identification

identification (singular)
identifications (plural)

Identification is the process of naming a thing by seeing it, hearing it, and/or touching it.

With finding new animals, the process of identification is a long and difficult one.

You have to show your identification card before entering.

/ɪˌdɛntɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/


sodium

A metal and element with the atomic number 11 and the symbol Na. Also used as a nutrient, preservative, and seasoning in food.

It is pretty hard to find an item of food that doesn't contain sodium in it.

Scientists sometimes use sodium in experiments to see what it reacts with.

Many of the top food brands use a kind of sodium to preserve the food that they make for people to eat..


soporific

soporific (singular)
soporifics (plural)


soporific

soporific (positive)
more soporific (comparative)
most soporific (superlative)

If something is soporific, then it will make you or almost make you go to sleep.

The movie was soporific. I almost fell asleep.


IPA

International Phonetic Alphabet, one of the writing systems used to transcribe every sound that exists in any known human language.


cooking

Cooking is the action of using heat to prepare food. The most common sources of heat are stoves, ovens, and microwaves, but cooking can also be done over a flame. Cooking can make food hot, change its texture, and kill bacteria that might be living in it. Some people see cooking as a chore, while others see it as an art.

The school teaches the secrets of French cooking.

He also grew up with his family's love of good cooking.


cooking

cook (canonical)
cooks (third-person singular)
cooked (past)
cooked (past participle)
cooking (present participle)

An old woman was cooking food over an open fire.

Cooking fish is easy if you know how to do it.


answering machine

answering machine (singular)
answering machines (plural)

An answering machine is an automatic device on a phone that leaves a message to people calling when you are absent or when you do not want to be phoned. At the end of the message they can also leave you their own message.


gegenschein

A faint glow that can be seen on the opposite side of the sky where the sun is, due to dust and debris around that position.


encryption

encryption (singular)
encryptions (plural)

A way to make a message look like a lot of random letters by translating a message with an encryption key.

In many wars, soldiers often use encryption to make sure their messages aren't read by their enemies.


awkwardness

awkwardness (singular)
awkwardnesses (plural)

Awkwardness is the state of being awkward.

The patient suffer awkwardness when walking.


difficulty

difficulty (singular)
difficulties (plural)

The difficulty of something is how hard it is to do.

The student finished the homework with great difficulty.


unobtainium

Unobtainium is a fictional material that has extraordinary properties and is considered very difficult, maybe even impossible, to obtain.

Science-fiction works have a lot of devices that could not even exist if they were not made of unobtainium!


An exclamation mark used to show excitement, surprise or anger.

Ouch! Help! I am hurt!

Children's rhyme: "The interjection cries out: 'Hark! I need an exclamation mark!'"

c.1649 A Fiery Flying Roll by Abiezer Coppe: "And now (my dearest ones!) every one under the Sun..."

(symbol) Used by itself as a sign to make you notice something, such as something that is dangerous or something that has gone wrong.

In computing, it usually represents a Boolean not.

"if !x" means "if not x"

5! = 5 × 4 × 3 × 2 × 1

"five factorial equals…"


notable

notable (positive)
more notable (comparative)
most notable (superlative)

A person or a thing is notable if the person or thing is famous, important, significant. It means that many people know about that person or thing; many things have been said or written about that person or thing.

She is a notable writer: people in many different countries read her books.

A notable event happened here today. It will be in the newspaper.


mortal

Someone or something that is mortal can age, be injured, die, or disappear.

Even stars, though living millions or billions of years, are mortal.

When they are young, people usually don't think they are mortal.


mortal

A mortal is a human being, as opposed to immortal beings such as gods or beings with supernatural powers.

To ancient Greeks mortals were only toys in the hands of gods.

Son of a sorceress and a mortal, he still inherited his mother's powers.


wake

wake (canonical)
wakes (third-person singular)
woke (past)
woken (past participle)
waking (present participle)

I woke up early to catch the bus.

I woke up at four o'clock this morning.

If someone or something wakes you up, they make you stop sleeping.

Could you please wake Donald up?

The alarm clock woke me up.


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award

An award is something that you give to someone who has done something very well.

Each year, Westinghouse announces the winners of its awards for the best high-school science projects.

He won the National League's Most Valuable Player award in 2007.

An award is money that a court decides should be given to somebody who has won a legal case.

The lawyer often takes 10 to 30 percent of any awards of damages.


award

award (canonical)
awards (third-person singular)
awarded (past)
awarded (past participle)
awarding (present participle)

If you award somebody something, you officially give it to them, usually because they have done something well.

A total of $205,000 in prize money will be awarded, with $50,000 for the winner and $25,000 for second place.

If you award somebody something, you officially decide that somebody should receive money or a contract.

The judge ruled that the company had no just cause for dismissing Morsi, and he was awarded damages.

The company was awarded a contract worth $2.3 billion to build the new highway.


affair

Affairs are things that happen or are done, usually that are important enough to be in the news.

We're thinking less about foreign affairs, and more about what happens here inside the country.

He now writes a column for the newspaper and hosts a weekly public affairs program.

The whole affair with Bill Clinton was a terrible mess.

An affair is a romantic or sexual relationship between two people when at least one of them is married to somebody else.

There were many brief, desperate love affairs between English women and the American soldiers during the war.

She thinks her mother may be having an affair with a doctor.

Baseball is a love affair Japan shares with America.

An affair is something that is related to a particular individual or group.

What I do in my free time is my affair.

Policing on Indian reservations is the job of the Bureau of Indian Affairs.


employment

employment (singular)
employments (plural)

His employment is with another store.

If he is late again, I will end his employment.


orbit

An orbit is a circular path achieved by an object that goes around another that is generally bigger.

The Earth's orbit around the sun is completed in nearly three hundred sixty-five days and a quarter of day.

An orbit is the hole in the skull containing the eyeball.

Cartoon characters sometimes have their eyeballs going out of their orbits in order to make their expression look funny.

An orbit is the sphere of influence a powerful person, organization or country can have.

During the Cold War, almost all Eastern European countries were in the orbit of the USSR.


accommodate

accommodate (canonical)
accommodates (third-person singular)
accommodated (past)
accommodated (past participle)
accommodating (present participle)

If x accommodates y, x has or makes room for y.

The platform didn't look nearly big enough to accommodate a ship the size of the Lady Luck

The seats are designed to accommodate children weighing between 20 and 40 pounds.

If a place accommodates people, they stay, work, or live there.

The school residence currently accommodates students from 27 countries.

If you accommodate someone or something, you do what is needed to help or understand them.

Our restaurant can accommodate the needs of people with special diets.


assemble

assemble (canonical)
assembles (third-person singular)
assembled (past)
assembled (past participle)
assembling (present participle)

If you assemble many people or things, you bring them together.

They went into the meeting room where a dozen other people had already assembled.

The first thing you try to do is assemble people you want to work with.

If you assemble something, you put it together.

He would have to go to Japan to find a company to supply parts and assemble the machine.

They worked together in assembling the art collection.

She had assembled a team of 10 lawyers to attack the court's ruling.


replicator

replicator (singular)
replicators (plural)

A replicator is a device or a structure that can make copies of itself.

Genes are natural replicators.

A replicator is also a (fictional) man-made device that can make copies of itself, or transform matter to build any object or structure, living or not.

Replicators still belong to science-fiction nowadays, but could exist one day thanks to technological progress.


mess

A mess is a dirty or untidy place or situation.

Your room is such a mess! You're not leaving the house until you clean it up!

A mess is a chaotic, confused or troublesome state or situation.

Look at the mess you've gotten us into now!

A mess is a number of people who eat together.


mess

mess (canonical)
messes (third-person singular)
messed (past)
messed (past participle)
messing (present participle)

If you mess, you take meals with a mess.


sight

A sight is something that people want to see.

The Statue of Liberty is a popular sight in New York City.

A sight is a device that is attached onto a weapon and it is for a person to look into to aim the weapon at an intended target.


sight

sight (canonical)
sights (third-person singular)
sighted (past)
sighted (past participle)
sighting (present participle)

The farmers sighted something strange circling overhead.


robot

A robot is a machine that looks more or less a human being.

Starwars C-3PO is a golden robot.

A robot can also be any man-made automatic device, resembling a human being or not.

When you ask for the time on a phone, a robot will answer you.

A robot is a person who does not show emotions and seems to have no human thoughts.

He has the same expression whatever happens to him: he is a true robot.


dull

dull (positive)
duller (comparative)
dullest (superlative)

A dull person is boring and not interesting.

The presentation was rather dull.

My friend is dull.


dull

dull (canonical)
dulls (third-person singular)
dulled (past)
dulled (past participle)
dulling (present participle)

When you dull something, you make it softer or less sharp.


Spanish

I enjoy Spanish food.


ton

A ton is a metric unit of weight that as three main values : the international metric ton that is exactly 1,000 kilograms, the short ton used in Northern America that is 2,000 pounds (about 907 kilograms), and the long ton used in United Kingdom that is 2,240 pounds or about 1016 kilograms.

A ton is also a great amount of something, or many things.

Today I have tons of things to do: how discouraging!


cherry

A cherry is a roundish small piece of fruit with a core inside. Its color varies from pale yellow to red or purple and even nearly black.

We should eat our cherries quickly before birds get them all eaten!

By extension, cherry can also be the tree or the bush bearing this fruit.

The wood of which a cherry tree is made of.

Cherry is also the color of the fruit, bright red or purple.

Cherry is a color that human eyes immediately remark.

Her cherry make-up makes her look ugly.

(uncountable) Cherry is the flavour or smell of cherries.

This cherry perfume is rather strange but not unpleasant at all.


semicolon

semicolon (singular)
semicolons (plural)

A semicolon is the sign ; used to mark a pause longer than the comma (,) but shorter than the period (.).

A space is needed after the semicolon.

Do not use a semicolon between a clause and a phrase, or a main clause and a subordinate clause.


zoom

zoom (canonical)
zooms (third-person singular)
zoomed (past)
zoomed (past participle)
zooming (present participle)


firm

A firm is a group of people who work together as a business.

John & John is a law firm.

A firm is a group of people that come together to make money.


firm

firm (positive)
firmer (comparative)
firmest (superlative)


firm

firm (canonical)
firms (third-person singular)
firmed (past)
firmed (past participle)
firming (present participle)

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immortality

im- + mortal + -ity
immortal + mortality

Immortality is the condition of not dying or ageing.

Jesus promised immortality after our death.

Technological civilizations believe in their own immortality.

/ˌɪmɔːˈtæləti/


segment

How long is that segment of rope?

Separate the orange into 'segments then add the segments to the fruit salad.

The snowflake segment of The Nutcracker is my favorite part of the ballet.

The Cowboy-in-Brooklyn segment of the television show was written by Mel Brooks.


segment

segment (canonical)
segments (third-person singular)
segmented (past)
segmented (past participle)
segmenting (present participle)

If you segment something, you make it into segments or parts

Will you peel and segment the orange for the fruit salad?

I peeled and segmented the orange for the fruit salad.


exclamation mark

exclamation mark (singular)
exclamation marks (plural)

An exclamation mark is the sign ! used at the end of a sentence to express a strong emotion such as surprise, annoyance or anger.

In English a space is not needed between the last word and the exclamation mark.

Comics use a lot of exclamation marks alone to express strong emotions.


allocate

allocate (canonical)
allocates (third-person singular)
allocated (past)
allocated (past participle)
allocating (present participle)

If you allocate something, you set it aside or plan to use it for a particular purpose. The term is often used with money or resources.

We need to change the way that the research money is being allocated.

The government is allocating scarce resources to the military when they should be used for growing food.


chord

A chord is made of several notes together, usually three or four.

Some singers accompany themselves on guitar by playing chords.

A chord is a straight line, that can be material or an abstract line linking two points together.


gibberish

Gibberish is a language that is not understandable, because it has no meaning or is too complicated or technical.

Extraterrestrials in bad science-fiction often speak gibberish to make you understand that they are extraterrestrials.

Some people want to be considered specialists though they mainly use gibberish.


identifications

identification (singular)
identifications (plural)

The plural form of identification; more than one (kind of) identification.


phrase

Sheela liked to use that particular phrase whenever she disagreed with something.

A phrase is a group of words. Together, they act as a single unit in a sentence.

Within a noun phrase (NP), adjectives function as modifiers.


phrase

phrase (canonical)
phrases (third-person singular)
phrased (past)
phrased (past participle)
phrasing (present participle)

When you phrase an idea, you express it in words.


baked

bake (canonical)
bakes (third-person singular)
baked (past)
baked (past participle)
baking (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of bake.


baked

baked (positive)
more baked (comparative)
most baked (superlative)

If food is baked, it was cooked by baking.

If a person is baked, they are high on drugs, usually marijuana.


fail

fail (canonical)
fails (third-person singular)
failed (past)
failed (past participle)
failing (present participle)

The event is going to fail.


salmonid

A group of fish similar to a salmon or a trout.


aluminium

Aluminium is another way of spelling aluminum.


dog-eared

dog-eared (positive)
more dog-eared (comparative)
most dog-eared (superlative)

A dog-eared book has been read a lot, making the pages bent like the ears of a dog.

After being opened and closed so many times, this book got all its pages dog-eared.


dog-eared

dog-ear (canonical)
dog-ears (third-person singular)
dog-eared (past)
dog-eared (past participle)
dog-earing (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of dog-ear.


country music

A kind of (mostly American) music started by people who lived far from cities.

I've been listening to a lot of country music this month.


salmon

salmon (singular)
salmons or salmon (plural)

A yellowish pink colour, the colour of cooked salmon.


capital

A capital is the most important city of a country. The government of the country is usually located there.

The (field) capital is the most important city in that particular field.

Hollywood is the film capital, New York the theater capital, Las Vegas the gambling capital.

A person's capital is all his money and wealth.

A capital forms the topmost member of a column or pilaster. It broadens the area of the column's supporting surface.


capital

A capital object or idea is something that is very important.

That is a capital idea!

Not all felonies are capital crimes.

One begins a sentence with a capital letter.


cannabis sativa


announce

announce (canonical)
announces (third-person singular)
announced (past)
announced (past participle)
announcing (present participle)

If you announce something, you make it public by telling people about it.

"There's been a change in plans," she announced, and her mother looked surprised.

Dun & Bradstreet announced its intention to split into three separate companies by fall.

They haven't announced the time of the next train yet.

Recently, Halliburton also announced a deal to buy U.K.-based PSL Energy Services Ltd.

If you announce somebody, you tell others that the person has arrived.


density

Density is how much stuff fits in a particular area.

The population density of Singapore is one of the highest in the world.

The density of a material is how closely packed its atoms are.

The density of water is higher than the density of steam.


gift

A gift is something given to another person voluntarily.

I didn't receive many gifts this Christmas.

She has a gift for singing.


gift

gift (canonical)
gifts (third-person singular)
gifted (past)
gifted (past participle)
gifting (present participle)

A gift is given to someone as a present.

I received a gift from my parents as my Christmas present.


define

define (canonical)
defines (third-person singular)
defined (past)
defined (past participle)
defining (present participle)

If you define a word, you state exactly what the word means.

The dictionary defines the word "define" as "to state exactly what a word means".


wilderness

Places that are far from cities or farms; usually places where no people live.

We were hunting deer in the wilderness.

I was lost in the wilderness for two weeks.

There are miles of wilderness between here and the city.


bind

bind (canonical)
binds (third-person singular)
bound (past)
bound (past participle)
binding (present participle)

If you bind something put rope or string around it, often many times.

She tied the rope around their hands, binding them tightly together.

He bound the books with string and carried them downstairs.

If something binds two people or things, it connects them.

Now that he couldn't walk, he was bound to his nurse.

(transitive), (usually passive) If someone is bound by a rule, promise, etc., they must not break it.

The media are not bound by the same rules that govern lawyers.

When they join the European Union, they will have to agree to be bound by the European Convention on Human Rights.

The president is not bound to sign any law that Congress sends up.

If two things bind, they stick together.

Carbon binds with oxygen to form carbon dioxide.

If you bind a book, you put it together so the pages stay together.


bind

A bind is a difficult position or situation.

I've lost my job and I'm in a terrible bind.


acronym

An acronym is an abbreviation usually made by the first letters of a series of words, and which is itself said as a word

RAM, radar and scuba are acronyms.


amazing

amazing (positive)
more amazing (comparative)
most amazing (superlative)

Amazing things cause wonder and amazement.

That was an amazing book. I enjoyed every moment of it.


amazing

amaze (canonical)
amazes (third-person singular)
amazed (past)
amazed (past participle)
amazing (present participle)


flavor

The flavor of something is how it tastes.

I do not like the flavor of this snack. I prefer something sweeter.

A flavor is something that adds taste to food.


flavor

flavor (canonical)
flavors (third-person singular)
flavored (past)
flavored (past participle)
flavoring (present participle)

When you flavor food or drink, you add a new taste to it.

He is going to flavor the dish with that new spice he bought at the supermarket.


understanding

understanding (singular)
understandings (plural)

A person's understanding of something is what they know or think about it.

Science helps us to gain a better understanding of natural processes.

An understanding is an agreement between two people.

We had an understanding. You should have fulfilled your end of the bargain.

Understanding is your ability to understand the feelings of other people.

Teachers must listen with kindness and understanding to what the young have to say.


understanding

understanding (positive)
more understanding (comparative)
most understanding (superlative)

An understanding person is able to easily see how someone else feels.

Thanks for being so understanding about how emotional and erratic I've been acting lately.


understanding

understand (canonical)
understands (third-person singular)
understood (past)
understood (past participle)
understanding (present participle)

Are you understanding what I'm saying?

I'm having a hard time understanding the calculus homework. Can you help me?


parr

A parr is a young salmon fish, more mature than a fry.


hamster

A hamster is a furry rodent a little larger than a mouse and with a very short tail. They are popular as pets.


countrymen

countryman (singular)
countrymen (plural)

The plural form of countryman; more than one (kind of) countryman.


master

A master is someone who controls something.

She is the master of this domain.

She is a master at sculpting humans.

She holds a master's degree at Balliol College.


master

master (canonical)
masters (third-person singular)
mastered (past)
mastered (past participle)
mastering (present participle)

If a person masters something, they become very good at it; they are skilled at it.

Through their courses, they will master the fine arts.


bid

A bid is an offer to enter into a contract to buy something or to do some kind of job.

He amazed the art world with his winning bid of nearly $54 million for Van Gogh's painting, Irises.

The Suns also made a bid for $2.3 million to get Willis from the Bulls.

He went back to teaching after his unsuccessful presidential bid in 1988.

She lost her bid at a world record fourth gold medal in swimming.


bid

bid (past)
bid (past participle)
bid (canonical)
bids (third-person singular)
bade (past)
bidden (past participle)
bidding (present participle)

If you bid for something, you offer to enter into a contract to buy it or to do it.

Microsoft bid $44.6 billion to acquire Yahoo.

If you bid for something, you attempt to do or get it.

Montesinos, decided not to bid for the new position.

They bid on and won a job to build a bank in Marietta, Ohio.

If you bid someone a good day, evening, etc., you wish it to them in greeting.

She bade farewell to her sister, Fannie, and to other relatives and friends.

If you bid someone (to) do something, you tell them to do it.

Standing with her back to the open door, she bade him pass.

The past tense and past participle of bid.


risk

A risk is something bad that could possibly happen.

There are many risks associated with the stock market.

A risk is the chance of something bad happening.

The risk of us failing is too great.


risk

risk (canonical)
risks (third-person singular)
risked (past)
risked (past participle)
risking (present participle)

To risk something means to take a chance with something.

She risked hypothermia by swimming the English Channel.


alevin

An alevin is a young salmon fish who has just hatched.


dildo

dildo (singular)
dildos or dildoes (plural)

A dildo is a device shaped like a penis that is used for masturbation and sex.


tuxedo

tuxedo (singular)
tuxedos or tuxedoes (plural)

A tuxedo is black jacket that men wear in formal occasions.

A tuxedo is also the whole upper suit that includes this jacket, with a white shirt and a black bowtie.

In official receptions men always wear tuxedoes.


alarm

An alarm is a signal that something needs attention or a machine that makes the signal.

I wake up, without an alarm clock, at seven or eight a.m.

People in the restaurant ran out the emergency exit, sounding the alarm.

The safety system was known to be defective and had frequently sent out false alarms.

The hotel did not have fire alarms or a sprinkler system.

A fire in the fry pan set off the smoke alarm.

They watched with some alarm as the speeding car got closer.

This is completely natural and no cause for alarm.


alarm

alarm (canonical)
alarms (third-person singular)
alarmed (past)
alarmed (past participle)
alarming (present participle)

If you alarm someone, you make them feel worried or scared.

The school was alarmed by the number of children failing math.


gibber

gibber (canonical)
gibbers (third-person singular)
gibbered (past)
gibbered (past participle)
gibbering (present participle)

To gibber is to speak in a way you that cannot be understood, especially when using unknown words or known words that have no meaning put together.

This magician gibbers when he does his tricks, because he wants to appear more mysterious.


meter

This table is 2 meters wide.


treats

The plural form of treat; more than one (kind of) treat.


treats

treat (canonical)
treats (third-person singular)
treated (past)
treated (past participle)
treating (present participle)

The third-person singular form of treat.


cyborg

Mixing of cybernetic and organism, a cyborg is a being, usually human, that has an important part of mechanical/robotic devices in his or her body. He or she still has an organic brain, contrary to a robot.

A true robot that has a relation with organic life, such as looking like a normal human being or having a human soul inside.

Terminator is a cyborg.


blame

blame (canonical)
blames (third-person singular)
blamed (past)
blamed (past participle)
blaming (present participle)

If you blame someone or something for something bad, you say or think that they are the reason for or cause of it.

It's not your fault... don't blame yourself.

If you keep asking the woman why he attacked her, you're blaming the victim.

She's changed, but I blame it on the drugs.

Everything's gone wrong, and I want to know who's to blame.


blame

The blame for something bad is the idea that you made or let it happen.

You keep your mouth shut and I'll take the blame.

I went told lies, beat up smaller boys, and put the blame on someone else.

Coaches and players must share the blame for the worst season in club history.


i.e.,


i. e.


rehearse

rehearse (canonical)
rehearses (third-person singular)
rehearsed (past)
rehearsed (past participle)
rehearsing (present participle)

There's no need to rehearse that, we already know.

The witness rehearsed the events.

To practice by repeating something in private.

The band rehearsed before the show.


detached house

detached house (singular)
detached houses (plural)

A detached house is a house standing alone, that has no common wall with another house.

People usually prefer detached houses not to hear the noise their neighbors could do.


season

A season is a particular time of year with a particular kind of weather, usually spring, summer, fall, and winter, or rainy season and dry season.

A season is a particular time of year when certain activities happen.

The theatrical season lasts from early autumn to late spring.

Taite was out for much of last season after injuring his ankle in the season opener.

The holiday shopping season, which begins in November, is always a busy time for the shops.

Ear infections most commonly occur in the winter cold and flu season.

The Ravens had sold all but 850 of their 57,000 season tickets for this season in Memorial Stadium.

Maine's hunting season ends the Saturday after Thanksgiving.

Your apple harvest season can stretch as long as three or four months.

She said this week traditionally is one of the busiest in the tourist season, when 100,000 visitors usually come here.

A cycle or set of episodes of a television show.

Victoria justice wasn't on "Zoey 101", until the second season.

Season one of "glee" was better in my opinion.

The television show "glee" had only six seasons.


season

season (canonical)
seasons (third-person singular)
seasoned (past)
seasoned (past participle)
seasoning (present participle)

If you season food, you add seasonings to it, like salt, pepper, or other herbs and spices.

Place meat in the bottom of a large oven-safe dish, seasoning each layer with salt and pepper.


dwarf

dwarfs (plural)
dwarf (singular)
dwarves (plural)

A very little person. A dwarf is a person whose size is much smaller than average.

She is a dwarf, only three feet (one meter) tall.

Some dwarfs used to be shown in circuses like strange animals.

A race of small people, sometime with long beards. This is a type of fictional character found in legends all over the world, whose main characteristic is being much shorter than normal.

In Scandinavian legends dwarves are considered as a true people, different from human beings.

Snow white was adopted by seven dwarves.


dwarf

If something is dwarf is it smaller than normal. Anything of a much smaller than average size can be called dwarf..

I kept a dwarf tree in my house.

Dwarf rabbits are quite popular pet rabbits.


dwarf

dwarf (canonical)
dwarfs (third-person singular)
dwarfed (past)
dwarfed (past participle)
dwarfing (present participle)

The elephant dwarfed the people with it.

The new building will dwarf the old one.


locate

locate (canonical)
locates (third-person singular)
located (past)
located (past participle)
locating (present participle)

If you locate something you find it, you learn where it is.

I need to locate the nearest gas station.

If you locate something somewhere, you put it there.

The city plans to locate the subway stop right across the street.


technobabble

Technobabble is a language that appears very technical or scientific, but that has in fact little or no meaning at all.

Science-fiction often uses technobabble to speak about advanced technologies or non-existent physical phenomena.

Some advertisers want to impress people by saying their product is very sophisticated, but we know it's just technobabble.


sack

She opened the brown paper sack and put the shopping in it.

To sack is to plunder and pillage a captured town or city.

The sack of Rome.

I'm tired. I think I'll hit the sack and get some sleep.


sack

sack (canonical)
sacks (third-person singular)
sacked (past)
sacked (past participle)
sacking (present participle)

If the company sacks you, they end your job; they fire you.

Phil was sacked last week, and I think they will get rid of more people soon.

To plunder or pillage a captured town or city.

The barbarians sacked Rome.


magical

magical (positive)
more magical (comparative)
most magical (superlative)

Something that is magical is related to magic.

Sorcerers have magical objects besides their own powers.

Something magical is also something so unusual that it appears to be caused by magic.

This landscape is so beautiful! It has something magical.


squeak

A squeak is a high-pitched sound that objects produce, especially when rubbing together.

The squeak of this old door is so annoying!


squeak

squeak (canonical)
squeaks (third-person singular)
squeaked (past)
squeaked (past participle)
squeaking (present participle)

If something squeaks it produces this kind of sound.

His wheelchair is always squeaking when it moves.


zodiac

A belt-like area of the sky that the Sun, Moon, and the planets pass through; it extends about eight degrees north and south of the ecliptic, and is divided into 12 equal parts which are each named after a constellation.

The 12 signs, or houses, of the zodiac. Each sign is named after one of the constellations in the zodiac.

My zodiac constellation is Gemini.

A circle decorated with the signs of the zodiac.

My friend has a tattoo of a zodiac.


boundary

A boundary is the line around something's outside edge.

The elephants have to live within the boundary of the park or risk being shot.

There have been many times in their lives when the boundaries between their personal and professional lives have disappeared.

More manufactured goods are crossing international boundaries every day.

An international commission that regulates the boundary waters between the U.S. and Canada.


smolt

A young salmon fish, just before becoming an adult which breeds.


inch

A unit of length that is equal to 2.54 centimetres; there are 12 inches in a foot.

My pencil is six inches long.


inch

inch (canonical)
inches (third-person singular)
inched (past)
inched (past participle)
inching (present participle)

Fearful of falling, he inched along the window ledge.


arrive

arrive (canonical)
arrives (third-person singular)
arrived (past)
arrived (past participle)
arriving (present participle)

If you arrive somewhere, you come to that place, usually the place that you planned to go to.

Is everything ready? I expect the guests to arrive soon.

Please arrive at the airport at least 2 hours before your flight.

We arrive in New York at 10:52.

They asked us to arrive early to help get ready for the party.

Different people thinking about the same question often arrive at the same answer.

If something arrives somewhere, it comes to that place, usually the place that it was supposed to go to.

Five days later a letter arrived by Federal Express.

If a time or event arrives, it moves from the future into the present.

Finally the day arrived for him to come home.


aim

An aim is something you want to do or have done.

The aim of the study was to find out if these students would talk differently to themselves during independent work.

We certainly didn't accomplish the war aims set forward by the governments.

The ultimate aim is to be able to cure the disease.

If you take aim at something, you point a gun or other weapon at it.

He takes aim and fires.

If you take aim at something, you turn your attention to it.

The book takes aim at politicians and their wasteful spending.

Your aim is your skill in hitting something that you are shooting, throwing, kicking, etc. at.

He threw the stone at the bird, but his aim wasn't so good.


aim

aim (canonical)
aims (third-person singular)
aimed (past)
aimed (past participle)
aiming (present participle)

If you aim at doing something, you plan or try to do it.

The new rules for cars are aimed at reducing speeds and improving driver safety.

Many cities have a variety of programs aimed at helping the homeless.

If you aim at something, you point a gun or other weapon at it.

He grabbed for his gun, aimed it and started shooting.


tricks

trick (canonical)
tricks (third-person singular)
tricked (past)
tricked (past participle)
tricking (present participle)

The third-person singular form of trick.


tricks

The plural form of trick; more than one (kind of) trick.


goose

A goose is a big flying bird looking like a duck, with a long neck and webbed feet. The color of its feathers is usually a mix of grey, black and/or white, certain individuals having a uniform color.

Wild geese regularly fly over our house when they migrate to Southern countries.

I have a pet goose that honks when someone comes into the yard.

Aunt Dreeda acts like a goose whenever a man comes to her front door.


goose

goose (canonical)
gooses (third-person singular)
goosed (past)
goosed (past participle)
goosing (present participle)

To goose someone is to take him by surprise with a finger jab to the cleft of the buttocks that penetrates to the anus. The violated may be clothed or unclothed and usually reacts with a sudden, offended start.

I was wearing only a jockstrap when a teammate goosed me in the locker room.


paintball

paintball (singular)
paintballs (plural)

Paintball is a game where people shoot small balls filled with paint instead of bullets.

You should get changed if you want to play paintball; I don't want to have more clothes to wash!

A paintball is a paint-filled ball that is used in the game of paintball.


paintball

paintball (canonical)
paintballs (third-person singular)
paintballed (past)
paintballed (past participle)
paintballing (present participle)

If you paintball someone, you shoot them with a paintball.

If you paintball, you play the sport paintball.


firefighter

firefighter (singular)
firefighters (plural)

A firefighter is a person whose job is to fight fires and put them out.


totals

The plural form of total; more than one (kind of) total.


totals

totaled (past)
totaled (past participle)
totaling (present participle)
total (canonical)
totals (third-person singular)
totalled (past)
totalled (past participle)
totalling (present participle)

The third-person singular form of total.


i.e.

This is a Latin abbreviation for id est (literally "that is"), and is used to explain something by saying it in a different way : in other words, which means are expressions having roughly the same meaning.

They are just liars, i.e. they never tell the truth.


wizard

A person who uses magic, who has magical powers.

Wizards use magic to cast spells.

A person who is very talented in one area or more.

That guy is a wizard at problem-solving!

A computer program that simplifies operations for users that have little or no experience in computing.

To install this drawing program, we had to use the install wizard to set the program up on the computer.


assassin

An assassin is a person who kills a famous or important person, usually for political reasons or for money.

Lee Harvey Oswald is believed to be the assassin of President John F. Kennedy.


countryman

countryman (singular)
countrymen (plural)

Your countrymen are people who come from the same country (nation) that you are from.

My fellow Americans are my countrymen.

The student from Japan wished she could see more of her countrymen.


arsonist

An arsonist is a person who sets fire to cause damage, especially in buildings or forests.

Forest fires are often caused by arsonists, but they are difficult to arrest.


offline

If a system is offline, it is not connected (generally electronically) to a larger network.

If a machine is offline, it is not powered on.

The printer is offline for a few minutes while it starts up.


creep

When an animal moves with its belly close to the ground.

The creep of the snake makes it frightening.

Small and progressive changes of a measure.

Few people noticed the creep of the prices this year.

A very annoying person who makes you nervous.

Stop staring at me all the time, you creep!


creep

crept (past)
crept (past participle)
creep (canonical)
creeps (third-person singular)
creeped (past)
creeped (past participle)
creeping (present participle)

An animal creeps when it moves with its belly close to the ground.

Snakes and lizards creep.

A plant creeps when it grows close to the ground or stuck to a wall, instead of growing upwards.

To move slowly and quietly in a particular direction, like a snake can move.

When prices creep, some people do not immediately notice the changes.


mirror

A very reflective surface which light can bounce off of.

She kept staring at the mirror all day.


mirror

mirror (canonical)
mirrors (third-person singular)
mirrored (past)
mirrored (past participle)
mirroring (present participle)

If something/someone mirrors something, then it is identical to it.


semi-detached house

semi-detached house (singular)
semi-detached houses (plural)

A semi-detached house is a house that has a common wall with another house.

I don't especially like my semi-detached house because I can hear what my neighbors do. It's not very intimate.


remarkable

remarkable (positive)
more remarkable (comparative)
most remarkable (superlative)

Something worth noticing; not common; extraordinary.

It's remarkable that many mothers don't breastfeed their children, despite the evidence that it is good for babies to breastfeed.


edit

edit (canonical)
edits (third-person singular)
edited (past)
edited (past participle)
editing (present participle)

When you edit something, you change or move around words.

You can edit pages on Simple English Wiktionary by clicking the button that says "change this page".


edit

An edit is a change in text or a document.

Thank you for your edit to the page hello on the Simple English Wiktionary!


firewoman

A firewoman is a woman whose job is to fight fires and extinguish them. This word was created when woman began to do this job and not only men.

The firewoman sprayed the house with the fire hose.


firewall

computer software that can be installed or downloaded to protect the person's computer from viruses, spyware, malware, and other kinds of unwanted junk


firewall

firewall (canonical)
firewalls (third-person singular)
firewalled (past)
firewalled (past participle)
firewalling (present participle)

When you firewall, you set up software to protect your electronic item from viruses.

If you firewall someone, you maintain social distance from a manipulative person to avoid manipulative or narcissistic abuse.

She firewalled her narcissistic stepmother.


clone

A clone is a living being produced from another being that is genetically identical to the first being.

Ewe Dolly is known to be the first man-made clone.

All these cells are clones of a first cell that has divided.

A clone is a copy or imitation of something, living or not.

This counterfeiter has a lot of talent : the painting he has made is a perfect clone of the original one.


clone

clone (canonical)
clones (third-person singular)
cloned (past)
cloned (past participle)
cloning (present participle)

To clone is to make an identical copy of something, especially a living being.

Cells usually reproduce by cloning themselves.

It is considered morally unacceptable to clone human beings.


Khalistan

Khalistan is the name of a proposed country based on theocratic ideas.


attract

attract (canonical)
attracts (third-person singular)
attracted (past)
attracted (past participle)
attracting (present participle)

If something attracts you, it makes you interested in it.

She jumped up and down to attract attention.

A cheaper price should also help attract customers.

If you are attracted to someone, you want to have a relationship with them, often a sexual relationship.

Boys were mad about her, attracted by her good looks.

The city hoped the new roads would attract businesses.

With magnets, opposite poles attract each other.


medical student

medical student (singular)
medical students (plural)

An medical student is an adult student who goes to a school and is learning to be a doctor so that they can treats sick people.

The medical student has been learning for three years.


impossible

impossible (positive)
more impossible (comparative)
most impossible (superlative)

If something is impossible it cannot happen or cannot be done.

It is impossible for people to breathe water.

It's impossible for one man to build a whole city in one day.

That shot is impossible, no one could hit the target from here.

If a person is impossible they refuse to agree or to be peaceful.

No point arguing with you! You're just impossible!


brochure

A brochure is a small book, often just a few pages, explaining or advertising something.

For more information, pick up our free self-help brochure called "Gum Disease".


platinum

Platinum is an element of the periodic table with the atomic number 78. Its symbol is Pt.

Platinum is also the silver-grey metal made of platinum atoms.

With a density of 21,4, platinum is one of the densest materials known to Earth.

Platinum is the silver-grey color of the metal.

A platinum is a musical recording that has sold over one million copies (for singles), or two million (for albums)


platinum

Something platinum has the silver-grey color of the metal.

She has always had her strange platinum hair.


swarm

A swarm is a group of many insects, especially flying insects like bees, wasps or flies.

He walked on a wasp nest and was attacked by the swarm.

Less commonly, a swarm can also be a group of fish or birds.

When attacked, sardinas group into compact swarms to protect themselves.

A crowd of people or animals moving in a chaotic way.

By observing the sky with telescopes, astronomers can see swarms of stars.


swarm

swarm (canonical)
swarms (third-person singular)
swarmed (past)
swarmed (past participle)
swarming (present participle)

I felt disgusted when I saw all these flies swarming on this dead body.

When there are to many insects in a place.

Fire ants swarm in the Southern United States since man accidentally brought some with him by ship.

Ants are swarming the kitchen since we let food accessible.


rural

rural (positive)
more rural (comparative)
most rural (superlative)

If something is rural, it is related to the country and is not of the city.

If a place is rural, it is far from any city.

If a person is rural, it means they live away from the city.


blind

blind (positive)
blinder (comparative)
blindest (superlative)

If someone or something is blind, they can't see.

I'm not totally blind. I can see a little.

If someone or something is blind, they can't see the truth about something.

How can you be so blind about your problems?


blind

blind (canonical)
blinds (third-person singular)
blinded (past)
blinded (past participle)
blinding (present participle)

If someone is blinded, they become unable to see.

The light was so bright that for a moment he was blinded.

Don't wave that pencil in my face - do you want to blind me?


blind

A covering for a window to keep out light. The covering may be made of cloth or of narrow slats that can block light or allow it to pass.

Any device intended to conceal or hide; as, a duck blind.

The player was in the big blind.

An 1800s baseball term meaning no score.


blind

In three card brag, without looking at the cards dealt.


scissor

scissor (canonical)
scissors (third-person singular)
scissored (past)
scissored (past participle)
scissoring (present participle)


Afghanistan

Afghanistan is a landlocked country in South-Central Asia. The capital is Kabul.


candidate

candidate (singular)
candidates (plural)

A candidate is one person or thing that may be chosen, especially in an election.

The three presidential candidates will be interviewed on TV tonight.

Crouch said LaBossiere was the more qualified of the two job candidates.

Because the school has a lot of poor children, it's a good candidate to receive extra money.


tomato

A tomato is a red, roundish fruit, roughly the size of a fist. It does not have a core nor pips.

Bad singers or musicians used to be thrown tomatoes at.

A tomato is also the plant bearing tomatoes.

Tomatoes were imported from Central America to Europe in the sixteenth century.

Ketchup sauce contains some amount of tomato.

Tomato is a color that looks like oxygenated blood.


Bangladesh

Bangladesh is a country in southeast Asia.

Bn-বাংলাদেশ.oga


bullet

A bullet is a small piece of metal thrown by a gun at a great speed.

manipulating a loaded gun is dangerous because of the bullets that can be fired by accident.

A bullet is a printed symbol in the form of a solid circle, “•”, it is usually used to mark items in a list.


bullet

bullet (canonical)
bullets (third-person singular)
bulleted (past)
bulleted (past participle)
bulleting (present participle)

If something bullets somewhere, it moves at high speed, like a bullet from a gun.

He bulleted around the race track!


Kargil

Kargil is a district in the disputed territory of Jammu and Kashmir.


Pakistan

Pakistan is a country in South-Central Asia. Its full, official name is the Islamic Republic of Pakistan.


ridiculous

ridiculous (positive)
more ridiculous (comparative)
most ridiculous (superlative)

Describes something that deserves ridicule, is foolish or absurd

Adam's mohawk is ridiculous.


peoples

The plural form of people; more than one (kind of) people.

The native peoples of America speak different languages.


peoples

people (canonical)
peoples (third-person singular)
peopled (past)
peopled (past participle)
peopling (present participle)

The third-person singular form of people.


New Delhi

New Delhi is the capital city of India. It is located in the national capital territory of Delhi.


appeal

An appeal is a strong or official request.

In an emotional appeal, Sevan asked the two groups to stop the fighting.

But as the problems in Iraq deepen, America may appeal directly to Iran for help.

The school launched an appeal to raise money for the new library.

An appeal is a request for an earlier decision to be changed, especially in law.

Her application was refused, her appeal was rejected, and when she failed to leave, she was arrested.

That decision was overturned on appeal.

His conviction is under appeal.

If something has appeal, people have good feelings about it, like it, or want it.

It was a type of game that had universal appeal to male and female.

That is part of the appeal of the ride, the sense of danger.

Beatty is still fabulous at 55, but will marriage dim his sex appeal?

Spike Lee is loved by the critics, but has never had huge audience appeal.


appeal

appeal (canonical)
appeals (third-person singular)
appealed (past)
appealed (past participle)
appealing (present participle)

If you appeal for something, you ask for it, often strongly or officially.

The people appealed for help as huge fires advanced towards their homes.

If you appeal a decision, you ask for it to be changed, especially in law.

The defense notified the State Supreme Court that it would appeal the conviction.

If you something appeals to you, you have good feelings about it, like it, or want it.

Adventure, money, sex, and violence appeal to large numbers of people.

You've got a product that you think will appeal to an audience that's under 21 years old,


India

A country in South Asia, also known as Bharat. Its full official name is the Republic of India.

In 1947, The British were leaving India after Independence Day.


Leh

Leh is a city and a district in the disputed territory of Jammu and Kashmir.


piecemeal

piecemeal (positive)
more piecemeal (comparative)
most piecemeal (superlative)

Made or done piece by piece, or occurring slowly.


piecemeal

gradually, slowly, bit by bit; into pieces, into fragments.


keyboard

A keyboard is a range of black and white keys (buttons) on a musical instrument.

Pianos, organs, harpsicords and some accordions have keyboards.

A keyboard is also a set of square or rectangular buttons on a typewriter or a computer.

Almost everybody has to use a keyboard in everyday life nowadays.


keyboard

keyboard (canonical)
keyboards (third-person singular)
keyboarded (past)
keyboarded (past participle)
keyboarding (present participle)

To keyboard is to type on a computer keyboard.

Everyday life in an office usually consists in keyboarding.


bless

bless (canonical)
blesses (third-person singular)
blessed (past)
blessed (past participle)
blessing (present participle)

You say, bless you when someone sneezes.

You say, bless you, him, her, etc. when that person has done something nice.

If you are blessed with an ability or something, you are lucky to have it.

If God blesses something, he gives it special attention and takes care of it.


scared

scared (positive)
more scared (comparative)
most scared (superlative)

If someone or something is scared, they are afraid of someone or something.

I'm scared of monsters.


scared

scare (canonical)
scares (third-person singular)
scared (past)
scared (past participle)
scaring (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of scare.


Lhasa

Lhasa is the capital city of Tibet, China.


experiment

experiment (singular)
experiments (plural)

A test that is done to prove something, to see if a guess is valid, or to do something that has not been tried before.

The experiment will prove that water boils at 100°C.


experiment

experiment (canonical)
experiments (third-person singular)
experimented (past)
experimented (past participle)
experimenting (present participle)


Tibet

Tibet is a province of China. The capital is Lhasa.


Jerusalem

Jerusalem is the ancient holy city, and the capital city of Israel and Palestine.


gain

You have nothing to gain.

What one gains, as a return on investment or dividend.

No pain, no gain.

The factor by which a signal is multiplied.


gain

gain (canonical)
gains (third-person singular)
gained (past)
gained (past participle)
gaining (present participle)

You gain something by getting or receiving it.


K2 is the second-tallest mountain in the world located in Pakistan. It is part of the Himalayas.

K2 can be slang for man-made marijuana, a drug.


gifts

The plural form of gift; more than one (kind of) gift.

He always likes to receive gifts.


gifts

gift (canonical)
gifts (third-person singular)
gifted (past)
gifted (past participle)
gifting (present participle)


cabinet

A country's cabinet is the main group of politicians who work closely with the leader of the government.

Nearly all the cabinet ministers in Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's coalition government are immigrants or the sons of immigrants.

He was senior businessman before he joined President Clinton's Cabinet as Treasury secretary.

A cabinet is a piece of furniture used to keep things in.

He walked over to the filing cabinet, took out the file and put it on his desk.


Chittagong

Chittagong is the second largest city in Bangladesh.

Chittagong is where I live.

Chittagong is also a district and Sadar Upzilla in Bangladesh.


campaign

A campaign is a group of activities working towards a particular goal, often to elect a political candidate or in a war.

Angry TV viewers did launch a letter-writing campaign against CBS's decision to cancel the show.

The president is preparing for his re-election campaign.

For four months the government has waged a campaign to shut down the illegal drug operations.

The Shining Path waged a bloody campaign against the Peruvian government, killing more than 40,000 people.


campaign

campaign (canonical)
campaigns (third-person singular)
campaigned (past)
campaigned (past participle)
campaigning (present participle)

If you are campaigning, you are working in an organized way with a goal.


Kabul

Kabul is the capital city of Afghanistan.


weekend

The end of the working week, usually Saturday and Sunday.

I do not have work on the weekend.


weekend

weekend (canonical)
weekends (third-person singular)
weekended (past)
weekended (past participle)
weekending (present participle)

If you weekend somewhere, you stay there just for the weekend.

We'll weekend at the beach.


Sikkim

Sikkim is a state in eastern India which has Gangtok as its capital.


cash

Cash is money in the form of bills and coins, rather than checks/cheques or credit cards.

The publisher supplied cash prizes and books for the winning essays written by fourth through sixth graders.

Payment is by cash, VISA, or MasterCard.


cash

cash (canonical)
cashes (third-person singular)
cashed (past)
cashed (past participle)
cashing (present participle)

To exchange a check/cheque for money in the form of bills.

I need to stop at the back to cash my paycheck before we go out to dinner.


Dhaka

Dhaka is the capital city of Bangladesh.


illegal

illegal (positive)
more illegal (comparative)
most illegal (superlative)

An illegal act or object is one that does not follow the law.

This drug is illegal in that country. If you are caught with it, you will be arrested.


Bengali

Bangla or Bengali is a language spoken in Bangladesh and the states of Tripura and West Bengal, India.


Jesus freak

Jesus freak (singular)
Jesus freaks (plural)

Someone who is seen to be excessively and overtly Christian.


career

A career is a job or a series of related jobs that you do for many years.

His pro coaching career spans 23 years, including time with the 49ers (1967–73 and' 77), the Browns (1978–80), the Oilers (1981–82), the Cowboys (1983–85) and the Cardinals (1986–89).

She says that she enjoyed making the movie, but has no plans to pursue an acting career.

Students need more support from teachers and advisers in deciding about academic programs and career paths.

Don quit his old job and launched a new career, restoring classic cars in a backyard garage.

He lost his hand in an accident, which ended his painting career.

Career advancement is often based on job performance, not just how long you've been in the job.


bracket

A tax, income, or age bracket is a set of values with a bottom limit and a top limit or a group of people who fit between the limits.

In the 25 to 29 age bracket, 43 percent of men and 29 percent of women had never married.

Investors in the 28% tax bracket (taxable income between $32,450 and $46,200 a year) will pay less tax next year.

A bracket is a punctuation mark used to set off extra information. The basic shape is round, like this: ( ), but the following are also brackets: [ ], { }, < >.

Weight is given in kilograms, while numbers in brackets show weight in pounds.

A common error in writing computer code is to forget to close your brackets.

A bracket is one of a wide variety of pieces, usually metal, wood, or plastic that are used to support or connect machines or materials. Commonly brackets are L-shaped.


bracket

bracket (canonical)
brackets (third-person singular)
bracketed (past)
bracketed (past participle)
bracketing (present participle)

Her desk was bracketed by bookcases.

If two things are bracketed together, they are put together in the same group.


presidential

presidential (positive)
more presidential (comparative)
most presidential (superlative)

Bush won the 2004 U.S. presidential election.

If somebody is presidential, they seem or act like a president.

Dan Quayle didn't appear very presidential.


broad

broad (positive)
broader (comparative)
broadest (superlative)

If something is broad, the distance from one side to the other is large.

Her shoulders were swimmer's shoulders, strong and broad.

If something is broad, it includes a lot.

They have laws now which give very, very broad powers to the President.

We have a range of activities broad enough to include teachers in all program areas and in all grade levels.

Broad senses, definitions, agreements, etc. are general, not detailed.

We accept a broad definition of music to include any sound organized in an meaningful way.

They walked through the broad field behind the building.

A broad accent is one that is very noticeable.

If something happens in broad daylight, it happens during the day where many people can see it.


broad

There's this German broad, fuckin' bitch, who told me I'm going to jail for her pushin' her stupid ass.


Taipei

Taipei is the capital of the Republic of China.


Iran

' Iran' is a country in South-Central Asia. The capital is Tehran. It was known as Persia until 1935.


debut

Debut is a person's first time doing something in public.

I made my theatrical debut in a production of "The King and I" many years ago.


debut

debut (canonical)
debuts (third-person singular)
debuted (past)
debuted (past participle)
debuting (present participle)

To appear or do something for the first time, as to the public.

The new baseball player debuted in September of 2008.

The police agency is making their debut tomorrow.


celebrate

celebrate (canonical)
celebrates (third-person singular)
celebrated (past)
celebrated (past participle)
celebrating (present participle)

If you celebrate something, you do something special to show that you are happy about it.

The town celebrates its 200th anniversary this Saturday by launching 20,000 balloons.

Some American homes are treeless during Christmas as these families celebrate other holidays.

Fans poured into the streets to celebrate after their team's victory.

When you celebrate something, you perform or participate in it, usually a sacrament or solemn rite.

The Christians gathered together to celebrate a mass.


Lucknow

Lucknow is the state capital of Uttar Pradesh, India.


Pashto

Pashto is a language spoken mainly in Afghanistan and northwestern Pakistan.


Oriya

Oriya is the official language of the state of Orissa, India.


cell

A cell is a room in a jail where prisoners are kept.

He was arrested and kept in a small cell for one day.

A plant cell has a cell wall.


carpet

A carpet is a floor covering, usually made of nylon or wool.

He walked in with his boots leaving snow on the carpet.

A carpet of something is a thick layer of it.

A carpet of snow lay on the ground.


carpet

carpet (canonical)
carpets (third-person singular)
carpeted (past)
carpeted (past participle)
carpeting (present participle)

If a floor or room is carpeted, it has carpets on the floor.

If something carpets a place, it covers the ground.

The road was carpeted with broken glass.


Haryana

/hʌrɪˈjɑːnə/


Jammu

A region in the southern part of the disputed territory of Jammu and Kashmir and Azad Kashmir (Pakistan).


lend

lend (canonical)
lends (third-person singular)
lent (past)
lent (past participle)
lending (present participle)

When you lend something to another person, you let them use it, after which they must return it to you.

I lent my textbook to Jack to allow him to study from it.

The main functions of banks are to hold your money safely and to lend some of that money to others.

If x lends y support, believability, acceptance, etc., x gives it to y.

Several studies in recent years have lent support to this idea.

We're moving house next week and we were hoping you could lend us a hand.


Calcutta

Calcutta was the name of the city that is now called Kolkata.


Balochi

Balochi is a language spoken mainly in southwest Pakistan (80% of speakers), southeast Iran and southern Afghanistan.


Ahmedabad

Ahmedabad is the capital city of Gujarat in India.


Madras

Madras was the name of a city in India that is now called Chennai.


magician

A magician is a man who uses magic, who has magical or mystical powers.

A magician is a person who does things that seem magical, but that are in fact tricks.

Magicians do not want reveal their secrets because their shows would become less interesting and mysterious since everybody could understand what happens.

A magician is a very skilled person, in one area or more.


swamp

A swamp is an area where most of the land is underwater. Land in a swamp is not usually more than a meter (or a few feet) under water.

We were wading through the swamp.

The swamp is home to many animals, including alligators, frogs, and birds.

U.S. state of Louisiana is famous for its swamps.


swamp

swamp (canonical)
swamps (third-person singular)
swamped (past)
swamped (past participle)
swamping (present participle)

If something is swamped it is being covered of filled with water.

The deck of our boat was swamped by the storm.

If something is swamped is has gotten more of something than it can work with.

Our office was swamped with phone calls.

The store was swamped with customers last night.

That many downloads would swamp our computers.


Shimla

Shimla is a city of India, the capital of the state of Himachal Pradesh.


Brahui

A group of people of Eastern Baluchistan.


Ambala

Ambala is a city in the state of Haryana in India.


Jaipur

Jaipur is the capital city of the state of Rajputstan in India.


Taiwan

Taiwan is an island that forms most of the Republic of China.


Tamil

Tamil is a language of India and Sri Lanka.


Gujarati

A language that is spoken in the state of Gujarat, India.

/ˌɡʊdʒəˈrɑːti/


Albania

Albania is a country in southeastern Europe. The capital is Tirana.


charity

A charity is an organisation that collects money or goods and uses them to help poor or sick people, often with the help of volunteers.

The group, a Catholic charity that runs schools on Indian reservations, collected nearly $17 million from the public.

The party was a charity event that raised over $400,000 to fight breast cancer.

The money was given away to local charities.

Charity is the work of helping the poor and the sick.

All the money raised goes to charity.

Charity is the money, goods, or help that people give to the poor and the sick.

Our family was poor, but my mother would never accept charity.

Charity is the quality of being kind, thoughtful, and helpful.

He led a life of charity.


fireman

A fireman is a person whose job is to fight fires and stops them. It can be used for men or both sexes.

Firemen often use red trucks to make them easily recognizable.

Forest fires were fought by firemen all the summer long.

A fireman is the person who puts coal in the fire of a steam engine on a train.


Awadh

Awadh is a region in the state Uttar Pradesh in India.


boss

Your boss is the person who tells you what to do at work.

My former boss was very happy for the chance to fire me.

I started the company because I wanted to be my own boss.

The Mayor was an old-style political boss who made his own decisions.


boss

boss (canonical)
bosses (third-person singular)
bossed (past)
bossed (past participle)
bossing (present participle)

If you boss somebody around/about, you tell them what to do, especially when you don't have any special power to do so.

This was just another occasion when Indians were bossed around by white people.


boss

boss (positive)
more boss (comparative)
most boss (superlative)


bloom

The seeds you plant in the spring will give blooms from summer through fall.

If something is in bloom, its flowers are open or it is reaching a state of fullness.

The weather is warming and spring flowers are coming into bloom.

She had a wide circle of friends and her career was in full bloom .

The bloom is the best time or a look of freshness or fullness.

The bloom is off their love.

It's wonderful to see the children in the bloom of youth.

As she approached, he saw the round of her hips and the bloom of her breasts.


bloom

bloom (canonical)
blooms (third-person singular)
bloomed (past)
bloomed (past participle)
blooming (present participle)

If something such as a flower blooms, it opens, or is reaching a state of fullness.

The blue sky was the color of the sea, and flowers were blooming in the fields.

She had a wide circle of friends and her life was in full bloom.

Business is blooming on this busy street.


Algeria

Algeria is a country in Africa. The capital city is Algiers.

/ælˈdʒɪəriə/


Sarajevo

Sarajevo is the capital city of Bosnia and Herzegovina.


Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan is a country in Asia, and the capital city is Baku.


cube

A cube is a shape that has six square faces of the same size.

A cube is also a solid object that has more or less this shape.

I usually take two sugar cubes with my coffee.

The cube of a number n is this number multiplied three times by itself. Its symbol is n³.

The cube of 3 is 27, also written 3³.


cube

cube (canonical)
cubes (third-person singular)
cubed (past)
cubed (past participle)
cubing (present participle)

To cube a number is multiplying this number three times by itself.

3 cubed is 27.

To cube the meat.


Sofia

Sofia can also be a woman's name. It is a less common spelling of Sophia.


booking

A booking is an agreement between you and a business such as a hotel or airline to use their services on a particular date.

If you need to cancel your booking, you must advise the hotel before Aug. 22.

The band has a number of bookings in Toronto this summer.


booking

book (canonical)
books (third-person singular)
booked (past)
booked (past participle)
booking (present participle)


Marathi

A language spoken by the people of Maharashtra, India.


Hindi

Hindi is the national language of India.

I'm sorry, but I do not understand Hindi.


Comoros

Comoros is an island country in Africa; the capital city is Moroni.


Skopje

Skopje is the capital city of Macedonia.


Djibouti

Djibouti is the capital city of the country Djibouti.


Eritrea

Eritrea is a country in Africa; the capital city is Asmara.


bomb

The man killed himself and eight others by detonating a very powerful bomb.

On August 6, a U.S. B-29 dropped a 9,000-pound atomic bomb on Hiroshima.

One U.S. soldier and two Iraqi children were killed when a roadside bomb exploded in central Baghdad.

If something, often a movie or a concert, was a bomb, it was very unsuccessful.

The first computer was a bomb, but IBM improved it and the new machine sold very well.


bomb

bomb (canonical)
bombs (third-person singular)
bombed (past)
bombed (past participle)
bombing (present participle)

If you bomb a place, you drop or put one or more bombs there.

This woman's mother and son were killed when American planes bombed the village.

If you bomb somewhere, you go there at high speed.

They walked up the mountain with their bikes and then bombed down as fast as they could go.

If you bomb a test, course, etc., you get a very low grade on it.

If something, often a movie or a concert, bombs, it is very unsuccessful.

The show bombed in London as well as flopping on Broadway.


Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bosnia is a country on the Balkan peninsula in Europe. The capital city is Sarajevo.

bŏz′·nē·ə and hûrts′·ə·gōv′·ĭn·ə

bŏz′·nē·ə and hûrts′·ə·gōv′·ĭn·ə

bŏz′·nē·ə ənd hûrts′·ə·gōv′·ĭn·ə

bŏz′·nē·ə ənd hûrts′·ə·gōv′·ĭn·ə


Djibouti City

Djibouti is the capital of Djibouti, Africa.


Jakarta

Jakarta is the capital city of Indonesia.


chase

chase (canonical)
chases (third-person singular)
chased (past)
chased (past participle)
chasing (present participle)

If you chase something, you go after it quickly.

Dogs often play at chasing their own tail.

In my dream, someone's chasing after me and I'm running down this street.

The children were chasing the ball down the soccer field.

If you chase somebody or something away, you make them leave.

He waved his arms to chase the birds out of the cherry tree.


chase

A chase is an act of going quickly after something or trying to get it.

TV has too many high-speed car chases.


Egypt

Egypt is a country of Africa. The capital city is Cairo.


Cuba

Cuba is a country in North America. The capital city is Havana.


United Kingdom

The United Kingdom is a country of northern Europe located in a group of islands, consisting of the entire island of Great Britain and a small part of the island of Ireland. The capital city is London.

I live in the United Kingdom.


Moroni

Moroni is the capital city of the island nation of Comoros.


audio

Audio is a kind of sound or sound signal.

The audio for the game was playing through the computer speakers.


bowl

In large mixing bowl, stir together flours, baking powder, and salt until thoroughly combined.

Why don't you let me fix you a nice hot bowl of soup.

The bowl is the part of an object that looks like a bowl.

When's the last time you cleaned the toilet bowl?

An important American football game played outside the regular season is sometimes called the ~ bowl.

These two teams will head to the Super Bowl to decide the champion.

A stadium is sometimes called the ~ bowl.

Every Tuesday and Thursday evening, you can hear the finest classical music at the Hollywood Bowl.


bowl

bowl (canonical)
bowls (third-person singular)
bowled (past)
bowled (past participle)
bowling (present participle)

If you bowl, you roll a ball along the ground or floor as part of a game.

If you bowl in cricket, you throw the ball at the batsman.

If you are bowling along, down, etc., you are moving very fast.

We were bowling down the hill when we hit a tree.

If you bowl somebody over, you hit them when you are running and make them fall down.


calculate

calculate (canonical)
calculates (third-person singular)
calculated (past)
calculated (past participle)
calculating (present participle)

If you calculate something, you find its value, usually by using mathematics.

These scores were calculated by subtracting total errors from total correct.

The computers can calculate how much your family can afford to pay for college.

If you calculate something, you find the answer by thinking about the facts.

The leaders seems to have calculated that the political benefit outweighs the cost to their people.

If something is calculated to do something, you hope or expect it to do it.

She waved her hands around in a way calculated to make him laugh.

If you calculate on something, you plan on it or expect it.

He hadn't calculated on her being late.


Nouakchott

Nouakchott is the capital city of Mauritania.


Mauritania

Mauritania is a country in Africa, the capital city is Nouakchott.


Malaysia

Malaysia is a country in Asia, the capital city is Kuala Lumpur.


Mongolia

Mongolia is a country in Asia, the capital city is Ulan Bator.

/mɒŋˈɡəʊli.ə/

/mɑːŋˈɡoʊli.ə/


Ulan Bator

Ulan Bator is the capital city of Mongolia.


Mali

Mali is a country in Africa, the capital city is Bamako.


Macedonia

Macedonia or Macedon is the name of an Ancient Greek kingdom where Alexander the Great came from.

Macedonia is a geographic region in southeastern Europe. The larger part is in Greece and the rest is in North Macedonia and a smaller part in Bulgaria.

North Macedonia, officially named Republic of North Macedonia, is a country in the Balkan region of Europe that used to be a part of Yugoslavia. The capital city is Skopje.

Macedonia is the name of a region in northern Greece. The capital city is Thessaloniki


Kuala Lumpur

Kuala Lumpur is the capital city of Malaysia.


bugger

He was wearing his hat in church, so I yelled, "Take your hat off, you silly bugger.


bugger

bugger (canonical)
buggers (third-person singular)
buggered (past)
buggered (past participle)
buggering (present participle)

You say "bugger it" to show that you are very angry or that you don't care.

You say "bugger me" or "I'm buggered" to show that you're very surprised.

If you bugger somebody, you have anal sex with them.

You say "bugger off" you want someone to leave you alone.

If you bugger something up, you make a problem with it.


cancel

canceled (past)
canceled (past participle)
canceling (present participle)
cancel (canonical)
cancels (third-person singular)
cancelled (past)
cancelled (past participle)
cancelling (present participle)

If you cancel something that was going to happen, you decide that it will not happen.

Her father had cancelled his trip to Canandaigua because of the weather.

The mayor is also reducing city services and canceling plans to hire thousands of new workers.

I'm afraid I can't make it; I'll have to cancel.


Karnataka

Karnataka is a state in southern India. Bangalore is the capital city.


Republic of Turkey

Republic of Turkey is the official name for Turkey.


Yemen

Yemen is a country in Asia. The capital city is Sanaa.


Syria

Syria is a country in Asia, the capital city is Damascus.


Libya

Libya is a country in Africa, the capital city is Tripoli.


Patna

Patna is the capital city of the state of Bihar in India.


Uzbekistan

Uzbek Republic is a landlocked country in South-Central Asia; the capital city is Tashkent.


Tunisia

Tunisia is a country in Africa. The capital city is Tunis.


Arabian Sea

The Arabian Sea is a sea which is part of the Indian Ocean. It is between the Arabian Peninsula, India and Somalia.


Tashkent

Tashkent is the capital city of Uzbekistan.

I used to live in Tashkent.


Tripura

Tripura is a state in north-eastern India with Agartala as its capital.


Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia is a country in Asia, the capital city is Riyadh. Often this country is just called Arabia.

Our king, Salman bin Abdulaziz, has ruled Saudi Arabia.


Tatarstan

Tatarstan is an autonomous republic in Russia; the capital city is Kazan.


Riyadh

Riyadh is the capital city of Saudi Arabia.


Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan is landlocked country in South-Central Asia; the capital city is Astana.


Ashgabat

Ashgabat is the capital city of Turkmenistan.


Ürümqi

Ürümqi is a city in northwestern China, formerly the capital of East Turkestan.


Astana

Nur-Sultan, formerly Astana, is the capital city of Kazakhstan.


Sudan

Sudan is a country in northern Africa, the capital city is Khartoum.


Dacca

The old spelling of Dhaka, capital of East Bengal, later East Pakistan.


Oman

Oman is a country in Asia, the capital city is Muscat.


Bishkek

Bishkek is the capital city of Kyrgyzstan.


Tajikistan

Tajikistan is a country in South-Central Asia, the capital city is Dushanbe.


San Francisco

San Francisco is a city in California in the United States of America.


stealth

characteristic of acting in secret and being hard to detect

He used stealth to creep up on the cat.

technology used to hide airplanes from radar. Also, an airplane which has this technology.

The attack was from a stealth-bomber.


Morocco

Morocco is a country in Africa; the capital city is Rabat.


Wales

Wales is a principality in the west of, and one of the nations of, the United Kingdom. The capital city is Cardiff.


besides

We've got a pile of homework and a part time job besides.

Besides the obvious benefit of learning, going to school has helped me make many friends.

I don't really want to go. Besides, it's too late now.

I don't want to go anywhere besides China.


Niger

Niger is a country in Africa. Its official name is the Republic of Niger.

Niger is a river in Africa that flows into the Gulf of Guinea in Nigeria.


gravestone

gravestone (singular)
gravestones (plural)

A gravestone is a stone on a grave, usually with the name of the dead person written on it.

The old gravestone was smooth from many years of rain, but she could still read the name on it.


United Arab Emirates

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is a country in Asia.

Abu Dhabi is the capital city of the United Arab Emirates.


Kyrgyzstan

Kyrgyzstan is a landlocked country in South-Central Asia. The capital city is Bishkek.

/ˈkɪər.ɡɪˌstɑːn/

/ˌkɪər.ɡɪˈstɑːn/


Granada

Granada is the capital city of the Granada province.


Turkmenistan

Turkmenistan is a country in South-Central Asia, the capital city is Ashgabat.


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Mecca

Mecca is a holy place for Muslims, many of who travel there every year.


uncertain

uncertain (positive)
more uncertain (comparative)
most uncertain (superlative)

Uncertain is the opposite of certain. You don't know whether it is going to happen or not. You have doubts about it.

I'm uncertain whether I should go out tonight.


Manchester

Manchester is a part of Greater Manchester, which is a main city in northern England of the United Kingdom.


ankle

The ankle is the joint between the foot and the leg.

She sprained her ankle when she fell on the ice.


beak

The bird is pecking with its beak for worms in the grass.


citizen

A citizen is a person who lives in a particular place.

The town has a population of 115, most of them senior citizens, with no young families.

With the recent economic problems, ordinary citizens are worried.

We all need to use less energy talk to our fellow citizens about environmental issues.

A citizen is a person who belongs to a particular country, usually because they were born there.

Some of these Americans moved north and eventually become naturalized Canadian citizens.


quadrennial

If something is quadrennial, it happens every four years.


disappointment

disappointment (singular)
disappointments (plural)

Disappointment is the feeling you have when something isn't as good as you expected.

A disappointment is someone or something that isn't as good as you expected.


rendering

render (canonical)
renders (third-person singular)
rendered (past)
rendered (past participle)
rendering (present participle)


Jammu and Kashmir

Jammu and Kashmir is a state in northern India. The capital is Srinagar.


Ireland

An island in the Atlantic Ocean which is a little west of the Britain.

Ireland is the official name for the Republic of Ireland, it is located in the south of the island, forms most of the island and includes 26 counties.


valleys

The plural form of valley; more than one (kind of) valley.


Pakistanis

Pakistani (singular)
Pakistanis (plural)

The plural form of Pakistani; more than one (kind of) Pakistani.


rely

rely (canonical)
relies (third-person singular)
relied (past)
relied (past participle)
relying (present participle)

When someone relies on something, they need it and they feel certain that it will be there.

In this place, you can't rely on good weather even in the summer.

When someone relies on another person, they need the person to do something, and they trust the person and feel certain that the person will do it.

I'm relying on you to water my plants when I'm travelling.


Pakistani

A Pakistani is a person or thing that comes from Pakistan.


Pakistani

Something or someone that is Pakistani comes from Pakistan.

The Pakistani currency is the Rupee.


cast

cast (canonical)
casts (third-person singular)
cast (past)
cast (past participle)
casting (present participle)

If x casts light or shadow on y, x causes y to be lit or in shadow.

The street light outside my window cast shadows on the wall.

The campfire cast a warm light on her face.

If you cast light on an idea or problem, you make it clearer by giving more information about it.

Our research casts new light on the connection between temperature and plant growth.

If you cast doubt on something, you make make people less likely to believe it.

The video casts doubt on the story told by police.

If you cast a look, glance, you look quickly.

She cast about for her pen.

He cast a quick look at the TV.

If you cast a vote, you vote in an election.

I've decided to cast my vote for the Democratic Party.

If you cast metal, plastic, etc., you make an object by applying wet or melted material to another material and waiting for it to harden.

If you cast somebody in a part in a play, movie, etc., you choose them to play that part.

If you cast something somewhere, you throw it there.


cast

The cast of a play, movie, or show are all the people who act in it.

The director has brought back many of the cast and crew of the earlier movie.

The cast of characters is the complete list of characters.

A cast is a hard protective covering on part of your body that has been seriously hurt or broken.

A cast is a shape made by applying wet or melted material to another material and waiting for it to harden.

A cast is a throw, especially in fishing when you throw your line out.


hillbillies

hillbilly (singular)
hillbillies (plural)

The plural form of hillbilly; more than one (kind of) hillbilly.


ant-hill

Ant-hill is another way of spelling anthill.


heathens

The plural form of heathen; more than one (kind of) heathen.


definitely

Something that will definitely happen will happen without doubt or with great chances of occurring.

The letter will definitely come this week.

There's a 100% chance of rain tomorrow. It will definitely rain.


Kentucky

Kentucky is a state in the United States of America.

Frankfort is the capital of Kentucky.


hill

A hill is a piece of high ground that rises up out of lower ground. A hill is like a mountain but smaller.

My house was on the top of a hill.

We had to climb a tall hill to reach the old family cemetery (place where dead people are buried).


Thor

The god of thunder and lightning to the Vikings (a people from ancient Europe).


Scandinavia

A region of Europe in the north. The countries called Norway, Sweden, and Denmark are part of Scandinavia. Sometime Iceland and Finland are included, but not always.

The Vikings sailed from Scandinavia to attack the rest of Europe.


don't cry over spilt milk

A phrase that means that you shouldn't get upset or worry about something that has already happened and can't be changed.


Sweden

Sweden is a country in the north of Europe.


poems

The plural form of poem; more than one (kind of) poem.


Finland

Finland is a country in the north of Europe.


melee

Hand-to-hand combat; very close fighting.

A naval or armor battle at a very close range.


gramps

Hi gramps! How's grandma?

Hey gramps, get off the road!


Norway

Norway is a country in the north of Europe, with borders to Sweden, Finland and Russia.


snow leopard

snow leopard (singular)
snow leopards (plural)

The snow leopard is a large wildcat that lives in central Asia.


huge

huge (positive)
huger (comparative)
hugest (superlative)

If something is huge it is very big. When you say this, you mean bigger than large, or bigger than what is usually called big.

Wow! That dog is so huge he could be a horse.

If something is huge it is very important or very exciting.

He's moving all the way to Africa! That's huge!


priest

A priest is a person who leads or performs ceremonies in a religion.

The priest stood in front of the people and blessed them.


capability

capability (singular)
capabilities (plural)

We say that someone has a capability when they are capable of doing something; that means they are able to do it.

He has great capabilities in using computers, but he always forgets to go to school on time.


strict

strict (positive)
stricter (comparative)
strictest (superlative)

The father was very strict about the children coming to dinner on time.

Following rules exactly, or giving strong punishments for not following the rules.


qualifications

qualification (singular)
qualifications (plural)

The plural form of qualification; more than one (kind of) qualification.


Kashmir stag

Kashmir stag (singular)
Kashmir stags (plural)

The Kashmir stag (Cervus canadensis hanglu) is a type of red deer native to northern Pakistan and India.


cheer

cheer (canonical)
cheers (third-person singular)
cheered (past)
cheered (past participle)
cheering (present participle)

If you cheer, you shout to show that you are happy about something or to encourage someone.

The band begins to play and the crowd cheers.

People cheered the home team wildly.

We hope everybody will come out and cheer on the runners.

If something cheers somebody, it makes them feel happier.

There isn't much on the street to cheer the poor.


cheer

A cheer is a shout to show that you are happy about something or to encourage someone.

As the clock counted down the final seconds of the game the cheers from the crowd grew louder and louder.

Three cheers for the raiders! Hip hip hooray!

Thanksgiving is a time for families to gather with good cheer and put problems behind them.


earn

earn (canonical)
earns (third-person singular)
earned (past)
earned (past participle)
earning (present participle)

If you earn something you get it by working or doing something.

I earn a lot more money at my new job than at my last job.

He worked hard to earn our respect.

She earned a bad name for herself by her bad behavior.

The child earned a spanking by not listening to his parents.

It took a long time to earn their trust.

If you think you have earned something, you think you should have it because of what you have done.

After completing that project I thought I had earned some time to rest.


ammunition

ammunition (singular)
ammunitions (plural)

Ammunition is the supply for a weapon (like bullets).

Ammunition can be used to describe words which can hurt people.


humiliation

humiliation (singular)
humiliations (plural)

Humiliation is the feeling you have when something very bad has happened and many people think it's your fault.

Humiliation is the act of shaming or embarrassing someone or making them feel very bad.


thus

I didn't do my homework and thus got a bad grade.

If you throw the ball thus, as I’m showing you, you’ll have better luck hitting the target.

You use thus far to mean until now, or up to this point.

Things have gone well thus far. Let's hope they continue.


onlooker

An onlooker is someone who watches but does not participate.

I wasn't in the fight. I was only an onlooker.


peregrine falcon

peregrine falcon (singular)
peregrine falcons (plural)

The peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus) is a bird of prey found in many parts of the world.

The peregrine falcon is the fastest bird in the world.


useless

useless (positive)
more useless (comparative)
most useless (superlative)


cheque

A cheque is a written promise that allows the receiver to take money from a bank account. It is used instead of cash to pay for things.

Do you take personal cheques?

Did you cash the cheque yet?

I wrote them a cheque for $300.


oversight

oversight (singular)
oversights (plural)

An oversight is something that someone does by mistake, without seeing that they are doing it.

He didn't thank me, but I'm sure that was just an oversight.

Oversight is the action of watching and making sure people do things right.

We have many ordinary workers, and a manager for oversight.

On Wikipedia, oversight is deleting pages or parts of pages so that not even administrators can see the part that was deleted.

I put my email address on Wikipedia by mistake, but I asked for oversight so that no one would see it.

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