award

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

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

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

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

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

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


affair

forms:
affair (singular)
affairs (plural)

pos: noun

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

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

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

text: The whole affair with Bill Clinton was a terrible mess.

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

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

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

text: Baseball is a love affair Japan shares with America.

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

text: What I do in my free time is my affair.

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

ipa: /əˈfɛr/

ipa: /əˈfɛə/

hyphenation: af‧fair

noun

expansion: [POS TABLE]


employment

forms:
employment (singular)
employments (plural)

etymology_text: employ + -ment

ety-suffix

employ

ment

expansion: employ + -ment

text: His employment is with another store.

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

ipa: /ɪmˈplɔɪmənt/


orbit

forms:
orbit (singular)
orbits (plural)

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

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

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

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

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

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


accommodate

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

pos: verb

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

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

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

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

text: The school residence currently accommodates students from 27 countries.

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

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

ipa: /əˈkɒməˌdeɪt/

ipa: /əˈkɑməˌdeɪt/

verb

accommodat

e


assemble

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

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

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

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

glosses: If you assemble something, you put it together.

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

text: They worked together in assembling the art collection.

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

ipa: /əˈsɛmbl̩/

hyphenation: as‧sem‧ble

assembl


replicator

forms:
replicator (singular)
replicators (plural)

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

text: Genes are natural replicators.

glosses: 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.

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


mess

forms:
mess (singular)
messes (plural)

glosses: A mess is a dirty or untidy place or situation.

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

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

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

glosses: A mess is a number of people who eat together.

ipa: /mɛs/

irrnoun

messes


mess

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

glosses: If you mess, you take meals with a mess.

verb

mess

es


sight

forms:
sight (singular)
sights (plural)

glosses: A sight is something that people want to see.

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

glosses: 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.

enpr: sīt

ipa: /saɪt/

sampa: /saIt/

homophones: cite site


sight

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

text: The farmers sighted something strange circling overhead.


robot

forms:
robot (singular)
robots (plural)

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

text: Starwars C-3PO is a golden robot.

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

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

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

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

ipa: /rəʊbɒt/


dull

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

pos: adj

glosses: A dull person is boring and not interesting.

text: The presentation was rather dull.

text: My friend is dull.

ipa: /dʌl/

sampa: /dVl/

adjective

dull

duller

dullest


dull

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

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


Spanish

forms: Spanish

pos: name

enpr: spă'nĭsh

ipa: /ˈspænɪʃ/

sampa: /"sp{nIS/


Spanish

forms: Spanish (positive)

text: I enjoy Spanish food.


ton

forms:
ton (singular)
tons (plural)

glosses: 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.

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

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

ipa: /tʌn/

homophones: tonne tun


cherry

forms:
cherry (singular)
cherries (plural)

glosses: 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.

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

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

glosses: The wood of which a cherry tree is made of.

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

text: Cherry is a color that human eyes immediately remark.

text: Her cherry make-up makes her look ugly.

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

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

ipa: /ˈʧɐri/

irrnoun

cherries


semicolon

forms:
semicolon (singular)
semicolons (plural)

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

text: A space is needed after the semicolon.

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

ipa: /ˌsɛmiˈkəʊlən/

ipa: /ˈsɛmikoʊlən/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-semicolon.wav


zoom

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

enpr: zōōm

ipa: /zuːm/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-zoom.wav


firm

forms:
firm (singular)
firms (plural)

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

text: John & John is a law firm.

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

ipa: /fɜrm/

ipa: /fɜːm/

audio: EN-AU ck1 firm.ogg


firm

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

adj

firm

firmer

firmest


firm

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

glosses:
:
 This short section needs someone to add to it.


immortality

forms: immortality (singular)

etymology_text:
im- + mortal + -ity
immortal + mortality

ety-affix

im

mortal

ity

glosses: Immortality is the condition of not dying or ageing.

text: Jesus promised immortality after our death.

text: Technological civilizations believe in their own immortality.

ipa: /ˌɪmɔːˈtæləti/

ipa: /ˌɪmɔːrˈtæləti/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-immortality.wav


segment

forms:
segment (singular)
segments (plural)

text: How long is that segment of rope?

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

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

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

enpr: sĕgʹmənt


segment

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

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

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

text: I peeled and segmented the orange for the fruit salad.

ipa: /sɛɡˈmɛnt/

enpr: sĕgʹmĕnt

ipa: /ˈsɛɡmɛnt/


exclamation mark

forms:
exclamation mark (singular)
exclamation marks (plural)

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

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

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

sampa: /%Eks.kl@"meI.S@n %mA:k/


allocate

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

glosses: 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.

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

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

enpr: ăl'ə-kāt

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-allocate.wav

verb

allocat


chord

forms:
chord (singular)
chords (plural)

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

text: Some singers accompany themselves on guitar by playing chords.

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

ipa: /kɔː(r)d/


gibberish

forms: gibberish (singular)

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

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

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

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-gibberish.wav

noun

gibberish


identifications

forms:
identification (singular)
identifications (plural)

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

identification


phrase

forms:
phrase (singular)
phrases (plural)

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

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

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

enpr: frāz

ipa: /freɪz/


phrase

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

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

verb

phras


baked

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

glosses: The past tense and past participle of bake.

bak


baked

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

glosses: If food is baked, it was cooked by baking.

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

adj

more: true


fail

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

text: The event is going to fail.

enpr: fāl

ipa: /feɪl/


salmonid

forms:
salmonid (singular)
salmonids (plural)

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


aluminium

forms: aluminium (singular)

glosses: Aluminium is another way of spelling aluminum.

enpr: ăl"yo͝omĭn'ēəm

enpr: ăl"(y)o͞omĭn'ēəm

enpr: əlo͞om'ĭnəm

ipa: /əˈluːmɪnəm/

enpr: ăl"(y)əmĭn'yəm

hyphenation: al‧u‧min‧i‧um


dog-eared

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

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

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


dog-eared

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

glosses: The past tense and past participle of dog-ear.

verb

dog-ear


country music

forms: country music

pos: phrase

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

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


salmon

forms:
salmon (singular)
salmons or salmon (plural)

glosses: A yellowish pink colour, the colour of cooked salmon.

enpr: să'mən

ipa: /ˈsæmən/

noun

salmon


capital

forms:
capital (singular)
capitals (plural)

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

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

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

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

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


capital

forms: capital (positive)

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

text: That is a capital idea!

text: Not all felonies are capital crimes.

text: One begins a sentence with a capital letter.


title: cannabis sativa

redirect: Cannabis sativa

pos: hard-redirect


announce

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

ipa: /əˈnaʊns/

ipa: /ʌˈnaʊns/

hyphenation: an‧nounce

verb

announc


density

forms:
density (singular)
densities (plural)

glosses: Density is how much stuff fits in a particular area.

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

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

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

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-density.wav

irrnoun

densities


gift

forms:
gift (singular)
gifts (plural)

glosses: A gift is something given to another person voluntarily.

text: I didn't receive many gifts this Christmas.

text: She has a gift for singing.

ipa: /ɡɪft/

enpr: gĭft

sampa: /gIft/


gift

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

glosses: A gift is given to someone as a present.

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


define

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

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

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

ipa: /dɪˈfaɪn/

hyphenation: de‧fine

verb

defin


wilderness

forms: wilderness (singular)

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

text: We were hunting deer in the wilderness.

text: I was lost in the wilderness for two weeks.

text: There are miles of wilderness between here and the city.

ipa: /ˈwɪldənɪs/

ipa: /ˈwɪldərnəs/


bind

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

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

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

text: He bound the books with string and carried them downstairs.

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

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

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

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

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

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

glosses: If two things bind, they stick together.

text: Carbon binds with oxygen to form carbon dioxide.

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

ipa: /bʌɪnd/

bind

binds

bound

bound

binding


bind

forms:
bind (singular)
binds (plural)

glosses: A bind is a difficult position or situation.

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


acronym

forms:
acronym (singular)
acronyms (plural)

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

text: RAM, radar and scuba are acronyms.


amazing

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

glosses: Amazing things cause wonder and amazement.

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

enpr: ə-mā'zĭng

ipa: /əˈmeɪzɪŋ/


amazing

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

amaz


flavor

forms:
flavor (singular)
flavors (plural)

glosses: The flavor of something is how it tastes.

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

glosses: A flavor is something that adds taste to food.

ipa: /ˈfleɪvə/

ipa: /ˈfleɪvɚ/


flavor

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

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

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


understanding

forms:
understanding (singular)
understandings (plural)

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

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

glosses: An understanding is an agreement between two people.

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

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

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

ipa: /ʌndəˈstandɪŋ/

ipa: /ˌʌndɚˈstændɪŋ/

hyphenation: un‧der‧stand‧ing


understanding

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

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

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


understanding

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

text: Are you understanding what I'm saying?

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

understand

understands

understood

understood

understanding


parr

forms:
parr (singular)
parrs (plural)

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

ipa: /pɑː/


hamster

forms:
hamster (singular)
hamsters (plural)

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

ipa: /'hæmstəɽ/


countrymen

forms:
countryman (singular)
countrymen (plural)

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

noun

countryman

countrymen


everybody

forms: everybody

pos: det

ipa: /ˈɛvriˌbɒdi/

ipa: /ˈɛvirbədi/

ipa: /ˈɛrbʌdi/


master

forms:
master (singular)
masters (plural)

glosses: A master is someone who controls something.

text: She is the master of this domain.

text: She is a master at sculpting humans.

text: She holds a master's degree at Balliol College.

ipa: /ˈmɑːstə/

ipa: /ˈmæstɚ/


master

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

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

text: Through their courses, they will master the fine arts.


bid

forms:
bid (singular)
bids (plural)

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

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

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

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

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

ipa: /bɪd/


bid

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

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

text: Microsoft bid $44.6 billion to acquire Yahoo.

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

text: Montesinos, decided not to bid for the new position.

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

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

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

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

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

glosses: The past tense and past participle of bid.

bid

bids

bid

bid

bidding

bade

bidden


risk

forms:
risk (singular)
risks (plural)

glosses: A risk is something bad that could possibly happen.

text: There are many risks associated with the stock market.

glosses: A risk is the chance of something bad happening.

text: The risk of us failing is too great.

ipa: /rɪsk/


risk

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

glosses: To risk something means to take a chance with something.

text: She risked hypothermia by swimming the English Channel.


alevin

forms:
alevin (singular)
alevins (plural)

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

enpr: ăl'-ə-vən

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-alevin.wav


dildo

forms:
dildo (singular)
dildos or dildoes (plural)

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

enpr: dĭldō

ipa: /ˈdɪldəʊ/

ipa: /ˈdɪldoʊ/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-dildo.wav

dildoes


tuxedo

forms:
tuxedo (singular)
tuxedos or tuxedoes (plural)

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

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

text: In official receptions men always wear tuxedoes.

ipa: /tʌkˈsiːdəʊ/

enpr: tŭksē'dō

ipa: /tʌkˈsidoʊ/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-tuxedo.wav

tuxedoes


alarm

forms:
alarm (singular)
alarms (plural)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

text: This is completely natural and no cause for alarm.

ipa: /əˈlɑːm/

ipa: /əˈlɑrm/


alarm

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

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

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


gibber

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

glosses: 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.

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

ipa: /ˈdʒɪbə(r)/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-gibber.wav


meter

forms:
meter (singular)
meters (plural)

text: This table is 2 meters wide.

ipa: /ˈmiːtə(r)/


treats

forms:
treat (singular)
treats (plural)

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

treat


treats

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

glosses: The third-person singular form of treat.


cyborg

forms:
cyborg (singular)
cyborgs (plural)

glosses: 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.

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

text: Terminator is a cyborg.


blame

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

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

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

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

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

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

ipa: /bleɪm/

verb

blam


blame

forms: blame (singular)

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

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

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

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


title: i.e.,


title: i. e.


rehearse

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

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

text: The witness rehearsed the events.

glosses: To practice by repeating something in private.

text: The band rehearsed before the show.

ipa: [rɪˈhɜːs]

ipa: /rɨˈhɝs/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-rehearse.wav

rehears


detached house

forms:
detached house (singular)
detached houses (plural)

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

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


season

forms:
season (singular)
seasons (plural)

glosses: 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.

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

text: The theatrical season lasts from early autumn to late spring.

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

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

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

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

text: Maine's hunting season ends the Saturday after Thanksgiving.

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

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

glosses: A cycle or set of episodes of a television show.

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

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

text: The television show "glee" had only six seasons.

ipa: /ˈsiːzən/

enpr: sēʹzən

ipa: /ˈsizən/


season

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

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

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


dwarf

forms:
dwarfs (plural)
dwarf (singular)
dwarves (plural)

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

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

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

glosses: 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.

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

text: Snow white was adopted by seven dwarves.

enpr: dwô(r)f

ipa: /dwɔː(r)f/

irrnoun

dwarves


dwarf

forms: dwarf (positive)

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

text: I kept a dwarf tree in my house.

text: Dwarf rabbits are quite popular pet rabbits.


dwarf

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

text: The elephant dwarfed the people with it.

text: The new building will dwarf the old one.


locate

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

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

text: I need to locate the nearest gas station.

glosses: If you locate something somewhere, you put it there.

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

ipa: /ləʊˈkeɪt/

ipa: /ˈloʊkeɪt/

hyphenation: lo‧cate

verb

locat


technobabble

forms: technobabble (singular)

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

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

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

ipa: /ˈtɛknəʊbæbəl/

ipa: /ˈtɛknoʊbæbəl/


sack

forms:
sack (singular)
sacks (plural)

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

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

text: The sack of Rome.

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

ipa: /sæk/


sack

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

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

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

glosses: To plunder or pillage a captured town or city.

text: The barbarians sacked Rome.


magical

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

glosses: Something that is magical is related to magic.

text: Sorcerers have magical objects besides their own powers.

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

text: This landscape is so beautiful! It has something magical.

ipa: /ˈmædʒɪkəl/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-magical.wav


squeak

forms:
squeak (singular)
squeaks (plural)

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

text: The squeak of this old door is so annoying!

ipa: /skwiːk/


squeak

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

glosses: If something squeaks it produces this kind of sound.

text: His wheelchair is always squeaking when it moves.


zodiac

forms:
zodiac (singular)
zodiacs (plural)

glosses: 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.

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

text: My zodiac constellation is Gemini.

glosses: A circle decorated with the signs of the zodiac.

text: My friend has a tattoo of a zodiac.

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-zodiac.wav

hyphenation: zo‧di‧ac


boundary

forms:
boundary (singular)
boundaries (plural)

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

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

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

text: More manufactured goods are crossing international boundaries every day.

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

ipa: /baʊndri/

sampa: /baUndri/

ipa: /ˈbaʊndəri/

irrnoun

boundaries


smolt

forms:
smolt (singular)
smolts (plural)

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

ipa: /smoʊlt/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-smolt.wav


inch

forms:
inch (singular)
inches (plural)

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

text: My pencil is six inches long.

ipa: /ɪntʃ/

inches


inch

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

text: Fearful of falling, he inched along the window ledge.

verb

inch


arrive

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

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

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

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

text: We arrive in New York at 10:52.

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

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

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

text: Five days later a letter arrived by Federal Express.

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

text: Finally the day arrived for him to come home.

enpr: ə-rīvʹ

ipa: /əˈraɪv/

arriv


arrive

forms:
arrival (singular)
arrivals (plural)

noun

arrival


aim

forms:
aim (singular)
aims (plural)

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

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

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

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

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

text: He takes aim and fires.

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

text: The book takes aim at politicians and their wasteful spending.

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

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

ipa: /eɪm/

sampa: /eIm/


aim

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

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

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

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

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

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


tricks

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

glosses: The third-person singular form of trick.

verb

trick


tricks

forms:
trick (singular)
tricks (plural)

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


goose

forms:
goose (singular)
geese (plural)

glosses: 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.

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

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

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

ipa: /'guːs/

irrnoun

geese


goose

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

glosses: 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.

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

verb

goos


paintball

forms:
paintball (singular)
paintballs (plural)

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

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

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

ipa: /ˈpeɪntbɔːl/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-paintball.wav

hyphenation: paint‧ball


paintball

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

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

glosses: If you paintball, you play the sport paintball.


firefighter

forms:
firefighter (singular)
firefighters (plural)

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


totals

forms:
total (singular)
totals (plural)

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

noun

total


totals

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

glosses: The third-person singular form of total.

verb

l


i.e.

pos: abbrev

glosses: 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.

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


wizard

forms:
wizard (singular)
wizards (plural)

glosses: A person who uses magic, who has magical powers.

text: Wizards use magic to cast spells.

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

text: That guy is a wizard at problem-solving!

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

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

ipa: /ˈwɪzəd/


assassin

forms:
assassin (singular)
assassins (plural)

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

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

ipa: /ǝ'sæsın/


countryman

forms:
countryman (singular)
countrymen (plural)

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

text: My fellow Americans are my countrymen.

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

ipa: /ˈkʌntrimən/

hyphenation: coun‧try‧man


arsonist

forms:
arsonist (singular)
arsonists (plural)

etymology_text: arson + -ist

ety-suffix

arson

ist

expansion: arson + -ist

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

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

ipa: /ˈɑrsənəst/

ipa: /ˈɑːsənɪst/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-arsonist.wav


offline

forms: offline (positive)

etymology_text: off- + line

ety-prefix

off

line

expansion: off- + line

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

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

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

ipa: /ɒfˈlaɪn/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-offline.wav


offline

pos: adv


creep

forms:
creep (singular)
creeps (plural)

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

text: The creep of the snake makes it frightening.

glosses: Small and progressive changes of a measure.

text: Few people noticed the creep of the prices this year.

glosses: A very annoying person who makes you nervous.

text: Stop staring at me all the time, you creep!

enpr: /krēp/

ipa: /kriːp/


creep

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

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

text: Snakes and lizards creep.

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

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

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

creep

creeps

crept

crept

creeping


mirror

forms:
mirror (singular)
mirrors (plural)

glosses: A very reflective surface which light can bounce off of.

text: She kept staring at the mirror all day.

ipa: /ˈmɪrə/


mirror

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

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


semi-detached house

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

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

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


remarkable

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

glosses: Something worth noticing; not common; extraordinary.

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

ipa: /rɪˈmɑrkəbl̩/

ipa: /rɪˈmɑːkəbl̩/

hyphenation: re‧mark‧a‧ble


edit

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

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

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

ipa: /ˈɛdɪt/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-edit.wav

hyphenation: ed‧it


edit

forms:
edit (singular)
edits (plural)

glosses: An edit is a change in text or a document.

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


firewoman

forms:
firewoman (singular)
firewomen (plural)

etymology_text: fire + -woman

ety-suffix

fire

woman

expansion: fire + -woman

glosses: 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.

text: The firewoman sprayed the house with the fire hose.

irrnoun

firewomen


firewall

forms:
firewall (singular)
firewalls (plural)

etymology_text: fire + wall

compound

wall

expansion: fire + wall

glosses: 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

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

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

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

text: She firewalled her narcissistic stepmother.


clone

forms:
clone (singular)
clones (plural)

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

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

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

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

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

enpr: klōn

ipa: /kloʊn/


clone

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

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

text: Cells usually reproduce by cloning themselves.

text: It is considered morally unacceptable to clone human beings.

verb

clon


Khalistan

forms: Khalistan

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


attract

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

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

text: She jumped up and down to attract attention.

text: A cheaper price should also help attract customers.

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

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

text: The city hoped the new roads would attract businesses.

text: With magnets, opposite poles attract each other.

ipa: /əˈtrækt/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-attract.wav


medical student

forms:
medical student (singular)
medical students (plural)

etymology_text: medical + student

multiword term

medical

student

expansion: medical + student

glosses: 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.

text: The medical student has been learning for three years.


impossible

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

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

text: It is impossible for people to breathe water.

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

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

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

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

ipa: /ɪmˈpɒsəbl/

ipa: /ɪmˈpɑsəbl/

hyphenation: im‧pos‧si‧ble


brochure

forms:
brochure (singular)
brochures (plural)

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

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

ipa: 'brəʊʃjʊə(r)


platinum

forms:
platinum (singular)
platinums (plural)

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

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

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

glosses: Platinum is the silver-grey color of the metal.

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

ipa: /ˈplætɪnəm/

ipa: /ˈplætənəm/

hyphenation: plat‧i‧num


platinum

forms: platinum (positive)

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

text: She has always had her strange platinum hair.


swarm

forms:
swarm (singular)
swarms (plural)

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

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

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

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

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

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

ipa: /swɔrm/

ipa: /swɔːm/


swarm

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

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

glosses: When there are to many insects in a place.

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

text: Ants are swarming the kitchen since we let food accessible.


rural

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

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

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

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

ipa: /ˈrʊrəl/

ipa: /ˈrʊərəl/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Back ache-Rural.wav

hyphenation: ru‧ral


blind

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

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

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

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

text: How can you be so blind about your problems?

ipa: /blaɪnd/

adjective

blind

blinder

blindest


blind

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

glosses: If someone is blinded, they become unable to see.

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

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


blind

forms:
blind (singular)
blinds (plural)

glosses: 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.

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

text: The player was in the big blind.

glosses: An 1800s baseball term meaning no score.


blind

forms:
blind (positive)
Superlative–

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


scissor

forms:
scissor (singular)
scissors (plural)

ipa: /ˈsɪzə/

ipa: /ˈsɪzɚ/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-scissor.wav


scissor

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


Afghanistan

forms: Afghanistan

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


candidate

forms:
candidate (singular)
candidates (plural)

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

text: The three presidential candidates will be interviewed on TV tonight.

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

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


tomato

forms:
tomato (singular)
tomatoes (plural)

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

text: Bad singers or musicians used to be thrown tomatoes at.

glosses: A tomato is also the plant bearing tomatoes.

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

text: Ketchup sauce contains some amount of tomato.

text: Tomato is a color that looks like oxygenated blood.

ipa: /təˈmɑːtəʊ/

ipa: /təˈmeɪtoʊ/

irrnoun

tomatoes


Bangladesh

forms: Bangladesh

glosses: Bangladesh is a country in southeast Asia.

audio: Bn-বাংলাদেশ.oga


bullet

forms:
bullet (singular)
bullets (plural)

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

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

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


bullet

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

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

text: He bulleted around the race track!


Kargil

forms: Kargil

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


Pakistan

forms: Pakistan

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

ipa: /ˈpaːkɪst̪aːn/


ridiculous

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

glosses: Describes something that deserves ridicule, is foolish or absurd

text: Adam's mohawk is ridiculous.

ipa: /rɪˈdɪkjʊləs/


peoples

forms:
people (singular)
peoples (plural)

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

text: The native peoples of America speak different languages.

noun

people


peoples

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

glosses: The third-person singular form of people.

verb

peopl

e


New Delhi

forms: New Delhi

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

ipa: /n(j)uː ˈdɛli/

audio: New Delhi.ogg


appeal

forms:
appeal (singular)
appeals (plural)

glosses: An appeal is a strong or official request.

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

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

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

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

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

text: That decision was overturned on appeal.

text: His conviction is under appeal.

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

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

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

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

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

ipa: /əˈpiːl/

hyphenation: ap‧peal


appeal

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


India

forms: India

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

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

enpr: ĭnʹdēə

ipa: /ˈɪndiə/


Leh

forms: Leh

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


piecemeal

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

glosses: Made or done piece by piece, or occurring slowly.


piecemeal

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


keyboard

forms:
keyboard (singular)
keyboards (plural)

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

text: Pianos, organs, harpsicords and some accordions have keyboards.

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

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

ipa: /ˈkiːbɔːd/

ipa: /kiˈbɔrd/

sampa: /ki"bOrd/


keyboard

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

glosses: To keyboard is to type on a computer keyboard.

text: Everyday life in an office usually consists in keyboarding.


bless

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

glosses: You say, bless you when someone sneezes.

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

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

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

enpr: blĕs

ipa: /blɛs/

bless

es


scared

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

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

text: I'm scared of monsters.

ipa: /skɛəd/

ipa: /skɛərd/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Back ache-scared.wav


scared

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

glosses: The past tense and past participle of scare.

scar


Lhasa

forms: Lhasa

glosses: Lhasa is the capital city of Tibet, China.

ipa: /ˈlɑːsə/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Lhasa.wav


experiment

forms:
experiment (singular)
experiments (plural)

glosses: 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.

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

hyphenation: ex‧pe‧ri‧ment


experiment

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


Tibet

forms: Tibet

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

enpr: tĭ-bĕt', tə-bĕt'

ipa: /tɪˈbet/


Jerusalem

forms: Jerusalem

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

enpr: jə-ro͞o'sə-ləm

ipa: /d͡ʒəˈruːsələm/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Jerusalem.wav


gain

forms:
gain (singular)
gains (plural)

text: You have nothing to gain.

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

text: No pain, no gain.

glosses: The factor by which a signal is multiplied.

ipa: /geɪn/

sampa: /geIn/


gain

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

glosses: You gain something by getting or receiving it.


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

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


gifts

forms:
gift (singular)
gifts (plural)

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

text: He always likes to receive gifts.

noun

gift


gifts

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


cabinet

forms:
cabinet (singular)
cabinets (plural)

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

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

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

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

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

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-cabinet.wav


Chittagong

forms: Chittagong

glosses: Chittagong is the second largest city in Bangladesh.

text: Chittagong is where I live.

glosses: Chittagong is also a district and Sadar Upzilla in Bangladesh.


campaign

forms:
campaign (singular)
campaigns (plural)

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

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

text: The president is preparing for his re-election campaign.

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

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

ipa: /kæm'peɪn/

hyphenation: cam‧paign


campaign

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

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


Kabul

forms: Kabul

glosses: Kabul is the capital city of Afghanistan.

enpr: käʹbo͝ol

ipa: /ˈkɑːbəl/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Kabul.wav


weekend

forms:
weekend (singular)
weekends (plural)

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

text: I do not have work on the weekend.

ipa: /wiːˈkɛnd/

ipa: /ˈwiˌkɛnd/

ipa: /ˈwiːˌkend/


weekend

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

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

text: We'll weekend at the beach.


Sikkim

forms: Sikkim

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

hyphenation: Sik‧kim


cash

forms: cash (singular)

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

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

text: Payment is by cash, VISA, or MasterCard.

enpr: kăsh

ipa: /kæʃ/

sampa: k{S

cash


cash

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

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

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


Dhaka

forms: Dhaka

glosses: Dhaka is the capital city of Bangladesh.

ipa: /ˈdækə/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Dhaka.wav


illegal

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

etymology_text: il- + legal

ety-prefix

il

legal

expansion: il- + legal

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

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

ipa: /ɪˈliːɡəl/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-illegal.wav

hyphenation: il‧le‧gal


Bengali

forms: Bengali

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

ipa: /bɛŋˈɡɔːli/


Jesus freak

forms:
Jesus freak (singular)
Jesus freaks (plural)

glosses: Someone who is seen to be excessively and overtly Christian.


career

forms:
career (singular)
careers (plural)

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

text: 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).

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

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

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

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

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

ipa: /kəˈrɪr/

ipa: /kəˈrɪə/

hyphenation: ca‧reer


bracket

forms:
bracket (singular)
brackets (plural)

glosses: 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.

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

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

glosses: 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: [ ], { }, < >.

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

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

glosses: 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

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

text: Her desk was bracketed by bookcases.

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


presidential

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

text: Bush won the 2004 U.S. presidential election.

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

text: Dan Quayle didn't appear very presidential.

ipa: /prɛzɪˈdɛnʃ(ə)l/

hyphenation: pres‧i‧den‧tial


broad

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

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

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

glosses: If something is broad, it includes a lot.

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

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

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

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

text: They walked through the broad field behind the building.

glosses: A broad accent is one that is very noticeable.

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

ipa: /brɔːd/

adjective

broad

broader

broadest


broad

forms:
broad (singular)
broads (plural)

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


Taipei

forms: Taipei

glosses: Taipei is the capital of the Republic of China.


Iran

forms: Iran

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

ipa: /ɪˈrɑːn/


debut

forms:
debut (singular)
debuts (plural)

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

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

ipa: /ˈdɛbjuː/

ipa: /deɪˈbjuː/

ipa: /dəˈbʉː/


debut

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

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

text: The new baseball player debuted in September of 2008.

text: The police agency is making their debut tomorrow.


celebrate

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

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

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

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

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

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

text: The Christians gathered together to celebrate a mass.

verb

celebrat


Lucknow

forms: Lucknow

glosses: Lucknow is the state capital of Uttar Pradesh, India.


Pashto

forms: Pashto

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


Oriya

forms: Oriya

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


cell

forms:
cell (singular)
cells (plural)

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

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

text: A plant cell has a cell wall.

ipa: /sɛl/

sampa: /sEl/

homophones: cel sell


carpet

forms:
carpet (singular)
carpets (plural)

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

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

glosses: A carpet of something is a thick layer of it.

text: A carpet of snow lay on the ground.

ipa: /ˈcɑrpɪt/

sampa: /"cArpIt/


carpet

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

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

glosses: If something carpets a place, it covers the ground.

text: The road was carpeted with broken glass.


Haryana

forms: Haryana

ipa: /hʌrɪˈjɑːnə/


Jammu

forms: Jammu

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


lend

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

enpr: lĕnd

ipa: /lɛnd/

sampa: /lEnd/

lend

lends

lent

lent

lending


Calcutta

forms: Calcutta

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

ipa: /kælˈkʌtə/


Balochi

forms: Balochi

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


Ahmedabad

forms: Ahmedabad

glosses: Ahmedabad is the capital city of Gujarat in India.


Madras

forms: Madras

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

ipa: /məˈdræs/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Madras.wav


magician

forms:
magician (singular)
magicians (plural)

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

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

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

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

ipa: /məˈʤɪʃən/


swamp

forms:
swamp (singular)
swamps (plural)

glosses: 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.

text: We were wading through the swamp.

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

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

ipa: /swɒmp/


swamp

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

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

text: The deck of our boat was swamped by the storm.

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

text: Our office was swamped with phone calls.

text: The store was swamped with customers last night.

text: That many downloads would swamp our computers.


Shimla

forms: Shimla

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


Brahui

forms: Brahui

glosses: A group of people of Eastern Baluchistan.


Ambala

forms: Ambala

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


Jaipur

forms: Jaipur

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


Taiwan

forms: Taiwan

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

ipa: /ˌtaɪˈwɑn/

ipa: /ˌtaɪˈwɑːn/

enpr: tīʹwänʹ


Tamil

forms: Tamil

glosses: Tamil is a language of India and Sri Lanka.

ipa: /ˈtæmɪl/

hyphenation: Ta‧mil


Gujarati

forms: Gujarati

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

ipa: /ˌɡʊdʒəˈrɑːti/


Albania

forms: Albania

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

hyphenation: Al‧ba‧nia


charity

forms:
charity (singular)
charities (plural)

glosses: 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.

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

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

text: The money was given away to local charities.

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

text: All the money raised goes to charity.

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

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

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

text: He led a life of charity.

ipa: /ˈtʃærɪti/

ipa: /ˈtʃɛrəti/

noun

charities


Cornish

forms: Cornish

ipa: /ˈkɔːrnɪʃ/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Cornish.wav


fireman

forms:
fireman (singular)
firemen (plural)

etymology_text: fire + -man

ety-suffix

man

expansion: fire + -man

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

text: Firemen often use red trucks to make them easily recognizable.

text: Forest fires were fought by firemen all the summer long.

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

ipa: /ˈfaɪrmən/

ipa: /ˈfaɪəmən/

hyphenation: fire‧man

irrnoun

firemen


Awadh

forms: Awadh

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


boss

forms:
boss (singular)
bosses (plural)

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

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

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

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

ipa: /bɒs/

sampa: /bQs/

enpr: bäs

ipa: /bɑs/

sampa: /bAs/

noun

bosses


boss

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

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

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

verb

boss


boss

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


bloom

forms:
bloom (singular)
blooms (plural)

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

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

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

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

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

text: The bloom is off their love.

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

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

ipa: /bluːm/


bloom

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

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

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

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

text: Business is blooming on this busy street.


Algeria

forms: Algeria

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

ipa: /ælˈdʒɪəriə/


Shanghai

forms: Shanghai

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Shanghai.wav

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Shanghai2.wav

hyphenation: Shang‧hai


Sarajevo

forms: Sarajevo

glosses: Sarajevo is the capital city of Bosnia and Herzegovina.


Azerbaijan

forms: Azerbaijan

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


cube

forms:
cube (singular)
cubes (plural)

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

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

text: I usually take two sugar cubes with my coffee.

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

text: The cube of 3 is 27, also written 3³.

ipa: /kjuːb/

ipa: /kjub/

sampa: /kjub/


cube

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

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

text: 3 cubed is 27.

text: To cube the meat.

cub


Sofia

forms: Sofia

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

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Sofia.wav


booking

forms:
booking (singular)
bookings (plural)

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

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

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

ipa: /ˈbʊkɪŋ/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-booking.wav


booking

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

book


Marathi

forms: Marathi

glosses: A language spoken by the people of Maharashtra, India.


Hindi

forms: Hindi

glosses: Hindi is the national language of India.

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

enpr: hĭn'di

ipa: /ˈhɪndi/

hyphenation: Hin‧di


Comoros

forms: Comoros

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


Havana

forms: Havana

ipa: /həˈvænə/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Havana.wav


Skopje

forms: Skopje

glosses: Skopje is the capital city of Macedonia.


Djibouti

forms: Djibouti

glosses: Djibouti is the capital city of the country Djibouti.

ipa: /d͡ʒɪˈbuːtiː/


Eritrea

forms: Eritrea

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

ipa: /ˌerɪˈtriːə/


bomb

forms:
bomb (singular)
bombs (plural)

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

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

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

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

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

ipa: /bɒm/

ipa: /bɑm/

audio: EN-AU ck1 bomb.ogg


bomb

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


Cairo

forms: Cairo

ipa: /ˈkaɪroʊ/

ipa: /kɛroʊ/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Cairo.wav


Bosnia and Herzegovina

forms: Bosnia and Herzegovina

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

ipa: /ˈbɒzni.ə ænd ˌhɜrtsɨɡoʊˈviːnə/

enpr: bŏz′·nē·ə and hûrts′·ə·gōv′·ĭn·ə

ipa: /ˈbɒzni.ə ænd hɜrtsɨˈɡoʊvɨnə/

enpr: bŏz′·nē·ə and hûrts′·ə·gōv′·ĭn·ə

ipa: /ˈbɒzni.ə ənd ˌhɜrtsɨɡoʊˈviːnə/

enpr: bŏz′·nē·ə ənd hûrts′·ə·gōv′·ĭn·ə

ipa: /ˈbɒzni.ə ənd hɜrtsɨˈɡoʊvɨnə/

enpr: bŏz′·nē·ə ənd hûrts′·ə·gōv′·ĭn·ə

audio: en-us-Bosnia and Herzegovina.ogg


Djibouti City

forms: Djibouti City

glosses: Djibouti is the capital of Djibouti, Africa.


Jakarta

forms: Jakarta

glosses: Jakarta is the capital city of Indonesia.

ipa: /d͡ʒəˈkɑː(r)tə/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Jakarta.wav


chase

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

glosses: If you chase something, you go after it quickly.

text: Dogs often play at chasing their own tail.

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

text: The children were chasing the ball down the soccer field.

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

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

ipa: /tʃeɪs/

chas


chase

forms:
chase (singular)
chases (plural)

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

text: TV has too many high-speed car chases.


Tripoli

forms: Tripoli

ipa: /ˈtrɪpəli/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Tripoli.wav


Egypt

forms: Egypt

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


Cuba

forms: Cuba

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

enpr: kyo͞oʹ-bə

ipa: /ˈkjuːbə/

hyphenation: Cu‧ba


Kingston

forms: Kingston

ipa: /ˈkɪŋstən/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Kingston.wav


United Kingdom

forms: United Kingdom

glosses: 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.

text: I live in the United Kingdom.

ipa: /juːˌnaɪ.tɪd ˈkɪŋ.dəm/

audio: en-us-United Kingdom.ogg

hyphenation: Unit‧ed King‧dom


Moroni

forms: Moroni

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

ipa: /məˈrɑni/

ipa: /məˈrəʊni/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Moroni.wav


audio

forms: audio (singular)

glosses: Audio is a kind of sound or sound signal.

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


bowl

forms:
bowl (singular)
bowls (plural)

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

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

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

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

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

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

glosses: A stadium is sometimes called the ~ bowl.

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

ipa: /bəʊl/

ipa: /boʊl/


bowl

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

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

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

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

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

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


calculate

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

text: He hadn't calculated on her being late.

ipa: /kæɫkjuːleɪt/

hyphenation: cal‧cu‧late

calculat


Nouakchott

forms: Nouakchott

glosses: Nouakchott is the capital city of Mauritania.


Mauritania

forms: Mauritania

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


Malaysia

forms: Malaysia

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

ipa: /məˈleɪʒə/


Mongolia

forms: Mongolia

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

ipa: /mɒŋˈɡəʊli.ə/

ipa: /mɑːŋˈɡoʊli.ə/


Ulan Bator

forms: Ulan Bator

glosses: Ulan Bator is the capital city of Mongolia.


Mali

forms: Mali

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

ipa: /ˈmɑːli/


Macedonia

forms: Macedonia

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

glosses: 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.

glosses: 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.

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

enpr: măs'ədōʹnēə


Kuala Lumpur

forms: Kuala Lumpur

glosses: Kuala Lumpur is the capital city of Malaysia.

ipa: /kuˈɑːlə ˈlʊmpə(r)/


bugger

forms:
bugger (singular)
buggers (plural)

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

ipa: /ˈbʌɡɚ/

ipa: /ˈbʌɡə/

audio: EN-AU ck1 bugger.ogg


bugger

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

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

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

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

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

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


Muscat

forms: Muscat

ipa: /ˈmʌskæt/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Muscat.wav


cancel

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

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

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

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

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

ipa: /ˈkænsl̩/

hyphenation: can‧cel

cancel


Karnataka

forms: Karnataka

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


Republic of Turkey

forms: Republic of Turkey

glosses: Republic of Turkey is the official name for Turkey.


Yemen

forms: Yemen

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


Syria

forms: Syria

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


Libya

forms: Libya

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

enpr: lĭbʹē-ə

hyphenation: Lib‧ya


Patna

forms: Patna

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


Uzbekistan

forms: Uzbekistan

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

ipa: /ʊzˌbɛkɪˈstɑːn/


Tunisia

forms: Tunisia

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


Arabian Sea

forms: Arabian Sea

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


Tashkent

forms: Tashkent

glosses: Tashkent is the capital city of Uzbekistan.

text: I used to live in Tashkent.


Tripura

forms: Tripura

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

ipa: /ˈtrɪpuːrɑː/


Saudi Arabia

forms: Saudi Arabia

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

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

ipa: /ˌsaʊ.di əˈreɪ.bi.ə/

ipa: /ˌsɔː.di əˈreɪ.bi.ə/

audio: en-us-Saudi Arabia.ogg


Tatarstan

forms: Tatarstan

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


Riyadh

forms: Riyadh

glosses: Riyadh is the capital city of Saudi Arabia.

ipa: /riˈjɑːd/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Riyadh.wav


Kazakhstan

forms: Kazakhstan

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

ipa: /ˈkæzəkstæn/

ipa: /ˈkɑzəkˌstæn/


Ashgabat

forms: Ashgabat

glosses: Ashgabat is the capital city of Turkmenistan.

hyphenation: Ash‧ga‧bat


Ürümqi

forms: Ürümqi

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

ipa: /ʊˈrʊmt͡ʃi/

audio: Ürümqi English pronunciation.mp3


Khartoum

forms: Khartoum

ipa: /kɑː(r)ˈtuːm/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Khartoum.wav


Astana

forms: Astana

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


Sudan

forms: Sudan

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

ipa: /suːˈdɑːn/

ipa: /suˈdæn/


Dacca

forms: Dacca

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


Oman

forms: Oman

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

ipa: /əʊˈmɑːn/

ipa: /oʊˈmæn/


Bishkek

forms: Bishkek

glosses: Bishkek is the capital city of Kyrgyzstan.


Tajikistan

forms: Tajikistan

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

ipa: /tɑːˈdʒiːkɪstɑːn/


San Francisco

forms: San Francisco

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


stealth

forms:
stealth (singular)
stealths (plural)

glosses: characteristic of acting in secret and being hard to detect

text: He used stealth to creep up on the cat.

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

text: The attack was from a stealth-bomber.

enpr: stĕlth

ipa: /stɛlθ/


Morocco

forms: Morocco

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

ipa: /məˈrɒkəʊ/

ipa: /məˈrɑkoʊ/


Wales

forms: Wales

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

enpr: wālz

ipa: /weɪlz/

sampa: /weIlz/


Istanbul

forms: Istanbul

ipa: /ɪstænˈbʊl/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Istanbul.wav


besides

forms: besides

pos: prep

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

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

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

text: I don't want to go anywhere besides China.

ipa: /bəˈsaɪdz/


Niger

forms: Niger

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

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

enpr: nījər

ipa: /ˈnaɪdʒɚ/

ipa: /ˈnaɪdʒə/


gravestone

forms:
gravestone (singular)
gravestones (plural)

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

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


United Arab Emirates

forms: United Arab Emirates

glosses: The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is a country in Asia.

text: Abu Dhabi is the capital city of the United Arab Emirates.

audio: En-us-United Arab Emirates.ogg


Kyrgyzstan

forms: Kyrgyzstan

glosses: Kyrgyzstan is a landlocked country in South-Central Asia. The capital city is Bishkek.

ipa: /ˈkɪər.ɡɪˌstɑːn/

ipa: /ˌkɪər.ɡɪˈstɑːn/


Granada

forms: Granada

glosses: Granada is the capital city of the Granada province.


Dublin

forms: Dublin

ipa: /ˈdʌblən/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Kathmandu.wav


Turkmenistan

forms: Turkmenistan

glosses: Turkmenistan is a country in South-Central Asia, the capital city is Ashgabat.


title: un

redirect: un-


Mecca

forms: Mecca

text: Mecca is a holy place for Muslims, many of who travel there every year.

ipa: /ˈmɛkə/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Mecca.wav


Bradford

forms: Bradford

ipa: /ˈbrædfɚd/

ipa: /ˈbrædfərd/


uncertain

forms:
uncertain (positive)
more uncertain (comparative)
most uncertain (superlative)

glosses: Uncertain is the opposite of certain. You don't know whether it is going to happen or not. You have doubts about it.

text: I'm uncertain whether I should go out tonight.

ipa: /ʌnˈsɜːtən/


Manchester

forms: Manchester

glosses: Manchester is a part of Greater Manchester, which is a main city in northern England of the United Kingdom.

ipa: /ˈmæntʃɛstɚ/

ipa: /ˈmantʃɪstə/


ankle

forms:
ankle (singular)
ankles (plural)

glosses: The ankle is the joint between the foot and the leg.

text: She sprained her ankle when she fell on the ice.

noun

ankle


beak

forms:
beak (singular)
beaks (plural)

text: The bird is pecking with its beak for worms in the grass.


citizen

forms:
citizen (singular)
citizens (plural)

glosses: A citizen is a person who lives in a particular place.

text: The town has a population of 115, most of them senior citizens, with no young families.

text: With the recent economic problems, ordinary citizens are worried.

text: We all need to use less energy talk to our fellow citizens about environmental issues.

glosses: A citizen is a person who belongs to a particular country, usually because they were born there.

text: Some of these Americans moved north and eventually become naturalized Canadian citizens.


quadrennial

forms: quadrennial (positive)

glosses: If something is quadrennial, it happens every four years.


disappointment

forms:
disappointment (singular)
disappointments (plural)

etymology_text: disappoint + -ment

ety-suffix

disappoint

ment

expansion: disappoint + -ment

glosses: Disappointment is the feeling you have when something isn't as good as you expected.

glosses: A disappointment is someone or something that isn't as good as you expected.

ipa: /dɪsəˈpɔɪntmənt/


rendering

forms:
render (canonical)
renders (third-person singular)
rendered (past)
rendered (past participle)
rendering (present participle)

ipa: /ˈrɛndərɪŋ/

verb

render


Jammu and Kashmir

forms: Jammu and Kashmir

glosses: Jammu and Kashmir is a state in northern India. The capital is Srinagar.


Ireland

forms: Ireland

glosses: An island in the Atlantic Ocean which is a little west of the Britain.

glosses: 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.

ipa: /ˈaɪə(r)lənd/


valleys

forms:
valley (singular)
valleys (plural)

glosses: The plural form of valley; more than one (kind of) valley.

ipa: /ˈvæliz/

noun

valley


Pakistanis

forms:
Pakistani (singular)
Pakistanis (plural)

glosses: The plural form of Pakistani; more than one (kind of) Pakistani.

Pakistani