duct tape

duct tape (canonical)
duct tapes (third-person singular)
duct taped (past)
duct taped (past participle)
duct taping (present participle)

I duct taped it to the pole so it would stop falling.


depth

The distance below a surface; how deep something is.

Measure the depth of the water in this part of the bay.

The distance between the front and the back, such as the depth of a drawer or closet.

How intense, complex, strong, serious or important an emotion or situation is.

The depth of her misery was obvious to everyone.

The depth of the crisis had been exaggerated.

The depth of field in this picture is amazing.


possession

possession (singular)
possessions (plural)

Power or control over something, as distinct from lawful ownership; holding or occupancy.

I have possession of some valuable antiques.

These are my possessions.

A territory that is under the rule of another country.

Puerto Rico is a possession of the United States.

Possession is when a person's body is controlled by a demon or other supernatural being.

Exorcism is a movie about possession.

In sports, possession is control of the ball.

Real Madrid now has possession of the ball and is trying to score.


Satanism

Satanism is any religion (real or not real) that worships or follows Satan.


saturation

saturation (singular)
saturations (plural)

The act of saturating or the process of being saturated.

When something has been increased and can no longer be increased.

The metal has reached saturation, it cannot be magnetized any further.

When a solution becomes completed saturated.

After adding 3 tablespoons of salt, the water has reached the point of saturation.

When an organic compound has no double or triple bonds

When the atmosphere is saturated with water vapor; 100% humidity.

bombing a military target and trying to destroy it

When a market is flooded with all of a product that can be sold;

An effect on the sound of an electric guitar that is used mainly in heavy metal music.


twat

How about some shit you little twat?


smart

smart (positive)
smarter (comparative)
smartest (superlative)

Someone who is smart shows intelligence.

My friend is really smart; he has an IQ of 152.

You know algebra? Wow, you're smart!

You took the shortcut? That was smart!


livestock

My uncle raises livestock for a living.


nigga

Another way to say nigger; it is often offensive, but is usually less offensive than nigger. It is sometimes used by black people to mean friend.

Hey, what's up, nigga?


hey

You say, "hey" in greeting when you meet or see somebody.

Hey, how's it going? [Hello, how are you?]

You shout (say loudly) "hey" to get someone to notice you.

Hey, what are you doing!?

Hey, stop doing that!


native

native (positive)
more native (comparative)
most native (superlative)

If something is native, it belongs to you by birth.

This is my native land.

English is not my native language.

I'm a native New Yorker, born and raised in Brooklyn.

If a group of people are native to an area, they have been there since the beginning.

The native peoples of Australia are called aborigines.


native

A person who is native to a place; the word is sometimes used by colonizers to negatively describe indigenous people.

Some natives must have stolen our cattle.

A native is someone who was born in the place being talked about.

To enter the state beauty contest, you must be a native of the state.


wheelchair

wheelchair (singular)
wheelchairs (plural)

/ˈwilˌt͡ʃɛɚ/

A wheelchair is a chair with large wheels that is used by a sick or disabled person.

He broke both of his legs while skiing so he'll be in a wheelchair for the next few months.


dickhead

Shut up, dickhead!


promotion

promotion (singular)
promotions (plural)

/prəˈməʊʃən/

If you get a promotion you move up in rank or position.

He received a promotion to sergeant.

I got a promotion last week from branch manager to regional manager.

A promotion gives out information about a product, product line, brand, or company.

The store has a special promotion this week on two-for-one pizzas.


indigo

A blue dye taken from certain plants (the indigo plant or woad), or a similar synthetic dye.


sadness

I felt great sadness when my mother died.


crybaby

A nickname for someone who cries often or whose feelings are easily hurt.

Sam is such a crybaby; I told him that he was ugly and he started crying!


sulfur

A chemical element (symbol S) with an atomic number of 16.

A yellowish-green color, like that of sulfur.


babe

These events happened when he was just a babe.

She's a real babe!

An affectionate word that is similar to darling.

Hey, babe, how about you and me getting together?


fist

A hand that is held tightly, often to hit.


fist

fist (canonical)
fists (third-person singular)
fisted (past)
fisted (past participle)
fisting (present participle)

...may not score a point with his open hand(s), but may score a point by fisting the ball. Damian Cullen. "Running the rule." The Irish Times 18 Aug 2003, pg. 52.


microphone

microphone (singular)
microphones (plural)

A device that converts sound into electricity; microphones send sound to be broadcast or recorded.

We can't hear you! Speak into the microphone!

She records her songs using a microphone.


notebook

A notebook is a book blank sheets that you can write or draw in.

Remember to take your notebook to class.

Sometimes laptop computers are called notebooks; this is not as common as calling them laptops.

They played a game on their notebook.


teacher

A teacher is a person who teaches other people.

She was a very good teacher, I learned a lot from her.


singles

Singles is a game where each side has only one player, especially in tennis.

Singles are people who are not married or not in a romantic relationship.

You'll pay no tax if your income falls below $50,000 for a married couple, $35,000 for singles.


singles

single (canonical)
singles (third-person singular)
singled (past)
singled (past participle)
singling (present participle)

The third-person singular form of single.


Confucianism

A philosophy from China, based on the teachings of Confucius about loyalty, duty, and family. Confucianism is usually called a religion, but not everyone agrees about that.

Influenced by Confucianism, Chinese people commonly possess respect for social norms and make efforts to create harmony.


dangerous

dangerous (positive)
more dangerous (comparative)
most dangerous (superlative)

If something is dangerous it causes danger; a dangerous thing could hurt you.

A tiger is a very dangerous animal.

lightning is very dangerous.

The ambush put the soldiers in a very dangerous situation.


envy

A feeling of wanting something that someone else has.

I could feel my envy growing as I watched him play with his children.

green with envy


envy

envy (canonical)
envies (third-person singular)
envied (past)
envied (past participle)
envying (present participle)

I envy you; you've got a great family, a big house, a new car, and a successful career.


speaker

Bob is a native English speaker.

My new radio has two speakers.

A famous speaker came to talk about agriculture.


sicker

sick (positive)
sicker (comparative)
sickest (superlative)

The comparative form of sick; more sick.

I'm sicker today than I was yesterday.


icon

An image, picture, or other representation of something.

A religious painting that is often done on wooden panels.

A person or thing that is the best example of something.

That man is an icon in the business; he is loyal and has good business sense.

A small picture which represents something (such as an icon on a computer screen).

Click on the icon to open the program.

A type of noun where the form reflects and is determined by the referent; onomatopoeic words are all icons.


boxing

box (canonical)
boxes (third-person singular)
boxed (past)
boxed (past participle)
boxing (present participle)


flown

fly (canonical)
flies (third-person singular)
flew (past)
flown (past participle)
flying (present participle)

Even though I have flown in a plane many times, I still get nervous during take-offs.

Have you ever flown in a helicopter?


Islam

Islam is a religion that teaches there is only one God, that Muhammad is his prophet, and that the Koran is God's scripture.

There is a close historical relationship between Christianity and Islam.

These young men who are planning these attacks have quite a radical view of Islam and the Koran.


possessive

possessive (positive)
more possessive (comparative)
most possessive (superlative)

Not willing to share someone/something; wanting to control someone/something.

He is very possessive of his car and won't let anyone else drive it.

Showing ownership, possession or origin.

There are seven possessive pronouns in modern English: mine, yours, his, hers, its, ours, and theirs.


Sikhism

A religion from India. Sikhism is based on mixing ideas from Islam and Hinduism, but adds other ideas. It teaches harmony between all religions.


'd

I'd go there if I could.


'd

have (canonical)
have (present)
has (third-person singular)
had (past)
having (present participle)
haven't (present negative)
hasn't (third-person singular negative)
hadn't (past negative)

I'd seen it before.


killed

kill (canonical)
kills (third-person singular)
killed (past)
killed (past participle)
killing (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of kill.

I hit and killed a deer with my car last week.

The evidence is clear that he killed her.

I just recently starting hunting as a hobby and already I have killed a dozen raccoons.

The killed plans will be tried again next year.


successfully

In a successful way; with success; without failing.

He successfully climbed the mountain.

They successfully completed their project together.

You have successfully won the championship game.


tit

She's got an amazing pair of tits.

Look at that tit driving on the wrong side of the road!

A small bird of the genus Parus or the family Paridae that is common in the northern hemisphere.

1759, he was resolved, for the time to come, to ride his tit with more sobriety. — Laurence Sterne, The Life & Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman (Penguin 2003, p. 28)


Qur'an

The Qur'an is the holy book of Islam. It contains messages that Muslims believe were given to the prophet Muhammad by the angel Gabriel. Muslims believe these messages come from God.


shortcut

A shortcut is an easier and/or faster way.

We took the shortcut on the way home so we could get there faster.

A shortcut is a symlink (symbolic file link); an icon.

I created a shortcut for the program and placed it on the desktop.


woo

You may yell woo or woo-hoo to show happy excitement.


woo

woo (canonical)
woos (third-person singular)
wooed (past)
wooed (past participle)
wooing (present participle)

If you woo someone, you try to get that person to like you, date you or marry you.


Judaism

Judaism is the religion of the Jews. Judaism is from ancient Israel but has changed since ancient times. It teaches that there is one God and that the Jews are his chosen (special) people.


shadow

A shadow is the dark area that is made when something blocks light, and that is shaped like the thing blocking the light.

I saw your shadow against the wall.

The shadows got long as the sun set.

The room filled with shadow as the night came.


shadow

shadow (canonical)
shadows (third-person singular)
shadowed (past)
shadowed (past participle)
shadowing (present participle)

If you shadow someone, you follow them closely without their knowing it.

The detective shadowed the thief.

If something is being shadowed, it is being covered in shadow or made dark.

The curtains shadowed the room.

If you shadow someone, you accompany them when they are working so as to learn about an occupation you intend to take up.


shadow

A shadow politician is someone who is the counterpart of minister or a ministry.


echoed

echo (canonical)
echoes (third-person singular)
echoed (past)
echoed (past participle)
echoing (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of echo.

When I shouted in the cave, the sound echoed off the walls.


Hinduism

The first religion of India. Hinduism teaches that many gods exist but are all parts of one God.

The ideas of karma comes from Hinduism.


Goddess

The only goddess of a religion that only has one deity.

The only female god of a religion that has one male deity and one female deity.

In the religion called Wicca, the Goddess is the feminine side of nature or God. This is compared to the God, which the masculine side of nature or God. Some other pagan and neo-pagan religions also use "Goddess" this way.

The Goddess is represented by many famous goddesses, like Isis and Kali.


dusty

dusty (positive)
dustier (comparative)
dustiest (superlative)

If something is dusty, it is covered in dust.

I don't think this book has been touched in a long time because it's very dusty.

If something is dusty, it is powdery or it looks like dust.


repeat

repeat (canonical)
repeats (third-person singular)
repeated (past)
repeated (past participle)
repeating (present participle)

If you repeat something, you do it again.

I don't want to have to repeat typing this.

If you fail the class you will have to repeat it.

That song is not good because it just repeats the same words.

If something repeats or is repeated it is done more than once, or there is more than one of it.

The flashing light just keeps repeating.

The war was very bad, I hope history doesn't repeat with another like it.

The words "No show hello" repeat through the whole song.

If you repeat yourself, you say something you just said again.

I already told you what to do, don't make me repeat myself.


repeat

An instruction to repeat something. Usually this is used for music in part of a song. Sometimes it may be used for other things like part of a computer program.

Something this has been repeated; that is a repetition.


motherfucker

motherfucker (singular)
motherfuckers (plural)

/ˈmʌðəˌfʌkə/

/ˈmʌðɚˌfʌkɚ/

A very insulting word to call someone you don't like.

That motherfucker just scratched my car and drove away!

Oedipus is a literal motherfucker.


progress

Progress is moving forward or getting better (more good).

We didn't make much progress on the road, only a mile.

We are making progress on finding a cure.

There was a lot of progress in science in the last century.


progress

progress (canonical)
progresses (third-person singular)
progressed (past)
progressed (past participle)
progressing (present participle)

The army progressed toward the city.


dumb

dumb (positive)
dumber (comparative)
dumbest (superlative)

Not able to speak. If someone is dumb they can not say anything.

They went to a school for the deaf and dumb.

Dogs are just dumb animals.

Another word for stupid. If you are dumb you are not intelligent.

That is a really dumb idea.

How could I be so dumb? I know better than that!

I'm not dumb enough to believe that.

It is not nice to call someone dumb.


cocaine

An addictive drug in the form of a white powder that users generally take by sniffing it through their nose; cocaine is a stimulant and a narcotic.


Jainism

Jainism is a religion from India that teaches refraining from violence towards any living entity.


movie

A movie is a motion picture that tells a story and is shown on a screen or television.

That was a really good movie as the story was interesting.

The movies are a place a movie is shown.

We're going to the movies.


vassal

A vassal is a subject of a superior lord and pledges his loyalty to his lord.

A subject; a dependant; a servant; a slave.


vassal

vassal (canonical)
vassals (third-person singular)
vassalled (past)
vassalled (past participle)
vassalling (present participle)

To treat someone as a vassal or to reduce him to the position of a vassal; to control; to enslave.

To subordinate yourself to someone or something.


plastic

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Plastic is a material that can change its shape and is used to pack products.

Plastic is a slang for a credit or debit cards that are used in place of cash to buy things.


plastic

plastic (positive)
more plastic (comparative)
most plastic (superlative)

If something is plastic, it is made of plastic.

Cameron is going to recycle some plastic bottles.

If someone or something is plastic, it is able to adapt to different conditions.

The brain is very plastic at a young age.


Wicca

Wicca is neo-pagan religion which focuses on nature and teaches that many gods are forms of a great God and Goddess. Wicca also involves practicing witchcraft (magic) and followers call themselves Wiccans.


morphology

morphology (singular)
morphologies (plural)

A part of the grammar of a language. Morphology is the rules for putting parts of words together to make a whole word.

English morphology is easier than German morphology.

The linguist studied the morphology of many languages.

The child had a problem with morphology after his head was hurt.

The study of morphology is has to do with parts of words called morphemes.

The study of how animals and plants are shaped.

The morphology of insects has three body pieces and six legs.

Morphology is or the study of shape in some other sciences, such as in geology or astronomy.

Rock morphology gives us clues about Earth's history.

A morphology is the shape of something in general.

The morphologies of the different rocks tells us about how thing were when they were made.

Insects have very different morphologies than mammals.


shaman

shaman (singular)
shaman or shamans (plural)

A shaman is a holy person from shamanism. A shaman's job is to enter the spirit world and talk to spirits. Shaman usually do other things, like try to make sick people well, to see the future, or to bring good weather or good luck.


Mia

Mia is a female given name; it is sometimes short for Maria.


moral

moral (positive)
more moral (comparative)
most moral (superlative)

A moral action or decision is one that is good or right not evil or harmful.

John, don't do that, it's not very moral.


moral

Teachings of what is right and what is wrong.

Mr. Johnson is known for his good morals.

Something that is learned from a story or event; a lesson.

The moral of The Tortoise and the Hare is "slow and steady wins the race".


Jewish

Jewish (positive)
more Jewish (comparative)
most Jewish (superlative)

If you are Jewish you believe or follow the religion called Judaism.

He changed his religion and became Jewish.

If you are Jewish you are part of the group of people called Jews. To some people, the Jews are a race (or like a race); you are Jewish if your mother was Jewish.

She is not religious but still calls herself Jewish because of her family.

If something is Jewish it has to do with Judaism or with Jewish culture. This can also used for things that have to do with Jews.

Gefilte, a kind of fish, is a Jewish food.

The Talmud is a Jewish religious book.

Israel is a Jewish country.

Sternberg is a typically Jewish name.


Mary Jane

Mary Jane (singular)
Mary Janes (plural)

Mary Jane is a female double given name.

My daughter is named Mary Jane.

I just got arrested for selling Mary Jane.

I think Mary Janes will look good with that dress.


fucker

A bad, nasty person or someone you don't like.

You fucker! You wrecked my car!

Let's see if we can fix this fucker.

People or friends, usually said between people who have a bond.

What's up, fuckers?

He is a great fucker because he makes me have an orgasm.


friendly

friendly (positive)
friendlier (comparative)
friendliest (superlative)

If someone is friendly they are willing to become a friend, or they act like they are a friend.


friendly

In war, a friendly is someone on your side.


United States of America

The United States of America is a country in North America that shares borders with Canada and Mexico.

There are 50 states in the United States of America.


lovely

lovely (positive)
lovelier (comparative)
loveliest (superlative)

If someone is lovely, that person is very good to look at. A lovely person is someone that you might love if you saw her or him.

She is such a lovely girl.

If a thing is lovely, seeing it makes you feel good.

We had a lovely view of the mountains.

I think your idea is lovely.

You can call something lovely for sarcasm if you find it very bad. When you do this, you really mean it is not lovely at all.

I have a flat tire, now that's just lovely!


rear

* From the Latin word retro meaning back or behind.

The back of something; something that is behind.

I painted the rear of the house.


rear

rear (canonical)
rears (third-person singular)
reared (past)
reared (past participle)
rearing (present participle)

To educate and care for a young one until maturity.


parachute

parachute (singular)
parachutes (plural)

A parachute is something, usually a large piece of fabric, that helps to slow a person or object that is falling.

This parachute is made from very light, thin fabric but it is very strong.


parachute

parachute (canonical)
parachutes (third-person singular)
parachuted (past)
parachuted (past participle)
parachuting (present participle)

If you parachute, you jump or fall using a parachute.

Parachuting out of an airplane was the most exciting thing I've ever done.


magenta

A light purple, purplish-red, or pinkish purple color that is made by mixing red and blue light


shitty

shittier (comparative)
shitty (positive)
shitter (comparative)
shittiest (superlative)

Kicking the dog was a really shitty thing to do.

Man, I was shitty drunk last night.

This is an awful movie; it's got shitty actors in it.


perfectionist

perfectionist (singular)
perfectionists (plural)

Someone who always tries to be perfect or who has very high standards.

He's a perfectionist, because he said a test score of 99% was bad.


trash

I took it out of the wrapping and then threw away the trash.

Please take out the trash.

A container where useless things are discarded.

Just throw it in the trash.

This radio is trash! It doesn't work!

white trash

trailer trash

drug.


trash

trash (canonical)
trashes (third-person singular)
trashed (past)
trashed (past participle)
trashing (present participle)

To make a mess; to ruin or destroy things.

Trash the house! he ordered.

Scarface always trashes a house he burgles.

The burglars trashed my house.

They trashed John's house yesterday.

Oh, my God! They're trashing my house right now!

Will you trash those old love letters?

John always trashes my love letters.

John trashed my love letters last Monday.

I trashed John's old love letters yesterday.

I'll spend the afternoon trashing your old love letters.


jar

A small cylindrical container usually made of glass or clay.


jar

jar (canonical)
jars (third-person singular)
jarred (past)
jarred (past participle)
jarring (present participle)

He hit it with a hammer, hoping he could jar it loose.

I think the accident jarred him because he hasn't gotten back in a car since.


ROFLMAO

A short way to say "rolling on the floor laughing my ass off"; it is a combination of ROFL ("rolling on the floor laughing") and LMAO ("laughing my ass off").


exploded

explode (canonical)
explodes (third-person singular)
exploded (past)
exploded (past participle)
exploding (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of explode.

The bomb did a lot of damage when it exploded.


happiness

happiness (singular)
happinesses (plural)

Happiness is the emotion of being happy; joy.

I hope that your new job brings you happiness.

I have never felt more happiness than when I saw my newborn daughter for the first time.


herb

Any plant or part of a plant that is used to flavor or season food.

A plant whose roots, leaves or seeds are used in medicine.


dummy

A dummy is a model of a person. A dummy is often used to show clothes or test safety.

The dress looked better on the dummy.

The company uses dummies to test the new cars in crashes.

A dummy is a person who is stupid; if someone is a dummy they are not intelligent.

You got good grades, I know you are not a dummy.

I got angry because they treated me like a dummy.

Those guys are a bunch of dummies.

I need easy instruction, something for dummies.

A dummy is something that is not there but people act like its there for some purpose.

That file is just a dummy to help the program start.


dummy

A dummy thing is something that is not there or is not the thing it is called.

They used a dummy account to make the records look right.

The card game has one dummy player for each real player.


satanic

satanic (positive)
more satanic (comparative)
most satanic (superlative)

If something is satanic, it has to do with Satan.

If someone or something is satanic, it is evil, devilsh or fiendish.

If something is satanic, it has to do with Satanism.

Last Sunday he went to a satanic ritual instead of church.


kick ass

If you kick someone's ass you beat them in a fight, or you hurt them a lot.

I kicked his ass for insulting my mom.

Don't bother them, they'll kick your ass.

He just got his ass kicked.

If you kick someone's ass at a game or contest, you win by a lot.

He really kicked my ass at football.

The band totally kicked ass last night.


kick ass

You say kick ass! to show happiness or a feeling of accomplishment.

Kick ass! I just won $250 playing poker!


buoyancy

Buoyancy is the force pushing up on a body in a fluid.

Wood floats in water because of buoyancy.

I am happy with your buoyancy after many bad things happened to you.


hydrogen

Hydrogen is the lightest chemical element (symbol H) with an atomic number of 1.

Hydrogen gas is highly flammable.


plug

A plug is an object that fills a gap. Examples of a plug are, an electrical plug which plugs into the wall or electrical socket, a sink plug (or stopper) which stops the water from draining out of the sink or bath.


plug

plug (canonical)
plugs (third-person singular)
plugged (past)
plugged (past participle)
plugging (present participle)

If you plug something you close by putting something into it.

We use corks to plug the barrels.

We were able to plug the leek for now.

I plugged my ears with my finger because of the noise.

If you plug something in (or into) you put into a socket.

If you plug something in you connect it to electricity.

You have to plug the computer in if for it to work.

If you plug in an idea or way of doing something, you use it as a whole (without changing it).

We just plugged in the results from last year and everything worked.

If something plugs something else closes it tightly.

The cork plugged the bottle.

The mudslide plugged the way out of the cave, trapping us.


countable

If something is countable it can be counted. Also, since this is true, the number must not be infinite (without an end).

A countable noun is one you can use with a number (e.g., seven apples).

In English, police is not countable, but police officer is.
Synonym: count

Antonyms: uncountable, non-count and mass


beginner

A beginner is someone who has just started something and has little or no experience.

John is a beginner at football.

It can also be somebody who starts something off.

The beginner of the Olympic Games lit the torch.


saturated

saturate (canonical)
saturates (third-person singular)
saturated (past)
saturated (past participle)
saturating (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of saturate.


saturated

saturated (positive)
more saturated (comparative)
most saturated (superlative)

Something that is saturated is full; it cannot hold or contain any more.

containing all the solute that can normally be dissolved at a given temperature.

Having all available valence bonds filled; especially of any organic compound containing only single bonds between carbon atoms.


shamanism

A kind of religion based on animism (the belief that everything has a spirit), and the practice of special people called shamans.

Different kinds of shamanism are found all over the world.

Shamanism is usually practiced by people that others call primitive.

Siberian and Native American shamanism are not the same, but are a lot alike.


paganism

A kind of religion. Paganism has more than one meaning:

Any religion other than Christianity, Judaism, or Islam. This is most often a religion of ancient Europe, but has been used for other religions.

Ancient Greek Paganism was replaced by Christianity before the fall of the Roman Empire.

Taoism, Hinduism, and shamanism are sometimes called paganism.

Atheism is not paganism because it is not religious.

A religion that is based on nature. Often this is used for new religions called neo-paganism.

Wicca and Asatru are different kinds of paganism.


fries

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

McDonalds' fries are okay, but I like to make my own.


fries

fry (canonical)
fries (third-person singular)
fried (past)
fried (past participle)
frying (present participle)


cooked

cooked (positive)
more cooked (comparative)
most cooked (superlative)

When food is cooked, it is prepared using heat.


cooked

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

The past tense and past participle of cook.


chips

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

Chips are French fried potatoes; french fries.

fish and chips

Chips are thin-sliced and deep-fried potatoes that are sold in sealed bags

potato chips

tortilla chips

What kind of chips should we get, barbecue or sour cream and onion?


chips

chip (canonical)
chips (third-person singular)
chipped (past)
chipped (past participle)
chipping (present participle)


goddess

Isis is an ancient Egyptian goddess.

In that dress, she's a beautiful goddess.


cheek

The soft skin on each side of the face, below the eyes.

Your cheeks are really rosy today.

Those pants are so tight that you can see each of her butt cheeks.

You’ve got some cheek, asking me for money!


cheek

cheek (canonical)
cheeks (third-person singular)
cheeked (past)
cheeked (past participle)
cheeking (present participle)

Don't cheek me, you little rascal!


distribute

distribute (canonical)
distributes (third-person singular)
distributed (past)
distributed (past participle)
distributing (present participle)

When you distribute something, you divide it and give it out.

Please distribute this poster to all the people on that list.


Wiccan

A Wiccan is someone who believes or follows Wicca.

I dated a Wiccan once.


Wiccan

If something is Wiccan it has to do with Wicca.

Sabbats and Esbats are Wiccan holidays.


impersonal

impersonal (positive)
more impersonal (comparative)
most impersonal (superlative)

Not personal; not representing a person; not having personality.

An almighty but impersonal power, called Fate. –Sir J. Stephen.

She sounded impersonal as she gave her report of the Nazi death camps.

Used to describe a phrase or sentence with a personal pronoun that does not refer to a specific person or thing.

"It is raining" and "You shouldn't drink and drive" are impersonal phrases.


adopt

adopt (canonical)
adopts (third-person singular)
adopted (past)
adopted (past participle)
adopting (present participle)

If you adopt something, you choose and begin to use it instead of what you used in the past.

Now that we know they work, it is important that these policies be adopted by other districts.

The outcome depends entirely on the approach you adopt.

The technology developed in Asia has since been adopted by the telephone systems in Japan and much of the rest of Western Europe.

When she moved out west, she adopted a new name.

If you adopt a child, you make them part of your own family.

They finally quit trying to have their own child and ended up adopting a baby girl.


books

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


books

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


pelt

The skin of an animal with hair on it; a raw hide; a skin with the hairy or woolly covering on it.


pelt

pelt (canonical)
pelts (third-person singular)
pelted (past)
pelted (past participle)
pelting (present participle)

If you pelt somebody, you throw things at them and hit them.

As soon as I got out of my car, my children started pelting me with snowballs.

The angry mob began to pelt the police with rocks. Luckily, the police were wearing armour, so the rocks just bounced off of them.

If you pelt somebody with questions, words, facts, etc, you say those things quickly, without stopping.

As soon as she got back from Africa, her parents started pelting her with questions about what it was like.

Every time Daniel got home late, his girlfriend pelted him with accusations that he was visiting another woman, even if he had just stayed late at work.

Every time I get back from vacations, my boss pelts me with demands and jobs before I can even sit down in my chair.

If one thing pelts against another thing, the first thing bangs or drums on the second thing.

The rain pelted on the roof of the car so loudly that we couldn't hear each other talk.

If you pelt someone, you hit them over and over again.

The smaller boy tried to fight the bully, but he got pelted.

The bully was still pelting the smaller boy when the police arrived. The bully went to jail for hurting the smaller boy so badly that he had to go to the hospital.


website

A website is a place on the World Wide Web; if there are many pages to a website, they have the same URL and are usually part of the same server.

My favorite websites are ebay.com, espn.com, and facebook.com.


railroad

railroad (canonical)
railroads (third-person singular)
railroaded (past)
railroaded (past participle)
railroading (present participle)

If you railroad a person you get rid of that person quickly. Usually, this means that you force them out or away.

If you railroad a person, you send that person to jail or prison unfairly.


jaws

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

The whole mouth. Usually this is used for a mouth that is [[|bit]].


censorship

/ˈsɛnsəˌʃɪp/

/ˈsɛnsɚˌʃɪp/

Censorship is when freedom of speech is limited or when written material is changed or deleted because someone (a censor) thinks the content is offensive, harmful or sensitive.


Satan

The enemy of God and all people. Satan is a fallen angel and the leader of all demons (or devils).

Either a fallen angel (as in Christianity) or an angel that tests people for God.

A devil that tempts and tests people:
One of a group of devils led by Iblis.

A devil that tempts and tests people:
Iblis himself.

The symbol for perfect person, who a Satanist tries to be.


known

known (positive)
more known (comparative)
most known (superlative)

If something is known, people know about it; it is famous.

It is a known fact that water freezes at 0°C.

She is known for all the volunteer and charity work that she does.


known

know (canonical)
knows (third-person singular)
knew (past)
known (past participle)
knowing (present participle)

She and I are good friends; we have known each other for years.

If I had known you were going to get so angry, I wouldn't have said anything to you about it.

She's known about this project for a long time so I don't know why she isn't finished yet.


known

In algebra, a variable or constant whose value is already determined.

Any fact or situation which is well-researched or familiar.


penalty

A penalty is a legal punishment for committing a crime.

The penalty for his crime was to pay a fine.

A penalty is a punishment for breaking the rules.

A penalty is a payment forfeited if you make an early withdrawal from an account or an investment.

A penalty is a punishment for breaking the rules of the game; usually, being removed from play for a while.

A penalty was called when he tripped up his opponent.


pop

A loud sound, like a cork coming out of a bottle.

Coca-cola is my favorite brand of pop.

My pop used to tell me to do my homework every night.

They play a lot of pop music on the radio.

I may not know a lot about history or geography, but I know everything there is to know about pop culture.


pop

pop (canonical)
pops (third-person singular)
popped (past)
popped (past participle)
popping (present participle)

To burst something, most commonly a balloon.

The boy used a needle to pop the balloon.


handle

A handle is the part of an object that you hold with your hand when you want to use or move the object. Some examples of handles are: the shaft of a sword, the knob of a door, etc.

I grabbed the handle on the drawer and opened it.

A handle is a 10 fl oz (285 ml) glass of beer in the Northern Territory.

A handle is a 1.75-liter (half-gallon) bottle of alcohol.


handle

handle (canonical)
handles (third-person singular)
handled (past)
handled (past participle)
handling (present participle)

If you handle something, you touch it, you feel it with your hand.

How you handle an object is how you use it.

You handle that gun pretty well.

To give and take; to have something pass through your hands; to buy and sell

As a cashier, I handle money every day.

That store handles many different items.

They that handle the law knew me not – Jeremiah, 2:8

How were you handled in prison?

To manage; to control; to practice skill upon.

It won't be easy, but I think I can handle it.


demon

A demon is a fallen angel or satanic being; a false god.

He said a demon appeared magically and told him to do these evil things.

A demon is a person's inner spirit or genius, a daimon.

A demon is a flaw in a person's character.

The demon of stupidity haunts me whenever I open my mouth.


Jesus Christ

The son of God, believed to have been sent to save people from sin.


Jesus Christ

You can say Jesus Christ when you are surprised or upset.

Oh, Jesus Christ!


try

try (canonical)
tries (third-person singular)
tried (past)
tried (past participle)
trying (present participle)

If you try to do something, you make effort to do it.

As much as I tried, I couldn't understand it.

I'm just trying to get things cleaned up before the kids get home.

It's OK. We'll try again tomorrow.

I really want to try and make a difference.

If you try something, you taste, do, or use it to see if it's good.

Try using the new shoes for a week and let me know if there any problems.

He's never afraid to try something new.

Did you try the fish in the fridge?

If you try someone for a crime, you put them on trial.

He was tried for robbery.


try

A try is when you attempt to do something.

I gave juggling a try, but I just could not do it.

A try is when you taste, do, or use it to see if it's good.

A try is when you put the ball behind the other team's net in rugby.


homophobia

A fear of or hating someone who is homosexual.


fart

A fart is the air that comes out of an anus; the air is produced by digestion.

I accidentally let out a loud fart in class today. I was so embarrassed!


fart

fart (canonical)
farts (third-person singular)
farted (past)
farted (past participle)
farting (present participle)

If you fart, you release air from your anus.

Do you smell something? I think somebody farted.


cunt

A woman's cunt is her genitalia, especially the vulva.

I want to fuck her cunt.

A cunt is a very unpleasant person (in the US, usually a woman; in the Commonwealth, usually a man).

You cunt!


cell phone

cell phone (singular)
cell phones (plural)

A wireless telephone that can be taken anywhere and may be used anywhere that there is cell phone reception tower.


youngster

youngster (singular)
youngsters (plural)

A youngster is young person, someone who is not an adult. Usually this means a child, but sometimes can mean an adolescent or a baby.

The youngsters are playing outside.


wild

wild (positive)
wilder (comparative)
wildest (superlative)

If an animal or plant is wild it is not tame. This means it lives in nature and people have not changed it.

Wolves and bears are wild animals.

We found some wild berries and ate them.

If a person (or thing) is wild they (or it) are not easy to predict, or they do not act civilized.

She is so wild, all she does is drink and party!

That was a wild party.

They were playing wild music all night.

If something is wild it is very good or very interesting.

That is a wild shirt you have on!

If a card is wild it can be used as any other card in a game.


wild

You can say wild to mean you like something.


wild

The wild (or wilds) is nature or places far from where people live.

We were lost in the wild for a week.

Many animals live in the wilds of Africa.


punch

punch (canonical)
punches (third-person singular)
punched (past)
punched (past participle)
punching (present participle)

When you punch something, you use your fist to hit it.

To use a punch to put a hole in something or to put a design on it.


punch

A tool that is used to put holes in thin material (like paper), to put an object through a hole in an object, or to put a mark or design on a surface.

A tool for punching holes in paper or other thin material.

A drink that is a mixture of fruit juice and some other drink, often alcohol.


carbon

The chemical element (symbol C) with an atomic number of 6.

Make sure the carbon is facing the second sheet of paper, before rolling it into the typewriter.

A fossil fuel that is made of impure carbon, such as coal or charcoal.

carbon dioxide, when talking about global warming and climate change.

Carbon dioxide makes up less than 1% of the atmosphere.


single

In large baking dish, arrange chicken pieces in single layer.

You use single to stress how many or how few.

I hate going to work every single day and listening to people yell at each other.

I haven't heard a single word of thanks.

Eastern Canada is the world's largest single source of newsprint.

I don't think we should give them a single thing.

The single mother of two spends weekends with her kids.

I used to go out a lot when I was single.


single

A single is a song that is sold or put out by itself (or with one other song), not on an album.

Today she releases her live version of Birthday, the first single from an upcoming tour album.

In baseball and cricket, a single is a hit that enables a runner to score a point.

In baseball a single is a hit that enables the player to move to first base.

Singles is a game where each side has only one player, especially in tennis.

Singles are people who are not married or not in a romantic relationship.

You'll pay no tax if your income falls below $50,000 for a married couple, $35,000 for singles.

A single is a hotel room for one person.

I reserved a single in Montreal.


single

single (canonical)
singles (third-person singular)
singled (past)
singled (past participle)
singling (present participle)

In baseball if you single, you hit the ball and are able to run to first base.

The batter singled to right field.

If you single something out, you identify it, often to give it special attention.

She was singled out as the best student in the class.


angel

In some religions and myths, a spirit that delivers messages from God. Often angels are seen as working for God in general.

Gabriel is an important angel in Christianity and Islam.

If you call someone an angel you mean they are very good or very beautiful.

You are an angel for all the good things you do.

My girlfriend is such an angel.


public enemy

public enemy (singular)
public enemies (plural)

A public enemy is an enemy of the public (people), or someone who hurts the people. Usually, this means a criminal.

They arrested public enemy number one yesterday.


jaw

jaw (canonical)
jaws (third-person singular)
jawed (past)
jawed (past participle)
jawing (present participle)

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bug

An insect of the order Hemiptera (the "true bugs").

Any insect or spider may often be called a bug.

These flies are a bother. I’ll get some bug spray and kill them.

A problem that needs fixing, especially in computing.

The computer program has a bug in it.

A contagious illness caused by bacteria or a virus.

He’s got the flu bug.

An enthusiasm for something; an obsession.

I think he’s a gold bug, he has over 10,000 ounces in storage.

to catch the skiing bug

We installed a bug in her telephone.

A small or invisible image on a webpage that is used to track persons who viewed it.

He suspected the image was a web bug used for determining who was visiting the site.

A small, usually transparent or translucent image placed in a corner of a television program to indicate what network or cable channel is televising it.

He did not like the network bug that appeared onscreen.

Figurative – A manually positioned marker in flight instruments.


bug

bug (canonical)
bugs (third-person singular)
bugged (past)
bugged (past participle)
bugging (present participle)

Don’t bug me, I’m busy!

To put an electronic listening device somewhere.

We need to know what’s going on. We’ll bug his house.


majority

The biggest of several groups of people or things.

The majority vote will win.

The majority of my classmates are not married, but they are dating someone.

Most of the people in this city are white. The white majority outnumbers the black minority.

More than half, also called a true majority.

A true majority of votes is needed to change the results of the last vote.


center

The center of something, is the place that is as far from its outside as possible.

The president and his problems continue to take center stage in the news.

She placed a flowers at the center of the table and then hurried off.

A center is a building, area, or group of people with a particular purpose.

They have opened a large shopping center in Taipei.

The team was staying at the US Olympic training center.

Recently, Bahrain has become a major international banking center.

Scientists at the Center for Disease Control have found a new virus.

The town center is the place in the town where most of the shops are.

In politics, the center is the position that is not politically right or left.

In sports, a center is a player who plays in the middle of the field, usually an attacker.


center

center (canonical)
centers (third-person singular)
centered (past)
centered (past participle)
centering (present participle)

If you center something, you move it towards the center.


pagan

If something (or someone) is pagan, it is from a kind of religion called paganism.

Relating to a religion that is not a major religion; often anything non-Christian, non-Judaic and non-Islamic.


pagan

A pagan is someone who follows paganism or a polytheistic religion.

A person who doesn't follow a major religion; often used to refer to non-Christians, non-Jews and non-Muslims.

Someone who is immoral, uncivilized, savage, or a heathen.


advance

If something is in advance of something else, it is before it.

They gave us notice 30 days in advance of closing the factory.

Hotel rooms are often booked up months in advance.

We cannot make the changes without advance notice.

Tickets are $25 dollars at the door. Advance tickets are available from Cal Performances Box Office.

The advances in technology will be amazing in the next decade or so.

Despite exciting advances, doctors still have a poor understanding of many diseases.

The army made significant military advances in Iraq.

He improper sexual advances toward her when she was his assistant.

Advances outnumbered declines 1,631 to 1,177 on the New York Stock Exchange.

An advance is an amount of money given to someone before they normally get it.

The band received a $6 million advance on the new album even before they started recording.


advance

advance (canonical)
advances (third-person singular)
advanced (past)
advanced (past participle)
advancing (present participle)

If you advance something, you bring or move it forward.

In separate attacks, the Khmer Rouge was advancing toward Siem Reap, 200 miles northwest of Phnom Penh.

After winning 1-0, Morocco has a chance to advance to the second round.

This research advances our understanding of the disease.

The technology has advanced far beyond the early days of computer beeps and fuzzy graphics.

If you advance someone some money, you pay it to them before they would normally get it.

They advanced her $12,000 against future earnings.


crown

A crown is a round-shaped ring that kings and queens wear on the head. It is made of expensive metals. It might have jewels too.

The queen wore a fancy crown.

The crown is the position of a sovereign (in a monarchy).


crown

crown (canonical)
crowns (third-person singular)
crowned (past)
crowned (past participle)
crowning (present participle)

To formally announce the new king or emperor.

After the death of the old king, the new king was crowned.

During birth, when the baby's head is seen in the mother's vaginal opening.

The mother was in the second stage of labor and the baby had just crowned, so the midwives encouraged her.


celebrity

celebrity (singular)
celebrities (plural)

David Beckham, Billie Eilish, Britney Spears, and Tom Hanks are celebrities.

Sometimes it is hard to deal with the celebrity that comes with being a popular singer around the world.


evil

evil (positive)
more evil (comparative)
most evil (superlative)

The opposite of good, if something is evil it is very far from good or is against good. This usually means behaving in a way that is not moral or not ethical.

Hitler was a very evil person.

The man has an evil look on his face.


evil

He was so full of evil I do not think he knew what good was.

Something that causes harm, or harm itself.

We faced many evils on our journey.

The source or cause of evil as a spiritual or supernatural force. This is often called true evil.

I have seen things that lead me to believe that real evil exists.

When you say you believe in true evil, I take it that you mean the devil.


lame

lame (positive)
lamer (comparative)
lamest (superlative)

If you are lame you are not able to walk well because of a problem with one's feet or legs.

Because I broke my leg and it's in a cast, I'm going to be lame for a while.

If it is lame it is not convincing or believable.

He had a really lame excuse for missing the birthday party.

Something that is lame is not cool, funny, interesting, fun, or relevant.

He kept telling these lame jokes all night.

That party was lame, so we ditched it.


offensive

offensive (positive)
more offensive (comparative)
most offensive (superlative)

Something offensive is mean, insulting, and unpleasant.

He said something so offensive to her that she cried.

Most feminists find pornography offensive.

She noticed an offensive smell from the blocked drain.

If something is offensive, it has to do with a play where the team is trying to score.

The offensive coordinator is responsible for ordering all rushing plays.


offensive

offensive (singular)
offensives (plural)

The Marines today launched a major offensive.

In a position of attacking or being able to attack.

He took the offensive in the press, accusing his opponent of corruption.


parental

If something is parental it has to do with parents (mothers and fathers).


dense

dense (positive)
denser (comparative)
densest (superlative)

If something is dense the pieces of it are close together, or there is a lot of material in a small space. Dense things are usually heavy and often hard.

A rock is very dense but a sponge is not dense at all.

Steel is denser than water, so it sinks.

If ideas are dense or a book is dense, a lot of ideas are in a small space.

If a person is dense it is not easy to make that person understand. A dense person is stupid.


bike

bike (canonical)
bikes (third-person singular)
biked (past)
biked (past participle)
biking (present participle)

I biked so much yesterday that I'm very sore today.

It was such a nice day I decided to bike to the store, though it's far enough I usually take my car.


gum

A thick liquid that come from plants or trees that hardens into solids.

Could I have a stick of gum? I think my breath smells bad.


gum

gum (canonical)
gums (third-person singular)
gummed (past)
gummed (past participle)
gumming (present participle)

To chew something; often used when a toothless person or animal chews something.

That old dog's been gumming that bone for hours.

To apply an adhesive or gum to something.

As "gum up", to spoil or ruin a thing or process.


lesbian

She is attracted to other women; she is a lesbian.


lesbian

She's involved in a lesbian relationship.

We're going to a lesbian bar tonight.


sprint

A sprint is a short race at a very fast speed.

A sprint is a burst of speed or activity.

After playing video games, we took a sprint outside.


sprint

sprint (canonical)
sprints (third-person singular)
sprinted (past)
sprinted (past participle)
sprinting (present participle)

If you sprint, you run quickly for a short time.


rank

A rank is the position of a person, place, thing, or idea in relation to others based on a shared property such as location, population, or quality.

Based on your test scores, you have a rank of 23.

A rank is a level in an organization such as the military.

Private First Class (PFC) is the lowest rank in the Marines.


rank

rank (canonical)
ranks (third-person singular)
ranked (past)
ranked (past participle)
ranking (present participle)

To rank is to give a rank to a person, place, thing or idea.

Please rank the following fruits from your favourite to your least favourite: pear, apple, watermelon, apple, orange.


rank

rank (positive)
more rank (comparative)
most rank (superlative)

Something that is rank has a very strong, bad smell.

Something that is rank is gross or disgusting.


grace

We were saved by the grace of God.

The boss showed us a lot of grace.

Grace is the ability to move in a way that seems to flow and looks easy.

The dancers moved with incredible grace.

A grace is a good quality of a person or thing.

Don't forget to say grace, before you eat!.


grace

grace (canonical)
graces (third-person singular)
graced (past)
graced (past participle)
gracing (present participle)

He graced the room with his presence.


return

return (canonical)
returns (third-person singular)
returned (past)
returned (past participle)
returning (present participle)

When you return something, you give/put it back.

He returned the lawnmower back to John.

When you return to something or somewhere, you go/come back to it.

He returned to China after his trip to Germany.

The main theme of the symphony's first movement returns in the last movement.

I've just returned from class, but I'll be leaving again soon.

If a feeling, problem, thought, etc. returns, it comes back.

I thought I was better, but the pain in my back has returned.

If you return to an activity, you start it again.

If you return an act, you do the same act to the person who did it first.

She turned her eyes towards him and he returned her her look.

If you return a ball in sports, you hit it back to the other player.

He was unable to return serves all through the match.

If you return a profit or loss in business, you make it.

If you return something to a particular state, you make it that way again.

We need to return the earth to a more healthy state.


return

Somebody's return is when they come back.

They've planned a celebration for my return home.

Something's return is when it is given back.

A return is something that was bought but has to be taken back to the store, usually because it is broken.

This store does not allow returns unless the customer has a receipt.

The return of something to a particular state is the change back to that state.

Someone's return to an activity is their restarting of the activity.

The return on money is the amount or percent of profit earned on it.

If you do something in return for something else, you do it to thank or pay back somebody; you make things balanced again.

The return of a feeling, problem, thought, etc. is when it comes back.

Return is a key on a computer keyboard that puts the cursor back at the beginning of a line.

A return is a form that you send to the government telling it about your income, your household, etc.

The returns in an election are the number of votes.

A return is a ticket that takes you where you want to go and back home again.


tablecloth

tablecloth (singular)
tablecloths (plural)

A piece of cloth or plastic put over a table. A tablecloth keeps the table clean and is also to make it nice to look at.


dues

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

Dues are the money you pay to a group to be part of that group.

Our club requires $10 a year in dues.

I did not join the labor union because I did not want to pay the union dues.

If you pay your dues, you gain hard, long-term experience.

If you want to be a famous singer, you will have to pay your dues by singing to small groups for many years.


gotten

get (canonical)
gets (third-person singular)
got (past)
gotten (past participle)
getting (present participle)

My grades have gotten better since I quit playing basketball.

I've never gotten a winning lottery ticket.


gay

gay (positive)
gayer (comparative)
gayest (superlative)

A gay person is usually a man sexually attracted to males; also a woman attracted to females. .

Gay marriage used to be impossible, but it's becoming more common.

This game is gay. Let's play something else.

I'm very gay today!

Don we now our gay apparel....


gay

A homosexual person. This is usually a man, but could be a woman (lesbian).

The gays were marching in protest yesterday.


Native American

Native American (singular)
Native Americans (plural)

One of the group of people who lived in North America or South America before people came from Europe.


uglier

ugly (positive)
uglier (comparative)
ugliest (superlative)

The comparative form of ugly; more ugly.


African American

An African American is an American person with African or Black ancestry.

Barack Obama was the first African American President of the United States.


enemy

If someone is your enemy that person is against you, or does not like you.

I have no enemies that I know of.

In war the enemy is the country or army that is attacking your country or army.

He was sent to jail because he was working for the enemy.


tap

We don't have bottled water, you'll have to get it from the tap.

A repeated touching of one's hands, foot or other body part.

When Steve felt a tap on his shoulder, he turned around.

A connection made to an electrical or fluid conductor without breaking it.

The system was barely keeping pressure due to all of the ill advised taps along its length.

A tool used to cut an internal screw thread. (External screw threads are cut with a die.)

We drilled a hole and then cut the threads with the proper tap to match the valve's thread.


tap

tap (canonical)
taps (third-person singular)
tapped (past)
tapped (past participle)
tapping (present participle)

Steve tapped the keg so we could drink beer.

When he ran out of money, he decided to tap into his trust fund.

To touch someone or something lightly with your finger, hand, or foot, sometimes repeatedly.

I tap my fingers on the table when I get bored.

She was tapping her leg because she was nervous.

He tapped me on my shoulder to let me know it was time to go.

To place a listening or recording device on a telephone connection.

They can't tap the phone without a warrant.

Tap an M3 thread all the way through the hole.


chip

A small piece that is broken off of a larger object.

A chip of paint fell off the wall.

A damaged area of a surface where a chip has broken off.

This cup has a chip in it.

A token that is used in place of cash when gambling.

poker chip

This chip is worth $1.

A small circuit used in certain electronic devices.

computer chip

A thin, baked or fried piece of vegetable, usually potato.

potato chips

tortilla chips

A fried strip of potato, similar to French fries.

A shot where the ball goes up more than a regular shot.

A dried piece of dung that is used as fuel.

A container that is usually used for holding strawberries or other fruit.


chip

chip (canonical)
chips (third-person singular)
chipped (past)
chipped (past participle)
chipping (present participle)

The workers chipped the dead branches into mulch.

Be careful not to chip the paint.

To play a shot where the ball goes mostly upwards instead of forwards.

To upgrade an engine management system, usually to increase power.

This varnish chips easily.


Lesvos

Lesvos is another way of spelling Lesbos.


nearly

If something is nearly it is close to true, but not true.

He was nearly dead, but we revived him.

We were nearly hit by the car, but got out of its way just in time.


hump

A high place on something, a part that sticks up.

A camel has a hump on its back.

We were over the hump after the big exam.


hump

hump (canonical)
humps (third-person singular)
humped (past)
humped (past participle)
humping (present participle)

That jerk just humped her and dumped her!


calculator

calculator (singular)
calculators (plural)

A calculator is a device used for doing mathematics.

The new calculator has a lot of functions.


cell phones

cell phone (singular)
cell phones (plural)

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


lesbos

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


relative

relative (positive)
more relative (comparative)
most relative (superlative)

I feel good relative to yesterday.

If something is relative it could be the way it is in different amounts.

We use a relative measure for sound.

Hot is relative, hot to you might be cold to me.


relative

Someone you are related to, a member of your family.

My relatives came to visit last night.


medicine man

medicine man (singular)
medicine men (plural)

A Native American or Eskimo shaman or healer.


homosexuals

homosexual (singular)
homosexuals (plural)

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

Some homosexuals have a hard time admitting their homosexuality to their friends and family.


witch doctor

witch doctor (singular)
witch doctors (plural)

A shaman from Africa or an island in the Pacific or Indian Ocean.


Nick

Nick is a male given name. It is usually short for Nicholas.

A shortening of the television channel Nickelodeon.


taxi

A taxi is a vehicle (usually a car) driven by a taxi driver; the taxi driver drives you somewhere if you pay them money.


taxi

taxi (canonical)
taxis (third-person singular)
taxied (past)
taxied (past participle)
taxiing (present participle)

To drive an aircraft around an airport on the ground.


defend

defend (canonical)
defends (third-person singular)
defended (past)
defended (past participle)
defending (present participle)

To remove an attacker; to protect your things and/or allies.

To try to keep the other team from scoring, instead of trying to score.


LA

Louisiana, a state of the United States of America.

I live in Baton Rouge, LA.

Lao People's Democratic Republic, a member state of the United Nations.


LA

Los Angeles, a city in the state of California in the United States.

We went to LA for the summer.

Lead arsenate, a pesticide introduced in the United States in 1892, mostly replaced by DDT in the late 1940s, and banned in 1988.


ancestors

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


monsters

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


evilness

The quality of being evil. If you have evilness you behave badly.


nick

nick (canonical)
nicks (third-person singular)
nicked (past)
nicked (past participle)
nicking (present participle)

If you nick something, you make a small cut (a nick) in it.


web site

A web site is a place on the World Wide Web; if there are many pages to a web site, they have the same URL and are usually part of the same server.

My favorite web sites are ebay.com, espn.com, and facebook.com.


sexy

sexy (positive)
sexier (comparative)
sexiest (superlative)

Someone or something that is sexually attractive.

That woman is sexy.

Woah, that shirt looks sexy on you.


escape

escape (canonical)
escapes (third-person singular)
escaped (past)
escaped (past participle)
escaping (present participle)

If you escape something (or someone) you get away from it.

Can we escape the storm?

They escaped from jail last night.

I barely escaped my attacker.


escape

I'm afraid we have no escape.


poppas

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


bullshit

That's bullshit! I called your office and they said you never came in!

A card game where players bluff about the cards they play and try to figure out when the other players are bluffing.

Anyone want to play a few hands of bullshit?

An object of frustration and/or disgust.

"This is bullshit!" -- The Monarch


bullshit

bullshitted (past)
bullshit (canonical)
bullshits (third-person singular)
bullshat (past)
bullshitted (past participle)
bullshitting (present participle)

To tell lies, exaggerate; to mislead; to deceive.

You're bullshitting me. I called your office and you never even came in.

I will probably just go and bullshit with Joe for awhile.


bullshit

Something you say when you don't believe what you just heard.


national

national (positive)
more national (comparative)
most national (superlative)

If something is national it affects a whole nation or country.

If something is national it has to do with a certain nation or country, or with people from that country.

If a business is national it is found in all or most parts of a nation or country.


national

A national is someone who is a citizen of their nation.

The nationals is a tournament where people from all over the country come to compete in.


raining

rain (canonical)
rains (third-person singular)
rained (past)
rained (past participle)
raining (present participle)

It was raining when I talked to you earlier but it has stopped now.

It's been raining all day and I wish it would stop.

If it wasn't raining we could go to the park.


pet

A pet is an animal that is kept by a person for company and friendship.

I have 4 pets: 2 dogs, a cat and a fish.

A pet is a person who is very loyal to their superior or boss.

She's the teacher's pet.


pet

pet (canonical)
pets (third-person singular)
petted (past)
petted (past participle)
petting (present participle)

If you pet something, usually an animal, you touch it with your moving hand.

I pet my dog.


dawg

Yo, what's up, dawg?


web sites

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


prettier

pretty (positive)
prettier (comparative)
prettiest (superlative)

The comparative form of pretty; more pretty.

Lisa is prettier than her sister Judy.


hunts

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

Witch hunts were common in the 17th century.


hunts

hunt (canonical)
hunts (third-person singular)
hunted (past)
hunted (past participle)
hunting (present participle)

He hunts nearly every weekend during deer-hunting season.


ditch

A trench; a long, shallow hole that is used for irrigation or drainage.

Digging ditches has long been considered one of the most arduous forms of manual labor.


ditch

ditch (canonical)
ditches (third-person singular)
ditched (past)
ditched (past participle)
ditching (present participle)

We are going to ditch the party because it is so lame.

I ditched school last week to go to the mall.

Once the sun came out we ditched our rain-gear and started a campfire.


lawyer

A lawyer is an expert in law. A lawyer has the job of standing for other people in court giving them advice about the law.

The defendant got a lawyer to defend him in court.

The lawyer represented the man in court.


lawyer

lawyer (canonical)
lawyers (third-person singular)
lawyered (past)
lawyered (past participle)
lawyering (present participle)

If someone lawyers, they work as a lawyer or practice law.

If someone lawyers, they make arguments that are related to the law.


dawgs

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


demagogue

demagogue (singular)
demagogues (plural)

A demagogue is a leader who keeps power by being liked. Usually, this means someone who makes bad policy in order to gain quick popularity.


demagogue

demagogue (canonical)
demagogues (third-person singular)
demagogued (past)
demagogued (past participle)
demagoguing (present participle)

If you demagogue, you speak or do things as a demagogue would.


baseball

A sport where you try to hit a ball so that you can run to four bases, causing a run. The team with the most runs after nine or more innings wins.

The New York Yankees are a baseball team.

The pitcher threw the baseball as hard as he could.


hairy

hairy (positive)
hairier (comparative)
hairiest (superlative)

A hairy person or animal has a lot of hair.

That man's back was so hairy!

A hairy problem or situation is one that is difficult or complex.

It's a hairy problem, and will probably take several weeks to sort out.


monster

A scary, fictional creature. "Monster" is a very general word, and can mean all kinds of strange or scary beings or animals that are not real.

I thought I saw a monster under my bed but it was just some of my dirty clothes.

He must have been a monster to kill all those children.


spider

A spider is an arthropod with eight legs that makes webs to catch its food.

That spider was about to bite me, so I killed it.

I hate spiders as they look really scary. Everytime I see them, I get scared, anywhere I am.


rad

rad (positive)
radder (comparative)
raddest (superlative)

That outfit is so rad!


quietly

If you do something quietly, you do it without much noise or in a quiet way.


faggot

A homosexual male, sometimes used between homosexuals themselves.


poppa

What's up, poppa?


man-made

Something that is not natural; something made by people.

A cubic zirconium is a man-made diamond.

Before machines, most things were man-made.


celebrities

celebrity (singular)
celebrities (plural)

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


Daoism

Daoism is another way of spelling Taoism.


transgender

A transgender person is someone who was male but now identifies as female or who was female but identifies as male.

The state's laws block transgender women from doing certain things.

Our company welcomes gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people.

He became transgender in his 30s.


transgender

transgender (singular)
transgenders (plural)

Transgender is a gender for someone who was male but now identifies as female or who was female but identifies as male.

We had a long talk about issues around transgender.

Your support was so important for the transgender - and the rest of the LGBTQ community.

Transgenders are people who are were male but now identify as female or female but now identify as male.

Transwomen (male-to-female transgenders) are more common than transmen.


homosexual

homosexual (singular)
homosexuals (plural)

/ˌhəʊməʊˈsɛkʃuːəl/

/ˌhɒməʊˈsɛkʃuːəl/

A homosexual is a male sexually attracted to males or a female attracted to females.

One homosexual kid got bullied a lot in our school.


homosexual

homosexual (positive)
more homosexual (comparative)
most homosexual (superlative)

/ˌhəʊməʊˈsɛkʃuːəl/

/ˌhɒməʊˈsɛkʃuːəl/

Homosexual is the quality of being sexually attracted to people of the same sex.

That homosexual man had sex with the other man.


parents

The plural form of parent; more than one (kind of) parent. A person's mother and father.

My parents won't let me go out this weekend because I got a bad grade on a test.

His parents got divorced this summer.


parents

parent (canonical)
parents (third-person singular)
parented (past)
parented (past participle)
parenting (present participle)

The third-person singular form of parent.


ancestor

An ancestor is a person from whom one is descended . A very similar word is forebear.

We get our customs from our ancestors.

Entire species of plants or animals may have ancestor species from which they evolution.

It is thought that an extinct group of apes was the ancestor of the human race.


take up

I've taken up knitting.

I wish to take up mathematics.

Let's take this up with the manager.

Can you take this up to the front desk?

The books on finance take up three shelves.

All my time is taken up with looking after the kids.

To shorten a piece of cloth or clothing by hemming it.

If we take up the sleeves a bit, that shirt will look much better on you.

Should we take them up on their offer to help us move?

Let's take up where we left off.


yo

Yo, man, how have you been lately?

Yo, dude! What was that for?

Yo, check this out!


yo

Yo' mama's so fat they filmed 'Gorillas in the Mist' in her shower.


Asia

Asia is the continent that is east of Europe, west of the Pacific Ocean, and north of the Indian Ocean.

Asia is the world's largest and most-populous continent.


Central America

The land between the continents of North America and South America.

Most of Central America is part of North America.


lots

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


bullshitted

bullshit (canonical)
bullshits (third-person singular)
bullshitted (past)
bullshitted (past participle)
bullshitting (present participle)

We didn't do much today; we just sat out on the patio and bullshitted most of the day.


mama

Mama, what's for dinner?


prettiest

The superlative form of pretty; most pretty.

She's the prettiest girl I've ever seen.

This is the prettiest dress I own.


bull

The bull was kept away from the cows.

An adult male of some large mammals, such as whales, elephants and seals.

He said he can't be here because he's working late but I think it's bull.


Americas

The continents of North and South America.


testicles

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


testicle

The male sex organ that makes sperm and male hormones; there are two testicles inside the scrotum.


South America

/saʊθ əˈmɛrɪkə/

South America is the continent that is east of the Pacific Ocean, west of the Atlantic Ocean, and south of North America.

Brazil and Argentina are in South America.


North America

/ˌnɔː(r)θ əˈmɛrɪkə/

The continent that is east of the Pacific Ocean, west of the Atlantic Ocean, and north of South America.

The United States, Canada, and Mexico are all in North America.


superlative

superlative (singular)
superlatives (plural)

The superlative is the highest level of something.

The superlative form of an adjective is the form of the adjective that shows which thing has the most of a certain quality when you compare more than two things; the superlative form is often made by adding "-est" to the end of the adjective or by putting "most" before it.

The superlative of "pretty" is "prettiest".

The superlative of "diverse" is "most diverse".

The superlative of "cool" is "coolest".

The superlative of "big" is "biggest".


superlative

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

If something is superlative, it is very good; it is superb.


Asian

A person from Asia. Most often this means a person from east Asia.


Asian

Asian (positive)
more Asian (comparative)
most Asian (superlative)

In a style typical of Asia, especially east Asia.


demonic

demonic (positive)
more demonic (comparative)
most demonic (superlative)

They were trying to summon a demonic spirit.

If something is demonic, it comes from or has to do with a demon (or demons).

The story was about someone who learned to cast demonic spells.

If you are demonic you have great energy and strength.

The ancient Celts were said to be demonic in battle.

If you are demonic you are a very evil person.

The crazed killer was completely demonic.


Africa-Eurasia

Africa-Eurasia is the supercontinent that is made of Europe, Asia, and Africa.


European American

European American (singular)
European Americans (plural)

An American whose ancestors come from Europe, usually a white person from the United States.


Oceania

/ˌəʊ.ʃiˈɑː.nɪə/

Australia together with the islands of the Pacific Ocean (the Pacific Islands).

Oceania is not really a continent but is like one.


cigar

A cigar is tobacco rolled in tobacco leaves, for smoking.

I think the best cigars are made in Cuba.


Eurasia

The supercontinent that is made of Europe and Asia; the largest piece of land in the world.

Russia, England, China, France, Germany, and Iran are all examples of countries located in Eurasia.


warlock

A bad witch, someone who breaks a promise to their coven (group of witches).


rained

rain (canonical)
rains (third-person singular)
rained (past)
rained (past participle)
raining (present participle)

It rained really hard last night. We got almost 6 inches of rain!


territory

territory (singular)
territories (plural)

A person's, animal's, or group's territory is land he, she, or they claim, own, or control.

The wolf defended its territory.

Your territory is what belongs to you. This could mean things, power, mates, or even responsibilities.

Don't move into my territory in this office, especially not in sales.

I heard one of the girls tell her friends to stay away from him because he's her territory.

A territory large amount of land, like a country or a state. Often, this means a large piece of land claimed as part of a country.

Porta Rico is a U.S. territory, but not a state.


Australia

Australia is the continent that is east of the Indian Ocean, west of the Pacific Ocean, and south of Asia.

Australia is an island, a continent, and a nation, all in one.

Australia is the country on this continent.


African

An African person or thing comes from Africa.


African

African (positive)
more African (comparative)
most African (superlative)

Something or someone that is African comes from Africa.

Many African countries were colonised by the British.

Something that is African is in a style typical of Africa.


cuss

cuss (canonical)
cusses (third-person singular)
cussed (past)
cussed (past participle)
cussing (present participle)

If you cuss you say a word that is vulgar, insulting, or very impolite.

I lost my temper and cussed at my boss.

My son is in trouble for cussing in school.


cuss

King Tut was believed to have made a cuss against anyone who awakes him in his dead.


mate

A mate is someone you do something with.

Nils, my tent mate, was from the same elementary school in the city.

I'm meeting my mates later, after work.

The two of them are best mates.

What can I do for you, mate?

The zoo has been having trouble getting a mate for the panda.

A mate is the other member of a matched pair of objects.


mate

mate (canonical)
mates (third-person singular)
mated (past)
mated (past participle)
mating (present participle)

The monkeys were going to mate.

The female shows she's ready to mate by showing her red bottom to the male.

That morning when they tried to mate her with our bull, she had no idea what to do.


cigars

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


bastards

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

Those bastards stole my car!


American

An American is a person from North America, Central America or South America.

An American is or person from the United States of America.


American

American (positive)
more American (comparative)
most American (superlative)

If something is American it is from or typical of the United States.

If something is American it is from or typical of North, Central or South America.


European

European (positive)
more European (comparative)
most European (superlative)

If something is European, it is from or related to Europe.


bulls

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


sons of bitches

son of a bitch (singular)
sons of bitches (plural)

The plural form of son of a bitch; more than one (kind of) son of a bitch.


Greece

Greece is a country in south-east Europe.

We wanted to go to Greece for our next holiday.


nigger

A very offensive and insulting name for a black person, sometimes used between black people themselves. It is more upsetting when used by people of other races (i.e. people who are not black).

Hey, nigger, what's up? (friendly if the speaker is black)

Go back to Africa, nigger! (offensive)

I love black people, but I hate niggers. — Chris Rock


witchcraft

witchcraft (singular)
witchcrafts (plural)

A kind of magic that comes from European paganism or shamanism. Witchcraft often uses special poems called spells and uses herbs for magic and healing.


warlocks

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


witch

A woman who does witchcraft (magic) or has magical powers.

Glenda the Good was a powerful witch in The Wizard of Oz.

A person of either sex (man or woman) who does witchcraft.

Someone who practice traditional British magic (witchcraft).

I think she became a witch last year.

A person who practices black (evil) magic.

Old books talk about witches selling their souls to the Devil.

A female demon or monster that looks like an old woman and often does harmful things to other people.

The witch tried to eat Hansel and Gretel.

The witch in the movie had green skin.

A woman who is difficult to get allow with, or a bad woman.

I hate my boss, she's a real witch.


son of a bitch

My boss is a real son of a bitch.

You can say son of a bitch when you are angry or upset.

Ah! Son of a bitch, I just cut my hand!


bastard

William the Bastard became William the Conqueror after he took over England.

Bastard is an insulting word for a bad man, or a man you don't like.

My boss is a total bastard.


witchcrafts

The plural form of witchcraft; more than one (kind of) witchcraft. Usually, this would mean different kinds of witchcraft.


pee

Pee is urine, liquid waste from the body.

The dog got pee on my shoe.

I bought these carrots for fifty pee.

I can't afford that — I'm ten pee short.


pee

pee (canonical)
pees (third-person singular)
peed (past)
peed (past participle)
peeing (present participle)

To release human liquid waste; to urinate.

I am going to pee in that bush.


Thailand

A country in south-east Asia. Its full name is "Kingdom of Thailand" and its capital is Bangkok. Thailand used to be called "Siam".

We went on a trip to Thailand.


witches

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


sexual partners

sexual partner (singular)
sexual partners (plural)

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


sexual partner

Someone's sexual partner is someone that person has sexual intercourse with.


magic

Magic has to do with making things happen in ways that are not physical, and might be called supernatural.

The fairy god mother used magic to turn mice into horses.

The Order of the Golden Dawn claimed to practice Christian magic.

A kind of entertainment that uses tricks to make it look like impossible things have happened.

He pulled rabbit out of a hat at the magic show, then he cut someone in half and put them back together alive. (He didn't do these things, but made it look like he did; the speaker knows that.)

Anything wonderful, beautiful, or very special.

Love is the greatest magic of all.

Imagination is part of the magic of childhood.


Greek

A member of a college fraternity (brotherhood) or sorority (sisterhood).


Greek

Greek (positive)
more Greek (comparative)
most Greek (superlative)

From Greece, in Greece, or part of Greece.

I have a Greek vase.

She is Greek.

Crete is a Greek island.


sex partner

sex partner (singular)
sex partners (plural)

Someone's sex partner is someone that person has sexual intercourse with.


sex partners

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


Almighty

The Almighty has smiled on us and blessed with good fortune.


odyssey

The odyssey of Odysseus was written down by Homer in his epic poem, the Odyssey.

An intellectual or spiritual journey or quest.


joy

Joy is a feeling of great happiness and pleasure.

They will be a source of strength and joy in your life.

A joy is something that causes joy or happiness.

Lisa is a joy to have in class.

Seeing your child smile for the first time is one of the joys of being a parent.


holly

A bush that is used as decoration especially at Christmas; Ilex aquifolium.


grease

Grease is liquid or melted fat from an animal, often used for cooking.

Grease is a petroleum product used to lubricate machines.

Grease is a thick, oily substance similar to those above.


grease

grease (canonical)
greases (third-person singular)
greased (past)
greased (past participle)
greasing (present participle)

If you grease something, you put grease on it so that it moves more easily.

If you grease a situation, you bribe somebody.


almighty dollar

Money as something that people will do anything for; it compares the power of the dollar to the power of God.

If something is done for the almighty dollar it is only for profit.

If something it caused by the almighty dollar it is the result of greed or economics

If someone it after the almighty dollar that person only cares about money.


nest egg

money you save for the future. Often this is money kept for retirement or emergencies.


almighty

almighty (positive)
more almighty (comparative)
most almighty (superlative)

If something is almighty it has endless power; it can do anything.


bitches

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


bitches

bitch (canonical)
bitches (third-person singular)
bitched (past)
bitched (past participle)
bitching (present participle)

The third-person singular form of bitch.

My wife bitches if I stay out too late.


herbal

Try this herbal tea.


nesting instinct

The instinct of some pregnant animals and humans to prepare a home for babies, often by making a nest.


on behalf

If you do something on behalf of someone, you do it instead of them but as if they did it.

On behalf of everyone here today, I'd like to say thank you for coming.


innocents

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


khan

After Genghis Khan, a ruler over various Turkish, Tatar and Mongolians in the Middle Ages.

A noble or man of rank in various Muslim countries of Central Asia, including Afghanistan.

A resting-place for a travelling caravan.


synonymous

If two words are synonymous they are synonyms to each other.

If two ideas are synonymous they are almost the same idea.

Communism is often thought to be synonymous with socialism, though there are a few differences.

If two ideas are synonymous then if one is true the other has to be true, so that claiming one is the same as claiming the other.


Xerox

Xerox Corporation, a company that makes copy machines.


Xerox

A copy machine made by the Xerox company.


bucking bronco

bucking bronco (singular)
bucking broncos (plural)

A horse that is not tame and bucks people off. Often this is used for horse that cowboys try to ride at a rodeo (a cowboy contest).


hippopotamus

hippopotamus (singular)
hippopotami or hippopotamuses (plural)

A hippopotamus is a big plant-eating animal found in Africa that lives mostly in water.

We saw a big hippopotamus at the zoo.


stake a claim

If you stake a claim you use stakes to mark land that belongs to you.

If you stake a claim to something, you make people know that it is yours.

I staked my claim on the icecream.

You should stake your claim to that title.


Komodo dragon

Komodo dragon (singular)
Komodo dragons (plural)

A Komodo dragon (Varanus komodoensis) is the world's biggest lizard, and comes from Indonesia.

The Komodo dragon is the official national animal of Indonesia.


hippo

Hippo is another way of saying hippopotamus.


farmer

Someone whose job is to raise animals or plants, often for food.

The farmers here plant crops to feed their families and to make a profit.


ethic

An ethic is a rule or idea that tells you something is good or bad.

The Protestant work ethic said that people should stay busy and that being lazy was of the Devil.


dryer

A dryer is a machine for drying clothes.


lizards

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


southwest

The direction in between south and west; southwest can be shortened to SW.


jaded

jaded (positive)
more jaded (comparative)
most jaded (superlative)

Made callous, apathetic or cynical because of experience; having a negative outlook because of bad experiences in the past.

My view of politicians has become quite jaded in recent years.


sex organ

A sex organ is an organ used in sexual reproduction.


synonyms

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


stake your territory

If you stake (out) your territory you use stakes to mark land that belongs to you.

If you stake (out) your territory you make people know what authority or responsibility is yours.

I made a point to stake my territory in the office.

He spent most of last year staking out his territory.


northwest

The direction in between north and west; northwest can be shortened to NW.


stakeout

A stakeout is when people (usually police) sit and secretly watch a person or place.

The police had a stakeout in a place where they expected the crime to occur.


pronunciation

pronunciation (singular)
pronunciations (plural)

There are two different pronunciations for the word either.

Pronunciation sections are helpful in a dictionary.

His French pronunciation is horrible.


stake out

If you stake out the limits or edges of something, you mark them.

stake out land; stake out a new road.

If you stake out in croquet, you end the game by hitting the stake peg in the middle of the court.


burn at the stake

If someone is burned at the stake they are tied to a wooden pole and killed by being burned alive. This was a punishment for crimes in Europe a long time ago.

A witch was burned at the stake here.

If someone burns at the stake they are being burned while tied to a pole.

Joan of Arc burned at the stake after the English caught her.


appointment

appointment (singular)
appointments (plural)

An appointment is a formal agreement to meet or visit someone (for example, a doctor) at a certain time and place.

I have a doctor's appointment at 3:00 tomorrow.

Let's make an appointment for lunch on Tuesday next week.


pronunciations

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


Bob

A short form of the male given name Robert.

In cryptography and physics, Bob is sometimes used as the name for the person or system that receives a message from another person or system, which is usually known as Alice.


washer

A short word for washing machine; a machine to wash clothes.

A metal or plastic ring that goes with a nut and bolt (a thick screw) to help the bolt stay on.

or (not common) Someone whose job is to wash.


Creek

The Creek are a Native American tribe from the southern United States.

Creek is the language spoken by the Creek tribe.

A person who is a Creek is part of the Creek nation.


Creek

Something that is Creek is about the Creek people.


photocopier

photocopier (singular)
photocopiers (plural)

A machine that makes copies of documents.

Use the photocopier down the hall to make copies of this worksheet.


Shinto

The first religion of Japan. Shinto teaches that there are more gods and spirits than can be counted (call "eight-million gods"). These gods and spirits are called kami and are led by three gods: The sun goddess, the moon god, and the storm god.


antonym

A word that means the opposite of another word.

Good is the antonym of bad; high is the antonym of low.

The words schadenfreude and epicaricacy are antonyms of confelicity.


rains

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

We've already had some really good rains this spring.


rains

rain (canonical)
rains (third-person singular)
rained (past)
rained (past participle)
raining (present participle)

I hate when it rains on the weekends!


zombies

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


Gila monster

Gila monster (singular)
Gila monsters (plural)

A poisonous lizard from the deserts of the southwest United States and northern Mexico.


antonyms

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


voodoo

Voodoo is a small religion from the Caribbean, most common in Haiti and Louisiana. Voodoo comes from west African shamanism (called Vodu). In voodoo many gods and spirits are called to do magic.


BS

A short, more polite way of saying "bullshit" or "bollocks".

That page should be deleted, it's nothing but BS.

Bahamas, a member state of the United Nations.

Bridgestone, a company that makes tires.


BS

Short for Bachelor of Science, a four year college or university degree.

I got my BS in psychology.


helpful

helpful (positive)
more helpful (comparative)
most helpful (superlative)

If something is helpful it can or does help in some way.

The way you explained that word was very helpful to me.

The shop keeper was very helpful in telling use how we could cook the food in the shop.


visitor

I had a lot of visitors when I was in the hospital.


yay

You can say "yay!" when you are very happy or excited. People usually say this loudly, to show great emotion.


creek

A creek is a kind of waterway. It is like a small river.


dumbledore

dumbledore (singular)
dumbledores (plural)

"A shaded lamp and a waving blind, / And the beat of a clock from a distant floor: / On this scene enter – winged, horned, and spined – / A longlegs, a moth, and a dumbledore" — Thomas Hardy, ‘An August Midnight’, 1899


creative

creative (positive)
more creative (comparative)
most creative (superlative)

If you are creative you are good at making things that no one has made before. Also, it could mean you are good at thinking of things no one has thought of before.

The inventor had a very creative idea for a new machine.

If something is creative, it is original.

That was a very creative strategy.

If something is creative, it is about making creative things.

She is studying creative arts.


Shintoism

Another word for Shinto, a religion of Japan.


synonym

A synonym is a word with the same meaning as another word.

The word big is a synonym of the word large.

A synonym is a word that does not have the same meaning, but the meaning is very close to the other word.

Good and right are synonyms, even though they do not mean exactly the same thing.


mayhem

A state of chaos, disorder, or disruption.

She waded into the mayhem, elbowing between taller men to work her way to the front of the crowd.

The fighting dogs created mayhem in the flower beds.

What if the legendary hero Robin Hood had been born into the mayhem of the 20th century?

The crime of intentionally disfiguring or injuring a person.


veins

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


prefix

A prefix is an affix that is added to the beginning of a word. In English this usually changes the meaning.


economics

The study of money and how goods and services get value.

Economics shows us that people use too much when the price is too low.


at stake

If something is at stake it is in danger. Often is it likely to be lost, destroyed, or gone for some reason.

My job is at stake if the factory closes.

Do you have any idea what is at stake here?


lizard

Any of many kinds of reptiles that has four legs, a long tail, and no shell.


quarterly

Happening four times every year; happening every 3 months.

The club published a quarterly news letter.

We meet quarterly to talk about problems our group has had.


dragonfly

dragonfly (singular)
dragonflies (plural)

A large insect with four wings and a long body. Dragonflies hunt other insects, such as mosquitoes.


yearly

Something that is yearly happens once every year.

We have a yearly meeting for members in the country.


membership

membership (singular)
memberships (plural)

I had to renew my membership with the union.

There are many advantages to membership.

He has a membership at the club.

He has membership with us.


Prometheus

A god who stole fire from Zeus and gave it to humans so they could use it. The god of fire and craft. Prometheus had three brothers - Epimetheus, Menoetios and Atlas.


un-

You add "un-" to the front of an adjective or adverb usually to mean the opposite of the original word making an antonym.

You could say, "He is not happy", "He is unhappy", or "He is sad".

When "un" is added to the front of a verb it means to do something in reverse. That is, put something back the way it was before.

First he wound the string on the stick, then he unwound it—so it was like he had done nothing.


pass the buck

pass the buck (canonical)
passes the buck (third-person singular)
passed the buck (past)
passed the buck (past participle)
passing the buck (present participle)

If you pass the buck you give a job or responsibility that should be yours to someone else. This often means that a job is passed around so no one really does it.

Politicians are infamous for passing the buck amongst each other, using others as scapegoats.


suffix

A suffix is an affix that is added to the end of a word. In English this can change the meaning. Also, it can be required by grammar but not change the meaning; this could be to change the tense, the number, or for other reasons.


etymologies

etymology (singular)
etymologies (plural)

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


audience

An audience is the person or people who watch a performance, listen to you speak, or read what you write.

The audience at the concert was dancing on their chairs.


subjective

subjective (positive)
more subjective (comparative)
most subjective (superlative)

Related to subjects, not objects. (A subject is one who perceives or is aware; an object is the thing perceived or the thing that the subject is aware of.)

Formed, as in opinions, by feelings or intuition, not by seeing or reasoning.

experienced by a person mentally and is not easily verified by other people.


feelings

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


lioness

A lioness has no mane.


hum

hum (canonical)
hums (third-person singular)
hummed (past)
hummed (past participle)
humming (present participle)

To make a sound you can make in your throat with your mouth closed. Often, this is done to make music without singing words.

I used to hum the music from the Indiana Jones movies when I was a child.

A similar sound, such as one from a machine.

The engine hummed as he started drove the car.


hum

Hum is the sound of humming, or a sound like humming.

I heard a low hum from the other room.


dolls

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


voodoo doll

voodoo doll (singular)
voodoo dolls (plural)

A magic doll that you can do things to. Things you do to the doll are said to happen the person the doll stands for. These dolls are also used in witchcraft (witches call the doll a poppet).