sickening

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

If something is sickening is makes you feel sick. Usually this mean it makes your stomach sick so that you might vomit.


sickening

sicken (canonical)
sickens (third-person singular)
sickened (past)
sickened (past participle)
sickening (present participle)


odds

In statistics, the odds are the chance something will happen divided by the chance it will not happen:

If "p" is the odds it will happen: p/(1-p)

The odds something will not happen: (1-p)/p

The odds of something happening are the chances it will happen.

I don't like the odds here.

The odds of rolling a six are one in six, or 1 / 6.


crazy

crazy (positive)
crazier (comparative)
craziest (superlative)

If you are crazy you do not think or act normally. A crazy person might do very strange thing or believe things that everyone knows are not true.

I knew he was crazy when he said he was Jesus Christ.

The crazy woman thought I had hidden her stomach under my bed.

I saw a crazy man trying to talk to a can of coke.

If you are crazy you are fun because no one can guess what you might do next.

I love her because she is so wild and crazy.

If you are crazy about something, you love it very much.

I'm crazy about basketball.

I'm totally crazy for my girlfriend.

If something is crazy it is very strange, not what you would expect.

The weather has been crazy, with snow in summer and hot day in winter.


crazy

A crazy is person who is crazy (see above). Usually this is for a bad person who is insane.


throw up

throw up (canonical)
throws up (third-person singular)
threw up (past)
threw up (past participle)
throwing up (present participle)


fancy

fancier (comparative)
fanciest (superlative)
fancy (positive)
more fancy (comparative)
most fancy (superlative)

If something is fancy, it nicer than usual, often with decorations and bright colours.

That's a very fancy dress you're wearing.

We tried to make things look fancy for the party.

A fancy restaurant, party, etc. is fashionable and expensive.

She's going to a fancy party and the rest of us aren't welcome.

Fancy movements are difficult but done with a lot of skill.

He got around the other players with some very fancy footwork.

Fancy apples, tuna, etc. are the best kind of that food.

Cherries from Canada can be marked either "CANADA FANCY", "CANADA CHOICE" or "CANADA STANDARD"


fancy

fancy (canonical)
fancies (third-person singular)
fancied (past)
fancied (past participle)
fancying (present participle)

If you fancy something, you like or want it.

No thanks. I don't really fancy coffee.

I thought you might fancy a drink.

If you fancy someone, you like them in a sexual way.

She's very nice, but I don't really fancy her, if you get my meaning.

If you fancy yourself something, you think you are that (but maybe other people don't agree).

He fancies himself a great football player.

If you fancy something up, you make it more fancy.

You say "Fancy that!" or fancy something, to show that you're surprised about it or think it unlikely.

Fancy her getting the job!


sane

saner (comparative)
sanest (superlative)
sane (positive)
more sane (comparative)
most sane (superlative)

If you are sane, you think and feel in a normal way. You do not have mental illness.

If something is sane, it is organized and normal; it makes sense.


friends

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


puke

puke (canonical)
pukes (third-person singular)
puked (past)
puked (past participle)
puking (present participle)

If you puke, you vomit or bring up stuff from your stomach.

He puked as a result of his sickness.


vomit

Vomit is stuff from your stomach that might come out your mouth if you are sick.


vomit

vomit (canonical)
vomits (third-person singular)
vomited (past)
vomited (past participle)
vomiting (present participle)

If you vomit, anything in your stomach comes out of your mouth; you puke.

He vomited after dinner because he ate too much.


fashion

A fashion is a style, often clothing, that is popular at a particular time and place.

The fashion was for men to have long hair.

At 62, he drives a small old car, and doesn't follow fashion trends.

The models in their fancy fashions walked past the rich women in their seats.

It's a good idea to pay what you owe in a timely fashion.

I could see that she had made the list in her typical well-organized fashion.

Hockey players fight all the time, but football players rarely act in a similar fashion.

The fashion business is the business of designing and making clothes.

Lagerfeld is the current designer for the Chanel fashion house.

Women who wanted to wear modern styles had them copied from Western fashion magazines by local dressmakers.


fashion

fashion (canonical)
fashions (third-person singular)
fashioned (past)
fashioned (past participle)
fashioning (present participle)

If you fashion something, you design and make it, usually by hand.

He makes beautiful art fashioned from simple things he gets from the garbage.


pasts

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


fellow

A fellow is a friend; a partner; a companion.

I have been traveling with my fellow adventurers.

A fellow is someone who is of the same rank or power as someone else.

Look at that fellow over there.


wipe

wipe (canonical)
wipes (third-person singular)
wiped (past)
wiped (past participle)
wiping (present participle)

If you wipe something, you rub it to take something off of it. Often you wipe off water or dirt.

I wiped my glasses with my shirt.

I wiped the sweat from my forehead with the back of my hand.

If you wipe a computer disk, you erase everything from it.

I accidentally wiped my hard drive and lost all my documents.


wipe

A wipe is a piece of cloth that you wipe with.

We need more wipes to clean the baby's bottom.

A wipe is one movement that is part of wiping.

Just give it a quick wipe to clean it.


hedgehogs

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


nominates

nominate (canonical)
nominates (third-person singular)
nominated (past)
nominated (past participle)
nominating (present participle)

The third-person singular form of nominate.


wirings

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


straights

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


takeoffs

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


spending

spend (canonical)
spends (third-person singular)
spent (past)
spent (past participle)
spending (present participle)


queers

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


likeliest

likely (positive)
likelier (comparative)
likeliest (superlative)

The superlative form of likely; most likely.


indices

index (singular)
indexes or indices (plural)

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


edibles

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


abusing

abuse (canonical)
abuses (third-person singular)
abused (past)
abused (past participle)
abusing (present participle)


cures

cure (canonical)
cures (third-person singular)
cured (past)
cured (past participle)
curing (present participle)


cures

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


accenting

accent (canonical)
accents (third-person singular)
accented (past)
accented (past participle)
accenting (present participle)


prevented

prevent (canonical)
prevents (third-person singular)
prevented (past)
prevented (past participle)
preventing (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of prevent.


stomached

stomach (canonical)
stomachs (third-person singular)
stomached (past)
stomached (past participle)
stomaching (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of stomach.


fox

A smart person who can trick other people.


fox

fox (canonical)
foxes (third-person singular)
foxed (past)
foxed (past participle)
foxing (present participle)

If you fox someone, you trick them; you fool them.

If something foxes you, it confuses or baffles you.

This Sudoku puzzle foxes me.


spends

The third-person singular form of spend.


queerest

queer (positive)
queerer (comparative)
queerest (superlative)

The superlative form of queer; most queer.


keen

keen (positive)
keener (comparative)
keenest (superlative)

If you are keen on something you like that thing.


keen

An Irish cry of sadness for a dead person.


keen

keen (canonical)
keens (third-person singular)
keened (past)
keened (past participle)
keening (present participle)


full moons

full moon (singular)
full moons (plural)

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


genders

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


satisfies

satisfy (canonical)
satisfies (third-person singular)
satisfied (past)
satisfied (past participle)
satisfying (present participle)

The third-person singular form of satisfy.


consciences

conscience (singular)
consciences (plural)

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


merriest

merry (positive)
merrier (comparative)
merriest (superlative)

The superlative form of merry; most merry.


prevents

The third-person singular form of prevent.


harbored

harbor (canonical)
harbors (third-person singular)
harbored (past)
harbored (past participle)
harboring (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of harbor.


dumber

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

The comparative form of dumb; more dumb.


lawns

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


relative clauses

relative clause (singular)
relative clauses (plural)

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


trios

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


stakeholders

stakeholder (singular)
stakeholders (plural)

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


tasking

task (canonical)
tasks (third-person singular)
tasked (past)
tasked (past participle)
tasking (present participle)


gayest

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


wrap

wrap (canonical)
wraps (third-person singular)
wrapped (past)
wrapped (past participle)
wrapping (present participle)

If you wrap something you cover it with something like paper or cloth. This might be done by winding the paper or cloth over it.

I wrapped the gifts in paper.

The string was wrapped around a stick.

We need to wrap up this meeting and get back to work.


wrap

A piece of clothing that you can wrap around your body to keep warm.

Something you wrap things in; a wrapper.

I bought some giftwrap from the gift.

I had a chicken wrap for lunch.

You can say, "That's a wrap!" to say you have finished something.


indexed

index (canonical)
indexes (third-person singular)
indexed (past)
indexed (past participle)
indexing (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of index.


destructs

destruct (canonical)
destructs (third-person singular)
destructed (past)
destructed (past participle)
destructing (present participle)

The third-person singular form of destruct.


measurements

measurement (singular)
measurements (plural)

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


amphibians

amphibian (singular)
amphibians (plural)

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


sickle-cell anaemia

A disease where the red blood cells change to a sickle shape when there is a shortage of oxygen.


puts

put (canonical)
puts (third-person singular)
put (past)
put (past participle)
putting (present participle)


curing

cure (canonical)
cures (third-person singular)
cured (past)
cured (past participle)
curing (present participle)


nominated

nominate (canonical)
nominates (third-person singular)
nominated (past)
nominated (past participle)
nominating (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of nominate.


revolutions

revolution (singular)
revolutions (plural)

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


resetting

reset (canonical)
resets (third-person singular)
reset (past)
reset (past participle)
resetting (present participle)


excludes

exclude (canonical)
excludes (third-person singular)
excluded (past)
excluded (past participle)
excluding (present participle)

The third-person singular form of exclude.


likelier

likely (positive)
likelier (comparative)
likeliest (superlative)

The comparative form of likely; more likely.


astronomers

astronomer (singular)
astronomers (plural)

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


queerer

queer (positive)
queerer (comparative)
queerest (superlative)

The comparative form of queer; more queer.


suns

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


contenting

content (canonical)
contents (third-person singular)
contented (past)
contented (past participle)
contenting (present participle)


African Americans

African American (singular)
African Americans (plural)

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


braving

brave (canonical)
braves (third-person singular)
braved (past)
braved (past participle)
braving (present participle)


gayer

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


proxies

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


proxies

proxy (canonical)
proxies (third-person singular)
proxied (past)
proxied (past participle)
proxying (present participle)

The third-person singular form of proxy.


declared

declare (canonical)
declares (third-person singular)
declared (past)
declared (past participle)
declaring (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of declare.


alarmed

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

The past tense and past participle of alarm.


alarmed

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

If you are alarmed, you are surprised or upset.

I was very alarmed to hear how many fights there are at school.


confessing

confess (canonical)
confesses (third-person singular)
confessed (past)
confessed (past participle)
confessing (present participle)


informations

information (singular)
informations (plural)

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


convinces

convince (canonical)
convinces (third-person singular)
convinced (past)
convinced (past participle)
convincing (present participle)

The third-person singular form of convince.


interjections

interjection (singular)
interjections (plural)

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


resets

reset (canonical)
resets (third-person singular)
reset (past)
reset (past participle)
resetting (present participle)

The third-person singular form of reset.

The clock resets every night at midnight.


witch doctors

witch doctor (singular)
witch doctors (plural)

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


throw away

throw away (canonical)
throws away (third-person singular)
threw away (past)
thrown away (past participle)
throwing away (present participle)

If you throw away something, you get rid of it. Often this means you put it in the garbage.

I threw away the chair because it was broken.


allocates

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

The third-person singular form of allocate.


subordinate clauses

subordinate clause (singular)
subordinate clauses (plural)

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


sakes

The plural form of sake; more than one (kind of) sake., meaning benefits.

The plural form of sake; more than one (kind of) sake., meaning the rice wine.


telescopes

telescope (singular)
telescopes (plural)

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


librarians

librarian (singular)
librarians (plural)

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


fairer

fair (positive)
fairer (comparative)
fairest (superlative)

The comparative form of fair; more fair.


fining

fine (canonical)
fines (third-person singular)
fined (past)
fined (past participle)
fining (present participle)


shading

shade (canonical)
shades (third-person singular)
shaded (past)
shaded (past participle)
shading (present participle)


gravest

grave (positive)
graver (comparative)
gravest (superlative)

The superlative form of grave; most grave.


ride

ride (canonical)
rides (third-person singular)
rode (past)
ridden (past participle)
riding (present participle)

If you ride something, you sit on it while it moves.

I can ride a horse, but I cannot ride a motorcycle.

If you ride someone, you have sex with them.


ride

It was a long ride from Canada to Mexico.

A ride is a vehicle like a car, motorcycle or bicycle.

That is a nice ride you are driving.

A ride is a machine that you ride on for fun.

Roller-coasters and merry-go-rounds are my favorite 'rides at the park.

A lift given to someone in another person's vehicle.

Can you give me a ride?


piloting

pilot (canonical)
pilots (third-person singular)
piloted (past)
piloted (past participle)
piloting (present participle)


tasked

task (canonical)
tasks (third-person singular)
tasked (past)
tasked (past participle)
tasking (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of task.


heirs

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


undertakings

undertaking (singular)
undertakings (plural)

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


moderated

moderate (canonical)
moderates (third-person singular)
moderated (past)
moderated (past participle)
moderating (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of moderate.


destructing

destruct (canonical)
destructs (third-person singular)
destructed (past)
destructed (past participle)
destructing (present participle)


dumbest

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

The superlative form of dumb; most dumb.


cured

cure (canonical)
cures (third-person singular)
cured (past)
cured (past participle)
curing (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of cure.


inking

ink (canonical)
inks (third-person singular)
inked (past)
inked (past participle)
inking (present participle)


destructed

The past tense and past participle of destruct.


declaring

declare (canonical)
declares (third-person singular)
declared (past)
declared (past participle)
declaring (present participle)


principals

principal (singular)
principals (plural)

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


confessed

confess (canonical)
confesses (third-person singular)
confessed (past)
confessed (past participle)
confessing (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of confess.


teenagers

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


steals

steal (canonical)
steals (third-person singular)
stole (past)
stolen (past participle)
stealing (present participle)

The third-person singular form of steal.


steals

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


allocating

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


hungrier

hungry (positive)
hungrier (comparative)
hungriest (superlative)

The comparative form of hungry; more hungry.


nominating

nominate (canonical)
nominates (third-person singular)
nominated (past)
nominated (past participle)
nominating (present participle)


allocated

The past tense and past participle of allocate.


gangbangs

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


gangbangs

gangbang (canonical)
gangbangs (third-person singular)
gangbanged (past)
gangbanged (past participle)
gangbanging (present participle)

The third-person singular form of gangbang.


antiques

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


Muslims

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


pearled

pearl (canonical)
pearls (third-person singular)
pearled (past)
pearled (past participle)
pearling (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of pearl.


piloted

pilot (canonical)
pilots (third-person singular)
piloted (past)
piloted (past participle)
piloting (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of pilot.


declares

The third-person singular form of declare.


alarming

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

/ə.ˈlɑːm.ɪŋ/


alarming

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

If something is alarming, it is surprising and it makes you worry.

We heard some very alarming information about the number of fights at school.

/ə.ˈlɑːm.ɪŋ/


abstracting

abstract (canonical)
abstracts (third-person singular)
abstracted (past)
abstracted (past participle)
abstracting (present participle)


ministers

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


ministers

minister (canonical)
ministers (third-person singular)
ministered (past)
ministered (past participle)
ministering (present participle)

The third-person singular form of minister.


scheduled

schedule (canonical)
schedules (third-person singular)
scheduled (past)
scheduled (past participle)
scheduling (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of schedule.


travelers

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


furnaces

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


ladies

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


braves

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


braves

brave (canonical)
braves (third-person singular)
braved (past)
braved (past participle)
braving (present participle)

The third-person singular form of brave.


contented

content (canonical)
contents (third-person singular)
contented (past)
contented (past participle)
contenting (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of content.


contented

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

If a person is contented, they are satisfied.


aires

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


tasks

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


tasks

task (canonical)
tasks (third-person singular)
tasked (past)
tasked (past participle)
tasking (present participle)


feared

fear (canonical)
fears (third-person singular)
feared (past)
feared (past participle)
fearing (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of fear.

I have always feared that I would grow old alone.

That CEO is feared by everyone else at the company.


feared

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

If someone or something is feared, it causes great fear in others.

He is the most feared manager at the company.


fairest

fair (positive)
fairer (comparative)
fairest (superlative)

The superlative form of fair; most fair.


braved

The past tense and past participle of brave.


volunteered

volunteer (canonical)
volunteers (third-person singular)
volunteered (past)
volunteered (past participle)
volunteering (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of volunteer.


Galatia

A region of ancient Asia Minor in what is now the country of Turkey.


bassists

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


squeakier

squeaky (positive)
squeakier (comparative)
squeakiest (superlative)

The comparative form of squeaky; more squeaky.


harbors

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


harbors

harbor (canonical)
harbors (third-person singular)
harbored (past)
harbored (past participle)
harboring (present participle)

The third-person singular form of harbor.


limited

limit (canonical)
limits (third-person singular)
limited (past)
limited (past participle)
limiting (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of limit.


limited

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

If something is limited, there is only a certain amount of it.

We have room for only a very limited number of people.


firefighters

firefighter (singular)
firefighters (plural)

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


wires

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


wires

wire (canonical)
wires (third-person singular)
wired (past)
wired (past participle)
wiring (present participle)


diagrammed

diagram (canonical)
diagrams (third-person singular)
diagrammed (past)
diagrammed (past participle)
diagramming (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of diagram.


schedules

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


schedules

The third-person singular form of schedule.


securer

secure (positive)
securer (comparative)
securest (superlative)

The comparative form of secure; more secure.


graphing

graph (canonical)
graphs (third-person singular)
graphed (past)
graphed (past participle)
graphing (present participle)


Tel Aviv-Jaffa

Tel Aviv-Jaffa is the official name for Tel Aviv.

Tel Aviv-Jaffa are twin cities in Israel.


farmers

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


squeakiest

The superlative form of squeaky; most squeaky.


objecting

object (canonical)
objects (third-person singular)
objected (past)
objected (past participle)
objecting (present participle)


slaved

slave (canonical)
slaves (third-person singular)
slaved (past)
slaved (past participle)
slaving (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of slave.


stomaching

stomach (canonical)
stomachs (third-person singular)
stomached (past)
stomached (past participle)
stomaching (present participle)


expects

expect (canonical)
expects (third-person singular)
expected (past)
expected (past participle)
expecting (present participle)

The third-person singular form of expect.


hungriest

hungry (positive)
hungrier (comparative)
hungriest (superlative)

The superlative form of hungry; most hungry.


baking

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


elders

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

Children should respect their elders.


limits

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


limits

The third-person singular form of limit.


regulars

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


probabilities

probability (singular)
probabilities (plural)

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


event horizons

event horizon (singular)
event horizons (plural)

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


thinks

think (canonical)
thinks (third-person singular)
thought (past)
thought (past participle)
thinking (present participle)

The third-person singular form of think.


ploughing

plough (canonical)
ploughs (third-person singular)
ploughed (past)
ploughed (past participle)
ploughing (present participle)


wizards

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


jerking off

jerk off (canonical)
jerks off (third-person singular)
jerked off (past)
jerked off (past participle)
jerking off (present participle)


waitressing

waitress (canonical)
waitresses (third-person singular)
waitressed (past)
waitressed (past participle)
waitressing (present participle)


redundancy

redundancy (singular)
redundancies (plural)

Redundancy is when you do something more times than you need to.

Redundancy is when the same information is given more than once.

Redundancy is when several parts of something (such as a machine) do the same this. This way it will still work if some parts are broken or gone.


excluded

exclude (canonical)
excludes (third-person singular)
excluded (past)
excluded (past participle)
excluding (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of exclude.


charted

chart (canonical)
charts (third-person singular)
charted (past)
charted (past participle)
charting (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of chart.


securest

secure (positive)
securer (comparative)
securest (superlative)

The superlative form of secure; most secure.


jerks off

The third-person singular form of jerk off.


graphed

graph (canonical)
graphs (third-person singular)
graphed (past)
graphed (past participle)
graphing (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of graph.


abstracts

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


abstracts

abstract (canonical)
abstracts (third-person singular)
abstracted (past)
abstracted (past participle)
abstracting (present participle)

The third-person singular form of abstract.


moderating

moderate (canonical)
moderates (third-person singular)
moderated (past)
moderated (past participle)
moderating (present participle)


busier

busy (positive)
busier (comparative)
busiest (superlative)

The comparative form of busy; more busy.


grandchildren

grandchild (singular)
grandchildren (plural)

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


atheists

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


wormed

worm (canonical)
worms (third-person singular)
wormed (past)
wormed (past participle)
worming (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of worm.


Zionists

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


hairier

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

The comparative form of hairy; more hairy.


decades

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


girls

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


indexes

index (singular)
indexes or indices (plural)

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


indexes

index (canonical)
indexes (third-person singular)
indexed (past)
indexed (past participle)
indexing (present participle)

The third-person singular form of index.


waitressed

The past tense and past participle of waitress.


proves

proved (past participle)
prove (canonical)
proves (third-person singular)
proved (past)
proven (past participle)
proving (present participle)

The third-person singular form of prove.


fined

fine (canonical)
fines (third-person singular)
fined (past)
fined (past participle)
fining (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of fine.


folks

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


airs

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


airs

air (canonical)
airs (third-person singular)
aired (past)
aired (past participle)
airing (present participle)


turkeys

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


Zionism

Zionism is the belief that there should be a Jewish country, especially support for the current Jewish state in Israel.

Zionism is a religion that is practiced by people in parts of Africa and is most popular in Eswatini. It is a mix of Protestantism and Animism.


sandstone

sandstone (singular)
sandstones (plural)

Sandstone is a kind of rock that is made when sand is compacted together and glued into place with clay.


admirable

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

If you are admirable, people will like you, or what you do.

She said his quick thinking was admirable.


convinced

convince (canonical)
convinces (third-person singular)
convinced (past)
convinced (past participle)
convincing (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of convince.


convinced

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

If you are convinced of something, you believe it strongly.

Last year I became convinced that we had been wrong all along.


objects

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


objects

object (canonical)
objects (third-person singular)
objected (past)
objected (past participle)
objecting (present participle)

The third-person singular form of object.


honeys

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


nephews

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


originals

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


chairpeople

chairperson (singular)
chairpersons or chairpeople (plural)

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


plainest

plain (positive)
plainer (comparative)
plainest (superlative)

The superlative form of plain; most plain.


pearling

pearl (canonical)
pearls (third-person singular)
pearled (past)
pearled (past participle)
pearling (present participle)


diagramed

diagram (canonical)
diagrams (third-person singular)
diagramed (past)
diagramed (past participle)
diagraming (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of diagram.


performances

performance (singular)
performances (plural)

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


robbers

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


drugs

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


drugs

drug (canonical)
drugs (third-person singular)
drugged (past)
drugged (past participle)
drugging (present participle)


European Americans

European American (singular)
European Americans (plural)

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


kings

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


ploughs

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


ploughs

plough (canonical)
ploughs (third-person singular)
ploughed (past)
ploughed (past participle)
ploughing (present participle)

The third-person singular form of plough.


limiting

limit (canonical)
limits (third-person singular)
limited (past)
limited (past participle)
limiting (present participle)


limiting

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

If something is limiting, it doesn't let you be free.

I'm afraid that this way of thinking is very limiting and won't move us forward.

I find this jacket quite limiting.


rob

rob (canonical)
robs (third-person singular)
robbed (past)
robbed (past participle)
robbing (present participle)

If you rob something or someone, you steal from them.

He went to rob the bank.


warriors

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


absence

There was an absence of help for the project.

An absence is a time something is not there.

I failed the class because I had too many absences.


folk

Often, doctors have difficulty explaining things to ordinary folk like me.

Lots of folks are worried about their jobs.

I'm not sure if I can get the car. I'll have to ask my folks.

Folk music, dance, art, etc., is traditional and belongs to the ordinary people.

I remember reading about him in a collection of folk tales.

The children are learning Russian folk songs in school.


Asians

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


Dr.

Short for doctor. Used as a title before a doctor's name.

I went to see Dr. Smith for some medicine.

Dr. Schwarz has a Ph.D.


busied

busy (canonical)
busies (third-person singular)
busied (past)
busied (past participle)
busying (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of busy.


hairiest

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

The superlative form of hairy; most hairy.


productions

production (singular)
productions (plural)

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


firemen

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


glyphs

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


vassals

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


vassals

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

The third-person singular form of vassal.


gripping

grip (canonical)
grips (third-person singular)
gripped (past)
gripped (past participle)
gripping (present participle)


shades

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


shades

shade (canonical)
shades (third-person singular)
shaded (past)
shaded (past participle)
shading (present participle)

The third-person singular form of shade.


nieces

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


guitars

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


drugged

The past tense and past participle of drug.


abuses

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


abuses

abuse (canonical)
abuses (third-person singular)
abused (past)
abused (past participle)
abusing (present participle)

The third-person singular form of abuse.


arachnids

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


km

It is a about 100 km from here.

We were driving about 50 km/hour.


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stepdaughters

stepdaughter (singular)
stepdaughters (plural)

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


M.D.

A short way of saying medical doctor, the degree you must have to give medicine.


Greeks

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


Turkey

Turkey is a country in western Asia and eastern Europe. Its full name is Republic of Turkey.


dwarves

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


uncles

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


abstracted

abstract (canonical)
abstracts (third-person singular)
abstracted (past)
abstracted (past participle)
abstracting (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of abstract.


abstracted

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

If something is abstracted, it is separated or disconnected.

If someone is abstracted, they forget things or do not pay attention to what they are doing, often because they are thinking about something else.

In his later life he became even more abstracted.


slaving

slave (canonical)
slaves (third-person singular)
slaved (past)
slaved (past participle)
slaving (present participle)


explodes

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

The third-person singular form of explode.


organs

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


fines

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


fines

fine (canonical)
fines (third-person singular)
fined (past)
fined (past participle)
fining (present participle)


popular

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

If something is popular many people like, love, or enjoy it.

Beth is one of the popular girls in my class.

Hamburgers are more popular than hot dogs with teenagers.

Kyle is the most popular boy in the senior class.


jerked off

jerk off (canonical)
jerks off (third-person singular)
jerked off (past)
jerked off (past participle)
jerking off (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of jerk off.


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busiest

busy (positive)
busier (comparative)
busiest (superlative)

The superlative form of busy; most busy.


tinier

tiny (positive)
tinier (comparative)
tiniest (superlative)

The comparative form of tiny; more tiny.


convincing

convince (canonical)
convinces (third-person singular)
convinced (past)
convinced (past participle)
convincing (present participle)


convincing

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

If something is convincing, it makes people believe.

I wasn't sure about the idea before I came, but the presentation was very convincing.


predicated

predicate (canonical)
predicates (third-person singular)
predicated (past)
predicated (past participle)
predicating (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of predicate.


agencies

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


confesses

confess (canonical)
confesses (third-person singular)
confessed (past)
confessed (past participle)
confessing (present participle)

The third-person singular form of confess.


tiniest

The superlative form of tiny; most tiny.


Ph.D.

A short way of saying doctor of philosophy, the highest degree you can get at a university.

The laboratory Erika worked at wanted her to work on their most important projects, but she did not have enough education, so they paid for her to get a Ph.D. in .


presidents

president (singular)
presidents (plural)

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


tiny

A single grain of sand is tiny.


worming

worm (canonical)
worms (third-person singular)
wormed (past)
wormed (past participle)
worming (present participle)


plainer

plain (positive)
plainer (comparative)
plainest (superlative)

The comparative form of plain; more plain.


-ness

When -ness is added to the end of an adjective, the word becomes a noun. The new noun can mean either what the original adjective was like or what comes from having the original adjective.

If you're good, you have a lot of goodness


moderates

moderate (canonical)
moderates (third-person singular)
moderated (past)
moderated (past participle)
moderating (present participle)

The third-person singular form of moderate.


moderates

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


sons

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


ticks

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


ticks

tick (canonical)
ticks (third-person singular)
ticked (past)
ticked (past participle)
ticking (present participle)


authored

author (canonical)
authors (third-person singular)
authored (past)
authored (past participle)
authoring (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of author.


pursued

pursue (canonical)
pursues (third-person singular)
pursued (past)
pursued (past participle)
pursuing (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of pursue.


ad

I saw an ad in the newspaper for a job at the factory.


variables

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

Which seats to select and which snacks to buy are the variables to consider when going to the movies.


wired

wire (canonical)
wires (third-person singular)
wired (past)
wired (past participle)
wiring (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of wire.


wired

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

If you are wired, you are excited or hyper.

I can't drink coffee in the evenings because it makes me really wired and then I can't sleep.


peregrine falcons

peregrine falcon (singular)
peregrine falcons (plural)

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


necessaries

necessary (singular)
necessaries (plural)

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


stepchildren

stepchild (singular)
stepchildren (plural)

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


stepsons

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


Dr


Jesus freaks

Jesus freak (singular)
Jesus freaks (plural)

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


IV

Intravenous therapy; putting medicine or special food into the blood with a tube.


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militaries

military (singular)
military or militaries (plural)

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


err

err (canonical)
errs (third-person singular)
erred (past)
erred (past participle)
erring (present participle)

If you err, you make a mistake; you do something wrong.

When I was adding information into the database, I erred in keying in the values for the wrong column.


butchers

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


butchers

butcher (canonical)
butchers (third-person singular)
butchered (past)
butchered (past participle)
butchering (present participle)

The third-person singular form of butcher.


turkey

A turkey is a bird that is often raised for food.

There was a spotting of a flock of wild turkeys in the forest.

Roast turkey was served at Thanksgiving dinner.

The store was selling turkey sandwiches.


demagogued

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

The past tense and past participle of demagogue.


PhD


furnace

A furnace is a machine that is used to heat a building.


charting

chart (canonical)
charts (third-person singular)
charted (past)
charted (past participle)
charting (present participle)


puked

puke (canonical)
pukes (third-person singular)
puked (past)
puked (past participle)
puking (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of puke.


princess

A princess is the daughter of the king and queen of a country, and sister of the prince. The princess can also be the wife of a prince.

The soldier is going to marry the princess.


months

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


robber

A robber is a person who takes money or property without permission, sometimes using violence. A thief; a person who steals.

The bank robber took all the money from the bank.


predicates

predicate (singular)
predicates (plural)

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


predicates

predicate (canonical)
predicates (third-person singular)
predicated (past)
predicated (past participle)
predicating (present participle)

The third-person singular form of predicate.


mother tongue

mother tongue (singular)
mother tongues (plural)

Your mother tongue is the first language you learned or grew up with.

English is not my mother tongue.


parakeets

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


specifying

specify (canonical)
specifies (third-person singular)
specified (past)
specified (past participle)
specifying (present participle)


dogging

dog (canonical)
dogs (third-person singular)
dogged (past)
dogged (past participle)
dogging (present participle)


nursed

nurse (canonical)
nurses (third-person singular)
nursed (past)
nursed (past participle)
nursing (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of nurse.


toilets

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


vowels

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


accents

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


accents

accent (canonical)
accents (third-person singular)
accented (past)
accented (past participle)
accenting (present participle)

The third-person singular form of accent.


arachnid

An arachnid is a type of small animal with eight legs.

spiders, scorpions, ticks, and mites are arachnids.


pure

pure (positive)
purer (comparative)
purest (superlative)

If something is pure, it is not dirty or covered by anything that makes it unclean.


merrier

merry (positive)
merrier (comparative)
merriest (superlative)

The comparative form of merry; more merry.


players

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


paintballed

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

The past tense and past participle of paintball.


scorpion

A scorpion is a small animal with eight legs, pinchers, and a tail that stings.


anyone

Any person. You use this word when there is no limit to who might be meant. You might be able to change anyone to any person's name.

Help! Can anyone hear me?

I don't know anyone here.

Anyone who saw the accident should phone the police.


pilots

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


pilots

pilot (canonical)
pilots (third-person singular)
piloted (past)
piloted (past participle)
piloting (present participle)

The third-person singular form of pilot.


slaves

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


slaves

slave (canonical)
slaves (third-person singular)
slaved (past)
slaved (past participle)
slaving (present participle)

The third-person singular form of slave.


budgie

A budgie is a type of bird from Australia and often kept as a pet; a budgerigar.

Budgies are kept in cages by people.


lawyers

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


lawyers

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

The third-person singular form of lawyer.


replacing

replace (canonical)
replaces (third-person singular)
replaced (past)
replaced (past participle)
replacing (present participle)


Roman numerals

Roman numeral (singular)
Roman numerals (plural)

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


victories

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


likes

like (canonical)
likes (third-person singular)
liked (past)
liked (past participle)
liking (present participle)


likes

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


grips

grip (canonical)
grips (third-person singular)
gripped (past)
gripped (past participle)
gripping (present participle)


grips

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


nurses

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


nurses

The third-person singular form of nurse.


coining

coin (canonical)
coins (third-person singular)
coined (past)
coined (past participle)
coining (present participle)


lamp

A lamp is something that makes light (either from electricity or by burning fuel).

It's getting dark so I'll switch on the lamp to read by.

Oil lamps have wicks that can smoke as they burn.


diagramming

diagram (canonical)
diagrams (third-person singular)
diagrammed (past)
diagrammed (past participle)
diagramming (present participle)


volunteers

volunteer (singular)
volunteers (plural)

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


volunteers

volunteer (canonical)
volunteers (third-person singular)
volunteered (past)
volunteered (past participle)
volunteering (present participle)

The third-person singular form of volunteer.


prince

A prince is the son of the king and queen in a country, and brother of the princess. The prince can also be the husband of a princess.

Our great-great-great-great-grandfather is a prince.

A prince is a man of high nobility but not of the royalty.


robbery

To take money or property without permission, sometimes with violence.

The police were called because there had been a bank robbery.


satisfying

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

If something is satisfying, it makes you feel good, usually because you finished, got it, or ate it.

I like working on cars. It's deeply satisfying when you find a problem and fix it.

I'm afraid that your answer isn't satisfying at all.


satisfying

satisfy (canonical)
satisfies (third-person singular)
satisfied (past)
satisfied (past participle)
satisfying (present participle)

I like eating chocolate as it is satisfying my need for sweet food.


demagogues

demagogue (singular)
demagogues (plural)

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


demagogues

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

The third-person singular form of demagogue.


thinking

think (canonical)
thinks (third-person singular)
thought (past)
thought (past participle)
thinking (present participle)


thinking

Your thinking about a topic is your thoughts, opinions and ideas.

She's done some really good thinking on this topic.

My thinking on the topic has changed as new information has come in.


Fridays

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


siblings

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


locker

A locker is a cabinet to keep things in, usually with a lock.

I put my jacket in my locker when I get to work.


mother tongues

mother tongue (singular)
mother tongues (plural)

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


pukes

puke (canonical)
pukes (third-person singular)
puked (past)
puked (past participle)
puking (present participle)


healers

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


twice

If something is done twice, it is done two times.

I have been to the shop twice today.

He was working twice as fast as I was.

Twice three is six.


Roman numeral

A roman numeral is a way of writing numbers used in Rome a long time ago. We do not write numbers like this much now. This is most often used to name parts of a series. Example are "I" (1), "II" (2), "III" (3), and "IV" (4).


professor

professor (singular)
professors (plural)

A professor is a teacher at a college or university.

Dr. Erickson and Dr. Karrow are my favorite professors.


pursuing

pursue (canonical)
pursues (third-person singular)
pursued (past)
pursued (past participle)
pursuing (present participle)


crocodiles

crocodile (singular)
crocodiles (plural)

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


pragmatics

Pragmatics is the study of how language is used in real life. It is about practical language use.

Examples of English pragmatics included saying, "Could I have a cookie?" or "Those cookies look good," to mean "Give me a cookie."


golden

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

If something is golden it is made from gold.

If something is golden it is the same color as gold:

If something is golden it is a color between yellow and brown.

Her hair was a golden blond.

It was a golden age, when everything seemed beautiful.

I use to be a golden boy like you. -- Don Henley, "The Garden of Allah"

Your golden years are when you are old and retired from work.

I use to watch a show about old ladies. It was called "The Golden Girls."

The golden anniversary is the 50ᵗʰ anniversary.

Her grandparents were celebrating the golden anniversary of their wedding.


golden

Golden is a color between yellow and brown.


fathered

father (canonical)
fathers (third-person singular)
fathered (past)
fathered (past participle)
fathering (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of father.


gentleman

A gentleman is a man that treats other nicely, or a man of higher class.

To call someone a gentleman is also a polite way to talk to someone.

Please come with me, gentlemen.


floors

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


floors

floor (canonical)
floors (third-person singular)
floored (past)
floored (past participle)
flooring (present participle)

The third-person singular form of floor.


BC

A short way of saying Before Christ; before the Common Era (CE). Originally said to before the birth of Jesus, thus before AD.

A short way of saying British Columbia, a province of Canada.

A short way of saying Baja California, a state of Mexico.


agency

An agency is a group of people called agents working together, or a place where agents work.

An agency is a company (business) which usually represents other people. The people at the agency work as agents to represent (stand for) their customers.

Our agency works to help people find jobs in music.

Agency is a company that does something specific.

Our ad agency has made advertisements for many important businesses.

An agency is a certain part of a government.

He works for the real CIA, the actual Central Intelligence Agency.


admire

admire (canonical)
admires (third-person singular)
admired (past)
admired (past participle)
admiring (present participle)

If you admire something, you like it very much.

He admired the painting on the wall.


learner

A good teacher learns from the students too, so everybody in the class is a learner.


busies

busy (canonical)
busies (third-person singular)
busied (past)
busied (past participle)
busying (present participle)


headwords

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


Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia.


lockers

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


B.C.


instep

An instep is the middle of the foot, between the toes and the ankle.

He stepped on my shoe right where the laces are, but I was wearing them so he hurt my instep.


anything

Any one of all things. You use this when there is no limit to what might be meant. You might be able to change "anything" to any other word.

I'll do anything you want.

Is there anything he has not done?

I don't have anything left.


putting

put (canonical)
puts (third-person singular)
put (past)
put (past participle)
putting (present participle)


putting

putt (canonical)
putts (third-person singular)
putted (past)
putted (past participle)
putting (present participle)


stepson

A stepson is the son of a person's husband or wife. A stepson is a male child from an earlier marriage.

When I married my wife I got two stepsons.


admirer

You are an admirer if you really like something or someone.

He was an admirer of music by Ravindra.

After playing his music, Ravindra spoke to his admirers.


budgies

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


audit trails

audit trail (singular)
audit trails (plural)

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


mainly

In England, they speak mainly English.


zeroes

zero (singular)
zeros or zeroes (plural)

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


zeroes

zero (canonical)
zeroes (third-person singular)
zeroed (past)
zeroed (past participle)
zeroing (present participle)


botany

Botany is the science of learning about plants.

My mother studied botany in college.


paintballs

paintball (singular)
paintballs (plural)

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


paintballs

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

The third-person singular form of paintball.


dictators

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


remain

remain (canonical)
remains (third-person singular)
remained (past)
remained (past participle)
remaining (present participle)

If something remains it stays. It does not go away.

I'll remain here as wait for you.

He remained at home.

If something remains it does not change.

She remains is pretty as ever.

I remain loyal to the my friends.


remain

The remains of something are parts of something gone that are still here. This is often used for what is left of dead person whose body was damaged or decayed.


heal

heal (canonical)
heals (third-person singular)
healed (past)
healed (past participle)
healing (present participle)

If you heal your wounds or diseases leave you. Your body repairs itself, so you get better.

If you heal another person or animal you repair their body. You make wounds or diseases leave them.


pearl

A pearl is a round, white jewel that you get from inside of oysters.

She bought a pearl necklace.

A pearl is a kind of fish called the brill.


pearl

pearl (canonical)
pearls (third-person singular)
pearled (past)
pearled (past participle)
pearling (present participle)

If you pearl something, you adorn it with pearls.

If you pearl something, you make it into small, round grains, as with barley.

If you pearl, you go hunting for pearls; you go pearling.


mop

A tool used for cleaning floors or similar things, made of cloth.

He made his mop of hair stick up.


mop

mop (canonical)
mops (third-person singular)
mopped (past)
mopped (past participle)
mopping (present participle)

To rub, scrub, clean or wipe with a mop.

He mopped the floor until it was clean.


crocodile

crocodile (singular)
crocodiles (plural)

A crocodile is a big reptile that lives mostly in water.


stepdaughter

stepdaughter (singular)
stepdaughters (plural)

A stepdaughter is the daughter of a person's husband or wife. A stepdaughter is a female child from an earlier marriage.

When I married my wife I got two stepdaughters.


dwarfs

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


dwarfs

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

The third-person singular form of dwarf.


practical

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

If something is practical, it works and is not more difficult that it should be. It makes sense and is good for real life.

If something is practical, it comes from actually doing something, not from theory.

If you are practical, you do practical things and think in a practical way.


republic

A republic is a country that has leaders elected that are by the people.

Many have pointed out that the United States is a republic, not a pure democracy.


spreading

spread (canonical)
spreads (third-person singular)
spread (past)
spread (past participle)
spreading (present participle)


semantic

If something is semantic it is based on semantics. It is about meaning in language.

Were his errors semantic, like calling a horse a deer or a saddle? Or were they based on the sound of the word?

Your whole argument is semantic, based one what you think the word "life" means.


descendant

descendant (singular)
descendants (plural)

A descendant is something or someone that comes after something or someone (ancestor).

Dogs are descendants of early wolves.

You are a descendant of your grandparents.

I am a descendant of Grover Cleveland.


conjugations

conjugation (singular)
conjugations (plural)

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


fathers

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


fathers

father (canonical)
fathers (third-person singular)
fathered (past)
fathered (past participle)
fathering (present participle)

The third-person singular form of father.


china

Very good dishes. They are often expensive and decorated with a design.

We only get out the good china for special guests.


Japanese

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

If something is Japanese, it comes from Japan.

I had a Japanese car once.

We had a Japanese girl in our class.

If something is Japanese, it is typical of Japan.

I like Japanese food.

/ˌʤæpəˈniːz/


Japanese

Japanese is the language that is spoken in Japan.

/ˌʤæpəˈniːz/


naming

name (canonical)
names (third-person singular)
named (past)
named (past participle)
naming (present participle)


anywhere

I don't have anywhere to go.

Victor has never been anywhere outside Chengdu.


guitar

A guitar is a stringed musical instrument, usually with six strings, but sometimes more. It is used to play many kinds of music, including classical, rock, jazz, and bluegrass.

John played the Edvard Grieg song "Morning Mood" on his guitar.


redundancies

redundancy (singular)
redundancies (plural)

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


wiener

Can you please pass me that wiener?

In New York I bought a wiener for 5 dollars.

He showed me his wiener, even though I didn't want him to.


busying

busy (canonical)
busies (third-person singular)
busied (past)
busied (past participle)
busying (present participle)


abbey

An abbey is a building where monks or nuns live, or used to live.

After working in the fields, the monks went back to the abbey.

An abbey is a church which was once part of an abbey.

Westminster Abbey is a famous church in England.


dirtiest

dirty (positive)
dirtier (comparative)
dirtiest (superlative)

The superlative form of dirty; most dirty.


rawer

raw (positive)
rawer (comparative)
rawest (superlative)


audit trail

audit trail (singular)
audit trails (plural)

An audit trail is a record of an audit. This is often a computer record.


named

The past tense and past participle of name.

What you are named is what people call you.


nicotine

Nicotine is a chemical in tobacco that might make you want to smoke.

I needed to smoke because I was addicted to nicotine.


mothers

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


mothers

mother (canonical)
mothers (third-person singular)
mothered (past)
mothered (past participle)
mothering (present participle)

The third-person singular form of mother.


empresses

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

The two empresses were very good friends.


probability

probability (singular)
probabilities (plural)

The probability of rolling a six is one in six, 1/6.

We calculated the probabilities of each result.

I took a class in probability and statistics.


visions

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


mount

mount (canonical)
mounts (third-person singular)
mounted (past)
mounted (past participle)
mounting (present participle)

If you mount something you get on to it.

They mounted their horses and rode off.

If you mount something you attach it to something else.

I need someone to mount this diamond on a ring.

The show was mounted in Montreal and New York.


mount

Mount is another word for mountain. This may be shortened to "Mt." to name a mountain.

Jesus gave us the Sermon on the Mount.

We were all worried when Mount Saint Helens exploded.

A mount is an animal you ride, often a horse.

The policemen sat on his mount watching the park.


dirtier

The comparative form of dirty; more dirty.


pearls

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


pearls

pearl (canonical)
pearls (third-person singular)
pearled (past)
pearled (past participle)
pearling (present participle)

The third-person singular form of pearl.


composer

A composer is a person who writes music.


yellower

yellow (positive)
yellower (comparative)
yellowest (superlative)

The comparative form of yellow; more yellow.


councils

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


authors

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


authors

author (canonical)
authors (third-person singular)
authored (past)
authored (past participle)
authoring (present participle)

The third-person singular form of author.


dictation

dictation (singular)
dictations (plural)

The act of dictating; telling someone else what to write or type.

Can you take dictation?

The words you tell someone to write or type.

You need to slow down so I can take your dictation?


hooves

hoof (singular)
hoofs or hooves (plural)

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


denser

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

The comparative form of dense; more dense.


alligator

alligator (singular)
alligators (plural)

An alligator is a large reptile that lives on land and in water.


semantics

Semantics is the study of how languages (ways people talk) show meaning.

We were studying the difference of semantics for both words and sentence between cultures.

After his injury, he could not remember what words belonged together because of a problem with semantics.

If an argument is based on semantics it is based on different meanings of words, not different ideas. Or, someone might use different meanings to be difficult.

I've heard you talking about it, and it sound like its all semantics to me.


brothers

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


brothers

brother (canonical)
brothers (third-person singular)
brothered (past)
brothered (past participle)
brothering (present participle)

The third-person singular form of brother.


stickier

sticky (positive)
stickier (comparative)
stickiest (superlative)

The comparative form of sticky; more sticky.


gripped

grip (canonical)
grips (third-person singular)
gripped (past)
gripped (past participle)
gripping (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of grip.


stickiest

The superlative form of sticky; most sticky.


densest

The superlative form of dense; most dense.


dictator

A leader of a country who has total control over everything.

Hitler was a terrible dictator.

Someone who dictates (tell others what to write or what to do).

It would take a very good secretary to follow such a bad dictator.


healer

A healer is someone who helps other people get well from disease or injury.

I saw a local healer when I got sick on my trip.


injure

injure (canonical)
injures (third-person singular)
injured (past)
injured (past participle)
injuring (present participle)

If you injure you cause an injury. You wound someone or something.


toilet

A toilet is something you may put human waste (feces and urine) into.

Excuse me, I need to use the toilet.

Where is the toilet?


lake

A lake is a place with a lot of deep water. A lake does not usually have salt in it.

We went swimming in the lake.


eagles

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


eagles

eagle (canonical)
eagles (third-person singular)
eagled (past)
eagled (past participle)
eagling (present participle)

The third-person singular form of eagle.


fortnight

fortnight (singular)
fortnights (plural)

Her mother will be staying for a fortnight over Christmas.


yellowest

The superlative form of yellow; most yellow.


Norwegian

Norwegian is a language spoken by around 5 million people, mainly in Norway.

I can not understand a word Norwegian, but I think it is a very nice language.


Norwegian

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

If something is Norwegian, it is about Norway or the people living there.

I think Norwegian food is good.

I am Norwegian.


Norwegian

Norwegian (singular)
Norwegians (plural)

If someone is a Norwegian, he or she is from Norway.

I am a Norwegian.


accelerations

acceleration (singular)
accelerations (plural)

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


geldings

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

He sold his geldings to the riding school.


empress

An empress is the female leader or monarch of an empire.


parakeet

A parakeet is a tropical bird often kept as a pet. It is a small parrot.

My pet parakeet's name is Polly.


Roman

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

Similar to something from Rome or the Roman Empire.


emperor

An emperor is the male leader or monarch of an empire.

The coronation of the Japanese emperor happened this year.


wade

wade (canonical)
wades (third-person singular)
waded (past)
waded (past participle)
wading (present participle)

I waded into the water just a little ways so that I could feel the temperature of the water.

Roy was able to wade into the water for several feet before the water reached his waist.


pope

The pope is the leader of the Roman Catholic Church.


united

I some things (two or more) are united they are together. These act as one thing. This is often used for people of groups of people.

We are united in our goals.

John as Sue were united in holy matrimony (marriage) last week.

We stand united against our enemies.


united

unite (canonical)
unites (third-person singular)
united (past)
united (past participle)
uniting (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of unite.


frighten

frighten (canonical)
frightens (third-person singular)
frightened (past)
frightened (past participle)
frightening (present participle)

If you frighten somebody, you make them feel afraid.

You are shouting at me and frightening your daughters.

It made so much noise that it frightened away the animals.


coins

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


coins

coin (canonical)
coins (third-person singular)
coined (past)
coined (past participle)
coining (present participle)


blackboards

blackboard (singular)
blackboards (plural)

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


conjugation

conjugation (singular)
conjugations (plural)

Conjugation is how a word changes based on several things. In English and European languages this word is usually a verb. It might change because of what time is talked about, who is talked about, or what part of the sentence the word is in.

I find German conjugation hard to remember.

Some linguists do not talk about conjugation because they think it is just an example of morphology.

A conjugation is the ways a word changes.

The conjugations of "to do" are "does," "did," and "doing."

/ˌkɒnd͡ʒəˈɡeɪʃən/

/ˌkɑnd͡ʒəˈɡeɪʃən/


stallions

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


rawest

raw (positive)
rawer (comparative)
rawest (superlative)


ashes

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


empire

An empire is a large country that has taken control of many other countries.

An empire is a country led by an emperor or empress.

An empire is a large amount of property and power that a person might have.

No mater how rich he got, he kept trying to build his empire bigger.


hoofing

hoof (canonical)
hoofs (third-person singular)
hoofed (past)
hoofed (past participle)
hoofing (present participle)


foals

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

Both of our mares had foals last year.


foal

Our mare had a foal last year.


flattest

flat (positive)
flatter (comparative)
flattest (superlative)

The superlative form of flat; most flat.


biology

Biology is a type of science that studies living things like plants and animals.

It is required for students to study biology.

The biology of an animal, plant, or other living thing is how its body works.

The biology of cats is different from that of dogs in several ways.


singer

She is a very good singer.


warn

warn (canonical)
warns (third-person singular)
warned (past)
warned (past participle)
warning (present participle)

If you warn someone about something, is to make them aware of a danger approaching.

I warn you, lions are dangerous.

If you warn someone can also be to make them aware that something they do is not accepted.

It is not allowed to steal, I warn you.

If you warn someone, you give a warning.


good-morning


terminals

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


parrot

A parrot is a type of tropical bird sometimes kept as a pet.

Movie pirates always seem to have parrots.

I had a pet parrot named Peter.


parrot

parrot (canonical)
parrots (third-person singular)
parroted (past)
parroted (past participle)
parroting (present participle)

If you parrot someone, you say exactly what that person says.

I want you to parrot back what I just said, so I know you heard me right.


protectors

protector (singular)
protectors (plural)

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


hoof

hoof (singular)
hoofs or hooves (plural)

A hoof is a foot of an animal with hard feet.

The horseshoes are nailed to the horse's hoofs.


hoof

My car is broken so we'll have to hoof it. We'll only be walking 3 blocks.


kidney beans

kidney bean (singular)
kidney beans (plural)

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


adders

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


kennels

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


kennels

kenneled (past)
kenneled (past participle)
kenneling (present participle)
kennel (canonical)
kennels (third-person singular)
kennelled (past)
kennelled (past participle)
kennelling (present participle)

The third-person singular form of kennel.


carp

A goldfish is a small carp.

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

We fed the carp at the boat dock. We saw many carp there.


carp

carp (canonical)
carps (third-person singular)
carped (past)
carped (past participle)
carping (present participle)


tick

A tick is a mark, used to show that something is right.

The teacher put a tick on the correct answer.

The dog was scratching because it had a tick in its ear.

A tick is a clicking noise that keeps going.

It was very quiet, and the only sound she could hear was the tick of the old clock.

A tick is small line used to show a measure or a count.


tick

tick (canonical)
ticks (third-person singular)
ticked (past)
ticked (past participle)
ticking (present participle)

If something ticks, it is making clicking noises.

The clocked ticked on as I waited.

Its a ticking time-bomb. (It is like the clock on the bomb is ticking as time runs out.)


dictate

dictate (canonical)
dictates (third-person singular)
dictated (past)
dictated (past participle)
dictating (present participle)

If you dictate a document (something written), you say the words so another person can write or type them.

I dictated the letter to my secretary.

If X dictates Y, X requires Y, or X causes Y.

Circumstances dictate that we must be ready to fight.


fuchsias

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


clays

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


incompetent

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

If you are incompetent you are not good at what you are doing. You might not know how to do it. You might not be able to do it.

He is an incompetent driver, and cannot keep a car on the road.

He died because of medicine from an incompetent doctor.

If you are incompetent you are stupid or crazy.

The incompetent fools ruined my whole day.

In some countries if you are incompetent the law says you are not able to decide things. This means you are not allowed to do some things but do not do need to do other things. This is often because the incompetent person is insane (crazy).

He was found incompetent to stand trial.

The contract is no good because she was legally incompetent when she signed it.


felon

A felon is a person who has committed a felony or been convicted of a felony.


hoofed

The past tense and past participle of hoof.


π


numbered

number (canonical)
numbers (third-person singular)
numbered (past)
numbered (past participle)
numbering (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of number.


returned

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

The past tense and past participle of return.


floored

floor (canonical)
floors (third-person singular)
floored (past)
floored (past participle)
flooring (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of floor.


solar system

solar system (singular)
solar systems (plural)

A solar system is made of planets moving around a star (a sun).

It is a long way to the next solar system.


familiarised

familiarise (canonical)
familiarises (third-person singular)
familiarised (past)
familiarised (past participle)
familiarising (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of familiarise.


megatons

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


mares

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

Both of our mares had foals last year.


spreads

spread (canonical)
spreads (third-person singular)
spread (past)
spread (past participle)
spreading (present participle)

The third-person singular form of spread.


spreads

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


album

An album is a record, tape, or CD, with many songs on it.

He loved the Beatles, and had bought all their albums.

An album is a book for keeping photographs.

She loved to look through the family photo album and see her childhood pictures.

An album is a book for keeping collectable things like stamps or coins.

He put his new coin straight into the album to keep it safe.


presuming

presume (canonical)
presumes (third-person singular)
presumed (past)
presumed (past participle)
presuming (present participle)


deci-

Deci- is a prefix meaning one tenth as much.

There are 10 decimeters in a meter.


explosions

explosion (singular)
explosions (plural)

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


megaton

A megaton is a unit that is used to determine how strong an explosion made by a bomb is. The unit is based upon how many million tons of TNT it would take to make a similar explosion.


Canada

Canada is a country in North America. Canada is north of the United States.

There are 10 provinces and 3 territories in Canada.


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.


belting

belt (canonical)
belts (third-person singular)
belted (past)
belted (past participle)
belting (present participle)


theft

A theft is when someone steals something.

We were the victims of a theft last year.

Theft is on the rise in the city.


ash

Ashes are what is left of something after it has burned (been destroyed by fire).

The was nothing left of the wood but ashes.

He was covered in ash from the fire.

After the funeral we kept his ashes in a vase on the table.

Ash is a light gray color. The color of wood ashes.

My sister loved to wear ash-gray cloths.

I had an ash growing in my yard.

There are several ashes in the lot across the street.

The letter Æ (capital) / æ (lower case). This letter is not used often in modern English. It is found in Old English and some other languages, and is an IPA symbol.


layering

layer (canonical)
layers (third-person singular)
layered (past)
layered (past participle)
layering (present participle)


politest

polite (positive)
politer (comparative)
politest (superlative)

The superlative form of polite; most polite.

Susie is the politest child I have ever met.


Chinese

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

If something is Chinese, it comes from China.

Many Chinese goods are sold in the U.S.

We had a Chinese girl in our class.

Australia has a large population of overseas Chinese people.

If something is Chinese, it is typical of China.

I like Chinese food.


Chinese

A person from China or of Chinese descent.


Chinese

Chinese is any of the languages (ways people talk) in China.

Mandarin, Hokkien, and Cantonese are forms of Chinese.


hundreds

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

"Hundreds" is used to refer to lots of something.

There's hundreds of cool stuff I can do!


mud

I slipped and fell in the mud.


felony

A felony is a serious crime; this is something a person can be put in prison for.

Somethings that might be called felonies are robbery, rape, murder, treason, threats, spousal abuse, child abuse, or sexually molesting a child.


acute angle

acute angle (singular)
acute angles (plural)

An acute angle is an angle of less than 90 degrees (π/2 radians).


clay

Clay is a type of mud or dirt that can be made into bricks and pots.


good night

Something you might say to someone before you go to bed, or before you leave for the night.

I had a good time, but I need to go. Good night.

A greeting you might say to someone at night.

Hey, good night, haven't seen you all day.


jumping

jump (canonical)
jumps (third-person singular)
jumped (past)
jumped (past participle)
jumping (present participle)


numbers

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


numbers

The third-person singular form of number.


fault

If something is your fault, you did something wrong or didn't do something right.

It doesn't matter whose fault it is, let's work together to make it right.

I'm sorry. It's my fault. I forgot to turn it off.

It's clear that both sides are at fault.

We found a few faults in the plan, but we'll fix them later.

A fault in your character is something about you that is not nice or good.

The other girls thought that her only fault was that she was really stupid.

The earthquake occurred near the San Andreas fault.

In sports like tennis or volleyball, a fault is hitting the ball in the wrong way, or to or from the wrong place.


fault

fault (canonical)
faults (third-person singular)
faulted (past)
faulted (past participle)
faulting (present participle)

If you fault somebody for something bad, you say they did something wrong or didn't do something right.

You can't fault him for not knowing about the change.


acceleration

acceleration (singular)
accelerations (plural)

As the plane took off, the acceleration pressed her into her seat.

Acceleration is by how much a speed or velocity goes up.

derivative for velocity, has formula a= lim _(Δx→0)(Δv)/(Δt) .


competent

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

If you are competent at something you can do it. You are good at doing it.

In some countries, if you are competent the law says you are not insane (crazy). This means you can decide things, and may be allowed to do somethings that crazy people are not allowed to do.


goodnight

I had a good time, but I need to go. Goodnight.

Hey, goodnight, haven't seen you all day.


goodbyes

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


obtuse angle

obtuse angle (singular)
obtuse angles (plural)

An obtuse angle is an angle of more than 90 degrees (π/2 radians).


doctored

doctor (canonical)
doctors (third-person singular)
doctored (past)
doctored (past participle)
doctoring (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of doctor.


audit

An audit is an when something is examined by an independent person or group.


audit

audit (canonical)
audits (third-person singular)
audited (past)
audited (past participle)
auditing (present participle)

If you audit something you examine it, and it is not yours.


right angles

right angle (singular)
right angles (plural)

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


dirt

Dirt is what the ground (land) is made of.

A dirt is a spot that is dirty on clothes and makes it look ugly.


alligators

alligator (singular)
alligators (plural)

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


returning

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


good morning

A greeting you might use in the morning. This is most often used with people you have not see earlier that day.

Good morning, I'm glad to see you.

/ˌgʊd ˈmɔː.nɪŋ/


bye

A bye is a position given to a player in a tournament when the match the player is supposed to play has no opposers playing against the player that gives them a free win.


bye

Short for goodbye; you say bye when you leave a person or people.


explosion

An explosion is when something explodes.

The explosion destroyed the building.


familiarising

familiarise (canonical)
familiarises (third-person singular)
familiarised (past)
familiarised (past participle)
familiarising (present participle)

He enjoyed familiarising new users with the rules of Wiktionary.


misdemeanor

misdemeanor (singular)
misdemeanors (plural)

A misdemeanor is a crime that is not serious.

Back in Michigan he pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor assault charge in a domestic violence case and was given probation.


layered

The past tense and past participle of layer.


boxes

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


boxes

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


vine

A vine is a long, thin plant. Vines might grow along the ground, or up things such as walls or trees.

If something is "of the vine" it is made from grapes.


zest

If you have zest, you are full of excitement or enthusiasm; you are full of life.

If food has zest, it has a lot of flavor. It might be spicy.

The hot peppers add zest to the soup.

If music has zest, it is fast and lively.

Play it with more zest this time.

The outer skin of a citrus fruit, used as a flavouring.


zest

zest (canonical)
zests (third-person singular)
zested (past)
zested (past participle)
zesting (present participle)

If you zest something, you take the zest off of the fruit.


familiarises

The third-person singular form of familiarise.


politer

polite (positive)
politer (comparative)
politest (superlative)

The comparative form of polite; more polite.

Susie is politer than her sister Cindy.


hermaphrodites

hermaphrodite (singular)
hermaphrodites (plural)

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


belted

belt (canonical)
belts (third-person singular)
belted (past)
belted (past participle)
belting (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of belt.


interact

interact (canonical)
interacts (third-person singular)
interacted (past)
interacted (past participle)
interacting (present participle)

If you interact with someone or something, you communicate or work with someone or something else.


interact

A short act or piece between others, as in a play; an interlude.


align

align (canonical)
aligns (third-person singular)
aligned (past)
aligned (past participle)
aligning (present participle)

If you align some things, you make them point the same direction.

If you align with another person or group, you are on the same side; you become allies.

Japan decided to align itself with Germany in World War II.


chemistries

chemistry (singular)
chemistries (plural)

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

Metals and non-metals have very different chemistries.


deliberate

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

A deliberate action was done on purpose, for a reason, it was not an accident.

She walked up to her brother and gave him a deliberate kick.


deliberate

deliberate (canonical)
deliberates (third-person singular)
deliberated (past)
deliberated (past participle)
deliberating (present participle)

If you deliberate something, you think about it carefully.

The jury deliberated about the innocence of the person on trial.


presumes

presume (canonical)
presumes (third-person singular)
presumed (past)
presumed (past participle)
presuming (present participle)

The third-person singular form of presume.


dialogues

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


fuel

My car uses gasoline for fuel to make it go. My body uses food for fuel, it's what makes me go.


fuel

fueled (past)
fueled (past participle)
fueling (present participle)
fuel (canonical)
fuels (third-person singular)
fuelled (past)
fuelled (past participle)
fuelling (present participle)

When you fuel something, you add on to it.

His words fuelled my anger.


anchor

An anchor is a large heavy weight, attached to a boat by a rope and dropped to the bottom of the water, to hold the boat in place.


anchor

anchor (canonical)
anchors (third-person singular)
anchored (past)
anchored (past participle)
anchoring (present participle)

If you anchor something, you hold it in place with an anchor.

We'll anchor the boat tonight so we don't go anywhere while we sleep.


actions

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


conjugate

conjugate (canonical)
conjugates (third-person singular)
conjugated (past)
conjugated (past participle)
conjugating (present participle)

If you conjugate a word, you change it because of time, person, or place in a sentence.

If you don't conjugate right, people may still understand you but they will think you talk funny.


conjugate

conjugate (singular)
conjugates (plural)

:
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doctoring

doctor (canonical)
doctors (third-person singular)
doctored (past)
doctored (past participle)
doctoring (present participle)


boxed

The past tense and past participle of box.


spoil

spoiled (past)
spoiled (past participle)
spoil (canonical)
spoils (third-person singular)
spoilt (past)
spoilt (past participle)
spoiling (present participle)

If something spoils it becomes no good. This is often due to rotting.

If found my lunch was spoiled.

If you spoil something, you ruin it, you make it no good.

I think I spoiled my presentation by forgetting my data.

If you spoil your child, you overpamper them and harm the character of them.


demonstrating

demonstrate (canonical)
demonstrates (third-person singular)
demonstrated (past)
demonstrated (past participle)
demonstrating (present participle)


hulled

hull (canonical)
hulls (third-person singular)
hulled (past)
hulled (past participle)
hulling (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of hull.


Middle English

Middle English is the language in England from 900 to 500 years ago. No one uses this language anymore, but people study it for history and linguistics.


voltage

Voltage is an amount of electromotive force; a number of volts.


demonstrates

The third-person singular form of demonstrate.


dynamite

A type of explosive; dynamite is nitroglycerin mixed in special clay (dirt).

They used dynamite to blast the rock from the mountain.

Dynamite was invented by Alfred Nobel.

If something is dynamite is it is very exciting or dangerous.


dynamite

dynamite (canonical)
dynamites (third-person singular)
dynamited (past)
dynamited (past participle)
dynamiting (present participle)

That building was dynamited last week and as soon as the rubble is cleared they are going to begin rebuilding.


hoofs

hoof (singular)
hoofs or hooves (plural)

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


hoofs

hoof (canonical)
hoofs (third-person singular)
hoofed (past)
hoofed (past participle)
hoofing (present participle)


Early Modern English

A type of Modern English that was used from 500 to 350 years ago. This is still different from the English we use now.

"Thee," "thou," and "ye" were ways to say "you" in Early Modern English.


measures

measure (canonical)
measures (third-person singular)
measured (past)
measured (past participle)
measuring (present participle)

The third-person singular form of measure.


measures

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


names

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


names

name (canonical)
names (third-person singular)
named (past)
named (past participle)
naming (present participle)


crying

cry (canonical)
cries (third-person singular)
cried (past)
cried (past participle)
crying (present participle)


spread

spread (canonical)
spreads (third-person singular)
spread (past)
spread (past participle)
spreading (present participle)

If you spread something, you make it cover a larger area.

I spread butter on my bread.

They are spreading their religion to new countries.

If something spreads, the area it covers gets larger.

The spilled water spread over the table.

The disease spread through the whole city.

If you spread two or more things, you move them away from each other.

She spread her arms as wide as she could.

My brothers and sisters spread to different places, all over the country, after we grew up.

The past tense and past participle of spread.


spread

A spread is something you put on food. margarine and mayonnaise are spreads.

A spread is a piece of cloth you put over furniture. For one, a "bed spread".

A spread is a large amount of something spread in front of you. This is most often food of many types.

A spread is a large plot of land used for farming or ranching.


demonstrated

The past tense and past participle of demonstrate.


thieve

thieve (canonical)
thieves (third-person singular)
thieved (past)
thieved (past participle)
thieving (present participle)

If you thieve, you rob something; you make a theft.


axis

An axis is the imaginary line that an object spins around. This is the middle of the circle of the turn, and at a right angle to it.

The Earth rotates once a day on its axis.

The second cervical vertebra of the spine.


prostitutes

prostitute (singular)
prostitutes (plural)

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


prostitutes

prostitute (canonical)
prostitutes (third-person singular)
prostituted (past)
prostituted (past participle)
prostituting (present participle)

The third-person singular form of prostitute.


bells

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


chemistry

chemistry (singular)
chemistries (plural)

Chemistry is the science that studies matter (material).

We studied acids in chemistry.

Chemistry is when someone likes, or is attracted to someone else, but does not know why.

We had perfect chemistry since we first met.

Something's chemistry is how it works in a chemical way.

My body chemistry may be different from yours.


comic strip

comic strip (singular)
comic strips (plural)

A comic strip is a short story written with pictures, often in newspapers and often meant to be funny.


volt

A volt is the unit used to measure electric potential and electromotive force (voltage).

This needs a 9 volt battery to work.

The socket has 110 volts.


bricks

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


explosive

explosive (singular)
explosives (plural)

An explosive is a material that explodes and is used to make explosions.


explosive

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

If something is explosive, it can explode easily.

If something is explosive, it is become dangerous or bad easily.

If something is explosive, it is very exciting.


good-looking

better-looking (comparative)
best-looking (superlative)
good-looking (positive)
more good-looking (comparative)
most good-looking (superlative)

If someone or something is good-looking, it is looks attractive.

That was a good-looking car you had.

I'd sure like to meet a good-looking girl who was single.

I'm afraid I'm not very good-looking.


prostitute

A prostitute is someone who has sex with people for money.


prostitute

If you prostitute (yourself), you take money to have sex with people.

I'm not desperate enough to prostitute myself yet.

If you prostitute another person, you force them to have sex with other people for money.

He was arrested for prostituting his own daughter.


days

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

There are many days in the year.


imaginary

If something is imaginary, it is not real. It is only exists in a person's mind.

Characters in films and television are imaginary people.

If a number is imaginary, it is the square root of a negative number. Imaginary one is written as i.

/ɪˈmædʒɪˌnɛri/


seaman

A seaman is someone who works at sea, or on a boat.

The seaman sailed from coast to coast.

A seaman is the lowest rank in the United States navy.


flattering

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

If something is flattering, it makes you look good; attractive.

The dress really did not look very flattering on her figure.


flattering

flatter (canonical)
flatters (third-person singular)
flattered (past)
flattered (past participle)
flattering (present participle)


camped

camp (canonical)
camps (third-person singular)
camped (past)
camped (past participle)
camping (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of camp.


electromotive force

Electromotive force is what pushes electricity through something (such as a wire). It creates electric current and is measured in volts.


blonde

A blonde is someone who has fair (light colored) skin and hair and is usually a woman.

Blonde is a light yellowish brown color.


blonde

blond (positive)
blonder (comparative)
blondest (superlative)

If hair is blonde, it is a color lighter than brown and not red. It may be yellow, golden, or almost white.

If you are blonde, you have blonde hair.

Blonde has been used to name other things the are a lighter color than usual.

We made blonde brownies yesterday.