chemical compound

forms: chemical compound

pos: phrase

glosses: A chemical compound is made when two or more chemical elements react.


trunks

forms:
trunk (singular)
trunks (plural)

pos: noun

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

noun

trunk

expansion: [POS TABLE]


deteriorating

forms:
deteriorate (canonical)
deteriorates (third-person singular)
deteriorated (past)
deteriorated (past participle)
deteriorating (present participle)

pos: verb

verb

deteriorat

e


brainier

forms:
brainy (positive)
brainier (comparative)
brainiest (superlative)

pos: adj

glosses: The comparative form of brainy; more brainy.

adjective

brainy

brainier

brainiest


cuddling

forms:
cuddle (canonical)
cuddles (third-person singular)
cuddled (past)
cuddled (past participle)
cuddling (present participle)

verb

cuddl


foreseeably

forms:
foreseeably (positive)
more foreseeably (comparative)
Superlativemost foreseeably

pos: adv

etymology_text: foreseeable + -ly

ety-suffix

foreseeable

ly

expansion: foreseeable + -ly

glosses: The word foreseeably is the adverbial form of the word foreseeable.

adverb

more: true


limb

forms:
limb (singular)
limbs (plural)

ipa: /lɪm/


foreseen

forms:
foresee (canonical)
foresees (third-person singular)
foresaw (past)
foreseen (past participle)
foreseeing (present participle)

ipa: /forˈsiːn/

verb

foresee

foresees

foresaw

foreseen

foreseeing


panda

forms:
panda (singular)
pandas (plural)

glosses: A panda is a large black and white bear from China. They eat bamboo shoots.

ipa: /ˈpændə/

hyphenation: pan‧da


protegé

forms:
protegé (singular)
protegés (plural)

glosses: A protegé is one who learns from a mentor.


keyholes

forms:
keyhole (singular)
keyholes (plural)

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

noun

keyhole


influx

forms:
influx (singular)
influxes (plural)

glosses: An influx is a large movement, usually sudden, in or into something.

text: There was an influx of people into the room.

ipa: /ˈɪnˌflʌks/

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

hyphenation: in‧flux

influxes


feasted

forms:
feast (canonical)
feasts (third-person singular)
feasted (past)
feasted (past participle)
feasting (present participle)

glosses: The past tense and past participle of feast.

verb

feast


runner

forms:
runner (singular)
runners (plural)

text: There are lots of runners in the park in the evening.

text: The cheetah is a very fast runner.

glosses: A runner is a mechanical part intended to guide or aid something else to move (using wheels or sliding).

glosses: The channel or strip on which a drawer is opened and closed.

ipa: /ˈrʌnɚ/

ipa: /ˈrʌnə/

hyphenation: run‧ner


yolks

forms:
yolk (singular)
yolks (plural)

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

noun

yolk


summa cum laude

forms:
summa cum laude (positive)
Superlative–

glosses: The highest of three degrees of praise you can receive when graduating. In Latin, it means "with highest praise".


freshmen

forms:
freshman (singular)
freshmen (plural)

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

freshman

freshmen


cuddled

glosses: The past tense and past participle of cuddle.


pregnancy

forms:
pregnancy (singular)
pregnancies (plural)

text: She was in the third month of her pregnancy.

ipa: /ˈprɛɡnənsi/

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

pregnancy

pregnancies


uprising

forms:
uprising (singular)
uprisings (plural)

glosses: An uprising is a revolt by a group of people that attempts to get rid of a government or policies that the people do not like.


deterioration

forms:
deterioration (singular)
deteriorations (plural)

etymology_text: deteriorate + -ion

ety-suffix

deteriorate

ion

expansion: deteriorate + -ion

glosses: A deterioration is a process in which an object deteriorates.

glosses: A deterioration can also be a length of time taken for the object to deteriorate.

ipa: /dɪˌtɪərɪəˈreɪʃən/


headache

forms:
headache (singular)
headaches (plural)

text: I can't think properly because I have a bad headache.

ipa: /ˈhɛdeɪk/


suppress

forms:
suppress (canonical)
suppresses (third-person singular)
suppressed (past)
suppressed (past participle)
suppressing (present participle)

glosses: If something is suppressed, it is eliminated, stopped, or held back.

text: The police suppressed the protesters outside.

text: The opposition in the government were suppressed.

text: Warm honey and water are said to suppress coughing.

text: I struggled to suppress my smile.

glosses: If something is suppressed, recognition of it is denied.

text: The findings of the study were suppressed by the government.

ipa: /səˈprɛs/

hyphenation: sup‧press

verb

suppress

es


ladder

forms:
ladder (singular)
ladders (plural)

glosses: A ladder is something you walk up use to get to a higher (or lower) position. There are two parallel sides and steps (rungs) between them.

ipa: /ˈladə/

ipa: /ˈlædɚ/

hyphenation: lad‧der


shortening

forms:
shortening (singular)
shortenings (plural)

glosses: Shortening is fat that is used to make pastry.


shortening

forms:
shorten (canonical)
shortens (third-person singular)
shortened (past)
shortened (past participle)
shortening (present participle)

shorten


foresight

forms:
foresight (singular)
foresights (plural)

glosses: If something has foresight, then it has a quality or ability that allows it to foresee.

glosses: Having foresight also refers to the process of foreseeing.

ipa: /ˈfɔrsaɪt/

ipa: /ˈfɔːsaɪt/

noun

foresight


ballad

forms:
ballad (singular)
ballads (plural)

text: Between the fast numbers, she sang ballads.

ipa: /ˈbæləd/

hyphenation: bal‧lad


deteriorate

forms:
deteriorate (canonical)
deteriorates (third-person singular)
deteriorated (past)
deteriorated (past participle)
deteriorating (present participle)

glosses: To deteriorate, something will slowly lose a certain value over a period of time.

text: Food is kept cold in a refrigerator so it will not deteriorate or spoil.

glosses: If something deteriorates, it gets worse.

text: His attention to the teacher deteriorated as he got sleepier.

text: The political situation deteriorated after the soldiers attacked the president's palace.

ipa: /dɪˈtɪərɪəreɪt/

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


courage

forms: courage (singular)

glosses: Courage is the quality of not being afraid easily.

text: The warrior had great courage.

ipa: /ˈkʌrɪdʒ/


loo

forms:
loo (singular)
loos (plural)

glosses: In the United Kingdom, another word for a toilet.

text: I need to go to the loo.

ipa: /luː/

ipa: /lu/


rope

forms:
rope (singular)
ropes (plural)

glosses: A rope is a long thick line made of hemp twisted together. They are used to pull things, for example to pull sails on boats, and to attach things together.

enpr: rōp

ipa: /rəʊp/

ipa: /roʊp/

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


rope

forms:
rope (canonical)
ropes (third-person singular)
roped (past)
roped (past participle)
roping (present participle)

glosses: If you rope something, you tie it with rope.

verb

rop


charm

forms:
charm (singular)
charms (plural)

glosses: A charm is an object that people think has a magical power.

text: His old pencil was a charm for him. He always used it on tests.

glosses: If someone has charm, that means that they can easily make people like them.

text: Everyone liked her for her charm.

text: He gave her a charm for her charm bracelet.

enpr: chärm

ipa: /t͡ʃɑrm/

enpr: chäm

ipa: /tʃɑːm/


charm

forms:
charm (canonical)
charms (third-person singular)
charmed (past)
charmed (past participle)
charming (present participle)

glosses: To charm someone is to amaze them or win them over.

text: He charmed her with talk of all the money he had.

glosses: To charm something or someone means to use magic upon it.

text: The witch tried to charm the princess with an old spell.

text: The sorceror charmed the serpents and ordered them to do his bidding.


congregating

forms:
congregate (canonical)
congregates (third-person singular)
congregated (past)
congregated (past participle)
congregating (present participle)

congregat


surgeries

forms:
surgery (singular)
surgeries (plural)

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

noun

surgery

surgeries


mendelevium

forms: mendelevium (singular)

glosses: Mendelevium is a chemical element. It is a radioactive metal with the atomic number 101 and the symbol Md.

enpr: mĕndəlēv'ēəm

ipa: /ˌmɛndəˈliːviəm/

mendelevium


width

forms:
width (singular)
widths (plural)

glosses: The width of something is the measurement of something from one side to the other side.

text: The width of a standard football pitch is 68 metres.


mourn

forms:
mourn (canonical)
mourns (third-person singular)
mourned (past)
mourned (past participle)
mourning (present participle)

glosses: If you mourn someone, you feel sorrowful over them, after they have died.

text: It was difficult mourning my sister's death, we were always together, I don't think i'll ever feel better, I loved her so much.

enpr: môrn

ipa: /mɔrn/

enpr: môn

ipa: /mɔːn/

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


shrank

forms:
shrank (past)
shrunk (past participle)
shrink (canonical)
shrinks (third-person singular)
shrunk (past)
shrunken (past participle)
shrinking (present participle)

shrink

shrinks

shrank

shrunk

shrinking

shrunk

shrunken


scarier

forms:
scary (positive)
scarier (comparative)
scariest (superlative)

glosses: The comparative form of scary; more scary.

adjective

scary

scarier

scariest


mourns

glosses: The third-person singular form of mourn.

verb

mourn


mourned

glosses: The past tense and past participle of mourn.


insignificant

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

glosses: If something is insignificant it is not important.

ipa: /ˌɪnsɪɡˈnɪfɪkənt/


scariest

glosses: The superlative form of scary; most scary.


unlocking

forms:
unlock (canonical)
unlocks (third-person singular)
unlocked (past)
unlocked (past participle)
unlocking (present participle)

unlock


spookiest

forms:
spooky (positive)
spookier (comparative)
spookiest (superlative)

glosses: The superlative form of spooky; most spooky.

adjective

spooky

spookier

spookiest


vets

forms:
vet (singular)
vets (plural)

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

noun

vet


vets

forms:
vet (canonical)
vets (third-person singular)
vetted (past)
vetted (past participle)
vetting (present participle)

verb

t


duo

forms: duo (singular)

text: The duo were like brothers, never being separated.

noun

duo


spookier

glosses: The comparative form of spooky; more spooky.


intact

forms: intact (positive)

glosses: Intact means untouched or at least not spoilt.

text: Yellowstone is a still a mostly intact ecosystem.

hyphenation: in‧tact


sharpening

forms:
sharpen (canonical)
sharpens (third-person singular)
sharpened (past)
sharpened (past participle)
sharpening (present participle)

verb

sharpen


freshman

forms:
freshman (singular)
freshmen (plural)

glosses: A freshman is a student on his first year of high school or university.

text: John is a freshman at Harvard University.

ipa: /ˈfrɛʃmən/

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


runners

forms:
runner (singular)
runners (plural)

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

noun

runner


nonadjustable

forms: nonadjustable (positive)

etymology_text: non- + adjustable

ety-prefix

non

adjustable

expansion: non- + adjustable

glosses: Nonadjustable is something that is not adjustable (cannot be adjusted).

text: The chair's height was nonadjustable.


sharpens

glosses: The third-person singular form of sharpen.


trombone

forms:
trombone (singular)
trombones (plural)

glosses: A trombone is a musical instrument that uses the slide to play notes.

text: He picked up the trombone and started playing the national anthem.

ipa: /ˌtrɒmˈbəʊn/

ipa: /ˌtrɑmˈboʊn/


plopping

forms:
plop (canonical)
plops (third-person singular)
plopped (past)
plopped (past participle)
plopping (present participle)

verb

plop

p


upside down

forms: upside down (positive)

glosses: If something is upside down, the top part of it is underneath the bottom part of it.

audio: En-us-upside down.ogg


barman

forms:
barman (singular)
barmen (plural)

etymology_text: bar + -man

ety-suffix

bar

man

expansion: bar + -man

glosses: A barman is a man who works in a bar (a place that serves drinks) and sells customers drinks.

ipa: /ˈbɑːmən/

ipa: /ˈbɑrmæn/

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

noun

barman

barmen


composite

forms:
composite (singular)
composites (plural)

glosses: A composite is an object made from several similar parts arranged in a certain pattern.

text: steel is a strong composite for a metal.

ipa: /ˈkɒmpəzɪt/

ipa: /kəmˈpɑzɪt/


composite

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

glosses: If something is composite, then it is made from several similar parts arranged in a certain pattern.

text: One of the strongest composite metals on Earth is steel.


quango

forms:
quango (singular)
quangos (plural)

glosses: A quango is a British term for a public body which runs itself, but is paid for by the government. See devolution.

text: English Heritage is a quango because it is paid for by the government, but it manages itself.

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

hyphenation: quan‧go


cuddles

forms:
cuddle (singular)
cuddles (plural)

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

cuddle


cuddles

forms:
cuddle (canonical)
cuddles (third-person singular)
cuddled (past)
cuddled (past participle)
cuddling (present participle)

glosses: The third-person singular form of cuddle.

verb

cuddl

e


clutched

forms:
clutch (canonical)
clutches (third-person singular)
clutched (past)
clutched (past participle)
clutching (present participle)

glosses: The past tense and past participle of clutch.

clutch


pointier

forms:
pointy (positive)
pointier (comparative)
pointiest (superlative)

glosses: The comparative form of pointy; more pointy.

adjective

pointy

pointier

pointiest


widths

forms:
width (singular)
widths (plural)

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

noun

width


sit down

forms: sit down

text: After walking all day, I needed to sit down and rest.


pillows

forms:
pillow (singular)
pillows (plural)

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

pillow


pillow

glosses: A pillow is the thing you put under your head when you sleep.

text: When Jill bought a new pillow she slept a lot better at night.

ipa: /ˈpɪləʊ/

ipa: /ˈpɪloʊ/


headmaster

forms:
headmaster (singular)
headmasters (plural)

etymology_text: head + master

compound

head

master

expansion: head + master

glosses: A headmaster is a man who is in charge of a school.

text: The headmaster talked to the parents.

ipa: /ˈhɛdˌmæstɚ/

ipa: /ˈhɛdˌmɑːstə/

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

hyphenation: head‧mas‧ter


title: ma’am

redirect: ma'am

pos: hard-redirect


sharpen

forms:
sharpen (canonical)
sharpens (third-person singular)
sharpened (past)
sharpened (past participle)
sharpening (present participle)

etymology_text: sharp + -en

ety-suffix

sharp

en

expansion: sharp + -en

glosses: If you sharpen something, you make it sharper.

ipa: /ˈʃɑrpɨn/

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


bleed

forms:
bleed (canonical)
bleeds (third-person singular)
bled (past)
bled (past participle)
bleeding (present participle)

glosses: If you bleed, you lose blood from your body.

ipa: /ˈbliːd/

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

bleed

bleeds

bled

bled

bleeding


pointiest

glosses: The superlative form of pointy; most pointy.


LMFAO

forms: LMFAO

pos: abbrev

glosses: A short way of saying "laughing my fucking ass off" when you are talking on the internet.


villagers

forms:
villager (singular)
villagers (plural)

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

noun

villager


unlocks

forms:
unlock (canonical)
unlocks (third-person singular)
unlocked (past)
unlocked (past participle)
unlocking (present participle)

glosses: The third-person singular form of unlock.

verb

unlock


shrinking

forms:
shrank (past)
shrunk (past participle)
shrink (canonical)
shrinks (third-person singular)
shrunk (past)
shrunken (past participle)
shrinking (present participle)

hyphenation: shrink‧ing

shrink


extremely

etymology_text: extreme + -ly

ety-suffix

extreme

ly

expansion: extreme + -ly

glosses: You use extremely when you want to make an adjective or adverb much stronger. It is stronger than very.

text: It is extremely difficult to climb Mount Everest without oxygen tanks.

ipa: /ɪksˈtriːmli/


kneels

forms:
kneel (canonical)
kneels (third-person singular)
knelt (past)
knelt (past participle)
kneeling (present participle)

glosses: The third-person singular form of kneel.

ipa: /niːlz/

kneel

kneels

knelt

knelt

kneeling


foresee

forms:
foresee (canonical)
foresees (third-person singular)
foresaw (past)
foreseen (past participle)
foreseeing (present participle)

glosses: If a person can foresee something, then that means the person knows that the object will come to take place before it actually does.

ipa: /fɔrˈsi/

ipa: /fɔːˈsiː/

hyphenation: fore‧see

verb

foresee

foresees


mourning

forms:
mourn (canonical)
mourns (third-person singular)
mourned (past)
mourned (past participle)
mourning (present participle)

mourn


appeases

forms:
appease (canonical)
appeases (third-person singular)
appeased (past)
appeased (past participle)
appeasing (present participle)

glosses: The third-person singular form of appease.

appeas


feast

forms:
feast (singular)
feasts (plural)

text: They had a big feast to celebrate the family reunion.


feast

forms:
feast (canonical)
feasts (third-person singular)
feasted (past)
feasted (past participle)
feasting (present participle)

text: The family feasted on all the meat and vegetables on the table.


villager

glosses: A villager is someone who lives in a village.

ipa: /ˈvɪlɪd͡ʒɚ/

ipa: /ˈvɪlɪd͡ʒə/

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


cuddle

forms:
cuddle (singular)
cuddles (plural)

glosses: A cuddle is like a hug, but with more emotion.

text: I gave my daughter a big cuddle when she finished school.

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


cuddle

forms:
cuddle (canonical)
cuddles (third-person singular)
cuddled (past)
cuddled (past participle)
cuddling (present participle)

glosses: To cuddle someone means to hold them and touch them with affection. It is not sexual.

text: I like to cuddle my boyfriend when we're watching a film


spooky

forms:
spooky (positive)
spookier (comparative)
spookiest (superlative)

etymology_text: spook + -y

ety-suffix

spook

y

expansion: spook + -y

glosses: If something is spooky it means it is scary and mysterious.

text: For Halloween, people usually dress up in spooky costumes.

ipa: /spuːki/

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

adj

spooky


feasts

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

noun

feast


feasts

glosses: The third-person singular form of feast.


criticises

forms:
criticise (canonical)
criticises (third-person singular)
criticised (past)
criticised (past participle)
criticising (present participle)

glosses: The third-person singular form of criticise.

verb

criticis


clutching

forms:
clutch (canonical)
clutches (third-person singular)
clutched (past)
clutched (past participle)
clutching (present participle)

clutch

es


dancers

forms:
dancer (singular)
dancers (plural)

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

noun

dancer


sharpened

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

glosses: A sharpened knife has a sharp point or edge.


sharpened

forms:
sharpen (canonical)
sharpens (third-person singular)
sharpened (past)
sharpened (past participle)
sharpening (present participle)

glosses: The past tense and past participle of sharpen.

verb

sharpen


laboratory

forms:
laboratory (singular)
laboratories (plural)

glosses: A laboratory is a place for scientists to experiment on new things.

text: The little child entered the laboratory by mistake.

ipa: /ˈlæbrəˌtɔri/

ipa: /ləˈbɒrət(ə)riː/

ipa: /ˈlæbrɪˌtɔri/

hyphenation: lab‧o‧ra‧to‧ry

noun

laboratories


impregnations

forms:
impregnation (singular)
impregnations (plural)

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

impregnation


dyslexia

forms: dyslexia (singular)

glosses: Dyslexia is a learning problem that makes it difficult to read. This may cause difficulties in writing also.

glosses: He is not able to do well in school because he has dyslexia.

enpr: dĭs-lĕkʹsē-ə

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


unlocked

forms:
unlock (canonical)
unlocks (third-person singular)
unlocked (past)
unlocked (past participle)
unlocking (present participle)

glosses: The past tense and past participle of unlock.

text: The door is unlocked.


inhibit

forms:
inhibit (canonical)
inhibits (third-person singular)
inhibited (past)
inhibited (past participle)
inhibiting (present participle)

glosses: To inhibit is to stop something happening, or to make it happen less.

text: She wanted to kiss him, but was inhibited by the onlookers.

ipa: /ɪnˈhɪbɪt/

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

hyphenation: in‧hib‧it


plopped

forms:
plop (canonical)
plops (third-person singular)
plopped (past)
plopped (past participle)
plopping (present participle)

glosses: The past tense and past participle of plop.

verb

plop


housewife

forms:
housewife (singular)
housewives (plural)

glosses: A housewife is a woman in a household who does all or many of the chores such as cooking, cleaning, and caring for children.

text: By and large, mothers and housewives are the only workers who do not have regular time off. – Anne Morrow Lindbergh

hyphenation: house‧wife

noun

housewives


shrink

forms:
shrink (singular)
shrinks (plural)

glosses: A shrink is another word for a psychologist.

text: He was sent to a shrink because he started to act dangerously

ipa: /ˈʃrɪŋk/


shrink

forms:
shrank (past)
shrunk (past participle)
shrink (canonical)
shrinks (third-person singular)
shrunk (past)
shrunken (past participle)
shrinking (present participle)

glosses: If something shrinks it becomes smaller.

text: Your clothes will shrink if you put them in the dryer for too long

glosses: If you shrink something you make it smaller.

text: We need to shrink these images in order to fit them on the page.

shrinks


impregnation

glosses: An impregnation is a process that one or more people go through in order to become pregnant.

ipa: /ɪmprɛɡˈneɪʃən/


criticised

glosses: The past tense and past participle of criticise.


dreadful

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

glosses: Something dreadful is something very bad.

text: There has been a dreadful accident.


insist

forms:
insist (canonical)
insists (third-person singular)
insisted (past)
insisted (past participle)
insisting (present participle)

glosses: To insist means to get your own way without listening to other people's comments.

text: He insisted on eating out. His wife, therefore, had no choice but to also do so.

ipa: /ɪnˈsɪst/

sampa: /In"sIst/

hyphenation: in‧sist


criticized

forms:
criticize (canonical)
criticizes (third-person singular)
criticized (past)
criticized (past participle)
criticizing (present participle)

glosses: The past tense and past participle of criticize.

verb

criticiz


pregnancies

forms:
pregnancy (singular)
pregnancies (plural)

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

noun

pregnancy

pregnancies


bleeds

forms:
bleed (canonical)
bleeds (third-person singular)
bled (past)
bled (past participle)
bleeding (present participle)

glosses: The third-person singular form of bleed.

ipa: /ˈbliːdz/

bleed


shortens

forms:
shorten (canonical)
shortens (third-person singular)
shortened (past)
shortened (past participle)
shortening (present participle)

glosses: The third-person singular form of shorten.

verb

shorten


criticizes

glosses: The third-person singular form of criticize.


bled

glosses: The past tense and past participle of bleed.

ipa: /ˈblɛd/

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


gesture

forms:
gesture (canonical)
gestures (third-person singular)
gestured (past)
gestured (past participle)
gesturing (present participle)

text: Our old neighbor gestured to us across the road.

ipa: /ˈd͡ʒest͡ʃə/

gestur


jest

forms:
jest (singular)
jests (plural)

glosses: A jest is a joke or a prank, made in fun.

text: It was only a jest, a piece of fun.

enpr: jĕst

ipa: /ʤest/

sampa: /dZest/


jest

forms:
jest (canonical)
jests (third-person singular)
jested (past)
jested (past participle)
jesting (present participle)

glosses: To jest is to joke or make fun of something.

text: Don't jest about serious things.

text: He jested about her, but it turned out he was really serious.

text: He was just jesting.


vices

forms:
vice (singular)
vices (plural)

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

noun

vice


vices

forms:
vice (canonical)
vices (third-person singular)
viced (past)
viced (past participle)
vicing (present participle)

verb

vic


gestates

forms:
gestate (canonical)
gestates (third-person singular)
gestated (past)
gestated (past participle)
gestating (present participle)

glosses: The third-person singular form of gestate.

gestat


souvenir

forms:
souvenir (singular)
souvenirs (plural)

glosses: A souvenir is something that you buy or take from a place you visit, to remember the place.

text: There are many souvenir shops by the Eiffel Tower.

text: I took some rocks from a volcano as a souvenir from my trip to Hawaii.

ipa: /ˌsuːvəˈnɪə(r)/

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

hyphenation: sou‧ve‧nir


impregnate

forms:
impregnate (canonical)
impregnates (third-person singular)
impregnated (past)
impregnated (past participle)
impregnating (present participle)

glosses: When you impregnate someone, you make them pregnant.

ipa: /ɪmˈprɛɡneɪt/

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

impregnat


gestate

glosses: If a female mammal is gestating, it means she is carrying a baby (she is pregnant)

ipa: /dʒɛsˈteɪt/

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


gestated

glosses: The past tense and past participle of gestate.


subjugated

forms:
subjugate (canonical)
subjugates (third-person singular)
subjugated (past)
subjugated (past participle)
subjugating (present participle)

glosses: The past tense and past participle of subjugate.

subjugat


keyhole

forms:
keyhole (singular)
keyholes (plural)

glosses: A keyhole is the hole in a door where you put your key to lock or unlock it.

text: I tried five keys before finding the one which fit the keyhole.


oppress

forms:
oppress (canonical)
oppresses (third-person singular)
oppressed (past)
oppressed (past participle)
oppressing (present participle)

glosses: To oppress is to stifle or prevent something.

glosses: To oppress is to deny someone's freedom.

ipa: /əˈprɛs/

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

hyphenation: op‧press

oppress


drumstick

forms:
drumstick (singular)
drumsticks (plural)

glosses: A drumstick is the stick you use to play the drums.

text: Most drummers have many drumsticks in case they break during a concert

glosses: A drumstick is the leg of a chicken when it is cooked.

text: I'd rather have a drumstick than the leg.


unlock

forms:
unlock (canonical)
unlocks (third-person singular)
unlocked (past)
unlocked (past participle)
unlocking (present participle)

etymology_text: un- + lock

ety-prefix

un

lock

expansion: un- + lock

glosses: You unlock a door with a key when you want to enter.

text: David left his house keys at work, so his housemate had to unlock the door for him.

ipa: /ʌnˈlɒk/

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

hyphenation: un‧lock


rhinoceroses

forms:
rhinoceros (singular)
rhinoceroses (plural)

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

noun

rhinoceros

rhinoceroses


uprisings

forms:
uprising (singular)
uprisings (plural)

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

uprising


cheerio

forms: cheerio

pos: intj

audio: EN-AU ck1 cheerio.ogg


impregnates

glosses: The third-person singular form of impregnate.


high schools

forms:
high school (singular)
high schools (plural)

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

high school


shrunk

forms:
shrank (past)
shrunk (past participle)
shrink (canonical)
shrinks (third-person singular)
shrunk (past)
shrunken (past participle)
shrinking (present participle)

shrink


barmen

forms:
barman (singular)
barmen (plural)

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

barman

barmen


impregnated

glosses: The past tense and past participle of impregnate.

verb

e


paternal

forms: paternal (positive)

glosses: Paternal is the adjective related to the noun 'father'.

text: A paternal inheritance is one which comes from your father.

enpr: pə-tû(r)'nəl

ipa: /pəˈtɜː(r)nəl/

hyphenation: pa‧ter‧nal


freeborn

forms: freeborn (positive)

glosses: born free and with natural rights rather than being a slave or a servant

ipa: /friːˈbɔːn/

ipa: /ˈfriˌbɔ(ə)n/


fade

forms:
fade (canonical)
fades (third-person singular)
faded (past)
faded (past participle)
fading (present participle)

glosses: When something fades, it slowly disappears.

text: The mysterious figure slowly faded into the darkness.

fad


brainy

forms:
brainy (positive)
brainier (comparative)
brainiest (superlative)

glosses: Somebody brainy is intelligent, or clever.

text: The kid is brainy.

adjective

brainy

brainier


realtors

forms:
realtor (singular)
realtors (plural)

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

noun

realtor


criticize

forms:
criticize (canonical)
criticizes (third-person singular)
criticized (past)
criticized (past participle)
criticizing (present participle)

glosses: If you criticize something, you point out its flaws or faults.

text: The opposition criticized the cost of the proposed program.

ipa: /ˈkrɪtɪsaɪz/

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

hyphenation: crit‧i‧cize

verb

criticiz


quagmire

forms:
quagmire (singular)
quagmires (plural)

glosses: A soft and muddy or swampy area of ground.

hyphenation: quag‧mire


rubbers

forms:
rubber (singular)
rubbers (plural)

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

noun

rubber

rubbers


uncoded

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

text: The message was uncoded.


directors

forms:
director (singular)
directors (plural)

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

director


clutches

forms:
clutch (singular)
clutches (plural)

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

clutch

clutches


clutches

forms:
clutch (canonical)
clutches (third-person singular)
clutched (past)
clutched (past participle)
clutching (present participle)

glosses: The third-person singular form of clutch.


snouts

forms:
snout (singular)
snouts (plural)

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

snout


champion

forms:
champion (singular)
champions (plural)

glosses: A champion is someone who has been a winner in a contest.

text: I was the race and so now I am this year's champion.

ipa: /ˈtʃæmpiən/


champion

forms: champion (positive)

glosses: Something that is champion is the best for its kind.

text: He is a champion bike racer.


champion

forms:
champion (canonical)
champions (third-person singular)
championed (past)
championed (past participle)
championing (present participle)

glosses: To champion something is to promote it or be a winner of it.

text: He had championed the sport.


criticise

forms:
criticise (canonical)
criticises (third-person singular)
criticised (past)
criticised (past participle)
criticising (present participle)

glosses: If you criticise something, you point out its flaws or faults.

hyphenation: crit‧i‧cise

verb

criticis


skip

forms:
skip (canonical)
skips (third-person singular)
skipped (past)
skipped (past participle)
skipping (present participle)

glosses: An act of overlooking something on purpose.

text: This question has an error. Just skip it.

text: Squealer skipped from side to side.

enpr: skĭp

ipa: /skɪp/

skip

p


ropes

forms:
rope (singular)
ropes (plural)

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

ipa: /roʊps/

ipa: /rəʊps/

noun

rope


ropes

forms:
rope (canonical)
ropes (third-person singular)
roped (past)
roped (past participle)
roping (present participle)

verb

rop


high school

forms:
high school (singular)
high schools (plural)

text: John went to high school in England.

audio: En-us-high school.ogg


despots

forms:
despot (singular)
despots (plural)

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

noun

despot


brainiest

forms:
brainy (positive)
brainier (comparative)
brainiest (superlative)

glosses: The superlative form of brainy; most brainy.


threading

forms:
thread (canonical)
threads (third-person singular)
threaded (past)
threaded (past participle)
threading (present participle)

verb

thread


circular

forms: circular (positive)

glosses: If something is circular it has the shape of a circle.

text: The wine glass left a circular stain on the table.

hyphenation: cir‧cu‧lar


circular

forms:
circular (singular)
circulars (plural)

glosses: A circular is a printed advertisement or notice that is distributed to a lot of people.


quangos

forms:
quango (singular)
quangos (plural)

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

noun

quango


mats

forms:
mat (singular)
mats (plural)

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

ipa: /mæts/

mat


trombones

forms:
trombone (singular)
trombones (plural)

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

trombone


rubber

forms:
rubber (singular)
rubbers (plural)

text: The ball is made of rubber.

ipa: /ˈrʌbə/

ipa: /ˈrʌbɚ/


costumes

forms:
costume (singular)
costumes (plural)

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

costume


costumes

forms:
costume (canonical)
costumes (third-person singular)
costumed (past)
costumed (past participle)
costuming (present participle)

glosses: The third-person singular form of costume.

verb

costum


hoods

forms:
hood (singular)
hoods (plural)

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

noun

hood


hesitate

forms:
hesitate (canonical)
hesitates (third-person singular)
hesitated (past)
hesitated (past participle)
hesitating (present participle)

glosses: When someone hesitates, they have doubts about something and therefore do not act, or stop the action.

text: He hesitated for a while before signing the contract.

ipa: /ˈhɛzɪteɪt/

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

verb

hesitat


B-movie

forms:
B-movie (singular)
B-movies (plural)

glosses: A B-movie is a film that was made with a small amount of money and made not very well.

text: I did not like the B-movie I saw yesterday.


shorten

forms:
shorten (canonical)
shortens (third-person singular)
shortened (past)
shortened (past participle)
shortening (present participle)

etymology_text: short + -en

ety-suffix

short

en

expansion: short + -en

glosses: If you shorten something, you make it shorter.

text: This document is too long. You must shorten it by 200 words.

ipa: /ˈʃɔːtn/

ipa: /ˈʃɔːrtn/

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

hyphenation: short‧en


chunk

forms:
chunk (singular)
chunks (plural)

glosses: A chunk is a part of something that has been separated.

text: The statue broke into chunks.

ipa: /ʧʌŋk/

sampa: /tSVNk/


trunk

forms:
trunk (singular)
trunks (plural)

glosses: The trunk of a tree is the part between the roots and the branches.

glosses: The trunk is the long thing on an elephant's face, used for holding things.

glosses: A trunk is a large box made from wood that can be locked, used to store things.

glosses: In cars, the trunk is the back part, used for storage.

ipa: /trʌŋk/


matriculate

forms:
matriculate (canonical)
matriculates (third-person singular)
matriculated (past)
matriculated (past participle)
matriculating (present participle)

glosses: To matriculate is sign up or enroll for something, often for a college or university.

text: The man matriculated to Harvard University; the school he always wanted to go to.

verb

matriculat


director

forms:
director (singular)
directors (plural)

glosses: A director is a person who is in charge of something.

text: The film director was doing a very good job.

ipa: /dɪˈrɛktə/

ipa: /dɪˈrɛktɚ/


radioactive

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

glosses: Radioactive is something which shows radioactivity.

text: The metal was radioactive.

ipa: /ˌreɪdioʊˈaktɪv/

ipa: /ˌreɪdioʊˈæktɪv/

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


vice

forms:
vice (singular)
vices (plural)

text: Smoking is a vice.

glosses: A vice is an instrument that consists of two jaws and is closed by a screw or lever. It is used for holding work, such as filing.

ipa: /vaɪs/


vice

forms:
vice (canonical)
vices (third-person singular)
viced (past)
viced (past participle)
vicing (present participle)

glosses: If you vice something, you clamp it with a vice.

vic


snout

forms:
snout (singular)
snouts (plural)

glosses: The snout is the front part of the head of a mammal.

text: Dogs have big snouts, but we have almost none.

ipa: /snaʊt/


serrated

forms: serrated (positive)

glosses: A serrated knife is one with a jagged edge.

text: We cut bread with a serrated bread knife.

hyphenation: ser‧rat‧ed


clinics

forms:
clinic (singular)
clinics (plural)

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

text: There is a row of clinics at the end of this street.

noun

clinic


unbearable

forms: unbearable (positive)

etymology_text: un- + bearable

ety-prefix

un

bearable

expansion: un- + bearable

glosses: A condition which is so extreme that you want to stop experiencing it is unbearable.

text: The heat was unbearable.

text: Her sadness was unbearable.

ipa: /ˌənˈbe(ə)rəbəl/

hyphenation: un‧bear‧a‧ble


insolence

forms: insolence (singular)

glosses: Insolence is the quality of insulting arrogance, and offensiveness.

text: When Brummel said "Who's your fat friend?" the Prince of Wales thought it was insolence.

hyphenation: in‧so‧lence

noun

insolence


coped

forms:
cope (canonical)
copes (third-person singular)
coped (past)
coped (past participle)
coping (present participle)

glosses: The past tense and past participle of cope.

verb

cop


dancer

forms:
dancer (singular)
dancers (plural)

etymology_text: dance + -er

ety-suffix

dance

er

expansion: dance + -er

text: Fred Astaire was a famous dancer.

text: I'm a really bad dancer.

hyphenation: dan‧cer


threaded

forms:
thread (canonical)
threads (third-person singular)
threaded (past)
threaded (past participle)
threading (present participle)

glosses: The past tense and past participle of thread.


threaded

forms: threaded (positive)

glosses: A threaded object contains structures that allow it to be fit into similar structures. A screw is an example.


bride

forms:
bride (singular)
brides (plural)

glosses: A bride is a wife, the female partner in a marriage. Most used for the period of time around the marriage ceremony.

text: Jill was the bride, and Jack was the bridegroom.

ipa: /brʌɪd/

ipa: /braɪd/


costume

forms:
costume (singular)
costumes (plural)

glosses: A costume is the clothes you wear that makes you look like someone or something else.

text: For Halloween this year I wore a skeleton costume.

poses: verb noun


costume

forms:
costume (canonical)
costumes (third-person singular)
costumed (past)
costumed (past participle)
costuming (present participle)

glosses: If you costume yourself, you dress up with a costume.

ipa: /kɑsˈt(j)uːm/


mini-

forms: mini-

pos: prefix

glosses: You use mini- before words when the object is smaller than usual objects of that type.

text: Look at that mini elephant! It is so small!

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


gee

forms: gee

glosses: When you say "Gee!", it is an expression of delight.

text: Gee! It is a new toy!


inventor

forms:
inventor (singular)
inventors (plural)

etymology_text: invent + -or

invent

or

expansion: invent + -or

glosses: An inventor is someone who invents things.

text: Alexander Graham Bell is an inventor. He invented the telephone.

ipa: /ɪnˈvɛntɚ/

ipa: /ɪnˈvɛntə/

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


shrinks

forms:
shrink (singular)
shrinks (plural)

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

noun

shrink


shrinks

forms:
shrank (past)
shrunk (past participle)
shrink (canonical)
shrinks (third-person singular)
shrunk (past)
shrunken (past participle)
shrinking (present participle)

glosses: The third-person singular form of shrink.


souvenirs

forms:
souvenir (singular)
souvenirs (plural)

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

souvenir


disadvantaged

forms: disadvantaged (positive)

etymology_text: dis- + advantaged

word parts

dis-

advantaged

expansion: dis- + advantaged

glosses: Having a disadvantage (a handicap or weakness).

text: The football team was disadvantaged because one of their players was missing.


intolerable

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

etymology_text: in- + tolerable

ety-prefix

in

tolerable

expansion: in- + tolerable

glosses: If something is intolerable, you can't tolerate it or stand it.

text: What's that awful noise? It's intolerable!

ipa: /ɪnˈtɑlərəbl̩/

ipa: /ɪnˈtɒlərəbl̩/

hyphenation: in‧tol‧er‧able


seducing

forms:
seduce (canonical)
seduces (third-person singular)
seduced (past)
seduced (past participle)
seducing (present participle)

glosses: The past tense and past participle of seduce.

verb

seduc


plop

forms:
plop (canonical)
plops (third-person singular)
plopped (past)
plopped (past participle)
plopping (present participle)

enpr: plŏp

ipa: /plɒp/

sampa: /plQp/

ipa: /plɑp/

sampa: /plAp/

plop


kneel

forms:
kneel (canonical)
kneels (third-person singular)
knelt (past)
knelt (past participle)
kneeling (present participle)

glosses: If you kneel, you lower your body and put one or two of your knees on the floor.

text: In many religions, people kneel when they pray.

enpr: nēl

ipa: /niːl/

kneel

kneels


realtor

forms:
realtor (singular)
realtors (plural)

glosses: A realtor is a person or business that helps people sell or rent real estate. They are a type of agent.

text: The realtor helped us sell the house.

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


appeased

forms:
appease (canonical)
appeases (third-person singular)
appeased (past)
appeased (past participle)
appeasing (present participle)

glosses: The past tense and past participle of appease.

appeas


despot

forms:
despot (singular)
despots (plural)

glosses: A despot is a totalitarian autocrat or dictator, a person who rules without the need for a senate or parliament.

text: The emperor Domitian was a despot.

hyphenation: des‧pot


coping

forms:
cope (canonical)
copes (third-person singular)
coped (past)
coped (past participle)
coping (present participle)


consequent

forms: consequent (positive)

text: The warming of the Earth and the consequent climatic changes affect us all.

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

hyphenation: con‧se‧quent


consequent

forms: consequent

pos: prep

glosses: If x is consequent on y, x happens as a result of y.

text: The flooding of the river was consequent on the heavy rain.


ridiculed

forms:
ridicule (canonical)
ridicules (third-person singular)
ridiculed (past)
ridiculed (past participle)
ridiculing (present participle)

glosses: The past tense and past participle of ridicule.

ridicul


semi-

forms: semi-

glosses: The prefix semi- is used before a noun to show that it is a half.

text: This house is a semi-detached type of house.

text: My father owns a semi-automatic rifle.


clutch

forms:
clutch (singular)
clutches (plural)

glosses: The clutch is the device in a car that changes gear.

text: The clutch pedal is controlled with the left foot in manual cars.

ipa: /klʌt͡ʃ/


clutch

forms:
clutch (canonical)
clutches (third-person singular)
clutched (past)
clutched (past participle)
clutching (present participle)

glosses: If you clutch something, you hold it in your hand very tightly.

clutch

es


pane

forms:
pane (singular)
panes (plural)

ipa: /peɪn/


huddling

forms:
huddle (canonical)
huddles (third-person singular)
huddled (past)
huddled (past participle)
huddling (present participle)

huddl


choke

forms:
choke (canonical)
chokes (third-person singular)
choked (past)
choked (past participle)
choking (present participle)

glosses: Not being able to breathe because something stops your windpipe.

glosses: Trying to make someone stop breathing by squeezing their throat.

glosses: To perform badly at an important part of a contest because you are fearful, especially when you are winning.

glosses: A part of a cave to be partly or completely blocked by rocks, mud, or other things.

glosses: To move your fingers very close to the tip of a pencil, brush or other art tool.

enpr: chōk

ipa: /ʧəʊk/

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

chok


choke

forms:
choke (singular)
chokes (plural)

glosses: A control on a carburetor to change the air or fuel mixture when the engine is cold.

glosses: In wrestling, karate, or other sports, grabbing someone in a way that can make them stop breathing.

glosses: A pressure at the muzzle part of a shotgun barrel which changes the spread of the shot.

glosses: A slight or complete block (of rocks, mud, or other things) in a cave passage.


cognate

forms:
cognate (singular)
cognates (plural)

glosses: One related by blood or origin with another, especially a person sharing an ancestor with another.

glosses: A word related to one in another language.

hyphenation: cog‧nate


cognate

forms: cognate (positive)

glosses: Related by blood; having a common ancestor.

glosses: Related in origin, as certain words in genetically related languages descended from the same ancestral root; for example, English name and Latin nmen from Indo-European *n-men-.

glosses: Related or analogous in nature, character, or function.


voucher

forms:
voucher (singular)
vouchers (plural)

glosses: A voucher is a special piece of paper which can be used to get discounts on products.

text: The insurance company was celebrating its 50th anniversary, therefore every new customer was given a $10 voucher.

ipa: /ˈvaʊtʃə(r)/

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

hyphenation: vouch‧er


hooray

forms: hooray

glosses: You use "hooray" to show happiness, especially when you have won something.

text: Hooray! Dad is bring us to the theme park.

ipa: /həˈreɪ/

hyphenation: hoo‧ray


millimetre

forms:
millimetre (singular)
millimetres (plural)

glosses: A millimetre is one tenth of a centimetre.

text: The smallest measurement of a ruler is the millimetre. You need another tool to measure objects smaller than that.

ipa: /ˈmɪləˌmitɚ/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-millimeter.wav


headline

forms:
headline (singular)
headlines (plural)

glosses: Something that is on a front cover page. Especially on newspapers.

text: His marriage hit the headlines yesterday.

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


kneeling

forms:
kneel (canonical)
kneels (third-person singular)
knelt (past)
knelt (past participle)
kneeling (present participle)

ipa: /ˈniːlɪŋ/


distressed

forms:
distress (canonical)
distresses (third-person singular)
distressed (past)
distressed (past participle)
distressing (present participle)

glosses: The past tense and past participle of distress.

distress


litre

forms:
litre (singular)
litres (plural)

glosses: A litre is a measurement of water. 1000 millilitres = 1 litre.

text: To make this cake, you need to first mix 1 litre of water with a spoonful of flour.


drilling

forms:
drill (canonical)
drills (third-person singular)
drilled (past)
drilled (past participle)
drilling (present participle)

drill


magnet

forms:
magnet (singular)
magnets (plural)

glosses: A magnet is a natural object which can attract magnetic objects such as steel or iron.

text: Never place magnets near credit cards, or all the info in it will be lost.

ipa: /ˈmæɡnɪt/

ipa: /ˈmæɡnət/

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

hyphenation: mag‧net


multiple

forms: multiple (positive)

text: We ran into multiple problems, but we solved them all.

ipa: /ˈmʌltɪpl̩/

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


multiple

forms:
multiple (singular)
multiples (plural)

text: 3, 6, 9 and 12 are multiples of 3.


cinema

forms:
cinema (singular)
cinemas (plural)

glosses: A cinema is a building that shows movies.

text: The cinema in my town has two screens and has four showings every day.

hyphenation: cin‧e‧ma


slim

forms:
slim (positive)
slimmer (comparative)
slimmest (superlative)

glosses: When someone is slim, they are thin and not fat.

text: She is so slim that she looks like a wooden stick.

ipa: /ˈslɪm/

sampa: /"slIm/

adjective

slim

slimmer

slimmest


spill

forms:
spilled (past)
spilled (past participle)
spill (canonical)
spills (third-person singular)
spilt (past)
spilt (past participle)
spilling (present participle)

glosses: An act of accidentally hitting a cup of water and the water makes a mess on something.

text: (transitive) I accidentally spilled coffee on my shirt.

ipa: /spɪl/

spill

spills

spilt

spilt

spilling


sausage

forms:
sausage (singular)
sausages (plural)

glosses: A sausage is a piece of food that is made of chicken, pork and other meats.

text: Sausages are mass-produced in factories.

ipa: /ˈsɒsɪd͡ʒ/

ipa: /ˈsɔsɪd͡ʒ/

ipa: /ˈsɑsɪd͡ʒ/


treachery

forms:
treachery (singular)
treacheries (plural)

glosses: Treachery is behaviour which cannot be trusted: to break faith or betray.

text: King John was known for his treachery.

ipa: /ˈtrɛtʃəri/

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

hyphenation: treach‧ery

noun

treacheries


treachery

forms: treachery (positive)

text: His behaviour was treacherous.

text: Sometimes the weather is treacherous.


speculate

forms:
speculate (canonical)
speculates (third-person singular)
speculated (past)
speculated (past participle)
speculating (present participle)

glosses: When you speculate, you guess about the truth when you don't have all the important information.

text: I speculated that Tom and Jerry's marriage would not last a year.

text: It was speculated that the artist had been murdered.

glosses: If you speculate, you make risky investments with the hope of making a large profit.

text: He lost a lot of money by speculating in stocks.

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-speculate.wav

verb

speculat


extravagances

forms:
extravagance (singular)
extravagances (plural)

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

noun

extravagance


knelt

glosses: The past tense and past participle of kneel.

enpr: nĕlt

ipa: /nɛlt/

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


shield

forms:
shield (singular)
shields (plural)

glosses: A piece of metal that is used for defense.

text: A soldier carried a sword and a shield to fight in the past.

ipa: /ʃiːld/


criticisms

forms:
criticism (singular)
criticisms (plural)

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

criticism


menu

forms:
menu (singular)
menus (plural)

glosses: A menu is a small book for displaying the type of food sold in a restaurant.

text: We collected the menu from the waiter after we sat down in the fast food restaurant.

glosses: A menu is also a home page of games, similar to main menu

text: After I turned on the game console, I was brought to the menu.

ipa: /ˈmɛnjuː/

ipa: /ˈmɛnju/


appease

forms:
appease (canonical)
appeases (third-person singular)
appeased (past)
appeased (past participle)
appeasing (present participle)

glosses: To appease is to calm down an angry or dangerous person.

text: She was so angry, but he managed to appease her.

ipa: /əˈpiːz/

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

hyphenation: ap‧pease


drilled

glosses: The past tense and past participle of drill.


sweep

forms:
sweep (canonical)
sweeps (third-person singular)
swept (past)
swept (past participle)
sweeping (present participle)

glosses: When you sweep the floor, you use the broom to clean it.

text: The road cleaner swept the roads clean.

enpr: swēp

ipa: /swiːp/

sweep

sweeps

swept

swept

sweeping


dial

forms:
dial (canonical)
dials (third-person singular)
dialed (past)
dialed (past participle)
dialing (present participle)

glosses: To dial means to use a telephone to do a call.

text: I picked up the phone to dial my boss.

ipa: /ˈdaɪəɫ/

hyphenation: di‧al


inconclusible

forms: inconclusible (positive)

glosses: If something is inconclusible, then it cannot be finished or ended.


glow

forms:
glow (canonical)
glows (third-person singular)
glowed (past)
glowed (past participle)
glowing (present participle)

text: The lamp glowed in the dark road.

ipa: /ɡləʊ/

ipa: /ɡloʊ/


par

forms:
par (singular)
pars (plural)

glosses: Par could mean with the same value or quality.

text: The car was cheaper but on par with the others.

glosses: The number of shots needed to reach the hole.

text: He needs to make this shot for par.

ipa: /pɑː/


par

forms:
par (canonical)
pars (third-person singular)
parred (past)
parred (past participle)
parring (present participle)

glosses: To reach the hole in the number of shots needed.

text: He has to par every hole win this game.

verb

par

r


pamphlet

forms:
pamphlet (singular)
pamphlets (plural)

glosses: A pamphlet is a small book of printed information that is usually not bound between hard covers.

text: The protesters passed out pamphlets explaining their cause.

ipa: /ˈpæmflət/

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

hyphenation: pam‧phlet


sneak

forms:
sneaked (past)
sneaked (past participle)
sneak (canonical)
sneaks (third-person singular)
snuck (past)
snuck (past participle)
sneaking (present participle)

glosses: If you sneak, you walk into a place quietly, usually to avoid being noticed by other people of that place.

text: The burglar sneaked into the room while we were sleeping and stole a bag of jewelries.

ipa: /sniːk/

sneak

sneaks

snuck

snuck

sneaking


pointy

forms:
pointy (positive)
pointier (comparative)
pointiest (superlative)

etymology_text: point + -y

ety-suffix

point

y

expansion: point + -y

text: witches typically wear black pointy hats.

adj

pointy

pointier


scan

forms:
scan (canonical)
scans (third-person singular)
scanned (past)
scanned (past participle)
scanning (present participle)

glosses: An act of looking through something quickly.

text: I scanned through the page to find the information I was looking for.

ipa: /skæn/

verb

scan

n

expansion: [POS TABLE]


drift

forms:
drift (canonical)
drifts (third-person singular)
drifted (past)
drifted (past participle)
drifting (present participle)

glosses: An action when an object moves towards the earth slowly.

text: The plane ran out of fuel, therefore it had to drift slowly down to the nearby airport.

enpr: drĭft

ipa: /drɪft/


flute

forms:
flute (singular)
flutes (plural)

glosses: A flute is a musical instrument that you blow into to make sound.

text: He played the flute so much better than his seniors that he became the best player in the band.

enpr: floo͞t

ipa: /fluːt/


chunks

forms:
chunk (singular)
chunks (plural)

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

noun

chunk


World Wide Web

forms: World Wide Web

pos: name

glosses: A system of websites, and a large part of the Internet.

ipa: /ˈwɜːld ˌwaɪd ˈwɛb/

ipa: /ˈwɝld ˌwaɪd ˈwɛb/


lap

forms: lap (singular)

glosses: The thighs. Usually used when one is sitting down.

text: The baby was tired, so he rested down on his mother's lap.

lap


lap

forms:
lap (canonical)
laps (third-person singular)
lapped (past)
lapped (past participle)
lapping (present participle)

glosses: An animal laps when it uses its tongue to drink milk or water.

verb

p


Singapore

forms: Singapore

glosses: Singapore is a small country in Southeast Asia.

text: Singapore is a small country although it is well known in many countries.

ipa: /ˈsɪŋəpɔː/

ipa: /ˈsɪŋəpɔr/


burlesque

forms:
burlesque (singular)
burlesques (plural)

glosses: Burlesque is a kind of humorous theatrical entertainment. Exaggeration, and vulgar songs and dance may occur.

text: Burlesque is a vulgar copy of the respectable world.

ipa: /bə(r)ˈlɛsk/

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

hyphenation: bur‧lesque


burlesque

forms:
burlesque (canonical)
burlesques (third-person singular)
burlesqued (past)
burlesqued (past participle)
burlesquing (present participle)

glosses: If you burlesque, you make a burlesque parody of something.

burlesqu

e


smack

forms:
smack (canonical)
smacks (third-person singular)
smacked (past)
smacked (past participle)
smacking (present participle)

text: I smacked him for talking back to me.

ipa: /smæk/


shortened

forms:
shorten (canonical)
shortens (third-person singular)
shortened (past)
shortened (past participle)
shortening (present participle)

glosses: The past tense and past participle of shorten.

shorten


brides

forms:
bride (singular)
brides (plural)

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

noun

bride


miracle

forms:
miracle (singular)
miracles (plural)

glosses: A miracle is an amazing thing that happened that seemed very unlikely to happen.

text: Thanks to a miracle, Jane recovered from the final stage of cancer.

ipa: /ˈmɪrəkəl/

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

hyphenation: mir‧a‧cle


leaks

forms:
leak (singular)
leaks (plural)

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

leak


burlesques

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

burlesque


burlesques

glosses: The third-person singular form of burlesque.


cot

forms:
cot (singular)
cots (plural)

glosses: A cot is a simple bed, one that can be portable or used only for a short time, such as when camping.

text: The baby was sleeping in the cot.

text: We set our cot for our visit to the mountains.

ipa: /kɒt/

ipa: /kɑt/

ipa: /kat/


brisk

forms:
brisker (comparative)
briskest (superlative)
brisk (positive)
more brisk (comparative)
most brisk (superlative)

text: We took a brisk walk yesterday.

ipa: /brɪsk/

sampa: /brIsk/

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

adj

brisk

brisker

briskest


stare

forms:
stare (canonical)
stares (third-person singular)
stared (past)
stared (past participle)
staring (present participle)

glosses: When someone is looking at you for a very long time, he is staring at you.

text: Why are so many people staring at me?

ipa: /stɛər/

ipa: /stɛə(r)/

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

verb

star


tyres

forms:
tyre (singular)
tyres (plural)

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

noun

tyre


offspring

forms:
offspring (singular)
offsprings or offspring (plural)

etymology_text: off- + spring

ety-prefix

off

spring

expansion: off- + spring

glosses: An offspring is either the sons, daughters, or immediate descendants of a human, animal or plant.

text: That lioness just gave birth to two offspring!

ipa: /ˈɒfsprɪŋ/

enpr: äfʹsprĭng

ipa: /ˈɔfsprɪŋ/

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

offspring


disgrace

forms:
disgrace (singular)
disgraces (plural)

glosses: A shame to someone or a group of people.

text: The worst thing in life is being a disgrace.

ipa: /dɪsˈɡreɪs/


disgrace

forms:
disgrace (canonical)
disgraces (third-person singular)
disgraced (past)
disgraced (past participle)
disgracing (present participle)

glosses: To bring disgrace or shame to yourself or someone else

text: The journalist disgraced the Congressman by telling the public of his sex scandal.

verb

disgrac


miserable

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

glosses: In a state of misery: very sad, ill, or poor.

ipa: ˈmɪzəreɪˌbəl

hyphenation: mis‧er‧a‧ble


activating

forms:
activate (canonical)
activates (third-person singular)
activated (past)
activated (past participle)
activating (present participle)

activat


criticism

forms:
criticism (singular)
criticisms (plural)

text: Their marriage received a lot of criticism from their families.

hyphenation: crit‧i‧cism


dip

forms:
dip (singular)
dips (plural)

glosses: A dip is a lower section of a road or geological feature.

text: There is a dip in the road ahead.

glosses: A dip is a short swim to refresh oneself.

text: I’m going for a dip before breakfast.

text: This onion dip is just scrumptious.

enpr: dĭp

ipa: /dɪp/

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

sampa: /dIp/


dip

forms:
dip (canonical)
dips (third-person singular)
dipped (past)
dipped (past participle)
dipping (present participle)

glosses: To dip is an act when something is placed into a liquid.

text: I slowly dipped the towel into the bowl of water.

dip


dreading

forms:
dread (canonical)
dreads (third-person singular)
dreaded (past)
dreaded (past participle)
dreading (present participle)

dread


shell

forms:
shell (singular)
shells (plural)

glosses: A hard object that can be found on beaches.

text: I have a collection of colorful shells at home which I have collected when I visit the beach.

enpr: shĕl

ipa: /ʃɛl/


shell

forms:
shell (canonical)
shells (third-person singular)
shelled (past)
shelled (past participle)
shelling (present participle)

text: The shelling of the South Korean island is a major event that happened in 2010.


dreaded

glosses: The past tense and past participle of dread.


supper

forms:
supper (singular)
suppers (plural)

glosses: A meal taken at night, after dinner. It is usually eating snacks and not eating heavy meals.

text: It is not good to have suppers too often. It is very unhealthy.

ipa: /ˈsʌpɚ/

ipa: /ˈsʌpə/


deserve

forms:
deserve (canonical)
deserves (third-person singular)
deserved (past)
deserved (past participle)
deserving (present participle)

glosses: When someone deserve something, it means he is good enough to have the privilege of getting something special.

text: You deserve a gift from me since you often treat me well.

ipa: /dɪˈzɜːv/

ipa: /dɪˈzɝv/

hyphenation: de‧serve

deserv


diners

forms:
diner (singular)
diners (plural)

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

noun

diner


activates

glosses: The third-person singular form of activate.


sore

forms:
sore (singular)
sores (plural)

glosses: A feeling of the muscles being very tired.

text: My arm is sore after all the exercises.

enpr: sô

ipa: /sɔː/

enpr: sôr

ipa: /sɔr/

homophones: soar saw


nervous

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

glosses: If you are nervous, you are tense and worried about something.

text: I am nervous about my examinations.

text: Nervous system.

hyphenation: ner‧vous


ballads

forms:
ballad (singular)
ballads (plural)

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

ballad


maternal

forms: maternal (positive)

glosses: Maternal is the adjective related to the noun 'mother'.

text: Maternal inheritance is what you inherit from your mother.

ipa: /məˈtəːnəl/

enpr: mə-tû(r)'nəl

ipa: /məˈtərnəl/

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

hyphenation: ma‧ter‧nal


courageous

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

glosses: To be courageous is having courage (not being afraid).

text: The warrior was very courageous.

ipa: /kəˈreɪdʒəs/

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


melt

forms:
melt (canonical)
melts (third-person singular)
melted (past)
melted (past participle)
melting (present participle)

glosses: Melting is a process of an object changing from the solid state to the liquid state without a change in temperature.

text: The ice melted under the hot sun.

enpr: mĕlt

ipa: /mɛlt/


dispose

forms:
dispose (canonical)
disposes (third-person singular)
disposed (past)
disposed (past participle)
disposing (present participle)

glosses: If you dispose something, it means that you throw away that thing.

text: That toy was so torn and tattered that I disposed it away immediately.

ipa: /dɪˈspəʉzd/

ipa: /dɪˈspəʊz/

hyphenation: dis‧pose

verb

dispos


glancing

forms:
glance (canonical)
glances (third-person singular)
glanced (past)
glanced (past participle)
glancing (present participle)

ipa: /ˈɡlɑːnsɪŋ/

glanc


photocopy

forms:
photocopy (singular)
photocopies (plural)

text: Please submit a photocopy of your birth certificate.

ipa: /ˈfəʊtəʊkɒpi/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-photocopy.wav

noun

photocopies


photocopy

forms:
photocopy (canonical)
photocopies (third-person singular)
photocopied (past)
photocopied (past participle)
photocopying (present participle)

glosses: If you photocopy something, you make a duplicate of the original.

text: It is illegal to photocopy more than 10% of a book.

verb

photocop


drills

forms:
drill (singular)
drills (plural)

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

noun

drill


drills

forms:
drill (canonical)
drills (third-person singular)
drilled (past)
drilled (past participle)
drilling (present participle)

glosses: The third-person singular form of drill.


hood

forms:
hood (singular)
hoods (plural)

glosses: A hood is a covering for the head. It covers the top, back and sides of the head. By extension, other objects may have hoods: cars, some flowers.

text: The monk was wearing a hood.

glosses: A hood is another word for neighbourhood.

text: I've lived in the hood for five years.

ipa: /hʊd/

ipa: [hʊ̈d]


gasp

forms:
gasp (canonical)
gasps (third-person singular)
gasped (past)
gasped (past participle)
gasping (present participle)

glosses: To gasp is the act of drawing in the breath suddenly, as if surprised.

text: The audience gasped as the rabbit came out of the magician's hat.

ipa: /ˈɡæsp/


inject

forms:
inject (canonical)
injects (third-person singular)
injected (past)
injected (past participle)
injecting (present participle)

glosses: An act of getting something (usually medicine) into the blood of someone.

text: The nurse injected a medicine into my body which is useful for my immunity.

text: My mother injected more money into my insurance.

ipa: /ɪnˈdʒɛkt/

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


triumph

forms:
triumph (singular)
triumphs (plural)

text: His discovery of the electron was a great triumph.

glosses: A Triumph was the ceremonial entry of a victorious general into Rome.

text: When Caesar returned to Rome he qualified for a Triumph.

hyphenation: tri‧umph


triumph

forms:
triumph (canonical)
triumphs (third-person singular)
triumphed (past)
triumphed (past participle)
triumphing (present participle)

glosses: To triumph is to gain a victory or be successful.

text: He triumphed over adversity.


drown

forms:
drown (canonical)
drowns (third-person singular)
drowned (past)
drowned (past participle)
drowning (present participle)

glosses: To drown is an action where someone is struggling in water.

text: I remembered when I was young, I nearly drowned in the lake near my house.

glosses: The effect of drowning can also be produced intentionally.

glosses: If you drown something, you lose, make hard to find or unnoticeable in a great mass.

text: The CIA collects so much information that the actual answers it should seek are often drowned in the flood of reports.

enpr: droun

ipa: /draʊn/

sampa: /draUn/


oral

forms: oral (positive)

glosses: Oral history, arguments, etc. are spoken, not written.

glosses: Oral health, cancer, etc. is issues of the mouth.

glosses: Oral medicine is medicine you put in your mouth and swallow.

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


oral

forms:
oral (singular)
orals (plural)

glosses: An oral is an examination that is spoken, usually for the languages.


diner

forms:
diner (singular)
diners (plural)

glosses: A diner is a place where people go to eat. It is like a cheap restaurant.

text: The diner downtown was always busy late at night.

text: The waitress made sure to keep the diner's coffee cup full.

enpr: dī'nər

ipa: /ˈdaɪnə(r)/

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


shackle

forms:
shackle (singular)
shackles (plural)

glosses: A shackle is a restraint, originally leg-irons which made movement slow and difficult. By extension, it means anything that limits what people do.

text: Laws are meant as shackles to prevent governments doing whatever they wish.

ipa: /ˈʃækəl/

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

hyphenation: shac‧kle


shackle

forms:
shackle (canonical)
shackles (third-person singular)
shackled (past)
shackled (past participle)
shackling (present participle)

glosses: To shackle is to limit or restrain what can be done.

text: He could scarcely move after they shackled him.

text: Marriage shackled him.

verb

shackl


substitute

forms:
substitute (singular)
substitutes (plural)

glosses: A substitute is a person on standby for a sport team or school teacher.

text: Although he was only a substitute for the team, but he played very well during yesterday's match.

ipa: /ˈsʌbstɪtʃuːt/

ipa: /ˈsʌbstɪtut/

hyphenation: sub‧sti‧tute


substitute

forms:
substitute (canonical)
substitutes (third-person singular)
substituted (past)
substituted (past participle)
substituting (present participle)

glosses: If you substitute x for y, you don't use y and use x instead.

text: You may substitute fresh lime juice for lemon juice

substitut


glanced

forms:
glance (canonical)
glances (third-person singular)
glanced (past)
glanced (past participle)
glancing (present participle)

glosses: The past tense and past participle of glance.


nipped

forms:
nip (canonical)
nips (third-person singular)
nipped (past)
nipped (past participle)
nipping (present participle)

nip


antioxidant

forms:
antioxidant (singular)
antioxidants (plural)

glosses: An antioxidant is something that slows or stops the oxidation of another chemical.

glosses: An antioxidant is a vitamin that can fights the harmful effects of oxidation in animal and human tissues.

text: There are many helpful antioxidants in tea.

ipa: /ˌæntiˈɒksɪdənt/

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

hyphenation: an‧ti‧ox‧i‧dant


drill

forms:
drill (singular)
drills (plural)

glosses: A drill is an object used to dig a hole.

text: He used the drill to make a hole on the wall.

glosses: A practice before a major event is called a drill.

text: Our school often conduct fire drills to train us in case of a real fire.

enpr: drĭl

ipa: /drɪl/


drill

forms:
drill (canonical)
drills (third-person singular)
drilled (past)
drilled (past participle)
drilling (present participle)

glosses: If you drill a hole, you use a drill to make a hole in something.

text: We must drill six holes in the wood for the screws.

glosses: If you drill some information into someone's head, you make them review it again and again until they remember it.

text: My teacher tried all ways to drill the mathematical concept into my head.


tyre

forms:
tyre (singular)
tyres (plural)

glosses: A tyre is the outer part of a car wheel. It is usually made of rubber.

ipa: /taɪə(r)/

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


drip

forms:
drip (singular)
drips (plural)

text: The tap is spoiled. Water just keeps coming down drip by drip.

ipa: /drɪp/

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


drip

forms:
drip (canonical)
drips (third-person singular)
dripped (past)
dripped (past participle)
dripping (present participle)

glosses: If something is dripping, it is falling one drop at a time.

text: My pen has been dripping throughout the day.

drip


seduced

forms:
seduce (canonical)
seduces (third-person singular)
seduced (past)
seduced (past participle)
seducing (present participle)

seduc


jig

forms:
jig (singular)
jigs (plural)

glosses: A jig is a light, quick musical dance or movement.

glosses: A jig is a device that is used in manufacturing or woodworking and is used to control the location and movement of the workpiece.

enpr: jĭg

ipa: /dʒɪɡ/


infect

forms:
infect (canonical)
infects (third-person singular)
infected (past)
infected (past participle)
infecting (present participle)

glosses: When someone is infected by something, they come into contact with something that causes sickness.

text: Don't go near him, or he will infect you with his illness.

ipa: /ɪnˈfɛkt/

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


scribble

forms:
scribble (canonical)
scribbles (third-person singular)
scribbled (past)
scribbled (past participle)
scribbling (present participle)

glosses: If you scribble something, you write it or draw it quickly.

text: I scribbled the licence plate number on a piece of paper before the car drove away.

ipa: /ˈskrɪbəl/

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

hyphenation: scrib‧ble

scribbl


concerting

forms:
concert (canonical)
concerts (third-person singular)
concerted (past)
concerted (past participle)
concerting (present participle)

concert


buffers

forms:
buffer (singular)
buffers (plural)

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

noun

buffer


pars

forms:
par (singular)
pars (plural)

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

ipa: /pɑːz/

ipa: /pɑrz/

par


pars

forms:
par (canonical)
pars (third-person singular)
parred (past)
parred (past participle)
parring (present participle)


ridicule

forms: ridicule (singular)

text: Aristophanes shocked the Athenians with his ridicule of their sincerely-held beliefs.

ipa: /ˈrɪdɪkjuːl/

hyphenation: rid‧i‧cule

ridicule


ridicule

forms:
ridicule (canonical)
ridicules (third-person singular)
ridiculed (past)
ridiculed (past participle)
ridiculing (present participle)

glosses: To ridicule is to make fun of, or mock, someone or something.

text: To ridicule a powerful man is to take a big risk.

verb

ridicul


offend

forms:
offend (canonical)
offends (third-person singular)
offended (past)
offended (past participle)
offending (present participle)

glosses: An act when someone makes another person unhappy. To offend someone is to make them feel disgust.

text: Don't offend him. It's not nice. He may fight back.

ipa: /əˈfɛnd/

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

hyphenation: of‧fend


leak

forms:
leak (singular)
leaks (plural)

glosses: A hole in a tube. Usually used for gas tubes and water pipes.

text: Quick! Get a plumber! I have found a leak in this pipe.

enpr: lēk

ipa: /liːk/


leak

forms:
leak (canonical)
leaks (third-person singular)
leaked (past)
leaked (past participle)
leaking (present participle)

glosses: An action when someone reveals a secret to the public.

text: Don't tell him about this. He will leak it out.


pamphlets

forms:
pamphlet (singular)
pamphlets (plural)

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

noun

pamphlet


dines

forms:
dine (canonical)
dines (third-person singular)
dined (past)
dined (past participle)
dining (present participle)

verb

din


sew

forms:
sew (canonical)
sews (third-person singular)
sewed (past)
sewed (past participle)
sewing (present participle)

glosses: An act of using thread to make clothes or to mend clothes.

text: I have a hobby of sewing. This is why I have a collection of colorful clothes.

ipa: /səʊ/

ipa: /soʊ/

homophones: so sow


contest

forms:
contest (singular)
contests (plural)

glosses: A contest is where people do a quiz or play a game to win a prize.

text: He took part in the contest as he wanted to win the first prize.

enpr: kŏn'tĕst


contest

forms:
contest (canonical)
contests (third-person singular)
contested (past)
contested (past participle)
contesting (present participle)

glosses: If you contest a position, you engage in a competition for a position of power.

glosses: If you contest a decision, you oppose it.

enpr: kəntĕst'

ipa: /kənˈtɛst/


seduces

forms:
seduce (canonical)
seduces (third-person singular)
seduced (past)
seduced (past participle)
seducing (present participle)

glosses: The third-person singular form of seduce.


equators

forms:
equator (singular)
equators (plural)

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

noun

equator


frustrates

forms:
frustrate (canonical)
frustrates (third-person singular)
frustrated (past)
frustrated (past participle)
frustrating (present participle)

glosses: The third-person singular form of frustrate.

verb

frustrat


sweat

forms: sweat (singular)

glosses: A salty water that is produced naturally by the body.

text: It is so hot that my whole body is covered with sweat!

enpr: swĕt

ipa: /swɛt/


sweat

forms:
sweat (canonical)
sweats (third-person singular)
sweated (past)
sweated (past participle)
sweating (present participle)

glosses: A natural occurrence of the body to allow the body to cool by excreting salty water (see above).

text: You are sweating so much!


dining

ipa: /ˈdaɪnɪŋ(ɡ)/


stack

forms:
stack (singular)
stacks (plural)

text: There is a stack of books outside. Are those yours?

ipa: /stæk/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-I learned some phrases-stack.wav


stack

forms:
stack (canonical)
stacks (third-person singular)
stacked (past)
stacked (past participle)
stacking (present participle)

glosses: When you stack something, you put something similar on top of one another to form a pile.

text: I stacked up the books at one side.


spark

forms:
spark (singular)
sparks (plural)

glosses: A spark is something that is created by rubbing two objects quickly. Used for starting fires with fuels.

text: This lighter does not work anymore. It does not produce any sparks.

enpr: späk

ipa: /spɑːk/

enpr: spärk

ipa: /spɑrk/


spark

forms:
spark (canonical)
sparks (third-person singular)
sparked (past)
sparked (past participle)
sparking (present participle)

text: His strange attire sparked comment.


slap

forms:
slap (canonical)
slaps (third-person singular)
slapped (past)
slapped (past participle)
slapping (present participle)

glosses: When you slap someone, you use something to hit another person, usually with something flat.

text: Jane's boyfriend cheated her and she slapped him when she heard about it.

text: Josh got mad at Tommy and slapped him really hard.

ipa: /slæp/

slap


enclosures

forms:
enclosure (singular)
enclosures (plural)

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

noun

enclosure


snap

forms:
snap (canonical)
snaps (third-person singular)
snapped (past)
snapped (past participle)
snapping (present participle)

text: He snapped the ruler into two by accident.

ipa: /snæp/

verb

snap


sniff

forms:
sniff (canonical)
sniffs (third-person singular)
sniffed (past)
sniffed (past participle)
sniffing (present participle)

glosses: An act of breathing to find out what the smell is.

text: The dog sniffed the floor to find for any bones.

enpr: snĭf

ipa: /snɪf/

ipa: /snəf/


missions

forms:
mission (singular)
missions (plural)

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

noun

mission


curls

forms:
curl (singular)
curls (plural)

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

curl


curls

forms:
curl (canonical)
curls (third-person singular)
curled (past)
curled (past participle)
curling (present participle)


faint

forms:
faint (canonical)
faints (third-person singular)
fainted (past)
fainted (past participle)
fainting (present participle)

glosses: When someone faints, they suddenly become unconscious and cannot be woken up easily.

text: Get help quick! Someone has fainted here!

text: Under a hot sun, humans faint easily.

ipa: /fɛɪnt/

sampa: /feInt/


faint

forms:
faint (positive)
fainter (comparative)
faintest (superlative)

glosses: When something is faint, it is not clear, very small.

text: The writing was faint.

adj

faint

fainter

faintest


nipping

forms:
nip (canonical)
nips (third-person singular)
nipped (past)
nipped (past participle)
nipping (present participle)

glosses: The past tense and past participle of nip.

verb

nip


soak

forms:
soak (canonical)
soaks (third-person singular)
soaked (past)
soaked (past participle)
soaking (present participle)

glosses: An act of putting a piece of cloth or something made of thread or silk into a basin of water.

text: I soaked my dirty clothes into the soap water.

enpr: sōk

ipa: /səʊk/

ipa: /soʊk/


frustrate

forms:
frustrate (canonical)
frustrates (third-person singular)
frustrated (past)
frustrated (past participle)
frustrating (present participle)

glosses: If you frustrate someone, then you make him annoyed or upset.

text: He is frustrated because his car is broken and doesn't start.

ipa: /frəˈstreɪt/

ipa: /ˈfrʌsˌtreɪt/

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


slice

forms:
slice (singular)
slices (plural)

glosses: A slice is a piece of something that has been sliced.

text: I like to have my sandwich with a couple slices of ham it in.

ipa: /slaɪs/


slice

forms:
slice (canonical)
slices (third-person singular)
sliced (past)
sliced (past participle)
slicing (present participle)

glosses: An act of cutting meat using a small knife.

text: I sliced the fish and placed it into another bowl.

slic


hint

forms:
hint (singular)
hints (plural)

glosses: A hint is a clue to a question or a puzzle.

text: I really need a hint to solve this question. It is too difficult for me.

ipa: /hɪnt/

sampa: /hInt/


hint

forms:
hint (canonical)
hints (third-person singular)
hinted (past)
hinted (past participle)
hinting (present participle)

text: He hinted that he wanted to marry another man.

text: I will hint to Marilyn that her modeling talent is needed for the fashion show.

text: Has he been hinting again that he wants to fire Josh and Ted?


distresses

forms:
distress (canonical)
distresses (third-person singular)
distressed (past)
distressed (past participle)
distressing (present participle)

glosses: The third-person singular form of distress.

distress


buffer

forms:
buffer (singular)
buffers (plural)

glosses: A buffer is a physical object at the end of a train line which stops the train going any further.

text: Trains stop at the buffers.

text: That is a buffer to prevent war. No military people may cross it.

text: A telomere is a buffer at the ends of a chromosome.

glosses: A buffer (computer software) is a zone that can be read and written to. It usually holds back data until it is fine to be used.

text: Let's try to turn off the buffering setting in the game's video settings.

ipa: /ˈbʌfə(r)/

ipa: /ˈbʌfɚ/


glances

forms:
glance (canonical)
glances (third-person singular)
glanced (past)
glanced (past participle)
glancing (present participle)

glosses: The third-person singular form of glance.

glanc


concerted

forms:
concert (canonical)
concerts (third-person singular)
concerted (past)
concerted (past participle)
concerting (present participle)

glosses: The past tense and past participle of concert.

concert


concerted

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

glosses: When something is done with a concerted effort, it means that the action was an effort done by many people doing the same thing together.

text: This project was a concerted effort by my team.

text: After the earthquake, the government directed a very concerted effort to help the survivors.


mask

forms:
mask (singular)
masks (plural)

glosses: A mask is something you wear over your face for protection, or to disguise yourself.

text: The health ministry recommended wearing masks when going outdoors due to the forest fires in the next town.

ipa: /mɑːsk/

ipa: /mæsk/


mask

forms:
mask (canonical)
masks (third-person singular)
masked (past)
masked (past participle)
masking (present participle)

glosses: If you mask A, you cover or disguise A with B.


tolerance

forms:
tolerance (singular)
tolerances (plural)

glosses: Your tolerance for drugs, alcohol, danger, pain, etc. is your ability to take them without a bad effect.

glosses: Tolerance is the ability to accept the opinions, beliefs and customs of other people.


ridicules

forms:
ridicule (canonical)
ridicules (third-person singular)
ridiculed (past)
ridiculed (past participle)
ridiculing (present participle)

glosses: The third-person singular form of ridicule.


nip

text: The small dog nipped at her fingers affectionately.

enpr: nĭp

ipa: /nɪp/

sampa: /nIp/


clinic

forms:
clinic (singular)
clinics (plural)

glosses: A clinic is a place to see the doctor for health checkups or to buy medicine.

text: He felt ill yesterday, so he had to visit the clinic to buy some medicine.

enpr: klĭn'ĭk

ipa: /ˈklɪnɪk/

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

hyphenation: clin‧ic


huddled

forms:
huddle (canonical)
huddles (third-person singular)
huddled (past)
huddled (past participle)
huddling (present participle)

glosses: The past tense and past participle of huddle.

ipa: /ˈhʌdl̩d/

hyphenation: hud‧dled

huddl


glance

glosses: To look for a short moment (at something).

text: She glanced at her reflection as she passed the mirror.

ipa: /ɡlɑːns/

ipa: /ɡlæns/


poles

forms:
pole (singular)
poles (plural)

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

noun

pole


nosing

forms:
nose (canonical)
noses (third-person singular)
nosed (past)
nosed (past participle)
nosing (present participle)

verb

nos


vet

forms:
vet (singular)
vets (plural)

text: We took all of our pets to the vet.

glosses: A veteran, somebody who used to be in the military.

text: My grandfather was a World War II vet. He used to tell stories about fighting in France.

ipa: /vɛt/

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


vet

forms:
vet (canonical)
vets (third-person singular)
vetted (past)
vetted (past participle)
vetting (present participle)

glosses: If you vet someone, you investigate them carefully and critically.

text: The FBI vets all nominees to the Federal bench.

vet

t


numerous

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

glosses: If something is numerous, it is in large amount.

text: Why are there numerous ants here?

hyphenation: nu‧mer‧ous


racists

forms:
racist (singular)
racists (plural)

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

noun

racist


clips

forms:
clip (singular)
clips (plural)

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

clip


vouchers

forms:
voucher (singular)
vouchers (plural)

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

voucher


seduce

forms:
seduce (canonical)
seduces (third-person singular)
seduced (past)
seduced (past participle)
seducing (present participle)

glosses: To seduce is to trick someone to do something wrong.

glosses: To seduce is to persuade someone to be a part of a sexual relationship

glosses: To seduce is to charm or attract someone

hyphenation: se‧duce

verb

seduc


antioxidants

forms:
antioxidant (singular)
antioxidants (plural)

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

noun

antioxidant

antioxidants


interfere

forms:
interfere (canonical)
interferes (third-person singular)
interfered (past)
interfered (past participle)
interfering (present participle)

glosses: An act of minding other people's business.

text: He is a busybody who goes around interfering with other people's business.

ipa: /ˌɪntɚˈfɪr/

ipa: /ˌɪntəˈfɪə(r)/

hyphenation: in‧ter‧fere

verb

interfer


squeeze

forms:
squeeze (canonical)
squeezes (third-person singular)
squeezed (past)
squeezed (past participle)
squeezing (present participle)

glosses: When you squeeze something, you press it very tightly in your hand.

text: I squeezed orange juice from the orange with my bare hands!

ipa: /skwiːz/

squeez


shelter

forms:
shelter (singular)
shelters (plural)

glosses: A shelter is a place which can protect someone from the rain and sun.

text: There is no shelter nearby. I wonder how we can get out of this heavy rain.

ipa: /ˈʃɛltə/

ipa: /ˈʃɛltɚ/


enclosure

forms:
enclosure (singular)
enclosures (plural)

glosses: An area closed partially or entirely by barriers.

text: He faced punishment for creating the fenced enclosure in a public park.

ipa: /ɛnˈkloʊʒər/

ipa: /ɪnˈkləʊʒə/

ipa: /ɘnˈklɐʉʒɘ/

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

hyphenation: en‧clo‧sure


surgery

forms:
surgery (singular)
surgeries (plural)

glosses: Surgery is a way of removing, repairing or replacing a part of a body that involves incisions.

text: After the doctor performed surgery, John was able to walk again.

glosses: Surgery can also be the place where surgery is done.

text: Take the patient into surgery.

ipa: /ˈsɝd͡ʒəri/

ipa: /ˈsɜːd͡ʒəri/

noun

surgeries


rips

forms:
rip (canonical)
rips (third-person singular)
ripped (past)
ripped (past participle)
ripping (present participle)

verb

rip


dine

forms:
dine (canonical)
dines (third-person singular)
dined (past)
dined (past participle)
dining (present participle)

text: We usually dine at four o'clock, because that is when we get hungry.

ipa: /daɪn/

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

din


dined

glosses: The past tense and past participle of dine.


rip

text: In anger, I ripped the page and threw it in his face.

enpr: rĭp

ipa: /rɪp/

sampa: /rIp/


infinity

forms:
infinity (singular)
infinities (plural)

glosses: Infinity is an unknown number. It is only a concept and not a real number.

text: No one can count all the way to infinity.

ipa: /ɪnˈfɪnɪti/

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

irrnoun

infinities


cognates

forms:
cognate (singular)
cognates (plural)

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

noun

cognate


concerts

forms:
concert (singular)
concerts (plural)

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


concerts

forms:
concert (canonical)
concerts (third-person singular)
concerted (past)
concerted (past participle)
concerting (present participle)

glosses: The third-person singular form of concert.


frustrating

forms:
frustrate (canonical)
frustrates (third-person singular)
frustrated (past)
frustrated (past participle)
frustrating (present participle)

ipa: /frʌˈstreɪ̯tɪŋ/

ipa: /ˈfrʌsˌtreɪ̯tɪŋ/

verb

frustrat


pole

forms:
pole (singular)
poles (plural)

glosses: A pole is a long stick that is used for grabbing for support.

text: Grab the pole there to keep your balance on this old bus.

ipa: /pəʊl/

ipa: /poʊl/

sampa: /poUl/


slaughter

forms: slaughter (singular)

text: We kill cows in a slaughter-house.

text: The end of a battle is often a slaughter of men.

ipa: /ˈslɔːtə/

ipa: /ˈslɔtɝ/

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

hyphenation: slaugh‧ter


slaughter

forms:
slaughter (canonical)
slaughters (third-person singular)
slaughtered (past)
slaughtered (past participle)
slaughtering (present participle)

text: To slaughter is to kill many men or animals.


pronouncing

forms:
pronounce (canonical)
pronounces (third-person singular)
pronounced (past)
pronounced (past participle)
pronouncing (present participle)

pronounc


offsprings

forms:
offspring (singular)
offsprings (plural)

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

noun

offspring


necessities

forms:
necessity (singular)
necessities (plural)

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

necessity

necessities


theology

forms:
theology (singular)
theologies (plural)

glosses: Theology is the study of religion and God/gods.

enpr: thē-ŏl'ə-jē

theology

theologies


disguising

forms:
disguise (canonical)
disguises (third-person singular)
disguised (past)
disguised (past participle)
disguising (present participle)

verb

disguis


poking

forms:
poke (canonical)
pokes (third-person singular)
poked (past)
poked (past participle)
poking (present participle)

pok


mission

forms:
mission (singular)
missions (plural)

glosses: A mission is a quest given by someone to gain something.

text: The Interpol is on a mission to find the international terrorists.

ipa: /ˈmɪʃ(ə)n/

enpr: mĭshʹən

hyphenation: mis‧sion


dreads

forms:
dread (canonical)
dreads (third-person singular)
dreaded (past)
dreaded (past participle)
dreading (present participle)

glosses: The third-person singular form of dread.

dread


dreads

forms:
dread (singular)
dreads (plural)

glosses: If you wear your hair in dreads, you grow it into into long matted strings.

text: She had the longest dreads I'd ever seen.


litter

forms:
litter (singular)
litters (plural)

glosses: Litter is rubbish that is left alone on the floor.

text: When you are in Singapore, you hardly see litter on the floor.

ipa: /ˈlɪtə(r)/

ipa: /ˈlɪtɚ/

hyphenation: lit‧ter


litter

forms:
litter (canonical)
litters (third-person singular)
littered (past)
littered (past participle)
littering (present participle)

glosses: To litter is the act of throwing litter on the floor.

text: Littering is an offence under the Public Health Act.


pronounces

glosses: The third-person singular form of pronounce.


jesting

forms:
jest (canonical)
jests (third-person singular)
jested (past)
jested (past participle)
jesting (present participle)

jest


circus

forms:
circus (singular)
circuses (plural)

glosses: A circus is a group of travelling performers, often with clowns, acrobats, jugglers, and even animals.

ipa: /ˈsɜːkəs/

ipa: /ˈsɝkəs/

noun

circuses


curl

forms:
curl (singular)
curls (plural)

glosses: A curl is a piece or lock of curling hair.

text: She had beautiful golden-brown hair falling in curls on her shoulder.

ipa: /kəːl/

ipa: /kɝl/


curl

forms:
curl (canonical)
curls (third-person singular)
curled (past)
curled (past participle)
curling (present participle)

glosses: If something curls, it moves in a rounded or spiral shape.

text: She curled her fingers around the pencil.

text: Wavy, dark brown hair curled at his shoulders.

glosses: If you curl, you do a sport called curling.

text: I curl at my local club every weekend.


cinemas

forms:
cinema (singular)
cinemas (plural)

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

cinema


activated

forms:
activate (canonical)
activates (third-person singular)
activated (past)
activated (past participle)
activating (present participle)

glosses: The past tense and past participle of activate.

verb

activat


ripping

forms:
rip (canonical)
rips (third-person singular)
ripped (past)
ripped (past participle)
ripping (present participle)


shackling

forms:
shackle (canonical)
shackles (third-person singular)
shackled (past)
shackled (past participle)
shackling (present participle)

shackl


scratch

forms:
scratch (singular)
scratches (plural)

glosses: A scratch is a mark made by a sharp object against another object.

text: I found a scratch on my car, so I had to get paint to cover it.

glosses: If something is made from scratch, then it was made without anything that existed or was prepared before.

text: It took us all afternoon to make the pizzas from scratch.

enpr: skrăch

ipa: /skrætʃ/

noun

scratches


scratch

forms:
scratch (canonical)
scratches (third-person singular)
scratched (past)
scratched (past participle)
scratching (present participle)

glosses: If you scratch you use a sharp object to make a mark on another object.

text: I scratched my back as it felt very itchy.

verb

scratch

es


inhibits

forms:
inhibit (canonical)
inhibits (third-person singular)
inhibited (past)
inhibited (past participle)
inhibiting (present participle)

glosses: The third-person singular form of inhibit.

inhibit


dormant

forms: dormant (positive)

glosses: When something is dormant, it means that it is not active.

text: That is a dormant volcano.

ipa: /ˈdɔrmənt/

ipa: /ˈdɔːmənt/

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

hyphenation: dor‧mant


inhibited

glosses: The past tense and past participle of inhibit.


tease

forms:
tease (canonical)
teases (third-person singular)
teased (past)
teased (past participle)
teasing (present participle)

glosses: An act of making fun of somebody. Usually for enjoyment and is not a personal attack.

text: We were good friends that often tease each other.

glosses: If you tease a person, you entice or tempt them.

enpr: tēz

ipa: /tiːz/

homophones: teas tees

teas


jested

glosses: The past tense and past participle of jest.


seal

forms:
seal (singular)
seals (plural)

text: We saw seals at the theme park performing tricks.

glosses: A form of signature to represent a person or a company/service.

text: Place this seal on your website and it will be trusted by your visitors.

enpr: sēl

ipa: /siːl/


seal

forms:
seal (canonical)
seals (third-person singular)
sealed (past)
sealed (past participle)
sealing (present participle)

glosses: If you seal something, you close it tightly.

text: I sealed the bag tightly before putting it into my suitcase.

text: The room was sealed so no one could enter it.

text: Many countries have made it illegal to seal.


transformer

forms:
transformer (singular)
transformers (plural)

hyphenation: trans‧form‧er


racist

forms:
racist (singular)
racists (plural)

etymology_text: race + -ist

ety-suffix

race

ist

expansion: race + -ist

glosses: A racist is someone who believes that people of difference races should be treated differently.

text: He is a racist. He keeps on saying bad things about the blacks and Arabs.

ipa: /ˈreɪsɪst/

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

hyphenation: rac‧ist


nosed

forms:
nose (canonical)
noses (third-person singular)
nosed (past)
nosed (past participle)
nosing (present participle)

glosses: The past tense and past participle of nose.

verb

nos


triumphing

forms:
triumph (canonical)
triumphs (third-person singular)
triumphed (past)
triumphed (past participle)
triumphing (present participle)

triumph


activate

glosses: To activate means to make something active.

text: The machine activated the screensaver because it was idle.

hyphenation: ac‧ti‧vate


frustrated

forms:
frustrate (canonical)
frustrates (third-person singular)
frustrated (past)
frustrated (past participle)
frustrating (present participle)

glosses: The past tense and past participle of frustrate.

frustrat


leap

forms:
leap (singular)
leaps (plural)

text: The clown took a leap through the hoop.

enpr: lēp

ipa: /liːp/