Israel

Israel is the only Jewish country in the world.

Israel was an ancient kingdom in the Middle East.


Palestine

The West Bank and Gaza Strip together; that is, the parts occupied by Israel and those under the jurisdiction of the Palestinian National Authority.

Israel and Palestine both want peace.

The region between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River.

A former British mandate in the Middle East. The capital city was Jerusalem.


tiresome

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

If someone or something is tiresome, it makes you bored or annoyed, usually because it is too long.

All of this talking can get a little tiresome.


temper

If you have a temper, you often get mad quickly.

Because of my temper, when I saw what he had done, I got very angry.

Count Cross-Stitch's genial temper makes him a charming house guest.


temper

temper (canonical)
tempers (third-person singular)
tempered (past)
tempered (past participle)
tempering (present participle)

If you temper a material, you toughen it by heat treatment.


madder

mad (positive)
madder (comparative)
maddest (superlative)

I am even madder than you about what was done.


maddest

This hurts me the most, so I am the maddest.


Muzaffarabad

Muzaffarabad is the state-level capital city of Azad Kashmir.


Indus Valley bullfrog

Indus Valley bullfrog
Indus Valley bullfrogs (plural)

The Indus Valley bullfrog (Hoplobatrachus tigerinus) is a large frog found in Pakistan and India.


East Indies

East Indies is an area in the souteastern part of Asia.


deodar cedar

The deodar cedar is a species of cedar native to the western Himilayas.


Mumbai

Mumbai, formerly known as Bombay, is a city in India.


Bihar

Bihar is a state in India. The capital city is Patna.


Zahedan

The capital of the Sistan and Baluchestan province of Iran.


Dushanbe

Dushanbe is the capital city of Tajikistan.


Assam

Assam is a state in India; its capital is Dispur.


water hyacinth

The water hyacinth is a kind of flower that grows in water.


pomegranate

A small tree, that gives fruit called pomegranates.

A fruit with seeds that are covered in red jelly.

/ˈpɑməˌɡrænət/


juniper

A juniper is a shrub or tree that has pointed, needle-like leaves and strong-smelling cones.


bustard

A bustard is a large bird that lives on land.


Himachal Pradesh

Himachal Pradesh is a state in India. The capital is Shimla.


date palm

A date palm is a kind of palm tree with fruit called dates.


almond tree

The almond tree is a kind of nut tree; it gives almonds.


rose-ringed parakeet

rose-ringed parakeet
rose-ringed parakeets (plural)

The rose-ringed parakeet, also known as the ringnecked parakeet, is a tropical parakeet.

An Indian man with his pet rose-ringed parakeet.


spot-billed pelican

spot-billed pelican
spot-billed pelicans (plural)

The spot-billed pelican (Pelecanus philippensis) is a bird of the pelican family.


Bharat


cemetery

A place where dead people are buried; a place for graves.


Rawalpindi

Rawalpindi is a city in Pakistan next to Islamabad.


Gangtok

Gangtok is the capital city of the state of Sikkim in India.


Chandigarh

Chandigarh is a city in India that serves as the capital of two states: Punjab and Haryana.

/ˌt͡ʃʌndɪˈɡɑː(r)/


consume

consume (canonical)
consumes (third-person singular)
consumed (past)
consumed (past participle)
consuming (present participle)

If you consume energy, resources, time, etc., you use it and it is no longer available.

Only 10% of the energy consumed by a light bulb produces usable light.

Most of our leisure time is consumed by TV.

If you consume alcohol, food, etc., you eat or drink it.

They discovered that about half the calories consumed by an adult bat are used up during flight.

Pregnant women should not consume alcohol.

Many people do not consume adequate amounts of food for good health.

If a fire consumes something, it burns it until it's gone.

In 1988 a fire consumed about half of the park's trees.

If you are consumed by a thought or idea, you cannot think about anything else.

Our minds were consumed by the things we saw and dreamed of having.


contain

contain (canonical)
contains (third-person singular)
contained (past)
contained (past participle)
containing (present participle)

Did the envelope contain a letter?

Each box contains enough food for a family of ten for about a week.

The opinions contained in this report are the private opinions of the authors.

The plant's leaves have a rich lemon smell and contain compounds that can keep away insects.

Some building materials contain a high percentage of recycled material.

Tea contains substances called antioxidants that can help keep cells healthy.

A big part of Mississippi's history is contained in those files.

If you contain something, you stop it from getting out.

Molly was so happy should could barely contain her tears.

Firefighters are trying to contain the fire in an area away from houses.


countryside

The countryside is the area outside the cities.

He headed out of town and through the surrounding countryside.


criterion

A criterion is a principle that you use to judge something or decide about something.

The only criterion used for measuring success was school grades.


cupboard

A cupboard is a piece of furniture with shelves to hold dishes, towels, food, etc.

He took cups, plates and saucers from the kitchen cupboards and stacked them on the table.


deputy

A deputy is somebody one level down from another person. The deputy helps the other person or does that person's job sometimes.

The sheriff posted a deputy to stay until they could get a better look in the morning.

He was Deputy Secretary and Under Secretary Paul D. Wolfowitz.


directory

A directory is a book or list of names, usually in alphabetical order with telephone numbers or addresses.

He checked he number in the directory.


disabled

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

If somebody is disabled, they cannot use part(s) of their body or mind in the same way that most people can.

Two people died in the crash and the others were severely physically disabled.

This money will help the elderly and the disabled.

Not enough research has been done in the area of the preschool learning-disabled students.


disabled

disable (canonical)
disables (third-person singular)
disabled (past)
disabled (past participle)
disabling (present participle)


dot

You forgot to put a dot over the i.

The address is simple dot wiktionary dot org (simple.wiktionary.org).

If you do something at a particular time "on the dot", you do it exactly at that time.

I'll be there at 5:00 on the dot.


dot

dot (canonical)
dots (third-person singular)
dotted (past)
dotted (past participle)
dotting (present participle)

If you dot something, you put small round marks on it.

Don't forget to dot the i.

If an area is dotted with things, the things are spread out over the area.

The valley was dotted with camp fires.


distinct

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

If two things are distinct, they are clearly different or separate.

Sports psychologists recognized that there were two distinct types of athletes who could become gold-medal winners.

There are aspects of this group's identity that are distinct from other groups from the same area.

They are a separate people with a distinct language, identity and culture.

A distinct impression, advantage, possibility, etc. is one that clearly exists.

I had the distinct impression that he was secretly laughing at me.

The change gives the government a distinct advantage.

With the cold, snow was a distinct possibility.

If something is distinct, it can be clearly seen, heard, or sensed.

As Gillian approached Theo's dressing room, the angry voices became more distinct.


dozen

He ate half a dozen cookies and felt sick.

The family had brought him a dozen roses, to mark the end of his journey.

I've been there dozens of times.


criminally

more criminally (comparative)
Superlativemost criminally

Someone behaving criminally is breaking laws or acting in a criminal manner.


criminals

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


crowd

A crowd is a lot of people in one place together.

The crowd cheered when the team scored another goal.

When there's an accident, a crowd appears.

The crowd were asked to go home.


crowd

crowd (canonical)
crowds (third-person singular)
crowded (past)
crowded (past participle)
crowding (present participle)

If you crowd someone, you push too close to them.

Don't crowd me, please. I can't see the stage.


dare

dare (canonical)
dares (third-person singular)
dared (past)
dared (past participle)
daring (present participle)

If you dare to do something, you have the courage to do it, even if you are afraid.

The President dared to make an unpopular decision.

If you dare someone to do something, you challenge them to do something that is a risk, or even dangerous.

I dare you to climb that tree.


dare

dare (present)
dared (past)
daren't (negative)

If you dare not do something, you are afraid to do it.

I daren't tell my parents what happened. They'll be very cross.

Dare he risk crossing the woods at night?

He dare not enter.

You say How dare someone do something? to show that you are angry about something that someone has done.

How dare you come in here without knocking?


dare

He never says "No" to a dare.


sometimes

Things that happen sometimes only happen at certain times, or on certain occasions, but not every time.

The bus sometimes arrives late, especially if it is raining.

Sometimes the shop has low prices on a Tuesday.

I go swimming sometimes, if I have nothing else to do.


damn

You say damn when you are angry or surprised about something.

Damn! That hurts. Be careful.

Damn! This machine isn't working again.


damn

If something is damn good, damn sure, etc., it is very much that way.

I want to make damn sure he knows about it.

You know damn well I don't drive.

Be careful! You damn near killed me.


damn

You use damn to show that you are angry.

He doesn't know a damn thing about fixing cars.

Don't be such a damn fool.


damn

damn (canonical)
damns (third-person singular)
damned (past)
damned (past participle)
damning (present participle)

You say "damn you" or "damn (something)" to show that you are angry or that you don't care.

He slammed his glass down on the table." I am dying, God damn it, dying!"

You say "I'll be damned" to show that you are surprised.

You mean I was right? Well, I'll be damned!

You say "I'll be damned if something happens" to show that you don't want it to happen or that you don't think it will happen.

If someone is damned, go to hell when they die.

Living that way will damn your soul to Hell.

Demons and monsters were in the army of the damned.


damn

If you don't give a damn, you don't care.

Look, don't tell me about your problems. I don't give a damn.

If something isn't worth a damn, it has no value.


dam

A dam is like a wall used to hold back water. Usually, this is to block a river.

A dam is a barrier like that used to hold back water, such as a dental dam.


dam

dam (canonical)
dams (third-person singular)
dammed (past)
dammed (past participle)
damming (present participle)

If you dam a river you block it with a dam.


complaints

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


content

The contents of a container, such as a bag, a file, a book etc., are the things that are in it.

A couple of green plastic bags had torn open, and the contents had spilled out onto the floor.

Scientists examined the contents of the dead bird's stomach.

The students were generally happy with the course content and the instructor.

More writing could improve students' content knowledge as well as their writing skills.

The fat, water, alcohol, etc. content of something is the amount of that substance in something else.

The red wine had a deep color and high alcohol content.

Content is the feeling of being happy and satisfied.

She could sleep to her heart's content.


content

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

If someone is content, they are happy and satisfied.

She had always been perfectly content to live in the city.

Women with many friends are actually less content with their lives than those with a smaller group of friends.


content

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

If somebody contents themselves with something, they accept it even though they wanted something different.


contents

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


contents

The third-person singular form of content.


contribute

contribute (canonical)
contributes (third-person singular)
contributed (past)
contributed (past participle)
contributing (present participle)

If x contributes to y, x is one of a number of things that together make or cause y.

Unusually warm temperatures may have significantly contributed to the amount of rain we've had.

There are a lot of factors that are contributing to the strong economy.

Staff writer Karlyn Barker contributed to this report.

This information contributes to our understanding of the problem.

Reduced rainfall may have contributed to the decline of the Mayan civilization.

If you contribute something, you make it available to other people.

Everybody contributed $10 to pay for the present.

Are you able to contribute an hour a week to help us out?


spelt

spelled (past)
spelled (past participle)
spell (canonical)
spells (third-person singular)
spelt (past)
spelt (past participle)
spelling (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of spell.


cope

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

If you cope with a problem, you do things so that the problem does not stop you.

She went to a special school and learned the skills needed to cope with her learning differences.

My friends have had a great impact on my ability to cope with this illness.

At work, some people are better at coping with change than other people.

Our phone system can't cope with all the calls we're receiving.


crisis

A crisis is a situation that has become very bad or dangerous and can have bad changes to security, economic, political, social or environmental issues.

The latest change in the hostage crisis came one day after Israel freed 51 prisoners from a jail in south Lebanon.

This will be president's last trip to the Persian Gulf until the crisis has been resolved.

The conditions of these people were extremely difficult and we faced really serious humanitarian crisis.

The US financial system is in crisis.

He has clear ideas about how to solve our energy crisis.

A crisis is a serious emotional problem.

My high school friends thought I was confused, that I was having an identity crisis.

My dad quit his job. I think he's going through a midlife crisis.


fuck off


crisp

crisp (positive)
crisper (comparative)
crispest (superlative)

If something is crisp, it breaks easily and makes a cracking or snapping sound when you break or bite it.

Fry the bacon until it is brown and crisp.

Add the butter and continue cooking another 5 minutes or longer to brown and crisp them even more.

Nothing beats the taste of a crisp, juicy apple picked fresh from the tree.

If cloth or paper is crisp, it is clean or new and often stiff.

The young man stood tall and straight in a crisp white shirt and dark pants.

Fifteen minutes later Wendy crawled between clean crisp sheets, realized that she was very, very tired, and fell instantly asleep.

If the weather is crisp, it is cold and dry, often with a clear sky.

If food tastes crisp, it has a fresh acid flavour.

If a person is crisp, they are professional and quick, but not especially friendly.

If a picture is crisp, it is very clear.

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crisp

I ate a packet of potato crisps yesterday.


crisp

crisp (canonical)
crisps (third-person singular)
crisped (past)
crisped (past participle)
crisping (present participle)


creampie

A creampie is semen coming out of someone's vagina (or anus) after sex.


crisps

The third-person singular form of crisp.


pornography

Pornography is pictures or words that show or describe sex to make people feel excited.


cock

My girlfriend likes to suck my cock .

Cock is a friendly form of address among men, without using in a derogatory or offensive manner.


cock

cock (canonical)
cocks (third-person singular)
cocked (past)
cocked (past participle)
cocking (present participle)

If a gun is cocked, that means it is prepared to fire.

If something is cocked, that means it is turned on its side or sideways.

He cocked his hat in farewell.


porn

porn is a short word, meaning pornography

My girlfriend and I like to watch porn.

Do not let your kids watch porn.


porno

My girlfriend and me want to make a porno in our bedroom.


gangbang

A gangbang is sex involving more than two people.

My girlfriend and I want to invite you to our home for a gangbang.


gangbang

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

If you gangbang, you have sex with a group of people. Usually this means you are one of several men having sex with the same woman.

We gangbanged her all night.

If you gangbang, you do crimes as part of a gang. Most often, this means doing violence (hurting people). Also, it can mean just being part of a criminal gang.

If you keep gangbanging you will die young.


gangbanger

A gangbanger is someone who is part of a gang of young, violent criminals.

The gangbangers shot members of another gang from their car.

A gangbanger is a person who visits a gangbang.

My girlfriend and I invited Brad to our house, because he was a gangbanger, and we are all gangbangers.


strip

A strip is a narrow, long piece of something.

A few strips of paper are used for making a chain.

A strip (or a strip mall) is a road with many shops.


strip

strip (canonical)
strips (third-person singular)
stripped (past)
stripped (past participle)
stripping (present participle)

My girlfriend will strip, and Brad and me will watch and become excited.

If you strip paper from a wall, you remove it.


boner

If you get a boner, then your penis becomes hard.

My girlfriend asked me what it was like to have a boner because she's never had one.

A boner is another word for a stupid person.

I guess I'm the smartest person in the class because I'm the only one who isn't a complete boner.


stroke

A stroke is when blood stops coming into your brain.

I had a stroke after running so hard.

A stroke is an action of hitting something lightly.

A stroke is the person who sets the speed in a rowing crew.

After years of training he was made stroke in the Oxford University crew.

A stroke is something that happens without warning.

She had a stroke of good luck playing cards and won 20 dollars.


stroke

stroke (canonical)
strokes (third-person singular)
stroked (past)
stroked (past participle)
stroking (present participle)

If you stroke something, you touch something with the hand, and move your hand gently up it.

She stroked his hair lovingly.


underpants

Underpants are clothes which you wear under your trousers or skirt.

Brad took off his underpants.


cunnilingus

Cunnilingus is where a woman's vagina is touched by somebody's lips or tongue, for sexual pleasure.

I performed cunnilingus on my girlfriend, and she enjoyed it.


doggy style

Doggy style is a sex position where the female is on the floor, like a dog, and the man is behind her.

Then Brat started to do her in doggy style.


ejaculate

ejaculate (canonical)
ejaculates (third-person singular)
ejaculated (past)
ejaculated (past participle)
ejaculating (present participle)

If you ejaculate, you eject semen from your penis.

Men usually ejaculate during orgasm.

My penis feels weird and icky when I ejaculate.


horny

horny (positive)
hornier (comparative)
horniest (superlative)

Rhinos are horny animals.

You make me rather horny when you take off a lot of your clothes.


vibrator

A vibrator is a machine that vibrates; they are sometimes used for massages or to increase sexual pleasure.

She used her vibrator to try to have an orgasm.


fisting

Fisting is a sex act where the entire hand is placed inside the vagina or anus.

This vibrator wasn't enough, so Brad started fisting her ass.


fisting

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


jerk off

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

Stop jerking off, we have a deadline.


critic

A critic is someone whose job is to judge and report about the quality of something such as books, movies, wine, restaurants, etc.

Every critic in New York was at the theatre for the opening.

Washington Post film critic Hal Hinson has been writing about movies for over 20 years.

A critic is someone who talks or writes about the problems with something.

He is one of the most outspoken critics against the practice.

Many critics argue that schools fail to teach children how to read.


decent

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

If something is decent, it is good enough.

He urged all workers to demand a living wage and decent working conditions.

These British guys are pretty decent actors.

If someone is decent, they are usually honest, kind, and fair.

A decent society does not ignore poor people.

I know the man very well. He is a totally decent, honorable guy.

If someone is decent, they are wearing enough clothes to be seen by other people.

Excuse me, may I come in? Are you decent?


armour

Armour is something you wear to protect your body.

It was a story of a girl who dressed in armour and fought great battles.

Armour may be used to describe the hard protective layer of an animal's body.

A stegosaur's body is protected by its armour.


declare

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

If you declare something, you say it publicly or officially.

She was declared the winner Sunday, with 54 percent of the vote.

He was declared dead in February, seven months after he disappeared.

A storm has caused flooding and a state of emergency has been declared.

Victory there was declared on September 25 even though fighting in the city went on for three more days.

France had declared war on Germany following the invasion of Poland on September 1, 1939.

The Court declared unconstitutional a law requiring students to salute the American flag.

Many suppliers go out of business without formally declaring bankruptcy.

But before political independence was declared, the colonies had become independent in other ways.

If you declare what you own or earn, you officially list those things.


gang-bang


gang bang

A gang bang is when many people rape a person one after another.

My girlfriend and I want to invite you to our home for a gangbang.


decorate

decorate (canonical)
decorates (third-person singular)
decorated (past)
decorated (past participle)
decorating (present participle)

If you decorate something, you make it look nice, usually by putting something pretty on it or painting it.

We're going to decorate our Christmas tree tonight.

The men sat in large uncomfortable wooden chairs decorated with carvings of flowers.

The room was brightly decorated.

If x decorates y, y looks nice because x is on or close to it.

In her room, photos decorated the white walls.

If you decorate someone, you give them a medal for doing something brave or good.

He was decorated by the president for saving several men who had been shot.


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Wiktionary:Extended Basic English alphabetical wordlist


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zookeeper

A zookeeper is someone who works at a zoo and takes care of the animals.

We saw the zookeeper feeding the tiger in the zoo.


yearbook

A book which is written newly every year, with information in it

A book which is written every year about a school, with information and pictures about the students in the school.

Will you sign your name in my yearbook?


signature

When a person writes their own name with a pen, they are writing their signature.

The cheque has to have my signature on it, or the bank won't give you money for it.


signature

A signature item of a place is something that is unique and indicates the identity of it.

My signature dish is herb-crusted lamb.

Gordon Ramsay's signature dish is the Beef Wellington.


Easter

Easter is a Christian celebration, usually in April, of the day when Christians believe that Jesus of Nazareth came back from the dead.

Our church will start Easter Sunday with a sunrise service at 6 a.m.

My sisters and I would wake up early on Easter morning to look for Easter eggs.

He's upset by those who go to church only on Christmas and Easter.


efficient

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

If something is efficient, it can do a lot but uses very little time, energy, money, etc.

He wastes a lot of time talking, and isn't very efficient at work.

Smaller cars are generally more fuel-efficient than big cars.


yawn

yawn (canonical)
yawns (third-person singular)
yawned (past)
yawned (past participle)
yawning (present participle)

When someone yawns, they open their mouth wide and sometimes stretch their arms.

I can see that you're tired, because you keep yawning.


yawn

He did three big yawns, then stood up to go upstairs to bed.


zoology

Zoology is the science of learning about animals.

He likes animals, so he wants to study zoology in university.

/zəʊˈɒlədʒi/


wasted

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

We say that something is wasted if it was not used, but should have been used, and now it can't be used.

We forgot to put the food in the refrigerator to keep it cold, so it was all wasted.

Someone is wasted if they are very thin, as if they didn't eat enough.

She doesn't look healthy. She looks wasted.


wasted

waste (canonical)
wastes (third-person singular)
wasted (past)
wasted (past participle)
wasting (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of waste.


refrigerator

A refrigerator is a machine which keeps food cold.

Put the milk in the refrigerator so it will stay fresh.

/rɪˈfrɪd͡ʒəˌreɪtə/

/rɪˈfrɪd͡ʒəˌreɪɾɚ/


writer

A writer is a person who writes books or other things that people read.

She works as a writer for a magazine.


magazine

A magazine is a publication that is printed regularly (usually weekly or monthly), and is often about a topic like a hobby, sports or news.

I get the magazine Cosmopolitan every month. I really like the articles it has on fashion and love.

This magazine has a lot of advertisements.

A magazine is a small building that an army keeps weapons in.

We don't sleep too close to the magazine because it has things in it that can explode.

A magazine is removable container that feeds ammunition into a gun.


worker

A worker is a person who works, usually for money.

The workers are putting a new roof on the house.


workhouse

A place for poor people to live, but they have to work.

A jail where the prisoners have to work.


woodwork

Woodwork is things made by people out of wood.

Don't throw water at the wall: it will hurt the woodwork.


windpipe

The part of a person's throat that air goes through when they breathe.

I can feel the cold air deep in my windpipe.

There are windpipes to bring the warm air from the furnace to the whole house.


defence

The secretary of defence met with the president at the White House.

Airplanes attacked the Ministry of Defence in Tehran.

Clinton's lawyers will lay out his defence next week.

Police officers can only shoot in self defence or to protect another person's life.

When he was accused, his friends and even some people who have never met him rushed to his defence.

In a court case, the defence is the person who was accused of a crime together with their lawyer.

His defence lawyers say that Honecker did not shoot the gun.

The defence is the players who are supposed to stop the other team from scoring points.

I wasn't very satisfied with the play of our offense, but our defence played great.


governor

A governor is a person who leads a place like a state or territory.

The king appointed a new governor for the province.

The governor agreed to set the prisoner free.

The election for state governor was a close one.


Rhododendron

Rhododendron is a large genus of flowering plants. Most of them display their flowers quite aptly.


Morina

Morina is a genus of the Caprifoliaceae family.


fig

A fig is a tree that grows mainly in the tropics and produces fruit.

A fig is a pear-shaped fruit with many small seeds that comes from a fig tree.


rhesus macaque

The rhesus macaque is a kind of monkey that is native to Africa and Asia.


motor

A machine that changes energy into motion (movement).


motor

motor (canonical)
motors (third-person singular)
motored (past)
motored (past participle)
motoring (present participle)

If you motor, you travel in a motor vehicle.


nasty

nasty (positive)
nastier (comparative)
nastiest (superlative)

I've never camped in the Italian Alps, but the weather must be pretty nasty there.

Her nasty behavior caused much trouble.

This poison is particularly nasty stuff.

Smoking, it's a nasty habit... but I quite enjoy it.


solution

The solution to the math problem 4+3 is 7.

A solution is a liquid that has something dissolved in it.

The student made a solution by mixing salt and water.


past participle

past participle
past participles (plural)

A past participle is a verb form, used mainly with an auxiliary verb expressing tense or voice. In English, it is usually spelled the same as the past tense form.

In the following sentences, the underlined word is a past participle:

Have you seen her?

The used book had a dirty cover.

I have walked on this street many times.

The table is supported by four legs.


butcher

A butcher is a person who slices and sells meat.

I went to the butcher to buy a steak.

A butcher is a person who kills and prepares animals as meat.

The butcher killed the pig and made bacon.

A butcher is a person who kills in a violent way.

Jack the Ripper was a crazy butcher of women.


butcher

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

If you butcher an animal, you kill it and cut it up into meat.

He had to butcher the sheep to get chops for his dinner.


delegate

A delegate is a person authorized to act as representative for one or more other people, especially at a conference or in government.

He's attending the Democratic Convention as a delegate from the great state of Ohio.

A majority of the delegates voted against joining with that group.


delegate

delegate (canonical)
delegates (third-person singular)
delegated (past)
delegated (past participle)
delegating (present participle)

If you delegate a job or the power to do that job, it is yours, but you give it to someone in a lower position.

As more decisions on more complicated matters have to be made, more power has to be delegated to lower-ranking personnel.

/ˈdɛlɪˌɡeɪt/


waterfall

A waterfall is a part of a river where water falls down.

Don't swim too close to the waterfall!

/ˈwɔːtəfɔːl/


waterfall

waterfall (canonical)
waterfalls (third-person singular)
waterfalled (past)
waterfalled (past participle)
waterfalling (present participle)

If something waterfalls, it falls like a waterfall.

/ˈwɔːtəfɔːl/


whisky

Whisky is a drink with alcohol in it. It is made from grain.


diagrams

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


diagrams

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

The third-person singular form of diagram.


delight

Delight is the feeling of being very happy.

There was a real sense of relief when the war ended and great delight that it had stopped.

They laughed with delight because he was their favorite uncle.

To her surprise and delight, she was right.

She took great delight in being able to play the piano again.

A delight is something that makes you feel very happy.

Your children are such a delight.


delight

delight (canonical)
delights (third-person singular)
delighted (past)
delighted (past participle)
delighting (present participle)

If you delight somebody, you make them feel very happy.

We delight in the beauty around us.

The gift delighted her.


pour

pour (canonical)
pours (third-person singular)
poured (past)
poured (past participle)
pouring (present participle)

If you pour something, you let it flow from one place to another.

If something pours, it flows fast from one place to another.

If the rain pours, it is raining hard (a lot of rain is coming down fast).


pour

Now that's a good pour of beer.


hardly

I hardly noticed the pain.

I'm hardly qualified to give you medicine.


hardly

You can use hardly show you disagree a lot and are upset.

Would I do that? Hardly!


term of address

a word or phrase that is used when talking about someone or trying to get someone's attention.

Because he talked a lot, his new term of address was Motor Mouth.

Because he decided to change his name to a picture his term of address was The Artist Formerly Known As Prince.


whitewash

whitewash (canonical)
whitewashes (third-person singular)
whitewashed (past)
whitewashed (past participle)
whitewashing (present participle)

Someone whitewashes something when they try to hide anything that is wrong with it and try to make it look good.

He tried to whitewash the thing that happened last year so that he could be elected President.

Someone whitewashes something when they paint it with a white paint.

She whitewashed the wall.


whitewash

They didn't tell you the whole story. That was just a whitewash.

He covered the fence with whitewash.


zeros

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


demand

Demand for something is how much people want of it.

Right now we have a supply in excess of demand for crude oil, gasoline, and heating oil.

The power companies should begin to prepare for increased demand for electricity.

Several sectors were not able to increase their production levels to satisfy the demand requirements.

Colleges have hired more part-time instructors to meet this increased educational demand.

A demand is what you say must be done or what you say you must have, a strong request.

His demands for new machines were ignored by the company.

The demands on someone or something are the difficult things that are required of them.

I can't deal with all these demands on my time.

The demands on the machines are beyond what they can produce.


demand

demand (canonical)
demands (third-person singular)
demanded (past)
demanded (past participle)
demanding (present participle)

If you demand something, you say strongly that you must receive it or that it must happen.

The Lebanese Foreign Minister demanded an immediate withdrawal of Israeli forces.

People who lost their home are demanding answers about how the fire got out of control.

The problems are real and they demand attention.


well-off

better-off (comparative)
best-off (superlative)
well-off (positive)
more well-off (comparative)
most well-off (superlative)

When you are well-off, you have enough money or other things to be able to live well.

Both parents have worked for many years, so now they're very well-off.


yellowish

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

If something is yellowish it is a color that is like yellow but is not yellow.

The grass is looking yellowish because there has been no rain.

The color was yellowish-green. (Meaning it was more green but a little yellow.)


vegetable

A vegetable a part of a plant that is good for eating. This does not include grain, but does include leaves, stems, and roots. Some fruits are also called vegetables but most are not.

A vegetable is a person who has much damage to the brain and does not wake-up.


vegetables

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


outer

outer (positive)
outermore (comparative)
outermost (superlative)

An outer thing is on the outside or toward the outside.

The outer layer of the coat is water proof, the inner layer keeps you warm.


fruits

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


motherboard

The motherboard is the main part of a computer.

/ˈmʌðɚˌbɔrd/


lexicon

The lexicon of a particular subject is all the words and phrases that are used for it.


telescope

A telescope is a machine that is made up of a tube and lenses that is used to make things that are far away look larger. Often used by astronomers.

Freddy used the telescope to see the mountain fifty miles away.


lens

A lens is a specially shaped piece of glass that is used in cameras or telescopes to bend light.


Hertzsprung-Russell diagram

Hertzsprung-Russell diagram
Hertzsprung-Russell diagrams (plural)

A Hertzsprung–Russell diagram is a graph that organizes stars by color, temperature and brightness.


earthquake

An earthquake is a natural event that causes the ground to shake up and down, and sometimes, may destroy buildings.

The earthquake ripped a crack in the road and destroyed half of the building that I live in.


Richter scale

The Richter scale is a scale to measure how strong an earthquake is.


apparent magnitude

apparent magnitude
apparent magnitudes (plural)

A star's apparent magnitude is how bright it looks from Earth.


parole

Parole is the supervised release of a prisoner before the completion of their sentence.


perpendicular

Perpendicular means "at a ninety degree angle to".


picnic

A picnic is a meal that is eaten outside, usually not at home or at a restaurant.


picnic

picnic (canonical)
picnics (third-person singular)
picnicked (past)
picnicked (past participle)
picnicking (present participle)


Planck's constant

Planck's constant is a measure of the size of a quantum, or the smallest 'piece' of energy that exists. It has a value h≈6.626×10⁻³⁴J·s


popularity

Popularity is the quality of being either well-liked or common.

Brad Pitt's popularity as an actor has never been higher.


power cord

A power cord or mains cable is a cord or cable that connects an electrical appliance to an electrical power source for the time that it is plugged into an outlet.


prequel

A prequel is a story, book, or movie that comes or takes place before another one.


pretence

Pretence is the behaviour to make people believe what the pretender is doing.


property tax

Property tax is something that a person pays for owning property, which is usually land.


protogalaxy

A protogalaxy is gas and dust in outer space that will change into a galaxy.


nomination

Nomination The process of suggesting a candidate for either election to an office, or of a political party selecting its candidate for presidency.

Senator Barry Goldwater won the Republican Party's nomination for President of the United States of America in 1964 after competing with and defeating Governor Nelson Rockefeller of New York for it.

/ˌnɑmɪˈneɪʃən/

/ˌnɒmɪˈneɪʃən/


wrist

Someone's wrist is a part of their body where the arm joins the hand.

You can move your hand up and down while keeping your arm in one place by bending your wrist.


wedge

A wedge is something in the shape of a triangle that someone pushes under a door or into a crack.

You can break a log into two pieces by knocking a wedge into it with a hammer.


wedge

wedge (canonical)
wedges (third-person singular)
wedged (past)
wedged (past participle)
wedging (present participle)

If you wedge something, you force it into a narrow gap.

He had wedged the package between the wall and the back of the sofa.

I wedged into the alcove and listened carefully.


lesson

A lesson is a time when something is taught.

The Math lesson starts at 5:12.


tire

A tire is the outer part of a car wheel. It is usually made of rubber

The front tire on my bike needs changing.


tire

tire (canonical)
tires (third-person singular)
tired (past)
tired (past participle)
tiring (present participle)

Running makes me tire.


pit

Don't fall in the pit!

A pit is a large seed such as that in a peach.

The peach pit is hard. Don't bite it.


pit

pit (canonical)
pits (third-person singular)
pitted (past)
pitted (past participle)
pitting (present participle)

If something is pitted, it is marked with little hollows.

The metal is pitted due to the exposure to acid rain.

If you pit something, you remove the seed from a fruit.

Please pit the cherries before giving it to the children.


beef

We're having ground beef for dinner.

A beef is a complaint: something that bothers someone, or that someone keeps getting a little angry about.

One of my biggest beefs about this place is that you can't get a drink of water here.


calendar

A calendar is a system of measuring time.

The Chinese new year is different from the western new year because the Chinese use a lunar calendar.

A calendar is list of all the days with their dates, usually for one full year.

Write his birthday on the calendar hanging on the wall.


chorus

A chorus is a musical group, usually in four parts.

He is in the school chorus.

A chorus is the part of a song that is repeated.

I don't know many of the words, but I can sing the chorus.


visa

A visa is a document that gives you permission to enter a country.

His visa expired today.


viewpoint

Your viewpoint is your idea of what the world is like.

Jimmy's viewpoint of the war was that is was wrong.


wreck

A wreck is what is left of something that has been seriously damaged.

The wreck of the Titanic was found on the bottom of the sea.


wreck

wreck (canonical)
wrecks (third-person singular)
wrecked (past)
wrecked (past participle)
wrecking (present participle)

If you wreck something, you harm it beyond repair.


wholesale

Wholesale is the sale of a large amount of an item to other businesses.


well-being

Your well-being is your state of happiness and health.

He was in a state of well-being.


kennel

On hot days the dog goes into the kennel to get out of the sun.

A kennel is a place where pets are kept when their owners are away.

The kennel at the hotel was open from 9 to 5 so guests could keep their pets safe.


kennel

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

If you kennel something, you keep a pet in a kennel.

We have to kennel our two dogs whenever we go on vacation.


kilo-

Kilo means one thousand, and is used in metric measurements to show that it's 1000 times the base unit.

A kilogram means 1000 grams.

A kilometer is 1000 meters.


keeper

A keeper is someone who keeps something.

He is the keeper of the keys.


quantity

A quantity is the number or amount of something.

The quantity of the candies in the tin has dropped to 17.


quotient

A quotient is the result you get when you divide one number by another.

A quotient of 2 is given when you divide 6 by 3.


victim

The family of the murder victim cried.


victory

A victory is the act or result of winning.

The Korean War had no clear victory.


greets

greet (canonical)
greets (third-person singular)
greeted (past)
greeted (past participle)
greeting (present participle)

The third-person singular form of greet.


jug

A jug is a large container for liquids, usually with a wide mouth.

The jug is full of milk.


jury

A jury is a group of people who decide a court case's result.

The jury says the person is not guilty.


jam

Jam is a sweet spread for bread made by boiling fruit.

I want blueberry jam on my toast.

I'm in a jam right now. Can you help me out?

I'll be late to work today because of that traffic jam.


jam

jam (canonical)
jams (third-person singular)
jammed (past)
jammed (past participle)
jamming (present participle)

If you jam something, it means you get it stuck or blocked in a small area; congested.

The stapler that I was using jammed. Can I use that one please?

If you jam your finger or toe, it means it hit it against another object.

If you jam, it means that you play music.

If you jam a signal, it means you block it from broadcasting.


inferno

Nobody escaped the inferno last night.


defense

The secretary of defense met with the president at the White House.

Airplanes attacked the Ministry of Defense in Tehran.

Clinton's lawyers will lay out his defense next week.

Police officers can only shoot in self defense or to protect another person's life.

When he was accused, his friends and even some people who have never met him rushed to his defense.

In a court case, the defense is the person who was accused of a crime together with their lawyer.

His defense lawyers say that Honecker did not shoot the gun.

The defense is the players who are supposed to stop the other team from scoring points.

I wasn't very satisfied with the play of our offense, but our defense played great.


velocity

Something's velocity is how fast it is moving.

The bullet comes out of a gun at a high velocity.

In physics, velocity is how fast something is moving in a particular direction.

The velocity of the car was 10 metres per second to the north-east when it hit the tree.


violin

A violin is a musical instrument played by moving a bow across the strings.

He has played the violin from when he was 6 years old.


jeweler

The jeweler said that the jewel was worth $1000.


joiner

A joiner something that joins two or more things together.

Glue is a good joiner.


jealous

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

To be jealous is to want something someone else has.

I'm jealous of all your free time.

Your new cell phone is making me jealous.


true blue

If you are true blue, you are loyal or steadfast.


jerk

The door opened with a jerk.

He's such a jerk for not holding the door open for his grandma.


jerk

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

He jerked the door open.


meow

He heard a soft meow from behind the sofa.


meow

meow (canonical)
meows (third-person singular)
meowed (past)
meowed (past participle)
meowing (present participle)

If a cat meows, it makes a crying sound.

The cat meowed when it was fed.


navy

He wore a navy shirt.

He was a member of the navy.


handkerchief

A handkerchief is a cloth, usually white, used to clean one's face of sweat, etc.

The gentleman had a handkerchief in his jacket pocket.

/ˈhæŋkɚtʃɪf/


everything

Everything is all that exists, or all things in one area.

If you win, you get everything: the car and all other prizes you won!


sunlight

The sunlight is bright today.


runaway

A runaway is someone who runs away from home.

The little boy tried to become a runaway, but only went to the end of the block before coming home.


tradesman

A tradesman is someone who does a skilled job by hand, such as carpenter or electrician.

We need to hire a tradesman to install the toilet.


manhole

A manhole is a large hole in a street that is used to get to the sewers.

Don't fall in the manhole!


downfall

A downfall is a quick fall from power or riches.

The empire's downfall happened when the emperor was killed with out a prince.


looking-glass

A looking-glass is a fancy name for a mirror

Alice looked into the looking-glass so she could see herself.


post office

A post office is where mail is sent and received from.

He sent his letter from the post office.


lighthouse

A lighthouse is a tower built on the shore to light the way to shore for ships.

The lighthouse is showing the way.


landmark

A landmark is a large object used to know where one is.

Big Ben is a landmark in London.


landslip

A landslip is when dirt and mud fall down a hill or cliff, like a landslide.

Beware very wet hills, because a landslip might happen.


everywhere

I've looked everywhere else, so it must be here.

The park has signs everywhere telling us to stay off the grass.

I broke my nose and blood went everywhere.


postoffice

Postoffice is another way of spelling post office.


evergreen

An evergreen is a tree that stays green all year.

The pine tree is an evergreen.


earthwork

An earthwork is a construction made of earth, especially to protect an area from attack.

The existing walls and buildings were linked together with earthworks.


earring

An earring is a piece of jewelry worn on the ear.

She wore golden earrings.


nursery

A nursery is place where babies are kept.

A nursery is place where young plants are grown before planting (putting in the ground) outdoors.


nurseries

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


restful

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

If something is restful it helps your rest or relax.


tune

A tune is a piece or part of music; a song or melody.

Whistling a happy tune can chase the blues away.

How many tunes can you whistle?


tune

tune (canonical)
tunes (third-person singular)
tuned (past)
tuned (past participle)
tuning (present participle)

If you tune a musical instrument you make it so it will play the right notes.

You tune it by making the strings tighter or looser.

If you tune a radio you set the frequency to get a certain signal.

If you tune-in to a show, you watch it or listen to it.


melody

A melody is the sequence of notes (sounds) that make a piece of music.


melodies

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


update

He gave me an update on the situation in New York

A change from older information to newer information.

I have a couple of updates to install on your laptop


update

update (canonical)
updates (third-person singular)
updated (past)
updated (past participle)
updating (present participle)

If you update something, you add changes to make it newer times or new ideas.


vestigial

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

If something is vestigial, it is left over or almost gone.

A horse has a vestigial toe on the side of its leg.

/vɛˈstɪd͡ʒɪəl/


valve

A valve is part of a tube that lets liquid or gas go through one way but stops it from going through the other way.

There are four valves in the heart that let blood go in one direction but stop it from going in the other direction.

A valve is part of a tube that someone can open or close to let water or other things go through.

Open this valve to let water go through the pipe.


vitamin

A vitamin is something that we need in our food to help us live, that is different from protein, carbohydrates, fat or minerals.

The vitamins are named with the letters A, B, C, D, E and K.

Eat good food with vitamins in it to stay healthy.


knocker

A knocker is something that knocks or is used to knock.

I used the knocker on the door.

Man, she has a hot set of knockers.


breast

A woman's breasts are the two soft round parts on her chest.

She learned that the cancer in her breast had spread to her leg.

Some mothers start to lose their breast milk two or three months after a child is born.

Your breast is the area between your neck and your belly.

A warm feeling spread in his breast as she stepped closer.

Breast is bird meat that comes from the front of the bird

Skinless, boneless chicken breasts have very little flavour when grilled.

A bird's breast is the front of its body below its head.

The Robin is a plump bird with bright orange-red breast.

The breast of a jacket or shirt is the part that goes over your breast.

My father pulled a cigarette from his breast pocket.


breast

breast (canonical)
breasts (third-person singular)
breasted (past)
breasted (past participle)
breasting (present participle)

If you breast a hill, mountain, etc., you come to the top of it.

He breasted the hill and saw the town in front of him.


breasts

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


breasts

The third-person singular form of breast.


democrat

A democrat is someone who supports democracy.

As a democrat, it angered him that there had been no vote.


Democrat

A Democrat is someone who belongs to the Democratic Party, especially the US Democratic Party.

The Democrats took control of the house and the presidency.


endearment

An endearment is something someone says to show love to someone else.

I like it when he says "darling" and "honey" and other words of endearment to me.

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copyright

Copyright is the rights given to a creator to protect their work from other uses.

Star Wars' copyright is held by Lucasfilm.


copyright

copyright (canonical)
copyrights (third-person singular)
copyrighted (past)
copyrighted (past participle)
copyrighting (present participle)

If you copyright something, you register its copyright.

She copyrighted her book.


resided

reside (canonical)
resides (third-person singular)
resided (past)
resided (past participle)
residing (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of reside.

She had resided in India for 20 years.


postmaster

A postmaster is the head of the post office.

Benjamin Franklin was the first postmaster general of the U.S.


residing

She has been residing in India for 20 years.


resides

The third-person singular form of reside.

She resides in India.


ablest

able (positive)
abler (comparative)
ablest (superlative)

The superlative form of able; most able.

He is one of the ablest scientists.


accounts

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

He has many bank accounts.


accounts

account (canonical)
accounts (third-person singular)
accounted (past)
accounted (past participle)
accounting (present participle)

The third-person singular form of account.


acids

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


acts

act (canonical)
acts (third-person singular)
acted (past)
acted (past participle)
acting (present participle)

She acts very well.


acts

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


acted

The past tense and past participle of act.

He acted very well in Othello.


additions

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


agreements

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


advertisements

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

There are many advertisements on the wall.


adjustments

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

Many adjustments were made to the book before it was published.


amusements

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


angled

angle (canonical)
angles (third-person singular)
angled (past)
angled (past participle)
angling (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of angle.


angrier

angry (positive)
angrier (comparative)
angriest (superlative)

The comparative form of angry; more angry.

She was getting angrier with every minute.


angriest

The superlative form of angry; most angry.

He was the angriest in the group.


upright

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

A long or flat thing is upright when it is at a right angle to the ground. That means that one end is exactly above the other end.

There was so much heavy ice on the tree that the whole tree bent down close to the ground, but after the ice melted, the tree went back upright again.

I trust her: she is a perfectly upright person.


animals

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

There are many animals in the forest.


answers

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

There are many answers to some questions.


answers

answer (canonical)
answers (third-person singular)
answered (past)
answered (past participle)
answering (present participle)

The third-person singular form of answer.

He answers questions in class.


answered

The past tense and past participle of answer.

She answered all the questions on her test.


answering

I am answering a question.


apparatuses

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


apples

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

I had apples for lunch.


approvals

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


arches

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

A bridge can have many arches.


arches

arch (canonical)
arches (third-person singular)
arched (past)
arched (past participle)
arching (present participle)

She often arches back to stretch.


arched

The past tense and past participle of arch.

She arched back to stretch.


arching

He is arching back to stretch.


arguments

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


armies

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

There are many armies in the world.


arms

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


arms

arm (canonical)
arms (third-person singular)
armed (past)
armed (past participle)
arming (present participle)


armed

The past tense and past participle of arm.

The shooter was armed with several pistols.


arts

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

The arts the study of languages, literature, philosophy, and the arts.


gunpowder

Gunpowder is a black powder that burns very quickly or explodes.

The army ran out of gunpower.

/ˈɡʌnˌpaʊdə/

/ˈɡʌnˌpaʊdɚ/


attempts

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

She made many attempts to draw a horse.


attempts

attempt (canonical)
attempts (third-person singular)
attempted (past)
attempted (past participle)
attempting (present participle)

The third-person singular form of attempt.

She attempts to draw a horse every day.


attempted

The past tense and past participle of attempt.

She attempted to draw a horse.


attempting

She was attempting to draw a horse.


attractions

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


authorities

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


automatics

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


awakes

awake (canonical)
awakes (third-person singular)
awoke (past)
awoken (past participle)
awaking (present participle)

The third-person singular form of awake.

She awakes in the morning.


awoke

He awoke in the morning.


awoken

She had awoken in the morning.


awaking

She was awaking in the morning but she decided to fall asleep again.


postman

The postman dropped off the mail.


policeman

A policeman is someone who works for the police.

The policeman carried a gun.


babies

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


babies

baby (canonical)
babies (third-person singular)
babied (past)
babied (past participle)
babying (present participle)


firearm

Soldiers used the firearms to shot the other side.


desperate

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

A desperate action is one that is dangerous or likely to fail, but one that you take because you have no choice.

During the fire, some people tried to break through a wall in a desperate attempt to survive.

Doctors are running out of time in their desperate search for a cure.

They took desperate measures to survive, including killing and eating their dog.

A desperate situation is a very bad one.

Trucks have not been able to reach the village for weeks, and the food situation appears desperate.

They are in desperate need of help.

If someone is desperate, they have a very strong want or need for something.

We're desperate for money to help these people.


determine

determine (canonical)
determines (third-person singular)
determined (past)
determined (past participle)
determining (present participle)

If A determines the outcome of B, A causes B to occur in a certain way.

If you determine something, you conclude it by analyzing or investigating.

The autopsy will determine her cause of death.


objected

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

The past tense and past participle of object.

He objected to the rule.


postmark

A postmark is a stamp that shows where a letter was sent from.

The postcard had an Orlando postmark on it.


postmark

postmark (canonical)
postmarks (third-person singular)
postmarked (past)
postmarked (past participle)
postmarking (present participle)

If you postmark something, you add a postmark to it.

This letter was postmarked on the 23rd of January.


pincushion

A pincushion is something you stick pins in when you are not using them.

The pincushion was shaped like a hedgehog.

/ˈpɪnˌkʊʃn̩/


pincushion

pincushion (canonical)
pincushions (third-person singular)
pincushioned (past)
pincushioned (past participle)
pincushioning (present participle)

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plaything

A plaything is a toy or something else you play with.

The computer has turned into a plaything.


chemist

A chemist is someone whose job is related to chemistry

He became a chemist at age 30.

A chemist is another name for a pharmacist (a person who gives medicine to make people feel better).

The chemist gave us medicine.


medication

The patient forgot to take his medication.


grayish

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

If something is grayish, then it is moderately gray.


in step

If you are in step, you move with someone at the same speed.

The army walked in step.


in step

Moscow is anxious to stay in step with Washington.


diet

A diet is the food that an animal, person, or group usually eats.

Several studies have suggested that high-fat diets can directly increase the risk of this cancer.

Studies confirm that vegetarian is a healthful and balanced diet.

I exercise, watch my diet and have good genes.

A healthy diet should not exceed 30 percent fat per day.

He was unhealthy thanks to poor diet and heavy smoking.

A diet is a controlled set of foods chosen for health purposes.

Oprah Winfrey wasn't the only celebrity who transformed her body through exercise and diet last year.

He said he lost weight because of his new vegetarian diet.

It's strange to see somebody at a movie buy jumbo popcorn and a huge diet coke.

They demand that you start getting serious about both proper exercise and diet.

She stuck to the strict diet for the first two weeks and her blood pressure came down.

A diet of something is something your experience regularly, usually something negative.

The Daily News has served up a steady diet of local news.

A diet is a council of political leaders.

This week, the Japanese parliament, the Diet, considered but did not act on a resolution apologizing for Pearl Harbor.


diet

diet (canonical)
diets (third-person singular)
dieted (past)
dieted (past participle)
dieting (present participle)

If you diet, you limit the food you eat to lose weight.

Weight lost by dieting alone almost never stays off.


impatient

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


backs

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


backs

back (canonical)
backs (third-person singular)
backed (past)
backed (past participle)
backing (present participle)


backed

The past tense and past participle of back.


chemists

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


entities

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


inland

To be inland is to be away from the ocean.

The town was built near an inland sea.


inland

If something is or moves inland it moves away from the ocean towards the middle of the land.

A terrible storm moved inland off the Pacific Ocean.


undo

undo (canonical)
undoes (third-person singular)
undid (past)
undone (past participle)
undoing (present participle)

We can undo the damage to the system.

Could you undo my buckle for me?

If you undo something in a computer program, you reverse a change done in the file.

I had to undo all of the bad edits that my naughty little brother made.


undo

An undo is a function in a computer program that can reverse a change done to a file.

This program can do up to 20 undoes.


inlet

An inlet is a body water that is has land on all but one side, like a bay or a cove.

We went fishing in the inlet.


inasmuch as

You use inasmuch as to show the reason for something.

Inasmuch as I already know you, I shall call you Jim, not James.

You use inasmuch as to show that something is only as true as something else.

Inasmuch as people still read books, books are still important.


anybody

Any one person out of a number of people.

I don't care who comes. Anybody will do.

Hello! Is there anybody inside?


undergrowth

Undergrowth is smaller plants growing in a forest: bushes, which are smaller than the trees and which grow under the trees.

She couldn't walk very fast in this forest, because she had to push through the undergrowth.


lands

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


lands

land (canonical)
lands (third-person singular)
landed (past)
landed (past participle)
landing (present participle)


waters

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


waters

water (canonical)
waters (third-person singular)
watered (past)
watered (past participle)
watering (present participle)

The third-person singular form of water.


cyclone

A storm with air going around in a circle in the same direction as the Earth. If it's big, it might be called a hurricane or typhoon.

A cyclone blew part of the roof off the house.


cyclones

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


hurricane

A hurricane is a type of tropical cyclone, which is a storm system that has a low pressure center, many thunderstorms, and strong winds.

The hurricane was very dangerous when it hit land.

Hurricanes sometimes come to places like Florida, and they can break trees and houses.


hurricanes

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


thunderstorm

A thunderstorm is a type of weather with rain, wind, lightning and thunder.

Don't stand under a tree in a thunderstorm, because lightning might hit you.


thunderstorms

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


tornado

A strong wind that moves in a circle with a cloud shaped like a funnel.

A tornado destroyed our house.


tornadoes

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


typhoon

A typhoon is a kind of storm in the Western Pacific Ocean.


typhoons

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


dig

dig (canonical)
digs (third-person singular)
dug (past)
dug (past participle)
digging (present participle)

If you dig a hole, you make it bigger by removing material, usually using a shovel or your hands.

You will need to dig the hole larger than the roots of the tree you want to plant.

They've been digging for gold for months, but they haven't found a thing.

If you dig somewhere for something, you look there for it.

He dug in his pocket for another ten cents.

After digging through the files, he finally found what he was looking for.

If you dig something, you take it out of the ground, usually using a shovel.

Can you go out to the garden and dig some onions?

If you dig up dirt on someone, you find hidden information that can hurt them.

Before the trial, they dug up a bunch of dirt on her.

If you dig a hole for yourself, you make your own problems.

Mr. Bush has dug himself a hole that he can't get out of.

I really dig your new car.


dig

A dig is a short negative comment about someone.

In a dig at the teacher, he said she's lucky to be right even once in a while.

A dig is a place where people are digging.

There's a dig in the middle of the city where they found some old bones.

Your digs is the room that you rent to live in.


contains

contain (canonical)
contains (third-person singular)
contained (past)
contained (past participle)
containing (present participle)

The third-person singular form of contain.


cards

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


cards

card (canonical)
cards (third-person singular)
carded (past)
carded (past participle)
carding (present participle)


policemen

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


caretaker

A caretaker is someone who takes care of something.

A child's caretakers are his parents.


carefree

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

If you are carefree, you are not worried about anything.

He had a carefree way of life. He didn't let anything bother him.


caretakers

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


injuries

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


gods

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


approves

approve (canonical)
approves (third-person singular)
approved (past)
approved (past participle)
approving (present participle)

The third-person singular form of approve.


sevens

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


waterfalls

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


waterfalls

waterfall (canonical)
waterfalls (third-person singular)
waterfalled (past)
waterfalled (past participle)
waterfalling (present participle)

The third-person singular form of waterfall.


evenings

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


question marks

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


hours

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


cents

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


disappear

disappear (canonical)
disappears (third-person singular)
disappeared (past)
disappeared (past participle)
disappearing (present participle)

If something disappears, it becomes impossible to see.

For a moment the tiny redness of his cigarette was visible; then he disappeared into the darkness.

She watches her two grandchildren until they disappear from sight.

The boat disappeared beneath the waves.

If something disappears, it doesn't exist anymore.

I can't say that my negative attitude toward life has entirely disappeared.

A lot of management jobs are disappearing forever.

If something has disappeared, you can't find it.

Have you seen my keys? They've disappeared again.


clockwork

If something works like clockwork it works very smoothly and correctly.

The new car worked like clockwork.


tastes

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

The flavors and tastes of this meal blend perfectly together.


tastes

taste (canonical)
tastes (third-person singular)
tasted (past)
tasted (past participle)
tasting (present participle)

The third-person singular form of taste.

This bread tastes kind of dry.

Johnny tastes one new food every day.


tasted

The past tense and past participle of taste.


drums

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


drums

drum (canonical)
drums (third-person singular)
drummed (past)
drummed (past participle)
drumming (present participle)


drummed

The past tense and past participle of drum.


beliefs

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


effects

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


effects

effect (canonical)
effects (third-person singular)
effected (past)
effected (past participle)
effecting (present participle)

The third-person singular form of effect.


clockworks

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


tires

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


tires

tire (canonical)
tires (third-person singular)
tired (past)
tired (past participle)
tiring (present participle)


learns

learn (canonical)
learns (third-person singular)
learned (past)
learned (past participle)
learning (present participle)

The third-person singular form of learn.


reliances

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


concentrations

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


visitors

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


grasses

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


implementations

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


trills

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


commences

commence (canonical)
commences (third-person singular)
commenced (past)
commenced (past participle)
commencing (present participle)

The third-person singular form of commence.


deaths

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


immortals

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


spinoffs

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


atoms

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


fourths

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


marvel

Something that causes wonder; a miracle.

The rain has finally stopped! It's a marvel!

The height of the building is a marvel.


marvel

marveled (past)
marveled (past participle)
marveling (present participle)
marvel (canonical)
marvels (third-person singular)
marvelled (past)
marvelled (past participle)
marvelling (present participle)

If you marvel at something, you look at it with wonder, amazement or admiration.


marvels

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


marvels

The third-person singular form of marvel.


vapors

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


cools

cool (canonical)
cools (third-person singular)
cooled (past)
cooled (past participle)
cooling (present participle)

Blowing on soup cools it down.


dares

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

I bet you can't finish the dares.


dares

dare (canonical)
dares (third-person singular)
dared (past)
dared (past participle)
daring (present participle)

She dares you to finish the job.


shed

A shed is a small building made out of wood that is often used to hold tools.

Let me go put my tools in the shed.


shed

shed (canonical)
sheds (third-person singular)
shed (past)
shed (past participle)
shedding (present participle)

If something sheds its hair, skin, etc., it naturally drops it.

The snake sheds it skin regularly as it grows.

If something sheds its light, tears, etc., it produces them.

Can you help to shed some light on the problem?

The tears she shed ran down her face.

The past tense and past participle of shed.


bags

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


bags

bag (canonical)
bags (third-person singular)
bagged (past)
bagged (past participle)
bagging (present participle)


refers

refer (canonical)
refers (third-person singular)
referred (past)
referred (past participle)
referring (present participle)

The third-person singular form of refer.


bagged

The past tense and past participle of bag.


referred

The past tense and past participle of refer.

She was referred to another doctor.


refrigerators

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

You can buy refrigerators at an appliance store.


chocolates

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

She got a box of chocolates.


cyborgs

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

Cyborgs have not yet taken over Earth.


winging

wing (canonical)
wings (third-person singular)
winged (past)
winged (past participle)
winging (present participle)


histories

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


common sense

Common sense is something that everybody knows and understands.

The ideas of freedom are common sense.

If somebody has common sense, they act sensibly and think clearly.

Billy has common sense—he doesn't walk across the road without looking.


jokes

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

She read the jokes to the class.


jokes

joke (canonical)
jokes (third-person singular)
joked (past)
joked (past participle)
joking (present participle)

Jim would always tell jokes on the ride home.


adults

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

The adults in the room left in a hurry.


fluctuations

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

The stock market goes through many fluctuations.


participles

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

Verbs in English have two participles: present and past.


knees

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

Our knees hit one another.


knees

knee (canonical)
knees (third-person singular)
kneed (past)
kneed (past participle)
kneeing (present participle)

The fighter kneed the other fighter in the stomach.


thirds

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


balances

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


balances

balance (canonical)
balances (third-person singular)
balanced (past)
balanced (past participle)
balancing (present participle)

The third-person singular form of balance.


balanced

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

Even or fair; the same amount on all sides.


balanced

The past tense and past participle of balance.


defends

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

The third-person singular form of defend.

The knight defends the castle.


defended

The past tense and past participle of defend.

The king defended the castle from attack.


defending

She was defending her friend from the bullies.


balls

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

She likes to play with balls.

He got hit in the balls.

He must have a lot of balls to about his boss that way.


bands

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

Many bands played at the concert.


bands

band (canonical)
bands (third-person singular)
banded (past)
banded (past participle)
banding (present participle)


banded

The past tense and past participle of band.


bottled

bottle (canonical)
bottles (third-person singular)
bottled (past)
bottled (past participle)
bottling (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of bottle.


bonded

bond (canonical)
bonds (third-person singular)
bonded (past)
bonded (past participle)
bonding (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of bond.


twin

Twins are two people who were born at the same time from the same mother.

I didn't know he was your twin: he looks just like you so I thought he was you!

When two things are the same, they are twin things.

We have twin beds in our room.


upkeep

Upkeep is the work of taking care of something.

The upkeep of this big house is a lot of work every year.


quiets

quiet (canonical)
quiets (third-person singular)
quieted (past)
quieted (past participle)
quieting (present participle)

The third-person singular form of quiet.

The loud boom quiets the crowd.


quiets

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


crowds

crowd (canonical)
crowds (third-person singular)
crowded (past)
crowded (past participle)
crowding (present participle)

The third-person singular form of crowd.

She crowds around you trying to see.


crowds

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

The crowds parted in front of you to let you through.


interests

interest (canonical)
interests (third-person singular)
interested (past)
interested (past participle)
interesting (present participle)

The third-person singular form of interest.

This article interests me.


interests

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

I have other interests in life. (countable)

He has a lot of interest in cars. (uncountable)


bananas

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

She ate two bananas for lunch.


bananas

He went bananas when his television died.


quieted

The past tense and past participle of quiet.

The show quieted the crowd.


quieting

They were quieting the crowd.


using

use (canonical)
uses (third-person singular)
used (past)
used (past participle)
using (present participle)


sidewalk

A sidewalk is a long piece of ground beside a road for walking on.

It is safer to walk on the sidewalk than on the road.


kiwi

A kiwi is a kind of bird that can't fly.

There is a kiwi looking around over there.

A kiwi is someone from New Zealand (usually Kiwi)

Doesn't that Kiwi play great poker?

We had a kiwi for lunch today.

That will be a kiwi for the bread.


kiwis

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

They were out of kiwis at the store.


soldiers

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

The soldiers died in the war.


pooled

pool (canonical)
pools (third-person singular)
pooled (past)
pooled (past participle)
pooling (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of pool.

They pooled their money together to buy the ticket to the big game.


pooling

The pooling of the money was a waste of time.


bases

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

There are many army bases around the world.


bases

base (canonical)
bases (third-person singular)
based (past)
based (past participle)
basing (present participle)


asteroid

An asteroid is an object that is smaller than a planet that most often orbits a star, but it can sometimes orbit big planets.

The asteroid orbited the star.

The asteroid crossed over Jupiter's orbit.


asteroids

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

Some asteroids caused the craters in the Moon.


baser

base (positive)
baser (comparative)
basest (superlative)

The comparative form of base; more base.


basest

The superlative form of base; most base.


based

The past tense and past participle of base.


blaze

A blaze is a fire that makes a lot of flames and light.

The fire was a big blaze that could not be put out.

A blaze can be a mark that looks like a fire.


blaze

blaze (canonical)
blazes (third-person singular)
blazed (past)
blazed (past participle)
blazing (present participle)

To be on fire or making a lot of flames and light.

The fire blazed out of control.

The ranger blazed a path that the rest of us could follow.


blazes

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


blazes

The third-person singular form of blaze.


blazed

You could tell he was blazed because of the smoke around him.


blazed

The past tense and past participle of blaze.


ugliest

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

The superlative form of ugly; most ugly.


hypotheses

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

I have several hypotheses about why attendance has gone down over the last six months.

/haɪˈpɑːθəˌsiːz/


laptop computers

laptop computer
laptop computers (plural)

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


deductions

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


undertakes

undertake (canonical)
undertakes (third-person singular)
undertook (past)
undertaken (past participle)
undertaking (present participle)

The third-person singular form of undertake.


hermits

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


worms

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


worms

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


prequels

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


sequel

A sequel is a story, book, or movie that comes or takes place after another one.

Which book do you like better, the first one or its sequel?


showoffs

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


currencies

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


pagans

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


wrote

write (canonical)
writes (third-person singular)
wrote (past)
written (past participle)
writing (present participle)

He wrote a letter.


undertaking

The work of an undertaker; the management of funerals.

Any business, work, or project that a person does or tries to do.

The re-organization of the company was a large undertaking.


encourages

encourage (canonical)
encourages (third-person singular)
encouraged (past)
encouraged (past participle)
encouraging (present participle)

The third-person singular form of encourage.


males

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


nostrils

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


captain

A captain is a rank in the army between lieutenant and major.

A captain is a rank in the navy between commander and commodore.

A captain is the person who is in charge of a ship or airplane.

The captain is the last to abandon ship.

The captain said to put on your seat belts because of turbulence.

A captain is the person who makes all of the decisions on a sports' team.

A captain is the leader of a group of workers.


captain

captain (canonical)
captains (third-person singular)
captained (past)
captained (past participle)
captaining (present participle)

To be in command and use that command on a ship, airplane, or sports team.


captains

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


captains

The third-person singular form of captain.


navies

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


cottages

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


registrations

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


vanilla

Vanilla is a plant. The part around the seeds is used for making some foods taste good.

Would you like some vanilla ice cream?


disappoint

disappoint (canonical)
disappoints (third-person singular)
disappointed (past)
disappointed (past participle)
disappointing (present participle)

If something disappoints somebody, it makes them unhappy because it was not as good as they expected.

I'm afraid you really disappointed me. I thought you were more honest.

We thought the party would be good and it didn't disappoint.

If something disappoints somebody, they thought it would happen but it didn't.

I'm sorry to disappoint you, but the meeting has been cancelled.

When the president returned, it disappointed our hopes for change.


expansions

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


wives

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


disappointments

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


cloths

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


disaster

Feed the Children has been involved in disaster relief around the world.

The San Francisco Earthquake was the deadliest natural disaster in U.S.

President Bush declared New Orleans a federal disaster area.

The flight had just left the airport when disaster struck.

A major environmental disaster is the drying up of the Aral Sea.

What can the country and each one of us do to avoid economic disaster?

A spokesman said the plan was a recipe for disaster and should be defeated.

When families get together, there is always the potential for disaster.

We need additional vehicles to assist us in distributing the goods to the victims of disasters.


counties

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


kitchens

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


settles

settle (canonical)
settles (third-person singular)
settled (past)
settled (past participle)
settling (present participle)

The third-person singular form of settle.


settled

The past tense and past participle of settle.


properties

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


medications

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


ampersands

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


captained

The past tense and past participle of captain.


tripe

Tripe is a food that is the entrails (guts) of an animal.

Are you going to order that tripe for dinner?

If something is tripe, then it doesn't have any value.

Don't rent that movie, I have heard it was very tripe.


crabapple

A crabapple is a kind of apple tree with a small and sour fruit.

A crabapple is the fruit that grows on a crabapple tree.

Don't eat that fruit that you got off of that tree! They are crabapples and are very sour!

A crabapple person who isn't pleasant to be around; crabby.

That person over there is such a crabapple.


crabapples

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


krypton

Krypton is a gas element on the periodic table with atomic number 36 and the symbol Kr.

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dune

A dune is a hill of sand that was piled up by the wind.

When you walk through the desert, you walk over many dunes.


reinforces

reinforce (canonical)
reinforces (third-person singular)
reinforced (past)
reinforced (past participle)
reinforcing (present participle)

The third-person singular form of reinforce.

Evidence from recent studies reinforces our understanding of climate change.


dunes

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


reinforced

The past tense and past participle of reinforce.


backslash

A backslash is a kind of punctuation mark that is used as a separator, especially in computer programming.

Enter a backslash (\) to begin typing the next part of the path.


mammals

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


edits

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


edits

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


edited

The past tense and past participle of edit.


backslashes

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


dock

A dock is solid a place for boats and other vehicles to connect to.

The truck backed slowing in to the hotel loading dock with a load of vegetables.

She ran down the wooden dock to the waiting boat.


dock

dock (canonical)
docks (third-person singular)
docked (past)
docked (past participle)
docking (present participle)

If a boat or other vehicle docks, it connects to a dock.

If you dock someone's pay, you don't pay them the full amount as a punishment.

If you dock two computers, you connect them using a wire.


docks

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

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docked

The past tense and past participle of dock.


ornaments

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


ornaments

ornament (canonical)
ornaments (third-person singular)
ornamented (past)
ornamented (past participle)
ornamenting (present participle)

The third-person singular form of ornament.


ornamented

The past tense and past participle of ornament.


quits

quit (canonical)
quits (third-person singular)
quit (past)
quit (past participle)
quitting (present participle)


detectives

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


theories

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


landed

land (canonical)
lands (third-person singular)
landed (past)
landed (past participle)
landing (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of land.


landing

A landing is when an airplane touches the runway; coming to earth.

A landing is a platform in the middle of a staircase.

We've finally reached the landing halfway up the stairs to the top of the Statue of Liberty!

A landing is a place on a shoreline where a boat lands.


landings

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


scissored

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

The past tense and past participle of scissor.


ancients

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


baths

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


baths

bath (canonical)
baths (third-person singular)
bathed (past)
bathed (past participle)
bathing (present participle)


bitched

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

The past tense and past participle of bitch.


fists

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


fists

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


fisted

The past tense and past participle of fist.


basins

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


cheques

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


baskets

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

She carried two baskets.


pounds

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


pounds

pound (canonical)
pounds (third-person singular)
pounded (past)
pounded (past participle)
pounding (present participle)

The third-person singular form of pound.


bathed

bath (canonical)
baths (third-person singular)
bathe (canonical)
bathes (third-person singular)
bathed (past)
bathed (past participle)
bathing (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of bath.

The past tense and past participle of bathe.

He bathed in the morning and in the evening.


pounded

The past tense and past participle of pound.


pounded

He was pounded after drinking a case of beer.


failings

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


fails

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


fails

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


failed

The past tense and past participle of fail.


colleagues

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

The teacher talked to his colleagues.


miles

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

The archer missed the target by miles.


communications

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

Communications is the science of communicating.


cocaines

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


pictured

picture (canonical)
pictures (third-person singular)
pictured (past)
pictured (past participle)
picturing (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of picture.

The missing cat is pictured here on this poster.


picturing

When someone draws something, they are often picturing it in their head.


flows

flow (canonical)
flows (third-person singular)
flowed (past)
flowed (past participle)
flowing (present participle)

The big river flows into the ocean.


flows

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


flowed

The past tense and past participle of flow.

The river flowed down from the mountains.

Tears flowed down Sally's cheeks as her boyfriend left her.


flowing

The stream is flowing down towards the river.


flowing

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

Moving or shaped gracefully or smoothly.

The lady is wearing a flowing dress.


communicating

communicate (canonical)
communicates (third-person singular)
communicated (past)
communicated (past participle)
communicating (present participle)


domicile

A domicile is a house or some other place where someone lives.

In some countries women have no right to maintain their own domicile after marriage.


domicile

domicile (canonical)
domiciles (third-person singular)
domiciled (past)
domiciled (past participle)
domiciling (present participle)

If you domicile a place, you it treat as a permanent home.

The answer depends on in which state he was domiciled at his death.


domiciles

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

Their domiciles were destroyed in the earthquake.


domiciles

The third-person singular form of domicile.


relating

relate (canonical)
relates (third-person singular)
related (past)
related (past participle)
relating (present participle)

My teacher was relating the use of math in the classroom and the use of it outside of the classroom.


citizens

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

The police tried to keep the citizens of the city away from the crime scene.


telegraphs

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

The telegraphs about the peace treaty were just sent.


telegraphs

telegraph (canonical)
telegraphs (third-person singular)
telegraphed (past)
telegraphed (past participle)
telegraphing (present participle)

The third-person singular form of telegraph.


privates

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

The body parts that are not usually shown to other people, such as the genitals.

Being kicked in the privates must have really hurt.


moonbow

A moonbow is a kind of rainbow that is made by the Moon instead of the Sun.

It is the middle of the night. We must hurry if we want to see that moonbow.


moonbows

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


midgets

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


infernos

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


extraterrestrials

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


fuckheads

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


colored

color (canonical)
colors (third-person singular)
colored (past)
colored (past participle)
coloring (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of color.


colored

The wall was colored red, and the floor was colored white.

The singer wore a colored shirt.

Having skin color other than the white, most often black.

In South Africa, many colored people speak Afrikaans, but English is spoken mostly by whites.

In South Africa, a colored person is someone who is of mixed racial or ethnic origin.


thumped

thump (canonical)
thumps (third-person singular)
thumped (past)
thumped (past participle)
thumping (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of thump.


telegraphed

The past tense and past participle of telegraph.


fetch

fetch (canonical)
fetches (third-person singular)
fetched (past)
fetched (past participle)
fetching (present participle)

If you fetch something, or someone, you go away to get it and return with it.

John fetched me a towel from the bathroom.

Can you fetch your mother to the phone, please?

If something fetches a price then it is sold for that amount of money.

That old painting fetched more than I expected at the auction.