collapses

forms:
collapse (canonical)
collapses (third-person singular)
collapsed (past)
collapsed (past participle)
collapsing (present participle)

glosses: The third-person singular form of collapse.

verb

collaps


undoing

forms:
undoing
undoings (plural)

pos: noun

glosses: Somebody's undoing is the thing that causes them major problems, causes them to fail, or causes them to be discovered.

text: He left behind a laptop computer loaded with details that would prove to be his undoing.

ipa: /ʌnˈduːɪŋ/

noun

expansion: [POS TABLE]


undoing

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

pos: verb

verb

undo

undoes

undid

undone

undoing


environments

forms:
environment
environments (plural)

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

noun

environment


interacts

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

glosses: The third-person singular form of interact.

verb

interact


interacts

forms:
interact
interacts (plural)

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


graver

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

pos: adj

glosses: The comparative form of grave; more grave.

adjective

grave

graver

gravest


undoings

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

noun

undoing


lack

forms:
lack
lacks (plural)

glosses: If there is a lack of something, there is not enough of it or it doesn't exist at all.

text: He was frustrated by the lack of progress.

text: There is a lack of clarity about where the money is to come from.

text: He was happy with his life, despite his lack of family.

text: Many parents try to compensate for their lack of time with children by spending money on them.

text: They cite the lack of seat belts for the injuries.

text: There's no lack of beaches in Hawai'i.

text: Her teachers complained about her lack of attention.

text: Food or the lack thereof could be easily used as a weapon.

text: South African art museums are suffering from a lack of official funding.

text: His head ached, mostly due to a lack of food and sleep.

text: Lack of coordination made the 23 separate anti-gang programs ineffective.

text: The purpose of this study is to address the relative lack of empirical research on adults.

ipa: /lak/

ipa: /læk/


lack

forms:
lack (canonical)
lacks (third-person singular)
lacked (past)
lacked (past participle)
lacking (present participle)

glosses: If you lack something, you don't have it, or you don't have enough of it.

text: He lacked the time and expertise to get the job done.

text: Young people lack the necessary knowledge to make good business decisions.

text: These materials lack sufficient strength to be used in building.

text: Some adults lack the basic skills necessary to earn a living.

glosses: If you lack for something, you don't have it, or you don't have enough of it.

text: She had never lacked for anything in her life.


typewriter

forms:
typewriter
typewriters (plural)

glosses: A typewriter is a machine used to type words by pressing keys that put ink onto paper.

ipa: [ˈtaɪpˌraɪtə(r)]


heroes

forms:
hero
heroes (plural)

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

hero

heroes


title: ’d

redirect: 'd

pos: hard-redirect


seventh

forms: seventh (positive)

glosses: The seventh thing is the one that is number seven (7) in order.

text: There are six people in front of me in the queue. I'm the seventh.


seventh

forms:
seventh
sevenths (plural)

glosses: A seventh of something is one of seven equal parts of that thing.

text: Ten is one seventh of seventy.


pan

forms:
pan
pans (plural)

glosses: A pan is a metal container usually with one long handle. It is used for cooking.

glosses: A normally circular container with sloped sides and a large surface area.

ipa: /pæn/


pan

forms:
pan (canonical)
pans (third-person singular)
panned (past)
panned (past participle)
panning (present participle)

glosses: To turn horizontally (especially with a camera).

verb

pan

n


Pan

forms: Pan

pos: name

glosses: A taxonomic genus within the subfamily Homininae - the chimpanzees.

glosses: The Greek god of nature, often shown as half goat and half man playing pipes.


pans

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


submission

forms:
submission
submissions (plural)

glosses: A submission is something that you give to somebody to be checked or accepted.

glosses: Submission is the act of accepting that somebody has power over you.

hyphenation: sub‧mis‧sion


submissions

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

noun

submission


sevenths

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

seventh


incomplete

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

etymology_text: in- + complete

ety-prefix

in

complete

expansion: in- + complete

glosses: If something is incomplete, it is not finished.

text: Sam's homework was incomplete as he had missed out question two.

adj

more: true


title: fire-engine

redirect: fire engine


landlord

forms:
landlord
landlords (plural)

etymology_text: land + lord

compound

land

lord

expansion: land + lord

glosses: A landlord is a person that owns living space and rents it to people (called tenants).

text: For an extra thirty dollars a month the landlord rented him the two upstairs rooms, a toilet in the middle of one, as a one-bedroom apartment.

text: Landlords generally do not live in the same community as their tenants.


lane

forms:
lane
lanes (plural)

glosses: A lane is one part of the road that cars traveling in one direction stay in, usually divided by white or yellow paint from other lanes.

text: Widening traffic lanes from 9.5 to 10 or 11 feet reduces car crashes.

text: In some cities, they have separate bike lanes with their own traffic lights.

text: It's very annoying when slow drivers stay in the fast lane.

text: Drivers are supposed to travel on the highway's three lanes and use the shoulders only for emergencies.

text: Concrete barriers blocked one lane of the street to keep traffic from getting too close to the building.

text: She sped across three lanes of traffic on I-4 almost hitting two other cars.

glosses: A lane is a small country road, also used in the name of many small roads.

text: We walked slowly along quiet back roads and narrow, tree-lined lanes.

text: Sur la Table is located at 77 Maiden Lane, San Francisco.

ipa: /leɪn/


dryers

forms:
dryer
dryers (plural)

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

noun

dryer


photocopiers

forms:
photocopier
photocopiers (plural)

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

photocopier


hypothetical

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

glosses: If something is hypothetical, it is based on a hypothesis or a guess.

ipa: /ˌhaɪpəˈθɛtɪkl/


hypothetical

forms:
hypothetical
hypotheticals (plural)

text: These hypotheticals serve no purpose until we have more information.


leaflet

forms:
leaflet
leaflets (plural)

glosses: A leaflet is piece of paper or a small book, usually given away for free.

text: People were distributing leaflets about the dangers of cell-phone use.

text: Israel continues dropping leaflets warning people in southern neighborhoods of Lebanon to leave.

glosses: A leaflet is a small leaf or a leaf-like part of a leaf.

enpr: lēfʹlĭt

ipa: /ˈliːflɪt/


league

forms:
league
leagues (plural)

glosses: A league is a group of sports teams that play against each other.

text: Rodriguez won the American League most-valuable-player award in 2003 and 2005.

text: The chances of your son making the National Hockey League are close to zero.

text: He spent the summer driving around Texas, watching minor league baseball games.

text: They played in this year's league championship, but lost by six points.

text: They could win and finish as the best team in the best league.

glosses: A league is a group of people who have joined together to promote a similar idea.

text: The League of Conservation Voters is one of the largest and most political environmental groups in the country.

glosses: If you are not in the same league as somebody else, they are much better than or different from you.

text: The Toyota Corolla is not even in the same league as the beautiful new Jaguar.

glosses: If you are out of your league, you're trying something too difficult for you.

glosses: If you are in league with somebody, you are working with them, usually in secret and for a bad reason.

glosses: A league is a distance of 4,828 metres on land or 5,556 metres at sea.

ipa: /liːɡ/


leaflets

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

leaflet


literal

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

glosses: The literal meaning of a word or phrase is the plain meaning: exactly what it says.

text: It is not enough to understand the literal meaning of speech.

text: Many Christians have a view of life that is based on a literal interpretation of the Bible.

text: This mission has been the adventure of a lifetime in a very literal sense; it has taken my whole life.

ipa: /ˈlɪt(ə)rəl/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Mélange a trois-literal.wav


Dutch

forms: Dutch

glosses: The main language of the Netherlands and Flanders (i.e., the northern half of Belgium).

glosses: The Dutch are the people of the Netherlands.

enpr: dŭch

ipa: /dʌtʃ/

sampa: /dVtS/


Dutch

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

glosses: Something that is related to the Netherlands.

glosses: Something that is related to the Dutch people.

glosses: Something that is related to the Dutch language.


lorry

forms:
lorry
lorries (plural)

glosses: A lorry is a large vehicle for carrying goods, materials and equipment.

text: The lorry driver was taking a load of soft drinks to shops when the accident happened.

ipa: /ˈlɒri/

lorry

lorries


ducked

forms:
duck (canonical)
ducks (third-person singular)
ducked (past)
ducked (past participle)
ducking (present participle)

glosses: The past tense and past participle of duck.

ipa: /dʌkt/

verb

duck


ate

forms:
eat (canonical)
eats (third-person singular)
ate (past)
eaten (past participle)
eating (present participle)

ipa: /eɪt/

ipa: /ɛt/

eat

eats

ate

eaten

eating


eaten

ipa: /'iːtən/


ducking

ipa: /ˈdʌkɪŋ/


coined

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

glosses: The past tense and past participle of coin.

coin


eating

ipa: /iːtɪŋ/


winds

forms:
wind
winds (plural)

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

noun

wind


winds

forms:
wind (canonical)
winds (third-person singular)
wound (past)
wound (past participle)
winding (present participle)

winds

wound

wound

winding


winding

ipa: /ˈwaɪndɪŋ/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-winding1.wav


needs

forms:
need
needs (plural)

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

ipa: /niːdz/

ipa: /nidz/

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

need


needs

forms:
need (canonical)
needs (third-person singular)
needed (past)
needed (past participle)
needing (present participle)


needed

glosses: The past tense and past participle of need.

ipa: /ˈniːdɪd/

ipa: /ˈnidɪd/

hyphenation: need‧ed


hangs

forms:
hang (canonical)
hangs (third-person singular)
hung (past)
hung (past participle)
hanging (present participle)

hang

hangs

hung

hung

hanging


hangs

forms:
hang (canonical)
hangs (third-person singular)
hanged (past)
hanged (past participle)
hanging (present participle)


mangos

forms:
mango
mangoes or mangos (plural)

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

mango

mangoes

mangos


beats

forms:
beat
beats (plural)

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

beat


beats

forms:
beat (canonical)
beats (third-person singular)
beat (past)
beaten (past participle)
beating (present participle)

beats

beat

beaten

beating


beaten

ipa: /'bitən/


beating

forms:
beating
beatings (plural)


bitten

forms:
bite (canonical)
bites (third-person singular)
bit (past)
bitten (past participle)
biting (present participle)

ipa: /ˈbɪtən/

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

bite

bites

bit

bitten

biting


biting

ipa: /ˈbaɪtɪŋ/


biting

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

glosses: Something that is biting causes a stinging feeling.

text: a biting wind

glosses: Something that is biting is hurtful or sharp.

text: a biting criticism

text: a biting insect


interprets

forms:
interpret (canonical)
interprets (third-person singular)
interpreted (past)
interpreted (past participle)
interpreting (present participle)

glosses: The third-person singular form of interpret.

verb

interpret


interpreted

glosses: The past tense and past participle of interpret.


lump

forms:
lump
lumps (plural)

glosses: A lump is a small hard part of something smooth, soft, or continuous.

text: She felt the lump in her throat getting bigger and becoming even more painful.

text: Her mother first discovered the lump in her breast a year ago.

text: Add brown sugar and rub well between your fingers, breaking up any lumps of sugar.

text: Last week, she received a lump sum payment of more than $250,000, or one year's salary.

glosses: A lump is a person who is not active or clever.

text: Come on, let's go. Don't be such a lump.

glosses: If you take your lumps, bad things happen to you.

text: He isn't the only member of the organization who has taken his lumps this year.

ipa: /lʌmp/


lump

forms:
lump (canonical)
lumps (third-person singular)
lumped (past)
lumped (past participle)
lumping (present participle)

glosses: To treat different things as the same thing or as part of the same group.

text: People tend to lump turtles and tortoises together, when in fact they are different animals.


accommodates

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

glosses: The third-person singular form of accommodate.

accommodat

e


accommodated

glosses: The past tense and past participle of accommodate.


accommodating

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

ipa: /əˌkɒməˈdeɪtɪŋ/


accommodating

ipa: /əˌkɒməˈdeɪtɪŋ/


accompanies

forms:
accompany (canonical)
accompanies (third-person singular)
accompanied (past)
accompanied (past participle)
accompanying (present participle)

glosses: The third-person singular form of accompany.

accompan

y


accompanied

glosses: The past tense and past participle of accompany.

ipa: /əˈkʌmpənid/

hyphenation: ac‧com‧pa‧nied


accounted

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

glosses: The past tense and past participle of account.

ipa: /əˈkaʊntɪd/

account


achieves

forms:
achieve (canonical)
achieves (third-person singular)
achieved (past)
achieved (past participle)
achieving (present participle)

glosses: The third-person singular form of achieve.

ipa: /əˈtʃiːvz/

achiev


achieved

glosses: The past tense and past participle of achieve.

ipa: /əˈtʃiːvd/


achieving

ipa: /əˈtʃiːvɪŋ/


acknowledges

forms:
acknowledge (canonical)
acknowledges (third-person singular)
acknowledged (past)
acknowledged (past participle)
acknowledging (present participle)

glosses: The third-person singular form of acknowledge.

acknowledg


acknowledged

glosses: The past tense and past participle of acknowledge.


acquires

forms:
acquire (canonical)
acquires (third-person singular)
acquired (past)
acquired (past participle)
acquiring (present participle)

glosses: The third-person singular form of acquire.

hyphenation: ac‧qui‧res

acquir


acquired

glosses: The past tense and past participle of acquire.

ipa: /əˈkwaɪrd/

ipa: /əˈkwaɪəd/

hyphenation: ac‧qui‧red


acquiring

ipa: /əˈkwaɪ(ə)rɪŋ/

hyphenation: ac‧qui‧r‧ing


recognise

forms:
recognise (canonical)
recognises (third-person singular)
recognised (past)
recognised (past participle)
recognising (present participle)

glosses: If you recognise something, you realise what it is.

text: I don't recognise him. Is he a friend of yours?

glosses: If something is recognised, it is accepted.

text: You have to recognise that you can't be right all the time.

text: The government refused to recognise his passport.

text: He's generally recognised as the person who made the first radio.

glosses: If something is recognised, it is given an award.

text: John was recognised for his achievements as a scientist.

ipa: /ˈrɛkəgnaɪz/

hyphenation: re‧cog‧nise

recognis


ma

forms:
ma
mas (plural)

glosses: Some people sometimes refer or address to their mother as ma.

text: Ma was still at work when I got back.

ipa: /mɑː/


mas

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

noun

ma


exponent

forms:
exponent
exponents (plural)

glosses: An exponent is the number of times something is multiplied by itself.

text: "3" is the exponent in x³.

ipa: /ɛkˈspəʊnənt/

enpr: ĕk'spōnənt

ipa: /ˈɛkspoʊnənt/

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

hyphenation: ex‧po‧nent


exponents

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

exponent


madam

forms:
madam
madams (plural)

glosses: Madam is used to call or talk to a woman.

text: Madam C.J. Walker became the nation's first self-made female millionaire.

text: Madam Ambassador, thank you very much for joining us.

text: 15 July 2007, Dear Sir or Madam: This is to inform you that I am still alive.

text: I'm sorry, madam, but you're going to have to leave right now.

glosses: A madam is a woman who is in charge of a brothel.

ipa: /ˈmædəm/

hyphenation: mad‧am


maintain

forms:
maintain (canonical)
maintains (third-person singular)
maintained (past)
maintained (past participle)
maintaining (present participle)

glosses: If you maintain something, you keep it at the same level.

text: Who's more likely to maintain the status quo?

text: UN forces will be used to help maintain stability in the area after the war.

text: It's so important to maintain balance in all areas of your life.

text: Vitamin B12 helps maintain healthy red blood cells in the body.

text: Cook, maintaining a temperature of 350 degrees for 12 minutes.

glosses: If you maintain something, you say or write that it's a fact.

text: Ford maintains the cars are safe.

text: They have all hired lawyers and all three maintain their innocence.

glosses: If you maintain a machine, you keep it working well and fix it when it breaks.

text: There was lots of money to buy the machines, but no money was available to maintain them.

ipa: /meɪnˈteɪn/

hyphenation: main‧tain


madams

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

madam


pets

forms:
pet
pets (plural)

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

pet


pets

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

verb

t


margin

forms:
margin
margins (plural)

glosses: A margin is the space on the sides of a page where there is no writing.

text: If you own the book, write notes in the margin.

glosses: A margin is the difference between what the winner has and what the loser has.

text: The team won every game with an average 24-point victory margin per game.

text: The Board of Education voted by a narrow margin to accept the new standards.

text: Mitt Romney is leading in the latest polls by a slim margin, 29 percent of the vote to John McCain's 26 percent.

glosses: A margin is the difference between what a business pays for something and what it sells it for.

text: The current profit margins on those products run between 55 and 62 percent.

glosses: A margin is extra time, room, money, etc. that you plan for in case something needs more.

text: There's almost no margin for error with the landing the plane.

text: The extra fuel that was carried along gave us a bit of a safety margin.

glosses: A margin of error is the amount that the true value varies from the measured value.

text: The poll had a margin of error of plus or minus 4 percentage points.

text: We produce these pieced to be 2.5 meters long, with an overall error margin of 1.4 millimeters.

glosses: If somebody is on the margin(s), they are not a central member and have little power.

ipa: /ˈmɑːdʒɪn/

ipa: /ˈmɑːrdʒ(ə)n/


petted

glosses: The past tense and past participle of pet.


petting

ipa: /ˈpɛtɪŋ/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-petting.wav


petting

forms:
petting
pettings (plural)

glosses: Petting is the act of kissing, stroking a person in a sexual manner.


toyed

forms:
toy (canonical)
toys (third-person singular)
toyed (past)
toyed (past participle)
toying (present participle)

glosses: The past tense and past participle of toy.

toy


maintains

glosses: The third-person singular form of maintain.

maintain


maintained

glosses: The past tense and past participle of maintain.


troll

forms:
troll
trolls (plural)

glosses: A monster in stories that looks something like a human but a different size, and very ugly, that lives in caves or hills or under bridges.

text: A magic troll lives under the bridge and stops anyone who tries to cross it.

glosses: A person who posts a comment to try to make other people angry and to cause trouble (drama and disruption).

enpr: trōl

ipa: /trəʊl/

enpr: trŏl

ipa: /trɒl/

ipa: /troʊl/


troll

forms:
troll (canonical)
trolls (third-person singular)
trolled (past)
trolled (past participle)
trolling (present participle)

glosses: To disrupt the operation of an online community.


stripe

forms:
stripe
stripes (plural)

glosses: A long, thin part of something which is a different colour from the parts beside it.

text: A zebra has black and white stripes.

ipa: /straɪp/

ipa: /strʌɪp/


stripe

forms:
stripe (canonical)
stripes (third-person singular)
striped (past)
striped (past participle)
striping (present participle)

strip


skeptic

forms:
skeptic
skeptics (plural)

glosses: A skeptic is a person who doesn't believe things before seeing very good reasons to believe them.

text: I'm a skeptic, so I don't believe things just because they're in the newspaper.


meme

forms:
meme
memes (plural)

glosses: A meme is an idea that one person can pass to another person by talking about it or by showing them. It can be a thought, idea, song, dance, a way of doing things, etc.

glosses: A meme is a picture (or video or other thing) with funny words on it, that is sent to many people.

enpr: mēm

ipa: /miːm/


idiots

forms:
idiot
idiots (plural)

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

noun

idiot


pinch

forms:
pinch (canonical)
pinches (third-person singular)
pinched (past)
pinched (past participle)
pinching (present participle)

glosses: To squeeze or press between two things in a painful or uncomfortable way.

ipa: /pɪntʃ/

verb

pinch

es


pinch

forms:
pinch
pinches (plural)

text: The sauce just needs a pinch of oregano and it will be perfect.

text: A true friend will always help you in a pinch.

irrnoun

pinches


mayor

forms:
mayor
mayors (plural)

glosses: A mayor is the government leader of a village, town, or city.

text: Next November, city council and Mayor Arakawa are up for reelection.

text: Former New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani will be speaking at a dinner on Tuesday.

text: After Riordan was elected mayor, he appointed Delgadillo as deputy mayor.

text: Palin took office as mayor in October 1996.

ipa: /ˈmɛə̯/


mere

glosses: You use mere to show how small or unimportant something is or seems to be.

text: A mere 1% increase in pay made little difference.

text: Humans sing to express feelings beyond mere words.

text: Teachers are mere mortals with God-like tasks.

text: The mere existence of oil and gas does not prove this is a good place to drill.

text: The mere presence of a teacher of the student's own-race positively influences student effort.

text: The mere mention of her name makes him angry.

text: The mere fact that medicine is available has led to an more people coming.

text: An artist is someone who creates something new rather than mere copies.

ipa: /mɪə/

ipa: /mɪɚ/


merest

glosses: The superlative form of mere; most mere.


chased

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

glosses: The past tense and past participle of chase.

verb

chas


astronomies

forms:
astronomy
astronomies (plural)

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

noun

astronomy

astronomies


shares

forms:
share (canonical)
shares (third-person singular)
shared (past)
shared (past participle)
sharing (present participle)

glosses: The third-person singular form of share.

ipa: /ʃɛrz/

ipa: /ʃɛəz/

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

verb

shar


shares

forms:
share
shares (plural)

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

noun

share


shared

glosses: The past tense and past participle of share.

ipa: /ˈʃɛə(r)d/

sampa: /S{rd/


sharing

ipa: /ˈʃɛrɪŋ/

ipa: /ˈʃɛərɪŋ/

hyphenation: shar‧ing


passes

forms:
pass (canonical)
passes (third-person singular)
passed (past)
passed (past participle)
passing (present participle)

verb

pass


passes

forms:
pass
passes (plural)

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

noun

passes


perfects

forms:
perfect (canonical)
perfects (third-person singular)
perfected (past)
perfected (past participle)
perfecting (present participle)

glosses: The third-person singular form of perfect.

verb

perfect


perfects

forms:
perfect
perfects (plural)

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


perfected

glosses: The past tense and past participle of perfect.


vents

forms:
vent
vents (plural)

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

noun

vent


vents

forms:
vent (canonical)
vents (third-person singular)
vented (past)
vented (past participle)
venting (present participle)


vented

glosses: The past tense and past participle of vent.


sacrifices

forms:
sacrifice
sacrifices (plural)

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

sacrifice


sacrifices

forms:
sacrifice (canonical)
sacrifices (third-person singular)
sacrificed (past)
sacrificed (past participle)
sacrificing (present participle)

glosses: The third-person singular form of sacrifice.

verb

sacrific


sacrificed

glosses: The past tense and past participle of sacrifice.


weds

forms:
wed (past)
wed (past participle)
wed (canonical)
weds (third-person singular)
wedded (past)
wedded (past participle)
wedding (present participle)

wed

weds

wed

wed

wedding

d


wedded

glosses: The past tense and past participle of wed.

ipa: /'wεdəd/


carded

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

glosses: The past tense and past participle of card.

card


acute angles

forms:
acute angle
acute angles (plural)

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

noun

acute angle


feels

forms:
feel (canonical)
feels (third-person singular)
felt (past)
felt (past participle)
feeling (present participle)

ipa: /fiːlz/

feel

feels

felt

felt

feeling


feels

forms:
feel
feels (plural)

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


muscled

forms:
muscle (canonical)
muscles (third-person singular)
muscled (past)
muscled (past participle)
muscling (present participle)

glosses: The past tense and past participle of muscle.

verb

muscl


muscled

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

glosses: A muscled person is someone who has large muscles.


paradigms

forms:
paradigm
paradigms (plural)

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

noun

paradigm


balder

forms:
bald (positive)
balder (comparative)
baldest (superlative)

glosses: The comparative form of bald; more bald.

adjective

bald

balder

baldest


baldest

glosses: The superlative form of bald; most bald.


wined

forms:
wine (canonical)
wines (third-person singular)
wined (past)
wined (past participle)
wining (present participle)

glosses: The past tense and past participle of wine.

enpr: wīnd

ipa: /waɪnd/

sampa: /waInd/

verb

win


matched

forms:
match (canonical)
matches (third-person singular)
matched (past)
matched (past participle)
matching (present participle)

glosses: The past tense and past participle of match.

match


matching

ipa: /ˈmætʃɪŋ/


coolest

forms:
cool (positive)
cooler (comparative)
coolest (superlative)

glosses: The superlative form of cool; most cool.

adjective

cool

cooler

coolest


cooled

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

glosses: The past tense and past participle of cool.


cooling

ipa: /ˈkuːlɪŋ/

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


fathering

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

verb

father


sexier

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

glosses: The comparative form of sexy; more sexy.

adjective

sexy

sexier

sexiest


sexiest

glosses: The superlative form of sexy; most sexy.


conjugates

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

glosses: The third-person singular form of conjugate.

verb

conjugat


conjugates

forms:
conjugate
conjugates (plural)

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

noun

conjugate


conjugated

glosses: The past tense and past participle of conjugate.


misdemeanors

forms:
misdemeanor
misdemeanors (plural)

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

misdemeanor


hedges

forms:
hedge
hedges (plural)

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

ipa: /ˈhɛd͡ʒɪz/

hedge


hedges

forms:
hedge (canonical)
hedges (third-person singular)
hedged (past)
hedged (past participle)
hedging (present participle)

glosses: The third-person singular form of hedge.

verb

hedg


hedged

glosses: The past tense and past participle of hedge.


creamed

forms:
cream (canonical)
creams (third-person singular)
creamed (past)
creamed (past participle)
creaming (present participle)

glosses: The past tense and past participle of cream.

cream


seconded

forms:
second (canonical)
seconds (third-person singular)
seconded (past)
seconded (past participle)
seconding (present participle)

glosses: The past tense and past participle of second.

second


implies

forms:
imply (canonical)
implies (third-person singular)
implied (past)
implied (past participle)
implying (present participle)

glosses: The third-person singular form of imply.

ipa: /ɪmˈplaɪz/

impl


implied

glosses: The past tense and past participle of imply.

ipa: /ɪmˈplaɪd/


feebler

forms:
feeble (positive)
feebler (comparative)
feeblest (superlative)

glosses: The comparative form of feeble; more feeble.

adjective

feeble

feebler

feeblest


feeblest

glosses: The superlative form of feeble; most feeble.


completes

forms:
complete (canonical)
completes (third-person singular)
completed (past)
completed (past participle)
completing (present participle)

glosses: The third-person singular form of complete.

verb

complet


completed

glosses: The past tense and past participle of complete.

ipa: /kəmˈpliːtɪd/


lawyered

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

glosses: The past tense and past participle of lawyer.

lawyer


brings

forms:
bring (canonical)
brings (third-person singular)
brought (past)
brought (past participle)
bringing (present participle)

glosses: The third-person singular form of bring.

bring

brings

brought

brought

bringing


bringing

text: I am bringing the key to you.

ipa: /ˈbrɪŋɪŋ/

hyphenation: bring‧ing


deism

forms: deism

glosses: The belief in the existence of God, by or through reason.

glosses: The belief in a God or gods who made the universe, then stopped interacting with it.

ipa: /deɪ'ĭz'əm/

noun

deism


Deism

forms: Deism

glosses: The religious movement that was popular in England, France, and the United States in the 17th and 18th centuries. The movement rejects the supernatural things (like prophecy and miracles) that are common in many religions, along with the holy books that say those supernatural things are real.


plans

forms:
plan
plans (plural)

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

ipa: /plænz/

plan


plans

forms:
plan (canonical)
plans (third-person singular)
planned (past)
planned (past participle)
planning (present participle)

verb

n


planned

glosses: The past tense and past participle of plan.

ipa: /plænd/


planned

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

glosses: If something was planned, it existed or was made through the use of a plan.


planning

ipa: /ˈplænɪŋ/


planning

forms:
planning
plannings (plural)

glosses: Planning is the process of thinking about and deciding on what to do or how to do something.


interacted

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

glosses: The past tense and past participle of interact.

interact


heroines

forms:
heroine
heroines (plural)

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

noun

heroine


parented

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

glosses: The past tense and past participle of parent.

verb

parent


parenting

forms:
parenting
parentings (plural)

glosses: Parenting is the process of raising a child from birth until adulthood.

ipa: /ˈpɛərəntɪŋ/

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


parenting

ipa: /ˈpɛərəntɪŋ/


components

forms:
component
components (plural)

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

noun

component


offers

forms:
offer
offers (plural)

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

offer


offers

forms:
offer (canonical)
offers (third-person singular)
offered (past)
offered (past participle)
offering (present participle)

glosses: The third-person singular form of offer.


offered

glosses: The past tense and past participle of offer.


offering

forms:
offering
offerings (plural)

glosses: Something that has been offered; a sacrifice.

glosses: A contribution given at a religious service.

ipa: /ˈɔfərɪŋ/

ipa: /ˈɒfərɪŋ/

ipa: /ˈɑfərɪŋ/


offerings

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

offering


ceramic

forms:
ceramic
ceramics (plural)

glosses: A hard material that is easily broken; it is made by firing a mineral like clay at a high temperature.

text: Joan made the dish of ceramic.

text: Joe had dozens of ceramics in his apartment.

text: A ceramic vase stood on the table.

ipa: /səˈræmɪk/

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


pisses

forms:
piss (canonical)
pisses (third-person singular)
pissed (past)
pissed (past participle)
pissing (present participle)

verb

piss


pissing

ipa: /ˈpɪsɪŋ/

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


dared

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

glosses: The past tense and past participle of dare.

dar


dared

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

dare

dared

daren't


daring

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

glosses: Adventurous, willing to take on or look for risks.


valves

forms:
valve
valves (plural)

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

noun

valve


displacements

forms:
displacement
displacements (plural)

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

displacement


pleases

forms:
please (canonical)
pleases (third-person singular)
pleased (past)
pleased (past participle)
pleasing (present participle)

glosses: The third-person singular form of please.

verb

pleas


pleased

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

text: I'm so pleased you were able to make it to my show.

ipa: /pliːzd/


pleased

glosses: The past tense and past participle of please.


pleasing

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

glosses: If something is pleasing, it gives pleasure, happiness, enjoyment or gratification.

ipa: /ˈpliːzɪŋ/

ipa: /ˈplizɪŋ/


bidding

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

bid

bids

bid

bid

bidding


twelves

forms:
twelve
twelves (plural)

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

noun

twelve


throws away

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

glosses: The third-person singular form of throw away.

throw away

throws away

threw away

thrown away

throwing away


humiliations

forms:
humiliation
humiliations (plural)

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

text: I have many humiliations.

humiliation


syllables

forms:
syllable
syllables (plural)

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

syllable


follows

forms:
follow (canonical)
follows (third-person singular)
followed (past)
followed (past participle)
following (present participle)

glosses: The third-person singular form of follow.

verb

follow


followed

glosses: The past tense and past participle of follow.


followings

forms:
following
followings (plural)

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

noun

following


shaded

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

glosses: If something is shaded, it is in the shade.

text: The bench is shaded.


shaded

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

glosses: The past tense and past participle of shade.

verb

shad

e


breaks

forms:
break (canonical)
breaks (third-person singular)
broke (past)
broken (past participle)
breaking (present participle)

glosses: The third-person singular form of break.

ipa: /breɪks/

break

breaks

broke

broken

breaking


breaks

forms:
break
breaks (plural)

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


broke

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

text: Sorry, I can't do anything this weekend, I'm broke.

text: I'm not lending you any more money. You're always broke and you never pay me back.

enpr: brōk

ipa: /brəʊk/

ipa: /broʊk/

sampa: /broUk/


breaking

ipa: /ˈbreɪkɪŋ/


behinds

forms:
behind
behinds (plural)

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

noun

behind


title: the bird

redirect: bird


sized

forms:
size (canonical)
sizes (third-person singular)
sized (past)
sized (past participle)
sizing (present participle)

glosses: The past tense and past participle of size.

verb

siz


marries

forms:
marry (canonical)
marries (third-person singular)
married (past)
married (past participle)
marrying (present participle)

glosses: The third-person singular form of marry.

marr

y


marrying

text: Our son is marrying his childhood classmate.

ipa: /ˈmæriɪŋ/

ipa: /ˈmɛriɪŋ/

hyphenation: mar‧ry‧ing


friendlier

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

glosses: The comparative form of friendly; more friendly.

adjective

friendly

friendlier

friendliest


friendliest

glosses: The superlative form of friendly; most friendly.

text: I think Jennifer is the friendliest person I've ever met. She's always smiling and chatting.


friendlies

forms:
friendly
friendlies (plural)

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

noun

friendlies


banked

forms:
bank (canonical)
banks (third-person singular)
banked (past)
banked (past participle)
banking (present participle)

glosses: The past tense and past participle of bank.

verb

bank


banking

forms: banking

glosses: Banking is the job or business of managing a bank.

ipa: /ˈbæŋkɪŋ/

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


panned

forms:
pan (canonical)
pans (third-person singular)
panned (past)
panned (past participle)
panning (present participle)

glosses: The past tense and past participle of pan.

pan


zooms

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

zoom


zoomed

glosses: The past tense and past participle of zoom.


zooming

ipa: /ˈzuːmɪŋ/


bodies

forms:
body
bodies (plural)

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

text: He found the bodies in the shed.

noun

body

bodies


sheds

forms:
shed
sheds (plural)

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

shed


sheds

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

sheds

shed

shed

shedding


sexes

forms:
sex
sexes (plural)

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

sex

sexes


square roots

forms:
square root
square roots (plural)

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

square root


mid

forms: mid (positive)

text: The seat can be connected on the mid or rear position.

text: The idea came from the many war films made in the mid 80's.

text: It was mid April, so the chill was out of the air.

text: "And I'll be..." He stopped mid sentence to look at the strange sight coming down the road.

text: He caught the cat in mid air.

text: The rain was so hard that birds sometimes fell from the sky mid flight.

text: We've seen three to four inches of rain across parts of the Mid Atlantic.

text: This vegetable planted in mid to late summer benefits from warm days.

text: Until the mid-18th century, the primary role of the colleges was to educate priests.

glosses: A mid vowel is produced with the tongue relaxed in the middle of the mouth.


frightening

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

glosses: If something is frightening, it causes fear, it is scary.

text: The ghost ride was so frightening that I screamed the entire time.

ipa: /ˈfraɪtənɪŋ/

hyphenation: fright‧en‧ing


frightening

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

verb

frighten


model

forms:
model
models (plural)

glosses: A model is a something that is made to look or act like something else, usually being smaller or simpler than the original.

text: Mathematical models can greatly help researchers understand the behavior of real systems.

text: The company builds and sells detailed 3-D models of the human body.

text: Scientists have developed a theoretical model of the planet's interior that describes one possibility.

text: A few years ago, the best climate models predicted that there would soon be an ice-free Arctic during the summer.

text: There is a good fit between the four-factor model and the data in this study.

text: His father had been a small man with a kind face and large hands who helped him build model airplanes and rockets.

glosses: A model is an example of something, a goal, or a way to do something.

text: Both men and women who had public athletic role models during childhood were more likely to play sports at a higher level.

text: Each university used a variety of different instructional models.

text: It was a model company, combining high profits, happy workers, and clean, efficient production methods.

glosses: A model is a person who puts on clothes, glasses, jewelery, etc. to show them at shows and in photographs or who poses for paintings or sculptures.

text: High-fashion runway models are typically 5 foot 10 inches or taller.

text: He develops his paintings without models being present in the studio.

glosses: A model is a kind or design of car or other machine.

text: The wireless phone will be installed in future models from GM, Toyota and Honda.

ipa: /ˈmɒdl̩/

ipa: /ˈmɑdl̩/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Nattes à chat-model.wav

hyphenation: mo‧del


model

forms:
modeled (past)
modeled (past participle)
modeling (present participle)
model (canonical)
models (third-person singular)
modelled (past)
modelled (past participle)
modelling (present participle)

glosses: If you model clothes, jewelery, etc., you wear them to show them at shows and in photographs.

glosses: If you model an action, you show how it is done.

text: Parents should model the behavior they want without forcing or controlling the child.

text: All music teachers can model good and poor tone quality.

glosses: If you model x on y, you try to make x like y.

text: There's a youth baseball field modeled after Fenway Park in the old Memorial Stadium.

glosses: If you model something, you make a smaller, simpler copy of it.

text: He's trying to model the human thought process on the computer.

model

l


counts

forms:
count (canonical)
counts (third-person singular)
counted (past)
counted (past participle)
counting (present participle)

glosses: The third-person singular form of count.

count


counts

forms:
count
counts (plural)

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


counted

glosses: The past tense and past participle of count.


frightens

glosses: The third-person singular form of frighten.


galaxies

forms:
galaxy
galaxies (plural)

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

noun

galaxy

galaxies


fats

forms:
fat
fats (plural)

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

text: Even though you need some fats, too much is bad for you.

fat


Chile

forms: Chile

glosses: Chile is a country in South America. Its capital is Santiago.

text: I was born in Chile.

homophones: chile chili chilli chilly


lonelier

forms:
lonely (positive)
lonelier (comparative)
loneliest (superlative)

glosses: The comparative form of lonely; more lonely.

adjective

lonely

lonelier

loneliest


loneliest

glosses: The superlative form of lonely; most lonely.


crybabies

forms:
crybaby
crybabies (plural)

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

noun

crybaby

crybabies


wheelchairs

forms:
wheelchair
wheelchairs (plural)

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

wheelchair


reduces

forms:
reduce (canonical)
reduces (third-person singular)
reduced (past)
reduced (past participle)
reducing (present participle)

glosses: The third-person singular form of reduce.

verb

reduc


mortgage

forms:
mortgage
mortgages (plural)

glosses: A mortgage is a loan for the purpose of paying for a house, apartment, building, etc.

text: For five-year adjustable-rate mortgages, interest rates rose to 5.58 percent.

text: They can't refinance because the mortgage is higher than the real value of their home.

text: Unlike traditional 30-year fixed mortgages, these loans are often adjustable.

text: Credit card, auto loan, and mortgage lenders, along with bankers, are being much more careful about their borrowers.

text: By November she had missed two of the monthly mortgage payments on the three-bedroom home.

hyphenation: mort‧gage


mortgage

forms:
mortgage (canonical)
mortgages (third-person singular)
mortgaged (past)
mortgaged (past participle)
mortgaging (present participle)

glosses: If you mortgage your home, you borrow money and promise to give up your home if you can't pay back the money.

text: Henderson's parents mortgaged their house in Cuthbert to buy a piano for the front parlor.

glosses: If you mortgage your future, you enjoy something now even though it will cause problems in the future.

text: We're mortgaging our children's future instead of investing in it.

mortgag


impulses

forms:
impulse
impulses (plural)

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

text: Impulses can make you do bad things.

noun

impulse


enigma

forms:
enigma
enigmas (plural)

glosses: An enigma is something that is mysterious, puzzling, or cannot be explained.

text: That man is an enigma; I never know what he's going to do next.

glosses: An enigma is a riddle, or a difficult problem.

ipa: /əˈnɪgmə/


hawked

forms:
hawk (canonical)
hawks (third-person singular)
hawked (past)
hawked (past participle)
hawking (present participle)

glosses: The past tense and past participle of hawk.

verb

hawk


enigmas

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

text: Those men are enigmas; I never know what they're going to do next.

noun

enigma


sleazy

forms:
sleazy (positive)
sleazier (comparative)
sleaziest (superlative)

glosses: Something, usually a person, that is dishonest, corrupt, shabby, dirty, and/or vulgar.

text: That man insulted me. He is so sleazy.

text: That quilt has sleazy lining.

adj

sleazy

sleazier

sleaziest


riddle

forms:
riddle
riddles (plural)

glosses: A riddle is something that is puzzling, hard to solve, or difficult to define.

text: That question is quite a riddle.

ipa: /ˈrɪdəl/

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


riddle

forms:
riddle (canonical)
riddles (third-person singular)
riddled (past)
riddled (past participle)
riddling (present participle)

text: The shots from his gun began to riddle the target.

text: Your argument is riddled with errors.

glosses: To solve or answer a riddle or question.

text: Riddle me this...., meaning Answer the following question.

text: You have to riddle the gravel before you lay it on the road.

verb

riddl


riddles

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

text: I like to solve riddles.

noun

riddle


riddles

glosses: The third-person singular form of riddle.


xenophobia

forms:
xenophobia
xenophobias (plural)

etymology_text: xeno + -phobia

ety-suffix

xeno

phobia

expansion: xeno + -phobia

text: That man was afraid of the new member beacuse he had xenophobia.

ipa: /zɛnəˈfəʊbɪə/

hyphenation: xe‧no‧pho‧bia


xenophobias

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

noun

xenophobia


motorway

forms:
motorway
motorways (plural)

text: She pulled in at a motorway service station and decided on lunch.

text: Local councils are responsible for cleaning all roads except motorways.

text: You are driving along the motorway and suddenly your car oil warning light comes on.

ipa: /ˈməʊtəweɪ/

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


decreases

forms:
decrease
decreases (plural)

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

decrease


decreases

forms:
decrease (canonical)
decreases (third-person singular)
decreased (past)
decreased (past participle)
decreasing (present participle)

glosses: The third-person singular form of decrease.

verb

decreas


bicycles

forms:
bicycle
bicycles (plural)

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

noun

bicycle


bicycles

forms:
bicycle (canonical)
bicycles (third-person singular)
bicycled (past)
bicycled (past participle)
bicycling (present participle)

glosses: The third-person singular form of bicycle.

verb

bicycl


decreased

glosses: The past tense and past participle of decrease.


muck

forms:
muck
mucks (plural)

text: The soap sat in a soupy muck in the holder.

text: As they dug in the muck, the men were constantly soaked by the rain.

ipa: /mʌk/

sampa: /mVk/


muck

forms:
muck (canonical)
mucks (third-person singular)
mucked (past)
mucked (past participle)
mucking (present participle)

glosses: If you muck something up, you make a mess of it or you cause problems.

glosses: If you muck around, you play, or you are not serious.

glosses: If you muck out a place where animals like cows or pigs live, you clean out the animals' waste.


enigmatic

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

glosses: Something, or someone, that is an enigma.

glosses: Something, or someone, that is mysterious, puzzling, or cannot be explained.

text: That man is enigmatic; I never know what he's going to do next.

ipa: /ˌɛnɪɡˈmætɪk/

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


dog-ear

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

text: I don't like to lend my books to Lisa because she dog-ears the pages.


dog-ears

glosses: The third-person singular form of dog-ear.

dog-ear


consults

forms:
consult
consults (plural)

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

noun

consult


consults

forms:
consult (canonical)
consults (third-person singular)
consulted (past)
consulted (past participle)
consulting (present participle)

glosses: The third-person singular form of consult.


consulted

glosses: The past tense and past participle of consult.


xenophobe

forms:
xenophobe
xenophobes (plural)

etymology_text: xeno + -phobe

ety-suffix

phobe

expansion: xeno + -phobe

glosses: A xenophobe is someone who has xenophobia.

glosses: A xenophobe is someone who has the fear of strangers or foreigners.

text: That xenophobe was afraid of the new member.

ipa: /ˈzinəfoʊb/

ipa: /ˈzɛnəfəʊb/

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

hyphenation: xe‧no‧phobe


khakis

forms:
khaki
khakis (plural)

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

text: Should I wear my khakis or my jeans with this shirt?

noun

khaki


xenophobes

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

text: Those xenophobes are afraid of the new member.

xenophobe


respects

forms:
respect (canonical)
respects (third-person singular)
respected (past)
respected (past participle)
respecting (present participle)

glosses: The third-person singular form of respect.

verb

respect


respects

forms:
respect
respects (plural)

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


respected

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

glosses: If someone is respected, they have or deserve respect.

text: He is respected by his peers for his outstanding writing abilities.

text: A kind person is generally more respected than a mean person.


respected

glosses: The past tense and past participle of respect.

text: I have always respected Tom's ability to tell the truth no matter how hard it might be.


fearful

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

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

text: I am fearful of monsters.

text: The Chinese have become less fearful than before of the Americans.

ipa: /ˈfɪəfəl/

ipa: /ˈfɪrfəl/

hyphenation: fear‧ful


phobia

forms:
phobia
phobias (plural)

text: I have a phobia of spiders.

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

hyphenation: -pho‧bia


phobias

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

noun

phobia

phobias


-phobia

forms: -phobia

pos: suffix

glosses: If you have a phobia you have a strong fear of something.

text: If you say "She has pyrophobia", you are saying that she has the fear of fire.


multiply

forms:
multiply (canonical)
multiplies (third-person singular)
multiplied (past)
multiplied (past participle)
multiplying (present participle)

glosses: If you multiply x by y, you add x to itself y times.

text: Nine multiplied by eleven is ninety nine (9×11=99).

glosses: If something multiplies, more and more of it exist.

text: Problems have multiplied since the beginning of the week.

glosses: If living things multiply, the have babies, or they make more of themselves.

text: The bugs seem to be multiplying.

enpr: mŭlʹtĭ-plī

ipa: /ˈmʌltɪplaɪ/

sampa: /"mVltIplaI/

verb

multipl


rhythms

forms:
rhythm
rhythms (plural)

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

text: I really enjoy the rhythms in this band's songs.

noun

rhythm


gangbanged

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

text: I regret that we gangbanged her.

verb

gangbang


weddings

forms:
wedding
weddings (plural)

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

text: I like going to weddings because they are such happy occasions.

noun

wedding


multiplies

glosses: The third-person singular form of multiply.


multiplied

glosses: The past tense and past participle of multiply.


naughty

forms:
naughty (positive)
naughtier (comparative)
naughtiest (superlative)

etymology_text: naught + -y

ety-suffix

naught

expansion: naught + -y

glosses: If somebody, especially a child or a pet, is naughty, they are not good.

text: Oh! Go on you naughty boy. Silly thing. Get out.

text: Hannah was described as a bright but naughty child.

text: Parents often tell their children what is naughty behaviour but not what is good behaviour.

glosses: If an adult is naughty, they are a little bit bad, often in a fun or sexual way.

text: He just kept putting wine in my glass. It's quite naughty, isn't it?

text: She walked out of the shower with a towel just covering her naughty bits.

ipa: /ˈnɔːti/

adj

naughty

naughtier

naughtiest


negotiate

forms:
negotiate (canonical)
negotiates (third-person singular)
negotiated (past)
negotiated (past participle)
negotiating (present participle)

glosses: If you negotiate with somebody about something, you each give your own ideas and try to reach an agreement.

text: Owens and his boss are still negotiating.

text: I was still negotiating for the best rate.

text: She repeated her long-held belief that no country can negotiate with terrorists.

text: The US and Canada then negotiated an agreement that was completed in 1987.

text: The city's Peace Officers Association is currently negotiating a new contract with the city.

text: He made it clear that he would not negotiate.

text: I disagree that it is a relatively easy matter to negotiate over hostages.

text: The United States is willing to negotiate or see negotiations proceed with Iran.

text: Carter was known as the president who negotiated peace between Egypt and Israel.

text: The United Automobile Workers union negotiated good pension and health benefits with the American automakers.

text: Ontario has taken a leading role in negotiating lower prices for many drugs.

text: He didn't want to sign a particular contract with no opportunity to negotiate the terms of that contract.

glosses: If you negotiate a difficult area, you successfully move over or through it.

text: Drivers still consider it a challenge to negotiate the long, desolate stretches of road with few services.

text: American Indian students used Indian play to explore, comment on, and negotiate their identities as young Indians.

verb

negotiat

e


neighbour

forms:
neighbour
neighbours (plural)

glosses: A neighbour is someone who lives close to a person's home.

text: My neighbour has an annoying cat.

text: They're our neighbours across the street.

text: My neighbour is very irritable and grumpy at times.

ipa: /'neɪbə/

hyphenation: neigh‧bour


unhappy

forms:
more unhappy (comparative)
most unhappy (superlative)
unhappy (positive)
unhappier (comparative)
unhappiest (superlative)

etymology_text: un- + happy

ety-prefix

un

happy

expansion: un- + happy

glosses: If someone is unhappy, they are angry, sad, or depressed; to be upset.

text: There are many unhappy people in the hospital.

text: That man is unhappy, because he lost the game.

ipa: /ʌnˈhæpi/

hyphenation: un‧hap‧py

adj

unhappy

unhappier

unhappiest


useable

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

glosses: If something is useable, then it can be used.

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

hyphenation: use‧able


dumps

forms:
dump
dumps (plural)

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

ipa: /dʌmps/

noun

dump


dumps

forms:
dump (canonical)
dumps (third-person singular)
dumped (past)
dumped (past participle)
dumping (present participle)


hadiths

forms:
hadith
hadiths (plural)

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

hadith


encounters

forms:
encounter
encounters (plural)

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

encounter


encounters

forms:
encounter (canonical)
encounters (third-person singular)
encountered (past)
encountered (past participle)
encountering (present participle)

glosses: The third-person singular form of encounter.


beings

forms:
being
beings (plural)

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

ipa: /ˈbiːɪŋz/

hyphenation: be‧ing

being


satisfy

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

glosses: If you satisfy something, you fulfill it or meet its needs.

text: Will the results of the investigation satisfy you?

text: I am not satisfied with the level of service of this restaurant. Can I please speak to your manager?

ipa: /ˈsætɪsfaɪ/

sampa: /"s{tIsfaI/

hyphenation: sat‧is‧fy

verb

satisf

y


lifts

forms:
lift
lifts (plural)

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

noun

lift


lifts

forms:
lift (canonical)
lifts (third-person singular)
lifted (past)
lifted (past participle)
lifting (present participle)


moons

forms:
moon
moons (plural)

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

moon


moons

forms:
moon (canonical)
moons (third-person singular)
mooned (past)
mooned (past participle)
mooning (present participle)


unflavored

forms: unflavored (positive)

glosses: If something is unflavored, then it does not have any flavor.


unflavoured

forms: unflavoured (positive)

glosses: If something is unflavoured, then it does not have any flavour.


members

forms:
member
members (plural)

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

member


mental illnesses

forms:
mental illness
mental illnesses (plural)

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

mental illness

mental illnesses


mayors

forms:
mayor
mayors (plural)

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

mayor


preliminaries

forms:
preliminary
preliminaries (plural)

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

preliminary

preliminaries


boycotts

forms:
boycott
boycotts (plural)

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

boycott


boycotts

forms:
boycott (canonical)
boycotts (third-person singular)
boycotted (past)
boycotted (past participle)
boycotting (present participle)

glosses: The third-person singular form of boycott.


workhouses

forms:
workhouse
workhouses (plural)

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

workhouse


neighboring

forms: neighboring (positive)

glosses: American standard spelling of neighbouring


neighbouring

forms: neighbouring (positive)

glosses: If something is neighbouring something, then it is next to it or near it.

text: France is a country that is neighbouring Spain.


objectives

forms:
objective
objectives (plural)

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

objective


restraints

forms:
restraint
restraints (plural)

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

restraint


rooms

forms:
room
rooms (plural)

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

ipa: /ruːmz/

room


rooms

forms:
room (canonical)
rooms (third-person singular)
roomed (past)
roomed (past participle)
rooming (present participle)


crowns

forms:
crown
crowns (plural)

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

crown


crowns

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

glosses: The third-person singular form of crown.


regards

forms:
regard
regards (plural)

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

glosses: Regards are a kind of greeting used to pass on to another person.

glosses: Regards are a way of signing letters or emails.

regard


regards

forms:
regard (canonical)
regards (third-person singular)
regarded (past)
regarded (past participle)
regarding (present participle)

glosses: The third-person singular form of regard.


crowning

ipa: /ˈkraʊnɪŋ/


crowning

forms: crowning (positive)

glosses: If something is crowning, it is at the height of what it can be.

text: That crowning accomplishment was the best you could hope for.


neons

forms:
neon
neons (plural)

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

neon


taxes

forms:
tax
taxes (plural)

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

enpr: tăkʹsĭz

ipa: /ˈtæksɪz/

tax

taxes


taxes

forms:
tax (canonical)
taxes (third-person singular)
taxed (past)
taxed (past participle)
taxing (present participle)

verb

es


provides

forms:
provide (canonical)
provides (third-person singular)
provided (past)
provided (past participle)
providing (present participle)

glosses: The third-person singular form of provide.

ipa: /prəˈvaɪdz/

hyphenation: pro‧vides

provid


energies

forms:
energy
energies (plural)

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

noun

energy

energies


bagels

forms:
bagel
bagels (plural)

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

bagel


sickos

forms:
sicko
sickos or sickoes (plural)

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

sicko

sickos

sickoes


admirers

forms:
admirer
admirers (plural)

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

admirer


humours

forms:
humour
humours (plural)

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

humour


humours

forms:
humour (canonical)
humours (third-person singular)
humoured (past)
humoured (past participle)
humouring (present participle)

glosses: The third-person singular form of humour.


opportunities

forms:
opportunity
opportunities (plural)

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

opportunity

opportunities


chances

forms:
chance
chances (plural)

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

text: The chances of it snowing here in June are pretty small.

chance


chances

forms:
chance (canonical)
chances (third-person singular)
chanced (past)
chanced (past participle)
chancing (present participle)

glosses: The third-person singular form of chance.

verb

chanc


occasionally

pos: adv

etymology_text: occasional + -ly

ety-suffix

occasional

ly

expansion: occasional + -ly

glosses: If something happens occasionally, then it happens sometimes, but not often.

text: I occasionally get nosebleeds when I fly.

text: He's occasionally late, but most of the time he is prompt.

ipa: /əˈkeɪʒənəli/


breaches

forms:
breach
breaches (plural)

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

noun

breach

breaches


breaches

forms:
breach (canonical)
breaches (third-person singular)
breached (past)
breached (past participle)
breaching (present participle)

glosses: The third-person singular form of breach.


ammunitions

forms:
ammunition
ammunitions (plural)

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

ammunition


kiloton

forms:
kiloton
kilotons (plural)

glosses: A kiloton is a unit that is used to determine how strong an explosion caused by a bomb is. The unit is based on how many thousand tons of TNT would be needed to make the same size explosion.

ipa: /ˈkɪləˌtʌn/


kilotons

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

kiloton


adder

forms:
adder
adders (plural)

glosses: An adder is a short, rather massive poisonous snake with long front teeth that poison its victims by biting them.

text: Don't walk in the bush unprotected, you may be bitten by an adder!

glosses: Adder can also stand for any poisonous snake.

text: Certain poisonous snakes in North America are called adders though they are not true adders.

glosses: Someone or something that adds. Usually a part (circuit) of computer chip.

text: The CPU contained extra adders to increase speed.

ipa: /ˈædɚ/


usable

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

glosses: If something is usable, then it can be used.

hyphenation: us‧able


text: Their chances of meeting again are almost nil.

text: She won six games to nil.

ipa: /nɪl/

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


northern

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

etymology_text: north + -ern

ety-suffix

north

ern

expansion: north + -ern

glosses: If something is northern, it is in, from, or about the north.

text: We couldn't go south, so we looked for a more northern route.

text: The birds are found from the Missouri River west to the Rocky Mountains and from southern Canada to northern Mexico.

text: Once the Soviet Union fell, Iran's northern borders became peaceful.

text: Almost every forest in the Northern Hemisphere has been logged.

text: Rock River runs along the northern edge of town.

ipa: /ˈnɔrðɚn/

enpr: nôr′thərn

ipa: /ˈnɔːðən/


unification

forms:
unification
unifications (plural)

glosses: Unification is when things come together or join each other to become one.

text: The unification of East Germany and West Germany happened in 1990.

ipa: /ˌjuːnɪfɪˈkeɪʃn/


unifications

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

noun

unification


dishonest

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

etymology_text: dis- + honest

ety-prefix

dis

honest

expansion: dis- + honest

glosses: If someone or something is dishonest, they lie or keep secrets.

glosses: If someone or something is dishonest, they are not honest.

text: That man is dishonest because he lied about his age.

ipa: /dɪˈsɒnɪst/

ipa: /dɨˈsɑnɪst/

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


mania

forms:
mania
manias (plural)

glosses: Mania is when someone is crazy. Their mind is not working right.

text: Drugs are one way to treat mania.

glosses: Mania is when a person is obsessed with or feels very, very strongly about something.

text: You're spending so much time and energy on this, it isn't normal: it's mania.

ipa: /ˈmeɪniə/

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

hyphenation: ma‧ni‧a


manias

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

noun

mania


swallows

forms:
swallow
swallows (plural)

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

swallow


swallows

forms:
swallow (canonical)
swallows (third-person singular)
swallowed (past)
swallowed (past participle)
swallowing (present participle)

glosses: The third-person singular form of swallow.


antiheroes

forms:
antihero
antiheroes (plural)

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

antihero

antiheroes


forces

forms:
force
forces (plural)

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

force


forces

forms:
force (canonical)
forces (third-person singular)
forced (past)
forced (past participle)
forcing (present participle)

glosses: The third-person singular form of force.

verb

forc


trays

forms:
tray
trays (plural)

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

noun

tray


concepts

forms:
concept
concepts (plural)

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

concept


antiquarian

forms: antiquarian (positive)

glosses: If something is antiquarian, then it has something to do with antiquities or old things, usually books.

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


antiquarian

forms:
antiquarian
antiquarians (plural)

glosses: An antiquarian is a person who buys or sells old books.


nought

forms:
nought
noughts (plural)

text: What's three quarters as a decimal? Nought point seven five, right?

text: There are six noughts in one million.

ipa: /nɔːt/

enpr: nôt

homophones: knot not


darkness

forms:
darkness
darknesses (plural)

etymology_text: dark + -ness

ety-suffix

dark

ness

expansion: dark + -ness

ipa: /ˈdɑːknəs/

ipa: /ˈdɑrknɪs/

hyphenation: dark‧ness

irrnoun

darknesses


antiquarians

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

noun

antiquarian


murders

forms:
murder
murders (plural)

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

murder


murders

forms:
murder (canonical)
murders (third-person singular)
murdered (past)
murdered (past participle)
murdering (present participle)

glosses: The third-person singular form of murder.


whistles

forms:
whistle
whistles (plural)

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

whistle


whistles

forms:
whistle (canonical)
whistles (third-person singular)
whistled (past)
whistled (past participle)
whistling (present participle)

glosses: The third-person singular form of whistle.

verb

whistl

e


contras

forms:
contra
contras (plural)

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

noun

contra


webs

forms:
web
webs (plural)

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

web


webs

forms:
web (canonical)
webs (third-person singular)
webbed (past)
webbed (past participle)
webbing (present participle)

verb

b


thoughts

forms:
thought
thoughts (plural)

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

ipa: /θɔːts/

ipa: /θɔts/

noun

thought


oblige

forms:
oblige (canonical)
obliges (third-person singular)
obliged (past)
obliged (past participle)
obliging (present participle)

glosses: If you are obliged to do something, a law, rule, or situation forces you to do it.

text: She felt obliged to make conversation before leaving.

glosses: If you oblige someone, you do something that they want you to do.

text: We asked three experts they obliged with very clear answers.

glosses: If you tell someone that you'd be obliged if they did something, you're asking them to do it.

glosses: If you say, "much obliged", you are thanking somebody for something.

ipa: /əˈblaɪdʒ/

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

verb

oblig


observe

forms:
observe (canonical)
observes (third-person singular)
observed (past)
observed (past participle)
observing (present participle)

glosses: If you observe something, you see or notice it.

text: No problem behavior was observed among these students.

text: My goal is to record what I observe during one session.

text: A similar pattern was also observed in the posttest data.

glosses: If you observe something, you watch it carefully.

text: The moon is really too bright to observe through a telescope.

text: He spent hours closely observing the weather and making careful notes.

glosses: If you observe something, usually a fact, you say or write it.

text: When we were talking, he also observed that some new problems had come up.

glosses: If you observe a law or agreement, you follow it.

text: Israel agreed to start moving out of West Bank towns if the Palestinians observed a cease-fire.

glosses: If you observe a special day, you do the traditional things that are done on that day, especially in a religion.

text: Some 1 billion people around the world will do something to observe the anniversary of the first Earth Day in 1970.

text: At a tent city on the outskirts of Islamabad in Pakistan, families observed the end of Ramadan by donating gifts to the earthquake survivors.

text: The patient may be asked to observe some taboo, such as not having sex on a particular day.

ipa: /əbˈzɜːv/

enpr: əb-zûrvʹ

ipa: /əbˈzɝv/

hyphenation: ob‧serve

observ


blasphemy

forms:
blasphemy
blasphemies (plural)

glosses: Not having respect for God or sacred things.

irrnoun

blasphemies


trumpets

forms:
trumpet
trumpets (plural)

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

noun

trumpet


trumpets

forms:
trumpet (canonical)
trumpets (third-person singular)
trumpeted (past)
trumpeted (past participle)
trumpeting (present participle)

glosses: The third-person singular form of trumpet.


scales

forms:
scale
scales (plural)

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

ipa: /skeɪlz/

scale


scales

forms:
scale (canonical)
scales (third-person singular)
scaled (past)
scaled (past participle)
scaling (present participle)

glosses: The third-person singular form of scale.

verb

scal


pianos

forms:
piano
pianos (plural)

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

noun

piano


geese

forms:
goose
geese (plural)

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

goose

geese


occupy

forms:
occupy (canonical)
occupies (third-person singular)
occupied (past)
occupied (past participle)
occupying (present participle)

glosses: If something occupies a space, it is there, lives there, or belongs there.

text: Her personal apartment has two bedrooms. In New York this is sometimes more space than entire families occupy.

text: He owned a large area of land occupied mostly by shops.

text: I couldn't sit down because this lady was occupying two seats.

glosses: If a country or army occupies another country, it controls it.

text: We have requested the removal of armed forces from territories occupied in the recent war.

text: Today, American forces occupy Iraq and Afghanistan.

glosses: If you occupy a position, you do a job, or have a job title.

text: Women are seeking positions that were formerly occupied by men.

glosses: If your mind is occupied, you are thinking of something and can't concentrate on other things.

text: I like to keep their minds occupied and keep them busy and out of trouble.

glosses: If something occupies you or your time, it keeps you busy.

text: Before, I ate constantly; but now, I find other things to occupy my time.

ipa: /ˈɒkjʊpaɪ/

ipa: /ˈɑkjəpaɪ/

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

hyphenation: oc‧cu‧py

verb

occup

y


boilerplate

forms:
boilerplate
boilerplates (plural)

glosses: Boilerplate is a standard text that can be reused in different pieces of writing without being changed much.

text: You should put this boilerplate on the front of the survey you give, so that people will know why they are filling it out.

text: The paper you are signing is nothing personal, its all just boilerplate.


broiler

forms:
broiler
broilers (plural)

etymology_text: broil + -er

ety-suffix

broil

er

expansion: broil + -er

glosses: A broiler is a chicken that is good for broiling.

ipa: /ˈbrɔɪlə/

ipa: /ˈbrɔɪlɚ/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-broiler.wav


broil

forms:
broil (canonical)
broils (third-person singular)
broiled (past)
broiled (past participle)
broiling (present participle)

glosses: If you broil something you cook it with strong, direct heat.

glosses: If something broils, it is cooked by strong, direct heat.

ipa: /brɔɪl/

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


mandolin

forms:
mandolin
mandolins (plural)

glosses: A mandolin is a small musical instrument with eight strings; there are four sets of two strings.

glosses: A mandolin is a kitchen tool used for slicing vegetables (usually spelled mandoline)

ipa: /ˌmandoˈlɪn/


packet

forms:
packet
packets (plural)

glosses: A packet is a small container that goods are sold in.

text: Many seed companies sell mixed packets for summer and winter gardening.

glosses: A packet is a small container sent in the mail.

text: Participants were mailed a packet containing the survey and a cover letter.

glosses: A packet is a unit of information sent between two computers.

ipa: /ˈpakɪt/

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


broilers

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

noun

broiler


packets

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

packet


foots

forms:
foot (canonical)
foots (third-person singular)
footed (past)
footed (past participle)
footing (present participle)

ipa: /fʊts/

verb

foot


footed

glosses: The past tense and past participle of foot.

text: The company footed the bill for the office's Christmas party.

ipa: /ˈfʊtɪd/

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


footed

forms: footed (positive)


footing

forms:
footing
footings (plural)

glosses: A footing is a place for you to stand; a foundation.

text: I almost lost my footing and fell down the hill.

text: As soon as he had obtained a footing at court, the charms of his manner . . . made him a favorite. – Thomas Babington Macaulay.

ipa: /ˈfʊtɪŋ/


footings

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

noun

footing


blog

forms:
blog
blogs (plural)

glosses: A blog is a personal website that is used as an online journal (short for weblog).

text: Check out my blog at blogwebsite.net.

text: I'll be talking about my thoughts on the new action movie in my next blog.

enpr: blŏg

ipa: /blɒɡ/

sampa: /blQg/


blog

forms:
blog (canonical)
blogs (third-person singular)
blogged (past)
blogged (past participle)
blogging (present participle)

glosses: If you blog about something, you write a blog about it.

text: My friend Mary blogs daily, but I only blog once or twice a week.

verb

blog

g


parliament

forms:
parliament
parliaments (plural)

glosses: Parliament is the elected people who work together to make and debate a country's laws.

text: She was elected to parliament and is now the assistant minister for the environment.

text: He was formerly an international relations adviser to the Russian parliament.

text: The Parliament approved the government's proposal for the new classification of illegal drugs.

text: Six members of the Afghan parliament were killed.

text: The party now controls two-thirds of the seats in parliament.

text: A majority of Iraq's parliament supports a U.S. withdrawal.

ipa: /ˈpɑːlɪmənt/


pat

forms:
pat (canonical)
pats (third-person singular)
patted (past)
patted (past participle)
patting (present participle)

glosses: If you pat something, you touch it gently a number of times with your open hand.

text: Rinse the meat with water then pat dry.

text: "You're good people, too, Agnes." He reached over an patted her shoulder. "Don't worry."

text: She held the baby close to her chest and gently patted his back.

text: He patted his pocket, looking for cigarettes.

text: The dog relaxed as he scratched her ears and patted her head.

ipa: /pæt/

pat

t


doubled

forms:
double (canonical)
doubles (third-person singular)
doubled (past)
doubled (past participle)
doubling (present participle)

glosses: The past tense and past participle of double.

doubl


websites

forms:
website
websites (plural)

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

noun

website


web-sites

forms:
web-site
web-sites (plural)

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

web-site


restricts

forms:
restrict (canonical)
restricts (third-person singular)
restricted (past)
restricted (past participle)
restricting (present participle)

glosses: The third-person singular form of restrict.

verb

restrict


restricted

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

glosses: If something is restricted, it is limited.

glosses: If something is restricted, it is available only to certain people.

text: You can't come in here! This is a restricted area!

glosses: One of the levels of the secrecy of an official document.

ipa: /rɪˈstrɪktɪd/

hyphenation: re‧strict‧ed


restricted

glosses: The past tense and past participle of restrict.


reinforcing

forms:
reinforce (canonical)
reinforces (third-person singular)
reinforced (past)
reinforced (past participle)
reinforcing (present participle)

reinforc


railroaded

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

glosses: The past tense and past participle of railroad.

railroad


thankful

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

glosses: If you are thankful for or about something, you want to say "thank you" because of it.

glosses: If you are thankful for or about something, you are grateful or full of appreciation.

text: I am very thankful for your kindness.


patch

forms:
patch
patches (plural)

glosses: A patch is a small area that is a different colour or material from the area around it.

text: He'd come every other Sunday afternoon to mow the little patch of grass in front of the house.

text: He had red patches of skin in different places on his body.

text: We could see blue patches of sky between the trees.

text: Joe's father looked to the dark patch under the tree where Joe stood concealed.

text: Our small patch of forest was different.

glosses: A patch is a piece of material that is sewn on clothes to cover a hole or for decoration.

text: She was wearing a jacket with patches on the elbows.

glosses: A patch is a computer program that fixes another program.

text: Her business has hit a rough patch lately.

glosses: An eye patch is something to cover an eye.

ipa: /pætʃ/

noun

patch

patches


patch

forms:
patch (canonical)
patches (third-person singular)
patched (past)
patched (past participle)
patching (present participle)

glosses: If you patch clothing, a tire, etc., you put a piece of material on it to cover a hole.

glosses: If you patch a number of things together, you put them together, but not very well.

text: She was patching together part-time jobs and trying to pay the rent.

text: The current computer system was patched together over a number of years.

text: She patched a hole in the wall where it looked like John's head had hit it.

text: I was hoping the problem would be patched up before I got there.

verb

es


sections

forms:
section
sections (plural)

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

noun

section


sections

forms:
section (canonical)
sections (third-person singular)
sectioned (past)
sectioned (past participle)
sectioning (present participle)

glosses: The third-person singular form of section.


sectioned

glosses: The past tense and past participle of section.


supposes

forms:
suppose (canonical)
supposes (third-person singular)
supposed (past)
supposed (past participle)
supposing (present participle)

glosses: The third-person singular form of suppose.

verb

suppos


supposed to

forms: supposed to

pos: phrase

glosses: If something is supposed to be true or supposed to happen, the rules (human or natural) say it should.

text: Please, don't talk when you're not supposed to.

text: Everyone looked at Cee Cee, making it clear that she was supposed to talk first.


quotes

forms:
quote (canonical)
quotes (third-person singular)
quoted (past)
quoted (past participle)
quoting (present participle)

glosses: The third-person singular form of quote.

quot


quotes

forms:
quote
quotes (plural)

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

noun

quote


quoted

glosses: The past tense and past participle of quote.


invests

forms:
invest (canonical)
invests (third-person singular)
invested (past)
invested (past participle)
investing (present participle)

glosses: The third-person singular form of invest.

verb

invest


invested

glosses: The past tense and past participle of invest.


telephones

forms:
telephone
telephones (plural)

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

noun

telephone


telephones

forms:
telephone (canonical)
telephones (third-person singular)
telephoned (past)
telephoned (past participle)
telephoning (present participle)

glosses: The third-person singular form of telephone.

verb

telephon


telephoned

glosses: The past tense and past participle of telephone.


cleverer

forms:
clever (positive)
cleverer (comparative)
cleverest (superlative)

glosses: The comparative form of clever; more clever.

adjective

clever

cleverer

cleverest


cleverest

glosses: The superlative form of clever; most clever.


builds

forms:
build (canonical)
builds (third-person singular)
built (past)
built (past participle)
building (present participle)

glosses: The third-person singular form of build.

build

builds

built

built

building


builds

forms:
build
builds (plural)

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


chats

forms:
chat (canonical)
chats (third-person singular)
chatted (past)
chatted (past participle)
chatting (present participle)

verb

chat


chats

forms:
chat
chats (plural)

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


chatted

glosses: The past tense and past participle of chat.


tills

forms:
till (canonical)
tills (third-person singular)
tilled (past)
tilled (past participle)
tilling (present participle)

till


tilled

glosses: The past tense and past participle of till.

ipa: /tɪld/


wedges

forms:
wedge
wedges (plural)

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

noun

wedge


wedges

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

glosses: The third-person singular form of wedge.

verb

wedg


wedged

glosses: The past tense and past participle of wedge.


persuade

forms:
persuade (canonical)
persuades (third-person singular)
persuaded (past)
persuaded (past participle)
persuading (present participle)

glosses: If you persuade somebody to do something, you make them do it, usually by telling them why it's a good thing to do.

text: She tried to persuade her mother to leave Greensburg.

text: He hoped she could be persuaded to join him as he travelled through France and Germany.

glosses: If you persuade somebody of something, you make them believe that it's true.

text: I was able to persuade my parents that I needed a new cell phone.

text: We tried to persuade him of the danger of staying.

ipa: /pəˈsweɪd/

ipa: /pɚˈsweɪd/

persuad


disagreement

forms:
disagreement
disagreements (plural)

etymology_text: disagree + -ment or dis- + agreement

ety-suffix

disagree

ment

expansion: disagree + -ment

ety-prefix

dis

agreement

expansion: dis- + agreement

text: There was a disagreement about what color to paint the bedroom, but they have reached a decision.

glosses: When something does not agree with something else.

text: There is disagreement between the brother and sister about what color the shirt is.

ipa: /dɪsəˈɡriːmənt/


disagreements

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

text: The husband and wife have had many disagreements.

noun

disagreement


fucks

forms:
fuck
fucks (plural)

glosses: (vulgar,highly offensive) The plural form of fuck; more than one (kind of) fuck.

text: Go away, you little fucks.

fuck


fucks

forms:
fuck (canonical)
fucks (third-person singular)
fucked (past)
fucked (past participle)
fucking (present participle)


Russia

forms: Russia

glosses: Russia is a country in Europe and Asia. Its capital is Moscow.

text: I was born in Russia.


Santiago

forms: Santiago

text: The restaurants in Santiago have delicious food.

ipa: /sæntiˈɑːɡəʊ/

ipa: /sɑntiˈɑɡoʊ/

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


restaurants

forms:
restaurant
restaurants (plural)

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

text: I often go to restaurants for lunch.

restaurant


sturdy

forms:
sturdy (positive)
sturdier (comparative)
sturdiest (superlative)

glosses: If something is sturdy, it is solid, strong or firm.

text: It was a sturdy building, able to withstand strong winds and cold weather.

text: The dog was sturdy and could work all day without getting tired.

glosses: If something or someone is sturdy, they are solid in structure or personality.

ipa: /ˈstɜːdi/

ipa: /ˈstɜrdi/

adj

sturdy

sturdier

sturdiest


extracts

forms:
extract
extracts (plural)

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

text: Bakers use chocolate extracts to make muffins.

noun

extract


extracts

forms:
extract (canonical)
extracts (third-person singular)
extracted (past)
extracted (past participle)
extracting (present participle)

glosses: The third-person singular form of extract.


trusts

forms:
trust (canonical)
trusts (third-person singular)
trusted (past)
trusted (past participle)
trusting (present participle)

glosses: The third-person singular form of trust.

verb

trust


trusts

forms:
trust
trusts (plural)

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


mouths

forms:
mouth
mouths (plural)

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

text: I think they all have large mouths.

ipa: /maʊðz/

noun

mouth


mouths

forms:
mouth (canonical)
mouths (third-person singular)
mouthed (past)
mouthed (past participle)
mouthing (present participle)

glosses: The third-person singular form of mouth.


it's

forms: it's

pos: contraction

text: Bring your coat. It's raining.

text: "Where's the book?" "It's on the teacher's desk."

text: "What's that?" "This? It's just a piece of paper."

text: It's been a long time since I've had cake.

ipa: /ɪts/

sampa: /Its/


boilerplates

forms:
boilerplate
boilerplates (plural)

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

boilerplate


panics

forms:
panic
panics (plural)

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

panic


panics

forms:
panic (canonical)
panics (third-person singular)
panicked (past)
panicked (past participle)
panicking (present participle)

glosses: The third-person singular form of panic.

verb

k


panicked

glosses: The past tense and past participle of panic.

text: I panicked when I couldn't find my phone.


seeded

forms:
seed (canonical)
seeds (third-person singular)
seeded (past)
seeded (past participle)
seeding (present participle)

glosses: The past tense and past participle of seed.

text: I seeded the garden yesterday.

seed


seeding

text: I am seeding the garden, so I can't play.

ipa: /ˈsiːdɪŋ/


seeding

forms:
seeding
seedings (plural)

glosses: A numbered position going into a tournament.

text: My college has a high seeding.


seedings

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

text: I know somebody that decides the seedings in tournaments.

noun

seeding


checks

forms:
check (canonical)
checks (third-person singular)
checked (past)
checked (past participle)
checking (present participle)

glosses: The third-person singular form of check.

text: Bobby always checks his test before handing it to the teacher.

ipa: /t͡ʃɛks/

homophones: cheques Czechs

verb

check


checks

forms:
check
checks (plural)

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

text: The town must conduct regular checks on drinking water quality.


weekends

forms:
weekend
weekends (plural)

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

text: Weekends are my favorite time of the week because I don't have to go to work.

noun

weekend


weekends

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

glosses: The third-person singular form of weekend.

text: Leslie weekends at the beach during the summer.


gains

forms:
gain
gains (plural)

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

text: Small gains add up later.

gain


gains

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

text: Felipe gains money by selling newspapers and magazines.


petrol

forms: petrol

text: I don't care whether the car's got a diesel engine or a petrol engine as long as it'll get me from A to B.

text: Drivers are lining up for hours in front of petrol stations.

text: Petrol prices are on the way up again with Shell pushing prices at the pumps to more than £2.34p.

text: Let's hope the car doesn't run out of petrol.

enpr: pĕt'rəl

ipa: /ˈpetrəl/

petrol


explosives

forms:
explosive
explosives (plural)

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

text: Explosives can cause very much injury and damage.

explosive


plants

forms:
plant
plants (plural)

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

text: Jerry performed a test to see how plants grow under different conditions.

ipa: /plɑːnts/

ipa: /plænts/

plant


plants

forms:
plant (canonical)
plants (third-person singular)
planted (past)
planted (past participle)
planting (present participle)

glosses: The third-person singular form of plant.

text: He plants different flowers and vegetables in his garden each year.


planted

glosses: The past tense and past participle of plant.

text: The flowers I planted last month are already blooming.

ipa: /ˈplɑːntɪd/

ipa: /ˈplæntɪd/

ipa: /ˈplæntəd/

hyphenation: plant‧ed


sturdier

forms:
sturdy (positive)
sturdier (comparative)
sturdiest (superlative)

glosses: The comparative form of sturdy; more sturdy.

text: I like the blue shelf better because it's sturdier.

text: Can you put this jersey fabric on a sturdier pole?


thorns

forms:
thorn
thorns (plural)

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

text: Many plants have thorns, so be careful.

thorn


debates

forms:
debate
debates (plural)

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

text: I like having debates with Jimmy.

debate


debates

forms:
debate (canonical)
debates (third-person singular)
debated (past)
debated (past participle)
debating (present participle)

glosses: The third-person singular form of debate.

text: She debates her mom's rules very often.

verb

debat


seasons

forms:
season
seasons (plural)

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

text: My favorite seasons are spring and summer.

noun

season