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19,295 words · meanings, pronunciation and origins · ranked by use

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  • draw upphraseC12 meaningsTo prepare a document or plan carefully.
  • drawbridge/ˈdɹɔːbɹɪd͡ʒ/nounB2+A bridge that lifts to close a castle off.
  • drawer/dɹɔː(ɹ)/nounA2+A sliding box-shaped compartment in a desk or chest.
  • drawing/ˈdɹɔː.ɪŋ/nounA22 meaningsA picture made with lines rather than paint.
  • drawl/dɹɔːl/verbC12 meaningsTo speak slowly with drawn-out vowel sounds.
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Looking tense and tired in the face.
  • dray/dɹeɪ/nounC2A low heavy cart for carrying barrels.
  • dread/dɹɛd/nounB22 meaningsHeavy fear of something bad you know is coming.
  • dreadful/ˈdɹɛd.fl̩/adjectiveB2Extremely bad or unpleasant.
  • dream/ˈdɹiːm/verbA13 meaningsTo see pictures and stories in your head while asleep.
  • dreamer/ˈdɹimɚ/nounB2Somebody whose plans run ahead of what is possible.
  • dreamy/ˈdɹiː.mi/adjectiveB2Lost in thought, or lovely in a hazy way.
  • drear/dɹɪə/adjectiveC2Dismal and gloomy.
  • dreary/ˈdɹɪəɹi/adjectiveC1Dull, grey and joyless.
  • dredge/dɹɛd͡ʒ/verbC1To scoop material up from the bottom of water.
  • dregs/dɹɛɡz/nounC1The sediment at the bottom, or the worst of something.
  • drench/dɹɛnt͡ʃ/verbB2+2 meaningsTo make something completely wet.
  • drenched/dɹɛnt͡ʃt/adjectiveB1+Completely soaked by water.
  • dress/dɹes/nounA12 meaningsA one-piece garment hanging like a skirt below.
  • dress codenounB1The standard of clothing an occasion requires.
  • dress rehearsalnounB2The final practice, done exactly as the real thing.
  • dress upphraseB13 meaningsTo put on smart or formal clothes.
  • dressage/ˈdɹɛs.ɑːʒ/nounC1A test of a horse's precise, trained movements.
  • dressing-downnounC1A severe scolding from someone in authority.
  • dressmaker/ˈdɹɛsˌmeɪkɚ/nounB2Somebody who makes clothes for women.
  • dressmaker's dummynounB2A body-shaped form for fitting garments on.
  • dribble/ˈdɹɪ.bəl/verbB22 meaningsTo move a ball forward with small controlled touches.
  • drier/ˈdɹaɪɚ/adjectiveA2+Containing less moisture.
  • drift/dɹɪft/verbB24 meaningsTo be carried along by a current of water or air.
  • driftwood/ˈdɹɪftwʊd/nounB2+Worn wood washed up on the beach by the sea.
  • drill/dɹɪl/nounA2+3 meaningsA tool that bores holes by spinning a sharp bit.
  • drill bitnounB2The removable cutting piece fitted into a drill.
  • drilling/ˈdɹɪlɪŋ/nounB22 meaningsRepeated practice until a skill becomes automatic.
  • drilyadverbC1In a flat, deadpan way that hides the humour.
  • drink/ˈdɹɪŋk/verbA14 meaningsTo take liquid into the mouth and swallow it.
  • drinkable/ˈdɹɪŋk.ə.bəl/adjectiveB2Safe or pleasant enough to swallow.
  • drinker/ˈdɹɪŋkə(ɹ)/nounB1+2 meaningsSomebody who drinks, especially alcohol.
  • drip/ˈdɹɪp/verbB15 meaningsTo fall in small drops.
  • drive/dɹaɪv/verbA29 meaningsTo control a car or other vehicle and make it move.
  • drive-through/ˈdɹaɪvˌθɹu/nounB1A service where you order and collect without leaving the car.
  • drivel/dɹɪv.əl/nounC12 meaningsNonsense talked at length.
  • driver/ˈdɹaɪ.və/nounA14 meaningsThe person operating a car, bus, lorry, or train.
  • driveway/ˈdɹaɪvˌweɪ/nounB1The short private road from the street to a house.
  • drizzle/ˈdɹɪzəl/nounB13 meaningsVery fine light rain.
  • droll/dɹəʊl/adjectiveC1Amusing in a dry and unusual way.
  • drone/dɹəʊn/nounB1+4 meaningsAn aircraft with nobody on board, flown from the ground.
  • drool/dɹuːl/verbB2To let saliva run out of the mouth.
  • droop/ˈdɹuːp/verbB2+To hang down limply through weakness.
  • drop/dɹɒp/verbA26 meaningsTo let something fall, by accident or on purpose.
  • drop byphraseB2To make a short, casual visit without arranging it.
  • drop in the oceanphraseC1An amount far too small to matter against the need.
  • drop offphraseB12 meaningsTo deliver someone or something on the way somewhere.
  • drop outphraseB2To leave a course, race or activity before completing it.
  • dropdownnounB1A list that unfolds when you click it.
  • droplet/ˈdɹɒplət/nounB2+A very small drop of liquid.
  • dropoutnounB2+A student who left school before finishing.
  • dropped kerbnounC1A lowered edge that lets wheels cross the pavement.
  • droppingsnounB2+The waste an animal leaves.
  • dross/dɹɒs/nounC2Worthless matter left when something is refined.
  • drought/dɹaʊt/nounB22 meaningsA long period with no rain.