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

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  • deflower/diˈflaʊ.ɚ/verbC2To take a woman's virginity, in old use.
  • deform/dɪˈfɔːm/verbB2+To spoil the natural shape of something.
  • defray/dɪˈfɹeɪ/verbC2To pay part or all of a cost.
  • defuse/diːˈfjuːz/verbB2+To make a bomb safe, or to calm a tense situation.
  • defy/dɪˈfaɪ/verbC12 meaningsTo openly refuse to obey a greater power.
  • degrade/dɪˈɡɹeɪd/
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To lower in quality, or to treat with contempt.
  • degreaseverbC1To remove thick fat from a surface.
  • deign/deɪn/verbC2To do something you consider beneath you.
  • deject/dɪˈdʒɛkt/verbC2To lower somebody's spirits.
  • delay/dɪˈleɪ/nounB13 meaningsExtra time spent waiting for something that should already have happened.
  • delegate/ˈdɛlɪɡət/verbC13 meaningsTo give a task, and the authority to carry it out, to someone who works under you.
  • delete/dɪˈliːt/verbB2To remove something written or stored.
  • deliberate/dɪˈlɪb.(ə.)ɹət/adjectiveB23 meaningsDone on purpose, with full intention.
  • delineate/dɪˈlɪniːeɪt/verbC2To describe or mark out the shape of something exactly.
  • deliver/dɪˈlɪv.ə(ɹ)/verbA24 meaningsTo bring goods or letters to somebody.
  • demand/dɪˈmɑːnd/verbB13 meaningsTo ask for something forcefully.
  • demean/dɪˈmiːn/verbC1To lower somebody's dignity.
  • demobiliseverbC2To release troops from service after a war.
  • demolish/dɪˈmɒl.ɪʃ/verbB2+4 meaningsTo knock a building down completely.
  • demonstrate/ˈdɛm.ənˌstɹeɪt/verbB24 meaningsTo show clearly how something works or how it is done.
  • demur/dɪˈmɜː/verbC2To raise an objection, mildly and politely.
  • demystify/diːˈmɪstɪfaɪ/verbC2To strip the mystery from a subject and make it plain.
  • denigrate/ˈdɛn.ɪ.ɡɹeɪ̯t/verbC1To run somebody's reputation down unfairly.
  • denote/dɪˈnəʊt/verbC2To be the sign or name for something.
  • denounce/diˈnaʊns/verbC12 meaningsTo publicly declare something to be wrong or evil.
  • dent/dɛnt/nounB22 meaningsA hollow in a hard surface made by a blow.
  • deny/dɪˈnaɪ/verbB23 meaningsTo say that something is not true.
  • deodoriseverbC1To take a bad smell away.
  • depart/dɪˈpɑːt/verbB22 meaningsTo go away from a place.
  • depend/dɪˈpɛnd/verbA2+2 meaningsTo need someone or something in order to manage.
  • depict/dɪˈpɪkt/verbC1To show or describe something in a picture or words.
  • deplete/dɪˈpliːt/verbB2+To use up a supply until little is left.
  • deplore/dɪˈploɹ/verbC1To feel and express strong disapproval.
  • deploy/dɪˈplɔɪ/verbC12 meaningsTo put new code where real users will meet it.
  • depose/dɪˈpəʊz/verbC12 meaningsTo remove a ruler or leader from power.
  • deposit/dɪˈpɒz.ɪt/nounB14 meaningsMoney paid up front and held until you pay the rest or bring the thing back.
  • deprave/dɪˈpɹeɪv/verbC1To corrupt somebody morally.
  • deprecate/ˈdɛpɹɪkeɪt/verbC2To express disapproval of something.
  • deprive/dɪˈpɹaɪv/verbC1To take away from somebody what they need.
  • derange/dɪˈɹeɪnd͡ʒ/verbC2To drive somebody out of their right mind.
  • deride/dɪˈɹaɪd/verbC1To laugh at somebody with contempt.
  • derive/dɪˈɹaɪv/verbB2+3 meaningsTo get something from a particular source.
  • descaleverbC2To remove the hard chalky deposit left by water.
  • descend/dɪˈsɛnd/verbB25 meaningsTo move down from a higher place.
  • describe/dɪˈskɹaɪb/verbA2+3 meaningsTo say or write what someone or something is like.
  • descry/dɪˈskɹaɪ/verbC2To catch sight of something far off.
  • desecrate/ˈdɛs.ɪ.kɹeɪ̯t/verbC1To treat a sacred place with violent disrespect.
  • desert/ˈdɛz.ət/nounA22 meaningsA huge dry area where almost no rain falls.
  • deserve/dɪˈzɜːv/verbA22 meaningsTo have earned something by what you have done.
  • design/dɪˈzaɪn/verbB13 meaningsTo plan how something new will look and work.
  • designate/ˈdɛz.ɪɡ.nət/verbC12 meaningsTo officially mark out for a particular role or use.
  • desire/dɪˈzaɪə/nounB12 meaningsA strong wish for something.
  • desist/dɪˈsɪst/verbC1To stop doing something.
  • despair/dɪˈspɛə(ɹ)/nounB1+2 meaningsThe state of having lost all hope.
  • despoil/dɪˈspɔɪl/verbC2To strip a place of its goods by force.
  • destroy/dɪˈstɹɔɪ/verbA22 meaningsTo damage something so completely that nothing is left.
  • detach/dɪˈtæt͡ʃ/verbB2+To unfasten one part from another.
  • detail/ˈdiː.teɪl/nounB15 meaningsOne small fact or feature of something larger.
  • detain/dɪˈteɪn/verbC12 meaningsTo keep someone in official custody.
  • detangleverbC1To work knots out of hair.