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clear filters
embroider
/ɪmˈbɹɔɪdɚ/
verb
B2+
To sew a design onto cloth, or to add invented detail.
emigrate
/ˈɛmɪɡɹeɪt/
verb
B2+
To leave your own country to settle in another.
emit
/iˈmɪt/
verb
B2+
To send out light, heat, gas or sound.
empathise
verb
B2+
To understand and share another person's feelings.
emphasize
/ˈɛm.fə.saɪz/
verb
B2+
2 meanings
To give special importance or force to something.
encircle
/ɪnˈsɜːkl̩/
verb
B2+
To surround completely.
enclose
/ənˈkloʊz/
verb
B2+
2 meanings
To surround something on all sides.
engrave
/ɪnˈɡɹeɪv/
verb
B2+
2 meanings
To cut a design or lettering into a hard surface.
engulf
/ɪŋˈɡʌlf/
verb
B2+
To surround and swallow something up completely.
enlighten
/ɪnˈlaɪtən/
verb
B2+
To give somebody understanding of something.
enlist
/ɛnˈlɪst/
verb
B2+
2 meanings
To join the armed forces voluntarily.
enslave
/ɪnˈsleɪv/
verb
B2+
To make somebody a slave.
entrust
/ɪnˈtɹʌst/
verb
B2+
To hand something over to somebody's care.
equip
/ɪˈkwɪp/
verb
B2+
To supply somebody with what they need.
eradicate
/ɪˈɹæd.ɪ.keɪt/
verb
B2+
To destroy something completely and for good.
erode
/ɪˈɹəʊd/
verb
B2+
To wear something away little by little.
evade
/ɪˈveɪd/
verb
B2+
2 meanings
To slip away from capture or questions.
evaporate
/ɪˈvæp.ə.ɹeɪt/
verb
B2+
To turn to vapour and disappear.
evict
/ɨˈvɪkt/
verb
B2+
To force somebody out of a property by law.
evolve
/ɪˈvɒlv/
verb
B2+
3 meanings
To develop gradually into something more advanced or more complex.
excel
/ɪkˈsɛl/
verb
B2+
To be exceptionally good at something.
exclaim
/ɛkˈskleɪm/
verb
B2+
To cry out suddenly from strong feeling.
exempt
/ɪɡˈzɛmpt/
adjective
B2+
2 meanings
Free from an obligation that applies to others.
exfoliate
/ɛksˈfoʊlieɪt/
verb
B2+
To rub away dead skin from the surface.
exile
/ˈɛɡˌzaɪl/
noun
C1
4 meanings
The state of being forced to live away from your own country.
expel
/ɪkˈspɛl/
verb
B2+
2 meanings
To officially force someone to leave a school, country or organisation.
exploit
/ˈɛksplɔɪt/
verb
B2+
2 meanings
To use something fully.
extort
/ɪkˈstɔː(ɹ)t/
verb
B2+
To force money out of somebody by threats.