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

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290 words · showing 241–290

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  • rewrite/ˈɹiː.ɹaɪt/verbB1+2 meaningsTo write something again in a different form.
  • rhyme/ɹaɪm/nounB22 meaningsThe matching end-sound of words.
  • ricochet/ˈɹɪk.ə.ʃeɪ/verbC1To bounce off a surface at an angle.
  • rid/ɹɪd/verbB1To free a place or person of something unwanted.
  • ride/ɹaɪd/verbA24 meaningsTo sit on a bicycle, horse or motorbike and travel on it.
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verbC1
To turn pages quickly with the thumb.
  • rifle/ˈɹaɪfəl/nounB22 meaningsA long-barrelled gun fired from the shoulder.
  • ring/ɹɪŋ/nounA16 meaningsA circle of metal worn on a finger.
  • rinse/ɹɪns/verbB1To wash quickly under clean running water.
  • rip/ɹɪp/verbB14 meaningsTo tear something quickly and roughly.
  • ripen/ˈɹaɪpən/verbB2To become ready to eat.
  • ripple/ˈɹɪp(ə)l/nounB24 meaningsA small wave or ring spreading across the surface of water.
  • rise/ɹaɪz/verbB15 meaningsTo move upward.
  • risk/ɹɪsk/nounA22 meaningsThe chance that something bad will come of what you do.
  • rivet/ˈɹɪvət/nounB2+2 meaningsA metal pin used to fasten two plates together permanently.
  • roam/ɹəʊm/verbB2To travel about freely over a wide area.
  • roar/ˈɹɔː/verbB26 meaningsTo make a long, deep, very loud sound, as a lion does.
  • roast/ɹoʊst/verbB22 meaningsTo cook in the dry heat of an oven until brown.
  • rock/ɹɒk/nounA25 meaningsThe hard solid material that mountains and cliffs are made of.
  • rocket/ˈɹɒk.ɪt/nounB14 meaningsA machine that burns fuel to push itself into space.
  • roil/ˈɹɔɪl/verbC2To churn and stir up violently.
  • roll/ɹəʊl/verbA25 meaningsTo move along by turning over and over.
  • roll outphraseB22 meaningsTo flatten dough with a rolling pin.
  • romp/ɹɒmp/verbC2To play boisterously, or to win very easily.
  • rook/ɹʊk/nounC13 meaningsA large black bird of the crow family that nests in colonies in treetops.
  • roost/ɹuːst/verbB2+2 meaningsTo settle somewhere for the night, as birds do.
  • root/ɹuːt/nounB25 meaningsThe part of a plant that grows underground, holding it in place and taking in water.
  • rope/ɹəʊp/nounA23 meaningsThick strong cord made by twisting fibres together.
  • rot/ɹɒt/nounB22 meaningsThe soft decay that destroys damp wood.
  • rotate/ɹəʊˈteɪt/verbC12 meaningsTo turn around a central point.
  • round/ˈɹaʊ̯nd/adjectiveA27 meaningsShaped like a circle or a ball.
  • rouse/ɹaʊz/verbB22 meaningsTo wake somebody.
  • roust/ɹaʊst/verbC2To rouse somebody out of a place roughly.
  • route/ɹuːt/nounA2+4 meaningsThe way taken to get from one place to another.
  • rove/ɹəʊv/verbC1To wander from place to place with no fixed course.
  • row/ɹəʊ/nounB14 meaningsA number of people or things arranged in a straight line side by side.
  • rsvp/ˌɑː(ɹ) ɛs viː ˈpiː/nounB2+2 meaningsA request on an invitation that you say whether you will come.
  • rub/ɹʌb/verbB14 meaningsTo move your hand or an object back and forth over a surface while pressing on it.
  • ruffle/ˈɹʌfəl/nounB22 meaningsA wavy band of gathered cloth along an edge.
  • ruin/ˈɹuː.ɪn/nounB12 meaningsThe broken remains of an old building.
  • rule/ɹuːl/nounA14 meaningsA statement of what is allowed and what is not.
  • rumble/ˈɹʌmb(ə)l/verbB25 meaningsTo make a deep, low, rolling sound.
  • ruminate/ˈɹumɪneɪt/verbC2To turn a thought over and over.
  • rummage/ˈɹʌm.ɪd͡ʒ/verbB2+To search through a mass of things in an untidy way.
  • rumple/ˈɹʌmpəl/verbC1To crease and disorder something smooth.
  • run/ɹʌn/verbA14 meaningsTo move on foot faster than walking, with both feet off the ground between steps.
  • rupture/ˈɹʌpt͡ʃəː/verbC12 meaningsTo burst or tear open under pressure.
  • rush/ɹʌʃ/verbB26 meaningsTo move or act with great speed because there is not enough time.
  • rust/ɹʌst/nounB1+2 meaningsThe red-brown crust that forms on iron.
  • rustle/ˈɹʌsəl/verbC13 meaningsTo make the soft dry sound of leaves or paper moving.