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

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  • waddle/ˈwɒd.əl/verbB2To walk with short steps and a rocking motion.
  • wade/weɪd/verbB22 meaningsTo walk through water or something that slows you.
  • waffle/ˈwɒf.əl/nounB12 meaningsA cake baked with a pattern of small square pockets.
  • waft/wɑft/verbC1To drift gently through the air.
  • wag/wæɡ/verbB1+2 meaningsTo move rapidly back and forth, as a tail does.
  • wage/weɪd͡ʒ/
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nounB22 meanings
Money paid to a worker for the hours, days or weeks worked.
  • wager/ˈweɪ.d͡ʒə(ɹ)/verbB2To bet money on the result of something.
  • waggle/ˈwaɡəl/verbC1To move rapidly from side to side.
  • wail/weɪl/verbB22 meaningsTo cry out in a long, loud, high sound of grief.
  • wait/weɪt/verbA14 meaningsTo stay where you are, or do nothing, until something happens.
  • waive/weɪv/verbB2To give up a right or a claim voluntarily.
  • wake/ˈweɪ̯k/verbA13 meaningsTo stop sleeping, or to make somebody else stop sleeping. Usually wake up.
  • walk/wɔːk/verbA12 meaningsTo move on your feet at an ordinary speed.
  • wallow/ˈwɒ.ləʊ/verbC22 meaningsTo roll about in mud.
  • wander/ˈwɒndə/verbB24 meaningsTo walk slowly with no fixed route or purpose.
  • wane/weɪn/verbC2To grow smaller or weaker after a peak.
  • want/wɒnt/verbA14 meaningsTo wish to have or do something.
  • war/wɔː/nounA23 meaningsArmed fighting between countries or between organised armed groups.
  • warble/ˈwɔɹbl̩/verbC1To sing with a trembling, rippling voice.
  • ward/wɔːd/nounB24 meaningsA room or department in a hospital with beds for patients.
  • warehouse/ˈwɛə(ɹ)haʊs/nounB22 meaningsA large building where goods are stored before being sold or sent out.
  • warm/wɔːm/adjectiveA15 meaningsA little hot, in a pleasant way.
  • warn/wɔːn/verbB12 meaningsTo tell somebody about a danger or a problem so that they can avoid it.
  • warp/ˈwɔːp/verbB24 meaningsTo bend or twist out of shape, especially through damp or heat.
  • warrant/ˈwɒɹənt/nounB24 meaningsA written order from a judge or official allowing the police to search, seize or arrest.
  • wash/wɒʃ/verbA23 meaningsTo clean something with water and usually soap.
  • waste/ˈweɪ̯st/verbA23 meaningsTo use something badly so that nothing comes of it.
  • watch/ˈwɒt͡ʃ/verbA13 meaningsTo look at something for a while, especially something that moves or changes.
  • water/ˈwɔ.tɚ/nounA14 meaningsThe clear liquid that falls as rain and that all living things need to survive.
  • wave/weɪv/nounA25 meaningsA raised line of water moving across the surface of the sea.
  • wax/waks/nounB13 meaningsA soft solid that melts easily and repels water.
  • waylay/ˌweɪˈleɪ/verbC1To lie in wait and stop somebody on their way.
  • weaken/ˈwikən/verbC1To make or become less strong.
  • wean/ˈwiːn/verbB2+To move a baby from milk onto other food.
  • wear/wɛə/verbA14 meaningsTo have clothes or other things on your body.
  • weary/ˈwɪə̯ɹi/adjectiveB23 meaningsVery tired, in body and in spirit.
  • weather/ˈwɛðə/nounA12 meaningsThe state of the atmosphere at a given time.
  • weave/wiːv/verbB14 meaningsTo make cloth or baskets by crossing threads or strips over and under each other.
  • wed/ˈwɛd/verbB2To marry somebody.
  • wedge/wɛd͡ʒ/nounB23 meaningsA block that tapers to a thin edge, driven in to split something or to hold it in place.
  • weed/wiːd/nounB12 meaningsA plant growing where it is not wanted.
  • weep/ˈwiːp/verbB22 meaningsTo shed tears, especially quietly and at length.
  • weigh/weɪ/verbB14 meaningsTo have a particular heaviness.
  • weight/weɪt/nounA24 meaningsHow heavy a person or thing is.
  • welcome/ˈwɛl.kəm/exclamationA17 meaningsA greeting to someone who has just arrived.
  • weld/wɛld/verbB2+2 meaningsTo join two pieces of metal by melting them together.
  • wend/wɛnd/verbC2To make your way slowly along.
  • wet/wɛt/adjectiveA25 meaningsCovered in water, or soaked with it.
  • whack/ˈwæk/verbB22 meaningsTo hit hard with a swinging blow.
  • whang/ˈwæŋ/verbC2To strike something with a resounding blow.
  • wheedle/ˈʍiː.dəl/verbC2To persuade someone by flattery or coaxing.
  • wheel/ˈwiːl/nounA22 meaningsThe round part that turns and lets a vehicle roll.
  • wheeze/ʍiːz/verbC12 meaningsTo breathe with difficulty and a whistling sound.
  • whelp/wɛlp/nounC22 meaningsA young dog, wolf or similar animal.
  • whet/ˈwɛt/verbC1To sharpen a blade, or to sharpen an appetite.
  • whicker/ˈwɪkə/verbC2To make a soft neighing sound.
  • whimper/ˈwɪmpə/verbB2To make small frightened or unhappy sounds.
  • whine/ˈwaɪ̯n/verbB24 meaningsTo make a long, high, unhappy sound.
  • whinge/(h)wɪnd͡ʒ/verbC1To complain in a tiresome way.
  • whinny/ˈwɪni/verbC1To give a soft gentle neigh.