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

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2,943 words · showing 1,981–2,040

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  • puff/pʌf/nounB14 meaningsA short burst of air, smoke, wind or breath.
  • pull/pʊl/verbA26 meaningsTo take hold of something and move it towards you.
  • pulse/pʌls/nounB13 meaningsThe regular beat of blood felt at the wrist or neck.
  • pump/pʌmp/nounA2+2 meaningsA device for forcing liquid or gas through a system.
  • punch/pʌnt͡ʃ/verbB14 meaningsTo hit someone or something hard with your fist.
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/ˈpʌŋktʃə/
nounB1+3 meanings
A small hole made by something sharp, especially in a tyre, that lets the air out.
  • punish/ˈpʌnɪʃ/verbB12 meaningsTo make somebody suffer a penalty for doing wrong.
  • punishment/ˈpʌnɪʃmənt/nounB1What is done to somebody for breaking a rule.
  • pup/pʌp/nounB13 meaningsA young dog.
  • puppet/ˈpʌpɪt/nounB12 meaningsA figure moved by hand or strings to act out a story.
  • puppy/ˈpʌpi/nounB1A young dog.
  • purse/pɜːs/nounB14 meaningsA small bag for carrying money, especially coins, in British English.
  • pushchair/ˈpʊʃ.t͡ʃɛə(ɹ)/nounB1The folding seat a small child is pushed in.
  • put/pʊt/verbA13 meaningsTo move something to a place and leave it there.
  • put downphraseB12 meaningsTo place something on a surface.
  • put offphraseB1To move something to a later time, again and again.
  • put togetherphraseB1To assemble something from its parts.
  • pyramid/ˈpɪɹ.ə.mɪd/nounA2+4 meaningsA solid shape with a flat base whose sides are triangles meeting at a point.
  • quake/kweɪk/verbB1+2 meaningsTo shake from fear or from ground movement.
  • qualify/ˈkwɒl.ɪ.faɪ/verbB14 meaningsTo reach the standard or meet the conditions needed for something.
  • quality/ˈkwɒlɪti/nounA2+3 meaningsHow good or bad something is; the standard it reaches.
  • quarter/ˈk(w)ɔːtə/nounA16 meaningsOne of four equal parts of something.
  • queen/kwiːn/nounA24 meaningsA woman who rules a country, or the wife of a king.
  • queen beenounB1The single egg-laying female a colony is built around.
  • question mark/ˈkwɛstʃ(ə)n ˌmɑːk/nounB12 meaningsThe punctuation mark used at the end of a question.
  • queue/kjuː/nounB1+3 meaningsA line of people waiting for something, one behind another.
  • queue upphraseB1To stand in line waiting your turn.
  • quiet/ˈkwaɪ̯.ət/adjectiveA14 meaningsMaking very little sound.
  • quite/kwaɪt/adverbA12 meaningsTo a fairly large degree, but not completely.
  • quote/kwəʊt/verbB15 meaningsTo repeat someone's exact words and say whose they are.
  • race/ɹeɪs/nounA24 meaningsA competition to find out who is fastest.
  • racer/ˈɹeɪ.sə/nounB12 meaningsSomebody or something built to go fast in competition.
  • racket/ˈɹækɪt/nounB13 meaningsA bat with a stringed frame, used in tennis and similar games.
  • raft/ɹɑːft/nounB12 meaningsA flat floating platform of logs or planks.
  • rag/ɹæɡ/nounB12 meaningsA piece of old torn cloth used for cleaning.
  • railcardnounB1A card that gets you cheaper train fares.
  • rainbow/ˈɹeɪnboʊ/nounA22 meaningsThe arc of colours seen when sunlight passes through rain.
  • raining cats and dogsphraseB1Pouring with very heavy rain.
  • raise/ɹeɪz/verbA24 meaningsTo lift something to a higher position.
  • raise a familyphraseB1To have children and bring them up.
  • raise moneyphraseB1To collect funds for a purpose.
  • rake/ɹeɪk/nounB1A long-toothed tool for gathering leaves.
  • ranch/ˈɹɑːnt͡ʃ/nounB1A large farm for raising cattle or horses.
  • range/ˈɹeɪnd͡ʒ/nounB14 meaningsThe difference between the lowest and highest values.
  • rap/ɹæp/verbB23 meaningsTo knock sharply and quickly.
  • rare/ɹɛə/adjectiveB13 meaningsNot found or not happening very much.
  • rarely/ˈɹɛːli/adverbB1Almost never; only once in a long while.
  • raspberry/ˈɹɑːzb(ə)ɹi/nounB1A soft red summer fruit.
  • rate/ɹeɪt/nounA2+2 meaningsHow fast something happens, per unit of time.
  • rather/ˈɹɑː.ðə(ɹ)/adverbA22 meaningsTo a noticeable degree.
  • razor/ˈɹeɪzə/nounB1A sharp blade used for shaving.
  • reach/ɹiːt͡ʃ/verbA26 meaningsTo stretch out your hand or arm to touch or take something.
  • react/ɹiːˈækt/verbA2+2 meaningsTo do or feel something in answer to what happened.
  • reaction/ɹiˈækʃən/nounB13 meaningsThe change when substances meet and become something new.
  • read/ɹiːd/verbA15 meaningsTo look at written words and understand them.
  • reading roomnounB1A quiet room set aside for study.
  • real/ɹiːl/adjectiveA14 meaningsActually existing, not imagined or invented.
  • reality/ɹiːˈælɪti/nounB13 meaningsThe world as it actually is.
  • rearrange/ˌɹiːəˈɹeɪndʒ/verbB1+2 meaningsTo change the order or position of things.
  • reason/ˈɹiːzən/nounA15 meaningsThe cause or explanation for something.