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

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  • whisper/ˈ(h)wɪspə/verbB14 meaningsTo speak very quietly, using breath rather than the voice, close to someone.
  • whistle/ˈwɪs(ə)l/nounB14 meaningsA small object you blow through to make a sharp, high sound.
  • whole/həʊl/adjectiveA23 meaningsComplete, with no part left out.
  • whole numbernounB1A number with nothing after the point.
  • wide/waɪd/adjectiveA24 meaningsMeasuring a large distance from one side to the other.
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verbB12 meanings
To move from side to side in small quick jerks.
  • wild/ˈwaɪ̯ld/adjectiveA24 meaningsLiving or growing freely in nature.
  • willow/ˈwɪl.əʊ/nounB12 meaningsA tree with long thin drooping branches that grows near water.
  • window cleanernounB1The liquid or the person that makes glass clear.
  • window seatphraseB1The seat next to the window on an aircraft.
  • windy/ˈwɪn.di/adjectiveA2+2 meaningsWith strong air blowing.
  • wing/wɪŋ/nounB12 meaningsOne of the paired limbs a bird or insect uses to fly.
  • winning/ˈwɪnɪŋ/adjectiveB22 meaningsCharming and appealing.
  • wipe/waɪp/verbB15 meaningsTo clean or dry a surface by moving a cloth across it.
  • wipe downphraseB1To clean a surface by wiping it with a cloth.
  • wire/waɪə(ɹ)/nounB12 meaningsA thin metal line that carries electricity.
  • wise/waɪz/adjectiveB13 meaningsShowing good judgement gained from experience.
  • wish/ˈwɪʃ/verbA24 meaningsTo want something that is unlikely or impossible.
  • within/wɪðˈɪn/prepositionB13 meaningsInside the limits of a period of time.
  • within reachphraseB1Near enough to take hold of.
  • witness/ˈwɪt.nɪs/nounB13 meaningsA person who saw something happen.
  • wizard/ˈwɪzəd/nounB13 meaningsA man with magical powers.
  • wonder/ˈwʌndə/verbA24 meaningsTo ask yourself something, without expecting an answer straight away.
  • wood/wʊd/nounA22 meaningsThe hard material forming the trunk and branches of trees.
  • wool/wʊl/nounB1The fibre that grows on sheep.
  • word/wɜːd/nounA15 meaningsThe smallest unit of language that can stand alone and carry a meaning.
  • work/wɜː(ɹ)k/verbA17 meaningsTo do a job, especially one you are paid for.
  • work of artnounB1A created object of artistic value.
  • work out/ˌwɜːk ˈaʊt/phraseB13 meaningsTo exercise in order to get fit.
  • worker beenounB1A female bee that gathers food and tends the young.
  • world/wɜːld/nounA12 meaningsThe earth and everybody living on it.
  • world warnounB1A war fought across most of the globe at once.
  • worn/wɔːn/adjectiveB12 meaningsThinned and damaged by long use.
  • worn outphraseB1So used that it no longer works.
  • worst/wɜːst/adjectiveA23 meaningsOf the lowest quality, or most unpleasant.
  • worth/ˈwɜːθ/adjectiveA22 meaningsHaving a particular value.
  • wound/ˈwuːnd/nounB12 meaningsAn open cut in the skin.
  • wrap/ɹæp/verbB13 meaningsTo cover something by folding paper or cloth around it.
  • wrapper/ˈɹæpɚ/nounB12 meaningsThe paper or plastic around a single item.
  • wreck/ˈɹɛk/verbB13 meaningsTo destroy something completely.
  • wrestle/ˈɹɛsl̩/verbB12 meaningsTo struggle physically to overpower somebody.
  • wrestling/ˈɹɛs.l̩.ɪŋ/nounB12 meaningsThe sport of gripping an opponent and forcing them down.
  • wrinkle/ˈɹɪŋkl̩/nounB1+4 meaningsA small line or fold in skin.
  • written/ˈɹɪ.tn̩/adjectiveB1Set down on paper rather than said aloud.
  • wrong/ˈɹɒŋ/adjectiveA16 meaningsNot correct; containing a mistake.
  • yard/ˈjɑːd/nounB12 meaningsA unit of length of three feet.
  • year/jɪə/nounA12 meaningsTwelve months; the time the earth takes to circle the sun.
  • yell/jɛl/verbB13 meaningsTo make a loud, rough cry, in anger, pain or excitement.
  • yes/jɛs/phraseA12 meaningsUsed to agree, to say that something is true, or to accept what is offered.
  • yo-yo/ˈjəʊ.jəʊ/nounB1The spinning toy that rolls down its string and climbs back up.
  • you know what i meanphraseB1Checking that the listener has followed your point.
  • you must be jokingphraseB1An exclamation of disbelief.
  • young/jʌŋ/adjectiveA13 meaningsHaving lived or existed for only a short time.
  • young adultnounB1Somebody in their late teens or twenties.
  • youngest/ˈjʌŋ.ɡɪst/nounB12 meaningsThe last-born child of a family.
  • youth/juːθ/nounB12 meaningsThe period of being young.
  • zebra crossing/ˈzɛbɹə ˌkɹɔsɪŋ/nounB1The striped place where walkers cross a road.
  • zero/ˈzɪəɹəʊ/nounA23 meaningsThe number 0.
  • zigzag/ˈzɪɡ.zæɡ/nounB1+3 meaningsA line or path made of sharp turns, first one way and then the other.
  • zip/zɪp/verbA25 meaningsTo fasten something with a zip.