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

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883 words · showing 241–300

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  • dock/dɒk/nounB12 meaningsAn enclosed area of water where ships are loaded.
  • dodge/dɒd͡ʒ/verbB13 meaningsTo move quickly aside to avoid something.
  • doubt/daʊt/verbB13 meaningsTo think that something is probably not true, or probably will not happen.
  • drag/dɹæɡ/verbB18 meaningsTo pull something heavy along the ground behind you.
  • drain/dɹeɪn/verbA25 meaningsTo let liquid run out of something, leaving the solid part behind.
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verbA14 meanings
To make a picture using a pen, a pencil or chalk.
  • drill/dɹɪl/nounA2+3 meaningsA tool that bores holes by spinning a sharp bit.
  • drip/ˈdɹɪp/verbB15 meaningsTo fall in small drops.
  • drive/dɹaɪv/verbA29 meaningsTo control a car or other vehicle and make it move.
  • drizzle/ˈdɹɪzəl/nounB13 meaningsVery fine light rain.
  • drop/dɹɒp/verbA26 meaningsTo let something fall, by accident or on purpose.
  • drown/dɹaʊn/verbB12 meaningsTo die under water from being unable to breathe.
  • drum/ˈdɹʌm/nounB15 meaningsA musical instrument you strike, made of a skin stretched over a round frame.
  • dry-cleanverbB1To clean a garment with chemicals instead of water.
  • duck/dʌk/nounA24 meaningsA water bird with a flat bill and webbed feet.
  • dust/dʌst/nounB14 meaningsFine dry powder made of earth, skin, fibres and other tiny particles, which settles on surfaces.
  • earn/ɜːn/verbA2+3 meaningsTo receive money for the work you do.
  • edge/ɛd͡ʒ/nounB15 meaningsThe line where something stops — the outer limit of a surface, a space or a shape.
  • elbow/ˈɛlbəʊ̯/nounA24 meaningsThe joint in the middle of the arm, where the arm bends.
  • embarrass/ɪmˈbæɹəs/verbB1To make someone feel awkward or self-conscious.
  • enable/ɪˈneɪ.bəl/verbB22 meaningsTo make something possible that was not before.
  • encourage/ɪnˈkʌɹ.ɪd͡ʒ/verbB12 meaningsTo give somebody the confidence or support to do something.
  • engineer/ˌɛn(d)ʒɪˈnɪə/nounA2+3 meaningsSomebody who designs or builds machines, structures or systems.
  • enter/ˈɛntə(ɹ)/verbA24 meaningsTo go into a place.
  • entertain/ˌɛntəˈteɪn/verbB12 meaningsTo amuse people.
  • entrance/ˈɛn.tɹəns/nounB12 meaningsThe way into a building.
  • equal/ˈiːkwəl/adjectiveB14 meaningsThe same in size, number, value or status.
  • escape/ɪˈskeɪp/verbA24 meaningsTo get free from a place or a situation.
  • even/ˈiːvən/adverbA26 meaningsUsed to show that what follows is surprising or extreme.
  • evidence/ˈɛv.ɪ.dəns/nounA2+3 meaningsThe facts, objects and signs that show whether something is true.
  • examine/ɪɡˈzæmɪn/verbB14 meaningsTo look at something closely and carefully.
  • exchange/ɛksˈt͡ʃeɪnd͡ʒ/verbB15 meaningsTo give something and receive something else in return.
  • excite/ɪkˈsaɪt/verbB12 meaningsTo stir strong feeling or activity.
  • excuse/ɪkˈskjuːz/nounB14 meaningsA reason given to explain a fault or a failure to do something.
  • exhaust/ɪɡˈzɔːst/nounB22 meaningsThe system carrying waste gases away from an engine.
  • expect/ɪkˈspɛkt/verbA24 meaningsTo think that something will happen.
  • experiment/ɪkˈspɛɹ.ɪ.mənt/nounA2+2 meaningsA careful test done to find out if an idea is true.
  • explode/ɪkˈspləʊd/verbB12 meaningsTo burst apart violently.
  • explore/ɪkˈsplɔː/verbB12 meaningsTo travel through a place to find out what is there.
  • export/ˈɛks.pɔːt/verbB1+2 meaningsTo send goods out to another country.
  • face/ˈfeɪ̯s/nounA14 meaningsThe front of a person's head, from the chin to the hair.
  • fade/feɪd/verbB14 meaningsTo lose colour or brightness.
  • fail/feɪl/verbA26 meaningsTo try to do something and not succeed.
  • faint/feɪnt/adjectiveB14 meaningsOnly just possible to see, hear or smell.
  • fake/feɪ̯k/adjectiveA23 meaningsMade to look real in order to deceive.
  • fan/fæn/nounA24 meaningsA machine with turning blades that moves air about a room.
  • fancy/ˈfæn.si/adjectiveB15 meaningsDecorated, elaborate and expensive-looking rather than plain.
  • fart/fɑːt/verbB12 meaningsTo let wind out from the bowels.
  • fast/fɑːst/adjectiveA15 meaningsMoving, or able to move, at great speed.
  • feast/ˈfiːst/nounB13 meaningsA large special meal for a lot of people, held to celebrate something.
  • feed/fiːd/verbA24 meaningsTo give food to a person or animal.
  • feel/ˈfiːl/verbA15 meaningsTo experience a physical sensation or an emotion.
  • fence/fɛns/nounB12 meaningsA barrier of wood or wire marking a boundary.
  • fetch/fɛt͡ʃ/verbB14 meaningsTo go to where something is and bring it back.
  • fight/faɪt/verbA13 meaningsTo use force or hard words against somebody.
  • figure/ˈfɪɡə/nounA23 meaningsA written number or amount.
  • file/faɪl/nounB15 meaningsA document, photo or piece of data saved on a computer.
  • filter/ˈfɪltə/nounB15 meaningsA device or material that liquid, air or light passes through so unwanted parts are held back.
  • fine/ˈfaɪ̯n/adjectiveA14 meaningsAll right; good enough; neither ill nor unhappy.
  • finger/ˈfɪŋɡəː/nounA22 meaningsOne of the long parts of your hand.