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

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  • weak/wi(ː)k/adjectiveA23 meaningsHaving little physical strength.
  • weakness/ˈwiːk.nɪs/nounB12 meaningsA fault or lack of strength.
  • wealth/wɛlθ/nounB22 meaningsA large amount of money and valuable things owned.
  • wealthy/ˈwɛl.θi/adjectiveB2Having a great deal of money.
  • weapon/ˈwɛp.ən/nounA22 meaningsAnything made or used for fighting and hurting.
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verbA14 meanings
To have clothes or other things on your body.
  • wear downphraseB22 meaningsTo reduce something gradually by friction or use.
  • wear outphraseB2To use something until it is finished — shoes or your energy.
  • wearisome/ˈwɪəɹisəm/adjectiveB2Tiring and dull to keep up with.
  • weary/ˈwɪə̯ɹi/adjectiveB23 meaningsVery tired, in body and in spirit.
  • weasel/ˈwiːz(ə)l/nounB2A small slender fierce hunting animal.
  • weaver/ˈwiː.və(ɹ)/nounB2Somebody who makes cloth on a loom.
  • web/wɛb/nounA2+3 meaningsThe silk trap a spider spins.
  • wed/ˈwɛd/verbB2To marry somebody.
  • wedding/ˈwɛdɪŋ/nounA22 meaningsThe ceremony at which two people are married, together with the celebration afterwards.
  • wedding vownounB2The promise made at a marriage ceremony.
  • wedge/wɛd͡ʒ/nounB23 meaningsA block that tapers to a thin edge, driven in to split something or to hold it in place.
  • wee/wiː/adjectiveB2Very small.
  • weekly/ˈwiːk.li/adjectiveB22 meaningsHappening once every week.
  • weep/ˈwiːp/verbB22 meaningsTo shed tears, especially quietly and at length.
  • weigh/weɪ/verbB14 meaningsTo have a particular heaviness.
  • weigh downphraseB22 meaningsTo press down heavily on something.
  • weigh evidencephraseB2To compare the strength of what supports each side.
  • weigh upphraseB22 meaningsTo consider the advantages and disadvantages of something.
  • weight/weɪt/nounA24 meaningsHow heavy a person or thing is.
  • welcome/ˈwɛl.kəm/exclamationA17 meaningsA greeting to someone who has just arrived.
  • welfare/ˈwɛlˌfɛə/nounB23 meaningsThe health, comfort and safety of a person or animal.
  • well/ˈwɛl/adverbA15 meaningsIn a good way; to a good standard.
  • well-balancedadjectiveB2Having its parts in good proportion, or sensible in outlook.
  • well-builtadjectiveB22 meaningsSolidly and strongly constructed.
  • well-groomedadjectiveB2Carefully clean, trimmed and tidy.
  • well-paidadjectiveB2Earning a good wage.
  • west/wɛst/nounA12 meaningsThe direction where the sun goes down.
  • whack/ˈwæk/verbB22 meaningsTo hit hard with a swinging blow.
  • whatsoever/ˌwɒtsəʊˈɛvə(ɹ)/adverbB2At all, used to make a negative absolute.
  • wheat/ˈwiːt/nounB2The grain most bread flour is made from.
  • when pigs flyphraseB2A mocking way to say something will never happen.
  • where were wephraseB2Used to resume a conversation after an interruption.
  • whereas/wɛəɹˈaz/prepositionB2Used to set one fact against a different one.
  • whiff/wɪf/nounB22 meaningsA faint smell caught for a moment.
  • whilst/waɪlst/prepositionB22 meaningsDuring the time that.
  • whimper/ˈwɪmpə/verbB2To make small frightened or unhappy sounds.
  • whine/ˈwaɪ̯n/verbB24 meaningsTo make a long, high, unhappy sound.
  • whip/ˈwɪp/verbB25 meaningsTo beat cream, eggs or a sauce quickly with a whisk or fork until it thickens and fills with air.
  • whirl/wɜːl/verbB22 meaningsTo move round very fast.
  • whirlpool/ˈwɝlpul/nounB2A spinning circle of water that pulls things down.
  • whisk/ˈwɪsk/nounB1+2 meaningsA wire kitchen tool for beating eggs or cream.
  • whisper/ˈ(h)wɪspə/verbB14 meaningsTo speak very quietly, using breath rather than the voice, close to someone.
  • white canenounB2The stick a blind person uses to feel the way.
  • white liephraseB2A small harmless untruth told to spare someone's feelings.
  • wholesome/ˈhoʊl.səm/adjectiveB23 meaningsGood for your health; nourishing.
  • whoop/wuːp/verbB22 meaningsTo shout out loudly in excitement.
  • whoosh/ʍʊʃ/verbB2+2 meaningsTo move fast with a rushing sound.
  • whore/hɔː/nounB2A prostitute, in coarse or old use.
  • wick/ˈwɪk/nounB22 meaningsThe cord in a candle or oil lamp that draws up the fuel and holds the flame.
  • wicked/ˈwɪk.ɪd/adjectiveB23 meaningsEvil, in a storybook way.
  • wide/waɪd/adjectiveA24 meaningsMeasuring a large distance from one side to the other.
  • wide anglenounB2A lens that takes in much more than the eye does.
  • wide shotnounB2A shot showing the whole scene from a distance.
  • widely/ˈwaɪdli/adverbB2Over a large area or among many people.