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

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  • disrupt/dɪsˈɹʌpt/verbC1To break the normal flow of things.
  • dissect/dɪˈsɛkt/verbC1To cut a body open for study, or to examine in fine detail.
  • dissemble/dɪˈsɛmbəl/verbC2To hide your true feelings behind a false show.
  • disseminate/dɪˈsɛmɪˌneɪt/verbC2To spread information widely.
  • dissimulate/dɪˈsɪmjʊˌleɪt/verbC2To hide your real feelings by pretence.
  • dissipate/ˈdɪsɪpeɪt/
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verbC1
To scatter and disappear, or to waste away.
  • dissolve/dɪˈzɒlv/verbC14 meaningsTo mix into a liquid until it becomes part of it and can no longer be seen.
  • dissuade/dɪˈsweɪd/verbC1To persuade someone not to do something.
  • distance/ˈdɪst(ə)n(t)s/nounA23 meaningsThe amount of space between two points.
  • distend/dɪˈstɛnd/verbC2To swell out from inside pressure.
  • distil/dɪˈstɪl/verbC1To purify by boiling and condensing, or to reduce to the essence.
  • distinguish/dɪˈstɪŋ.ɡwɪʃ/verbB24 meaningsTo recognise the difference between two or more things.
  • distort/dɪsˈtɔːt/verbC1To twist something out of its true shape or meaning.
  • distract/dɪˈstɹækt/verbB22 meaningsTo take someone's attention away from what they are doing.
  • distribute/dɪˈstɹɪbjuːt/verbB22 meaningsTo hand shares out to many people or places.
  • disturb/dɪˈstɜːb/verbB23 meaningsTo interrupt someone and break their rest, work or concentration.
  • ditch/dɪt͡ʃ/nounB12 meaningsA long narrow channel dug to carry water away.
  • dither/ˈdɪðə/verbC1To hesitate and fail to make up your mind.
  • dive/daɪv/verbB26 meaningsTo jump into water head first.
  • diverge/daɪˈvɜːd͡ʒ/verbC1To move apart from a common point.
  • diversify/daɪˈvɜː.sɪ.faɪ/verbC1To spread into a wider range of kinds.
  • divert/daɪˈvɜːt/verbC14 meaningsTo change the course or direction of something.
  • divide/dɪˈvaɪd/verbB25 meaningsTo separate something into parts.
  • divine/dɪˈvaɪn/adjectiveB23 meaningsBelonging to or coming from a god.
  • divorce/dɪˈvɔːs/nounB13 meaningsThe legal ending of a marriage.
  • divulge/daɪˈvʌld͡ʒ/verbC1To reveal information that was private.
  • do/də/verbA15 meaningsTo perform an action, a job or a task.
  • dock/dɒk/nounB12 meaningsAn enclosed area of water where ships are loaded.
  • document/ˈdɒkjʊmənt/nounB1+2 meaningsA written or printed record providing information or evidence.
  • dodge/dɒd͡ʒ/verbB13 meaningsTo move quickly aside to avoid something.
  • doff/dɒf/verbC2To take off a hat or a garment.
  • dog/dɒɡ/nounA12 meaningsA four-legged animal kept as a pet, which barks.
  • domesticate/dəˈmɛ.stɪ.keɪt/verbC1To tame a wild animal for life alongside people.
  • dominate/ˈdɒm.ɪ.neɪt/verbB22 meaningsTo be the strongest force in a place or contest.
  • donate/də(ʊ)ˈneɪt/verbB1+To hand over money or goods freely to help a cause.
  • doodle/ˈduːdl̩/nounB22 meaningsAn absent-minded drawing made while thinking of something else.
  • dot/dɒt/nounA22 meaningsA tiny round mark.
  • dote/dəʊt/verbC1To love somebody so much that you spoil them.
  • double/ˈdʌb.əl/adjectiveA25 meaningsTwice the usual size, amount or strength.
  • double-bookverbB2To promise the same time slot to two people.
  • double-crossverbB22 meaningsTo betray someone you had agreed to act with.
  • doubt/daʊt/verbB13 meaningsTo think that something is probably not true, or probably will not happen.
  • douse/daʊs/verbC12 meaningsTo put a fire out with water.
  • dovetail/ˈdʌvteɪl/verbC12 meaningsTo fit together neatly and work well as a pair.
  • download/ˈdaʊnˌləʊd/verbA2+3 meaningsTo copy a file from the internet or a network onto your own device.
  • downsize/ˈdaʊnsaɪz/verbC1To cut the number of people a company employs.
  • draft/dɹɑːft/nounB25 meaningsAn early, unfinished version of a piece of writing.
  • 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.
  • drape/dɹeɪp/verbB2To hang cloth loosely over something.
  • draw/dɹɑ/verbA14 meaningsTo make a picture using a pen, a pencil or chalk.
  • drawl/dɹɔːl/verbC12 meaningsTo speak slowly with drawn-out vowel sounds.
  • dread/dɹɛd/nounB22 meaningsHeavy fear of something bad you know is coming.
  • dream/ˈdɹiːm/verbA13 meaningsTo see pictures and stories in your head while asleep.
  • dredge/dɹɛd͡ʒ/verbC1To scoop material up from the bottom of water.
  • drench/dɹɛnt͡ʃ/verbB2+2 meaningsTo make something completely wet.
  • dress/dɹes/nounA12 meaningsA one-piece garment hanging like a skirt below.
  • dribble/ˈdɹɪ.bəl/verbB22 meaningsTo move a ball forward with small controlled touches.
  • drift/dɹɪft/verbB24 meaningsTo be carried along by a current of water or air.
  • drill/dɹɪl/nounA2+3 meaningsA tool that bores holes by spinning a sharp bit.