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

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19,295 words · showing 5,161–5,220

  • drier/ˈdɹaɪɚ/adjectiveA2+Containing less moisture.
  • drift/dɹɪft/verbB24 meaningsTo be carried along by a current of water or air.
  • driftwood/ˈdɹɪftwʊd/nounB2+Worn wood washed up on the beach by the sea.
  • drill/dɹɪl/nounA2+3 meaningsA tool that bores holes by spinning a sharp bit.
  • drill bitnounB2The removable cutting piece fitted into a drill.
  • drilling/ˈdɹɪlɪŋ/
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Repeated practice until a skill becomes automatic.
  • drilyadverbC1In a flat, deadpan way that hides the humour.
  • drink/ˈdɹɪŋk/verbA14 meaningsTo take liquid into the mouth and swallow it.
  • drinkable/ˈdɹɪŋk.ə.bəl/adjectiveB2Safe or pleasant enough to swallow.
  • drinker/ˈdɹɪŋkə(ɹ)/nounB1+2 meaningsSomebody who drinks, especially alcohol.
  • drip/ˈdɹɪp/verbB15 meaningsTo fall in small drops.
  • drive/dɹaɪv/verbA29 meaningsTo control a car or other vehicle and make it move.
  • drive-through/ˈdɹaɪvˌθɹu/nounB1A service where you order and collect without leaving the car.
  • drivel/dɹɪv.əl/nounC12 meaningsNonsense talked at length.
  • driver/ˈdɹaɪ.və/nounA14 meaningsThe person operating a car, bus, lorry, or train.
  • driveway/ˈdɹaɪvˌweɪ/nounB1The short private road from the street to a house.
  • drizzle/ˈdɹɪzəl/nounB13 meaningsVery fine light rain.
  • droll/dɹəʊl/adjectiveC1Amusing in a dry and unusual way.
  • drone/dɹəʊn/nounB1+4 meaningsAn aircraft with nobody on board, flown from the ground.
  • drool/dɹuːl/verbB2To let saliva run out of the mouth.
  • droop/ˈdɹuːp/verbB2+To hang down limply through weakness.
  • drop/dɹɒp/verbA26 meaningsTo let something fall, by accident or on purpose.
  • drop byphraseB2To make a short, casual visit without arranging it.
  • drop in the oceanphraseC1An amount far too small to matter against the need.
  • drop offphraseB12 meaningsTo deliver someone or something on the way somewhere.
  • drop outphraseB2To leave a course, race or activity before completing it.
  • dropdownnounB1A list that unfolds when you click it.
  • droplet/ˈdɹɒplət/nounB2+A very small drop of liquid.
  • dropoutnounB2+A student who left school before finishing.
  • dropped kerbnounC1A lowered edge that lets wheels cross the pavement.
  • droppingsnounB2+The waste an animal leaves.
  • dross/dɹɒs/nounC2Worthless matter left when something is refined.
  • drought/dɹaʊt/nounB22 meaningsA long period with no rain.
  • drown/dɹaʊn/verbB12 meaningsTo die under water from being unable to breathe.
  • drowning/ˈdɹaʊnɪŋ/nounB1Dying through being unable to breathe under water.
  • drowsy/ˈdɹaʊzi/adjectiveB22 meaningsHalf asleep and hard to keep awake.
  • drudgery/ˈdɹʌd͡ʒəɹi/nounC2Dull heavy work that never ends.
  • drug/ˈdɹʌɡ/nounA2+A medicine, or a substance taken for its effect on the mind.
  • drum/ˈdɹʌm/nounB15 meaningsA musical instrument you strike, made of a skin stretched over a round frame.
  • drum kitnounB1The full set of drums and cymbals one player uses.
  • drum upphraseC1To gather support or custom through effort.
  • drum your fingersphraseC1To tap the fingers in sequence, impatiently.
  • drumheadnounC2The tight skin stretched over a drum.
  • drumrollnounB2+A rapid continuous sound made on a drum, used to build anticipation.
  • drums/dɹʌmz/nounA2+The percussion instrument played with sticks.
  • drunk/dɹʌŋk/adjectiveB12 meaningsUnable to think or move properly after too much alcohol.
  • dry/ˈdɹaɪ̯/adjectiveA25 meaningsWith no water or liquid in or on it.
  • dry cleanphraseB1To clean a garment with chemicals instead of water.
  • dry cleaning bagnounB2The bag left in a room for clothes needing chemical cleaning.
  • dry docknounC1A basin drained of water so a hull can be worked on.
  • dry seasonnounB1The months of the year when almost no rain falls.
  • dry skinnounB1Skin short of moisture, and prone to flaking.
  • dry upphraseB2To lose all moisture, or to run out of things to say.
  • dry-cleanverbB1To clean a garment with chemicals instead of water.
  • dual/ˈd͡ʒuː.əl/adjectiveC1Having two parts or two purposes.
  • dub/dʌb/verbC13 meaningsTo replace the original speech in a film with another language.
  • dubbing/ˈdʌbɪŋ/nounB2+Replacing the recorded speech with another recording.
  • dubious/ˈd͡ʒuː.bi.əs/adjectiveC12 meaningsNot convinced; full of doubt about something.
  • duck/dʌk/nounA24 meaningsA water bird with a flat bill and webbed feet.
  • duckling/ˈdʌklɪŋ/nounA2+A baby duck.