📖 A — The English dictionary · page 19

afresh — Everyday, meaning 1: Again from the beginning, in a new way.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Once more, newly.↗ Example: I made a mess of my drawing, so I started afresh.↗ · After the argument, the friends decided to begin afresh.↗ · The family moved to Australia to start life afresh.↗ · Look at the problem afresh tomorrow and you might see the answer.↗ · The snow had fallen afresh in the night.↗ · Let's read the question afresh and check each step.↗ · The new term is a chance to start afresh.↗ · And the woman began to weep afresh.↗ · My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin closeth up and breaketh out afresh.↗ (Writings JOB.7.5, JPS 1917)↗

african — Everyday, meaning 1: African means from, of or about Africa, the second-largest continent.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: An African is a person from Africa or whose family comes from Africa.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: African is also used in the names of animals and plants that live in Africa, like the African elephant.↗ Example: The African elephant is the largest land animal.↗ · Our school celebrated African music with a drumming workshop.↗ · Nigeria and Kenya are both African countries.↗ · Her grandparents are African, from Ghana.↗ · The African savanna has lions, zebras and giraffes.↗ · We read a traditional African folk tale about Anansi the spider.↗ · Many African languages are spoken across the continent.↗ · The African grey parrot is very good at copying words.↗ · The African magician had a younger brother, who was, if possible, more wicked and more cunning than himself.↗

afrikaans — Everyday, meaning 1: Afrikaans is a language spoken in South Africa and Namibia.↗ It grew from Dutch brought by settlers in the 1600s, with words from Malay, Portuguese, Khoekhoe and other languages.↗ Example: Afrikaans is one of South Africa's official languages.↗ · «Dankie» means «thank you» in Afrikaans.↗ · The word «aardvark» comes from Afrikaans and means «earth pig».↗ · My friend from Cape Town speaks English and Afrikaans.↗ · Afrikaans is closely related to Dutch.↗ · We listened to a song in Afrikaans.↗

after — Everyday, meaning 1: After means later than something else: «Lunch comes after breakfast».↗ Everyday, meaning 2: After means behind or following: «Close the door after you», «The dog ran after the ball».↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To be named after someone is to get their name.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: To look after is to take care of.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: To be after something is to want or look for it: «What are you after?».↗ Everyday, meaning 6: (casual) «After» in Irish English: «I'm after eating» means I have just eaten; «arvo» is afternoon in Australia; «laters» means see you later.↗ Everyday, meaning 7: (rude) «Who are you after?» or «they're after you» can mean someone wants to hurt or catch you.↗ Everyday, meaning 8: (formal) Exams say «subsequently», «following», «subsequent to», «thereafter», «upon completion of» and «posterior to».↗ Everyday, meaning 9: "After all" means when everything is thought about, or despite what you expected.↗ Example: After lunch, Mia had 8 cookies left.↗ · After giving 5 to Joe, he has 12 marbles.↗ · How many pages are left after she reads 20?↗ · What number comes after 19?↗ · I go to football after school.↗ · Please look after your little sister.↗ · He was named after his grandfather.↗ · I'm after eating 4 of them, sorry (Ireland: I have just eaten).↗ · Footy this arvo, after school, 5 of us.↗ · Mum's gonna be after you when she sees you broke 2 plates.↗ · Subsequent to the transfer of 5 marbles, the pupil holds 12.↗ Ascertain the initial holding.↗ · What are you after?↗ The red one?↗ · How kind man is, after all!↗ · and every raven after its kinds; (Torah DEU.14.14, JPS 1917)↗ · And after that he will let you go.↗ (Torah EXO.3.20, JPS 1917)↗ · and the kite, and the falcon after its kinds; (Torah LEV.11.14, JPS 1917)↗ · And after him Ibzan of Beth-lehem judged Israel.↗ (Prophets JDG.12.8, JPS 1917)↗ · And David sent and inquired after the woman.↗ (Prophets 2SA.11.3, JPS 1917)↗ · Or will he harrow the valleys after thee?↗ (Writings JOB.39.10, JPS 1917)↗

afterbirth — In Jewish tradition, meaning 1: The material that comes out of a mother's womb after a baby is born.↗

afterlife — Everyday, meaning 1: The afterlife is a life that many people believe comes after death, for example in heaven.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (rare, informal) The afterlife of something is what happens to it after it stops being used, like the afterlife of a plastic bottle.↗ Example: Ancient Egyptians packed food and treasure for the afterlife.↗ · Christians believe that people who trust God will live with him in the afterlife.↗ · Different religions teach different things about the afterlife.↗ · The pharaoh's tomb was filled with things for his afterlife.↗ · Some people do not believe in an afterlife at all.↗ · The lesson was about the afterlife of a recycled can.↗

afternoon — Everyday, meaning 1: The afternoon is the part of the day after midday (12 o'clock) and before evening.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: «Good afternoon» is a greeting used in the afternoon.↗ Example: She sold 20 cakes in the morning and 15 in the afternoon.↗ · In the afternoon, 9 more birds came.↗ · He read 12 pages in the afternoon.↗ · How many more did she pick in the morning than in the afternoon?↗ · Good afternoon, class!↗ · We have art on Friday afternoons.↗ · It is hottest in the early afternoon.↗ · 3 p.m. is in the afternoon.↗ · Caliph Chasid, of Bagdad, was resting comfortably on his divan one fine afternoon.↗

aftershock — Everyday, meaning 1: An aftershock is a smaller earthquake that comes after a big earthquake in the same area.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Aftershocks can also mean the effects or upsets that follow a big shocking event.↗ Example: Aftershocks shook the city for days after the earthquake.↗ · Stay out of damaged buildings because of aftershocks.↗ · The aftershock was smaller than the main quake.↗ · New Zealand had many aftershocks after the Christchurch earthquake.↗ · The aftershocks of the news were felt across the school.↗ · Drop, cover and hold on during an aftershock too.↗

afterthought — Everyday, meaning 1: Something that you think of, say or add later, after the main thing is done.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Something added without much care, treated as less important.↗ Example: As an afterthought, she grabbed her umbrella.↗ · He added a P.S. to the letter as an afterthought.↗ · The garden seemed like an afterthought to the builders.↗ · "And bring a snack," Mum said as an afterthought.↗ · Safety should never be an afterthought.↗ · The last line of the poem was an afterthought.↗ · The small extra room was built as an afterthought.↗

afterward — Everyday, meaning 1: At a later time; after something has happened.↗ Example: Immediately afterward the Moon came flying up.↗ · Soon afterward the serpent sent for the prince.↗ · We ate our supper and went to bed afterward.↗ · And afterward the people journeyed from Hazeroth, and pitched in the wilderness of Paran.↗ (Torah NUM.12.16, JPS 1917)↗ · 'Avenge the children of Israel of the Midianites; afterward shalt thou be gathered unto thy people.'↗ (Torah NUM.31.2, JPS 1917)↗ · and the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite; and afterward were the families of the Canaanite spread abroad.↗ (Torah GEN.10.18, JPS 1917)↗ · Thou wilt guide me with Thy counsel, and afterward receive me with glory.↗ (Writings PSA.73.24, JPS 1917)↗ · Afterward he brought me to the gate, even the gate that looketh toward the east; (Prophets EZK.43.1, JPS 1917)↗ · But afterward I will bring back the captivity of the children of Ammon, saith the LORD.↗ (Prophets JER.49.6, JPS 1917)↗

afterwards — Everyday, meaning 1: Afterwards means later, after something else has happened.↗ Example: We went swimming and afterwards had ice cream.↗ · Wash your hands afterwards.↗ · I didn't feel well, but afterwards I was fine.↗ · Soon afterwards, it started to rain.↗ · Do your homework first; you can play afterwards.↗ · Tom had 20 stickers; afterwards he gave away 8.↗ · They argued, but they said sorry afterwards.↗ · Long afterwards, the children still remembered the trip.↗ · Not long afterwards the two brothers arrived.↗ · And afterwards she bore a daughter, and called her name Dinah.↗ (Torah GEN.30.21, JPS 1917)↗ · but thou shalt surely kill him; thy hand shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all the people.↗ (Torah DEU.13.9, JPS 1917)↗ · And the LORD said unto Moses: 'Yet one plague more will I bring upon Pharaoh, and upon Egypt; afterwards he will let you go hence; when he shall let you go, he shall surely thrust you out hence altogether.↗ (Torah EXO.11.1, JPS 1917)↗ · Consider, and afterwards we will speak.↗ (Writings JOB.18.2, JPS 1917)↗ · Bread of falsehood is sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.↗ (Writings PRO.20.17, JPS 1917)↗ · Prepare thy work without, and make it fit for thyself in the field; and afterwards build thy house.↗ (Writings PRO.24.27, JPS 1917)↗

ag — Everyday, meaning 1: (informal, US, Canada, Australia) Ag is short for agriculture, the work of farming: «ag school», «ag science».↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (science) Ag is the chemical symbol for silver, from its Latin name «argentum».↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (South Africa, informal) Ag is an exclamation like «oh» or «ugh», showing annoyance, sympathy or giving up, said with a throaty sound like «ach».↗ Example: Silver's chemical symbol is Ag.↗ · Ag comes from the Latin word argentum.↗ · My cousin is studying ag science to become a farmer.↗ · Our school's ag club keeps chickens and grows tomatoes.↗ · (South Africa, informal) «Ag, man, I forgot my lunch again!»↗ · (South Africa) «Ag shame, the poor puppy is lost.»↗ · The ag show had prize cows and sheep.↗ · Is wisdom with aged men, and understanding in length of days? — (Writings JOB.12.12, JPS 1917)↗ · It is not the great that are wise, nor the aged that discern judgment.↗ (Writings JOB.32.9, JPS 1917)↗ · The young men saw me and hid themselves, and the aged rose up and stood; (Writings JOB.29.8, JPS 1917)↗

again — Everyday, meaning 1: Again means one more time, once more.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Again means back to how it was before: she was well again.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: In «again and again» it means many times over.↗ Example: Multiplying is adding the same number again and again: 4 + 4 + 4 = 12.↗ · Lena reads 5 pages, then 5 pages again, and again.↗ · Tom saves 3 coins on Monday and again on Tuesday.↗ · Not quite: try again.↗ · Can you say that again, please?↗ · After the rain the sun came out again.↗ · The baby woke up again and again in the night.↗ · I hope we can play together again soon.↗ · The hateful telling broke out again.↗ · And again she bore his brother Abel.↗ (Torah GEN.4.2, JPS 1917)↗ · And Leah conceived again, and bore a sixth son to Jacob.↗ (Torah GEN.30.19, JPS 1917)↗ · take also your brother, and arise, go again unto the man; (Torah GEN.43.13, JPS 1917)↗ · I will seek it yet again.'↗ (Writings PRO.23.35, JPS 1917)↗ · And the LORD called yet again Samuel.↗ (Prophets 1SA.3.6, JPS 1917)↗ · Then David inquired of the LORD yet again.↗ (Prophets 1SA.23.4, JPS 1917)↗

agaric — Everyday, meaning 1: A mushroom with a cap and gills underneath, such as the common field mushroom.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: In "fly agaric": the famous red mushroom with white spots, which is poisonous.↗ Example: The fly agaric has a red cap with white spots.↗ · Fairies in picture books often sit on a fly agaric.↗ · An agaric has gills under its cap.↗ · Never eat a wild agaric unless an expert says it is safe.↗ · We found agarics growing under the birch trees.↗ · The field mushroom you buy in shops is an agaric.↗

agate — Everyday, meaning 1: A hard, smooth stone with bands of colour, a kind of quartz, used in jewellery and as a precious stone.↗ Example: The gate was formed of a single agate.↗ · Build me a palace set with jasper and agate.↗ · She wore a ring of red agate.↗ · and the third row a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst; (Torah EXO.28.19, JPS 1917)↗ · And the third row, a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst.↗ (Torah EXO.39.12, JPS 1917)↗

agave — Everyday, meaning 1: An agave is a plant with thick, spiky, sword-shaped leaves that grows in hot, dry places, mainly Mexico and the south-west USA.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Agave syrup (agave nectar) is a sweet syrup made from it.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Agave is also a name given to a girl or woman, such as a character in Greek myths.↗ Example: The agave stores water in its fat, spiky leaves.↗ · Some agaves flower only once after many years and then die.↗ · Mum uses agave syrup instead of sugar.↗ · Be careful — agave leaves have sharp tips.↗ · The agave is sometimes called the century plant.↗ · Agaves grow in dry, sunny gardens.↗ · The children of Cadmus and Harmonia were one son, {205} Polydorus, and four daughters, Autonoe, Ino, Semele, and Agave.↗

age — Everyday, meaning 1: Your age is how many years you have lived.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: An age is a long period of history, like the Stone Age or the Ice Age.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: «Ages» means a very long time, as in «I waited for ages».↗ Everyday, meaning 4: To age is to grow older.↗ Example: Tom's age is 9.↗ · In 5 years, Mia will be twice her brother's age.↗ · What is the sum of their ages?↗ · Her father's age is 4 times her age.↗ · She learned to read at the age of five.↗ · Children under the age of 12 need an adult.↗ · We waited ages for the bus.↗ · Dinosaurs lived long before the Ice Age.↗ · My cousin and I are the same age.↗ · Cheese gets stronger as it ages.↗ · What respect is shown to old age in these days?↗ · Now the eyes of Israel were dim for age, so that he could not see.↗ (Torah GEN.48.10, JPS 1917)↗ · And Abraham was old, well stricken in age; and the LORD had blessed Abraham in all things.↗ (Torah GEN.24.1, JPS 1917)↗ · But thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age.↗ (Torah GEN.15.15, JPS 1917)↗ · And after him was Shammah the son of Age the Ararite.↗ (Prophets 2SA.23.11, JPS 1917)↗ · But in the time of his old age he was diseased in his feet.↗ (Prophets 1KI.15.23, JPS 1917)↗ · Now Ahijah could not see; for his eyes were set by reason of his age.↗ (Prophets 1KI.14.4, JPS 1917)↗