📖 A — The English dictionary · page 46

arise — Everyday, meaning 1: To arise is to begin or appear, usually a problem, question or chance.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (formal, old) To arise is to get up or stand up.↗ Example: If any problems arise, ask your teacher.↗ · A question arose during the science lesson.↗ · Call 999 if an emergency arises.↗ · (formal) Difficulties may arise when the data is incomplete.↗ · (old) «Arise, Sir Knight,» said the queen.↗ · Mist arose from the lake at dawn.↗ · We'll help if the need arises.↗ · take also your brother, and arise, go again unto the man; (Torah GEN.43.13, JPS 1917)↗ · Arise, I pray thee, sit and eat of my venison, that thy soul may bless me.'↗ (Torah GEN.27.19, JPS 1917)↗ · Now arise, get thee out from this land, and return unto the land of thy nativity.'↗ (Torah GEN.31.13, JPS 1917)↗ · And Amnon said unto her: 'Arise, be gone.'↗ (Prophets 2SA.13.15, JPS 1917)↗ · So will there arise enough contempt and wrath.↗ (Writings EST.1.18, JPS 1917)↗ · And upon whom doth not His light arise?↗ (Writings JOB.25.3, JPS 1917)↗

aristocratic — Everyday, meaning 1: Aristocratic describes people of the highest rank in a country, such as lords and ladies, and the grand, proud way they behave.↗ Example: The duke had an aristocratic air.↗ · The aristocratic lady looked down her nose at the children.↗ · Her aristocratic family owned the big house on the hill.↗

arithmetic — Everyday, meaning 1: Arithmetic is the part of maths about numbers and the four basic operations: adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Arithmetic is the working out of sums, or how good someone is at it.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (informal) The arithmetic of something is the numbers behind it, like «the arithmetic of the budget».↗ Example: We have an arithmetic test on Friday.↗ · Mental arithmetic helps you add up prices in the shop.↗ · Arithmetic includes adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing.↗ · 3, 7, 11, 15 is an arithmetic sequence, adding 4 each time.↗ · Check your arithmetic: 6 × 7 is 42, not 48.↗ · Simple arithmetic shows we don't have enough money.↗ · Her arithmetic is very quick.↗ · Brooks, the Philosophy of Arithmetic, Phila- delphia 1876, II.↗ (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))↗ · Miller farther says: "The discovery of zero, as used above, implies its use in positional arithmetic.↗ (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))↗ · Even if such an early date cannot be established, it appears likely that scholars will hereafter attribute the discovery of positional arithmetic to the Babylonians instead of the Hindoos."↗ (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))↗

arithmetical — Everyday, meaning 1: About arithmetic: adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing numbers.↗ Example: I made an arithmetical mistake in the sum.↗ · 2, 5, 8, 11 is an arithmetical sequence.↗ · Quick arithmetical skills help in shops.↗ · The puzzle needs only arithmetical steps.↗ · Check your arithmetical working.↗ · An arithmetical slip cost me a mark.↗ · 7) Like Pythagoras, who taught that the digits inclusive number ten which are typified in Tetraktys, (Τετρακτὺς) namely: 1 plus 2 plus 3 plus 4 equal 10, and which comprise the whole arithmetical system of nature, etc. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)↗ · The Decad, which is the sum of the four former, comprehends all arithmetical and musical proportions.↗ (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))↗

ark — Everyday, meaning 1: (Bible) Noah's ark was the huge wooden boat Noah built to save his family and two of every kind of animal from the great flood.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (Bible) The Ark of the Covenant was a gold-covered wooden box that held the stone tablets of the Ten Commandments.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (Judaism) The ark (Holy Ark) is the cupboard in a synagogue where the Torah scrolls are kept.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: In some old southern stories, an ark is a large wooden box or chest for keeping things in.↗ Example: Noah built the ark out of wood.↗ · The animals went into the ark two by two.↗ · The ark floated for many days on the flood.↗ · My little brother has a wooden ark with pairs of animals.↗ · The Ark of the Covenant held the Ten Commandments.↗ · The Torah scrolls are kept in the ark at the synagogue.↗ · Dad's jokes are so old they came out of the ark!↗ · the ark of the testimony, and the staves thereof, and the ark-cover; (Torah EXO.39.35, JPS 1917)↗ · And thou shalt put into the ark the testimony which I shall give thee.↗ (Torah EXO.25.16, JPS 1917)↗ · the ark, and the staves thereof, the ark-cover, and the veil of the screen; (Torah EXO.35.12, JPS 1917)↗ · So they sent the ark of God to Ekron.↗ (Prophets 1SA.5.10, JPS 1917)↗ · And Berechiah and Elkanah were door-keepers for the ark.↗ (Writings 1CH.15.23, JPS 1917)↗ · Arise, O LORD, unto Thy resting-place; Thou, and the ark of Thy strength.↗ (Writings PSA.132.8, JPS 1917)↗

arm — Everyday, meaning 1: One of the two long body parts from your shoulder to your hand.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: The part of a chair or sofa where you rest your arm.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A sleeve of a coat or shirt.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: A long part that sticks out: the arm of a crane, an arm of the sea.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: Verb: to give weapons; «arms» can also mean weapons.↗ Example: Raise your arm if you know the answer.↗ · She broke her arm falling off her bike.↗ · Keep your arms inside the bus.↗ · He carried the ball under his arm.↗ · They walked arm in arm.↗ · The cat sat on the arm of the sofa.↗ · My coat has a hole in the arm.↗ · That toy costs an arm and a leg.↗ · So there were delivered, out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand of every tribe, twelve thousand armed for war.↗ (Torah NUM.31.5, JPS 1917)↗ · but if they will not pass over with you armed, they shall have possessions among you in the land of Canaan.'↗ (Torah NUM.32.30, JPS 1917)↗ · but thy servants will pass over, every man that is armed for war, before the LORD to battle, as my lord saith.'↗ (Torah NUM.32.27, JPS 1917)↗ · Or hast thou an arm like God?↗ (Writings JOB.40.9, JPS 1917)↗ · How hast thou saved the arm that hath no strength!↗ (Writings JOB.26.2, JPS 1917)↗ · And to whom hath the arm of the LORD been revealed?↗ (Prophets ISA.53.1, JPS 1917)↗

armada — Everyday, meaning 1: A large group of warships.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: The Spanish Armada: the great fleet that King Philip II of Spain sent to invade England in the time of Queen Elizabeth I; it was defeated and wrecked by storms.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (informal) Any large group of boats or vehicles.↗ Example: The Spanish Armada sailed to attack England.↗ · Storms wrecked many ships of the Armada.↗ · The English sent fire ships among the Armada's ships at night.↗ · An armada of little boats rescued the soldiers.↗ · Queen Elizabeth I gave a famous speech when the Armada came.↗ · A colourful armada of yachts sailed into the harbour.↗

armadillo — Everyday, meaning 1: An armadillo is a small mammal from the Americas with a body covered in hard, bony plates like armour, which digs for insects with strong claws.↗ Example: The armadillo rolled into a tight ball.↗ · Armadillos dig for ants and termites with their claws.↗ · The name «armadillo» means «little armoured one» in Spanish.↗ · Nine-banded armadillos usually have four identical babies.↗ · An armadillo's shell is made of bony plates.↗ · Armadillos live in Texas and South America.↗ · The giant armadillo is as long as a child is tall.↗

armband — Everyday, meaning 1: An armband is a band of cloth worn around the upper arm to show something, like that someone is team captain or that someone has died.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Armbands are small inflatable rings worn on the arms to help children float while learning to swim; Americans call them water wings or floaties.↗ Example: My little sister swims with armbands.↗ · Armbands are not a safety device, so an adult must still watch.↗ · The captain wore an armband on his sleeve.↗ · The players wore black armbands to remember a friend.↗ · Blow up your armbands before you get in the pool.↗ · The steward wore a yellow armband.↗ · I don't need armbands any more.↗ · He handed the armband to the new captain.↗

armchair — Everyday, meaning 1: An armchair is a comfortable chair with side parts to rest your arms on.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (informal, before a noun) Armchair describes someone who talks about or follows something without doing it themselves: an armchair fan, an armchair traveller, an armchair expert.↗ Example: Grandpa fell asleep in his armchair.↗ · The cat curled up on the armchair.↗ · We bought a big red armchair for the living room.↗ · He's an armchair football fan who never plays.↗ · She is an armchair traveller who loves reading about far-off places.↗ · Armchair experts on TV always know what the coach should have done.↗ · They were together in the armchair by this time, and Wendy plied him with more questions.↗

armful — Everyday, meaning 1: As much as you can carry in one or both arms.↗ Example: She came in with an armful of books.↗ · Dad carried an armful of logs to the fire.↗ · He picked an armful of flowers.↗ · The children brought armfuls of leaves.↗ · She dropped her armful of shopping.↗ · Each pupil carried an armful of chairs.↗ · Minnikin, however, took home with him an armful of gold and silver hoops from the Troll’s ship.↗

armhole — In Jewish tradition, meaning 1: The opening in a garment for the arm, or the armpit.↗ Example: And Ebed-melech the Ethiopian said unto Jeremiah: 'Put now these worn clouts and rags under thine armholes under the cords.'↗ And Jeremiah did so.↗ (Prophets JER.38.12, JPS 1917)↗

armistice — Everyday, meaning 1: An agreement between enemies in a war to stop fighting, usually while they talk about peace.↗ Example: The armistice ended the fighting in the First World War.↗ · We hold a two-minute silence on Armistice Day.↗ · Both sides signed an armistice.↗ · The armistice began at eleven o'clock.↗ · Poppies remind us of the soldiers who died before the armistice.↗ · The Korean War ended with an armistice, not a peace treaty.↗

armless — Everyday, meaning 1: Armless means having no arms.↗ Example: The armless man could not hold the cup.↗ · Armless and Legless were two brothers in the tale.↗ · The armless one could not carry the sword.↗

armlet — In Jewish tradition, meaning 1: A band or bracelet worn around the upper arm as a piece of jewelry.↗ Example: And we have brought the LORD'S offering, what every man hath gotten, of jewels of gold, armlets, and bracelets, signet-rings, ear-rings, and girdles, to make atonement for our souls before the LORD.'↗ (Torah NUM.31.50, JPS 1917)↗ · the headtires, and the armlets, and the sashes, and the corselets, and the amulets; (Prophets ISA.3.20, JPS 1917)↗

armor — Everyday, meaning 1: Armor is a covering of metal worn by soldiers or knights to protect the body in battle.↗ (The British spelling is «armour».).↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (verb) To armor is to cover something with protection.↗ Example: The knight put on his armor.↗ · The swords and armor rattled.↗ · The soldiers' shining armor glittered in the sun.↗

armour — Everyday, meaning 1: Armour is a strong covering of metal or leather that soldiers and knights wore in the past to protect their bodies in battle.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Armour is also strong metal covering on vehicles such as tanks or ships.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: In nature, armour is a hard shell or scales that protect an animal.↗ Example: The knight wore a heavy suit of armour.↗ · An armadillo rolls up in its armour when it is scared.↗ · Armour made it hard for knights to move quickly.↗ · The tortoise's shell is its armour.↗ · Tanks are covered in thick armour.↗ · We saw old armour in the castle museum.↗ · She was dressed in full armour, and she challenged Art to fight with her.↗ · Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Beerothite, armour-bearer to Joab the son of Zeruiah; (Prophets 2SA.23.37, JPS 1917)↗ · Zelek the Ammonite, Nahrai the Berothite, the armour-bearer of Joab the son of Zeruiah; (Writings 1CH.11.39, JPS 1917)↗ · And ten young men that bore Joab's armour compassed about and smote Absalom, and slew him.↗ (Prophets 2SA.18.15, JPS 1917)↗

armoury — Everyday, meaning 1: A place where weapons and armour are kept, such as a room in a castle or a building used by an army.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A collection of weapons that a person, army or country has.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A set of skills, tools or ideas that someone can use to deal with a problem, like weapons ready for a fight.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (US) A building where soldiers, such as the National Guard, meet and train; some old ones are now used for sports or events.↗ Example: The knights ran down to the armoury to fetch their swords and shields.↗ · The castle armoury held hundreds of spears and helmets.↗ · On our school trip we saw old suits of armour in the Tower of London armoury.↗ · The army's armoury includes tanks, ships and planes.↗ · Patience is the best tool in a teacher's armoury.↗ · The goalkeeper has a whole armoury of saves.↗ · Soap and hot water are a strong weapon in our armoury against germs.↗ · In our town the old armory is now a basketball hall.↗ · And next to him repaired Ezer the son of Jeshua, the ruler of Mizpah, another portion, over against the ascent to the armoury at the Turning.↗ (Writings NEH.3.19, JPS 1917)↗ · The LORD hath opened His armoury, and hath brought forth the weapons of His indignation; for it is a work that the Lord GOD of hosts hath to do in the land of the Chaldeans.↗ (Prophets JER.50.25, JPS 1917)↗

armpit — Everyday, meaning 1: Your armpit is the hollow place under your arm where it joins your shoulder.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (informal, rude) A place called «the armpit of» somewhere is the ugliest or least pleasant part of it.↗ Example: Wash your armpits in the shower.↗ · My armpits get sweaty when I play football.↗ · The nurse put the thermometer under my armpit.↗ · He carried the ball tucked under his armpit.↗ · My little brother is ticklish under the armpits.↗ · Deodorant stops armpits from smelling.↗ · Hair starts to grow in the armpits during puberty.↗ · She hurt the muscle near her armpit.↗ · It rose to his armpits, and he scrambled to the table-top.↗