📖 D — The English dictionary · page 15

deliverer — Everyday, meaning 1: A person who sets others free or rescues them from danger or trouble.↗ Example: The knight was the deliverer of the village.↗ · You are the country's deliverers, so be brave.↗ · Our deliverer came just in time.↗ · and he said: The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; (Prophets 2SA.22.2, JPS 1917)↗ · But I am poor and needy; O God, make haste unto me; Thou art my help and my deliverer; O LORD, tarry not.↗ (Writings PSA.70.5, JPS 1917)↗ · My lovingkindness, and my fortress, my high tower, and my deliverer; my shield, and He in whom I take refuge; who subdueth my people under me.↗ (Writings PSA.144.2, JPS 1917)↗

delivereth — Early Modern English, meaning 1: «delivereth» means «delivers», a form of «deliver»: To deliver means to take letters, parcels or goods to a place or person: the postman delivers the post.↗ Example: And when the LORD thy God delivereth it into thy hand, thou shalt smite every male thereof with the edge of the sword;↗ (Torah DEU.20.13, JPS 1917) · When thou goest forth to battle against thine enemies, and the LORD thy God delivereth them into thy hands, and thou carriest them away captive,↗ (Torah DEU.21.10, JPS 1917)

delivery — Everyday, meaning 1: Taking letters, parcels or goods to the place they are sent to.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Something that is delivered.↗ e.g. "We got a delivery."↗ Everyday, meaning 3: The way someone speaks to an audience or bowls a ball in cricket.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: The birth of a baby.↗ Example: The delivery arrived this morning.↗ · Free delivery on orders over 50 dollars.↗ · The delivery driver left the parcel at the door.↗ · We ordered pizza for delivery.↗ · The van makes 30 deliveries a day.↗ · Her speech had a clear, confident delivery.↗ · The bowler's next delivery was very fast.↗ · Like as a woman with child, that draweth near the time of her delivery, is in pain and crieth out in her pangs; so have we been at Thy presence, O LORD.↗ (Prophets ISA.26.17, JPS 1917)↗

dell — Everyday, meaning 1: A small valley or hollow, usually with trees and grass around it.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (a name) Dell is also a family name and a computer company name.↗ Example: We had a picnic in a shady dell.↗ · «The farmer's in his dell» is an old singing game.↗ · Bluebells covered the floor of the dell.↗ · The fox had a den in a hidden dell.↗ · A little stream ran through the dell.↗ · Children played in the dell until sunset.↗ · The wood was black about him, but there was a red glow in a dell close by.↗

delphic — Everyday, meaning 1: Relating to Delphi, an old Greek town with a famous shrine.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Hard to understand, with a hidden meaning, like the sayings of the old Delphic oracle (old use).↗ Example: The Delphic priestess spoke in riddles.↗ · His answer was Delphic and puzzled us all.↗ · The baby was found by a Delphic priestess.↗

delta — Everyday, meaning 1: A flat, often triangle-shaped area of land where a river splits into many smaller streams before it flows into the sea, made from mud and sand the river carries.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: The fourth letter of the Greek alphabet, Δ or δ.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: In maths and science, Δ can stand for a change in an amount.↗ Example: The Nile Delta is shaped like a triangle.↗ · The river drops its mud and sand to build a delta.↗ · Many birds live in the wetlands of the delta.↗ · Farmers grow rice on the delta because the soil is rich.↗ · The Greek letter delta looks like a triangle: Δ.↗ · Floods are common on a low, flat delta.↗

delude — Everyday, meaning 1: To delude someone means to trick them into believing something that is not true.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To delude yourself means to believe something untrue because you want it to be true.↗ Example: Don't delude yourself — you can't learn the whole song in five minutes.↗ · The fox deluded the crow into dropping the cheese.↗ · He was deluded into thinking he would win easily.↗ · She deluded herself that nobody had noticed.↗ · Advertisements can delude people into buying things they don't need.↗ · The king was deluded by flattering advisers.↗ · ‘What!’ cried the King angrily, ‘have I been altogether deceived and deluded?↗

deluge — Everyday, meaning 1: A deluge is a very heavy fall of rain or a great flood.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A deluge is a huge amount of something arriving at once, like letters, questions or emails.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To be deluged with something is to get far too much of it at once.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (Bible) The Deluge is another name for the great flood in the story of Noah.↗ Example: The deluge flooded the streets in minutes.↗ · We got caught in a deluge on the way home from school.↗ · The teacher was deluged with questions about the trip.↗ · After the advert, the shop received a deluge of orders.↗ · The story of the Deluge tells how Noah built the ark.↗ · The river burst its banks after three days of deluge.↗ · [14] This frightful monster had sprung from the slimy and stagnant waters which remained on the surface of the earth after the deluge of Deucalion.↗

delusion — Everyday, meaning 1: A false belief about something, held even though it is not true.↗ Example: The lake was a delusion made by the mist.↗ · He lives under the delusion that he can fly.↗ · Was the gold just a fair delusion?↗ · They are vanity, a work of delusion; in the time of their visitation they shall perish.↗ (Prophets JER.10.15, JPS 1917)↗ · They are vanity, a work of delusion; in the time of their visitation they shall perish, (Prophets JER.51.18, JPS 1917)↗ · That say to the seers: 'See not,' and to the prophets: 'Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy delusions; (Prophets ISA.30.10, JPS 1917)↗

delusional — Everyday, meaning 1: (medicine) A delusional person firmly believes things that are not true, even when shown clear proof, often because of an illness.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (informal) Delusional means having very unrealistic hopes or ideas about yourself or a situation.↗ Example: The doctor said the patient was delusional and needed treatment.↗ · You're delusional if you think we'll win 10–0!↗ · The delusional king believed he could fly.↗ · He was delusional about how good his singing was.↗ · Illness can make a person delusional, so they need help.↗ · It's delusional to think you can pass without revising.↗

delve — In Jewish tradition, meaning 1: To dig into the ground.↗ It is an old word, now used mostly for searching deeply into something.↗ Example: The well, which the princes digged, which the nobles of the people delved, with the sceptre, and with their staves.↗ (Torah NUM.21.18, JPS 1917)↗

demand — Everyday, meaning 1: To demand means to ask for something firmly, as if you have the right to it: she demanded an answer.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A demand is a firm request.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Demand is how much people want to buy something: high demand for ice cream in summer.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: To demand can mean to need: the job demands patience.↗ Example: The customer demanded his money back.↗ · «Where have you been?»↗ Dad demanded.↗ · Ice cream is in great demand on hot days.↗ · You can watch the show on demand.↗ · Looking after a puppy demands a lot of time.↗ · The king demanded more gold from the villagers.↗ · Workers made demands for better pay.↗ · 'What are you doing?' demanded Makoma.↗ · Gird up thy loins now like a man; I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto Me.↗ (Writings JOB.40.7, JPS 1917)↗ · Hear, I beseech Thee, and I will speak; I will demand of Thee, and declare Thou unto me.↗ (Writings JOB.42.4, JPS 1917)↗ · Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto Me.↗ (Writings JOB.38.3, JPS 1917)↗

demarcate — Everyday, meaning 1: (formal) To demarcate something is to mark or set its edges or limits clearly.↗ Example: White lines demarcate the football pitch.↗ · Cones demarcate the area for the race.↗ · The treaty demarcated the border between the two countries.↗ · Hedges demarcate the fields on the farm.↗ · The teacher used tape to demarcate the reading corner.↗ · A rope demarcated the safe area for spectators.↗

demeanour — Everyday, meaning 1: Someone's demeanour is the way they look and behave, which shows their mood or character.↗ Example: She kept a calm demeanour during the exam.↗ · His cheerful demeanour made everyone smile.↗ · The detective noticed the man's nervous demeanour.↗ · The judge had a serious demeanour.↗ · Her demeanour changed when she heard the good news.↗ · The new teacher's friendly demeanour put us at ease.↗ · A Psalm of David; when he changed his demeanour before Abimelech, who drove him away, and he departed.↗ (Writings PSA.34.1, JPS 1917)↗ · And he changed his demeanour before them, and feigned himself mad in their hands, and scrabbled on the doors of the gate, and let his spittle fall down upon his beard.↗ (Prophets 1SA.21.14, JPS 1917)↗

dementia — Everyday, meaning 1: An illness of the brain, most often in old people, that slowly makes it hard to remember things, think clearly, find words and look after yourself.↗ Example: Grandpa has dementia, so he sometimes forgets my name.↗ · Dementia is an illness, not just being forgetful.↗ · Be patient if someone with dementia asks the same question again.↗ · Looking at old photos can help a person with dementia feel happy.↗ · Dementia cannot be caught from another person.↗ · Doctors and carers help people living with dementia.↗

demesne — Everyday, meaning 1: (old use) The land that belongs to a lord or a great house, around his home.↗ Example: The king walked through his demesne each morning.↗ · He knew every path in the demesne.↗ · Their demesne stretched over the hills.↗

demise — Everyday, meaning 1: (formal) The death of a person.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: The end or failure of something, such as a plan or a business.↗ Example: The old king's demise was sad.↗ · After the flood, the town's demise was sudden.↗ · News of his demise surprised the village.↗

demo — Everyday, meaning 1: (informal) A demonstration: showing how something works or is done.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (informal) A public march or meeting where people show they support or are against something; a protest.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A short, early or free version of a song, game or program to show what it is like: «a game demo», «a demo tape».↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (informal verb) To show how something works: «Can you demo the app?».↗ Example: The teacher gave us a demo of how to use the microscope.↗ · Thousands of people went on a demo about climate change.↗ · I played the demo of the game before buying it.↗ · The band recorded a demo in their garage.↗ · Can you demo the new robot for the class?↗ · The cooking demo showed us how to make pancakes.↗

democracy — Everyday, meaning 1: Democracy is a way of running a country in which the people choose their leaders by voting.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A democracy is a country run in this way.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Democracy can mean fair decisions where everyone has an equal say, as in a class vote.↗ Example: In a democracy, people vote for their leaders.↗ · The United States, Canada and Australia are democracies.↗ · Ancient Athens had an early form of democracy.↗ · Our class used democracy to choose the trip — we voted.↗ · Free speech is important in a democracy.↗ · 18 of 30 pupils voted for the zoo; is that more than half?↗

democrat — Everyday, meaning 1: A person who believes in democracy, where people choose their leaders by voting and everyone has equal rights.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (USA, with a capital D) A member or supporter of the Democratic Party, one of the two biggest political parties in the United States; the other is the Republican Party.↗ Example: My aunt in Ohio votes for the Democrats.↗ · The Democrat and the Republican argued on television.↗ · A true democrat accepts the result of a fair vote.↗ · Some states usually vote Democrat and others Republican.↗ · Barack Obama was a Democrat.↗ · In Britain, the Liberal Democrats are a political party.↗

democratic — Everyday, meaning 1: Based on democracy: a system where people choose their leaders by voting and have equal rights.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Fair, where everyone has an equal say in a decision: «a democratic vote in class».↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (US politics, capital D) Belonging to the Democratic Party.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: Mixed up together in a jumbled way, with no one kind better than another.↗ Example: We made a democratic decision: everyone voted on the trip.↗ · In a democratic country, people choose their leaders.↗ · The school council is a democratic way to share ideas.↗ · Voting by secret ballot is part of a democratic election.↗ · The teacher wanted the class rules to be democratic.↗ · Free speech is important in a democratic society.↗

demographer — Everyday, meaning 1: A scientist who studies populations: how many people live in a place, how old they are, how many are born, die or move.↗ Example: A demographer studies how many people are born each year.↗ · Demographers say the town's population will double.↗ · The demographer used census numbers to make a chart.↗ · Demographers noticed that families are getting smaller.↗ · Planners asked a demographer how many school places would be needed.↗ · My aunt is a demographer who studies where people move.↗