📖 D — The English dictionary · page 28

didst — Early Modern English, meaning 1: Did something, with "thou" as the subject.↗ Example: And He said: 'Nay; but thou didst laugh.'↗ (Torah GEN.18.15, JPS 1917) · On Wednesday surely thou didst call.↗ (Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore) · Of the Rock that begot thee thou wast unmindful, and didst forget God that bore thee.↗ (Torah DEU.32.18, JPS 1917)

die — Everyday, meaning 1: To die means to stop living.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A die is one small cube with dots from 1 to 6, used in games.↗ A die has 6 faces.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To be dying to do something means to want it very much.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: To die down is to become weaker, like a fire or wind.↗ Example: Roll a die and get a 6.↗ · A die has 6 faces.↗ · 4 of the 20 fish died.↗ · How many plants are left if 3 died?↗ · Plants die without water.↗ · The wind died down at night.↗ · Our old cat died last year.↗ · I'm dying to see the new film.↗ · Horseflesh; he died of eating horseflesh.↗ · Notwithstanding the sons of Korah died not.↗ (Torah NUM.26.11, JPS 1917)↗ · So Joseph died, being a hundred and ten years old.↗ (Torah GEN.50.26, JPS 1917)↗ · And Hadad died, and Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his stead.↗ (Torah GEN.36.36, JPS 1917)↗ · They die, and that without wisdom.'↗ (Writings JOB.4.21, JPS 1917)↗ · And Othniel the son of Kenaz died.↗ (Prophets JDG.3.11, JPS 1917)↗ · And Elisha died, and they buried him.↗ (Prophets 2KI.13.20, JPS 1917)↗

diesel — Everyday, meaning 1: Diesel is a kind of heavy fuel made from oil, used in many trucks, buses, trains, tractors and some cars.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A diesel is a vehicle or engine that uses diesel fuel.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: It is named after Rudolf Diesel, the engineer who invented the diesel engine (a name).↗ Example: Dad filled the van with diesel.↗ · The diesel train rumbled into the station.↗ · Tractors usually run on diesel.↗ · Diesel fumes make the air dirty.↗ · Our school bus is now electric, not diesel.↗ · Never put diesel in a petrol car.↗

diet — Everyday, meaning 1: Your diet is all the food and drink you usually eat and drink: a healthy diet.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A diet is a special plan of eating, for health or to lose weight: a gluten-free diet.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: The diet of an animal is what it naturally eats: a panda's diet is mostly bamboo.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: To diet means to eat less or eat certain foods to lose weight.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: A diet can also mean a formal meeting of a country's lawmakers or representatives.↗ Example: A balanced diet keeps your body healthy.↗ · Koalas have a diet of eucalyptus leaves.↗ · Sharks are carnivores — their diet is meat and fish.↗ · My cousin has a gluten-free diet because of an illness.↗ · Vegetarians have a diet without meat.↗ · Too much sugar in your diet is bad for your teeth.↗ · Mum is on a diet before the wedding.↗ · In Roeskilde, too, the members of the Danish Diet assemble.↗

dietary — Everyday, meaning 1: To do with what people eat and drink, their diet.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To do with special rules about food, for health, religion or beliefs: «dietary requirements».↗ Example: Please tell us about any dietary requirements for the school camp.↗ · Wholemeal bread is a good source of dietary fibre.↗ · The doctor gave him dietary advice.↗ · Some children have special dietary needs because of allergies.↗ · The menu shows which dishes meet different dietary needs.↗ · (formal) Dietary changes may improve health.↗

dieth — Early Modern English, meaning 1: «dieth» means «dies», a form of «die».↗ e.g. To die means to stop living.↗ Example: He that smiteth a man, so that he dieth, shall surely be put to death.↗ (Torah EXO.21.12, JPS 1917) · If a thief be found breaking in, and be smitten so that he dieth, there shall be no bloodguiltiness for him.↗ (Torah EXO.22.2, JPS 1917) · That which dieth of itself, or is torn of beasts, he shall not eat to defile himself therewith: I am the LORD.↗ (Torah LEV.22.8, JPS 1917)

dietician — Everyday, meaning 1: A trained health expert who gives advice about food and eating, to help people stay healthy or manage an illness.↗ Example: The dietician helped Tom plan meals for his allergy.↗ · My aunt is a dietician at the hospital.↗ · The dietician said to eat more fruit and vegetables.↗ · After his illness, Grandad saw a dietician.↗ · A dietician knows which foods give you energy.↗ · The school asked a dietician to check the lunch menu.↗

dietitian — Everyday, meaning 1: A dietitian is a trained health worker who gives expert advice about food and healthy eating, often in hospitals, to help people with illnesses or special needs.↗ Example: The dietitian helped my cousin plan meals without gluten.↗ · A hospital dietitian checks what patients can eat.↗ · The school asked a dietitian to plan healthier lunches.↗ · My dad saw a dietitian after his heart operation.↗ · Dietitians study science at university for years.↗ · The dietitian said I should eat more vegetables and fewer crisps.↗ · Athletes often work with a dietitian.↗

differ — Everyday, meaning 1: To differ means to be not the same as something else.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To differ means to have a different opinion, to disagree: «we differ on which film is best».↗ Example: The two numbers differ by 5.↗ · Their heights differ by 12 cm.↗ · How much do the prices differ?↗ · The two answers differ.↗ · How does a frog differ from a toad?↗ · Twins can differ in many ways.↗ · We agreed to differ about the best football team.↗ · The weather can differ a lot from one day to the next.↗ · We differ from you in one point only.↗ · Pistorii artis cabalistical scriptorum, Tom I, p. 869, sqq., differing from that of Postellus.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)↗ · Here the view of various writers differ widely.↗ (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))↗

difference — Everyday, meaning 1: In maths, the difference is how much bigger one number is than another; you find it by subtracting.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A difference is a way in which two things are not the same: spot the differences.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To make a difference is to change something, often for the better.↗ Example: Here the word «more» does not mean adding: it asks how big the difference is.↗ · What is the difference between 15 and 9?↗ · Find the difference between Tom's 12 stickers and Ann's 7.↗ · The difference between 20 and 13 is 7.↗ · Can you spot five differences between the pictures?↗ · One difference between frogs and toads is their skin.↗ · Recycling makes a big difference to our planet.↗ · Twins can look the same, but there are small differences.↗ · And that ye may put difference between the holy and the common, and between the unclean and the clean; (Torah LEV.10.10, JPS 1917)↗ · to make a difference between the unclean and the clean, and between the living thing that may be eaten and the living thing that may not be eaten.↗ (Torah LEV.11.47, JPS 1917)↗ · But against any of the children of Israel shall not a dog whet his tongue, against man or beast; that ye may know how that the LORD doth put a difference between the Egyptians and Israel.↗ (Torah EXO.11.7, JPS 1917)↗ · And they shall teach My people the difference between the holy and the common, and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean.↗ (Prophets EZK.44.23, JPS 1917)↗

different — Everyday, meaning 1: Different means not the same.↗ A cat and a dog are different animals.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Different also means separate or another: on different days.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: It can mean unusual.↗ Example: She has 3 different colors of pens.↗ · How many different ways can you make 10?↗ · Each child got a different number.↗ · There are 5 different kinds of fruit.↗ · A frog is different from a toad.↗ · We all have different favourite foods.↗ · They live in different towns.↗ · Spot five different things in the two pictures.↗ · His games were now quite different.↗ · 31 That is to say a different combination of the elements.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)↗ · Yod Tzaddi Yod Resh Heh ; modes of transliteration vary with different authors.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗ · It is necessary to avoid confusion between these letters ; different authors translate them in different manners.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗

differentiated — In Jewish tradition, meaning 1: Made different or separated into distinct kinds.↗ Example: These three mothers enclose a mighty mystery, most occult and most marvelous, sealed as with six rings, and from them proceed primeval Fire, Water, and Air; these are subsequently differentiated into male and female.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887)↗

differently — Everyday, meaning 1: In a way that is not the same as another way or as before.↗ Example: Try to solve the problem differently to check your answer.↗ · Every child learns differently.↗ · My brother and I see things differently.↗ · If I could start again, I'd do it differently.↗ · The two words are spelled differently but sound the same.↗ · She dressed differently for the party.↗ · The dog acts differently when it's hungry.↗ · Ice behaves differently from water.↗ · "You will think differently in the morning," said Medea.↗

difficult — Everyday, meaning 1: Hard to do, understand or deal with; needing a lot of effort or skill.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Full of problems or worries (a difficult time).↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (of a person) Not easy to please or get on with; unhelpful.↗ Example: This puzzle is very difficult.↗ · I find it difficult to wake up early.↗ · The last question was the most difficult.↗ · It was a difficult time for the family.↗ · The toddler is being difficult today.↗ · It's difficult to say who will win.↗ · Climbing the mountain was difficult but fun.↗ · Its dialect renders it somewhat difficult to read.↗ · Public domain books are our gateways to the past, representing a wealth of history, culture and knowledge that's often difficult to discover.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗ · And Samekh-Tzadi-Resh-Shin, between the teeth and tongue, lain down and flattened.↗ [note 1: These last two words, שכובה ושטותה, are difficult to identify.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)↗ · The Notes have been extended, and it is hoped that they explain and illustrate difficult passages, and render this abstruse treatise more comprehensible than it has been hitherto found.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗

difficulty — Everyday, meaning 1: How hard something is to do or understand (the level of difficulty).↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A problem or a thing that is hard to deal with.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Trouble or worry, especially about money («in difficulty», «financial difficulties»).↗ Everyday, meaning 4: «With difficulty»: in a way that takes a lot of effort.↗ Example: The questions go up in difficulty.↗ · I had difficulty finding the answer.↗ · He climbed the tree with difficulty.↗ · The lifeguard helped a swimmer in difficulty.↗ · The family faced many difficulties.↗ · She passed the test without difficulty.↗ · The game has three difficulty levels: easy, medium and hard.↗ · The difficulty is which one to choose.↗ · Some late editors to cover the difficulty of this passage, have given SPR, SPUR, SIPR, pointing them to read Separ, Seepur, Saypar.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗ · Rittangelius always gives " praeter illud ineffabile."↗ Pistorius gives '* praeter ineffabile."↗ Postellus evades the difficulty and simply puts the word Belimah into his Latin trans- lation.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗ · I therefore hope that the candid reader will consider the great difficulties I had to overcome in this still unbeaten way of the ancient Jewish spiritual region, and will receive with indulgence this new contribution to archaeological knowledge.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)↗

diffident — Everyday, meaning 1: Shy and not sure of yourself; not wanting to speak up or push yourself forward.↗ Example: The diffident boy rarely spoke in class.↗ · Mole felt diffident in front of the great Badger.↗ · She gave a diffident smile.↗ · He was diffident about showing his drawing.↗ · Don't be diffident — your idea is good!↗ · The new girl was diffident on her first day.↗ · In a diffident voice, he asked for help.↗

diffidently — Everyday, meaning 1: Diffidently means in a shy, unsure way, without much confidence and without wanting to push yourself forward.↗ Example: "May I come too?" she asked diffidently.↗ · He held out his drawing diffidently, unsure if it was good.↗ · Tom coughed diffidently before he raised his hand.↗

diffused — In Jewish tradition, meaning 1: Spread out widely instead of staying in one place.↗ Example: The Nineteenth Path is the Intelligence of all the activities of the spiritual beings, and is so called because of the affluence diffused by it from the most high blessing and most exalted sublime glory.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887)↗ · The Nineteenth Path is the Intelligence of all the activities of the spiritual beings, and is so called because of the aflluence diffused by it from the most high blessing and most exalted sublime glory.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗

diffusion — Everyday, meaning 1: Diffusion is the spreading of something far and wide, such as ideas, customs or stories, from one place to many others.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: In science, diffusion is the slow spreading of a gas or liquid into the space around it.↗ Example: The diffusion of the tale took many years.↗ · Perfume spreads by diffusion through the air.↗ · The folk-tale spread by diffusion from India to Spain.↗

dig — Everyday, meaning 1: To dig is to make a hole in the ground, for example with a spade or with hands or paws.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To dig something up is to get it out of the ground.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A dig is a place where archaeologists dig to find old things.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: A dig can be a little poke, or an unkind remark.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: «Dig in» means start eating.↗ Example: He digs 2 m of ditch an hour.↗ · 3 workers dug 12 holes.↗ · How long to dig 10 m?↗ · Each hole needs 1 tree.↗ · The dog dug a hole and buried its bone.↗ · We dug for treasure on the beach.↗ · Archaeologists dug up a Roman coin.↗ · Dinner's ready, dig in!↗ · And they digged another well, and they strove for that also.↗ (Torah GEN.26.21, JPS 1917)↗ · And Isaac's servants digged in the valley, and found there a well of living water.↗ (Torah GEN.26.19, JPS 1917)↗ · And he removed from thence, and digged another well; and for that they strove not.↗ (Torah GEN.26.22, JPS 1917)↗ · For they have digged a pit for my soul.↗ (Prophets JER.18.20, JPS 1917)↗ · Dig thou through the wall in their sight, and carry out thereby.↗ (Prophets EZK.12.5, JPS 1917)↗ · The proud have digged pits for me, which is not according to Thy law.↗ (Writings PSA.119.85, JPS 1917)↗