📖 D — The English dictionary · page 3

dangerously — Everyday, meaning 1: Dangerously means in a way that could cause harm or injury.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Dangerously close or near means so close that something bad could easily happen.↗ Example: He rode his bike dangerously close to the road.↗ · The river was dangerously high after the storm.↗ · The driver was stopped for driving dangerously.↗ · The cliff path is dangerously steep.↗ · She was dangerously ill but got better in hospital.↗ · Don't lean dangerously out of the window.↗ · The tower of blocks wobbled dangerously.↗ · He was worse next day, and by the morning of the third day was dangerously ill.↗

dangle — Everyday, meaning 1: To dangle means to hang down loosely and swing.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To dangle something means to hold it so that it hangs loosely.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To dangle something in front of someone means to offer it to tempt them.↗ Example: My legs dangled over the edge of the pier.↗ · A spider dangled from the ceiling.↗ · He dangled the keys in front of the dog.↗ · Long earrings dangled from her ears.↗ · Don't let the cable dangle where the baby can reach.↗ · The kitten tried to catch the dangling string.↗ · They dangled a prize in front of us to make us work harder.↗ · Across his back dangled a long fringed quiver.↗

dangling — Everyday, meaning 1: Dangling means hanging loosely and swinging, often from something above.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Dangling something in front of someone means holding it out to tempt them.↗ Example: The monkey was dangling from a branch by its tail.↗ · We sat on the pier with our legs dangling over the water.↗ · A loose wire was dangling from the ceiling.↗ · Her earrings were long and dangling.↗ · He kept dangling the toy in front of the cat.↗ · The spider was dangling on a thread.↗ · Don't leave the blind cord dangling where a baby can reach it.↗ · Suddenly he saw a beautiful ball, for all the world like his own, dangling from a branch of the tree he was on.↗

daniel — Everyday, meaning 1: (Bible) Daniel is a Jewish prophet in the Bible who was taken to Babylon, stayed faithful to God, and was thrown into a den of lions but came out unhurt.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Daniel is a common boy's first name.↗ Example: Daniel prayed to God three times a day by his open window.↗ · The king threw Daniel into the lions' den.↗ · In the morning Daniel was safe, because the lions had not hurt him.↗ · Daniel sits next to me in maths.↗ · We sang a song about Daniel and the lions.↗ · Daniel read the strange writing on the wall for the king.↗ · "Oh-ho," thought Daniel, "that stone, at any rate, will soon be mine.↗ · Then Daniel blessed the God of heaven.↗ (Writings DAN.2.19, JPS 1917)↗ · Then was Daniel brought in before the king.↗ (Writings DAN.5.13, JPS 1917)↗ · In those days I Daniel was mourning three whole weeks.↗ (Writings DAN.10.2, JPS 1917)↗

danish — Everyday, meaning 1: Danish means from Denmark or to do with Denmark and its people.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Danish is the language spoken in Denmark.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A danish (or Danish pastry) is a sweet, flaky pastry, often with fruit, custard or icing.↗ Example: LEGO is a Danish toy company.↗ · My friend's mum speaks Danish.↗ · The Danish flag is red with a white cross.↗ · I had an apple danish for breakfast.↗ · Danish Vikings once ruled part of England.↗ · Hans Christian Andersen was a Danish writer of fairy tales.↗ · Danish sounds a bit like Swedish and Norwegian.↗

dank — Everyday, meaning 1: Unpleasantly cold, wet and stale-smelling: «a dank cellar».↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (slang, mostly US, young people) Excellent, cool.↗ Example: The dungeon was dark and dank.↗ · A dank smell came from the old cellar.↗ · Moss grew on the dank walls of the tunnel.↗ · The Mole's tunnels felt dank in winter.↗ · The house was dank after the flood.↗ · (slang) «That new game is dank!» said my cousin.↗

danseur — Everyday, meaning 1: (ballet, from French) A male ballet dancer; «premier danseur» means a leading male dancer in a ballet company.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (French) In French, «danseur» simply means «dancer» (a man who dances); English uses it only in ballet.↗ Example: The danseur lifted the ballerina high above his head.↗ · He became a premier danseur at the Royal Ballet.↗ · The danseur leapt across the stage.↗ · In French, a danseur is just a male dancer.↗ · Our ballet teacher showed us a famous danseur on video.↗

danseuse — Everyday, meaning 1: (ballet, from French) A female ballet dancer; «première danseuse» means a leading female dancer.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (French) In French, «danseuse» simply means «dancer» (a woman who dances); English uses it mainly in ballet.↗ Example: The danseuse spun on the tips of her toes.↗ · She was the première danseuse of the company.↗ · In French, a danseuse is a woman who dances.↗ · The danseuse wore a white tutu in «Swan Lake».↗ · The old poster showed a danseuse in mid-leap.↗

daoism — Everyday, meaning 1: A Chinese tradition of thought and religion based on the «Dao» (or «Tao»), «the Way» — the natural flow of the universe; it teaches living simply, calmly and in harmony with nature.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: The religion that grew from these ideas, with temples, priests, festivals and many gods and immortals.↗ Example: Daoism teaches people to live in harmony with nature.↗ · The yin-yang symbol is linked with Daoism.↗ · Laozi is said to have written the Dao De Jing.↗ · Daoism and Confucianism both began in ancient China.↗ · My grandad does tai chi, which has roots in Daoism.↗ · In RE we compared Daoism with Buddhism.↗ · Daoists believe water shows the Way: soft, yet able to wear down stone.↗

dapper — Everyday, meaning 1: Neat, smart and trim in dress and movement, often small and quick.↗ Example: A dapper little old man came in.↗ · He wore a dapper blue coat.↗ · The dapper mouse rode proudly on his horse.↗

dapple — Everyday, meaning 1: A pattern of spots or patches of light and shade, as under trees.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (of a horse) Grey with darker round spots, as in «dapple grey».↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To mark something with spots or patches.↗ Example: His eyes were skilled to observe the dusk and dapple of green woods.↗ · He rode a dapple grey horse.↗ · Sunlight dappled the forest floor.↗

dappled — Everyday, meaning 1: Dappled means marked with spots or patches of different colours or shades.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Dappled light or shade is a pattern of light and shadow, for example under trees.↗ Example: We sat in the dappled shade of the oak tree.↗ · The dappled sunlight danced on the path.↗ · The pony was dappled grey.↗ · A fawn has a dappled coat that hides it in the woods.↗ · The painter showed the dappled light on the river.↗ · The forest floor was dappled with gold.↗ · This horse was dappled too, and so like Dapplegrim that no one could distinguish the one from the other.↗

dare — Everyday, meaning 1: To dare means to be brave enough to do something.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To dare someone means to challenge them to do something risky to show they are brave.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A dare is a challenge like that.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: «How dare you!» shows you are angry at someone's rude act.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: «Don't you dare» is a strong warning not to do something.↗ Example: I dare you to touch the slimy frog!↗ · He didn't dare to look down from the top of the climbing frame.↗ · Saying no to a dangerous dare is brave.↗ · We played truth or dare at the sleepover.↗ · How dare you read my diary!↗ · Don't you dare eat my cake!↗ · She dared to ask the question nobody else would.↗ · It was just a silly dare.↗ · There none would dare harm them.↗ · None is so fierce that dare stir him up; who then is able to stand before Me?↗ (Writings JOB.41.2, JPS 1917)↗

daredevil — Everyday, meaning 1: A daredevil is a person who does dangerous, exciting things, often to show off or to entertain people.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Daredevil (adjective) describes risky, bold actions: a daredevil jump.↗ Example: The daredevil rode his motorbike over twenty cars.↗ · My little brother is a daredevil on the climbing frame.↗ · The crowd gasped at the daredevil's tightrope walk.↗ · Don't try daredevil tricks you see online.↗ · She made a daredevil jump from the high board.↗ · Stunt performers are daredevils with lots of training.↗

darest — Early Modern English, meaning 1: Has the courage to do something, with "thou" as the subject.↗ Example: "Darest thou to follow me?" asked the form.↗ (Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen) · ‘Rash youth that thou art, darest thou speak thus to Arthur?↗ (The Lilac Fairy Book) · “Strike then, Bogle, if thou darest,” shouted out Childe Rowland, and rushed to meet him with his good brand that never yet did fail.↗ (English Fairy Tales)

darjeeling — Everyday, meaning 1: (a place name) Darjeeling, a town in the Himalayan hills of West Bengal in north-east India, famous for its tea gardens and its little «toy train».↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A light, fragrant black tea grown in the Darjeeling hills, sometimes called «the champagne of teas»: «a cup of Darjeeling».↗ Example: Darjeeling is a hill town in India famous for tea.↗ · Grandma only drinks Darjeeling with breakfast.↗ · The tea pickers in Darjeeling pick only the top leaves.↗ · The little steam train climbs up to Darjeeling.↗ · From Darjeeling you can see snowy Kangchenjunga.↗ · Darjeeling tea is lighter than English breakfast tea.↗

dark — Everyday, meaning 1: Dark means with little or no light, like at night.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A dark colour is deep and close to black, like dark blue or dark green.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Dark hair, eyes or skin are deep brown or black.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: The dark is the time or place with no light: «afraid of the dark».↗ Everyday, meaning 5: Dark can mean sad, scary or bad: «a dark story».↗ Example: It gets dark at 6 o'clock.↗ · There are 5 dark blue pens.↗ · Dark chocolate costs more.↗ · How many hours is it dark?↗ · Many children are afraid of the dark.↗ · In winter it is dark when we go home from school.↗ · We need light to see, so in the dark we see nothing.↗ · Wear something bright if you walk after dark.↗ · with him do I speak mouth to mouth, even manifestly, and not in dark speeches; and the similitude of the LORD doth he behold; wherefore then were ye not afraid to speak against My servant, against Moses?'↗ (Torah NUM.12.8, JPS 1917)↗ · I will pass through all thy flock to-day, removing from thence every speckled and spotted one, and every dark one among the sheep, and the spotted and speckled among the goats; and of such shall be my hire.↗ (Torah GEN.30.32, JPS 1917)↗ · And Jacob separated the lambs — he also set the faces of the flocks toward the streaked and all the dark in the flock of Laban — and put his own droves apart, and put them not unto Laban's flock.↗ (Torah GEN.30.40, JPS 1917)↗ · Can He judge through the dark cloud?↗ (Writings JOB.22.13, JPS 1917)↗ · Even very dark, and no brightness in it?↗ (Prophets AMO.5.20, JPS 1917)↗ · Let their way be dark and slippery, the angel of the LORD pursuing them.↗ (Writings PSA.35.6, JPS 1917)↗

darken — Everyday, meaning 1: To become darker or to make something darker.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To become sad, angry or less hopeful, as a face or mood can.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (idiom) Never darken my door again means never come to my house again.↗ Example: The sky darkened before the storm.↗ · Close the blinds to darken the room for the film.↗ · Add a little black to darken the paint.↗ · His face darkened when he heard the bad news.↗ · The leaves darken in late summer.↗ · As the sun went down, the forest darkened.↗ · At last the day began to darken, and the evening came; still he had caught not a single fish.↗ · And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord GOD, that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the clear day.↗ (Prophets AMO.8.9, JPS 1917)↗

darkened — Everyday, meaning 1: Made darker or grown darker, with little light.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Past form of darken: the sky darkened.↗ Example: We watched the film in a darkened room.↗ · The darkened streets felt quiet and spooky.↗ · The sky darkened and it began to rain.↗ · Shadows are easiest to see in a darkened classroom.↗ · The house had darkened windows.↗ · Her mood darkened when she lost the match.↗ · ‘Give me the youngest instead,’ replied the youth, and the giant’s face darkened as he heard him.↗ · Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and make their loins continually to totter.↗ (Writings PSA.69.24, JPS 1917)↗ · Before the sun, and the light, and the moon, and the stars, are darkened, and the clouds return after the rain; (Writings ECC.12.2, JPS 1917)↗ · There is a crying in the streets amidst the wine; all joy is darkened, the mirth of the land is gone.↗ (Prophets ISA.24.11, JPS 1917)↗

darkening — Everyday, meaning 1: Darkening is the -ing form of «darken»: becoming darker, or making something darker.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: As an adjective, darkening describes something getting darker, like a darkening sky.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A darkening face or mood is becoming angry or sad.↗ Example: The sky was darkening as we walked home.↗ · Darkening clouds told us rain was coming.↗ · The apple is darkening where I bit it.↗ · His face was darkening with anger.↗ · The water was darkening as the sun went down.↗ · Leaves are darkening as summer ends.↗ · Soon afterwards he saw something big coming towards him, darkening the sky.↗

darkey — Everyday, meaning 1: An old, insulting word for a Black person.↗ It is offensive and must not be used today.↗ Example: This is an old insult and is not used today.↗ · Do not use this word; it hurts people.↗ · Some old stories contain this insult.↗