📖 D — The English dictionary · page 30

diligent — Everyday, meaning 1: Working hard and carefully, paying attention to details and not giving up.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (formal) Done carefully and thoroughly: «a diligent search».↗ Example: She is a diligent pupil who always does her homework.↗ · The diligent ant stored food for winter.↗ · After a diligent search, they found the lost ring.↗ · He was diligent about practising the piano every day.↗ · The diligent gardener weeded the beds daily.↗ · (formal) Candidates are expected to be diligent in checking their answers.↗ · The little Princess was very diligent, and her favorite studies were music and poetry.↗ · The hand of the diligent shall bear rule; but the slothful shall be under tribute.↗ (Writings PRO.12.24, JPS 1917)↗ · Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds; (Writings PRO.27.23, JPS 1917)↗ · He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand; but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.↗ (Writings PRO.10.4, JPS 1917)↗

diligently — Everyday, meaning 1: Diligently means working hard and carefully, giving full attention to a task.↗ Example: She practised her spellings diligently every night.↗ · He searched for the hook most diligently.↗ · You have watched diligently, said the King.↗ · Ye shall diligently keep the commandments of the LORD your God, and His testimonies, and His statutes, which He hath commanded thee.↗ (Torah DEU.6.17, JPS 1917)↗ · And the judges shall inquire diligently; and, behold, if the witness be a false witness, and hath testified falsely against his brother; (Torah DEU.19.18, JPS 1917)↗ · if only thou diligently hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe to do all this commandment which I command thee this day.↗ (Torah DEU.15.5, JPS 1917)↗ · Hear diligently my speech; and let this be your consolations.↗ (Writings JOB.21.2, JPS 1917)↗ · Thou hast ordained Thy precepts, that we should observe them diligently.↗ (Writings PSA.119.4, JPS 1917)↗ · Hear diligently my speech, and let my declaration be in your ears.↗ (Writings JOB.13.17, JPS 1917)↗

dill — Everyday, meaning 1: A herb with soft feathery leaves and a fresh taste, used in cooking, especially with fish, potatoes and pickles.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (Australia, NZ, informal) A silly or foolish person; a mild, friendly insult.↗ Example: Mum sprinkled chopped dill on the potatoes.↗ · I love crunchy dill pickles in my burger.↗ · We grew dill in a pot on the windowsill.↗ · Dill seeds smell a bit like aniseed.↗ · (Australia) «You left your lunch on the bus, you dill!» laughed Jack.↗ · (Australia) Don't be a dill, put your hat on in the sun.↗ · Grandma makes salmon with dill sauce.↗ · The gardener was near the gate, watering the dill and parsley, the carrots and parsnips.↗

dilute — Everyday, meaning 1: To make a liquid weaker or thinner by adding water or another liquid.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (adjective) Weaker because water has been added: «a dilute acid».↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To make something weaker or less strong in effect: «dilute the message».↗ Example: Dilute the squash with lots of water.↗ · Always dilute the cleaning liquid before use.↗ · We diluted the paint so it would spread easily.↗ · A dilute acid is less dangerous than a concentrated one.↗ · Adding ice will dilute your drink as it melts.↗ · Too many rules can dilute the fun of the game.↗

diluted — Everyday, meaning 1: Made weaker or thinner by adding water or another liquid.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Made weaker or less strong in effect: «a diluted version of the plan».↗ Example: The diluted juice tasted weak.↗ · The bleach must be diluted before you clean the floor.↗ · We tested diluted and pure vinegar on the eggshells.↗ · The diluted paint was too runny.↗ · They passed a diluted version of the rule.↗ · The medicine is given diluted in water.↗

dilution — Everyday, meaning 1: The act of making a liquid weaker or thinner by adding water or another liquid.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A liquid that has been made weaker this way.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: The weakening of something, like an idea, power or share.↗ Example: Dilution makes the orange squash less sweet.↗ · We tested how dilution changes the colour of food dye.↗ · The label says the right dilution is one cap to five litres of water.↗ · Dilution with lots of water makes a spill less harmful.↗ · Each dilution was paler than the last one.↗ · Too much dilution and the paint becomes runny.↗ · Rain causes the dilution of salt in the rock pool.↗

dim — Everyday, meaning 1: Dim means not bright.↗ A dim light gives only a little light.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To dim is to make or become less bright.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Dim can mean hard to see or remember.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: In everyday talk, dim can mean not clever (this can be rude).↗ Everyday, meaning 5: Dim can also be a short way of writing "diminutive", a word form that means small.↗ Early Modern English, meaning 1: Not bright, or not able to see well; in one sentence it is short for "diminutive.".↗ Example: The room was dim.↗ · She dimmed the lights for the film.↗ · A dim lamp uses less power.↗ · The dim star was hard to see.↗ · The light grew dim at dusk.↗ · Wear something bright on dim evenings.↗ · I have a dim memory of my first birthday.↗ · All the streets and lanes of Paris were to be seen here again, as in a dim reflection.↗ · Now the eyes of Israel were dim for age, so that he could not see.↗ (Torah GEN.48.10, JPS 1917)↗ · And Moses was a hundred and twenty years old when he died: his eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated.↗ (Torah DEU.34.7, JPS 1917)↗ · But if the priest look on it, and, behold, there be no white hairs therein, and it be not lower than the skin, but be dim, then the priest shall shut him up seven days.↗ (Torah LEV.13.21, JPS 1917)↗ · How is the gold become dim!↗ (Writings LAM.4.1, JPS 1917)↗ · For this our heart is faint, for these things our eyes are dim; (Writings LAM.5.17, JPS 1917)↗ · And it came to pass at that time, when Eli was laid down in his place — now his eyes had begun to wax dim, that he could not see— (Prophets 1SA.3.2, JPS 1917)↗ · Now the eyes of Israel were dim for age, so that he could not see.↗ (Torah GEN.48.10, JPS 1917) · It is called in the original a Kukla (dim.↗ (Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore) · And Moses was a hundred and twenty years old when he died: his eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated.↗ (Torah DEU.34.7, JPS 1917)

dime — Everyday, meaning 1: A dime is a coin in the United States and Canada.↗ A dime is 10 cents, and a dollar is 10 dimes.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: «A dime a dozen» means very common and cheap.↗ Example: She has 7 dimes.↗ · How many dimes make a dollar?↗ · He paid with 3 dimes and 2 nickels.↗ · A pack of gum costs 4 dimes.↗ · A dime is smaller than a penny.↗ · Ten dimes make one dollar.↗ · He found a dime under the sofa.↗ · Can't you lend me a dime, Uncle Remus, to buy me a pie?↗

dimension — Everyday, meaning 1: A dimension is a measurement in one direction, like length, width or height.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: The dimensions of something are its size: its length, width and height.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A dimension is a part or side of something, like a problem or a feeling.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: In stories, another dimension is a different world or reality.↗ Example: A square is a 2D shape: it has two dimensions.↗ · A cube has three dimensions.↗ · What are the dimensions of the box?↗ · The room's dimensions are 4 metres by 3 metres.↗ · Write the dimensions of the rectangle and find its area.↗ · Music added a new dimension to the play.↗ · In the story, the children slipped into another dimension.↗ · A line has only one dimension, its length.↗ · The Greek Sphinx may be recognized by having wings and by being of smaller dimensions than the Egyptian Sphinx.↗ · 15) According to the author, the space and six dimensions emanated from the ether.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)↗ · He sealed them with spirit and fastened them to His great name and sealed with it six dimensions.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)↗ · He sealed them with spirit and fastened them to His great name and sealed with it six dimensions.↗ [15] (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)↗

dimetrodon — Everyday, meaning 1: A large animal with a tall sail on its back that lived about 295 to 272 million years ago, before the dinosaurs.↗ Example: Dimetrodon had a big sail on its back.↗ · Dimetrodon lived before the dinosaurs.↗ · It was not a dinosaur, though it is often called one.↗ · Dimetrodon was a meat eater.↗ · The sail may have helped dimetrodon stay warm.↗ · We saw a dimetrodon fossil in the museum.↗

diminish — Everyday, meaning 1: To diminish is to become smaller, less or weaker.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To diminish something is to make it smaller or less important.↗ Example: The rain diminished and the sun came out.↗ · His pain diminished after a rest.↗ · The pile of sweets diminished quickly.↗ · (formal) The value of the car diminishes each year.↗ · Don't let one mistake diminish your confidence.↗ · The sound diminished as the train went away.↗ · Supplies of water diminished during the hot summer.↗ · If he take him another wife, her food, her raiment, and her conjugal rights, shall he not diminish.↗ (Torah EXO.21.10, JPS 1917)↗ · All this word which I command you, that shall ye observe to do; thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from it.↗ (Torah DEU.12.32, JPS 1917)↗ · And the officers of the children of Israel did see that they were set on mischief, when they said: 'Ye shall not diminish aught from your bricks, your daily task.'↗ (Torah EXO.5.19, JPS 1917)↗ · O LORD, correct me, but in measure; not in Thine anger, lest Thou diminish me.↗ (Prophets JER.10.24, JPS 1917)↗ · It shall be the lowliest of the kingdoms, neither shall it any more lift itself up above the nations; and I will diminish them, that they shall no more rule over the nations.↗ (Prophets EZK.29.15, JPS 1917)↗

diminished — Everyday, meaning 1: Diminished means made smaller, fewer or weaker.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (formal) To be diminished is to become less important or less respected.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (music) A diminished chord or interval is a little smaller than the usual one.↗ Example: The pile of sweets had diminished by lunchtime.↗ · 20 diminished by 5 is 15.↗ · The noise diminished as the train went away.↗ · His strength had diminished after the long illness.↗ · Light diminished as the sun set.↗ · The water in the tank diminished by a third.↗ · Her fear diminished once she saw the friendly dog.↗ · The play uses a diminished chord to sound spooky.↗ · Goll could do a thing that would be hard for another person, and he could do it so beautifully that he was not diminished by any action.↗ · Go yourselves, get you straw where ye can find it; for nought of your work shall be diminished.'↗ (Torah EXO.5.11, JPS 1917)↗ · Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished; but he that gathereth little by little shall increase.↗ (Writings PRO.13.11, JPS 1917)↗ · and the residue of the number of the archers, the mighty men of the children of Kedar, shall be diminished; for the LORD, the God of Israel, hath spoken it.'↗ (Prophets ISA.21.17, JPS 1917)↗ · take ye wives, and beget sons and daughters; and take wives for your sons, and give your daughters to husbands, that they may bear sons and daughters; and multiply ye there, and be not diminished.↗ (Prophets JER.29.6, JPS 1917)↗

diminishing — Everyday, meaning 1: Diminishing means getting smaller, fewer or weaker over time.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (adjective) Diminishing describes something that is becoming smaller or less: «diminishing supplies».↗ Example: The water in the tank is diminishing day by day.↗ · The diminishing light told us night was coming.↗ · Their supply of food was diminishing fast.↗ · Rainforests are diminishing around the world.↗ · The noise of the plane was diminishing in the distance.↗ · A diminishing pattern: 64, 32, 16, 8 — what comes next?↗ · But the sand hill only drove the pond a little farther away, and its waters seemed to increase instead of diminishing.↗

diminution — Everyday, meaning 1: (formal) A reduction in size, amount, importance or strength; getting smaller or less.↗ Example: There was a diminution in the number of birds this spring.↗ · (formal) The medicine caused a diminution of pain.↗ · The storm passed with no diminution in the wind until the evening.↗ · (formal) The report notes a gradual diminution of resources.↗ · Old age brought a diminution of his strength.↗ · The Ninth Path is the Pure intelligence so called because it purifies the Numerations, it proves and corrects the designing of their representation, and disposes their unity with which they are combined without diminution or division.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887)↗

diminutive — Everyday, meaning 1: Very small or short.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (grammar, noun) A form of a word or name that means small or shows affection, such as «duckling», «piglet», «booklet», or «Billy» for William.↗ Example: The diminutive girl was the fastest runner in the school.↗ · «Piglet» is the diminutive of «pig».↗ · «Jimmy» is a diminutive of «James».↗ · A diminutive old man opened the door.↗ · The suffix -let, as in «booklet», makes a diminutive.↗ · Despite her diminutive size, the terrier was very brave.↗

dimly — Everyday, meaning 1: Dimly means with only a little light, not brightly.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Dimly means not clearly, in a faint or uncertain way (dimly remember).↗ Example: The cave was dimly lit by our torches.↗ · I dimly remember my first day at nursery.↗ · The bulb shone dimly because the battery was flat.↗ · Stars glowed dimly through the clouds.↗ · She was dimly aware of a noise downstairs.↗ · We walked along the dimly lit corridor.↗ · She turned round, and--was it her fancy? or did the fire burn more dimly than before?↗ · A bruised reed shall he not break, and the dimly burning wick shall he not quench; he shall make the right to go forth according to the truth.↗ (Prophets ISA.42.3, JPS 1917)↗