📖 D — The English dictionary · page 4

darkly — Everyday, meaning 1: Darkly means in a threatening, mysterious or gloomy way.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Darkly can mean with dark colours or in the dark.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Darkly funny means funny about sad or frightening things.↗ Example: «Something terrible will happen,» he said darkly.↗ · The sky glowed darkly before the storm.↗ · Rat hinted darkly at the dangers of the Wild Wood.↗ · The film was darkly funny.↗ · Her eyes were darkly shaded.↗ · «For now we see through a glass, darkly.»↗

darkness — Everyday, meaning 1: Darkness is when there is little or no light.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Darkness can also mean evil or sadness in stories.↗ Example: The room was in total darkness.↗ · Owls can hunt in the darkness.↗ · We waited in the darkness for the fireworks.↗ · Darkness fell over the town.↗ · In stories, the hero fights the forces of darkness.↗ · Some children feel scared of the darkness.↗ · Cats see better than people in darkness.↗ · The darkness of night came on.↗ · And God called the light Day, and the darkness He called Night.↗ (Torah GEN.1.5, JPS 1917)↗ · And God saw the light, that it was good; and God divided the light from the darkness.↗ (Torah GEN.1.4, JPS 1917)↗ · And the people stood afar off; but Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God was.↗ (Torah EXO.20.21, JPS 1917)↗ · It is darkness, and not light.↗ (Prophets AMO.5.18, JPS 1917)↗ · Shall not the day of the LORD be darkness, and not light?↗ (Prophets AMO.5.20, JPS 1917)↗ · They change the night into day; the light is short because of darkness.↗ (Writings JOB.17.12, JPS 1917)↗

darling — Everyday, meaning 1: Darling is a loving word for someone you love: «Come here, darling.».↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A darling is a person who is very loved or favoured: the darling of the crowd.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (informal) Darling can mean very sweet or lovely.↗ e.g. What a darling little puppy!↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (UK, informal) Some people, often older, call anyone «darling» to be friendly.↗ Example: Goodnight, darling, sleep well.↗ · Thank you, darling, that's very kind.↗ · What a darling little kitten!↗ · She was the darling of the whole school.↗ · «Mind how you go, darling,» said the lady at the till.↗ · Grandma calls everyone darling.↗ · "How darling and beautiful you are!"↗ · Is Ephraim a darling son unto Me?↗ (Prophets JER.31.20, JPS 1917)↗

darn — Everyday, meaning 1: To darn a sock or jumper is to mend a hole by sewing threads across it.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (mild swearing) «Darn!» or «Darn it!» is said when you are annoyed, instead of a stronger word.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (informal) Darn or darned means very, or annoying: a darn good idea, that darn cat.↗ Example: Grandma darned the hole in my sock.↗ · (mild) Darn it, I forgot my lunch!↗ · (mild) That darn cat knocked over the plant again.↗ · (informal) It was a darn good match.↗ · She sat by the fire darning a jumper.↗ · (mild) Darn, the bus has gone!↗

dart — Everyday, meaning 1: A dart is a small pointed object you throw at a round board in a game called darts.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A dart is a small sharp arrow, often blown or shot.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To dart is to move suddenly and very quickly.↗ Example: A mouse darted across the kitchen floor.↗ · Fish darted between the rocks.↗ · My uncle plays darts every Friday.↗ · The dart hit the middle of the board.↗ · She darted out of the room.↗ · Never throw darts near other people.↗ · The rabbit darted into its hole.↗ · If one lay at him with the sword, it will not hold; nor the spear, the dart, nor the pointed shaft.↗ (Writings JOB.41.18, JPS 1917)↗ · Then said Joab: 'I may not tarry thus with thee.'↗ And he took three darts in his hand, and thrust them through the heart of Absalom, while he was yet alive in the midst of the terebinth.↗ (Prophets 2SA.18.14, JPS 1917)↗

dartboard — Everyday, meaning 1: A dartboard is a round board, divided into numbered sections, at which you throw darts in the game of darts.↗ Example: We hung a dartboard in the garage.↗ · The dartboard has numbers from 1 to 20 around the edge.↗ · Hitting the outer ring of the dartboard doubles your score.↗ · Hitting the treble 20 gives 60 points.↗ · The bull's-eye is the centre of the dartboard.↗ · Magnetic dartboards are safer for children.↗

dash — Everyday, meaning 1: To dash means to run or go very quickly.↗ A dash is a short, fast run.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A dash is a short race, like the 100-metre dash.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A dash is a short line in writing (–) used to show a pause or a break.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: A dash of something is a very small amount, like a dash of salt.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: To dash hopes is to end them.↗ Example: Tom ran the 100-meter dash in 15 seconds.↗ · She dashed to the shop and back.↗ · Write a dash between the numbers.↗ · Each dash in the pattern is 2 cm long.↗ · We made a dash for the bus when it started to rain.↗ · Add a dash of salt to the soup.↗ · In Morse code, the letter A is a dot and a dash.↗ · The rain dashed our hopes of a picnic.↗ · On she dashed in pursuit, chased and chased.↗ · And when it was killed, Moses dashed the blood against the altar round about.↗ (Torah LEV.8.19, JPS 1917)↗ · And thou shalt slay the ram, and thou shalt take its blood, and dash it round about against the altar.↗ (Torah EXO.29.16, JPS 1917)↗ · But ye shall break down their altars, and dash in pieces their pillars, and ye shall cut down their Asherim.↗ (Torah EXO.34.13, JPS 1917)↗ · They shall bear thee upon their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.↗ (Writings PSA.91.12, JPS 1917)↗ · Then shalt thou walk in thy way securely, and thou shalt not dash thy foot.↗ (Writings PRO.3.23, JPS 1917)↗ · Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel.'↗ (Writings PSA.2.9, JPS 1917)↗

dashboard — Everyday, meaning 1: A dashboard is the panel at the front of a car, under the windscreen, with the speedometer, dials, lights and controls.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (computing) A dashboard is a screen on a computer or app that shows the most important information at a glance, often with charts and numbers.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (history) On an old horse-drawn carriage, a dashboard was a board at the front to stop mud splashing the driver.↗ Example: Mum checked the speed on the dashboard.↗ · A red light came on on the dashboard.↗ · Don't put your feet on the dashboard!↗ · The satnav is stuck to the dashboard.↗ · Our class dashboard shows how many books we have read.↗ · The weather app has a dashboard with temperature and wind speed.↗ · The teacher's dashboard shows who has finished the quiz.↗

dass — Early Modern English, meaning 1: In old texts, to make someone dazed or stunned.↗

data — Everyday, meaning 1: Data is facts, numbers or information collected so they can be studied and used.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Data is also information stored and used by a computer.↗ Example: We collected data on our classmates' favourite fruits.↗ · Put the data in a bar chart.↗ · The scientist looked carefully at the data.↗ · Our data shows that plants grew taller in the sun.↗ · Don't share your personal data with strangers online.↗ · My phone has run out of mobile data.↗ · The data was saved on the computer.↗

date — Everyday, meaning 1: A date is the day, month and year when something happens or happened.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A date is a sweet brown fruit from a palm tree.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A date is a plan to meet someone, often a romantic outing.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: To date something is to write the date on it, or to find out how old it is.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: Out of date means old or no longer good to use; up to date means new and current.↗ Example: Mark the date of the party on the calendar.↗ · How many days are there between the two dates?↗ · She bought 500 g of dates.↗ · A box holds 20 dates.↗ · Write the date at the top of your page.↗ · Put the events on the timeline in order of date.↗ · This milk is out of date, don't drink it.↗ · Dates grow on palm trees in hot countries.↗ · Scientists dated the fossil to millions of years ago.↗ · ‘To day the people may eat the dates.’↗ · A MSS. copy dated 1719, in the British Museum.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗ · There is also a good German translation, by Johann Friedrich von Meyer, dated 1830.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗ · C, but it is supposed that it was in use at a much earlii r date.↗ (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))↗

daub — Everyday, meaning 1: To daub is to smear something thick and sticky, such as paint, mud or clay, over a surface, often roughly.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A daub is a rough, messy smear of paint or clay.↗ Example: The children daubed paint all over the paper.↗ · The walls were daubed with mud.↗ · The cradle was overturned and daubed with blood.↗ · Her picture was just a brown daub.↗ · Mix the clay and daub it on the wall.↗ · And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch; and she put the child therein, and laid it in the flags by the river's brink.↗ (Torah EXO.2.3, JPS 1917)↗ · and, lo, when the wall is fallen, shall it not be said unto you: Where is the daubing wherewith ye have daubed it?↗ (Prophets EZK.13.12, JPS 1917)↗ · And her prophets have daubed for them with whited plaster, seeing falsehood, and divining lies unto them, saying: Thus saith the Lord GOD, when the LORD hath not spoken.↗ (Prophets EZK.22.28, JPS 1917)↗ · Because, even because they have led My people astray, saying: Peace, and there is no peace; and when it buildeth up a slight wall, behold, they daub it with whited plaster; (Prophets EZK.13.10, JPS 1917)↗

daughter — Everyday, meaning 1: A daughter is a girl or woman who is someone's child.↗ Example: The mother is 30 and her daughter is 6.↗ · He gives each daughter $5.↗ · She has 3 daughters.↗ · How old will the daughter be in 4 years?↗ · The baker's daughter helped in the shop on Saturdays.↗ · Mrs Brown and her daughter look very alike.↗ · In the story, the king's youngest daughter was the bravest.↗ · Mother and daughter went shopping together.↗ · "Well, daughter! have you enjoyed yourself?"↗ · and Basemath Ishmael's daughter, sister of Nebaioth.↗ (Torah GEN.36.3, JPS 1917)↗ · And I asked her, and said: Whose daughter art thou?↗ (Torah GEN.24.47, JPS 1917)↗ · And he said unto his daughters: 'And where is he?↗ (Torah EXO.2.20, JPS 1917)↗ · Now Sheshan had no sons, but daughters.↗ (Writings 1CH.2.34, JPS 1917)↗ · And the daughter of Caleb was Achsah.↗ (Writings 1CH.2.49, JPS 1917)↗ · He had also seven sons and three daughters.↗ (Writings JOB.42.13, JPS 1917)↗

daunted — Everyday, meaning 1: Daunted means frightened or put off by something big or hard, so that you lose heart.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: «Nothing daunted» means not put off at all, still brave and ready.↗ Example: The steep hill daunted the little boy, but he kept climbing.↗ · Jack was not daunted by the giant.↗ · Nothing daunted, the girl stepped forward.↗ · I was daunted by the long maths test, but I tried every question.↗

dauntless — Everyday, meaning 1: Dauntless means brave, never afraid, not put off by danger or hard work.↗ Example: The dauntless knight rode straight at the dragon.↗ · Her dauntless spirit made her climb every tree.↗ · The little man showed dauntless courage.↗

daw — Everyday, meaning 1: A daw is a small black bird of the crow family, a jackdaw; the word is old use and mostly found in country speech and old stories.↗ Example: The daws nested in the old church tower.↗ · Crows and daws screamed over the garden.↗ · We saw a daw on the roof.↗

dawdle — Everyday, meaning 1: To dawdle is to walk or do something too slowly, wasting time.↗ Example: Don't dawdle, we'll miss the bus!↗ · He dawdled on his way to school.↗ · Stop dawdling and finish your breakfast.↗ · She dawdled behind, looking at shop windows.↗ · The tortoise didn't dawdle; it kept going.↗ · If you dawdle in the shop, the ice cream will melt.↗ · I know when I may dawdle and when I may not."↗

dawn — Everyday, meaning 1: Dawn is the time in the early morning when light first appears in the sky, just before the sun rises.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Dawn is the beginning of something: the dawn of time.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To dawn means to begin to get light.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: «It dawned on me» means I suddenly understood or realised.↗ Example: We got up at dawn to see the sunrise.↗ · The birds' dawn chorus woke me up.↗ · Farmers work from dawn till dusk.↗ · It dawned on me that I had left my bag on the bus.↗ · Dawn broke over the mountains.↗ · We set off at the crack of dawn.↗ · People gathered for the Anzac Day dawn service.↗ · Awake, psaltery and harp; I will awake the dawn.↗ (Writings PSA.108.3, JPS 1917)↗ · Awake, my glory; awake, psaltery and harp; I will awake the dawn.↗ (Writings PSA.57.9, JPS 1917)↗ · I rose early at dawn, and cried; I hoped in Thy word.↗ (Writings PSA.119.147, JPS 1917)↗

day — Everyday, meaning 1: A day is the time from one midnight to the next; a day has 24 hours and seven days make a week.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Day is the light part of the day, when it is not night.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A day can be a time or age: «in those days».↗ Everyday, meaning 4: A day can mean a special day: «sports day», «a day off».↗ Everyday, meaning 5: (casual) «Day» is used in greetings: «G'day» (Australia), «have a nice day»; «call it a day» means stop working; «make my day» means make me very happy.↗ Everyday, meaning 6: (casual) «Not my day» means everything goes wrong; «that'll be the day» means that will never happen.↗ Everyday, meaning 7: (formal) Exams say «per diem», «daily», «per day», «a period of N days» and «on a daily basis».↗ Example: Anna reads 3 pages every day.↗ · Zoe saves 4 cents a day for 6 days.↗ · A fair runs from day 3 to day 9.↗ · A day has 24 hours.↗ · A week has 7 days.↗ · We spent the whole day at the beach.↗ · Owls sleep in the day and hunt at night.↗ · G'day mate, how many snags for the barbie?↗ · Not my bloody day, dropped 3 eggs and missed the bus.↗ · Let's call it a day, we've done 20 sums.↗ · A sum of 4 cents is deposited on a daily basis over a period of 6 days.↗ Compute the aggregate saved.↗ · Back in the day, Grandpa walked 5 kilometres to school.↗ · She saw nought the first day.↗ · So the people rested on the seventh day.↗ (Torah EXO.16.30, JPS 1917)↗ · Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.↗ (Torah EXO.20.8, JPS 1917)↗ · This day ye go forth in the month Abib.↗ (Torah EXO.13.4, JPS 1917)↗ · Thus shalt thou do six days.↗ (Prophets JOS.6.3, JPS 1917)↗ · Is it not wheat harvest to-day?↗ (Prophets 1SA.12.17, JPS 1917)↗ · And the days were not expired; (Prophets 1SA.18.26, JPS 1917)↗