📖 D — The English dictionary · page 41

disrupt — Everyday, meaning 1: To stop something from going on normally by causing trouble, noise or problems.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To change the way something works in a big, new way, such as a new invention disrupting an industry.↗ Example: Please don't disrupt the lesson by talking.↗ · Heavy snow disrupted the trains.↗ · The noisy neighbours disrupted our sleep.↗ · The fire alarm disrupted the assembly.↗ · Floods disrupted the delivery of food.↗ · Phones can disrupt your homework time.↗ · (formal) Services may be disrupted due to engineering works.↗

disruption — Everyday, meaning 1: Disruption is something that stops a thing from going on normally.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A disruption is one such interruption.↗ Example: The snow caused disruption to the buses.↗ · Talking caused disruption in the lesson.↗ · There may be disruption on the trains.↗ · The fire alarm was a big disruption.↗ · We apologise for the disruption.↗ · Road works mean disruption for drivers this week.↗

disruptive — Everyday, meaning 1: Causing trouble so that something cannot go on normally: disruptive behaviour in class.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Changing the usual way things are done in a big way, like a new invention that changes a whole business (disruptive technology).↗ Example: The teacher moved the disruptive boy to the front.↗ · The roadworks were very disruptive to the traffic.↗ · Talking loudly in the library is disruptive.↗ · Snow was disruptive to the trains all week.↗ · Phones changed the world as a disruptive technology.↗ · Please don't be disruptive during the play.↗

diss — Everyday, meaning 1: (slang) To diss someone means to show them disrespect, by insulting them or saying unkind things about them.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (slang, noun) A diss is an insult, especially in a rap song (a diss track).↗ Example: Don't diss my trainers, they're new!↗ · He dissed the other team after the match.↗ · That rapper released a diss track about his rival.↗ · Stop dissing your little brother.↗ · She felt dissed when nobody said hello.↗ · Was that a diss or a joke?↗ · It's not cool to diss people online.↗

dissatisfied — Everyday, meaning 1: Dissatisfied means not pleased or not happy because something was not as good as you hoped or expected.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A dissatisfied customer is one who complains or wants their money back.↗ Example: She was dissatisfied with her drawing and started again.↗ · Dissatisfied customers can ask for a refund.↗ · The coach was dissatisfied with how we defended.↗ · He felt dissatisfied after the short, boring film.↗ · In the survey, five children said they were dissatisfied with lunch.↗ · The king was dissatisfied with every cake the baker made.↗ · Are you dissatisfied with my birth, my wit, humour, or manners?"↗

dissatisfy — Everyday, meaning 1: To fail to please someone or to give them what they wanted.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: dissatisfied (adjective): not happy with something because it is not good enough.↗ Example: The ending of the film dissatisfied many viewers.↗ · She was dissatisfied with her painting and started again.↗ · A dissatisfied customer asked for a refund.↗ · Poor service dissatisfies shoppers.↗ · The coach was dissatisfied with the team's effort.↗ · If you are dissatisfied, write a polite complaint.↗ · The cold dinner dissatisfied everyone.↗

dissemble — Everyday, meaning 1: To hide your true feelings or plans by pretending to be different.↗ Example: He tried to dissemble, but his face gave him away.↗ · She dissembled well and no one guessed her plan.↗ · Israel hath sinned; yea, they have even transgressed My covenant which I commanded them; yea, they have even taken of the devoted thing; and have also stolen, and dissembled also, and they have even put it among their own stuff.↗ (Prophets JOS.7.11, JPS 1917)↗

dissembler — In Jewish tradition, meaning 1: A person who hides his real thoughts or feelings and pretends to be what he is not; a hypocrite.↗ Example: I have not sat with men of falsehood; neither will I go in with dissemblers.↗ (Writings PSA.26.4, JPS 1917)↗ · The dissembler in heart shall have his fill from his own ways; and a good man shall be satisfied from himself.↗ (Writings PRO.14.14, JPS 1917)↗

disseminate — Everyday, meaning 1: (formal) To spread information, news or ideas widely to many people.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (science, formal) To spread or scatter widely, as seeds or a disease.↗ Example: The school disseminates news to parents by email.↗ · Wind disseminates dandelion seeds far and wide.↗ · Fake news can be disseminated very quickly online.↗ · The scientists disseminated their findings at a conference.↗ · Missionaries disseminated the Gospel in many lands.↗ · Leaflets were disseminated to every house.↗

dissemination — Everyday, meaning 1: (formal) Spreading information, knowledge or ideas widely so many people get them.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (science) Spreading of seeds, disease or something through an area.↗ Example: The internet allows quick dissemination of news.↗ · (formal) The dissemination of fake stories can be harmful.↗ · Libraries help with the dissemination of knowledge.↗ · Wind helps the dissemination of dandelion seeds.↗ · (formal) The report covers the dissemination of the research findings.↗

dissertation — Everyday, meaning 1: A long, formal piece of writing about one subject, often written by a student for a degree.↗ Example: The student wrote a dissertation on ancient coins.↗ · This dissertation looks at old fairy tales.↗

dissimilar — Everyday, meaning 1: Not the same; different from each other.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: «Not dissimilar» means quite similar.↗ Example: The two sisters are very dissimilar: one is loud, one is quiet.↗ · A bat and a bird are dissimilar in many ways.↗ · The twins wore dissimilar hats so we could tell them apart.↗ · Her answer was not dissimilar to mine.↗ · Dissimilar triangles have different angles.↗ · The two rocks look dissimilar under the microscope.↗

dissipate — Everyday, meaning 1: To slowly disappear or spread out until gone, as in «The fog dissipated».↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To make something disappear or fade, as in «The wind dissipated the smoke».↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (science) To lose energy, usually as heat, as in «Energy is dissipated as heat».↗ Everyday, meaning 4: To waste money or energy foolishly.↗ Example: By noon the fog had dissipated.↗ · The crowd slowly dissipated after the match.↗ · Her anger dissipated when she heard the truth.↗ · Some of the energy is dissipated as heat.↗ · The storm dissipated before it reached the coast.↗ · The laptop has a fan to dissipate heat.↗ · Throughout one entire year Noureddin did nothing but amuse himself, and dissipate the wealth his father had taken such pains to acquire.↗

dissipated — Everyday, meaning 1: Disappeared slowly by spreading out, like fog, smoke, heat or a crowd.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Wasted, like money or energy.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (old, formal) dissipated person: someone who has spent their life on drinking and wild living.↗ Example: The fog dissipated by midday.↗ · Most of the energy was dissipated as heat.↗ · Her anger dissipated when he said sorry.↗ · The crowd dissipated after the concert.↗ · The storm dissipated before it reached the coast.↗ · The smell of burnt toast slowly dissipated.↗ · He dissipated his prize money on sweets and comics.↗

dissipation — Everyday, meaning 1: (science) Dissipation is the slow spreading out and loss of something, especially energy, heat or a cloud, until it fades away.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Wasting money, time or effort.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (old-fashioned, disapproving) Living a wild life of too much drinking and pleasure.↗ Example: A car engine loses energy through the dissipation of heat.↗ · The dissipation of the fog made the road safe again.↗ · The fan helps the dissipation of heat from the computer.↗ · The storm weakened, and its dissipation took a day.↗ · In the old novel, the rich young man ruined his health with dissipation.↗ · The dissipation of his savings left him poor.↗

dissolution — Everyday, meaning 1: (formal) The official ending of a group, organisation, parliament, marriage or agreement.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (science, rare) Dissolving: a solid mixing into a liquid until you can no longer see it.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Breaking up or falling apart.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: Dissolution can also mean death, the ending of a person's life.↗ Example: (formal) The dissolution of Parliament means an election is coming.↗ · The Dissolution of the Monasteries closed many abbeys in England.↗ · The club voted for its dissolution after losing its members.↗ · (science) The dissolution of sugar is faster in hot water.↗ · The band's dissolution upset its fans.↗ · There came to him a presentiment of his early dissolution.↗

dissolve — Everyday, meaning 1: When a solid dissolves in a liquid, it mixes in completely so you cannot see it any more, like sugar in tea.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To dissolve something is to make it do this, often by stirring.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To dissolve a group or agreement is to end it officially.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: To dissolve into tears or laughter is to start crying or laughing uncontrollably.↗ Example: Sugar dissolves in hot tea.↗ · Salt dissolves in water, but sand does not.↗ · Stir the water to make the powder dissolve faster.↗ · The tablet dissolved in the glass.↗ · We got the salt back by evaporating the dissolved solution.↗ · She dissolved into giggles.↗ · She cast one more lingering, half-fainting glance at the prince, and then threw herself from the ship into the sea, and thought her body was dissolving into foam.↗

dissolved — Everyday, meaning 1: Mixed completely into a liquid so that it breaks into tiny pieces you cannot see any more, like sugar in tea.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Ended or broken up, like a group or a parliament that is dissolved.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: "Dissolved into tears" or "into laughter" means suddenly started crying or laughing a lot.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: To be dissolved into thin air means to vanish suddenly, leaving no trace.↗ Example: The sugar dissolved in my hot chocolate.↗ · We stirred until all the salt had dissolved.↗ · Sand has not dissolved; it is still at the bottom.↗ · The tablet dissolved in the glass of water.↗ · Fish breathe oxygen dissolved in the water.↗ · When we let the water evaporate, the dissolved salt was left behind.↗ · The little girl dissolved into tears.↗ · The club was dissolved because nobody came.↗ · Away went the Prince from the Water King, all dissolved in tears.↗ · The gates of the rivers are opened, and the palace is dissolved.↗ (Prophets NAM.2.7, JPS 1917)↗ · When the earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved, I Myself establish the pillars of it.'↗ Selah (Writings PSA.75.4, JPS 1917)↗

dissuade — Everyday, meaning 1: To persuade someone not to do something.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To talk someone out of a plan or idea.↗ Example: I tried to dissuade my brother from jumping into the cold lake.↗ · Nothing could dissuade her from entering the race.↗ · The warning signs dissuade people from climbing the cliffs.↗ · Mum dissuaded me from cutting my own fringe.↗ · The teacher dissuaded him from giving up.↗ · Rain did not dissuade the fans from coming.↗ · My eldest brother and I did all we could to dissuade him, but it was of no use.↗

distaff — Everyday, meaning 1: (old use) A stick or stand that holds wool or flax while it is spun into thread by hand.↗ Example: The old wife sat by the fire and worked at her distaff.↗ · She spun the thread from the distaff all day.↗ · She layeth her hands to the distaff, and her hands hold the spindle.↗ (Writings PRO.31.19, JPS 1917)↗

distal — Everyday, meaning 1: (science, medicine) Further away from the centre of the body or the point where something is attached.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Opposite of proximal (closer to the centre).↗ Example: Your fingers are distal to your wrist.↗ · The distal end of the bone is near the knee.↗ · The doctor said the break was in the distal part of the arm.↗ · In the diagram, label the distal and proximal ends.↗ · Your toes are the most distal part of your leg.↗ · The distal tip of the leaf was brown.↗

distance — Everyday, meaning 1: Distance is how far it is from one place to another.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: «In the distance» means far away.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To keep your distance is to stay away.↗ Example: The distance from home to school is 2 km.↗ · What distance does the car travel in 3 hours at 50 km an hour?↗ · She ran a distance of 400 meters.↗ · Find the distance around the field.↗ · We saw mountains in the distance.↗ · Keep your distance from the campfire.↗ · The Moon is a long distance from Earth.↗ · Measure the distance on the map with a ruler.↗ · Still it was a great distance.↗

distant — Everyday, meaning 1: Distant means far away in space.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Distant means far away in time, long ago or far in the future.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A distant relative is someone in your family who is not closely related.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: A distant person is not friendly or seems not to be paying attention.↗ Example: We could see distant mountains.↗ · Pluto is very distant from the Sun.↗ · Dinosaurs lived in the distant past.↗ · She is a distant cousin of mine.↗ · We heard the distant sound of thunder.↗ · He seemed distant and quiet today.↗ · In the distant future, people may live on Mars.↗ · While they talked they heard a distant sound.↗ · With wondrous works dost Thou answer us in righteousness, O God of our salvation; Thou the confidence of all the ends of the earth, and of the far distant seas; (Writings PSA.65.6, JPS 1917)↗

distantly — Everyday, meaning 1: Not closely; only slightly or loosely.↗ Example: They were distantly related.↗ · The song sounded distantly familiar.↗

distasteful — Everyday, meaning 1: Unpleasant, not liked, or against what a person would wish.↗ Example: I found the offer distasteful.↗ · The smell in the cellar was distasteful.↗

distend — Everyday, meaning 1: To swell out or stretch because of pressure from inside.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: distended (adjective): swollen and puffed out.↗ Example: The balloon distended as we blew air into it.↗ · After the big meal, his tummy felt distended.↗ · Starving children can have distended bellies.↗ · The snake's body distended as it swallowed the egg.↗ · The vet felt the dog's distended belly.↗ · Water made the sponge distend.↗

distended — Everyday, meaning 1: Distended means swollen and stretched out from inside, often by gas, liquid or food.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (medicine) A distended belly or stomach is swollen, which can be a sign of illness or hunger.↗ Example: After the huge feast the snake's body was distended.↗ · The vet checked the cow's distended stomach.↗ · The balloon was distended until it nearly popped.↗ · The doctor said a distended tummy can mean trapped wind.↗ · The photo showed hungry children with distended bellies.↗ · The frog's throat was distended as it croaked.↗