📖 D — The English dictionary · page 52

downtown — Everyday, meaning 1: (US, Canada) The main business and shopping area in the centre of a city or town.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (adverb) To or in the city centre: «go downtown».↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (adjective) In or of the city centre: «downtown Toronto».↗ Example: We took the bus downtown to see the parade.↗ · Dad works in an office downtown.↗ · Downtown Toronto has very tall buildings.↗ · The downtown streets were full of shoppers.↗ · There's a big library downtown.↗ · (UK equivalent) We went into town to buy shoes.↗

downward — Everyday, meaning 1: Downward means moving or pointing towards a lower place.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Downward means going down in amount, as in a downward trend.↗ Example: The ball rolled downward.↗ · The path slopes downward to the beach.↗ · Gravity pulls objects downward.↗ · The graph shows a downward trend in sales.↗ · Lie face downward on the mat.↗ · Prices are moving downward this month.↗ · Still the young man moved slowly downward.↗ · And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall again take root downward, and bear fruit upward.↗ (Prophets 2KI.19.30, JPS 1917)↗ · Who knoweth the spirit of man whether it goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast whether it goeth downward to the earth?↗ (Writings ECC.3.21, JPS 1917)↗ · Then I beheld, and lo a likeness as the appearance of fire: from the appearance of his loins and downward, fire; and from his loins and upward, as the appearance of brightness, as the colour of electrum.↗ (Prophets EZK.8.2, JPS 1917)↗

downwards — Everyday, meaning 1: Downwards means towards a lower place or position.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Downwards means going to a smaller number or amount.↗ Example: The ball rolled downwards to the bottom of the hill.↗ · Gravity pulls things downwards.↗ · Point your fingers downwards.↗ · The line on the graph goes downwards.↗ · The road slopes downwards to the river.↗ · Lay the card face downwards.↗ · Everyone from age 10 downwards gets in free.↗ · The summit of the tree waved to and fro, and bent downwards as if in his silent longing he sought for something.↗ · Six—He sealed Below and faced downwards and sealed it with Yod-Waw-Heh.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)↗

downy — Everyday, meaning 1: soft and fluffy, like the fine, light feathers of a young bird.↗ Example: The duckling had downy yellow feathers.↗ · Dandelion seeds look soft and downy.↗ · The baby's head was covered with downy hair.↗

dowry — Everyday, meaning 1: (old use) money, goods or land that a bride's family gave to her when she married.↗ Example: The king gave his daughter a rich dowry.↗ · Her father promised a dowry of gold and cows.↗ · In the old story the poor girl had no dowry.↗ · If her father utterly refuse to give her unto him, he shall pay money according to the dowry of virgins.↗ (Torah EXO.22.17, JPS 1917)↗ · Ask me never so much dowry and gift, and I will give according as ye shall say unto me; but give me the damsel to wife.'↗ (Torah GEN.34.12, JPS 1917)↗ · And if a man entice a virgin that is not betrothed, and lie with her, he shall surely pay a dowry for her to be his wife.↗ (Torah EXO.22.16, JPS 1917)↗

doze — Everyday, meaning 1: To doze is to sleep lightly for a short time, often during the day.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A doze is a short, light sleep.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To doze can also mean to settle quietly into someone's mind, as a feeling does.↗ Example: Grandpa dozed in his armchair after lunch.↗ · I dozed off in the car on the way home.↗ · The cat was dozing in the sunshine.↗ · The guard dozed while the thief crept past.↗ · She had a short doze before the party.↗ · Don't doze off in class!↗ · The baby dozed in her pram.↗ · He was still dozing when he was aroused by the neighing and pawing of his horse.↗

dozen — Everyday, meaning 1: A dozen is twelve: a dozen eggs is 12 eggs.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Dozens means a lot, many: «dozens of people».↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A dozen can also mean twelve strokes of the cane given as a punishment at school.↗ Example: Mum buys 3 dozen eggs.↗ · Mum buys nine and a half dozen eggs.↗ · A baker made 2 dozen rolls and sold 15.↗ · A dozen eggs come in one box.↗ · Half a dozen is six.↗ · Dozens of birds sat on the wires.↗ · A baker's dozen is 13, one extra for luck.↗ · We need two dozen cupcakes for the party.↗ · I would rather lose a dozen cherry trees than that you should tell one false-hood."↗

dp — In Jewish tradition, meaning 1: meaningless letters caused by a scanning error in the text, not a real word.↗ Example: The Hebrew letters according to the Arabic order would be as follows 'in 'J DO'' "Dp r)Syti *"iB' Di Tin;. r2N.↗ (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))↗

drab — Everyday, meaning 1: Dull and boring, with no bright colours or interest.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Grey or brownish in colour.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (of life or a place) Without fun or excitement.↗ Example: The classroom looked drab until we put up our paintings.↗ · The female duck is drab brown, but the male is bright green.↗ · She wore a drab grey coat.↗ · The town looked drab in the winter rain.↗ · Our new wallpaper turned a drab room into a happy one.↗ · He wanted to escape his drab, boring life.↗ · Drab feathers help birds hide from foxes.↗ · She now came to a space of marshy ground in the wood, where large, fat water-snakes were rolling in the mire, and showing their ugly, drab-colored bodies.↗

drachma — Everyday, meaning 1: an old silver coin of ancient Greece, also a unit of money.↗ Example: The basket cost him a hundred drachmas.↗ · He counted his silver drachmas one by one.↗ · The fisherman sold the fish for ten drachmas.↗

draft — Everyday, meaning 1: A draft is an early version of a piece of writing, drawing or plan that is not finished and will be improved: a first draft.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To draft something is to write or draw the first version of it.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (US) A draft is a cold current of air in a room (UK spelling: draught).↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (US) The draft was a system that made young men join the army; to be drafted is to be chosen for it, and in sports to be picked for a team.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: (money) A bank draft is a written order to pay money.↗ Everyday, meaning 6: (US) Draft beer is beer from a barrel (UK: draught).↗ Example: Write a first draft, then check it for mistakes.↗ · My rough draft was full of crossings-out.↗ · She drafted a letter to the council about the park.↗ · The email is saved in my Drafts folder.↗ · We redrafted our story to make the ending stronger.↗ · (US) Close the window, there's a draft.↗ · His grandfather was drafted into the army.↗ · The basketball player was picked first in the draft.↗

drafting — Everyday, meaning 1: Drafting is writing a first, rough version of a story, letter or plan that you will improve later.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Drafting is making careful technical drawings, such as plans for buildings or machines.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Drafting is choosing people for a team or, in some countries, calling people into the army.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (sport) Drafting is riding or running close behind someone so the air pushes against them, not you.↗ Example: We are drafting our stories today and will edit them tomorrow.↗ · Drafting is messy, and that is fine.↗ · Mum is drafting an email to the school.↗ · The architect spent weeks drafting the plans.↗ · The coach is drafting in two new players.↗ · The cyclists saved energy by drafting behind each other.↗

drag — Everyday, meaning 1: To drag something means to pull it along the ground, often because it is heavy.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To drag yourself somewhere means to go slowly because you do not want to or are tired.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: If time or something boring drags, it seems to go very slowly.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: On a computer, to drag means to move something on the screen by holding the mouse button or your finger and moving.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: A drag is something boring or annoying.↗ Everyday, meaning 6: In science, drag is a force that slows things down as they move through air or water.↗ Example: He dragged his heavy bag along the ground.↗ · Drag the picture into the box on the screen.↗ · The lesson seemed to drag on forever.↗ · A parachute creates lots of drag to slow you down.↗ · Fish have smooth shapes to reduce drag in the water.↗ · The dog dragged me down the street on its lead.↗ · Doing chores is such a drag.↗ · Stop dragging your feet and get ready.↗ · Then the servants seized Katoma and dragged him to the palace.↗ · The violence of the wicked shall drag them away; because they refuse to do justly.↗ (Writings PRO.21.7, JPS 1917)↗ · Therefore they sacrifice unto their net, and offer unto their drag; because by them their portion is fat, and their food plenteous.↗ (Prophets HAB.1.16, JPS 1917)↗ · They take up all of them with the angle, they catch them in their net, and gather them in their drag; therefore they rejoice and exult.↗ (Prophets HAB.1.15, JPS 1917)↗

dragging — Everyday, meaning 1: Pulling something heavy along the ground with effort.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Moving something on a screen by holding the mouse button or your finger on it and sliding.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Making someone go somewhere they don't want to go.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: Going on slowly and boringly: «the day was dragging».↗ Everyday, meaning 5: Letting something trail along the ground.↗ Example: He was dragging a heavy bag across the floor.↗ · Dragging the box was hard because of friction.↗ · Try dragging the picture into the folder.↗ · Mum was dragging us around the shops all afternoon.↗ · The last lesson was really dragging.↗ · Her coat was dragging in the mud.↗ · Stop dragging your feet and hurry up!↗ · Suddenly he rushed out, dragging after him his blanket.↗ · Who is the one dragging the Twenty-Two Letters through the water and driving them through the cosmos—God, or man?]↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)↗

draggled — Everyday, meaning 1: Wet, muddy and untidy, especially after being dragged through mud or rain.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Hanging limp and dirty, like the bottom of a long skirt or a bird's wet feathers.↗ Example: The birds climbed out of the pool with draggled feathers.↗ · After the storm, the cat came home wet and draggled.↗ · Her long skirt was draggled with mud from the lane.↗ · Toad looked a draggled sight after falling into the river.↗ · The draggled flag hung from its pole in the rain.↗ · We came back from the muddy walk tired and draggled.↗ · When he revived, he was lying in the hot sun on the middle of a garden path, very draggled indeed, and a small boy was saying, “Here’s a dead mongoose.↗

dragon — Everyday, meaning 1: A dragon is a made-up creature in stories, usually a huge lizard-like monster with wings and claws that can breathe fire.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Dragon is also the name of some real lizards, like the Komodo dragon or bearded dragon.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A dragon can be a fierce, strict person, as a joke.↗ Example: The knight fought the dragon to save the village.↗ · The dragon breathed fire over the castle.↗ · The Welsh flag has a red dragon on it.↗ · We watched a dragon dance at Chinese New Year.↗ · Komodo dragons are the biggest lizards in the world.↗ · My friend has a bearded dragon as a pet.↗ · Dragons are not real, but Komodo dragons are.↗ · A dragonfly is an insect, not a dragon.↗ · And still the dragon flew on.↗ · An edict—Twelve [another version: Ten] and Seven and Three He appointed them: the Dragon Teli, and the Wheel, and the Heart.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)↗ · To confirm this there are faithful witnesses; the world, year and man, the twelve, the Equipoise, the heptade, which God regulates like the Dragon, [40] (Tali) sphere and the heart.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)↗ · He fixed these as testimonies of the Triad, the Heptad, and the Dodecad; the twelve constellations rulers of the world, the Dragon (THELE) Tali which environs the universe, and the microcosm, man.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887)↗ · Art thou not it that hewed Rahab in pieces, that pierced the dragon?↗ (Prophets ISA.51.9, JPS 1917)↗ · In that day the LORD with His sore and great and strong sword will punish leviathan the slant serpent, and leviathan the tortuous serpent; and He will slay the dragon that is in the sea.↗ (Prophets ISA.27.1, JPS 1917)↗ · And I went out by night by the valley gate, even toward the dragon's well, and to the dung gate, and viewed the walls of Jerusalem, which were broken down, and the gates thereof were consumed with fire.↗ (Writings NEH.2.13, JPS 1917)↗

dragonfly — Everyday, meaning 1: A dragonfly is a large flying insect with a long thin body and two pairs of clear wings, often seen near water.↗ Example: A blue dragonfly flew over the pond.↗ · Dragonflies have four wings.↗ · A dragonfly eats mosquitoes.↗ · The dragonfly's young live under the water.↗ · We saw two dragonflies on the reeds.↗ · A dragonfly has 6 legs, so 3 dragonflies have 18 legs.↗ · Dragonflies have huge eyes.↗ · The dragonfly hovered like a tiny helicopter.↗

dragoon — Everyday, meaning 1: (old use) a soldier who rode a horse and sometimes fought on foot.↗ Example: The dragoons rode into the town at dawn.↗ · A troop of dragoons marched past the castle.↗ · The king sent a dozen dragoons to guard the gate.↗

drain — Everyday, meaning 1: To drain is to let water or another liquid flow out of something.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A drain is a pipe or hole that takes dirty water or rainwater away.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To drain something is to use it up slowly: «the game drained my phone battery».↗ Everyday, meaning 4: To feel drained is to feel very tired.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: «Down the drain» means wasted.↗ Example: The tank drains 5 litres a minute.↗ · How long to drain 60 litres?↗ · The bath drains in 10 minutes.↗ · One pipe fills while the other drains.↗ · Drain the pasta in a colander.↗ · Leaves blocked the drain and the street flooded.↗ · Never play near storm drains after rain.↗ · The long run left me completely drained.↗ · All that money went down the drain.↗ · Suddenly there appeared a great water-rat, who lived in the drain.↗ · And the priest shall bring it unto the altar, and pinch off its head, and make it smoke on the altar; and the blood thereof shall be drained out on the side of the altar.↗ (Torah LEV.1.15, JPS 1917)↗ · And he shall sprinkle of the blood of the sin-offering upon the side of the altar; and the rest of the blood shall be drained out at the base of the altar; it is a sin-offering.↗ (Torah LEV.5.9, JPS 1917)↗ · As the waters fail from the sea, and the river is drained dry; (Writings JOB.14.11, JPS 1917)↗ · Therefore His people return hither; and waters of fullness are drained out by them.↗ (Writings PSA.73.10, JPS 1917)↗ · And the waters shall fail from the sea, and the river shall be drained dry, (Prophets ISA.19.5, JPS 1917)↗