📖 D — The English dictionary · page 61

duplicity — In Jewish tradition, meaning 1: Being double, having two forms; (also) lying or deceit, but here it means having two sounds.↗ Example: The [33] seven double letters, בגד כפרת with a duplicity of pronunciation, aspirated and unaspirated, namely: ,תּת ,רּר ,פּפ ,כּכ ,דּד ,גּג ,בּב serve as a model of softness and hardness, strength and weakness.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)↗

dura — In Jewish tradition, meaning 1: The name of a plain in Babylon where King Nebuchadnezzar set up a giant gold statue.↗ Example: Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof six cubits; he set it up in the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon.↗ (Writings DAN.3.1, JPS 1917)↗

durability — Everyday, meaning 1: Durability is how long something lasts and how well it stands up to use, wear and damage.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: In science and design it is a property of a material, like strength or flexibility.↗ Example: We tested the durability of three fabrics by rubbing them with sandpaper.↗ · Plastic is chosen for lunch boxes because of its durability.↗ · These boots are famous for their durability.↗ · Stone gives the castle walls great durability.↗ · The durability of the toy was poor; it broke in a day.↗ · Engineers check the durability of a bridge.↗ · "The clay figure was lifelike and beautiful, but it had not the whiteness or the durability of marble.↗

durable — Everyday, meaning 1: Durable means strong and lasting a long time without breaking or wearing out.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (money) Durables or durable goods are things people buy that last many years, such as fridges and cars.↗ Example: These boots are durable enough for muddy walks.↗ · Which material is most durable for a lunchbox?↗ · Plastic is durable, which is why it stays in the sea for so long.↗ · The durable bag lasted three years of school.↗ · Stone is a durable building material.↗ · The countries hoped for a durable peace.↗

duration — Everyday, meaning 1: The length of time something lasts, from its start to its end.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: for the duration: for the whole time something lasts.↗ Example: The film has a duration of 90 minutes.↗ · Stay in your seats for the duration of the flight.↗ · Find the duration of a lesson that starts at 9:15 and ends at 10:00.↗ · The storm was of short duration.↗ · In music, a minim has a longer duration than a crotchet.↗ · The duration of the journey was three hours.↗ · The triumph of Achilles was not of long duration.↗

durham — Everyday, meaning 1: A city in north-east England, famous for its very old cathedral and castle on a hill above the river Wear, and for its university.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: The county around it, County Durham.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A city in North Carolina, USA, and a region in Ontario, Canada.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (rare) A surname, and the name of an old breed of shorthorn cattle.↗ Example: Durham Cathedral stands high above the river.↗ · My cousin studies at Durham University.↗ · We drove through County Durham on our way to Scotland.↗ · Durham is a city in North Carolina too.↗ · The miners of County Durham held a big gala every summer.↗ · Jevons has heard it in the neighbourhood of Durham; while a further version appeared in Monthly Chronicle of North Country Folk-Lore.↗

durian — Everyday, meaning 1: A durian is a big, spiky tropical fruit from Southeast Asia with soft, creamy flesh inside.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: It is famous for its very strong smell, which some people love and many find awful.↗ Example: A durian is covered in sharp spikes.↗ · The durian smelled so strong we opened the windows.↗ · In Singapore some trains have signs saying no durians.↗ · People call the durian the king of fruits.↗ · My friend from Malaysia loves durian ice cream.↗ · Carry a durian carefully, the spikes can hurt.↗

during — Everyday, meaning 1: During means all through a time: «during the night».↗ Everyday, meaning 2: During means at some point in a time: «He called during dinner».↗ Example: During the week, she read 40 pages.↗ · He scored 12 points during the game.↗ · During the summer, 25 birds visited.↗ · How many did they sell during the sale?↗ · Please don't talk during the test.↗ · Bats sleep during the day.↗ · We visited Gran during the holidays.↗ · During a fire drill, walk quietly outside.↗ · During the night the wolves had eaten it.↗ · Both items refer to anatomical hiddenness: the word emerging from the tongue, hidden in the mouth, and circumcision of the genitals, the concealed lower organs revealed during circumcision.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)↗ · Just as the sphere remains the same during the rotation on its axis in its setting and in its rising; yet it appears to us as if it had undergone a great change on account of its different position.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)↗

durst — Early Modern English, meaning 1: Had the courage to do something.↗ Example: "How durst thou read such and such passages to me?" said the Tsar.--"They were written to be read," replied the priest.--"Written, indeed!↗ (Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales) · Now everybody in the town and neighborhood was in great fear, and no one durst venture out after sunset near the Gate of Rashomon.↗ (Japanese Fairy Tales) · And the woman was trying to get her cow to go up a ladder to the grass, and the poor thing durst not go.↗ (English Fairy Tales)

dusk — Everyday, meaning 1: The time of evening just after the sun has set, when it is getting dark but is not fully dark yet.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: The dim light at that time.↗ Example: Bats come out at dusk to hunt insects.↗ · Be home before dusk.↗ · We walked home in the dusk.↗ · The farmers worked from dawn to dusk.↗ · Turn your bike lights on at dusk.↗ · Rabbits nibble the grass at dusk.↗ · Dusk fell, and the stars began to appear.↗ · The garden looked magical at dusk.↗ · By this time it was evening and the dusk was falling.↗ · In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at dusk, is the LORD'S passover.↗ (Torah LEV.23.5, JPS 1917)↗ · The one lamb thou shalt offer in the morning; and the other lamb thou shalt offer at dusk.↗ (Torah EXO.29.39, JPS 1917)↗ · The one lamb shalt thou offer in the morning, and the other lamb shalt thou offer at dusk; (Torah NUM.28.4, JPS 1917)↗

dusky — Everyday, meaning 1: Rather dark, as at dusk, the time when evening turns into night.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Dark or dim in colour: «dusky pink», «dusky blue».↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (old, now offensive) Used in old books to describe people with dark skin; this use is hurtful today and should not be used.↗ Example: The dusky sky was full of bats.↗ · We walked home through the dusky lane.↗ · She wore a dusky pink dress.↗ · The dusky dolphin lives near New Zealand.↗ · The room grew dusky as the sun went down.↗ · Moths came out in the dusky garden.↗ · At last the sun went down behind the pine tops, and it was cool and dusky in the great wood.↗

dust — Everyday, meaning 1: Dust is very tiny bits of dirt, skin, hair and fibres that float in the air and settle on things.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To dust means to wipe dust off furniture with a cloth.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To dust also means to sprinkle a fine powder on something, like dusting a cake with sugar.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: Dust is fine dry soil or powder, like the dust on a dirt road.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: To raise a dust means to cause a commotion or fuss.↗ Example: The shelves were covered in dust.↗ · Can you dust the bookcase, please?↗ · Dust makes me sneeze.↗ · We saw dust floating in the sunbeam.↗ · The car left a cloud of dust on the dirt road.↗ · Dust the cake with icing sugar.↗ · Sweep the dust into the dustpan.↗ · My old bike sat gathering dust in the shed.↗ · “There is a dust,” he said.↗ · Who hath counted the dust of Jacob, or numbered the stock of Israel?↗ (Torah NUM.23.10, JPS 1917)↗ · And Abraham answered and said: 'Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, who am but dust and ashes.↗ (Torah GEN.18.27, JPS 1917)↗ · The LORD will make the rain of thy land powder and dust; from heaven shall it come down upon thee, until thou be destroyed.↗ (Torah DEU.28.24, JPS 1917)↗ · Shall the dust praise Thee? shall it declare Thy truth?↗ (Writings PSA.30.10, JPS 1917)↗ · All flesh shall perish together, and man shall return unto dust.↗ (Writings JOB.34.15, JPS 1917)↗ · For He knoweth our frame; He remembereth that we are dust.↗ (Writings PSA.103.14, JPS 1917)↗

duster — Everyday, meaning 1: A cloth for wiping dust off furniture and shelves.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A board duster or board rubber: a pad used to wipe a chalkboard or whiteboard clean.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (US, Australia) A long, light coat worn to keep dust off, especially by riders.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: A light housecoat.↗ Example: Mum gave me a yellow duster to polish the table.↗ · The teacher wiped the board with a duster.↗ · Grandma uses a feather duster on the high shelves.↗ · Mole spring-cleaned his house with brooms and dusters until his back ached.↗ · The cowboy wore a long brown duster.↗ · Shake the duster outside so the dust doesn't fly back in.↗ · The board duster was full of chalk.↗

dustman — Everyday, meaning 1: A dustman is a worker who collects rubbish from bins and carries it away in a cart.↗ Example: The dustman emptied our bin on Monday.↗ · The dustman's cart was full of rubbish.↗ · Every week the dustmen come down our street.↗

dustpan — Everyday, meaning 1: A dustpan is a flat pan with a handle into which you sweep dust and dirt with a small brush.↗ Example: Sweep the crumbs into the dustpan.↗ · Where's the dustpan and brush?↗ · Dad used a dustpan to pick up the broken glass.↗ · She emptied the dustpan into the bin.↗ · We took turns with the dustpan after art class.↗ · The dustpan was full of sand from the beach.↗

dusty — Everyday, meaning 1: Dusty means covered with dust, the dry powder of dirt that collects on things.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A dusty road or place is dry with lots of loose dirt in the air.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Dusty can describe a dull, greyish colour, like dusty pink.↗ Example: The books in the attic were old and dusty.↗ · We drove along a dusty road.↗ · Please wipe the dusty shelves.↗ · His boots were dusty after the walk.↗ · The empty house smelled dusty.↗ · Dusty air makes me sneeze.↗ · She wore a dusty pink dress.↗ · Nobody had opened the dusty box for years.↗ · Two Travellers were walking along a bare and dusty road in the heat of a summer's day.↗

dutch — Everyday, meaning 1: From the Netherlands (also called Holland), or to do with its people.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: The language spoken in the Netherlands and part of Belgium.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (go Dutch) Each person pays for their own share of a meal or outing.↗ Example: Many Dutch people ride bicycles to work.↗ · My friend speaks Dutch and English.↗ · Dutch farmers grow millions of tulips.↗ · We went Dutch at the café, so everyone paid for their own drink.↗ · Edam is a round Dutch cheese with red wax.↗ · They played double Dutch in the playground.↗ · The Dutch built walls called dykes to keep out the sea.↗ · New York was once a Dutch colony.↗ · The room had the appearance of a Dutch interior.↗

dutiful — Everyday, meaning 1: Dutiful means careful to do what you should, obeying parents and keeping promises.↗ Example: The dutiful son fetched water for his mother.↗ · She was a dutiful pupil who always did her homework.↗ · Be a dutiful helper and tidy up after the game.↗

duty — Everyday, meaning 1: Something you must do because it is right, because it is your job or because the rules or the law say so.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Work that is part of a job, as in a teacher on playground duty.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A tax paid on some goods, especially things brought in from another country.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: "On duty" means working right now; "off duty" means not working.↗ Example: Mrs Patel is on playground duty today.↗ · It is my duty to feed the goldfish.↗ · The nurse came off duty at seven o'clock.↗ · Firefighters do their duty bravely.↗ · My duties as class monitor include handing out books.↗ · We have a duty to look after the planet.↗ · This bag is heavy-duty, so it won't tear.↗ · Dad bought chocolate at the duty-free shop at the airport.↗ · Youth’s first duty is reverence to parents.↗ · And Judah said unto Onan: 'Go in unto thy brother's wife, and perform the duty of a husband's brother unto her, and raise up seed to thy brother.'↗ (Torah GEN.38.8, JPS 1917)↗ · And they kept the feast of tabernacles, as it is written, and offered the daily burnt-offerings by number, according to the ordinance, as the duty of every day required; (Writings EZR.3.4, JPS 1917)↗

duvet — Everyday, meaning 1: A duvet is a big soft bed cover filled with feathers or other soft material, which you sleep under to keep warm.↗ Example: I snuggled under my warm duvet.↗ · Mum put a clean duvet cover on my bed.↗ · My duvet has dinosaurs on it.↗ · In winter I use a thicker duvet.↗ · Shake the duvet to make it fluffy.↗ · I made my bed and straightened the duvet.↗

dvd — Everyday, meaning 1: A DVD is a flat round shiny disc that holds films, music, games or computer files.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: It is read by a DVD player or a computer.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Today many people stream films instead.↗ Example: A DVD costs $8.↗ · She has 24 DVDs.↗ · He rented 3 DVDs.↗ · Each shelf holds 15 DVDs.↗ · We watched a DVD on the rainy day.↗ · You can borrow DVDs from the library.↗ · Put the DVD back in its case.↗