📖 E — The English dictionary · page 20

enslave — Everyday, meaning 1: To enslave people is to make them slaves: owned by others and forced to work without pay or freedom.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To enslave someone is to control them so completely that they are not free, like a habit.↗ Example: The Israelites were enslaved in Egypt, the Bible tells.↗ · Millions of Africans were enslaved and taken across the Atlantic.↗ · Harriet Tubman helped enslaved people escape to freedom.↗ · It is wrong to enslave anyone.↗ · Don't let video games enslave you.↗ · Enslaved workers had no wages and no rights.↗ · From that hour he found that instead of obtaining revenge on the Stag, he had enslaved himself to the service of man.↗

ensnare — Everyday, meaning 1: To ensnare an animal is to catch it in a snare or trap.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To ensnare a person is to trick them into a bad situation they cannot easily get out of.↗ Example: The spider's web ensnared a fly.↗ · The rabbit was ensnared by a wire trap.↗ · Scammers try to ensnare people with fake prizes.↗ · The hero was ensnared by the villain's lies.↗ · The net ensnared the fish.↗ · The sticky plant ensnares insects.↗ · THE GEESE and the Cranes were feeding in the same meadow, when a birdcatcher came to ensnare them in his nets.↗ · That the godless man reign not, that there be none to ensnare the people.↗ (Writings JOB.34.30, JPS 1917)↗ · His own iniquities shall ensnare the wicked, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sin.↗ (Writings PRO.5.22, JPS 1917)↗

ensue — Everyday, meaning 1: (formal) To happen after something and because of it; to follow as a result.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (formal) To come next in time.↗ Example: The dog got into the kitchen and chaos ensued.↗ · When the lights went out, panic ensued.↗ · A long argument ensued over who had won.↗ · Hilarity ensued when the teacher slipped on the banana skin.↗ · The storm hit and floods ensued.↗ · Describe the events that ensued after the king's death.↗ · A chase ensued through the market.↗ · To enter the city was now an easy matter, and a fearful slaughter ensued.↗

ensuing — Everyday, meaning 1: (formal) Coming after something, usually as its result.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (formal) Next, following in time («the ensuing days»).↗ Example: In the ensuing chaos, nobody noticed the cat escape.↗ · The ensuing storm kept us indoors all weekend.↗ · During the ensuing weeks, the puppy grew fast.↗ · The ensuing argument lasted an hour.↗ · Many people were hurt in the ensuing panic.↗ · The ensuing silence was broken by a sneeze.↗

ensure — Everyday, meaning 1: To ensure means to make certain that something happens or is true.↗ e.g. "please ensure the door is locked".↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (formal) Ensure is common in instructions and exam papers.↗ e.g. "ensure your name is on every page".↗ Example: Please ensure you have a pencil and a ruler.↗ · Ensure your name is written at the top of the paper.↗ · We washed our hands to ensure they were clean.↗ · The lifeguard ensures that everyone is safe.↗ · Hard practice ensured our team's win.↗ · Ensure that the lid is on tight before shaking.↗ · Check your answer to ensure it makes sense.↗ · The best intentions will not always ensure success.↗ · + Keep it legal Whatever your use, remember that you are responsible for ensuring that what you are doing is legal.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗

entail — Everyday, meaning 1: (verb) To include or need something as a necessary part or result: «The job entails a lot of travel».↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (logic) If A entails B, then whenever A is true, B must also be true.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (noun, law, old) A rule that property must pass down to certain heirs, often eldest sons, as in old English novels.↗ Example: What does being class monitor entail?↗ · Owning a dog entails walking it every day.↗ · The trip will entail an early start.↗ · Building the shed entailed a lot of work.↗ · If a number ends in 0, that entails it can be divided by 10.↗ · The house was entailed, so it went to a cousin, not the daughters.↗

entangle — Everyday, meaning 1: To catch something in a tangle of string, net, rope, hair or wire so it cannot get free.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To twist things together in a mess.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To get someone involved in a difficult or messy situation.↗ Example: The turtle became entangled in an old fishing net.↗ · Don't let the kite string entangle the branches.↗ · My headphone wires always entangle in my bag.↗ · The fly was entangled in the spider's web.↗ · Cut plastic rings so birds cannot get entangled in them.↗ · He didn't want to entangle himself in their argument.↗ · The vines entangle the old fence.↗ · Upon my right hand rise the brood; they entangle my feet, and they cast up against me their ways of destruction.↗ (Writings JOB.30.12, JPS 1917)↗ · They run like mighty men, they climb the wall like men of war; and they move on every one in his ways, and they entangle not their paths.↗ (Prophets JOL.2.7, JPS 1917)↗

entangled — Everyday, meaning 1: Caught and twisted up in string, rope, nets, hair or plants so it cannot move freely.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Twisted together in a messy knot.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Mixed up in a difficult situation, problem or relationship.↗ Example: The bird was entangled in fishing line.↗ · My hair got entangled in the zip.↗ · The rescuers freed the entangled whale.↗ · The roots were entangled under the ground.↗ · She got entangled in a quarrel between her friends.↗ · His shoelaces were entangled in the bike chain.↗ · The kittens rolled about, entangled in the wool.↗ · This one had been caught by hounds when his tail had become entangled in the hedge.↗ · And Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel: They are entangled in the land, the wilderness hath shut them in.↗ (Torah EXO.14.3, JPS 1917)↗

entanglement — Everyday, meaning 1: An entanglement is when things are twisted and caught together, like string, nets or wire.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: An entanglement is a difficult or confusing situation or relationship you are caught up in.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (science) Quantum entanglement is a strange link between tiny particles studied by physicists.↗ Example: Plastic rings can cause entanglement of seabirds.↗ · The diver freed the turtle from its entanglement in the net.↗ · Our kite strings ended up in a big entanglement.↗ · The soldiers crawled under barbed-wire entanglements.↗ · He wanted no entanglement in their argument.↗ · Quantum entanglement puzzles even scientists.↗

enter — Everyday, meaning 1: To enter means to go or come into a place.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To enter a competition or race means to take part in it.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To enter information means to type or write it in, like entering a password.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: The Enter key is the key on a keyboard you press to send or confirm.↗ Example: Please knock before you enter.↗ · The teacher entered the classroom.↗ · I entered the drawing competition and won!↗ · Enter your name in the box.↗ · Press Enter to start the game.↗ · «Do not enter» means you must not go in.↗ · Enter the numbers into the calculator.↗ · Never enter a building site; it is dangerous.↗ · They opened the door, and entered together.↗ · And he went out of Leah's tent, and entered into Rachel's tent.↗ (Torah GEN.31.33, JPS 1917)↗ · He that is crushed or maimed in his privy parts shall not enter into the assembly of the LORD.↗ (Torah DEU.23.1, JPS 1917)↗ · The children of the third generation that are born unto them may enter into the assembly of the LORD.↗ (Torah DEU.23.8, JPS 1917)↗ · Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea?↗ (Writings JOB.38.16, JPS 1917)↗ · Until I entered into the sanctuary of God, and considered their end.↗ (Writings PSA.73.17, JPS 1917)↗ · A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes.↗ (Writings PRO.18.6, JPS 1917)↗

entereth — Early Modern English, meaning 1: «entereth» means «enters», a form of «enter».↗ e.g. To enter means to go or come into a place.↗ Example: from thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old shalt thou number them, every one that entereth upon the service, to do the work of the tent of meeting.↗ (Torah NUM.4.30, JPS 1917)

enterprise — Everyday, meaning 1: A business or company.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A big, new or bold plan or project.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Being willing to try new things and work hard to make them happen; get-up-and-go.↗ Example: Our class ran a mini enterprise selling bookmarks.↗ · The bakery is a family enterprise.↗ · Climbing the mountain was a risky enterprise.↗ · He showed real enterprise by starting a dog-walking service.↗ · Enterprise week starts on Monday.↗ · The new enterprise employs twenty people.↗ · Building a treehouse was a joint enterprise between the cousins.↗ · Thus the boldest part of my enterprise remained.↗ · When people learned of their existence, they all left the original artisan and went to them, honoring them, and negotiating with them in their building enterprises " (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))↗

entertain — Everyday, meaning 1: To entertain people is to amuse them and keep them interested, for example with a show, a joke or a game.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To entertain guests is to invite them and give them food and drink.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To entertain an idea is to think about it seriously.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: To entertain an feeling, such as hatred or dislike, means to keep it in your mind.↗ Example: The clown entertained the children with tricks.↗ · Mum and Dad love to entertain friends at weekends.↗ · Can you entertain your brother while I cook?↗ · The puppy kept us entertained for hours.↗ · The street musician entertained the crowd.↗ · Books can entertain us and teach us too.↗ · She would not entertain the idea of giving up.↗ · Who is there that entertains enmity against you?"↗

entertainment — Everyday, meaning 1: Entertainment is things that people enjoy watching or doing for fun, like films, shows, music, games and sport.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Entertainment is the act of amusing people.↗ Example: The clown provided the entertainment at the party.↗ · What do you do for entertainment on rainy days?↗ · Television is a kind of entertainment.↗ · The school fair had food, games and entertainment.↗ · For entertainment, we played charades.↗ · The film was great entertainment for the whole family.↗ · Some videos look like news but are just entertainment.↗ · Every day was a festival; balls and entertainments followed one another.↗

enthrone — In Jewish tradition, meaning 1: To place a king on a throne, or to treat someone as ruler.↗ Example: May he be enthroned before God for ever!↗ (Writings PSA.61.8, JPS 1917)↗ · Who is like unto the LORD our God, that is enthroned on high, (Writings PSA.113.5, JPS 1917)↗ · But the LORD is enthroned for ever; He hath established His throne for judgment.↗ (Writings PSA.9.8, JPS 1917)↗

enthusiasm — Everyday, meaning 1: Enthusiasm is a strong feeling of excitement and interest in something, and wanting to do it.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: An enthusiasm (countable) is a hobby or interest that you love: «Dinosaurs are his great enthusiasm».↗ Example: She joined the choir with great enthusiasm.↗ · The class showed lots of enthusiasm for the science project.↗ · His enthusiasm for football never fades.↗ · After the rain started, we lost our enthusiasm for the picnic.↗ · The teacher's enthusiasm made maths fun.↗ · Painting is one of Grandad's many enthusiasms.↗ · The crowd cheered with enthusiasm.↗ · The eyes of Theseus glowed with enthusiasm, and he would hardly sit still to hear his mother speak.↗

enthusiast — Everyday, meaning 1: An enthusiast is a person who is very keen on something and loves doing it.↗ Example: My brother is a keen chess enthusiast.↗ · Our teacher is an enthusiast for maths games.↗ · The young enthusiast read every book about dinosaurs.↗ · He was an enthusiast for trains from the age of five.↗

enthusiastic — Everyday, meaning 1: Enthusiastic means very interested, excited and keen about something.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Showing lots of energy and happiness when doing something.↗ Example: The class was enthusiastic about the trip to the zoo.↗ · She is an enthusiastic reader.↗ · The crowd gave an enthusiastic cheer.↗ · My dog is very enthusiastic when I come home.↗ · He wasn't very enthusiastic about tidying his room.↗ · The coach praised the enthusiastic team.↗

enthusiastically — Everyday, meaning 1: If you do something enthusiastically, you do it with excitement, eagerness and lots of energy.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: It can also mean warmly and strongly in favour: «The plan was enthusiastically received».↗ Example: The children clapped enthusiastically after the play.↗ · He nodded enthusiastically when asked if he wanted cake.↗ · She takes part enthusiastically in every PE lesson.↗ · The new playground was enthusiastically welcomed.↗ · The dog wagged its tail enthusiastically.↗ · They enthusiastically cleaned the beach all morning.↗ · Goll spoke to him across the table enthusiastically.↗

entice — Everyday, meaning 1: To entice someone is to get them to come or do something by offering them something nice or tempting.↗ Example: The fox enticed the hen with a bag of corn.↗ · Sweets can entice children into the shop.↗ · She tried to entice the cat with a saucer of milk.↗ · The singing enticed the sailors into the sea.↗ · 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)↗ · My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.↗ (Writings PRO.1.10, JPS 1917)↗ · And my heart hath been secretly enticed, and my mouth hath kissed my hand; (Writings JOB.31.27, JPS 1917)↗ · And He said: Thou shalt entice him, and shalt prevail also; go forth, and do so.↗ (Prophets 1KI.22.22, JPS 1917)↗