📖 E — The English dictionary · page 4

echolocation — Everyday, meaning 1: Echolocation is a way some animals find things by making sounds and listening for the echoes that bounce back.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: It is also used by machines, like sonar on ships, to find things underwater.↗ Example: Bats use echolocation to find moths in the dark.↗ · Dolphins hunt fish using echolocation.↗ · Echolocation works because sound bounces back off objects.↗ · The closer the moth, the sooner the echo returns.↗ · Ships use sonar, a kind of echolocation, to find the sea bed.↗ · Some blind people learn a kind of echolocation by clicking their tongues.↗ · We learned about echolocation in our lesson on sound.↗

eclipse — Everyday, meaning 1: A solar eclipse happens when the Moon passes between the Sun and the Earth and blocks the Sun's light.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A lunar eclipse happens when the Earth passes between the Sun and the Moon and its shadow falls on the Moon.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To eclipse something is to make it seem less important by being much better.↗ Example: We watched the solar eclipse through special glasses.↗ · During a total eclipse the sky goes dark.↗ · A lunar eclipse can make the Moon look red.↗ · Never look directly at the Sun during an eclipse.↗ · Make a pinhole viewer to see the eclipse safely.↗ · An eclipse happens when the Sun, Moon and Earth line up.↗ · Her new record eclipsed the old one.↗ · The birds went quiet during the eclipse.↗ · May not, asks Mr. Batten, the Pancavudha Jataka be an idealised account of an eclipse of the moon?↗

ecliptic — In Jewish tradition, meaning 1: The path in the sky that the sun seems to follow through the year.↗ Example: astronomers signified by the word Tali, not the constellation Draco, but the line which joins together the two points in which the orbit of the moon intercepts the ecliptic (Dragon's head and tail).↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)↗

ecological — Everyday, meaning 1: Ecological means to do with ecology, the study of how living things live together and depend on each other and on their surroundings.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Ecological also means caring for nature and the environment, as in ecological farming.↗ Example: Cutting down the forest caused ecological damage.↗ · Bees play a big ecological role by pollinating flowers.↗ · The oil spill was an ecological disaster for the birds.↗ · An ecological footprint shows how much of the Earth's resources we use.↗ · The pond is a small ecological system with frogs, snails and plants.↗ · Our school garden uses ecological ways to stop pests, like ladybirds.↗

economic — Everyday, meaning 1: To do with money, trade, jobs and business in a country or area: economic growth.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (sometimes) Making a profit or giving good value — but the usual word for this is «economical».↗ Example: The country had a hard economic time with many people out of work.↗ · The factory closed for economic reasons.↗ · New shops bring economic growth to a town.↗ · Farming is an important economic activity there.↗ · We learned about economic links between countries.↗ · The economic news was good: more people had jobs.↗

economical — Everyday, meaning 1: Using money, fuel, time or materials carefully without waste.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Cheap to run or use, giving good value.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: economical with the truth (informal, humorous): not telling the whole truth.↗ Example: The big box of cereal is more economical than two small ones.↗ · Our new car is very economical on petrol.↗ · Be economical with the glue so it lasts.↗ · Which is more economical: 6 eggs for 3 dollars or 12 eggs for 5 dollars?↗ · Walking is the most economical way to get to school.↗ · He was being economical with the truth.↗ · No matter what was put into it, it cooked deliciously whatever was wanted without any firing—truly a very economical saucepan.↗

economically — Everyday, meaning 1: Economically means in a way that is about money, trade, jobs and business.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Economically means without wasting money, time or materials; using little.↗ Example: The town is economically important because of its port.↗ · We packed the boxes economically so nothing was wasted.↗ · Try to use the glue economically.↗ · Some countries are richer economically than others.↗ · Cycling to school is cheap and economically sensible.↗ · Mum shops economically by buying in bulk.↗ · "That depends upon wind and weather," said the elf king; "they travel economically.↗

economics — Everyday, meaning 1: The study of how people, businesses and countries make, buy, sell and use money, goods and services.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: The money side of a plan or business.↗ e.g. The economics of the plan don't work.↗ Example: My sister studies economics at university.↗ · Economics is about how people choose to spend money.↗ · In home economics we baked bread.↗ · The economics of the shop are simple: buy cheap, sell a little dearer.↗ · Economics helps explain why prices go up.↗ · She wants to teach economics one day.↗

economise — Everyday, meaning 1: To economise is to spend less money or use less of something so that you save.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To economise on something is to cut back on that one thing.↗ Example: We economise by turning off lights we are not using.↗ · Mum is economising on snacks this month.↗ · The school economised on paper by printing on both sides.↗ · To save for the trip, I economised by not buying sweets.↗ · The family had to economise after Dad lost his job.↗ · Campers economise on water in the desert.↗

economist — Everyday, meaning 1: A person who studies or is an expert in economics — how money, jobs, prices and trade work.↗ Example: The economist said prices would rise next year.↗ · Economists study how people spend money.↗ · My aunt is an economist at a bank.↗ · The government asked economists for advice.↗ · An economist uses a lot of maths and graphs.↗ · Economists do not always agree.↗

economy — Everyday, meaning 1: The system of how money, work, goods and services are made, bought and sold in a country or area.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Careful use of money, time or materials so as not to waste them.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (adjective-like) Cheaper and simpler (economy class, an economy pack).↗ Example: The country's economy depends on farming and tourism.↗ · We flew economy class to save money.↗ · The economy pack has 24 bars for 6 dollars.↗ · Tourism is important to New Zealand's economy.↗ · Writing with economy means using few words.↗ · When prices rise, the economy can slow down.↗ · If it was from economy, and you are anxious to teach me not to be wasteful, you have no cause for alarm.↗

ecosystem — Everyday, meaning 1: An ecosystem is all the living things in one place — plants, animals, fungi and tiny germs — together with the non-living things around them, like water, soil, air and sunlight, all affecting each other.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (figurative) An ecosystem is a group of things or companies that work closely together, like apps, phones and computers made to work together.↗ Example: A pond is a small ecosystem.↗ · The Great Barrier Reef is a huge ecosystem.↗ · Rabbits harmed the Australian ecosystem when they spread.↗ · Every living thing in an ecosystem depends on others.↗ · Pollution can damage the whole ecosystem.↗ · We built a mini ecosystem in a jar.↗ · Removing wolves changed the ecosystem of Yellowstone.↗ · My phone and tablet are part of the same ecosystem.↗

ecstasy — Everyday, meaning 1: Ecstasy is a very great feeling of joy or delight.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Ecstasy is a deep trance, when a person is lost in holy or religious thought.↗ Example: She danced in ecstasy when she won.↗ · He sat in religious ecstasy all day.↗ · The crowd shouted with ecstasy.↗

ect — In Jewish tradition, meaning 1: A scanning error, not a real word; it was meant to be "perfect".↗ Example: The Tetrad, Tctractys, (jualer- nian number, is the most peit'ect.↗ (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))↗

ecumenism — Everyday, meaning 1: (church) The movement or effort to bring different Christian churches together, so they understand each other, pray together and work together.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (wider sense) Friendship and cooperation between different religions or groups.↗ Example: Ecumenism means Christians from different churches working together.↗ · Our town held an ecumenical service on Good Friday.↗ · The two vicars believe strongly in ecumenism.↗ · Ecumenism helps churches focus on what they share.↗ · The Pope spoke about ecumenism and unity.↗ · The local food bank is run in a spirit of ecumenism.↗

eczema — Everyday, meaning 1: Eczema is a common skin condition that makes patches of skin dry, red, cracked and very itchy.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: It often starts in babies and children, may come and go, and can be made worse by things like soap, heat, stress or some foods.↗ Example: My little sister has eczema on her elbows.↗ · Eczema is not catching, so you can still hold hands.↗ · He puts cream on his eczema every night.↗ · Hot baths can make eczema worse.↗ · Her eczema flared up when she was worried about tests.↗ · Try not to scratch eczema, even though it itches.↗ · Some children grow out of their eczema.↗ · The doctor gave her a special cream for her eczema.↗

ed — Everyday, meaning 1: «Ed» is short for education: «PE» is physical education, «sex ed» means sex education, «special ed» special education (informal, US).↗ Everyday, meaning 2: «Ed.» or «ed.» is short for editor or edition in books: «3rd ed.», «ed. by».↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Ed is a boy's name, short for Edward, Edmund or Edwin (a name).↗ Everyday, meaning 4: «-ed» is the ending added to regular verbs to make the past tense: play → played.↗ Example: We have phys ed on Fridays.↗ (US, informal)↗ · The book's second ed. has new pictures.↗ · Ed. by means the person who edited the book.↗ · My uncle Ed is a firefighter.↗ · Add «-ed» to make the past tense: jump → jumped.↗ · Older students take driver's ed before they drive.↗ (US)↗ · And Israel journeyed, and spread his tent beyond Migdal-eder.↗ (Torah GEN.35.21, JPS 1917)↗ · ") See -Alphabet of Ben Sira", ed.↗ (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))↗ · "When Abraham our father arose, he looked nnd saw and investigated and observed and engraved and hewed and combin- ed and formed and calculated, and his creation was successful.↗ (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))↗ · And thou, Migdal-eder, the hill of the daughter of Zion, unto thee shall it come; yea, the former dominion shall come, the kingdom of the daughter of Jerusalem.↗ (Prophets MIC.4.8, JPS 1917)↗

eddy — Everyday, meaning 1: An eddy is a small whirlpool, where water goes round and round against the main flow.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To eddy is to swirl round in circles.↗ Example: Leaves spun in an eddy by the bridge.↗ · The water eddied around the rock.↗ · A little eddy carried the boat round in a circle.↗

edelweiss — Everyday, meaning 1: A small white woolly-looking flower that grows high in the Alps and other mountains of Europe; it is a famous symbol of Switzerland and Austria.↗ Example: Edelweiss grows high up in the Alps.↗ · Its petals look as if they are made of white felt.↗ · We sang «Edelweiss» in the school concert.↗ · Edelweiss is a symbol of Austria and Switzerland.↗ · Picking wild edelweiss is not allowed in many places.↗ · The fluffy hairs help edelweiss stay warm.↗

eden — Everyday, meaning 1: (Bible) The Garden of Eden was the beautiful garden where, in Genesis, God put the first people, Adam and Eve, before they disobeyed by eating the forbidden fruit and had to leave.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: An Eden is any very beautiful, peaceful place, like a paradise.↗ Example: God placed Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden.↗ · The serpent tempted Eve in Eden.↗ · After eating the fruit, Adam and Eve had to leave Eden.↗ · Nan's garden in summer is a little Eden.↗ · We visited the Eden Project and its rainforest dome.↗ · The island looked like an Eden of palm trees and blue sea.↗ · The garden was a very Eden, with running water amongst its lawns, with flowers and the lament of doves and the jug-jug of nightingales.↗ · And the LORD God planted a garden eastward, in Eden; and there He put the man whom He had formed.↗ (Torah GEN.2.8, JPS 1917)↗ · And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became four heads.↗ (Torah GEN.2.10, JPS 1917)↗ · Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.↗ (Torah GEN.3.23, JPS 1917)↗ · Haran and Canneh and Eden, the traffickers of Sheba, Asshur was as thine apprentice in traffic.↗ (Prophets EZK.27.23, JPS 1917)↗ · I made it fair by the multitude of its branches; so that all the trees of Eden, that were in the garden of God, envied it.↗ (Prophets EZK.31.9, JPS 1917)↗ · Have the gods of the nations delivered them, which my fathers have destroyed, Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of Eden that were in Telassar?↗ (Prophets 2KI.19.12, JPS 1917)↗

edge — Everyday, meaning 1: An edge is the outside line or end of something, like the edge of a table or a cliff.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: An edge of a solid shape is the line where two faces meet.↗ A cube has 12 edges.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: The edge of a knife is its sharp side.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: To edge is to move slowly and carefully.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: «On edge» means nervous.↗ Example: A cube has 12 edges.↗ · She put a ribbon along the edge of the table.↗ · How many edges does a triangle prism have?↗ · Plant a tree every 2 meters along the edge.↗ · Stand back from the edge of the platform.↗ · The knife has a sharp edge.↗ · He edged along the narrow wall.↗ · The cat sat on the edge of the bed.↗ · The Goat looked over the edge of the cliff.↗ · And Joshua discomfited Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword.↗ (Torah EXO.17.13, JPS 1917)↗ · And they took their journey from Succoth, and encamped in Etham, in the edge of the wilderness.↗ (Torah EXO.13.20, JPS 1917)↗ · And they journeyed from Succoth, and pitched in Etham, which is in the edge of the wilderness.↗ (Torah NUM.33.6, JPS 1917)↗ · But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.↗ (Writings PRO.5.4, JPS 1917)↗ · Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, and a two-edged sword in their hand; (Writings PSA.149.6, JPS 1917)↗ · Yea, Thou turnest back the edge of his sword, and hast not made him to stand in the battle.↗ (Writings PSA.89.44, JPS 1917)↗