📖 H — The English dictionary · page 20

hereby — Everyday, meaning 1: (formal, law) Hereby means «by this statement, letter or document» — the words themselves make something happen.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (formal) It is used in official announcements, certificates and old-fashioned speeches.↗ Example: I hereby declare this library open!↗ · You are hereby invited to my birthday party.↗ · We hereby agree to share the toys fairly.↗ · «I hereby name this ship Explorer,» said the queen.↗ · The certificate says: «This hereby certifies that Sam can swim twenty-five metres.»↗ · I hereby promise to tidy my room every Saturday.↗ (playful)↗ · In the latter case, though not unconscious that there may be taller men among you, I hereby offer myself for that enviable duty.↗ · Hereby ye shall be proved, as Pharaoh liveth, ye shall not go forth hence, except your youngest brother come hither.↗ (Torah GEN.42.15, JPS 1917)↗ · And Moses said: 'Hereby ye shall know that the LORD hath sent me to do all these works, and that I have not done them of mine own mind.↗ (Torah NUM.16.28, JPS 1917)↗ · And the man, the lord of the land, said unto us: Hereby shall I know that ye are upright men: leave one of your brethren with me, and take corn for the famine of your houses, and go your way.↗ (Torah GEN.42.33, JPS 1917)↗

hereditary — Everyday, meaning 1: (science) Hereditary describes a feature or illness that is passed from parents to children through genes.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Hereditary describes a title, job or right that is passed down in a family from parent to child, like a crown.↗ Example: Freckles are often hereditary.↗ · The doctor asked if the illness was hereditary.↗ · The UK has a hereditary monarchy.↗ · His grandfather had a hereditary title as a lord.↗ · Being left-handed is partly hereditary.↗ · Some hereditary diseases can be tested for before birth.↗

herein — Everyday, meaning 1: (formal) In this document, place or thing; in here.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Herein can also mean in this matter, respect or way.↗ Example: The rules stated herein apply to all players.↗ · Herein lies the secret of the treasure.↗ · Please read the instructions contained herein.↗ · The answers to the puzzle are herein.↗ · Herein lies the problem: we have only one key.↗ · Herein thou hast done foolishly; for from henceforth thou shalt have wars.'↗ (Writings 2CH.16.9, JPS 1917)↗ · And take heed that ye be not slack herein; why should damage grow to the hurt of the kings?'↗ (Writings EZR.4.22, JPS 1917)↗

hereinafter — Everyday, meaning 1: (formal, legal) From this point on in this document; later in this text.↗ Often used to give a short name: «John Smith (hereinafter called "the Buyer")».↗ Example: The school (hereinafter "the School") agrees to the rules.↗ · Mr Brown, hereinafter called the Seller, sold the car.↗ · The contract says: "The tenant, hereinafter referred to as the Renter, must pay on time."↗ · The book club rules (hereinafter "the Rules") are listed below.↗ · (joke) My little brother, hereinafter known as the Pest, ate my sweets.↗

heretofore — Everyday, meaning 1: Up until now, before this time: the rules heretofore were simple.↗ Example: Heretofore the castle gates were always open.↗ · Heretofore we had never seen a dragon.↗ · The house was quiet heretofore.↗ · 'Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore.↗ (Torah EXO.5.7, JPS 1917)↗ · And the officers of the children of Israel, whom Pharaoh's taskmasters had set over them, were beaten, saying: 'Wherefore have ye not fulfilled your appointed task in making brick both yesterday and today as heretofore?'↗ (Torah EXO.5.14, JPS 1917)↗ · And Moses said unto the LORD: 'Oh Lord, I am not a man of words, neither heretofore, nor since Thou hast spoken unto Thy servant; for I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue.'↗ (Torah EXO.4.10, JPS 1917)↗ · Yet there shall be a space between you and it, about two thousand cubits by measure; come not near unto it, that ye may know the way by which ye must go; for ye have not passed this way heretofore.'↗ (Prophets JOS.3.4, JPS 1917)↗

hereupon — Everyday, meaning 1: Immediately after this, at that point: the king frowned, and hereupon he called the guards.↗ Example: Hereupon the ducks opened their eyes.↗ · Hereupon the bell rang and everyone ran out.↗ · He said nothing; hereupon she left the room.↗

herewith — In Jewish tradition, meaning 1: With this; by this means.↗ Example: Herewith shall Aaron come into the holy place: with a young bullock for a sin-offering, and a ram for a burnt-offering.↗ (Torah LEV.16.3, JPS 1917)↗ · Thou hast moreover multiplied thy harlotry with the land of traffic, even with Chaldea; and yet thou didst not have enough herewith.↗ (Prophets EZK.16.29, JPS 1917)↗

heritage — Everyday, meaning 1: Heritage is the history, traditions, buildings, art and language that a country or group has had for a long time and passes on.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Your heritage is the culture and background you get from your family and ancestors.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (adjective use) A heritage site, building or rail line is old and protected because it is important.↗ Example: Stonehenge is a World Heritage Site.↗ · My mum is proud of her Jamaican heritage.↗ · Old songs and stories are part of our heritage.↗ · We rode a steam train on the heritage railway.↗ · The town spent money protecting its heritage buildings.↗ · Learning your grandparents' language keeps your heritage alive.↗ · The museum shows the heritage of the local mining town.↗ · And I will bring you in unto the land, concerning which I lifted up My hand to give it to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; and I will give it you for a heritage: I am the LORD.'↗ (Torah EXO.6.8, JPS 1917)↗ · They crush Thy people, O LORD, and afflict Thy heritage.↗ (Writings PSA.94.5, JPS 1917)↗ · Is My heritage unto Me as a speckled bird of prey?↗ (Prophets JER.12.9, JPS 1917)↗ · And gave their land for a heritage, a heritage unto Israel His people.↗ (Writings PSA.135.12, JPS 1917)↗

hermetic — In Jewish tradition, meaning 1: Relating to the secret teachings of Hermes, and to occult magic or mystical study.↗ Example: Hermetic rituals explain this Yetziratic attri- bution.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗ · Private Hermetic MSS. have alone the correct names and spelling.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗ · Lecture before the Hermetic Society of London in the summer of 1886, Dr. Anna Kingsford, President, in the chair.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗

hermit — Everyday, meaning 1: A hermit is a person who chooses to live alone, away from other people, often for religious reasons or to think and pray.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Someone who hardly ever goes out or meets people is sometimes jokingly called a hermit.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A hermit crab is a crab that lives inside an empty shell of another sea animal.↗ Example: The hermit lived alone in a cave on the hill.↗ · Long ago, some Christians became hermits to pray in the desert.↗ · A hermit crab looks for a bigger shell when it grows.↗ · Since he started his game, my brother has been a hermit in his room.↗ · In the story, the children met a wise hermit in the forest.↗ · The hermit grew vegetables and rarely spoke to anyone.↗ · “I cannot say,” answered the hermit.↗

hermitage — Everyday, meaning 1: A small, lonely house where a hermit lives apart from other people.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (old use) A strong red wine from France.↗ Example: The old man lived in a hermitage in the forest.↗ · The knights rested that night at the hermitage.↗ · Old menus sometimes listed hermitage wine.↗

hero — Everyday, meaning 1: A hero is a person who does something very brave or good, especially to help or save others.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A hero is the main character in a story, film or play.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Your hero is someone you admire very much.↗ Example: The firefighter was a hero for saving the family.↗ · The hero of the story defeated the dragon.↗ · My big sister is my hero.↗ · Superheroes like to fly, but real heroes help others every day.↗ · The boy became a local hero after he found the lost child.↗ · Nurses are heroes who look after sick people.↗ · In the end the hero went home with the treasure.↗ · What! a hero like Theseus afraid!↗

heroic — Everyday, meaning 1: Very brave, like a hero, as in «a heroic rescue».↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To do with heroes in old stories and poems, as in «heroic legends».↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Very great or large in effort, as in «a heroic effort to finish».↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (noun, «heroics») Showing off brave actions, sometimes foolishly.↗ Example: The firefighter made a heroic rescue.↗ · Odysseus had many heroic adventures.↗ · It was a heroic effort to finish the marathon.↗ · The dog heroically barked until help came.↗ · No heroics — call an adult if someone is in danger.↗ · The poem tells of a heroic battle.↗ · I am proud to show hospitality to so heroic a youth.↗

heroine — Everyday, meaning 1: The main female character in a story, usually brave or good.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A woman admired for her brave deeds.↗ Example: The heroine of the story is a clever girl.↗ · Our heroine climbs the tower to rescue her brother.↗ · Every hero needs a heroine, Dad said.↗

heron — Everyday, meaning 1: A tall bird with long legs, a long neck and a long sharp beak, which stands still in shallow water to catch fish and frogs.↗ Example: A heron stood very still in the shallow water.↗ · The heron caught a fish with its long beak.↗ · We saw a grey heron by the river.↗ · Herons fly with their necks pulled back in an S shape.↗ · A heron ate all the fish from our garden pond!↗ · The great blue heron is common in North America.↗ · ‘What do you do yourself?’ asked the heron.↗ · and the stork, and the heron after its kinds, and the hoopoe, and the bat.↗ (Torah LEV.11.19, JPS 1917)↗

herpes — Everyday, meaning 1: Herpes is a common infection caused by a virus; one kind causes cold sores, small painful blisters around the mouth.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Some kinds of herpes viruses also cause chickenpox and shingles.↗ Example: A cold sore is caused by a herpes virus.↗ · Don't share your water bottle when you have a cold sore, because herpes spreads easily.↗ · Chickenpox comes from a kind of herpes virus.↗ · Shingles is caused by the same virus as chickenpox.↗ · Many people carry the herpes virus without knowing.↗ · The pharmacist gave Mum a cream for her herpes cold sore.↗

herring — Everyday, meaning 1: A herring is a small silver fish that lives in big groups in the North Atlantic and other cold seas.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Herring is also the fish eaten as food, often smoked (a kipper) or pickled.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A red herring is a clue or fact that leads you the wrong way, on purpose or by accident.↗ Example: A shoal of herring flashed silver in the sea.↗ · Grandad eats pickled herring on toast.↗ · A smoked herring is called a kipper.↗ · Puffins and seals eat herring.↗ · The muddy footprint was a red herring; the thief came in through the window.↗ · This word problem has a red herring: the age of the bus driver does not matter.↗ · The fishing boats came back full of herring.↗

heshvan — In Jewish tradition, meaning 1: The eighth month of the Jewish calendar, in autumn.↗ Example: He produced Nun, predominant in Smell, crowned it, combined and formed with it Scorpio in the Universe, Heshvan in the Year, and the intestines of Man.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗

hesitate — Everyday, meaning 1: To stop or pause before doing or saying something because you are unsure, nervous or worried.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Don't hesitate to means feel free to do it at once.↗ e.g. Don't hesitate to ask.↗ Example: She hesitated before jumping into the cold water.↗ · Don't hesitate to ask if you need help.↗ · He answered without hesitating.↗ · I hesitated because I wasn't sure of the answer.↗ · The cat hesitated at the edge of the wall.↗ · If you see a fire, don't hesitate, call 999.↗ · The kind children did not hesitate for an instant.↗

hesitation — Everyday, meaning 1: A pause before doing something, because you are unsure or afraid.↗ Example: She opened the box without hesitation.↗ · I can see your hesitation; please speak.↗ · After a short hesitation, he jumped.↗

heterogeneous — Everyday, meaning 1: Made of many different kinds of things mixed together.↗ Example: The class is heterogeneous: some children are tall, some small.↗ · The bag held heterogeneous toys.↗ · Heterogeneous groups learn from each other.↗

hew — Everyday, meaning 1: To cut or chop wood or stone with a sharp tool or axe.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (old use) To cut down or chop through with a sword or axe.↗ Example: The woodcutter hews the logs for the fire.↗ · They hewed away at the bridge beams.↗ · Hew down the bridge quickly!↗ · So I made an ark of acacia-wood, and hewed two tables of stone like unto the first, and went up into the mount, having the two tables in my hand.↗ (Torah DEU.10.3, JPS 1917)↗ · But thus shall ye deal with them: ye shall break down their altars, and dash in pieces their pillars, and hew down their Asherim, and burn their graven images with fire.↗ (Torah DEU.7.5, JPS 1917)↗ · At that time the LORD said unto me: 'Hew thee two tables of stone like unto the first, and come up unto Me into the mount; and make thee an ark of wood.↗ (Torah DEU.10.1, JPS 1917)↗ · And Samuel hewed Agag in pieces before the LORD in Gilgal.↗ (Prophets 1SA.15.33, JPS 1917)↗ · Art thou not it that hewed Rahab in pieces, that pierced the dragon?↗ (Prophets ISA.51.9, JPS 1917)↗ · for he took away the strange altars, and the high places, and broke down the pillars, and hewed down the Asherim; (Writings 2CH.14.2, JPS 1917)↗

hewer — In Jewish tradition, meaning 1: A person who cuts wood or stone.↗ Example: your little ones, your wives, and thy stranger that is in the midst of thy camp, from the hewer of thy wood unto the drawer of thy water; (Torah DEU.29.11, JPS 1917)↗ · And Solomon had threescore and ten thousand that bore burdens, and fourscore thousand that were hewers in the mountains; (Prophets 1KI.5.29, JPS 1917)↗ · The sound thereof shall go like the serpent's; for they march with an army, and come against her with axes, as hewers of wood.↗ (Prophets JER.46.22, JPS 1917)↗ · Moreover there are workmen with thee in abundance, hewers and workers of stone and timber, and all men that are skilful in any manner of work; (Writings 1CH.22.15, JPS 1917)↗