📖 H — The English dictionary · page 24

hip — Everyday, meaning 1: The part of your body on each side where your leg joins your waist.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: The hip joint, the ball-and-socket joint where the thighbone meets the pelvis.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (informal adjective) Fashionable and cool.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: A red berry of the wild rose (rose hip).↗ Everyday, meaning 5: (hip, hip, hooray) Words people shout to cheer someone.↗ Example: Put your hands on your hips.↗ · Grandma had an operation on her hip.↗ · The hip is a ball-and-socket joint.↗ · She carried the baby on her hip.↗ · Three cheers for the winner: hip, hip, hooray!↗ · We made syrup from rose hips.↗ · My cousin thinks he's really hip with his new trainers.↗ · I left the skin of my hips behind me, but I came out.↗ · So Hanun took David's servants, and shaved them, and cut off their garments in the middle, even to their hips, and sent them away.↗ (Writings 1CH.19.4, JPS 1917)↗ · And he smote them hip and thigh with a great slaughter; and he went down and dwelt in the cleft of the rock of Etam.↗ (Prophets JDG.15.8, JPS 1917)↗

hippo — Everyday, meaning 1: A hippo, short for hippopotamus, is a huge, heavy African animal with a wide mouth, short legs and thick skin, which spends most of the day in rivers and lakes.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Hippos eat grass, coming out of the water at night to graze.↗ Example: The hippo yawned and showed its huge teeth.↗ · Hippos spend the day in the water to keep cool.↗ · A hippo can stay under water for several minutes.↗ · Hippos come out at night to eat grass.↗ · The name «hippopotamus» means «river horse».↗ · Hippos may look slow, but they are very dangerous.↗ · A baby hippo is called a calf.↗

hippopotamus — Everyday, meaning 1: A hippopotamus is a very large, heavy African animal with thick grey skin, a huge mouth and short legs, which spends most of the day in rivers and lakes.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: People usually call it a hippo for short.↗ Example: The hippopotamus wallowed in the muddy river.↗ · Hippos can't really swim; they walk along the river bottom.↗ · A hippo's yawn shows its huge teeth.↗ · The word «hippopotamus» means «river horse».↗ · Hippos come out at night to eat grass.↗ · Hippos are very dangerous if you get too close.↗ · We saw a baby hippo at the zoo.↗ · Then, of course, no one expects hippopotamuses to jump.↗

hire — Everyday, meaning 1: To hire is to pay to use something for a time (UK), like hiring a boat or bikes; in the USA people usually say «rent».↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To hire someone is to give them a job and pay them.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Hire is paying to use something: «bike hire», «for hire».↗ Example: They hire a boat for $15 an hour.↗ · The shop hires 3 new workers.↗ · How much to hire bikes for 4 hours?↗ · A bus is hired for the trip.↗ · We hired a canoe on the lake.↗ · The taxi light shows it is for hire.↗ · The school hired a new music teacher.↗ · They hire out their hall for parties.↗ · A sojourner and a hired servant shall not eat thereof.↗ (Torah EXO.12.45, JPS 1917)↗ · And Leah said: 'God hath given me my hire, because I gave my handmaid to my husband.↗ (Torah GEN.30.18, JPS 1917)↗ · If the owner thereof be with it, he shall not make it good; if it be a hireling, he loseth his hire.↗ (Torah EXO.22.15, JPS 1917)↗ · For they are gone up to Assyria, like a wild ass alone by himself; Ephraim hath hired lovers.↗ (Prophets HOS.8.9, JPS 1917)↗ · He hired also a hundred thousand mighty men of valour out of Israel for a hundred talents of silver.↗ (Writings 2CH.25.6, JPS 1917)↗ · So they hired them thirty and two thousand chariots, and the king of Maacah and his people; who came and encamped before Medeba.↗ (Writings 1CH.19.7, JPS 1917)↗

hireling — In Jewish tradition, meaning 1: A person who works only for pay.↗ Example: If the owner thereof be with it, he shall not make it good; if it be a hireling, he loseth his hire.↗ (Torah EXO.22.15, JPS 1917)↗ · And are not his days like the days of a hireling?↗ (Writings JOB.7.1, JPS 1917)↗ · Look away from him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as a hireling, his day.↗ (Writings JOB.14.6, JPS 1917)↗ · As a servant that eagerly longeth for the shadow, and as a hireling that looketh for his wages; (Writings JOB.7.2, JPS 1917)↗

hispanic — Everyday, meaning 1: To do with Spanish-speaking countries and their people and culture, especially Latin America and Spain.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (US) Used for people in the USA whose families come from Spanish-speaking countries.↗ Example: Hispanic Heritage Month starts in September.↗ · Many Hispanic families speak both Spanish and English.↗ · Our class learned about Hispanic artists like Frida Kahlo.↗ · Hispanic Americans live in every US state.↗ · The festival had Hispanic music and dancing.↗ · Some people prefer to say «Latino» instead of «Hispanic».↗

hiss — Everyday, meaning 1: To hiss is to make a long «sss» sound, like a snake or steam escaping.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A hiss is that sound.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To hiss can mean to say something in a sharp, angry whisper.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: An audience may hiss to show they dislike someone.↗ Example: The snake hissed and raised its head.↗ · Our cat hisses when the neighbour's dog comes near.↗ · The kettle began to hiss on the stove.↗ · I heard a hiss as the air came out of my bike tyre.↗ · «Be quiet!» she hissed.↗ · The crowd hissed at the villain in the pantomime.↗ · If you smell gas or hear a hiss from the cooker, tell an adult at once.↗ · The drink can opened with a hiss.↗ · “Nearer!” hissed Kaa, and they all moved again.↗ · The three fundamental letters א״מ״ש signify, as מ is mute like the water and ש hissing like the fire, there is א among them, a breath of air which reconciles them.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)↗ · Every one that passeth by her shall hiss, and wag his hand.↗ (Prophets ZEP.2.15, JPS 1917)↗ · Men shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his place.↗ (Writings JOB.27.23, JPS 1917)↗ · And Babylon shall become heaps, a dwelling-place for jackals, an astonishment, and a hissing, without inhabitant.↗ (Prophets JER.51.37, JPS 1917)↗

histamine — Everyday, meaning 1: (science) A chemical made by the body that causes allergy symptoms such as sneezing, itching, swelling and a runny nose when the body reacts to things like pollen, dust or insect bites.↗ Example: Histamine makes your eyes itch when you have hay fever.↗ · An antihistamine tablet stopped my sneezing.↗ · A mosquito bite swells because of histamine.↗ · The body releases histamine when it meets an allergen.↗ · Nettle stings contain some histamine.↗

historian — Everyday, meaning 1: A historian is a person who studies history and writes about the past, using evidence such as documents, objects and buildings.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (school) A historian is anyone who does the work of history, like pupils asking questions about the past and checking sources.↗ Example: Historians study letters and diaries to learn about the past.↗ · A local historian showed us old photos of our town.↗ · Historians disagree about why the war began.↗ · Today we are historians, looking at clues from Roman Britain.↗ · The historian wrote a book about the Victorian railways.↗ · Historians use evidence, not guesses.↗ · To what extent Hook is to blame for his tactics on this occasion is for the historian to decide.↗

historic — Everyday, meaning 1: Historic means important in history, or likely to be remembered in the future as important.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Historic also describes old buildings, places or things from the past that are worth keeping, like a historic castle.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Historic can also mean belonging to the time for which people have written records.↗ Example: The moon landing was a historic moment.↗ · We visited a historic castle in Wales.↗ · The team had a historic win in the cup final.↗ · York has a historic city centre.↗ · The signing of the peace treaty was historic.↗ · The National Trust looks after many historic houses.↗ · Dragons are possibly survivals into historic times of antedeluvian monsters, or reminiscences of classical legend (Perseus, etc.).↗ · From the foregoing it is evident that so far we have no historic document by which to prove either the authorship or the exact age of the Sefer Yetzirah.↗ (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))↗

historical — Everyday, meaning 1: Historical means to do with history or the past: «historical events», «historical facts».↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Historical describes a person or event that really existed in the past, not only in a legend.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Historical describes a story, film or novel set in the past: «a historical novel».↗ Example: We read a historical novel about the Romans.↗ · Is King Arthur a historical person or a legend?↗ · Old diaries are useful historical sources.↗ · The castle is an important historical site.↗ · She dressed as a historical figure for the school day.↗ · Historical records show the town flooded many times.↗ · So close is the resemblance, indeed, that it is impossible not to surmise an historical relation between the two.↗ · Other positive historical notices are those of Saadjah Gaon, who died a.d.↗ 940, and Judah Halevi, a.d.↗ 1150 ; (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗ · Other positive historical notices are those of Saadjah Gaon, who died A.D.↗ 940, and Judah Halevi, A.D.↗ 1150%; [p. 10] both these Hebrew classics speak of it as a very ancient work.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗ · Some maintain that this essay is mentioned in the Talmud treatise Sanhedrin, p. 66 b. and ibid.↗ 67 b. which passage is according to the commentary of Rashi, to treatise Erubin, p. 63 a., a reliable historical notice.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)↗

historically — Everyday, meaning 1: Historically means in the past, or over a long period of history.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Historically means connected with history, or in a way that is true to history.↗ Example: Historically, children worked in mills and mines.↗ · The castle is historically important.↗ · Is the film historically accurate?↗ · Historically, our town was famous for making boots.↗ · Women were historically paid less than men.↗ · Historically, the Vikings travelled as far as Canada.↗

history — Everyday, meaning 1: History is everything that happened in the past, especially to people, countries and the world.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: History is also the school subject where you study the past.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: The history of a thing or a person is the story of what has happened to it over time, like the history of your town.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: A history is a written account of past events, like a book.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: To make history means to do something important that people will remember.↗ Example: We have history after lunch on Tuesdays.↗ · In history we are learning about the Vikings.↗ · Our town has a long history going back to Roman times.↗ · The first person on the Moon made history.↗ · The doctor asked about my medical history.↗ · She read a history of the castle in the gift shop.↗ · Dinosaurs lived long before human history began.↗ · Clear your browser history before you lend the laptop.↗ · Writing was one of the biggest inventions in history.↗ · Little is known of his history.↗ · This opinion, however, he afterwards revoked.↗ (See Dr. Graetz's "History of the Jews," Vol. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)↗ · Public domain books are our gateways to the past, representing a wealth of history, culture and knowledge that's often difficult to discover.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗ · History of Greek Philosophy, Dr. E. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))↗ · Now the acts of Rehoboam, first and last, are they not written in the histories of Shemaiah the prophet and of Iddo the seer, after the manner of genealogies?↗ (Writings 2CH.12.15, JPS 1917)↗

hit — Everyday, meaning 1: To touch someone or something hard and fast with your hand, a bat or an object.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To bump into something by accident: «The car hit a tree».↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A noun: a hit or blow.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: A noun: a very popular song, film or thing: «The song was a big hit».↗ Everyday, meaning 5: To reach: hit a target, hit 100.↗ Everyday, meaning 6: Of something bad: to affect suddenly: «The storm hit the town».↗ Everyday, meaning 7: In some dialects, hit is an old word used instead of it.↗ Example: It's never okay to hit someone.↗ · She hit the ball over the fence.↗ · The car almost hit the cyclist.↗ · The song was a big hit.↗ · He hit his head on the shelf.↗ · The arrow hit the target.↗ · We hit it off on the first day and became friends.↗ · The idea hit me in the middle of the night.↗ · Hit's des like I tell you.↗

hitch — Everyday, meaning 1: (noun) A small problem that delays something, as in «a technical hitch».↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (verb) To fasten something to something else, as in «hitch the horse to the cart» or «hitch a trailer to the car».↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (verb) To pull something up quickly, as in «He hitched up his trousers».↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (informal) To hitchhike: to get a free ride by asking drivers, as in «hitch a ride».↗ Everyday, meaning 5: (noun) A kind of knot used to tie a rope to a post or ring.↗ Everyday, meaning 6: (informal) «Get hitched» means get married.↗ Example: The school play went off without a hitch.↗ · There was a technical hitch, so the film started late.↗ · Dad hitched the caravan to the car.↗ · He hitched up his socks before the race.↗ · We practised tying a clove hitch at scouts.↗ · Never hitch a ride with a stranger.↗ · My aunt and uncle got hitched in Dublin.↗

hitchhike — Everyday, meaning 1: To travel by standing at the side of the road and asking drivers for a free ride, often by holding up your thumb.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (figurative) For a small creature or seed to travel by clinging to something else, as in «seeds hitchhike on your socks».↗ Example: Never hitchhike or take a lift from a stranger.↗ · Burrs hitchhike on a dog's fur.↗ · In the film, two students hitchhiked across the country.↗ · Some insects hitchhike on ships to new countries.↗ · He stood by the road trying to hitchhike.↗ · The hitchhiker held up a sign saying «North».↗ · Seeds hitchhiked home on my socks after the walk.↗