📖 I — The English dictionary · page 4

iguana — Everyday, meaning 1: An iguana is a large lizard with a row of spines down its back, found in hot parts of Central and South America and the Caribbean.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: The marine iguana of the Galapagos Islands is the only lizard that swims and feeds in the sea.↗ Example: An iguana lay on the warm rock in the sun.↗ · Iguanas are reptiles, so they are cold-blooded.↗ · The green iguana eats leaves, flowers and fruit.↗ · Marine iguanas dive into the sea to eat seaweed.↗ · My cousin keeps an iguana in a big glass tank.↗ · The iguana's long tail can whip at an enemy.↗

ii — Everyday, meaning 1: The Roman numeral for 2, written ii or II.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Used in lists and in names to show «the second»: «Elizabeth II», «part ii», «World War II».↗ Example: The Roman numeral II means 2.↗ · Answer question (ii) on the worksheet.↗ · Queen Elizabeth II is read as «Queen Elizabeth the Second».↗ · Chapter II begins on page 20.↗ · On the clock face, II stands where the 2 should be.↗ · III minus II equals I.↗ · ITzIRH, Yetzirah, forming, Genesis ii.↗ 7.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗ · II, 4.↗ [See Geiger's Lesestücke der Mishnah, p. 121.]↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)↗ · II, that the author signifies by the word "Tohu," nothing, and not something, as Judah Halevi erroneously thought.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)↗ · BOOK II For the Leader; Maschil of the sons of Korah.↗ (Writings PSA.42.1, JPS 1917)↗

iii — Everyday, meaning 1: III is the Roman numeral for 3, written with three I's.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: After a name, III means «the third», as in Henry III or John Smith III.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: It can number a part or chapter.↗ e.g. Part III, Act III.↗ Example: The clock shows III where the number 3 would be.↗ · Richard III was king of England.↗ · Read Chapter III for homework.↗ · III + II = V in Roman numerals.↗ · My cousin is called Robert Jones III, after his dad and grandad.↗ · The film had a sequel called «Part III».↗ · In Roman numerals, III means three ones added together.↗ · Kings vi.↗ 23 and Exodus xxv.↗ 18, and indeed Genesis iii.↗ 24.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗ · III, 2, prove undoubtedly that he had no knowledge whatever of natural science, and therefore his annotations on the book "Yezirah" are of little or no use at all.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)↗ · According to this passage, however, not Jeremiah but Ben Sira revealed the philosophy of the Sefer Yetzirah to iiis grandson Joseph ben Uziel.↗ (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))↗ · BOOK III A Psalm of Asaph.↗ (Writings PSA.73.1, JPS 1917)↗

il — Everyday, meaning 1: (French) «Il» means «he» or «it» in French: «il mange» is «he eats».↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (French) In some phrases it means «it» with no real person: «il pleut» is «it is raining».↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (Italian) In Italian «il» means «the», as in «il gelato» (the ice cream).↗ Everyday, meaning 4: It is not an English word; to an English ear French «il» sounds like «eel».↗ Example: In French, «il est grand» means «he is tall».↗ · «Il pleut» means «it is raining».↗ · «S'il vous plaît» means «please».↗ · «Il y a un chat» means «there is a cat».↗ · French «il» sounds like the English word «eel».↗ · The Italian restaurant on our street is called «Il Forno».↗ · In French, a thing that is masculine is also called «il».↗ · Interested readers can check the 1562 Mantua edition for themselves through the digital archives of the National Library of Israel: nli.org.il/he/books/NNLALEPH990012793690205171/NLI.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)↗

ilk — Everyday, meaning 1: (old use) A kind or type; a group of the same sort, as in «people of that ilk».↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (Scots, old use) Each, every one of a group, as in «ilk ane».↗ Example: He and his ilk always avoid hard work.↗ · Beasts, ilk ane with two heads, blocked the road.↗ · People of that ilk prefer to stay at home.↗

ill — Everyday, meaning 1: Sick, not well.↗ e.g. "He is ill in bed."↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Bad or harmful.↗ e.g. "ill effects".↗ Everyday, meaning 3: As an adverb, badly: "ill-treated".↗ Everyday, meaning 4: As a noun (plural "ills"), problems or troubles.↗ Example: I felt ill and went home.↗ · She fell ill with flu.↗ · Stay home when you are ill.↗ · The doctor helps people who are ill.↗ · Too much sun can make you ill.↗ · He was ill at ease at the party.↗ · Don't speak ill of others.↗ · Eating bad food made him ill.↗ · “Perhaps he is ill,” Michael said.↗ · And the lean and ill-favoured kine did eat up the first seven fat kine.↗ (Torah GEN.41.20, JPS 1917)↗ · And the ill-favoured and lean-fleshed kine did eat up the seven well-favoured and fat kine.↗ (Torah GEN.41.4, JPS 1917)↗ · And the Egyptians dealt ill with us, and afflicted us, and laid upon us hard bondage.↗ (Torah DEU.26.6, JPS 1917)↗ · Many are the ills of the righteous, but the LORD delivereth him out of them all.↗ (Writings PSA.34.20, JPS 1917)↗ · I know his arrogancy, saith the LORD, that it is ill-founded; his boastings have wrought nothing well-founded.↗ (Prophets JER.48.30, JPS 1917)↗ · They angered Him also at the waters of Meribah, and it went ill with Moses because of them; (Writings PSA.106.32, JPS 1917)↗

illegal — Everyday, meaning 1: Not allowed by the law; against the rules of a country.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: In games: against the rules: «an illegal move».↗ Example: It is illegal to steal from a shop.↗ · Parking here is illegal.↗ · Selling cigarettes to children is illegal.↗ · The referee said the tackle was illegal.↗ · In chess, moving your king into check is an illegal move.↗ · Hunting this rare bird is illegal.↗ · Is it illegal to ride a bike on the pavement?↗

illegally — Everyday, meaning 1: Illegally means in a way that is against the law.↗ Example: The car was parked illegally on the zigzag lines outside school.↗ · Films downloaded illegally can carry viruses.↗ · The rubbish was dumped illegally in the woods.↗ · The man was fishing illegally without a licence.↗ · It is against the rules, but is it done illegally?↗ · They illegally sold fireworks to children.↗

illegible — Everyday, meaning 1: Too messy, faded or unclear to be read.↗ Example: The doctor's handwriting was illegible.↗ · Rain made the note illegible.↗ · Please write neatly, this answer is illegible.↗ · The old gravestone was worn and illegible.↗ · My signature looks illegible but it's my name.↗ · The smudged ink left the last line illegible.↗

illness — Everyday, meaning 1: An illness is a disease or a time of being ill (sick).↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Illness (uncountable) is the state of being unwell.↗ Example: Chickenpox is a common childhood illness.↗ · He missed a week of school because of illness.↗ · Wash your hands to stop illness spreading.↗ · Grandpa is getting better after his illness.↗ · Flu is an illness caused by a virus.↗ · Some illnesses are passed on by coughing.↗ · Tell a teacher if you feel illness coming on.↗ · Eating well helps your body fight illness.↗ · The Animals heard about the Stag's illness and came to ask after his health.↗ · The LORD support him upon the bed of illness; mayest Thou turn all his lying down in his sickness.↗ (Writings PSA.41.4, JPS 1917)↗

illogical — Everyday, meaning 1: Illogical means not making sense, or not following the rules of good reasoning.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Illogical describes a feeling or action that has no good reason behind it.↗ Example: It is illogical to wear sunglasses to read in the dark.↗ · His argument was illogical because it contradicted itself.↗ · I know my fear of spiders is illogical, but I still scream.↗ · Saying «all cats are pets, so all pets are cats» is illogical.↗ · The rule seemed illogical until the teacher explained it.↗ · Mr Spock raised an eyebrow and said, «Illogical.»↗ · Changing the answer without checking was an illogical move.↗

illuminate — Everyday, meaning 1: To light something up; to shine light on it.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (formal) To make something clearer and easier to understand.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To decorate old books with bright pictures and gold, as in «illuminated manuscripts».↗ Example: Street lamps illuminate the road at night.↗ · The Sun illuminates half of the Moon.↗ · Fireworks illuminated the sky.↗ · Shine the torch to illuminate the cave wall.↗ · The teacher's drawing illuminated the hard idea.↗ · Monks illuminated the first letter of each page with gold.↗ · The stage was illuminated by one bright spotlight.↗ · A single feather from its tail illuminates a dark room.↗ · The Fourteenth Path is the Illuminating Intelligence, and is so called because it is that ChashmaP which is (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗ · It illuminates the splendor of all lights, and causes a supply of influence to emanate from the Prince of countenances.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887)↗ · It illuminates the splendour . of all the lights, and causes a supply of influence to emanate from the .↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗

illuminated — Everyday, meaning 1: Illuminated means lit up with light.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (formal) Illuminated can mean made clear and easier to understand.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: An illuminated manuscript is an old handwritten book decorated with gold, silver and bright colours.↗ Example: The castle was illuminated by fireworks.↗ · The torch illuminated the dark cave.↗ · The street was illuminated with Christmas lights.↗ · Monks wrote illuminated manuscripts with golden letters.↗ · The moon is illuminated by the sun.↗ · Her face was illuminated by the candle.↗ · The diagram illuminated the hard idea.↗ · In the evening the whole town was illuminated.↗

illumination — Everyday, meaning 1: Light, or lighting up a place.↗ e.g. The room needs better illumination.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: illuminations (UK) = coloured lights used to decorate a town or seaside: the Blackpool Illuminations.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Understanding or explaining something.↗ e.g. Her talk gave us some illumination.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: A painted, coloured picture or letter in an old handwritten book.↗ Example: The illumination in the hall was too dim to read.↗ · We drove along the seafront to see the illuminations.↗ · The old book had golden illuminations.↗ · His explanation brought illumination to a hard problem.↗ · Plants need good illumination to grow.↗ · Street lamps give illumination at night.↗ · Nor was illumination wanting in this fairy-like region, which at night was lit up by the glow-worms of the deep.↗ · Eliphas Lévi, the famous French Occultist, thus wrote of the "Sepher Yetzirah," in his "Histoire de la Magie," P. 54: "The Zoharis a Genesis of illumination, the Sepher Jezirah is a ladder formed of truths.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗

illusion — Everyday, meaning 1: Something that seems real or true but is not: a trick of the eyes or the mind.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: An optical illusion: a picture that tricks your eyes, like lines that look different lengths but are the same.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A false idea or belief: «He was under the illusion that school was cancelled».↗ Everyday, meaning 4: A magic trick on a stage.↗ Example: The two lines look different, but it's an optical illusion — they're the same length.↗ · The magician's illusion made the rabbit vanish.↗ · A mirage is an illusion of water in the hot desert.↗ · He was under the illusion that he would win easily.↗ · The mirror gives the illusion of a bigger room.↗ · Measure the lines with a ruler to beat the illusion.↗

illusory — Everyday, meaning 1: Not real, though it seems real; based on an illusion.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (formal) Seeming true or possible but actually false: an illusory hope, an illusory advantage.↗ Example: The moving pattern was illusory; the picture was not really moving.↗ · The lake in the desert was illusory — it was a mirage.↗ · His lead in the race proved illusory when he tripped.↗ · The feeling of safety in a car without seatbelts is illusory.↗ · Magicians create illusory effects to fool our eyes.↗ · In art we made an illusory 3D cube on flat paper.↗

illustrate — Everyday, meaning 1: To draw or add pictures to a book, article or story.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To explain or show something by using examples, diagrams or pictures.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To be an example that shows something is true.↗ Example: Illustrate your story with a picture.↗ · This book was illustrated by a famous artist.↗ · Use a bar chart to illustrate your results.↗ · Let me illustrate with an example.↗ · The broken vase illustrates why we don't play ball inside.↗ · Draw a diagram to illustrate the water cycle.↗ · The pictures illustrate each step of the recipe.↗ · The following story will signally illustrate how ready she was to resent any slight offered to her.↗ · Translatus et notis illustrates, a Joanne Stephano Rittangelio, ling.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)↗ · 16) Judah Halevi in his book entitled "Kusari," p. 456, illustrates it thus: The Creator is one, and the space has in the figurative expression six dimensions.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)↗ · The Notes have been extended, and it is hoped that they explain and illustrate difficult passages, and render this abstruse treatise more comprehensible than it has been hitherto found.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗

illustration — Everyday, meaning 1: An illustration is a picture or drawing in a book, magazine or poster that helps explain the text or makes it more interesting.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: An illustration is an example that helps explain an idea.↗ Example: The picture book has beautiful illustrations.↗ · Draw an illustration to go with your poem.↗ · The illustration showed the parts of a flower.↗ · Look at the illustration on page twelve.↗ · This story is a good illustration of why honesty matters.↗ · Her favourite illustrations were the ones with dragons.↗ · [Illustration: THE HARE AND THE TORTOISE]↗ · For an illustration may serve the three letters, ע נ ג.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)↗ · For an illustration may serve the twenty-two elementary substances by the primitive substance of Aleph (א).↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)↗ · For an illustration may serve the twenty-two elementary substances by the primitive substance of Aleph [25] (א).↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)↗