📖 J — The English dictionary · page 4

jersey — Everyday, meaning 1: A jersey is a knitted top with sleeves, like a jumper or sweater.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A jersey is a shirt worn by players in a sports team, often with a number on it.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Jersey is a soft stretchy cloth used for T-shirts.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: Jersey is an island in the English Channel, and a Jersey is a breed of cow from there.↗ Example: Put on your jersey, it's cold outside.↗ · Our team jerseys are blue with white numbers.↗ · He wore number ten on his jersey.↗ · Grandma knitted me a woolly jersey.↗ · Jersey cows give very creamy milk.↗ · My pyjamas are made of soft jersey.↗

jessamine — Everyday, meaning 1: An old spelling of jasmine, a sweet-smelling climbing plant with white or yellow flowers.↗ Example: The bower was covered in jessamine.↗ · The jessamine smelled sweet in the garden.↗ · Mother and daughter sat under the jessamine.↗

jest — Everyday, meaning 1: (old or formal) A joke or something said to be funny.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (verb) To joke or speak not seriously.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: «in jest» — as a joke, not meant seriously.↗ Example: He said it in jest, so don't be upset.↗ · The jester made a jest about the king's crown.↗ · «You jest!» said the queen.↗ · Many a true word is spoken in jest.↗ · They jested about the teacher's funny hat.↗ · It was only a jest.↗ · "Sure, you do but jest," said Tom.↗ · And Lot went out, and spoke unto his sons-in-law, who married his daughters, and said: 'Up, get you out of this place; for the LORD will destroy the city.'↗ But he seemed unto his sons-in-law as one that jested.↗ (Torah GEN.19.14, JPS 1917)↗

jesuit — Everyday, meaning 1: (church) A Jesuit is a member of the Society of Jesus, a Roman Catholic order of priests and brothers founded by Saint Ignatius of Loyola in 1540.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (old, insult) In the past, «jesuitical» was used as an unfair insult for someone thought to be sly in argument.↗ Example: He goes to a Jesuit school.↗ · The Jesuits were founded by Saint Ignatius of Loyola.↗ · Jesuit missionaries travelled to China and South America.↗ · Pope Francis was the first Jesuit pope.↗ · Jesuit priests often work as teachers.↗ · Some Jesuits were also scientists and astronomers.↗ · In associating the particular letters to each planet the learned Jesuit Kircher allots Beth to the Sun, Gimel to Venus, Daleth to Mercury, Kaph to Luna, Peh to Saturn, Resh to Jupiter, and Tau to Mars.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗

jet — Everyday, meaning 1: noun.↗ e.g. A jet is a fast aircraft with jet engines.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: noun.↗ e.g. A jet is a strong, narrow stream of water, gas or air pushed out of a small hole.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: verb (informal).↗ e.g. To jet off means to travel somewhere by plane.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: noun.↗ e.g. Jet is a hard black stone used in jewellery; jet-black means very dark black.↗ Example: The jet flew high above the clouds.↗ · A jet of water shot out of the fountain.↗ · We felt tired from jet lag after flying to Canada.↗ · The film star jetted off to Paris.↗ · The cat had jet-black fur.↗ · Whales blow a jet of air and spray.↗ · A jet can fly 900 kilometres an hour.↗ · Colored lamps surrounded little lakes, in which were water-plants of colored metal, from whose flowers jets of water spurted up.↗

jettison — Everyday, meaning 1: To jettison something is to throw it out of a ship, plane or spacecraft to make it lighter, often in an emergency.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To jettison an idea or plan is to drop it or give it up because it is not useful.↗ Example: The rocket jettisoned its empty boosters.↗ · The sailors jettisoned the cargo to stop the ship sinking.↗ · The pilot jettisoned fuel before landing.↗ · We jettisoned our first idea and started again.↗ · The balloonists jettisoned sandbags to rise higher.↗ · The company jettisoned the old logo.↗

jetty — Everyday, meaning 1: A small wooden or stone platform built out into the sea, a lake or a river, where boats can stop and people can walk.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A wall built out into the sea to protect a harbour or beach from waves.↗ Example: We sat on the jetty and dangled our feet in the water.↗ · The boat stopped at the jetty to let people off.↗ · Dad fished from the end of the jetty.↗ · Never dive off a jetty into shallow water.↗ · The old wooden jetty creaked in the wind.↗ · The jetty is 120 metres long.↗ · In Australia, kids love jumping off the jetty in summer.↗

jew — Everyday, meaning 1: A person whose religion is Judaism, or who belongs to the Jewish people by family and culture.↗ Example: Jews celebrate Hanukkah by lighting candles.↗ · My friend Sam is a Jew and goes to synagogue.↗ · Jews around the world celebrate Passover.↗ · We learned about Jewish festivals in RE.↗ · Many Jews keep Shabbat from Friday evening to Saturday evening.↗ · The museum tells the story of Jews in our city.↗ · who believe that he was a Jew.↗ (Rathgeber, Grossyriechtnlaud und Pylha- noras, Gotha 1866, pp.↗ 325, 461, 466).↗ (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))↗ · Yet all this availeth me nothing, so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king's gate.'↗ (Writings EST.5.13, JPS 1917)↗ · Then Esther the queen, the daughter of Abihail, and Mordecai the Jew, wrote down all the acts of power, to confirm this second letter of Purim.↗ (Writings EST.9.29, JPS 1917)↗ · There was a certain Jew in Shushan the castle, whose name was Mordecai the son of Jair the son of Shimei the son of Kish, a Benjamite, (Writings EST.2.5, JPS 1917)↗

jewel — Everyday, meaning 1: A precious stone, such as a diamond, ruby or emerald, often cut to shine.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A piece of jewellery with such a stone.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Someone or something very special and valuable (she is a jewel; the jewel of the city).↗ Example: The queen's crown sparkled with jewels.↗ · The pirate found a box of gold and jewels.↗ · A ruby is a red jewel.↗ · This little park is the jewel of our town.↗ · Grandma's ring has a tiny blue jewel.↗ · You're a jewel for helping me, thanks!↗ · The crown jewels are kept in the Tower of London.↗ · This jewel was called the philosopher's stone.↗ · And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of them, even all wrought jewels.↗ (Torah NUM.31.51, JPS 1917)↗ · And the children of Israel did according to the word of Moses; and they asked of the Egyptians jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment.↗ (Torah EXO.12.35, JPS 1917)↗ · Speak now in the ears of the people, and let them ask every man of his neighbour, and every woman of her neighbour, jewels of silver, and jewels of gold.'↗ (Torah EXO.11.2, JPS 1917)↗ · They shall also strip thee of thy clothes, and take away thy fair jewels.↗ (Prophets EZK.23.26, JPS 1917)↗ · There is gold, and a multitude of rubies; but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.↗ (Writings PRO.20.15, JPS 1917)↗ · Thou didst also take thy fair jewels of My gold and of My silver, which I had given thee, and madest for thee images of men, and didst play the harlot with them; (Prophets EZK.16.17, JPS 1917)↗

jeweler — Everyday, meaning 1: (US spelling) A person who makes, sells or repairs jewels, rings and watches.↗ Example: The jeweler polished the gold ring.↗ · The jeweler showed us a diamond.↗ · Dad took his watch to the jeweler.↗

jewelled — Everyday, meaning 1: Decorated with jewels, such as gems or diamonds.↗ Example: She wore a jewelled crown.↗ · The frog had bright jewelled eyes.↗ · A jewelled comb shone in her hair.↗

jeweller — Everyday, meaning 1: A person who makes, sells or repairs jewellery and watches.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A jeweller's: a shop that sells jewellery.↗ Example: Mum took her broken watch to the jeweller.↗ · The jeweller fixed the clasp on my necklace.↗ · We looked at rings in the jeweller's window.↗ · A jeweller uses a tiny magnifying glass to check diamonds.↗ · The jeweller's shop was closed on Sunday.↗ · My aunt is a jeweller who makes silver earrings.↗ · He sold his little box to a jeweller for a good price, bought a house and opened a workshop.↗

jewellery — Everyday, meaning 1: Jewellery is decorations people wear, such as rings, necklaces, bracelets, earrings and brooches, often made of metal, gems or beads.↗ Example: Please take off your jewellery before PE.↗ · Mum keeps her jewellery in a small box.↗ · We made bead jewellery in art club.↗ · The pharaoh was buried with gold jewellery.↗ · A ring is a piece of jewellery.↗ · The shop sells handmade silver jewellery.↗ · So she bethought her of her apple and breaking it, found it filled with gold and precious jewellery, the richest she had ever seen.↗

jewelry — Everyday, meaning 1: Ornaments such as rings, necklaces and bracelets, worn for beauty.↗ Example: She wore gold jewelry to the party.↗ · The box was full of jewelry.↗ · The thief stole the jewelry.↗

jewish — Everyday, meaning 1: Jewish describes people who belong to the Jewish people or follow Judaism, the religion of the Jews.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Jewish describes things connected with Jews or Judaism, like Jewish festivals or food.↗ Example: Our Jewish friends celebrate Hanukkah with candles.↗ · A Jewish place of worship is called a synagogue.↗ · Passover is an important Jewish festival.↗ · She told the class about Jewish food like challah bread.↗ · Many Jewish families keep Shabbat from Friday evening to Saturday evening.↗ · The rabbi is a Jewish teacher and leader.↗ · In a charity school, among the children, sat a little Jewish girl.↗ · Dr. Steinshneider (see Magazin fuer Literatur des Auslandes, 1845) and Dr. Cassel (in his commentary to the book entitled Kusari,) maintain that the ancient Jewish (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)↗ · Instead, the SY may be intimating a twofold pronunciation of Resh known among certain mediveal Jewish communities in Babylonia and elsewhere, which does indeed preserve a distinguish between ‘single’ Resh and ‘double’ Resh.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)↗ · Elohim Chiim, then, apart from Jewish or Christian preconception, is " the living Gods," or '-'- the Gods of the lives, i.e., living ones."↗ Rittangelius gives Dii viventes, " The living Gods," both words in the plural.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗

jezebel — In Jewish tradition, meaning 1: The name of the wife of King Ahab.↗ Example: Then they sent to Jezebel, saying: 'Naboth is stoned, and is dead.'↗ (Prophets 1KI.21.14, JPS 1917)↗ · And of Jezebel also spoke the LORD, saying: The dogs shall eat Jezebel in the moat of Jezreel.↗ (Prophets 1KI.21.23, JPS 1917)↗ · And Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and withal how he had slain all the prophets with the sword.↗ (Prophets 1KI.19.1, JPS 1917)↗

jib — Everyday, meaning 1: A triangle-shaped sail at the front of a sailing boat.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: The long arm of a crane that sticks out and holds the hook.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To jib (at something) means to refuse to do it or be unwilling, like a horse that stops and will not go on.↗ Example: The sailor raised the jib, and the boat turned into the wind.↗ · The jib flapped in the breeze.↗ · The crane's jib swung slowly over the building site.↗ · The horse jibbed at the gate and would not go through.↗ · He jibbed at paying so much for a ticket.↗ · Grandad said he liked the cut of her jib.↗

jiffy — Everyday, meaning 1: (informal) A jiffy is a very short time, a moment.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (UK) A Jiffy bag is a padded envelope for posting things.↗ Example: I'll be with you in a jiffy.↗ · Dinner will be ready in a jiffy.↗ · Just a jiffy — I need to find my shoes.↗ · The cake was gone in a jiffy.↗ · Mum posted the book in a Jiffy bag.↗ · The puppy was out of the door in a jiffy.↗ · In a jiffy he pounced upon it.↗

jig — Everyday, meaning 1: A jig is a fast, lively folk dance, especially from Ireland and Scotland, or the music for it.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To jig is to dance or bounce up and down in a quick, happy way.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A jig is a tool that holds a piece of wood or metal in place while you cut or drill it.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (fishing) A jig is a type of fishing lure that is jerked up and down.↗ Example: We learned an Irish jig in PE.↗ · The fiddler played a lively jig.↗ · The children jigged about with excitement.↗ · Dad used a jig to cut all the pieces the same size.↗ · «The jig is up!» said the detective.↗ · My uncle caught a fish with a jig.↗ · She did a little jig when she won.↗

jigg — Everyday, meaning 1: Not a standard English word: it is an old or misspelt form of «jig», a lively dance or the music for it.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: It may also be part of a word that was cut off, such as «jiggle» or «jiggery-pokery».↗ Example: (Old spelling) They danced a merry jigg at the fair.↗ · (Modern spelling) The fiddler played an Irish jig.↗ · The children jigged up and down with excitement.↗ · She learned to dance a jig for the festival.↗ · «Jiggle» means to move something quickly from side to side.↗ · The puppy jiggled with joy at the door.↗

jiggle — Everyday, meaning 1: To jiggle means to move quickly up and down or from side to side with small movements.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To jiggle something means to shake it lightly, like a key in a stiff lock.↗ Example: She jiggled the key until the door opened.↗ · The jelly jiggled on the plate.↗ · Stop jiggling your leg under the table.↗ · He jiggled his loose tooth with his tongue.↗ · Jiggle the handle to make the toilet flush.↗ · The baby laughed as I jiggled him on my knee.↗ · The car's mirror jiggled on the bumpy road.↗ · Give the box a jiggle to see what's inside.↗