📖 K — The English dictionary · page 6

kinswoman — In Jewish tradition, meaning 1: A female relative, a woman who belongs to your family.↗ Example: Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's sister: she is thy father's near kinswoman.↗ (Torah LEV.18.12, JPS 1917)↗ · Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother's sister; for she is thy mother's near kinswoman.↗ (Torah LEV.18.13, JPS 1917)↗ · Say unto wisdom: 'Thou art my sister', and call understanding thy kinswoman; (Writings PRO.7.4, JPS 1917)↗

kiosk — Everyday, meaning 1: A small hut or stand where newspapers, snacks, drinks or tickets are sold.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A machine with a screen in a public place where you can buy tickets, pay or get information.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (old, UK) A phone box.↗ Example: We bought ice creams from the kiosk by the beach.↗ · The newspaper kiosk opens early.↗ · Use the kiosk to print your train ticket.↗ · The kiosk sells drinks for 2 pounds each.↗ · Order your burger at the screen kiosk.↗ · The kiosk at the zoo sells maps and snacks.↗

kip — Everyday, meaning 1: (slang, UK, Ireland, Australia) A kip is a sleep or a nap; to kip means to sleep, especially somewhere other than your own bed.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (slang, Ireland) A kip is a dirty, messy, horrible place.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: The kip is the money of Laos, a country in Asia.↗ Example: I'm knackered — I need a kip.↗ · Grandad has a kip after Sunday lunch.↗ · Can I kip on your sofa tonight?↗ · We kipped in the car on the way to the beach.↗ · (Ireland) This room's an absolute kip — tidy it!↗ · The price was 10,000 kip in Laos.↗

kirk — Everyday, meaning 1: (Scotland) A kirk is a church.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (Scotland, church) The Kirk is the Church of Scotland, the main Presbyterian church there.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (a name) Kirk is also a first name or surname, like Captain Kirk in «Star Trek».↗ Example: The family walked to the kirk on Sunday.↗ · The Kirk is the Church of Scotland.↗ · The old kirk had a stone bell tower.↗ · Many Scottish towns have «kirk» in their name, like Falkirk.↗ · They were married in the village kirk.↗ · Captain Kirk is a character in Star Trek.↗

kirtle — Everyday, meaning 1: A long dress or tunic worn in old times, by women and sometimes men.↗ Example: The girls left their kirtles by the fire.↗ · She wore a green kirtle to the feast.↗ · He pulled on his kirtle and ran out.↗

kislev — In Jewish tradition, meaning 1: The third month of the Hebrew calendar, which falls in late autumn, around November or December.↗ Example: The twelve months of the year are: Nisan, Iyar, Sivan, Tamus, Ab, Elul, Tishri, Marcheshvan, Kislev, Teves, Schevat and Adar.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)↗ · He produced Samech, predominant in sleep, crowned, combined, and formed Sagittarius in the world, Kislev in the year, and the stomach of man.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887)↗ · He produced Samech, predominant in Sleep, crowned it, combined and formed with it Sagittarius in the Universe, Kislev in the Year, and the stomach of Man.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗

kiss — Everyday, meaning 1: To kiss means to touch someone with your lips to show love, care or a greeting.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A kiss is that touch with the lips.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Kiss can mean a very light touch, like when a ball just kisses the post.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: A kiss can also be the letter x written at the end of a card or message to mean love.↗ Example: Mum kissed me goodnight.↗ · Grandma gave me a kiss on the cheek.↗ · The baby blew a kiss to her dad.↗ · Dad kissed my knee to make it better.↗ · In the story the frog turned into a prince after the kiss.↗ · She signed her card «Love, Emma xxx».↗ · You can say «no thanks» if you do not want a kiss.↗ · The ball just kissed the crossbar and went over.↗ · And he came near, and kissed him.↗ (Torah GEN.27.27, JPS 1917)↗ · And Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice, and wept.↗ (Torah GEN.29.11, JPS 1917)↗ · And he brought them near unto him; and he kissed them, and embraced them.↗ (Torah GEN.48.10, JPS 1917)↗ · Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other.↗ (Writings PSA.85.11, JPS 1917)↗ · And my heart hath been secretly enticed, and my mouth hath kissed my hand; (Writings JOB.31.27, JPS 1917)↗ · Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are importunate.↗ (Writings PRO.27.6, JPS 1917)↗

kissedst — Early Modern English, meaning 1: «kissedst» means «you kissed», a form of «kiss».↗ e.g. To kiss means to touch someone with your lips to show love, care or a greeting.↗

kit — Everyday, meaning 1: A kit is a set of things kept together for a job, like a first aid kit or a tool kit.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A kit is a set of parts you put together to make something, like a model kit.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: In British English, kit is the clothes and equipment for a sport: football kit, PE kit.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: A kit is also a baby fox, rabbit or other small animal.↗ Example: A model kit has 120 pieces.↗ · Each kit costs 15 dollars.↗ · She bought 3 art kits.↗ · The team has 11 football kits.↗ · Where is the first aid kit?↗ · I forgot my PE kit today.↗ · We built a robot from a kit.↗ · The fox kit stayed close to its mother.↗ · Every car should have an emergency kit.↗ · So he got some plates and vessels from his travelling kit and emptied out the olives.↗

kitchen — Everyday, meaning 1: The room where food is stored, prepared and cooked.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: The people who cook in a restaurant: «The kitchen is busy».↗ Example: We eat breakfast in the kitchen.↗ · Turn pan handles inward so they can't be knocked.↗ · Wash your hands before you cook in the kitchen.↗ · Ask an adult before using a sharp kitchen knife.↗ · Dad is in the kitchen making pancakes.↗ · Wipe up spills on the kitchen floor so no one slips.↗ · Cleaning sprays are kept in a locked kitchen cupboard.↗ · The school kitchen makes lunch for everyone.↗ · The bird flew into the kitchen.↗

kitchenmaid — Early Modern English, meaning 1: A girl or woman who helps in the kitchen with rough work.↗ Example: ‘Little Nightingale,’ called out the little kitchenmaid, ‘our Gracious Emperor wants you to sing before him!’↗ (The Yellow Fairy Book) · ‘No; that is a cow mooing!’ said the little kitchenmaid.↗ ‘We are still a long way off!’↗ (The Yellow Fairy Book) · ‘No, no; those are frogs!’ said the little kitchenmaid.↗ ‘But I think we shall soon hear her now!’↗ (The Yellow Fairy Book)

kite — Everyday, meaning 1: A kite is a light toy made of paper, plastic or cloth on a long string that flies in the wind.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A kite is a four-sided shape with two pairs of equal sides next to each other, like a diamond that is longer at the bottom.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A kite is a bird of prey, like a small hawk.↗ Example: Sam has 4 kites.↗ · The kite string is 50 metres long.↗ · A kite costs 7 dollars.↗ · The kite flew 30 metres high.↗ · We flew our kite on the beach.↗ · Never fly a kite near power lines.↗ · Draw a kite and mark its equal sides.↗ · A red kite circled over the hill.↗ · The wind lifted the kite high above the trees.↗ · The Eagle accepted the Kite immediately.↗ · and the kite, and the falcon after its kinds; (Torah LEV.11.14, JPS 1917)↗ · and the glede, and the falcon, and the kite after its kinds; (Torah DEU.14.13, JPS 1917)↗ · There shall the arrowsnake make her nest, and lay, and hatch, and brood under her shadow; yea, there shall the kites be gathered, every one with her mate.↗ (Prophets ISA.34.15, JPS 1917)↗

kith — Everyday, meaning 1: Your friends and acquaintances, or the people you know well.↗ Example: If I had kith and kin, I would not be so sad.↗ · He had no kith in that strange land.↗

kitten — Everyday, meaning 1: A kitten is a young cat.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Kitten can be a loving name for something small and cute.↗ Example: Our cat had four kittens.↗ · The kitten chased a ball of wool.↗ · Kittens open their eyes when they are about a week or two old.↗ · Be gentle when you pick up a kitten.↗ · A kitten needs a warm, safe place to sleep.↗ · The kitten grew into a big ginger cat.↗ · Only by night did she creep out unseen to procure food for her kittens.↗

kitty — Everyday, meaning 1: A child's word for a kitten or cat.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A pot of money that a group shares, put in by everyone, as in «the tea kitty».↗ Everyday, meaning 3: In some card games, the money in the middle that the winner takes.↗ Example: Here, kitty!↗ Come and eat.↗ · We each put £5 in the kitty for the party.↗ · The kitty is running low — top it up.↗ · The little kitty chased a ball of wool.↗ · The teachers have a kitty for tea and coffee.↗ · Hello Kitty is a famous cartoon cat.↗

kiver — Early Modern English, meaning 1: To cover over.↗ Example: "Nex' mornin' de meezles 'd done kivered me, an' den ef I didn't git dosted by de ole 'oman I'm a Chinee.↗ (Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings) · Den I gits under de kiver an' tells my ole 'oman fer ter lay 'em onto me like she was roofin' a house.↗ (Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings) · Bimeby she crawls in, an' de shingles w'at she put on her side fer ter kiver wid, dey all drap off on de flo'.↗ (Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings)

kiwi — Everyday, meaning 1: A kiwi is a small brown bird from New Zealand that cannot fly; it has a long beak with nostrils at the tip and hunts at night.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A kiwi, or kiwi fruit, is an oval fruit with brown hairy skin and bright green flesh with tiny black seeds.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A Kiwi (with a capital K, informal) is a person from New Zealand.↗ Example: The kiwi is a bird that cannot fly.↗ · Kiwis come out at night to look for worms.↗ · I had a kiwi fruit in my lunchbox.↗ · Cut the kiwi in half and scoop it out with a spoon.↗ · My cousin is a Kiwi; she lives in Auckland.↗ · The kiwi is the national bird of New Zealand.↗ · Kiwi birds lay huge eggs for their size.↗ · Dogs and stoats are dangerous for kiwis.↗

km — Everyday, meaning 1: Km is the short way to write kilometre, a unit for long distances.↗ 1 km is 1000 metres.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Km/h or km per hour is a unit of speed: how many kilometres something goes in one hour.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (casual, Australia, NZ, Canada) A «k» or «kay» is a kilometre in speech: «it's 5k to town», «a 10k run».↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (slang, military) A «klick» is a kilometre.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: (formal) In official writing km is often spelled out: «a distance of five kilometres».↗ Everyday, meaning 6: In some book references, KM is a short way of writing the title of Grimm's collection of German fairy tales.↗ Example: The school is 3 km away.↗ · He drives 60 km an hour.↗ · She walked 5 km on Monday and 4 km on Tuesday.↗ · How many metres are in 2 km?↗ · The speed limit near the school is 40 km/h.↗ · The marathon is about 42 km long.↗ · The next town is 15 km away.↗ · A brisk walk covers about 5 km in an hour.↗ · ran a 5k this arvo, legs are dead (casual, Australia)↗ · it's like 3 k's to the beach, we walking or what (casual)↗ · 2 km?? in this heat? you're having a laugh (rough)↗ · A cyclist traverses a distance of 18 km at a uniform speed of 12 km/h; determine the duration of the journey.↗ (formal exam)↗ · This would indicate that the author km w also of an order of the vowel letters, as 'isy = 'ISSy = i, u, o, e, a. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))↗