📖 M — The English dictionary · page 10

manufacturer — Everyday, meaning 1: A person or company that makes goods in large numbers, usually in a factory using machines.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: The company named as the maker of a product.↗ Example: Follow the manufacturer's instructions when charging the tablet.↗ · The toy manufacturer recalled the broken toys.↗ · Japan has many car manufacturers.↗ · The manufacturer makes ten thousand bikes every year.↗ · We wrote to the manufacturer about the faulty kettle.↗ · The manufacturer's name is printed on the bottom.↗ · Chocolate manufacturers buy lots of cocoa beans.↗ · The phone came with a manufacturer's guarantee.↗

manufacturing — Everyday, meaning 1: The business or industry of making goods in large numbers in factories.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (verb form) Making things in a factory (they are manufacturing phones).↗ Example: Manufacturing gives jobs to many people in the town.↗ · The factory is manufacturing new electric cars.↗ · Car manufacturing uses lots of robots.↗ · Steel is used in manufacturing.↗ · Manufacturing a phone takes many different parts.↗ · If manufacturing one chair costs 20 dollars, 6 chairs cost 120 dollars.↗

manure — Everyday, meaning 1: Manure is animal poo, often mixed with straw, used to make soil richer so plants grow better.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To manure a field or garden means to spread manure on it.↗ Example: The farmer spread manure on the field.↗ · Roses grow well with horse manure.↗ · The smell of manure means we are near a farm.↗ · Manure is full of nutrients for plants.↗ · We put manure on the school vegetable patch.↗ · Wash your hands after touching manure.↗ · Some people sell bags of manure by the road.↗ · Green manure is a plant crop dug back into the soil.↗

manus — In Jewish tradition, meaning 1: A Latin word meaning "hands.".↗ Example: "Abrahami Patriarchæ Liber Jezirah sive Formationis Mundi, Patribus quidem Abrahami tempora præcedentibus revelatus, sed ab ipso etiam Abrahamo expositus Isaaco, et per prophetarum manus posteritati conservatus, ipsis autem 72.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗ · '' Abrahami Patriarchse Liber Jezirah sive Forma- tionis Mundi, Patribus quidem Abrahami tempora prsecedentibus revelatus, sed ab ipso etiam Abrahamo expositus Isaaco, et per prophetarum manus posteritati conservatus, ipsis autem 72.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗

manuscript — Everyday, meaning 1: A book, story or piece of writing written by hand, especially an old one from before printing.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: The writer's own copy of a book before it is printed, now often typed.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Music written out by hand (manuscript paper).↗ Example: Monks wrote manuscripts with feather pens.↗ · The museum shows an old manuscript with gold letters.↗ · The author sent her manuscript to a publisher.↗ · This manuscript is hundreds of years old.↗ · We wrote our tunes on manuscript paper.↗ · The manuscript was full of crossed-out words.↗ · The Caliph, who liked to have old manuscripts in his library, even though he could not read them, purchased the scroll and the box, and dismissed the pedlar.↗ · My reading according to a manuscript of Rabbi Isaac Luria, which I have preferred to all others, is thus: (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)↗ · However, the manuscript variant found in the present edition is certainly old, appearing already in the oldest extant versions of the SY in the commentary of Saadia Gaon.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)↗ · Some manuscripts have a different reading, בשלשה ספרים בספר וספר וספר ‘with three books: a book, and a book, and a book’—certainly easier linguistically but no more clear in its meaning.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)↗

many — Everyday, meaning 1: Many means a large number of things or people: many birds.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: «How many» asks for a number.↗ e.g. How many cats do you have?↗ Everyday, meaning 3: «As many as» compares two equal numbers.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: «Too many» means more than is wanted; «so many» means a great number.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: (casual) Chatty talk says «loads», «heaps» (Australia, NZ), «tons», «a ton of», «lots», «a bunch of», «a load of», «a gazillion» instead of many.↗ Everyday, meaning 6: (casual) «How many he got then?» is broken grammar for «How many has he got?».↗ Everyday, meaning 7: (formal) The exam voice says «numerous», «a considerable number of», «a multitude of», «the number of», «what quantity of».↗ Example: How many cards does Zoe have now?↗ · How many more stickers does Ali have than Mia?↗ · Tom has twice as many pens as Sue.↗ · Many children walk to school.↗ · How many legs does a spider have?↗ · There are too many toys on the floor.↗ · I have read this book many times.↗ · Sam has as many cards as Leo.↗ · there's heaps of chips, take as many as ya want↗ · how many he got left then?↗ · I've told you a million times!↗ · State the number of legs possessed by 3 spiders, each spider having 8 legs.↗ · Many years passed by after this.↗ · And Abraham sojourned in the land of the Philistines many days.↗ (Torah GEN.21.34, JPS 1917)↗ · So ye abode in Kadesh many days, according unto the days that ye abode there.↗ (Torah DEU.1.46, JPS 1917)↗ · The Emim dwelt therein aforetime, a people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakim; (Torah DEU.2.10, JPS 1917)↗ · And he sought for them many wives.↗ (Writings 2CH.11.23, JPS 1917)↗ · How many are mine iniquities and sins?↗ (Writings JOB.13.23, JPS 1917)↗ · LORD, how many are mine adversaries become!↗ (Writings PSA.3.2, JPS 1917)↗

mao — Everyday, meaning 1: (a name) Mao usually means Mao Zedong, the leader of the Communist Party who ruled the People's Republic of China from its start until his death.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (Mandarin, pinyin) «Máo» (毛) means hair, fur or feather, and is also a small unit of Chinese money: ten mao make one yuan.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (Mandarin, pinyin) «Māo» (猫) means cat.↗ It sounds like "mow" (rhymes with "cow").↗ It is not an English word.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: Mao is also the name of a showy, boastful peacock in Kipling's Jungle Book stories.↗ Example: (a name) Chairman Mao led China for many years.↗ · (a name) Mao's picture hangs over the gate in Tiananmen Square in Beijing.↗ · (Mandarin, pinyin) Wǔ máo means five mao, half a yuan.↗ · (Mandarin, pinyin) Wǒ yǒu yì zhī māo — I have a cat.↗ · (Mandarin, pinyin) In Chinese, «máo» can mean fur or feathers.↗ · Historians still argue about Mao's rule.↗ · He dances like Mao the Peacock.↗

maori — Everyday, meaning 1: Māori are the Indigenous people of New Zealand (Aotearoa), who were living there long before Europeans arrived.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Māori (te reo Māori) is also their language.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: As an adjective, Māori describes things belonging to this people and culture, like Māori songs and art.↗ Example: Māori are the first people of New Zealand.↗ · «Kia ora» is a Māori greeting.↗ · We learned a Māori song at school.↗ · The rugby team performed a haka before the game.↗ · Many places in New Zealand have Māori names.↗ · Te reo Māori is one of New Zealand's official languages.↗ · My friend told us a Māori legend about the god Māui.↗ · The Māori carving was made from wood.↗

map — Everyday, meaning 1: A drawing of an area — a room, town, country or the world — seen from above, showing where places are.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Verb: to make a map of a place.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Map out: to plan something carefully.↗ Example: Look at the map to find the beach.↗ · The map key shows what the symbols mean.↗ · On this map 1 cm stands for 1 km.↗ · North is usually at the top of a map.↗ · We drew a treasure map.↗ · Can you find Canada on the world map?↗ · Use the grid on the map: go across, then up.↗ · We mapped our school playground.↗ · The master pointed to the map on the wall.↗

maple — Everyday, meaning 1: A maple is a tree with leaves that have pointed parts like fingers; the leaves turn red, orange or yellow in autumn.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Maple is the hard wood of this tree.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Maple syrup is a sweet syrup made from the sap of some maple trees.↗ Example: The maple leaves turned bright red in autumn.↗ · We had pancakes with maple syrup.↗ · The Canadian flag has a red maple leaf.↗ · Maple seeds spin as they fall to the ground.↗ · The table is made of maple.↗ · Farmers collect sap from maple trees in early spring.↗ · A big maple shades our garden.↗ · Looking to the west the autumn maples were ablaze like a sunset sky, and the chrysanthemums were in perfection.↗

mapping — Everyday, meaning 1: The making of maps of an area.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (maths) A rule that links each item in one set to an item in another set, like a function.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A plan or diagram that shows how things are connected: a mind mapping activity.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (verb form) -ing form of «map»: we are mapping the playground.↗ Example: Our class is mapping the school playground.↗ · Satellites help with mapping the Earth.↗ · In maths we drew a mapping diagram from x to 2x.↗ · The mapping shows that 3 goes to 6 and 4 goes to 8.↗ · Mind mapping helps me plan my stories.↗ · They are mapping out the route for the charity walk.↗ · Phone apps use mapping to show where you are.↗ · Scientists are mapping the ocean floor.↗

mar — Everyday, meaning 1: (formal) To spoil or damage something, making it less good or less beautiful.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (Mar.) Short for March, the month, in lists and calendars.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Mar! is an old shout meaning 'hit him, hit him!'.↗ Example: Rain marred our sports day.↗ · A deep scratch marred the shiny table.↗ · The party was marred by an argument.↗ · Nothing could mar her happiness.↗ · Litter marred the beautiful beach.↗ · One mistake marred an otherwise perfect test.↗ · The holiday was marred by a stomach bug.↗ · Graffiti marred the new wall.↗ · Mar!↗ (Hit him, hit him!)↗ Mind the post!↗ · Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard.↗ (Torah LEV.19.27, JPS 1917)↗ · Thus saith the LORD: After this manner will I mar the pride of Judah, and the great pride of Jerusalem, (Prophets JER.13.9, JPS 1917)↗ · And the near kinsman said: 'I cannot redeem it for myself, lest I mar mine own inheritance; take thou my right of redemption on thee; for I cannot redeem it.' — (Writings RUT.4.6, JPS 1917)↗ · And ye shall smite every fortified city, and every choice city, and shall fell every good tree, and stop all fountains of water, and mar every good piece of land with stones.'↗ (Prophets 2KI.3.19, JPS 1917)↗

mara — Everyday, meaning 1: A mara is a South American animal that looks like a small deer or long-legged hare but is a rodent, a relative of the guinea pig.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (a name) The Mara is a river and area in Kenya and Tanzania; the Masai Mara is a famous wildlife reserve.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (a name) Mara is also a girl's name.↗ Example: The mara hops like a rabbit and runs like a deer.↗ · Maras live in Argentina.↗ · Maras are big rodents.↗ · Wildebeest cross the Mara River every year.↗ · We saw maras at the zoo.↗ · Mara is my best friend's name.↗

maraca — Everyday, meaning 1: A musical instrument made of a hollow ball or gourd filled with seeds, beads or small stones, with a handle; you shake it to make a rattling sound.↗ Usually played in pairs.↗ Example: I shook the maracas in time to the song.↗ · We made maracas from yogurt pots filled with rice.↗ · A pair of maracas makes a lovely shaking rhythm.↗ · Maracas are popular in Latin American music.↗ · The baby loves the sound of the plastic maraca.↗ · Shake the maracas softly for the quiet part.↗ · Old maracas were made from dried gourds with seeds inside.↗ · In the band, I play the maracas and my friend plays the drum.↗

marathi — Everyday, meaning 1: Marathi is a language spoken by about 80 to 100 million people, mainly in the state of Maharashtra in western India, including the city of Mumbai.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Marathi describes the people, culture or things of Maharashtra.↗ Example: Marathi is spoken in Mumbai and across Maharashtra.↗ · My friend's grandma tells stories in Marathi.↗ · Marathi is written in the Devanagari script.↗ · We watched a Marathi film with English subtitles.↗ · «Namaskar» is a Marathi greeting.↗ · Over 80 million people speak Marathi.↗

marathon — Everyday, meaning 1: A running race of about 42 kilometres (26.2 miles).↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Any very long activity or event that needs lots of energy: a homework marathon.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (adjective) Very long: a marathon meeting.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: Marathon is also a town in Greece, famous for an ancient battle and a legendary bull.↗ Example: My aunt ran the London Marathon for charity.↗ · A marathon is about 42 kilometres long.↗ · We watched a film marathon all afternoon.↗ · The meeting turned into a marathon.↗ · She is training for a half marathon.↗ · Running a marathon takes months of training.↗ · Packing for the trip was a real marathon.↗ · Thousands of runners took part in the marathon.↗ · He accordingly decided to rid the country of the famous bull of Marathon, which had become a terror to the cultivators of the land.↗

marble — Everyday, meaning 1: A marble is a small glass ball for playing games.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Marble is a hard, smooth stone, often white with lines, used for statues and buildings.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: «Marbles» is a game played by rolling marbles.↗ Example: Sam had 8 marbles and lost 3; going away, so 8 − 3 = 5.↗ · There are 6 rows with 9 marbles in every row.↗ · Lily has 5 boxes with 6 marbles in each box.↗ · Let's play marbles at break.↗ · The blue marble rolled under the sofa.↗ · The old statue is made of white marble.↗ · Keep marbles away from babies; they can choke.↗ · I keep my marbles in a cloth bag.↗ · The endless halls shine in marble and many colors.↗ · His legs are as pillars of marble, set upon sockets of fine gold; his aspect is like Lebanon, excellent as the cedars.↗ (Writings SNG.5.15, JPS 1917)↗