📖 M — The English dictionary · page 13

marsh — Everyday, meaning 1: A marsh is low, flat land that is wet and soft most of the time, often with tall grasses and reeds.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A kind of wetland home to birds, frogs and insects.↗ Example: Herons hunt for frogs in the marsh.↗ · The salt marsh floods at high tide.↗ · We walked along the boardwalk across the marsh.↗ · Reeds grow tall in the marsh.↗ · Don't stray off the path in the marsh — it's boggy.↗ · Marshes help protect the coast from floods.↗ · Then some frogs began to croak in the marsh.↗ · But the miry places thereof, and the marshes thereof, shall not be healed; they shall be given for salt.↗ (Prophets EZK.47.11, JPS 1917)↗

marshal — Everyday, meaning 1: A marshal is an officer of high rank in an army, or an official who keeps order at a big event.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To marshal people is to gather them and arrange them in order.↗ Example: Hardly had he made the wish than the marshal spoke to the king.↗ · The marshal led the parade.↗ · The teacher marshalled the children into a line.↗ · Out of Ephraim came they whose root is in Amalek; after thee, Benjamin, among thy peoples; out of Machir came down governors, and out of Zebulun they that handle the marshal's staff.↗ (Prophets JDG.5.14, JPS 1917)↗

marshals — Everyday, meaning 1: (noun) Officials who organise people at a big event, such as a race, parade or festival, and keep them safe.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (noun, US) Law officers who catch criminals and help the courts, like the US Marshals; in old Western stories, a town marshal is like a sheriff.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (noun) Very high-ranking army or air-force officers, such as a field marshal.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (verb) «Marshals» = he or she gathers and organises people or things, such as ideas or soldiers.↗ Example: The marshals waved flags to guide the runners.↗ · Marshals in yellow jackets showed us where to park.↗ · The US Marshals caught the escaped prisoner.↗ · In the Western, the marshal faced the outlaws alone.↗ · Before the debate, she marshals her ideas on a card.↗ · The teacher marshals the children into lines for the fire drill.↗ · Field marshals led huge armies in the war.↗ · Thy crowned are as the locusts, and thy marshals as the swarms of grasshoppers, which camp in the walls in the cold day, but when the sun ariseth they flee away, and their place is not known where they are.↗ (Prophets NAM.3.17, JPS 1917)↗

marshmallow — Everyday, meaning 1: A soft, white or pink spongy sweet made from sugar and gelatine.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A plant called the marsh mallow, from whose root the sweet was first made long ago.↗ Example: We toasted marshmallows on the campfire.↗ · I like marshmallows in my hot chocolate.↗ · Blow on a toasted marshmallow; it is very hot inside.↗ · The marshmallow puffed up and turned golden.↗ · Small children can choke on big marshmallows.↗ · We built towers with marshmallows and spaghetti in science.↗

marshy — Everyday, meaning 1: Marshy means soft and wet, like a marsh, so water lies on or just under the ground.↗ Example: The field by the river is marshy.↗ · Our boots sank into the marshy ground.↗ · Frogs love marshy places.↗ · The path got marshy after the rain.↗ · Ducks nest in the marshy reeds.↗ · Be careful: marshy ground can be deeper than it looks.↗ · They reached a marshy place, and the mire was very deep.↗

marsupial — Everyday, meaning 1: A marsupial is a mammal whose babies are born very small and then grow inside a pouch on the mother's body.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Marsupial describes animals of this kind.↗ Example: A kangaroo is a marsupial.↗ · Marsupials carry their babies in a pouch.↗ · The koala is a marsupial, not a bear.↗ · The baby wombat stays in its mother's pouch.↗ · The opossum is the only marsupial in North America.↗ · Most marsupials live in Australia.↗ · Is a platypus a marsupial?↗ No, it lays eggs.↗

mart — In Jewish tradition, meaning 1: A market, a place where goods are bought and sold.↗ Example: And on great waters the seed of Shihor, the harvest of the Nile, was her revenue; and she was the mart of nations.↗ (Prophets ISA.23.3, JPS 1917)↗ · The men of Dedan were thy traffickers; many isles were the mart of thy hand; they brought thee as tribute horns of ivory and ebony.↗ (Prophets EZK.27.15, JPS 1917)↗

marten — Everyday, meaning 1: A marten is a small furry wild animal, like a weasel, that lives in woods and climbs trees.↗ Example: In the clayey bank the martens built their nest.↗ · The marten laughed and answered.↗ · Not long after, the marten came by looking for his supper.↗

martial — Everyday, meaning 1: Connected with fighting or war.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: «Martial arts» are fighting sports and skills from Asia and other places, such as karate, judo, kung fu and taekwondo.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: «Martial law» is when the army takes control of a country instead of the usual government.↗ Example: My brother does martial arts after school.↗ · Karate and judo are martial arts.↗ · She got her yellow belt in a martial arts class.↗ · Martial arts teach discipline and respect.↗ · The general declared martial law.↗ · Martial music played as the soldiers marched.↗ · A KING, whose only son was fond of martial exercises, had a dream in which he was warned that his son would be killed by a lion.↗

martin — Everyday, meaning 1: A martin is a small bird of the swallow family, such as the house martin, which builds a mud nest under the roofs of houses and flies south in winter.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Martin is a common boy's first name and a surname.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (church) Saint Martin of Tours was a soldier who cut his cloak in half to share with a freezing beggar; he is remembered for kindness.↗ Example: House martins built a mud nest under our roof.↗ · The martins flew south when the weather turned cold.↗ · Sand martins nest in holes in river banks.↗ · Saint Martin shared his cloak with a poor man.↗ · Martin Luther King Jr dreamed of equality for all.↗ · Martin from next door helped us fix the fence.↗ · So Martin started off for the town.↗

marvel — Everyday, meaning 1: A marvel is a wonderful, amazing thing or person.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To marvel at something is to feel great surprise and admiration.↗ Example: The pyramids are one of the marvels of the ancient world.↗ · We marvelled at the stars.↗ · The new bridge is a marvel of engineering.↗ · It's a marvel that nobody was hurt.↗ · Grandma marvels at how fast I type.↗ · The museum is full of marvels.↗ · And they took the marvels with them to his court.↗ · And they sat before him, the firstborn according to his birthright, and the youngest according to his youth; and the men marvelled one with another.↗ (Torah GEN.43.33, JPS 1917)↗ · If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and the violent perverting of justice and righteousness in the state, marvel not at the matter; for one higher than the high watcheth, and there are higher than they.↗ (Writings ECC.5.7, JPS 1917)↗

marvellous — Everyday, meaning 1: Extremely good, wonderful: «a marvellous day».↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (old use) Causing great wonder or surprise; amazing.↗ Example: We had a marvellous time at the seaside.↗ · «What a marvellous idea!» said Gran.↗ · The view from the hill was marvellous.↗ · Toad thought the motor car was the most marvellous thing in the world.↗ · The magician did marvellous tricks.↗ · You did a marvellous job on your painting.↗ · There sprang up a marvellous crop--tall and thick.↗ · § 10 Three vowels B'aK constitute a great secret, marvellous and hidden.↗ (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))↗ · § 11 Three vowels n"ax constitute a great secret, marvellous and hidden.↗ (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))↗ · Who doeth great things and unsearchable, marvellous things without number; (Writings JOB.5.9, JPS 1917)↗ · This is the LORD'S doing; it is marvellous in our eyes.↗ (Writings PSA.118.23, JPS 1917)↗ · Who doeth great things past finding out; yea, marvellous things without number.↗ (Writings JOB.9.10, JPS 1917)↗

marvellously — Everyday, meaning 1: In a wonderful, excellent way.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Very, extremely (a bit old-fashioned), as in «marvellously happy».↗ Example: The plan worked marvellously.↗ · The children behaved marvellously at the wedding.↗ · She sang marvellously in the concert.↗ · Everything went marvellously well.↗ · The garden looked marvellously green after the rain.↗ · Toad thought he drove marvellously.↗ · He was marvellously arrayed and full armed, and his black dog moved after him.↗ · God thundereth marvellously with His voice; great things doeth He, which we cannot comprehend.↗ (Writings JOB.37.5, JPS 1917)↗ · And his name spread far abroad; for he was marvellously helped, till he was strong.↗ (Writings 2CH.26.15, JPS 1917)↗ · Look ye among the nations, and behold, and wonder marvellously; for, behold, a work shall be wrought in your days, which ye will not believe though it be told you.↗ (Prophets HAB.1.5, JPS 1917)↗

marvelous — Everyday, meaning 1: Marvelous means wonderful, very surprising or very good.↗ (US spelling of marvellous).↗ Example: What a wonderful, beautiful, marvelous country!↗ · Who has ever heard of such a marvelous place?↗ · He had never sat down to such a marvelous feast.↗ · These three mothers enclose a mighty mystery, most occult and most marvelous, sealed as with six rings, and from them proceed primeval Fire, Water, and Air; these are subsequently differentiated into male and female.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887)↗ · It tends to be used of things that are marvelous, miraculous, or otherwise supernatural and extraordinary, i.e. that which defies the human ability to do or understand and must therefore be divine, e.g. [Deuteronomy 28:59], [Psalm 118:23], [Psalm 139:6].↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)↗

masai — Everyday, meaning 1: The Maasai (Masai) are a people of Kenya and Tanzania, famous for cattle herding and their bright red cloth.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (a name) The Masai Mara is a wildlife reserve in Kenya.↗ Example: The Maasai keep large herds of cattle.↗ · Many Maasai wear red cloth called shuka.↗ · Maasai warriors are known for their high jumping dance.↗ · We watched lions in the Masai Mara.↗ · The Maasai speak a language called Maa.↗ · Maasai beadwork is very colourful.↗

mascot — Everyday, meaning 1: A person, animal or object that a team, school or club keeps because it is believed to bring good luck.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A character, often a person in a big furry costume, that stands for a team, event, company or product and entertains people.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A small toy or figure kept for luck, for example in a car or a pencil case.↗ Example: Our team mascot is a giant bear.↗ · The school mascot is a lion called Leo.↗ · This weekend I took the class mascot home and wrote in its diary.↗ · The mascot waved to the crowd before the match.↗ · Every Olympic Games has its own mascot.↗ · The ship's cat was the sailors' lucky mascot.↗ · She kept a little mascot in her pencil case for the test.↗

masculine — Everyday, meaning 1: Having qualities that people traditionally think of as typical of men or boys, such as a deep voice.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Belonging to or suitable for men.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (grammar) In languages like French, Spanish, German or Ukrainian, describing nouns and words of a class called «masculine»; in English, words like «he», «king», «actor» are masculine forms.↗ Example: In French, «le soleil» is a masculine noun.↗ · «Prince» is the masculine form of «princess».↗ · His voice became deeper and more masculine as he grew up.↗ · The room was decorated in a masculine style with dark wood.↗ · In Spanish, most masculine nouns end in -o.↗ · Some people think pink isn't masculine, but anyone can wear pink.↗ · «He» and «him» are masculine pronouns.↗ · At first existed these three mothers, and there arose three masculine powers, and hence all things have originated.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887)↗

mash — Everyday, meaning 1: To mash food is to crush it into a soft mass.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Mash is mashed potatoes.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Mash is a soft mixture of grain and water fed to animals or used in making drinks.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: A mash-up is a mix of two songs, videos or ideas.↗ Example: Mash the bananas with a fork.↗ · We had sausage and mash for tea.↗ · I like my potatoes mashed with butter.↗ · Grandad feeds the hens a warm mash.↗ · Mash the avocado to make guacamole.↗ · The baby food is mashed so it is easy to swallow.↗ · Their song is a mash-up of two old hits.↗ · And the sons of Aram: Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Mash.↗ (Torah GEN.10.23, JPS 1917)↗

masher — Everyday, meaning 1: A kitchen tool with a handle and a flat head with holes or a wavy wire, used to crush cooked potatoes or other food into a soft mush (a potato masher).↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (old-fashioned slang) A man who made unwanted advances to women in public; this sense is old and rarely used now.↗ Example: Pass me the potato masher, please.↗ · Mum used the masher to make fluffy mashed potatoes.↗ · We mashed the bananas with a masher for banana bread.↗ · The masher has a wavy metal head.↗ · Use the masher until there are no lumps left.↗ · Our masher is made of plastic so it won't scratch the pan.↗ · Grandad calls me the best potato masher in the family.↗ · A masher crushes; a whisk mixes air in.↗

mask — Everyday, meaning 1: A mask is a covering you wear over your face or part of it, to hide who you are, to dress up, or to protect yourself.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A face mask is a covering over the nose and mouth to stop germs, dust or smoke getting in or out.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A mask can be a special breathing mask, like for diving or for oxygen.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: To mask something means to hide or cover it, like masking a smell.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: Masking tape is a paper tape used to cover edges when painting.↗ Example: We made masks for the carnival.↗ · The doctor wore a mask over her nose and mouth.↗ · Put on your own oxygen mask first.↗ · The superhero wore a black mask.↗ · I can see fish through my snorkel mask.↗ · Dad wore a dust mask while sanding the wood.↗ · The smell of paint was masked by the flowers.↗ · Use masking tape so the paint stays in a straight line.↗ · The domino raised his mask, and it was George.↗