📖 M — The English dictionary · page 37

mistreated — Everyday, meaning 1: Treated badly, cruelly or unfairly.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Harmed or neglected, as with animals or children who are not cared for properly.↗ Example: The dog had been mistreated, so it was scared of people.↗ · Cinderella was mistreated by her stepsisters.↗ · If you feel mistreated, tell a teacher or an adult you trust.↗ · The prisoners were mistreated by the guards.↗ · The rescue centre looks after mistreated horses.↗ · It is against the law to mistreat animals.↗ · The workers said they were mistreated and paid too little.↗

mistreatment — Everyday, meaning 1: Mistreatment is treating a person or animal cruelly or unfairly, for example hurting them, starving them or not caring for them.↗ Example: The farmer was fined for the mistreatment of his horses.↗ · Mistreatment of children is against the law.↗ · The prisoners suffered terrible mistreatment.↗ · If you see mistreatment of an animal, tell an adult.↗ · The charity helps dogs rescued from mistreatment.↗ · Calling names every day is a kind of mistreatment too.↗

mistress — Everyday, meaning 1: A mistress is a woman who owns or is in charge of a household, servants or animals.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (old use) A mistress is a female teacher in some old schools.↗ Example: The maid went to tell her mistress the news.↗ · The cat's mistress fed her every morning.↗ · Our school mistress read us a story.↗ · The mistress of the house gave orders to the cook.↗ · And the angel of the LORD said unto her: 'Return to thy mistress, and submit thyself under her hands.'↗ (Torah GEN.16.9, JPS 1917)↗ · And he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived; and when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes.↗ (Torah GEN.16.4, JPS 1917)↗ · And he said: 'Hagar, Sarai's handmaid, whence camest thou? and whither goest thou?'↗ And she said: 'I flee from the face of my mistress Sarai.'↗ (Torah GEN.16.8, JPS 1917)↗ · For an odious woman when she is married; and a handmaid that is heir to her mistress.↗ (Writings PRO.30.23, JPS 1917)↗ · Sit thou silent, and get thee into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans; for thou shalt no more be called the mistress of kingdoms.↗ (Prophets ISA.47.5, JPS 1917)↗ · And she said unto her mistress: 'Would that my lord were with the prophet that is in Samaria! then would he recover him of his leprosy.'↗ (Prophets 2KI.5.3, JPS 1917)↗

mistrust — Everyday, meaning 1: Mistrust is a feeling that someone cannot be trusted or that something is not safe.↗ Example: There was mistrust between the two brothers.↗ · The villagers had mistrust of the stranger.↗ · Do not mistrust your friends without reason.↗ · His mistrust made it hard to make peace.↗

misty — Everyday, meaning 1: Misty means full of mist, so it is hard to see far.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Misty eyes are eyes full of tears.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Misty can mean unclear, like a misty memory.↗ Example: It was a misty morning by the lake.↗ · The hills looked misty and grey.↗ · Wear bright clothes on misty days.↗ · Her eyes went misty when she said goodbye.↗ · The bathroom mirror got misty after my shower.↗ · I have only a misty memory of that holiday.↗ · The rain began to fall again, and for a while it was too misty to see what the troops were doing.↗

misunderstand — Everyday, meaning 1: To misunderstand is to understand something wrongly, to get the wrong meaning.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To misunderstand a person is to get the wrong idea about what they mean or what they are like.↗ Example: I misunderstand the question if I read it too fast.↗ · Don't misunderstand me, I like your idea.↗ · She misunderstood and went to the wrong room.↗ · Many people misunderstand how bees make honey.↗ · I'm sorry, I misunderstood what you said.↗ · If you misunderstand the instructions, ask the teacher.↗ · “Ah!” cried the false princess, “why do you misunderstand my tears?↗

misunderstanding — Everyday, meaning 1: A failure to understand something correctly: «There was a misunderstanding about the time».↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A small disagreement or argument, often caused by not understanding each other: «We had a little misunderstanding».↗ Example: There must be a misunderstanding – I said three o'clock, not two.↗ · We cleared up the misunderstanding by talking.↗ · The whole argument was a misunderstanding.↗ · A misunderstanding over the rules ended the game early.↗ · Texts can lead to misunderstandings because you can't hear the voice.↗ · The comedy is full of misunderstandings and mixed-up identities.↗ · «Sorry, I think we had a misunderstanding.»↗ · A misunderstanding in maths: he thought «product» meant add, not multiply.↗

misunderstood — Everyday, meaning 1: Misunderstood is the past of misunderstand: understood wrongly.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A misunderstood person or thing is one people judge wrongly or do not really understand.↗ Example: I misunderstood the homework and did the wrong page.↗ · Bats are misunderstood animals; they eat lots of insects.↗ · The giant in the story was lonely and misunderstood.↗ · She felt misunderstood by her friends.↗ · He had misunderstood the rules of the game.↗ · The message was misunderstood.↗ · I do not wish to be misunderstood.↗ · This proves that, at the time when the book was written, tlie nature of the letters, or of some of them, was misunderstood.↗ (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))↗ · This passage was apparently misunderstood by some later writers, who imagined that Rabbi Akiba was the author of the Sefer Yetzirah attributed to Abraham.↗ (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))↗

misuse — Everyday, meaning 1: Verb: to use something in a wrong, careless or harmful way.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Noun: wrong or harmful use: misuse of medicine, misuse of power.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Verb: to treat someone badly or unfairly (old-fashioned).↗ Example: Misuse of the fire alarm can get you into big trouble.↗ · Don't misuse the scissors — they are for paper only.↗ · Drug misuse harms health.↗ · He misused the word «literally».↗ · Calling 999 for a joke is a misuse of the emergency line.↗ · The manager was sacked for misuse of company money.↗

mite — Everyday, meaning 1: A tiny animal with eight legs, related to spiders, often too small to see: dust mites.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A small child or small creature that you feel sorry for: the poor little mite.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (informal, «a mite») A little bit, slightly: a mite cold.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (old) A very small coin or amount.↗ Example: Dust mites live in our pillows.↗ · A mite has eight legs, like a spider.↗ · Red mites can bite chickens.↗ · The poor little mite was soaked in the rain.↗ · It's a mite chilly this morning.↗ · Under the microscope we saw a mite crawling on a leaf.↗ · 5 mites have 5 × 8 = 40 legs.↗ · There he would find better fare than briny water and sand mites.↗

mitigate — Everyday, meaning 1: (formal) To make something bad less serious, less painful or less harmful.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (law) To make a wrong action seem less bad, so a punishment may be lighter: «mitigating circumstances».↗ Example: Planting trees can help mitigate flooding.↗ · The new crossing will mitigate the danger to children.↗ · Saying sorry quickly may mitigate your punishment.↗ · Engineers built walls to mitigate the damage from storms.↗ · The judge said there were mitigating circumstances.↗ · We shut the windows to mitigate the noise.↗ · Wearing sun cream mitigates the risk of sunburn.↗

mitre — In Jewish tradition, meaning 1: A tall headdress; in the Bible a turban of linen worn by the high priest.↗ Example: And thou shalt set the mitre upon his head, and put the holy crown upon the mitre.↗ (Torah EXO.29.6, JPS 1917)↗ · and the mitre of fine linen, and the goodly head-tires of fine linen, and the linen breeches of fine twined linen, (Torah EXO.39.28, JPS 1917)↗ · And they tied unto it a thread of blue, to fasten it upon the mitre above; as the LORD commanded Moses.↗ (Torah EXO.39.31, JPS 1917)↗ · And I said: 'Let them set a fair mitre upon his head.'↗ So they set a fair mitre upon his head, and clothed him with garments; and the angel of the LORD stood by.↗ (Prophets ZEC.3.5, JPS 1917)↗ · thus saith the Lord GOD: The mitre shall be removed, and the crown taken off; this shall be no more the same: that which is low shall be exalted, and that which is high abased.↗ (Prophets EZK.21.31, JPS 1917)↗

mitt — Everyday, meaning 1: A mitt is a glove with one part for the thumb and one big part for all four fingers together, also called a mitten.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: An oven mitt is a thick padded glove used to hold hot pans and trays.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A baseball mitt is a large leather glove for catching the ball.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: Mitts is also a jokey word for hands.↗ Example: Put on your mitts before you build the snowman.↗ · Use the oven mitts to take the tray out.↗ · My mitt caught the baseball with a smack.↗ · The baby wears little mitts so she does not scratch her face.↗ · Keep your mitts off my sweets!↗ · The mitts were soaking wet from the snow.↗

mitten — Everyday, meaning 1: A mitten is a glove that covers the four fingers together in one part and the thumb in a separate part.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: An oven mitt or oven mitten is a thick padded glove for holding hot pans.↗ Example: I wore my woolly mittens to build a snowman.↗ · Mittens are warmer than gloves.↗ · Little Tom lost one of his mittens in the park.↗ · 5 children each have a pair of mittens, so there are 10 mittens.↗ · Use the oven mitt to take out the hot tray.↗ · Grandma knitted me red mittens.↗ · However, you shall not be frozen for the want of it; here are my mother's large warm mittens; they will reach up to your elbows.↗

mix — Everyday, meaning 1: To mix is to put different things together so they become one.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A mix is what you get when you do it, or a bought packet ready to use: cake mix.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To mix with people is to meet and talk with them.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: «Mix up» means to confuse two things.↗ Example: She mixes 2 cups of flour with 1 cup of sugar.↗ · He mixed red paint and blue paint and got purple.↗ · The trail mix has 50 grams of nuts.↗ · Mix 3 liters of juice with 2 liters of water.↗ · Oil and water do not mix.↗ · Stir the cake mix with two eggs.↗ · I always mix up the twins' names.↗ · The class is a mix of boys and girls.↗ · He went home and made an ointment by mixing some sauce and red pepper together.↗

mixed — Everyday, meaning 1: Mixed means made of different kinds put together.↗ A bag of mixed nuts has many kinds of nuts.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Mixed is the past form of mix.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Mixed feelings are when you feel happy and sad at the same time.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: In maths, a mixed number is a whole number and a fraction, like 2 1/2.↗ Example: A bag of mixed candies has 30 pieces.↗ · She mixed 4 cups of juice.↗ · Write 2 1/2 as a mixed number.↗ · The box has mixed red and blue pens.↗ · I had mixed feelings about moving house.↗ · Our netball team is mixed.↗ · The weather was mixed: sun, then rain.↗ · He got mixed up and went to the wrong room.↗ · When she suddenly saw her brothers before her her delight was mixed with astonishment.↗ · And a mixed multitude went up also with them; and flocks, and herds, even very much cattle.↗ (Torah EXO.12.38, JPS 1917)↗ · And the mixed multitude that was among them fell a lusting; and the children of Israel also wept on their part, and said: 'Would that we were given flesh to eat!↗ (Torah NUM.11.4, JPS 1917)↗ · Thy silver is become dross, thy wine mixed with water.↗ (Prophets ISA.1.22, JPS 1917)↗ · They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to try mixed wine.↗ (Writings PRO.23.30, JPS 1917)↗ · And whereas thou sawest the iron mixed with miry clay, they shall mingle themselves by the seed of men; but they shall not cleave one to another, even as iron doth not mingle with clay.↗ (Writings DAN.2.43, JPS 1917)↗

mixer — Everyday, meaning 1: A machine or tool for mixing things, such as a food mixer in a kitchen or a cement mixer on a building site.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A drink, such as lemonade, tonic or juice, mixed with another drink.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (music, TV) A machine for mixing sounds, or a person who does this.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (informal) A party or event where people meet and get to know each other.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: (good mixer) A person who makes friends easily.↗ Example: Mum used the mixer to beat the cake batter.↗ · The cement mixer turned round and round.↗ · The DJ moved the sliders on the mixer.↗ · He's a good mixer and makes friends easily.↗ · At the parents' mixer, the teachers met the new families.↗ · The lemonade was used as a mixer for the adults' drinks.↗ · Turn off the mixer before you lick the beaters!↗

mixture — Everyday, meaning 1: A mixture is something made by putting different things together, such as cake mixture or a mixture of colours.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: In science, a mixture is two or more substances mixed together but not joined chemically, so they can be separated again.↗ Example: Pour the cake mixture into the tin.↗ · Sand and water make a mixture.↗ · You can separate the mixture with a sieve.↗ · I felt a mixture of excitement and fear.↗ · The paint was a mixture of blue and yellow.↗ · Salt water is a mixture you can separate by evaporation.↗ · Stir the mixture until it is smooth.↗ · Cough mixture is a liquid medicine.↗ · Some were gray, others white, and still others a mixture of brown and black.↗ · He maketh the deep to boil like a pot; he maketh the sea like a seething mixture.↗ (Writings JOB.41.23, JPS 1917)↗ · And it came to pass, when they had heard the law, that they separated from Israel all the alien mixture.↗ (Writings NEH.13.3, JPS 1917)↗ · heaping on the wood, kindling the fire, that the flesh may be consumed; and preparing the mixture, that the bones also may be burned; (Prophets EZK.24.10, JPS 1917)↗