📖 M — The English dictionary · page 44

morn — Everyday, meaning 1: (literary, poetry) Morning.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (dialect, Scotland) Tomorrow: the morn.↗ Example: The birds sang at early morn.↗ · On Christmas morn, the children woke at dawn.↗ · «From morn till night,» sang the farmer.↗ · «See you the morn!» said my Scottish gran.↗ · The poem describes a cold winter morn.↗ · They set off at morn and walked all day.↗ · There we can enjoy ourselves and be happy from morn till night.’”↗

morning — Everyday, meaning 1: The morning is the early part of the day, from when the sun rises until midday (noon).↗ Everyday, meaning 2: The morning is also the time from midnight to noon, as in «2 o'clock in the morning».↗ Everyday, meaning 3: «Good morning» is a greeting.↗ Example: She picked 25 apples in the morning.↗ · In the morning, 30 campers went rowing.↗ · How many more in the morning than in the afternoon?↗ · He got 6 emails in the morning.↗ · Good morning, class!↗ · I brush my teeth every morning.↗ · School starts at 8:30 in the morning.↗ · The birds sing early in the morning.↗ · We had morning tea at 10:30.↗ · She woke up at 3 in the morning because of the storm.↗ · "Good morning, Little Red-Cap," he said.↗ · And they brought yet unto him freewill-offerings every morning.↗ (Torah EXO.36.3, JPS 1917)↗ · And there was evening and there was morning, one day.↗ (Torah GEN.1.5, JPS 1917)↗ · And there was evening and there was morning, a second day.↗ (Torah GEN.1.8, JPS 1917)↗ · They are new every morning; great is Thy faithfulness.↗ (Writings LAM.3.23, JPS 1917)↗ · At eventide behold terror; and before the morning they are not.↗ (Prophets ISA.17.14, JPS 1917)↗ · How art thou fallen from heaven, O day-star, son of the morning!↗ (Prophets ISA.14.12, JPS 1917)↗

moro — Everyday, meaning 1: Moro: a family name (surname) in Italian, Spanish and other languages.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: The Moro.↗ e.g. Muslim peoples of the southern Philippines.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Moro: a chocolate bar sold in New Zealand and Australia.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (medicine) The Moro reflex: a startle movement a newborn baby makes, throwing out its arms when it feels it is falling.↗ Example: The nurse showed us the baby's Moro reflex.↗ · When the baby got a fright, she threw her arms out — that's the Moro reflex.↗ · I bought a Moro bar at the dairy.↗ · Mr Moro is our new music teacher.↗ · The Moro people live on islands in the southern Philippines.↗ · Newborns lose the Moro reflex after a few months.↗

moroccan — Everyday, meaning 1: From or to do with Morocco, a country in north-west Africa.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (noun) A person from Morocco.↗ Example: We cooked a Moroccan tagine with chickpeas and apricots.↗ · Our new neighbours are Moroccan.↗ · Moroccan mint tea is poured from high up into small glasses.↗ · The market sold colourful Moroccan lamps.↗ · Many Moroccans speak Arabic, Berber languages and French.↗ · The Moroccan team played brilliantly in the World Cup.↗ · The capital of Morocco is Rabat, but the biggest city is Casablanca.↗

morocco — Everyday, meaning 1: Morocco is a country in north-west Africa, across the sea from Spain (a name).↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Morocco (small m) is a fine soft leather made from goatskin, used for book covers.↗ Example: Morocco is in North Africa.↗ · We drank mint tea in Morocco.↗ · The Atlas Mountains are in Morocco.↗ · The old book was bound in red morocco.↗ · Morocco's capital is Rabat, not Casablanca.↗ · Morocco reached the World Cup semi-finals.↗ · And from the General's apartment there arrived a hymn-book bound in morocco, sent by the little lady to whom George had given pictures.↗

morrow — Everyday, meaning 1: (old-fashioned, literary) The next day; tomorrow.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (old-fashioned) The morning, as in the greeting "Good morrow!", meaning "Good morning".↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (literary) The time just after an event, as in "on the morrow of the war".↗ Early Modern English, meaning 1: The day after the present day.↗ Example: "We shall leave on the morrow," said the knight.↗ · "Good morrow, sir!" called the innkeeper.↗ · The king promised an answer on the morrow.↗ · In the old story, the travellers rested and set off on the morrow.↗ · "Take no thought for the morrow," the Bible verse says.↗ · Who knows what the morrow will bring?↗ · The wizard said the spell would end on the morrow.↗ · Else, if thou refuse to let My people go, behold, to-morrow will I bring locusts into thy border; (Torah EXO.10.4, JPS 1917)↗ · And I will put a division between My people and thy people — by to-morrow shall this sign be.'↗ (Torah EXO.8.23, JPS 1917)↗ · And Moses said unto Korah: 'Be thou and all thy congregation before the LORD, thou, and they, and Aaron, to-morrow; (Torah NUM.16.16, JPS 1917)↗ · Boast not thyself of to-morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.↗ (Writings PRO.27.1, JPS 1917)↗ · And Joshua said unto the people: 'Sanctify yourselves; for to-morrow the LORD will do wonders among you.'↗ (Prophets JOS.3.5, JPS 1917)↗ · And it came to pass on the morrow, that Pashhur brought forth Jeremiah out of the stocks.↗ (Prophets JER.20.3, JPS 1917)↗ · Else, if thou refuse to let My people go, behold, to-morrow will I bring locusts into thy border;↗ (Torah EXO.10.4, JPS 1917) · To-morrow evening you will die yourself!"↗ (Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore) · And I will put a division between My people and thy people — by to-morrow shall this sign be.'↗ (Torah EXO.8.23, JPS 1917)

morse — Everyday, meaning 1: Morse code is a way of sending messages using short and long signals, dots and dashes, for each letter.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Morse is also a family name, from the inventor Samuel Morse, who helped make the telegraph and the code.↗ Example: Ships used Morse code to call for help.↗ · SOS in Morse code is dot dot dot, dash dash dash, dot dot dot.↗ · We tapped messages in Morse code on the desk.↗ · The scouts learned Morse code with torches.↗ · Samuel Morse helped invent the telegraph.↗ · Can you spell your name in Morse?↗ · A dash lasts longer than a dot.↗

morsel — Everyday, meaning 1: A small piece or bite of food.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A small amount of anything: «not a morsel of sense».↗ Example: The bird pecked up every morsel of bread.↗ · The hungry boy had not eaten a morsel all day.↗ · Rat offered Mole a tasty morsel from the picnic.↗ · The dog waited for a morsel to fall from the table.↗ · There was not a morsel left on the plate.↗ · She did not have a morsel of fear.↗ · Have you a morsel of bread?’↗ · And I will fetch a morsel of bread, and stay ye your heart; after that ye shall pass on; forasmuch as ye are come to your servant.'↗ And they said: 'So do, as thou hast said.'↗ (Torah GEN.18.5, JPS 1917)↗ · Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof — (Writings JOB.31.17, JPS 1917)↗ · The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, and lose thy sweet words.↗ (Writings PRO.23.8, JPS 1917)↗ · Better is a dry morsel and quietness therewith, than a house full of feasting with strife.↗ (Writings PRO.17.1, JPS 1917)↗

mortal — Everyday, meaning 1: (adjective) Certain to die one day; not living forever.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (adjective) Causing death (a mortal wound).↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (noun) A human being, especially in stories about gods.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (adjective) Very great or extreme (mortal danger, mortal fear).↗ Everyday, meaning 5: (Irish slang) Very drunk.↗ Example: All living things are mortal.↗ · In Greek myths, gods live forever but mortals do not.↗ · The knight received a mortal wound.↗ · The two kings were mortal enemies.↗ · The climbers were in mortal danger.↗ · Only gods could lift the hammer, not mere mortals.↗ · He was mortal last night after the party (Irish slang).↗ · You know that Saouy is my mortal enemy.↗ · The angel which the cipher n symbolizes, is apparently Satan ]r:z', who appears before God to prosecute all mortal beings as he prosecuted (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))↗ · 'Shall mortal man be just before God?↗ (Writings JOB.4.17, JPS 1917)↗

mortality — Everyday, meaning 1: Mortality is the fact that every living thing will one day die.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Mortality is also the number of deaths in a group or a place over a time, often called the mortality rate.↗ Example: Infant mortality was very high in Victorian times.↗ · Vaccines lowered the mortality rate from measles.↗ · Seeing the old tree fall made Grandpa think about his own mortality.↗ · Mortality among the young birds was high in the cold spring.↗ · Doctors study mortality to find which illnesses are most dangerous.↗ · Christians believe that Jesus' resurrection gives hope beyond mortality.↗

mortally — Everyday, meaning 1: Mortally means so badly that death is sure to follow: «mortally wounded».↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (informal) «Mortally afraid» means extremely frightened.↗ Example: Mortally wounded with several thrusts, he sank down.↗ · The boatmen took a sure aim and mortally wounded her.↗ · The poor old woman was mortally afraid.↗ · And he that smiteth any man mortally shall surely be put to death.↗ (Torah LEV.24.17, JPS 1917)↗ · And he that smiteth a beast mortally shall make it good: life for life.↗ (Torah LEV.24.18, JPS 1917)↗ · But if any man hate his neighbour, and lie in wait for him, and rise up against him, and smite him mortally that he die; and he flee into one of these cities; (Torah DEU.19.11, JPS 1917)↗

mortar — Everyday, meaning 1: Mortar is a mixture of sand, cement or lime and water used to stick bricks or stones together.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A mortar is a strong bowl in which you crush things with a pestle.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A mortar is also a short gun that fires shells high into the air, used in war.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: A mortarboard is a flat square hat worn at graduations.↗ Example: The builder spread mortar between the bricks.↗ · Grind the spices with a mortar and pestle.↗ · Mortar holds the old wall together.↗ · The news reported mortar fire in the city.↗ · The mortar dried hard overnight.↗ · Graduates threw their mortarboards in the air.↗ · Out of the trunk he made a mortar.↗ · And they shall take other stones, and put them in the place of those stones; and he shall take other mortar, and shall plaster the house.↗ (Torah LEV.14.42, JPS 1917)↗ · And they said one to another: 'Come, let us make brick, and burn them thoroughly.'↗ And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for mortar.↗ (Torah GEN.11.3, JPS 1917)↗ · And he shall cause the house to be scraped within round about, and they shall pour out the mortar that they scrape off without the city into an unclean place.↗ (Torah LEV.14.41, JPS 1917)↗ · Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar with a pestle among groats, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.↗ (Writings PRO.27.22, JPS 1917)↗ · Draw thee water for the siege, strengthen thy fortresses; go into the clay, and tread the mortar, lay hold of the brickmould.↗ (Prophets NAM.3.14, JPS 1917)↗ · 'Take great stones in thy hand, and hide them in the mortar in the framework, which is at the entry of Pharaoh's house in Tahpanhes, in the sight of the men of Judah; (Prophets JER.43.9, JPS 1917)↗

mortgage — Everyday, meaning 1: (money) A mortgage is a big loan from a bank to buy a house or flat; you pay it back with interest, a bit every month, over many years.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (money) To mortgage a house is to use it as a promise for a loan: if you cannot pay, the bank can take the house.↗ Example: Mum and Dad took out a mortgage to buy our house.↗ · Most of Dad's pay goes on the mortgage.↗ · When the mortgage is paid off, the house will be all ours.↗ · The bank checks your payslips before giving you a mortgage.↗ · If a family can't pay the mortgage, they might lose the house.↗ · A mortgage of 200 thousand pounds paid at 1,000 a month takes a long time.↗ · Renting is different from having a mortgage.↗ · Now my horses and lands are all mortgaged, it is indeed high time; but gold will come at last--at Easter.'↗ · Some also there were that said: 'We are mortgaging our fields, and our vineyards, and our houses; let us get corn, because of the dearth.'↗ (Writings NEH.5.3, JPS 1917)↗

mortification — Everyday, meaning 1: Mortification is a deep feeling of shame or humiliation, often mixed with anger, when someone has been shamed or let down.↗ Example: When the wicked woman heard these words, she was beside herself with rage and mortification.↗ · His mortification was plain when everyone laughed at his mistake.↗ · She hid her mortification behind a smile.↗

mortified — Everyday, meaning 1: Mortified means extremely embarrassed or ashamed.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (verb) To mortify someone is to make them feel very embarrassed.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (church, old) To mortify the body was to make it suffer on purpose as a religious practice, for example by fasting.↗ Example: I was mortified when my trousers split in assembly.↗ · Mum was mortified that she had forgotten my birthday party.↗ · He felt mortified after calling the teacher «Mum».↗ · It was mortifying to trip up the stairs in front of everyone.↗ · She was absolutely mortified when her phone rang during the play.↗ · My sister was mortified by Dad's dancing.↗ · Pinocchio, mortified at being taken for a crab, said resentfully:↗