📖 M — The English dictionary · page 7

mammalian — Everyday, meaning 1: (science) To do with mammals, or belonging to the group of animals called mammals.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (science) Having the features of a mammal, like hair or fur and feeding young on milk.↗ Example: Bats are the only mammalian animals that can truly fly.↗ · Hair is a mammalian feature.↗ · Whales have mammalian lungs and breathe air.↗ · Scientists studied mammalian cells in the lab.↗ · The platypus is a strange mammalian creature that lays eggs.↗ · Our teeth are typically mammalian, with different shapes for different jobs.↗ · Fossils show early mammalian ancestors lived alongside dinosaurs.↗ · Most mammalian babies are born live, not from eggs.↗

mammoth — Everyday, meaning 1: A mammoth was a huge, hairy animal like an elephant with long curved tusks that lived long ago and died out.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (adjective) Mammoth means very, very big, like a mammoth task or a mammoth meal.↗ Example: The woolly mammoth had thick brown fur to keep it warm.↗ · Scientists found a mammoth tusk in the frozen ground.↗ · Mammoths lived during the Ice Age and are now extinct.↗ · Cleaning my room was a mammoth job.↗ · We ate a mammoth plate of chips after the match.↗ · The museum has a full mammoth skeleton.↗ · There was a mammoth queue outside the toy shop.↗ · Early people hunted mammoths for meat and fur.↗

mammy — Everyday, meaning 1: (informal, Ireland, UK north, Scotland) A child's word for mother, like «mum» or «mammy» said by Irish children.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (old-fashioned, offensive, US history) A racist stereotype name once used for a Black woman who looked after a white family's children; it is not used today except when talking about history.↗ Example: Mammy, can I have a biscuit?↗ · Siobhan ran home to tell her mammy about the prize.↗ · In Dublin lots of kids still say mammy instead of mum.↗ · «Wait till your mammy hears about this!» said Granda.↗ · My mammy makes the best brown bread in Cork.↗ · The old film used a hurtful «mammy» character, and our teacher explained why it is racist.↗ · Mammy and Daddy are coming to the school play.↗ · "Mammy," says the child, "they've pulled granny's skin off while you were away."↗

mamo — Everyday, meaning 1: (Ukrainian) «Mamo» is how you call your mother in Ukrainian — «Mum!» or «Mom!» — the form used when speaking to her (from «mama», mother).↗ Everyday, meaning 2: It is not an English word.↗ Example: «Mamo!» shouted the little boy at the playground.↗ · In Ukrainian, a child calls «Mamo!» to their mum.↗ · Our new classmate from Kyiv says «mamo» when she rings her mum.↗ · «Mamo, dyvys!» means «Mum, look!» in Ukrainian.↗ · Mamo sounds a bit like «Mama» in English.↗ · «Mamo» is not an English word.↗

man — Everyday, meaning 1: A man is a grown-up male person.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Man can mean people in general (old use): «Man has walked on the Moon.».↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To man something is to work at it or be in charge of it: man the desk.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: In games, a man is a piece: a chess man.↗ Example: A man buys 3 shirts.↗ · 5 men can paint a house in 4 days.↗ · There are 12 men and 15 women.↗ · How many people in all?↗ · The man at the shop gave me my change.↗ · My dad is a tall man with a beard.↗ · We built a snowman in the garden.↗ · Two men manned the lifeboat.↗ · The old man fed the ducks every morning.↗ · THE SHIPWRECKED MAN AND THE SEA↗ · or a man that is broken-footed, or broken-handed, (Torah LEV.21.19, JPS 1917)↗ · And the man asked him, saying: 'What seekest thou?'↗ (Torah GEN.37.15, JPS 1917)↗ · neither shalt thou favour a poor man in his cause.↗ (Torah EXO.23.3, JPS 1917)↗ · These are the men of Recah.↗ (Writings 1CH.4.12, JPS 1917)↗ · These things did the three mighty men.↗ (Prophets 2SA.23.17, JPS 1917)↗ · The men of Netophah, fifty and six.↗ (Writings EZR.2.22, JPS 1917)↗

manage — Everyday, meaning 1: To succeed in doing something difficult: «I managed to finish the race».↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To be in charge of a business, team or people: «She manages a shop».↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To control or look after something: «manage your time», «manage money».↗ Everyday, meaning 4: To cope or get by with what you have: «We'll manage».↗ Example: I managed to climb to the top of the climbing frame!↗ · Can you manage that heavy bag, or shall I help?↗ · Mum manages a big team at work.↗ · We need to manage our time well in the test.↗ · They managed without electricity for two days.↗ · He's learning to manage his anger.↗ · I can't manage another bite of cake!↗ · How did you manage to conquer it?"↗

management — Everyday, meaning 1: Management is controlling and organising something, such as a business, money, time or a problem.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: The management is the group of people in charge of a company, shop or team.↗ Example: Good time management helps with homework.↗ · The shop is under new management.↗ · The management said the shop will close at six.↗ · Money management means planning what you spend and save.↗ · Waste management keeps our streets clean.↗ · Ask the management if you have a complaint.↗ · ‘Fine management, indeed,’ interrupted the Prince, ‘if it is to her I owe all the adventures I have met with!↗

manager — Everyday, meaning 1: A manager is a person who is in charge of a shop, business, team of workers or project.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A manager is the person in charge of a sports team.↗ Example: The manager said sorry for the mistake.↗ · My aunt is the manager of a bakery.↗ · The football manager picked the team for Saturday.↗ · Ask the manager if we can get a refund.↗ · The manager ordered 50 boxes of crisps.↗ · She was promoted to manager.↗

manatee — Everyday, meaning 1: A large, slow, gentle plant-eating mammal that lives in warm coastal waters and rivers; it has flippers, a round paddle-shaped tail and is sometimes called a sea cow.↗ Example: A manatee eats sea grass all day.↗ · Manatees come up to the surface to breathe.↗ · Slow down — this is a manatee zone.↗ · Baby manatees drink their mother's milk.↗ · Many manatees have scars from boat propellers.↗ · Old sailors thought manatees were mermaids.↗

manchu — Everyday, meaning 1: The Manchu are a people from Manchuria in north-east China.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Manchu is also their language.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: The Manchu ruled China as the Qing dynasty from 1644 to 1912.↗ Example: The Manchu ruled China for almost 300 years.↗ · The last emperor of China was Manchu.↗ · Manchu is written in a script that runs from top to bottom.↗ · Very few people speak Manchu today.↗ · Manchu soldiers rode horses and shot arrows.↗ · The Qing dynasty was founded by the Manchu.↗

mancunian — Everyday, meaning 1: A person who comes from or lives in Manchester, a big city in north-west England.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (adjective) To do with Manchester, its people or its way of speaking.↗ Example: My uncle is a proud Mancunian.↗ · She speaks with a strong Mancunian accent.↗ · Mancunians love their football.↗ · The band was made up of four young Mancunians.↗ · The Mancunian rain is famous.↗ · «Our kid» is a phrase many Mancunians use for a brother or sister.↗

mandarin — Everyday, meaning 1: A mandarin is a small, sweet orange fruit that is easy to peel.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Mandarin (with a capital M) is the main form of Chinese, the language spoken by the most people in the world as a first language.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: In history, a mandarin was an important official in old China.↗ Example: I have a mandarin in my lunchbox.↗ · Mandarins are easy to peel.↗ · She can speak Mandarin and English.↗ · Mandarin is spoken by hundreds of millions of people.↗ · A mandarin has about ten segments inside.↗ · In ancient China, mandarins helped run the empire.↗ · Satsumas are a type of mandarin.↗ · We shared a bag of mandarins on the trip.↗

mandate — Everyday, meaning 1: (formal, politics) A mandate is the authority given to a government or leader by voters to carry out their plans: the party won a strong mandate.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (formal) A mandate is an official order or rule saying something must be done: a mask mandate.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (formal) To mandate something is to order it officially or make it a rule.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (history) A mandate was a territory that the League of Nations put under another country's rule.↗ Example: The new government says it has a mandate to build more homes.↗ · The school mandated that everyone wear a helmet on bikes.↗ · Voters gave the president a strong mandate.↗ · Seat belts in cars are mandated by law.↗ · The British ruled Palestine under a mandate after the First World War.↗ · (money) Dad signed a mandate so the gym could take money from his bank each month.↗

mandatory — Everyday, meaning 1: (formal) Required by a law or a rule; something you must do; compulsory.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (law) A mandatory sentence is a punishment the law says must be given.↗ Example: Wearing a helmet is mandatory on the bike trip.↗ · School uniform is mandatory at our school.↗ · It is mandatory to wear a seat belt in a car.↗ · The fields marked with a star are mandatory.↗ · Swimming lessons are mandatory in Year 4.↗ · The new law made recycling mandatory.↗ · A mandatory fire drill takes place every term.↗

mandible — Everyday, meaning 1: The mandible is the lower jawbone.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Mandibles are the biting mouthparts of insects such as ants and beetles.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: In birds, the mandibles are the two parts of the beak.↗ Example: The mandible is the only bone in the skull that moves.↗ · Ants carry leaves in their mandibles.↗ · The stag beetle has huge mandibles.↗ · The dentist looked at an X-ray of my mandible.↗ · A parrot's lower mandible fits inside its upper one.↗ · The fossil had a strong mandible with sharp teeth.↗

mandrake — In Jewish tradition, meaning 1: A plant with a thick forked root, once believed to help people have children.↗ Example: Then Rachel said to Leah: 'Give me, I pray thee, of thy son's mandrakes.'↗ (Torah GEN.30.14, JPS 1917)↗ · And Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest, and found mandrakes in the field, and brought them unto his mother Leah.↗ (Torah GEN.30.14, JPS 1917)↗ · And she said unto her: 'Is it a small matter that thou hast taken away my husband? and wouldest thou take away my son's mandrakes also?'↗ And Rachel said: 'Therefore he shall lie with thee to-night for thy son's mandrakes.'↗ (Torah GEN.30.15, JPS 1917)↗ · The mandrakes give forth fragrance, and at our doors are all manner of precious fruits, new and old, which I have laid up for thee, O my beloved.↗ (Writings SNG.7.14, JPS 1917)↗

mandrill — Everyday, meaning 1: A mandrill is a large monkey from the rainforests of central Africa; the males have a bright red and blue face and a colourful bottom.↗ Example: The mandrill has a bright red and blue nose.↗ · Mandrills are the biggest monkeys in the world.↗ · A male mandrill shows its long teeth to warn others.↗ · Mandrills live in large groups in African forests.↗ · The brightest male mandrill is the leader of the group.↗ · Rafiki in «The Lion King» looks a bit like a mandrill.↗ · Mandrills store food in their cheek pouches.↗ · We drew the mandrill's colourful face in art class.↗

mane — Everyday, meaning 1: A mane is the long thick hair growing on the neck of some animals, especially horses and male lions.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (informal) A mane is a person's long, thick hair: a mane of red hair.↗ Example: The lion shook its golden mane.↗ · She brushed the pony's mane until it shone.↗ · Only male lions have a mane.↗ · The horse's mane blew in the wind as it galloped.↗ · The singer had a wild mane of curly hair.↗ · We plaited the pony's mane for the show.↗ · A lion's mane jellyfish has long trailing tentacles.↗ · The young lion's mane was still short.↗ · ‘Are you afraid?’ asked the horse, shaking his mane.↗

manfully — Everyday, meaning 1: Manfully means bravely and without giving up, even when things are hard.↗ Example: She faced the big dog manfully.↗ · He kept walking manfully, though his feet were sore.↗

manga — Everyday, meaning 1: Japanese comics and graphic novels, usually read from right to left, with a special drawing style (big eyes, speed lines).↗ Everyday, meaning 2: The drawing style of these comics.↗ Example: My cousin reads a new manga every week.↗ · Manga books are read from right to left.↗ · Our library has a whole shelf of manga.↗ · In art we drew a cat in manga style with big shiny eyes.↗ · Many popular cartoons started as manga.↗ · She is saving up for the next volume of her manga series.↗ · «Manga» is a Japanese loanword.↗ · Check the age rating, because some manga are for adults.↗

mange — Everyday, meaning 1: A skin disease of dogs, foxes, cats and other animals, caused by tiny mites; it makes the fur fall out and the skin itchy and sore.↗ Example: The poor fox had mange and had lost most of its fur.↗ · The vet gave our dog drops to cure his mange.↗ · Mange is caused by tiny mites in the skin.↗ · A dog with mange scratches all the time.↗ · Animal rescue groups help foxes with mange.↗ · Mange can spread between animals that are close together.↗ · The stray cat's mange got better after treatment.↗ · Grandad called his old jumper «mangy».↗

manger — Everyday, meaning 1: A long open box or trough that horses and cattle eat from.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (Bible, Christmas) The manger in which Mary laid the baby Jesus, because there was no room at the inn.↗ Example: Mary laid the baby Jesus in a manger.↗ · We sang «Away in a Manger» at the carol service.↗ · The cows ate hay from the manger.↗ · Our nativity scene has a tiny wooden manger.↗ · Don't be a dog in the manger: if you're not using the ball, let us play.↗ · The shepherds found the baby lying in a manger.↗ · Then the man filled the manger with hay.↗