📖 O — The English dictionary · page 16

ostler — Everyday, meaning 1: (old use) An ostler is a man who looked after horses at an inn in the old days.↗ Example: The ostler brushed the tired horse.↗ · The ostler led the coach horses into the yard.↗ · The ostler took our horses to the stable.↗

ostracise — Everyday, meaning 1: To leave someone out of a group on purpose and refuse to talk to them or include them.↗ Example: The group ostracised her after she told the truth.↗ · Ostracising someone from a game is a kind of bullying.↗ · In ancient Athens, people voted to ostracise powerful citizens.↗ · He felt ostracised when nobody let him sit with them.↗ · We should never ostracise a new pupil.↗ · The village ostracised the family for years.↗

ostracism — Everyday, meaning 1: Leaving someone out on purpose, so they are not included by a group.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (history) In ancient Athens, a vote to send a powerful citizen away from the city for ten years.↗ Example: Leaving someone out on purpose is a form of bullying called ostracism.↗ · The new girl suffered ostracism because she was different.↗ · In Athens, ostracism sent a man away for ten years.↗ · Voters scratched names on pieces of pottery for an ostracism.↗ · Ostracism can make people feel lonely and unwanted.↗ · Our class talked about how to stop ostracism in the playground.↗

ostrich — Everyday, meaning 1: An ostrich is a very large bird from Africa that cannot fly but runs very fast on its long, strong legs.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: It is the biggest bird in the world and lays the biggest eggs.↗ Example: The farm has 12 ostriches.↗ · An ostrich can run 70 km in an hour.↗ · An ostrich egg weighs 1 kg.↗ · How many legs do 5 ostriches have?↗ · The ostrich is the biggest bird in the world.↗ · Ostriches cannot fly, but they can run very fast.↗ · An ostrich kicks hard to defend itself.↗ · We saw ostriches on the safari park trip.↗ · "Is that the Ostrich you talked about?" said the Eagle in disgust.↗ · and the ostrich, and the night-hawk, and the sea-mew, and the hawk after its kinds; (Torah LEV.11.16, JPS 1917)↗ · I am become a brother to jackals, and a companion to ostriches.↗ (Writings JOB.30.29, JPS 1917)↗ · The wing of the ostrich beateth joyously; but are her pinions and feathers the kindly stork's?↗ (Writings JOB.39.13, JPS 1917)↗ · But wild-cats shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of ferrets; and ostriches shall dwell there, and satyrs shall dance there.↗ (Prophets ISA.13.21, JPS 1917)↗

other — Everyday, meaning 1: Other means a different one, not this one.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: «The other» or «the others» means the rest: «The other children» are the rest of the children.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Other means more of the same kind: «other animals like it».↗ Everyday, meaning 4: «Each other» means one another: they help each other.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: «The other day» means a few days ago.↗ Everyday, meaning 6: (casual) «Other half» means your husband, wife or partner: «I'll ask my other half.».↗ Everyday, meaning 7: (casual) «Or other» shows you can't remember: «some book or other».↗ Everyday, meaning 8: (formal) «Remaining», «the remainder» and «the residual» are stiff words for the others: «The remaining pupils were…».↗ Example: 3 of the cats are black and the other cats are white.↗ · He gave 5 to Tom and the others to Ann.↗ · The other half is red.↗ · How many other books does she have?↗ · The twins help each other with homework.↗ · Cross to the other side carefully.↗ · I saw her the other day at the shop.↗ · Lions, tigers and other big cats hunt meat.↗ · We have swimming every other week.↗ · 7 of us got pizza, the other lot got chips, 12 in all, so how many chips (casual)↗ · Take the other one, you muppet, that one's mine.↗ (rough)↗ · Of 30 pupils, 12 travel by bus; determine the number of the remaining pupils.↗ (formal exam)↗ · The others did not hear her.↗ · Thou shalt have no other gods before Me.↗ (Torah EXO.20.3, JPS 1917)↗ · And other money have we brought down in our hand to buy food.↗ (Torah GEN.43.22, JPS 1917)↗ · And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark.↗ (Torah GEN.8.10, JPS 1917)↗ · The men of the other Nebo, fifty and two.↗ (Writings NEH.7.33, JPS 1917)↗ · And they encamped one over against the other seven days.↗ (Prophets 1KI.20.29, JPS 1917)↗ · He striketh them as wicked men in the open sight of others; (Writings JOB.34.26, JPS 1917)↗

otherwise — Everyday, meaning 1: Otherwise means «if not» or «or else»: what will happen if something is not done.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Otherwise means «apart from that» or «in other ways».↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Otherwise means «differently» or «in a different way».↗ Example: Wear your coat, otherwise you'll get cold.↗ · Hurry up, otherwise we'll miss the bus.↗ · The soup was a bit salty, but otherwise it was lovely.↗ · I was tired, but otherwise I felt fine.↗ · If the number is even, colour it red; otherwise colour it blue.↗ · Stay in your seats unless I say otherwise.↗ · Mum thought it would rain, but Dad thought otherwise.↗ · Wash your hands, otherwise germs can spread.↗ · Otherwise you must die upon the spot."↗ · 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)↗ · In this way two-thirds of the labor otherwise necessary is saved, for adding the third letter is only one third of the labor required to produce all the triliteral combinations.↗ (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))↗ · Otherwise it will come to pass, when my lord the king shall sleep with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon shall be counted offenders.'↗ (Prophets 1KI.1.21, JPS 1917)↗ · Otherwise if I had dealt falsely against mine own life — and there is no matter hid from the king — then thou thyself wouldest have stood aloof.'↗ (Prophets 2SA.18.13, JPS 1917)↗ · For a multitude of the people, even many of Ephraim and Manasseh, Issachar and Zebulun, had not cleansed themselves, yet did they eat the passover otherwise than it is written.↗ (Writings 2CH.30.18, JPS 1917)↗

otoscope — Everyday, meaning 1: An otoscope is a small medical tool with a light and a magnifying lens that a doctor uses to look inside your ear.↗ Example: The doctor looked in my ear with an otoscope.↗ · The otoscope has a little light on the end.↗ · Through the otoscope she could see my eardrum.↗ · The nurse put a clean tip on the otoscope.↗ · My toy doctor's kit has a plastic otoscope.↗ · The otoscope showed an ear infection.↗

ottawa — Everyday, meaning 1: Ottawa: the capital city of Canada, in the province of Ontario, on the Ottawa River.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: The Ottawa River, a big river between Ontario and Quebec.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: The Ottawa (Odawa): an Indigenous people of North America, from whom the city's name comes.↗ Example: Ottawa is the capital of Canada.↗ · The Canadian Parliament meets in Ottawa.↗ · In winter, people skate on the frozen canal in Ottawa.↗ · Ottawa is in the province of Ontario.↗ · Many people think Toronto is Canada's capital, but it's Ottawa.↗ · The city was named after the Odawa people.↗

otter — Everyday, meaning 1: An otter is a playful animal with smooth brown fur, short legs, webbed feet and a long tail that lives near rivers or the sea and swims very well.↗ Example: The otter dived into the river to catch a fish.↗ · Sea otters sleep floating on their backs.↗ · An otter uses a stone to crack open shells.↗ · Baby otters are called pups or cubs.↗ · Otters have thick, waterproof fur.↗ · We saw an otter playing in the water.↗ · ‘Be not so downcast,’ replied the otter; ‘before noon to-morrow thou shalt behold thy wife.↗

ottoman — Everyday, meaning 1: (history) The Ottoman Empire was a large, long-lasting empire ruled by Turkish sultans from Istanbul, covering Turkey and lands in south-east Europe, the Middle East and North Africa.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Ottoman means of or about that empire; «the Ottomans» are its rulers and people.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: An ottoman (small o) is a low, padded seat or footstool, often with a lid and storage space inside.↗ Example: The Ottoman Empire was ruled by sultans.↗ · The Ottomans made Istanbul their capital.↗ · Ottoman armies once reached Vienna.↗ · The Ottoman Empire ended after the First World War.↗ · Put your feet up on the ottoman.↗ · We keep the spare blankets inside the ottoman.↗ · Ottoman palaces were decorated with beautiful tiles.↗

ought — Early Modern English, meaning 1: Should, or was right to; the old noun sense (anything) is no longer used.↗ Example: Let us work as we ought.”↗ (The Blue Fairy Book) · "What ought we to do?" said Effie.↗ (The Book of Dragons) · He ought to be a happy man.↗ (Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen)

ounce — Everyday, meaning 1: An ounce is a small unit of weight; there are 16 ounces in a pound, and an ounce is about 28 grams.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: An ounce can also be a small wild cat, the snow leopard, in some books.↗ Example: The cake needs four ounces of flour.↗ · A single ounce of gold is worth a lot.↗ · The ounce weighed very little.↗

ousel — Everyday, meaning 1: An ousel is an old word for a dark bird of the thrush family, such as a blackbird.↗ Example: The ousel flew ahead to show the way.↗ · They found the ousel's nest in the tree.↗ · In the old story a wise ousel helped the prince.↗

oust — Everyday, meaning 1: To oust someone is to force them out of a place, job or position so that they lose it.↗ Example: The new queen ousted the old king from his castle.↗ · Bright new songs have ousted the old ones in our class.↗ · The cruel uncle tried to oust the young prince.↗

out — Everyday, meaning 1: Out means away from the inside of something.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Out means not at home or not in a place.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Out means used up, finished or not working, as in «ran out», «the light is out».↗ Everyday, meaning 4: Out means seen or known, as in «the sun is out», «the new game is out».↗ Everyday, meaning 5: In games, out means no longer in play.↗ Everyday, meaning 6: (casual) «I'm out» means I'm leaving or I'm not joining; «out of it» means tired, not paying attention; «way out» means amazing or strange.↗ Everyday, meaning 7: (rude) «Get out!», «out of my way!», «out of order» (UK: not fair, wrong behaviour).↗ Everyday, meaning 8: (euphemism) «Let out early» or «out of work» means lost a job; «out for the count» means fast asleep or knocked down.↗ Everyday, meaning 9: (formal) Exams say «depleted», «exhausted», «distributed», «withdrawn», «absent» and «proportion of».↗ Everyday, meaning 10: Out added to a verb can mean loudly, aloud or suddenly, as in "rang out", "rapped out" or "broke out".↗ Example: She took out 6 cookies.↗ · He gave out 20 flyers.↗ · She got 18 out of 20 right.↗ · They ran out of milk.↗ · Mom is out, she will be back soon.↗ · Look out!↗ A car is coming.↗ · The sun came out after the rain.↗ · Read the poem out loud.↗ · We need to find out the answer.↗ · Outta my way, I'm late, the bus is in 2 mins!↗ · That's out of order, you took 5 and left me 1.↗ · A candidate furnished correct responses to 18 out of a possible 20 items.↗ State the number answered incorrectly.↗ · And Jacob went out from Beer-sheba, and went toward Haran.↗ (Torah GEN.28.10, JPS 1917)↗ · And Joseph went out over the land of Egypt. — (Torah GEN.41.45, JPS 1917)↗ · And Moses went out from Pharaoh, and entreated the LORD.↗ (Torah EXO.8.30, JPS 1917)↗ · And they went out at noon.↗ (Prophets 1KI.20.16, JPS 1917)↗ · Would not God search this out?↗ (Writings PSA.44.22, JPS 1917)↗ · His discernment is past searching out.↗ (Prophets ISA.40.28, JPS 1917)↗

outback — Everyday, meaning 1: The outback is the huge, dry, mostly empty land far inland in Australia, far away from the cities and the coast.↗ Example: The outback is hot and dry.↗ · Kangaroos hop across the outback.↗ · Some children in the outback do school lessons online.↗ · Uluru is a giant rock in the outback.↗ · Always carry extra water when you drive through the outback.↗ · The flying doctor helps people who live in the outback.↗ · Their farm is in the outback, hundreds of kilometres from town.↗

outbreak — Everyday, meaning 1: An outbreak is the sudden start of something bad, such as a disease, a war or violence.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: An outbreak of a disease is when many people suddenly catch it in one place.↗ Example: There was an outbreak of chickenpox at school.↗ · Wash your hands to stop an outbreak spreading.↗ · The outbreak of war changed the family's life.↗ · An outbreak of food poisoning closed the café.↗ · Doctors worked hard during the outbreak.↗ · The weather forecast warned of an outbreak of thunderstorms.↗ · Head lice outbreaks are common in schools.↗ · Many people stayed home during the flu outbreak.↗

outburst — Everyday, meaning 1: An outburst is a sudden strong show of feeling, such as anger or laughter, that bursts out.↗ Example: His outburst of anger made everyone jump.↗ · There was an outburst of laughter from the back row.↗ · She had an outburst when she lost the game.↗

outcast — Everyday, meaning 1: An outcast is a person who is not accepted by other people and is pushed out of a group or society.↗ Example: The ugly duckling felt like an outcast.↗ · Nobody should be made an outcast at school.↗ · Jesus welcomed outcasts and sinners.↗ · After the argument, he felt like an outcast.↗ · The story is about an outcast who becomes a hero.↗ · Lepers were once treated as outcasts.↗ · Accompanied by his faithful and devoted daughter Antigone, Oedipus quitted Thebes and became a miserable and homeless outcast, begging his bread from place to place.↗ · 'Give counsel, execute justice; make thy shadow as the night in the midst of the noonday; hide the outcasts; betray not the fugitive.↗ (Prophets ISA.16.3, JPS 1917)↗ · For I will restore health unto thee, and I will heal thee of thy wounds, saith the LORD; because they have called thee an outcast: 'She is Zion, there is none that careth for her.'↗ (Prophets JER.30.17, JPS 1917)↗ · Let mine outcasts dwell with thee; as for Moab, be thou a covert to him from the face of the spoiler.'↗ For the extortion is at an end, spoiling ceaseth, they that trampled down are consumed out of the land; (Prophets ISA.16.4, JPS 1917)↗