📖 O — The English dictionary · page 23

owe — Everyday, meaning 1: To have to pay back money that someone lent you.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To have to give or do something for someone because of what they did: «I owe you a favour».↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To have something because of someone: «I owe my success to my coach».↗ Example: I owe my brother two dollars.↗ · You owe me an apology.↗ · Thanks for helping — I owe you one!↗ · He borrowed $10 and paid back $6, so he owes $4.↗ · We owe our safety to the lifeguard.↗ · The match was cancelled owing to rain.↗ · “But I owe money to several people.”↗

owest — Early Modern English, meaning 1: «owest» means «you owe», a form of «owe».↗ e.g. To have to pay back money that someone lent you.↗ Example: I owe thee naught, and thou owest naught to me; so sit on my back again, and I'll take thee to my master."↗ (Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales) · “Of that we shall judge later,” said Bagheera, in a dry voice that Mowgli did not at all like.↗ “But here is Kaa to whom we owe the battle and thou owest thy life.↗ (The Jungle Book)

owl — Everyday, meaning 1: An owl is a bird with a big round face, large forward-facing eyes and a hooked beak that usually hunts small animals at night.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Calling a person a «night owl» means they like to stay up late.↗ Example: An owl hooted in the woods at night.↗ · Owls can turn their heads a long way round.↗ · The barn owl flew silently over the field.↗ · We pulled apart owl pellets and found tiny mouse bones.↗ · Owls hunt mice, voles and insects.↗ · My sister is a night owl and reads until midnight.↗ · In the story, the wise old owl helped the animals.↗ · The snowy owl is white like snow.↗ · The Owl always takes her sleep during the day.↗ · and the horned owl, and the pelican, and the carrion-vulture; (Torah LEV.11.18, JPS 1917)↗ · and the little owl, and the cormorant, and the great owl; (Torah LEV.11.17, JPS 1917)↗ · the little owl, and the great owl, and the horned owl; (Torah DEU.14.16, JPS 1917)↗ · I am like a pelican of the wilderness; I am become as an owl of the waste places.↗ (Writings PSA.102.7, JPS 1917)↗ · But the pelican and the bittern shall possess it, and the owl and the raven shall dwell therein; and He shall stretch over it the line of confusion, and the plummet of emptiness.↗ (Prophets ISA.34.11, JPS 1917)↗

owlet — Everyday, meaning 1: A young owl, a baby owl.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A small kind of owl, such as the little owlets of Asia and Africa.↗ Example: Three fluffy owlets sat in the hollow tree.↗ · The mother owl brought a mouse to her owlets.↗ · The owlet fell out of the nest, but it was not hurt.↗ · Owlets cannot fly until their feathers grow.↗ · We watched the owlets on the nest camera at school.↗ · In the story, the owlet was scared of the dark.↗

own — Everyday, meaning 1: To own something is to have it as yours.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: «My own book» is a book that is mine and nobody else's.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: «On your own» means alone, or without help.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: «To own up» means to admit you did something wrong.↗ Example: She owns 3 bikes.↗ · He has his own room.↗ · They own 20 sheep.↗ · How many books does Tom own?↗ · Can I walk to school on my own?↗ · Make your own sandwich.↗ · He owned up to breaking the vase.↗ · Each bird has its own nest.↗ · Who owns this jacket?↗ · Ingratitude sometimes brings its own punishment.↗ · And now when shall I provide for mine own house also?'↗ (Torah GEN.30.30, JPS 1917)↗ · And Moses let his father-in-law depart; and he went his way into his own land.↗ (Torah EXO.18.27, JPS 1917)↗ · And the priest shall pour of the oil into the palm of his own left hand.↗ (Torah LEV.14.26, JPS 1917)↗ · They that regard lying vanities forsake their own mercy.↗ (Prophets JON.2.9, JPS 1917)↗ · Thus might we procure great evil against our own souls.'↗ (Prophets JER.26.19, JPS 1917)↗ · So he returned with shame of face to his own land.↗ (Writings 2CH.32.21, JPS 1917)↗

owned — Everyday, meaning 1: Owned is the past form of own: it was yours before.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Owned (by) tells who something belongs to: «a shop owned by my uncle», «family-owned».↗ Example: He owned 12 marbles before the game.↗ · She owned 4 cats last year.↗ · The farmer owned 30 cows.↗ · The bakery is owned by a family.↗ · The old castle was once owned by a duke.↗ · Who owned this dog before?↗ · He has owned that bike for three years.↗ · Both were called Klaus, but one owned four horses and the other only one.↗

owner — Everyday, meaning 1: A person or group that something belongs to.↗ Example: Always ask the owner before you pat a dog.↗ · The owner of the shop gave us free sweets.↗ · We handed the wallet to the police so they could find its owner.↗ · Pet owners must take their dogs for walks.↗ · Who is the owner of this coat?↗ · The cat's owner put up posters when it went missing.↗ · Car owners must keep their cars safe.↗ · She is the proud owner of a new bike.↗ · He was a Dane, the owner of a travelling theatre.↗ · But if it be stolen from him, he shall make restitution unto the owner thereof.↗ (Torah EXO.22.12, JPS 1917)↗ · If the owner thereof be with it, he shall not make it good; if it be a hireling, he loseth his hire.↗ (Torah EXO.22.15, JPS 1917)↗ · the owner of the pit shall make it good; he shall give money unto the owner of them, and the dead beast shall be his.↗ (Torah EXO.21.34, JPS 1917)↗ · So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; it taketh away the life of the owners thereof.↗ (Writings PRO.1.19, JPS 1917)↗ · The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib; but Israel doth not know, My people doth not consider.↗ (Prophets ISA.1.3, JPS 1917)↗ · There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept by the owner thereof to his hurt; (Writings ECC.5.12, JPS 1917)↗

ownership — Everyday, meaning 1: Ownership is the fact of owning something — having it as yours by right, like a house, a dog, or a bike.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Taking ownership of a task means accepting it as your own responsibility and doing it well.↗ Example: The papers showed the farmer's ownership of the field.↗ · The shop is under new ownership.↗ · Home ownership is a dream for many families.↗ · Our class took ownership of the vegetable garden.↗ · The two boys argued about the ownership of the football.↗ · Dog ownership means walking it every day.↗

ox — Everyday, meaning 1: An ox is a big strong farm animal like a bull, used to pull carts and ploughs.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: «As strong as an ox» means very strong.↗ Example: The farmer has 4 oxen.↗ · An ox eats 20 pounds of hay a day.↗ · Two oxen pull the cart.↗ · How many legs do 3 oxen have?↗ · An ox is a kind of cattle trained to work.↗ · The pioneers' wagon was pulled by an ox.↗ · He is as strong as an ox.↗ · The ox walked slowly along the furrow.↗ · So on he went with his ox.↗ · Thou shalt not plow with an ox and an ass together.↗ (Torah DEU.22.10, JPS 1917)↗ · Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn.↗ (Torah DEU.25.4, JPS 1917)↗ · These are the beasts which ye may eat: the ox, the sheep, and the goat, (Torah DEU.14.4, JPS 1917)↗ · Will the wild-ox be willing to serve thee?↗ (Writings JOB.39.9, JPS 1917)↗ · Canst thou bind the wild-ox with his band in the furrow?↗ (Writings JOB.39.10, JPS 1917)↗ · Behold now behemoth, which I made with thee; he eateth grass as an ox.↗ (Writings JOB.40.15, JPS 1917)↗

oxalic — Everyday, meaning 1: Oxalic acid: a poisonous acid found in small amounts in plants like rhubarb leaves, sorrel and spinach, also used for cleaning and bleaching.↗ Example: Rhubarb leaves are poisonous because they have oxalic acid in them.↗ · Spinach contains a little oxalic acid.↗ · Oxalic acid can remove rust stains from wood.↗ · Never eat rhubarb leaves, only the stalks.↗ · The chemist warned that oxalic acid is harmful if swallowed.↗ · Some kidney stones are made with oxalic acid.↗

oxbow — Everyday, meaning 1: An oxbow (oxbow lake) is a curved lake that forms when a bend (meander) of a river is cut off from the main river.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: An oxbow is also a big U-shaped bend in a river.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: An oxbow is a U-shaped wooden collar that fits around an ox's neck to fix it to a yoke.↗ Example: An oxbow lake forms when a meander is cut off.↗ · We drew a diagram of how an oxbow lake forms.↗ · The Mississippi River has many oxbow lakes.↗ · Ducks swam on the quiet oxbow.↗ · The flood cut through the neck of the meander and made an oxbow.↗ · The farmer's old ox wore a wooden oxbow.↗ · Oxbow lakes slowly fill with mud and plants.↗

oxen — Everyday, meaning 1: Oxen is the word for more than one ox: big strong farm animals used to pull carts and ploughs.↗ Example: The farmer has 6 oxen.↗ · Each pair of oxen pulls a plough.↗ · How many legs do 5 oxen have?↗ · The oxen eat 100 pounds of hay.↗ · Oxen pulled the covered wagons west.↗ · A yoke joins two oxen together.↗ · The oxen rested in the shade after work.↗ · In some countries, oxen still plough the fields.↗ · He was driving a herd of cows and oxen.↗ · And Moses took the wagons and the oxen, and gave them unto the Levites.↗ (Torah NUM.7.6, JPS 1917)↗ · Two wagons and four oxen he gave unto the sons of Gershon, according to their service.↗ (Torah NUM.7.7, JPS 1917)↗ · And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them unto Abimelech; and they two made a covenant.↗ (Torah GEN.21.27, JPS 1917)↗ · And so did they with the oxen.↗ (Writings 2CH.35.12, JPS 1917)↗ · one sea, and the twelve oxen under it.↗ (Writings 2CH.4.15, JPS 1917)↗ · and the one sea, and the twelve oxen under the sea; (Prophets 1KI.7.44, JPS 1917)↗

oxford — Everyday, meaning 1: Oxford is a city in England, famous for its very old university (a name).↗ Everyday, meaning 2: The University of Oxford is one of the oldest universities in the world.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: An oxford is a lace-up leather shoe.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: An Oxford comma is a comma before «and» in a list (red, white, and blue).↗ Example: Oxford is a city full of old stone colleges.↗ · My cousin studies at Oxford University.↗ · We read Oxford Reading Tree books in Year 1.↗ · He wore black oxfords to the wedding.↗ · Should I use an Oxford comma in this list?↗ · The Oxford dictionary has thousands of words.↗ · Mr. Tyrwhitt published, A.D.↗ 1776, a Dissertation on Babrias, and a collection of his fables in choliambic metre found in a MS. in the Bodleian Library at Oxford.↗

oxide — Everyday, meaning 1: (science) A chemical made when another element joins with oxygen: rust is iron oxide; water is hydrogen oxide.↗ Example: Rust is a kind of iron oxide.↗ · Zinc oxide is in some sun creams.↗ · When metals burn, they make oxides.↗ · Carbon dioxide is an oxide of carbon.↗ · Aluminium has a thin oxide layer that protects it.↗

oxygen — Everyday, meaning 1: A gas in the air that people, animals and plants need to live.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A chemical element (symbol O) found in air, water and many things.↗ Example: We need oxygen to live.↗ · Plants give off oxygen.↗ · Fire needs oxygen to burn.↗ · Divers carry oxygen tanks.↗ · Our blood carries oxygen around the body.↗ · Water is made of hydrogen and oxygen.↗ · About a fifth of the air is oxygen.↗ · Put on your own oxygen mask first.↗

oxygenate — Everyday, meaning 1: To add oxygen to something, such as water or blood.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (oxygenated, adjective) Containing oxygen.↗ e.g. "oxygenated blood".↗ Example: The lungs oxygenate the blood with every breath.↗ · Pond weed helps to oxygenate the water.↗ · A pump oxygenates the water in our class fish tank.↗ · Oxygenated blood flows from the heart to the muscles.↗ · Waterfalls oxygenate the river as the water splashes.↗ · Exercise makes your heart pump oxygenated blood faster.↗

oyster — Everyday, meaning 1: A sea animal with a soft body inside a rough, hinged shell; some are eaten as food.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A pearl oyster: a kind of oyster that can make a pearl inside its shell.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: In the saying «the world is your oyster»: you can go anywhere and do anything you choose.↗ Example: An oyster has a hard rough shell.↗ · A pearl grows inside an oyster when sand or grit gets in.↗ · Oysters clean the water by filtering it.↗ · Grandad loves eating oysters at the seaside.↗ · You're young and clever — the world is your oyster!↗ · Fishermen collected oysters from the oyster beds.↗ · London's «Oyster card» is used to pay for buses and the Tube.↗ · One day the fisherman went out fishing, and among his catch for the day he brought home three dozen oysters.↗

ozone — Everyday, meaning 1: A gas made of three oxygen atoms, which forms a layer high in the sky that protects Earth from harmful sunlight.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A sharp smell, like after a thunderstorm or near the sea, that people often call ozone.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (informal, old-fashioned) Fresh, clean air.↗ Example: The ozone layer protects us from harmful UV rays.↗ · Some old sprays damaged the ozone.↗ · After the lightning, the air smelled of ozone.↗ · Ozone is made of three oxygen atoms.↗ · On hot smoggy days, ozone near the ground can make breathing hard.↗ · The fridge was labelled ozone-friendly.↗