📖 P — The English dictionary · page 49

poultry — Everyday, meaning 1: Birds kept on farms for their meat or eggs, such as chickens, ducks, geese and turkeys.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: The meat from these birds.↗ Example: The farmer keeps poultry and sheep.↗ · Chickens, ducks and turkeys are all poultry.↗ · Wash your hands after touching raw poultry.↗ · The shop sells meat, poultry and fish.↗ · Free-range poultry can walk outside.↗ · Bird flu can spread among poultry.↗ · A MAN had two Gamecocks in his poultry-yard.↗

pounce — Everyday, meaning 1: To jump suddenly onto something to catch it, like a cat catching a mouse.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To quickly attack or criticise a mistake or chance: «She pounced on the chance to go».↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (noun) A sudden jump to catch something.↗ Example: The cat pounced on the toy mouse.↗ · The lion crouched, ready to pounce.↗ · The fox pounced on a vole in the snow.↗ · She pounced on the chance to be in the play.↗ · The teacher pounced on my spelling mistake.↗ · With one pounce, the kitten caught the ribbon.↗ · In a jiffy he pounced upon it.↗

pound — Everyday, meaning 1: A pound is a unit of weight; a loaf of bread weighs about one pound.↗ A pound is 16 ounces.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A pound (£) is the money of the United Kingdom; a pound has 100 pence.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To pound is to hit hard again and again.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: A pound is a place where lost dogs or towed cars are kept.↗ Example: The strawberries weighed 35 pounds.↗ · A bag of flour weighs 5 pounds.↗ · Apples cost 2 dollars per pound.↗ · How many pounds did they pick?↗ · The comic cost 3 pounds in the shop in London.↗ · My heart was pounding before the race.↗ · He pounded on the door.↗ · The baby weighed 7 pounds when she was born.↗ · They got a puppy from the dog pound.↗ · A pound is a little less than half a kilogram.↗ · Please give us the thousand pounds reward."↗ · And that which the rest of the people gave was twenty thousand darics of gold, and two thousand pounds of silver, and threescore and seven priests' tunics.↗ (Writings NEH.7.72, JPS 1917)↗ · they gave after their ability into the treasury of the work threescore and one thousand darics of gold, and five thousand pounds of silver, and one hundred priests' tunics.↗ (Writings EZR.2.69, JPS 1917)↗ · And some of the heads of fathers' houses gave into the treasury of the work twenty thousand darics of gold, and two thousand and two hundred pounds of silver.↗ (Writings NEH.7.71, JPS 1917)↗

pour — Everyday, meaning 1: To pour is to make a liquid flow out of a container, like pouring water into a glass.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Rain pours when it rains very hard: «It's pouring».↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To pour (in, out) can mean lots of people or things move fast: crowds poured out of the stadium.↗ Example: She pours 200 ml of milk into a glass.↗ · He poured 2 liters out of the jug.↗ · Pour equal amounts into 4 cups.↗ · How much water is left after she pours 3 cups?↗ · It's pouring outside, so take your raincoat.↗ · Pour the batter into the cake tin.↗ · Fans poured into the stadium.↗ · Ask an adult to pour hot water.↗ · Into another similar bottle she poured some good wine.↗ · Thou shalt break it in pieces, and pour oil thereon; it is a meal-offering.↗ (Torah LEV.2.6, JPS 1917)↗ · Thou shalt not eat it; thou shalt pour it out upon the earth as water.↗ (Torah DEU.12.24, JPS 1917)↗ · Then shalt thou take the anointing oil, and pour it upon his head, and anoint him.↗ (Torah EXO.29.7, JPS 1917)↗ · So they poured out for the men to eat.↗ (Prophets 2KI.4.40, JPS 1917)↗ · Or who can pour out the bottles of heaven, (Writings JOB.38.37, JPS 1917)↗ · Mine eye is poured out, and ceaseth not, without any intermission, (Writings LAM.3.49, JPS 1917)↗

pout — Everyday, meaning 1: To pout is to push out the lips and look cross or sulky, often when you do not get your own way.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A pout is such a face.↗ Example: «They always say the same thing,» her sister pouted.↗ · «No, no!» pouted the boy.↗ · The baby gave a little pout and turned away.↗

poverty — Everyday, meaning 1: Being very poor; not having enough money for food, clothes or a home.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (formal) A lack of something: poverty of ideas.↗ Example: Many families lived in poverty in Victorian times.↗ · Charities help people in poverty.↗ · Poverty means not having enough to eat.↗ · Our school collected food to fight poverty.↗ · He grew up in poverty but became a doctor.↗ · Ending poverty is a world goal.↗ · It was indeed poverty arrayed in rags.↗ · and there will I sustain thee; for there are yet five years of famine; lest thou come to poverty, thou, and thy household, and all that thou hast.↗ (Torah GEN.45.11, JPS 1917)↗ · The antithesis of wisdom is foolishness; of wealth, poverty; of fruitfulness, childlessness; of life, death; of dominion, dependence; of peace, war; and of beauty, ugliness.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)↗ · They are called Double, because each letter presents a contrast or permutation; thus Life and Death; Peace and War (Evil); Wisdom and Folly; Riches and Poverty; Grace and Indignation; Fertility and Solitude (Desolation); Power and Servitude.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗ · Let him drink, and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more.↗ (Writings PRO.31.7, JPS 1917)↗ · So shall thy poverty come as a runner, and thy want as an armed man.↗ (Writings PRO.6.11, JPS 1917)↗ · The rich man's wealth is his strong city; the ruin of the poor is their poverty.↗ (Writings PRO.10.15, JPS 1917)↗

pow — Everyday, meaning 1: A word for the sound of a punch, a bang or a small explosion, used in comics and cartoons: «Pow!↗ Biff!↗ Bang!».↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (POW, abbreviation) A prisoner of war: a soldier captured and held by the enemy during a war.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (informal) A word to show something sudden and exciting happened: «And then, pow, the lights went out.».↗ Example: In the comic, the hero's fist went «Pow!»↗ · Write some sound words like «pow», «crash» and «boom».↗ · My great-grandad was a POW in the Second World War.↗ · The POWs were sent home when the war ended.↗ · We were walking along and, pow, it started pouring with rain.↗ · The fireworks went pow, pow, pow over the river.↗ · Den he draw back en come down on de tree--pow!↗

powder — Everyday, meaning 1: A dry substance made of very tiny pieces, like flour, dust or crushed chalk.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A special powder used for a job: «washing powder», «baby powder», «talcum powder».↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (verb) To put powder on something.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: Fresh, light, dry snow (skiers' word).↗ Everyday, meaning 5: Gunpowder (old use).↗ Example: Grind the chalk into a fine powder.↗ · Mum added baking powder to the cake mix.↗ · Washing powder is poisonous; don't touch it.↗ · Sugar powder dissolves faster than sugar cubes.↗ · Fresh powder is great for skiing.↗ · The baby smelled of baby powder.↗ · Never taste a powder you don't know.↗ · Abandoning the fight he rushed into the powder magazine and fired it.↗ · The LORD will make the rain of thy land powder and dust; from heaven shall it come down upon thee, until thou be destroyed.↗ (Torah DEU.28.24, JPS 1917)↗ · And he took the calf which they had made, and burnt it with fire, and ground it to powder, and strewed it upon the water, and made the children of Israel drink of it.↗ (Torah EXO.32.20, JPS 1917)↗ · Who is this that cometh up out of the wilderness like pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all powders of the merchant?↗ (Writings SNG.3.6, JPS 1917)↗ · And he broke down the altars, and beat the Asherim and the graven images into powder, and hewed down all the sun-images throughout all the land of Israel, and returned to Jerusalem.↗ (Writings 2CH.34.7, JPS 1917)↗

powdery — Everyday, meaning 1: Like powder: fine, dry and soft.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Covered with powder.↗ Example: The snow was soft and powdery.↗ · Flour is a powdery solid.↗ · The moth's wings were powdery.↗ · Chalk leaves a powdery mark.↗ · The powdery sand blew in the wind.↗ · Skiers love powdery snow.↗

power — Everyday, meaning 1: Power is the ability or strength to do something or to make things happen.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Power is control over people or things, like the power of a king.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Power is energy, especially electricity, used to run machines.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: To power something means to give it energy so it works.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: In maths, a power is how many times a number is multiplied by itself, like 2 to the power of 3.↗ Example: There was a power cut, so we used candles.↗ · The car is powered by electricity.↗ · Solar power comes from the Sun.↗ · Stay away from fallen power lines.↗ · Her superpower is being invisible.↗ · 10 to the power of 2 is 100.↗ · The king had great power over the land.↗ · I will do everything in my power to help.↗ · In our time water has wonderful powers.↗ · And ye know that with all my power I have served your father.↗ (Torah GEN.31.6, JPS 1917)↗ · Thy right hand, O LORD, glorious in power, Thy right hand, O LORD, dasheth in pieces the enemy.↗ (Torah EXO.15.6, JPS 1917)↗ · And now, I pray Thee, let the power of the Lord be great, according as Thou hast spoken, saying: (Torah NUM.14.17, JPS 1917)↗ · Or have I no power to deliver?↗ (Prophets ISA.50.2, JPS 1917)↗ · Would He contend with me in His great power?↗ (Writings JOB.23.6, JPS 1917)↗ · How hast thou helped him that is without power!↗ (Writings JOB.26.2, JPS 1917)↗

powerful — Everyday, meaning 1: Very strong; having a lot of strength or force.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Having great control or influence over people: a powerful king.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Having a strong effect: a powerful medicine, a powerful speech.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (of machines) Able to do a lot of work: a powerful engine.↗ Example: The lion has powerful jaws.↗ · The king was the most powerful man in the land.↗ · That was a powerful speech; some people cried.↗ · A powerful storm knocked down trees.↗ · This magnet is more powerful than that one.↗ · The wizard cast a powerful spell.↗ · "That was a powerful speech," thought the little Toad.↗ · The voice of the LORD is powerful; the voice of the LORD is full of majesty.↗ (Writings PSA.29.4, JPS 1917)↗

powerless — Everyday, meaning 1: Without the power or strength to do something.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Unable to help or act.↗ Example: The people felt powerless against the king.↗ · The radio was powerless without batteries.↗ · He was powerless to stop the flood.↗ · Toad was powerless in the dungeon.↗ · She felt powerless to help.↗ · Without votes, women were powerless.↗ · I am powerless to save them.↗

powhatan — Everyday, meaning 1: (a name) Powhatan was the leader of a large group of Algonquian-speaking Native American tribes in what is now Virginia, USA, around 1600; he was the father of Pocahontas.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (a name) The Powhatan are the Native American people of that union of tribes, and their language.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (a name) A county and some places in Virginia are named Powhatan.↗ Example: Powhatan led many tribes in the land the English called Virginia.↗ · Pocahontas was the daughter of Powhatan.↗ · The Powhatan people grew corn, beans and squash.↗ · English settlers at Jamestown traded with the Powhatan.↗ · Today Powhatan descendants still live in Virginia.↗ · Our history book has a map of the Powhatan lands.↗

practicable — Everyday, meaning 1: (formal) Able to be done or put into practice successfully; possible in real life.↗ Example: Building a bridge here is not practicable.↗ · Please reply as soon as practicable.↗ · Is it practicable to walk to school every day?↗ · The plan was clever but not practicable.↗ · Fire exits must be kept clear wherever practicable.↗ · The engineer looked for a practicable route over the mountain.↗

practical — Everyday, meaning 1: Practical means to do with doing real things rather than only ideas or theory.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A practical person is good at dealing with real problems and making things work.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A practical object or plan is useful and sensible.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: A practical is a lesson or exam where you do experiments or real tasks.↗ Example: We did a practical experiment with magnets.↗ · Wear practical shoes for the hike.↗ · Grandma is very practical; she can fix anything.↗ · It isn't practical to walk ten miles to school.↗ · Our science practical is on Thursday.↗ · Learning to cook is a practical skill.↗ · He played a practical joke on his sister.↗ · He was quite a practical boy.↗

practically — Everyday, meaning 1: Almost, nearly: «The jar is practically empty.».↗ Everyday, meaning 2: In a sensible, useful, real-life way: «Think practically about what to pack.».↗ Everyday, meaning 3: In practice, as things really are, not in theory.↗ Example: The bus was practically empty.↗ · I've practically finished my homework.↗ · Practically everyone in the class has a pet.↗ · Practically speaking, we can't fit ten people in the car.↗ · She is very practically minded and can fix anything.↗ · It cost practically nothing at the car-boot sale.↗ · We were practically running to get to school on time.↗ · It is practically impossible to use the long tabulations for comparative purposes without some such shorthand.↗

practice — Everyday, meaning 1: Practice is doing something again and again to get better at it, like playing the piano every day.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A practice is a meeting where a team trains, like football practice.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A practice is also the way something is usually done, a habit: it is good practice to wash your hands.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: A doctor's or dentist's practice is the place where they work.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: Practice can also be a verb, meaning to carry on an activity regularly, as a habit or skill.↗ Example: She does 20 minutes of piano practice each day.↗ · Football practice is 2 hours long.↗ · How many minutes of practice in 5 days?↗ · He went to 3 practices this week.↗ · Practice makes perfect.↗ · We did some spelling practice before the test.↗ · I am out of practice, so I play slowly now.↗ · It is good practice to check your answer.↗ · The dentist's practice is next to the library.↗ · But vainly they practice their cruel arts, For nought can sever our two fond hearts.’↗ · "') As an early Arabian mathematiciaa Mohammed ben Musa Alkhowa- rezini said that the lodians practiced the so-called Arabian system of notation (M. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))↗