📖 P — The English dictionary · page 72

publican — Everyday, meaning 1: A publican is a person who owns or runs a pub, where people go to drink and talk.↗ Example: The publican served ale to the travellers.↗ · The publican said nothing about the stranger.↗ · We asked the publican for a room for the night.↗

publication — Everyday, meaning 1: The act of printing and making a book, magazine or article available to people.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A book, magazine, newspaper or report that is published.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Making news or information known publicly.↗ Example: The school newspaper is a weekly publication.↗ · Her story was accepted for publication.↗ · The library keeps many publications.↗ · The book's publication made her famous.↗ · Check when the publication was printed.↗ · Scientists share results through publication.↗ · Smith and Elder have permitted the publication of two of Mr. Ralston’s versions from the Russian.↗

publicise — Everyday, meaning 1: To make information about something known to many people, especially by advertising or reporting it.↗ Example: We made posters to publicise the school fair.↗ · The charity publicised its fun run on social media.↗ · The case was widely publicised in the news.↗ · Don't publicise your address online.↗ · The band publicised their new song on the radio.↗ · The council publicised the new bus times.↗

publicity — Everyday, meaning 1: Attention from newspapers, TV, the internet and the public: «The rescue got a lot of publicity.».↗ Everyday, meaning 2: The work of getting people to notice something, like adverts, posters and interviews: «The publicity for the film was everywhere.».↗ Example: The school fair got good publicity in the local paper.↗ · The singer's new song had huge publicity.↗ · Climbing the tower was just a publicity stunt.↗ · The company got bad publicity after the toy broke easily.↗ · We made posters for publicity for the bake sale.↗ · «There's no such thing as bad publicity,» some people say, but that is not always true.↗

publicly — Everyday, meaning 1: Publicly means in front of other people, openly, not in private.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Publicly means by or for the government or the public: publicly funded.↗ Example: He publicly apologised to the class.↗ · The results will be publicly announced.↗ · The information is publicly available online.↗ · Publicly funded libraries are free.↗ · She was publicly praised in assembly.↗ · Don't tell someone off publicly — talk privately.↗ · The park is publicly owned.↗ · They publicly thanked the firefighters.↗ · He returned to his den, and lying down there, pretended to be sick, taking care that his sickness should be publicly known.↗

publish — Everyday, meaning 1: To publish means to print a book, magazine or newspaper and make it available for people to buy or read.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To publish means to put writing, pictures or videos online for others to see.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To publish can mean to make information known to the public.↗ Example: Our class published a book of poems.↗ · The author's first book was published last spring.↗ · Think carefully before you publish a photo online.↗ · The school publishes a newsletter every week.↗ · Scientists publish their results so others can check them.↗ · She hopes to publish her comic one day.↗ · He would not even publish them in his own name.↗ · Philolaus, the first one to publish (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))↗ · Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in the streets of Ashkelon; lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph.↗ (Prophets 2SA.1.20, JPS 1917)↗ · 'Make ye mention to the nations: Behold — publish concerning Jerusalem — watchers come from a far country, and give out their voice against the cities of Judah.'↗ (Prophets JER.4.16, JPS 1917)↗ · Declare ye in Judah, and publish in Jerusalem, and say: 'Blow ye the horn in the land'; cry aloud and say: 'Assemble yourselves, and let us go into the fortified cities.'↗ (Prophets JER.4.5, JPS 1917)↗

published — Everyday, meaning 1: Published is the past form of publish: it was printed or put out for people to read.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: As an adjective, published describes something that has been made available to the public, like a published book or a published author.↗ Example: Her story was published in the school magazine.↗ · The book was first published a long time ago.↗ · He is a published author now.↗ · The results were published in a science journal.↗ · That photo was published without permission.↗ · The newly published dictionary has many new words.↗ · The Fables thus recovered were soon published.↗ · D., published the book "Yezirah" in Hebrew with a translation and explanatory notes in the German language, Leipzig, 1830.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)↗ · This text is in the public domain in the United States because it was published prior to January 1st, 1923.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)↗ · The present translation is, as far as I could ascertain, the first that was ever published in the English language.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)↗ · The copy of the writing, to be given out for a decree in every province, was to be published unto all peoples, that they should be ready against that day.↗ (Writings EST.3.14, JPS 1917)↗ · And when the king's decree which he shall make shall be published throughout all his kingdom, great though it be, all the wives will give to their husbands honour, both to great and small.'↗ (Writings EST.1.20, JPS 1917)↗ · The copy of the writing, to be given out for a decree in every province, was to be published unto all the peoples, and that the Jews should be ready against that day to avenge themselves on their enemies.↗ (Writings EST.8.13, JPS 1917)↗

publisher — Everyday, meaning 1: A company or person that prepares books, magazines, newspapers, music or games and makes them available for people to buy or read.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (computers) A program or person that puts something online for others to see.↗ Example: The publisher's name is on the spine of the book.↗ · Penguin is a famous publisher.↗ · She sent her story to a publisher, hoping it would be printed.↗ · The game publisher released a new update.↗ · In our book review, write the author, title and publisher.↗ · The newspaper's publisher decided to print a special edition.↗ · "Yes; and he is our first printer and publisher now," replied the scholar.↗ · Google Book Search helps readers discover the world's books while helping authors and publishers reach new audiences.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗ · Marks, notations and other marginalia present in the original volume will appear in this file - a reminder of this book's long journey from the publisher to a library and finally to you.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗

puck — Everyday, meaning 1: A puck is a hard, flat, round rubber disc used in ice hockey instead of a ball.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Puck is also the name of a mischievous fairy in Shakespeare's play «A Midsummer Night's Dream».↗ Example: He hit the puck straight into the net.↗ · In ice hockey you play with a puck, not a ball.↗ · The referee dropped the puck to start the game.↗ · A puck can fly very fast, so players wear helmets.↗ · She passed the puck to her teammate.↗ · Puck is the cheeky fairy in Shakespeare's play.↗ · Puck was careful not always to play his tricks in the same place, but visited one village after another, so that everyone trembled lest he should be the next victim.↗

pucker — Everyday, meaning 1: To pucker is to wrinkle or gather up into small folds, especially the lips, the face or the brow.↗ Example: His face puckered in a whistle of surprise.↗ · She puckered her lips before she spoke.↗ · Her brow puckered as she tried to remember.↗

pudding — Everyday, meaning 1: In the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand, pudding (or «pud») can mean any sweet dish eaten after the main meal (dessert).↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A pudding is a soft, sweet, cooked dish such as rice pudding, bread-and-butter pudding or Christmas pudding.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: In the USA, pudding usually means a soft, creamy dessert like chocolate pudding.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: Some puddings are not sweet.↗ e.g. Yorkshire pudding, black pudding.↗ Example: What's for pudding tonight?↗ · We had sticky toffee pudding at Grandma's.↗ · In America I ate chocolate pudding from a cup.↗ · Yorkshire pudding is eaten with roast beef.↗ · Eat your vegetables first, then you can have pudding.↗ · The Christmas pudding was set alight with brandy.↗ · «The proof of the pudding is in the eating» means you test a thing by using it.↗ · So they both made a pudding.↗

puddle — Everyday, meaning 1: A puddle is a small pool of water (or other liquid) on the ground, often after rain.↗ Example: We jumped in all the puddles on the way home.↗ · Put your wellies on; there are puddles everywhere.↗ · The puddle froze overnight and was very slippery.↗ · A car drove through the puddle and splashed us.↗ · The puddle got smaller as the water evaporated.↗ · The puppy left a puddle on the floor.↗ · Draw a chalk line around the puddle and check it later.↗ · She saw the dirty puddle in the street.↗

pudgy — Everyday, meaning 1: Pudgy means short, round and a little fat, usually used of small children or their hands and cheeks.↗ Example: The pudgy baby laughed and clapped.↗ · Her pudgy fingers held the spoon.↗ · The pudgy toad sat on the stone.↗

pueblo — Everyday, meaning 1: A village of flat-roofed houses made of adobe (mud brick) or stone, built by Native American peoples in the south-west of the USA.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Pueblo peoples.↗ e.g. Native American nations such as the Hopi, Zuni and Taos, who live in these villages (a name).↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (Spanish) «Pueblo» means town, village or people.↗ Example: Pueblo houses are made of adobe, a kind of mud brick.↗ · Taos Pueblo is one of the oldest lived-in places in the USA.↗ · The Hopi are one of the Pueblo peoples.↗ · People climbed ladders to get into the upper rooms of the pueblo.↗ · Thick walls keep the pueblo cool in summer.↗ · In Spanish, «pueblo» means village.↗

puff — Everyday, meaning 1: A short burst of air, smoke, wind or steam.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (verb) To breathe quickly and hard, for example after running.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (verb) To blow out air or smoke in small bursts.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (verb) To swell up or make bigger: «puff out your cheeks».↗ Everyday, meaning 5: A light pastry or food filled with air: «cream puff».↗ Example: A puff of smoke came from the chimney.↗ · I was puffing after running up the hill.↗ · The wolf huffed and puffed.↗ · Puff out your cheeks like a fish.↗ · The bird puffed up its feathers to keep warm.↗ · She took a puff of her asthma inhaler.↗ · The magician vanished in a puff of smoke.↗ · The Frog puffed up still more.↗ · Behold, his soul is puffed up, it is not upright in him; but the righteous shall live by his faith.↗ (Prophets HAB.2.4, JPS 1917)↗ · 'For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise', saith the LORD; 'I will set him in safety at whom they puff.'↗ (Writings PSA.12.6, JPS 1917)↗

puffball — Everyday, meaning 1: A round fungus (mushroom) without a cap or stalk, white or brown, that bursts and puffs out a cloud of spores like dust when it is old.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Anything round, soft and fluffy, like a dandelion clock or a fluffy chick (informal).↗ Example: When I stepped on the puffball, a brown cloud of spores came out.↗ · We found a giant puffball in the field.↗ · Puffballs spread their spores in the wind.↗ · The kitten was a tiny white puffball.↗ · Never eat a wild puffball unless an expert checks it.↗ · Puffballs have no gills like other mushrooms.↗

puffer — Everyday, meaning 1: A pufferfish: a fish that can blow itself up into a ball, often covered in spikes, to scare away enemies; many are poisonous to eat.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (UK, Australia, NZ) An inhaler, a small device that puffs medicine into your lungs, used for asthma.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A puffer jacket: a warm, padded coat with puffy stuffed sections.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (old) A small steam boat or train that puffs smoke; a person who puffs.↗ Example: The puffer blew itself up into a spiky ball.↗ · Puffers are poisonous, so never eat one you catch.↗ · Jack uses his blue puffer when his asthma gets bad.↗ · Take your puffer on the school trip, just in case.↗ · My new puffer jacket is so warm.↗ · The old steam puffer chugged up the Scottish coast.↗

pufferfish — Everyday, meaning 1: A pufferfish is a fish that can quickly swallow water to blow itself up into a big, round, often spiky ball to scare off predators.↗ Many kinds are very poisonous.↗ Example: The pufferfish blew itself up into a spiky ball.↗ · Many pufferfish are poisonous to eat.↗ · In Japan, only licensed chefs may prepare pufferfish.↗ · A male pufferfish drew a circle pattern in the sand.↗ · Puffing up makes the pufferfish too big for most predators to swallow.↗ · We saw a pufferfish while snorkelling in Australia.↗

puffin — Everyday, meaning 1: A small black-and-white seabird with a large, brightly coloured orange and blue beak and orange feet; it lives on cliffs and islands in the North Atlantic.↗ Example: The puffin had six little fish in its beak.↗ · Puffins nest in burrows on cliff tops.↗ · We took a boat trip to see the puffins.↗ · Puffins flap their wings very fast when they fly.↗ · A puffin's beak is bright orange in spring.↗ · Puffin chicks are called pufflings.↗ · My favourite paperback has a puffin on the spine.↗

puffy — Everyday, meaning 1: Puffy means swollen, often around the eyes or face, from crying, sleep or an injury.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Puffy means soft, round and full of air, like puffy clouds or a puffy jacket.↗ Example: Her eyes were puffy from crying.↗ · My ankle went puffy after I twisted it.↗ · Puffy white clouds floated across the sky.↗ · He wore a big puffy jacket in the snow.↗ · The pastry came out puffy and golden.↗ · The dress had puffy sleeves.↗