P — The Judaism dictionary · page 31 2 3 4 5plantA plant is a living thing that grows in soil, like a flower, grass or a tree. Most plants are green and make their own food from sunlight.26 sentencesplantationA plantation is a large farm, usually in a hot country, where one crop such as cotton, sugar, tea, coffee or rubber is grown.16 sentencesplantedPlanted is the past form of plant: it was put in the ground to grow.23 sentencesplanterA person who plants seeds, trees or vines, or a machine that does so.3 sentencesplasterIn the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand, a plaster is a small sticky strip you put over a cut, called a Band-Aid in the USA and Cana…24 sentencesplastererA person whose work is to cover walls with plaster.3 sentencesplateA plate is a flat dish you put food on.24 sentencesplatformA platform is the raised flat area next to the tracks at a railway station where people wait for and get on trains.17 sentencesplatonicHaving to do with the Greek thinker Plato or his ideas, or a friendship that is close but not romantic.1 sentencesplausibleSeeming likely to be true or reasonable, so people can believe it.11 sentencesplayTo play is to do something for fun, like a game or a sport.27 sentencesplayerA player is a person who plays a game or a sport.12 sentencesplayfulPlayful means full of fun and wanting to play.10 sentencesplayfulnessBeing full of fun and playing in a lighthearted way.1 sentencespleaA strong, emotional request for something.13 sentencespleadTo ask for something in a strong, emotional way; to beg.16 sentencespleadingPleading means begging or asking for something very strongly and emotionally.13 sentencespleasantPleasant means nice, enjoyable or making you feel happy.15 sentencespleasantnessPleasantness is the state of being nice, calm and enjoyable.9 sentencespleasePlease is the polite word you add when you ask for something.26 sentencespleasurePleasure is the feeling of being happy or enjoying something.27 sentencespledgeTo pledge is to promise firmly, giving your word or faith.17 sentencespledgedPledged means promised firmly or given as security for a debt.4 sentencespleiadesThe Pleiades is a bright cluster of stars in the night sky, in the constellation Taurus, also called the Seven Sisters; in Japan it is cal…13 sentencesplenteousPlentiful, giving a great deal.9 sentencesplenteousnessPlenty; a large amount of something.3 sentencesplentifullyPlentifully means in large amounts, more than enough.8 sentencesplentyPlenty means a lot, or more than enough.24 sentencesplenumA space completely filled with matter, or a full meeting of all members.1 sentencesplicationA fold or a folding.1 sentencesplosiveA speech sound made by shutting off the air and letting it burst out, like p or t.1 sentencesplotThe main events of a story, film or play.20 sentencesplowA plow is a farm tool pulled by animals to turn over the soil; it is the American spelling of «plough».13 sentencesplowedTurned over soil with a plow.3 sentencesplowerA person who plows, turning soil with a plow.3 sentencesplowingTurning over the soil with a plow.5 sentencesplowmanA person who plows a field, a farmer.5 sentencesplowshareThe blade of a plow that cuts the soil.5 sentencespluckTo pluck something is to pull it off or out quickly, such as a flower, a fruit or a hair.21 sentencespluckedPlucked means pulled off or picked with the fingers, as in plucked flowers or fruit.21 sentencesplummetA weight on a string used to check that a wall is straight.7 sentencesplunderTo plunder is to take goods from a place by force, as robbers or invaders do.6 sentencesplungeTo plunge is to jump or fall suddenly and steeply, especially into water.17 sentencespluralPlural means more than one: «cats» is the plural of «cat».19 sentencesplusPlus means add. 3 plus 4 is 7. The sign for plus is +.20 sentencespocketA pocket is a small bag sewn into clothes, where you keep small things.15 sentencespoemA poem is a piece of writing in lines, often with rhythm and sometimes rhyme, that expresses feelings or ideas in a special, beautiful way.12 sentencespoeticTo do with poetry or written in the form of poems.13 sentencespoeticallyIn a way that is like a poem, beautiful and full of imagery.3 sentencespoetryWriting in which words are chosen for their sound, rhythm and pictures, often set out in short lines and sometimes rhyming.15 sentencespointA point is a score in a game.29 sentencespoisonA substance that can make you very ill or kill you if you swallow, breathe in or touch it.19 sentencespoleA pole is a long thin stick, often of wood or metal, that stands up straight or is held.18 sentencespolishTo rub something to make it smooth and shiny.18 sentencespollA poll is a survey in which many people are asked the same question to find out what most of them think.21 sentencespolluteTo pollute is to make air, water or land dirty and harmful by adding waste, smoke or chemicals.17 sentencespomegranateA round fruit with a tough red skin and many juicy red seeds inside.14 sentencespompPomp is grand display and ceremony, with splendid clothes, music and crowds, meant to impress people.7 sentencespondA pond is a small area of still water, smaller than a lake.13 sentencesponderTo ponder is to think about something slowly and carefully for a long time before deciding.11 sentencesponderingPondering is thinking deeply and slowly about something; it is the -ing form of ponder.4 sentencespoolA pool is a place filled with water to swim in.22 sentencespoorPoor means having very little money and few things, so that it is hard to pay for food, a home or clothes.24 sentencespoplarA poplar is a tall, fast-growing tree with soft wood and leaves that often shake in the wind.15 sentencespopularPopular means liked by many people, like a popular game or a popular person.13 sentencespopulousA populous place has a lot of people living in it.13 sentencesporchA small covered area or room at the entrance to a house, outside the front door.14 sentencesporterA porter is a person whose job is to carry bags or loads, for example at a station or a hotel.11 sentencesportionA portion is a part or share of something.23 sentencesportrayedPortrayed means was painted, drawn or described in a certain way; it is the past form of portray.9 sentencespositionA position is the place where someone or something is.23 sentencespositionalHaving to do with the place or position of something.5 sentencespositivePositive means sure: «I'm positive» means «I'm completely sure».22 sentencespossessTo own or have something.25 sentencespossessedHad or owned.22 sentencespossessionHaving or owning something.24 sentencespossessorA possessor is someone who owns or has a thing, often a special or magic one.6 sentencespossiblePossible means it can happen or can be done.18 sentencespostA post is a strong pole stuck in the ground, for example to hold a fence or mark a goal.24 sentencesposteriorPosterior means at the back or behind; it is the opposite of anterior (at the front).16 sentencesposterityAll the people who will live in the future, long after us; the children and grandchildren still to come.6 sentencespostulateAn idea or statement that is taken as true as the starting point for an argument.1 sentencespotA pot is a deep round container for cooking, like a saucepan.27 sentencespotentPotent means very strong and powerful in its effect: a potent medicine, poison or drink works strongly.12 sentencespotsherdA broken piece of an old clay pot or dish, often found in the ground.10 sentencespottageA thick soup or stew of vegetables, grain, meat or fish, cooked in a pot.19 sentencespotterA potter is a person who makes pots, bowls and other things from clay, often on a spinning wheel, and bakes them in a kiln.17 sentencespotteryPottery is pots, bowls, plates and other objects made from clay and baked hard.13 sentencespoundA pound is a unit of weight; a loaf of bread weighs about one pound. A pound is 16 ounces.22 sentencespourTo pour is to make a liquid flow out of a container, like pouring water into a glass.22 sentencespovertyBeing very poor; not having enough money for food, clothes or a home.21 sentencespowderA dry substance made of very tiny pieces, like flour, dust or crushed chalk.21 sentencespowerPower is the ability or strength to do something or to make things happen.25 sentencespowerfulVery strong; having a lot of strength or force.13 sentencespracticallyAlmost, nearly: «The jar is practically empty.».11 sentencespracticePractice is doing something again and again to get better at it, like playing the piano every day.16 sentencespractiseTo practise is to do something many times to get better at it: practise the piano.17 sentencespraiseTo say that someone or something is good and that you admire them.21 sentencespranceTo prance is to move in a lively, showy way, lifting the feet high, like a proud horse or a boastful person.7 sentencesprateTo prate is to talk on and on in a boastful or silly way, saying little that is sensible.8 sentences1 2 3 4 5This page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/page/3/