D — The school dictionary · page 111 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12drivenDriven is a form of drive: to make a car, bus or train move and steer it.13 sentencesdriverA person who drives a car, bus, truck or train.14 sentencesdrivewayA short private road or paved area that leads from the street to a house or garage, where cars are parked.9 sentencesdrizzleDrizzle is light rain falling in very small, fine drops.10 sentencesdrizzlyDrizzly describes weather with light, fine rain falling steadily.6 sentencesdrollfunny in a quiet, odd or amusing way.4 sentencesdromaeosaurA kind of small to medium meat-eating dinosaur with feathers and a big curved claw on each foot, like Velociraptor.8 sentencesdromedaryA camel with one hump, found in North Africa, the Middle East and India, and also living wild in central Australia.9 sentencesdroneA drone is a small aircraft without a pilot, controlled from the ground or by a computer.13 sentencesdroolTo drool means to let spit (saliva) run out of your mouth, like a baby or a hungry dog.10 sentencesdroopTo hang or bend down because of being weak, tired or without water, as in «The flowers drooped in the heat».10 sentencesdroopingHanging or bending down, especially because of weakness, tiredness or lack of water, as in «drooping flowers».9 sentencesdroopyHanging down loosely or tiredly, like wilting flowers, floppy ears or a sagging tent.8 sentencesdropTo drop is to let something fall from your hand; what you drop is lost to you.16 sentencesdropletA droplet is a very small drop of liquid.7 sentencesdropperA small tube, usually glass or plastic, with a rubber bulb at the top, used to take up a liquid and let it out drop by drop.8 sentencesdroppingDropping means letting something fall, or falling.13 sentencesdroppingsThe solid waste (poo) of animals and birds.9 sentencesdroughtA long period of time with little or no rain, so the land becomes very dry and water is scarce.9 sentencesdroveDrove is the past of drive: yesterday he drove the car.11 sentencesdroverA drover is a person who moves cattle or sheep from one place to another on foot, often over long distances.10 sentencesdrownTo drown means to die because you are under water and cannot breathe.12 sentencesdrowseTo drowse is to be sleepy and half asleep.5 sentencesdrowsilyDrowsily means in a sleepy way, slow and half awake.4 sentencesdrowsinessDrowsiness is the feeling of being sleepy and only half awake, with heavy eyelids.8 sentencesdrowsyDrowsy means sleepy, when your eyes feel heavy and you could easily fall asleep.12 sentencesdrubbingA drubbing is a hard beating, given as a punishment or in a fight.5 sentencesdrudgeryDrudgery is hard, dull work that goes on and on, work that nobody enjoys.4 sentencesdrugA medicine used to treat or prevent an illness.11 sentencesdruggedGiven a drug, often secretly or against your will, to make you sleepy or unable to act.10 sentencesdruidA druid was a priest or wise person among the ancient Celtic peoples, who knew about nature, magic and religion.5 sentencesdrumA drum is a musical instrument made of a hollow body with skin or plastic stretched over it, played by hitting it with sticks or hands.13 sentencesdrumbeatThe sound of a drum being hit, or a steady rhythm of such sounds.9 sentencesdrumheadThe drumhead is the tight skin or plastic sheet stretched across a drum, which is hit to make the sound.4 sentencesdrummerA drummer is a person who plays the drums, for example in a band, orchestra or marching band.10 sentencesdrummingDrumming is playing a drum or drums.10 sentencesdrumstickA drumstick is a stick used to hit a drum.11 sentencesdrunkDrunk is the past participle of «drink»: «I have drunk my milk».9 sentencesdrunkardA drunkard is a person who drinks too much alcohol again and again, so that they are often drunk.4 sentencesdrunkenDrunk, or often drunk: affected by too much alcohol.11 sentencesdrunkennessDrunkenness is the state of being drunk, when a person has had too much alcohol and cannot think or walk properly.4 sentencesdryNot wet; with no water.20 sentencesdryadA dryad is a spirit that lives inside a tree and is said to die when its tree is cut down.4 sentencesdryerA dryer is a machine that dries things, especially a tumble dryer that dries clothes.11 sentencesdrylyDryly means in a plain, calm way that hides a joke or a little scorn, showing little feeling.4 sentencesdrynessDryness is being dry, having little or no water or wetness.10 sentencesdualHaving two parts, uses or sides; double.9 sentencesdubTo dub a film or TV show means to replace the voices with voices in another language, or to add sounds to it.13 sentencesdubbingDubbing is replacing the spoken words of a film or show with words in another language, said by new voice actors.11 sentencesdubiouslyIn a doubtful way, showing you are not sure something is true, good or safe.10 sentencesdublinerA person who is from Dublin, the capital city of Ireland, or who lives there.8 sentencesducatA ducat is an old gold or silver coin used in parts of Europe long ago.4 sentencesduchessA duchess is a woman who is married to a duke, or a woman who holds the rank of duke herself.9 sentencesduchyA duchy is an area of land ruled by a duke or a duchess.10 sentencesduckA duck is a bird with a flat beak and webbed feet that swims and says «quack». A duck has 2 legs.14 sentencesducklingA duckling is a baby duck.10 sentencesduckyA ducky is a little duck, a word children use.5 sentencesductA pipe or tube that carries air, water, cables or other things inside a building.9 sentencesdudSomething that does not work properly or is useless, like a firework that does not go off or a dead battery.11 sentencesdudeA man or boy; a guy: «He's a cool dude.».12 sentencesdueDue means expected or needing to happen at a certain time, like a library book that is due back on Friday or a baby due next month.14 sentencesduelA duel is a fight between two people, or two animals, to settle a quarrel, usually fought one-to-one with swords or other weapons.5 sentencesduetA duet is a piece of music for two singers or two players.9 sentencesduffDuff means bad, useless or not working: a duff battery, a duff idea.11 sentencesdugDug is the past form of dig: to make a hole in the ground or move earth with a spade, hands or paws.12 sentencesdugongA dugong is a large, gentle sea mammal with a whale-like tail that grazes on seagrass in warm shallow seas, like a sea cow.6 sentencesdugoutA dugout is a canoe made by hollowing out a tree trunk.9 sentencesdukeA duke is a man of the highest rank of the nobility below a prince, in Britain and some other countries; he has a title such as "the Duke…11 sentencesdullDull means boring, not interesting or exciting.14 sentencesdullardA dullard is a slow or stupid person, one who seems not clever.4 sentencesdullnessDullness is the state of being dull: not bright, not lively, not interesting.4 sentencesdulyDuly means in the proper way, as expected or required, and at the right time.4 sentencesdumbIn everyday talk, especially in the USA, dumb means stupid or silly, and it is a rude word for a person.11 sentencesdumbfoundedDumbfounded means so surprised that you cannot speak or know what to say.4 sentencesdummyA dummy is a model of a person, used in shops to show clothes or in tests, like a crash-test dummy.12 sentencesdumpTo dump something is to put it down or drop it carelessly or roughly.17 sentencesdumplingA dumpling is a small ball of dough that is boiled, steamed or fried, sometimes filled with meat or vegetables.11 sentencesdumplingsDumplings are small balls of dough cooked in boiling water, soup or stew.11 sentencesdumpyDumpy means short and thick, round and squat in shape.4 sentencesdunDun is a dull greyish-brown colour.10 sentencesdunceA person who is slow to learn or thought to be stupid, especially a pupil.9 sentencesduneA dune is a hill or ridge of sand piled up by the wind, in a desert or near the sea.9 sentencesdungDung is the solid waste, or poo, of animals, especially large animals like cows, horses and elephants.10 sentencesdungeonA dark prison room, often underground, in a castle.10 sentencesdunghillA dunghill is a heap of animal dung and rotting waste kept outside a farm.4 sentencesdunkTo dunk food is to dip it quickly into a drink or liquid, like a biscuit into tea or milk.10 sentencesduplicateAn exact copy of something, such as a key or a document.12 sentencesduplicationMaking an exact copy of something, or the copy itself.9 sentencesdurabilityDurability is how long something lasts and how well it stands up to use, wear and damage.9 sentencesdurableDurable means strong and lasting a long time without breaking or wearing out.8 sentencesdurationThe length of time something lasts, from its start to its end.9 sentencesdurhamA city in north-east England, famous for its very old cathedral and castle on a hill above the river Wear, and for its university.10 sentencesdurianA durian is a big, spiky tropical fruit from Southeast Asia with soft, creamy flesh inside.8 sentencesduringDuring means all through a time: «during the night».11 sentencesduskThe time of evening just after the sun has set, when it is getting dark but is not fully dark yet.11 sentencesduskyRather dark, as at dusk, the time when evening turns into night.10 sentencesdustDust is very tiny bits of dirt, skin, hair and fibres that float in the air and settle on things.14 sentencesdusterA cloth for wiping dust off furniture and shelves.11 sentencesdustmanA dustman is a worker who collects rubbish from bins and carries it away in a cart.4 sentencesdustpanA dustpan is a flat pan with a handle into which you sweep dust and dirt with a small brush.7 sentences1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12This page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/page/11/