M — The school dictionary · page 71 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10misbehaveTo misbehave means to behave badly, to be naughty or not follow the rules.9 sentencesmisbehaviourBad behaviour; doing things you know are not allowed.8 sentencesmiscarriageWhen a baby growing inside its mother dies and comes out too early, long before it could live on its own.9 sentencesmischanceMischance is bad luck, or an unlucky accident that happens by chance.4 sentencesmischiefMischief is naughty behaviour that is usually playful and not very harmful, like playing tricks.11 sentencesmischievousLiking to play tricks and cause small trouble in a playful way: a mischievous puppy.10 sentencesmisconceptionA wrong idea or belief about something, often one that many people share because they misunderstood it.9 sentencesmisconductMisconduct is bad or wrong behaviour, especially by a person at work or in a responsible job who breaks the rules.8 sentencesmiscountTo count wrongly; to make a mistake when counting.11 sentencesmiscreantA miscreant is a wicked person or a villain who does bad deeds.4 sentencesmisdeedA wrong or bad action, especially a crime or a breaking of rules.9 sentencesmisdirectionMaking people look at or think about the wrong thing so they don't notice what is really happening, used by magicians and tricksters.8 sentencesmisdoTo do something wrongly or badly.8 sentencesmiserA miser is a person who hoards money and hates to spend it, even when he has plenty.4 sentencesmiserableMiserable means very unhappy.11 sentencesmiserablyIn a very unhappy or wretched way; sadly and with misery.4 sentencesmiserlyMiserly means very unwilling to spend money or share things; stingy.5 sentencesmiseryGreat unhappiness or suffering, in body or mind.13 sentencesmisfortuneMisfortune is bad luck.9 sentencesmisgivingA misgiving is a worry or doubt that something will go wrong, or that a plan is not a good idea.5 sentencesmishapA mishap is a small accident or piece of bad luck that spoils a plan.5 sentencesmisinformationWrong or false information, often spread by mistake.8 sentencesmisinterpretTo misinterpret is to understand someone's words or actions in the wrong way.5 sentencesmisjudgeTo misjudge something is to guess wrongly about it, like an amount, a distance or a time.9 sentencesmislaidMislaid means put something somewhere and then could not find it.8 sentencesmisleadTo make someone believe something that is not true, by telling them wrong or unclear things.8 sentencesmisleadingGiving people a wrong idea, even if not every word is a lie.9 sentencesmismatchA situation where two things do not fit together or do not match: «a mismatch between the picture and the words».11 sentencesmisnomerA name or word that is wrong or misleading for the thing it describes.9 sentencesmisplacedPut somewhere and then not able to find it; lost for a while.9 sentencesmisprintA mistake in a printed text, such as a wrong letter, word or number.10 sentencesmispronounceTo say a word or a name in the wrong way, with the wrong sounds or the wrong stress.9 sentencesmisquoteTo repeat someone's words wrongly, either by mistake or on purpose to change their meaning.10 sentencesmisreadTo misread means to read something wrongly.10 sentencesmisrememberTo misremember something is to remember it wrongly.9 sentencesmisrememberedgave a false account, said something untrueoften to avoid saying «lied». — 7 sentencesmisrepresentTo misrepresent someone or something means to describe them in a false or unfair way, so others get the wrong idea.10 sentencesmisrepresentationGiving a false or twisted picture of something, so people believe what is not true.9 sentencesmissTo miss is to fail to hit, catch or reach something: «I missed the ball».16 sentencesmissedMissed means you did not hit or catch something.17 sentencesmissileA weapon that flies through the air towards a target, often powered by a rocket and carrying explosives.9 sentencesmissingMissing means not there, lost, or not yet found. If one sock is missing, you cannot find it.15 sentencesmissionA mission is an important job someone is sent to do, often far away, like a space mission or a rescue mission.15 sentencesmissionaryA missionary is a person sent by a church or religion to another place to spread their faith, and often to run schools, hospitals or help…10 sentencesmissisMissis is a spoken form of «missus»: a wife, or a polite way to speak to a woman.5 sentencesmississippianA Mississippian is a person from the US state of Mississippi.9 sentencesmissouriMissouri is a state in the middle of the USA.9 sentencesmisspellTo misspell a word is to spell it wrongly.7 sentencesmisspokesaid something untrue or wrongoften to avoid admitting a lie. — 7 sentencesmisstateTo say or write something wrongly or falsely, such as facts or numbers, by mistake or on purpose.9 sentencesmisstatementA statement that is wrong or not exact, often by accident.8 sentencesmisstepA wrong step when walking, which can make you trip or fall.9 sentencesmissusA man's way of talking about his wife or partner: the missus.11 sentencesmissyA way of speaking to a young girl, often in a playful, teasing or slightly cross way: «Listen, missy!».9 sentencesmistLots of tiny drops of water in the air close to the ground, making it hard to see far; a thin kind of fog.12 sentencesmistakeSomething that is wrong, like a wrong answer or a wrong action.13 sentencesmistakenWrong in what you think or believe: «You are mistaken».11 sentencesmistakenlyBecause of a mistake; wrongly: «He mistakenly took my bag».11 sentencesmistletoeMistletoe is a plant with white berries that grows on the branches of trees; people hang it up at Christmas.5 sentencesmistranslateTo translate words from one language into another wrongly, so the meaning changes.8 sentencesmistranslationA wrong translation from one language into another, where the meaning has been changed by mistake.9 sentencesmistreatedTreated badly, cruelly or unfairly.9 sentencesmistreatmentMistreatment is treating a person or animal cruelly or unfairly, for example hurting them, starving them or not caring for them.7 sentencesmistressA mistress is a woman who owns or is in charge of a household, servants or animals.6 sentencesmistrustMistrust is a feeling that someone cannot be trusted or that something is not safe.5 sentencesmistyMisty means full of mist, so it is hard to see far.10 sentencesmisunderstandTo misunderstand is to understand something wrongly, to get the wrong meaning.9 sentencesmisunderstandingA failure to understand something correctly: «There was a misunderstanding about the time».10 sentencesmisunderstoodMisunderstood is the past of misunderstand: understood wrongly.9 sentencesmisuseVerb: to use something in a wrong, careless or harmful way.9 sentencesmiteA tiny animal with eight legs, related to spiders, often too small to see: dust mites.12 sentencesmitigateTo make something bad less serious, less painful or less harmful.9 sentencesmittA mitt is a glove with one part for the thumb and one big part for all four fingers together, also called a mitten.10 sentencesmittenA mitten is a glove that covers the four fingers together in one part and the thumb in a separate part.9 sentencesmixTo mix is to put different things together so they become one.13 sentencesmixedMixed means made of different kinds put together. A bag of mixed nuts has many kinds of nuts.14 sentencesmixerA machine or tool for mixing things, such as a food mixer in a kitchen or a cement mixer on a building site.12 sentencesmixtureA mixture is something made by putting different things together, such as cake mixture or a mixture of colours.11 sentencesmlShort for millilitre, a small unit for measuring liquid; 1000 ml make 1 litre.9 sentencesmmMm is the short way to write millimetre, a very tiny unit of length. A centimetre has 10 millimetres.11 sentencesmnemonicA mnemonic is a trick that helps you remember something, like a rhyme, a saying or a word made from first letters.8 sentencesmnemonicsMnemonics are tricks that help you remember things, like a rhyme, a sentence or a pattern.8 sentencesmo«A mo» means a moment, a very short time: «half a mo», «wait a mo».13 sentencesmoaA moa was a very large flightless bird that lived only in New Zealand; the tallest kinds stood taller than a person when reaching up.10 sentencesmoanTo make a long low sound because of pain or sadness.12 sentencesmoatA moat is a deep, wide ditch dug around a castle or town, usually filled with water, to keep enemies out.8 sentencesmobA large, noisy, often angry crowd that may become violent.13 sentencesmobileMobile means able to move or be moved easily from place to place.12 sentencesmoccasinA moccasin is a soft leather shoe with no hard heel, first worn by Native American peoples.5 sentencesmochaA coffee drink made with chocolate, hot milk and espresso.11 sentencesmockTo mock someone means to laugh at them or copy them in an unkind way to make them look silly.11 sentencesmockeryLaughing at someone or something in an unkind way; teasing.10 sentencesmockingMocking means laughing at someone or something in an unkind way, often by copying how they speak or move.11 sentencesmockinglyMockingly means in a way that teases or makes fun of someone.5 sentencesmodA change or add-on made to a video game or a machine by players, not by the makers: «a Minecraft mod».12 sentencesmodalA modal, or modal verb, is a helping verb such as can, could, may, might, must, shall, should, will or would, which shows how sure, possib…10 sentencesmodeA way or kind of doing something (mode of transport).12 sentencesmodelA model is a small copy of something, like a model car, plane or ship.16 sentencesmodellingMaking models: small copies of things, or shapes from clay, Plasticine or other materials.12 sentencesmodemA box or device that connects a computer or home network to the internet through a phone line, cable or fibre.9 sentences1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10This page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/page/7/