W — The school dictionary · page 21 2 3 4 5 6watchTo watch is to look at something for a while.13 sentenceswatchdogA watchdog is a dog kept to guard a house or farm and to bark at strangers.5 sentenceswatcherA watcher is a person who watches something or someone, often carefully or for a long time.8 sentenceswatchfulPaying careful attention to what is happening, so you notice any danger or problem.8 sentenceswatchfulnessWatchfulness is careful looking out, keeping alert so that nothing bad happens without your noticing.4 sentenceswatchmanA watchman is a person paid to stay awake and guard a building or street at night.5 sentenceswaterWater is the clear liquid in rivers, lakes, rain and the sea; people, animals and plants need it to live.22 sentenceswatercolourWatercolour is a kind of paint that you mix with water; it gives light, see-through colours.8 sentenceswatercourseA watercourse is any channel that water flows along, like a river, stream, brook, ditch or canal.7 sentenceswaterfallA waterfall is a place where a river or stream flows over the edge of a cliff or steep rock and falls down.9 sentenceswaterfowlWaterfowl are birds that swim and live on or near water, especially ducks, geese and swans.7 sentenceswateringGiving water to plants or animals.12 sentenceswaterlineThe line along the side of a ship or boat where the water reaches.8 sentenceswaterloggedWaterlogged ground is so full of water that it cannot soak up any more, so puddles stay on top.8 sentenceswaterlooWaterloo is a town in Belgium where Napoleon was finally defeated in 1815 by British, Dutch, Belgian and Prussian armies.10 sentenceswatermarkA faint picture or pattern pressed into paper, which you can see when you hold it up to the light; banknotes have them to show they are re…10 sentenceswatermelonA large round or oval fruit with a hard green skin and sweet, juicy red or pink flesh with black seeds.10 sentenceswaterproofWaterproof means not letting water in or through.10 sentenceswatershedA watershed is a line of high land, such as a ridge, that divides two areas whose rivers flow in different directions.10 sentenceswatersideThe waterside is the land along the edge of a river, lake or sea.9 sentenceswaterspoutA waterspout is a column of water shooting up or out, such as a spout or a whirling tube of water over the sea.5 sentenceswatertightWatertight means so closely made that no water can get in or out.4 sentenceswaterwayA waterway is a river, canal or other stretch of water that boats can travel along.7 sentenceswaterworksA building or system that cleans water and sends it through pipes to people's homes.10 sentenceswateryContaining too much water; thin and weak: watery soup.11 sentenceswattThe unit used to measure power: how fast energy is used or produced. One watt is one joule of energy every second.9 sentenceswaveA moving ridge of water on the sea or a lake.16 sentenceswaverTo be unsure and keep changing your mind; to hesitate: she wavered between the red and the blue.11 sentenceswavingMoving your hand from side to side to say hello or goodbye, or to get attention.14 sentenceswavyHaving curves like waves; not straight: wavy hair, a wavy line.7 sentenceswawWaw (also spelled vav or vau) is the sixth letter of the Hebrew alphabet; in Hebrew it can sound like "v" or stand for an "o" or "u" sound.10 sentenceswaxWax is a soft material that melts when warm, used to make candles and crayons.15 sentenceswaxworkA life-size model of a person made of wax, usually of a famous person.8 sentenceswaxyWaxy means made of wax, covered in wax, or looking or feeling like wax: smooth, shiny and a little slippery.8 sentenceswayA way is a road, path or direction to a place: «the way to school».24 sentenceswayfarerA wayfarer is a traveller who goes on foot, walking from place to place.8 sentenceswayfaringTravelling, especially on foot from place to place: a wayfaring man.9 sentenceswaysideThe wayside is the edge of a road or path.5 sentencesweWe or us means the speaker and other people together.18 sentencesweakWeak means not strong; not having much power or energy in your body.14 sentencesweakenTo weaken means to become weaker, or to make someone or something weaker, less strong or less powerful.11 sentencesweaklingA weakling is a person or animal with little strength, who is easily beaten or looked down on.4 sentencesweaklyWeakly means without strength or energy: «he smiled weakly».10 sentencesweaknessWeakness is the state of not being strong in body: «weakness in her legs».11 sentenceswealA weal is a raised red or purple mark on the skin, left by a blow from a whip or stick.4 sentenceswealthWealth is a large amount of money, property and things worth a lot; being rich.9 sentenceswealthyHaving a lot of money and property; rich.8 sentencesweanTo wean a baby or young animal is to slowly stop feeding it only on its mother's milk and start giving it other food.10 sentencesweaningSlowly getting a baby or a young animal used to eating food instead of drinking only its mother's milk (or formula).10 sentencesweaponA weapon is something used to hurt or attack, or to defend in a fight, such as a sword, gun, knife or bomb.10 sentenceswearTo wear means to have clothes, shoes, glasses or jewellery on your body.14 sentencesweariedTo weary is to make someone tired, or to become tired. «Wearied» is the past form: it was tired and worn out.5 sentenceswearilyWearily means in a tired way, with little energy.4 sentenceswearinessWeariness is the feeling of being very tired and worn out.4 sentenceswearisomeMaking you feel tired, bored or fed up, especially because it goes on too long.8 sentenceswearyWeary means very tired, especially after a lot of work or a long journey.12 sentencesweaselA weasel is a small, thin, fast wild animal with brown fur and a long body that hunts mice and voles.11 sentencesweatherWhat the air outside is like at a time and place: sunny, rainy, windy, cold, hot, snowy.13 sentencesweathercockA weathercock is a metal cock or bird on a roof, which turns to show the direction of the wind.5 sentencesweathermanA weatherman is a man who tells people what the weather will be, especially on TV or radio.8 sentencesweaveTo weave is to make cloth, a basket or a mat by crossing threads, strips or twigs over and under each other.12 sentencesweaverA weaver is a person whose job or hobby is weaving: making cloth by crossing threads over and under each other on a loom.13 sentencesweavingWeaving is making cloth by crossing threads over and under each other on a loom.12 sentenceswebA web is a net of thin, sticky threads that a spider makes to catch insects.13 sentenceswebbedWebbed feet or toes have skin joining the toes together, like ducks, frogs and otters, which helps them swim.9 sentenceswebbingWebbing is strong, flat woven material in narrow strips, used for straps, belts, seat belts and bags.8 sentenceswebsiteA website is a group of pages on the internet that belong to one person, company or organisation, which you visit using a web address.8 sentencesweddedWedded means married.6 sentencesweddingA wedding is a ceremony and celebration where two people get married.9 sentenceswedgeA piece of wood, metal or other material that is thick at one end and thin at the other, used to hold something in place or split something.11 sentenceswedgedWedged means stuck tightly in a narrow space.9 sentenceswedlockWedlock is the state of being married.6 sentenceswednesdayWednesday is the day of the week after Tuesday and before Thursday.11 sentencesweeIn Scotland, Ireland and Northern England, "wee" means small or little.9 sentencesweedA weed is a wild plant growing where it is not wanted.11 sentencesweedkillerWeedkiller is a chemical that kills weeds, the unwanted wild plants growing in gardens, paths and fields.7 sentencesweedsWeeds are wild plants that grow where people do not want them, such as in gardens, lawns or fields, and take light, water and space from t…11 sentencesweedyWeedy means full of weeds: a weedy garden.8 sentencesweekA week is seven days, from Monday to Sunday or Sunday to Saturday.18 sentencesweekdayAny day of the week except Saturday and Sunday.11 sentencesweekendThe weekend is Saturday and Sunday, the days at the end of the week when most children do not go to school and many adults do not work.10 sentencesweeklyWeekly means happening or done once every week.11 sentencesweepTo cry, letting tears fall, usually because you are sad.10 sentencesweeperA weeper is a person who weeps, who cries easily or often.9 sentencesweepingCrying with tears.11 sentencesweepyReady to cry, or crying easily, often because you are tired or sad.10 sentencesweevilA small beetle with a long snout, which often eats and damages crops, flour, rice, grain and nuts.7 sentenceswei«Wei» (喂) is what people say when they answer the phone in Chinese, like «hello?»; it sounds like «way».10 sentencesweighTo weigh is to find how heavy something is, using scales.15 sentencesweighingThe -ing form of «weigh»: measuring how heavy something is: «She is weighing the flour.».12 sentencesweightWeight is how heavy something is. We measure weight in grams, kilograms, ounces or pounds.15 sentencesweightlessWeightless means having no weight, or seeming to have no weight.8 sentencesweightlifterA weightlifter is a person who lifts heavy weights, especially a barbell, as a sport or to get stronger.7 sentencesweirA low wall or dam built across a river to control the flow of water or raise its level; water pours over the top.7 sentencesweirdWeird means very strange or unusual, in a way that is surprising or hard to explain.11 sentencesweirdlyWeirdly means in a strange or unusual way.8 sentencesweirdoA person who seems very strange or odd.8 sentenceswelcomeA friendly word said to greet someone who arrives (Welcome to our school!).15 sentencesweldTo weld means to join pieces of metal together by heating them until they melt and stick.9 sentencesweldingJoining two pieces of metal (or plastic) by heating them until they melt a little and flow together, then letting them cool into one piece.11 sentences1 2 3 4 5 6This page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/page/2/