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- distress noun (distress; uncountable mostly); verb (distress, distresses, distressed, distressing)
1) Great worry, sadness or pain. 2) A situation of danger where help is badly needed: «a ship in distress». 3) (verb) To make someone very… - distressed adjective (distressed; more distressed); also the past form of distress
1) Very upset, worried or in pain. 2) In danger or trouble and needing help: «a distressed ship». 3) (of furniture, clothes) Made to look… - distribute verb (distribute, distributes, distributed, distributing)
To give or share things out among a number of people: The teacher distributed the books. - distributed verb (distribute, distributes, distributed, distributing); adjective (distributed — spread out)
1) Distributed means given out or shared among people or places. 2) Distributed also means spread out over an area. - distribution noun (distribution, distributions)
Distribution is the act of giving or sharing things out among people or places. - district noun (district, districts)
A district is an area of a town, city or country, often with its own name or purpose. - ditch noun (ditch, ditches); verb (ditch, ditches, ditched, ditching)
A ditch is a long narrow hole dug in the ground, often along a road or field for water. - diver noun (a diver, divers)
A diver is a person who swims underwater, often with special breathing equipment, to explore, work or rescue. - diverge verb (diverge, diverges, diverged, diverging)
When roads, lines or paths diverge, they go in different directions from the same point. - diverse adjective (diverse; more diverse, most diverse); noun diversity
Made up of many different kinds of people or things, as in «a diverse class». - diversion noun (a diversion, diversions)
A different route that traffic must take when a road is closed. - divide verb (divide, divides, divided, dividing); noun (a divide — rare)
To divide is to split a number or amount into equal parts or groups; it is the operation ÷. - divination noun (uncountable; also a divination)
Trying to find out about the future or hidden things by special or magical means, such as reading cards, stars or tea leaves. - divinatory adjective
Having to do with divination, which is trying to learn the future or hidden things. - divine adjective (divine, more divine); verb (divine, divines, divined, divining — to guess, to find water)
Divine means of God or a god, or coming from God, as in "divine love" or "divine help". - diviner noun (diviners)
A person who claims to find hidden things or to foretell the future. - division noun (division, divisions)
Division is sharing or grouping into equal parts. - divorce noun (a divorce, divorces); verb (divorce, divorces, divorced, divorcing); adjective: divorced
The legal ending of a marriage, so the husband and wife are no longer married. - divorcement noun
The act of divorcing, or the ending of a marriage. - dizziness noun (dizziness — uncountable)
Dizziness is the feeling that you or the things around you are spinning, or that you might fall. - dj noun (a DJ, DJs); verb (DJ, DJs, DJ'd or DJed, DJing — informal); abbreviation
A DJ, short for disc jockey, is a person who plays recorded music for people at a party, club or on the radio. - do verb, auxiliary (do, does, did, done, doing; don't, doesn't, didn't); noun (a do — a party, UK casual)
To do is to carry out an action: do your homework. - docile adjective
1) Quiet, calm and easy to control or teach. 2) (animals) Gentle and not likely to bite or fight. - doctrinal adjective
Having to do with a doctrine, a belief taught by a religion or group. - doctrine noun (a doctrine, doctrines; also uncountable)
A belief or set of beliefs taught by a church or religion, such as the Christian doctrine of the Trinity. - document noun (a document, documents); verb (document, documents, documented, documenting)
noun: A document is a piece of paper or a computer file with official or important writing, such as a passport, letter or report. - dodo noun (a dodo, dodos or dodoes)
1) The dodo was a large, plump bird that could not fly and lived only on the island of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean; it became extinct… - doe noun (doe, does)
1) A doe is a female deer. 2) Females of rabbits, hares, goats and kangaroos are also called does. 3) The male deer is a buck or stag, and… - doer noun (doers)
A person who does something; often used in compounds such as evil-doer. - dog noun (dog, dogs); verb (dog, dogs, dogged — to follow closely or to trouble)
A dog is an animal kept as a pet or for work that barks and wags its tail. - dogma noun
A belief that a group says must be accepted as true. - doings noun, plural only (doings)
Doings are the things a person does or has done, their actions, often ones that get judged as good or bad: the doings of a naughty goblin. - doleful adjective (doleful; more doleful, most doleful)
1) Very sad and gloomy, looking or sounding miserable. 2) Causing sadness: «doleful news». - domain noun (a domain, domains)
A domain is an area of land that a king, lord or person owns or rules. - dominion noun (dominion, dominions)
Power or control over people, land or things: «have dominion over». - door noun (door, doors)
A door is a part of a wall that opens and closes so people can go in and out of a room, house or car. - doorkeeper noun (doorkeeper, doorkeepers)
1) A doorkeeper is a person whose job is to guard a door, check who comes in and go out, and open the door for people. - dot noun (dot, dots); verb (dot, dots, dotted — to mark with dots or to spread here and there)
1) A dot is a very small round mark. 2) A dot is the point in a web or email address, said «dot». 3) Dotted means with many small marks… - double verb (double, doubles, doubled, doubling); adjective; noun (a double, doubles)
To double is to make or become two times as many or as much. - doubt noun (a doubt, doubts); verb (doubt, doubts, doubted, doubting)
A feeling of not being sure if something is true or will happen. - doubtful adjective (doubtful, more doubtful, most doubtful)
If you are doubtful about something, you are not sure it is true or that it will happen. - doubtless adverb (doubtless)
1) Doubtless means certainly, or very probably, as far as one can tell: they will doubtless arrive soon. - dough noun (dough — usually no plural)
A thick soft mixture of flour, water and other things, for making bread, pizza, pastry or biscuits before baking. - dove noun (a dove, doves); verb (dove — US past of dive)
A dove is a pale grey or white bird of the pigeon family that coos. - down adverb, preposition (down); adjective (down — sad, not working); noun (down — soft feathers; downs — hills); verb (down, downed — to drink fast or to knock over)
1) Down means toward a lower place. You walk down the stairs. 2) Down means less or lower in amount, like prices going down. 3) Down can… - downfall noun
A sudden fall, ruin or loss of power or success. - downward adjective (downward); adverb (downward, downwards — UK prefers downwards)
1) Downward means moving or pointing towards a lower place. 2) Downward means going down in amount, as in a downward trend. - downwards adverb (downwards; also downward); adjective (downward)
1) Downwards means towards a lower place or position. 2) Downwards means going to a smaller number or amount. - dowry noun (dowry, dowries)
(old use) money, goods or land that a bride's family gave to her when she married - dp noun
meaningless letters caused by a scanning error in the text, not a real word - drag verb (drag, drags, dragged, dragging); noun (a drag; drag, uncountable in science)
To drag something means to pull it along the ground, often because it is heavy. - dragging verb form (-ing form of «drag»: drag, drags, dragged, dragging); adjective (dragging)
Pulling something heavy along the ground with effort. - dragon noun (a dragon, dragons)
A dragon is a made-up creature in stories, usually a huge lizard-like monster with wings and claws that can breathe fire. - drain verb (drain, drains, drained, draining); noun (a drain, drains)
To drain is to let water or another liquid flow out of something. - draught noun (a draught, draughts); draughts (UK game, plural noun); adjective (draught beer) — UK spelling; US: draft
A current of cold air coming into a room: There's a draught from the window. - draw verb (draw, draws, drew, drawn, drawing); noun (a draw, draws)
To draw means to make a picture or shape with a pencil, pen or crayon. - drawer noun (drawer, drawers)
A drawer is a box in a table, desk or cupboard that slides in and out, for keeping things. - drawing noun (a drawing, drawings; drawing as an activity); verb form (drawing, from draw)
A drawing is a picture made with a pencil, pen or crayon, mostly with lines. - drawn verb (draw, draws, drew, drawn, drawing); adjective (drawn = looking tired or worried)
Drawn is a form of draw: to make a picture with a pencil or pen. - dread verb (dread, dreads, dreaded, dreading); noun (dread; uncountable); adjective (old/literary: dread)
To feel very worried or afraid about something that is going to happen. - dreaded adjective (dreaded); also the past form of dread
Feared very much; something people do not want to happen or face. - dreadful adjective
1) Very bad or unpleasant. 2) Causing fear or great shock; terrible. 3) (informal) Used to make something stronger: a dreadful mess. - dream noun (a dream, dreams); verb (dream, dreams, dreamed or dreamt, dreaming)
A dream is a set of pictures, thoughts and feelings that happen in your mind while you sleep. - dregs noun (dregs, plural only)
1) the last thick bits left at the bottom of a drink 2) the lowest or worst part of something - dress noun (a dress, dresses; dress — uncountable for "clothes"); verb (dress, dresses, dressed, dressing)
A piece of clothing that covers the body from the shoulders down to the legs, in one piece, often worn by girls and women. - dried verb, past and past participle of «dry» (dry, dries, dried, drying); adjective (dried)
1) Made dry by taking away water or wetness. 2) (of food) With the water taken out so it keeps a long time, like dried fruit or dried… - drink verb (drink, drinks, drank, drunk, drinking); noun (a drink, drinks)
To drink is to take water, milk, juice or another liquid into your mouth and swallow it. - drinker noun
A person who drinks something, here someone who drinks a lot of wine. - drip verb (drip, drips, dripped, dripping); noun (a drip, drips)
To drip means to fall in small drops, or to let drops fall. - drive verb (drive, drives, drove, driven, driving); noun (a drive, drives)
To drive is to make a car, bus or truck go and steer it. - driven verb (drive, drives, drove, driven, driving); adjective (driven = very keen to succeed)
Driven is a form of drive: to make a car, bus or train move and steer it. - driver noun (driver, drivers)
A person who drives a car, bus, truck or train. - drooping verb form (present participle of droop: droop, droops, drooped, drooping); adjective (drooping)
Hanging or bending down, especially because of weakness, tiredness or lack of water, as in «drooping flowers». - drop verb (drop, drops, dropped, dropping); noun (a drop, drops)
To drop is to let something fall from your hand; what you drop is lost to you. - dropping verb (present participle of drop: drop, drops, dropped, dropping); noun (droppings — usually plural)
Dropping means letting something fall, or falling. - dross noun
The waste scum that rises when metal is melted and that is thrown away. - drought noun (a drought, droughts; uncountable when general)
A long period of time with little or no rain, so the land becomes very dry and water is scarce. - drove verb (drive, drives, drove, driven, driving); noun (a drove, droves)
Drove is the past of drive: yesterday he drove the car. - drown verb (drown, drowns, drowned, drowning)
To drown means to die because you are under water and cannot breathe. - drowsiness noun (drowsiness; uncountable)
1) Drowsiness is the feeling of being sleepy and only half awake, with heavy eyelids. - drunk verb (past participle of drink: drunk); adjective (drunk)
Drunk is the past participle of «drink»: «I have drunk my milk». - drunkard noun (drunkard, drunkards)
1) A drunkard is a person who drinks too much alcohol again and again, so that they are often drunk. - drunken adjective
Drunk, or often drunk: affected by too much alcohol. - drunkenness noun (no plural)
1) Drunkenness is the state of being drunk, when a person has had too much alcohol and cannot think or walk properly. - dry adjective (dry, drier/dryer, driest); verb (dry, dries, dried, drying)
1) Not wet; with no water: "dry clothes". 2) With little or no rain: "a dry summer". 3) Thirsty: "My mouth is dry." 4) Boring: "a dry… - duad noun
the number two, or a group of two - dual adjective
1) Having two parts, uses or sides; double. 2) dual nationality / dual citizenship: being a citizen of two countries at the same time. 3)… - dualism noun
the belief that the world is made of two opposite forces or parts - duality noun
the state of being two, or having two parts - duce noun
a broken fragment of a word, part of "produced", caused by a printing break - due adjective (due); adverb (due, as in due north); noun (dues)
Due 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. - duke noun (a duke, dukes; the Duke of …)
1) A 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… - dull adjective (dull, duller, dullest); verb (dull, dulls, dulled, dulling)
Dull means boring, not interesting or exciting. - dumb adjective (dumb, dumber, dumbest)
In everyday talk, especially in the USA, dumb means stupid or silly, and it is a rude word for a person. - dung noun (dung — uncountable)
Dung is the solid waste, or poo, of animals, especially large animals like cows, horses and elephants. - dungeon noun (a dungeon, dungeons)
1) A dark prison room, often underground, in a castle. 2) (games) In video and board games, a set of dangerous rooms or tunnels to explore. - dunghill noun (dunghills)
1) A dunghill is a heap of animal dung and rotting waste kept outside a farm. - duodecimal adjective
Based on the number twelve, counting in twelves. - duplicity noun
Being double, having two forms; (also) lying or deceit, but here it means having two sounds. - dura noun
The name of a plain in Babylon where King Nebuchadnezzar set up a giant gold statue.
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