H
- ha interjection (ha, ha ha); abbreviation (ha = hectare)
Ha is a sound people make when they laugh, or a word said when they are surprised or have won. - habit noun (a habit, habits); adjective habitual
A habit is something you do often and regularly, often without thinking about it. - habitable adjective (habitable)
Good enough for people or animals to live in, as in «a habitable house». - habitation noun (habitation — uncountable; a habitation, habitations)
The act of living in a place: «The house was not fit for human habitation.». - habitus noun
A Latin word meaning a condition, bearing or state. Here it is just part of a Latin sentence. - haft noun
The handle of a knife or sword. - hail noun (hail, uncountable; a hailstone, hailstones); verb (hail, hails, hailed, hailing)
Hail is small balls of ice that fall from storm clouds like hard rain. - hailstone noun (a hailstone, hailstones)
1) A small ball of ice that falls from storm clouds, like frozen rain; many hailstones together are called hail. - hair noun (hair — usually uncountable; a hair, hairs — single strands)
Hair is what grows on your head and on parts of your body. - hairy adjective (hairy, hairier, hairiest)
1) Hairy means covered in a lot of hair. 2) Informally, hairy means frightening or dangerous, often in an exciting way («a hairy moment»). - half noun (half, halves); adjective; adverb
A half is one of two equal parts of something. - halfway adverb (halfway); adjective (a halfway point)
Halfway means in the middle between two places or two times: halfway up the hill. - hallelujah interjection
A Hebrew word meaning "Praise God!" - hallow verb
To make holy, to set apart as holy, or to treat as holy. - hallowed adjective (hallowed); verb (hallow, hallows, hallowed, hallowing — old)
Hallowed means holy, made holy, or treated with great respect for God. - halt verb (halt, halts, halted, halting); noun (a halt)
1) (verb) To stop, or to make something stop. 2) (noun) A stop: «come to a halt». 3) (interjection) «Halt!» — an order to stop at once… - ham noun (ham — uncountable as food; a ham, hams); verb (ham it up — informal)
Meat from the back leg of a pig, usually salted or smoked, often sliced for sandwiches. - hammer noun (a hammer, hammers); verb (hammer, hammers, hammered, hammering)
A tool with a heavy metal head on a handle, used for hitting nails into wood. - hand verb (hand, hands, handed, handing); noun (a hand, hands)
A hand is the part of your body at the end of your arm, with four fingers and a thumb. - handbreadth noun
A short measure of length, the width of a hand across the palm. - handful noun (a handful, handfuls)
The amount you can hold in one hand: «a handful of sweets». - handiwork noun
Something made by a person's own hands; a thing someone has made. - handle noun (a handle, handles); verb (handle, handles, handled, handling)
A handle is the part of a door, cup, pan, bag or tool that you hold. - handmaid noun (handmaids) (old use)
1) (old use) A handmaid is a young woman who serves a lady or a princess, a lady's maid. - handmaiden noun (handmaidens) (old use)
1) (old use) A handmaiden is a young woman servant who waits on a princess or lady; the same as a handmaid. - handsome adjective (handsome, handsomer, handsomest; also more handsome, most handsome); adverb handsomely
Handsome means good-looking, usually said about a man or boy. - hang verb (hang, hangs, hung, hanging); noun (get the hang of)
To hang is to put something up so it is held from above, like a coat on a hook. - hanging noun (hangings); verb form of hang (hang, hangs, hung, hanging)
A hanging is a cloth such as a curtain or tapestry hung on a wall for decoration. - hap noun (hap, haps — old-fashioned); verb (hap, haps, happed, happing — old)
Luck or chance, especially something that happens by chance. - haply adverb
Perhaps; by chance. - happen verb (happen, happens, happened, happening)
To happen is to take place, to come about: What happened? - happiness noun (happiness; uncountable)
1) The feeling of being happy, glad and pleased. 2) A state of having a good life with joy and contentment. - happy adjective (happy, happier, happiest); adverb happily; noun happiness
1) Feeling pleased, glad or full of joy. 2) Making you feel glad: a happy day, a happy ending. 3) Happy to: willing and pleased to do… - harass verb (harass, harasses, harassed, harassing)
1) To keep annoying, upsetting, threatening or bothering someone again and again. 2) To make repeated small attacks on an enemy. - harbinger noun
A person who goes ahead to announce what is coming. - hard adjective (hard, harder, hardest); adverb (hard)
Hard means firm and not soft, like a rock or a nut. - harden verb (harden, hardens, hardened, hardening)
1) To become hard or firm, or to make something hard. 2) Of a person or feelings: to become less kind or less soft, or more determined. - hardly adverb (hardly)
1) Hardly means almost not, or only just. 2) Hardly ever means almost never. 3) Hardly can mean it is not reasonable: «You can hardly… - hardness noun (hardness — uncountable)
Hardness is how hard something is: how well it resists being scratched, dented or pressed. - hare noun (hare, hares)
1) A hare is a wild animal like a large rabbit, with long ears and long strong back legs, that runs very fast. - hark verb (harks, harked, harking); interjection
1) (old use) «Hark!» is a call to listen. 2) To hark to something means to listen carefully to it. - harken verb
To listen carefully, an old spelling of "hearken." It can also mean to go back to something earlier. - harlot noun
A woman who has sex for pay, or a woman who is unfaithful. It is an old word. - harlotry noun
Having sex outside marriage, or being unfaithful, especially for pay. It is an old word. - harm noun (harm — uncountable); verb (harm, harms, harmed, harming)
Hurt, damage or injury to a person, animal or thing. - harmonic noun
Something to do with harmony, or a musical sound. In these quotes it is a mistaken scan of a German word. - harmonious adjective (harmonious)
1) Friendly and peaceful, without arguments. 2) (music) Having notes that sound pleasant together. 3) Fitting together nicely: «harmonious… - harmonize verb
To fit together or agree with something. - harmonized verb
Fitted together or agreed with something. - harmony noun (harmony — uncountable; a harmony, harmonies)
Harmony is when people or things live, work or fit together peacefully and agree («live in harmony»). - harness noun (a harness, harnesses); verb (harness, harnesses, harnessed, harnessing)
A set of straps put on a horse or other animal to control it or join it to a cart. - harp noun (harp, harps); verb (harp, harps, harped, harping)
A large musical instrument with many strings stretched on a tall frame, played by plucking with the fingers. - harried verb
Attacked again and again; troubled and worn down. - harrow noun (harrows); verb (harrow, harrows, harrowed, harrowing)
A harrow is a heavy frame with metal spikes or teeth, pulled over ploughed ground to break up the soil and make it ready for seed. - harsh adjective (harsh, harsher, harshest); adverb harshly
Cruel, unkind or too strict: «a harsh punishment», «harsh words». - harshly adverb (harshly, more harshly, most harshly)
In a cruel, unkind or too strict way: treated harshly. - hart noun (harts)
An old word for a male deer, a stag, especially a full-grown red deer with large antlers. - harvest verb (harvest, harvests, harvested, harvesting); noun (a harvest, harvests)
To harvest is to gather crops like corn, apples or wheat when they are ripe. - harvestman noun (a harvestman, harvestmen)
1) A small creature with a round body and eight very long, thin legs, related to spiders but not a true spider; also called «daddy… - haste noun (haste — uncountable)
1) Great speed, often too much speed, when you hurry: In her haste she forgot her bag. 2) «make haste» (old-fashioned) = hurry up. - hasten verb (hasten, hastens, hastened, hastening) — (formal)
1) (formal) To make something happen sooner or faster. 2) (formal) To go or do something quickly; to hurry. 3) «hasten to add/say»… - hastily adverb (more hastily, most hastily)
Quickly and without much care, as if in a hurry. - hasty adjective (hasty, hastier, hastiest); adverb: hastily
1) Done very quickly, sometimes too quickly, without enough care or thought. 2) Of a person: acting too quickly. - hat noun (hat, hats)
A hat is something you wear on your head, to keep warm, keep the sun off, or look smart. - hatch verb (hatch, hatches, hatched, hatching); noun (a hatch, hatches)
To hatch is for a baby bird, reptile or fish to break out of its egg. - hatchet noun (a hatchet, hatchets)
A small axe with a short handle, used with one hand to chop wood. - hate verb (hate, hates, hated, hating); noun (hate, uncountable; a hate, hates)
To hate means to dislike someone or something very, very strongly. - hater noun (a hater, haters)
1) A person who hates someone or something. 2) (slang) Someone who is always negative, jealous or rude about other people, especially… - hatred noun (hatred, uncountable; a hatred of)
Hatred is a very strong feeling of disliking someone or something, much stronger than ordinary dislike. - haughtily adverb (more haughtily, most haughtily)
In a proud way, looking down on other people as if they were less important. - haughtiness noun
Great pride that looks down on others. - haughty adjective (haughty, haughtier, haughtiest)
1) Proud and unfriendly, acting as if you are better than other people. - haunt verb (haunt, haunts, haunted, haunting); noun (a haunt, haunts)
In stories, a ghost haunts a place or person when it appears there again and again. - have verb (have, has, had, having; short forms 've, 's, 'd); auxiliary (have done)
To have is to own or hold something: I have a bike. - haven noun (a haven, havens)
A haven is a safe, peaceful place where people or animals can rest or be protected. - havoc noun (no plural in common use)
Great damage, mess or destruction caused by something or someone. - hawk noun (a hawk, hawks); verb (hawk, hawks, hawked, hawking)
A bird of prey with sharp eyes, a hooked beak and strong claws (talons), which hunts small animals. - hay noun (hay, uncountable)
1) Hay is long grass that has been cut and dried, used to feed animals like horses, cows, rabbits and guinea pigs. - he pronoun (he — subject; him — object; his — possessive; himself — reflexive); noun (a he — a male, informal)
He is a word used for a boy, a man or a male animal who was already named, so you do not repeat the name. - head noun (head, heads); verb (head, heads, headed, heading); adjective (head teacher, head chef)
Your head is the top part of your body, with your eyes, nose, mouth, ears and brain. - headband noun (a headband, headbands)
1) A headband is a band of cloth, plastic or elastic worn around the head or over the hair to keep hair or sweat away from the face, or… - headlong adverb; adjective
1) (adverb) Head first, with a fast rush, in a way that is not careful. 2) (adjective) Rushing forward very fast, without thinking first. - heal verb (heal, heals, healed, healing)
To heal means to become healthy again after an injury, like a cut or broken bone getting better. - health noun (health, uncountable)
Health is how well your body and mind are working; being free from illness and injury. - heap noun (heap, heaps); verb (heap, heaps, heaped, heaping)
A heap is a big untidy pile of things on top of each other. - hear verb (hear, hears, heard, hearing)
To notice sounds with your ears: "I hear a bird.". - heard verb (past and past participle of hear: hear, hears, heard, heard, hearing)
Heard means you noticed a sound with your ears in the past: I heard a bang. - hearing noun (hearing, uncountable; a hearing, hearings); verb form (-ing form of hear: hear, hears, heard, hearing)
Hearing is the sense that lets you notice sounds, using your ears. - hearken verb (hearken, hearkens, hearkened, hearkening); also spelled harken
1) (old-fashioned) To listen carefully. 2) (hearken back to) To go back to or remind people of something from the past. - heart noun (a heart, hearts)
The organ in your chest that pumps blood around your body. - hearth noun (a hearth, hearths)
A hearth is the floor of a fireplace and the area just in front of it, where the fire burns. - hearty adjective (hearty, heartier, heartiest)
Loud, cheerful and friendly: a hearty laugh, a hearty welcome. - heat noun (heat — uncountable; a heat, heats — race rounds); verb (heat, heats, heated, heating)
1) Heat is warmth, the feeling of being hot. 2) Heat is energy that moves from hot things to cooler things. 3) To heat something is to… - heathen noun (heathens); adjective
Old use: a person who does not follow one of the main world religions, often one who worships other gods. - heave verb (heave, heaves, heaved, heaving; hove in sailing); noun (a heave, heaves)
To lift, pull or push something heavy with great effort: they heaved the box into the van. - heaven noun (heaven, heavens; also Heaven)
In many religions, the place where God or gods live and where good people are believed to go after they die. - heavenward adverb
Toward the sky or heaven. - heavily adverb (heavily)
Heavily means in a heavy way: with great weight or force. - heaviness noun (no plural in common use)
1) Heaviness is the state of being heavy, in weight or in feeling. 2) Heaviness can mean a dull, sad feeling in the mind or body. - heaving adjective (heaving); verb form (heave, heaves, heaved / hove, heaving); noun (heaving)
Pulling, pushing or lifting something heavy with a lot of effort.
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