K

45 words

1. kabbalah noun
   The Jewish tradition of mystical teaching about God, creation and the hidden meaning of the Torah.
2. kabbalistic adjective
   Having to do with Kabbalah, the Jewish mystical tradition.
3. kaph noun
   The eleventh letter of the Hebrew alphabet, which has two sounds, hard as "k" and soft as "kh".
4. keen adjective (keen, keener, keenest)
   Keen means very eager or interested: «She is keen on football.».
5. keep verb (keep, keeps, kept, keeping); noun (your keep — food and a home; «for keeps» — forever)
   To keep something is to go on having it and not give it away.
6. keeper noun (a keeper, keepers)
   A keeper is a person who looks after something or someone, like a zookeeper or a shopkeeper.
7. kernel noun (a kernel, kernels)
   A kernel is the soft part inside a nut or the seed inside the hard stone of a fruit.
8. kettle noun (a kettle, kettles)
   1) A container with a lid, a handle and a spout, used for boiling water.
9. key noun (key, keys); adjective (key — most important); verb (key in, keys, keyed, keying)
   A key is a small metal piece used to open and lock a lock.
10. khan noun (a khan, khans); often a title and a name (Khan)
    A khan was a ruler or king among the Mongols, Turks and other peoples of Central Asia; the most famous is Genghis Khan.
11. kick verb (kick, kicks, kicked, kicking; kick off, kick out); noun (a kick, kicks)
    1) To hit something with your foot. 2) Of a person or animal: to move the legs strongly: babies kick, horses kick. 3) A noun: a hit with…
12. kid noun (kid, kids); verb (kid, kids, kidded, kidding)
    1) A kid is a child or a young person. 2) A kid is a young goat. 3) To kid is to joke or tease in a friendly way; «just kidding» means «I…
13. kidney noun (a kidney, kidneys)
    1) Your kidneys are two bean-shaped organs in your lower back that clean your blood by removing waste and extra water, which leaves the…
14. kill verb (kill, kills, killed, killing); noun (a kill — an animal killed by another)
    1) To make a person, animal or plant die. 2) Informal: to cause great pain: «My feet are killing me». 3) Informal: to stop something: kill…
15. killing noun (a killing, killings); verb form of kill (kill, kills, killed, killing); adjective (killing)
    Killing is causing someone or something to die.
16. kin noun (kin — plural only); adjective (kin — formal, «related»)
    1) Kin means your family and relatives. 2) Next of kin is your closest relative, often named on forms for emergencies. 3) (old-fashioned)…
17. kind noun (kind, kinds); adjective (kind, kinder, kindest)
    As a noun, a kind is a type or sort of something: What kind of dog is it?
18. kindle verb (kindle, kindles, kindled, kindling)
    1) To kindle is to set something alight, or to start a fire.
19. kindled verb (past form of kindle: kindle, kindles, kindled, kindling)
    1) Kindled means set alight; kindled is the past form of kindle.
20. kindling noun (kindling); also verb form of kindle
    Kindling is small dry sticks and wood used to start a fire.
21. kindly adverb (kindly); adjective (kindly, kindlier, kindliest)
    Kindly means in a kind, gentle and caring way: «She smiled kindly».
22. kindness noun (kindness — uncountable; a kindness, kindnesses)
    1) Kindness is being friendly, caring and helpful to others. 2) A kindness is a kind act.
23. kindred noun (kindred, plural kindreds); adjective (kindred)
    1) Kindred are your family and relatives. 2) Kindred means of the same kind or related in nature.
24. kine noun (kine), plural only; old use
    1) Kine is an old word for cows, used as the plural of cow.
25. king noun (a king, kings)
    A king is a man who rules a country, usually because his parent was king or queen before him.
26. kingdom noun (a kingdom, kingdoms)
    A kingdom is a country ruled by a king or queen.
27. kingly adjective (kingly, kinglier, kingliest)
    1) Kingly means fit for a king, or like a king in looks or manner.
28. kinsfolk noun (plural only, no single form: kinsfolk)
    The people of your family and relatives, taken together.
29. kinship noun (kinship, uncountable)
    Kinship is being related to someone by family: being part of the same family by birth or marriage.
30. kinsman noun (plural kinsmen)
    A male relative, a man of your own family.
31. kinswoman noun
    A female relative, a woman who belongs to your family.
32. kislev noun
    The third month of the Hebrew calendar, which falls in late autumn, around November or December.
33. kiss verb (kiss, kisses, kissed, kissing); noun (a kiss, kisses)
    To kiss means to touch someone with your lips to show love, care or a greeting.
34. kite noun (kite, kites)
    A kite is a light toy made of paper, plastic or cloth on a long string that flies in the wind.
35. km abbreviation (km, short for kilometre/kilometer); also said «k» or «klicks» (casual)
    Km is the short way to write kilometre, a unit for long distances.
36. knead verb (knead, kneads, kneaded, kneading)
    To knead means to press, fold and stretch dough with your hands to make bread.
37. knee noun (a knee, knees); verb (knee, knees, kneed — to hit with the knee)
    The joint in the middle of your leg where it bends.
38. kneel verb (kneel, kneels, knelt or kneeled, kneeling)
    1) To kneel is to go down or stay with one or both knees on the ground.
39. knife noun (a knife, knives); verb (knife — rare)
    A knife is a tool with a sharp blade and a handle, used for cutting.
40. knit verb (knit, knits, knitted or knit, knitting); noun (a knit — a knitted piece of clothing)
    To make clothes or other things from wool or yarn by looping it together with two long needles or a machine.
41. knot noun (a knot, knots); verb (knot, knots, knotted, knotting)
    A place where a piece of string, rope or ribbon is tied around itself or another piece.
42. knotty adjective (knottier, knottiest)
    1) Full of knots, or lumpy and twisted, like old wood or rough legs. 2) (of a problem) hard to sort out, tangled.
43. know verb (know, knows, knew, knowing, known)
    To know something is to have it in your mind as a fact, because you learned it or were told.
44. knowledge noun (knowledge — uncountable)
    Information, facts and understanding that you have learned.
45. known verb form (known; past participle of know); adjective (known, well-known)
    Known is the form of know used after have or be: I have known her for years.

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