M
- ma noun (ma, mas — informal: mother); abbreviation (MA = Master of Arts; ma = milliamp); Mandarin pinyin «ma» — mixed
«Ma» is a homely word for mother, like «Mum» or «Mom», heard in old stories, in the USA countryside and in Ireland. - mac noun (a mac, macs; a Mac, Macs)
1) (UK) A mac is a raincoat (short for mackintosh). 2) A Mac is an Apple Macintosh computer. 3) (informal, US) «Mac» is a way of speaking… - machine noun (machine, machines); verb (machine — rare)
A machine is a thing with moving parts that uses power to do a job, like a washing machine or a sewing machine. - macrocosm noun
The whole great universe, seen as a large copy of the small world of a human being. - mad adjective (mad, madder, maddest)
1) (informal, especially USA) Angry. 2) (UK and elsewhere, informal) Very silly or foolish; crazy. 3) mad about/on: liking something very… - madame noun (Madame, Mesdames) (French)
Madame is the French way of saying «Mrs» or «madam», a polite title for a woman. - madly adverb
In a wild, uncontrolled or frantic way: running madly about. - madman noun (madmen)
A man who is out of his mind, who behaves wildly and does not think sensibly. - madness noun (madness — uncountable; madnesses — rare)
Very foolish or dangerous behaviour: It would be madness to swim in that storm. - madras noun
A city in southern India, now called Chennai. - mag noun (mag, mags) – short for magazine; also short for magnitude, magnesium, magnet (rare)
A magazine: a thin book with pictures and articles that comes out regularly. - maggot noun (a maggot, maggots)
The soft, pale, legless young form (larva) of a fly, which hatches from an egg and feeds on rotting food or dead animals. - magic noun (magic — uncountable); adjective (magic, magical); verb (magic away — informal, UK)
In stories, a special power to make impossible things happen, using spells, wands or charms. - magician noun (a magician, magicians)
A magician is a performer who does magic tricks that seem impossible, like making things disappear. - magistrate noun (a magistrate, magistrates)
An official who acts as a judge in a local court, dealing with less serious crimes and some family or local matters. - magnate noun
A very important and powerful person, often one who is rich and runs big businesses. - magnificence noun (no plural)
Magnificence is great beauty, splendour and grandeur, the look of something very grand and rich. - magnificent adjective (magnificent, more magnificent, most magnificent); adverb: magnificently
1) Magnificent means very beautiful, grand and impressive. 2) (informal) Magnificent means extremely good or excellent. - magnified adjective (magnified); past form of the verb magnify (magnify, magnifies, magnified, magnifying)
Made to look bigger than it really is, using a lens, microscope or magnifying glass. - magnify verb (magnify, magnifies, magnified, magnifying)
To make something look bigger than it really is, using a lens or microscope. - magnitude noun (magnitude, magnitudes)
1) The size or how big something is. 2) How important or serious something is (a problem of great magnitude). 3) (science) The strength of… - magus noun
A wise man or priest of ancient Persia who studied the stars and magic; the plural is magi. - maid noun (a maid, maids)
A maid is a woman whose job is to clean and do housework in a hotel or someone's house. - maiden noun (a maiden, maidens); adjective (maiden)
A maiden is a girl or young woman who is not married. - maidservant noun (plural maidservants)
1) A maidservant is a young woman who works as a servant in a house, cleaning and cooking. Old use. - mail noun (mail); verb (mail, mails, mailed, mailing)
1) Mail is the letters and parcels sent by post. 2) Mail is the system that carries them: send it by mail. 3) To mail something is to send… - maimed adjective; also the past form of the verb maim (maim, maims, maimed, maiming)
1) Maimed means badly hurt so that a part of the body is lost or no longer works properly. - main adjective (main); noun (a main, mains)
Main means the most important or the biggest one, like the main road or the main idea. - mainly adverb
1) Mainly means mostly, more than anything else, or in most cases. - maintain verb (maintain, maintains, maintained, maintaining)
To maintain something is to keep it in good condition by looking after it. - maintained verb, past tense and past participle of maintain (maintain, maintains, maintained, maintaining); adjective (well-maintained)
Kept in good condition by checking and repairing it: a well-maintained car. - maintenance noun (maintenance — uncountable)
Work done to keep a building, machine, road and so on in good working order. - majestic adjective (majestic, more majestic, most majestic)
1) Very grand, beautiful and impressive, like a king or queen. - majesty noun (majesty, uncountable; Majesty as a title — His Majesty, Her Majesty, Your Majesty, Their Majesties)
Majesty is great beauty, size and power that makes people feel wonder: "the majesty of the mountains". - major adjective (major); noun (a major, majors); verb (major, majors, majored, majoring — US)
Very important, big or serious (a major problem, a major road). - majority noun (a majority, majorities)
1) The bigger part of a group; more than half. 2) The number of votes by which a winner beats others (won by a majority of ten). 3)… - make verb (make, makes, made, making); noun (a make — a brand)
To make is to build, cook or create something: make a cake. - maker noun (maker, makers)
A maker is a person, company or machine that makes something, like a toy maker or a coffee maker. - making noun (plural makings)
Making is the act of making or forming something, as in merry-makings, which are parties or festivities. - male adjective (male); noun (a male, males)
Belonging to the sex that cannot give birth or lay eggs; in animals, the one that makes sperm: «a male lion». - malignant adjective
Malignant means evil and wishing harm to others. - mallow noun
A plant with soft leaves that can be eaten, though it has little taste. - man noun (man, men); verb (man, mans, manned, manning); interjection (man!)
1) A man is a grown-up male person. 2) Man can mean people in general (old use): «Man has walked on the Moon.» 3) To man something is to… - mandrake noun
A plant with a thick forked root, once believed to help people have children. - manifest verb (manifest, manifests, manifested, manifesting); adjective (manifest); noun (a manifest, manifests)
To show something clearly, or to appear and become visible: «The illness manifested as a rash». - manifestation noun (manifestation, manifestations)
A sign or way that something shows itself: «Fever is a manifestation of illness». - manifestly adverb
1) Manifestly means clearly and obviously, so that anyone can see it. - manifold adjective
1) Manifold means many and of many different kinds. 2) (old use) Manifold means having many parts or forms. - mankind noun (mankind, uncountable)
1) All people in the world, considered together; the human race; humankind. 2) (older use) Men, as opposed to women — this use is rare now. - manna noun (manna, uncountable)
1) (Bible) Manna was the special food that, the Bible says, God sent from heaven each morning to feed the Israelites in the desert after… - manner noun (a manner; manners)
The way in which something is done or happens. - manners noun, plural (manners); singular "manner" means a way of doing something
Manners are the polite ways of behaving with other people, like saying please and thank you. - manservant noun
A male servant. - manslayer noun
A person who has killed someone, here by accident. - mantelet noun
A small cloak or cover. In Nahum it is a covering used to protect soldiers attacking a wall. - mantle noun (a mantle, mantles); verb (mantle — rare)
In science, the mantle is the thick hot layer of rock inside the Earth, between the crust and the core. - mantua noun
An Italian city where books were printed long ago, and where a famous edition of Sefer Yetzirah came out in 1562. - manus noun
A Latin word meaning "hands." - manuscript noun (a manuscript, manuscripts)
A book, story or piece of writing written by hand, especially an old one from before printing. - many determiner, pronoun (many, more, most)
Many means a large number of things or people: many birds. - mar verb (mar, mars, marred, marring)
To spoil or damage something, making it less good or less beautiful. - marble noun (marble, marbles)
A marble is a small glass ball for playing games. - march noun (March, the month); verb (march, marches, marched, marching); noun (a march, marches)
March is the third month of the year, with 31 days, between February and April. - marginalia noun
Notes or marks written in the margins, or edges, of a book. - mariner noun (a mariner, mariners)
1) (old or literary) A sailor; a person who works on a ship. 2) (Mariner) The name of some space probes and sports teams, such as NASA's… - mark noun (mark, marks); verb (mark, marks, marked, marking); name (Mark)
A mark is a small sign, spot or line on something: a pen mark, a dirty mark. - marker noun (marker, markers)
A marker is a pen with a thick, coloured tip, often called a felt-tip pen or marker pen. - marred verb (mar, mars, marred, marring)
1) To mar something is to spoil it so that it is less good than it was. - marriage noun (a marriage, marriages)
Marriage is the legal relationship between two people who are husband and wife, or partners, joined in law. - married adjective; past form of the verb marry (marry, marries, married, marrying)
1) Having a husband or wife. 2) (past form) Became husband and wife, or joined two people in marriage. 3) married to (informal): very… - marrow noun (marrow, marrows)
The soft tissue inside bones where new blood cells are made. - marry verb (marry, marries, married, marrying)
To marry someone means to become their husband or wife in a wedding. - marsh noun (a marsh, marshes)
A marsh is low, flat land that is wet and soft most of the time, often with tall grasses and reeds. - marshal noun (marshal, marshals); verb (marshal, marshals, marshalled, marshalling)
A marshal is an officer of high rank in an army, or an official who keeps order at a big event. - marshals noun (plural of marshal: a marshal, marshals); verb form (marshals, from marshal: marshal, marshals, marshalled, marshalling — US marshaled, marshaling)
Officials who organise people at a big event, such as a race, parade or festival, and keep them safe. - mart noun
A market, a place where goods are bought and sold. - marvel verb (marvel, marvels, marvelled/marveled, marvelling/marveling); noun (a marvel, marvels)
1) A marvel is a wonderful, amazing thing or person. 2) To marvel at something is to feel great surprise and admiration. - marvellous adjective (marvellous — UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand; marvelous — US; more marvellous, most marvellous)
1) Extremely good, wonderful: «a marvellous day». 2) (old use) Causing great wonder or surprise; amazing. - marvellously adverb (marvellously; US spelling marvelously)
1) In a wonderful, excellent way. 2) Very, extremely (a bit old-fashioned), as in «marvellously happy». - marvelous adjective (marvelous, more marvelous, most marvelous)
1) Marvelous means wonderful, very surprising or very good. (US spelling of marvellous) - masculine adjective (masculine); noun (the masculine – grammar)
Having qualities that people traditionally think of as typical of men or boys, such as a deep voice. - mash verb (mash, mashes, mashed, mashing); noun (mash, uncountable; a mash)
1) To mash food is to crush it into a soft mass. 2) Mash is mashed potatoes. 3) Mash is a soft mixture of grain and water fed to animals… - mason noun (a mason, masons; a Mason)
A mason is a person who builds or works with stone or bricks; also called a stonemason or bricklayer. - masonry noun
Stonework or brickwork made by builders. - mass noun (mass, a mass, masses); adjective (mass — many people); verb (mass, masses, massed, massing)
Mass is the amount of matter in an object, measured in grams and kilograms. - massive adjective (massive, more massive, most massive)
1) Massive means very big and heavy. 2) Massive means very large in amount or degree, like a massive mistake. 3) In British and Australian… - mast noun (a mast, masts)
A mast is a tall pole on a boat that holds the sails. - master noun (a master, masters); verb (master, masters, mastered, mastering); adjective (master)
A man who has control over people, animals or a place: «the dog obeyed its master». - masterpiece noun (a masterpiece, masterpieces)
A work of art, book, music or other creation of great skill; one of the best of its kind. - mastery noun (mastery, no plural)
1) Mastery is complete control or power over something. 2) Mastery is great skill at doing something. - mat noun (a mat, mats); adjective (matt — different spelling, means not shiny)
A mat is a small piece of material put on the floor, like a doormat or bath mat. - mate noun (a mate, mates); verb (mate, mates, mated, mating)
1) (UK, Australia, NZ, Ireland, informal) A friend: «He's my mate». 2) A person you share something with, as in «classmate», «teammate»… - material noun (a material, materials; material, uncountable); adjective (material — formal)
A material is what something is made of, such as wood, metal, plastic, glass or cloth. - materially adverb (materially, no change)
Materially means in a way that makes a real, noticeable difference. - mathematical adjective (mathematical, more mathematical)
1) To do with mathematics. 2) Done carefully, exactly and logically, like a calculation. 3) (mathematical certainty / chance) Exact, as… - mathematics noun (mathematics, uncountable; short forms: maths in the UK, Australia, NZ, Ireland; math in the USA and Canada)
The study of numbers, quantities, shapes, patterns and measurements, and the logic connecting them. - matter noun (matter, matters); verb (matter, matters, mattered, mattering)
Matter is what everything is made of; all things that take up space and have mass are matter. - mattock noun (mattock, mattocks)
A mattock is a digging tool like a pickaxe, with a heavy blade on one side and a flat or pointed blade on the other, used for breaking… - maul verb (maul, mauls, mauled, mauling); noun (a maul, mauls)
To attack and hurt badly with claws and teeth, as a bear or big cat might. - maw noun (a maw, maws); (Scotland, informal) noun (maw = mum)
A maw is the mouth, jaws or throat of a hungry or fierce animal.
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