P
- plant noun (plant, plants); verb (plant, plants, planted, planting)
A plant is a living thing that grows in soil, like a flower, grass or a tree. - plantation noun (a plantation, plantations)
A plantation is a large farm, usually in a hot country, where one crop such as cotton, sugar, tea, coffee or rubber is grown. - planted verb past and past participle (plant, plants, planted, planting); adjective (planted)
Planted is the past form of plant: it was put in the ground to grow. - planter noun
A person who plants seeds, trees or vines, or a machine that does so. - plaster noun (plaster, uncountable; a plaster, plasters); verb (plaster, plasters, plastered, plastering)
1) In the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand, a plaster is a small sticky strip you put over a cut, called a Band-Aid in the USA and… - plasterer noun
A person whose work is to cover walls with plaster. - plate noun (plate, plates); verb (plate — cover with a thin metal layer)
1) A plate is a flat dish you put food on. 2) A plate is a flat thin piece of metal, glass or other hard material: a number plate on a… - platform noun (a platform, platforms)
A platform is the raised flat area next to the tracks at a railway station where people wait for and get on trains. - platonic adjective
Having to do with the Greek thinker Plato or his ideas, or a friendship that is close but not romantic. - plausible adjective (plausible, more plausible)
Seeming likely to be true or reasonable, so people can believe it. - play verb (play, plays, played, playing); noun (a play, plays; play — uncountable)
To play is to do something for fun, like a game or a sport. - player noun (player, players)
A player is a person who plays a game or a sport. - playful adjective (playful, more playful, most playful); adverb playfully; noun playfulness
1) Playful means full of fun and wanting to play. 2) A playful action or remark is meant as fun and not seriously. - playfulness noun
Being full of fun and playing in a lighthearted way. - plea noun (a plea, pleas)
A strong, emotional request for something: "a plea for help". - plead verb (plead, pleads, pleaded (UK) or pled (US), pleading)
To ask for something in a strong, emotional way; to beg. - pleading verb form (present participle of plead: plead, pleads, pleaded/pled, pleading); adjective (pleading eyes); noun (pleading, pleadings — law)
Pleading means begging or asking for something very strongly and emotionally. - pleasant adjective (pleasant, more pleasant, most pleasant; also pleasanter, pleasantest)
1) Pleasant means nice, enjoyable or making you feel happy. 2) A pleasant person is friendly and polite. - pleasantness noun (pleasantness; no plural)
1) Pleasantness is the state of being nice, calm and enjoyable. - please exclamation and adverb (please — a polite word); verb (please, pleases, pleased, pleasing); adjectives pleased, pleasant
Please is the polite word you add when you ask for something: Can I have some water, please? - pleasure noun (pleasure; a pleasure, pleasures)
Pleasure is the feeling of being happy or enjoying something. - pledge verb (pledge, pledges, pledged, pledging); noun (pledge, pledges)
To pledge is to promise firmly, giving your word or faith. - pledged verb (past tense and past participle of pledge: pledge, pledges, pledged, pledging)
1) Pledged means promised firmly or given as security for a debt. - pleiades proper noun (the Pleiades — plural)
1) The Pleiades is a bright cluster of stars in the night sky, in the constellation Taurus, also called the Seven Sisters; in Japan it is… - plenteous adjective
Plentiful, giving a great deal. - plenteousness noun
Plenty; a large amount of something. - plentifully adverb (plentifully)
1) Plentifully means in large amounts, more than enough. - plenty pronoun (plenty, plenty of); adverb (plenty — informal); noun (plenty — formal)
1) Plenty means a lot, or more than enough. 2) «Plenty of» is used before nouns to mean a lot of. 3) Plenty can mean a time of having a… - plenum noun
A space completely filled with matter, or a full meeting of all members. - plication noun
A fold or a folding. - plosive noun
A speech sound made by shutting off the air and letting it burst out, like p or t. - plot noun (a plot, plots); verb (plot, plots, plotted, plotting)
1) The main events of a story, film or play. 2) A secret plan, often to do something wrong. 3) A small piece of land, such as for a garden… - plow noun (plow, plows); verb (plow, plows, plowed, plowing)
A plow is a farm tool pulled by animals to turn over the soil; it is the American spelling of «plough». - plowed verb
Turned over soil with a plow. - plower noun
A person who plows, turning soil with a plow. - plowing verb
Turning over the soil with a plow. - plowman noun
A person who plows a field, a farmer. - plowshare noun
The blade of a plow that cuts the soil. - pluck verb (pluck, plucks, plucked, plucking); noun (pluck — uncountable)
To pluck something is to pull it off or out quickly, such as a flower, a fruit or a hair. - plucked verb (past and past participle of «pluck»: pluck, plucks, plucked, plucking); adjective (plucked)
Plucked means pulled off or picked with the fingers, as in plucked flowers or fruit. - plummet noun
A weight on a string used to check that a wall is straight. - plunder verb (plunders, plundered, plundering); noun (no plural)
1) To plunder is to take goods from a place by force, as robbers or invaders do. 2) Plunder is the goods taken in this way. - plunge verb (plunge, plunges, plunged, plunging); noun (a plunge, plunges)
To plunge is to jump or fall suddenly and steeply, especially into water. - plural noun (a plural, plurals; the plural); adjective (plural)
Plural means more than one: «cats» is the plural of «cat». - plus preposition (plus); noun (a plus, pluses or plusses); adjective (plus); conjunction (plus — informal: and also)
1) Plus means add. 3 plus 4 is 7. The sign for plus is +. 2) Plus means and also: «It is cheap, plus it is fun». 3) A plus is a good… - pocket noun (pocket, pockets); verb (pocket, pockets, pocketed, pocketing); adjective (pocket — small)
A pocket is a small bag sewn into clothes, where you keep small things. - poem noun (a poem, poems)
A poem is a piece of writing in lines, often with rhythm and sometimes rhyme, that expresses feelings or ideas in a special, beautiful way. - poetic adjective (more poetic, most poetic)
To do with poetry or written in the form of poems. - poetically adverb
In a way that is like a poem, beautiful and full of imagery. - poetry noun (poetry — uncountable; a poem, poems)
Writing in which words are chosen for their sound, rhythm and pictures, often set out in short lines and sometimes rhyming. - point noun (point, points); verb (point, points, pointed, pointing)
1) A point is a score in a game. 2) A point is a very small dot, or an exact place: a point on a line, a meeting point. 3) The point is… - poison noun (poison — uncountable; poisons — kinds); verb (poison, poisons, poisoned, poisoning)
A substance that can make you very ill or kill you if you swallow, breathe in or touch it. - pole noun (pole, poles); also Pole (a person from Poland)
A pole is a long thin stick, often of wood or metal, that stands up straight or is held. - polish noun (polish, polishes); verb (polish, polishes, polished, polishing)
1) (verb) To rub something to make it smooth and shiny. 2) (noun) A cream, liquid or wax used to make things shiny: «shoe polish», «nail… - poll noun (a poll, polls; the polls); verb (poll, polls, polled, polling)
A poll is a survey in which many people are asked the same question to find out what most of them think. - pollute verb (pollute, pollutes, polluted, polluting)
1) To pollute is to make air, water or land dirty and harmful by adding waste, smoke or chemicals. - pomegranate noun (pomegranates)
A round fruit with a tough red skin and many juicy red seeds inside. - pomp noun (pomp, no plural)
1) Pomp is grand display and ceremony, with splendid clothes, music and crowds, meant to impress people. - pond noun (pond, ponds)
1) A pond is a small area of still water, smaller than a lake. 2) «The pond» (informal) can mean the Atlantic Ocean: «across the pond». - ponder verb (ponders, pondered, pondering)
1) To ponder is to think about something slowly and carefully for a long time before deciding. - pondering verb form (from ponder: ponders, pondered, pondering)
1) Pondering is thinking deeply and slowly about something; it is the -ing form of ponder. - pool noun (pool, pools); verb (pool, pools, pooled, pooling)
A pool is a place filled with water to swim in. - poor adjective (poor, poorer, poorest); noun (the poor — poor people as a group)
Poor means having very little money and few things, so that it is hard to pay for food, a home or clothes. - poplar noun (a poplar, poplars)
1) A poplar is a tall, fast-growing tree with soft wood and leaves that often shake in the wind. 2) Poplar is the wood of this tree. - popular adjective (popular, more popular, most popular)
Popular means liked by many people, like a popular game or a popular person. - populous adjective (populous, more populous, most populous)
1) A populous place has a lot of people living in it. - porch noun (a porch, porches)
A small covered area or room at the entrance to a house, outside the front door. - porter noun (porters)
A porter is a person whose job is to carry bags or loads, for example at a station or a hotel. - portion noun (a portion, portions); verb (portion out, portions, portioned, portioning)
1) A portion is a part or share of something. 2) A portion is the amount of food served to one person. 3) To portion something out is to… - portrayed verb form (from portray: portrays, portrayed, portraying)
1) Portrayed means was painted, drawn or described in a certain way; it is the past form of portray. - position noun (a position, positions); verb (position, positions, positioned, positioning)
A position is the place where someone or something is. - positional adjective
Having to do with the place or position of something. - positive adjective (positive, more positive, most positive); noun (a positive, positives); adverb positively
Positive means sure: «I'm positive» means «I'm completely sure». - possess verb (possess, possesses, possessed, possessing)
1) (formal) To own or have something. 2) (formal) To have a quality or skill. 3) (of a feeling or spirit) To take control of someone's… - possessed adjective; past form of the verb possess
1) (past form, formal) Had or owned. 2) (adjective) Controlled by an evil spirit or a very strong feeling, as in ghost stories. 3)… - possession noun (a possession, possessions; also uncountable)
1) Having or owning something. 2) possessions: the things a person owns. 3) (sport) Having control of the ball. 4) (law) Having something… - possessor noun (possessors)
A possessor is someone who owns or has a thing, often a special or magic one. - possible adjective (possible)
1) Possible means it can happen or can be done. 2) «As soon as possible» means as soon as you can. 3) «The best possible» means the best… - post noun (post, posts); verb (post, posts, posted, posting)
A post is a strong pole stuck in the ground, for example to hold a fence or mark a goal. - posterior adjective (posterior — formal/science); noun (a posterior, posteriors — humorous)
Posterior means at the back or behind; it is the opposite of anterior (at the front). - posterity noun (no plural)
All the people who will live in the future, long after us; the children and grandchildren still to come. - postulate noun
An idea or statement that is taken as true as the starting point for an argument. - pot noun (pot, pots); verb (pot, pots, potted, potting)
A pot is a deep round container for cooking, like a saucepan. - potent adjective (potent, more potent, most potent); noun potency
Potent means very strong and powerful in its effect: a potent medicine, poison or drink works strongly. - potsherd noun (potsherds)
A broken piece of an old clay pot or dish, often found in the ground. - pottage noun (pottages) (old use)
A thick soup or stew of vegetables, grain, meat or fish, cooked in a pot. - potter noun (a potter, potters); verb (potter, potters, pottered, pottering — UK, Ireland, Australia; US «putter»); proper noun (Potter — a name)
A potter is a person who makes pots, bowls and other things from clay, often on a spinning wheel, and bakes them in a kiln. - pottery noun (pottery — uncountable; potteries — places where it is made)
Pottery is pots, bowls, plates and other objects made from clay and baked hard. - pound noun (pound, pounds; lb, £); verb (pound, pounds, pounded, pounding)
A pound is a unit of weight; a loaf of bread weighs about one pound. - pour verb (pour, pours, poured, pouring)
To pour is to make a liquid flow out of a container, like pouring water into a glass. - poverty noun (poverty, uncountable)
1) Being very poor; not having enough money for food, clothes or a home. 2) (formal) A lack of something: poverty of ideas. - powder noun (powder, powders); verb (powder, powders, powdered, powdering)
A dry substance made of very tiny pieces, like flour, dust or crushed chalk. - power noun (power, powers); verb (power, powers, powered, powering)
Power is the ability or strength to do something or to make things happen. - powerful adjective (powerful, more powerful, most powerful)
Very strong; having a lot of strength or force. - practically adverb (practically)
Almost, nearly: «The jar is practically empty.». - practice noun (practice, practices); verb in US English (practice, practices, practiced, practicing); UK verb spelt practise (practise, practises, practised, practising)
Practice is doing something again and again to get better at it, like playing the piano every day. - practise verb (practise, practises, practised, practising — UK; practice — US); noun «practice»
To practise is to do something many times to get better at it: practise the piano. - praise verb (praise, praises, praised, praising); noun (praise — uncountable)
To say that someone or something is good and that you admire them. - prance verb (prances, pranced, prancing)
To prance is to move in a lively, showy way, lifting the feet high, like a proud horse or a boastful person. - prate verb (prates, prated, prating) (old use)
To prate is to talk on and on in a boastful or silly way, saying little that is sensible.
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