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- wade verb (wade, wades, waded, wading); noun (a wade — rare)
To wade is to walk through water or mud, where it is hard to move. - wafer noun (a wafer, wafers)
A wafer is a very thin, light, crisp biscuit, often eaten with ice cream or with cream between layers. - wag verb (wag, wags, wagged, wagging); noun (a wag — a wave of the tail; a joker, old-fashioned)
To move quickly from side to side or up and down, especially a dog's tail. - wage noun (a wage, wages); verb (wage, wages, waged, waging — wage war, wage a campaign)
A wage is the money a worker is paid for their work, usually counted by the hour, day or week. - wagon noun (a wagon, wagons; UK also «waggon» — old)
A vehicle with four wheels, pulled by horses or oxen, used to carry heavy loads or people. - wail verb (wail, wails, wailed, wailing); noun (a wail, wails)
To wail is to cry out with a long, loud, high sound because of pain, sadness or anger. - wailing noun (wailing, uncountable); verb, -ing form of wail (wail, wails, wailed, wailing); adjective (wailing)
A long, loud, high cry of pain, sadness or anger. - wait verb (wait, waits, waited, waiting); noun (a wait)
To wait means to stay where you are, or not do something, until something happens or someone comes. - wake verb (wake, wakes, woke, woken, waking); noun (a wake — rare)
1) To wake, or wake up, means to stop sleeping. 2) To wake someone is to make them stop sleeping. 3) The wake of a boat is the line of… - waken verb (wakens, wakened, wakening)
1) To waken is to wake up, or to wake someone from sleep. - walk verb (walk, walks, walked, walking); noun (a walk, walks)
To walk means to move by putting one foot in front of the other, slower than running. - wall noun (wall, walls); verb (wall in, wall off — rare)
A wall is one of the sides of a room or building. - wallow verb (wallow, wallows, wallowed, wallowing); noun (a wallow, wallows)
To roll about in mud or water, as pigs, hippos and buffalo do to cool down. - wander verb (wander, wanders, wandered, wandering); noun (a wander — informal, UK)
To walk around slowly without a clear plan or without going anywhere in particular. - wanderer noun (a wanderer, wanderers)
A wanderer is a person or animal that travels from place to place with no fixed home or no clear plan. - wandering noun (wanderings); adjective (a wandering knight)
1) A wandering is a journey taken from place to place with no fixed aim. 2) Wandering means moving from place to place with no fixed home. - want verb (want, wants, wanted, wanting); noun (wants — the things people want)
To want means to wish to have or do something. - wantonness noun (no plural)
1) Wantonness is wild, careless or cruel behaviour that has no restraint, often greedy or unkind. - war noun (a war, wars; war — uncountable for the idea)
A war is a long fight between countries or large groups using soldiers and weapons. - ward noun (a ward, wards); verb (ward off)
1) A room in a hospital with beds for patients. 2) An area of a town or city that votes for its own councillor. 3) A child who is looked… - wardrobe noun (a wardrobe, wardrobes)
A wardrobe is a tall cupboard where you hang clothes. - ware noun (wares)
1) (old use) Wares are goods or things made to be sold. 2) A ware is a kind of article made from a material, such as crockery-ware or… - warfare noun (warfare — uncountable)
1) Warfare is fighting in a war, or the way a war is fought. - warm adjective (warm, warmer, warmest); verb (warm, warms, warmed, warming)
A little hot, pleasantly not cold: "warm water". - warmth noun (warmth, uncountable)
Warmth is the state of being warm, a gentle heat: the warmth of the fire. - warn verb (warn, warns, warned, warning); noun warning (a warning, warnings)
To warn someone means to tell them about a danger or problem before it happens, so they can be careful or avoid it. - warning noun (a warning, warnings); verb form (-ing of warn: warn, warns, warned, warning); adjective (a warning sign)
Something said, written or shown to tell people about a danger or a problem so they can avoid it. - warp verb (warp, warps, warped, warping); noun (warp — the threads; a warp — a bend)
To warp is to bend or twist out of shape, often because of heat or water. - warring adjective (warring); verb (form of war: war, wars, warred, warring)
1) Fighting a war against each other. 2) Quarrelling or arguing strongly, like two sides who will not agree. - warrior noun (a warrior, warriors)
A warrior is a brave fighter or soldier, especially in old times or in stories. - wash verb (wash, washes, washed, washing); noun (a wash, washes; the wash)
To clean something or someone with water and usually soap. - washed verb, past form of wash (wash, washes, washed, washing); adjective
Washed means made clean with water, often with soap. - washing noun (washing); verb, -ing form of wash (wash, washes, washed, washing)
Washing is cleaning something with water, often with soap. - washpot noun
A basin or pot for washing, such as feet or hands. - waste noun (waste, wastes); verb (waste, wastes, wasted, wasting); adjective (waste)
Waste is rubbish: things that are thrown away because they are not wanted. - wasted verb (waste, wastes, wasted, wasting); adjective (wasted)
Wasted means used badly or carelessly, or lost without being useful. - waster noun
A person who wastes or destroys, such as a destroyer or ruiner. - wasting verb form of waste (waste, wastes, wasted, wasting); adjective (wasting)
Wasting means using something for nothing or losing it, like wasting time, water, food or money. - watch verb (watch, watches, watched, watching); noun (a watch, watches)
1) To watch is to look at something for a while. 2) To watch someone or something is to take care of it or keep it safe: «Watch your… - watcher noun (a watcher, watchers)
A watcher is a person who watches something or someone, often carefully or for a long time. - watchman noun (watchmen)
A watchman is a person paid to stay awake and guard a building or street at night. - water noun (water, waters); verb (water, waters, watered, watering)
Water is the clear liquid in rivers, lakes, rain and the sea; people, animals and plants need it to live. - watercourse noun (a watercourse, watercourses)
1) A watercourse is any channel that water flows along, like a river, stream, brook, ditch or canal. - watering verb form (present participle of water); noun (watering); adjective (watering)
1) (verb) Giving water to plants or animals. 2) (noun) The act of giving water: The garden needs watering. 3) (adjective) Causing eyes or… - waterman noun
A man who works on or with boats and water, or who carries and sells water. - watermark noun (a watermark, watermarks); verb (watermark, watermarks, watermarked)
1) A faint picture or pattern pressed into paper, which you can see when you hold it up to the light; banknotes have them to show they are… - wave noun (wave, waves); verb (wave, waves, waved, waving)
1) A moving ridge of water on the sea or a lake. 2) A movement of your hand to say hello, goodbye or to get attention. 3) As a verb, to… - waver verb (waver, wavers, wavered, wavering)
To be unsure and keep changing your mind; to hesitate: she wavered between the red and the blue. - waving verb (wave, waves, waved, waving — "waving" is the -ing form); noun (waving); adjective (waving, as in waving grass)
Moving your hand from side to side to say hello or goodbye, or to get attention. - waw noun (waw, also vav or vau — a letter); fragment
Waw (also spelled vav or vau) is the sixth letter of the Hebrew alphabet; in Hebrew it can sound like "v" or stand for an "o" or "u" sound. - wax noun (wax); verb (wax, waxes, waxed, waxing)
Wax is a soft material that melts when warm, used to make candles and crayons. - waxen verb form (old English)
An old past form of "wax," meaning grown or become: "waxen poor" means become poor. - way noun (way, ways); adverb (way — very, far: «way too big»)
A way is a road, path or direction to a place: «the way to school». - wayfaring adjective (wayfaring); noun (wayfaring — uncountable)
1) Travelling, especially on foot from place to place: a wayfaring man. 2) The act of travelling on foot (old). - wayside noun (waysides); adjective
1) The wayside is the edge of a road or path. 2) Wayside means at the side of a road or path (as in «wayside flowers»). - wayward adjective (more wayward, most wayward)
1) Wayward means difficult to control, stubborn, or doing as one likes rather than as one should. - we pronoun (we, us, our, ours, ourselves)
We or us means the speaker and other people together. - weak adjective (weak, weaker, weakest)
Weak means not strong; not having much power or energy in your body. - weaken verb (weaken, weakens, weakened, weakening)
To weaken means to become weaker, or to make someone or something weaker, less strong or less powerful. - weakness noun (weakness — uncountable; a weakness, weaknesses)
Weakness is the state of not being strong in body: «weakness in her legs». - wealth noun (wealth — uncountable)
Wealth is a large amount of money, property and things worth a lot; being rich. - wean verb (wean, weans, weaned, weaning); noun (a wean — Scottish dialect, a child)
To wean a baby or young animal is to slowly stop feeding it only on its mother's milk and start giving it other food. - weapon noun (weapon, weapons)
A weapon is something used to hurt or attack, or to defend in a fight, such as a sword, gun, knife or bomb. - wear verb (wear, wears, wore, worn, wearing); noun (wear — clothes of a kind, or damage from use)
To wear means to have clothes, shoes, glasses or jewellery on your body. - wearied verb (weary, wearies, wearied, wearying)
1) To weary is to make someone tired, or to become tired. «Wearied» is the past form: it was tired and worn out. - weariness noun (no plural)
1) Weariness is the feeling of being very tired and worn out. - wearisome adjective (wearisome; more wearisome, most wearisome)
1) Making you feel tired, bored or fed up, especially because it goes on too long. - weary adjective (weary, wearier, weariest); verb (weary, wearies, wearied, wearying)
Weary means very tired, especially after a lot of work or a long journey. - weasel noun (a weasel, weasels); verb (weasel, weasels, weaselled/weaseled, weaselling/weaseling)
A weasel is a small, thin, fast wild animal with brown fur and a long body that hunts mice and voles. - weather noun (weather — uncountable); verb (weather, weathers, weathered — to wear away; to get through a difficulty)
What the air outside is like at a time and place: sunny, rainy, windy, cold, hot, snowy. - weave verb (weave, weaves, wove, woven, weaving; also weaved for moving); noun (a weave, weaves)
To weave is to make cloth, a basket or a mat by crossing threads, strips or twigs over and under each other. - weaver noun (a weaver, weavers)
A weaver is a person whose job or hobby is weaving: making cloth by crossing threads over and under each other on a loom. - web noun (a web, webs; the Web)
A web is a net of thin, sticky threads that a spider makes to catch insects. - wedded verb (past form of wed: wed, weds, wedded, wedding); adjective (a wedded couple)
1) Wedded means married. 2) (old use, in fairy tales) To be wedded to someone is to be married to them, often by a royal or grand… - wedge noun (a wedge, wedges); verb (wedge, wedges, wedged, wedging)
A piece of wood, metal or other material that is thick at one end and thin at the other, used to hold something in place or split something. - wedlock noun (wedlock — no plural)
1) (formal, old) Wedlock is the state of being married. - weeds noun, plural (weeds; singular: weed); verb form of «weed» (weeds)
1) Weeds are wild plants that grow where people do not want them, such as in gardens, lawns or fields, and take light, water and space… - week noun (week, weeks; casual: wk, wks)
A week is seven days, from Monday to Sunday or Sunday to Saturday. - weep verb (weep, weeps, wept, weeping); noun (a weep — rare, informal: «a good weep»)
To cry, letting tears fall, usually because you are sad. - weeping verb form (-ing of weep); adjective (weeping); noun (weeping — uncountable)
1) Crying with tears. 2) adjective Describes a tree whose branches hang down towards the ground, like a weeping willow. 3) adjective… - weigh verb (weigh, weighs, weighed, weighing)
To weigh is to find how heavy something is, using scales. - weighing verb (-ing form of weigh); noun (weighing, weighings)
The -ing form of «weigh»: measuring how heavy something is: «She is weighing the flour.». - weight noun (weight, weights); verb (weight — to make heavier, rare)
1) Weight is how heavy something is. We measure weight in grams, kilograms, ounces or pounds. 2) A weight is a heavy object, like a metal… - weighty adjective (weightier, weightiest)
1) Weighty means heavy. 2) Weighty means serious and important, needing careful thought. - welfare noun (welfare, uncountable)
Welfare is the health, happiness and safety of a person or animal. - well adverb (well, better, best); adjective (well — healthy); noun (a well, wells); interjection (well...)
Well means in a good or right way: «she sings well». - welter noun
Disorder or a confused mess. - wen noun (wens)
1) (old use) A wen is a soft lump that grows under the skin, often on the face or neck. - west noun (the west); adjective (west, western); adverb (west, westward)
West is the direction where the sun goes down in the evening. - western adjective (western, more western); noun (a western, westerns — a cowboy film or book)
Western means in, from or towards the west: western Canada, a western wind. - westward adjective (westward); adverb (westward, also westwards in UK English)
1) Westward means going towards the west. 2) Westward describes something that faces or lies towards the west. - wet adjective (wet, wetter, wettest); verb (wet, wets, wet/wetted, wetting); noun (the wet)
Covered with or full of water or another liquid: "wet hair". - what pronoun, determiner; exclamation
What is used to ask about a thing: «What is that?». - whatever pronoun; determiner; adverb; interjection (informal)
Whatever means anything or everything that: "Take whatever you need.". - whatsoever adverb; pronoun and determiner (formal, emphatic)
1) At all; used after "no", "none" or "nothing" to make it stronger. 2) (formal, old) Whatever; anything at all. - wheat noun (wheat)
Wheat is a tall grass plant grown on farms; its grain is ground into flour to make bread, pasta and cakes. - wheaten adjective
1) Wheaten means made from wheat, or having the pale golden colour of wheat. - wheel noun (wheel, wheels); verb (wheel, wheels, wheeled, wheeling)
A wheel is a round thing that turns on a rod so a car, bike or cart can move. - wheelwork noun
The wheels of a machine taken together; the whole set of wheels. - whelp noun (whelps); verb (whelps, whelped, whelping)
1) A whelp is a young animal, especially a puppy, cub or wolf cub. 2) (old use) To whelp is to give birth to young.
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