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- blameless adjective (blameless)
1) Not responsible for something bad that happened; not guilty. 2) Never doing anything wrong; innocent and good. - blanc adjective/noun (French word, used in English phrases); proper noun (Mont Blanc)
Blanc is the French word for «white»; on its own it is not an English word. - blank adjective (blank, blanker, blankest); noun (a blank, blanks); verb (blank, blanks, blanked, blanking)
Blank means with nothing written, drawn or recorded on it: a blank page, a blank screen. - blanket noun (a blanket, blankets); adjective (blanket — covering everything); verb (blanket, blankets, blanketed, blanketing)
A blanket is a large piece of warm cloth used to cover you in bed or keep you warm. - blankly adverb (blankly)
1) In a way that shows no feeling or understanding; with an empty look. - blaring verb, -ing form of blare (blare, blares, blared, blaring); adjective (blaring)
1) Making a very loud, harsh, unpleasant noise. 2) (adjective) Very loud: blaring music, blaring horns. - blast noun (a blast, blasts); verb (blast, blasts, blasted, blasting); interjection (Blast!)
1) A blast is an explosion. 2) A blast is a sudden strong rush of wind or air. 3) A blast is a very loud sound, like from a horn or… - blaze noun (a blaze, blazes); verb (blaze, blazes, blazed, blazing)
A large, strong fire that burns brightly, often one that is dangerous. - blazing adjective (blazing); verb, -ing form of blaze
1) Burning brightly and strongly. 2) Very hot or bright: blazing sun, blazing heat. 3) (informal) Very angry, or very strong: a blazing… - bleach noun (bleach, uncountable); verb (bleach, bleaches, bleached, bleaching)
Bleach is a strong chemical liquid used to kill germs and make things clean and white. - bleak adjective (bleak, bleaker, bleakest)
1) Cold, bare and empty of comfort, with no warmth or sun. 2) Hopeless, with little to look forward to. - bleary adjective (bleary, blearier, bleariest); also bleary-eyed
1) (of eyes) Tired, watery or unable to see clearly, especially after sleep or crying. 2) Not clear, blurry. - bleat verb (bleat, bleats, bleated, bleating); noun (a bleat, bleats)
The shaky «baa» sound a sheep, lamb or goat makes. - bleed verb (bleed, bleeds, bled, bleeding)
To lose blood from the body, because of a cut or injury. - bleeding verb, -ing form of bleed (bleed, bleeds, bled, bleeding); noun (bleeding, uncountable); adjective
Bleeding is losing blood from a cut, wound or injury. - bleep noun (a bleep, bleeps); verb (bleep, bleeps, bleeped, bleeping)
A short, high electronic sound, like from a machine or phone. - bleeping phrase (adjective, adverb; verb form: bleep, bleeps, bleeped, bleeping)
1) (euphemism) a word used instead of a swear word: «that bleeping dog». 2) (literal) making short high sounds, like a machine. - blend verb (blend, blends, blended, blending); noun (a blend, blends)
To blend is to mix two or more things together so they become one. - blender noun (a blender, blenders)
A blender is an electric kitchen machine with sharp spinning blades that mixes and chops food into a smooth liquid, like a smoothie or soup. - bless verb (bless, blesses, blessed or blest, blessing)
To bless means to ask God to protect someone or something or bring them good, often by a priest or religious leader. - blessing noun (a blessing, blessings)
1) (church) A blessing is a prayer asking God to protect and do good to someone or something, or God's favour itself; Christians believe… - blest adjective (old use; no comparative)
1) (old form of «blessed») Given good luck, favour or happiness, often by heaven. - bleu French adjective (bleu, bleue, bleus, bleues); not an English word
«Bleu» means «blue»: «le ciel bleu» = the blue sky. - blight noun (blight, blights)
1) A disease or damage that spoils plants or crops so they cannot grow well. 2) Something that spoils or ruins a place or a life. - blighted adjective (no comparative)
1) Spoiled, damaged or ruined, especially by disease, bad weather or bad luck. - blimey interjection (blimey; also cor blimey, gor blimey)
a cry of surprise, shock or amazement, like «wow!» or «goodness!». - blind adjective (blind); verb (blind, blinds, blinded, blinding); noun (a blind, blinds; the blind)
1) Blind means not able to see. 2) To blind someone is to stop them seeing, for a short time or for ever: The bright light blinded me. 3)… - blindfold noun (a blindfold, blindfolds); verb (blindfold, blindfolds, blindfolded, blindfolding); adjective/adverb (blindfold)
A blindfold is a cloth tied over someone's eyes so they cannot see. - blindfolded adjective (blindfolded); verb (past form of blindfold: blindfolded)
Blindfolded means with a cloth or band over your eyes so you cannot see. - blindly adverb (blindly); from the adjective blind
Blindly means without looking, or without being able to see. - blindness noun (blindness — uncountable)
Blindness is being unable to see, either completely or almost completely. - bling noun (bling — uncountable, slang); adjective (bling — slang)
Shiny, expensive-looking jewellery such as big gold chains and sparkly rings. - blink verb (blink, blinks, blinked, blinking); noun (a blink, blinks)
To blink is to shut and open your eyes very quickly. - bliss noun (bliss — uncountable; no plural)
1) Perfect happiness and calm joy. 2) Something that gives you great pleasure («This bath is bliss!»). 3) (church) In Christian writing… - blissful adjective (blissful, more blissful, most blissful)
1) Very happy, full of joy and peace. - blister noun (a blister, blisters); verb (blister, blisters, blistered, blistering)
A small bubble under the skin, filled with clear liquid, caused by rubbing or burning. - blithe adjective (blithe, blither, blithest)
1) (old use) Cheerful, happy and carefree. 2) Careless, showing little worry, sometimes too much so. - blithesome adjective (blithesome; more blithesome, most blithesome — old-fashioned)
1) (old-fashioned, literary) Cheerful, merry and light-hearted. 2) (literary) Carefree, not worried about anything. - blitz noun (a blitz, blitzes; the Blitz); verb (blitz, blitzes, blitzed, blitzing)
The Blitz: the heavy German bombing of British cities, especially London, in 1940–1941 during the Second World War. - blizzard noun (a blizzard, blizzards)
A blizzard is a very bad snowstorm with strong wind, lots of blowing snow and very poor visibility. - bloat verb (bloat, bloats, bloated, bloating); noun (bloat, uncountable)
To swell up and become bigger than normal, usually with air, gas or liquid. - bloated adjective (bloated); verb, past form of bloat
Swollen and bigger than normal because of air, gas or liquid. - blob noun (a blob, blobs); verb (blob, blobs, blobbed, blobbing — informal)
A small round lump of a thick liquid, like paint, glue or jam. - block noun (block, blocks); verb (block, blocks, blocked, blocking)
A block is a solid piece of wood, plastic or stone, often a cube, that children build with. - blockage noun (a blockage, blockages)
A blockage is something that blocks a pipe, tube, road or passage so things cannot get through. - blockhead noun (blockheads)
1) A rude word for a stupid person. - blocky adjective (blocky, blockier, blockiest)
1) Made of block shapes, with square edges and corners. 2) Looking chunky and not smooth or detailed, like the pictures in some video games. - bloke noun (a bloke, blokes) — informal, UK, Australia, NZ, Ireland
1) (informal, UK/Australia) A man. 2) (informal) An ordinary, regular man (just a normal bloke). - blond adjective (blond, blonder, blondest; blonde often used for women); noun (a blond, a blonde)
1) Having pale yellow or golden hair. 2) Pale yellow or golden in colour, like blond hair or blond wood. 3) A person with blond hair. - blonde adjective (blonde or blond); noun (a blonde, blondes)
1) Having pale yellow or golden hair. 2) Pale yellow or golden in colour, like light hair, wood or beer. 3) A person with blonde hair… - blood noun (blood — uncountable); adjective forms (bloody, bloodless)
The red liquid that the heart pumps around your body through tubes called blood vessels. - bloodhound noun (a bloodhound, bloodhounds)
A large dog with a very good sense of smell, long droopy ears and loose wrinkled skin, used to follow the trail of people or animals. - bloodless adjective (bloodless, more bloodless, most bloodless)
Bloodless means without blood, or so pale it looks as if the blood has drained away. - bloodstream noun (the bloodstream)
1) The blood that flows round and round the body through the blood vessels (arteries, veins and capillaries). - bloodsucker noun (a bloodsucker, bloodsuckers)
An animal that sucks blood, such as a leech, a mosquito, a tick or a vampire bat. - bloodthirsty adjective (bloodthirsty, bloodthirstier, bloodthirstiest)
Bloodthirsty means eager to kill or hurt people, or enjoying violence. - bloody adjective (bloodier, bloodiest); adverb (bloody — rude, UK, Australia, NZ, Ireland)
1) Covered in blood or bleeding. 2) With a lot of killing and injury, such as a battle. 3) (rude, mild swearing, UK, Australia, NZ… - bloom noun (a bloom, blooms; in bloom); verb (bloom, blooms, bloomed, blooming)
A flower, especially on a plant grown for its flowers. - bloomer noun (a bloomer, bloomers)
1) (UK, informal) A silly mistake. 2) (UK) A large loaf of white bread with diagonal cuts on top. 3) Bloomers (plural): long, loose… - blooming adjective (blooming); verb, -ing form of bloom (bloom, blooms, bloomed, blooming); adverb (blooming, UK informal)
1) Having flowers that are open; flowering. 2) Healthy, happy and full of life: looking blooming. 3) (UK, informal, mild) A mild word used… - blossom noun (a blossom, blossoms; blossom, uncountable); verb (blossom, blossoms, blossomed, blossoming)
Blossom is the flowers on a fruit tree or bush, such as apple, cherry or plum, in spring. - blot noun (blots); verb (blots, blotted, blotting)
1) A blot is a spot or stain, especially of ink. 2) To blot is to dry or soak up wet ink with paper. 3) To blot out is to hide something… - blotch noun (a blotch, blotches); verb (blotch, blotches, blotched, blotching)
1) A large, uneven mark or patch of colour, such as an ink stain or a red patch on the skin. 2) (verb) To mark with blotches. - blotchy adjective (blotchy, blotchier, blotchiest)
1) Covered in blotches; marked with uneven patches of colour. - blotto adjective (blotto — slang, old-fashioned)
1) (slang, UK) Very drunk. - blouse noun (blouses)
A blouse is a loose top worn by a woman or girl, or in old tales a loose shirt worn by a boy or man. - blow verb (blow, blows, blew, blown, blowing; blow out, blow up, blow away); noun (a blow, blows)
1) Of wind: to move: «The wind is blowing». 2) To push air out of your mouth: blow out candles, blow your nose, blow bubbles. 3) Of… - blower noun (a blower, blowers)
A machine or person that blows air, such as a leaf blower, a snow blower or a fan heater. - blowgun noun (a blowgun, blowguns)
1) A long, thin tube used as a weapon or for hunting: a person blows hard into one end to shoot a small dart out of the other. - blowhole noun (a blowhole, blowholes)
A blowhole is the hole on the top of the head of a whale, dolphin or porpoise, through which it breathes air. - blowing verb form (-ing of blow: blowing); noun (blowing — rare)
Blowing means making air come out of your mouth, as when you blow out candles. - blown verb (past participle of blow: blow, blows, blew, blown, blowing); adjective (blown — a blown fuse, a blown tyre)
Moved or pushed by wind or air: "The leaves were blown away.". - blub verb (blub, blubs, blubbed, blubbing), informal
1) (UK, informal) To cry noisily, often in a way that seems babyish. - blubber noun (blubber, uncountable); verb (blubber, blubbers, blubbered, blubbering — informal)
Blubber is the thick layer of fat under the skin of whales, seals and penguins that keeps them warm in cold water. - bludger noun (a bludger, bludgers — Australia, New Zealand, slang); noun (Bludger — Harry Potter)
A lazy person who avoids work or lets others do it, or someone who lives on other people's money. - blue adjective (blue, bluer, bluest); noun (blue, blues; Australian slang: a blue — a fight or a mistake)
1) Blue is the color of a clear sky or the sea. 2) Feeling blue means feeling sad. 3) Blues is a kind of slow, sad music. 4) (casual) «Out… - bluebell noun (a bluebell, bluebells)
A wild plant with nodding, bell-shaped blue or purple flowers that grows in woods in spring, especially in Britain and Ireland. - blueberry noun (a blueberry, blueberries)
1) A small, round, dark blue berry that is sweet and good to eat. 2) The bush it grows on. - blueness noun (blueness — uncountable)
1) The quality of being blue, or how blue something is. 2) (rare, old-fashioned) A feeling of sadness, from «feeling blue». - bluff verb (bluff, bluffs, bluffed, bluffing); noun (a bluff, bluffs); adjective (bluff)
To pretend you are stronger, braver, cleverer or have better cards than you really do, to trick someone. - bluish adjective (bluish; also «blueish»)
1) Slightly blue; having a little blue in its colour. - blunder noun (blunders); verb (blunders, blundered, blundering)
1) A blunder is a clumsy mistake. 2) To blunder is to make a clumsy mistake, or to move about in a clumsy, careless way. - blunt adjective (blunt, blunter, bluntest); verb (blunt, blunts, blunted, blunting)
Not sharp; having an edge or point that does not cut well. - blur noun (a blur, blurs); verb (blur, blurs, blurred, blurring)
A blur is something you cannot see clearly because it is moving fast or out of focus. - blurred adjective (blurred); verb (blur, blurs, blurred, blurring — past form)
Blurred means not clear or sharp, so the edges or details are hard to see. - blurriness noun (blurriness, uncountable)
The state of being blurry: not sharp or clear, so you cannot see the edges or details well. - blurry adjective (blurry, blurrier, blurriest)
Blurry means not clear or sharp, with fuzzy edges, so it is hard to see the details: a blurry photo. - blurt verb (blurt, blurts, blurted, blurting) — usually "blurt out"
1) To say something suddenly, without thinking first, often something you should have kept secret. - blush verb (blush, blushes, blushed, blushing); noun (a blush, blushes; blush makeup, uncountable)
To go red in the face because you are shy, embarrassed or ashamed. - bluster noun (no plural); verb (blusters, blustered, blustering)
1) Bluster is loud, angry talk or threats with little real force behind it. 2) To bluster is to talk loudly and boldly without much meaning. - blustering adjective; present participle of «bluster» (bluster, blusters, blustered, blustering)
Blustering means talking in a loud, boastful or angry way, often to hide that you are wrong or scared. - boa noun (a boa, boas)
A large snake that kills its prey by wrapping round it and squeezing, as the boa constrictor of Central and South America does. - boar noun (a boar, boars)
A boar, or wild boar, is a wild pig with thick, bristly hair and sharp tusks, living in forests in Europe, Asia and North Africa. - board noun (board, boards); verb (board, boards, boarded, boarding)
A board is a flat surface in class where the teacher writes: a whiteboard or blackboard. - boarder noun (a boarder, boarders)
A pupil who lives at a boarding school during term instead of going home each day. - boardwalk noun (a boardwalk, boardwalks)
A path made of wooden boards, often built over sand, mud or wet ground. - boast verb (boast, boasts, boasted, boasting); noun (a boast, boasts)
To boast means to talk too proudly about yourself, what you have or what you can do. - boaster noun (a boaster, boasters)
1) A person who boasts: someone who talks too proudly about what they have or can do, often making it bigger than it really is. - boastful adjective (boastful, more boastful, most boastful)
1) Talking too proudly about yourself, your skills or your things, so that others feel you are showing off. - boastfully adverb (boastfully)
In a boastful way: talking very proudly about yourself or what you have done, so others feel you are showing off.
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