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- breast noun (a breast, breasts); verb (breast — formal or literary)
One of the two soft round parts on the front of a woman's chest that can make milk to feed a baby. - breastbone noun (a breastbone, breastbones)
The long flat bone in the middle of the chest, joining the ribs at the front; its scientific name is the sternum. - breastplate noun (breastplates)
1) A breastplate is a piece of metal armour worn over the chest to protect a fighter in battle. - breaststroke noun (breaststroke, uncountable; a breaststroke, breaststrokes)
1) Breaststroke is a way of swimming on your front where your arms push forward together and sweep round to the sides, while your legs… - breath noun (a breath, breaths; breath — uncountable)
Breath is the air that goes into and out of your lungs. - breathe verb (breathe, breathes, breathed, breathing)
To breathe is to take air into your body and let it out again. - breathless adjective (breathless; more breathless, most breathless)
Out of breath, breathing hard after running or effort. - breathlessly adverb (no other forms)
1) Breathlessly means in a way that shows you are out of breath, panting after running or after a shock. - breathlessness noun (breathlessness — uncountable)
Being short of breath and finding it hard to breathe, for example after running or because of illness. - breathtaking adjective (breathtaking; more breathtaking, most breathtaking)
So beautiful, amazing or exciting that it almost makes you stop breathing. - breech noun (breeches for the old plural)
The breech of a gun is the back end, where the shell or bullet is loaded. - breeches noun (breeches, plural)
Short trousers fastened just below the knee, worn by men in the past and today for horse riding (riding breeches). - breed noun (a breed, breeds); verb (breed, breeds, bred, breeding)
A breed is a particular kind of dog, cat, horse or farm animal, like a Labrador or a poodle. - breeder noun (a breeder, breeders)
A breeder is a person who keeps animals or plants so they can have young or grow new plants, often to sell them. - breeze noun (a breeze, breezes); verb (breeze in/through — informal)
1) A breeze is a light, gentle wind. 2) A breeze is something very easy to do: «The test was a breeze». 3) To breeze in or breeze through… - breezy adjective (breezy, breezier, breeziest)
1) With a fresh wind blowing: a breezy day. 2) Cheerful, relaxed and confident, sometimes too relaxed: a breezy manner. - brethren noun (plural; old plural of brother)
Fellow members of a church or religious group, used to address them in old or formal language ("Dearly beloved brethren"). - brevity noun (brevity — uncountable) — formal
Using few words; being short and to the point when speaking or writing. - brew verb (brew, brews, brewed, brewing); noun (a brew, brews)
To make beer by soaking, boiling and fermenting grain. - brewery noun (a brewery, breweries)
1) A factory or building where beer is made. 2) A company that makes beer. - briar noun (briars)
1) A briar is a prickly bush or wild rose with thorny stems that grows in hedges and woods. - bribe noun (a bribe, bribes); verb (bribe, bribes, bribed, bribing)
Money or a gift given to someone to make them do something dishonest or unfair, such as break a rule. - bribery noun (bribery, uncountable)
Giving or offering money, gifts or favours to someone so they will do something dishonest or unfair for you. - brick noun (brick, bricks); verb (brick up, bricks, bricked, bricking)
A brick is a hard block made of baked clay, used to build walls and houses. - bricklayer noun (bricklayers)
1) A bricklayer is a worker who builds walls, houses and chimneys with bricks. - bridal adjective (no other forms)
1) Bridal means of or for a bride or a wedding. - bride noun (a bride, brides)
A woman on her wedding day, or a woman who has just got married. - bridegroom noun (bridegrooms)
1) A bridegroom is a man on his wedding day, or just before it. - bridesmaid noun (a bridesmaid, bridesmaids)
A bridesmaid is a girl or woman who helps the bride on her wedding day and walks with her at the ceremony. - bridge noun (bridge, bridges); verb (bridge, bridges, bridged, bridging)
A bridge is something built over a river, road or valley so people or vehicles can go across. - bridle noun (a bridle, bridles); verb (bridle, bridles, bridled, bridling)
The straps, metal bit and reins put on a horse's head to control it. - brie noun (brie — uncountable; Brie)
A soft, creamy French cheese with a white, soft rind, originally from the Brie region near Paris. - brief adjective (brief, briefer, briefest); noun (a brief, briefs); verb (brief, briefs, briefed, briefing)
1) Short in time or length. 2) Using few words: be brief. 3) (noun) Instructions about a job or task: the brief for the project. 4) (verb)… - briefly adverb
Briefly means for a short time («I briefly saw her»). - brier noun (briers)
1) A brier is another spelling of briar, a prickly bush with thorny stems. - brig noun (brigs)
A brig is a sailing ship with two masts and square sails. - brigade noun (a brigade, brigades)
A brigade is a big group of soldiers, part of an army. - brigand noun (brigands)
1) A brigand is a bandit or robber, often one who lives in the hills and attacks travellers. - bright adjective (bright, brighter, brightest); adverb (brightly; bright — in «bright and early»)
Giving out or full of strong light: a bright light, a bright sunny day. - brighten verb (brighten, brightens, brightened, brightening)
To become brighter or lighter, or to make something brighter: «The sky brightened after the rain». - brightly adverb (brightly, more brightly, most brightly)
With a lot of light; shining strongly (the sun shone brightly). - brightness noun (brightness — uncountable)
How much light something gives off or reflects; a bright lamp has high brightness. - brilliance noun (brilliance, uncountable)
Brilliance is great cleverness or talent: «the brilliance of the scientist». - brilliancy noun (brilliancies)
1) Brilliancy is great brightness or sparkle of light, or a dazzling shine; it is another word for brilliance. - brilliant adjective (brilliant, more brilliant, most brilliant)
1) Brilliant means very clever or talented. 2) Brilliant means very bright and shining, like brilliant sunshine. 3) In British, Irish and… - brilliantly adverb (brilliantly, more brilliantly, most brilliantly); from «brilliant»
Very well or very cleverly: «She played brilliantly». - brim noun (brim, brims); verb (brim, brims, brimmed, brimming)
The brim of a cup, glass or bowl is its top edge: full to the brim. - brimming adjective (brimming); verb (brim, brims, brimmed, brimming)
1) Brimming means filled right up to the top, so full that it runs over the edge. - brimstone noun (brimstones)
Brimstone is an old word for sulphur, a yellow stone that burns with a bad smell. - brindle noun (brindles); adjective (brindle)
Brindle is a coat of brown or grey with dark streaks or spots, as on some cows and dogs. - brindled adjective (brindled, no change)
1) Brindled means brown or grey with dark streaks or stripes in the coat. - brine noun (brine, uncountable); verb (brine, brines, brined, brining)
1) Very salty water. 2) Salty water used to keep food fresh or add flavour, such as for pickles or olives. 3) (literary) The sea. - bring verb (bring, brings, brought, bringing)
To bring is to carry something to a place where someone is: «Bring your book to school». - brink noun (the brink, brinks)
1) The edge of a cliff, a steep place or water. 2) The point where something very good or very bad is about to happen: on the brink of… - briny adjective (brinier, briniest); noun (the briny)
1) Briny means salty, like sea water. 2) (informal) «The briny» means the sea. - brioche noun (a brioche, brioches; brioche, uncountable)
1) A soft, sweet French bread made with eggs and butter, often shaped like a bun with a little top knot. - brisk adjective (brisk, brisker, briskest)
Brisk means quick and energetic («a brisk walk»). - brisket noun (brisket, uncountable; a brisket)
1) Meat cut from the chest of a cow, cooked slowly until it is soft. 2) The brisket is the front of the chest, below the neck. - briskly adverb (briskly)
1) Briskly means quickly and with energy, in a lively way. - bristle noun (a bristle, bristles); verb (bristle, bristles, bristled, bristling)
A short, stiff hair, like the hairs on a toothbrush, a brush or a pig's back. - bristly adjective (bristly, bristlier, bristliest)
1) Covered with short, stiff hairs. 2) Stiff and rough like bristles. 3) (informal) Easily annoyed or quick to get angry. - brit noun (a Brit, Brits)
A person from Britain (the United Kingdom of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland). - british adjective (British); noun (the British)
British means from or about the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, or its people. - briton noun (a Briton, Britons)
1) (formal) A person from Britain; a British citizen. 2) (history) One of the Ancient Britons, the Celtic people who lived in Britain… - brittle adjective (brittle, brittler, brittlest — or more brittle); noun (brittle — a sweet, e.g. peanut brittle)
Brittle means hard but easily broken, snapping or cracking instead of bending: brittle glass, brittle bones, dry brittle leaves. - broad adjective (broad, broader, broadest)
1) Broad means wide from one side to the other. 2) Broad means including many different things, general rather than detailed. 3) «In broad… - broadband noun (broadband — uncountable); adjective (broadband)
Broadband is a fast internet connection that can send a lot of information at once, used in homes, schools and offices. - broadcast verb (broadcast, broadcasts, broadcast or broadcasted, broadcasting); noun (a broadcast, broadcasts)
To broadcast means to send out a programme on television, radio or the internet: "the match will be broadcast live". - broadcaster noun (broadcaster, broadcasters)
1) A company that sends out radio or TV programmes, such as the BBC. 2) A person who speaks on radio or TV, presenting news or programmes. - broadly adverb (broadly)
In a general way, without all the details, as in «broadly speaking». - brocade noun (brocades)
1) Brocade is a rich cloth woven with patterns, often with gold or silver thread. - broccoli noun (broccoli — uncountable; a broccoli floret)
Broccoli is a green vegetable with a thick stalk and many small tight flower buds on top that look like tiny trees. - brochure noun (a brochure, brochures)
A brochure is a small thin booklet or leaflet with pictures and information, usually about a product, a place to visit or a service. - brogue noun (brogues)
A brogue is a strong leather shoe with small holes punched in its pattern. - broil verb (broils, broiled, broiling); noun (broils, old use)
1) To broil is to cook food over or under a hot flame or fire. 2) (old use) A broil is a noisy quarrel or fight. - broiled adjective; past form of broil (broiled)
1) Broiled means cooked over or under a hot flame, grilled. - broke verb (past simple of break: break, breaks, broke, broken, breaking); adjective (broke, informal)
1) Broke is the past form of break: I broke the window. 2) Broke (informal) means having no money: I'm broke until my next pocket money. - broken adjective (broken); verb (break, breaks, broke, broken, breaking — broken is the past participle)
1) Broken means damaged, or in pieces. 2) Broken means not working: «The TV is broken». 3) A broken promise is one that was not kept. 4)… - broker noun (brokers)
A broker is a person who buys and sells things for other people, such as shares, goods or old pictures. - brolly noun (a brolly, brollies), informal
1) (UK, Australia, NZ, informal) An umbrella. - brontosaurus noun (a brontosaurus, brontosauruses or brontosauri)
1) A huge plant-eating dinosaur with a very long neck, long tail and four thick legs; its name means "thunder lizard". - bronze noun (bronze; a bronze, bronzes); adjective (bronze)
Bronze is a hard brown-gold metal made by mixing copper and tin. - brooch noun (brooches)
1) A brooch is a piece of jewellery with a pin, worn to fasten or decorate clothes. - brood noun (brood, broods); verb (brood, broods, brooded, brooding)
A family of baby birds or other young animals born at the same time. - brooding adjective (brooding); verb -ing form of brood (brood, broods, brooded, brooding); noun (brooding)
Thinking for a long time about something that makes you sad, worried or angry. - broody adjective (broody, broodier, broodiest)
Wanting to sit on her eggs to keep them warm until they hatch. - brook noun (a brook, brooks); verb (brook, brooks, brooked, brooking — formal)
1) A small stream of fresh water. 2) (formal, verb) To allow or put up with something, usually in the negative: «She would brook no… - brooklet noun (brooklets)
1) A brooklet is a small brook, a little stream of running water. - broom noun (a broom, brooms); verb (broom — rare)
1) A broom is a brush with a long handle for sweeping floors. 2) Broom is also a wild bush with small yellow flowers. - broomstick noun (broomsticks)
1) A broomstick is the long wooden handle of a broom. 2) In stories a witch flies through the air on a broomstick. - broth noun (broths)
1) Broth is a thin, hot soup made by boiling meat, fish or vegetables in water. - brother noun (brother, brothers; old plural brethren)
A brother is a boy or man who has the same parents as you. - brotherhood noun (brotherhood, uncountable; a brotherhood, brotherhoods)
Friendship and loyalty between people, like the feeling between brothers. - brow noun (a brow, brows)
Your brow is your forehead, the part of your face above your eyes. - brown adjective (brown, browner, brownest); noun (brown); verb (brown, browns, browned, browning)
1) Brown is the colour of chocolate, wood or soil. 2) To brown food is to cook it until its outside turns brown, like toast or onions. - brownie noun (a brownie, brownies; a Brownie, Brownies)
A small square of rich, soft chocolate cake, often with nuts. - brownish adjective (brownish)
Slightly brown; of a colour that is close to brown but not quite. - browse verb (browse, browses, browsed, browsing); noun (a browse)
To look through things in a relaxed way, without looking for something particular: «browse in a bookshop». - browser noun (a browser, browsers)
A browser is a computer program used to look at websites on the internet, such as Chrome, Safari or Firefox. - browsing verb form (browse, browses, browsed, browsing); noun (browsing — uncountable)
Looking through things in a relaxed way without searching for anything special, as in shops or books.
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