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- dusty adjective (dusty, dustier, dustiest)
Dusty means covered with dust, the dry powder of dirt that collects on things. - dutch adjective (Dutch); noun (Dutch — the language; the Dutch — the people)
From the Netherlands (also called Holland), or to do with its people. - dutiful adjective (dutifully, dutifulness)
1) Dutiful means careful to do what you should, obeying parents and keeping promises. - duty noun (a duty, duties; uncountable "duty" for the idea)
Something you must do because it is right, because it is your job or because the rules or the law say so. - duvet noun (a duvet, duvets)
1) A duvet is a big soft bed cover filled with feathers or other soft material, which you sleep under to keep warm. - dvd noun (DVD, DVDs)
A DVD is a flat round shiny disc that holds films, music, games or computer files. - dwarf noun (a dwarf, dwarfs or dwarves); adjective (dwarf = much smaller than usual); verb (dwarf, dwarfs, dwarfed, dwarfing)
In fairy tales and fantasy, a dwarf is a small, strong, often bearded creature who lives in mountains and mines. - dwarfism noun (dwarfism, uncountable)
A condition in which a person or animal grows much shorter than usual, often because of their genes. - dwell verb (dwell, dwells, dwelt or dwelled, dwelling)
1) (formal or old-fashioned) To live somewhere: Bears dwell in the forest. 2) dwell on / upon = keep thinking or talking about something… - dweller noun (dwellers)
1) A dweller is a person or creature who lives in a certain place. - dwelling noun (a dwelling, dwellings); verb (present participle of «dwell»: dwell, dwells, dwelt or dwelled, dwelling)
A house, flat or other place where people live; a home. - dwindle verb (dwindle, dwindles, dwindled, dwindling)
1) To become smaller, fewer or weaker little by little until there is very little left. 2) dwindling (adjective): getting smaller. - dye noun (a dye, dyes; dye — uncountable for the stuff); verb (dye, dyes, dyed, dyeing)
A dye is a substance used to change the colour of cloth, hair, food or other things. - dyed verb form (dye, dyes, dyed, dyeing); adjective (dyed)
Changed the colour of something with a dye (a colouring liquid or powder): She dyed her hair purple. - dyeing verb (present participle of dye: dye, dyes, dyed, dyeing); noun (dyeing, uncountable)
Changing the colour of something, like hair, cloth or wool, by soaking it in a colouring liquid called dye. - dying verb, the -ing form of «die» (die, dies, died, dying); adjective (dying)
Dying means coming to the end of life; about to die. - dyke noun (dykes)
1) A dyke is a bank of earth built up to keep water back. 2) A dyke can also be a ditch that carries water across fields. - dynamic adjective (dynamic, more dynamic); noun (a dynamic, dynamics)
A dynamic person is full of energy, ideas and enthusiasm. - dynamite noun (dynamite, uncountable); verb (dynamite, dynamites, dynamited, dynamiting)
A powerful explosive made in sticks, used to blast rock in mines and building work. - dynamo noun (a dynamo, dynamos)
A dynamo is a machine that turns movement into electricity, like the small one on an old bicycle that lights the lamp when the wheel turns. - dynasty noun (a dynasty, dynasties)
1) A dynasty is a line of rulers from the same family, where power passes from parent to child over many years, like the Tudors in England… - dyslexia noun (dyslexia, uncountable)
1) Dyslexia is a common difference in how the brain works with words, which makes reading, spelling and sometimes writing harder, even for… - dyslexic adjective (dyslexic); noun (a dyslexic, dyslexics — less preferred)
1) Having dyslexia: a difference in how the brain handles words, which makes reading, spelling and sometimes writing harder, but has…
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