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- diffidently adverb (diffidently)
1) Diffidently means in a shy, unsure way, without much confidence and without wanting to push yourself forward. - diffusion noun (diffusion, no plural)
Diffusion is the spreading of something far and wide, such as ideas, customs or stories, from one place to many others. - dig verb (dig, digs, dug, digging); noun (a dig, digs)
To dig is to make a hole in the ground, for example with a spade or with hands or paws. - digest verb (digest, digests, digested, digesting); noun (a digest — a short summary, said «DY-jest»)
To digest food means to break it down in the stomach and intestines so the body can use it for energy and growth. - digestion noun (digestion — usually no plural)
1) The process in the body that breaks food down into tiny parts the body can take in and use. 2) The body's ability to do this. - digestive adjective (digestive); noun (a digestive, digestives — a biscuit, UK/Ireland)
Digestive means to do with digestion, the way the body breaks down food so it can use it. - digger noun (a digger, diggers)
A digger is a large machine with a big metal bucket on an arm, used for digging holes and moving earth. - digging verb (-ing form of dig: dig, digs, dug, digging); noun (digging; diggings — places where things are dug)
The action of making a hole in the ground or moving earth, with a spade, hands, paws or a machine. - digit noun (digit, digits)
A digit is one of the ten signs 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 that we use to write numbers. - digital adjective (digital); noun use (digital — informal, digital technology)
Using electronic signals and computers to store, send or show information as numbers (ones and zeros): «digital camera», «digital TV». - digitalis noun (digitalis, uncountable)
A medicine made from the foxglove plant, used by doctors to make a weak heart beat more strongly and steadily. - dignified adjective (dignified; more dignified, most dignified)
1) Calm, serious and behaving in a way that makes people respect you. 2) Looking important and stately: «a dignified old building». - dignitary noun (dignitary, dignitaries)
1) A dignitary is an important person who holds a high rank or office, such as a judge, bishop or senior official. - dignity noun (dignity; uncountable)
Dignity is the worth that every person has, which means they should be treated with respect. - digraph noun (a digraph, digraphs)
1) Two letters that together make one sound, such as sh in «ship», ch in «chip», th in «thin», ee in «see» and ai in «rain». - dike noun (dike, dikes)
A dike is a long bank of earth or stone built to keep the sea or a river from flooding the land; it is the same as a dyke. - dilapidated adjective (dilapidated)
1) Dilapidated means old, falling to pieces and in need of repair. - dilate verb (dilate, dilates, dilated, dilating)
To become wider or bigger, especially an opening in the body. - dilemma noun (a dilemma, dilemmas)
A dilemma is a hard choice between two (or more) options when each one has a bad side, so it is hard to know what is right. - diligence noun (diligence — uncountable); adjective diligent; adverb diligently
Diligence is careful, steady, hard work that keeps going until the job is done properly. - diligent adjective (diligent; more diligent, most diligent)
Working hard and carefully, paying attention to details and not giving up. - diligently adverb (diligently)
1) Diligently means working hard and carefully, giving full attention to a task. - dill noun (dill, uncountable; a dill, dills in Australian slang)
A herb with soft feathery leaves and a fresh taste, used in cooking, especially with fish, potatoes and pickles. - dilute verb (dilute, dilutes, diluted, diluting); adjective (dilute)
To make a liquid weaker or thinner by adding water or another liquid. - diluted adjective (diluted); also the past form of dilute (dilute, dilutes, diluted, diluting)
1) Made weaker or thinner by adding water or another liquid. 2) Made weaker or less strong in effect: «a diluted version of the plan». - dilution noun (dilution, uncountable; a dilution, dilutions)
The act of making a liquid weaker or thinner by adding water or another liquid. - dim adjective (dim, dimmer, dimmest); verb (dim, dims, dimmed, dimming)
1) Dim means not bright. A dim light gives only a little light. 2) To dim is to make or become less bright. 3) Dim can mean hard to see or… - dime noun (dime, dimes)
A dime is a coin in the United States and Canada. - dimension noun (a dimension, dimensions)
A dimension is a measurement in one direction, like length, width or height. - dimetrodon noun (dimetrodon, dimetrodons; also Dimetrodon)
1) A large animal with a tall sail on its back that lived about 295 to 272 million years ago, before the dinosaurs. - diminish verb (diminish, diminishes, diminished, diminishing)
1) To diminish is to become smaller, less or weaker. 2) To diminish something is to make it smaller or less important. - diminished adjective (diminished); verb, past form of "diminish" (diminish, diminishes, diminished, diminishing)
Diminished means made smaller, fewer or weaker. - diminishing verb (-ing form of diminish: diminish, diminishes, diminished, diminishing); adjective (diminishing)
Diminishing means getting smaller, fewer or weaker over time. - diminution noun (diminution; a diminution, diminutions)
1) (formal) A reduction in size, amount, importance or strength; getting smaller or less. - diminutive adjective (diminutive); noun (a diminutive, diminutives)
1) Very small or short. 2) (grammar, noun) A form of a word or name that means small or shows affection, such as «duckling», «piglet»… - dimly adverb (dimly, more dimly)
1) Dimly means with only a little light, not brightly. 2) Dimly means not clearly, in a faint or uncertain way (dimly remember). - dimmed verb (past and past participle of dim: dim, dims, dimmed, dimming); adjective (dimmed lights)
1) Made less bright: the lights were dimmed. 2) Became less bright by itself. 3) Made a feeling, hope or memory weaker. 4) (on a car)… - dimmer noun (a dimmer, dimmers); adjective (dimmer — comparative of dim)
Dimmer means less bright: «The light grew dimmer.». - din noun (a din, uncountable in general)
A loud, long, unpleasant noise, often from many sounds together. - dine verb (dine, dines, dined, dining)
1) (formal) To eat dinner, the main meal of the day. 2) To dine out: to eat in a restaurant. 3) To dine on something: to eat it for a meal. - diner noun (a diner, diners)
A diner is a person who is eating a meal, especially in a restaurant. - ding noun (ding, dings); verb (ding, dings, dinged, dinging); interjection (ding!)
A ding is a short ringing sound, like a bell or a timer. - dinghy noun (a dinghy, dinghies)
A small open boat, rowed with oars or sailed, often used to get from a bigger boat to the shore. - dingle noun (dingle, dingles)
1) A dingle is a small wooded valley or deep, shady hollow with steep sides. - dingo noun (a dingo, dingoes or dingos)
1) A dingo is a wild dog of Australia, usually sandy-yellow, which hunts alone or in packs. - dingy adjective (dingy, dingier, dingiest)
1) Dark, dull and dirty-looking; not bright or clean: a dingy room. 2) Of colours: faded and dull, not fresh. - dining verb form (dining — from dine, dines, dined, dining); adjective use in compounds (dining room, dining table)
Dining is the -ing form of «dine», which means to eat dinner, especially a proper or special meal. - dinner noun (a dinner, dinners; dinner — uncountable)
Dinner is the main meal of the day, usually eaten in the evening. - dinosaur noun (a dinosaur, dinosaurs)
A dinosaur is one of a large group of reptiles that lived on Earth millions of years ago and died out; some were huge, others were small. - dint noun (dint, dints)
A dint is a dent or hollow pressed into a hard surface by a blow. - diocese noun (a diocese, dioceses)
1) (church) An area with many churches and parishes, looked after by a bishop. 2) The church community and offices of that area. - diode noun (a diode, diodes)
A diode is a small electronic part that lets electric current flow in only one direction, like a one-way door. - dioxide noun (a dioxide, dioxides)
A dioxide is a chemical substance whose molecules have two oxygen atoms joined to another atom. - dip verb (dip, dips, dipped, dipping); noun (a dip, dips)
To dip something means to put it into a liquid quickly and take it out. - diplodocus noun (a diplodocus, diplodocuses; Diplodocus)
1) Diplodocus was a huge plant-eating dinosaur with a very long neck and an even longer whip-like tail that lived about 150 million years… - diplomacy noun (diplomacy — uncountable)
The work of governments talking to each other to keep peace, make agreements and sort out problems between countries. - diplomat noun (a diplomat, diplomats)
A person who represents their country in another country and helps the two governments talk and agree. - diplomatic adjective (diplomatic, more diplomatic, most diplomatic)
Diplomatic means to do with diplomats: people who work for their country in other countries and help countries talk to each other. - diplomatically adverb (diplomatically; more diplomatically, most diplomatically)
In a tactful way, careful not to upset or offend people. - dipped verb form (dip, dips, dipped, dipping); adjective (dipped)
If you dipped something, you put it into a liquid and took it out quickly. - dipper noun (a dipper, dippers)
A small bird that lives by fast streams and walks or dives under water to catch insects. - dire adjective (dire, direr, direst)
Dire means very serious or terrible, often dangerous. - direct adjective (direct, more direct, most direct); verb (direct, directs, directed, directing); adverb (direct: "fly direct")
Direct means going straight from one place to another without stopping or turning: "a direct flight". - directed verb, past form of direct (direct, directs, directed, directing); adjective (directed at someone)
Directed is the past of direct: told someone the way, or told people what to do. - direction noun (direction, directions)
A direction is the way something goes, faces or points, like north, left, up or forwards. - directly adverb (directly)
Directly means going straight to a place or person, without stopping or turning off. - director noun (a director, directors)
A director is the person in charge of making a film, play or TV programme who tells the actors and crew what to do. - directory noun (directory, directories)
A directory is a book or list of names, addresses and numbers, arranged in order so people can look them up. - dirge noun (dirge, dirges)
1) A dirge is a slow, sad song sung for someone who has died. - dirt noun (dirt, uncountable)
Dirt is anything that makes things unclean, like mud, dust or grease. - dirtiness noun (dirtiness, uncountable)
1) The state of being dirty: covered in mud, dust or germs. 2) Being unfair or dishonest, as in a dirty trick (less common). - dirty adjective (dirty, dirtier, dirtiest); verb (dirty, dirties, dirtied — to make dirty)
Not clean; covered with dirt, mud, dust or germs. - disability noun (a disability, disabilities)
A disability is a condition that makes some things harder for a person to do, such as seeing, hearing, walking, learning or communicating. - disable verb (disable, disables, disabled, disabling)
To turn off a feature or machine so it does not work, for example in an app or a phone. - disabled adjective (disabled); verb (disable, disables, disabled, disabling)
A disabled person has a physical or mental condition that makes some things harder to do, like walking, seeing or hearing. - disadvantage noun (a disadvantage, disadvantages); verb (disadvantage, disadvantaged)
A disadvantage is something that makes things harder or less good. - disadvantaged adjective (disadvantaged); noun (the disadvantaged — people who are disadvantaged)
Disadvantaged means having fewer chances than other people because of being poor, ill, or having a hard home life. - disadvantageous adjective (disadvantageous) — formal
1) (formal) Causing a disadvantage; not helpful; putting someone in a worse position: «a disadvantageous deal». - disagree verb (disagree, disagrees, disagreed, disagreeing)
To have a different opinion from someone else. - disagreeable adjective (disagreeable; more disagreeable, most disagreeable); adverb disagreeably
Unpleasant, not nice to experience, as in «a disagreeable smell». - disagreement noun (disagreement, disagreements)
A disagreement is when people have different opinions about something. - disallow verb (disallow, disallows, disallowed, disallowing)
1) To officially refuse to accept something, especially a goal, point or claim, because it broke a rule. 2) To not permit something. - disappear verb (disappear, disappears, disappeared, disappearing); noun disappearance
To disappear means to go out of sight so that you can no longer be seen. - disappearance noun (a disappearance, disappearances)
A disappearance is when someone or something goes out of sight or cannot be found any more. - disappoint verb (disappoint, disappoints, disappointed, disappointing)
To make someone sad because something was not as good as they hoped, or did not happen. - disappointed adjective (disappointed; more disappointed, most disappointed); verb form (past of «disappoint»)
Sad because something you hoped for did not happen, or was not as good as you expected. - disappointing adjective (disappointing, more disappointing, most disappointing); present participle of disappoint (disappoint, disappoints, disappointed, disappointing)
Disappointing means not as good as you hoped or expected, so it makes you feel let down. - disappointment noun (disappointment — uncountable; a disappointment, disappointments)
Disappointment is the sad feeling you get when something you hoped for does not happen or is not as good as you expected. - disapproval noun (disapproval, uncountable)
1) The feeling that something or someone is bad, wrong or not acceptable. 2) Showing this feeling by a look, a word or a sound. - disapprove verb (disapprove, disapproves, disapproved, disapproving)
To think that something or someone is bad or wrong. - disarm verb (disarm, disarms, disarmed, disarming)
To disarm someone is to take away their weapon so they cannot fight. - disaster noun (disaster, disasters)
A disaster is a terrible event that causes a lot of damage, suffering or death, like an earthquake, flood or big crash. - disastrous adjective (disastrous, more disastrous, most disastrous)
Very bad, causing great harm, loss or ruin, as a flood or a fire does. - disbelief noun (disbelief, uncountable)
The feeling of not believing that something is true or real, often because it is surprising or shocking. - disbelieve verb (disbelieve, disbelieves, disbelieved, disbelieving)
To not believe that someone or something is true; to refuse to believe. - disburse verb (disburse, disburses, disbursed, disbursing)
1) (formal) To disburse money is to pay it out, usually from a fund or by an organisation, government or bank. - disc noun (a disc, discs; American spelling disk)
1) A disc is a flat, thin, round object. 2) A disc is a round flat object used to store music, films or computer data, such as a CD or… - discard verb (discard, discards, discarded, discarding); noun (a discard, discards)
To discard something is to throw it away or get rid of it because you do not want or need it. - discarded verb form (past of discard: discard, discards, discarded, discarding); adjective (discarded)
Discarded is the past form of «discard», which means to throw away or get rid of something you no longer want. - discern verb (discern, discerns, discerned, discerning)
To see, hear or notice something that is hard to see or hear.
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