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- diversify verb (diversify, diversifies, diversified, diversifying)
To make something more varied or to start doing more different kinds of things. - diversion noun (a diversion, diversions)
A different route that traffic must take when a road is closed. - divert verb (divert, diverts, diverted, diverting)
To make something or someone change direction or go a different way: «divert traffic», «divert a river». - divide verb (divide, divides, divided, dividing); noun (a divide — rare)
To divide is to split a number or amount into equal parts or groups; it is the operation ÷. - dividend noun (a dividend, dividends)
The number being divided in a division sum: in 12 ÷ 3 = 4, the dividend is 12. - divider noun (a divider, dividers)
A divider is something that separates a space or things into parts: a room divider. - divination noun (uncountable; also a divination)
Trying to find out about the future or hidden things by special or magical means, such as reading cards, stars or tea leaves. - divine adjective (divine, more divine); verb (divine, divines, divined, divining — to guess, to find water)
Divine means of God or a god, or coming from God, as in "divine love" or "divine help". - diviner noun (diviners)
A person who claims to find hidden things or to foretell the future. - divinity noun (divinity, divinities)
The quality of being God or a god; being divine. - divisible adjective (divisible)
In maths, a number is divisible by another number if it can be divided by it exactly, with no remainder. - division noun (division, divisions)
Division is sharing or grouping into equal parts. - divisor noun (divisor, divisors)
1) A divisor is the number you divide by. In 12 ÷ 3, the divisor is 3. 2) A divisor of a number is also a number that divides it exactly… - divorce noun (a divorce, divorces); verb (divorce, divorces, divorced, divorcing); adjective: divorced
The legal ending of a marriage, so the husband and wife are no longer married. - divulge verb (divulges, divulged, divulging)
To reveal a secret or private information. - divvy verb (divvy up, divvies, divvied, divvying — informal); noun (a divvy, divvies — UK slang); noun (divvy — informal, share)
To divvy up something is to share it out between people. - dizziness noun (dizziness — uncountable)
Dizziness is the feeling that you or the things around you are spinning, or that you might fall. - dizzy adjective (dizzy, dizzier, dizziest)
Dizzy means feeling as if everything is spinning and you might fall over. - dj noun (a DJ, DJs); verb (DJ, DJs, DJ'd or DJed, DJing — informal); abbreviation
A DJ, short for disc jockey, is a person who plays recorded music for people at a party, club or on the radio. - djinn noun (a djinn, djinns or djinn); also spelt jinn, jinni, genie
1) In Arab and Muslim stories and beliefs, a spirit made of smokeless fire that can be good or bad and can sometimes take the shape of… - dm abbreviation (dm — decimeter or decimetre)
1) dm is the short way to write decimeter. A decimeter is 10 centimeters, and a meter is 10 dm. - dmd abbreviation (DMD; usually written in capitals)
Duchenne muscular dystrophy: a rare illness, passed on in families and found mostly in boys, in which the muscles slowly get weaker. - dna noun (DNA — uncountable)
DNA is the chemical inside the cells of every living thing that carries the instructions for how it grows, works and what it looks like. - do verb, auxiliary (do, does, did, done, doing; don't, doesn't, didn't); noun (a do — a party, UK casual)
To do is to carry out an action: do your homework. - doc noun (a doc, docs) — short, informal form
Doc is a short word for a doctor, often used when talking to them: "Thanks, doc.". - docile adjective
1) Quiet, calm and easy to control or teach. 2) (animals) Gentle and not likely to bite or fight. - dock noun (dock, docks); verb (dock, docks, docked, docking)
A dock is a place in a harbour where ships stop to load or unload. - doctor noun (doctor, doctors; Dr); verb (doctor, doctors, doctored — change something dishonestly)
A person trained to look after people who are ill or hurt and to help them get better. - doctored verb, adjective (doctor, doctors, doctored, doctoring)
neutered, had an operation so it cannot have babies (old-fashioned, US). - doctrine noun (a doctrine, doctrines; also uncountable)
A belief or set of beliefs taught by a church or religion, such as the Christian doctrine of the Trinity. - document noun (a document, documents); verb (document, documents, documented, documenting)
noun: A document is a piece of paper or a computer file with official or important writing, such as a passport, letter or report. - documentary noun (a documentary, documentaries); adjective (documentary)
A documentary is a film or TV programme about real people, places and events, giving facts and information. - documentation noun (documentation; uncountable)
Official papers or records that prove something, such as passports, certificates or receipts. - dodge verb (dodge, dodges, dodged, dodging); noun (a dodge, dodges)
To dodge is to move quickly to one side to avoid being hit or caught. - dodgy adjective (dodgy, dodgier, dodgiest) (UK, Australia, NZ, Ireland — informal)
Dishonest or likely to be illegal; not to be trusted: «a dodgy deal». - dodo noun (a dodo, dodos or dodoes)
1) The dodo was a large, plump bird that could not fly and lived only on the island of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean; it became extinct… - doe noun (doe, does)
1) A doe is a female deer. 2) Females of rabbits, hares, goats and kangaroos are also called does. 3) The male deer is a buck or stag, and… - doer noun (doers)
A person who does something; often used in compounds such as evil-doer. - dog noun (dog, dogs); verb (dog, dogs, dogged — to follow closely or to trouble)
A dog is an animal kept as a pet or for work that barks and wags its tail. - doge noun (a doge, doges; the Doge); noun (Doge — slang, internet meme)
The Doge was the elected ruler of the old city states of Venice and Genoa in Italy, for about a thousand years until 1797. - dogfish noun (a dogfish, dogfish or dogfishes)
A kind of small shark found in seas around Britain, Europe, North America and elsewhere, often with a spotted skin. - doggedly adverb
1) In a stubborn, determined way; going on and not giving up, even when it is hard. - doggie noun (a doggie, doggies); also spelled doggy
A child's word for a dog, especially a small or cute one. - doggo noun (a doggo, doggos) (slang); adverb (lie doggo — old UK slang)
A dog, said in a cute, playful way: «What a good doggo!». - doggy noun (a doggy, doggies; also doggie) — informal; adjective (doggy — informal)
1) (informal, child's word) A dog: Look at the doggy! 2) (adjective, informal) Like a dog or to do with dogs; smelling of dog: a doggy… - doghouse noun (doghouses)
A small shelter built for a dog to sleep in; in everyday talk, «in the doghouse» means being in trouble. - doings noun, plural only (doings)
Doings are the things a person does or has done, their actions, often ones that get judged as good or bad: the doings of a naughty goblin. - doldrums noun (the doldrums — plural in form, used with «the»)
A feeling of being sad, bored or stuck, with no energy, as in «in the doldrums». - dole noun (the dole) (UK, Ireland, Australia, NZ informal); verb (dole out: dole, doles, doled, doling)
Money that the government pays to people who have no job: «on the dole». - doleful adjective (doleful; more doleful, most doleful)
1) Very sad and gloomy, looking or sounding miserable. 2) Causing sadness: «doleful news». - dolefully adverb (dolefully)
1) Dolefully means in a sad, mournful way, as if very unhappy: he sighed dolefully. - doll noun (a doll, dolls); verb (doll up — informal: dolled up)
A doll is a toy shaped like a baby, child or person. - dollar noun (dollar, dollars)
A dollar is a unit of money used in the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and some other countries. - dolly noun (a dolly, dollies); adjective (UK slang — dolly bird, old)
1) A dolly is a child's word for a doll. 2) A dolly is a small low platform with wheels for moving heavy things or for moving a film… - dolorous adjective (dolorous, more dolorous, most dolorous)
1) Dolorous means full of sorrow or pain; sad and mournful, often said of a sound or cry (old use, formal). - dolphin noun (a dolphin, dolphins)
A dolphin is a clever sea mammal with a long snout and a curved fin, that lives in groups and breathes air through a blowhole. - dolt noun (dolt, dolts)
1) A dolt is a stupid person who is slow to understand things; a fool (old use or rude). - domain noun (a domain, domains)
A domain is an area of land that a king, lord or person owns or rules. - dome noun (a dome, domes)
A dome is a round roof shaped like half of a ball. - domestic adjective (domestic); noun (a domestic, domestics — UK informal, or old: a servant)
To do with the home or family (domestic jobs like cooking and cleaning). - domesticated adjective (domesticated); verb (domesticate, domesticates, domesticated, domesticating — past form)
1) A domesticated animal or plant has been tamed and bred by people over many generations to live with them or be useful, like dogs, cows… - domestication noun (domestication — mostly uncountable)
1) Domestication is the long process by which people tamed wild animals and plants over many generations, so they live with or are farmed… - domesticity noun, uncountable (domesticity)
Domesticity is home life, the everyday work and comfort of looking after a house and family: he enjoyed domesticity after years of travel. - dominance noun (dominance; uncountable)
Dominance is having more power, control or importance than others. - dominant adjective (dominant; more dominant, most dominant); noun (a dominant — music, rare)
Dominant means the strongest, most important or most powerful in a group. - dominate verb (dominate, dominates, dominated, dominating)
To have power or control over someone or something. - dominated verb form (past of dominate: dominate, dominates, dominated, dominating); adjective (dominated, as in «male-dominated»)
Controlled or ruled by someone more powerful, as in «The country was dominated by its neighbour». - domineering adjective (domineering, more domineering); verb domineer
Domineering describes someone who tries to control other people all the time and tells them what to do without listening. - dominican adjective (Dominican); noun (a Dominican, Dominicans)
From or connected with the Dominican Republic, a country in the Caribbean sharing an island with Haiti; also a person from there. - dominion noun (dominion, dominions)
Power or control over people, land or things: «have dominion over». - domino noun (a domino, dominoes)
A small flat rectangular tile with spots (0 to 6) on each half, used in a game. - dominoes noun, plural of «domino» (domino, dominoes); «dominoes» also the name of the game
Dominoes are small flat rectangular tiles, each with two halves marked with spots from 0 to 6. - don fragment of don't; verb (don, dons, donned, donning — rare); noun (a don — rare)
In this dictionary «don» usually comes from «don't» split at the apostrophe: «don't» = «do not». - donate verb (donate, donates, donated, donating)
To donate is to give money, things or time to help people, a charity or a school, without being paid back. - donation noun (a donation, donations)
A donation is something you give to help others, like money, food, clothes or toys, without being paid. - dong noun (dong, dongs); verb (dong — rare); interjection (dong!)
1) A dong is the deep ringing sound of a large bell. 2) The dong is the money of Vietnam. - donkey noun (a donkey, donkeys)
An animal like a small horse with long ears and a loud bray, used to carry loads or give rides. - donna noun (Italian; a donna, donne); a name (Donna)
1) (a name) Donna is a woman's first name. 2) (Italian) The Italian word for «woman» or «lady», and an old title of respect for a lady… - donor noun (donor, donors)
A person or group that gives money, goods or help to a charity or a cause. - donut noun (a donut, donuts)
A donut is a small, sweet, fried cake, often shaped like a ring with a hole in the middle or a ball filled with jam or cream. - doodle verb (doodle, doodles, doodled, doodling); noun (a doodle, doodles)
verb To draw little pictures or patterns without thinking much, often while doing something else. - doom noun (doom — uncountable); verb (doom, dooms, doomed, dooming)
Death, ruin or a terrible fate that cannot be avoided. - doomsday noun (doomsday, Doomsday — usually uncountable)
Doomsday is the end of the world, or a day of terrible disaster. - door noun (door, doors)
A door is a part of a wall that opens and closes so people can go in and out of a room, house or car. - doorbell noun (a doorbell, doorbells)
1) A bell or button by a front door that you press so the people inside know you are there. 2) The sound it makes (I heard the doorbell). - doorkeeper noun (doorkeeper, doorkeepers)
1) A doorkeeper is a person whose job is to guard a door, check who comes in and go out, and open the door for people. - doormat noun (a doormat, doormats)
A thick mat by a door where people wipe the mud off their shoes before they go in. - doorpost noun (doorpost, doorposts)
1) A doorpost is one of the upright posts on either side of a door, which hold up the top part of the frame. - doorstep noun (a doorstep, doorsteps)
1) A doorstep is the step or flat spot just outside the front door of a house. 2) «On your doorstep» means very close to where you live. - doorway noun (a doorway, doorways)
1) A doorway is the opening in a wall where a door is. 2) A doorway can mean the space just inside or outside a door. - dope noun (a dope, dopes; dope, uncountable); verb (dope, dopes, doped, doping); adjective (dope — slang)
1) (informal) A dope is a silly or foolish person. 2) (slang) Dope is an illegal drug, especially cannabis. 3) Doping is giving drugs to… - doric adjective (Doric); noun (Doric, uncountable)
The oldest and plainest style of ancient Greek columns, thick and strong with a simple round top, as on the Parthenon in Athens. - dork noun (a dork, dorks); adjective dorky
A person who seems silly, awkward or uncool, often because they are very keen on something. - dorm noun (a dorm, dorms)
Short for dormitory: a big bedroom with many beds, for example at a boarding school, camp or hostel. - dormancy noun (uncountable)
A time when a living thing is alive but not active or growing, as in seeds waiting to sprout or animals hibernating. - dormant adjective (dormant)
Not active or growing for a time, but able to become active again, like a sleeping volcano. - dormitory noun (a dormitory, dormitories)
A large bedroom with many beds, such as in a boarding school, camp or hostel. - dormouse noun (a dormouse, dormice)
1) A dormouse is a small furry animal like a mouse with a long fluffy tail, which lives in woods and sleeps through the winter (hibernates). - dorsal adjective (dorsal) — science
Dorsal means on or to do with the back of an animal or the upper side of something. - dorsum noun (a dorsum, dorsa)
The back or upper surface of a body part, like the back of the hand or the top of the foot or tongue.
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