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- embark verb (embark, embarks, embarked, embarking)
To embark is to go on board a ship or aircraft to start a journey. - embarrass verb (embarrass, embarrasses, embarrassed, embarrassing)
1) To embarrass someone means to make them feel shy, silly or uncomfortable in front of others. 2) To be embarrassed means to feel that way. - embarrassed adjective (embarrassed, more embarrassed, most embarrassed); also past of the verb embarrass (embarrass, embarrasses, embarrassed, embarrassing)
1) Feeling shy, awkward or a bit ashamed because of something you did or something that happened in front of other people, often with a… - embarrassing adjective (embarrassing, more embarrassing, most embarrassing); also the -ing form of «embarrass»
1) Embarrassing describes something that makes you feel shy, silly or uncomfortable in front of other people. - embarrassment noun (embarrassment, embarrassments)
A feeling of being shy, silly or uncomfortable because of something you did or something that happened in front of others. - embassy noun (an embassy, embassies)
An embassy is the official building in a foreign country where an ambassador and their staff work to represent their own country. - embedded adjective (embedded); verb form of embed (embed, embeds, embedded, embedding)
Embedded means fixed firmly inside something else, like a stone stuck in mud. - embellish verb (embellish, embellishes, embellished, embellishing)
To make something more beautiful by adding decorations. - ember noun (ember, embers)
1) An ember is a small piece of wood or coal that is still glowing hot after a fire has died down. - emblem noun (emblem, emblems)
A picture or object that stands for a country, group, team or idea: «The maple leaf is the emblem of Canada». - embodied verb (past and past participle of embody: embody, embodies, embodied, embodying); adjective
Showed or represented an idea or quality clearly, as a perfect example. - embodiment noun (embodiments)
The embodiment of a quality is a person or thing that shows that quality perfectly. - embody verb (embodies, embodied, embodying)
1) To embody an idea is to show it clearly in a person or thing. 2) To embody something is to include it or contain it as a part. - embrace verb (embrace, embraces, embraced, embracing); noun (an embrace, embraces)
To put your arms around someone to show love or friendship; to hug. - embroider verb (embroider, embroiders, embroidered, embroidering)
To embroider means to sew patterns or pictures onto cloth with coloured thread. - embroidery noun (embroideries)
1) Embroidery is decorating cloth by sewing patterns on it with coloured thread. 2) An embroidery is a piece of cloth decorated in this way. - embryo noun (an embryo, embryos)
A living thing at a very early stage of growing, before it is born or hatches: inside an egg, a seed or its mother's womb. - emerald noun (an emerald, emeralds; emerald — the colour); adjective (emerald)
An emerald is a bright green precious stone used in jewellery. - emerge verb (emerge, emerges, emerged, emerging)
To come out from inside or behind something and be seen: A chick emerged from the egg. - emergence noun (uncountable; also an emergence)
Coming out from somewhere and becoming visible, like an insect from a cocoon. - emergency noun (emergency, emergencies); adjective (emergency — for use in an emergency)
A sudden dangerous situation where help is needed quickly: a fire, a bad accident, someone who can't breathe. - emergent adjective (emergent)
Emergent means starting to appear, grow or become known. - emerging verb form (-ing form of emerge: emerge, emerges, emerged, emerging); adjective (emerging)
Emerging is the -ing form of «emerge», which means to come out from somewhere hidden or dark. - emetic noun (an emetic, emetics); adjective
1) (medicine) A medicine or substance that makes a person vomit (be sick). 2) Making someone sick, as an adjective. - emigrant noun (an emigrant, emigrants)
A person who leaves their own country to live in another country. - emigrate verb (emigrate, emigrates, emigrated, emigrating)
1) To leave your own country to go and live permanently in another country. - emigration noun (uncountable)
1) Emigration is leaving your own country to go and live permanently in another country. - eminence noun (eminences)
1) Eminence is the state of being famous, important or high in rank. 2) An eminence is a high hill or rising ground (formal use). - eminent adjective (no change in form)
Eminent means famous, respected and important, known for doing something very well. - emir noun (emirs)
An emir is a ruler, a governor or a prince in some Arab lands. It is an old title, found in fairy tales of the East. - emissary noun (emissaries)
An emissary is a person sent to carry a message or do an official errand for someone else. - emission noun (an emission, emissions; emission — uncountable)
Gas, heat, light or another substance sent out into the air: car emissions. - emit verb (emit, emits, emitted, emitting)
1) To emit is to send out light, heat, sound, gas or a smell. 2) To emit a sound means to make it, like a cry or beep. - emmental noun (Emmental, uncountable; a piece of Emmental); also spelled Emmentaler, Emmenthal
Emmental is a yellow Swiss cheese with big round holes in it. - emoji noun (an emoji, emojis or emoji)
1) An emoji is a small picture or face used in text messages, emails and online posts to show a feeling or idea, like a smiling face or a… - emollient noun (an emollient, emollients); adjective (emollient)
An emollient is a cream or lotion that makes dry skin soft and smooth. - emote verb (emote, emotes, emoted, emoting); noun (an emote, emotes — gaming)
To show feelings in a strong, often over-the-top way, especially when acting. - emoticon noun (an emoticon, emoticons)
A small face made from keyboard symbols, like :-) or :(, used in messages to show a feeling. - emotion noun (an emotion, emotions)
An emotion is a strong feeling such as happiness, sadness, fear, anger, love or surprise. - emotional adjective (emotional, more emotional); adverb emotionally
Emotional means about feelings: emotional problems, emotional health. - empathy noun (empathy, uncountable)
The ability to understand and share the feelings of another person, as if you were in their place. - emperor noun (an emperor, emperors)
A man who rules an empire, a group of many countries or lands, such as the Roman emperors. - emphasis noun (emphasis, emphases)
Special importance or attention given to something: «The school puts emphasis on reading». - emphasise verb (emphasise, emphasises, emphasised, emphasising)
To show that something is especially important. - emphatic adjective (emphatic, more emphatic); adverb emphatically
1) Emphatic means said or done strongly and clearly, to show you really mean it. 2) An emphatic win is a very clear win by a lot. - empire noun (empire, empires)
A group of countries or lands ruled by one ruler or government, often an emperor or empress. - employ verb (employ, employs, employed, employing); noun (employ — formal, «in the employ of»)
To employ someone is to give them a job and pay them. - employed adjective; past form of the verb employ (employ, employs, employed, employing)
1) Having a paid job. 2) (past form) Gave someone a job and paid them. 3) (formal) Used: "the method employed". 4) Employed can also mean… - employee noun (an employee, employees)
1) An employee is a person who works for a company or another person and is paid for it. - employer noun (an employer, employers)
1) An employer is a person or company that pays people to work for them. - employment noun (employment — usually uncountable)
1) Employment is having a paid job. 2) Employment is the act of giving someone work. 3) (formal) The employment of something is the use of… - empowered adjective (empowered, more empowered); past form of empower (empower, empowers, empowered, empowering)
Feeling strong, confident and in control of your life. - empress noun (an empress, empresses)
1) An empress is a woman who rules an empire. 2) An empress is the wife of an emperor. - emptiness noun (emptiness, uncountable)
1) The state of having nothing or nobody inside. 2) A sad feeling that something is missing in your life, or that nothing matters. - empty adjective (empty, emptier, emptiest); verb (empty, empties, emptied, emptying)
Empty means with nothing in or on it: an empty box. - emu noun (an emu, emus)
An emu is a very large bird from Australia that cannot fly but can run very fast. - emulsion noun (an emulsion, emulsions; also uncountable)
A mixture of two liquids that do not usually mix, such as oil and water, where tiny drops of one are spread through the other. - en preposition and pronoun (French «en» = in, to, of it); noun (an en, ens — printing: en dash); in phrases «en route», «en masse» — not an English word on its own
1) (French) «En» means «in» or «to» with countries and months, and «in» or «by» for ways of travelling: «en France» (in France), «en été»… - enable verb (enable, enables, enabled, enabling)
To enable means to make it possible for someone or something to do something. - enact verb (enact, enacts, enacted, enacting)
To enact a law means to make it officially into law. - enactment noun (an enactment, enactments; enactment, uncountable)
1) (law) The act of making a bill into law, or the law itself. 2) Acting out a story or event, like a re-enactment of a battle. - enamel noun (enamel — uncountable); verb (enamel, enamels, enamelled/enameled)
The hard, white, shiny outer layer of your teeth that protects them. - enamour verb (enamours, enamoured, enamouring)
To enamour someone is to charm them so they feel love for you. - encamp verb (encamps, encamped, encamping)
To encamp is to set up tents or a camp in the open and stay there for a time. - encampment noun (an encampment, encampments)
A place where a group of people, like soldiers, refugees or travellers, set up tents or shelters for a time. - encase verb (encase, encases, encased, encasing)
1) To cover or surround something completely, as if in a case or box. 2) To put something inside a hard protective cover. - encased verb (past and past participle of encase); adjective (encased in)
1) Completely covered or surrounded by something hard or protective. 2) Put inside a case or shell. - enchanted adjective (no change in form)
1) Enchanted means under a magic spell, or full of magic. 2) Enchanted can mean charmed or delighted by something. - enchanter noun (an enchanter, enchanters); feminine enchantress
An enchanter is a person in stories who uses magic spells, especially to charm or control people. - enchantment noun (enchantment, enchantments)
An enchantment is a magic spell that makes things happen or changes someone. - enchantress noun (enchantress, enchantresses)
A enchantress is a woman who works magic and casts spells. Used in fairy tales and old stories. - encircle verb (encircle, encircles, encircled, encircling)
To encircle something is to form a circle round it or surround it on all sides. - encircled verb, past form of encircle (encircle, encircles, encircled, encircling); adjective
1) Formed a circle around something or someone; surrounded. 2) (in war) Surrounded an army or city so it could not escape. - encircling verb (present participle of encircle: encircle, encircles, encircled, encircling); adjective (the encircling hills)
1) Forming a circle around something; surrounding it on all sides. 2) Moving around something in a circle. - enclave noun (an enclave, enclaves)
An enclave is a small piece of land belonging to one country that is completely surrounded by another country. - enclose verb (enclose, encloses, enclosed, enclosing)
To enclose a place is to put a wall, fence or cover all the way round it. - enclosed adjective; verb, past form of enclose (enclose, encloses, enclosed, enclosing)
Enclosed means surrounded on all sides by walls, a fence or something else. - enclosure noun (an enclosure, enclosures)
An enclosure is an area with a fence or wall all round it, often to keep animals in. - encompass verb (encompass, encompasses, encompassed, encompassing)
1) (formal) To encompass something is to include it or cover all of it. 2) (formal) To encompass a place is to surround it completely. - encore noun (an encore, encores); exclamation (encore!); verb (encore — rare)
An extra song or piece played at the end of a concert because the audience claps and asks for more. - encounter verb (encounter, encounters, encountered, encountering); noun (an encounter, encounters)
To encounter means to meet someone or something, often by chance or unexpectedly: "we encountered a bear". - encourage verb (encourage, encourages, encouraged, encouraging)
To encourage someone is to give them hope, confidence or support so they keep trying. - encouragement noun (encouragement, mostly uncountable)
Encouragement is words or actions that give someone confidence and hope to keep going or try something. - encroachment noun (an encroachment, encroachments; encroachment, uncountable)
Slowly going into a place, time or right that belongs to someone else, a little at a time. - encryption noun (encryption; uncountable, sometimes an encryption, encryptions)
Encryption is turning a message or data into a secret code so that only someone with the right key can read it. - encumber verb (encumber, encumbers, encumbered, encumbering)
To encumber someone is to weigh them down or slow them with too much to carry. - encyclopaedia noun (an encyclopaedia, encyclopaedias); US spelling encyclopedia
1) A book or set of books, or a website, giving information on many subjects, or on many parts of one subject, usually arranged in… - encyclopedia noun (an encyclopedia, encyclopedias); UK also encyclopaedia
An encyclopedia is a book or a set of books, or a website, with information about many subjects, usually in alphabetical order. - end noun (end, ends); verb (end, ends, ended, ending)
The end is the last part of something, like the end of a story or a day. - endanger verb (endanger, endangers, endangered, endangering)
To put someone or something in danger; to make harm likely. - endangered adjective (endangered); also the past form of «endanger» (endanger, endangers, endangered, endangering)
1) An endangered animal or plant is one that may soon die out completely because very few are left. 2) Endangered means put in danger. - endangerment noun (endangerment; uncountable)
Endangerment is putting someone or something in danger. - endear verb (endear, endears, endeared, endearing)
To endear someone to others is to make them liked and loved by others. - endearment noun (endearment, endearments); term of endearment
An endearment is a loving word or name you call someone, like «love», «sweetheart», «darling» or «pet». - endeavor verb (endeavor, endeavors, endeavored, endeavoring); noun (an endeavor)
1) To endeavor is to try hard to do something. 2) An endeavor is a hard task or effort that someone tries to do. - endeavour noun (endeavour, endeavours); verb (endeavour, endeavours, endeavoured, endeavouring) — formal
A serious effort or attempt to do something: «a new endeavour». - ending noun (ending, endings); verb (end, ends, ended, ending)
An ending is the last part of a story, film or song. - endless adjective (endless)
1) Endless means without an end, going on for ever. 2) In everyday talk endless means seeming to go on for a very long time, or very many. - endlessly adverb
1) Without ever stopping or ending; for what seems forever. 2) Very much, without limit, as in «endlessly patient». - endorse verb (endorse, endorses, endorsed, endorsing)
To endorse someone or something means to say publicly that you support or approve of them.
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