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- handy adjective (handy, handier, handiest)
1) Useful and easy to use. 2) Near and easy to reach: «Keep a torch handy». 3) Good at doing things with your hands. 4) «come in handy»… - hang verb (hang, hangs, hung, hanging); noun (get the hang of)
To hang is to put something up so it is held from above, like a coat on a hook. - hanging noun (hangings); verb form of hang (hang, hangs, hung, hanging)
A hanging is a cloth such as a curtain or tapestry hung on a wall for decoration. - hangman noun (hangmen) (old use)
1) (old use) A hangman was the man whose job was to put criminals to death by hanging them. - hangnail noun (a hangnail, hangnails)
1) A small torn piece of skin hanging loose at the side or bottom of a fingernail, which can hurt. - hangover noun (a hangover, hangovers)
A hangover is the sick feeling, headache and tiredness a person has the day after drinking too much alcohol. - hangry adjective (hangry, hangrier, hangriest; blend of hungry + angry; informal)
1) (informal, humorous) bad-tempered or irritable because you are hungry. 2) (euphemism) a light-hearted excuse for being grumpy. - hani noun, a name (Hani); proper noun
The Hani are a people of southern China (Yunnan), Vietnam, Laos and Myanmar; their language is also called Hani. - hank noun (a hank, hanks); also a name (Hank)
A loop or coil of wool, yarn, thread, rope or hair, loosely wound and tied, as in «a hank of wool». - hankering noun (hankerings)
1) A hankering is a strong wish or longing for something, often for a long time. - hanukkah proper noun (Hanukkah; also spelled Chanukah, Hanukah)
1) A Jewish festival of lights that lasts eight days and nights in the winter, remembering how the Temple in Jerusalem was won back and… - hao word (hǎo — Mandarin, pinyin; not an English word)
Hǎo means «good», «well» or «fine»; it is one of the most common Chinese words. - hap noun (hap, haps — old-fashioned); verb (hap, haps, happed, happing — old)
Luck or chance, especially something that happens by chance. - happen verb (happen, happens, happened, happening)
To happen is to take place, to come about: What happened? - happily adverb (happily, more happily, most happily)
1) Happily means in a happy, cheerful way. 2) Happily means willingly, gladly. 3) Happily can mean «luckily»: «Happily, nobody was hurt.» - happiness noun (happiness; uncountable)
1) The feeling of being happy, glad and pleased. 2) A state of having a good life with joy and contentment. - happy adjective (happy, happier, happiest); adverb happily; noun happiness
1) Feeling pleased, glad or full of joy. 2) Making you feel glad: a happy day, a happy ending. 3) Happy to: willing and pleased to do… - harangue noun (harangues); verb (harangues, harangued, haranguing)
1) A harangue is a long, loud, forceful speech, often a scolding or an urging to act. 2) To harangue is to make such a speech to a crowd. - harass verb (harass, harasses, harassed, harassing)
1) To keep annoying, upsetting, threatening or bothering someone again and again. 2) To make repeated small attacks on an enemy. - harbor noun (a harbor, harbors); verb (harbor, harbors, harbored, harboring) — US spelling of harbour
A sheltered area of water by the coast where ships and boats can stay safely. - harbour noun (harbour, harbours; US spelling harbor); verb (harbour, harbours, harboured, harbouring)
A harbour is a place by the sea where boats and ships stay safe from waves and storms. - hard adjective (hard, harder, hardest); adverb (hard)
Hard means firm and not soft, like a rock or a nut. - hardback noun (a hardback, hardbacks); adjective (hardback)
1) A book with a stiff, strong cover: The story came out in hardback. 2) (adjective) Having a stiff cover: a hardback book. - harden verb (harden, hardens, hardened, hardening)
1) To become hard or firm, or to make something hard. 2) Of a person or feelings: to become less kind or less soft, or more determined. - hardihood noun (no plural) (formal, old use)
1) Hardihood is bold courage and toughness, a readiness to face danger or hardship. - hardly adverb (hardly)
1) Hardly means almost not, or only just. 2) Hardly ever means almost never. 3) Hardly can mean it is not reasonable: «You can hardly… - hardness noun (hardness — uncountable)
Hardness is how hard something is: how well it resists being scratched, dented or pressed. - hardship noun (hardship, hardships)
Hardship is a situation of suffering or difficulty, especially from not having enough money, food or other things you need. - hardy adjective (hardy, hardier, hardiest); noun hardiness; also a name (Hardy)
Strong and able to live through hard conditions such as cold, wind or little food, as in «hardy sheep». - hare noun (hare, hares)
1) A hare is a wild animal like a large rabbit, with long ears and long strong back legs, that runs very fast. - haricot noun (a haricot, haricots); haricot bean
A haricot (haricot bean) is a small white bean, the kind used to make baked beans. - hark verb (harks, harked, harking); interjection
1) (old use) «Hark!» is a call to listen. 2) To hark to something means to listen carefully to it. - harlequin noun (harlequins); adjective (harlequin)
A harlequin is a clown character in old plays and pantomime, in a patchwork suit of bright diamonds and a mask. - harm noun (harm — uncountable); verb (harm, harms, harmed, harming)
Hurt, damage or injury to a person, animal or thing. - harmful adjective (harmful, more harmful, most harmful)
1) Harmful means causing harm: hurting people, animals, plants or things, or making them ill. - harmfully adverb (harmfully)
1) In a way that causes harm or damage. - harmless adjective (harmless); adverb harmlessly
1) Harmless means not able to hurt or damage anyone or anything. 2) Harmless can mean not meant to upset anyone: harmless fun. - harmlessly adverb (harmlessly)
1) Harmlessly means without causing any hurt or damage. - harmonious adjective (harmonious)
1) Friendly and peaceful, without arguments. 2) (music) Having notes that sound pleasant together. 3) Fitting together nicely: «harmonious… - harmony noun (harmony — uncountable; a harmony, harmonies)
Harmony is when people or things live, work or fit together peacefully and agree («live in harmony»). - harness noun (a harness, harnesses); verb (harness, harnesses, harnessed, harnessing)
A set of straps put on a horse or other animal to control it or join it to a cart. - harp noun (harp, harps); verb (harp, harps, harped, harping)
A large musical instrument with many strings stretched on a tall frame, played by plucking with the fingers. - harper noun (harpers)
1) A harper is a person who plays the harp. - harpoon noun (a harpoon, harpoons); verb (harpoon, harpoons, harpooned, harpooning)
A harpoon is a long spear with a sharp, hooked point, often tied to a rope, used for catching whales, big fish or seals. - harpy noun (a harpy, harpies)
In Greek myths, a harpy is a monster with the face and body of a woman and the wings and claws of a bird. - harridan noun (harridans)
1) A harridan is a fierce, bad-tempered old woman who scolds and frightens people. - harrow noun (harrows); verb (harrow, harrows, harrowed, harrowing)
A harrow is a heavy frame with metal spikes or teeth, pulled over ploughed ground to break up the soil and make it ready for seed. - harry verb (harry, harries, harried, harrying); proper noun (Harry — a name)
A boy's or man's name, short for Henry or Harold, as in Harry Potter or Prince Harry. - harsh adjective (harsh, harsher, harshest); adverb harshly
Cruel, unkind or too strict: «a harsh punishment», «harsh words». - harshly adverb (harshly, more harshly, most harshly)
In a cruel, unkind or too strict way: treated harshly. - harshness noun (harshness — uncountable)
Being unkind, strict or cruel: the harshness of the punishment. - hart noun (harts)
An old word for a male deer, a stag, especially a full-grown red deer with large antlers. - hartebeest noun (a hartebeest; plural hartebeest or hartebeests)
1) A large African antelope with a long face, a sloping back and curved horns, living on grassy plains. - harvest verb (harvest, harvests, harvested, harvesting); noun (a harvest, harvests)
To harvest is to gather crops like corn, apples or wheat when they are ripe. - harvested verb (harvest, harvests, harvested, harvesting); noun (harvest, harvests)
gathered crops such as wheat, apples or potatoes when they are ripe. - harvester noun (a harvester, harvesters)
A machine that gathers crops, such as a combine harvester. - harvestman noun (a harvestman, harvestmen)
1) A small creature with a round body and eight very long, thin legs, related to spiders but not a true spider; also called «daddy… - hash noun (hash, hashes); verb (hash, hashes, hashed, hashing)
The symbol # (also called hash sign, pound sign in the US, or number sign), used in hashtags and on phones. - hashtag noun (a hashtag, hashtags); verb (hashtag, hashtags, hashtagged, hashtagging — informal)
A word or phrase with the # sign in front, used on social media so that posts on the same topic can be found together: #worldbookday. - hassle noun (a hassle, hassles — also uncountable); verb (hassle, hassles, hassled, hassling)
Something annoying and difficult that takes effort: getting the bus is such a hassle. - haste noun (haste — uncountable)
1) Great speed, often too much speed, when you hurry: In her haste she forgot her bag. 2) «make haste» (old-fashioned) = hurry up. - hasten verb (hasten, hastens, hastened, hastening) — (formal)
1) (formal) To make something happen sooner or faster. 2) (formal) To go or do something quickly; to hurry. 3) «hasten to add/say»… - hastily adverb (more hastily, most hastily)
Quickly and without much care, as if in a hurry. - hasty adjective (hasty, hastier, hastiest); adverb: hastily
1) Done very quickly, sometimes too quickly, without enough care or thought. 2) Of a person: acting too quickly. - hat noun (hat, hats)
A hat is something you wear on your head, to keep warm, keep the sun off, or look smart. - hatch verb (hatch, hatches, hatched, hatching); noun (a hatch, hatches)
To hatch is for a baby bird, reptile or fish to break out of its egg. - hatchet noun (a hatchet, hatchets)
A small axe with a short handle, used with one hand to chop wood. - hatchling noun (a hatchling, hatchlings)
1) A hatchling is a baby animal that has just come out of its egg, such as a bird, turtle, snake or crocodile. - hate verb (hate, hates, hated, hating); noun (hate, uncountable; a hate, hates)
To hate means to dislike someone or something very, very strongly. - hateful adjective (hateful, more hateful, most hateful)
Very unpleasant and deserving to be hated: «a hateful thing to say». - hater noun (a hater, haters)
1) A person who hates someone or something. 2) (slang) Someone who is always negative, jealous or rude about other people, especially… - hatful noun (a hatful, hatfuls)
1) The amount a hat can hold. 2) (informal) A large number: «He scored a hatful of goals.» - hatred noun (hatred, uncountable; a hatred of)
Hatred is a very strong feeling of disliking someone or something, much stronger than ordinary dislike. - hatter noun (a hatter, hatters); a name (the Mad Hatter)
1) A person who makes or sells hats. 2) (idiom) «As mad as a hatter» means very crazy or silly. 3) (a name) The Mad Hatter, a character in… - haughtily adverb (more haughtily, most haughtily)
In a proud way, looking down on other people as if they were less important. - haughty adjective (haughty, haughtier, haughtiest)
1) Proud and unfriendly, acting as if you are better than other people. - haul verb (haul, hauls, hauled, hauling); noun (a haul, hauls)
To haul something means to pull or drag it with effort, because it is heavy. - hauling verb, -ing form of haul (haul, hauls, hauled, hauling); noun (hauling — uncountable)
Pulling or dragging something heavy with effort. - haunch noun (a haunch, haunches)
1) The hip, bottom and top of the leg of a person or animal. 2) A back leg and hip of an animal as meat, as in «a haunch of venison». - haunt verb (haunt, haunts, haunted, haunting); noun (a haunt, haunts)
In stories, a ghost haunts a place or person when it appears there again and again. - haunted adjective; verb form (haunt, haunts, haunted, haunting)
Believed to be visited by ghosts: a haunted house. - haunting verb, -ing form of haunt (haunt, haunts, haunted, haunting); adjective (haunting, more haunting)
Of a ghost: visiting a place again and again (in stories). - hausa noun (Hausa — the people, the language); adjective (Hausa)
The Hausa are a large people of West Africa, mainly in northern Nigeria and Niger. - have verb (have, has, had, having; short forms 've, 's, 'd); auxiliary (have done)
To have is to own or hold something: I have a bike. - haven noun (a haven, havens)
A haven is a safe, peaceful place where people or animals can rest or be protected. - havoc noun (no plural in common use)
Great damage, mess or destruction caused by something or someone. - haw noun (a haw, haws); verb (haw — in «hum and haw»); interjection (haw)
A haw is the small red berry of the hawthorn tree. - hawaiian adjective (Hawaiian); noun (a Hawaiian, Hawaiians; Hawaiian — the language)
Hawaiian means from or about Hawaii, the group of islands in the Pacific Ocean that is a state of the USA. - hawk noun (a hawk, hawks); verb (hawk, hawks, hawked, hawking)
A bird of prey with sharp eyes, a hooked beak and strong claws (talons), which hunts small animals. - hawksbill noun (a hawksbill, hawksbills)
1) A hawksbill (hawksbill turtle) is a sea turtle with a narrow beak curved like a hawk's, living on coral reefs in warm seas; it is… - hawthorn noun (hawthorns)
A thorny bush or small tree with white or pink flowers in spring and small red berries in autumn, often grown as a hedge. - hay noun (hay, uncountable)
1) Hay is long grass that has been cut and dried, used to feed animals like horses, cows, rabbits and guinea pigs. - hayloft noun (hayloft, haylofts)
An upper floor in a barn or stable where hay is stored. - haymaking noun (haymaking — uncountable)
Cutting grass, drying it in the sun and gathering it as hay to feed animals in winter. - haystack noun (a haystack, haystacks)
1) A haystack is a large pile or stack of dried grass (hay) kept outside on a farm to feed animals in winter. - haywire adjective (haywire — used after a verb: go haywire)
Out of control, not working properly, behaving wildly: the computer went haywire. - hazard noun (a hazard, hazards); verb (hazard, hazards, hazarded, hazarding — formal)
A hazard is something that could hurt you or cause damage, a danger. - hazardous adjective (hazardous, more hazardous, most hazardous)
Hazardous means dangerous, likely to cause harm. - haze noun (haze, a haze — mostly singular); verb (haze, hazes, hazed, hazing)
A haze is a thin mist, smoke or dust in the air that makes it hard to see far. - hazel noun (a hazel, hazels — the tree); adjective (hazel — the colour)
1) A small tree or bush that grows hazelnuts. 2) adjective (of eyes) Greenish-brown or light brown. 3) (a name) Hazel is also a girl's name.
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