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- km abbreviation (km, short for kilometre/kilometer); also said «k» or «klicks» (casual)
Km is the short way to write kilometre, a unit for long distances. - knack noun (a knack, knacks — usually singular)
A special skill or clever way of doing something, often one that is hard to explain. - knacker verb (knacker, knackers, knackered, knackering — slang, UK, Ireland, Australia, NZ); noun (a knacker, knackers)
To knacker something is to break it or wear it out; to knacker someone is to make them very tired. - knackered adjective (knackered — slang, UK, Ireland, Australia, NZ); verb form (past of knacker)
1) (slang, UK) Knackered means extremely tired, worn out. 2) (slang, UK) Knackered means broken or too old and worn to work properly. - knapsack noun (knapsacks)
A bag carried on the back, used for carrying food and things on a journey. - knave noun (a knave, knaves)
1) (old) A dishonest man who tricks people; a rogue. 2) (cards) The jack in a pack of playing cards, the card with a young man's picture… - knead verb (knead, kneads, kneaded, kneading)
To knead means to press, fold and stretch dough with your hands to make bread. - knee noun (a knee, knees); verb (knee, knees, kneed — to hit with the knee)
The joint in the middle of your leg where it bends. - kneecap noun (a kneecap, kneecaps); verb (kneecap, kneecaps, kneecapped, kneecapping — rare)
The kneecap is the small, flat, roundish bone at the front of your knee. - kneel verb (kneel, kneels, knelt or kneeled, kneeling)
1) To kneel is to go down or stay with one or both knees on the ground. - knife noun (a knife, knives); verb (knife — rare)
A knife is a tool with a sharp blade and a handle, used for cutting. - knight noun (a knight, knights); verb (knight, knights, knighted, knighting)
In the Middle Ages, a knight was a soldier who fought on horseback in armour and served a king, queen or lord. - knighthood noun (a knighthood, knighthoods)
1) A knighthood is the title and honour of being a knight, given in the UK by the king or queen to people for great service, so a man is… - knightly adjective (no comparative in use)
1) Like a knight: brave, honest, polite and ready to help others. 2) Having to do with knights or their way of life. - knit verb (knit, knits, knitted or knit, knitting); noun (a knit — a knitted piece of clothing)
To make clothes or other things from wool or yarn by looping it together with two long needles or a machine. - knitted adjective (knitted); past form of the verb knit (knit, knits, knitted or knit, knitting)
Knitted means made by knitting, by looping wool or yarn together with two long needles or a machine: "a knitted scarf". - knitting noun (knitting — uncountable); verb form (-ing of knit: knit, knits, knitted or knit, knitting)
Knitting is making clothes or other things from wool or yarn by looping it together with two long needles or a machine. - knob noun (a knob, knobs)
A knob is a round handle you turn or pull to open a door or drawer. - knobbly adjective (knobbly, knobblier, knobbliest); US often «knobby»
1) Knobbly means covered with small round lumps or bumps. 2) Knobbly knees are bony knees that stick out. - knock verb (knock, knocks, knocked, knocking; knock over, knock down, knock out); noun (a knock, knocks)
To hit a door or window with your knuckles so people inside hear you. - knockout noun (a knockout, knockouts); adjective (knockout); also knock-out
In boxing, a knockout is a punch or a win when a fighter is knocked down and cannot get up in time. - knoll noun (knolls)
A small, round hill, often standing alone. - knot noun (a knot, knots); verb (knot, knots, knotted, knotting)
A place where a piece of string, rope or ribbon is tied around itself or another piece. - knotted adjective (knotted); verb form (past of «knot»: knot, knots, knotted, knotting)
1) Tied in a knot or having knots. 2) Twisted and tangled together. 3) Tight and hard, like knotted muscles or a stomach tight from worry.… - knotty adjective (knottier, knottiest)
1) Full of knots, or lumpy and twisted, like old wood or rough legs. 2) (of a problem) hard to sort out, tangled. - know verb (know, knows, knew, knowing, known)
To know something is to have it in your mind as a fact, because you learned it or were told. - knowledge noun (knowledge — uncountable)
Information, facts and understanding that you have learned. - knowledgeable adjective (knowledgeable); adverb knowledgeably
1) Knowledgeable means knowing a lot about something, or about many things. - known verb form (known; past participle of know); adjective (known, well-known)
Known is the form of know used after have or be: I have known her for years. - knuckle noun (a knuckle, knuckles); verb (knuckle down, knuckle under — phrasal)
One of the joints of your fingers, especially where the fingers join the hand. - knuckles noun (plural of «knuckle»: a knuckle, knuckles); verb phrase «knuckle down», «knuckle under»
Knuckles are the joints in your fingers, especially where your fingers join your hand, which stick out when you make a fist. - ko noun (a KO, KOs); verb (KO, KO's, KO'd, KO'ing — informal) — abbreviation
Short for «knockout»: in boxing, hitting the other fighter so hard they cannot get up and the fight ends. - koala noun (a koala, koalas)
A koala is a grey, furry Australian animal with big round ears and a black nose that lives in eucalyptus trees and eats their leaves. - kodiak noun (Kodiak; a Kodiak bear, Kodiak bears)
Kodiak is a large island off the south coast of Alaska, USA. - kohlrabi noun (a kohlrabi, kohlrabis; kohlrabi, uncountable as food)
1) Kohlrabi is a vegetable of the cabbage family with a round, swollen stem that grows just above the ground; you can eat it raw or cooked. - kola noun (kola, kola nuts); also a place name (the Kola Peninsula)
Kola (or cola) is a tree from West Africa whose nuts contain caffeine. - kongo noun (Kongo; the Kongo people, the Kingdom of Kongo); adjective (Kongo art)
The Kongo are a people of Central Africa who live in Angola, the Republic of the Congo and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. - koodoo noun (a koodoo, koodoos – Kipling's spelling of «kudu»)
1) Kipling's spelling of kudu: a large African antelope; the male has long spiral (twisted) horns, and both have thin white stripes on a… - kookaburra noun (a kookaburra, kookaburras)
1) A kookaburra is a big Australian bird of the kingfisher family with a loud call that sounds like a person laughing. - kopje noun (a kopje, kopjes; also koppie)
A small hill, usually rocky, standing alone on flat open land (the veld). - korean adjective (Korean); noun (a Korean, Koreans; Korean — the language)
Korean means from or about Korea, a peninsula in East Asia that is divided into two countries, South Korea and North Korea. - kosher adjective (kosher)
1) (Judaism) Kosher food is food that is allowed by Jewish law, prepared in the right way; for example, meat and milk are not eaten… - kowtow verb (kowtow, kowtows, kowtowed, kowtowing); noun (a kowtow)
To kowtow is to kneel and touch the ground with your forehead to show deep respect, as people once did before the Emperor of China. - kremlin noun (the Kremlin; a kremlin, kremlins)
The old walled fortress in the centre of Moscow, where the President of Russia has his offices. - krill noun (krill — plural is the same, usually uncountable)
Krill are tiny shrimp-like sea animals that live in huge groups in cold oceans and are food for whales, penguins, seals, fish and seabirds. - kris noun (a kris, krises; also «keris», «creese»); proper noun (Kris – a name)
1) A short dagger from Malaysia, Indonesia and nearby lands, often with a wavy blade, a traditional weapon and a work of art passed down… - kudu noun (a kudu, kudus or kudu)
A large African antelope with grey-brown fur and thin white stripes; the males have long, spiral, twisted horns. - kw abbreviation (kW, kw)
kW stands for kilowatt, a unit of power equal to 1,000 watts. - kwa noun (Kwa — a language group); fragment (kwa)
1) Kwa is a large family of languages spoken in West Africa, in countries such as Ghana, Togo, Benin, Côte d'Ivoire and Nigeria; Akan… - kylie noun (a kylie, kylies)
A kylie is a boomerang, especially a non-returning hunting boomerang, a curved throwing stick made by Aboriginal Australians.
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