M
- microscopic adjective (microscopic)
1) So small that it can only be seen through a microscope. 2) (informal) Very, very small. - microwave noun (a microwave, microwaves); verb (microwave, microwaves, microwaved, microwaving)
A microwave (oven) is a kitchen machine that heats or cooks food very quickly using invisible waves. - mid prefix and adjective (mid-, mid); preposition (mid — poetic, short for amid)
Mid means in the middle of something, often in a word with a hyphen: mid-morning, mid-air, mid-sentence. - midday noun (midday — uncountable); adjective (midday)
1) Midday is twelve o'clock in the middle of the day; noon. 2) Midday can also mean around the middle of the day. - middle noun (the middle, middles); adjective (middle)
The middle is the part that is halfway between the two ends or sides. - midge noun (a midge, midges)
A midge is a tiny flying insect, a bit like a very small fly or mosquito, that often flies in clouds near water. - midget noun (a midget, midgets); adjective (midget)
1) (offensive) An old word for a very short person; today it is considered hurtful and should not be used — say «a person of short… - midi noun (a midi, midis); adjective (midi); abbreviation (MIDI)
A midi is a skirt or dress that reaches the middle of the lower leg. - midnight noun (midnight — uncountable)
Midnight is twelve o'clock at night, the moment when one day ends and the next one begins. - midpoint noun (a midpoint, midpoints)
The point exactly halfway between two ends of a line segment, or halfway between two numbers. - midst noun (midst; no plural); also in the midst of (phrase)
The middle part of something, especially among a crowd or group of people. - midsummer noun (midsummer — uncountable); adjective (midsummer)
Midsummer is the middle of summer, around the longest day of the year. - midway adverb and adjective (midway); noun (a midway — US)
In the middle, halfway between two places or two points in time. - midwife noun (a midwife, midwives)
A trained nurse or health worker who helps women while they are pregnant, while they give birth and just afterwards. - midwinter noun (midwinter — uncountable); adjective (midwinter)
Midwinter is the middle of winter, the coldest and darkest part. - mien noun (mien, miens); old use
A person's look or bearing, the way their face and manner seem. - might modal verb (might — like may, no -s form); noun (might — power, strength)
Used to say something is possible but not sure: "It might rain.". - mightily adverb (mightily)
1) With great strength or force, very hard. 2) Very much, greatly. - mighty adjective (mighty, mightier, mightiest); adverb (mighty — informal, US)
1) Very strong or powerful. 2) Very big and impressive: a mighty river, a mighty oak. 3) (informal, mostly US) Very; really: "That's… - migrant noun (a migrant, migrants); adjective (migrant)
A migrant is a person who moves from one place or country to another, especially to find work or a better life. - migrate verb (migrate, migrates, migrated, migrating); nouns: migration, migrant; adjective: migratory
To move from one area to another at certain seasons, often very far, to find food, warmth or a place to breed. - migration noun (migration, migrations)
1) The movement of animals, often in large groups, from one place to another at the same time each year, to find food, warmth or a place… - migratory adjective (migratory)
Moving regularly from one place to another, usually with the seasons, to find food, warmth or a place to breed: «migratory birds». - mike noun (Mike — a name; a mike, mikes — informal); verb (mike up — informal)
Mike is a boy's or man's first name, short for Michael. - mil noun (mil, mils)
A mil is a very small unit of thickness, one thousandth of an inch, used for plastic, wire and paper. - mild adjective (mild, milder, mildest)
Not strong, severe or extreme: «a mild illness», «a mild punishment». - mildly adverb
Slightly; a little; not very much: mildly annoyed. - mildness noun (mildness; no plural)
The quality of being gentle, soft and kind; not harsh or strong. - mile noun (mile, miles)
A mile is a long unit of distance; walking a mile takes about 20 minutes. - milestone noun (a milestone, milestones)
A stone by the side of a road showing how many miles it is to a town. - military adjective (military); noun (the military, uncountable/collective)
1) Military means having to do with soldiers, the army, navy or air force, or war. 2) The military is a country's armed forces. - milk noun (milk — uncountable); verb (milk, milks, milked, milking)
Milk is the white drink that comes from cows, goats and other animals. - milkmaid noun (a milkmaid, milkmaids)
A girl or woman who milks cows by hand or works in a dairy. - milkman noun (milkman, milkmen)
A milkman is a man who brings or sells milk, often to houses in the morning. - milkshake noun (a milkshake, milkshakes)
1) A cold, sweet drink made by mixing milk with ice cream and a flavour such as chocolate, strawberry or banana. - milkweed noun (milkweed, milkweeds)
Milkweed is a North American plant with a milky white sap, pinkish flower clusters and pods full of fluffy seeds. - milky adjective (milky, milkier, milkiest)
Containing a lot of milk, or made with milk: «milky tea», «milky coffee». - mill noun (a mill, mills); verb (mill, mills, milled, milling)
A mill is a building with machines for grinding grain into flour, often powered by wind or water. - millennial noun (a millennial, millennials); adjective (millennial)
A person born roughly between the early 1980s and the mid-1990s, who became an adult around the year 2000; also called Generation Y. - millennium noun (a millennium, millennia or millenniums)
1) A millennium is a period of a thousand years. 2) «The millennium» often means the moment when a new thousand years starts in the… - miller noun (a miller, millers)
1) A miller is a person who owns or works in a mill, grinding grain into flour. 2) Miller is also a common family name. - millet noun (millet — uncountable)
A kind of grass grown for its small round seeds, which are eaten as grain by people and animals. - milligram noun (milligram, milligrams — also spelled milligramme in the UK; symbol mg)
1) A milligram is a very small unit of mass equal to one thousandth of a gram. - millilitre noun (millilitre, millilitres)
A millilitre is a very small unit for measuring liquid. - millimetre noun (a millimetre, millimetres); millimeter (US)
1) A millimetre is a small unit of length; there are 10 millimetres in a centimetre and 1,000 in a metre. It is written mm. - milliner noun (milliner, milliners)
A milliner is a person who makes or sells hats, especially women's hats and bonnets. - million number; noun (a million, millions; two million)
1) A million is the number 1,000,000: a thousand thousands. 2) Millions or a million can mean a very large number, not exact (informal). - millionaire noun (a millionaire, millionaires)
1) A millionaire is a person who has money and property worth at least a million pounds, dollars or other units of money. - millionth adjective and noun (millionth; a millionth, millionths)
Millionth means coming at number 1,000,000 in order. - millipede noun (a millipede, millipedes)
1) A millipede is a small creature with a long body made of many segments, with two pairs of legs on most segments, that lives in damp… - millstone noun (a millstone, millstones)
A millstone is one of a pair of large, round, flat stones used in a mill to grind grain into flour. - mime noun (a mime, mimes; mime, uncountable); verb (mime, mimes, mimed, miming)
Mime is acting a story using only movements, faces and gestures, without words. - mimic verb (mimic, mimics, mimicked, mimicking); noun (a mimic, mimics); adjective (mimic — rare)
To copy the way someone talks or moves, often to be funny or to make fun of them. - mimicry noun (mimicry, uncountable)
Mimicry is copying the way someone talks, moves or behaves, often to make people laugh. - mimosa noun (a mimosa, mimosas)
A tree or shrub with fluffy yellow or pink flowers. - min abbreviation, noun (min — minute, minutes)
1) Min is the short way to write minute. There are 60 min in one hour. 2) Min can also be short for minimum, the smallest amount allowed… - mince noun (mince — uncountable) — UK, Ireland, Australia, NZ; verb (mince, minces, minced, mincing)
1) Mince is meat cut into very small pieces in a machine, used for burgers, spaghetti bolognese and cottage pie; in the US and Canada it… - mincer noun (a mincer, mincers)
1) (UK, Australia, NZ, Ireland) A kitchen machine that cuts meat or other food into very small pieces by pushing it through a plate with… - mind noun (a mind, minds); verb (mind, minds, minded, minding)
Your mind is the part of you that thinks, feels, remembers and imagines. - mindful adjective (no change of form; mindful of, mindful that)
1) To be mindful is to keep something in mind and be careful about it: mindful of the rules. - mine pronoun (mine); noun (a mine, mines); verb (mine, mines, mined, mining)
1) (pronoun) Belonging to me: «That book is mine». 2) (noun) A deep hole or tunnels in the ground where people dig out coal, gold, metals… - miner noun (miner, miners)
A miner is a person who digs under the ground to get coal, gold, metal or stones. - mineral noun (a mineral, minerals); adjective (mineral water, mineral oil)
A natural, non-living solid substance found in rocks and the ground, like quartz, salt, gold or iron ore. - mineralogist noun (a mineralogist, mineralogists)
1) A scientist who studies minerals — the natural solid materials such as quartz, salt and gold that make up rocks. - ming noun (Mandarin, pinyin; the Ming dynasty); name — not an English word
«Míng» means «bright» or «clear» in Mandarin Chinese and is part of words like «míngtiān» (tomorrow) and «míngzi» (name). - mingle verb (mingle, mingles, mingled, mingling)
To mingle is to mix things together so that the parts can no longer be told apart. - mini adjective/prefix (mini — before a noun: a mini quiz); noun (a mini, minis); proper noun (a Mini — a car)
Mini means very small or smaller than usual: a mini pizza, a mini test. - miniature adjective (miniature); noun (a miniature, miniatures)
Miniature means very small, a much smaller copy of something. - minibus noun (a minibus, minibuses)
1) A small bus that carries about 8 to 16 passengers. - minim noun (a minim, minims)
A note that lasts for two beats in common time; in the US it is called a «half note». - minimalism noun (minimalism, uncountable)
A style that uses very few, simple shapes, colours or notes, leaving out everything that is not needed. - minimalist noun (a minimalist, minimalists); adjective (minimalist)
Very simple, using as few things, shapes or decorations as possible: «a minimalist bedroom». - minimisation noun (minimisation, uncountable); US spelling «minimization»
Making something as small as possible: «the minimisation of waste». - minimise verb (minimise, minimises, minimised, minimising; US spelling minimize)
To make something as small or as little as possible: minimise the risk. - minimum noun (a minimum, minimums or minima); adjective
1) The smallest amount, number or level possible or allowed. 2) (adjective) Being the smallest possible or allowed: "the minimum age". - minister noun (a minister, ministers); verb (minister to — formal)
A minister is a person in charge of a government department, such as the minister for education. - ministry noun (a ministry, ministries)
A government department led by a minister: the Ministry of Education. - mink noun (a mink, mink or minks)
A small, long, thin animal of the weasel family with dark brown fur, living near rivers and lakes and good at swimming and hunting. - minoan adjective (Minoan); noun (a Minoan, Minoans)
To do with the Minoans, an ancient Bronze Age civilisation on the Greek island of Crete, from about 3000 to 1100 BC. - minor adjective (minor); noun (a minor, minors)
Small or not very important; not serious: «a minor injury». - minority noun (a minority, minorities; minority as an adjective)
A minority is the smaller number or part of a group, less than half. - minotaur noun, proper name (the Minotaur)
The Minotaur is a monster in Greek myths with the body of a man and the head of a bull. - minstrel noun (minstrel, minstrels)
A minstrel was, long ago, a singer or musician who travelled from place to place singing songs and telling tales. - mint noun (mint, uncountable — the plant; a mint, mints — sweet; a mint — coins); verb (mint, mints, minted, minting); adjective (in mint condition)
Mint is a plant with a fresh, strong-tasting leaf used in cooking and in toothpaste. - minty adjective (minty, mintier, mintiest)
Tasting or smelling of mint, the plant used in sweets, toothpaste and gum. - minus preposition (minus); noun (a minus, minuses); adjective (minus)
1) Minus means take away. 7 minus 3 is 4. 2) The sign for minus is −. 3) Minus before a number means below zero: minus 5 degrees. 4) A… - minute noun (minute, minutes); adjective minute (said «my-NEWT», very small)
A minute is a short length of time; sixty minutes make an hour. - minx noun (minx, minxes) (old use, playful)
A minx is a cheeky, sly girl who teases or behaves in a pert way; an old-fashioned name for a saucy girl. - miracle noun (a miracle, miracles)
A wonderful event that seems impossible and that some people believe is done by God. - miraculous adjective
Like a miracle; amazing and hard to explain: a miraculous escape. - miraculously adverb
In a way that seems like a miracle; so surprisingly lucky or wonderful that it cannot easily be explained. - mirage noun (a mirage, mirages)
1) A mirage is something you seem to see that is not really there, caused by hot air bending light, like a pool of water on a hot road or… - mire noun (mire, mires); verb (mire, mires, mired, miring)
1) Mire is deep, wet mud or soft ground that sucks at your feet. 2) To mire is to get stuck in mud, or to be held back in trouble. - mirror noun (a mirror, mirrors); verb (mirror, mirrors, mirrored, mirroring)
A mirror is a piece of special glass with a shiny back in which you can see yourself and things behind you. - mirth noun (mirth – uncountable)
1) Laughter, fun and great happiness, especially among a group of people. - miry adjective (miry, mirier, miriest — literary)
1) (literary) Very muddy and boggy; full of mire (deep, sticky mud). - misadventure noun (a misadventure, misadventures; also uncountable)
A bit of bad luck or an unlucky accident, often a small one. - misapprehend verb (misapprehend, misapprehends, misapprehended, misapprehending)
1) (formal) To understand something wrongly; to misunderstand. - misapprehension noun (a misapprehension, misapprehensions)
1) (formal) A wrong idea or a misunderstanding about something. - misappropriation noun (misappropriation — uncountable); verb: misappropriate
Misappropriation is taking money or property that was trusted to you and using it wrongly for yourself; it is a kind of stealing.
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