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- morse noun (Morse, Morse code — uncountable); proper name (Morse)
Morse code is a way of sending messages using short and long signals, dots and dashes, for each letter. - morsel noun (a morsel, morsels)
1) A small piece or bite of food. 2) A small amount of anything: «not a morsel of sense». - mortal adjective (mortal); noun (a mortal, mortals)
1) (adjective) Certain to die one day; not living forever. 2) (adjective) Causing death (a mortal wound). 3) (noun) A human being… - mortality noun (mortality — uncountable; mortalities — rare)
Mortality is the fact that every living thing will one day die. - mortally adverb
1) Mortally means so badly that death is sure to follow: «mortally wounded». 2) (informal) «Mortally afraid» means extremely frightened. - mortar noun (mortar, a mortar, mortars)
Mortar is a mixture of sand, cement or lime and water used to stick bricks or stones together. - mortgage noun (a mortgage, mortgages); verb (mortgage, mortgages, mortgaged, mortgaging)
A mortgage is a big loan from a bank to buy a house or flat; you pay it back with interest, a bit every month, over many years. - mortification noun
1) Mortification is a deep feeling of shame or humiliation, often mixed with anger, when someone has been shamed or let down. - mortified adjective (mortified); verb past form of «mortify» (mortify, mortifies, mortified, mortifying)
Mortified means extremely embarrassed or ashamed. - mosaic noun (a mosaic, mosaics)
A picture or pattern made by putting together many small pieces of coloured stone, glass or tile. - mosque noun (a mosque, mosques)
1) A building where Muslims go to pray and worship together. - mosquito noun (a mosquito, mosquitoes or mosquitos)
1) A mosquito is a small flying insect with long legs; the females bite people and animals and suck their blood. - moss noun (moss — uncountable; mosses for kinds)
1) A small, soft, green plant without flowers that grows in thick, low patches on damp ground, rocks, trees and walls. - mossy adjective (mossy, mossier, mossiest)
1) Covered with moss, the soft, green, low plant that grows on damp stones, trees and ground. 2) Like moss: soft, green and springy. - most adjective, pronoun, adverb (many/much, more, most); noun (the most)
1) Most means the biggest amount or number. The one with the most has more than all the others. 2) Most means nearly all, more than half… - mostly adverb
1) Mostly means almost all, or the biggest part. 2) Mostly means usually, most of the time. - mot noun (an MOT, MOTs — UK); noun (a mot, mots — rare: a bon mot)
An MOT is a yearly test that cars more than a few years old must pass to show they are safe to drive on the road. - motel noun (a motel, motels)
1) A hotel by a road for people travelling by car, where you can usually park right outside your room. - moth noun (a moth, moths)
An insect like a butterfly, usually with dull brown or grey wings, that mostly flies at night and is drawn to lights. - mother noun (mother, mothers); verb (mother, mothers, mothered — to care for like a mother)
1) A mother is a woman who has a child. Your mother is your mom or mum. 2) An animal mother is the female that has babies: the mother… - motherless adjective
1) Motherless means having no living mother. - motif noun (a motif, motifs)
A pattern or picture that is repeated in a design, such as on fabric or wallpaper: a flower motif. - motion noun (motion, motions); verb (motion, motions, motioned, motioning)
1) Movement; the act of moving. 2) A single movement, especially of the hand or body. 3) (verb) To give someone a sign with your hand or… - motionless adjective (motionless — no comparative in normal use)
1) Not moving at all; completely still. - motivated adjective (motivated, more motivated); verb, past form of «motivate» (motivated)
Motivated means keen and wanting to work hard to do something. - motivating verb form (present participle of motivate: motivate, motivates, motivated, motivating); adjective (motivating)
Making someone want to do something or try hard. - motivation noun (motivation — uncountable; a motivation, motivations)
The wish or energy to do something and keep trying. - motive noun (motive, motives); adjective (motive – in «motive power»)
The reason why someone does something, especially something secret or wrong. - motor noun (a motor, motors); adjective (motor); verb (motor, motors, motored, motoring — old-fashioned)
A machine that turns energy (usually electricity or fuel) into movement, like the motor in a fan, a toy car or a boat. - motorbike noun (motorbike, motorbikes)
1) A motorbike is a heavy two-wheeled vehicle with an engine, like a bicycle with a motor. It is also called a motorcycle. - motorboat noun (motorboat, motorboats)
1) A motorboat is a boat that moves with an engine, not with sails or oars. - motorcar noun (a motorcar, motorcars — old-fashioned)
1) (old-fashioned, formal) A car, a road vehicle with an engine that carries a few people. - motorcycle noun (a motorcycle, motorcycles); verb (motorcycle, motorcycles, motorcycled, motorcycling — less common)
1) A heavy two-wheeled vehicle with an engine, ridden like a bicycle. 2) (verb) To travel on a motorcycle. - motorist noun (a motorist, motorists)
1) A person who drives a car. 2) (formal) Any road user who drives a motor vehicle. - motorway noun (a motorway, motorways)
A motorway is a wide, fast road with several lanes in each direction, made for long journeys by car and lorry. - mottled adjective
1) Mottled means marked with patches or blotches of different colours, like a speckled coat. - motto noun (a motto, mottos or mottoes)
1) A motto is a short sentence or phrase that sums up the beliefs or aims of a person, school, family or country. - mould noun (mould / mold, uncountable for the fungus; a mould, moulds for shapes); verb (mould, moulds, moulded, moulding)
Mould is a soft, furry growth, often green, white, blue or black, that grows on old food or damp walls; it is a kind of fungus. - moulder verb (moulders, mouldered, mouldering)
To moulder is to decay slowly and crumble, as old wood or stone does over many years. - mouldy adjective (mouldy, mouldier, mouldiest)
Covered with mould, a soft, furry fungus that grows on old food or in damp places. - moult verb (moult, moults, moulted, moulting) — US spelling: molt; noun (a moult)
1) (of a bird, animal or insect) To lose feathers, fur, hair or skin so that new ones can grow. 2) Noun: the time or act of moulting. - mound noun (a mound, mounds)
A mound is a small hill or a pile of earth, stones or other things. - mount verb (mount, mounts, mounted, mounting); noun (a mount, mounts; Mount + name)
1) To mount a horse or bike is to get on it. 2) To mount is to go up or climb, or to slowly increase: «worries mounted». 3) To mount… - mountain noun (a mountain, mountains); adjective forms (mountainous)
1) A very high hill with steep sides, usually higher than about 600 metres. 2) A very large pile or amount: a mountain of homework. - mountaineer noun (a mountaineer, mountaineers); verb (mountaineer, mountaineering)
1) A mountaineer is a person who climbs mountains as a sport or hobby. 2) Mountaineering is the sport of climbing mountains. - mountainous adjective (mountainous)
1) Mountainous means having many mountains. 2) Mountainous can mean huge, like mountainous waves. - mourn verb (mourn, mourns, mourned, mourning)
To mourn is to feel and show deep sadness because someone has died. - mourner noun (a mourner, mourners)
1) A person who feels or shows sadness because someone has died, especially a person at a funeral. - mournful adjective
1) Mournful means full of sorrow or sadness, showing grief. - mournfully adverb
1) Mournfully means in a sad, sorrowful way, as if grieving. - mourning noun (mourning — uncountable); verb form (present participle of mourn)
1) Great sadness shown after someone dies. 2) The time when people show sadness after a death, often with special customs or black… - mouse noun (mouse, mice; for computers also «mouses»)
A mouse is a very small animal with a long thin tail, round ears and sharp teeth. - mouser noun (a mouser, mousers)
A mouser is a cat (or sometimes another animal) that is good at catching mice. - moustache noun (a moustache, moustaches; US: mustache)
A moustache is hair that grows on a man's upper lip, between the nose and the mouth. - mousy adjective (mousy or mousey, mousier, mousiest)
1) (of hair) A dull light brown colour, like a mouse. 2) (of a person) Quiet, shy and not easily noticed. 3) Like a mouse or smelling of… - mouth noun (mouth, mouths); verb (mouth, mouths, mouthed — say silently)
The opening in the face used for eating, speaking and breathing. - mouthful noun (a mouthful, mouthfuls)
The amount of food or drink that fills your mouth or that you put in at one time. - mouthpart noun (a mouthpart, mouthparts)
1) Mouthparts are the parts around an insect's or other small animal's mouth that it uses to bite, suck or chew food. - mouthpiece noun (a mouthpiece, mouthpieces)
The part of a musical instrument, phone or other device that you put to or near your mouth. - mouthwash noun (mouthwash, uncountable; a mouthwash, mouthwashes)
1) Mouthwash is a liquid you rinse around your mouth to clean it and make your breath fresh. You spit it out; you do not swallow it. - mouton noun (mouton, uncountable); French word (le mouton)
«Mouton» is the French word for sheep, and also for mutton (sheep meat); to an English ear it sounds like «moo-TON» with a nasal end. - movable adjective (movable; also moveable)
1) Able to be moved from one place to another; not fixed. 2) Of a holiday or festival: falling on a different date each year, like Easter. - move verb (move, moves, moved, moving); noun (a move, moves)
To move is to go from one place to another, or to change position. - moved verb past (move, moves, moved, moving); adjective (moved — feeling touched)
Moved is the past form of move: it already went or was carried somewhere else. - movement noun (a movement, movements; movement, uncountable)
Movement is changing position or place; moving. - movie noun (movie, movies)
A movie is a story told with moving pictures, watched on a screen; in the UK it is often called a film. - moving verb (-ing form of move); adjective (moving)
Moving is the -ing form of move: going or carrying something somewhere now. - mow verb (mow, mows, mowed, mowed or mown, mowing)
To mow grass means to cut it short with a machine called a lawnmower or with a long blade. - mower noun (a mower, mowers)
1) A mower is a machine for cutting grass, also called a lawnmower. 2) A mower can also be a person who cuts grass or hay. - mown verb form (past participle of mow: mow, mows, mowed, mowing, mown/mowed); adjective (mown)
Cut short with a mower or a scythe, used about grass and hay. - mozart proper noun (Mozart — a name)
1) (a name) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was a famous Austrian composer of classical music who lived more than two hundred years ago; he wrote… - mozzarella noun (mozzarella, uncountable; a mozzarella ball)
1) A soft, white, mild Italian cheese that becomes stretchy and stringy when it is melted, often used on pizza. - mp abbreviation (MP, MPs)
Member of Parliament: a person elected to make laws for an area. - mph abbreviation (mph — miles per hour)
1) Miles per hour: how many miles something travels in one hour; a unit of speed. - mr abbreviation (Mr — title before a man's surname; plural Messrs, rare)
1) Mr: a polite title used before a man's family name or full name, like Mr Smith or Mr John Brown. It is short for «Mister». - mri abbreviation (MRI — magnetic resonance imaging); noun (an MRI, MRIs)
1) MRI stands for magnetic resonance imaging, a hospital machine that uses strong magnets and radio waves to make detailed pictures of the… - mrs abbreviation, title (Mrs, used before a family name)
Mrs is a title put before the family name of a married woman, as in Mrs Smith. - ms noun / title (Ms — with a capital M; Ms. in US English); also an abbreviation «ms» = millisecond(s)
Ms (said «miz») is a title used before a woman's surname, whether she is married or not: «Ms Patel». - msg abbreviation (msg; MSG)
1) (informal, texting) msg is short for "message". 2) MSG stands for monosodium glutamate, a salty flavour enhancer added to some foods. - mu noun (mu — the Greek letter μ); fragment
Mu (μ, M) is the twelfth letter of the Greek alphabet, the Greek m. - much determiner (much, more, most); adverb (much); pronoun (much)
Much means a lot of something you do not count one by one, like much water or much money. - muchness noun (muchness, uncountable)
1) (old, rare) Greatness in amount or size. 2) (phrase, UK) «Much of a muchness» means nearly the same, with little difference: «The two… - muck noun (muck, uncountable); verb (muck, mucks, mucked, mucking)
1) Muck is dirt, mud or something wet and dirty. 2) Muck is animal dung (poo), often spread on fields as manure. 3) (UK, informal) Muck… - muckle adjective (old Scots use); adverb (old use, meaning very)
1) (old use, Scots) Muckle means much or great in amount or size. 2) (old use) Muckle as an adverb means very or greatly. - mucky adjective (mucky, muckier, muckiest)
1) (informal, UK, Ireland, Australia) Dirty, muddy or messy: mucky hands. 2) (informal) Rude in a slightly naughty way: a mucky joke. 3)… - mucus noun (mucus — uncountable)
Mucus is the thick, slimy liquid made inside the nose, throat and other parts of the body to protect them and trap dirt and germs. - mud noun (mud, uncountable)
1) Mud is wet, soft, sticky earth. 2) Mud can mean things said to make someone look bad, as in "throw mud" (informal). - muddied verb form (past tense and past participle of muddy: muddy, muddies, muddied, muddying); adjective (muddied)
1) Made dirty or covered with mud. 2) (figurative) Made something less clear or more confusing, as in "muddied the waters". - muddle noun (a muddle, muddles); verb (muddle, muddles, muddled, muddling); adjective muddled
A muddle is an untidy mess, or a state of confusion: «My drawer is in a muddle». - muddled adjective; past form of «muddle» (muddle, muddles, muddled, muddling)
Muddled means confused and not thinking clearly. - muddy adjective (muddy, muddier, muddiest); verb (muddy, muddies, muddied, muddying)
1) Covered in mud, or full of mud. 2) (of water or colours) Not clear; cloudy or dull, as if mixed with mud. 3) (verb) To make something… - mudskipper noun (a mudskipper, mudskippers)
1) A small fish that lives on muddy shores and in mangrove swamps and can come out of the water, skipping and crawling on the mud with its… - mudslide noun (a mudslide, mudslides)
A large amount of wet mud sliding quickly down a hill or mountain, often after heavy rain. - muff noun (a muff, muffs); verb (muff, muffs, muffed, muffing)
A muff is a soft tube of fur or warm cloth that you put both hands into from each end to keep them warm, worn in old times. - muffin noun (a muffin, muffins)
A small sweet cake baked in a cup-shaped tin, often with fruit or chocolate chips. - muffle verb (muffle, muffles, muffled, muffling); noun (a muffle — rare)
To muffle a sound is to make it quieter and less clear, for example by covering it. - muffled verb form (past tense and past participle of muffle: muffle, muffles, muffled, muffling); adjective (muffled)
Quiet and unclear because something is in the way, as in "a muffled voice". - mug noun (a mug, mugs); verb (mug, mugs, mugged, mugging)
A big cup with straight sides and a handle, for hot drinks. - mugging noun (a mugging, muggings); verb, -ing form of «mug» (mugging)
A mugging is an attack in a public place where someone is robbed, often with threats or violence. - muggy adjective (muggy, muggier, muggiest); noun form mugginess
Muggy weather is warm, damp and still, with heavy, sticky air that makes you feel hot and tired.
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