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- plough noun (a plough, ploughs); verb (plough, ploughs, ploughed, ploughing)
A big farm tool, pulled by a tractor or animals, that turns over and breaks up the soil to get it ready for planting. - ploughman noun (ploughman, ploughmen)
1) A ploughman is a farm worker who ploughs fields, pulling the plough with oxen or horses. - ploughshare noun (a ploughshare, ploughshares; US plowshare)
The sharp metal blade of a plough that cuts into the soil. - plover noun (plover, plovers)
1) A plover is a bird with a short beak, that lives on open land and often flies in flocks. - plow noun (plow, plows); verb (plow, plows, plowed, plowing)
A plow is a farm tool pulled by animals to turn over the soil; it is the American spelling of «plough». - ploy noun (a ploy, ploys)
1) A clever trick or plan used to get an advantage or to make someone do something. - pluck verb (pluck, plucks, plucked, plucking); noun (pluck — uncountable)
To pluck something is to pull it off or out quickly, such as a flower, a fruit or a hair. - plucked verb (past and past participle of «pluck»: pluck, plucks, plucked, plucking); adjective (plucked)
Plucked means pulled off or picked with the fingers, as in plucked flowers or fruit. - plug noun (a plug, plugs); verb (plug, plugs, plugged, plugging)
A plug is the part on the end of an electric wire that you push into a socket to get power. - plugged verb form (past of plug: plug, plugs, plugged, plugging); adjective (plugged: a plugged drain); related noun (a plug, plugs)
Plugged in means connected to an electricity socket with a plug so it can work. - plughole noun (a plughole, plugholes)
1) A plughole is the hole at the bottom of a bath or sink where the water drains away. - plum noun (plum, plums); adjective (plum — a dark red-purple colour)
A plum is a small round soft fruit with a smooth purple, red or yellow skin and a stone inside. - plumage noun (plumage — uncountable)
1) Plumage is all the feathers of a bird, their colours and patterns. - plumb verb (plumb, plumbs, plumbed, plumbing); adverb (plumb — informal); noun (a plumb, plumb line); adjective (plumb)
To fit water pipes in a building: «plumb in a washing machine». - plumber noun (a plumber, plumbers)
1) A plumber is a person whose job is to fit and repair water pipes, taps, toilets, sinks and heating systems. - plumbing noun (plumbing, uncountable); verb form (-ing of «plumb»)
Plumbing is the system of pipes, taps, toilets and drains that bring clean water into a building and take dirty water away. - plume noun (a plume, plumes); verb (plume, plumes, plumed, pluming — rare)
A large, soft, beautiful feather, or a bunch of feathers worn as decoration. - plump adjective (plump, plumper, plumpest); verb (plump, plumps, plumped, plumping)
Plump means a little fat and round in a pleasant way: "a plump baby", "plump cheeks". - plunder verb (plunders, plundered, plundering); noun (no plural)
1) To plunder is to take goods from a place by force, as robbers or invaders do. 2) Plunder is the goods taken in this way. - plundered verb (past of plunder)
Plundered is the past form of plunder: it means that goods were taken by force from a place. - plunge verb (plunge, plunges, plunged, plunging); noun (a plunge, plunges)
To plunge is to jump or fall suddenly and steeply, especially into water. - plunger noun (a plunger, plungers)
A plunger is a tool with a rubber cup on a stick, used to clear a blocked sink or toilet by pushing and pulling. - plural noun (a plural, plurals; the plural); adjective (plural)
Plural means more than one: «cats» is the plural of «cat». - plurality noun (a plurality, pluralities)
More votes than any other single person or party, but not more than half of all votes. - plus preposition (plus); noun (a plus, pluses or plusses); adjective (plus); conjunction (plus — informal: and also)
1) Plus means add. 3 plus 4 is 7. The sign for plus is +. 2) Plus means and also: «It is cheap, plus it is fun». 3) A plus is a good… - plush adjective (plush, plusher, plushest); noun (plush, uncountable)
adjective: Rich, comfortable and expensive-looking: "a plush hotel". - plushy adjective (plushy, plushier, plushiest); noun (a plushy, plushies), usually spelled plushie
adjective (informal): Rich and comfortable-looking, like plush; luxurious. - ply verb (plies, plying, plied)
To ply someone with something is to keep giving them food or drink, often more than they want. - plywood noun (plywood — uncountable)
1) Plywood is a strong board made of thin layers of wood glued together, with the grain of each layer going a different way. - pm abbreviation (pm, p.m., PM)
«pm» (from Latin post meridiem, "after midday") means the hours after 12 noon and before midnight: 3 pm is in the afternoon. - pneumatophore noun (a pneumatophore, pneumatophores)
1) A pneumatophore is a special root of a mangrove tree that sticks up out of the mud or water like a pencil, so the tree can take in air. - pneumonia noun (pneumonia — uncountable)
1) Pneumonia is a serious illness in which the lungs become swollen and fill with fluid, often caused by germs, making it hard to breathe. - po noun (a po, pos — UK old-fashioned); abbreviation (PO, P.O.); also a name (the Po)
A po is a chamber pot: a bowl kept under the bed to wee in at night in the days before indoor toilets. - poacher noun (a poacher, poachers)
A person who hunts or catches animals or fish illegally, often rare animals like elephants and rhinos. - poaching noun (poaching, uncountable); verb form (present participle of poach)
Illegally hunting or catching animals, birds or fish, especially on someone else's land or protected animals like elephants and rhinos. - pocket noun (pocket, pockets); verb (pocket, pockets, pocketed, pocketing); adjective (pocket — small)
A pocket is a small bag sewn into clothes, where you keep small things. - pocketful noun (a pocketful, pocketfuls or pocketsful)
1) As much as a pocket can hold. - pod noun (a pod, pods)
A long case that holds the seeds of plants such as peas and beans. - podcast noun (a podcast, podcasts); verb (podcast, podcasts, podcasted or podcast, podcasting)
A podcast is a series of audio (sometimes video) shows on the internet that you can download or stream and listen to whenever you like. - podgy adjective (podgy, podgier, podgiest)
1) (informal, mainly UK) A little fat, short and soft-looking. 2) (informal) Soft and fleshy, of hands, fingers or a face. - podium noun (a podium, podiums or podia)
A podium is a small raised platform that a person stands on to speak, conduct an orchestra or receive a prize. - poem noun (a poem, poems)
A poem is a piece of writing in lines, often with rhythm and sometimes rhyme, that expresses feelings or ideas in a special, beautiful way. - poesy noun (no plural)
(old use) Poesy means poetry, the art of writing poems. - poet noun (a poet, poets)
1) A person who writes poems. - poetess noun (poetesses)
(old use) A poetess is a woman who writes poems; today most people just say poet. - poetic adjective (more poetic, most poetic)
To do with poetry or written in the form of poems. - poetical adjective
1) Of or about poetry, or written like a poem. 2) Full of feeling, imagination or beautiful language. - poetry noun (poetry — uncountable; a poem, poems)
Writing in which words are chosen for their sound, rhythm and pictures, often set out in short lines and sometimes rhyming. - pogrom noun (a pogrom, pogroms)
1) A pogrom is a violent attack by a mob on a group of people because of their religion or people, in which homes and shops are destroyed… - poinsettia noun (a poinsettia, poinsettias)
1) A plant from Mexico with large bright red (or pink or white) leaves around small yellow flowers, popular at Christmas. - point noun (point, points); verb (point, points, pointed, pointing)
1) A point is a score in a game. 2) A point is a very small dot, or an exact place: a point on a line, a meeting point. 3) The point is… - pointer noun (a pointer, pointers)
A stick, arrow or needle used to point at something, such as on a dial, scale or clock. - pointless adjective (pointless); adverb pointlessly; noun pointlessness
1) Pointless means having no purpose or use. 2) In a game or test, pointless can mean scoring no points. - poison noun (poison — uncountable; poisons — kinds); verb (poison, poisons, poisoned, poisoning)
A substance that can make you very ill or kill you if you swallow, breathe in or touch it. - poisonous adjective (poisonous, more poisonous, most poisonous)
Containing poison; able to make you very ill or kill you if eaten, drunk, breathed in or touched. - poke verb (poke, pokes, poked, poking); noun (a poke, pokes)
To poke is to push something with your finger or a pointed object. - poker noun (poker, uncountable; a poker, pokers)
A card game in which players bet money or chips on whose cards are best, often bluffing (pretending). - poky adjective (poky, pokier, pokiest — informal; also pokey)
Of a room or house: small and cramped, with not enough space. - polar adjective (polar — no comparative)
To do with the North Pole or the South Pole, or the very cold areas around them. - polarisation noun (polarisation — usually uncountable)
Polarisation of light is when light waves are made to vibrate in only one direction, as in polarised sunglasses that cut glare. - polder noun (a polder, polders)
1) A piece of low, flat land taken back from the sea or a lake and protected by dykes (walls of earth), mainly in the Netherlands. - pole noun (pole, poles); also Pole (a person from Poland)
A pole is a long thin stick, often of wood or metal, that stands up straight or is held. - polecat noun (a polecat, polecats)
A polecat is a wild animal of the weasel family, with dark brown fur and a pale face mask, that gives off a strong smell when frightened. - police noun (police — a group word with a plural verb: the police are)
The police are the people whose job is to keep everyone safe, help people in danger and make sure the laws are kept. - policeman noun (a policeman, policemen)
1) A policeman is a man who is a member of the police, the people whose job is to keep people safe and make sure laws are obeyed. - policy noun (a policy, policies)
A plan or set of rules that a school, company or government decides to follow: the school's policy on phones. - polio noun (polio, uncountable)
A serious illness caused by a virus that can damage the nerves and cause paralysis, so people cannot move parts of their body. - poliomyelitis noun (poliomyelitis, uncountable); usually called polio
A serious disease caused by a virus that attacks the nerves and can cause paralysis, especially in children. - polish noun (polish, polishes); verb (polish, polishes, polished, polishing)
1) (verb) To rub something to make it smooth and shiny. 2) (noun) A cream, liquid or wax used to make things shiny: «shoe polish», «nail… - polite adjective (polite, politer/more polite, politest/most polite); adverb politely; noun politeness
Behaving in a kind and respectful way, using good manners: saying please and thank you, not interrupting. - politely adverb (politely, more politely, most politely)
1) Politely means in a kind, respectful way that shows good manners. - politeness noun (politeness — uncountable)
1) Politeness is behaving with good manners and respect for other people, for example saying please and thank you. - politic adjective (old use)
1) Wise and careful in what one does, so as to get on well and avoid trouble. 2) Clever in a sly way, sometimes a little unfair. - political adjective (political; more political, most political)
About government, how a country is run and the people in power. - politician noun (a politician, politicians)
1) A person whose job is in politics, especially someone elected to run a town, a region or a country, such as a member of parliament, a… - politics noun (politics — uncountable, used with a singular or plural verb)
Politics is the activities of governments and people who run a country, including elections and making laws. - polka noun (a polka, polkas); verb (polka, polkas, polkaed, polkaing — rare)
A lively, bouncy dance for couples that started in Central Europe in the 1800s, with quick hopping steps. - poll noun (a poll, polls; the polls); verb (poll, polls, polled, polling)
A poll is a survey in which many people are asked the same question to find out what most of them think. - pollen noun (pollen — uncountable)
Pollen is a fine yellow powder made by flowers. - pollinate verb (pollinate, pollinates, pollinated, pollinating)
1) To carry pollen from the male part (stamen) of a flower to the female part (stigma) of the same or another flower, so seeds can form. - pollination noun (pollination)
1) Pollination is the moving of pollen from the male part of a flower (the anther) to the female part (the stigma), so that seeds can form. - pollinator noun (a pollinator, pollinators)
1) A pollinator is an animal, usually an insect like a bee, butterfly or moth, that carries pollen from one flower to another so the plant… - pollock noun (a pollock, pollock or pollocks; Pollock — a name)
A sea fish of the North Atlantic, related to the cod, often eaten as fish fingers or fish and chips. - pollutant noun (a pollutant, pollutants)
1) A substance that makes air, water or soil dirty and harmful to living things. - pollute verb (pollute, pollutes, polluted, polluting)
1) To pollute is to make air, water or land dirty and harmful by adding waste, smoke or chemicals. - pollution noun (pollution — uncountable)
Pollution is dirt, poison or waste in the air, water or land that harms living things. - polo noun (polo, uncountable — the sport; a polo, polos — a polo shirt or neck)
Polo is a game played on horseback in which two teams use long-handled wooden mallets to hit a small ball into the other team's goal. - polonium noun (polonium — uncountable; symbol Po)
1) Polonium is a rare, extremely radioactive and poisonous chemical element, number 84, symbol Po, discovered by Marie and Pierre Curie. - polygraph noun (a polygraph, polygraphs)
1) A polygraph is a machine that measures a person's breathing, heartbeat, blood pressure and sweating while they answer questions; it is… - polymer noun (a polymer, polymers)
A polymer is a substance made of very long chain-like molecules, built from many small units (called monomers) joined together. - polynesian adjective (Polynesian); noun (a Polynesian, Polynesians)
1) To do with Polynesia, the large group of Pacific islands including Hawaii, Samoa, Tonga, Tahiti and New Zealand (Aotearoa), and with… - polyp noun (a polyp, polyps)
A polyp is a small sea animal with a tube-shaped body and a mouth ringed with tentacles; coral and sea anemones are made of polyps. - polystyrene noun (polystyrene — uncountable)
1) Polystyrene is a light plastic. The common white kind is full of air bubbles and is used for packaging, cups and food boxes. 2) Hard… - polytechnic noun (a polytechnic, polytechnics); adjective (polytechnic — teaching many technical subjects)
1) A college that teaches many practical and technical subjects, like engineering, building, computing and design, often to older students… - pom noun (a pom, poms; Pom, Pommy); short forms: pom-pom, Pomeranian
A Pom or Pommy is an English person or a British person; it is a joking word but can sound rude. - pomegranate noun (pomegranates)
A round fruit with a tough red skin and many juicy red seeds inside. - pomelo noun (pomeloes or pomelos)
A very large citrus fruit, like a big grapefruit, with thick yellow-green skin. - pomeranian noun (a Pomeranian, Pomeranians); adjective (Pomeranian)
A very small, fluffy dog with a fox-like face, pointed ears and a thick fur coat, often orange or cream. - pomp noun (pomp, no plural)
1) Pomp is grand display and ceremony, with splendid clothes, music and crowds, meant to impress people. - pompous adjective (pompous; more pompous, most pompous)
1) Acting too important and too serious, using grand words to show off. 2) (of speech or writing) Full of big, showy words.
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