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- wad noun (a wad, wads); verb (wad, wads, wadded, wadding)
A wad is a thick soft lump or roll of material, such as cotton wool, paper or chewing gum. - waddle verb (waddle, waddles, waddled, waddling); noun (a waddle)
To walk with short steps, swaying from side to side, like a duck or penguin. - wade verb (wade, wades, waded, wading); noun (a wade — rare)
To wade is to walk through water or mud, where it is hard to move. - wafer noun (a wafer, wafers)
A wafer is a very thin, light, crisp biscuit, often eaten with ice cream or with cream between layers. - waffle noun (a waffle, waffles; waffle — uncountable for talk); verb (waffle, waffles, waffled, waffling)
A waffle is a crisp flat cake made of batter, cooked in a hot iron that gives it a grid of little squares. - waft verb (wafts, wafted, wafting)
To waft is to move gently through the air, like a light breeze carrying something along. - wag verb (wag, wags, wagged, wagging); noun (a wag — a wave of the tail; a joker, old-fashioned)
To move quickly from side to side or up and down, especially a dog's tail. - wage noun (a wage, wages); verb (wage, wages, waged, waging — wage war, wage a campaign)
A wage is the money a worker is paid for their work, usually counted by the hour, day or week. - waggle verb (waggle, waggles, waggled, waggling); noun (a waggle)
To move something quickly from side to side or up and down: waggle your fingers. - waggon noun (waggons)
1) A waggon is a heavy cart with four wheels, pulled by horses to carry goods. 2) (old spelling) The same as "wagon". - waggoner noun (waggoners)
1) A waggoner is a person who drives a waggon, especially a farm worker long ago. 2) (old spelling) The same as "wagoner". - wagon noun (a wagon, wagons; UK also «waggon» — old)
A vehicle with four wheels, pulled by horses or oxen, used to carry heavy loads or people. - wahoo noun (wahoos)
A wahoo is a North American tree whose inner bark was used for weaving and making rope. - waif noun (a waif, waifs)
A waif is a homeless, neglected child or animal, often thin and with nobody to care for it. - wail verb (wail, wails, wailed, wailing); noun (a wail, wails)
To wail is to cry out with a long, loud, high sound because of pain, sadness or anger. - wailing noun (wailing, uncountable); verb, -ing form of wail (wail, wails, wailed, wailing); adjective (wailing)
A long, loud, high cry of pain, sadness or anger. - waist noun (waist, waists)
Your waist is the middle part of your body, between your ribs and your hips, usually the narrowest part, where a belt goes. - waistband noun (waistbands)
1) A waistband is the band of cloth around the waist of trousers or a skirt, where small things can be tucked. - waistcoat noun (a waistcoat, waistcoats)
A short jacket with buttons and no sleeves, worn over a shirt and often under a suit jacket; in the USA and Canada it is called a vest. - wait verb (wait, waits, waited, waiting); noun (a wait)
To wait means to stay where you are, or not do something, until something happens or someone comes. - waiter noun (a waiter, waiters)
1) A waiter is a person whose job is to bring food and drinks to people in a restaurant or café. 2) Rarely, a waiter is someone who waits. - waitress noun (a waitress, waitresses)
1) A waitress is a woman or girl whose job is to bring food and drinks to customers' tables in a café or restaurant and take their orders. - waive verb (waive, waives, waived, waiving)
1) To waive a rule, fee or right is to choose not to use it or not to demand it (formal). - wake verb (wake, wakes, woke, woken, waking); noun (a wake — rare)
1) To wake, or wake up, means to stop sleeping. 2) To wake someone is to make them stop sleeping. 3) The wake of a boat is the line of… - wakeful adjective (wakeful)
1) Not able to sleep, or awake when you would normally sleep. 2) Watchful and alert. - wakefulness noun (wakefulness — uncountable)
1) Wakefulness is the state of being awake. 2) Wakefulness also means being unable to sleep when you want to. - waken verb (wakens, wakened, wakening)
1) To waken is to wake up, or to wake someone from sleep. - wakening adjective (a wakening heart); verb form of waken
Wakening means beginning to wake up or to become aware of something. - walk verb (walk, walks, walked, walking); noun (a walk, walks)
To walk means to move by putting one foot in front of the other, slower than running. - walkabout noun (a walkabout, walkabouts)
A walkabout is a traditional journey on foot through the bush made by some Aboriginal Australians, linked to culture, country and learning. - walker noun (walker, walkers)
A walker is a person who walks, often for fun or sport. - walkover noun (a walkover, walkovers)
A very easy win in a game or contest, where the other side hardly fights back. - walkway noun (a walkway, walkways)
1) A walkway is a path or passage for people to walk along, often raised, covered or built between buildings. - wall noun (wall, walls); verb (wall in, wall off — rare)
A wall is one of the sides of a room or building. - wallaby noun (a wallaby, wallabies; the Wallabies)
A wallaby is an Australian animal like a small kangaroo that hops and carries its baby (a joey) in a pouch. - wallah noun (a wallah, wallahs)
A person who does a particular job or is connected with a particular thing, as in chai-wallah (a tea seller) or rickshaw-wallah. - wallet noun (wallet, wallets)
A wallet is a small flat case, usually folded, for keeping money, cards and tickets. - wallop verb (wallop, wallops, walloped, walloping); noun (a wallop, wallops)
To wallop means to hit something or someone very hard. - wallow verb (wallow, wallows, wallowed, wallowing); noun (a wallow, wallows)
To roll about in mud or water, as pigs, hippos and buffalo do to cool down. - wallpaper noun (wallpaper — uncountable; a wallpaper, wallpapers); verb (wallpaper, wallpapers, wallpapered, wallpapering)
Wallpaper is paper with patterns or colours that is stuck on walls to decorate a room. - wally noun (a wally, wallies)
A silly or foolish person; a mild, often friendly insult. - walnut noun (a walnut, walnuts; walnut — the wood, uncountable)
A walnut is a nut with a wrinkly brown shell and a wrinkly seed inside that looks a bit like a little brain. - walrus noun (a walrus, walruses)
A walrus is a very large sea mammal of the Arctic with long white tusks, whiskers, flippers and a thick layer of fat. - waltz noun (a waltz, waltzes); verb (waltz, waltzes, waltzed, waltzing)
A smooth ballroom dance for two people who turn round and round together, with three beats in each bar of music. - wampanoag noun (Wampanoag, the Wampanoag people); adjective (Wampanoag)
1) A Native American people of what is now Massachusetts and Rhode Island in the USA. 2) Their language, also called Wôpanâak. - wampum noun (wampum — uncountable)
Small beads made from white and purple shells, strung together or woven into belts by Native American peoples of eastern North America. - wan adjective (wan, wanner, wannest)
1) Wan means pale and looking ill or tired. 2) A wan smile is a weak, tired or sad smile. 3) (old, poetic) Wan light is faint and weak. 4)… - wand noun (a wand, wands)
A wand is a thin stick used by a magician, wizard or fairy to do magic tricks or spells. - wander verb (wander, wanders, wandered, wandering); noun (a wander — informal, UK)
To walk around slowly without a clear plan or without going anywhere in particular. - wanderer noun (a wanderer, wanderers)
A wanderer is a person or animal that travels from place to place with no fixed home or no clear plan. - wandering noun (wanderings); adjective (a wandering knight)
1) A wandering is a journey taken from place to place with no fixed aim. 2) Wandering means moving from place to place with no fixed home. - wane verb (wane, wanes, waned, waning); noun (on the wane)
Of the Moon: to look smaller each night after the full moon, as less of its lit side faces the Earth. - waning verb form (wane, wanes, waned, waning); adjective (a waning moon)
Waning is the -ing form of «wane»: getting smaller or weaker little by little. - want verb (want, wants, wanted, wanting); noun (wants — the things people want)
To want means to wish to have or do something. - war noun (a war, wars; war — uncountable for the idea)
A war is a long fight between countries or large groups using soldiers and weapons. - warble verb (warble, warbles, warbled, warbling); noun (a warble)
Of a bird: to sing with a sweet, trembling, changing sound. - warbler noun (a warbler, warblers)
1) A warbler is one of many kinds of small, often greenish or brownish songbirds that eat insects and sing quick, trilling songs, such as… - ward noun (a ward, wards); verb (ward off)
1) A room in a hospital with beds for patients. 2) An area of a town or city that votes for its own councillor. 3) A child who is looked… - warden noun (a warden, wardens)
A warden is a person whose job is to look after a place or the people in it, like a park, a hall of residence or a nature reserve. - warder noun (a warder, warders)
1) (UK, old) A person who guards prisoners in a prison; a prison guard. 2) (old) A person who guards a gate or a building. - wardrobe noun (a wardrobe, wardrobes)
A wardrobe is a tall cupboard where you hang clothes. - ware noun (wares)
1) (old use) Wares are goods or things made to be sold. 2) A ware is a kind of article made from a material, such as crockery-ware or… - warehouse noun (a warehouse, warehouses)
A warehouse is a large building where goods are stored before they are sold or sent to shops. - warfare noun (warfare — uncountable)
1) Warfare is fighting in a war, or the way a war is fought. - warlike adjective (warlike)
1) Warlike means ready for war, fond of fighting, or having to do with war. - warlock noun (warlocks)
1) A warlock is a man believed to have magic powers, a wizard, usually a wicked one. This is an old use, found in fairy tales. - warlord noun (a warlord, warlords)
1) A warlord is a military leader who controls an area by force with his own army, usually when there is no strong government. - warm adjective (warm, warmer, warmest); verb (warm, warms, warmed, warming)
A little hot, pleasantly not cold: "warm water". - warmer adjective (comparative of warm: warm, warmer, warmest); noun (a warmer, warmers — a thing that warms)
Warmer means more warm, having a higher temperature than something else. - warmly adverb (warmly, more warmly, most warmly)
Warmly means in a way that keeps you warm: dress warmly. - warmth noun (warmth, uncountable)
Warmth is the state of being warm, a gentle heat: the warmth of the fire. - warn verb (warn, warns, warned, warning); noun warning (a warning, warnings)
To warn someone means to tell them about a danger or problem before it happens, so they can be careful or avoid it. - warning noun (a warning, warnings); verb form (-ing of warn: warn, warns, warned, warning); adjective (a warning sign)
Something said, written or shown to tell people about a danger or a problem so they can avoid it. - warp verb (warp, warps, warped, warping); noun (warp — the threads; a warp — a bend)
To warp is to bend or twist out of shape, often because of heat or water. - warrant noun (a warrant, warrants); verb (warrant, warrants, warranted, warranting — formal)
An official paper from a judge that lets the police do something, such as search a house or arrest someone. - warren noun (a warren, warrens); name (Warren)
A group of connected underground holes and tunnels where rabbits live. - warring adjective (warring); verb (form of war: war, wars, warred, warring)
1) Fighting a war against each other. 2) Quarrelling or arguing strongly, like two sides who will not agree. - warrior noun (a warrior, warriors)
A warrior is a brave fighter or soldier, especially in old times or in stories. - warship noun (a warship, warships)
A warship is a ship built and armed for fighting in a war, run by a navy. - wart noun (a wart, warts)
A wart is a small, hard, rough lump that grows on the skin, often on hands or feet, caused by a virus. - warthog noun (a warthog, warthogs)
1) A warthog is a wild pig of the African grasslands with a big flat head, long curved tusks, a thin mane and lumpy bumps on its face that… - wartime noun (wartime — uncountable); adjective (wartime)
1) Wartime is a period when a country is at war. 2) As an adjective, wartime means happening in or belonging to such a time: «wartime food». - warty adjective (warty, wartier, wartiest)
1) Warty means covered with warts, small hard lumps on the skin. 2) Warty means having a lumpy, bumpy surface like warts. - wary adjective (wary, warier, wariest)
Careful and a little worried because something might be dangerous or tricky. - wash verb (wash, washes, washed, washing); noun (a wash, washes; the wash)
To clean something or someone with water and usually soap. - washable adjective
1) Washable means it can be washed without being damaged. - washboard noun (a washboard, washboards)
A board with ridges on it, once used for scrubbing clothes when washing them by hand. - washed verb, past form of wash (wash, washes, washed, washing); adjective
Washed means made clean with water, often with soap. - washer noun (a washer, washers)
A small flat ring of metal, rubber or plastic put under a nut or a screw, or inside a tap, to make it tight or stop leaks. - washerman noun (washermen)
A washerman is a man whose job is washing other people's clothes. - washerwoman noun (a washerwoman, washerwomen)
A woman whose job, in the past, was washing other people's clothes and sheets by hand, for money. - washing noun (washing); verb, -ing form of wash (wash, washes, washed, washing)
Washing is cleaning something with water, often with soap. - washroom noun (a washroom, washrooms)
1) (Canada, US) A room with toilets and washbasins; a toilet or restroom. 2) A room for washing, or for laundry in some buildings. - wasp noun (a wasp, wasps)
A wasp is a flying insect with a thin waist and yellow and black stripes; it can sting. - wastage noun (wastage; uncountable)
1) The amount of something that is wasted or lost. 2) The act of wasting. - waste noun (waste, wastes); verb (waste, wastes, wasted, wasting); adjective (waste)
Waste is rubbish: things that are thrown away because they are not wanted. - wasted verb (waste, wastes, wasted, wasting); adjective (wasted)
Wasted means used badly or carelessly, or lost without being useful. - wasteful adjective
1) Wasteful means using more of something than is needed, or using it carelessly so that some is lost or thrown away. - wasteland noun (a wasteland, wastelands; wasteland, uncountable)
An area of land that is empty, ruined or not used, such as land with rubble, weeds and rubbish. - wasting verb form of waste (waste, wastes, wasted, wasting); adjective (wasting)
Wasting means using something for nothing or losing it, like wasting time, water, food or money.
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