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- watch verb (watch, watches, watched, watching); noun (a watch, watches)
1) To watch is to look at something for a while. 2) To watch someone or something is to take care of it or keep it safe: «Watch your… - watchdog noun (watchdogs)
A watchdog is a dog kept to guard a house or farm and to bark at strangers. - watcher noun (a watcher, watchers)
A watcher is a person who watches something or someone, often carefully or for a long time. - watchful adjective (watchful; more watchful, most watchful)
1) Paying careful attention to what is happening, so you notice any danger or problem. - watchfulness noun (no plural)
1) Watchfulness is careful looking out, keeping alert so that nothing bad happens without your noticing. - watchman noun (watchmen)
A watchman is a person paid to stay awake and guard a building or street at night. - water noun (water, waters); verb (water, waters, watered, watering)
Water is the clear liquid in rivers, lakes, rain and the sea; people, animals and plants need it to live. - watercolour noun (a watercolour, watercolours; watercolour, uncountable); adjective
Watercolour is a kind of paint that you mix with water; it gives light, see-through colours. - watercourse noun (a watercourse, watercourses)
1) A watercourse is any channel that water flows along, like a river, stream, brook, ditch or canal. - waterfall noun (a waterfall, waterfalls)
1) A waterfall is a place where a river or stream flows over the edge of a cliff or steep rock and falls down. - waterfowl noun (waterfowl — plural same; a waterfowl rarely)
1) Waterfowl are birds that swim and live on or near water, especially ducks, geese and swans. - watering verb form (present participle of water); noun (watering); adjective (watering)
1) (verb) Giving water to plants or animals. 2) (noun) The act of giving water: The garden needs watering. 3) (adjective) Causing eyes or… - waterline noun (the waterline, waterlines)
The line along the side of a ship or boat where the water reaches. - waterlogged adjective (waterlogged)
Waterlogged ground is so full of water that it cannot soak up any more, so puddles stay on top. - waterloo proper noun (Waterloo — a name of a place); noun (a waterloo — a final defeat, as in "meet your Waterloo")
Waterloo is a town in Belgium where Napoleon was finally defeated in 1815 by British, Dutch, Belgian and Prussian armies. - watermark noun (a watermark, watermarks); verb (watermark, watermarks, watermarked)
1) A faint picture or pattern pressed into paper, which you can see when you hold it up to the light; banknotes have them to show they are… - watermelon noun (a watermelon, watermelons; watermelon — the flesh, uncountable)
A large round or oval fruit with a hard green skin and sweet, juicy red or pink flesh with black seeds. - waterproof adjective; noun (a waterproof, waterproofs — UK); verb (waterproof, waterproofs, waterproofed)
Waterproof means not letting water in or through. - watershed noun (a watershed, watersheds)
A watershed is a line of high land, such as a ridge, that divides two areas whose rivers flow in different directions. - waterside noun (the waterside); adjective (waterside)
The waterside is the land along the edge of a river, lake or sea. - waterspout noun (waterspouts)
A waterspout is a column of water shooting up or out, such as a spout or a whirling tube of water over the sea. - watertight adjective
1) Watertight means so closely made that no water can get in or out. - waterway noun (a waterway, waterways)
1) A waterway is a river, canal or other stretch of water that boats can travel along. - waterworks noun (waterworks, plural form, used with a singular or plural verb)
A building or system that cleans water and sends it through pipes to people's homes. - watery adjective (watery, waterier, wateriest – usually «more watery»)
Containing too much water; thin and weak: watery soup. - watt noun (a watt, watts); name (Watt)
The unit used to measure power: how fast energy is used or produced. - wave noun (wave, waves); verb (wave, waves, waved, waving)
1) A moving ridge of water on the sea or a lake. 2) A movement of your hand to say hello, goodbye or to get attention. 3) As a verb, to… - waver verb (waver, wavers, wavered, wavering)
To be unsure and keep changing your mind; to hesitate: she wavered between the red and the blue. - waving verb (wave, waves, waved, waving — "waving" is the -ing form); noun (waving); adjective (waving, as in waving grass)
Moving your hand from side to side to say hello or goodbye, or to get attention. - wavy adjective (wavy, wavier, waviest)
1) Having curves like waves; not straight: wavy hair, a wavy line. - waw noun (waw, also vav or vau — a letter); fragment
Waw (also spelled vav or vau) is the sixth letter of the Hebrew alphabet; in Hebrew it can sound like "v" or stand for an "o" or "u" sound. - wax noun (wax); verb (wax, waxes, waxed, waxing)
Wax is a soft material that melts when warm, used to make candles and crayons. - waxwork noun (a waxwork, waxworks)
A life-size model of a person made of wax, usually of a famous person. - waxy adjective (waxy, waxier, waxiest)
1) Waxy means made of wax, covered in wax, or looking or feeling like wax: smooth, shiny and a little slippery. - way noun (way, ways); adverb (way — very, far: «way too big»)
A way is a road, path or direction to a place: «the way to school». - wayfarer noun (a wayfarer, wayfarers)
1) (literary, old) A wayfarer is a traveller who goes on foot, walking from place to place. - wayfaring adjective (wayfaring); noun (wayfaring — uncountable)
1) Travelling, especially on foot from place to place: a wayfaring man. 2) The act of travelling on foot (old). - wayside noun (waysides); adjective
1) The wayside is the edge of a road or path. 2) Wayside means at the side of a road or path (as in «wayside flowers»). - we pronoun (we, us, our, ours, ourselves)
We or us means the speaker and other people together. - weak adjective (weak, weaker, weakest)
Weak means not strong; not having much power or energy in your body. - weaken verb (weaken, weakens, weakened, weakening)
To weaken means to become weaker, or to make someone or something weaker, less strong or less powerful. - weakling noun (weaklings)
1) A weakling is a person or animal with little strength, who is easily beaten or looked down on. - weakly adverb (weakly)
1) Weakly means without strength or energy: «he smiled weakly». 2) Weakly means not strongly, only a little: «the light shone weakly». - weakness noun (weakness — uncountable; a weakness, weaknesses)
Weakness is the state of not being strong in body: «weakness in her legs». - weal noun (weals)
1) A weal is a raised red or purple mark on the skin, left by a blow from a whip or stick. - wealth noun (wealth — uncountable)
Wealth is a large amount of money, property and things worth a lot; being rich. - wealthy adjective (wealthy, wealthier, wealthiest); noun (the wealthy)
1) Having a lot of money and property; rich. 2) «The wealthy» means rich people as a group. - wean verb (wean, weans, weaned, weaning); noun (a wean — Scottish dialect, a child)
To wean a baby or young animal is to slowly stop feeding it only on its mother's milk and start giving it other food. - weaning noun (weaning, uncountable); verb, -ing form of wean (wean, weans, weaned, weaning)
Slowly getting a baby or a young animal used to eating food instead of drinking only its mother's milk (or formula). - weapon noun (weapon, weapons)
A weapon is something used to hurt or attack, or to defend in a fight, such as a sword, gun, knife or bomb. - wear verb (wear, wears, wore, worn, wearing); noun (wear — clothes of a kind, or damage from use)
To wear means to have clothes, shoes, glasses or jewellery on your body. - wearied verb (weary, wearies, wearied, wearying)
1) To weary is to make someone tired, or to become tired. «Wearied» is the past form: it was tired and worn out. - wearily adverb
1) Wearily means in a tired way, with little energy. - weariness noun (no plural)
1) Weariness is the feeling of being very tired and worn out. - wearisome adjective (wearisome; more wearisome, most wearisome)
1) Making you feel tired, bored or fed up, especially because it goes on too long. - weary adjective (weary, wearier, weariest); verb (weary, wearies, wearied, wearying)
Weary means very tired, especially after a lot of work or a long journey. - weasel noun (a weasel, weasels); verb (weasel, weasels, weaselled/weaseled, weaselling/weaseling)
A weasel is a small, thin, fast wild animal with brown fur and a long body that hunts mice and voles. - weather noun (weather — uncountable); verb (weather, weathers, weathered — to wear away; to get through a difficulty)
What the air outside is like at a time and place: sunny, rainy, windy, cold, hot, snowy. - weathercock noun (weathercocks)
A weathercock is a metal cock or bird on a roof, which turns to show the direction of the wind. - weatherman noun (a weatherman, weathermen)
A weatherman is a man who tells people what the weather will be, especially on TV or radio. - weave verb (weave, weaves, wove, woven, weaving; also weaved for moving); noun (a weave, weaves)
To weave is to make cloth, a basket or a mat by crossing threads, strips or twigs over and under each other. - weaver noun (a weaver, weavers)
A weaver is a person whose job or hobby is weaving: making cloth by crossing threads over and under each other on a loom. - weaving noun (weaving; uncountable; a weaving — a woven piece); verb form (-ing form of weave: weave, weaves, wove/weaved, woven/weaved, weaving)
Weaving is making cloth by crossing threads over and under each other on a loom. - web noun (a web, webs; the Web)
A web is a net of thin, sticky threads that a spider makes to catch insects. - webbed adjective (webbed)
Webbed feet or toes have skin joining the toes together, like ducks, frogs and otters, which helps them swim. - webbing noun (webbing — uncountable)
Webbing is strong, flat woven material in narrow strips, used for straps, belts, seat belts and bags. - website noun (a website, websites)
1) A website is a group of pages on the internet that belong to one person, company or organisation, which you visit using a web address. - wedded verb (past form of wed: wed, weds, wedded, wedding); adjective (a wedded couple)
1) Wedded means married. 2) (old use, in fairy tales) To be wedded to someone is to be married to them, often by a royal or grand… - wedding noun (a wedding, weddings)
A wedding is a ceremony and celebration where two people get married. - wedge noun (a wedge, wedges); verb (wedge, wedges, wedged, wedging)
A piece of wood, metal or other material that is thick at one end and thin at the other, used to hold something in place or split something. - wedged adjective; past form of the verb «wedge» (wedge, wedges, wedged, wedging)
1) Wedged means stuck tightly in a narrow space. 2) To have wedged something means to have pushed it tightly into a space, or to have held… - wedlock noun (wedlock — no plural)
1) (formal, old) Wedlock is the state of being married. - wednesday noun (Wednesday, Wednesdays)
1) Wednesday is the day of the week after Tuesday and before Thursday. 2) It is in the middle of the school week. - wee adjective (wee — Scottish, Irish, informal: small); noun (wee — informal: urine); verb (wee, wees, weed, weeing — informal)
In Scotland, Ireland and Northern England, "wee" means small or little: "a wee bit". - weed noun (a weed, weeds); verb (weed, weeds, weeded, weeding)
A weed is a wild plant growing where it is not wanted. - weedkiller noun (weedkiller, uncountable; a weedkiller, weedkillers)
1) Weedkiller is a chemical that kills weeds, the unwanted wild plants growing in gardens, paths and fields. - weeds noun, plural (weeds; singular: weed); verb form of «weed» (weeds)
1) Weeds are wild plants that grow where people do not want them, such as in gardens, lawns or fields, and take light, water and space… - weedy adjective (weedy, weedier, weediest)
1) Weedy means full of weeds: a weedy garden. 2) Informally (especially British), weedy means thin and weak-looking. - week noun (week, weeks; casual: wk, wks)
A week is seven days, from Monday to Sunday or Sunday to Saturday. - weekday noun (a weekday, weekdays); adjective (a weekday morning)
Any day of the week except Saturday and Sunday: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday or Friday. - weekend noun (a weekend, weekends)
The weekend is Saturday and Sunday, the days at the end of the week when most children do not go to school and many adults do not work. - weekly adjective (weekly); adverb (weekly); noun (a weekly, weeklies)
Weekly means happening or done once every week. - weep verb (weep, weeps, wept, weeping); noun (a weep — rare, informal: «a good weep»)
To cry, letting tears fall, usually because you are sad. - weeper noun (a weeper, weepers)
A weeper is a person who weeps, who cries easily or often. - weeping verb form (-ing of weep); adjective (weeping); noun (weeping — uncountable)
1) Crying with tears. 2) adjective Describes a tree whose branches hang down towards the ground, like a weeping willow. 3) adjective… - weepy adjective (weepy, weepier, weepiest); noun (a weepy, weepies — informal)
Ready to cry, or crying easily, often because you are tired or sad. - weevil noun (a weevil, weevils)
1) A small beetle with a long snout, which often eats and damages crops, flour, rice, grain and nuts. - wei interjection and word (Mandarin, pinyin «wei» — not an English word); also a Chinese name
«Wei» (喂) is what people say when they answer the phone in Chinese, like «hello?»; it sounds like «way». - weigh verb (weigh, weighs, weighed, weighing)
To weigh is to find how heavy something is, using scales. - weighing verb (-ing form of weigh); noun (weighing, weighings)
The -ing form of «weigh»: measuring how heavy something is: «She is weighing the flour.». - weight noun (weight, weights); verb (weight — to make heavier, rare)
1) Weight is how heavy something is. We measure weight in grams, kilograms, ounces or pounds. 2) A weight is a heavy object, like a metal… - weightless adjective
Weightless means having no weight, or seeming to have no weight. - weightlifter noun (a weightlifter, weightlifters)
1) A weightlifter is a person who lifts heavy weights, especially a barbell, as a sport or to get stronger. - weir noun (a weir, weirs)
1) A low wall or dam built across a river to control the flow of water or raise its level; water pours over the top. - weird adjective (weird, weirder, weirdest)
Weird means very strange or unusual, in a way that is surprising or hard to explain. - weirdly adverb (weirdly)
1) Weirdly means in a strange or unusual way. 2) Weirdly (at the start of a sentence) means "strangely enough", to show that something is… - weirdo noun (a weirdo, weirdos; slang)
1) (slang, rude) A person who seems very strange or odd. 2) (slang, friendly) Said jokingly to a friend who does something silly. - welcome interjection (Welcome!); verb (welcome, welcomes, welcomed, welcoming); adjective (welcome — a welcome visitor; you're welcome); noun (a welcome, welcomes)
A friendly word said to greet someone who arrives (Welcome to our school!). - weld verb (weld, welds, welded, welding); noun (a weld, welds)
To weld means to join pieces of metal together by heating them until they melt and stick. - welding noun (welding — uncountable); verb form (weld, welds, welded, welding)
Joining two pieces of metal (or plastic) by heating them until they melt a little and flow together, then letting them cool into one piece.
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