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- wick noun (a wick, wicks); verb (wick away — of fabrics)
1) A wick is the string in the middle of a candle or the strip in an oil lamp that you light; it soaks up melted wax or oil to keep the… - wicked adjective (wicked, more wicked or wickeder, most wicked or wickedest)
Wicked means very bad, evil or cruel: «the wicked witch». - wickedly adverb (no change in form)
1) Wickedly means in an evil way, on purpose to do harm or wrong. - wickedness noun (wickedness — uncountable)
1) Wickedness is being very bad, cruel or evil. 2) (church, Bible) In the Bible and church, wickedness means sin and doing evil against… - wicket noun (a wicket, wickets)
In cricket, a wicket is the set of three upright sticks (stumps) with two small pieces (bails) on top that the bowler tries to hit. - wide adjective (wide, wider, widest); adverb (wide)
1) Wide means far from one side to the other. 2) Wide tells how far across something is, as in «3 feet wide». 3) Wide means covering many… - widely adverb (widely, more widely, most widely)
Widely means by many people or in many places: «widely known», «widely used». - widen verb (widen, widens, widened, widening)
To widen something means to make it wider, like widening a road or a path. - widening noun (widening — the act of making wider); verb form (widening — from widen, widens, widened, widening); adjective (widening)
1) Widening means becoming or making something wider. 2) A widening gap or problem is one that is getting bigger. - widespread adjective (widespread)
1) Widespread means found in many places or among many people: «widespread flooding», «a widespread belief». - widow noun (a widow, widows); verb (be widowed)
A widow is a woman whose husband has died and who has not married again. - width noun (width, widths)
1) Width is how wide something is, the distance from one side to the other. 2) A width of a swimming pool is one swim across its short side. - wield verb (wields, wielded, wielding)
1) To wield a sword, axe or tool is to hold it and use it. 2) To wield power or influence is to have it and use it. - wife noun (a wife, wives)
1) A wife is the woman a person is married to. 2) (old) In old stories and old phrases, "wife" can mean simply a woman, as in "old wives'… - wifi noun (wifi, Wi-Fi; uncountable)
1) Wifi (also written Wi-Fi) is a way of connecting phones, tablets, computers and other devices to the internet or to each other without… - wig noun (a wig, wigs); verb (wig out — slang)
A wig is a covering of real or false hair worn on the head to hide baldness, for a costume or to change how someone looks. - wiggle verb (wiggle, wiggles, wiggled, wiggling); noun (a wiggle, wiggles)
To wiggle is to move with small quick movements from side to side or up and down. - wiggly adjective (wiggly, wigglier, wiggliest)
1) Wiggly means with many small curves or bends, not straight. 2) Moving with small quick twisting movements. - wigwam noun (wigwams)
1) A wigwam is a tent of skins, bark or mats, round or cone-shaped, used as a home by some North American peoples. - wild adjective (wild, wilder, wildest); noun (the wild, the wilds); adverb (run wild)
Living or growing in nature, not looked after by people: wild animals, wild flowers. - wildcat noun (a wildcat, wildcats); adjective (wildcat — sudden and not officially allowed)
A wildcat is a wild cat that looks like a big tabby, living in Europe, Africa and Asia; the Scottish wildcat is very rare. - wildebeest noun (a wildebeest, wildebeest or wildebeests)
A wildebeest is a large African antelope with curved horns, a long face, a mane and a beard; it is also called a gnu. - wilderness noun (a wilderness, wildernesses; the wilderness)
A wilderness is a wild area of land that people have not changed, with no towns, farms or roads. - wildfire noun (a wildfire, wildfires; wildfire, uncountable)
A wildfire is a big fire that spreads out of control through forests, bush or grassland. - wildflower noun (a wildflower, wildflowers; also written wild flower)
1) A wildflower is a flower that grows naturally without being planted by people. - wildlife noun (wildlife — uncountable)
1) Wild animals, birds, insects and plants that live free in nature, not kept by people. - wildly adverb (wildly, more wildly, most wildly)
Wildly means in a wild, uncontrolled way, with lots of excited or fierce movement. - wile noun (a wile, wiles — usually plural); verb (wile away — rare, usually "while away")
1) Wiles are clever tricks or charming ways used to persuade or fool someone. - wilful adjective (wilful — UK; willful — US); adverb wilfully; noun wilfulness
A wilful person is stubborn and determined to do what they want, even when told not to. - wilfulness noun (wilfulness; US willfulness; uncountable)
Being determined to do what you want, even when told not to; stubbornness. - will modal verb (will, would; won't = will not; 'll); noun (a will)
Will says what is going to happen: «It will rain». - willful adjective (more willful, most willful)
1) Willful means stubborn, doing what you want and refusing to be told. (US spelling of «wilful») - willingly adverb
1) Willingly means gladly, without being forced. - willingness noun (willingness; uncountable)
1) Being happy or ready to do something when asked. - willow noun (a willow, willows; willow, uncountable for the wood)
A willow is a tree with long, thin, bendy branches and narrow leaves, often growing near water. - willpower noun (willpower — uncountable)
1) Willpower is the strength of mind to control your actions and do what you decide, even when it is hard. - wilt verb (wilt, wilts, wilted, wilting); old verb form (thou wilt)
When a plant wilts, it droops and becomes soft and floppy, usually because it needs water or is too hot. - wilting verb form (wilt, wilts, wilted, wilting); adjective (wilting)
Drooping and going soft because of not enough water, too much heat, or being picked: a wilting flower bends and its leaves hang down. - wily adjective (wilier, wiliest)
1) Wily means clever at tricking people to get what you want. - wimp noun (a wimp, wimps); verb (wimp out, wimps out, wimped out, wimping out); adjective wimpy
A wimp is a person who is seen as weak, scared or not brave. - win verb (win, wins, won, winning); noun (a win, wins)
To win means to be the best or come first in a game, race or competition. - wince verb (wince, winces, winced, wincing); noun (a wince)
To wince is to make a quick face or small movement when you feel pain or see or hear something unpleasant. - winch noun (a winch, winches); verb (winch, winches, winched, winching)
A machine with a rope or a chain wound round a turning drum, used to lift or pull heavy things. - winchester noun (a Winchester, Winchesters) — a name
Winchester is a historic city in Hampshire in the south of England, once the capital of the Saxon kings, with a great cathedral. - wind noun (wind /wind/, winds); verb (wind /waind/, winds, wound, winding); verb (wind /wind/ — make breathless)
1) Air moving across the Earth: "a strong wind". 2) Breath: "I got my wind back." 3) Gas in the stomach (polite word). 4) As a verb… - windbag noun (a windbag, windbags)
A windbag is a person who talks too much, usually about boring or unimportant things, or boasts endlessly. - windfall noun (a windfall, windfalls)
An amount of money you get unexpectedly, such as a prize, a gift or money you find. - winding adjective (no change in form; from the verb «wind»)
1) Winding means full of bends and curves that turn back and forth: a winding path or river. - windless adjective
1) Windless means without any wind; the air is still and calm. - windmill noun (a windmill, windmills); verb (windmill, windmills, windmilled — rare, to swing arms round)
A windmill is a building with large sails that the wind turns to grind grain or pump water. - window noun (window, windows)
A window is an opening in a wall or a car with glass, to let in light and air. - windowpane noun (windowpanes)
1) A windowpane is one sheet of glass in a window. - windowsill noun (a windowsill, windowsills)
1) A windowsill is the flat shelf at the bottom of a window, inside or outside. - windpipe noun (a windpipe, windpipes)
1) The windpipe is the tube in your throat that carries air from your mouth and nose down to your lungs; its science name is the trachea. - windscreen noun (a windscreen, windscreens; UK, Ireland, Australia, NZ)
1) The large glass window at the front of a car, bus or other vehicle. - windsock noun (a windsock, windsocks)
1) A windsock is a cloth tube on a pole that fills with wind and shows which way and how strongly the wind is blowing. - windsor proper noun (Windsor; the Windsors; Windsor Castle)
Windsor is a town in Berkshire, England, west of London, by the River Thames, home of Windsor Castle. - windward adjective (windward); adverb (windward); noun (the windward — the side facing the wind)
1) Windward means on the side facing the wind, the side the wind blows onto. - windy adjective (windy, windier, windiest)
1) Windy weather has a lot of wind blowing. 2) A windy place gets a lot of wind, like a hilltop. 3) A windy road is one that bends a lot… - wine noun (wine, wines); verb (wine and dine — phrase)
Wine is an alcoholic drink made from fermented grapes or sometimes other fruits. - wineglass noun (wineglasses)
1) A wineglass is a glass with a stem and a bowl, used for drinking wine. - wing noun (wings); verb (wings, winging, winged)
1) A wing is the part of a bird, bat or plane that lets it fly. 2) To wing or to wing one's way is to fly or travel quickly, as a bird does. - winged adjective (winged); verb form (past of wing: winged)
Winged means having wings, as in «a winged horse». - wingless adjective (wingless)
1) Having no wings. - wings noun (plural of wing: a wing, wings)
Wings are the body parts a bird, bat or insect moves to fly. - wingspan noun (wingspan, wingspans)
The distance from the tip of one wing to the tip of the other wing when they are stretched out, of a bird, bat, insect or aeroplane. - wink verb (wink, winks, winked, winking); noun (a wink, winks)
To close and open one eye quickly, often to show a joke, a secret or friendliness. - winner noun (a winner, winners)
A person, team or animal that wins a game, race, competition or prize. - winning adjective (winning — a winning goal); verb (-ing form of win: win, wins, won, winning); noun (winnings — money won)
Being the one who wins or makes someone win: "the winning team", "the winning goal". - winter noun (winter, winters); verb (winter — spend the winter, rare)
The coldest season of the year, between autumn (fall) and spring. - wintry adjective (wintry, wintrier, wintriest)
Typical of winter: cold, snowy, icy or frosty. - wipe verb (wipe, wipes, wiped, wiping); noun (a wipe, wipes — a damp cloth for cleaning)
To wipe something means to rub it with a cloth, tissue or your hand to clean or dry it. - wiper noun (a wiper, wipers)
1) A wiper (windscreen wiper, windshield wiper in the US) is a long arm with a rubber blade that moves back and forth to clear rain from a… - wire noun (wire, wires); verb (wire, wires, wired, wiring)
A wire is a long thin piece of metal that can bend. - wireless adjective (wireless); noun (a wireless, wirelesses — old-fashioned UK: a radio; wireless — wireless technology)
Wireless means working without wires, using radio waves, like wireless internet (Wi-Fi), wireless headphones or wireless charging. - wisdom noun (wisdom — uncountable)
Wisdom is the ability to make good, sensible decisions and judgments, using knowledge and experience. - wise adjective (wise, wiser, wisest)
Wise means having good sense and making good choices because of knowledge and experience. - wisely adverb (wisely, more wisely, most wisely)
Wisely means in a wise, sensible way, using good judgement. - wish verb (wish, wishes, wished, wishing); noun (wish, wishes)
To wish means to want something to happen, even if it may not. - wishbone noun (a wishbone, wishbones)
A wishbone is a forked V-shaped bone between the neck and breast of a chicken, turkey or other bird. - wishful adjective (wishful)
1) Wanting or hoping for something. 2) "Wishful thinking" means believing that something is true or will happen only because you want it… - wisp noun (a wisp, wisps); adjective wispy (wispy, wispier, wispiest)
A wisp is a thin, light piece or strand of something: a wisp of hair, a wisp of grass. - wispy adjective (wispy, wispier, wispiest)
1) Wispy means thin, light and fine, in small loose strands, like thin wisps of hair, cloud or smoke. - wistful adjective (wistful, more wistful, most wistful)
1) Sad and full of longing for something you cannot have, or for something that is past. 2) Thoughtful and dreamy, with gentle sadness. - wistfully adverb (wistfully)
In a sad, longing way, as when you wish for something you cannot have or something that is gone. - wistfulness noun (wistfulness — uncountable)
1) A gentle, sad feeling of longing for something you miss or cannot have. - wit noun (wit, wits)
Wit is the ability to say clever and funny things quickly. - witch noun (a witch, witches)
1) In fairy tales and stories, a witch is a woman (and sometimes a man) who has magic powers, often shown with a pointed hat, a… - witchcraft noun (witchcraft, uncountable)
The use of magic powers, especially to do harm, as believed in stories and in many old beliefs. - with preposition
With means together with someone or something: «I went with Dad». - withal adverb (old use)
1) Also, besides, as well. 2) Even so, all the same. - withdraw verb (withdraw, withdraws, withdrew, withdrawn, withdrawing)
To withdraw money is to take it out of a bank account. - withdrawal noun (a withdrawal, withdrawals)
1) Taking money out of a bank account. 2) Taking something away or back: the withdrawal of an offer. 3) Moving soldiers or people back or… - withdrawn verb (past participle of «withdraw»: withdraw, withdraws, withdrew, withdrawn, withdrawing); adjective (withdrawn)
Taken out, especially money taken out of a bank account. - withered adjective; verb form (the past form of «wither»: wither, withers, withered, withering)
1) Withered means dried up and shrunk, like an old plant or flower. 2) Withered can describe old, wrinkled skin or weak limbs. - withering adjective (withering); verb, -ing form of wither (wither, withers, withered, withering)
Of a plant: drying up, shrinking and dying, for example because it has no water. - withers noun (withers — plural); verb form (wither → withers)
The withers are the highest point of a horse's back, the ridge between its shoulder blades; horses are measured to the withers. - withhold verb (withhold, withholds, withheld, withholding)
To keep something back and refuse to give it: «withhold information» means not telling something you know. - withholding verb form (withhold, withholds, withheld, withholding); noun (withholding — money, law)
Withholding means keeping something back and not giving it, when it was expected: «withholding information». - within preposition, adverb
Within means inside a limit, not going past it: «within 20», «within an hour».
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