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- yacht noun (a yacht, yachts); verb (yacht — rare; usually "go yachting")
A boat with sails, used for racing or for pleasure. - yak noun (a yak, yaks); verb (informal: yak, yaks, yakked, yakking — to chatter)
A yak is a large, long-haired wild or farm ox that lives in the high, cold mountains of Tibet, the Himalayas and Central Asia. - yam noun (yam, yams)
1) A yam is a large root vegetable with brown skin and firm white or orange flesh, grown in warm countries and cooked like a potato. - yana noun (Yana, a name); also part of words (-yana, Buddhism)
Yana is a girl's name, common in Ukraine, Russia, Bulgaria and other countries; in Ukrainian it is written Яна. - yang noun (yang, uncountable — Chinese idea); proper noun (Yang — a surname); (Mandarin, pinyin)
1) (Chinese philosophy) Yang is one half of yin and yang, the old Chinese idea that the world is made of two opposite forces that balance… - yank verb (yank, yanks, yanked, yanking); noun (a yank, yanks); Yank — informal noun for an American
To yank something is to pull it suddenly and hard. - yap verb (yap, yaps, yapped, yapping); noun (a yap, yaps)
To give short, high, sharp barks: «The puppy yapped at the postman.». - yard noun (yard, yards; yd)
A yard is the ground around a house; in the USA it often has grass (in the UK a «garden»). - yarn noun (yarn, yarns); verb (yarn, yarns, yarned, yarning — informal, Australia/NZ)
Yarn is long thread made of wool, cotton or other fibre, used for knitting, crocheting and weaving. - yawn verb (yawn, yawns, yawned, yawning); noun (a yawn, yawns)
To yawn means to open your mouth very wide and breathe in deeply, usually because you are tired or bored. - yawning verb (-ing form of yawn: yawn, yawns, yawned, yawning); adjective (yawning — wide open: a yawning gap)
Opening your mouth wide and taking a deep breath without meaning to, usually because you are tired or bored. - yay interjection (yay — informal); adverb (yay — US informal, «yay big»)
A cry of joy, excitement or approval, like «hooray». - yea interjection (old use); adverb (old use)
1) Yea is an old word for «yes». 2) Yea can also mean «indeed» or «even», adding emphasis to what is said. - yeah adverb; interjection (informal)
1) (informal) Yes. 2) (informal) Said to show you are listening or to agree. 3) yeah, right (informal, sarcastic): I don't believe that. - year noun (year, years)
A year is the time it takes for the Earth to go once around the sun. - yearling noun (plural yearlings)
An animal in its second year of life, after its first birthday and before its second, such as a young horse, deer or seal. - yearly adjective (yearly); adverb (yearly)
1) Happening once every year: a yearly visit. 2) For one whole year: a yearly cost. 3) (adverb) Once a year or every year. - yearn verb (yearn, yearns, yearned or yearnt, yearning)
To yearn is to want something very much, often for a long time and with a sad or aching feeling; to yearn for home or to yearn to fly. - yearning noun (plural yearnings); also the -ing form of yearn
A strong, longing wish for someone or something far away or hard to have. - yearningly adverb
In a way that shows a deep, longing wish for someone or something. - yeast noun (yeast, yeasts)
Yeast is a tiny living thing, a kind of fungus, used to make bread rise and to make beer. - yell verb (yell, yells, yelled, yelling); noun (a yell, yells)
To yell means to shout something very loudly, because you are angry, excited, scared or in pain, or to call someone far away. - yellow adjective (yellow, yellower, yellowest); noun (yellow); verb (yellow — to turn yellow)
Yellow is the colour of the sun, bananas, lemons and egg yolks. - yellowish adjective (yellowish)
1) Yellowish means a little yellow, or partly yellow. - yelp verb (yelp, yelps, yelped, yelping); noun (a yelp, yelps)
1) (verb) To give a short, sharp cry, especially of pain, fright or surprise. 2) (noun) A short, sharp cry, especially of a dog or a person. - yelping verb, -ing form of «yelp» (yelp, yelps, yelped, yelping); noun (yelping, uncountable)
Yelping means making short, sharp, high cries, as a dog or puppy does when it is hurt, scared or excited. - yen noun (yen — plural the same); noun (a yen — informal desire)
1) (money) The yen is the money of Japan; its sign is ¥. 2) (informal) A yen is a strong wish or longing for something, as in a yen to… - yer pronoun / determiner (yer — informal, spoken spelling of «your» or «you»)
1) (informal, dialect) Your: «Get yer coat.» 2) (informal, dialect) You: «Are yer coming?» 3) (informal, UK) Sometimes «you're» or «you… - yes adverb / interjection (yes); noun (a yes, yeses)
A word used to agree, say something is true, or accept: «Yes, please.». - yesterday adverb (yesterday); noun (yesterday — the day before today)
1) Yesterday means on the day before today. 2) Yesterday can mean the recent past in general: the toys of yesterday. 3) "The day before… - yet adverb (yet); conjunction (yet)
1) Yet means up to now: «Has he come yet?». «Not yet» means it has not happened so far but may happen. 2) Yet means but, still: «It was… - yeti noun (yeti, yetis; also the Yeti)
1) A large, hairy, ape-like creature that some people say lives in the Himalaya mountains; it is a legend, and no one has ever proved it… - yew noun (a yew, yews; yew, uncountable for the wood)
A yew is an evergreen tree with dark green, flat needles and red berry-like cones; it can live for a very long time. - yi noun/proper noun (Yi — a people, a language, a surname, a name); (Mandarin, pinyin) yī
yī means "one" in Mandarin Chinese; it sounds like English "ee". - yiddish noun (Yiddish; uncountable); adjective (Yiddish)
Yiddish is a language spoken by many Jewish people, especially those whose families came from Central and Eastern Europe. - yield verb (yield, yields, yielded, yielding); noun (a yield, yields)
To yield means to let other cars or people go first, for example at a road sign. - yin noun (yin; uncountable; usually in «yin and yang»)
Yin is the dark, cool, quiet, soft side in the old Chinese idea of yin and yang: two opposite forces that balance each other in everything. - yip verb (yip, yips, yipped, yipping); noun (a yip, yips); interjection (yip!)
A yip is a short, high-pitched bark or cry, like that of a small dog, a puppy or a coyote. - yoga noun (yoga — uncountable)
1) Yoga is a kind of exercise in which you stretch, hold your body in special positions and breathe slowly to make your body strong and… - yoghurt noun (yoghurt / yogurt, uncountable; a yoghurt, yoghurts = a pot)
Yoghurt is a thick, creamy food made from milk that has been turned slightly sour by helpful bacteria. - yogi noun (a yogi, yogis)
A yogi is a person who practises yoga a lot, especially as a teacher or a religious or spiritual person in Hinduism. - yogurt noun (yogurt, yogurts)
A thick, slightly sour food made from milk that has had special helpful bacteria added to it. - yoke noun (a yoke, yokes); verb (yoke, yokes, yoked, yoking)
A yoke is a wooden bar fixed across the necks of two animals, usually oxen, so they can pull a plough or cart together. - yokel noun (plural yokels)
A person who lives in the countryside and is not used to town ways; often said in a slightly unkind way. - yolk noun (a yolk, yolks; yolk, uncountable)
The yolk is the round yellow or orange part in the middle of an egg. - yon adjective, determiner and adverb (yon — old-fashioned, dialect)
1) (old-fashioned or dialect) That, or those, over there: "yon hill" means "that hill over there". 2) (dialect, adverb) Yonder; over there. - yonder adverb and adjective (yonder — old or dialect); pronoun (yonder, very old)
1) Over there; at some distance but within sight: the hill yonder. 2) That … over there: yonder tree. - yore noun (yore — only in the phrase "of yore")
1) Yore means long ago; "days of yore" means the old days, times long past. - york proper noun (York; New York)
York is an old city in the north of England, famous for its walls, its cathedral (York Minster) and the Vikings. - you pronoun (you, your, yours, yourself, yourselves; casual: ya, u, y'all, youse, you guys)
You means the person or people someone is talking to. - young adjective (young, younger, youngest); noun (the young — young people or baby animals)
Young means having lived only a short time; not old. - younger adjective (comparative of young; young, younger, youngest)
1) Younger means having lived fewer years than someone else. 2) Younger can mean in an earlier part of life: «when I was younger». - youngster noun (plural youngsters)
A young person, often a child or a teenager. - youth noun (youth, uncountable; a youth, youths; the youth)
Youth is the time of life when someone is young, especially the years between being a child and being an adult. - youthful adjective
Young, or full of the energy, hope and spirit of being young. - yr abbreviation (yr, yrs)
"yr" is a short written form of "year", as in "a 5 yr old". - yuan noun (a yuan, yuan; plural usually the same: ten yuan)
The yuan is the money of China; one yuan is divided into ten jiao or a hundred fen. - yucky adjective (yucky, yuckier, yuckiest — informal)
1) (informal) Very unpleasant or disgusting, especially to taste, touch or look at. - yule noun (also adjective in «yule logs»)
The old name for the Christmas season, and the festival of Christmas itself; a yule log is a large log burned at Christmas. - yummy adjective (yummy, yummier, yummiest); interjection (yum, yummy)
1) (informal) Yummy means tasting very good; delicious. 2) (informal) Yummy can mean very attractive or pleasant.
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