crystalhe/wiktionary-zh-en-ja-ko huggingface dataset:
upper (English, adj)
Forms: form: upper
tags: positive
form: –
tags: comparative
form: uppermost
tags: superlative
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈʌpə/
tags: UK
tags: UK
ipa: /ˈʌpɚ/
tags: US
tags: US
raw_tags: Audio
tags: US
glosses: The upper thing is the one that is in a higher position.
raw_tags: usually before a noun
examples: The upper floors of the building are for offices and the lower floors for housing.
upper (English, noun)
Forms: form: upper
raw_tags: Singular
form: uppers
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈʌpə/
tags: UK
tags: UK
ipa: /ˈʌpɚ/
tags: US
tags: US
raw_tags: Audio
tags: US
glosses: A drug that stimulates a body. Uppers give a person energy and lower hunger.
raw_tags: slang
examples: He takes uppers so that he can stay awake all night studying.
antonyms: downer
aunt (English, noun)
Forms: form: aunt
raw_tags: Singular
form: aunts
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈænt/
tags: US
tags: UK
ipa: /ɑ:nt/
tags: UK
tags: UK
tags: US
tags: US
tags: Australia
UK
homophones: aren't
tags: US
homophones: ant
glosses: Your aunt is the sister of your mother or father.
raw_tags: countable
examples: After my parents died, we went to live with my aunt.
cause (English, noun)
Forms: form: cause
raw_tags: Singular
form: causes
tags: plural
Pronunciation: tags: UK
ipa: /kɔːz/
tags: UK
ipa: /kɔz/
tags: US
tags: US
glosses: A cause is what leads to something happening.
raw_tags: countable
examples: The cause of the fire was lightning.
glosses: A cause is a goal, aim or principle that people support or fight for.
raw_tags: countable
examples: He is fighting for a just cause.
cause (English, verb)
Forms: form: cause
tags: canonical
form: causes
tags: third-person
singular
form: caused
tags: past
form: caused
tags: past
participle
form: causing
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: tags: UK
ipa: /kɔːz/
tags: UK
ipa: /kɔz/
tags: US
tags: US
glosses: To cause something is to make it happen.
raw_tags: transitive
examples: His careless driving caused the car accident.
cottage (English, noun)
Forms: form: cottage
raw_tags: Singular
form: cottages
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɒtɪd͡ʒ/
tags: UK
ipa: /ˈkɑtɪd͡ʒ/
tags: US
tags: US
glosses: A cottage is a small house, usually in the countryside.
raw_tags: countable
examples: When we were young, we spent the summers at a cottage on Canoe Lake.
bone (English, noun)
Forms: form: bone
raw_tags: Singular
form: bones
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /bəʊn/
tags: US
glosses: Bones are the hard, white things inside your body. They give your body its shape.
examples: How many bones did a dinosaur have?
bone (English, verb)
Forms: form: bone
tags: canonical
form: bones
tags: third-person
singular
form: boned
tags: past
form: boned
tags: past
participle
form: boning
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: ipa: /bəʊn/
tags: US
glosses: When two man bone, they have sex.
circle (English, noun)
Forms: form: circle
raw_tags: Singular
form: circles
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɜrkəl/
ipa: [ˈsɜː.kəɫ]
tags: UK
ipa: [ˈsɝ.kəɫ]
tags: US
tags: US
tags: Australia
glosses: A circle (●) is a round shape.
raw_tags: countable
examples: Please put your chairs in a circle.
The dog was running in circles.
synonyms: nought
round
antonyms: square
circle (English, verb)
Forms: form: circle
tags: canonical
form: circles
tags: third-person
singular
form: circled
tags: past
form: circled
tags: past
participle
form: circling
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɜrkəl/
ipa: [ˈsɜː.kəɫ]
tags: UK
ipa: [ˈsɝ.kəɫ]
tags: US
tags: US
tags: Australia
glosses: To circle something is to move around it.
raw_tags: transitive & intransitive
examples: The earth circles the sun once a year.
Using your pencil, please circle the correct answer.
antonyms: square
now (English, prep)
Forms: form: now
raw_tags: Preposition
Pronunciation: ipa: /nɑʊ/
raw_tags: Audio
tags: US
raw_tags: Audio
tags: UK
glosses: You use now when you want to say that something is true at this time. It is also used for things a short time in the future or a short time in the past.
examples: I had many problems before, but I'm OK now.
What did you say just now?
The English teacher is at the library now.
glosses: You use now at the beginning of a sentence to get people's attention.
examples: Now, I'd like to hear from other people too.
glosses: You use now to refer to the present time, often in contrast to a time in the past or the future.
examples: Now is the time when we must all live as economically as possible.
Now is a good time to do it.
Mary should be home by now.
glosses: You use now to indicate that an event has occurred and as a result something else may or will happen.
examples: I’m going to relax now the school year is over.
row (English, noun)
Forms: form: row
raw_tags: Singular
form: rows
tags: plural
Pronunciation: raw_tags: row (line of things
tags: UK
ipa: /rəʊ/
raw_tags: row (line of things
tags: UK
raw_tags: row (line of things
tags: UK
raw_tags: row (line of things
tags: US
ipa: /roʊ/
raw_tags: row (line of things
tags: US
raw_tags: row (line of things
tags: US
raw_tags: Audio
row (line of things
tags: US
raw_tags: row (line of things
homophones: rho
roe
raw_tags: row (fight
ipa: /raʊ/
raw_tags: row (fight
raw_tags: Audio
row (fight
tags: US
glosses: A row of things is a line of them, usually going from side to side.
raw_tags: countable
examples: OK, students, can you please put your desks in five rows?
glosses: A row is a loud argument.
raw_tags: countable
row (English, verb)
Forms: form: row
tags: canonical
form: rows
tags: third-person
singular
form: rowed
tags: past
form: rowed
tags: past
participle
form: rowing
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: raw_tags: row (line of things
tags: UK
ipa: /rəʊ/
raw_tags: row (line of things
tags: UK
raw_tags: row (line of things
tags: UK
raw_tags: row (line of things
tags: US
ipa: /roʊ/
raw_tags: row (line of things
tags: US
raw_tags: row (line of things
tags: US
raw_tags: Audio
row (line of things
tags: US
raw_tags: row (line of things
homophones: rho
roe
raw_tags: row (fight
ipa: /raʊ/
raw_tags: row (fight
raw_tags: Audio
row (fight
tags: US
glosses: If you row a boat, you move the paddles (also called oars) in the water to move the boat.
examples: Let's row our boat to the other side of the lake.
slave (English, noun)
Forms: form: slave
raw_tags: Singular
form: slaves
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /sleɪv/
tags: US
glosses: A slave is a person who is owned by a master and who works for that master, but receives no—or almost no—money.
raw_tags: countable
slave (English, verb)
Forms: form: slave
tags: canonical
form: slaves
tags: third-person
singular
form: slaved
tags: past
form: slaved
tags: past
participle
form: slaving
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: ipa: /sleɪv/
tags: US
glosses: To work very hard.
raw_tags: intransitive
examples: I've been slaving in the kitchen all day cooking food for Christmas dinner.
straw (English, noun)
Forms: form: straw
raw_tags: Singular
form: straws
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /strɔː/
tags: UK
ipa: /strɔ/
tags: US
ipa: /strɑ/
raw_tags: cot-caught
tags: US
glosses: Straw is dried grasses, such as wheat, without the seeds. Animals sleep on it, and people make hats and mats out of it.
raw_tags: uncountable
glosses: A pale, yellowish-beige colour, like that of a dried straw.
raw_tags: uncountable
glosses: A straw is a thin hollow tube that you drink through.
raw_tags: countable
uncle (English, noun)
Forms: form: uncle
raw_tags: Singular
form: uncles
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈʌŋkəl/
tags: US
glosses: Your uncle is the brother of your mother or father.
raw_tags: countable
examples: My father has a brother, Joe. Joe is my uncle.
My mother's brother, Jim, is another uncle.
yard (English, noun)
Forms: form: yard
raw_tags: Singular
form: yards
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /jɑːd/
tags: UK
tags: UK
tags: US
ipa: /jɑːrd/
tags: US
tags: US
tags: US
glosses: A yard is the area around a house.
raw_tags: countable
examples: The children went out to play in the yard.
glosses: A yard is an imperial measure of length. One yard is three feet or 91.44 centimeters.
raw_tags: countable
examples: A soccer field is 110 yards long.
couple (English, noun)
Forms: form: couple
raw_tags: Singular
form: couples
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkʌpəl/
tags: UK
tags: US
glosses: A couple is two (2) things that go together.
examples: Can you lend me a couple of dollars?
glosses: A couple is two people that love one another.
examples: John and Susan make a nice couple, don't they?
couple (English, verb)
Forms: form: couple
tags: canonical
form: couples
tags: third-person
singular
form: coupled
tags: past
form: coupled
tags: past
participle
form: coupling
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkʌpəl/
tags: UK
tags: US
glosses: If you couple two things, you join them together.
raw_tags: transitive
glosses: If two people couple, they have sex.
raw_tags: intransitive
tree (English, noun)
Forms: form: tree
raw_tags: Singular
form: trees
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /triː/
tags: UK
tags: US
ipa: /tri/
tags: US
tags: UK
tags: US
glosses: A tree is a tall plant of wood.
raw_tags: countable
examples: I'm going to climb a tree.
glosses: A tree is a map or a diagram of ideas that looks like the plant.
raw_tags: countable
examples: My family tree shows how I am related to all my family members.
tree (English, verb)
Forms: form: tree
tags: canonical
form: trees
tags: third-person
singular
form: treed
tags: past
form: treed
tags: past
participle
form: treeing
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: ipa: /triː/
tags: UK
tags: US
ipa: /tri/
tags: US
tags: UK
tags: US
glosses: (uncommon) If you tree something, you chase it up into a tree.
library (English, noun)
Forms: form: library
raw_tags: Singular
form: libraries
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: UK [ˈlaɪbrəri]
tags: UK
tags: UK
ipa: [ˈlaɪbrɛri]
tags: US
tags: US
tags: US
glosses: A library is a place where books and other media are kept, usually on shelves. Most of the time, people are allowed to borrow these things.
raw_tags: countable
examples: I borrowed books at the public library today.
glosses: A library is a collection of books of other media. A person may call his/her collection of books a library.
raw_tags: countable
examples: The university's online classical music library is very large.
glosses: In computing, a library or standard library (STL) is a collection of code and functions that can be used for software development and to make computer programs.
cardboard (English, noun)
Forms: form: cardboard
raw_tags: Singular
form: cardboards
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɑːdbɔːd/
tags: US
glosses: Cardboard is a material like paper, but thicker and stiffer.
raw_tags: countable & uncountable
examples: Cardboard is used to make boxes.
I put all my furniture in cardboard boxes to move it.
sentence (English, noun)
Forms: form: sentence
raw_tags: Singular
form: sentences
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɛntəns/
tags: US
glosses: In grammar, a sentence is a group of words that follow normal grammar rules, and that, in writing, begins with a capital letter and ends with a period '.', question mark '?', or exclamation mark '!'. Usually a sentence has a subject, verb, and object.
raw_tags: countable
grammar
examples: The first sentence in the Jewish holy book is, "In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth."
glosses: In law, a sentence is the punishment that a judge gives to a criminal.
raw_tags: countable
law
examples: He received a 15-year sentence for the murder of his friend.
sentence (English, verb)
Forms: form: sentence
tags: canonical
form: sentences
tags: third-person
singular
form: sentenced
tags: past
form: sentenced
tags: past
participle
form: sentencing
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɛntəns/
tags: US
glosses: If a judge sentences someone, they decide on a punishment for a crime.
raw_tags: transitive
law
examples: He was sentenced to 15 years in jail for the murder of his friend.
place (English, noun)
Forms: form: place
raw_tags: Singular
form: places
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /pleɪs/
tags: US
tags: UK
homophones: plaice
glosses: A place is a point in space: a town, building, room, or even somewhere on a desk.
raw_tags: countable
examples: It's nice to see the whole family together in one place.
glosses: A place is an open space, courtyard, or marketplace.
raw_tags: countable
glosses: A place is a group of houses.
raw_tags: countable
glosses: A place is an area of land.
raw_tags: countable
glosses: A place is someones' frame of mind.
raw_tags: countable
glosses: A place is an area for someone to sit at.
raw_tags: countable
examples: We would like to sit at that table because it has three places open.
glosses: A place is a role or position; it is a station.
raw_tags: countable
glosses: A place is the position in which you finish a competition in.
raw_tags: countable
examples: She finished the poker tournament in fifth place.
place (English, verb)
Forms: form: place
tags: canonical
form: places
tags: third-person
singular
form: placed
tags: past
form: placed
tags: past
participle
form: placing
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: ipa: /pleɪs/
tags: US
tags: UK
homophones: plaice
glosses: If you place something somewhere, you put it in a certain spot.
raw_tags: transitive
glosses: If you place, you earn a given spot in a competition.
raw_tags: intransitive
examples: She finished the poker tournament in fifth place.
glosses: If you place something somewhere, you remember the last time you encountered it.
raw_tags: transitive
examples: She placed the last time we met each other at.
traditional (English, adj)
Forms: form: traditional
tags: positive
form: more traditional
tags: comparative
form: most traditional
tags: superlative
Pronunciation: ipa: /trəˈdɪʃənəl/
tags: UK
glosses: If something is traditional, it has been done in the same way for a long time.
examples: I learned traditional Japanese cooking from my grandmother.
It is traditional to give gifts at Christmas time.
nuclear (English, adj)
Forms: form: nuclear
tags: positive
form: more nuclear
tags: comparative
form: most nuclear
tags: superlative
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈn(j)ukliɚ/
tags: Canada
raw_tags: Audio
tags: Canada
ipa: /ˈnjuː.klɪə/
tags: UK
raw_tags: Audio
tags: UK
ipa: /ˈn(j)ukliɚ/
tags: US
raw_tags: Audio
tags: US
glosses: Nuclear weapons, power, waste, etc. is produced by the collision of more than one nucleus, the central part of an atom.
examples: Japan relies mainly on nuclear power (atomic energy) generation for its energy needs.
The US has more nuclear weapons than any other country. Many of them are called atomic bombs.
Most Canadians live in a nuclear family: the husband, wife, and children.
decade (English, noun)
Forms: form: decade
raw_tags: Singular
form: decades
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /dəˈkeɪd/
raw_tags: Audio
tags: US
glosses: A decade is a period of 10 years.
examples: The 1960s was a decade of great change in North America.
previous (English, adj)
Forms: form: previous
tags: positive
form: –
tags: comparative
form: –
tags: superlative
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpri.vi.əs/
tags: US
ipa: /ˈpriː.vɪəs/
tags: UK
tags: US
glosses: If something happened at a previous time, it happened before a particular time.
examples: Last year, we lived in Seoul, but the previous year we were in Moscow.
synonyms: former
previous (English, prep)
Forms: form: previous
raw_tags: Preposition
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpri.vi.əs/
tags: US
ipa: /ˈpriː.vɪəs/
tags: UK
tags: US
glosses: You use previous to refer to a time before something else.
raw_tags: sometimes after the noun
examples: The history of this site previous to the seventeenth century is unknown.
Four years previous, he had been sick for a month.
synonyms: prior
consist (English, verb)
Forms: form: consist
tags: canonical
form: consists
tags: third-person
singular
form: consisted
tags: past
form: consisted
tags: past
participle
form: consisting
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: ipa: /kənˈsɪst/
tags: US
glosses: If A consists of B, then B is the thing or things that, together, make A.
raw_tags: intransitive
examples: His letter consisted of only three words.
Preparation for the party consisted of inviting guests, buying food, cleaning, and hoping that the weather would be nice.
generation (English, noun)
Forms: form: generation
raw_tags: Singular
form: generations
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌʤɛnəˈreɪʃən/
tags: US
glosses: A generation, is all the people or things of about the same age.
raw_tags: countable
examples: My father belonged to a generation of travellers who saw the world before there was a McDonalds on every corner.
Generation X
glosses: A generation is the average time between one when group of people were born and when their children were born, roughly 20–30 years.
raw_tags: countable
examples: During previous generations, travel was not so easy.
glosses: A class or type of objects usually developed from an earlier type.
raw_tags: countable
examples: A new generation of personal computers is about to hit the stores.
glosses: Generation is the creation of something, often electricity.
raw_tags: uncountable
examples: The increase in new power generation has not kept up with demand for electricity.
adult (English, noun)
Forms: form: adult
raw_tags: Singular
form: adults
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈdʌlt/
tags: US
glosses: An adult is a person who is of the legal age of majority.
raw_tags: countable
examples: At age 18 years, he became an adult, so he could move out without his parents' consent.
Adult usually means a person who is in a legal sense either age 18 years or older.
glosses: An adult is a human who is sexually, physically and/or mentally mature.
examples: The Harry Potter series was read mostly by young adults.
A person may be physically mature and a biological adult by age 16 or so.
glosses: An adult is a sexually mature nonhuman animal.
examples: Adult female cows feed milk to their offspring.
partner (English, noun)
Forms: form: partner
raw_tags: Singular
form: partners
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɑːtnə(r)/
tags: UK
ipa: /ˈpɑrtnɚ/
tags: Canada
US
ipa: /ˈpɐːtnə/
tags: Australia
ipa: /ˈpɐːtnɘ/
raw_tags: New-Zealand
raw_tags: Audio
tags: US
glosses: Partners are people, usually two, who are together for a particular purpose, such as for business, sports, or a romantic relationship.
raw_tags: countable
examples: My partner, Tom, looks after the administrative parts of the business.
partner (English, verb)
Forms: form: partner
tags: canonical
form: partners
tags: third-person
singular
form: partnered
tags: past
form: partnered
tags: past
participle
form: partnering
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɑːtnə(r)/
tags: UK
ipa: /ˈpɑrtnɚ/
tags: Canada
US
ipa: /ˈpɐːtnə/
tags: Australia
ipa: /ˈpɐːtnɘ/
raw_tags: New-Zealand
raw_tags: Audio
tags: US
glosses: If you partner someone, you be their partner.
raw_tags: transitive & intransitive
percent (English, noun)
Forms: form: percent
raw_tags: Singular
form: percent
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /pəˈsɛnt/
tags: UK
ipa: /pɚˈsɛnt/
tags: US
tags: US
glosses: You use percent show the number of parts out of a hundred. The symbol for percent is %.
examples: The cost of gas has increased seven percent in the last month.
registration (English, noun)
Forms: form: registration
raw_tags: Singular
form: registrations
tags: plural
Pronunciation: raw_tags: Audio
tags: US
glosses: Registration is the process of registering something.
raw_tags: uncountable
examples: The soccer club has registration at the school this week.
remove (English, verb)
Forms: form: remove
tags: canonical
form: removes
tags: third-person
singular
form: removed
tags: past
form: removed
tags: past
participle
form: removing
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: ipa: /rɪˈmuːv/
tags: US
tags: Australia
glosses: If you remove something, you take it out or away.
raw_tags: transitive
examples: After he was shot, the doctor removed three bullets from his leg.
synonyms: extract
antonyms: insert
per cent (English, noun)
Forms: form: per cent
raw_tags: Singular
form: per cent
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /pəˈsɛnt/
tags: UK
ipa: /pɚˈsɛnt/
tags: US
tags: US
glosses: You use per cent show the number of parts out of one hundred. The symbol for per cent is %.
examples: The cost of gas has increased seven per cent in the last month.
child (English, noun)
Forms: form: child
raw_tags: Singular
form: children
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʧaɪld/
tags: US
tags: UK
glosses: A child is a young person, usually older than a baby but younger than a teenager.
raw_tags: countable
examples: The children were playing in the park.
Most three-year-old children speak very well.
Even as a child of six, I knew what hard work was.
Taking care of young children is difficult work.
This kind of teaching is useful for all children, not just those children with learning disabilities.
We need to do a better job of educating our children.
We're collecting food for needy children.
glosses: A child is the son or daughter of someone.
raw_tags: countable
examples: I am my mother's child in every way.
My eldest child is now a doctor.
I drove a motorcycle until my children were born.
glosses: A child of a particular time, situation, or idea is a person who is strongly influenced by it.
raw_tags: countable
examples: As a child of the 90s, I grew up with computers.
There isn't actually that much anger among children of divorce.
glosses: A child is the product or result of something.
raw_tags: countable
examples: This book is the child of an earlier generation of grammatical theory.
Anthropology is the child of Western colonialism.
The very idea of a garden is the child of water.
glosses: If a woman is with child, she is pregnant.
examples: She told no one about the sex, even when she realized she was with child.
glosses: A child in a tree structure is piece of data, process or object with a role or position closer to the root.
raw_tags: countable
technical
error (English, noun)
Forms: form: error
raw_tags: Singular
form: errors
tags: plural
Pronunciation: tags: UK
ipa: /ˈɛrə(r)/
tags: UK
ipa: /ˈɛrɚ/
tags: US
raw_tags: Audio
tags: US
homophones: era
homophones: air
ere
heir
homophones: err
glosses: An error is something which is accidentally not correct.
examples: The bank made an error and gave me too much money.
glosses: An error can refer to a computer error.
examples: I keep getting errors on my computer program.
sibling (English, noun)
Forms: form: sibling
raw_tags: Singular
form: siblings
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɪblɪŋ/
raw_tags: Audio
tags: UK
glosses: A sibling is a brother or a sister.
raw_tags: countable
examples: I think I know your sibling.
shirt (English, noun)
Forms: form: shirt
raw_tags: Singular
form: shirts
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʃɜːt/
tags: UK
ipa: /ʃɝt/
tags: US
tags: US
tags: UK
glosses: A shirt is a piece of clothing you wear on the upper part of your body. Shirts are not very thick.
raw_tags: countable
examples: I need a new shirt to go with my new pants.
eye (English, noun)
Forms: form: eye
raw_tags: Singular
form: eyes
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /aɪ/
tags: US
homophones: I
aye
glosses: Your eyes are the part of your head which you see with.
raw_tags: countable
examples: We saw the eyes of a big wolf.
glosses: An eye is a hole at the blunt end of a needle through which thread is passed.
raw_tags: countable
eye (English, verb)
Forms: form: eying
tags: present
participle
form: eye
tags: canonical
form: eyes
tags: third-person
singular
form: eyed
tags: past
form: eyed
tags: past
participle
form: eyeing
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: ipa: /aɪ/
tags: US
homophones: I
aye
glosses: To look at carefully or with interest .
harmony (English, noun)
Forms: form: harmony
raw_tags: Singular
form: harmonies
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhɑrməni/
tags: US
tags: US
tags: US
glosses: Harmony is when two or more notes sound good at the same time.
raw_tags: music
glosses: In art, harmony is using colors which look good together.
glosses: A feeling of harmony means a feeling of close understanding with no conflict.
examples: After a month walking in the countryside, I really felt in harmony with nature.
blood (English, noun)
Forms: form: blood
raw_tags: Singular
form: bloods
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /blʌd/
tags: US
tags: UK
glosses: Blood is a red liquid inside a person or animal's body that carries nutrients and oxygen to the other parts of the body.
raw_tags: uncountable
examples: I'm taking medication for high blood pressure.
These blood vessels bring oxygen to every part of your body.
He put his hand over the cut to stop the flow of blood.
Vitamin B12 helps maintain healthy red blood cells.
When you run, your heart works harder pumping blood up and down your body.
There was a knife lying by her body, covered in blood.
The police found six tiny drops of blood in the kitchen and in the garage.
glosses: The family that you were born in is your blood.
raw_tags: uncountable
bucket (English, noun)
Forms: form: bucket
raw_tags: Singular
form: buckets
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbʌkɪt/
tags: US
glosses: A bucket is a container used for carrying things like water or sand.
coal (English, noun)
Forms: form: coal
raw_tags: Singular
form: coals
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəʊl/
tags: UK
ipa: /kɒʊl/
tags: US
tags: US
glosses: Coal is a fuel which comes from under the ground. It is black, or sometimes brown. People often burn it for heat.
raw_tags: uncountable
blade (English, noun)
Forms: form: blade
raw_tags: Singular
form: blades
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /bleɪd/
tags: US
glosses: A blade is something with a long, sharp edge. Things like knives, swords and razors have blades.
raw_tags: countable
blade (English, verb)
Forms: form: blade
tags: canonical
form: blades
tags: third-person
singular
form: bladed
tags: past
form: bladed
tags: past
participle
form: blading
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: ipa: /bleɪd/
tags: US
glosses: If a person blades, they skate on rollerblades.
raw_tags: intransitive
glosses: If you blade someone, you stab them with a blade.
raw_tags: transitive
bag (English, noun)
Forms: form: bag
raw_tags: Singular
form: bags
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbæɡ/
ipa: /ˈbæːɡ/
tags: Australia
UK
ipa: /ˈbɛɡ/
tags: US
tags: US
tags: Australia
glosses: Bags are containers made of soft material like paper, plastic or leather.
examples: I put the garbage in a black plastic bag.
She took her tennis shoes out of her sports bag.
bag (English, verb)
Forms: form: bag
tags: canonical
form: bags
tags: third-person
singular
form: bagged
tags: past
form: bagged
tags: past
participle
form: bagging
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbæɡ/
ipa: /ˈbæːɡ/
tags: Australia
UK
ipa: /ˈbɛɡ/
tags: US
tags: US
tags: Australia
glosses: When a person bags something, he catches or gets it.
examples: I hope I bag me something good today from him.
glosses: When an animal is bagged, such as in hunting and fishing, the animal is killed or caught.
examples: Last night on our hunting trip we bagged three deer.
glosses: Bagging objects means to put them into a bag.
examples: The clerk bagged up the groceries as she took out her wallet.
blow (English, verb)
Forms: form: blow
tags: canonical
form: blows
tags: third-person
singular
form: blew
tags: past
form: blown
tags: past
participle
form: blowing
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: ipa: /blɔʊ/
tags: US
glosses: If wind, air, etc. blows, it moves.
raw_tags: transitive & intransitive
examples: The wind is blowing and the trees are moving.
The wind blew the paper down the street.
glosses: If something blows, the air moves it.
raw_tags: intransitive
examples: His hat blew off.
I could see some grass where the snow had blown away.
Her gray hair blew across her face in the wind.
Last fall, a storm blew through this town tearing up trees.
glosses: If you blow, you push air out of your mouth or nose.
raw_tags: transitive & intransitive
examples: She blew her nose into a tissue.
He put his mouth in the water and blew bubbles for a few seconds.
He hopes to celebrate his 25th birthday by blowing out the candles.
glosses: If a horn, whistle, etc. blows, it makes a sound.
raw_tags: transitive & intransitive
examples: When the final whistle blew, Arsenal had won the game 2 -- 0.
glosses: If something blows up, it explodes.
raw_tags: transitive & intransitive
examples: The car blew up as it drove over the bomb.
glosses: If something blows you away, it surprises or impresses you.
raw_tags: transitive
examples: We were blown away. We couldnt believe that a ten-year-old could do that.
glosses: If you blow up, you get angry.
raw_tags: intransitive
examples: I dropped the cake and she totally blew up on me.
glosses: If something blows up, it gets bigger.
raw_tags: transitive & intransitive
examples: Can you blow that picture up a bit more? I can't see it clearly.
glosses: If something is blown off, away, or out, apart, etc., it is damaged by an explosion or a bullet.
raw_tags: transitive & intransitive
examples: BANG! The shot blew off one of his fingers.
The truck he was driving was blown apart by a roadside bomb.
They put the guns to their heads and blew their brains out.
The blast had blown a hole in the wall.
glosses: If you blow something, you do not do it successfully.
raw_tags: transitive
examples: I can't believe it. You almost had it, but you blew it.
glosses: If you blow money, you spend it, often without being careful.
raw_tags: transitive
glosses: If a piece of equipment blows, it stops working because there is an electrical problem.
raw_tags: transitive & intransitive
glosses: If a tire blows, it gets a hole, letting out its air quickly.
raw_tags: transitive & intransitive
examples: His little joke had been blown out of proportion and he'd gotten in a lot of trouble.
The car blew a tire on the way to our campsite.
glosses: If something is blown out of proportion, it is exaggerated.
raw_tags: transitive
glosses: If you blow by something, you move past it very quickly.
raw_tags: transitive
glosses: If you blow someone, you perform oral sex on them.
raw_tags: transitive
blow (English, noun)
Forms: form: blow
raw_tags: Singular
form: blows
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /blɔʊ/
tags: US
glosses: A blow is a hit.
raw_tags: countable
examples: He spent two days in hospital after a serious blow to the head.
The thought struck like a blow to the chest.
glosses: A blow is something bad that happens.
raw_tags: countable
examples: The team was dealt a terrible blow when goalie Ryan Francis was killed.
The final blow came when his wife left.
To soften the blow, the government will send one-time payments to everyone involved.
The town suffered a severe blow when the car factory shut down.
glosses: A blow is an action of blowing.
raw_tags: countable
examples: He gave a quick blow on the whistle.
glosses: Cocaine.
raw_tags: slang
angle (English, noun)
Forms: form: angle
raw_tags: Singular
form: angles
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /æŋgəl̩/
tags: US
glosses: When two straight lines come together, they make an angle.
raw_tags: countable
examples: A 90° angle is called a right angle.
angle (English, verb)
Forms: form: angle
tags: canonical
form: angles
tags: third-person
singular
form: angled
tags: past
form: angled
tags: past
participle
form: angling
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: ipa: /æŋgəl̩/
tags: US
glosses: :
 This short section needs someone to add to it.
collar (English, noun)
Forms: form: collar
raw_tags: Singular
form: collars
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɒl.ə/
tags: UK
ipa: /ˈkɑ.lɚ/
tags: US
tags: US
glosses: The neck part of a shirt, coat etc.
raw_tags: countable
examples: He put up his collar because of the cold wind.
glosses: A circular piece of fabric that is put around the neck of an animal.
raw_tags: countable
examples: The collar on the dog had a tag that allowed the workers at the animal shelter to identify the owner.
collar (English, verb)
Forms: form: collar
tags: canonical
form: collars
tags: third-person
singular
form: collared
tags: past
form: collared
tags: past
participle
form: collaring
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɒl.ə/
tags: UK
ipa: /ˈkɑ.lɚ/
tags: US
tags: US
glosses: To put a collar on someone or something.
raw_tags: transitive
examples: Collar and leash your dog.
glosses: To arrest.
raw_tags: law enforcement
examples: The police collared the burglar last night.
hand (English, noun)
Forms: form: hand
raw_tags: Singular
form: hands
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /hænd/
tags: US
tags: UK
glosses: Your hands are the parts of your body at the end of your arms. A hand has four fingers and a thumb.
raw_tags: countable
examples: Mother, I'm afraid, please hold my hand.
glosses: Clock hands are pointed needles that show what time it is.
raw_tags: countable
examples: The long hand is pointing to the 4, which refers to how many hours have passed. The short hand is pointing to the 7, which refers to how many groups of 5 minutes have passed. The time is therefore 4:35.
glosses: A hand is a group of things that fit in your hand, like playing cards.
raw_tags: countable
examples: He had a good hand but he still lost. He is not good at poker.
hand (English, verb)
Forms: form: hand
tags: canonical
form: hands
tags: third-person
singular
form: handed
tags: past
form: handed
tags: past
participle
form: handing
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: ipa: /hænd/
tags: US
tags: UK
glosses: If I hand you something, I give it to you.
examples: Please hand me that tool. I can't reach it.
synonyms: give
pass
glove (English, noun)
Forms: form: glove
raw_tags: Singular
form: gloves
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡlʌv/
raw_tags: Audio
tags: US
raw_tags: Audio
tags: Australia
glosses: A glove is a piece of clothing you wear on your hand to keep your hands warm or safe.
raw_tags: countable
examples: Police officers often wear gloves when working in crime scenes to avoid destroying evidence.
John is wearing gloves today because it's -5°C.
market (English, noun)
Forms: form: market
raw_tags: Singular
form: markets
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɑːkɪt/
tags: UK
tags: UK
ipa: /ˈmɑrkɪt/
tags: US
tags: US
raw_tags: Audio
tags: US
raw_tags: Audio
tags: UK
glosses: A market is a place where many people come to buy and sell things.
raw_tags: countable
examples: It's time to take the cows to the market.
glosses: The market is the stock market.
raw_tags: countable
examples: The market rose Tuesday on good results from the banking sector.
Cable stocks have lost an estimated market value of $ 6 to $ 8 billion.
glosses: A market is a group of people or businesses that might buy goods or services.
raw_tags: countable
examples: The government is trying to help farmers find a new market for their grain.
The financial and oil markets continued to react negatively to the news from the war.
glosses: A market is the total amount or value of a particular kind of goods or services bought or sold.
raw_tags: countable
examples: The company already has a 54-percent share of the commercial jet market.
market (English, verb)
Forms: form: market
tags: canonical
form: markets
tags: third-person
singular
form: marketed
tags: past
form: marketed
tags: past
participle
form: marketing
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɑːkɪt/
tags: UK
tags: UK
ipa: /ˈmɑrkɪt/
tags: US
tags: US
raw_tags: Audio
tags: US
raw_tags: Audio
tags: UK
glosses: If you market something, you make it available for sale and you try to get people to buy it.
raw_tags: transitive
examples: Manufacturers who spend millions to develop new drugs heavily market their products.
card (English, noun)
Forms: form: card
raw_tags: Singular
form: cards
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /kɑːd/
tags: UK
tags: US
ipa: /kɑrd/
tags: US
ipa: /kaːd/
tags: Australia
tags: US
tags: Australia
glosses: A card is a small, often rectangular piece of paper or plastic, usually with information.
raw_tags: countable
examples: The police stopped me and asked to see my identity card.
"I don't have any money with me, can I pay with my credit card?"
The soccer player got a red card and left the game.
We spent the afternoon playing card games.
I think we sent them a Christmas card last year.
card (English, verb)
Forms: form: card
tags: canonical
form: cards
tags: third-person
singular
form: carded
tags: past
form: carded
tags: past
participle
form: carding
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: ipa: /kɑːd/
tags: UK
tags: US
ipa: /kɑrd/
tags: US
ipa: /kaːd/
tags: Australia
tags: US
tags: Australia
glosses: If you card someone, you check their ID cards, usually to see if they are old enough to enter a place or drink alcohol.
raw_tags: transitive
examples: They have to card anybody who looks 30 or younger.
beautiful (English, adj)
Forms: form: beautiful
tags: positive
form: more beautiful
tags: comparative
form: most beautiful
tags: superlative
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbjuːtɪfəl/
tags: US
tags: UK
glosses: If something is beautiful, it is very good to look at it.
examples: Look at that beautiful bird!
This magazine always has a picture of a beautiful woman on the front.
horse (English, noun)
Forms: form: horse
raw_tags: Singular
form: horses
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /hɔː(r)s/
tags: US
tags: UK
glosses: A horse is a hoofed mammal. It walks on four (4) legs. People often ride on horses.
raw_tags: countable
examples: The horse likes to eat oats.
synonyms: bay
horsey
mare
nag
pony
roan
feather (English, noun)
Forms: form: feather
raw_tags: Singular
form: feathers
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɛð.ə(r)/
tags: UK
ipa: /ˈfɛð.ɚ/
tags: US
tags: US
tags: UK
glosses: Feathers are the things which cover birds.
examples: The bird was covered in feathers.
decline (English, verb)
Forms: form: decline
tags: canonical
form: declines
tags: third-person
singular
form: declined
tags: past
form: declined
tags: past
participle
form: declining
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: ipa: /dəˈklɑɪn/
tags: US
raw_tags: Audio
tags: US
glosses: If something declines, it goes down in number, quality, slope, or value.
raw_tags: intransitive
examples: The Australian dollar has declined 3% against the Euro.
The number of students studying foreign languages continues to decline.
synonyms: decrease
reduce
antonyms: incline
increase
glosses: If someone declines an offer, they do not accept it.
raw_tags: transitive & intransitive
examples: We asked Josh to come with us to the restaurant, but he declined.
decline (English, noun)
Forms: form: decline
raw_tags: Singular
form: declines
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /dəˈklɑɪn/
tags: US
raw_tags: Audio
tags: US
glosses: A decline happens when the number, quality, slope, or value of something goes down.
raw_tags: countable
examples: There has been a 3% decline in the Australian dollar against the Euro.
Every year we see a larger decline in the number of students studying foreign languages.
synonyms: decrease
reduction
antonyms: incline
increase
glosses: A decline is a hill or line that goes down.
raw_tags: countable
examples: The truck crashed after picking up too much speed on the decline.
conversation (English, noun)
Forms: form: conversation
raw_tags: Singular
form: conversations
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌkɒnvəˈseɪʃən/
tags: UK
ipa: /ˌkɑnvɚˈseɪʃən/
tags: US
tags: US
glosses: A conversation is when two or more people are talking informally.
raw_tags: countable & uncountable
examples: I had a really interesting conversation at work about how to improve things.
She is very good at making conversation with people she meets.
plate (English, noun)
Forms: form: plate
raw_tags: Singular
form: plates
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /pleɪt/
tags: US
tags: UK
tags: Australia
glosses: A plate is a hard flat thing, especially round ones that we put food on.
raw_tags: countable
examples: He ate everything on his plate.
The name plate on the door said, "Tanaka".
plate (English, verb)
Forms: form: plate
tags: canonical
form: plates
tags: third-person
singular
form: plated
tags: past
form: plated
tags: past
participle
form: plating
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: ipa: /pleɪt/
tags: US
tags: UK
tags: Australia
glosses: If you plate food, you place the food on a plate.
glosses: If you plate A with B, you cover the surface of A with a thin coat of B.
examples: This ring is plated with a thin layer of gold.
host (English, noun)
Forms: form: host
raw_tags: Singular
form: hosts
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /həʊst/
tags: UK
ipa: /hoʊst/
tags: US
tags: US
glosses: A host is a person or animal who makes a place for others and usually provides food and drink.
raw_tags: countable
examples: The host of the party was so busy, she didn't have time to eat.
Some insects lay their eggs in a living host, which is eaten when the eggs hatch.
host (English, verb)
Forms: form: host
tags: canonical
form: hosts
tags: third-person
singular
form: hosted
tags: past
form: hosted
tags: past
participle
form: hosting
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: ipa: /həʊst/
tags: UK
ipa: /hoʊst/
tags: US
tags: US
glosses: If you host a party or event, you make a place for it and you help to organise it.
raw_tags: transitive
examples: Germany hosted the 2006 World Cup of Soccer.
finger (English, noun)
Forms: form: finger
raw_tags: Singular
form: fingers
tags: plural
Pronunciation: tags: US
ipa: /ˈfɪŋɡɚ/
tags: US
ipa: /ˈfɪŋɡə/
tags: UK
ipa: /ˈfɪŋər/
tags: Scotland
tags: US
tags: UK
glosses: A finger is a long thin part of your hand that bends. Most people have four fingers and one thumb on each hand.
raw_tags: countable
examples: He only uses one finger on the keyboard.
finger (English, verb)
Forms: form: finger
tags: canonical
form: fingers
tags: third-person
singular
form: fingered
tags: past
form: fingered
tags: past
participle
form: fingering
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: tags: US
ipa: /ˈfɪŋɡɚ/
tags: US
ipa: /ˈfɪŋɡə/
tags: UK
ipa: /ˈfɪŋər/
tags: Scotland
tags: US
tags: UK
glosses: If you finger something, you touch with your fingers it to see what it feels like.
raw_tags: transitive
glosses: If you finger someone, you tell the police that the person did something wrong.
raw_tags: transitive
glosses: If you finger a female, you use your fingers to penetrate or sexually stimulate their vulva or vagina.
raw_tags: transitive
sex
loud (English, adj)
Forms: form: loud
tags: positive
form: louder
tags: comparative
form: loudest
tags: superlative
Pronunciation: ipa: /laʊd/
raw_tags: Audio
tags: US
glosses: If a sound is loud, you can hear it very easily. If it's very loud, it might hurt your ears.
examples: Can you turn down the music, please? It's too loud.
antonyms: quiet
soft
glosses: If a person is loud, they talk too much or too loudly.
examples: After he has a few beers he gets really loud.
glosses: If colours, clothes, or other things you see are loud, they have too many bright colours or patterns and they don't look good.
invent (English, verb)
Forms: form: invent
tags: canonical
form: invents
tags: third-person
singular
form: invented
tags: past
form: invented
tags: past
participle
form: inventing
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪnˈvɛnt/
tags: US
glosses: If you invent something, you make or design a new kind of thing.
examples: Thomas Edison invented the electric light bulb.
thumb (English, noun)
Forms: form: thumb
raw_tags: Singular
form: thumbs
tags: plural
Pronunciation: /θʌm/
glosses: A thumb is the part of your hand that looks like a short, fat finger. Most people have a thumb on each hand.
raw_tags: countable
examples: In many countries, pointing your thumb up means, "good".
glosses: A thumb or thumbnail is a small picture on a computer that you can click on to see a larger picture.
raw_tags: countable
thumb (English, verb)
Forms: form: thumb
tags: canonical
form: thumbs
tags: third-person
singular
form: thumbed
tags: past
form: thumbed
tags: past
participle
form: thumbing
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: /θʌm/
glosses: If someone thumbs something, they touch it with the thumb.
raw_tags: transitive
glosses: When someone thumbs, they are standing by a road waiting for someone to give them a ride.
raw_tags: slang
examples: I thumbed down a pickup truck to take me to San Antonio.
interrupt (English, verb)
Forms: form: interrupt
tags: canonical
form: interrupts
tags: third-person
singular
form: interrupted
tags: past
form: interrupted
tags: past
participle
form: interrupting
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɪntəˈrʌpt/
tags: US
ipa: /ˈɪntəˌrʌpt/
glosses: If you interrupt someone, you stop them doing or saying one thing, and often ask them to do another.
raw_tags: transitive & intransitive
examples: Please, don't interrupt me when I'm thinking.
interrupt (English, noun)
Forms: form: interrupt
raw_tags: Singular
form: interrupts
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɪntəˈrʌpt/
tags: US
ipa: /ˈɪntəˌrʌpt/
glosses: :
 This short section needs someone to add to it.
exciting (English, adj)
Forms: form: exciting
tags: positive
form: more exciting
tags: comparative
form: most exciting
tags: superlative
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪkˈsaɪtɪŋ/
tags: US
glosses: If something is exciting, it makes you feel happy and very awake.
examples: The first time I went on a plane, it was so exciting that I almost couldn't breathe.
Star Wars is the most exciting movie ever.
antonyms: boring
exciting (English, verb)
Forms: form: excite
tags: canonical
form: excites
tags: third-person
singular
form: excited
tags: past
form: excited
tags: past
participle
form: exciting
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪkˈsaɪtɪŋ/
tags: US
glosses: The present participle of excite.
guest (English, noun)
Forms: form: guest
raw_tags: Singular
form: guests
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /gɛst/
tags: US
glosses: A guest is a person who you welcome into your house, your office, etc.
raw_tags: countable
examples: There were over 200 guests at our wedding party.
All guests at the hotel receive a free breakfast in our restaurant.
shout (English, verb)
Forms: form: shout
tags: canonical
form: shouts
tags: third-person
singular
form: shouted
tags: past
form: shouted
tags: past
participle
form: shouting
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʃaʊt/
tags: US
glosses: If you shout, you speak very loudly.
raw_tags: transitive & intransitive
examples: Don't shout! I can hear you fine.
This is a big classroom, so please shout your name and answer.
shout (English, noun)
Forms: form: shout
raw_tags: Singular
form: shouts
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʃaʊt/
tags: US
glosses: A shout is when somebody shouts one time.
raw_tags: countable
examples: His angry shouts and yelling woke me up.
lucky (English, adj)
Forms: form: lucky
tags: positive
form: luckier
tags: comparative
form: luckiest
tags: superlative
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlʌki/
tags: US
glosses: If you are lucky, you have a lot of luck.
examples: After getting married and winning $1 million on the same day, Susan felt very lucky.
antonyms: unlucky
glosses: If something is lucky, it gives you luck.
examples: Today I have three tests, so I'm wearing my lucky hat.
antonyms: unlucky
luck (English, noun)
Forms: form: luck
raw_tags: Singular
form: –
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /lʌk/
tags: UK
ipa: /lʌk/
tags: US
tags: US
tags: UK
glosses: Someone who has good luck is someone who regularly has good things happen to them, almost as if by magic.
raw_tags: uncountable
examples: Many people believe the number 13 will bring you bad luck.
luck (English, verb)
Forms: form: luck
tags: canonical
form: lucks
tags: third-person
singular
form: lucked
tags: past
form: lucked
tags: past
participle
form: lucking
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: ipa: /lʌk/
tags: UK
ipa: /lʌk/
tags: US
tags: US
tags: UK
glosses: To succeed by chance.
raw_tags: intransitive
examples: He lucked into a great job.
alive (English, adj)
Forms: form: alive
tags: positive
form: more alive
tags: comparative
form: most alive
tags: superlative
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʌˈlaɪv/
tags: US
glosses: If someone or something is alive, it is living or it continues to exist. If you are alive you have life.
examples: The doctors tried to keep her alive, but she died an hour after arriving at the hospital.
antonyms: dead
hungry (English, adj)
Forms: form: hungrier
tags: comparative
form: hungriest
tags: superlative
form: hungry
tags: positive
form: more hungry
tags: comparative
form: most hungry
tags: superlative
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhʌŋɡɚ/
tags: US
ipa: /ˈhʌŋɡə/
tags: UK
tags: US
glosses: If you feel hungry, you want to eat something and your stomach feels empty.
examples: There are too many poor children who are always hungry.
rude (English, adj)
Forms: form: rude
tags: positive
form: ruder
tags: comparative
form: rudest
tags: superlative
Pronunciation: ipa: /ruːd/
tags: US
glosses: If someone is rude or does something rude, they act in a way that will likely upset people.
examples: Don't interrupt me when I'm speaking. It's rude.
synonyms: impolite
antonyms: polite