| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| dab | noun | A skillful hand; a dabster; an expert., A name given to several species of flounders, esp. to the European species, Pleuronectes limanda. The American rough dab is Hippoglossoides platessoides., To strike or touch gently, as with a soft or moist substance; to tap; hence, to besmear with a dabber., To strike by a thrust; to hit with a sudden blow or thrust., A gentle blow with the hand or some soft substance; a sudden blow or hit; a peck., A small mass of anything soft or moist. |
| dad | noun | Father; — a word sometimes used by children. |
| dag | noun | A dagger; a poniard., A large pistol formerly used., The unbranched antler of a young deer., A misty shower; dew., A loose end; a dangling shred., To daggle or bemire., To cut into jags or points; to slash; as, to dag a garment., To be misty; to drizzle. |
| dak | noun | Post; mail; also, the mail or postal arrangements; — spelt also dawk, and dauk. |
| dal | noun | Split pulse, esp. of Cajanus Indicus. |
| dam | noun | A female parent; — used of beasts, especially of quadrupeds; sometimes applied in contempt to a human mother., A kind or crowned piece in the game of draughts., A barrier to prevent the flow of a liquid; esp., a bank of earth, or wall of any kind, as of masonry or wood, built across a water course, to confine and keep back flowing water., A firebrick wall, or a stone, which forms the front of the hearth of a blast furnace., To obstruct or restrain the flow of, by a dam; to confine by constructing a dam, as a stream of water; — generally used with in or up., To shut up; to stop up; to close; to restrain. |
| dan | noun | A title of honor equivalent to master, or sir., A small truck or sledge used in coal mines. |
| dap | verb i. | To drop the bait gently on the surface of the water. |
| daw | noun | A European bird of the Crow family (Corvus monedula), often nesting in church towers and ruins; a jackdaw., To dawn., To rouse., To daunt; to terrify. |
| day | noun | The time of light, or interval between one night and the next; the time between sunrise and sunset, or from dawn to darkness; hence, the light; sunshine., The period of the earth’s revolution on its axis. — ordinarily divided into twenty-four hours. It is measured by the interval between two successive transits of a celestial body over the same meridian, and takes a specific name from that of the body. Thus, if this is the sun, the day (the interval between two successive transits of the sun’s center over the same meridian) is called a solar day; if it is a star, a sidereal day; if it is the moon, a lunar day. See Civil day, Sidereal day, below., Those hours, or the daily recurring period, allotted by usage or law for work., A specified time or period; time, considered with reference to the existence or prominence of a person or thing; age; time., (Preceded by the) Some day in particular, as some day of contest, some anniversary, etc. |
| de- | A prefix from Latin de down, from, away; as in debark, decline, decease, deduct, decamp. In words from the French it is equivalent to Latin dis-apart, away; or sometimes to de. Cf. Dis-. It is negative and opposite in derange, deform, destroy, etc. It is intensive in deprave, despoil, declare, desolate, etc. | |
| del | noun | Share; portion; part. |
| den | noun | A small cavern or hollow place in the side of a hill, or among rocks; esp., a cave used by a wild beast for shelter or concealment; as, a lion’s den; a den of robbers., A squalid place of resort; a wretched dwelling place; a haunt; as, a den of vice., Any snug or close retreat where one goes to be alone., A narrow glen; a ravine; a dell., To live in, or as in, a den. |
| dev | noun | Alt. of Deva |
| dew | noun | Moisture from the atmosphere condensed by cool bodies upon their surfaces, particularly at night., Figuratively, anything which falls lightly and in a refreshing manner., An emblem of morning, or fresh vigor., To wet with dew or as with dew; to bedew; to moisten; as with dew., Same as Due, or Duty. |
| dey | noun | A servant who has charge of the dairy; a dairymaid., The governor of Algiers; — so called before the French conquest in 1830. |
| di- | A prefix, signifying twofold, double, twice, denoting two atoms, radicals, groups, or equivalents, as the case may be. See Bi-, 2., A prefix denoting through; also, between, apart, asunder, across. Before a vowel dia-becomes di-; as, diactinic; dielectric, etc. | |
| dib | verb i. | To dip., One of the small bones in the knee joints of sheep uniting the bones above and below the joints., A child’s game, played with dib bones. |
| die | plural | of Dice, To pass from an animate to a lifeless state; to cease to live; to suffer a total and irreparable loss of action of the vital functions; to become dead; to expire; to perish; — said of animals and vegetables; often with of, by, with, from, and rarely for, before the cause or occasion of death; as, to die of disease or hardships; to die by fire or the sword; to die with horror at the thought., To suffer death; to lose life., To perish in any manner; to cease; to become lost or extinct; to be extinguished., To sink; to faint; to pine; to languish, with weakness, discouragement, love, etc., To become indifferent; to cease to be subject; as, to die to pleasure or to sin., To recede and grow fainter; to become imperceptible; to vanish; — often with out or away., To disappear gradually in another surface, as where moldings are lost in a sloped or curved face., To become vapid, flat, or spiritless, as liquor., A small cube, marked on its faces with spots from one to six, and used in playing games by being shaken in a box and thrown from it. See Dice., Any small cubical or square body., That which is, or might be, determined, by a throw of the die; hazard; chance., That part of a pedestal included between base and cornice; the dado., A metal or plate (often one of a pair) so cut or shaped as to give a certain desired form to, or impress any desired device on, an object or surface, by pressure or by a blow; used in forging metals, coining, striking up sheet metal, etc., A perforated block, commonly of hardened steel used in connection with a punch, for punching holes, as through plates, or blanks from plates, or for forming cups or capsules, as from sheet metal, by drawing., A hollow internally threaded screw-cutting tool, made in one piece or composed of several parts, for forming screw threads on bolts, etc.; one of the separate parts which make up such a tool. |
| did | imp. of Do. | |
| dug | imp. & past participle | of Dig, A teat, pap, or nipple; — formerly that of a human mother, now that of a cow or other beast., of Dig. |
| dig | verb t. | To turn up, or delve in, (earth) with a spade or a hoe; to open, loosen, or break up (the soil) with a spade, or other sharp instrument; to pierce, open, or loosen, as if with a spade., To get by digging; as, to dig potatoes, or gold., To hollow out, as a well; to form, as a ditch, by removing earth; to excavate; as, to dig a ditch or a well., To thrust; to poke., To work with a spade or other like implement; to do servile work; to delve., To take ore from its bed, in distinction from making excavations in search of ore., To work like a digger; to study ploddingly and laboriously., A thrust; a punch; a poke; as, a dig in the side or the ribs. See Dig, v. t., 4., A plodding and laborious student. |
| dim | superl. | Not bright or distinct; wanting luminousness or clearness; obscure in luster or sound; dusky; darkish; obscure; indistinct; overcast; tarnished., Of obscure vision; not seeing clearly; hence, dull of apprehension; of weak perception; obtuse., To render dim, obscure, or dark; to make less bright or distinct; to take away the luster of; to darken; to dull; to obscure; to eclipse., To deprive of distinct vision; to hinder from seeing clearly, either by dazzling or clouding the eyes; to darken the senses or understanding of., To grow dim. |
| din | noun | Loud, confused, harsh noise; a loud, continuous, rattling or clanging sound; clamor; roar., To strike with confused or clanging sound; to stun with loud and continued noise; to harass with clamor; as, to din the ears with cries., To utter with a din; to repeat noisily; to ding., To sound with a din; a ding., of Do |
| dip | verb t. | To plunge or immerse; especially, to put for a moment into a liquid; to insert into a fluid and withdraw again., To immerse for baptism; to baptize by immersion., To wet, as if by immersing; to moisten., To plunge or engage thoroughly in any affair., To take out, by dipping a dipper, ladle, or other receptacle, into a fluid and removing a part; — often with out; as, to dip water from a boiler; to dip out water., To engage as a pledge; to mortgage., To immerse one’s self; to become plunged in a liquid; to sink., To perform the action of plunging some receptacle, as a dipper, ladle. etc.; into a liquid or a soft substance and removing a part., To pierce; to penetrate; — followed by in or into., To enter slightly or cursorily; to engage one’s self desultorily or by the way; to partake limitedly; — followed by in or into., To incline downward from the plane of the horizon; as, strata of rock dip., To dip snuff., The action of dipping or plunging for a moment into a liquid., Inclination downward; direction below a horizontal line; slope; pitch., A liquid, as a sauce or gravy, served at table with a ladle or spoon., A dipped candle. |
| dis | noun | The god Pluto. |
| dit | noun | A word; a decree., A ditty; a song., To close up. |
| do. | noun | An abbreviation of Ditto. |
| dod | verb t. | To cut off, as wool from sheep’s tails; to lop or clip off. |
| doe | noun | A female deer or antelope; specifically, the female of the fallow deer, of which the male is called a buck. Also applied to the female of other animals, as the rabbit. See the Note under Buck., A feat. [Obs.] See Do, n. |
| dog | noun | A quadruped of the genus Canis, esp. the domestic dog (C. familiaris)., A mean, worthless fellow; a wretch., A fellow; — used humorously or contemptuously; as, a sly dog; a lazy dog., One of the two constellations, Canis Major and Canis Minor, or the Greater Dog and the Lesser Dog. Canis Major contains the Dog Star (Sirius)., An iron for holding wood in a fireplace; a firedog; an andiron., A grappling iron, with a claw or claws, for fastening into wood or other heavy articles, for the purpose of raising or moving them., An iron with fangs fastening a log in a saw pit, or on the carriage of a sawmill., A piece in machinery acting as a catch or clutch; especially, the carrier of a lathe, also, an adjustable stop to change motion, as in a machine tool., To hunt or track like a hound; to follow insidiously or indefatigably; to chase with a dog or dogs; to worry, as if by dogs; to hound with importunity. |
| dom | noun | A title anciently given to the pope, and later to other church dignitaries and some monastic orders. See Don, and Dan., In Portugal and Brazil, the title given to a member of the higher classes. |
| don | noun | Sir; Mr; Signior; — a title in Spain, formerly given to noblemen and gentlemen only, but now common to all classes., A grand personage, or one making pretension to consequence; especially, the head of a college, or one of the fellows at the English universities., To put on; to dress in; to invest one’s self with. |
| doo | noun | A dove. |
| dop | noun | Alt. of Doop, To dip., A dip; a low courtesy. |
| dor | noun | A large European scaraboid beetle (Geotrupes stercorarius), which makes a droning noise while flying. The name is also applied to allied American species, as the June bug. Called also dorr, dorbeetle, or dorrbeetle, dorbug, dorrfly, and buzzard clock., A trick, joke, or deception., To make a fool of; to deceive. |
| dot | noun | A marriage portion; dowry., A small point or spot, made with a pen or other pointed instrument; a speck, or small mark., Anything small and like a speck comparatively; a small portion or specimen; as, a dot of a child., To mark with dots or small spots; as, to dot a line., To mark or diversify with small detached objects; as, a landscape dotted with cottages., To make dots or specks. |
| dow | noun | A kind of vessel. See Dhow., To furnish with a dower; to endow. |
| dry | superl. | Free from moisture; having little humidity or none; arid; not wet or moist; deficient in the natural or normal supply of moisture, as rain or fluid of any kind; — said especially: (a) Of the weather: Free from rain or mist., Of vegetable matter: Free from juices or sap; not succulent; not green; as, dry wood or hay., Of animals: Not giving milk; as, the cow is dry., Of persons: Thirsty; needing drink., Of the eyes: Not shedding tears., Of certain morbid conditions, in which there is entire or comparative absence of moisture; as, dry gangrene; dry catarrh., Destitute of that which interests or amuses; barren; unembellished; jejune; plain., Characterized by a quality somewhat severe, grave, or hard; hence, sharp; keen; shrewd; quaint; as, a dry tone or manner; dry wit., Exhibiting a sharp, frigid preciseness of execution, or the want of a delicate contour in form, and of easy transition in coloring., To make dry; to free from water, or from moisture of any kind, and by any means; to exsiccate; as, to dry the eyes; to dry one’s tears; the wind dries the earth; to dry a wet cloth; to dry hay., To grow dry; to become free from wetness, moisture, or juice; as, the road dries rapidly., To evaporate wholly; to be exhaled; — said of moisture, or a liquid; — sometimes with up; as, the stream dries, or dries up., To shrivel or wither; to lose vitality. |
| dub | verb t. | To confer knighthood upon; as, the king dubbed his son Henry a knight., To invest with any dignity or new character; to entitle; to call., To clothe or invest; to ornament; to adorn., To strike, rub, or dress smooth; to dab;, To dress with an adz; as, to dub a stick of timber smooth., To strike cloth with teasels to raise a nap., To rub or dress with grease, as leather in the process of cyrrying it., To prepare for fighting, as a gamecock, by trimming the hackles and cutting off the comb and wattles., To make a noise by brisk drumbeats., A blow., A pool or puddle. |
| due | adjective | Owed, as a debt; that ought to be paid or done to or for another; payable; owing and demandable., Justly claimed as a right or property; proper; suitable; becoming; appropriate; fit., Such as (a thing) ought to be; fulfilling obligation; proper; lawful; regular; appointed; sufficient; exact; as, due process of law; due service; in due time., Appointed or required to arrive at a given time; as, the steamer was due yesterday., Owing; ascribable, as to a cause., Directly; exactly; as, a due east course., That which is owed; debt; that which one contracts to pay, or do, to or for another; that which belongs or may be claimed as a right; whatever custom, law, or morality requires to be done; a fee; a toll., Right; just title or claim., To endue. |
| dun | noun | A mound or small hill., To cure, as codfish, in a particular manner, by laying them, after salting, in a pile in a dark place, covered with salt grass or some like substance., To ask or beset, as a debtor, for payment; to urge importunately., One who duns; a dunner., An urgent request or demand of payment; as, he sent his debtor a dun., Of a dark color; of a color partaking of a brown and black; of a dull brown color; swarthy. |
| duo | noun | A composition for two performers; a duet. |
| dup | verb t. | To open; as, to dup the door. |
| dur | adjective | Major; in the major mode; as, C dur, that is, C major. |
| dux | noun | The scholastic name for the theme or subject of a fugue, the answer being called the comes, or companion. |
| dye | verb t. | To stain; to color; to give a new and permanent color to, as by the application of dyestuffs., Color produced by dyeing., Material used for dyeing; a dyestuff., Same as Die, a lot. |