English words: Y

62 words under Y.

• yacht noun (a yacht, yachts); verb…
  A boat with sails, used for racing or for pleasure.
• yak noun (a yak, yaks); verb…
  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)
  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 is one half of yin and yang, the old Chinese idea that the world is made of two opposite forces that balance each other; yang is the…
• yank verb (yank, yanks, yanked, yanking); noun (a yank, yanks)…
  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)everyday · Jewish tradition
  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…everyday · Jewish tradition
  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)…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Opening your mouth wide and taking a deep breath without meaning to, usually because you are tired or bored.
• yay interjection (yay — informal); adverb…
  A cry of joy, excitement or approval, like «hooray».
• ye pronoun, subject form, plural (you, more than one person)
  You (more than one person); the people being spoken to.
• yea interjection (old use); adverb (old use)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Yea is an old word for «yes».
• yeah adverb; interjection (informal)
  Yes.
• year noun (year, years)everyday · Jewish tradition
  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)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Happening once every year: a yearly visit.
• yearn verb (yearn, yearns, yearned or yearnt, yearning)everyday · Jewish tradition
  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 yearneveryday · Jewish tradition
  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)…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Yellow is the colour of the sun, bananas, lemons and egg yolks.
• yellowish adjective (yellowish)
  Yellowish means a little yellow, or partly yellow.
• yelp verb (yelp, yelps, yelped, yelping); noun (a yelp, yelps)
  To give a short, sharp cry, especially of pain, fright or surprise.
• yelping verb, -ing form of «yelp» (yelp, yelps, yelped, yelping)…
  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)
  The yen is the money of Japan; its sign is ¥.
• yer pronoun / determiner…
  Your: «Get yer coat.».
• yes adverb / interjection (yes); noun (a yes, yeses)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A word used to agree, say something is true, or accept: «Yes, please.».
• yesterday adverb (yesterday); noun (yesterday — the day before today)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Yesterday means on the day before today.
• yesternight noun; adverb
  The night before today; yesterday evening.
• yet adverb (yet); conjunction (yet)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Yet means up to now: «Has he come yet?».
• yeti noun (yeti, yetis; also the Yeti)
  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 is…
• 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…everyday · Jewish tradition
  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…everyday · Jewish tradition
  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)…
  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)
  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 your…
• yoghurt noun…
  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)everyday · Jewish tradition
  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…everyday · Jewish tradition
  That, or those, over there: "yon hill" means "that hill over there".
• yonder adverb and adjective (yonder — old or dialect); pronoun…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Over there; at some distance but within sight: the hill yonder.
• yore noun (yore — only in the phrase "of yore")
  Yore means long ago; "days of yore" means the old days, times long past.
• york proper noun (York; New York)everyday · Jewish tradition
  York is an old city in the north of England, famous for its walls, its cathedral (York Minster) and the Vikings.
• you pronoun…everyday · Jewish tradition
  You means the person or people someone is talking to.
• young adjective (young, younger, youngest); noun…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Young means having lived only a short time; not old.
• younger adjective (comparative of young; young, younger, youngest)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Younger means having lived fewer years than someone else.
• youngster noun (plural youngsters)
  A young person, often a child or a teenager.
• youth noun (youth, uncountable; a youth, youths; the youth)everyday · Jewish tradition
  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)
  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…
  Yummy means tasting very good; delicious.

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