English words: D

1197 words under D; 1001–1100 on this page.

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• drafting noun (drafting — uncountable); verb form of draft…
  Drafting is writing a first, rough version of a story, letter or plan that you will improve later.
• drag verb (drag, drags, dragged, dragging); noun…everyday · Jewish tradition
  To drag something means to pull it along the ground, often because it is heavy.
• dragging verb form…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Pulling something heavy along the ground with effort.
• draggled adjective; verb form…
  Wet, muddy and untidy, especially after being dragged through mud or rain.
• dragon noun (a dragon, dragons)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A dragon is a made-up creature in stories, usually a huge lizard-like monster with wings and claws that can breathe fire.
• dragonfly noun (a dragonfly, dragonflies)
  A dragonfly is a large flying insect with a long thin body and two pairs of clear wings, often seen near water.
• dragoon noun (dragoon, dragoons)
  a soldier who rode a horse and sometimes fought on foot.
• drain verb (drain, drains, drained, draining); noun…everyday · Jewish tradition
  To drain is to let water or another liquid flow out of something.
• drainage noun (drainage; usually no plural)
  Drainage is the way water or other liquid flows away from a place, through pipes, ditches or the soil.
• drainpipe noun (drainpipe, drainpipes)
  A drainpipe is a pipe on the outside of a building that carries rainwater from the roof down to the ground or a drain.
• drake noun (a drake, drakes)
  A drake is a male duck.
• dram noun (dram, drams)
  (old use).
• drama noun (drama; a drama, dramas)
  A play for the theatre, TV or radio; a story acted out by people.
• dramatic adjective (dramatic; more dramatic, most dramatic); adverb…
  Dramatic means sudden and large, making a big change: «a dramatic rise».
• dramatically adverb
  Very much and often suddenly: a big change.
• drap verb (dialect form of drop)
  To let fall, or to fall; in one sentence it means to come by for a visit.
• draped verb (drape, drapes, draped, draping)
  covered loosely with cloth that hangs down in folds.
• drapery noun (drapery, draperies)
  cloth that hangs down in soft folds, such as curtains or long robes.
• drat interjection (drat, drat it, drat that dog)
  a mild exclamation of annoyance; a soft stand-in for «damn».
• draught noun (a draught, draughts); draughts…everyday · Jewish tradition
  A current of cold air coming into a room: There's a draught from the window.
• draughts noun (draughts, used with a singular verb, the game)…
  Draughts is a board game for two players who move round flat pieces diagonally and jump over each other's pieces to take them; in the USA…
• draughty adjective (draughty, draughtier, draughtiest); US spelling…
  Of a room or building: having cold air blowing through it from gaps round windows and doors.
• draw verb (draw, draws, drew, drawn, drawing); noun…everyday · Jewish tradition
  To draw means to make a picture or shape with a pencil, pen or crayon.
• drawbridge noun (a drawbridge, drawbridges)
  A bridge that can be pulled up or lifted, especially over a castle moat, to stop enemies getting in.
• drawer noun (drawer, drawers)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A drawer is a box in a table, desk or cupboard that slides in and out, for keeping things.
• drawest verb, old form used with thou
  «drawest» means «you draw», a form of «draw»: To draw means to make a picture or shape with a pencil, pen or crayon.
• draweth verb, old form of «draws» (he, she, it)
  «draweth» means «draws», a form of «draw»: To draw means to make a picture or shape with a pencil, pen or crayon.
• drawing noun (a drawing, drawings; drawing as an activity); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  A drawing is a picture made with a pencil, pen or crayon, mostly with lines.
• drawl verb (drawl, drawls, drawled, drawling); noun (a drawl)
  To speak slowly, stretching out the vowel sounds.
• drawn verb (draw, draws, drew, drawn, drawing); adjective…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Drawn is a form of draw: to make a picture with a pencil or pen.
• drawstring noun (a drawstring, drawstrings)
  A drawstring is a cord threaded through the top of a bag or the waist or hood of clothes, which you pull to make it tighter.
• dray noun (a dray, drays)
  A low, strong cart without sides, pulled by horses, used to carry heavy loads like barrels of beer.
• dread verb (dread, dreads, dreaded, dreading); noun…everyday · Jewish tradition
  To feel very worried or afraid about something that is going to happen.
• dreaded adjective (dreaded); also the past form of dreadeveryday · Jewish tradition
  Feared very much; something people do not want to happen or face.
• dreadful adjectiveeveryday · Jewish tradition
  Very bad or unpleasant.
• dreadfully adverb (dreadfully)
  Very; extremely: «I'm dreadfully sorry.».
• dream noun (a dream, dreams); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  A dream is a set of pictures, thoughts and feelings that happen in your mind while you sleep.
• dreamily adverb (dreamily; more dreamily, most dreamily)
  In a dreamy way, as if half asleep or thinking about something far away.
• dreamless adjective
  Without dreams.
• dreamlike adjective
  Strange, soft or unreal, as if it were happening in a dream.
• dreamy adjective (dreamy, dreamier, dreamiest)
  Looking or seeming as if you are thinking about other things and not paying attention.
• dreary adjective (dreary, drearier, dreariest)
  Dreary means dull, grey and making you feel sad or bored, like a wet, cloudy day.
• dregs noun (dregs, plural only)everyday · Jewish tradition
  the last thick bits left at the bottom of a drink.
• drenched adjective (drench, drenches, drenched, drenching)
  soaked all through with water or another liquid.
• drenching noun or adjective (drench, drenches, drenched, drenching)
  a heavy soaking with water; very wet.
• dress noun (a dress, dresses; dress — uncountable for "clothes")…everyday · Jewish tradition
  A piece of clothing that covers the body from the shoulders down to the legs, in one piece, often worn by girls and women.
• dresseth verb, old form of «dresses» (he, she, it)
  «dresseth» means «dresses», a form of «dress»: A piece of clothing that covers the body from the shoulders down to the legs, in one piece…
• dressing noun (dressing; a dressing, dressings); also the -ing form…
  A sauce, usually of oil, vinegar or cream, poured over salad: «salad dressing».
• dressmaker noun (dressmaker, dressmakers)
  a person whose job is to make dresses and other clothes for people.
• drey noun (a drey, dreys)
  A drey is the nest of a squirrel, built high in a tree from twigs, leaves and moss.
• dribble verb (dribble, dribbles, dribbled, dribbling); noun…
  To let liquid, especially spit, run slowly out of your mouth: babies dribble.
• dried verb, past and past participle of «dry»…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Made dry by taking away water or wetness.
• drier adjective (dry, drier, driest); noun…
  Drier is the comparative of dry: having less water or wetness than something else.
• drift verb (drift, drifts, drifted, drifting); noun…
  To drift means to be carried slowly along by water or air, without control.
• driftwood noun (driftwood, no plural)
  pieces of wood that the sea or a river has carried and left on the shore.
• drill noun (a drill, drills); verb…
  A tool or machine for making holes in wood, metal, stone or teeth.
• drily adverb
  In a funny way that seems serious, with a straight face (dry humour).
• drink verb (drink, drinks, drank, drunk, drinking); noun…everyday · Jewish tradition
  To drink is to take water, milk, juice or another liquid into your mouth and swallow it.
• drinkable adjective (drinkable)
  Drinkable water or drink is safe to drink.
• drinker nounJewish tradition
  A person who drinks something, here someone who drinks a lot of wine.
• drinketh verb, old form of «drinks» (he, she, it)
  «drinketh» means «drinks», a form of «drink»: To drink is to take water, milk, juice or another liquid into your mouth and swallow it.
• drip verb (drip, drips, dripped, dripping); noun (a drip, drips)everyday · Jewish tradition
  To drip means to fall in small drops, or to let drops fall.
• dripping verb form (drip, drips, dripped, dripping); adjective…
  Dripping means falling in small drops, or letting drops fall: a dripping tap.
• drive verb (drive, drives, drove, driven, driving); noun…everyday · Jewish tradition
  To drive is to make a car, bus or truck go and steer it.
• driven verb (drive, drives, drove, driven, driving); adjective…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Driven is a form of drive: to make a car, bus or train move and steer it.
• driver noun (driver, drivers)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A person who drives a car, bus, truck or train.
• driveway noun (a driveway, driveways)
  A short private road or paved area that leads from the street to a house or garage, where cars are parked.
• drizzle noun (drizzle; a drizzle); verb…
  Drizzle is light rain falling in very small, fine drops.
• drizzly adjective (drizzly, drizzlier, drizzliest)
  Drizzly describes weather with light, fine rain falling steadily.
• droll adjective (droll, droller, drollest)
  funny in a quiet, odd or amusing way.
• dromaeosaur noun (a dromaeosaur, dromaeosaurs)
  A kind of small to medium meat-eating dinosaur with feathers and a big curved claw on each foot, like Velociraptor.
• dromedary noun (a dromedary, dromedaries)
  A camel with one hump, found in North Africa, the Middle East and India, and also living wild in central Australia.
• drone noun (drone, drones); verb (drone, drones, droned, droning)
  A drone is a small aircraft without a pilot, controlled from the ground or by a computer.
• drool verb (drool, drools, drooled, drooling); noun…
  To drool means to let spit (saliva) run out of your mouth, like a baby or a hungry dog.
• droop verb (droop, droops, drooped, drooping); noun (a droop)
  To hang or bend down because of being weak, tired or without water, as in «The flowers drooped in the heat».
• drooping verb form…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Hanging or bending down, especially because of weakness, tiredness or lack of water, as in «drooping flowers».
• droopy adjective (droopy, droopier, droopiest)
  Hanging down loosely or tiredly, like wilting flowers, floppy ears or a sagging tent.
• drop verb (drop, drops, dropped, dropping); noun (a drop, drops)everyday · Jewish tradition
  To drop is to let something fall from your hand; what you drop is lost to you.
• droplet noun (droplet, droplets)
  A droplet is a very small drop of liquid.
• dropper noun (a dropper, droppers)
  A small tube, usually glass or plastic, with a rubber bulb at the top, used to take up a liquid and let it out drop by drop.
• droppest verb, old form used with thou
  «droppest» means «you drop», a form of «drop»: To drop is to let something fall from your hand; what you drop is lost to you.
• dropping verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Dropping means letting something fall, or falling.
• droppings noun (droppings — plural)
  The solid waste (poo) of animals and birds.
• dross nounJewish tradition
  The waste scum that rises when metal is melted and that is thrown away.
• drought noun (a drought, droughts; uncountable when general)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A long period of time with little or no rain, so the land becomes very dry and water is scarce.
• drove verb (drive, drives, drove, driven, driving); noun…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Drove is the past of drive: yesterday he drove the car.
• drover noun (drover, drovers)
  A drover is a person who moves cattle or sheep from one place to another on foot, often over long distances.
• drown verb (drown, drowns, drowned, drowning)everyday · Jewish tradition
  To drown means to die because you are under water and cannot breathe.
• drowse verb (drowse, drowses, drowsed, drowsing)
  To drowse is to be sleepy and half asleep.
• drowsily adverb (drowsily; the adjective is drowsy)
  Drowsily means in a sleepy way, slow and half awake.
• drowsiness noun (drowsiness; uncountable)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Drowsiness is the feeling of being sleepy and only half awake, with heavy eyelids.
• drowsy adjective (drowsy, drowsier, drowsiest); adverb drowsily…
  Drowsy means sleepy, when your eyes feel heavy and you could easily fall asleep.
• drubbing noun (drubbing, drubbings)
  A drubbing is a hard beating, given as a punishment or in a fight.
• drudgery noun (no plural)
  Drudgery is hard, dull work that goes on and on, work that nobody enjoys.
• drug noun (a drug, drugs); verb (drug, drugs, drugged, drugging)
  A medicine used to treat or prevent an illness.
• drugged verb…
  Given a drug, often secretly or against your will, to make you sleepy or unable to act.
• druid noun (druid, druids)
  A druid was a priest or wise person among the ancient Celtic peoples, who knew about nature, magic and religion.
• drum noun (drum, drums); verb (drum, drums, drummed, drumming)
  A drum is a musical instrument made of a hollow body with skin or plastic stretched over it, played by hitting it with sticks or hands.
• drumbeat noun (a drumbeat, drumbeats)
  The sound of a drum being hit, or a steady rhythm of such sounds.
• drumhead noun (drumhead, drumheads)
  The drumhead is the tight skin or plastic sheet stretched across a drum, which is hit to make the sound.

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