English words: M
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- mellow adjective (mellow, mellower, mellowest); verb…
Mellow means soft, warm and rich, for light, colour or sound. - mellowed verb form…
Became softer, calmer and kinder with age or time: «Grandad has mellowed.». - melodious adjective (melodious, more melodious); adverb: melodiously
Melodious means having a pleasant tune, sweet and pleasing to hear. - melody noun (melody, melodies)everyday · Jewish tradition
A melody is a tune: a series of musical notes, one after another, that sounds pleasing and is easy to remember. - melon noun (melon, melons)everyday · Jewish tradition
A melon is a big round or oval fruit with a hard skin and a sweet, juicy inside full of seeds. - melt verb (melt, melts, melted, melting)everyday · Jewish tradition
To melt is to change from a solid into a liquid because of heat: ice melts into water. - meltdown noun (a meltdown, meltdowns)
A serious accident in a nuclear power station when the core gets so hot that it melts. - melting verb form (melt, melts, melted, melting); adjective…
Melting means changing from a solid into a liquid because it gets warm, like ice turning into water. - meltwater noun (meltwater — uncountable)
Meltwater is water that comes from melting snow or ice, especially from glaciers and ice sheets. - mem noun (mem, mems); fragmenteveryday · Jewish tradition
The thirteenth letter of the Hebrew alphabet, written מ. - member noun (a member, members)everyday · Jewish tradition
A member is a person who belongs to a group, like a club, a team or a family. - membership noun (membership, memberships)
Membership is being a member of a club, group or organisation. - membrane noun (a membrane, membranes)
A very thin layer, like a skin, that covers or lines a part of a living thing or a cell. - membranous adjective (membranous)
Made of a membrane, or like a membrane: thin, soft and skin-like, often so thin you can almost see through it. - meme noun (a meme, memes)
A funny picture, video or phrase that people copy, change and share quickly on the internet. - memoir noun (a memoir, memoirs)
A book or story someone writes about their own life and memories. - memorable adjective (memorable, more memorable, most memorable)
Worth remembering, or easy to remember, because it is special, unusual, very good or very bad. - memorandum noun (a memorandum, memoranda or memorandums); short form…
A memorandum is a short written message sent inside an office, school or company, telling people about something. - memorial noun (a memorial, memorials); adjective (memorial)everyday · Jewish tradition
A memorial is a statue, stone, building or event that helps people remember a person who died or something that happened. - memorisation noun (memorisation, uncountable; US: memorization)
The act of learning something so you can remember it exactly, such as a poem, times tables or spellings. - memorise verb…
To memorise something is to learn it so well that you can remember it exactly without looking. - memory noun (a memory, memories; memory — uncountable)everyday · Jewish tradition
Memory is the ability of your brain to keep and remember things. - men noun (men – the plural of «man»)
Plural of «man»: adult male people. - menace noun (menace, menaces); verb…
A menace is a threat of harm or danger. - menacing adjective (menacing; more menacing, most menacing); verb…
Seeming likely to cause harm; threatening: «a menacing look». - menagerie noun (a menagerie, menageries)
A collection of wild or unusual animals kept to be shown to people, especially in the past (an early kind of zoo). - mend verb (mend, mends, mended, mending); noun (a mend, mends)everyday · Jewish tradition
To repair something that is broken, torn or not working. - mendicant noun (mendicant, mendicants); also adjective; old use
A beggar, someone who lives by asking others for food or money. - menial adjective (menial, more menial); noun (a menial, menials)…
Of work that is dull, low and needs no special skill, such as cleaning and scrubbing; a servant who does such work. - meningitis noun (meningitis, uncountable)
Meningitis is a serious illness in which the thin layers around the brain and spinal cord become swollen, usually because of an infection. - menopause noun (the menopause — uncountable)
The time in a woman's life, usually in middle age, when her monthly periods stop for good and she can no longer have babies. - menorah noun (a menorah, menorahs)
A candle holder with branches, used in the Jewish religion. - menstruation noun (menstruation, uncountable)
The natural monthly bleeding from the womb (uterus) through the vagina that happens to girls and women, usually from puberty until about… - mental adjective (mental); noun (mental, in some phrases)
Mental means to do with the mind, like thinking, remembering and feelings. - mentality noun (a mentality, mentalities)
The usual way a person or group thinks and feels about things; their attitude: «a winning mentality». - mentally adverb
Mentally means in your mind or thoughts, not on paper or with your body: «work it out mentally». - menthol noun (menthol)
Menthol is a substance from mint oil that gives a cool, fresh feeling and smell. - mention verb (mention, mentions, mentioned, mentioning); noun…everyday · Jewish tradition
To say or write something about someone or something briefly, without giving lots of details. - mentor noun (a mentor, mentors); verb…
An experienced and trusted person who helps and advises a younger or less experienced person over time. - menu noun (a menu, menus)
A menu is a list of the food and drinks you can choose in a café or restaurant. - meow verb (meow, meows, meowed, meowing); noun (a meow, meows)…
A meow is the soft crying sound a cat makes. - mercenary noun (a mercenary, mercenaries); adjective (mercenary)everyday · Jewish tradition
A soldier who fights for any country or group that pays them, not for their own country. - merchandise noun…everyday · Jewish tradition
Goods that are bought and sold, especially in shops. - merchant noun (merchant, merchants); adjective…everyday · Jewish tradition
A merchant is a person who buys and sells goods to make money, a trader. - merciful adjective (merciful, more merciful, most merciful); adverb…everyday · Jewish tradition
Showing mercy: kind and forgiving to someone you could punish or harm. - mercifully adverb (mercifully)
Luckily; in a way that you are thankful for, because something bad was avoided or ended: «Mercifully, nobody was hurt». - merciless adjective (merciless, more merciless, most merciless)
Having no pity; cruel and not willing to spare anyone. - mercilessly adverb (mercilessly)
Without pity; cruelly, with no kindness. - mercury noun…everyday · Jewish tradition
Mercury is a silvery metal that is liquid at room temperature; it was used in old thermometers. - mercy noun (mercy, mercies)everyday · Jewish tradition
Mercy is kindness or forgiveness shown to someone you could punish or hurt. - mere adjective (mere, merest; merely adv.); noun…everyday · Jewish tradition
Mere means only, just, no more than: a mere child, a mere five minutes. - merely adverb (merely)everyday · Jewish tradition
Merely means only or just, showing that something is small or not important. - merge verb (merge, merges, merged, merging); noun (a merge)
To merge is to join together to become one. - merged verb, past form of «merge» (merged); adjective (merged)
Merged is the past form of «merge»: joined together into one. - merging verb, -ing form of «merge» (merging); noun (merging)
Merging is the -ing form of «merge»: joining together into one. - meridian noun (a meridian, meridians); adjective (meridian — rare)
A meridian is an imaginary line on the globe or a map that runs from the North Pole to the South Pole; lines of longitude are meridians. - merino noun (a merino, merinos; merino – the wool, uncountable)
A breed of sheep with very fine, soft wool, first from Spain and now raised in large numbers in Australia and New Zealand. - merit noun (merit, merits — a merit; uncountable merit); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
Merit is the quality of being good and deserving praise or a reward. - meritorious adjective (meritorious)
Deserving praise or reward because it is very good or brave. - merlin noun (a merlin, merlins); noun (Merlin – a name)
A small, fast falcon (a bird of prey) found in Europe, Asia and North America, which hunts small birds. - mermaid noun (a mermaid, mermaids)
A mermaid is an imaginary sea creature with the head and body of a woman and the tail of a fish. - merrily adverb (merrily)everyday · Jewish tradition
In a happy, cheerful, jolly way. - merriment noun (merriment, uncountable)
Happy fun, laughter and enjoyment, especially when people are together celebrating. - merry adjective (merry, merrier, merriest)everyday · Jewish tradition
Merry means happy, cheerful and full of fun. - merrymaking noun (merrymaking; no plural)
Lively fun with feasting, dancing and games, especially at a party or a festival. - mesa noun (a mesa, mesas)
A hill or mountain with steep sides and a large, flat top, found in dry places like the south-west USA and parts of Australia. - mesh noun (mesh, meshes); verb (mesh, meshes, meshed, meshing)
A material made of threads or wires woven together with small holes between them, like a net. - mesozoic adjective (Mesozoic); noun (the Mesozoic — the era)
The Mesozoic is a long stretch of Earth's history, from about 252 million to 66 million years ago, often called the Age of Dinosaurs. - mesquite noun…
A spiny shrub or small tree of the pea family that grows in deserts and dry lands of the south-western USA and Mexico, with long seed pods. - mess noun (a mess, messes; mess, uncountable); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
A mess is a place or things that are untidy or dirty, like a messy bedroom. - message noun (a message, messages); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
A piece of information that someone sends or leaves for another person, in words, writing or on a phone. - messaging phrase (noun, uncountable: messaging; verb message)
the way a politician or company shapes what they say to make people think a certain way; spin or propaganda. - messenger noun (a messenger, messengers)everyday · Jewish tradition
A person who carries a message, letter or parcel from one person or place to another. - messiah noun (the Messiah; a messiah, messiahs)everyday · Jewish tradition
In Judaism, the Messiah is a future king from the family of David whom God will send to bring peace and rescue the Jewish people. - messy adjective (messy, messier, messiest)
Untidy or dirty: «a messy room». - mestizo noun (a mestizo, mestizos); adjective (mestizo)
Mestizo is a Spanish word for a person with both Spanish (European) and Native American ancestors, used especially in Latin America. - metabolise verb (metabolise, metabolises, metabolised, metabolising)
To metabolise food is for the body to break it down and use it for energy and growth. - metal noun (metal, metals); adjective (metal)
Metal is a hard, shiny material like iron, steel, gold, silver, copper or aluminium. - metallic adjective (metallic; more metallic)
Metallic means made of metal or having the properties of metal. - metamorphic adjective (metamorphic)
Metamorphic rock is rock that has been changed by great heat and pressure deep underground, without melting. - metamorphism noun (metamorphism, uncountable)
The change of rocks by great heat and pressure deep in the Earth, without melting them, so they become new kinds of rock (metamorphic… - metamorphosis noun (metamorphosis, metamorphoses)
Metamorphosis is a big change in body shape that some animals go through as they grow, like a caterpillar becoming a butterfly or a… - metaphor noun (a metaphor, metaphors)everyday · Jewish tradition
A metaphor is a way of describing something by saying it IS something else, to show what it is like, without using «like» or «as»: «The… - metaphorical adjectiveJewish tradition
Used as a picture or comparison, not meant literally. - metaphorically adverbJewish tradition
In a way that uses a comparison or picture, not literally. - metaphysical adjectiveJewish tradition
Having to do with the deepest ideas about what is real, beyond what we can see and touch. - metaphysics nounJewish tradition
The part of philosophy that asks what is real, what exists, and why. - mete verb
To measure out, or to give out as a reward or punishment. - meteor noun (a meteor, meteors)
A streak of light in the night sky made when a small piece of rock or dust from space burns up in the air; a shooting star. - meteoric adjective (meteoric)
Very fast and sudden, especially a rise to fame or success: «a meteoric rise». - meteorite noun (a meteorite, meteorites)
A meteorite is a piece of rock or metal from space that has fallen through the air and landed on the Earth's surface. - meteoroid noun (a meteoroid, meteoroids)
A small rock or bit of metal travelling through space, smaller than an asteroid. - meteorological adjective
To do with the weather and the science of studying it (meteorology). - meteorology noun (meteorology, uncountable)
The science of the weather and the atmosphere: studying air, temperature, wind, clouds and rain to understand and predict the weather. - meter noun (meter, meters); verb (meter, meters, metered — rare)
A meter is a unit for measuring length. - methane noun (methane — uncountable)
Methane is a gas with no colour or smell that burns easily; it is the main part of natural gas used for cooking and heating. - methinks verb
It seems to me; I think. - method noun (a method, methods)everyday · Jewish tradition
A way of doing something, especially a planned, careful way. - methodism noun (Methodism, uncountable; Methodist noun and adjective)
Methodism is a Christian Protestant church movement started by John and Charles Wesley in England, known for warm preaching, hymn singing… - methodist noun (a Methodist, Methodists); adjective (Methodist)
A member of the Methodist Church, a Christian group started in England.
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