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trim |
ADJ Something that is trim is neat, and attractive. The neighbors' gardens were trim and neat. V-T If you trim something, for example, someone's hair, you cut off small amounts of it in order to make it look neater. My friend trims my hair every eight weeks. |
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sow |
V-T If you sow seeds or sow an area of land with seeds, you plant the seeds in the ground. Sow the seed in a warm place in February/March V-T If someone sows an undesirable feeling or situation, they cause it to begin and develop. He cleverly sowed doubts into the minds of his rivals |
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spray |
n-var spray is a lot of small drops of water which are being thrown into the air. the moon was casting a rainbow through the spray from the waterfall. n-mass a spray is a liquid kept under pressure in a can or other container, which you can force out in very small drops. hair spray. v-t/v-i if you spray a liquid somewhere or if it sprays somewhere, drops of the liquid cover a place or shower someone. a sprayer hooked to a tractor can spray five gallons onto ten acres. |
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perfume |
N-MASS Perfume is a pleasant-smelling liquid that women put on their skin to make themselves smell nice. The hall smelled of her mother's perfume....a bottle of perfume. N-MASS Perfume is the ingredient that is added to some products to make them smell nice. a delicate white soap without perfume. V-T If something is used to perfume a product, it is added to the product to make it smell nice. The oil is used to flavour and perfume soaps, foam baths, and scents. |
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overcast |
ADJ If it is overcast, or if the sky or the day is overcast, the sky is completely covered with cloud and there is not much light. For three days it was overcast. |
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drizzle |
N-UNCOUNT Drizzle is light rain falling in fine drops. The drizzle had now stopped and the sun was breaking through. V-I If it is drizzling, it is raining very lightly. Clouds had come down and it was starting to drizzle. |
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temperate |
ADJ Temperate is used to describe a climate or a place which is never extremely hot or extremely cold. The Nile Valley keeps a temperate climate throughout the year. |
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dull |
ADJ If you describe someone or something as dull, you mean they are not interesting or exciting. I felt she found me boring and dull. ADJ A dull colour or light is not bright. The stamp was a dark, dull blue colour with a heavy black postmark. |
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ewe |
N-COUNT A ewe is an adult female sheep. |
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reputation |
N-COUNT To have a reputation for something means to be known or remembered for it. Alice Munro has a reputation for being a very depressing writer. N-COUNT Something's or someone's reputation is the opinion that people have about how good they are. If they have a good reputation, people think they are good. This college has a good academic reputation. |
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efficient |
ADJ If something or someone is efficient, they are able to do tasks successfully, without wasting time or energy. With today's more efficient contraception women can plan their families and careers. |
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ward |
N-COUNT A ward is a room in a hospital which has beds for many people, often people who need similar treatment. They transferred her to the psychiatric ward. |
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minority |
N-SING If you talk about a minority of people or things in a larger group, you are referring to a number of them that forms less than half of the larger group, usually much less than half. Local authority child-care provision covers only a tiny minority of working mothers. PHRASE If people are in a minority or in the minority, they belong to a group of people or things that form less than half of a larger group. Even in the 1960s, politically active students and academics were in a minority. |
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objective |
N-COUNT Your objective is what you are trying to achieve. Our main objective was the recovery of the child safe and well. ADJ If someone is objective, they base their opinions on facts rather than on their personal feelings. I believe that a journalist should be completely objective |
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ritual |
N-VAR A ritual is a religious service or other ceremony which involves a series of actions performed in a fixed order. This is the most ancient, and holiest of the Shinto rituals. N-VAR A ritual is a way of behaving or a series of actions that people regularly carry out in a particular situation, because it is their custom to do so. The whole Italian culture revolves around the ritual of eating. ADJ You can describe something as a ritual action when it is done in exactly the same way whenever a particular situation occurs. I realized that here the conventions required me to make the ritual noises. |
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fragrance |
N-VAR A fragrance is a pleasant or sweet smell. a shrubby plant with a strong characteristic fragrance. N-MASS Fragrance is a pleasant-smelling liquid which people put on their bodies to make themselves smell nice. The advertisement is for a men's fragrance. |
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chore |
N-COUNT A chore is a task that you must do but that you find unpleasant or boring. She sees exercise primarily as an unavoidable chore. |
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cuisine |
N-VAR The cuisine of a country or district is the style of cooking that is characteristic of that place. The cuisine of Japan is low in fat. |
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embarrassed |
adj a person who is embarrassed feels shy, ashamed, or guilty about something. he looked a bit embarrassed. |
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feed |
V-T If you feed a person or animal, you give them food to eat and sometimes actually put it in their mouths.
We brought along pieces of old bread and fed the birds.
V-T To feed a family or a community means to supply food for them.
Feeding a hungry family can be expensive.
V-T To feed something to a place, means to supply it to that place in a steady flow.
blood vessels that feed blood to the brain. |
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absolutely |
ADV Absolutely means totally and completely. Joan is absolutely right. ADV Some people say absolutely as an emphatic way of saying yes or of agreeing with someone. They say absolutely not as an emphatic way of saying no or of disagreeing with someone. It's worrying that they're doing things without training though, isn't it?"—"Absolutely." |
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interested |
ADJ If you are interested in something, you think it is important and want to learn more about it or spend time doing it. I thought she might be interested in Paula's proposal. ADJ An interested party or group of people is affected by or involved in a particular event or situation. The success was only possible because all the interested parties eventually agreed to the idea. |
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soup |
N-MASS Soup is liquid food made by boiling meat, fish, or vegetables in water. home-made chicken soup. |
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hire |
V-T/V-I If you hire someone, you employ them or pay them to do a particular job for you. Sixteen of the contestants have hired lawyers and are suing the organizers. V-T If you hire something, you pay money to the owner so that you can use it for a period of time. N-UNCOUNT You use hire to refer to the activity or business of hiring something. PHRASE If something is for hire, it is available for you to hire. |
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christmas |
N-VAR Christmas is a Christian festival when the birth of Jesus Christ is celebrated. Christmas is celebrated on the 25th of December. The day after Christmas is generally a busy one for retailers. |
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wildlife |
N-UNCOUNT You can use wildlife to refer to the animals and other living things that live in the wild. People were concerned that pets or wildlife could be affected by the pesticides. |
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vacation |
N-COUNT A vacation is a period of time during which you relax and enjoy yourself away from home. They planned a late summer vacation in Europe. N-COUNT A vacation is a period of the year when schools, universities, and colleges are officially closed. N-UNCOUNT If you have a particular number of days' or weeks' vacation, you do not have to go to work for that number of days or weeks. |
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vegetarian |
adj someone who is vegetarian never eats meat or fish. yasmin sticks to a strict vegetarian diet. |
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journey |
N-COUNT When you make a journey, you travel from one place to another. There is an express service from Paris that completes the journey to Bordeaux in under 4 hours. N-COUNT You can refer to a person's experience of changing or developing from one state of mind to another as a journey. My films try to describe a journey of discovery, both for myself and the viewer. |
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earring |
N-COUNT Earrings are pieces of jewellery that you attach to your ears. a pair of diamond earrings. |
