(literary, poetic or formal) Again, once more; afresh, in a new way, newly.
arew
arew
adv
(obsolete) In a row.
auew
awea
awed
awed
adj
Having or showing awe.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of awe
awee
awes
awes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of awe
dawe
ewan
fawe
fawe
Adjective
fain; glad; delighted
meaw
meaw
noun
Obsolete form of mew (“seagull”).
verb
Dated form of meow.
tewa
twae
wabe
wace
wace
Proper noun
A Jersey-born writer of the 12th century.
wade
wade
noun
(colloquial) A ford; a place to cross a river.
An act of wading.
Obsolete form of woad.
verb
(intransitive) To enter recklessly.
(intransitive) to progress with difficulty
(intransitive) to walk through water or something that impedes progress.
(transitive) to walk through (water or similar impediment); to pass through by wading
waeg
waeg
noun
(obsolete) kittiwake
waer
waes
waes
noun
plural of wae
wage
wage
noun
(often in plural) An amount of money paid to a worker for a specified quantity of work, usually calculated on an hourly basis and expressed in an amount of money per hour.
verb
(obsolete, law, UK) To give security for the performance of
(transitive) To adventure, or lay out, for hire or reward; to hire out.
(transitive) To conduct or carry out (a war or other contest).
(transitive, obsolete) To employ for wages; to hire.
(transitive, obsolete) To expose oneself to, as a risk; to incur, as a danger; to venture; to hazard.
(transitive, obsolete) To wager, bet.
wake
wake
noun
(aviation) The turbulent air left behind a flying aircraft.
(figuratively) The area behind something, typically a rapidly-moving object.
(historical, Church of England) A yearly parish festival formerly held in commemoration of the dedication of a church. Originally, prayers were said on the evening preceding, and hymns were sung during the night, in the church; subsequently, these vigils were discontinued, and the day itself, often with succeeding days, was occupied in rural pastimes and exercises, attended by eating and drinking.
(nautical) The path left behind a ship on the surface of the water.
(often obsolete or poetic) The act of waking, or state of being awake.
A number of vultures assembled together.
A period after a person's death before or after the body is buried, cremated, etc.; in some cultures accompanied by a party and/or collectively sorting through the deceased's personal effects.
The movement of water created when an animal or a person moves through water.
The state of forbearing sleep, especially for solemn or festive purposes; a vigil.
verb
(intransitive) (often followed by up) To stop sleeping.
(intransitive, figurative) To be excited or roused up; to be stirred up from a dormant, torpid, or inactive state; to be active.
(obsolete) To be alert; to keep watch
(obsolete) To sit up late for festive purposes; to hold a night revel.
(transitive) (often followed by up) To make somebody stop sleeping; to rouse from sleep.
(transitive, figurative) To put in motion or action; to arouse; to excite.
To be or remain awake; not to sleep.
To watch, or sit up with, at night, as a dead body.
wale
wale
noun
(Scotland, Northern England) Something selected as being the best, preference; choice.
(nautical) A horizontal ridge or ledge on the outside planking of a wooden ship. (See gunwale, chainwale)
A horizontal timber used for supporting or retaining earth.
A raised rib in knit goods or fabric, especially corduroy.
A ridge on the outside of a horse collar.
A ridge or low barrier.
A ridge or streak produced on skin by a cane or whip.
A timber bolted to a row of piles to secure them together and in position.
The texture of a piece of fabric.
verb
(Scotland, Northern England) To choose, select.
To beat a person, especially as punishment or out of anger.
To give a surface a texture of wales or welts.
To strike the skin in such a way as to produce a wale or welt.
wame
wame
noun
(Scotland, Northern England) The belly.
(Scotland, Northern England) The womb.
wane
wane
noun
(Scotland, slang) A child.
(chiefly Northern England and Scotland, obsolete) A house or dwelling.
(literary) The end of a period.
(woodworking) A rounded corner caused by lack of wood, often showing bark.
A gradual diminution in power, value, intensity etc.
The lunar phase during which the sun seems to illuminate less of the moon as its sunlit area becomes progressively smaller as visible from Earth.
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verb
(intransitive) Said of a time period that comes to an end.
(intransitive) Said of light that dims or diminishes in strength.
(intransitive) To progressively lose its splendor, value, ardor, power, intensity etc.; to decline.
(intransitive, archaic) To decrease physically in size, amount, numbers or surface.
(intransitive, astronomy) Said of the Moon as it passes through the phases of its monthly cycle where its surface is less and less visible.
(transitive, obsolete) To cause to decrease.
ware
ware
adj
(obsolete) Wary; cautious.
(poetic) Aware.
noun
(Ireland) Crockery.
(countable, archaeology) A style or genre of artifact.
(in the plural) See wares.
(obsolete) The state of being aware; heed.
(obsolete, UK, dialect) Seaweed.
(uncountable) Pottery or metal goods.
(uncountable, usually in combination) Goods or a type of goods offered for sale or use.
verb
(nautical) To wear, or veer.
(obsolete or dialectal) To be ware or mindful of something.
(obsolete) To protect or guard (especially oneself); to be on guard, be wary.
Old eye dialect spelling of were.
wase
wase
noun
(UK, dialect) A bundle of straw, or other material, to relieve the pressure of burdens carried upon the head.
wave
wave
noun
(figuratively) A sudden, but temporary, uptick in something.
(physics) A moving disturbance in the energy level of a field.
(poetic) The ocean.
(usually "the wave") A group activity in a crowd imitating a wave going through water, where people in successive parts of the crowd stand and stretch upward, then sit.
(video games, by extension) One of the successive swarms of enemies sent to attack the player in certain games.
A loose back-and-forth movement, as of the hands.
A moving disturbance in the level of a body of liquid; an undulation.
A shape that alternatingly curves in opposite directions.
Any of a number of species of moths in the geometrid subfamily Sterrhinae, which have wavy markings on the wings.
verb
(intransitive) To have an undulating or wavy form.
(intransitive) To move back and forth repeatedly and somewhat loosely.
(intransitive) To move one’s hand back and forth (generally above the shoulders) in greeting or departure.
(intransitive, baseball) To swing and miss at a pitch.
(intransitive, ergative) To move like a wave, or by floating; to waft.
(intransitive, obsolete) To fluctuate; to waver; to be in an unsettled state.
(transitive) To cause to move back and forth repeatedly.
(transitive) To produce waves to the hair.
(transitive) To raise into inequalities of surface; to give an undulating form or surface to.
(transitive, metonymically) To call attention to, or give a direction or command to, by a waving motion, as of the hand; to signify by waving; to beckon; to signal; to indicate.
(transitive, metonymically) To signal (someone or something) with a waving movement.
Obsolete spelling of waive
weak
weak
adj
(Germanic languages, of adjectives) Definite in meaning, often used with a definite article or similar word.
(Germanic languages, of nouns) Showing less distinct grammatical endings.
(Germanic languages, of verbs) Regular in inflection, lacking vowel changes and having a past tense with -d- or -t-.
(chemistry) That does not ionize completely into anions and cations in a solution.
(mathematics, logic) Having a narrow range of logical consequences; narrowly applicable. (Often contrasted with a strong statement which implies it.)
(photography) Lacking contrast.
(physics) One of the four fundamental forces associated with nuclear decay.
(slang) Bad or uncool.
(stock exchange) Tending towards lower prices.
Dilute, lacking in taste or potency.
Lacking in force (usually strength) or ability.
Lacking in vigour or expression.
Not having power to convince; not supported by force of reason or truth; unsustained.
Not prevalent or effective, or not felt to be prevalent; not potent; feeble.
Resulting from, or indicating, lack of judgment, discernment, or firmness; unwise; hence, foolish.
Unable to sustain a great weight, pressure, or strain.
Unable to withstand temptation, urgency, persuasion, etc.; easily impressed, moved, or overcome; accessible; vulnerable.
weal
weal
noun
(by extension) Boon, benefit.
(literary) Welfare, prosperity.
(obsolete) Wealth, riches.
A raised, longitudinal wound, usually purple, on the surface of flesh caused by a stroke of a rod or whip; a welt.
Specifically, the general happiness of a community, country etc. (often with qualifying word).
verb
To mark with stripes; to wale.
weam
wean
wean
noun
(Scotland, Ulster) A small child.
verb
(intransitive) To cease to depend on the mother's milk for nutrition.
(intransitive, by extension) To cease to depend.
(transitive) To cease giving breast milk to an offspring; to accustom and reconcile (a child or young animal) to a want or deprivation of mother's milk; to take from the breast or udder.
(transitive, by extension, normally "wean off") To cause to quit something to which one is addicted, dependent, or habituated.
(transitive, by extension, obsolete) To raise, to help grow toward maturity
wear
wear
noun
(uncountable) (in combination) clothing
(uncountable) damage to the appearance and/or strength of an item caused by use over time
(uncountable) fashion
Dated form of weir.
verb
(colloquial, with "it") To overcome one's reluctance and endure a (previously specified) situation.
(intransitive) To last or remain durable under hard use or over time; to retain usefulness, value, or desirable qualities under any continued strain or long period of time; sometimes said of a person, regarding the quality of being easy or difficult to tolerate.
(intransitive, colloquial) (in the phrase "wearing on (someone)") To cause annoyance, irritation, fatigue, or weariness near the point of an exhaustion of patience.
(intransitive, copulative) To undergo gradual deterioration; become impaired; be reduced or consumed gradually due to any continued process, activity, or use.
(intransitive, of time) To pass slowly, gradually or tediously.
(nautical) To bring (a sailing vessel) onto the other tack by bringing the wind around the stern (as opposed to tacking when the wind is brought around the bow); to come round on another tack by turning away from the wind. Also written "ware". Past: weared, or wore/worn.
(now chiefly UK dialectal, transitive) To conduct or guide with care or caution, as into a fold or place of safety.
(now chiefly UK dialectal, transitive) To defend; protect.
(now chiefly UK dialectal, transitive) To guard; watch; keep watch, especially from entry or invasion.
(now chiefly UK dialectal, transitive) To ward off; prevent from approaching or entering; drive off; repel.
To bear or display in one's aspect or appearance.
To carry or have equipped on or about one's body, as an item of clothing, equipment, decoration, etc.
To eat away at, erode, diminish, or consume gradually; to cause a gradual deterioration in; to produce (some change) through attrition, exposure, or constant use.
To exhaust, fatigue, expend, or weary.
To have or carry on one's person habitually, consistently; or, to maintain in a particular fashion or manner.
wega
weka
weka
noun
The Lord Howe woodhen or woodhen, a flightless bird of New Zealand.
wera
wesa
weta
weta
noun
Any of about 70 insect species in the families Anostostomatidae and Rhaphidophoridae, endemic to New Zealand, resembling katydids or crickets.