Third-person singular simple present indicative form of awe
awls
awls
noun
plural of awl
awns
awns
noun
plural of awn
awst
bcws
bows
bows
noun
plural of bow
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bow
bwts
caws
caws
noun
plural of caw
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of caw
ccws
cows
cows
noun
Alternative form of kouse
plural of cow
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cow
cwms
cwms
noun
plural of cwm
daws
daws
noun
plural of daw
dews
dews
noun
(archaic or poetic) plural of dew
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dew
dows
dows
noun
plural of dow
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dow
ewes
ewes
noun
plural of ewe
ewos
haws
haws
noun
plural of haw
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of haw
hews
hews
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hew
hows
hows
noun
plural of how
iwis
iwis
adv
(poetic, archaic) Certainly, surely, indeed.
jaws
jaws
noun
(colloquial, eastern Ohio) a contrarian.
(plural only) the borders of anything which has a mouthlike aspect.
(plural only) the mouth
plural of jaw
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of jaw
jews
jews
noun
Nonstandard spelling of Jews.
plural of jew
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of jew
jows
jows
noun
plural of jow
laws
laws
noun
plural of law
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of law
lows
lows
noun
plural of low
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of low
lwsp
maws
maws
noun
plural of maw
mews
mews
noun
(Britain) An alley where there are stables; a narrow passage; a confined place.
(falconry) A place where birds of prey are housed.
plural of mew
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mew
mows
mows
noun
plural of mow
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mow
news
news
noun
(computing, Internet) Posts published on newsgroups
Information about current events disseminated via media.
New information of interest.
verb
(transitive, archaic) To report; to make known.
nows
nows
noun
plural of now
nswc
owes
owes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of owe
owls
owls
noun
plural of owl
owns
owns
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of own
owse
paws
paws
noun
plural of paw
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of paw
pews
pews
noun
plural of pew
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pew
pows
pows
noun
plural of pow
pswm
raws
raws
noun
plural of raw
rows
rows
noun
plural of row
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of row
rswc
sawn
sawn
verb
(nonstandard, dialectal) past participle of see; seen
past participle of saw
saws
saws
noun
plural of saw
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of saw
sawt
sawt
noun
(music) A style of urban popular music associated mainly with Kuwait and Bahrain.
sbwr
scaw
scaw
noun
(dialectal) A wood or forest; a shaw.
Alternative form of skaw (“promontory”)
scow
scow
noun
A large flat-bottomed boat, having broad, square ends.
verb
(transitive) To transport in a scow.
seow
sewn
sewn
verb
past participle of sew
sews
sews
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of sew
shaw
shaw
noun
(Scotland) The leaves and tops of vegetables, especially potatoes and turnips.
(dated, dialectal) A thicket; a small wood or grove.
shew
shew
verb
(East Anglia) simple past tense of show
Archaic spelling of show.
Nonstandard spelling of shoo.
show
show
noun
(Australia, New Zealand, countable) An agricultural show.
(archaic) Pretence.
(archaic) Sign, token, or indication.
(baseball, with "the") The major leagues.
(countable) A broadcast program, especially a light entertainment program.
(countable) A demonstration.
(countable) A movie.
(countable) A play, dance, or other entertainment.
(countable) An exhibition of items.
(medicine) A discharge, from the vagina, of mucus streaked with blood, occurring a short time before labor.
(military, slang) A battle; local conflict.
(mining, obsolete) A pale blue flame at the top of a candle flame, indicating the presence of firedamp.
(obsolete) Plausibility.
(obsolete) Semblance; likeness; appearance.
(uncountable) Mere display or pomp with no substance. (Usually seen in the phrases "all show" and "for show".)
A project or presentation.
Outward appearance; wileful or deceptive appearance.
verb
(intransitive) To be visible; to be seen; to appear.
(intransitive, card games) To reveal one's hand of cards.
(intransitive, informal) To have an enlarged belly and thus be recognizable as pregnant.
(intransitive, informal) To put in an appearance; show up.
(intransitive, racing) To finish third, especially of horses or dogs.
(obsolete) To have a certain appearance, such as well or ill, fit or unfit; to become or suit; to appear.
(transitive) To bestow; to confer.
(transitive) To display, to have somebody see (something).
(transitive) To guide or escort.
(transitive) To indicate (a fact) to be true; to demonstrate.
shwa
shwa
noun
Alternative form of schwa
skaw
skaw
noun
A promontory.
skew
skew
adj
(comparable, statistics) Of a distribution: asymmetrical about its mean.
(not comparable) Neither parallel nor perpendicular to a certain line; askew.
(not comparable, geometry) Of two lines in three-dimensional space: neither intersecting nor parallel.
adv
(rare) Askew, obliquely; awry.
noun
(architecture) A stone at the foot of the slope of a gable, the offset of a buttress, etc., cut with a sloping surface and with a check to receive the coping stones and retain them in place; a skew-corbel.
(architecture, obsolete) One of the stones placed over the end of a gable, or forming the coping of a gable.
(chiefly Scotland, architecture) The coping of a gable.
(electronics) A phenomenon in synchronous digital circuit systems (such as computers) in which the same sourced clock signal arrives at different components at different times.
(statistics) A state of asymmetry in a distribution; skewness.
A bias or distortion in a particular direction.
A kind of wooden vane or cowl in a chimney which revolves according to the direction of the wind and prevents smoking.
A piece of rock lying in a slanting position and tapering upwards which overhangs a working-place in a mine and is liable to fall.
A squint or sidelong glance.
An oblique or sideways movement.
Something that has an oblique or slanted position.
verb
(intransitive) To jump back or sideways in fear or surprise; to shy, as a horse.
(intransitive) To look at obliquely; to squint; hence, to look slightingly or suspiciously.
(intransitive) To move obliquely; to move sideways, to sidle; to lie obliquely.
(statistics) To cause (a distribution) to be asymmetrical.
(transitive) To bias or distort in a particular direction.
(transitive) To form or shape in an oblique way; to cause to take an oblique position.
(transitive, Northumbria, Yorkshire) To hurl or throw.
slaw
slaw
noun
(US, Canada) Coleslaw.
slew
slew
noun
(US) A large amount.
A change of position.
A device used for slewing.
A wet place; a river inlet.
The act, or process of slewing.
verb
(intransitive) To pivot.
(intransitive) To skid.
(transitive) To insert extra ticks or skip some ticks of a clock to slowly correct its time.
(transitive) To veer a vehicle.
(transitive, Britain, slang) To make a public mockery of someone through insult or wit.
(transitive, nautical) To rotate or turn something about its axis.
(transitive, rail transport) To move something (usually a railway line) sideways.
simple past tense of slay
slow
slow
adj
(of a clock or the like) Behind in time; indicating a time earlier than the true time.
(of a period of time) Not busy; lacking activity.
Lacking spirit; deficient in liveliness or briskness.
Not happening in a short time; spread over a comparatively long time.
Not hasty; not tending to hurry; acting with deliberation or caution.
Of reduced intellectual capacity; not quick to comprehend.
Taking a long time to move or go a short distance, or to perform an action; not quick in motion; proceeding at a low speed.
adv
Slowly.
noun
(music) A slow song.
Someone who is slow; a sluggard.
verb
(intransitive) To become slow; to slacken in speed; to decelerate.
(transitive) To keep from going quickly; to hinder the progress of.
(transitive) To make (something) run, move, etc. less quickly; to reduce the speed of.
smew
smew
noun
A small compact diving duck, Mergus albellus, that breeds in the northern taiga of Europe and Asia and winters on sheltered coasts or inland lakes.
snaw
snew
snew
verb
(dialectal) simple past tense of snow
(intransitive, obsolete) To abound.
(intransitive, obsolete) To snow.
snow
snow
noun
(countable) A snowfall; a blanket of frozen, crystalline water.
(nautical) A square-rigged vessel, differing from a brig only in that she has a trysail mast close abaft the mainmast, on which a large trysail is hoisted.
(uncountable) A shade of the color white.
(uncountable) Any similar frozen form of a gas or liquid.
(uncountable) The frozen, crystalline state of water that falls as precipitation.
(uncountable) The moving pattern of random dots displayed on a television, etc., when no transmission signal is being received.
(uncountable, slang) Cocaine.
marine snow
verb
(colloquial) To hoodwink someone, especially by presenting confusing information.
(impersonal) To have snow fall from the sky.
(poker) To bluff in draw poker by refusing to draw any cards.
sowf
sowl
sowl
noun
(Britain, dialectal) A dainty; a relish; a sauce; anything eaten with bread.
Archaic spelling of soul.
verb
(obsolete) To soil or stain; to dirty.
(transitive) To pull (especially an animal) by the ears; to drag about.
sown
sown
noun
(especially historiography) Cultivated land inhabited by sedentary agriculturalists, in contrast to the nomad pastoralists of the steppe or desert.
verb
past participle of sow
sows
sows
noun
plural of sow
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of sow
sowt
spew
spew
noun
(slang) Ejaculate or ejaculation.
A white powder or dark crystals that appear on the surface of improperly tanned leather.
Adhesive that is squeezed from a joint under pressure and held across the joint by a fillet, thereby strengthening the joint.
Material that has been ejected in a stream, or the act of spewing.
Nonsense or lies.
verb
(intransitive) To be forcibly ejected.
(intransitive) To be written or spoken voluminously.
(intransitive) To ejaculate.
(intransitive, informal) To vomit.
(intransitive, leather-working) To develop a white powder or dark crystals on the surface of finished leather, as a result from improper tanning.
(transitive) To eject forcibly and in a stream,
(transitive) To speak or write quickly and voluminously, especially words that are not worth listening to or reading.
staw
staw
verb
(UK, dialect, intransitive) To be fixed or set; to stay.
stew
stew
noun
(Sussex) A pool in which fish are kept in preparation for eating.
(US, regional) An artificial bed of oysters.
(archaic) A brothel.
(informal) A steward or stewardess on an airplane or boat.
(now historical) A heated bath-room or steam-room; also, a hot bath.
(obsolete) A cooking-dish used for boiling; a cauldron.
(slang) A state of agitated excitement, worry, and/or confusion.
(uncountable, countable) A dish cooked by stewing.
verb
(intransitive, figuratively) To be in a state of elevated anxiety or anger.
(intransitive, figuratively) To suffer under uncomfortably hot conditions.
(transitive or intransitive or ergative) To cook (food) by slowly boiling or simmering.
(transitive) To brew (tea) for too long, so that the flavour becomes too strong.
stow
stow
intj
(obsolete) A cry used by falconers to call their birds back down to hand.
noun
(rare) A place, stead.
verb
(obsolete, slang, transitive) To cease; to stop doing something.
To arrange, pack, or fill something tightly or closely.
To dispose of, lodge, or hide somebody somewhere.
To put something away in a compact and tidy manner, in its proper place, or in a suitable place.
To store or pack something in a space-saving manner and over a long time.
suwe
swab
swab
noun
(medicine) A small piece of soft, absorbent material, such as gauze, used to clean wounds, apply medicine, or take samples of body fluids. Often attached to a stick or wire to aid access.
(slang) A naval officer's epaulet.
(slang) A sailor; a swabby.
A mop, especially on a ship.
A piece of material used for cleaning or sampling other items like musical instruments or guns.
A sample taken with a swab (piece of absorbent material).
verb
(transitive) To use a swab on something, or clean something with a swab.
swad
swad
noun
(UK, dialect, obsolete, Northern) A cod, or pod, as of beans or peas.
(mining) A thin layer of refuse at the bottom of a seam.
(obsolete) A boor, lout.
(obsolete, slang) A crowd; a group of people.
A bunch, clump, mass
swag
swag
noun
(countable, Australia, New Zealand) A large quantity (of something).
(countable, Australia, by extension) A small single-person tent, usually foldable into an integral backpack.
(countable, Australia, dated) The possessions of a bushman or itinerant worker, tied up in a blanket and carried over the shoulder, sometimes attached to a stick.
(obsolete, thieves' cant) A shop and its goods; any quantity of goods.
(slang) Style; fashionable appearance or manner.
(uncountable, informal) Handouts, freebies, or giveaways, often distributed at conventions; merchandise.
(uncountable, thieves' cant) Stolen goods; the booty of a burglar or thief; boodle.
(window coverings) A loop of draped fabric.
A low point or depression in land; especially, a place where water collects.
Alternative letter-case form of SWAG; a wild guess or ballpark estimate.
verb
(Australia, transitive, intransitive) To travel on foot carrying a swag (possessions tied in a blanket).
(intransitive) To droop; to sag.
(transitive) To decorate (something) with loops of draped fabric.
(transitive) To install (a ceiling fan or light fixture) by means of a long cord running from the ceiling to an outlet, and suspended by hooks or similar.
(transitive, intransitive) To (cause to) sway.
To transport stolen goods.
swak
swam
swam
verb
simple past tense of swim
swan
swan
noun
(figuratively) One whose grace etc. suggests a swan.
(heraldry) This bird used as a heraldic charge, sometimes with a crown around its neck (e. g. the arms of Buckinghamshire).
Any of various species of large, long-necked waterfowl, of genus Cygnus (bird family: Anatidae), most of which have white plumage.
verb
(US, dialectal or colloquial) To declare (chiefly in first-person present constructions).
(intransitive) To travel or move about in an aimless, idle, or pretentiously casual way.
swap
swap
noun
(Cambridge University slang) A social meal at a restaurant between two university societies, usually involving drinking and banter; commonly associated with fining and pennying; equivalent to a crewdate at Oxford University.
(computing, informal, uncountable) Space available in a swap file for use as auxiliary memory.
(finance) A financial derivative in which two parties agree to exchange one stream of cashflow against another stream.
(obsolete, UK, dialect) A blow; a stroke.
An exchange of two comparable things.
verb
(intransitive, obsolete) To descend or fall; to rush hastily or violently.
(transitive) To exchange or give (something) in an exchange (for something else).
(transitive, obsolete) To beat the air, or ply the wings, with a sweeping motion or noise; to flap.
(transitive, obsolete) To hit, to strike.
swas
swat
swat
noun
A hard stroke, hit or blow, e.g., as part of a spanking.
Alternate spelling of swot: vigorous study at an educational institution.
verb
(US, slang, transitive) To illegitimately provoke a SWAT assault upon (someone).
(transitive) To beat off, as insects; to bat, strike, or hit.
sway
sway
noun
A rocking or swinging motion.
A switch or rod used by thatchers to bind their work.
Influence, weight, or authority that inclines to one side
Preponderance; turn or cast of balance.
Rule; dominion; control; power.
The act of swaying; a swaying motion; a swing or sweep of a weapon.
The maximum amplitude of a vehicle's lateral motion.
verb
(nautical) To hoist (a mast or yard) into position.
To be drawn to one side by weight or influence; to lean; to incline.
To bear sway; to rule; to govern.
To cause to incline or swing to one side, or backward and forward; to bias; to turn; to bend; warp.
To have weight or influence.
To influence or direct by power, authority, persuasion, or by moral force; to rule; to govern; to guide. Compare persuade.
To move or swing from side to side; or backward and forward; to rock.
To move or wield with the hand; to swing; to wield.
swbs
swbw
swec
swed
swee
swee
noun
A species of finch, Coccopygia melanotis, found in sub-Saharan Africa.
swen
swep
swig
swig
noun
(by extension) A long draught from a drink.
(nautical) A tackle with ropes which are not parallel.
(obsolete) A person who drinks deeply.
(obsolete) Drink, liquor.
Warm beer flavoured with spices, lemon, etc.
verb
(nautical) To take up the last bit of slack in rigging by taking a single turn around a cleat, then hauling on the line above and below the cleat while keeping tension on the line.
(obsolete) To suck.
To drink (usually by gulping or in a greedy or unrefined manner); to quaff.
swim
swim
noun
(Internet slang, text messaging) Abbreviation of someone who isn't me. used as a way to avoid self-designation or self-incrimination, especially in online drug forums
(UK) A part of a stream much frequented by fish.
A dance move of the 1960s in which the arms are moved in a freestyle swimming manner.
A dizziness; swoon.
An act or instance of swimming.
The sound, or air bladder, of a fish.
verb
(intransitive) To be dizzy or vertiginous; have a giddy sensation; to have, or appear to have, a whirling motion.
(intransitive) To be overflowed or drenched.
(intransitive) To become immersed in, or as if in, or flooded with, or as if with, a liquid
(intransitive) To glide along with a waving motion.
(intransitive) To move around freely because of excess space.
(intransitive) To move through the water, without touching the bottom; to propel oneself in water by natural means.
(intransitive, archaic) To float.
(transitive) To immerse in water to make the lighter parts float.
(transitive) To traverse (a specific body of water, or a specific distance) by swimming; or, to utilize a specific swimming stroke; or, to compete in a specific swimming event.
(transitive, historical) To test (a suspected witch) by throwing into a river; those who floated rather than sinking were deemed to be witches.
(transitive, uncommon) To cause to swim.
My head was swimming after drinking two bottles of cheap wine.
swiz
swiz
noun
Alternative form of swizz
swob
swob
noun
Alternative form of swab
swom
swop
swop
noun
A fusion of swing and hip-hop dance styles.
Alternative spelling of swap
swor
swot
swot
noun
(slang, Britain) By extension, analogous to boffin, nerd, smart aleck. Often pejorative.
(slang, Britain) One who swots.
(slang, Britain) Vigorous study at an educational institution.
(slang, Britain) Work.
verb
(intransitive, slang, Britain) To study with effort or determination (object of study indicated by "up on").
swow
swtz
swum
swum
verb
(archaic, dialectal) simple past tense of swim
past participle of swim
taws
taws
noun
Alternative spelling of tawse
plural of taw
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of taw
tews
tews
noun
plural of tew
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of tew
tows
tows
noun
plural of tow
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of tow
twas
twas
abbrev
Misspelling of 'twas.
Obsolete spelling of 'twas
twos
twos
noun
(UK, prison slang) The cells located on the first floor.
(sports) A reserves team.
The age of two; two years old.
plural of two.
verb
(transitive, MLE) To share a cigarette with someone after smoking half of it.
vaws
vaws
noun
plural of vaw
vows
vows
noun
plural of vow
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of vow
wabs
wabs
noun
(UK, slang) Breasts.
wacs
wads
wads
noun
plural of wad
waes
waes
noun
plural of wae
wafs
wags
wags
noun
plural of wag
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of wag
wais
wais
noun
plural of wai
wams
wans
wans
noun
plural of wan
waps
waps
noun
(UK, rural dialect) wasp
plural of wap
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of wap
wars
wars
noun
plural of war
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of war
wase
wase
noun
(UK, dialect) A bundle of straw, or other material, to relieve the pressure of burdens carried upon the head.
wash
wash
noun
(architecture) The upper surface of a member or material when given a slope to shed water; hence, a structure or receptacle shaped so as to receive and carry off water.
(art) A smooth and translucent painting created using a paintbrush holding a large amount of solvent and a small amount of paint.
(finance, slang) A fictitious kind of sale of stock or other securities between parties of one interest, or by a broker who is both buyer and seller, and who minds his own interest rather than that of his clients.
(nautical) The blade of an oar.
(stagecraft) A lighting fixture that can cast a wide beam of light to evenly fill an area with light, as opposed to a spotlight.
(television) A lighting effect that fills a scene with a chosen colour.
A liquid used for washing.
A lotion or other liquid with medicinal or hygienic properties.
A mixture of dunder, molasses, water, and scummings, used in the West Indies for distillation.
A piece of ground washed by the action of water, or sometimes covered and sometimes left dry; the shallowest part of a river, or arm of the sea; also, a bog; a marsh.
A shallow body of water.
A situation in which losses and gains or advantages and disadvantages are equivalent; a situation in which there is no net change.
A thin coat of paint or metal laid on anything for beauty or preservation.
Ground washed away to the sea or a river.
In arid and semi-arid regions, the normally dry bed of an intermittent or ephemeral stream; an arroyo or wadi.
In distilling, the fermented wort before the spirit is extracted.
Ten strikes, or bushels, of oysters.
The backward current or disturbed water caused by the action of oars, or of a steamer's screw or paddles, etc.
The bow wave or wake of a moving ship, or the vortex from its screws.
The breaking of waves on the shore; the onwards rush of shallow water towards a beach.
The process or an instance of washing or being washed by water or other liquid.
The quantity of clothes washed at a time.
The turbulence left in the air by a moving airplane.
Waste liquid, the refuse of food, the collection from washed dishes, etc., from a kitchen, often used as food for pigs; pigwash.
verb
(intransitive) To be eroded or carried away by the action of water.
(intransitive) To be wasted or worn away by the action of water, as by a running or overflowing stream, or by the dashing of the sea; said of road, a beach, etc.
(intransitive) To bear without injury the operation of being washed.
(intransitive) To clean oneself with water.
(intransitive) To move with a lapping or swashing sound; to lap or splash.
(intransitive, figuratively) To be cogent, convincing; to withstand critique.
(mining) To separate valuable material (such as gold) from worthless material by the action of flowing water.
(transitive) To cause dephosphorization of (molten pig iron) by adding substances containing iron oxide, and sometimes manganese oxide.
(transitive) To cover with water or any liquid; to wet; to fall on and moisten.
(transitive) To move or erode by the force of water in motion.
(transitive) To pass (a gas or gaseous mixture) through or over a liquid for the purpose of purifying it, especially by removing soluble constituents.
To clean with water.
To cover with a thin or watery coat of colour; to tint lightly and thinly.
To overlay with a thin coat of metal.
wasn
wasp
wasp
noun
(entomology) Any of the members of suborder Apocrita, excepting the ants (family Formicidae) and bees (clade Anthophila).
A person who behaves in an angry or insolent way, hence waspish.
Alternative letter-case form of WASP (“white Anglo-Saxon Protestant”)
Any of many types of stinging flying insect resembling a hornet.
Any of the members of the family Vespidae.
verb
To move like a wasp; to buzz
wast
wast
noun
Obsolete form of waist.
verb
(archaic) second-person singular simple past form of be; wert.
wats
wats
noun
plural of wat
waws
waws
noun
plural of waw
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of waw
ways
ways
noun
(informal, US, sometimes figurative, usually preceded by a) A distance.
plural of way
webs
webs
noun
plural of web
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of web
weds
weds
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of wed
wees
wees
noun
plural of wee
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of wee
wels
wels
noun
The wels catfish (Silurus glanis)
wens
wens
noun
plural of wen
wesa
wese
west
west
adj
(ecclesiastial) Designating, or situated in, the liturgical west, that part of a church which is opposite to, and farthest from, the part containing the chancel.
(meteorology) Of wind: from the west.
From the West; occidental.
Of or pertaining to the west; western.
Situated or lying in or toward the west; westward.
adv
Towards the west; westwards.
noun
(ecclesiastical) In a church: the direction of the gallery, opposite to the altar, and opposite to the direction faced by the priest when celebrating ad orientem.
One of the four principal compass points, specifically 270°, conventionally directed to the left on maps; the direction of the setting sun at an equinox.
The western region or area; the inhabitants thereof.
verb
To move to the west; (of the sun) to set.
wets
wets
noun
plural of wet
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of wet
weys
weys
noun
plural of wey
whse
whys
whys
noun
plural of why
wigs
wigs
noun
plural of wig
wins
wins
noun
plural of win
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of win
wips
wisc
wisd
wise
wise
adj
(colloquial) Aware, informed.
(colloquial, ironic, sarcastic) Disrespectful.
Showing good judgement or the benefit of experience.
noun
(archaic) Way, manner, or method.
verb
(dialectal) To advise; induce.
(dialectal) To cause to turn.
(dialectal) To direct the course of, pilot.
(dialectal) To instruct.
(dialectal) To show the way, guide.
(ergative, slang) Usually with "up", to inform or learn.
To become wise.
wish
wish
noun
(Sussex) A water meadow.
A desire, hope, or longing for something or for something to happen.
An expression of such a desire, often connected with ideas of magic and supernatural power.
The thing desired or longed for.
verb
(ditransitive) To bestow (a thought or gesture) towards (someone or something).
(intransitive, followed by for) To hope (for a particular outcome), even if that outcome is unlikely to occur or cannot occur.
(intransitive, followed by to and an infinitive) To request or desire to do an activity.
(transitive) To desire; to want.
(transitive) To recommend; to seek confidence or favour on behalf of.
(transitive, now rare) To hope (+ object clause with may or in present subjunctive).
I wish I could go back in time and teach myself what I know now.
wisp
wisp
noun
(uncountable) A disease affecting the feet of cattle.
A flock of snipe.
A small bundle, as of straw or other like substance; any slender, flexible structure or group.
A whisk, or small broom.
A will o' the wisp, or ignis fatuus.
An immeasurable, indefinable essence of life; soul.
verb
(UK, dialect, obsolete) To rumple.
(intransitive) To produce a wisp, as of smoke.
(transitive) To brush or dress, as with a wisp.
(transitive) To emit in wisps.
wiss
wiss
verb
(archaic) To know; to understand.
wist
wist
verb
(archaic) simple past tense and past participle of wit.
(nonstandard, pseudo-archaic) To know, be aware of.