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English Word Dictionary

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break apart

verb · break up or separate

Example: The country is disunifying

break dancing

noun · a form of solo dancing that involves rapid acrobatic moves in which different parts of the body touch the ground; normally performed to the rhythm of rap music

break down

verb · collapse due to fatigue, an illness, or a sudden attack

break into

verb · change pace

Example: The dancers broke into a cha-cha

break off

verb · prevent completion

Example: stop the project

break open

verb · erupt or intensify suddenly

Example: Unrest erupted in the country

break someone's heart

verb · cause deep emotional pain and grief to somebody

Example: The young man broke the girl's heart when he told her was going to marry her best friend

breakable

adjective · capable of being broken or damaged

Example: earthenware pottery is breakable

breast-deep

adverb · up to the breast

Example: we were standing breast-high in the water

breast-high

adverb · up to the breast

Example: we were standing breast-high in the water

breathalyse

verb · test someone's alcohol level in his blood by means of a breathalyzer

breathe in

verb · draw in (air)

Example: Inhale deeply

breathlessly

adverb · in a breathless manner

Example: she spoke breathlessly

breathtaking

adjective · tending to cause suspension of regular breathing

Example: a breathless flight

breeched

adjective · dressed in trousers

breezily

adverb · in a breezy manner

Example: he swings breezily into the title song

brewer's spruce

noun · medium-sized spruce of California and Oregon having pendulous branches

bribable

adjective · capable of being corrupted

Example: corruptible judges

bridal

adjective · of or pertaining to a bride

Example: bridal gown

briefly

adverb · for a short time

Example: she visited him briefly

bright

adjective · full or promise

Example: had a bright future in publishing

brightly

adverb · with brightness

Example: the stars shone brilliantly

brilliant

adjective · full of light; shining intensely

Example: a brilliant star

brimless

adjective · without a brim

Example: a brimless hat

bring down

verb · cut down on; make a reduction in

Example: reduce your daily fat intake

bring forward

verb · bring forward for consideration

Example: The case was called up in court

bring home

verb · make understandable and clear

Example: This brings home my point

bring home the bacon

verb · supply means of subsistence; earn a living

Example: He provides for his large family by working three jobs

bring oneself

verb · cause to undertake a certain action, usually used in the negative

Example: He could not bring himself to call his parents

bring outside

verb · bring outside the body for surgery, of organs

brinjal

noun · hairy upright herb native to southeastern Asia but widely cultivated for its large glossy edible fruit commonly used as a vegetable

briskly

adverb · in a brisk manner

Example: she walked briskly in the cold air

bristle up

verb · show anger or indignation

Example: She bristled at his insolent remarks

brittle

adjective · having little elasticity; hence easily cracked or fractured or snapped

Example: brittle bones

broad-mindedly

adverb · in a broad-minded manner

Example: the authorities broad-mindedly permitted the opening of a center for teenagers

broadly

adverb · without regard to specific details or exceptions

Example: he interprets the law broadly

broadly speaking

adverb · without regard to specific details or exceptions

Example: he interprets the law broadly

brodiaea elegans

noun · brodiaea having an umbel of violet or blue-violet flowers atop a leafless stalk; northern Oregon to southern California

broncho

noun · an unbroken or imperfectly broken mustang

brownish

adjective · of a color similar to that of wood or earth

brush off

verb · bar from attention or consideration

Example: She dismissed his advances

brush on

verb · apply with a brush

Example: Brush butter on the roast

brush turkey

noun · black megapode of wooded regions of Australia and New Guinea

brutally

adverb · in a vicious manner

Example: he was viciously attacked

brutishly

adverb · in an inhumane manner

Example: she treated her husband bestially

bubble up

verb · move upwards in bubbles, as from the effect of heating; also used metaphorically

Example: Gases bubbled up from the earth

bucked up

adjective · inspired with confidence

Example: felt bucked up by his success

buffalo gnat

noun · small blackish stout-bodied biting fly having aquatic larvae; sucks the blood of birds as well as humans and other mammals

bugger off

verb · leave immediately; used usually in the imperative form

Example: Scram!

build

noun · constitution of the human body

build up

verb · enlarge, develop, or increase by degrees or in stages

Example: build up your savings

build upon

verb · be based on; of theories and claims, for example

Example: What's this new evidence based on?