--- title: A — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 24 description: The 1215 words of the English dictionary under A, every meaning for a pupil and every example with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/page/24/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/) / A # A — The English dictionary · page 24 [A](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/) · [B](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) · [C](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) · [D](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/) · 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meaning 1:* (medicine) A loss of the ability to read, usually after damage to the brain, for example from a stroke, in someone who could read before.[↗](../../alexia/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (a name) Alexia is a girl's name.[↗](../../alexia/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* After her stroke, Grandma had alexia for a while.[↗](../../alexia/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Alexia means a person who could read loses that skill.[↗](../../alexia/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Alexia is in my netball team.[↗](../../alexia/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Doctors helped him relearn reading after alexia.[↗](../../alexia/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Alexia read her story to the class.[↗](../../alexia/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Alexia is rare compared with dyslexia.[↗](../../alexia/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **alga** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* An alga is a single simple plant-like living thing that grows in water or damp places and makes food from sunlight; it has no roots, stems, leaves or flowers.[↗](../../alga/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Usually the word is used in the plural, algae: the green slime in ponds, the green on fish tanks, and seaweeds are all algae.[↗](../../alga/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Algae made the pond look green.[↗](../../alga/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · One tiny alga can only be seen under a microscope.[↗](../../alga/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Seaweed is a kind of algae.[↗](../../alga/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Algae make food from sunlight like plants.[↗](../../alga/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We cleaned the algae off the fish tank glass.[↗](../../alga/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Watch out, the rocks are slippery with algae.[↗](../../alga/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Some blue-green algae are poisonous to dogs.[↗](../../alga/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Fish and tadpoles eat algae.[↗](../../alga/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **algae** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Simple plant-like living things, usually green, brown or red, that grow in water or damp places and make their own food from sunlight.[↗](../../algae/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The green slime or scum seen on ponds, rocks, fish tanks and swimming pools.[↗](../../algae/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Seaweeds are large algae.[↗](../../algae/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Algae turned the pond water bright green.[↗](../../algae/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Be careful — the rocks are slippery with algae.[↗](../../algae/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Seaweed is a kind of algae that grows in the sea.[↗](../../algae/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Algae make food from sunlight, like plants do.[↗](../../algae/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Tiny animals in the sea eat algae.[↗](../../algae/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We cleaned the algae off the inside of the fish tank.[↗](../../algae/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The sign warned that toxic algae made the lake unsafe for swimming.[↗](../../algae/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **algebra** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Algebra is the part of maths that uses letters and symbols, such as x or n, to stand for numbers that are unknown or that can change.[↗](../../algebra/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Algebra is also the rules for working with these letters in expressions, equations and formulas.[↗](../../algebra/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* In algebra, we can use n to stand for any number.[↗](../../algebra/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Algebra helps us solve problems like «I think of a number, add 5 and get 12».[↗](../../algebra/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · If 2x = 10, algebra tells us x = 5.[↗](../../algebra/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Our algebra homework was about simplifying expressions.[↗](../../algebra/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The formula for the perimeter of a square is P = 4s; that's algebra.[↗](../../algebra/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The word algebra comes from Arabic.[↗](../../algebra/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · My big sister says algebra is like a puzzle with letters.[↗](../../algebra/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Then he tried to do the sum by algebra, by simple and by quadratic equations, by trigonometry, by logarithms, and by conic sections.[↗](../../algebra/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **algonquian** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A large family of Native American and First Nations languages of North America, including Cree, Ojibwe, Mi'kmaq and Blackfoot.[↗](../../algonquian/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Describing the peoples who speak these languages.[↗](../../algonquian/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Cree is an Algonquian language.[↗](../../algonquian/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The word «moose» comes from an Algonquian language.[↗](../../algonquian/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Algonquian peoples lived across a huge area of North America.[↗](../../algonquian/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We learned Algonquian place names in Canada.[↗](../../algonquian/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Ojibwe and Mi'kmaq are Algonquian too.[↗](../../algonquian/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Many Algonquian languages are still spoken today.[↗](../../algonquian/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **algorithm** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* An algorithm is a list of clear, step-by-step instructions for solving a problem or doing a task.[↗](../../algorithm/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* In computing, an algorithm is the set of rules a computer program follows, for example to sort a list or to choose what videos to show you.[↗](../../algorithm/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Write an algorithm for making a cup of tea.[↗](../../algorithm/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · An algorithm must be precise, or the robot gets confused.[↗](../../algorithm/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Long division is an algorithm for dividing big numbers.[↗](../../algorithm/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The video app's algorithm suggests new videos.[↗](../../algorithm/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We debugged our algorithm because the steps were in the wrong order.[↗](../../algorithm/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · A sorting algorithm puts numbers in order from smallest to largest.[↗](../../algorithm/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **alhamdulillah** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (Arabic, Islam) A phrase meaning «praise be to God» or «thanks be to God», said by Muslims to thank God, for good news and in everyday life.[↗](../../alhamdulillah/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") It is not an English word.[↗](../../alhamdulillah/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* «How are you?»[↗](../../alhamdulillah/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") «Alhamdulillah, I'm fine.»[↗](../../alhamdulillah/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Alhamdulillah, the baby arrived safely.[↗](../../alhamdulillah/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · My friend says alhamdulillah after every meal.[↗](../../alhamdulillah/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Alhamdulillah, we passed the test\![↗](../../alhamdulillah/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Muslims believe in thanking God in good and hard times.[↗](../../alhamdulillah/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandma smiled and said, «Alhamdulillah».[↗](../../alhamdulillah/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **alibi** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (law) An alibi is proof that a person was somewhere else when a crime happened, so they could not have done it.[↗](../../alibi/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (informal) An alibi is an excuse.[↗](../../alibi/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The butler had an alibi: he was at the shop.[↗](../../alibi/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The detective checked every suspect's alibi.[↗](../../alibi/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Her alibi was proved false by the CCTV.[↗](../../alibi/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · "I was with my gran" was his alibi.[↗](../../alibi/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · My alibi for being late was the bus.[↗](../../alibi/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · A cast-iron alibi cannot be broken.[↗](../../alibi/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **alien** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A creature from another planet, in stories and films.[↗](../../alien/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (adjective) Strange and very different from what you know.[↗](../../alien/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (formal, law) A person who lives in a country but is not a citizen of it.[↗](../../alien/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (science) An alien species is a plant or animal brought to a place where it does not naturally live.[↗](../../alien/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* In the film, aliens came down in a spaceship.[↗](../../alien/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Scientists look for alien life on other planets.[↗](../../alien/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The big city felt alien to the boy from the farm.[↗](../../alien/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Rabbits are an alien species in Australia.[↗](../../alien/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Cheating is alien to her nature.[↗](../../alien/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The alien had three eyes and green skin.[↗](../../alien/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · And the LORD said unto Moses and Aaron: 'This is the ordinance of the passover: there shall no alien eat thereof; (Torah EXO.12.43, JPS 1917)[↗](../../alien/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Our inheritance is turned unto strangers, our houses unto aliens.[↗](../../alien/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings LAM.5.2, JPS 1917)[↗](../../alien/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · To keep thee from the evil woman, from the smoothness of the alien tongue.[↗](../../alien/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.6.24, JPS 1917)[↗](../../alien/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · I am become a stranger unto my brethren, and an alien unto my mother's children.[↗](../../alien/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.69.9, JPS 1917)[↗](../../alien/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **alienate** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* To transfer ownership of something to someone else, or to make someone feel distant or unfriendly.[↗](../../alienate/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* And they shall not sell of it, nor exchange, nor alienate the first portion of the land; for it is holy unto the LORD.[↗](../../alienate/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets EZK.48.14, JPS 1917)[↗](../../alienate/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") **alienated** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* Turned away and separated, with feelings of love or loyalty gone cold.[↗](../../alienated/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Be thou corrected, O Jerusalem, lest My soul be alienated from thee, lest I make thee desolate, a land not inhabited.[↗](../../alienated/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JER.6.8, JPS 1917)[↗](../../alienated/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · So she uncovered her harlotries, and uncovered her nakedness; then My soul was alienated from her, like as My soul was alienated from her sister.[↗](../../alienated/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets EZK.23.18, JPS 1917)[↗](../../alienated/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · For thus saith the Lord GOD: Behold, I will deliver thee into the hand of them whom thou hatest, into the hand of them from whom thy soul is alienated; (Prophets EZK.23.28, JPS 1917)[↗](../../alienated/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **alight** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Alight means on fire or burning.[↗](../../alight/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Alight can mean shining with happiness or light, like eyes alight with joy.[↗](../../alight/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To alight (formal) is to get off a bus, train or other vehicle.[↗](../../alight/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* To alight (formal) is for a bird or insect to land on something.[↗](../../alight/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The bonfire was soon alight.[↗](../../alight/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The curtains caught alight from the candle.[↗](../../alight/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Never set anything alight without an adult.[↗](../../alight/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Passengers should alight at the next stop.[↗](../../alight/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · A butterfly alighted on the flower.[↗](../../alight/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Her eyes were alight with excitement.[↗](../../alight/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · We alighted from the train at the seaside.[↗](../../alight/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The whole sky seemed alight at sunset.[↗](../../alight/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · As for the peacock, it alighted on the old dame's shoulder.[↗](../../alight/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and when she saw Isaac, she alighted from the camel.[↗](../../alight/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.24.64, JPS 1917)[↗](../../alight/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And when Naaman saw one running after him, he alighted from the chariot to meet him, and said: 'Is all well?'[↗](../../alight/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 2KI.5.21, JPS 1917)[↗](../../alight/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · And when Abigail saw David, she made haste, and alighted from her ass, and fell before David on her face, and bowed down to the ground.[↗](../../alight/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1SA.25.23, JPS 1917)[↗](../../alight/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · And the LORD discomfited Sisera, and all his chariots, and all his host, with the edge of the sword before Barak; and Sisera alighted from his chariot, and fled away on his feet.[↗](../../alight/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JDG.4.15, JPS 1917)[↗](../../alight/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") **align** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To put things in a straight line or in the right position next to each other.[↗](../../align/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To agree with or support a person, group or idea.[↗](../../align/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Align the digits in columns before you add.[↗](../../align/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She aligned the books neatly on the shelf.[↗](../../align/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Click here to align the text to the centre.[↗](../../align/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The planets appeared to align in the night sky.[↗](../../align/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The two countries aligned themselves with each other.[↗](../../align/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Align the edge of the ruler with the line.[↗](../../align/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **alignment** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Arrangement in a straight line or in the right position: «the alignment of the wheels».[↗](../../alignment/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (science) When planets or stars appear in a line in the sky.[↗](../../alignment/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Agreement or being on the same side: «in alignment with the rules».[↗](../../alignment/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (computing, writing) How text is lined up: left, centre, right.[↗](../../alignment/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The mechanic checked the alignment of the car's wheels.[↗](../../alignment/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Use a ruler to keep the alignment of your columns straight.[↗](../../alignment/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Set the title's alignment to centre.[↗](../../alignment/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The planets were in alignment in the evening sky.[↗](../../alignment/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · My front teeth are out of alignment, so I have a brace.[↗](../../alignment/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The teams are in alignment about the plan.[↗](../../alignment/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **alike** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Alike means very similar, looking or being almost the same («The twins look alike»).[↗](../../alike/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* As an adverb, alike means in the same way («treat everyone alike»).[↗](../../alike/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Alike can mean both, or equally («adults and children alike»).[↗](../../alike/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* My sister and I look alike.[↗](../../alike/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The two triangles are alike in shape but not in size.[↗](../../alike/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Great minds think alike\![↗](../../alike/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The game is fun for children and adults alike.[↗](../../alike/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Treat all the pupils alike.[↗](../../alike/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · No two snowflakes are exactly alike.[↗](../../alike/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · How are frogs and toads alike?[↗](../../alike/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The cousins dress alike for every party.[↗](../../alike/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · They all looked alike except as to size.[↗](../../alike/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Thou shalt eat it within thy gates; the unclean and the clean may eat it alike, as the gazelle, and as the hart.[↗](../../alike/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.15.22, JPS 1917)[↗](../../alike/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Howbeit as the gazelle and as the hart is eaten, so thou shalt eat thereof; the unclean and the clean may eat thereof alike.[↗](../../alike/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.12.22, JPS 1917)[↗](../../alike/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · They lie down alike in the dust, and the worm covereth them.[↗](../../alike/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.21.26, JPS 1917)[↗](../../alike/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike; (Writings PRO.27.15, JPS 1917)[↗](../../alike/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · The small and great are there alike; and the servant is free from his master.[↗](../../alike/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.3.19, JPS 1917)[↗](../../alike/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") **alimentary** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (science) To do with food and digestion.[↗](../../alimentary/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") Used mostly in "alimentary canal".[↗](../../alimentary/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The alimentary canal starts at the mouth.[↗](../../alimentary/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Food travels through the alimentary canal.[↗](../../alimentary/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The stomach is part of the alimentary canal.[↗](../../alimentary/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Draw and label the alimentary canal.[↗](../../alimentary/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The alimentary canal is several metres long in an adult.[↗](../../alimentary/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Digestion happens all along the alimentary canal.[↗](../../alimentary/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **alive** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Alive means living, not dead.[↗](../../alive/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Alive means full of energy, activity or life.[↗](../../alive/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Alive can mean still existing or working, like a hope or a tradition.[↗](../../alive/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Is the fish still alive?[↗](../../alive/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Plants are alive, but rocks are not.[↗](../../alive/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We were lucky to be alive after the storm.[↗](../../alive/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The street comes alive at night.[↗](../../alive/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The pond was alive with frogs.[↗](../../alive/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Water keeps plants alive.[↗](../../alive/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The old tradition is still alive.[↗](../../alive/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · My great-grandma is still alive and well.[↗](../../alive/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · 'So you are alive after all\![↗](../../alive/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And Moses said unto them: 'Have ye saved all the women alive?[↗](../../alive/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.31.15, JPS 1917)[↗](../../alive/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · But all the women children, that have not known man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves.[↗](../../alive/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.31.18, JPS 1917)[↗](../../alive/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · But ye that did cleave unto the LORD your God are alive every one of you this day.[↗](../../alive/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.4.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../alive/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · And the king of Ai they took alive, and brought him to Joshua.[↗](../../alive/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JOS.8.23, JPS 1917)[↗](../../alive/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · To deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine.[↗](../../alive/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.33.19, JPS 1917)[↗](../../alive/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · Then they had swallowed us up alive, when their wrath was kindled against us; (Writings PSA.124.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../alive/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") **alkali** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (science) An alkali is a chemical that is the opposite of an acid; it can cancel out an acid.[↗](../../alkali/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (science) An alkali dissolves in water and makes a solution with a pH above 7.[↗](../../alkali/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Strong alkalis, like some oven cleaners, can burn skin and eyes, just like strong acids.[↗](../../alkali/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Soap is a mild alkali, so it feels slippery.[↗](../../alkali/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We tested the liquids to see which were acids and which were alkalis.[↗](../../alkali/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Litmus paper turns blue in an alkali.[↗](../../alkali/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · An alkali can neutralise an acid.[↗](../../alkali/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Indigestion tablets contain a weak alkali that calms stomach acid.[↗](../../alkali/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The oven cleaner is a strong alkali, so Mum wears rubber gloves.[↗](../../alkali/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Toothpaste is slightly alkaline.[↗](../../alkali/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Bicarbonate of soda makes an alkaline solution in water.[↗](../../alkali/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **alkaline** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Alkaline describes a substance that is the opposite of an acid: it has a pH above 7, such as soap, baking soda or bleach.[↗](../../alkaline/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* An alkaline battery is a common kind of battery that uses an alkaline chemical inside.[↗](../../alkaline/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Soap is slightly alkaline.[↗](../../alkaline/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Red litmus paper turns blue in an alkaline solution.[↗](../../alkaline/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Baking soda makes the water alkaline.[↗](../../alkaline/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Bleach is strongly alkaline, so handle it with care.[↗](../../alkaline/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The TV remote uses alkaline batteries.[↗](../../alkaline/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Some plants grow best in alkaline soil.[↗](../../alkaline/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Our cabbage indicator turned green in the alkaline liquid.[↗](../../alkaline/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") 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