--- title: A — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 62 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/62/) [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 62 [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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[R](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/R/) · [S](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/) · [T](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/T/) · [U](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/U/) · [V](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/V/) · [W](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/W/) · [X](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/X/) · [Y](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/Y/) · [Z](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/Z/) [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/) … [61](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/page/61/) **62** **awesome** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (informal) Awesome means very good, great or cool, as in «That film was awesome!».[↗](../../awesome/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Awesome means so big, powerful or amazing that it fills you with wonder and a little fear, as in «the awesome power of the ocean».[↗](../../awesome/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (slang) «Awesome!» can be said on its own to mean «great!» or «OK, good».[↗](../../awesome/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* That roller coaster was awesome\![↗](../../awesome/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · «I got the tickets.»[↗](../../awesome/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") «Awesome!»[↗](../../awesome/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Standing under the waterfall, we felt its awesome power.[↗](../../awesome/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · My teacher is awesome at explaining fractions.[↗](../../awesome/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The view from the mountain top was awesome.[↗](../../awesome/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · You did an awesome job on your project.[↗](../../awesome/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The awesome size of the blue whale left us speechless.[↗](../../awesome/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **awful** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Awful means very bad or unpleasant: awful weather, an awful smell.[↗](../../awful/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* If you feel awful, you feel ill or very unhappy or guilty.[↗](../../awful/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (informal) «An awful lot» means a very large amount.[↗](../../awful/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* In old writing, awful meant «full of awe», very impressive and frightening.[↗](../../awful/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The weather was awful, so we stayed inside.[↗](../../awful/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · This medicine tastes awful.[↗](../../awful/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · I feel awful — I think I have a cold.[↗](../../awful/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · I felt awful about breaking her pencil.[↗](../../awful/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · There is an awful lot of homework this week.[↗](../../awful/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · What an awful smell\![↗](../../awful/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The traffic was awful on the way to school.[↗](../../awful/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · That's awful news; I'm sorry.[↗](../../awful/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Thou shalt not be affrighted at them; for the LORD thy God is in the midst of thee, a God great and awful.[↗](../../awful/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.7.21, JPS 1917)[↗](../../awful/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · For the LORD your God, He is God of gods, and Lord of lords, the great God, the mighty, and the awful, who regardeth not persons, nor taketh reward.[↗](../../awful/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.10.17, JPS 1917)[↗](../../awful/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · If thou wilt not observe to do all the words of this law that are written in this book, that thou mayest fear this glorious and awful Name, the LORD thy God; (Torah DEU.28.58, JPS 1917)[↗](../../awful/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Let them praise Thy name as great and awful; Holy is He.[↗](../../awful/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.99.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../awful/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · For the LORD is most high, awful; a great King over all the earth.[↗](../../awful/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.47.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../awful/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · He hath sent redemption unto His people; He hath commanded His covenant for ever; Holy and awful is His name.[↗](../../awful/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.111.9, JPS 1917)[↗](../../awful/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") **awfully** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (informal, a little old-fashioned) Very; extremely: «awfully kind», «awfully sorry».[↗](../../awfully/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Very badly: «He behaved awfully.».[↗](../../awfully/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* That's awfully kind of you.[↗](../../awfully/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · I'm awfully sorry I'm late.[↗](../../awfully/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · It's awfully cold today.[↗](../../awfully/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · «This is awfully jolly!» said Tom.[↗](../../awfully/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · She sang awfully, so everyone laughed.[↗](../../awfully/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Thank you awfully for the present.[↗](../../awfully/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **awhile** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Awhile means for a short time: wait awhile.[↗](../../awhile/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") After a word like «after» or «for», we write «a while» as two words.[↗](../../awhile/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* After awhile he begins to totter.[↗](../../awhile/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The priest reflected awhile; then he replied.[↗](../../awhile/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · After talking awhile, they lay down to sleep.[↗](../../awhile/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **awkward** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Awkward means uncomfortable or embarrassing, when you don't know what to say or do.[↗](../../awkward/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Awkward means clumsy, moving in a way that is not smooth.[↗](../../awkward/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Awkward means hard to use, carry or deal with, because of its shape or situation.[↗](../../awkward/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* An awkward person is hard to get along with.[↗](../../awkward/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* There was an awkward silence after the joke.[↗](../../awkward/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · I felt awkward when I forgot her name.[↗](../../awkward/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The box was an awkward shape to carry.[↗](../../awkward/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The baby giraffe took awkward steps.[↗](../../awkward/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · It is awkward to write with your other hand.[↗](../../awkward/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Meeting new people can feel awkward at first.[↗](../../awkward/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Sorry, it's an awkward time; can you call back later?[↗](../../awkward/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · He gave an awkward little wave.[↗](../../awkward/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · That seemed to be everything, and an awkward pause followed.[↗](../../awkward/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **awkwardly** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* In a clumsy way that is not smooth or easy, as in «he fell awkwardly».[↗](../../awkwardly/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* In an embarrassed or uncomfortable way, as when nobody knows what to say.[↗](../../awkwardly/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* In a way that is hard to handle or badly placed, as in «an awkwardly shaped box».[↗](../../awkwardly/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She landed awkwardly and twisted her ankle.[↗](../../awkwardly/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He smiled awkwardly when everyone sang to him.[↗](../../awkwardly/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The two new boys stood awkwardly by the door.[↗](../../awkwardly/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The sofa was awkwardly shaped and would not fit through the door.[↗](../../awkwardly/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · I awkwardly tried to hold three bags and an umbrella.[↗](../../awkwardly/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · They laughed awkwardly after the joke fell flat.[↗](../../awkwardly/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The bus stop is awkwardly placed on a busy corner.[↗](../../awkwardly/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · He fell so awkwardly that his head stuck in the mud, and there he stood with his legs straight up in the air.[↗](../../awkwardly/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **awkwardness** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The feeling of being uncomfortable or embarrassed, especially in a social situation.[↗](../../awkwardness/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Clumsiness; not moving easily or smoothly.[↗](../../awkwardness/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Being difficult to deal with.[↗](../../awkwardness/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* There was an awkwardness after the argument.[↗](../../awkwardness/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He laughed to hide his awkwardness.[↗](../../awkwardness/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The new girl felt the awkwardness of not knowing anyone.[↗](../../awkwardness/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The baby giraffe's awkwardness made us smile.[↗](../../awkwardness/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The awkwardness of the box made it hard to carry.[↗](../../awkwardness/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · After a minute, the awkwardness was gone and we chatted.[↗](../../awkwardness/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **awl** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* An awl is a small, sharp, pointed tool used to make holes in leather, wood or cloth, for example when sewing.[↗](../../awl/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* He took an awl and heated it red-hot.[↗](../../awl/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Mother badger pierced the buckskin with her sharp awl.[↗](../../awl/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · then thou shalt take an awl, and thrust it through his ear and into the door, and he shall be thy bondman for ever.[↗](../../awl/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.15.17, JPS 1917)[↗](../../awl/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · then his master shall bring him unto God, and shall bring him to the door, or unto the door-post; and his master shall bore his ear through with an awl; and he shall serve him for ever.[↗](../../awl/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.21.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../awl/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") **awn** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (science) A thin, stiff bristle growing from the seed head of some grasses and grains, like barley and wheat.[↗](../../awn/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Barley has long awns.[↗](../../awn/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The awns on the wheat looked like whiskers.[↗](../../awn/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A grass awn got stuck in the dog's paw.[↗](../../awn/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Some awns help seeds dig into the ground.[↗](../../awn/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Look at the awns with a magnifying glass.[↗](../../awn/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The field shimmered as wind moved the awns.[↗](../../awn/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Of fine linen with richly woven work from Egypt was thy sail, that it might be to thee for an ensign; blue and purple from the isles of Elishah was thine awning.[↗](../../awn/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets EZK.27.7, JPS 1917)[↗](../../awn/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **awry** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Awry means crooked, not straight or not in its right place: a hat set awry.[↗](../../awry/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* «Go awry» means go wrong and not turn out as planned.[↗](../../awry/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Any one but Cinderella would have dressed their heads awry, but she dressed them well.[↗](../../awry/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Our picnic went awry when it rained.[↗](../../awry/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") **ax** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* An ax is a tool with a heavy metal blade on a long handle, used for chopping wood.[↗](../../ax/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (informal) To ax something is to cancel it or cut it; to ax a worker is to fire them.[↗](../../ax/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* In some old or dialect English, "ax" is another spelling of "ask".[↗](../../ax/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The lumberjack swung his ax at the tree.[↗](../../ax/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · George Washington's story tells of a cherry tree and an ax.[↗](../../ax/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The TV show was axed after one season.[↗](../../ax/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad chopped firewood with an ax.[↗](../../ax/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The firefighter broke down the door with an ax.[↗](../../ax/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Hundreds of jobs were axed at the factory.[↗](../../ax/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · § 11 Three vowels n"ax constitute a great secret, marvellous and hidden.[↗](../../ax/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../ax/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **axe** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* An axe is a tool with a heavy metal blade on a long handle, used for chopping wood or cutting down trees.[↗](../../axe/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (informal) To axe something is to cut it or end it suddenly: the TV show was axed.[↗](../../axe/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (informal) To axe workers means to sack them or make them lose their jobs.[↗](../../axe/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* «Have an axe to grind» means to have a private reason, often a grudge, for doing or saying something.[↗](../../axe/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The woodcutter chopped the log with his axe.[↗](../../axe/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Vikings fought with axes and shields.[↗](../../axe/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Stone Age people made axes from flint.[↗](../../axe/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The swimming club was axed because there was no money.[↗](../../axe/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Our favourite show got the axe.[↗](../../axe/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Two hundred jobs were axed at the factory.[↗](../../axe/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · He criticised the plan because he had an axe to grind.[↗](../../axe/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Should the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith?[↗](../../axe/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.10.15, JPS 1917)[↗](../../axe/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · It seemed as when men wield upwards axes in a thicket of trees.[↗](../../axe/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.74.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../axe/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And he shall set his battering engines against thy walls, and with his axes he shall break down thy towers.[↗](../../axe/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets EZK.26.9, JPS 1917)[↗](../../axe/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **axial** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* About an axis: the line around which something turns or which runs through its middle.[↗](../../axial/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Earth's axial tilt gives us seasons.[↗](../../axial/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The fan has axial blades.[↗](../../axial/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A butterfly shape shows axial symmetry.[↗](../../axial/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Axial rotation of Earth causes day and night.[↗](../../axial/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The planet's axial spin takes 24 hours.[↗](../../axial/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Draw the axial line of symmetry.[↗](../../axial/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **axis** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* An axis is an imaginary straight line that something spins around, like the Earth's axis.[↗](../../axis/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* In maths, an axis is one of the main lines on a graph, the x-axis going across and the y-axis going up.[↗](../../axis/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* An axis of symmetry is a line that cuts a shape into two matching halves.[↗](../../axis/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The Earth spins on its axis once every 24 hours.[↗](../../axis/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The Earth's axis is tilted, which gives us seasons.[↗](../../axis/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Label the x-axis «days» and the y-axis «temperature».[↗](../../axis/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The point (3, 5) is 3 along the x-axis and 5 up.[↗](../../axis/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · A square has four axes of symmetry.[↗](../../axis/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Draw the axis of symmetry on the butterfly.[↗](../../axis/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The bar chart's vertical axis goes up in fives.[↗](../../axis/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · A spinning top turns around its axis.[↗](../../axis/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Dr. Cassel is of the opinion that our author meant here, probably the invisible, celestial or universal axis that carries the whole Universe.[↗](../../axis/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../axis/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · \[paragraph continues\] God stands in close connection with the Universe, and just so is Tali connected with the world, that is, an invisible, celestial or universal axis carries the whole fabric.[↗](../../axis/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../axis/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Just as the sphere remains the same during the rotation on its axis in its setting and in its rising; yet it appears to us as if it had undergone a great change on account of its different position.[↗](../../axis/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../axis/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") **axle** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* An axle is a rod or bar that goes through the centre of a wheel, or joins two wheels, so the wheels can turn.[↗](../../axle/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The wheels of the toy car turn on a thin metal axle.[↗](../../axle/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A wheel and axle is a simple machine.[↗](../../axle/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We used a straw and a skewer to make an axle.[↗](../../axle/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The cart broke because its wooden axle snapped.[↗](../../axle/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · A car has a front axle and a rear axle.[↗](../../axle/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Oil the axle so the wheels turn smoothly.[↗](../../axle/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · And every base had four brazen wheels, and axles of brass; and the four feet thereof had undersetters; beneath the laver were the undersetters molten, with wreaths at the side of each.[↗](../../axle/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1KI.7.30, JPS 1917)[↗](../../axle/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **axletree** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* an old word for an axle, the bar on which a wheel turns.[↗](../../axletree/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* And the work of the wheels was like the work of a chariot wheel; their axletrees, and their felloes, and their spokes, and their naves, were all molten.[↗](../../axletree/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1KI.7.33, JPS 1917)[↗](../../axletree/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · And the four wheels were underneath the borders; and the axletrees of the wheels were in the base; and the height of a wheel was a cubit and half a cubit.[↗](../../axletree/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1KI.7.32, JPS 1917)[↗](../../axletree/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") **axolotl** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* An axolotl is a Mexican salamander, an amphibian that keeps its baby features all its life: feathery pink gills on its head and a tail fin, and lives always in water.[↗](../../axolotl/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") It looks as if it is smiling.[↗](../../axolotl/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* An axolotl can grow back a lost leg.[↗](../../axolotl/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Axolotls breathe with the feathery gills on their heads.[↗](../../axolotl/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Wild axolotls live only near Mexico City.[↗](../../axolotl/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Our class pet is a pink axolotl called Bubbles.[↗](../../axolotl/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The axolotl looks like it is always smiling.[↗](../../axolotl/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Axolotls are amphibians, not fish.[↗](../../axolotl/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Scientists study axolotls to understand how bodies heal.[↗](../../axolotl/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **aztec** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The Aztecs were a people who built a great empire in what is now central Mexico, with their capital Tenochtitlan built on a lake, until the Spanish conquest.[↗](../../aztec/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Aztec describes things from their culture.[↗](../../aztec/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* Aztec gods, Aztec pyramids, the Aztec calendar.[↗](../../aztec/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Aztec is also used for patterns inspired by their art, though this name is sometimes thought to be inaccurate.[↗](../../aztec/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The Aztecs built their capital on an island in a lake.[↗](../../aztec/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Aztec farmers grew maize on floating gardens.[↗](../../aztec/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The Aztecs drank chocolate with chilli in it.[↗](../../aztec/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Spanish soldiers led by Cortés conquered the Aztec Empire.[↗](../../aztec/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Our class made masks of Aztec gods.[↗](../../aztec/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The Aztec calendar stone is carved with a face in the middle.[↗](../../aztec/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Words like «chocolate» and «tomato» come from the Aztec language, Nahuatl.[↗](../../aztec/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Diseases brought by Europeans killed many Aztec people.[↗](../../aztec/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **azure** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Azure means a bright, clear blue, like a cloudless sky.[↗](../../azure/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She had azure hair and a face white as wax.[↗](../../azure/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The sky was azure and 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