--- title: D — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics description: The 1197 words of the English dictionary under D, 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/D/) [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/) / D # D — The English dictionary The words of the English dictionary under D: 1197 words, every meaning and example parsed by Mova; the ↗ after a sentence leads to the word's page, with every sentence's syntax tree and pragmatics. 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(Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](da/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") **dab** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (verb) To touch something lightly and quickly several times, often with a cloth or sponge: «dab your eyes».[↗](dab/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (verb) To put on a small amount of something with light touches: «dab paint on the paper».[↗](dab/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (noun) A small amount of something: «a dab of glue».[↗](dab/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (noun) A light, quick touch.[↗](dab/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* (noun, informal) A dance move where you drop your head into the bent arm while the other arm points out.[↗](dab/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 6:* (UK informal) «a dab hand at» — very good at something.[↗](dab/#m6 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 7:* (noun) A small flat sea fish.[↗](dab/#m7 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 8:* Dabs (UK slang, old) fingerprints.[↗](dab/#m8 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Dab the cut gently with a clean tissue.[↗](dab/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She dabbed her eyes with a hanky at the end of the film.[↗](dab/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Dab blue paint on with a sponge to make the sky.[↗](dab/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Put a dab of glue on each corner.[↗](dab/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Add a dab of butter to the hot potatoes.[↗](dab/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The footballer did a dab to celebrate his goal.[↗](dab/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandma is a dab hand at knitting.[↗](dab/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · We caught a little dab off the pier.[↗](dab/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Very funny the palace must have looked each morning, with the dabs of different colour on the white marble as the princes were climbing up the walls.[↗](dab/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **dabble** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To try an activity a little, as a hobby, without being very serious about it, as in «dabble in painting».[↗](dabble/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To move your hands or feet gently in water, splashing a bit.[↗](dabble/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (of ducks) To feed by tipping forward to reach food in shallow water.[↗](dabble/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* My dad dabbles in photography at weekends.[↗](dabble/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We dabbled our toes in the cool stream.[↗](dabble/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Mallards are dabbling ducks that tip upside down to feed.[↗](dabble/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · She dabbled with the guitar before choosing the drums.[↗](dabble/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The wizard had dabbled in magic he did not understand.[↗](dabble/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · I only dabble in cooking, but I can make pancakes.[↗](dabble/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Then, going a little farther, Ceres would, perhaps, come to a fountain, gushing out of a pebbly hollow in the earth, and would dabble with her hand in the water.[↗](dabble/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **dabchick** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A small water bird, also called the little grebe, which dives under water to catch small fish and insects and often swims with only its head showing.[↗](dabchick/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Old name used for some other small grebes.[↗](dabchick/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A dabchick bobbed up near the reeds and dived again.[↗](dabchick/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The little grebe is often called a dabchick.[↗](dabchick/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Dabchicks build floating nests of weed.[↗](dabchick/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We watched a dabchick diving for tiny fish.[↗](dabchick/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The dabchick vanished under the water in a flash.[↗](dabchick/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Two dabchicks trilled loudly on the pond.[↗](dabchick/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **dachshund** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A dachshund is a small dog with a very long body, short legs and long ears, first bred in Germany to hunt badgers.[↗](dachshund/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Our neighbour has a dachshund called Frankie.[↗](dachshund/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The dachshund's tummy nearly touched the ground.[↗](dachshund/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Dachshunds were bred to dig into badger holes.[↗](dachshund/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · People call a dachshund a sausage dog because of its shape.[↗](dachshund/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The miniature dachshund barked at the postman.[↗](dachshund/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · A dachshund must be careful with stairs because of its long back.[↗](dachshund/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · At the dog show, the dachshund wore a little jumper.[↗](dachshund/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **dad** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Dad is a word for father.[↗](dad/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") It is written with a capital letter when used as a name: «Thanks, Dad!».[↗](dad/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Her dad gave her 10 dollars.[↗](dad/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad picked 24 strawberries.[↗](dad/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Jill and her dad picked 30 in all.[↗](dad/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Her dad's strawberries weighed 12 pounds.[↗](dad/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · My dad takes me to football on Saturdays.[↗](dad/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Thanks, Dad, for the lift\![↗](dad/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad is 6 years older than Mum.[↗](dad/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Ask your mum or dad before you go to a friend's house.[↗](dad/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · "Dad, dad!" she cried, "look, look! the ox has brought us a bear.[↗](dad/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **daddy** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (informal) Daddy is what young children call their father.[↗](daddy/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (slang) «The daddy of them all» means the biggest or best one.[↗](daddy/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Daddy, can you read me a story?[↗](daddy/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The baby giraffe walked next to its daddy.[↗](daddy/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · «Daddy's home!» shouted my little sister.[↗](daddy/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · This storm is the daddy of them all.[↗](daddy/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Daddy Bear had the biggest bowl.[↗](daddy/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · My daddy works nights.[↗](daddy/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **daffodil** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A daffodil is a yellow spring flower with a trumpet-shaped centre that grows from a bulb.[↗](daffodil/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Daffodils come up in early spring.[↗](daffodil/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We planted daffodil bulbs in the autumn.[↗](daffodil/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The daffodil has a yellow trumpet in the middle.[↗](daffodil/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Mum bought a bunch of daffodils.[↗](daffodil/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The daffodil is a symbol of Wales.[↗](daffodil/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Count the petals on the daffodil.[↗](daffodil/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · A host of golden daffodils danced in the breeze.[↗](daffodil/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **daft** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (informal, UK) Daft means silly or foolish.[↗](daft/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (informal, UK) Daft about something means very keen on it.[↗](daft/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "She's daft about horses."[↗](daft/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (informal, UK) A daft idea is one that does not make sense.[↗](daft/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Don't be daft, of course you can come\![↗](daft/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · That was a daft thing to do.[↗](daft/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He's daft about football.[↗](daft/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · It's a daft idea to swim in a storm.[↗](daft/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · My dog is as daft as a brush.[↗](daft/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · "Did you think I was angry?" "[↗](daft/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") Don't be daft!"[↗](daft/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · We laughed at the daft jokes in the comic.[↗](daft/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **dagger** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A dagger is a short knife with a pointed blade, made as a weapon for stabbing.[↗](dagger/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (printing) A dagger (†) is a small mark used in books to point to a note, or next to a name to show the person has died.[↗](dagger/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The Roman soldier carried a short dagger.[↗](dagger/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The pirate hid a dagger in his boot.[↗](dagger/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · My sister looked daggers at me when I told Mum.[↗](dagger/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · It was a cloak-and-dagger plan to hide the birthday cake.[↗](dagger/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The museum has a Viking dagger with a carved handle.[↗](dagger/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Carrying a knife or dagger in public is against the law.[↗](dagger/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Peter felt for his dagger till his hand gripped it.[↗](dagger/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **dah** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Dah is the long sound or long signal in Morse code, written as a dash (−); the short one is «dit».[↗](dah/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (informal) «Dah» is a sound people say, as in «ta-dah!», when showing something proudly; it can also be a spelling of «duh» meaning «that's obvious».[↗](dah/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (a name) Dah is not an English word in other uses; it may be a part of a name or a word in another language.[↗](dah/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* In Morse code, the letter A is dit-dah.[↗](dah/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · SOS is three dits, three dahs and three dits.[↗](dah/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Ta-dah! said the magician, pulling out a rabbit.[↗](dah/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Hold the button longer for a dah than for a dit.[↗](dah/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · «Is water wet?»[↗](dah/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") «Dah, of course!»[↗](dah/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We tapped out dahs and dits on the desk.[↗](dah/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Deswegen spricht auch Stobaeus von bios vier Elementen, . . . weil das Juenfte Element als reiner Urgrund noch keine Zahl und daher im Kosmos nicht voshanden ist."[↗](dah/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (S. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](dah/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **dahl** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Dahl (also dal or dhal) is a South Asian dish of split lentils, peas or beans cooked with spices into a thick stew, or the dried split pulses themselves.[↗](dahl/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (a name) Roald Dahl is a famous children's author who wrote «Charlie and the Chocolate Factory», «Matilda» and «The BFG».[↗](dahl/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (a name) Dahl can also refer to Vladimir Dahl, a 19th-century Russian scholar who collected Russian words and sayings in a famous dictionary.[↗](dahl/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We had dahl and rice for dinner.[↗](dahl/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Red lentil dahl is quick to cook.[↗](dahl/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Dahl is full of protein and fibre.[↗](dahl/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Roald Dahl wrote «Matilda».[↗](dahl/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Our class read a Roald Dahl book every term.[↗](dahl/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandma adds cumin and garlic to her dahl.[↗](dahl/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Dahl compares it with the Russian tyurma, a prison, and the German Thurm.[↗](dahl/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **daily** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Happening or done every day.[↗](daily/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Of or for one day: «the daily amount».[↗](daily/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (adverb) Every day: «we feed the fish daily».[↗](daily/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (noun) A newspaper printed every day.[↗](daily/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I brush my teeth twice daily.[↗](daily/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Reading is part of my daily routine.[↗](daily/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Feed the goldfish daily, but just a pinch.[↗](daily/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Daily exercise keeps your body healthy.[↗](daily/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · She saves $2 daily, so in a week she saves $14.[↗](daily/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The medicine says «one tablet daily» — only an adult should give it.[↗](daily/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandpa reads the daily paper at breakfast.[↗](daily/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Matte and Maie grew fat on this fine living, and daily became richer.[↗](daily/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And the taskmasters were urgent, saying: 'Fulfil your work, your daily task, as when there was straw.'[↗](daily/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.5.13, JPS 1917)[↗](daily/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And the officers of the children of Israel did see that they were set on mischief, when they said: 'Ye shall not diminish aught from your bricks, your daily task.'[↗](daily/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.5.19, JPS 1917)[↗](daily/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And it shall come to pass on the sixth day that they shall prepare that which they bring in, and it shall be twice as much as they gather daily.'[↗](daily/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.16.5, JPS 1917)[↗](daily/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · So will I sing praise unto Thy name for ever, that I may daily perform my vows.[↗](daily/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.61.9, JPS 1917)[↗](daily/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · Then I was by Him, as a nursling; and I was daily all delight, playing always before Him, (Writings PRO.8.30, JPS 1917)[↗](daily/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · Happy is the man that hearkeneth to me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.[↗](daily/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.8.34, JPS 1917)[↗](daily/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") **daintily** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* In a neat, delicate and careful way, especially when eating or moving.[↗](daintily/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The monkey took the food daintily.[↗](daintily/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She picked up the cup daintily with two fingers.[↗](daintily/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The cat stepped daintily over the wet grass.[↗](daintily/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **dainty** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Small, neat, pretty and delicate: dainty feet, a dainty silver crown.[↗](dainty/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (of food) small and tasty, a little bite; a «dainty» is a small tasty treat.[↗](dainty/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Here is a dainty bite for my breakfast.[↗](dainty/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She had dainty hands and tiny feet.[↗](dainty/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The fairy wore a dainty silver crown.[↗](dainty/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Mum served little dainties on a plate.[↗](dainty/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · As for Asher, his bread shall be fat, and he shall yield royal dainties.[↗](dainty/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.49.20, JPS 1917)[↗](dainty/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Be not desirous of his dainties; seeing they are deceitful food.[↗](dainty/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.23.3, JPS 1917)[↗](dainty/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · 'Stay ye me with dainties, refresh me with apples; for I am love-sick.'[↗](dainty/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings SNG.2.5, JPS 1917)[↗](dainty/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · So that his life maketh him to abhor bread, and his soul dainty food.[↗](dainty/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.33.20, JPS 1917)[↗](dainty/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **dairy** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Food made from milk, such as cheese, butter, yoghurt and cream.[↗](dairy/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A place where milk is kept and made into butter or cheese.[↗](dairy/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A company that sells milk.[↗](dairy/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (NZ) A small corner shop.[↗](dairy/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* (adjective) Related to milk (dairy farm, dairy cows).[↗](dairy/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Cheese and yoghurt are dairy foods.[↗](dairy/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · My brother can't eat dairy.[↗](dairy/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We visited a dairy farm and milked a cow.[↗](dairy/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Dairy foods give us calcium.[↗](dairy/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · This ice cream is dairy-free.[↗](dairy/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · I bought a lolly at the dairy.[↗](dairy/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") (NZ)[↗](dairy/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Then the monkey got up and went to the dairy, and drank all the milk he could find.[↗](dairy/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **dais** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A raised platform at one end of a hall, where a king, a speaker or a top table sits so that everyone can see.[↗](dais/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The king sat on the raised dais.[↗](dais/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The speaker stood on the dais to give his talk.[↗](dais/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The top table was set up on a dais above the crowd.[↗](dais/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **daisy** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A daisy is a small flower with white petals around a yellow middle.[↗](daisy/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Other flowers shaped like it, of many colours, are also called daisies.[↗](daisy/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She picked 12 daisies.[↗](daisy/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Each daisy has 20 petals.[↗](daisy/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · There are 5 rows of daisies with 8 in each row.[↗](daisy/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · He gave 3 daisies to his mom.[↗](daisy/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We made a daisy chain in the park.[↗](daisy/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Daisies close their petals at night.[↗](daisy/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The lawn is full of daisies.[↗](daisy/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · She felt as fresh as a daisy.[↗](daisy/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · It is a simple daisy, just bursting out of the bud.[↗](daisy/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **dakota** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* North Dakota and South Dakota: two states in the middle north of the USA; together «the Dakotas».[↗](dakota/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The Dakota: a Native American people of the Great Plains, part of the Sioux nation; also their language.[↗](dakota/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (a name) Dakota is used as a first name.[↗](dakota/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Mount Rushmore is in South Dakota.[↗](dakota/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · North Dakota has very cold winters.[↗](dakota/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The Dakota people are part of the Sioux nation.[↗](dakota/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The state is named after the Dakota people.[↗](dakota/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The word Dakota is often said to mean «friends» or «allies».[↗](dakota/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · My cousin Dakota lives in Texas.[↗](dakota/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") (a name)[↗](dakota/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Iktomi dresses like a real Dakota brave.[↗](dakota/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **1** [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/page/2/) [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/page/3/) [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/page/4/) … [62](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/page/62/) - ← previous: [C](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) - next →: [page 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/page/2/) - ↑ back to [The English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/)