--- title: D — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 15 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/page/15/) [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 · page 15 [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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*Everyday, meaning 1:* A person who sets others free or rescues them from danger or trouble.[↗](../../deliverer/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The knight was the deliverer of the village.[↗](../../deliverer/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · You are the country's deliverers, so be brave.[↗](../../deliverer/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Our deliverer came just in time.[↗](../../deliverer/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · and he said: The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; (Prophets 2SA.22.2, JPS 1917)[↗](../../deliverer/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · But I am poor and needy; O God, make haste unto me; Thou art my help and my deliverer; O LORD, tarry not.[↗](../../deliverer/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.70.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../deliverer/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · My lovingkindness, and my fortress, my high tower, and my deliverer; my shield, and He in whom I take refuge; who subdueth my people under me.[↗](../../deliverer/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.144.2, JPS 1917)[↗](../../deliverer/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **delivereth** — *Early Modern English, meaning 1:* «delivereth» means «delivers», a form of «deliver»: To deliver means to take letters, parcels or goods to a place or person: the postman delivers the post.[↗](../../delivereth/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* And when the LORD thy God delivereth it into thy hand, thou shalt smite every male thereof with the edge of the sword;[↗](../../delivereth/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.20.13, JPS 1917) · When thou goest forth to battle against thine enemies, and the LORD thy God delivereth them into thy hands, and thou carriest them away captive,[↗](../../delivereth/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.21.10, JPS 1917) **delivery** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Taking letters, parcels or goods to the place they are sent to.[↗](../../delivery/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Something that is delivered.[↗](../../delivery/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "We got a delivery."[↗](../../delivery/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* The way someone speaks to an audience or bowls a ball in cricket.[↗](../../delivery/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* The birth of a baby.[↗](../../delivery/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The delivery arrived this morning.[↗](../../delivery/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Free delivery on orders over 50 dollars.[↗](../../delivery/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The delivery driver left the parcel at the door.[↗](../../delivery/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We ordered pizza for delivery.[↗](../../delivery/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The van makes 30 deliveries a day.[↗](../../delivery/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Her speech had a clear, confident delivery.[↗](../../delivery/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The bowler's next delivery was very fast.[↗](../../delivery/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Like as a woman with child, that draweth near the time of her delivery, is in pain and crieth out in her pangs; so have we been at Thy presence, O LORD.[↗](../../delivery/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.26.17, JPS 1917)[↗](../../delivery/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **dell** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A small valley or hollow, usually with trees and grass around it.[↗](../../dell/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (a name) Dell is also a family name and a computer company name.[↗](../../dell/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We had a picnic in a shady dell.[↗](../../dell/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · «The farmer's in his dell» is an old singing game.[↗](../../dell/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Bluebells covered the floor of the dell.[↗](../../dell/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The fox had a den in a hidden dell.[↗](../../dell/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · A little stream ran through the dell.[↗](../../dell/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Children played in the dell until sunset.[↗](../../dell/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The wood was black about him, but there was a red glow in a dell close by.[↗](../../dell/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **delphic** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Relating to Delphi, an old Greek town with a famous shrine.[↗](../../delphic/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Hard to understand, with a hidden meaning, like the sayings of the old Delphic oracle (old use).[↗](../../delphic/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The Delphic priestess spoke in riddles.[↗](../../delphic/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · His answer was Delphic and puzzled us all.[↗](../../delphic/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The baby was found by a Delphic priestess.[↗](../../delphic/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **delta** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A flat, often triangle-shaped area of land where a river splits into many smaller streams before it flows into the sea, made from mud and sand the river carries.[↗](../../delta/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The fourth letter of the Greek alphabet, Δ or δ.[↗](../../delta/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* In maths and science, Δ can stand for a change in an amount.[↗](../../delta/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The Nile Delta is shaped like a triangle.[↗](../../delta/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The river drops its mud and sand to build a delta.[↗](../../delta/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Many birds live in the wetlands of the delta.[↗](../../delta/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Farmers grow rice on the delta because the soil is rich.[↗](../../delta/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The Greek letter delta looks like a triangle: Δ.[↗](../../delta/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Floods are common on a low, flat delta.[↗](../../delta/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **delude** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To delude someone means to trick them into believing something that is not true.[↗](../../delude/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To delude yourself means to believe something untrue because you want it to be true.[↗](../../delude/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Don't delude yourself — you can't learn the whole song in five minutes.[↗](../../delude/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The fox deluded the crow into dropping the cheese.[↗](../../delude/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He was deluded into thinking he would win easily.[↗](../../delude/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · She deluded herself that nobody had noticed.[↗](../../delude/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Advertisements can delude people into buying things they don't need.[↗](../../delude/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The king was deluded by flattering advisers.[↗](../../delude/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · ‘What!’ cried the King angrily, ‘have I been altogether deceived and deluded?[↗](../../delude/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **deluge** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A deluge is a very heavy fall of rain or a great flood.[↗](../../deluge/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A deluge is a huge amount of something arriving at once, like letters, questions or emails.[↗](../../deluge/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To be deluged with something is to get far too much of it at once.[↗](../../deluge/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (Bible) The Deluge is another name for the great flood in the story of Noah.[↗](../../deluge/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The deluge flooded the streets in minutes.[↗](../../deluge/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We got caught in a deluge on the way home from school.[↗](../../deluge/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The teacher was deluged with questions about the trip.[↗](../../deluge/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · After the advert, the shop received a deluge of orders.[↗](../../deluge/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The story of the Deluge tells how Noah built the ark.[↗](../../deluge/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The river burst its banks after three days of deluge.[↗](../../deluge/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · \[14\] This frightful monster had sprung from the slimy and stagnant waters which remained on the surface of the earth after the deluge of Deucalion.[↗](../../deluge/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **delusion** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A false belief about something, held even though it is not true.[↗](../../delusion/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The lake was a delusion made by the mist.[↗](../../delusion/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He lives under the delusion that he can fly.[↗](../../delusion/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Was the gold just a fair delusion?[↗](../../delusion/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · They are vanity, a work of delusion; in the time of their visitation they shall perish.[↗](../../delusion/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JER.10.15, JPS 1917)[↗](../../delusion/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · They are vanity, a work of delusion; in the time of their visitation they shall perish, (Prophets JER.51.18, JPS 1917)[↗](../../delusion/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · That say to the seers: 'See not,' and to the prophets: 'Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy delusions; (Prophets ISA.30.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../delusion/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **delusional** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (medicine) A delusional person firmly believes things that are not true, even when shown clear proof, often because of an illness.[↗](../../delusional/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (informal) Delusional means having very unrealistic hopes or ideas about yourself or a situation.[↗](../../delusional/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The doctor said the patient was delusional and needed treatment.[↗](../../delusional/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · You're delusional if you think we'll win 10–0\![↗](../../delusional/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The delusional king believed he could fly.[↗](../../delusional/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · He was delusional about how good his singing was.[↗](../../delusional/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Illness can make a person delusional, so they need help.[↗](../../delusional/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · It's delusional to think you can pass without revising.[↗](../../delusional/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **delve** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* To dig into the ground.[↗](../../delve/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") It is an old word, now used mostly for searching deeply into something.[↗](../../delve/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The well, which the princes digged, which the nobles of the people delved, with the sceptre, and with their staves.[↗](../../delve/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.21.18, JPS 1917)[↗](../../delve/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") **demand** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To demand means to ask for something firmly, as if you have the right to it: she demanded an answer.[↗](../../demand/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A demand is a firm request.[↗](../../demand/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Demand is how much people want to buy something: high demand for ice cream in summer.[↗](../../demand/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* To demand can mean to need: the job demands patience.[↗](../../demand/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The customer demanded his money back.[↗](../../demand/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · «Where have you been?»[↗](../../demand/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") Dad demanded.[↗](../../demand/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Ice cream is in great demand on hot days.[↗](../../demand/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · You can watch the show on demand.[↗](../../demand/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Looking after a puppy demands a lot of time.[↗](../../demand/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The king demanded more gold from the villagers.[↗](../../demand/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Workers made demands for better pay.[↗](../../demand/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · 'What are you doing?' demanded Makoma.[↗](../../demand/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Gird up thy loins now like a man; I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto Me.[↗](../../demand/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.40.7, JPS 1917)[↗](../../demand/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Hear, I beseech Thee, and I will speak; I will demand of Thee, and declare Thou unto me.[↗](../../demand/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.42.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../demand/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto Me.[↗](../../demand/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.38.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../demand/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") **demarcate** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (formal) To demarcate something is to mark or set its edges or limits clearly.[↗](../../demarcate/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* White lines demarcate the football pitch.[↗](../../demarcate/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Cones demarcate the area for the race.[↗](../../demarcate/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The treaty demarcated the border between the two countries.[↗](../../demarcate/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Hedges demarcate the fields on the farm.[↗](../../demarcate/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The teacher used tape to demarcate the reading corner.[↗](../../demarcate/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · A rope demarcated the safe area for spectators.[↗](../../demarcate/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **demeanour** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Someone's demeanour is the way they look and behave, which shows their mood or character.[↗](../../demeanour/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She kept a calm demeanour during the exam.[↗](../../demeanour/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · His cheerful demeanour made everyone smile.[↗](../../demeanour/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The detective noticed the man's nervous demeanour.[↗](../../demeanour/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The judge had a serious demeanour.[↗](../../demeanour/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Her demeanour changed when she heard the good news.[↗](../../demeanour/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The new teacher's friendly demeanour put us at ease.[↗](../../demeanour/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · A Psalm of David; when he changed his demeanour before Abimelech, who drove him away, and he departed.[↗](../../demeanour/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.34.1, JPS 1917)[↗](../../demeanour/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · And he changed his demeanour before them, and feigned himself mad in their hands, and scrabbled on the doors of the gate, and let his spittle fall down upon his beard.[↗](../../demeanour/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1SA.21.14, JPS 1917)[↗](../../demeanour/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **dementia** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* An illness of the brain, most often in old people, that slowly makes it hard to remember things, think clearly, find words and look after yourself.[↗](../../dementia/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Grandpa has dementia, so he sometimes forgets my name.[↗](../../dementia/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Dementia is an illness, not just being forgetful.[↗](../../dementia/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Be patient if someone with dementia asks the same question again.[↗](../../dementia/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Looking at old photos can help a person with dementia feel happy.[↗](../../dementia/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Dementia cannot be caught from another person.[↗](../../dementia/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Doctors and carers help people living with dementia.[↗](../../dementia/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **demesne** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (old use) The land that belongs to a lord or a great house, around his home.[↗](../../demesne/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The king walked through his demesne each morning.[↗](../../demesne/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He knew every path in the demesne.[↗](../../demesne/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Their demesne stretched over the hills.[↗](../../demesne/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **demise** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (formal) The death of a person.[↗](../../demise/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The end or failure of something, such as a plan or a business.[↗](../../demise/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The old king's demise was sad.[↗](../../demise/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · After the flood, the town's demise was sudden.[↗](../../demise/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · News of his demise surprised the village.[↗](../../demise/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **demo** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (informal) A demonstration: showing how something works or is done.[↗](../../demo/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (informal) A public march or meeting where people show they support or are against something; a protest.[↗](../../demo/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A short, early or free version of a song, game or program to show what it is like: «a game demo», «a demo tape».[↗](../../demo/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (informal verb) To show how something works: «Can you demo the app?».[↗](../../demo/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The teacher gave us a demo of how to use the microscope.[↗](../../demo/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Thousands of people went on a demo about climate change.[↗](../../demo/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · I played the demo of the game before buying it.[↗](../../demo/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The band recorded a demo in their garage.[↗](../../demo/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Can you demo the new robot for the class?[↗](../../demo/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The cooking demo showed us how to make pancakes.[↗](../../demo/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **democracy** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Democracy is a way of running a country in which the people choose their leaders by voting.[↗](../../democracy/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A democracy is a country run in this way.[↗](../../democracy/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Democracy can mean fair decisions where everyone has an equal say, as in a class vote.[↗](../../democracy/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* In a democracy, people vote for their leaders.[↗](../../democracy/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The United States, Canada and Australia are democracies.[↗](../../democracy/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Ancient Athens had an early form of democracy.[↗](../../democracy/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Our class used democracy to choose the trip — we voted.[↗](../../democracy/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Free speech is important in a democracy.[↗](../../democracy/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · 18 of 30 pupils voted for the zoo; is that more than half?[↗](../../democracy/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **democrat** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A person who believes in democracy, where people choose their leaders by voting and everyone has equal rights.[↗](../../democrat/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (USA, with a capital D) A member or supporter of the Democratic Party, one of the two biggest political parties in the United States; the other is the Republican Party.[↗](../../democrat/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* My aunt in Ohio votes for the Democrats.[↗](../../democrat/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The Democrat and the Republican argued on television.[↗](../../democrat/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A true democrat accepts the result of a fair vote.[↗](../../democrat/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Some states usually vote Democrat and others Republican.[↗](../../democrat/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Barack Obama was a Democrat.[↗](../../democrat/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · In Britain, the Liberal Democrats are a political party.[↗](../../democrat/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **democratic** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Based on democracy: a system where people choose their leaders by voting and have equal rights.[↗](../../democratic/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Fair, where everyone has an equal say in a decision: «a democratic vote in class».[↗](../../democratic/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (US politics, capital D) Belonging to the Democratic Party.[↗](../../democratic/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Mixed up together in a jumbled way, with no one kind better than another.[↗](../../democratic/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We made a democratic decision: everyone voted on the trip.[↗](../../democratic/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · In a democratic country, people choose their leaders.[↗](../../democratic/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The school council is a democratic way to share ideas.[↗](../../democratic/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Voting by secret ballot is part of a democratic election.[↗](../../democratic/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The teacher wanted the class rules to be democratic.[↗](../../democratic/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Free speech is important in a democratic society.[↗](../../democratic/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **demographer** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A scientist who studies populations: how many people live in a place, how old they are, how many are born, die or move.[↗](../../demographer/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A demographer studies how many people are born each year.[↗](../../demographer/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Demographers say the town's population will double.[↗](../../demographer/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The demographer used census numbers to make a chart.[↗](../../demographer/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Demographers noticed that families are getting smaller.[↗](../../demographer/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Planners asked a demographer how many school places would be needed.[↗](../../demographer/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · My aunt is a demographer who studies where people move.[↗](../../demographer/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/) … [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/page/14/) **15** [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/page/16/) … 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