--- title: D — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 31 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/31/) [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 31 [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/) · [E](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/E/) · [F](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/F/) · [G](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/G/) · [H](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/H/) · [I](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/I/) · [J](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/J/) · [K](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/K/) · [L](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/L/) · [M](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/M/) · [N](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/N/) · [O](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/O/) · [P](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/P/) · [Q](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/Q/) · [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/D/) … [30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/page/30/) **31** [32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/page/32/) … [62](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/page/62/) **dimmed** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Made less bright: the lights were dimmed.[↗](../../dimmed/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Became less bright by itself.[↗](../../dimmed/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Made a feeling, hope or memory weaker.[↗](../../dimmed/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (on a car) dimmed or dipped headlights point lower so they do not dazzle other drivers.[↗](../../dimmed/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The lights dimmed and the film began.[↗](../../dimmed/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad dimmed the lamp so the baby could sleep.[↗](../../dimmed/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The stars dimmed as the clouds rolled in.[↗](../../dimmed/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Her hopes dimmed when it started to rain on sports day.[↗](../../dimmed/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The screen dimmed to save battery.[↗](../../dimmed/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The theatre went quiet as the lights dimmed.[↗](../../dimmed/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Time had dimmed his memory of the old house.[↗](../../dimmed/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · His dimmed mind was just clear enough to remember what she had said, and with trembling fingers, that were almost powerless to grasp, he drew it out.[↗](../../dimmed/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Mine eye is dimmed because of vexation; it waxeth old because of all mine adversaries.[↗](../../dimmed/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.6.8, JPS 1917)[↗](../../dimmed/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Mine eye also is dimmed by reason of vexation, and all my members are as a shadow.[↗](../../dimmed/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.17.7, JPS 1917)[↗](../../dimmed/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **dimmer** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Dimmer means less bright: «The light grew dimmer.».[↗](../../dimmer/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A dimmer (or dimmer switch) is a switch that lets you make a light brighter or less bright.[↗](../../dimmer/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Informally, dimmer can mean less clever (from dim = not clever) — unkind.[↗](../../dimmer/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The light got dimmer as the sun went down.[↗](../../dimmer/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Turn the dimmer down for the film.[↗](../../dimmer/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We have a dimmer switch in the living room.[↗](../../dimmer/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The torch got dimmer and dimmer.[↗](../../dimmer/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Stars look dimmer near city lights.[↗](../../dimmer/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The cave grew dimmer the further we went.[↗](../../dimmer/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Can you turn the dimmer up?[↗](../../dimmer/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") I can't read.[↗](../../dimmer/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · His voice grew dimmer as he walked away.[↗](../../dimmer/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **din** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A loud, long, unpleasant noise, often from many sounds together.[↗](../../din/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (verb, rare: din, dins, dinned, dinning) To din something into someone means to make them learn it by repeating it again and again.[↗](../../din/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The children made a terrible din in the dining hall.[↗](../../din/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We could hardly hear the teacher above the din.[↗](../../din/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · What a din\![↗](../../din/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") Turn that music down\![↗](../../din/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The din of the traffic kept me awake.[↗](../../din/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The parrots made a great din at dawn.[↗](../../din/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Mum dinned it into us to look both ways before crossing.[↗](../../din/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The din of hammers came from next door.[↗](../../din/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Astle, The Origin and Progress of Writing, London 1784, p. 41: rhu\![↗](../../din/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") ', IX, 354, 439).[↗](../../din/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") \<)r he could have meant Jewish astronomers like JIashallah, who was called by Abraham ibn Eira an Indian sage (mr; Din) (see M. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../din/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **dine** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (formal) To eat dinner, the main meal of the day.[↗](../../dine/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To dine out: to eat in a restaurant.[↗](../../dine/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To dine on something: to eat it for a meal.[↗](../../dine/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We dined at a lovely restaurant by the beach.[↗](../../dine/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The family dines together every evening.[↗](../../dine/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Let's dine out for Grandma's birthday.[↗](../../dine/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The knights dined on roast chicken.[↗](../../dine/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Set the dining table for six.[↗](../../dine/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Four friends dined and shared the bill equally.[↗](../../dine/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Instead, not long afterward, he invited the Fox to dine with him in turn.[↗](../../dine/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · And when Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the steward of his house: 'Bring the men into the house, and kill the beasts, and prepare the meat; for the men shall dine with me at noon.'[↗](../../dine/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.43.16, JPS 1917)[↗](../../dine/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **diner** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A diner is a person who is eating a meal, especially in a restaurant.[↗](../../diner/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* In the USA and Canada, a diner is a small, simple restaurant serving cheap meals like burgers, pancakes and milkshakes, often with a long counter.[↗](../../diner/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The diners clapped when the cake arrived.[↗](../../diner/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We had pancakes at the diner.[↗](../../diner/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The waitress served the diners quickly.[↗](../../diner/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The old diner had red seats and a jukebox.[↗](../../diner/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · There is a diner by the highway that's open all night.[↗](../../diner/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Each diner got a free drink.[↗](../../diner/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **ding** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A ding is a short ringing sound, like a bell or a timer.[↗](../../ding/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* In American and Australian English, a ding is a small dent or mark, often on a car.[↗](../../ding/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To ding is to make a ringing sound, or to dent something slightly.[↗](../../ding/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The microwave went ding when the food was ready.[↗](../../ding/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Ding\![↗](../../ding/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") A new message arrived.[↗](../../ding/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The lift dinged and the doors opened.[↗](../../ding/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · There's a small ding in the car door.[↗](../../ding/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The bike bell went ding ding.[↗](../../ding/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · He dinged the trolley into the car by accident.[↗](../../ding/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · «Ding-dong» went the doorbell.[↗](../../ding/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Accor- ding to some writers Pythagoras was a Greek, according to others, he was either a Phctnician or a Syrian.[↗](../../ding/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../ding/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **dinghy** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A small open boat, rowed with oars or sailed, often used to get from a bigger boat to the shore.[↗](../../dinghy/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A small rubber boat that you blow up with air, used for fun or in an emergency (an inflatable dinghy).[↗](../../dinghy/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We rowed the dinghy across the harbour to the yacht.[↗](../../dinghy/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad blew up the rubber dinghy on the beach.[↗](../../dinghy/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The sailing club teaches children to sail a dinghy.[↗](../../dinghy/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A dinghy can hold 4 people; how many dinghies do 12 people need?[↗](../../dinghy/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Always wear a life jacket in a dinghy.[↗](../../dinghy/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The dinghy tipped over and we got soaking wet.[↗](../../dinghy/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The big boat towed a little dinghy behind it.[↗](../../dinghy/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · It was the pirate dinghy, with three figures in her, Smee and Starkey, and the third a captive, no other than Tiger Lily.[↗](../../dinghy/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **dingle** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A dingle is a small wooded valley or deep, shady hollow with steep sides.[↗](../../dingle/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We walked down into the dingle to find the stream.[↗](../../dingle/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Ferns grew thick in the dingle.[↗](../../dingle/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The old healer lived in a dingle by the wood.[↗](../../dingle/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **dingo** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A dingo is a wild dog of Australia, usually sandy-yellow, which hunts alone or in packs.[↗](../../dingo/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A dingo howled in the outback.[↗](../../dingo/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't feed the dingoes — it's dangerous.[↗](../../dingo/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Dingoes hunt kangaroos and rabbits.[↗](../../dingo/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The dingo fence is one of the longest fences in the world.[↗](../../dingo/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · A dingo looks like a sandy dog.[↗](../../dingo/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We saw dingo tracks in the sand.[↗](../../dingo/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **dingy** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Dark, dull and dirty-looking; not bright or clean: a dingy room.[↗](../../dingy/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Of colours: faded and dull, not fresh.[↗](../../dingy/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The dingy room had one small window.[↗](../../dingy/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Toad was locked in a dingy dungeon.[↗](../../dingy/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Her white socks had gone dingy and grey.[↗](../../dingy/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We painted the dingy kitchen bright yellow.[↗](../../dingy/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The shop was dingy but full of treasures.[↗](../../dingy/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · They walked down a dingy back street.[↗](../../dingy/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The curtains looked dingy and old.[↗](../../dingy/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · A dingy light came through the dusty glass.[↗](../../dingy/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Instead of dingy velveteen he had brown fur, soft and shiny, his ears twitched by themselves, and his whiskers were so long that they brushed the grass.[↗](../../dingy/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **dining** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Dining is the -ing form of «dine», which means to eat dinner, especially a proper or special meal.[↗](../../dining/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Dining is used before nouns for places and things where meals are eaten: dining room, dining table, dining hall, dining car.[↗](../../dining/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We are dining with Grandma tonight.[↗](../../dining/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The family eats Sunday lunch in the dining room.[↗](../../dining/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Please carry the plates to the dining table.[↗](../../dining/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Our school dining hall is noisy at lunchtime.[↗](../../dining/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · My parents enjoy dining out on Fridays.[↗](../../dining/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The train has a dining car where you can eat.[↗](../../dining/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · They were dining by candlelight when the power went out.[↗](../../dining/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Jem himself put on his best clothes and went into the dining hall.[↗](../../dining/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **dinner** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Dinner is the main meal of the day, usually eaten in the evening.[↗](../../dinner/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* In some parts of the UK, Ireland and Australia, dinner means the meal in the middle of the day (lunch), and the evening meal is «tea».[↗](../../dinner/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A dinner is a formal party with a meal.[↗](../../dinner/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* What's for dinner tonight?[↗](../../dinner/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We have dinner at six o'clock.[↗](../../dinner/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Wash your hands before dinner.[↗](../../dinner/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad is making spaghetti for dinner.[↗](../../dinner/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · I had school dinner today.[↗](../../dinner/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandma invited us to Sunday dinner.[↗](../../dinner/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Please set the table for dinner.[↗](../../dinner/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · They went out for a birthday dinner.[↗](../../dinner/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · For dinner the Fox served soup.[↗](../../dinner/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.[↗](../../dinner/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.15.17, JPS 1917)[↗](../../dinner/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **dinosaur** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A dinosaur is one of a large group of reptiles that lived on Earth millions of years ago and died out; some were huge, others were small.[↗](../../dinosaur/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A dinosaur is also a person or thing that is old-fashioned and no longer useful.[↗](../../dinosaur/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Tyrannosaurus rex was a fierce meat-eating dinosaur.[↗](../../dinosaur/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We saw a huge dinosaur skeleton at the museum.[↗](../../dinosaur/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Dinosaurs lived millions of years ago.[↗](../../dinosaur/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Scientists learn about dinosaurs by studying fossils.[↗](../../dinosaur/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Some dinosaurs were as small as chickens.[↗](../../dinosaur/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Birds are related to dinosaurs.[↗](../../dinosaur/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandpa jokes that his old phone is a dinosaur.[↗](../../dinosaur/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **dint** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A dint is a dent or hollow pressed into a hard surface by a blow.[↗](../../dint/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (old use) «By dint of» means by means of, through the force or effect of something.[↗](../../dint/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* By dint of hard work she passed the test.[↗](../../dint/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He lost his ships by dint of pirates and storms.[↗](../../dint/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The shield had a dint from the sword.[↗](../../dint/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **diocese** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (church) An area with many churches and parishes, looked after by a bishop.[↗](../../diocese/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The church community and offices of that area.[↗](../../diocese/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Our parish is part of the diocese of Dublin.[↗](../../diocese/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The bishop visits every church in his diocese.[↗](../../diocese/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The cathedral is the main church of the diocese.[↗](../../diocese/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Our school is a diocesan school.[↗](../../diocese/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The diocese has more than a hundred parishes.[↗](../../diocese/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Young people from the whole diocese met for a festival.[↗](../../diocese/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **diode** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A diode is a small electronic part that lets electric current flow in only one direction, like a one-way door.[↗](../../diode/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A light-emitting diode (LED) is a diode that gives out light when current passes through it.[↗](../../diode/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A diode lets the current go only one way.[↗](../../diode/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We put the LED in the circuit backwards, so it did not light up.[↗](../../diode/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Our torch uses tiny diodes instead of an old bulb.[↗](../../diode/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The circuit diagram shows a diode as a triangle with a line.[↗](../../diode/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · LED stands for light-emitting diode.[↗](../../diode/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The robot's eyes are two red diodes.[↗](../../diode/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · If the diode is turned round, the buzzer stops.[↗](../../diode/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **dioxide** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A dioxide is a chemical substance whose molecules have two oxygen atoms joined to another atom.[↗](../../dioxide/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* In everyday use it almost always means carbon dioxide (CO₂), the gas that people and animals breathe out.[↗](../../dioxide/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We breathe out carbon dioxide.[↗](../../dioxide/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Plants take in carbon dioxide and give out oxygen.[↗](../../dioxide/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The bubbles in lemonade are carbon dioxide.[↗](../../dioxide/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Burning coal makes carbon dioxide.[↗](../../dioxide/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Carbon dioxide is written CO₂.[↗](../../dioxide/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Too much carbon dioxide warms the planet.[↗](../../dioxide/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Volcanoes give off sulphur dioxide.[↗](../../dioxide/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · A candle in a jar goes out when oxygen runs low.[↗](../../dioxide/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **dip** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To dip something means to put it into a liquid quickly and take it out.[↗](../../dip/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To dip means to go down a little, like a road or a price.[↗](../../dip/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A dip is a thick sauce you put food into, like salsa or hummus.[↗](../../dip/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* A dip is a quick swim.[↗](../../dip/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* A dip is a low place in a road or the ground, or a small drop in a number.[↗](../../dip/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She dipped her biscuit in her tea.[↗](../../dip/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We had carrot sticks with a cheese dip.[↗](../../dip/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Let's go for a dip in the lake.[↗](../../dip/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The road dips down to the river.[↗](../../dip/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Temperatures dipped below zero last night.[↗](../../dip/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The graph shows a dip in March.[↗](../../dip/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · I won a toy in the lucky dip.[↗](../../dip/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · He dipped his toe in the water — too cold\![↗](../../dip/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · "Oh! my brother, the water reaches to my ankles, Still, Oh! my brother, the pitcher will not dip."[↗](../../dip/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And the priest shall dip his finger in the blood, and sprinkle it seven times before the LORD, in front of the veil.[↗](../../dip/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.4.17, JPS 1917)[↗](../../dip/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And of Asher he said: Blessed be Asher above sons; let him be the favoured of his brethren, and let him dip his foot in oil.[↗](../../dip/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.33.24, JPS 1917)[↗](../../dip/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · And the priest shall dip his finger in the blood, and sprinkle of the blood seven times before the LORD, in front of the veil of the sanctuary.[↗](../../dip/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.4.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../dip/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") **diplodocus** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Diplodocus was a huge plant-eating dinosaur with a very long neck and an even longer whip-like tail that lived about 150 million years ago in North America.[↗](../../diplodocus/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Diplodocus had a neck as long as a bus.[↗](../../diplodocus/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Diplodocus ate plants, not meat.[↗](../../diplodocus/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Its long tail may have cracked like a whip.[↗](../../diplodocus/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Dippy the Diplodocus visited our city museum.[↗](../../diplodocus/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · A Diplodocus was about 25 metres long.[↗](../../diplodocus/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We drew a Diplodocus next to a giraffe to compare sizes.[↗](../../diplodocus/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **diplomacy** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The work of governments talking to each other to keep peace, make agreements and sort out problems between countries.[↗](../../diplomacy/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Skill in dealing with people politely and carefully so that nobody gets upset; tact.[↗](../../diplomacy/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The two countries ended the quarrel through diplomacy, not war.[↗](../../diplomacy/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Ambassadors work in diplomacy.[↗](../../diplomacy/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Mum used diplomacy to stop my brother and me arguing over the TV.[↗](../../diplomacy/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · It takes diplomacy to tell a friend their drawing needs work.[↗](../../diplomacy/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The teacher handled the fight with great diplomacy.[↗](../../diplomacy/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Diplomacy is better than fighting.[↗](../../diplomacy/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · "Suppose I make use of a little diplomacy, and play him some sort of a trick!"[↗](../../diplomacy/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") 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