--- title: D — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 42 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/42/) [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 42 [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/) … [41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/page/41/) **42** [43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/page/43/) … [62](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/page/62/) **distil** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* To let fall in tiny drops, or to make something pure by heating and cooling it.[↗](../../distil/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew; as the small rain upon the tender grass, and as the showers upon the herb.[↗](../../distil/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.32.2, JPS 1917)[↗](../../distil/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · For He draweth away the drops of water, which distil rain from His vapour; (Writings JOB.36.27, JPS 1917)[↗](../../distil/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") **distill** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To make a liquid pure by heating it into steam (vapour) and cooling the steam back into liquid.[↗](../../distill/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To make a drink like whisky this way.[↗](../../distill/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To take the most important parts of an idea or text and put them in a short form.[↗](../../distill/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We distilled salty water to get pure water.[↗](../../distill/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Distilled water is used in car batteries and irons.[↗](../../distill/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Whisky is distilled in Scotland and Ireland.[↗](../../distill/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Can you distill the story into one sentence?[↗](../../distill/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The steam cooled in the tube and became distilled water.[↗](../../distill/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The teacher helped us distill our ideas into a poster.[↗](../../distill/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Perfumes are made by distilling flowers.[↗](../../distill/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Your majesty is well aware that I sometimes amuse myself by distilling very powerful medicines.[↗](../../distill/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **distillation** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Distillation is a way of making a liquid pure by heating it until it turns into vapour (gas), then cooling the vapour so it turns back into liquid and collecting it.[↗](../../distillation/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A distillation is the most important part of something, kept after the rest is taken away.[↗](../../distillation/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Distillation can turn sea water into drinking water.[↗](../../distillation/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · In distillation, the water evaporates and then condenses.[↗](../../distillation/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The salt is left behind after distillation.[↗](../../distillation/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Distilled water is very pure.[↗](../../distillation/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We watched a distillation experiment in the science lab.[↗](../../distillation/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Fractional distillation separates crude oil into different fuels.[↗](../../distillation/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Her talk was a distillation of years of study.[↗](../../distillation/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **distinct** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Clearly different or separate from something else: two distinct groups.[↗](../../distinct/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Easy to see, hear, smell or notice; clear: a distinct smell of smoke.[↗](../../distinct/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Definite; real: a distinct chance of rain.[↗](../../distinct/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Choose three distinct numbers that add up to 10.[↗](../../distinct/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A frog and a toad are distinct animals.[↗](../../distinct/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · There was a distinct smell of burning toast.[↗](../../distinct/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Her voice was clear and distinct.[↗](../../distinct/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · There is a distinct chance of snow tonight.[↗](../../distinct/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The two words sound alike but have distinct meanings.[↗](../../distinct/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · How many distinct letters are in the word «banana»?[↗](../../distinct/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (3: b, a, n)[↗](../../distinct/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · They may be divided into three distinct classes, viz., water, mountain, and tree or wood nymphs.[↗](../../distinct/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **distinction** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A distinction is a clear difference between two things.[↗](../../distinction/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A distinction is a high mark or grade for excellent work.[↗](../../distinction/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Distinction is being special or excellent: a writer of distinction.[↗](../../distinction/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* What is the distinction between a frog and a toad?[↗](../../distinction/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She passed her music exam with distinction.[↗](../../distinction/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We must make a distinction between fact and opinion.[↗](../../distinction/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · He had the distinction of being the youngest player.[↗](../../distinction/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The distinction between the twins was hard to see.[↗](../../distinction/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · (formal) Candidates achieving distinction will receive a certificate.[↗](../../distinction/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · But let me find, when you enjoy honor and distinction, that you possess a grateful heart.”[↗](../../distinction/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The Samaritans still to this day preserve a tradition allowing Resh to occur in both single and double forms, bearing a distinction comparable to the difference between the Spanish single r of pero and double rr of perro.\][↗](../../distinction/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") Taw-Thaw.[↗](../../distinction/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../distinction/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **distinctive** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Easy to recognise because it is different from others; special to one person or thing.[↗](../../distinctive/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The zebra has distinctive black and white stripes.[↗](../../distinctive/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandad has a very distinctive laugh.[↗](../../distinctive/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The robin is easy to spot with its distinctive red breast.[↗](../../distinctive/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The house had a distinctive blue door.[↗](../../distinctive/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Garlic has a distinctive smell.[↗](../../distinctive/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Each fingerprint has a distinctive pattern.[↗](../../distinctive/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · It is necessary to keep clearly in view the distinctive difference between the three great earth-goddesses Gaea, Rhea, and Demeter.[↗](../../distinctive/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **distinctly** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Clearly and easily heard, seen or remembered, as in «speak distinctly».[↗](../../distinctly/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Very definitely, without doubt, as in «I distinctly remember locking the door».[↗](../../distinctly/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Noticeably, quite, as in «It was distinctly cold».[↗](../../distinctly/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Please speak distinctly so everyone can hear.[↗](../../distinctly/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · I distinctly remember putting my keys on the table.[↗](../../distinctly/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The bell rang distinctly across the playground.[↗](../../distinctly/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · It was distinctly colder after the sun went down.[↗](../../distinctly/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The two twins have distinctly different voices.[↗](../../distinctly/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · She looked distinctly annoyed.[↗](../../distinctly/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · And inside it he distinctly heard a tiny voice say: “Bow-wow!”[↗](../../distinctly/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · And they read in the book, in the Law of God, distinctly; and they gave the sense, and caused them to understand the reading.[↗](../../distinctly/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings NEH.8.8, JPS 1917)[↗](../../distinctly/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **distinguish** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To see or understand the difference between two or more things: «distinguish between right and wrong».[↗](../../distinguish/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To be able to see, hear or notice something clearly: «I could just distinguish a shape.».[↗](../../distinguish/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To be the thing that makes someone or something different: «Its long neck distinguishes the giraffe.».[↗](../../distinguish/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* «Distinguish yourself» means do something very well so people notice and respect you.[↗](../../distinguish/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Can you distinguish between a frog and a toad?[↗](../../distinguish/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · It was too dark to distinguish the path.[↗](../../distinguish/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Learn to distinguish fact from opinion.[↗](../../distinguish/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Its black and white fur distinguishes the panda from other bears.[↗](../../distinguish/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · She distinguished herself by winning every race.[↗](../../distinguish/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The twins are so alike it's hard to distinguish them.[↗](../../distinguish/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · A scam email can be hard to distinguish from a real one.[↗](../../distinguish/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · ‘How am I to distinguish this awful thing when I see it?’[↗](../../distinguish/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Instead, the SY may be intimating a twofold pronunciation of Resh known among certain mediveal Jewish communities in Babylonia and elsewhere, which does indeed preserve a distinguish between ‘single’ Resh and ‘double’ Resh.[↗](../../distinguish/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../distinguish/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Goodness distinguishes evil and evil distinguishes goodness; goodness is kept for the good and evil is kept for the evil.[↗](../../distinguish/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") \[6:3\] Three, but each one stands alone.[↗](../../distinguish/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") 7 divided: Three opposite Three, with an edict deciding between them.[↗](../../distinguish/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../distinguish/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **distinguished** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Distinguished means famous and respected because of important work: «a distinguished scientist».[↗](../../distinguished/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Distinguished means looking important and dignified, often an older person.[↗](../../distinguished/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (verb) If you distinguished one thing from another, you saw or showed the difference between them.[↗](../../distinguished/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A distinguished writer visited our school.[↗](../../distinguished/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Please welcome our distinguished guests.[↗](../../distinguished/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandpa looks distinguished in his grey suit.[↗](../../distinguished/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Can you distinguish a frog from a toad?[↗](../../distinguished/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The twins could hardly be distinguished from each other.[↗](../../distinguished/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · She had a distinguished career as a doctor.[↗](../../distinguished/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · And who were these distinguished guests?[↗](../../distinguished/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · "The Deity, it is thought by some, was distinguished by the P3'thagoreans as absolute unity, from unity conceived."[↗](../../distinguished/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") {A (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../distinguished/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Then this Daniel distinguished himself above the presidents and the satraps, because a surpassing spirit was in him; and the king thought to set him over the whole realm.[↗](../../distinguished/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings DAN.6.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../distinguished/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **distort** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To change the shape of something so it looks twisted or wrong, as in a fun-house mirror that distorts your face.[↗](../../distort/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To change facts or words so they give a false idea, as in «distort the truth».[↗](../../distort/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To change a sound so it is unclear or crackly.[↗](../../distort/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The curved mirror distorted my face.[↗](../../distort/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The newspaper distorted what the mayor said.[↗](../../distort/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Water distorts the look of a pencil in a glass.[↗](../../distort/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The speaker was too loud and distorted the music.[↗](../../distort/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Maps distort the size of Greenland.[↗](../../distort/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't distort the facts to win an argument.[↗](../../distort/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · As she looked across the sea, all there grew darker; a heavy mist came rolling onwards, and clung to bush and tree, distorting them into fantastic shapes.[↗](../../distort/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **distorted** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Twisted or changed out of its normal shape.[↗](../../distorted/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (sound, picture) Changed so that it is unclear or not true to the original, like a crackly sound or a wobbly reflection.[↗](../../distorted/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Changed so that it gives a false idea, like distorted facts.[↗](../../distorted/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The fun-house mirror made my face look distorted.[↗](../../distorted/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The speaker crackled and the music was distorted.[↗](../../distorted/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A straw in water looks bent and distorted.[↗](../../distorted/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The newspaper distorted what the mayor had said.[↗](../../distorted/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Heat made the plastic ruler distorted.[↗](../../distorted/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Her voice sounded distorted on the bad phone line.[↗](../../distorted/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · A distorted map can make some countries look bigger than they are.[↗](../../distorted/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Their countenances were so distorted that no one could recognize them, and even one freckle on the face appeared to spread over the whole of the nose and mouth.[↗](../../distorted/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · A man shall be commended according to his intelligence; but he that is of a distorted understanding shall be despised.[↗](../../distorted/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.12.8, JPS 1917)[↗](../../distorted/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Let the proud be put to shame, for they have distorted my cause with falsehood; but I will meditate in Thy precepts.[↗](../../distorted/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.119.78, JPS 1917)[↗](../../distorted/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **distortion** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Distortion is when the shape, sound or picture of something is twisted or stretched so it looks or sounds wrong.[↗](../../distortion/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A distortion of the truth or facts is a version that changes them so they give a false idea.[↗](../../distortion/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* In music, distortion is a rough, buzzing sound effect used on electric guitars.[↗](../../distortion/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The funhouse mirror caused a funny distortion of our faces.[↗](../../distortion/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The water made a distortion so the pencil looked bent.[↗](../../distortion/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The loud speaker gave the music a crackly distortion.[↗](../../distortion/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Saying I broke it on purpose is a distortion of what happened.[↗](../../distortion/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · A graph that does not start at zero can create a distortion.[↗](../../distortion/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The guitarist turned on the distortion pedal.[↗](../../distortion/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Heat over the road made a wobbly distortion in the air.[↗](../../distortion/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · All the other commentaries mentioned above, together with all quotations of other expounders of the same book, contain nothing but a medley of arbitrary, mystical explanations and sophistical distortions of scriptural verses, astrological notions, oriental (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../distortion/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **distract** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To take someone's attention away from what they should be doing or looking at.[↗](../../distract/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To make someone stop thinking about something sad or painful by getting them interested in something else.[↗](../../distract/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The noise outside distracted me from my maths.[↗](../../distract/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't distract the bus driver.[↗](../../distract/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · I get distracted when the TV is on.[↗](../../distract/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad distracted the baby with a toy so she stopped crying.[↗](../../distract/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Put your phone away so it won't distract you when you cross the road.[↗](../../distract/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · One thief distracted the man while another took his wallet.[↗](../../distract/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Try not to distract your partner during the test.[↗](../../distract/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · He felt puzzled and anxious; so he decided to ride into the country to distract his mind, and sent for his huntsmen and falconers.[↗](../../distract/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · I am afflicted and at the point of death from my youth up; I have borne Thy terrors, I am distracted.[↗](../../distract/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.88.16, JPS 1917)[↗](../../distract/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **distraction** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Something that takes your attention away from what you should be doing: «Phones are a distraction in class».[↗](../../distraction/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Something fun that takes your mind off worries; an amusement.[↗](../../distraction/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (formal) A state of great worry or confusion: «driven to distraction».[↗](../../distraction/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Phones are a big distraction during homework.[↗](../../distraction/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The dog barking was a distraction during the test.[↗](../../distraction/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · While Tom caused a distraction, Mia grabbed the key.[↗](../../distraction/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Playing football was a welcome distraction from his worries.[↗](../../distraction/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The noise from the road drives Mum to distraction.[↗](../../distraction/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Never let anything be a distraction when you cross the road.[↗](../../distraction/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · We need a quiet room without distractions.[↗](../../distraction/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **distrain** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* To seize a person's property as payment for a debt.[↗](../../distrain/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Let the creditor distrain all that he hath; and let strangers make spoil of his labour.[↗](../../distrain/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.109.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../distrain/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") **distraught** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* Very upset and troubled, almost out of one's mind with worry or grief.[↗](../../distraught/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Attend unto me, and hear me; I am distraught in my complaint, and will moan; (Writings PSA.55.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../distraught/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · I will not punish your daughters when they commit harlotry, nor your daughters-in-law when they commit adultery; for they themselves consort with lewd women, and they sacrifice with harlots; and the people that is without understanding is distraught.[↗](../../distraught/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets HOS.4.14, JPS 1917)[↗](../../distraught/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") **distress** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Great worry, sadness or pain.[↗](../../distress/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A situation of danger where help is badly needed: «a ship in distress».[↗](../../distress/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (verb) To make someone very worried or upset.[↗](../../distress/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (verb) To make furniture or clothes look old on purpose: «distressed jeans».[↗](../../distress/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The ship sent out a distress signal.[↗](../../distress/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The puppy whimpered in distress.[↗](../../distress/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Her tears showed her distress.[↗](../../distress/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Seeing the injured bird distressed the children.[↗](../../distress/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Lifeguards help swimmers in distress.[↗](../../distress/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The news caused great distress to the family.[↗](../../distress/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The jeans are distressed to look old.[↗](../../distress/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Her evident distress caused the sly Fox much amusement.[↗](../../distress/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · In thy distress, when all these things are come upon thee, in the end of days, thou wilt return to the LORD thy God, and hearken unto His voice; (Torah DEU.4.30, JPS 1917)[↗](../../distress/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · and let us arise, and go up to Beth-el; and I will make there an altar unto God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way which I went.'[↗](../../distress/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.35.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../distress/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And they said one to another: 'We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the distress of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.'[↗](../../distress/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.42.21, JPS 1917)[↗](../../distress/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Nevertheless He looked upon their distress, when He heard their cry; (Writings PSA.106.44, JPS 1917)[↗](../../distress/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · In my distress I called unto the LORD, and He answered me.[↗](../../distress/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.120.1, JPS 1917)[↗](../../distress/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · The troubles of my heart are enlarged; O bring Thou me out of my distresses.[↗](../../distress/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.25.17, JPS 1917)[↗](../../distress/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/) … [41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/page/41/) **42** [43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/page/43/) … [62](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/page/62/) - ← previous: [page 41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/page/41/) - next →: [page 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/page/43/) - ↑ back to [The English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/)