--- title: D — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 49 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/49/) [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 49 [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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meaning 1:* A person or group that gives money, goods or help to a charity or a cause.[↗](../../donor/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (medicine) A person who gives blood, an organ or another part of the body to help someone else: «a blood donor», «an organ donor».[↗](../../donor/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (science) Something that gives up a part, such as an atom giving an electron.[↗](../../donor/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* An anonymous donor gave the school a new piano.[↗](../../donor/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandad is a blood donor and gives blood twice a year.[↗](../../donor/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The donor card says she wants to help others after she dies.[↗](../../donor/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Thanks to a kidney donor, my cousin is healthy again.[↗](../../donor/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The charity thanked all its donors.[↗](../../donor/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The food bank depends on generous donors.[↗](../../donor/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Delighted with the delicious beverage the giant inquired the name of the donor.[↗](../../donor/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **donut** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A donut is a small, sweet, fried cake, often shaped like a ring with a hole in the middle or a ball filled with jam or cream.[↗](../../donut/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Something shaped like a ring can be called a donut shape (in maths, a torus).[↗](../../donut/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (informal, mainly US) Doing donuts means driving a car round and round in tight circles, leaving round skid marks.[↗](../../donut/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I'd like a chocolate donut with sprinkles, please.[↗](../../donut/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A box holds 12 donuts.[↗](../../donut/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The jam donut squirted when I bit into it.[↗](../../donut/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We shared 18 donuts among 6 friends, so each got 3.[↗](../../donut/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · A ring-shaped donut has a hole in the middle.[↗](../../donut/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad bought a dozen donuts for the class party.[↗](../../donut/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The cake was shaped like a giant donut.[↗](../../donut/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **doodle** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* verb To draw little pictures or patterns without thinking much, often while doing something else.[↗](../../doodle/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* noun A little drawing made like this.[↗](../../doodle/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (Google Doodle) A special changing logo on the Google page.[↗](../../doodle/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* A short form of «Labradoodle» or other «-doodle» dogs (informal).[↗](../../doodle/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* A doodle-doo is the sound a rooster makes when it crows.[↗](../../doodle/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I doodled stars all over my rough book.[↗](../../doodle/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Stop doodling and finish your sums\![↗](../../doodle/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Her doodle of a cat was really cute.[↗](../../doodle/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandpa doodles while he talks on the phone.[↗](../../doodle/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Today's Google Doodle is about a famous scientist.[↗](../../doodle/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Our neighbour has a fluffy doodle called Biscuit.[↗](../../doodle/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · And as she went into the yard the cock cried: "Cock-a-doodle-doo\![↗](../../doodle/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **doom** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (noun) Death, ruin or a terrible fate that cannot be avoided.[↗](../../doom/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (verb) To make something certain to fail or suffer: «The plan was doomed from the start».[↗](../../doom/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (noun, informal) «doom and gloom» — a feeling that everything will go wrong.[↗](../../doom/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (old, Bible) Judgement, especially the Last Judgement: «Doomsday» or «the crack of doom».[↗](../../doom/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The ship was doomed when it hit the iceberg.[↗](../../doom/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The knight rode bravely to meet his doom.[↗](../../doom/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Too much rain could spell doom for the picnic.[↗](../../doom/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A feeling of doom came over me before the test.[↗](../../doom/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Stop the doom and gloom — it might be sunny tomorrow\![↗](../../doom/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Without water, the plants were doomed.[↗](../../doom/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The dragon roared, "Your doom is near!"[↗](../../doom/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · “Heavy is my doom!” he groaned.[↗](../../doom/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **doomsday** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Doomsday is the end of the world, or a day of terrible disaster.[↗](../../doomsday/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (Bible, church) Doomsday is an old name for the Day of Judgement, when Christians believe God will judge all people.[↗](../../doomsday/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (history) The Domesday Book (1086) was William the Conqueror's survey of England; the name is linked to «doomsday».[↗](../../doomsday/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Till doomsday means for an extremely long time.[↗](../../doomsday/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The film was about a comet heading for Earth on doomsday.[↗](../../doomsday/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · You could wait till doomsday and he still wouldn't say sorry.[↗](../../doomsday/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Christians believe in a day of judgement, once called Doomsday.[↗](../../doomsday/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The Domesday Book listed pigs, cows and mills in every village.[↗](../../doomsday/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The news gave a doomsday warning about the storm, but it was only windy.[↗](../../doomsday/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The doomsday clock is a symbol of how close the world might be to disaster.[↗](../../doomsday/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · ‘I am an evil spirit,’ said the voice, ‘shut up here till Doomsday, unless a man sets me free.[↗](../../doomsday/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **door** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A door is a part of a wall that opens and closes so people can go in and out of a room, house or car.[↗](../../door/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A door is also a small hinged part of a cupboard, oven or fridge.[↗](../../door/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* «Next door» means in the house beside yours; «door to door» means from one house to the next or all the way.[↗](../../door/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A car has 4 doors.[↗](../../door/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Each room has 1 door and 2 windows.[↗](../../door/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The school has 3 floors with 10 doors on each.[↗](../../door/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · How many doors do 5 cars have?[↗](../../door/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Please close the door quietly.[↗](../../door/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Someone is knocking at the door.[↗](../../door/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Our neighbours next door have a trampoline.[↗](../../door/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · In a fire, close the door behind you.[↗](../../door/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Do not open the door to strangers when you are home alone.[↗](../../door/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · At midnight the cottage door opened.[↗](../../door/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And he put the screen of the door to the tabernacle.[↗](../../door/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.40.28, JPS 1917)[↗](../../door/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · and assemble thou all the congregation at the door of the tent of meeting.'[↗](../../door/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.8.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../door/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · And Lot went out unto them to the door, and shut the door after him.[↗](../../door/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.19.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../door/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · Who can open the doors of his face?[↗](../../door/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.41.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../door/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · Then open the door, and flee, and tarry not.'[↗](../../door/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 2KI.9.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../door/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") · And Berechiah and Elkanah were door-keepers for the ark.[↗](../../door/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings 1CH.15.23, JPS 1917)[↗](../../door/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") **doorbell** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A bell or button by a front door that you press so the people inside know you are there.[↗](../../doorbell/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The sound it makes (I heard the doorbell).[↗](../../doorbell/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The doorbell rang — it was the pizza\![↗](../../doorbell/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Ring the doorbell and wait for someone to come.[↗](../../doorbell/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · If you're home alone, don't open the door to strangers when the doorbell rings.[↗](../../doorbell/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Our doorbell plays a little tune.[↗](../../doorbell/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The video doorbell shows who is at the door on Mum's phone.[↗](../../doorbell/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Pressing the doorbell closes the circuit and the bell rings.[↗](../../doorbell/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Ringing doorbells and running away annoys people.[↗](../../doorbell/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **doorkeeper** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A doorkeeper is a person whose job is to guard a door, check who comes in and go out, and open the door for people.[↗](../../doorkeeper/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The doorkeeper asked for our tickets before we went in.[↗](../../doorkeeper/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Only the king's friends could pass the doorkeeper.[↗](../../doorkeeper/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The doorkeeper locked the gate at night.[↗](../../doorkeeper/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · For the courses of the doorkeepers: of the Korahites: Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph.[↗](../../doorkeeper/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings 1CH.26.1, JPS 1917)[↗](../../doorkeeper/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · These were the courses of the doorkeepers; of the sons of the Korahites, and of the sons of Merari.[↗](../../doorkeeper/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings 1CH.26.19, JPS 1917)[↗](../../doorkeeper/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · and four thousand were doorkeepers; and four thousand praised the LORD 'with the instruments which I made to praise therewith.'[↗](../../doorkeeper/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings 1CH.23.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../doorkeeper/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **doormat** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A thick mat by a door where people wipe the mud off their shoes before they go in.[↗](../../doormat/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (informal) A person who lets others treat them badly and never stands up for themselves.[↗](../../doormat/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Please wipe your feet on the doormat.[↗](../../doormat/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The doormat says «Welcome».[↗](../../doormat/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The dog likes to sleep on the doormat.[↗](../../doormat/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A parcel was left on the doormat.[↗](../../doormat/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Hiding a key under the doormat is not safe.[↗](../../doormat/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't let people treat you like a doormat.[↗](../../doormat/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **doorpost** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A doorpost is one of the upright posts on either side of a door, which hold up the top part of the frame.[↗](../../doorpost/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She hung her coat on the doorpost.[↗](../../doorpost/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He knocked three times on the wooden doorpost.[↗](../../doorpost/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The cat rubbed against the doorpost and purred.[↗](../../doorpost/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **doorstep** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A doorstep is the step or flat spot just outside the front door of a house.[↗](../../doorstep/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* «On your doorstep» means very close to where you live.[↗](../../doorstep/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The parcel was left on the doorstep.[↗](../../doorstep/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A little kitten was crying on our doorstep.[↗](../../doorstep/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Gran waved goodbye from the doorstep.[↗](../../doorstep/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Wipe your feet on the doorstep before you come in.[↗](../../doorstep/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We have a beautiful beach right on our doorstep.[↗](../../doorstep/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The milkman used to leave bottles on the doorstep.[↗](../../doorstep/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Never open the door to strangers on the doorstep without a grown-up.[↗](../../doorstep/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · When he got home his mother was on the doorstep.[↗](../../doorstep/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **doorway** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A doorway is the opening in a wall where a door is.[↗](../../doorway/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A doorway can mean the space just inside or outside a door.[↗](../../doorway/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Mum stood in the doorway and called us in.[↗](../../doorway/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't block the doorway with your bag.[↗](../../doorway/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A shadow appeared in the doorway.[↗](../../doorway/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The cat sat in the doorway, watching.[↗](../../doorway/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The doorway was too low, so he ducked.[↗](../../doorway/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We hung a curtain across the doorway.[↗](../../doorway/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The fire exit doorway must stay clear.[↗](../../doorway/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · She waved from the kitchen doorway.[↗](../../doorway/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · So she went up to the doorway, and over it she found written:[↗](../../doorway/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **dope** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (informal) A dope is a silly or foolish person.[↗](../../dope/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (slang) Dope is an illegal drug, especially cannabis.[↗](../../dope/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Doping is giving drugs to an athlete or animal to cheat in sport or to make someone sleepy.[↗](../../dope/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (slang, US) Dope means great or cool.[↗](../../dope/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* (informal) The dope on something is the inside information about it.[↗](../../dope/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Don't be such a dope, the door says «pull»\![↗](../../dope/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Athletes are tested to stop doping.[↗](../../dope/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The cyclist was banned for doping.[↗](../../dope/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The police found dope in the car.[↗](../../dope/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · (slang) Those trainers are dope\![↗](../../dope/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Give me the dope on the new teacher.[↗](../../dope/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The racehorse had been doped, so it was disqualified.[↗](../../dope/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **doric** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (architecture) The oldest and plainest style of ancient Greek columns, thick and strong with a simple round top, as on the Parthenon in Athens.[↗](../../doric/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (Scotland) Doric is the name of the Scots dialect spoken in the north-east of Scotland, around Aberdeen.[↗](../../doric/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (history) To do with the Dorians, one of the ancient Greek peoples, and their dialect of Greek.[↗](../../doric/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The Parthenon has Doric columns.[↗](../../doric/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Doric columns have a plain, round top.[↗](../../doric/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We drew Doric, Ionic and Corinthian columns in history.[↗](../../doric/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · My granny in Aberdeen speaks Doric.[↗](../../doric/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · In Doric, a boy is a «loon» and a girl is a «quine».[↗](../../doric/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The museum front has six Doric columns.[↗](../../doric/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Thus the Doric style of architecture was sacred to Zeus, Ares, and Heracles; the Ionic to Apollo, Artemis, and Dionysus; and the Corinthian to Hestia.[↗](../../doric/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **dork** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (slang) A person who seems silly, awkward or uncool, often because they are very keen on something.[↗](../../dork/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (slang, friendly) Used jokingly between friends to mean a lovable goof.[↗](../../dork/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* (slang) «You're such a dork,» laughed Emma when I fell off my chair.[↗](../../dork/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · (slang) He wore a dorky hat with a propeller on top.[↗](../../dork/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · (slang) I don't care if people think I'm a dork; I love maths.[↗](../../dork/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · (slang) Calling someone a dork just to hurt them is unkind.[↗](../../dork/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · (slang) My dad did a dorky dance at the wedding.[↗](../../dork/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · (slang) The main character in the film is a lovable dork.[↗](../../dork/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **dorm** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (informal) Short for dormitory: a big bedroom with many beds, for example at a boarding school, camp or hostel.[↗](../../dorm/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (US) A building at a college where students live.[↗](../../dorm/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* On the school trip, eight of us shared a dorm.[↗](../../dorm/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The boys had a midnight feast in the dorm.[↗](../../dorm/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · My cousin lives in a college dorm in Boston.[↗](../../dorm/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Lights out in the dorm was at nine o'clock.[↗](../../dorm/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The camp had four dorms and a big dining hall.[↗](../../dorm/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We decorated our dorm with posters.[↗](../../dorm/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **dormancy** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A time when a living thing is alive but not active or growing, as in seeds waiting to sprout or animals hibernating.[↗](../../dormancy/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A time when a volcano or other thing is quiet but could become active again.[↗](../../dormancy/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The seeds stayed in dormancy until the spring rain.[↗](../../dormancy/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Trees lose their leaves and enter dormancy in winter.[↗](../../dormancy/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The volcano woke up after centuries of dormancy.[↗](../../dormancy/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Bears are in a kind of dormancy during winter.[↗](../../dormancy/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Cold weather helps some bulbs break their dormancy.[↗](../../dormancy/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · After years of dormancy, the old club started meeting again.[↗](../../dormancy/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **dormant** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Not active or growing for a time, but able to become active again, like a sleeping volcano.[↗](../../dormant/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Resting, as plants and seeds do in winter or animals in hibernation.[↗](../../dormant/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Mount Fuji is a dormant volcano.[↗](../../dormant/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The seeds lay dormant all winter.[↗](../../dormant/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The tree is dormant in the cold months.[↗](../../dormant/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A dormant volcano could erupt again.[↗](../../dormant/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Bears are not fully dormant when they hibernate.[↗](../../dormant/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · His talent lay dormant until he tried painting.[↗](../../dormant/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **dormitory** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A large bedroom with many beds, such as in a boarding school, camp or hostel.[↗](../../dormitory/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (US) A college or university building where students live; often shortened to «dorm».[↗](../../dormitory/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (UK, also «dormitory town») A town where people live but travel elsewhere to work.[↗](../../dormitory/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We slept in a dormitory with twelve bunk beds on camp.[↗](../../dormitory/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The girls had a midnight feast in the dormitory.[↗](../../dormitory/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · My cousin lives in a university dormitory.[↗](../../dormitory/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Lights out in the dormitory is at nine.[↗](../../dormitory/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The boarding school has a dormitory for each year group.[↗](../../dormitory/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Many commuters live in the dormitory town and work in the city.[↗](../../dormitory/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **dormouse** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A dormouse is a small furry animal like a mouse with a long fluffy tail, which lives in woods and sleeps through the winter (hibernates).[↗](../../dormouse/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The dormouse sleeps all through the winter.[↗](../../dormouse/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A dormouse has a fluffy tail.[↗](../../dormouse/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Dormice eat hazelnuts and berries.[↗](../../dormouse/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · In Alice in Wonderland, the dormouse falls asleep at the tea party.[↗](../../dormouse/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Dormice are rare in Britain.[↗](../../dormouse/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The dormouse curled up into a tiny ball.[↗](../../dormouse/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The dormouse, of course, was the biggest of all the creatures.[↗](../../dormouse/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/) … [48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/page/48/) **49** [50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/page/50/) … [62](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/page/62/) - ← previous: [page 48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/page/48/) - next →: [page 50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/page/50/) - ↑ back to [The English 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