--- title: H — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 11 description: The 779 words of the English dictionary under H, 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/H/page/11/) [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/) / H # H — The English dictionary · page 11 [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/H/) … [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/H/page/10/) **11** [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/H/page/12/) … [40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/H/page/40/) **haughty** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Proud and unfriendly, acting as if you are better than other people.[↗](../../haughty/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The haughty princess would not talk to the servants.[↗](../../haughty/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She gave me a haughty look and walked away.[↗](../../haughty/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The cat sat on the wall, haughty and proud.[↗](../../haughty/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · His haughty manner made him few friends.[↗](../../haughty/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · «I never eat cheap food,» she said in a haughty voice.[↗](../../haughty/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The Bible says that a haughty spirit comes before a fall.[↗](../../haughty/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Such is the fate of all haughty people.[↗](../../haughty/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood; (Writings PRO.6.17, JPS 1917)[↗](../../haughty/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Pride goeth before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.[↗](../../haughty/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.16.18, JPS 1917)[↗](../../haughty/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · For Thou dost save the afflicted people; but the haughty eyes Thou dost humble.[↗](../../haughty/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.18.28, JPS 1917)[↗](../../haughty/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **haul** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To haul something means to pull or drag it with effort, because it is heavy.[↗](../../haul/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (noun) A haul is an amount of something gained or caught, like fish in a net, stolen goods, or sweets at Halloween.[↗](../../haul/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (noun) A haul is a distance travelled: «a long haul».[↗](../../haul/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (verb, informal) To be hauled up or hauled in front of someone means to be made to go there to be told off.[↗](../../haul/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We hauled the heavy bags up the stairs.[↗](../../haul/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The fishermen hauled in their nets.[↗](../../haul/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · My Halloween haul was 40 sweets\![↗](../../haul/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Police found a big haul of stolen phones.[↗](../../haul/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Australia won a haul of gold medals.[↗](../../haul/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · It's a long haul flight to New Zealand.[↗](../../haul/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · He was hauled in front of the head teacher.[↗](../../haul/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Then he jerked away at the rope and his brothers began to haul it up.[↗](../../haul/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **hauling** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Pulling or dragging something heavy with effort.[↗](../../hauling/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Carrying goods by lorry or truck from place to place; hauling as a noun is this job.[↗](../../hauling/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (informal) Taking someone somewhere they do not want to go: hauling them off to the dentist.[↗](../../hauling/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The fishermen were hauling in their nets.[↗](../../hauling/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We were hauling the heavy box up the stairs.[↗](../../hauling/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The truck is hauling logs to the sawmill.[↗](../../hauling/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Horses were used for hauling carts long ago.[↗](../../hauling/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Mum is hauling us off to see Aunt Jean.[↗](../../hauling/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Hauling a sledge uphill is hard work.[↗](../../hauling/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · One beautiful bright morning, as he was hauling his well-filled nets into the boat, he saw lying among the fishes a tiny little turtle.[↗](../../hauling/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **haunch** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The hip, bottom and top of the leg of a person or animal.[↗](../../haunch/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A back leg and hip of an animal as meat, as in «a haunch of venison».[↗](../../haunch/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The dog sat back on its haunches and begged.[↗](../../haunch/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The hare sat up on its haunches and listened.[↗](../../haunch/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He squatted on his haunches to look at the beetle.[↗](../../haunch/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The cook roasted a haunch of venison for the feast.[↗](../../haunch/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Badger sat on his haunches by the fire.[↗](../../haunch/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The lion crouched on its haunches, ready to spring.[↗](../../haunch/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · A WOLF, passing by, saw some Shepherds in a hut eating a haunch of mutton for their dinner.[↗](../../haunch/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **haunt** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* In stories, a ghost haunts a place or person when it appears there again and again.[↗](../../haunt/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* If a memory or worry haunts you, you keep thinking about it and it upsets you.[↗](../../haunt/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To haunt a place means to go there very often.[↗](../../haunt/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (noun) A haunt is a place someone visits often, like a favourite café.[↗](../../haunt/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* They say a ghost haunts the old castle.[↗](../../haunt/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We went to a haunted house at the fair.[↗](../../haunt/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The sad song haunted me for days.[↗](../../haunt/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · That silly mistake came back to haunt him.[↗](../../haunt/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The park is our favourite haunt after school.[↗](../../haunt/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Pirates once haunted these seas.[↗](../../haunt/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The memory of the storm still haunts her.[↗](../../haunt/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · and to them that were in Hebron, and to all the places where David himself and his men were wont to haunt.[↗](../../haunt/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1SA.30.31, JPS 1917)[↗](../../haunt/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Go, I pray you, make yet more sure, and know and see his place where his haunt is, and who hath seen him there; for it is told me that he dealeth very subtly.[↗](../../haunt/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1SA.23.22, JPS 1917)[↗](../../haunt/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **haunted** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (adjective) Believed to be visited by ghosts: a haunted house.[↗](../../haunted/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (adjective) Looking worried or upset, as if troubled by something: a haunted look.[↗](../../haunted/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (past of haunt) Kept coming back to someone's mind.[↗](../../haunted/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* The memory haunted him.[↗](../../haunted/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (past of haunt) Went often to a place.[↗](../../haunted/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* He haunted the library.[↗](../../haunted/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The old house on the hill is said to be haunted.[↗](../../haunted/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We went on a haunted walk at night.[↗](../../haunted/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Her face had a haunted look after the accident.[↗](../../haunted/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · He was haunted by the mistake for years.[↗](../../haunted/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The school play was about a haunted castle.[↗](../../haunted/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Ghosts are not real, but haunted stories are fun.[↗](../../haunted/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · That it was a ruinous old castle, haunted by spirits.[↗](../../haunted/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **haunting** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Of a ghost: visiting a place again and again (in stories).[↗](../../haunting/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Of a memory or worry: staying in your mind and troubling you.[↗](../../haunting/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (adjective) Beautiful, sad or strange in a way you cannot forget: a haunting tune.[↗](../../haunting/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A ghost is said to be haunting the old castle.[↗](../../haunting/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The song has a haunting melody.[↗](../../haunting/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The haunting cry of the owl echoed through the woods.[↗](../../haunting/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · That mistake kept haunting him for weeks.[↗](../../haunting/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The film's last scene is haunting.[↗](../../haunting/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · People say a grey lady is haunting the library.[↗](../../haunting/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · But after a time a Baba Yaga took to haunting their hut and sucking the breasts of the merchant's daughter.[↗](../../haunting/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **hausa** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (a name) The Hausa are a large people of West Africa, mainly in northern Nigeria and Niger.[↗](../../hausa/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The Hausa language, spoken by tens of millions of people in West Africa as a first or second language.[↗](../../hausa/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* It is not an English word; it is the name of a people and their language.[↗](../../hausa/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Hausa is spoken by many millions of people in West Africa.[↗](../../hausa/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The Hausa people live mainly in northern Nigeria and Niger.[↗](../../hausa/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · «Sannu» means «hello» in Hausa.[↗](../../hausa/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Kano is a famous Hausa city with ancient dye pits.[↗](../../hausa/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The BBC broadcasts news in Hausa.[↗](../../hausa/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") **have** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To have is to own or hold something.[↗](../../have/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* I have a bike.[↗](../../have/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To have is to be made of or contain.[↗](../../have/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* A week has 7 days.[↗](../../have/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To have is to eat, drink or take part in: have lunch, have a bath, have fun.[↗](../../have/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* «Have to» means must.[↗](../../have/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* I have to go.[↗](../../have/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* Have helps make past tenses.[↗](../../have/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* I have finished.[↗](../../have/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 6:* To have can mean to get or be ill with: have a cold, have a baby.[↗](../../have/#m6 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 7:* (casual) «Have got» or just «got» means have.[↗](../../have/#m7 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* I've got 2; «hafta» and «gotta» mean have to; «I'll have a …» orders food.[↗](../../have/#m7 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 8:* (rough) «You've had it!» means you are in big trouble; «I've had it with you» means I have lost patience; «have a go at» means attack with words; «been had» means been tricked.[↗](../../have/#m8 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 9:* (formal) The exam voice says «possess», «be in possession of», «hold», «retain», «comprise», «contain», «be obliged to» (have to).[↗](../../have/#m9 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Zoe had 8 books and lost 5.[↗](../../have/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") How many books does Zoe have now?[↗](../../have/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Each bag has 4 stamps.[↗](../../have/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Tom has 3 more pens than Ali.[↗](../../have/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A week has 7 days.[↗](../../have/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · A spider has 8 legs and an insect has 6.[↗](../../have/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We have pasta for dinner on Fridays.[↗](../../have/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · I have to finish my homework.[↗](../../have/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Have you ever seen snow?[↗](../../have/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Have fun at the party\![↗](../../have/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · got 7 ants in the jar lol how many legs is that[↗](../../have/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Break that again and you've had it\![↗](../../have/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · How many does Zoe retain, given that she was initially in possession of 8 volumes and subsequently mislaid 5?[↗](../../have/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · And Sarai was barren; she had no child.[↗](../../have/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.11.30, JPS 1917)[↗](../../have/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · Thou shalt have no other gods before Me.[↗](../../have/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.20.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../have/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · And Abraham gave all that he had unto Isaac.[↗](../../have/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.25.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../have/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") · Shall windy words have an end?[↗](../../have/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.16.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../have/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") · 'Who would have believed our report?[↗](../../have/#x17 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.53.1, JPS 1917)[↗](../../have/#x17 "tree and pragmatics") · I the LORD have spoken it.'[↗](../../have/#x18 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets EZK.5.17, JPS 1917)[↗](../../have/#x18 "tree and pragmatics") **haven** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A haven is a safe, peaceful place where people or animals can rest or be protected.[↗](../../haven/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (old use) A harbour where ships can shelter.[↗](../../haven/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A tax haven is a country where people put money to pay less tax (money).[↗](../../haven/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The garden pond is a haven for frogs.[↗](../../haven/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Our treehouse is a haven from my noisy brothers.[↗](../../haven/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The ship found a haven from the storm.[↗](../../haven/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The library is a quiet haven at lunchtime.[↗](../../haven/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The island is a haven for seabirds.[↗](../../haven/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Some rich people keep money in tax havens.[↗](../../haven/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Home should be a safe haven for every child.[↗](../../haven/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Then were they glad because they were quiet, and He led them unto their desired haven.[↗](../../haven/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.107.30, JPS 1917)[↗](../../haven/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **havoc** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Great damage, mess or destruction caused by something or someone.[↗](../../havoc/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The cat caused havoc among the mice.[↗](../../havoc/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The storm wrought havoc on the village.[↗](../../havoc/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A pestilence made terrible havoc among the people.[↗](../../havoc/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · They said in their heart: 'Let us make havoc of them altogether'; they have burned up all the meeting-places of God in the land.[↗](../../havoc/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.74.8, JPS 1917)[↗](../../havoc/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") **haw** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A haw is the small red berry of the hawthorn tree.[↗](../../haw/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (verb) To hum and haw (US: hem and haw) means to take a long time to decide, making noises like «um» and «er».[↗](../../haw/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (interjection) «Haw» is the sound of a loud laugh, often written «haw haw».[↗](../../haw/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (farming, USA) «Haw!» is a call to a horse or ox to turn left (and «gee» means turn right).[↗](../../haw/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* The braying sound a donkey makes is also "haw", often written "hee-haw".[↗](../../haw/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Birds were eating the red haws on the hawthorn.[↗](../../haw/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The haws ripen in autumn.[↗](../../haw/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Stop humming and hawing and choose a flavour\![↗](../../haw/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · He hemmed and hawed before answering.[↗](../../haw/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · «Haw haw!» laughed the pirate.[↗](../../haw/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The farmer shouted «Haw!» and the horse turned left.[↗](../../haw/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · "Hee-haw, hee-haw!" roared the ass; "bow-wow!" barked the dog; "meaw-meaw!" cried the cat; "cock-a-doodle-doo!" crowed the cock.[↗](../../haw/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **hawaiian** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Hawaiian means from or about Hawaii, the group of islands in the Pacific Ocean that is a state of the USA.[↗](../../hawaiian/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A Hawaiian is a person from Hawaii, especially one of the Native Hawaiian people.[↗](../../hawaiian/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Hawaiian is the Polynesian language of the Native Hawaiian people.[↗](../../hawaiian/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The Hawaiian islands were made by volcanoes.[↗](../../hawaiian/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · My uncle wore a bright Hawaiian shirt with flowers on it.[↗](../../hawaiian/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Hawaiian pizza has ham and pineapple on it.[↗](../../hawaiian/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · «Aloha» is a Hawaiian word for hello and goodbye.[↗](../../hawaiian/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We learned a Hawaiian dance called the hula.[↗](../../hawaiian/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Native Hawaiians were the first people to live on the islands.[↗](../../hawaiian/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **hawk** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A bird of prey with sharp eyes, a hooked beak and strong claws (talons), which hunts small animals.[↗](../../hawk/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (verb) To sell things by walking about and calling out, like at a market.[↗](../../hawk/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (verb) To clear your throat noisily.[↗](../../hawk/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* A person who prefers strong, warlike actions (opposite of a dove).[↗](../../hawk/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A hawk was circling high above the field.[↗](../../hawk/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The hawk swooped down and caught a mouse.[↗](../../hawk/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Our teacher watches us like a hawk during tests.[↗](../../hawk/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The hawk's sharp talons grip its prey.[↗](../../hawk/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Street sellers hawked newspapers on the corner.[↗](../../hawk/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Hawks can see a mouse from very high up.[↗](../../hawk/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · and the ostrich, and the night-hawk, and the sea-mew, and the hawk after its kinds; (Torah LEV.11.16, JPS 1917)[↗](../../hawk/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Doth the hawk soar by thy wisdom, and stretch her wings toward the south?[↗](../../hawk/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.39.26, JPS 1917)[↗](../../hawk/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **hawksbill** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A hawksbill (hawksbill turtle) is a sea turtle with a narrow beak curved like a hawk's, living on coral reefs in warm seas; it is critically endangered.[↗](../../hawksbill/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The hawksbill turtle eats sponges on the coral reef.[↗](../../hawksbill/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Hawksbills are critically endangered.[↗](../../hawksbill/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · People used to make tortoiseshell combs from hawksbill shells.[↗](../../hawksbill/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We saw a hawksbill while snorkelling on the Great Barrier Reef.[↗](../../hawksbill/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The hawksbill gets its name from its pointed beak.[↗](../../hawksbill/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · It is illegal to buy products made from hawksbill shell.[↗](../../hawksbill/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **hawthorn** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A thorny bush or small tree with white or pink flowers in spring and small red berries in autumn, often grown as a hedge.[↗](../../hawthorn/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The garden had a tall hawthorn hedge.[↗](../../hawthorn/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Be careful, the hawthorn has sharp thorns.[↗](../../hawthorn/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · In May the hawthorn is covered in white flowers.[↗](../../hawthorn/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **hay** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Hay is long grass that has been cut and dried, used to feed animals like horses, cows, rabbits and guinea pigs.[↗](../../hay/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The horse is eating hay.[↗](../../hay/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Rabbits need fresh hay every day.[↗](../../hay/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Farmers make hay in summer.[↗](../../hay/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We sat on hay bales at the farm.[↗](../../hay/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Hay fever makes me sneeze in spring.[↗](../../hay/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Finding my earring in the garden was like finding a needle in a haystack.[↗](../../hay/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The barn is full of hay.[↗](../../hay/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Make hay while the sun shines.[↗](../../hay/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Then the man filled the manger with hay.[↗](../../hay/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · When the hay is mown, and the tender grass showeth itself, and the herbs of the mountains are gathered in; (Writings PRO.27.25, JPS 1917)[↗](../../hay/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **hayloft** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* An upper floor in a barn or stable where hay is stored.[↗](../../hayloft/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We hid the kittens in the hayloft.[↗](../../hayloft/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She climbed the ladder into the hayloft.[↗](../../hayloft/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The hay was piled high in the hayloft.[↗](../../hayloft/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **haymaking** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Cutting grass, drying it in the sun and gathering it as hay to feed animals in winter.[↗](../../haymaking/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (sport, informal) A haymaker is a big wild punch; haymaking can mean throwing such punches.[↗](../../haymaking/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Haymaking starts in early summer.[↗](../../haymaking/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The whole village helped with the haymaking.[↗](../../haymaking/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Haymaking needs a few dry sunny days.[↗](../../haymaking/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · In the old days, haymaking was done with scythes.[↗](../../haymaking/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Make hay while the sun shines, and do your homework while you have time\![↗](../../haymaking/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The farmer is busy with haymaking this week.[↗](../../haymaking/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/H/) … [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/H/page/10/) **11** [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/H/page/12/) … [40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/H/page/40/) - ← previous: [page 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/H/page/10/) - next →: [page 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/H/page/12/) - ↑ back to [The English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/)