--- title: H — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 17 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/17/) [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 17 [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 young female cow that has not yet had a calf (or has had only one).[↗](../../heifer/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The heifer will have her first calf in spring.[↗](../../heifer/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Five heifers were grazing in the meadow.[↗](../../heifer/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A heifer becomes a cow after she has calves.[↗](../../heifer/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The farmer took his best heifer to the agricultural show.[↗](../../heifer/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · In the Bible, a red heifer is mentioned in the book of Numbers.[↗](../../heifer/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · When the old woman woke, there was no heifer in sight.[↗](../../heifer/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · And the priest shall take cedar-wood, and hyssop, and scarlet, and cast it into the midst of the burning of the heifer.[↗](../../heifer/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.19.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../heifer/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · And the heifer shall be burnt in his sight; her skin, and her flesh, and her blood, with her dung, shall be burnt.[↗](../../heifer/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.19.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../heifer/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And all the elders of that city, who are nearest unto the slain man, shall wash their hands over the heifer whose neck was broken in the valley.[↗](../../heifer/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.21.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../heifer/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Egypt is a very fair heifer; but the gadfly out of the north is come, it is come.[↗](../../heifer/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JER.46.20, JPS 1917)[↗](../../heifer/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And he said unto them: If ye had not plowed with my heifer, ye had not found out my riddle.[↗](../../heifer/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JDG.14.18, JPS 1917)[↗](../../heifer/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · For Israel is stubborn like a stubborn heifer; now shall the LORD feed them as a lamb in a large place?[↗](../../heifer/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets HOS.4.16, JPS 1917)[↗](../../heifer/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") **height** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Height is how tall a person or thing is, from the bottom to the top.[↗](../../height/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Height is how high something is above the ground, like a plane flying at a great height.[↗](../../height/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* The height of something is its strongest or busiest point, like the height of summer.[↗](../../height/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Heights are high places: someone afraid of heights does not like being up high.[↗](../../height/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The height of the tree is 6 metres.[↗](../../height/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Tom's height is 130 cm.[↗](../../height/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A box has length 4, width 3 and height 2.[↗](../../height/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Who has the greater height?[↗](../../height/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · You must be 120 cm in height to go on this ride.[↗](../../height/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We marked my height on the kitchen door.[↗](../../height/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The plane flew at a height of 10 kilometres.[↗](../../height/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · My sister is afraid of heights.[↗](../../height/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · How magnificent was the sight from this height\![↗](../../height/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And thou shalt make the altar of acacia-wood, five cubits long, and five cubits broad; the altar shall be four-square; and the height thereof shall be three cubits.[↗](../../height/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.27.1, JPS 1917)[↗](../../height/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And he made the table of acacia-wood: two cubits was the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof.[↗](../../height/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.37.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../height/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · And he made the altar of burnt-offering of acacia-wood: five cubits was the length thereof, and five cubits the breadth thereof, four-square, and three cubits the height thereof.[↗](../../height/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.38.1, JPS 1917)[↗](../../height/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · Is not God in the height of heaven?[↗](../../height/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.22.12, JPS 1917)[↗](../../height/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · Praise ye the LORD from the heavens; praise Him in the heights.[↗](../../height/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.148.1, JPS 1917)[↗](../../height/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · Folly is set on great heights, and the rich sit in low place.[↗](../../height/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings ECC.10.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../height/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") **heighten** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To make a feeling, effect or danger stronger or greater.[↗](../../heighten/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To make something higher or taller (rare in everyday talk).[↗](../../heighten/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (formal) To increase, as in «heightened security» or «heightened risk».[↗](../../heighten/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The creaking door heightened our fear.[↗](../../heighten/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Music in a film can heighten the excitement.[↗](../../heighten/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Police were on heightened alert after the storm.[↗](../../heighten/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Eating sugar before bed may heighten a child's energy.[↗](../../heighten/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The poster aims to heighten awareness of road safety.[↗](../../heighten/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Her senses were heightened in the dark forest.[↗](../../heighten/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Builders heightened the wall to keep the goats in.[↗](../../heighten/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The close score heightened the tension in the last minute.[↗](../../heighten/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · The clay itself seemed inspired since she had been there, and moulded itself, in heightened beauty, to a likeness of the well-known features.[↗](../../heighten/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **heinous** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* Very wicked and shocking, hateful in a terrible way.[↗](../../heinous/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* For that were a heinous crime; yea, it were an iniquity to be punished by the judges.[↗](../../heinous/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.31.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../heinous/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") **heir** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A person who will receive someone's money, house or other property when that person dies, as in «She is heir to the farm».[↗](../../heir/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The person who will become king, queen or ruler next, as in «the heir to the throne».[↗](../../heir/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Someone who carries on another person's work or ideas.[↗](../../heir/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Prince William is the heir to the throne.[↗](../../heir/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Henry VIII wanted a son as his heir.[↗](../../heir/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She was the only heir to her uncle's fortune.[↗](../../heir/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · In the story, the orphan turned out to be the lost heir of the kingdom.[↗](../../heir/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The farm passed to the oldest heir.[↗](../../heir/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · He saw himself as the heir to his grandad's woodworking skills.[↗](../../heir/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Take my daughter; be my heir; rule my kingdom.[↗](../../heir/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · And Abram said: 'Behold, to me Thou hast given no seed, and, lo, one born in my house is to be mine heir.'[↗](../../heir/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.15.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../heir/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Wherefore she said unto Abraham: 'Cast out this bondwoman and her son; for the son of this bondwoman shall not be heir with my son, even with Isaac.'[↗](../../heir/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.21.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../heir/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And, behold, the word of the LORD came unto him, saying: 'This man shall not be thine heir; but he that shall come forth out of thine own bowels shall be thine heir.'[↗](../../heir/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.15.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../heir/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · For an odious woman when she is married; and a handmaid that is heir to her mistress.[↗](../../heir/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.30.23, JPS 1917)[↗](../../heir/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · And, behold, the whole family is risen against thy handmaid, and they said: Deliver him that smote his brother, that we may kill him for the life of his brother whom he slew, and so destroy the heir also.[↗](../../heir/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 2SA.14.7, JPS 1917)[↗](../../heir/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") **helicopter** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A helicopter is an aircraft with big spinning blades on top, which lets it go straight up, straight down and hover in one place.[↗](../../helicopter/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (rare, verb) To helicopter someone is to carry them by helicopter.[↗](../../helicopter/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (informal) A helicopter parent is a parent who watches over a child too closely.[↗](../../helicopter/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A rescue helicopter lifted the climber off the mountain.[↗](../../helicopter/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The helicopter hovered above the field.[↗](../../helicopter/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We made paper helicopters and timed them falling.[↗](../../helicopter/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The injured man was helicoptered to hospital.[↗](../../helicopter/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · A helicopter can land on a small pad.[↗](../../helicopter/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The police helicopter shone a light down.[↗](../../helicopter/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · His mum is a bit of a helicopter parent.[↗](../../helicopter/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Each helicopter can carry 6 people, so 3 helicopters carry 18.[↗](../../helicopter/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **helium** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A very light gas with no colour or smell that is lighter than air; it is used to fill party balloons and airships so they float.[↗](../../helium/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A chemical element (symbol He), the second lightest of all.[↗](../../helium/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The party balloons were filled with helium.[↗](../../helium/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Helium balloons float up into the sky.[↗](../../helium/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Helium is lighter than air.[↗](../../helium/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The Sun turns hydrogen into helium.[↗](../../helium/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't breathe in helium; it can be dangerous.[↗](../../helium/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · A helium balloon goes floppy after a few days.[↗](../../helium/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Let balloons go only if they won't harm birds and sea animals.[↗](../../helium/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **hell** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* In some religions, a place where bad people are believed to go after death to be punished.[↗](../../hell/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A very unpleasant place or experience.[↗](../../hell/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (rude, mild swearing) Said to show anger, surprise or emphasis.[↗](../../hell/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "What the hell?", "hell of a".[↗](../../hell/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* In the story, the devil lived in hell.[↗](../../hell/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The traffic jam was hell.[↗](../../hell/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · (rude) What the hell is that noise?[↗](../../hell/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · (rude) Bloody hell, that was close\![↗](../../hell/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · (rude) We had a hell of a time getting home.[↗](../../hell/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The long walk in the heat was hell.[↗](../../hell/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **hellenic** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To do with Greece and the Greek people, language and culture, especially ancient Greece.[↗](../../hellenic/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (history) To do with classical Greek civilisation before Alexander the Great (later times are called Hellenistic).[↗](../../hellenic/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Greece's official name is the Hellenic Republic.[↗](../../hellenic/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The Olympics began as a Hellenic festival.[↗](../../hellenic/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The museum has a hall of Hellenic statues.[↗](../../hellenic/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Greeks call themselves Hellenes.[↗](../../hellenic/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Hellenic myths tell of Zeus and the gods of Olympus.[↗](../../hellenic/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") **hello** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A word you say when you meet someone or answer the phone.[↗](../../hello/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A word to get someone's attention: «Hello?[↗](../../hello/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") Is anyone there?».[↗](../../hello/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Said when you are surprised (old-fashioned, UK): «Hello, what's this?».[↗](../../hello/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* A noun: a greeting: «Say hello to your mum».[↗](../../hello/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Hello, Mrs Brown\![↗](../../hello/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Say hello to your grandma for me.[↗](../../hello/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She waved hello from the bus.[↗](../../hello/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · «Hello?[↗](../../hello/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") Who's calling?»[↗](../../hello/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Hello?[↗](../../hello/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") Is anybody home?[↗](../../hello/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · He said a quick hello and ran off.[↗](../../hello/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · It's polite to say hello when you come into a room.[↗](../../hello/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't tell a caller you don't know that you're home alone.[↗](../../hello/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · “Hello!” replied the Tin Woodman calmly.[↗](../../hello/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **helm** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The helm is the wheel or handle used to steer a ship or boat.[↗](../../helm/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To be at the helm means to be in charge of something.[↗](../../helm/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The captain stood at the helm.[↗](../../helm/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Turn the helm to the left\![↗](../../helm/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Our teacher is at the helm of the school trip.[↗](../../helm/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **helmet** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A helmet is a hard hat that keeps your head safe when you ride a bike, scooter or horse, or play some sports.[↗](../../helmet/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Firefighters, builders, soldiers and astronauts also wear helmets.[↗](../../helmet/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A helmet costs $25.[↗](../../helmet/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The team needs 11 helmets.[↗](../../helmet/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He bought a bike and a helmet for $120.[↗](../../helmet/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · 4 helmets are on the shelf.[↗](../../helmet/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Put on your helmet before you ride your bike.[↗](../../helmet/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The builder wore a yellow safety helmet.[↗](../../helmet/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Astronauts wear helmets in space.[↗](../../helmet/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The knight's helmet was made of steel.[↗](../../helmet/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Her helmet cracked in the fall, but her head was safe.[↗](../../helmet/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Persia, Cush, and Put with them, all of them with shield and helmet; (Prophets EZK.38.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../helmet/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Harness the horses, and mount, ye horsemen, and stand forth with your helmets; furbish the spears, put on the coats of mail.[↗](../../helmet/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JER.46.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../helmet/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · And Uzziah prepared for them, even for all the host, shields, and spears, and helmets, and coats of mail, and bows, and stones for slinging.[↗](../../helmet/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings 2CH.26.14, JPS 1917)[↗](../../helmet/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") **helmsman** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A helmsman is the person who steers a ship or boat.[↗](../../helmsman/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The helmsman kept the boat on course.[↗](../../helmsman/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The helmsman called out that land was in sight.[↗](../../helmsman/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Our helmsman knew every rock in the bay.[↗](../../helmsman/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **helot** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (history) A helot was one of the people in ancient Sparta who were made to work the land for the Spartans, almost like slaves, and could not leave.[↗](../../helot/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (formal, rare) A helot is anyone treated like a slave or a serf.[↗](../../helot/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The helots farmed the land for the Spartans.[↗](../../helot/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · There were many more helots than Spartan citizens.[↗](../../helot/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Spartans feared that the helots would rebel.[↗](../../helot/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Helots could not leave the farms they worked on.[↗](../../helot/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The helots rose up against Sparta several times.[↗](../../helot/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Spartan boys trained as soldiers while helots grew the food.[↗](../../helot/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **help** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To help is to do something for someone so their work is easier.[↗](../../help/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Help is the act of helping, or things that make work easier.[↗](../../help/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* «Help!» is shouted when someone is in danger.[↗](../../help/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Can't help means cannot stop yourself, as in I can't help laughing.[↗](../../help/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* A helping is one serving of food on a plate.[↗](../../help/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 6:* Help yourself means take what you want.[↗](../../help/#m6 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 7:* (casual) «Help a mate out» or «gimme a hand» means please help me; «no help at all» is said, often sarcastically, of someone useless.[↗](../../help/#m7 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 8:* (rough) «God help us» or «heaven help him» means things are bad or someone is in trouble; «you're no bloody help» is an angry complaint.[↗](../../help/#m8 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 9:* (formal) «Assistance», «render assistance» and «aid» are the stiff words for help: «Assistance was rendered by two volunteers.».[↗](../../help/#m9 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 10:* (euphemism) «The help» is an old way to say servants or cleaners; «needs a bit of help» can softly mean someone is struggling.[↗](../../help/#m10 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 11:* No help for it means nothing can be done about a situation, so it has to be accepted.[↗](../../help/#m11 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Sam helps his dad pick 30 apples.[↗](../../help/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · With Ann's help they paint 2 walls an hour.[↗](../../help/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She had two helpings of soup.[↗](../../help/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · How many did they pick together?[↗](../../help/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Can you help me carry this box?[↗](../../help/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · If you are lost, ask a police officer for help.[↗](../../help/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Help yourself to some fruit.[↗](../../help/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · I couldn't help smiling when I saw the puppy.[↗](../../help/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · help me out mate, 3 bags each and there's 4 of us, how many bags (casual)[↗](../../help/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Oh great, you're a big help — you ate half the biscuits\![↗](../../help/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (sarcastic)[↗](../../help/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Shut up and help me count them, it's 12 not 10.[↗](../../help/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (rough)[↗](../../help/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · With the assistance of two volunteers, a quantity of 30 apples was harvested; determine the share of each.[↗](../../help/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (formal exam)[↗](../../help/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · There was no help for it.[↗](../../help/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · And the shepherds came and drove them away; but Moses stood up and helped them, and watered their flock.[↗](../../help/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.2.17, JPS 1917)[↗](../../help/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · There is none like unto God, O Jeshurun, who rideth upon the heaven as thy help, and in His excellency on the skies.[↗](../../help/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.33.26, JPS 1917)[↗](../../help/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") · And the LORD God said: 'It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a help meet for him.'[↗](../../help/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.2.18, JPS 1917)[↗](../../help/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") · With whose help hast thou uttered words?[↗](../../help/#x17 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.26.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../help/#x17 "tree and pragmatics") · He is their help and their shield\![↗](../../help/#x18 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.115.9, JPS 1917)[↗](../../help/#x18 "tree and pragmatics") · He is their help and their 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