--- title: H — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 21 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/21/) [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 21 [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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[40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/H/page/40/) **hewn** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Cut or chopped with an axe, pick or other sharp tool, especially wood or stone.[↗](../../hewn/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (adjective) Shaped roughly by cutting, as in «rough-hewn».[↗](../../hewn/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Early Modern English, meaning 1:* Cut or shaped with an axe, tool or saw.[↗](../../hewn/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The steps were hewn out of solid rock.[↗](../../hewn/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The cottage had a rough-hewn wooden table.[↗](../../hewn/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Stone for the cathedral was hewn from a nearby quarry.[↗](../../hewn/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Miners hewed coal deep underground.[↗](../../hewn/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The ancient tomb was hewn into the cliff.[↗](../../hewn/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The beams were hand-hewn by carpenters long ago.[↗](../../hewn/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The churches there are almost entirely built of hewn blocks of stone, each like a piece of rock.[↗](../../hewn/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · And if thou make Me an altar of stone, thou shalt not build it of hewn stones; for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast profaned it.[↗](../../hewn/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.20.25, JPS 1917)[↗](../../hewn/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · and houses full of all good things, which thou didst not fill, and cisterns hewn out, which thou the didst not hew, vineyards and olive-trees, which thou didst not plant, and thou shalt eat and be satisfied — (Torah DEU.6.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../hewn/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · nB3 mynp nna ni2isn hpa graved by the voice, hewn out :mDipD nti-ens in the air, and fixed in the moutli in five places.[↗](../../hewn/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../hewn/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars; (Writings PRO.9.1, JPS 1917)[↗](../../hewn/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · And above were costly stones, after the measure of hewn stones, and cedar-wood.[↗](../../hewn/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1KI.7.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../hewn/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · He hath enclosed my ways with hewn stone, He hath made my paths crooked.[↗](../../hewn/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings LAM.3.9, JPS 1917)[↗](../../hewn/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · And if thou make Me an altar of stone, thou shalt not build it of hewn stones; for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast profaned it.[↗](../../hewn/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.20.25, JPS 1917) · Fail in this, and you shall be hewn in a thousand pieces.’[↗](../../hewn/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (The Pink Fairy Book) · and houses full of all good things, which thou didst not fill, and cisterns hewn out, which thou the didst not hew, vineyards and olive-trees, which thou didst not plant, and thou shalt eat and be satisfied —[↗](../../hewn/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.6.11, JPS 1917) **hexad** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* A group of six things.[↗](../../hexad/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Note the subdivision of the Decad into the Tetrad — four elements ; and the Hexad — six dimensions of space.[↗](../../hexad/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../hexad/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") **hexagon** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A hexagon is a flat shape with 6 straight sides and 6 corners.[↗](../../hexagon/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") A hexagon has 6 sides.[↗](../../hexagon/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A regular hexagon has all 6 sides the same length and all 6 angles the same size (120 degrees each).[↗](../../hexagon/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A hexagon has 6 sides.[↗](../../hexagon/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Each side of the hexagon is 4 cm.[↗](../../hexagon/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · What is its perimeter?[↗](../../hexagon/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · How many sides do 3 hexagons have?[↗](../../hexagon/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The cells of a honeycomb are hexagons.[↗](../../hexagon/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The bathroom floor is covered with little white hexagons.[↗](../../hexagon/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · A nut has a hexagon shape so a spanner can grip it.[↗](../../hexagon/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Draw a hexagon and join opposite corners to make 6 triangles.[↗](../../hexagon/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · A regular hexagon fits together with others without gaps.[↗](../../hexagon/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **hexagonal** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Hexagonal means shaped like a hexagon: having six straight sides and six corners.[↗](../../hexagonal/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Bees build hexagonal cells in their honeycomb.[↗](../../hexagonal/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · This pencil is hexagonal so it does not roll off the desk.[↗](../../hexagonal/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The Giant's Causeway is made of hexagonal rock columns.[↗](../../hexagonal/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A hexagonal shape has six sides.[↗](../../hexagonal/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The snowflake had a hexagonal pattern.[↗](../../hexagonal/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Hexagonal tiles fit together without gaps.[↗](../../hexagonal/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · A hexagonal prism has two hexagonal faces and six rectangle faces.[↗](../../hexagonal/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **hi** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Hi is a friendly word you say when you meet someone.[↗](../../hi/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") It means hello.[↗](../../hi/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* «Say hi to» someone means give them a friendly greeting from you.[↗](../../hi/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Hi can also be shouted to get someone's attention, as when calling people to hurry.[↗](../../hi/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Hi, I have 5 apples.[↗](../../hi/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Sam says hi to his friends.[↗](../../hi/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · «Hi», said the teacher.[↗](../../hi/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Hi\![↗](../../hi/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") How many sweets do you have?[↗](../../hi/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Hi Grandma, how are you?[↗](../../hi/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Say hi to your mum for me.[↗](../../hi/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Hi there, can I help you?[↗](../../hi/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · She waved and called «Hi!» across the playground.[↗](../../hi/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Hi! comrades, make haste! make haste!’[↗](../../hi/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Out of two let ers") two biliteral words are formed as : 2N, X3 Out of three letters six triliteral words are formed as: :i3K, 3:s, 3X3, Hi2, axJ, X2i.[↗](../../hi/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../hi/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **hibernate** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Of an animal: to spend the winter in a deep sleep-like state, with the body slowed down and cold, to save energy.[↗](../../hibernate/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (of a computer) To switch to a power-saving state that keeps your work.[↗](../../hibernate/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Hedgehogs hibernate in piles of leaves.[↗](../../hibernate/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Before they hibernate, animals eat lots of food.[↗](../../hibernate/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Bats hibernate in caves and lofts.[↗](../../hibernate/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A hibernating animal breathes very slowly.[↗](../../hibernate/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't disturb a hibernating hedgehog in a bonfire pile — check before lighting it\![↗](../../hibernate/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Bears sleep through the winter, but not as deeply as true hibernators.[↗](../../hibernate/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Some frogs hibernate in mud at the bottom of ponds.[↗](../../hibernate/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · I wish I could hibernate until the summer\![↗](../../hibernate/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **hibernating** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Hibernating means spending the winter in a deep sleep-like rest.[↗](../../hibernating/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A hibernating animal is one that is in this long winter rest.[↗](../../hibernating/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The hedgehog is hibernating under the leaves.[↗](../../hibernating/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Check bonfire piles for hibernating hedgehogs.[↗](../../hibernating/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Hibernating bats hang in caves all winter.[↗](../../hibernating/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A hibernating animal breathes very slowly.[↗](../../hibernating/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The bear is hibernating in its den.[↗](../../hibernating/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Frogs spend winter hibernating in the mud.[↗](../../hibernating/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **hibernation** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A very deep sleep-like rest that some animals go into during winter: their body cools, their heart slows and they live on stored fat.[↗](../../hibernation/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (informal) A long time of staying inside and resting.[↗](../../hibernation/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Hedgehogs go into hibernation in winter.[↗](../../hibernation/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Before hibernation, animals eat lots of food.[↗](../../hibernation/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Bats hang upside down during hibernation.[↗](../../hibernation/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Waking an animal from hibernation uses up its energy.[↗](../../hibernation/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The tortoise came out of hibernation in spring.[↗](../../hibernation/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · After the holidays, I came out of hibernation and went outside.[↗](../../hibernation/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **hiccough** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* An old spelling of «hiccup»: a sudden, sharp «hic» sound when a muscle under your lungs (the diaphragm) jerks and makes you breathe in.[↗](../../hiccough/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (hiccoughs / hiccups) A short spell of these sounds one after another.[↗](../../hiccough/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A small problem or delay: «a hiccough in our plans».[↗](../../hiccough/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I got hiccoughs after drinking my fizzy drink too fast.[↗](../../hiccough/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He hiccoughed all through the school assembly.[↗](../../hiccough/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The old book spells hiccup as «hiccough».[↗](../../hiccough/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · My little brother tried to scare away my hiccoughs.[↗](../../hiccough/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · There was a small hiccough with the bus, but we arrived on time.[↗](../../hiccough/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Hiccoughs happen when your diaphragm jerks.[↗](../../hiccough/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **hiccup** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A hiccup is a sudden, short "hic" sound you make when a muscle under your lungs jumps by itself.[↗](../../hiccup/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Hiccups (or the hiccups) is having many of these one after another.[↗](../../hiccup/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (informal) A hiccup is a small problem or delay.[↗](../../hiccup/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "a small hiccup in our plans".[↗](../../hiccup/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I got the hiccups after drinking fizzy pop too fast.[↗](../../hiccup/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Hold your breath to stop your hiccups.[↗](../../hiccup/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The baby hiccuped after her milk.[↗](../../hiccup/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · "Hic!" went the hiccup in the middle of the quiet test.[↗](../../hiccup/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · There was a small hiccup: the bus was late.[↗](../../hiccup/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Apart from one hiccup, the play went perfectly.[↗](../../hiccup/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **hick** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (US, informal, rude) An insulting word for someone from the countryside, suggesting they are simple and old-fashioned.[↗](../../hick/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (adjective, informal) Small, rural and old-fashioned: a hick town.[↗](../../hick/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A short sound like a hiccup.[↗](../../hick/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The city kids unkindly called him a hick.[↗](../../hick/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · They grew up in a small hick town in Kansas.[↗](../../hick/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · «Don't call people hicks,» said the teacher.[↗](../../hick/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · In the film, the «hick» farmer turned out to be the cleverest character.[↗](../../hick/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Hick! went my little sister when she had hiccups.[↗](../../hick/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") **hickory** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A North American tree of the walnut family, with hard nuts.[↗](../../hickory/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The very hard, strong wood of this tree, used for tool handles and drumsticks.[↗](../../hickory/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Smoke from hickory wood, used to flavour meat: hickory-smoked bacon.[↗](../../hickory/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* «Hickory, dickory, dock, the mouse ran up the clock.»[↗](../../hickory/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Squirrels love to eat hickory nuts.[↗](../../hickory/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Axe handles are often made of hickory.[↗](../../hickory/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad's barbecue sauce has a hickory-smoked flavour.[↗](../../hickory/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Hickory wood is very hard and strong.[↗](../../hickory/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The pioneers used hickory to make wagon wheels.[↗](../../hickory/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **hidden** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Hidden means put in a place where it cannot easily be seen or found.[↗](../../hidden/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Hidden can mean secret or not known by others: a hidden meaning.[↗](../../hidden/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* «Has hidden» or «was hidden» is the form of the verb «hide».[↗](../../hidden/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The treasure was hidden under an old tree.[↗](../../hidden/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · My brother has hidden my shoes again\![↗](../../hidden/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The cat stayed hidden under the bed during the storm.[↗](../../hidden/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Can you find the hidden animals in this picture?[↗](../../hidden/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · There was a hidden message in the story.[↗](../../hidden/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Rocks can be hidden under the water, so don't dive in.[↗](../../hidden/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The sun was hidden behind the clouds.[↗](../../hidden/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · She kept her diary hidden in a drawer.[↗](../../hidden/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Somewhere on it is hidden a rich treasure.[↗](../../hidden/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · They shall call peoples unto the mountain; there shall they offer sacrifices of righteousness; for they shall suck the abundance of the seas, and the hidden treasures of the sand.[↗](../../hidden/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.33.19, JPS 1917)[↗](../../hidden/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Both items refer to anatomical hiddenness: the word emerging from the tongue, hidden in the mouth, and circumcision of the genitals, the concealed lower organs revealed during circumcision.[↗](../../hidden/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../hidden/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · The Eighth Path is called Absolute or Perfect, because it is the means of the primordial, which has no root by which it can cleave, nor rest, except in the hidden places Of GEDULAH.[↗](../../hidden/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887)[↗](../../hidden/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · Clear Thou me from hidden faults.[↗](../../hidden/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.19.13, JPS 1917)[↗](../../hidden/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · How are his hidden places sought out\![↗](../../hidden/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets OBA.1.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../hidden/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · Better is open rebuke than love that is hidden.[↗](../../hidden/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.27.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../hidden/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") **hiddenness** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* The state of being hidden or out of sight.[↗](../../hiddenness/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Both items refer to anatomical hiddenness: the word emerging from the tongue, hidden in the mouth, and circumcision of the genitals, the concealed lower organs revealed during circumcision.[↗](../../hiddenness/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../hiddenness/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") **hide** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To hide means to put something where it cannot be seen or found.[↗](../../hide/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To hide is also to go where others cannot see or find you.[↗](../../hide/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To hide a feeling is to keep it secret.[↗](../../hide/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* A hide is an animal's skin, used to make leather.[↗](../../hide/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* A hide is also a small hut where people watch birds without being seen.[↗](../../hide/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She hid 12 eggs; the kids found 9.[↗](../../hide/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") How many are still hidden?[↗](../../hide/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Tom hides 3 coins in each box.[↗](../../hide/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · 5 cats hide under the bed.[↗](../../hide/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · How many did he hide in all?[↗](../../hide/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Let us play hide-and-seek.[↗](../../hide/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The pirates hid the treasure on an island.[↗](../../hide/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The chameleon hides by changing colour.[↗](../../hide/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · He tried to hide his tears.[↗](../../hide/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · We watched the ducks from the bird hide.[↗](../../hide/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Or is it his wrinkled hide?[↗](../../hide/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And the LORD said: 'Shall I hide from Abraham that which I am doing; (Torah GEN.18.17, JPS 1917)[↗](../../hide/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Moreover the LORD thy God will send the hornet among them, until they that are left, and they that hide themselves, perish from before thee.[↗](../../hide/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.7.20, JPS 1917)[↗](../../hide/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · Thou shalt not see thy brother's ox or his sheep driven away, and hide thyself from them; thou shalt surely bring them back unto thy brother.[↗](../../hide/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.22.1, JPS 1917)[↗](../../hide/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · How long wilt Thou hide Thy face from me?[↗](../../hide/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.13.2, JPS 1917)[↗](../../hide/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · How long, O LORD, wilt Thou hide Thyself for ever?[↗](../../hide/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.89.47, JPS 1917)[↗](../../hide/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") · Hide Thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities.[↗](../../hide/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.51.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../hide/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") **hideous** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Hideous means extremely ugly or horrible to look at.[↗](../../hideous/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Hideous also means very unpleasant or shocking, like a hideous crime or a hideous noise.[↗](../../hideous/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The troll had a hideous face covered in warts.[↗](../../hideous/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Aunt Jo knitted me a hideous orange jumper.[↗](../../hideous/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The machine made a hideous screech.[↗](../../hideous/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The witch let out a hideous laugh.[↗](../../hideous/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · That was a hideous crime.[↗](../../hideous/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · I think the new car colour is hideous, but Dad loves it.[↗](../../hideous/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · ‘Who is that hideous old witch?’ said the king.[↗](../../hideous/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **hideously** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* In a very ugly, horrible or frightening way.[↗](../../hideously/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (informal) Extremely, in a bad way, as in «hideously expensive» or «hideously embarrassing».[↗](../../hideously/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The monster grinned hideously in the dark.[↗](../../hideously/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The old house had been hideously painted orange and purple.[↗](../../hideously/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The trainers were hideously expensive.[↗](../../hideously/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · It was hideously early when the alarm rang.[↗](../../hideously/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The Duchess was hideously ugly in the old pictures of Alice.[↗](../../hideously/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The weasels laughed hideously at Toad's misfortune.[↗](../../hideously/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Her wicked brother stopped over her, and laughed hideously, as fiends only can laugh.[↗](../../hideously/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **hie** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (old use) To hurry or go quickly.[↗](../../hie/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Hie away, quick as the wind\![↗](../../hie/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The knight hied to the castle at dawn.[↗](../../hie/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Hie home before the storm\![↗](../../hie/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **hierarchical** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Arranged in levels or ranks, from the top to the bottom, with each level more important or powerful than the one below.[↗](../../hierarchical/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (science) Arranged in groups inside bigger groups, like a family tree.[↗](../../hierarchical/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The army is a hierarchical organisation, with generals at the top.[↗](../../hierarchical/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Medieval society was hierarchical: the king, then the lords, then the peasants.[↗](../../hierarchical/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Living things are classified in a hierarchical system.[↗](../../hierarchical/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Folders on a computer are arranged in a hierarchical way.[↗](../../hierarchical/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · In the hierarchical world of Wonderland, the King and Queen of Hearts rule the cards.[↗](../../hierarchical/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · A family tree is a hierarchical diagram.[↗](../../hierarchical/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/H/) … [20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/H/page/20/) **21** [22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/H/page/22/) … [30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/H/page/30/) … [40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/H/page/40/) - ← previous: [page 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/H/page/20/) - next →: [page 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/H/page/22/) - ↑ back to [The English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/)