--- title: H — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 24 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/24/) [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 24 [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:* The part of your body on each side where your leg joins your waist.[↗](../../hip/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The hip joint, the ball-and-socket joint where the thighbone meets the pelvis.[↗](../../hip/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (informal adjective) Fashionable and cool.[↗](../../hip/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* A red berry of the wild rose (rose hip).[↗](../../hip/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* (hip, hip, hooray) Words people shout to cheer someone.[↗](../../hip/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Put your hands on your hips.[↗](../../hip/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandma had an operation on her hip.[↗](../../hip/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The hip is a ball-and-socket joint.[↗](../../hip/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · She carried the baby on her hip.[↗](../../hip/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Three cheers for the winner: hip, hip, hooray\![↗](../../hip/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We made syrup from rose hips.[↗](../../hip/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · My cousin thinks he's really hip with his new trainers.[↗](../../hip/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · I left the skin of my hips behind me, but I came out.[↗](../../hip/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · So Hanun took David's servants, and shaved them, and cut off their garments in the middle, even to their hips, and sent them away.[↗](../../hip/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings 1CH.19.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../hip/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And he smote them hip and thigh with a great slaughter; and he went down and dwelt in the cleft of the rock of Etam.[↗](../../hip/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JDG.15.8, JPS 1917)[↗](../../hip/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **hippo** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A hippo, short for hippopotamus, is a huge, heavy African animal with a wide mouth, short legs and thick skin, which spends most of the day in rivers and lakes.[↗](../../hippo/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Hippos eat grass, coming out of the water at night to graze.[↗](../../hippo/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The hippo yawned and showed its huge teeth.[↗](../../hippo/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Hippos spend the day in the water to keep cool.[↗](../../hippo/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A hippo can stay under water for several minutes.[↗](../../hippo/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Hippos come out at night to eat grass.[↗](../../hippo/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The name «hippopotamus» means «river horse».[↗](../../hippo/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Hippos may look slow, but they are very dangerous.[↗](../../hippo/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · A baby hippo is called a calf.[↗](../../hippo/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **hippopotamus** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A hippopotamus is a very large, heavy African animal with thick grey skin, a huge mouth and short legs, which spends most of the day in rivers and lakes.[↗](../../hippopotamus/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* People usually call it a hippo for short.[↗](../../hippopotamus/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The hippopotamus wallowed in the muddy river.[↗](../../hippopotamus/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Hippos can't really swim; they walk along the river bottom.[↗](../../hippopotamus/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A hippo's yawn shows its huge teeth.[↗](../../hippopotamus/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The word «hippopotamus» means «river horse».[↗](../../hippopotamus/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Hippos come out at night to eat grass.[↗](../../hippopotamus/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Hippos are very dangerous if you get too close.[↗](../../hippopotamus/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · We saw a baby hippo at the zoo.[↗](../../hippopotamus/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Then, of course, no one expects hippopotamuses to jump.[↗](../../hippopotamus/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **hire** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To hire is to pay to use something for a time (UK), like hiring a boat or bikes; in the USA people usually say «rent».[↗](../../hire/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To hire someone is to give them a job and pay them.[↗](../../hire/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Hire is paying to use something: «bike hire», «for hire».[↗](../../hire/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* They hire a boat for $15 an hour.[↗](../../hire/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The shop hires 3 new workers.[↗](../../hire/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · How much to hire bikes for 4 hours?[↗](../../hire/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A bus is hired for the trip.[↗](../../hire/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We hired a canoe on the lake.[↗](../../hire/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The taxi light shows it is for hire.[↗](../../hire/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The school hired a new music teacher.[↗](../../hire/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · They hire out their hall for parties.[↗](../../hire/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · A sojourner and a hired servant shall not eat thereof.[↗](../../hire/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.12.45, JPS 1917)[↗](../../hire/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And Leah said: 'God hath given me my hire, because I gave my handmaid to my husband.[↗](../../hire/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.30.18, JPS 1917)[↗](../../hire/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · If the owner thereof be with it, he shall not make it good; if it be a hireling, he loseth his hire.[↗](../../hire/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.22.15, JPS 1917)[↗](../../hire/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · For they are gone up to Assyria, like a wild ass alone by himself; Ephraim hath hired lovers.[↗](../../hire/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets HOS.8.9, JPS 1917)[↗](../../hire/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · He hired also a hundred thousand mighty men of valour out of Israel for a hundred talents of silver.[↗](../../hire/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings 2CH.25.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../hire/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · So they hired them thirty and two thousand chariots, and the king of Maacah and his people; who came and encamped before Medeba.[↗](../../hire/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings 1CH.19.7, JPS 1917)[↗](../../hire/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") **hireling** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* A person who works only for pay.[↗](../../hireling/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* If the owner thereof be with it, he shall not make it good; if it be a hireling, he loseth his hire.[↗](../../hireling/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.22.15, JPS 1917)[↗](../../hireling/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · And are not his days like the days of a hireling?[↗](../../hireling/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.7.1, JPS 1917)[↗](../../hireling/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Look away from him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as a hireling, his day.[↗](../../hireling/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.14.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../hireling/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · As a servant that eagerly longeth for the shadow, and as a hireling that looketh for his wages; (Writings JOB.7.2, JPS 1917)[↗](../../hireling/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") **hispanic** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To do with Spanish-speaking countries and their people and culture, especially Latin America and Spain.[↗](../../hispanic/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (US) Used for people in the USA whose families come from Spanish-speaking countries.[↗](../../hispanic/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Hispanic Heritage Month starts in September.[↗](../../hispanic/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Many Hispanic families speak both Spanish and English.[↗](../../hispanic/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Our class learned about Hispanic artists like Frida Kahlo.[↗](../../hispanic/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Hispanic Americans live in every US state.[↗](../../hispanic/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The festival had Hispanic music and dancing.[↗](../../hispanic/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Some people prefer to say «Latino» instead of «Hispanic».[↗](../../hispanic/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **hiss** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To hiss is to make a long «sss» sound, like a snake or steam escaping.[↗](../../hiss/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A hiss is that sound.[↗](../../hiss/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To hiss can mean to say something in a sharp, angry whisper.[↗](../../hiss/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* An audience may hiss to show they dislike someone.[↗](../../hiss/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The snake hissed and raised its head.[↗](../../hiss/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Our cat hisses when the neighbour's dog comes near.[↗](../../hiss/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The kettle began to hiss on the stove.[↗](../../hiss/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · I heard a hiss as the air came out of my bike tyre.[↗](../../hiss/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · «Be quiet!» she hissed.[↗](../../hiss/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The crowd hissed at the villain in the pantomime.[↗](../../hiss/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · If you smell gas or hear a hiss from the cooker, tell an adult at once.[↗](../../hiss/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The drink can opened with a hiss.[↗](../../hiss/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · “Nearer!” hissed Kaa, and they all moved again.[↗](../../hiss/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · The three fundamental letters א״מ״ש signify, as מ is mute like the water and ש hissing like the fire, there is א among them, a breath of air which reconciles them.[↗](../../hiss/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../hiss/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Every one that passeth by her shall hiss, and wag his hand.[↗](../../hiss/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ZEP.2.15, JPS 1917)[↗](../../hiss/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Men shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his place.[↗](../../hiss/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.27.23, JPS 1917)[↗](../../hiss/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · And Babylon shall become heaps, a dwelling-place for jackals, an astonishment, and a hissing, without inhabitant.[↗](../../hiss/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JER.51.37, JPS 1917)[↗](../../hiss/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") **histamine** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (science) A chemical made by the body that causes allergy symptoms such as sneezing, itching, swelling and a runny nose when the body reacts to things like pollen, dust or insect bites.[↗](../../histamine/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Histamine makes your eyes itch when you have hay fever.[↗](../../histamine/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · An antihistamine tablet stopped my sneezing.[↗](../../histamine/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A mosquito bite swells because of histamine.[↗](../../histamine/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The body releases histamine when it meets an allergen.[↗](../../histamine/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Nettle stings contain some histamine.[↗](../../histamine/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") **historian** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A historian is a person who studies history and writes about the past, using evidence such as documents, objects and buildings.[↗](../../historian/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (school) A historian is anyone who does the work of history, like pupils asking questions about the past and checking sources.[↗](../../historian/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Historians study letters and diaries to learn about the past.[↗](../../historian/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A local historian showed us old photos of our town.[↗](../../historian/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Historians disagree about why the war began.[↗](../../historian/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Today we are historians, looking at clues from Roman Britain.[↗](../../historian/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The historian wrote a book about the Victorian railways.[↗](../../historian/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Historians use evidence, not guesses.[↗](../../historian/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · To what extent Hook is to blame for his tactics on this occasion is for the historian to decide.[↗](../../historian/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **historic** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Historic means important in history, or likely to be remembered in the future as important.[↗](../../historic/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Historic also describes old buildings, places or things from the past that are worth keeping, like a historic castle.[↗](../../historic/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Historic can also mean belonging to the time for which people have written records.[↗](../../historic/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The moon landing was a historic moment.[↗](../../historic/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We visited a historic castle in Wales.[↗](../../historic/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The team had a historic win in the cup final.[↗](../../historic/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · York has a historic city centre.[↗](../../historic/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The signing of the peace treaty was historic.[↗](../../historic/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The National Trust looks after many historic houses.[↗](../../historic/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Dragons are possibly survivals into historic times of antedeluvian monsters, or reminiscences of classical legend (Perseus, etc.).[↗](../../historic/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · From the foregoing it is evident that so far we have no historic document by which to prove either the authorship or the exact age of the Sefer Yetzirah.[↗](../../historic/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../historic/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **historical** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Historical means to do with history or the past: «historical events», «historical facts».[↗](../../historical/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Historical describes a person or event that really existed in the past, not only in a legend.[↗](../../historical/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Historical describes a story, film or novel set in the past: «a historical novel».[↗](../../historical/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We read a historical novel about the Romans.[↗](../../historical/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Is King Arthur a historical person or a legend?[↗](../../historical/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Old diaries are useful historical sources.[↗](../../historical/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The castle is an important historical site.[↗](../../historical/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · She dressed as a historical figure for the school day.[↗](../../historical/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Historical records show the town flooded many times.[↗](../../historical/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · So close is the resemblance, indeed, that it is impossible not to surmise an historical relation between the two.[↗](../../historical/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Other positive historical notices are those of Saadjah Gaon, who died a.d.[↗](../../historical/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") 940, and Judah Halevi, a.d.[↗](../../historical/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") 1150 ; (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../historical/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Other positive historical notices are those of Saadjah Gaon, who died A.D.[↗](../../historical/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") 940, and Judah Halevi, A.D.[↗](../../historical/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") 1150%; \[p. 10\] both these Hebrew classics speak of it as a very ancient work.[↗](../../historical/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../historical/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Some maintain that this essay is mentioned in the Talmud treatise Sanhedrin, p. 66 b. and ibid.[↗](../../historical/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") 67 b. which passage is according to the commentary of Rashi, to treatise Erubin, p. 63 a., a reliable historical notice.[↗](../../historical/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../historical/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **historically** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Historically means in the past, or over a long period of history.[↗](../../historically/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Historically means connected with history, or in a way that is true to history.[↗](../../historically/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Historically, children worked in mills and mines.[↗](../../historically/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The castle is historically important.[↗](../../historically/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Is the film historically accurate?[↗](../../historically/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Historically, our town was famous for making boots.[↗](../../historically/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Women were historically paid less than men.[↗](../../historically/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Historically, the Vikings travelled as far as Canada.[↗](../../historically/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **history** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* History is everything that happened in the past, especially to people, countries and the world.[↗](../../history/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* History is also the school subject where you study the past.[↗](../../history/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* The history of a thing or a person is the story of what has happened to it over time, like the history of your town.[↗](../../history/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* A history is a written account of past events, like a book.[↗](../../history/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* To make history means to do something important that people will remember.[↗](../../history/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We have history after lunch on Tuesdays.[↗](../../history/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · In history we are learning about the Vikings.[↗](../../history/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Our town has a long history going back to Roman times.[↗](../../history/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The first person on the Moon made history.[↗](../../history/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The doctor asked about my medical history.[↗](../../history/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · She read a history of the castle in the gift shop.[↗](../../history/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Dinosaurs lived long before human history began.[↗](../../history/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Clear your browser history before you lend the laptop.[↗](../../history/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Writing was one of the biggest inventions in history.[↗](../../history/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Little is known of his history.[↗](../../history/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · This opinion, however, he afterwards revoked.[↗](../../history/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (See Dr. Graetz's "History of the Jews," Vol. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../history/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Public domain books are our gateways to the past, representing a wealth of history, culture and knowledge that's often difficult to discover.[↗](../../history/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../history/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · History of Greek Philosophy, Dr. E. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../history/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · Now the acts of Rehoboam, first and last, are they not written in the histories of Shemaiah the prophet and of Iddo the seer, after the manner of genealogies?[↗](../../history/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings 2CH.12.15, JPS 1917)[↗](../../history/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") **hit** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To touch someone or something hard and fast with your hand, a bat or an object.[↗](../../hit/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To bump into something by accident: «The car hit a tree».[↗](../../hit/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A noun: a hit or blow.[↗](../../hit/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* A noun: a very popular song, film or thing: «The song was a big hit».[↗](../../hit/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* To reach: hit a target, hit 100.[↗](../../hit/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 6:* Of something bad: to affect suddenly: «The storm hit the town».[↗](../../hit/#m6 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 7:* In some dialects, hit is an old word used instead of it.[↗](../../hit/#m7 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* It's never okay to hit someone.[↗](../../hit/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She hit the ball over the fence.[↗](../../hit/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The car almost hit the cyclist.[↗](../../hit/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The song was a big hit.[↗](../../hit/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · He hit his head on the shelf.[↗](../../hit/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The arrow hit the target.[↗](../../hit/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · We hit it off on the first day and became friends.[↗](../../hit/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The idea hit me in the middle of the night.[↗](../../hit/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Hit's des like I tell you.[↗](../../hit/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **hitch** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (noun) A small problem that delays something, as in «a technical hitch».[↗](../../hitch/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (verb) To fasten something to something else, as in «hitch the horse to the cart» or «hitch a trailer to the car».[↗](../../hitch/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (verb) To pull something up quickly, as in «He hitched up his trousers».[↗](../../hitch/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (informal) To hitchhike: to get a free ride by asking drivers, as in «hitch a ride».[↗](../../hitch/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* (noun) A kind of knot used to tie a rope to a post or ring.[↗](../../hitch/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 6:* (informal) «Get hitched» means get married.[↗](../../hitch/#m6 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The school play went off without a hitch.[↗](../../hitch/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · There was a technical hitch, so the film started late.[↗](../../hitch/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad hitched the caravan to the car.[↗](../../hitch/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · He hitched up his socks before the race.[↗](../../hitch/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We practised tying a clove hitch at scouts.[↗](../../hitch/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Never hitch a ride with a stranger.[↗](../../hitch/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · My aunt and uncle got hitched in Dublin.[↗](../../hitch/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **hitchhike** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To travel by standing at the side of the road and asking drivers for a free ride, often by holding up your thumb.[↗](../../hitchhike/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (figurative) For a small creature or seed to travel by clinging to something else, as in «seeds hitchhike on your socks».[↗](../../hitchhike/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Never hitchhike or take a lift from a stranger.[↗](../../hitchhike/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Burrs hitchhike on a dog's fur.[↗](../../hitchhike/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · In the film, two students hitchhiked across the country.[↗](../../hitchhike/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Some insects hitchhike on ships to new countries.[↗](../../hitchhike/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · He stood by the road trying to hitchhike.[↗](../../hitchhike/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The hitchhiker held up a sign saying «North».[↗](../../hitchhike/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Seeds hitchhiked home on my socks after the walk.[↗](../../hitchhike/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/H/) … [23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/H/page/23/) **24** [25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/H/page/25/) … [40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/H/page/40/) - 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