--- title: H — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 25 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/25/) [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 25 [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:* (old-fashioned) To here; to this place: «Come hither» means «come here».[↗](../../hither/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* In the phrase «hither and thither» (or «hither and yon»): here and there, in many directions.[↗](../../hither/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Early Modern English, meaning 1:* To this place.[↗](../../hither/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* «Come hither, child,» said the old king.[↗](../../hither/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The ants ran hither and thither when we lifted the stone.[↗](../../hither/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Leaves blew hither and thither in the wind.[↗](../../hither/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The servants hurried hither and thither preparing the feast.[↗](../../hither/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · «Bring the lantern hither!» called the captain.[↗](../../hither/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The puppy dashed hither and thither around the garden.[↗](../../hither/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · And in the fourth generation they shall come back hither; for the iniquity of the Amorite is not yet full.'[↗](../../hither/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.15.16, JPS 1917)[↗](../../hither/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Hereby ye shall be proved, as Pharaoh liveth, ye shall not go forth hence, except your youngest brother come hither.[↗](../../hither/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.42.15, JPS 1917)[↗](../../hither/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And now be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither; for God did send me before you to preserve life.[↗](../../hither/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.45.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../hither/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Therefore His people return hither; and waters of fullness are drained out by them.[↗](../../hither/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.73.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../hither/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And Saul said: 'Bring hither to me the burnt-offering and the peace-offerings.'[↗](../../hither/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") And he offered the burnt-offering.[↗](../../hither/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1SA.13.9, JPS 1917)[↗](../../hither/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · But draw near hither, ye sons of the sorceress, the seed of the adulterer and the harlot.[↗](../../hither/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.57.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../hither/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · And in the fourth generation they shall come back hither; for the iniquity of the Amorite is not yet full.'[↗](../../hither/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.15.16, JPS 1917) · I know why you come hither.[↗](../../hither/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen) · Hereby ye shall be proved, as Pharaoh liveth, ye shall not go forth hence, except your youngest brother come hither.[↗](../../hither/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.42.15, JPS 1917) **hitherto** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (formal) Hitherto means until now or until the time being talked about; up to this point.[↗](../../hitherto/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Early Modern English, meaning 1:* Up to this point in time.[↗](../../hitherto/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The scientists found a hitherto unknown kind of beetle.[↗](../../hitherto/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Hitherto, the village had never had a flood.[↗](../../hitherto/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The letter showed a hitherto hidden side of the king.[↗](../../hitherto/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Hitherto, all the tests had come back clear.[↗](../../hitherto/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The explorers reached a hitherto unseen valley.[↗](../../hitherto/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The museum displays paintings hitherto kept in storage.[↗](../../hitherto/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Hitherto he had been a land crab; the land at last cast him adrift.[↗](../../hitherto/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · And thou shalt say unto him: The LORD, the God of the Hebrews, hath sent me unto thee, saying: Let My people go, that they may serve Me in the wilderness; and, behold, hitherto thou hast not hearkened; (Torah EXO.7.16, JPS 1917)[↗](../../hitherto/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · The Notes have been extended, and it is hoped that they explain and illustrate difficult passages, and render this abstruse treatise more comprehensible than it has been hitherto found.[↗](../../hitherto/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../hitherto/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · But every attempt to unfold this mystery has hitherto been unsuccessful".[↗](../../hitherto/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../hitherto/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · who hitherto waited in the king's gate eastward; they were the porters for the camp of the children of Levi.[↗](../../hitherto/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings 1CH.9.18, JPS 1917)[↗](../../hitherto/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Count not thy handmaid for a wicked woman: for out of the abundance of my complaint and my vexation have I spoken hitherto.'[↗](../../hitherto/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1SA.1.16, JPS 1917)[↗](../../hitherto/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · Then Samuel took a stone, and set it between Mizpah and Shen, and called the name of it Eben-ezer, saying: 'Hitherto hath the LORD helped us.'[↗](../../hitherto/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1SA.7.12, JPS 1917)[↗](../../hitherto/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · And thou shalt say unto him: The LORD, the God of the Hebrews, hath sent me unto thee, saying: Let My people go, that they may serve Me in the wilderness; and, behold, hitherto thou hast not hearkened;[↗](../../hitherto/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.7.16, JPS 1917) · I have always progressed hitherto, as I know quite well."[↗](../../hitherto/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen) · The Notes have been extended, and it is hoped that they explain and illustrate difficult passages, and render this abstruse treatise more comprehensible than it has been hitherto found.[↗](../../hitherto/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) **hitter** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A hitter is a person who hits, especially a batter in baseball or softball whose job is to hit the ball.[↗](../../hitter/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (informal) A heavy hitter is a powerful or important person or organisation.[↗](../../hitter/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* In cricket and other sports, a hitter is someone who hits the ball hard.[↗](../../hitter/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She is the best hitter on our softball team.[↗](../../hitter/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The hitter swung and sent the ball over the fence.[↗](../../hitter/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He is a big hitter who scores lots of sixes.[↗](../../hitter/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A power hitter can hit home runs.[↗](../../hitter/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The heavy hitters of tech came to the meeting.[↗](../../hitter/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The coach moved the left-handed hitter up the order.[↗](../../hitter/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **hitting** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Hitting means touching something hard and fast, often with your hand or an object.[↗](../../hitting/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Hitting a ball means striking it with a bat, racket or hand.[↗](../../hitting/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Hitting can mean reaching something: hitting a target, hitting 100.[↗](../../hitting/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Stop hitting your brother\![↗](../../hitting/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She is good at hitting the ball.[↗](../../hitting/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The rain was hitting the window.[↗](../../hitting/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Hitting is not allowed at school.[↗](../../hitting/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The car is hitting the brakes.[↗](../../hitting/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · They are hitting it off already.[↗](../../hitting/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The price is hitting new highs.[↗](../../hitting/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · He kept hitting the target in archery.[↗](../../hitting/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **hittite** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* A person of the Hittites, an ancient people of Canaan and Anatolia.[↗](../../hittite/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Rephaim, (Torah GEN.15.20, JPS 1917)[↗](../../hittite/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · And I will send the hornet before thee, which shall drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from before thee.[↗](../../hittite/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.23.28, JPS 1917)[↗](../../hittite/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · And when Esau was forty years old, he took to wife Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Basemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite.[↗](../../hittite/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.26.34, JPS 1917)[↗](../../hittite/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Uriah the Hittite, Zabad the son of Ahlai; (Writings 1CH.11.41, JPS 1917)[↗](../../hittite/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · And one said: 'Is not this Bath-sheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?'[↗](../../hittite/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 2SA.11.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../hittite/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · And David sent to Joab, saying: 'Send me Uriah the Hittite.'[↗](../../hittite/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") And Joab sent Uriah to David.[↗](../../hittite/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 2SA.11.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../hittite/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **hiv** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* A Hebrew letter group, a form of the verb "to be," in Sefer Yetzirah.[↗](../../hiv/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* HVI is the imperative form of the verb to he, meaning he thou; HIV is the infinitive; and VIH is future.[↗](../../hiv/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../hiv/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") **hive** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A hive is a home for bees, either a box made by people or a natural nest.[↗](../../hive/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A hive can mean all the bees living in it.[↗](../../hive/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A hive of activity is a very busy place full of people working.[↗](../../hive/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (UK) To hive off part of something is to separate it to be run on its own.[↗](../../hive/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* Hives (plural) is an itchy red rash on the skin, often from an allergy.[↗](../../hive/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The beekeeper opened the hive to collect honey.[↗](../../hive/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A hive can hold thousands of bees.[↗](../../hive/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The kitchen was a hive of activity before the party.[↗](../../hive/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The bees flew back to the hive at sunset.[↗](../../hive/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · She broke out in hives after eating nuts.[↗](../../hive/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The cells inside a hive are hexagons, with 6 sides each.[↗](../../hive/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The company hived off its toy business.[↗](../../hive/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (UK, formal)[↗](../../hive/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't poke a hive — the bees will sting.[↗](../../hive/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · He went on farther and saw a hive of bees in the forest.[↗](../../hive/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **hives** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Hives are itchy red or pink bumps or patches on the skin, often caused by an allergy to food, medicine, insect stings or plants.[↗](../../hives/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Hives is also the plural of hive, a home for bees.[↗](../../hives/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* After eating peanuts, Sam broke out in hives.[↗](../../hives/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Hives are itchy red bumps on the skin.[↗](../../hives/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The doctor gave her medicine to calm her hives.[↗](../../hives/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · If hives come with a swollen face, get help straight away.[↗](../../hives/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The beekeeper has five hives in his garden.[↗](../../hives/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Bees fly back to their hives with nectar.[↗](../../hives/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · When the Keeper returned and found the hives empty, he was very much upset and stood staring at them for some time.[↗](../../hives/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **hl** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* A fragment of print, probably "He," meaning God.[↗](../../hl/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Hl' arranged them like a garden bed.[↗](../../hl/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../hl/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") **hm** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A sound people make when they are thinking, not sure, or doubting something, as in «Hm, let me think».[↗](../../hm/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A sound that shows you are not convinced or a bit suspicious, as in «Hmm, are you sure?».[↗](../../hm/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Hm, I'm not sure which answer is right.[↗](../../hm/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · «Hmm,» said the detective, looking at the footprints.[↗](../../hm/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Hm, that's a good question.[↗](../../hm/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · «I did my homework.»[↗](../../hm/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") «Hmm, did you really?»[↗](../../hm/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Hmm, maybe we should try a different way.[↗](../../hm/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · She looked at the sum and said, «Hm, let me check.»[↗](../../hm/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **hmo** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* A broken piece of letters from a scanned page, with no meaning of its own.[↗](../../hmo/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") **ho** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A shout to get attention or to show surprise: «Land ho!» means «land ahead!».[↗](../../ho/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* «Ho ho ho!» is the laugh of Father Christmas (Santa).[↗](../../ho/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (rude, slang) A very rude, insulting word for a woman, taken from «whore»; never use it.[↗](../../ho/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* «Land ho!» shouted the sailor from the mast.[↗](../../ho/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · «Ho ho ho\![↗](../../ho/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") Merry Christmas!» laughed Santa.[↗](../../ho/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Westward Ho! is a village in Devon.[↗](../../ho/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · «Ho there!» called the guard.[↗](../../ho/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · That word in the song is a rude insult, so we don't say it.[↗](../../ho/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Ho, Zion, escape, thou that dwellest with the daughter of Babylon.'[↗](../../ho/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ZEC.2.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../ho/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Ho, now, thy king, that he may save thee in all thy cities! and thy judges, of whom thou saidst: 'Give me a king and princes!'[↗](../../ho/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets HOS.13.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../ho/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Ho, ho, flee then from the land of the north, saith the LORD; for I have spread you abroad as the four winds of the heaven, saith the LORD.[↗](../../ho/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ZEC.2.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../ho/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **hoar** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Hoar means white or grey, especially of frost, as in «hoar frost».[↗](../../hoar/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (old use) Hoar means very old or ancient, as in «hoar antiquity».[↗](../../hoar/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Trees were covered with hoar frost.[↗](../../hoar/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The hoar grass sparkled in the morning sun.[↗](../../hoar/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The tale comes from hoar antiquity.[↗](../../hoar/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · And when the layer of dew was gone up, behold upon the face of the wilderness a fine, scale-like thing, fine as the hoar-frost on the ground.[↗](../../hoar/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.16.14, JPS 1917)[↗](../../hoar/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · And the hoar-frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?[↗](../../hoar/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.38.29, JPS 1917)[↗](../../hoar/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · He giveth snow like wool; He scattereth the hoar-frost like ashes.[↗](../../hoar/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.147.16, JPS 1917)[↗](../../hoar/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Do therefore according to thy wisdom, and let not his hoar head go down to the grave in peace.[↗](../../hoar/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1KI.2.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../hoar/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **hoard** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A large store of money, food or valuable things, often kept secret.[↗](../../hoard/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (verb) To collect and keep a lot of something, often more than you need, and hide it away.[↗](../../hoard/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (history) A buried treasure of old coins or objects found by archaeologists.[↗](../../hoard/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The dragon slept on a hoard of gold.[↗](../../hoard/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Squirrels hoard nuts for the winter.[↗](../../hoard/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A farmer found a hoard of Roman coins in his field.[↗](../../hoard/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · My brother has a hoard of sweets under his bed.[↗](../../hoard/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · People hoarded toilet paper when they were worried.[↗](../../hoard/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't hoard the crayons; share them with the table.[↗](../../hoard/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · These pence the youth hoarded carefully till he had collected enough to buy a beautiful pair of pipes.[↗](../../hoard/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · And the stability of thy times shall be a hoard of salvation — wisdom and knowledge, and the fear of the LORD which is His treasure.[↗](../../hoard/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.33.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../hoard/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **hoarse** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A hoarse voice sounds rough, deep and croaky, often because you have a sore throat, a cold, or have been shouting a lot.[↗](../../hoarse/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I shouted myself hoarse at the football match.[↗](../../hoarse/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Her voice was hoarse because she had a cold.[↗](../../hoarse/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The teacher was hoarse by the end of the day.[↗](../../hoarse/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · «Help,» he said in a hoarse whisper.[↗](../../hoarse/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · After singing in the concert, the choir was hoarse.[↗](../../hoarse/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Drink warm water and rest if your voice is hoarse.[↗](../../hoarse/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Don’t you hear how hoarse I am?[↗](../../hoarse/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **hoary** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Grey or white-haired, as an old person is.[↗](../../hoary/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Old and well known, from long ago, as in «a hoary legend».[↗](../../hoary/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The hoary old man smiled at us.[↗](../../hoary/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The hoary legend tells of a piper.[↗](../../hoary/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Hoary old jokes make the class groan.[↗](../../hoary/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and thou shalt fear thy God: I am the LORD.[↗](../../hoary/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.19.32, JPS 1917)[↗](../../hoary/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · He maketh a path to shine after him; one would think the deep to be hoary.[↗](../../hoary/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.41.24, JPS 1917)[↗](../../hoary/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The hoary head is a crown of glory, it is found in the way of righteousness.[↗](../../hoary/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.16.31, JPS 1917)[↗](../../hoary/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The glory of young men is their strength; and the beauty of old men is the hoary head.[↗](../../hoary/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.20.29, JPS 1917)[↗](../../hoary/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **hoatzin** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The hoatzin is a strange bird of the Amazon rainforest in South America, with a spiky crest, blue face and red eyes; it eats leaves and smells bad, so it is also called the stinkbird.[↗](../../hoatzin/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The hoatzin lives along rivers in the Amazon rainforest.[↗](../../hoatzin/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Baby hoatzins have claws on their wings.[↗](../../hoatzin/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The hoatzin is nicknamed the stinkbird.[↗](../../hoatzin/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Hoatzin chicks drop into the water to escape snakes.[↗](../../hoatzin/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The hoatzin eats leaves and digests them like a cow.[↗](../../hoatzin/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The hoatzin is the national bird of Guyana.[↗](../../hoatzin/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **hoax** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A hoax is a trick that makes many people believe something that is not true, such as a fake story, picture or warning.[↗](../../hoax/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To hoax people means to trick them in this way.[↗](../../hoax/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The photo of the giant shark turned out to be a hoax.[↗](../../hoax/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Making a hoax call to 999 or 911 is against the law.[↗](../../hoax/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The message saying the school would close was a hoax.[↗](../../hoax/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Before you share a story online, check it is not a hoax.[↗](../../hoax/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The crop circles were a hoax made by two men with planks.[↗](../../hoax/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · They hoaxed the whole town with a fake monster sighting.[↗](../../hoax/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The detective soon realised the ransom note was a hoax.[↗](../../hoax/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · April Fools' Day hoaxes are meant to be funny, not harmful.[↗](../../hoax/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · He did this more than once, and every time the villagers found they had been hoaxed, for there was no Wolf at all.[↗](../../hoax/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/H/) … [24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/H/page/24/) **25** [26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/H/page/26/) … [40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/H/page/40/) - ← previous: [page 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/H/page/24/) - next →: [page 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/H/page/26/) - ↑ back to 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