--- title: H — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 30 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/30/) [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 30 [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 hook is a curved or bent piece of metal or plastic used to hang things on or to catch and hold things.[↗](../../hook/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A fishing hook is a small sharp curved piece of metal that catches fish.[↗](../../hook/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To hook something means to catch it, fasten it or hang it with a hook or a bent finger or arm.[↗](../../hook/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* A hook in a story, song or advert is the part that catches your interest and makes you want more.[↗](../../hook/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* In boxing a hook is a punch with a bent arm.[↗](../../hook/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 6:* Hooked can mean you really love something and cannot stop, like being hooked on a book.[↗](../../hook/#m6 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 7:* (a name) Hook is the pirate captain in «Peter Pan», who has a hook in place of one hand.[↗](../../hook/#m7 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Hang your coat on your hook when you come in.[↗](../../hook/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandpa put a worm on the hook and cast the line.[↗](../../hook/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The phone was off the hook all day.[↗](../../hook/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · She hooked her bag over the back of the chair.[↗](../../hook/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Start your story with a hook to grab the reader.[↗](../../hook/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · I got hooked on the series after the first book.[↗](../../hook/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Captain Hook is the pirate in Peter Pan.[↗](../../hook/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · He hooked the fish and slowly reeled it in.[↗](../../hook/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · The teacher let us off the hook for the late homework.[↗](../../hook/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Hook trod the deck in thought.[↗](../../hook/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Their pillars were twenty, and their sockets twenty, of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets were of silver.[↗](../../hook/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.38.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../hook/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · All the pillars of the court round about shall be filleted with silver; their hooks of silver, and their sockets of brass.[↗](../../hook/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.27.17, JPS 1917)[↗](../../hook/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · And thou shalt hang it upon four pillars of acacia overlaid with gold, their hooks being of gold, upon four sockets of silver.[↗](../../hook/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.26.32, JPS 1917)[↗](../../hook/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · Canst thou draw out leviathan with a fish-hook? or press down his tongue with a cord?[↗](../../hook/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.40.25, JPS 1917)[↗](../../hook/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · Canst thou put a ring into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a hook?[↗](../../hook/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.40.26, JPS 1917)[↗](../../hook/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") · Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruning-hooks into spears; let the weak say: 'I am strong.'[↗](../../hook/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JOL.4.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../hook/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") **hookah** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A tall pipe for smoking tobacco, in which the smoke passes through water in a jar before being breathed in through a long tube; also called a water pipe or shisha.[↗](../../hookah/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The Caterpillar was quietly smoking a long hookah.[↗](../../hookah/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · «Who are you?» said the Caterpillar, taking the hookah out of its mouth.[↗](../../hookah/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Hookah smoke is harmful to your lungs.[↗](../../hookah/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · In the old picture, the man sat with his hookah.[↗](../../hookah/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Shisha is another name for hookah smoking.[↗](../../hookah/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The Caterpillar's hookah stood on top of the mushroom.[↗](../../hookah/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **hoop** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A large ring made of wood, metal or plastic.[↗](../../hoop/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The ring and net that you throw the ball through in basketball.[↗](../../hoop/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (hoops, informal) The game of basketball.[↗](../../hoop/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* A hula hoop, a plastic ring you spin around your waist.[↗](../../hoop/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* (jump through hoops) To do many hard or boring tasks to get something.[↗](../../hoop/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She can spin the hula hoop for five minutes.[↗](../../hoop/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He threw the ball through the hoop and scored.[↗](../../hoop/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Let's go and shoot some hoops after school.[↗](../../hoop/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We sorted the shapes into two hoops on the floor.[↗](../../hoop/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The circus dog jumped through a hoop.[↗](../../hoop/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Wear big hoop earrings for the party.[↗](../../hoop/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · We had to jump through hoops to get the tickets.[↗](../../hoop/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · One of the hoops will snap.[↗](../../hoop/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **hoopoe** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A bird of Africa, Europe and Asia with pinkish-brown feathers, black-and-white striped wings, a long thin beak and a big crest like a fan on its head; its call sounds like oop-oop-oop.[↗](../../hoopoe/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The hoopoe raised its crest like a fan.[↗](../../hoopoe/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We saw a hoopoe in Spain on holiday.[↗](../../hoopoe/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A hoopoe digs for insects with its long beak.[↗](../../hoopoe/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The hoopoe's call sounds like oop-oop-oop.[↗](../../hoopoe/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Hoopoes are rare visitors to Britain.[↗](../../hoopoe/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · In an old tale, a hoopoe leads the birds on a long journey.[↗](../../hoopoe/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · and the stork, and the heron after its kinds, and the hoopoe, and the bat.[↗](../../hoopoe/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.11.19, JPS 1917)[↗](../../hoopoe/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **hooray** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Hooray is a word you shout when you are very happy or excited, or to cheer for someone.[↗](../../hooray/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (UK, informal) A «Hooray Henry» is a loud, rich young man who shows off, said in a mocking way.[↗](../../hooray/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Hooray, it's snowing\![↗](../../hooray/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Hip hip hooray\![↗](../../hooray/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Hooray for the winning team\![↗](../../hooray/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We shouted hooray when the bell rang for the holidays.[↗](../../hooray/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Hooray, I found my lost key\![↗](../../hooray/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The crowd cheered hooray as the runners finished.[↗](../../hooray/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Hooray, no homework tonight\![↗](../../hooray/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · (UK, informal) A bunch of Hooray Henrys were shouting outside.[↗](../../hooray/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **hoot** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (of an owl) To make its long oo sound.[↗](../../hoot/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To sound a car horn (mainly UK, Australia).[↗](../../hoot/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To laugh loudly, or to shout in mockery.[↗](../../hoot/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (informal, noun) A hoot is something or someone very funny: the film was a hoot.[↗](../../hoot/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* (informal) Not give a hoot means not care at all.[↗](../../hoot/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* An owl hooted in the dark woods.[↗](../../hoot/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The driver hooted at the cyclist.[↗](../../hoot/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We hooted with laughter at the clown.[↗](../../hoot/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The school play was an absolute hoot.[↗](../../hoot/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · He doesn't give a hoot about football.[↗](../../hoot/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The train hooted as it came into the station.[↗](../../hoot/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · They shouted and hooted with great glee.[↗](../../hoot/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **hoover** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (UK, informal) To clean a floor or carpet with a vacuum cleaner.[↗](../../hoover/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (UK) A vacuum cleaner, from the brand name Hoover.[↗](../../hoover/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (informal) To eat or take in something very fast, as in «He hoovered up his dinner».[↗](../../hoover/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Please hoover the living room before Nan comes.[↗](../../hoover/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · I hoovered under my bed and found my missing sock.[↗](../../hoover/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The hoover is in the cupboard under the stairs.[↗](../../hoover/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The dog hoovered up the crumbs.[↗](../../hoover/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · He hoovered up three slices of pizza.[↗](../../hoover/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad was hoovering the stairs when the doorbell rang.[↗](../../hoover/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Our new hoover is very loud.[↗](../../hoover/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **hop** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To hop is to jump on one foot.[↗](../../hop/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To hop is to move in small jumps, like a rabbit, a frog or a bird.[↗](../../hop/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To hop on or off is to get on or off a bus, bike or train quickly.[↗](../../hop/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* A hop is one small jump.[↗](../../hop/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* Hops are a plant used in making beer.[↗](../../hop/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The frog hops 3 metres each time.[↗](../../hop/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · It hops 5 times.[↗](../../hop/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · How far did it hop?[↗](../../hop/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A rabbit hops 2 steps forward.[↗](../../hop/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Can you hop on one leg for ten seconds?[↗](../../hop/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The kangaroo hopped across the field.[↗](../../hop/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · We played hopscotch in the playground.[↗](../../hop/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Hop on the bus, we're late\![↗](../../hop/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · On the number line, hop from 4 to 10 in jumps of 2.[↗](../../hop/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · The sparrow hopped along the fence.[↗](../../hop/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Then he hopped out on the deck.[↗](../../hop/#x11 "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.[↗](../../hop/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../hop/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · I rose early at dawn, and cried; I hoped in Thy word.[↗](../../hop/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.119.147, JPS 1917)[↗](../../hop/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · They were ashamed because they had hoped; they came thither, and were confounded.[↗](../../hop/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.6.20, JPS 1917)[↗](../../hop/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · I have hoped for Thy salvation, O LORD, and have done Thy commandments.[↗](../../hop/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.119.166, JPS 1917)[↗](../../hop/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") **hope** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To hope means to want something to happen and to think it could happen.[↗](../../hope/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Hope is the feeling that something good may happen.[↗](../../hope/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A hope is something you wish for.[↗](../../hope/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* «I hope so» means I want it to be true; «I hope not» means I don't want it to be true.[↗](../../hope/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I hope it will be sunny tomorrow.[↗](../../hope/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · I hope you feel better soon.[↗](../../hope/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We hope to visit Grandma in the summer.[↗](../../hope/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't give up hope; we'll find your cat.[↗](../../hope/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Will we win?[↗](../../hope/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") I hope so\![↗](../../hope/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · She has high hopes for the competition.[↗](../../hope/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The lost hikers never lost hope.[↗](../../hope/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · I hope I passed my test, but I'll check my answers.[↗](../../hope/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Hook was fighting now without hope.[↗](../../hope/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · I therefore hope that the candid reader will consider the great difficulties I had to overcome in this still unbeaten way of the ancient Jewish spiritual region, and will receive with indulgence this new contribution to archaeological knowledge.[↗](../../hope/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../hope/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · However, that may be, I hope I have at least succeeded in removing some obstacles to a better understanding of the Sefer Yetzira and the Pythafrorean philosophy and their relation to each other.[↗](../../hope/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../hope/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · My hope, it is in Thee.[↗](../../hope/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.39.8, JPS 1917)[↗](../../hope/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · Thou hope of Israel, the LORD\![↗](../../hope/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JER.17.13, JPS 1917)[↗](../../hope/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · And as for my hope, who shall see it?[↗](../../hope/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.17.15, JPS 1917)[↗](../../hope/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") **hopeful** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Feeling that something good will probably happen.[↗](../../hopeful/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Giving a reason to hope; promising, as in «a hopeful sign».[↗](../../hopeful/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (noun) A person who hopes to win or succeed, as in «Olympic hopefuls».[↗](../../hopeful/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I am hopeful that it will stop raining before the match.[↗](../../hopeful/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The green shoots were a hopeful sign of spring.[↗](../../hopeful/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Hundreds of hopefuls came to the singing audition.[↗](../../hopeful/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · He gave me a hopeful smile.[↗](../../hopeful/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The doctors are hopeful she will get better soon.[↗](../../hopeful/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We were hopeful but the shop had sold out.[↗](../../hopeful/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The team is hopeful about the final.[↗](../../hopeful/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The king was glad, and he and his people were more hopeful than they had ever been before.[↗](../../hopeful/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **hopefully** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* It is hoped that; if things go well: hopefully it won't rain tomorrow.[↗](../../hopefully/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* In a hopeful way, wishing for something: the dog looked at me hopefully.[↗](../../hopefully/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Hopefully we'll win the match on Saturday.[↗](../../hopefully/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The dog looked hopefully at my sandwich.[↗](../../hopefully/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · «Will it snow?»[↗](../../hopefully/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") «Hopefully!»[↗](../../hopefully/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Hopefully the bus won't be late.[↗](../../hopefully/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · She asked hopefully if she could stay up late.[↗](../../hopefully/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Hopefully, my cold will be better by Monday.[↗](../../hopefully/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **hopeless** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Without any hope; when there is no chance that things will get better.[↗](../../hopeless/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Very bad at something: «I'm hopeless at drawing».[↗](../../hopeless/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Impossible to deal with or solve: «a hopeless mess».[↗](../../hopeless/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The game looked hopeless when we were five goals down.[↗](../../hopeless/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · I'm hopeless at maths, but I'm getting better.[↗](../../hopeless/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The lost sailors felt hopeless on the empty sea.[↗](../../hopeless/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · My brother is hopeless at keeping secrets.[↗](../../hopeless/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The knot was a hopeless tangle.[↗](../../hopeless/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Never feel hopeless; ask someone for help.[↗](../../hopeless/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad is hopeless at remembering birthdays.[↗](../../hopeless/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Of course he felt quite hopeless.[↗](../../hopeless/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **hopelessly** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Without hope; in a way that shows you think things cannot get better.[↗](../../hopelessly/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Completely; very much (usually about something bad): «hopelessly lost», «hopelessly in love».[↗](../../hopelessly/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Mole was hopelessly lost in the Wild Wood.[↗](../../hopelessly/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The little army was hopelessly outnumbered.[↗](../../hopelessly/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She stared hopelessly at the broken vase.[↗](../../hopelessly/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · I'm hopelessly bad at drawing horses.[↗](../../hopelessly/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The prince fell hopelessly in love.[↗](../../hopelessly/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The road was hopelessly blocked by snow.[↗](../../hopelessly/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Graciosa felt that now indeed she was hopelessly lost, surely not even Percinet could find her in the heart of the earth.[↗](../../hopelessly/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **hopelessness** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A feeling that nothing good will happen and that there is no point in trying.[↗](../../hopelessness/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The state of being completely without hope or chance of success.[↗](../../hopelessness/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A feeling of hopelessness came over the lost climbers.[↗](../../hopelessness/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The story moves from hopelessness to joy.[↗](../../hopelessness/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The charity helps families out of hopelessness.[↗](../../hopelessness/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Talking to a friend helped her overcome her hopelessness.[↗](../../hopelessness/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The hopelessness of the situation made them cry, but then help arrived.[↗](../../hopelessness/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · If you feel hopelessness for a long time, tell a grown-up you trust.[↗](../../hopelessness/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **hopper** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A large container shaped like a funnel, which lets grain, coal, sand or food pour out at the bottom.[↗](../../hopper/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A person, animal or insect that hops, such as a grasshopper.[↗](../../hopper/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (informal) In compounds: someone who moves quickly from place to place, like a «bar-hopper» or «island-hopper».[↗](../../hopper/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (a name) Grace Hopper, a famous American computer scientist; Edward Hopper, a painter.[↗](../../hopper/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The farmer filled the hopper with grain.[↗](../../hopper/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Coal slid out of the hopper into the train.[↗](../../hopper/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Grace Hopper was a computer pioneer.[↗](../../hopper/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Kangaroos are amazing hoppers.[↗](../../hopper/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The bird feeder has a hopper that refills the tray.[↗](../../hopper/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · My idea is in the hopper for next term.[↗](../../hopper/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **hopscotch** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Hopscotch is a children's game in which you throw a small stone or marker into numbered squares drawn on the ground, then hop and jump through the squares to pick it up.[↗](../../hopscotch/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We drew a hopscotch grid on the pavement with chalk.[↗](../../hopscotch/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · In hopscotch you hop on one foot in the single squares.[↗](../../hopscotch/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · I threw my stone onto square five.[↗](../../hopscotch/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · She lost her balance and stepped on a line, so it was my turn.[↗](../../hopscotch/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Our playground has a hopscotch painted on it.[↗](../../hopscotch/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We played hopscotch counting in twos.[↗](../../hopscotch/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Some played at marbles, at hopscotch, at ball.[↗](../../hopscotch/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **horde** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A horde is a very large crowd of people or animals, often noisy or out of control.[↗](../../horde/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* In history, a horde was a large group of nomadic warriors, such as the Mongol horde.[↗](../../horde/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Hordes of shoppers rushed in when the sale began.[↗](../../horde/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A horde of children ran onto the playground.[↗](../../horde/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The Mongol horde rode across the steppe.[↗](../../horde/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · In the game, a horde of zombies attacked the castle.[↗](../../horde/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Hordes of tourists visit the beach every summer.[↗](../../horde/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · A horde of ants carried away the crumbs.[↗](../../horde/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The cries and screams of the savage horde and of the birds sounded through the air, and I joined in it also; for I sang 'Ding-dong! ding-dong!'[↗](../../horde/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **horizon** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The horizon is the line far away where the land or sea seems to meet the sky.[↗](../../horizon/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Your horizons are the limits of what you know and have experienced; to broaden your horizons means to learn and see new things.[↗](../../horizon/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* On the horizon means likely to happen soon.[↗](../../horizon/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The sun sank below the horizon.[↗](../../horizon/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A ship appeared on the horizon.[↗](../../horizon/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We could see mountains on the horizon.[↗](../../horizon/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Ships seem to sink over the horizon because the Earth is curved.[↗](../../horizon/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Draw a horizon line across your page first.[↗](../../horizon/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Travelling broadens your horizons.[↗](../../horizon/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · There are big changes on the horizon.[↗](../../horizon/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The sky was pink along the horizon.[↗](../../horizon/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · A silvery thread among the stars, it soon drifted low beneath the horizon.[↗](../../horizon/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · On page 16 we read as follows: "All his (Gods) creation, and every minutest part thereof, participates of two most essential forms : the line 1 the symbol of the altitude, and the circle 0 the symbol of the horizon.[↗](../../horizon/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../horizon/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/H/) … [29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/H/page/29/) **30** [31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/H/page/31/) … [40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/H/page/40/) - ← previous: [page 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/H/page/29/) - next →: [page 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/H/page/31/) - ↑ back to [The English 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