--- title: I — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 31 description: The 831 words of the English dictionary under I, 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/I/page/31/) [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/) / I # I — The English dictionary · page 31 [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/) · [E](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/E/) · [F](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/F/) · [G](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/G/) · [H](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/H/) · [I](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/I/) · [J](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/J/) · [K](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/K/) · [L](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/L/) · [M](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/M/) · [N](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/N/) · [O](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/O/) · [P](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/P/) · [Q](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/Q/) · [R](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/R/) · [S](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/) · [T](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/T/) · [U](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/U/) · [V](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/V/) · [W](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/W/) · [X](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/X/) · [Y](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/Y/) · [Z](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/Z/) [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/I/) … [30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/I/page/30/) **31** [32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/I/page/32/) … [39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/I/page/39/) **internet** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The internet is the huge worldwide network that links millions of computers, phones and other devices so they can share information, send messages and show websites and videos.[↗](../../internet/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I looked up facts about sharks on the internet.[↗](../../internet/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Never give your address to anyone on the internet.[↗](../../internet/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Not everything on the internet is true.[↗](../../internet/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Our internet connection is slow today.[↗](../../internet/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandma talks to us on the internet every week.[↗](../../internet/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We learned about internet safety at school.[↗](../../internet/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Ask a parent before you download anything from the internet.[↗](../../internet/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The internet links computers all over the world.[↗](../../internet/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Source: Internet Sacred Text Archive, https://archive.sacred-texts.com/jud/yetzirah.htm .[↗](../../internet/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887)[↗](../../internet/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Contains Kalisch's pointed Hebrew text (his base text), English translation, preface, notes, glossary.[↗](../../internet/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (sacred-texts site errata page not included; Hare's attribution notice kept as in etext.)[↗](../../internet/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") Source: Internet Sacred Text Archive, https://archive.sacred-texts.com/jud/sy/index.htm (etext by J. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../internet/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **internment** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Keeping people locked up or held in a place, often during a war, without a normal trial.[↗](../../internment/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The place or time when people are held in this way (an internment camp).[↗](../../internment/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* During the war, many families were sent to internment camps.[↗](../../internment/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Internment means being held without a fair trial.[↗](../../internment/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The museum tells the story of the internment of local fishermen.[↗](../../internment/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Her grandfather wrote a diary about his internment.[↗](../../internment/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Many people now say the internment was unfair.[↗](../../internment/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Internment is different from prison after a court case.[↗](../../internment/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **interplanetary** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Between planets, or travelling from one planet to another.[↗](../../interplanetary/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The probe began its long interplanetary journey.[↗](../../interplanetary/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Interplanetary space is almost empty.[↗](../../interplanetary/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · In the film, an interplanetary war broke out.[↗](../../interplanetary/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · One day people may make interplanetary trips to Mars.[↗](../../interplanetary/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Interplanetary distances are huge.[↗](../../interplanetary/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The comic is about an interplanetary postman.[↗](../../interplanetary/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **interpolate** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* To put extra words, lines or a new piece into a story or text, often between parts that were already there.[↗](../../interpolate/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* He interpolated this division in the Sefer Yetzirah without knowing that by ns:s the original Sefer Y'etzirah meant vowels.[↗](../../interpolate/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../interpolate/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The teller interpolated a joke into the old story.[↗](../../interpolate/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She interpolated her own verse between the lines.[↗](../../interpolate/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Later writers often interpolated new episodes.[↗](../../interpolate/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") **interpolation** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* Something extra added into a text or story that was not there at first.[↗](../../interpolation/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* 44) This whole paragraph is an interpolation of an unknown hand, as it can be easily proved.[↗](../../interpolation/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../interpolation/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · But this arrangement is undoubtedly an interpolation of a later time, as the author of the book "Yezirah" lived many years before Ptolemy.[↗](../../interpolation/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../interpolation/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · As such a view is entirely re- pugnant to the modern critical raind, some writers regard this closing Mishnah as a later interpolation.[↗](../../interpolation/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../interpolation/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The line about the dragon is an interpolation.[↗](../../interpolation/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Scholars spotted an interpolation in the old song.[↗](../../interpolation/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · This added scene is a later interpolation.[↗](../../interpolation/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **interpose** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (formal) To interpose something is to place it between two things or people.[↗](../../interpose/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (formal) To interpose yourself is to step in between people, for example to stop a fight.[↗](../../interpose/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (formal) To interpose a remark is to interrupt by saying something.[↗](../../interpose/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The teacher interposed herself between the two angry boys.[↗](../../interpose/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · «Wait a moment,» he interposed.[↗](../../interpose/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A thick wall was interposed between the street and the garden.[↗](../../interpose/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The guard interposed his shield between the knight and the arrow.[↗](../../interpose/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · She interposed a question in the middle of his speech.[↗](../../interpose/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The moon interposes itself between the Earth and the Sun in a solar eclipse.[↗](../../interpose/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · A man of great wrath shall suffer punishment; for if thou interpose, thou wilt add thereto.[↗](../../interpose/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.19.19, JPS 1917)[↗](../../interpose/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **interposition** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (formal) Putting something between two other things, or coming between them.[↗](../../interposition/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (formal) Stepping in between people to stop or change what is happening.[↗](../../interposition/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The interposition of a cloud hid the sun (formal).[↗](../../interposition/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · In the painting, the tree in front shows depth by interposition.[↗](../../interposition/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The interposition of the teacher stopped the fight.[↗](../../interposition/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A wall's interposition blocked the noise.[↗](../../interposition/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The judge's interposition changed the decision.[↗](../../interposition/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Interposition is one way our eyes judge how far things are.[↗](../../interposition/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **interpret** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To interpret something is to explain or decide what it means: interpret a poem, interpret a graph.[↗](../../interpret/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To interpret is to translate aloud what someone says from one language into another as they speak.[↗](../../interpret/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To interpret music, a role or a dance is to perform it in your own way.[↗](../../interpret/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Can you interpret what this bar chart shows?[↗](../../interpret/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · I interpreted her smile as a yes.[↗](../../interpret/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A teacher interpreted for the new pupil from Poland.[↗](../../interpret/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · People interpret this poem in many different ways.[↗](../../interpret/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The scientist interpreted the results carefully.[↗](../../interpret/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Each pianist interprets the music a little differently.[↗](../../interpret/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · He interpreted the silence as anger.[↗](../../interpret/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The Flower understood this, in her way, as we interpret everything in our way.[↗](../../interpret/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · But he hanged the chief baker, as Joseph had interpreted to them.[↗](../../interpret/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.40.22, JPS 1917)[↗](../../interpret/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And it came to pass, as he interpreted to us, so it was: I was restored unto mine office, and he was hanged.'[↗](../../interpret/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.41.13, JPS 1917)[↗](../../interpret/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And they said unto him: 'We have dreamed a dream, and there is none that can interpret it.'[↗](../../interpret/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") And Joseph said unto them: 'Do not interpretations belong to God? tell it me, I pray you.'[↗](../../interpret/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.40.8, JPS 1917)[↗](../../interpret/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · forasmuch as a surpassing spirit, and knowledge, and understanding, interpreting of dreams, and declaring of riddles, and loosing of knots, were found in the same Daniel, whom the king named Belteshazzar.[↗](../../interpret/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings DAN.5.12, JPS 1917)[↗](../../interpret/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") **interpretation** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* An explanation of what something means.[↗](../../interpretation/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The way an actor, musician or artist performs or shows something.[↗](../../interpretation/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Turning spoken words from one language into another.[↗](../../interpretation/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* What is your interpretation of the poem?[↗](../../interpretation/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Write an interpretation of the bar chart.[↗](../../interpretation/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Each actor gave a different interpretation of the king.[↗](../../interpretation/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The rule is open to interpretation.[↗](../../interpretation/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The interpretation of the dream was strange.[↗](../../interpretation/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Sign language interpretation was given at the concert.[↗](../../interpretation/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · It seems to me to be to a certain extent allegorical, albeit such an interpretation may be unreasonable.[↗](../../interpretation/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · And Joseph answered and said: 'This is the interpretation thereof: the three baskets are three days; (Torah GEN.40.18, JPS 1917)[↗](../../interpretation/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And Joseph said unto him: 'This is the interpretation of it: the three branches are three days; (Torah GEN.40.12, JPS 1917)[↗](../../interpretation/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And we dreamed a dream in one night, I and he; we dreamed each man according to the interpretation of his dream.[↗](../../interpretation/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.41.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../interpretation/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Now let Daniel be called, and he will declare the interpretation.'[↗](../../interpretation/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings DAN.5.12, JPS 1917)[↗](../../interpretation/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · So he told me, and made me know the interpretation of the things: (Writings DAN.7.16, JPS 1917)[↗](../../interpretation/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · Who is as the wise man? and who knoweth the interpretation of a thing?[↗](../../interpretation/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings ECC.8.1, JPS 1917)[↗](../../interpretation/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") **interpreter** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* An interpreter is a person whose job is to change what someone says from one language into another, out loud, as they speak.[↗](../../interpreter/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (computing) An interpreter is a computer program that reads and runs code line by line.[↗](../../interpreter/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* An interpreter is someone who explains the meaning of something, like a performer of music or a person who explains a dream or a text.[↗](../../interpreter/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The doctor spoke to the family through an interpreter.[↗](../../interpreter/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A sign language interpreter stood next to the speaker.[↗](../../interpreter/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Interpreters at the UN listen and speak at the same time.[↗](../../interpreter/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · My aunt works as a Ukrainian interpreter.[↗](../../interpreter/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Joseph was the interpreter of Pharaoh's dreams.[↗](../../interpreter/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Python code runs in an interpreter.[↗](../../interpreter/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · And they knew not that Joseph understood them; for the interpreter was between them.[↗](../../interpreter/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.42.23, JPS 1917)[↗](../../interpreter/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **interred** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (formal) Interred means buried; a person who is interred has been placed in a grave or tomb after death.[↗](../../interred/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Interred can also mean placed in a tomb, vault or urn (burial place).[↗](../../interred/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The king was interred in Westminster Abbey.[↗](../../interred/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandpa's ashes were interred in the churchyard.[↗](../../interred/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The soldiers are interred in a war cemetery in France.[↗](../../interred/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The poet was interred beside his wife.[↗](../../interred/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The plaque says that a famous scientist is interred here.[↗](../../interred/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The ancient Egyptians interred their pharaohs in great tombs.[↗](../../interred/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · In the beautiful cathedral the greater number of the kings and queens of Denmark are interred.[↗](../../interred/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **interrogation** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* An interrogation is long, close questioning of someone, especially by police or soldiers, to get information.[↗](../../interrogation/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (informal, humorous) An interrogation can be any long string of questions, like from a parent.[↗](../../interrogation/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The police kept the suspect in the interrogation room.[↗](../../interrogation/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Under interrogation, the thief told the truth.[↗](../../interrogation/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Mum's interrogation about my muddy shoes lasted ten minutes.[↗](../../interrogation/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The spy refused to talk during the interrogation.[↗](../../interrogation/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The detective began the interrogation calmly.[↗](../../interrogation/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · I faced an interrogation from my little sister about Father Christmas.[↗](../../interrogation/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **interrogative** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (grammar) Interrogative means used to ask a question: an interrogative sentence ends with a question mark.[↗](../../interrogative/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (grammar, noun) An interrogative is a question word, such as who, what, where, when, why, which or how.[↗](../../interrogative/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (formal) An interrogative look or tone seems to be asking a question.[↗](../../interrogative/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* «Where is my bag?» is an interrogative sentence.[↗](../../interrogative/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Who, what and why are interrogatives.[↗](../../interrogative/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Turn the statement into the interrogative form.[↗](../../interrogative/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · An interrogative sentence ends with a question mark.[↗](../../interrogative/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · She gave me an interrogative look.[↗](../../interrogative/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Write three interrogative sentences about the story.[↗](../../interrogative/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **interrupt** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To stop someone while they are speaking or doing something by saying or doing something yourself.[↗](../../interrupt/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To stop something for a short time.[↗](../../interrupt/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "Rain interrupted the match."[↗](../../interrupt/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Please don't interrupt when someone is talking.[↗](../../interrupt/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Sorry to interrupt, but the bell has rung.[↗](../../interrupt/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The game was interrupted by thunder.[↗](../../interrupt/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · He kept interrupting the teacher.[↗](../../interrupt/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · If someone is hurt, it's OK to interrupt.[↗](../../interrupt/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · A fire alarm interrupted our lesson.[↗](../../interrupt/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · “Now he is dead?”[↗](../../interrupt/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") Pinocchio interrupted sorrowfully.[↗](../../interrupt/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **interruption** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* An interruption is when someone or something stops a person talking or an activity for a short time.[↗](../../interruption/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* An interruption is a break in something that should be continuous, like electricity or a TV show.[↗](../../interruption/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Sorry for the interruption, but the bell has rung.[↗](../../interruption/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She talked for an hour without interruption.[↗](../../interruption/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · There was a power interruption during the storm.[↗](../../interruption/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Constant interruptions make it hard to work.[↗](../../interruption/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The football match had an interruption for rain.[↗](../../interruption/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Put your hand up instead of an interruption.[↗](../../interruption/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Demeter, incensed at this untimely interruption, instantly withdrew the child, and throwing him on the ground, revealed herself in her true character.[↗](../../interruption/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **intersection** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A place where two or more roads meet or cross; a crossroads or junction.[↗](../../intersection/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (maths) The point or line where two lines or shapes cross.[↗](../../intersection/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (maths) In sets and Venn diagrams, the part where two sets overlap: the things that belong to both.[↗](../../intersection/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Wait for the green man at the busy intersection.[↗](../../intersection/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Turn left at the next intersection.[↗](../../intersection/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The two lines meet at the point of intersection.[↗](../../intersection/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · In the Venn diagram, children who like cats and dogs go in the intersection.[↗](../../intersection/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The intersection of the sets {1, 2, 3} and {2, 3, 4} is {2, 3}.[↗](../../intersection/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · There is a traffic light at every intersection on our street.[↗](../../intersection/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Two straight lines that cross have exactly one intersection.[↗](../../intersection/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **intersperse** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To scatter or place things here and there among other things.[↗](../../intersperse/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Flowers were interspersed among the green bushes.[↗](../../intersperse/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The story is interspersed with songs.[↗](../../intersperse/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Trees were interspersed with the tall grass.[↗](../../intersperse/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **interstice** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (formal) A very small gap or space between things that are close together.[↗](../../interstice/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (formal) A small gap in time or in a set of ideas.[↗](../../interstice/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Water fills the interstices between the grains of sand.[↗](../../interstice/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Tiny plants grew in the interstices of the old wall.[↗](../../interstice/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Air moves through the interstices in the soil.[↗](../../interstice/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Light came through the interstices of the fence.[↗](../../interstice/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Small insects hide in the interstices of tree bark.[↗](../../interstice/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · In the interstices of her busy day, she read a few pages.[↗](../../interstice/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **intertidal** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Intertidal describes the strip of seashore that is under water at high tide and out in the air at low tide.[↗](../../intertidal/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Intertidal plants and animals live in that strip and can survive both wet and dry times.[↗](../../intertidal/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We studied the intertidal zone on our school trip to the beach.[↗](../../intertidal/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Limpets cling to rocks in the intertidal area.[↗](../../intertidal/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The intertidal zone is covered twice a day by the sea.[↗](../../intertidal/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Barnacles are intertidal animals.[↗](../../intertidal/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Rock pools form in the intertidal zone at low tide.[↗](../../intertidal/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Intertidal creatures must survive heat, cold and waves.[↗](../../intertidal/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Always check the tide before exploring intertidal rocks.[↗](../../intertidal/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **intertwine** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To twist or wind together so that the parts become mixed up and linked.[↗](../../intertwine/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The two vines intertwined around the tree.[↗](../../intertwine/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Their fingers intertwined as they held hands.[↗](../../intertwine/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Snakes intertwined in her hair.[↗](../../intertwine/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **interval** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* An interval is a period of time between two events.[↗](../../interval/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* An interval is a space or gap between two things or points.[↗](../../interval/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* In the UK, an interval is a short break in the middle of a play, concert or show (an intermission in the US).[↗](../../interval/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* In maths, an interval is the range of numbers between two values, or the step between marks on a scale.[↗](../../interval/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Buses leave at intervals of fifteen minutes.[↗](../../interval/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Mark the number line at intervals of ten.[↗](../../interval/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We had ice cream in the interval of the play.[↗](../../interval/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Plant the seeds at intervals of 20 centimetres.[↗](../../interval/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The weather forecast says rain with sunny intervals.[↗](../../interval/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Take the medicine at regular intervals.[↗](../../interval/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · There was a short interval between the thunder and the lightning.[↗](../../interval/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · These races, like the Olympic Games, were celebrated at intervals of four years, and were called Herae.[↗](../../interval/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/I/) … [30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/I/page/30/) **31** [32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/I/page/32/) … [39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/I/page/39/) - ← previous: [page 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/I/page/30/) - next →: [page 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/I/page/32/) - ↑ back to [The English 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