--- title: I — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 33 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/33/) [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 33 [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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*Everyday, meaning 1:* So exciting or delightful that it makes you feel dizzy with joy.[↗](../../intoxicating/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Of drink, strong enough to make people drunk.[↗](../../intoxicating/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The scent of the flowers was intoxicating.[↗](../../intoxicating/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The dryad felt an intoxicating joy.[↗](../../intoxicating/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The music was intoxicating and made us dance.[↗](../../intoxicating/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **intoxication** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Intoxication is being drunk, or affected by alcohol or drugs so that you cannot think or move properly.[↗](../../intoxication/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Intoxication can also mean being poisoned by a harmful substance.[↗](../../intoxication/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (literary) Intoxication is a strong, exciting, dizzy feeling, as if you were drunk with joy.[↗](../../intoxication/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Intoxication makes it dangerous to drive a car.[↗](../../intoxication/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The doctor treated him for alcohol intoxication.[↗](../../intoxication/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Water intoxication can happen if someone drinks far too much water too fast.[↗](../../intoxication/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The team felt the intoxication of winning the cup.[↗](../../intoxication/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Some plants can cause intoxication in pets.[↗](../../intoxication/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Police tested the driver for intoxication.[↗](../../intoxication/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Intoxication slows down a person's reactions.[↗](../../intoxication/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Intoxication is not so much an evil to be dreaded or remembered with shame, as a joy to be fondly anticipated, or classed with the happy memories of the past.[↗](../../intoxication/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **intransitive** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* An intransitive verb is one that does not take an object, such as "lie down" or "sleep".[↗](../../intransitive/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The first is clearly the root שָׁכַב shakhav ‘to lie, lie down’, but שכובה looks like a passive participle, shekhuvah, while shakhav is normally an intransitive verb not amenable to being made passive.[↗](../../intransitive/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../intransitive/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") **intravenous** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Intravenous means going into a vein, the tube that carries blood back to the heart.[↗](../../intravenous/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* An intravenous drip or injection gives medicine, food or fluid straight into the blood through a needle in a vein.[↗](../../intravenous/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The nurse gave her intravenous fluids.[↗](../../intravenous/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He had an intravenous drip in his arm.[↗](../../intravenous/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Intravenous medicine works quickly.[↗](../../intravenous/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The patient was fed by intravenous feeding for a few days.[↗](../../intravenous/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Doctors chose an intravenous antibiotic.[↗](../../intravenous/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Intravenous means «into a vein».[↗](../../intravenous/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The bag of intravenous fluid hung beside the bed.[↗](../../intravenous/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **intravenously** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Intravenously means by putting something straight into a vein, usually with a needle or drip.[↗](../../intravenously/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The medicine was given intravenously.[↗](../../intravenously/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · When she could not eat, she was fed intravenously.[↗](../../intravenously/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Fluids were dripped intravenously into his arm.[↗](../../intravenously/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Some vaccines are not given intravenously but into a muscle.[↗](../../intravenously/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The vet gave the dog fluids intravenously.[↗](../../intravenously/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Drugs given intravenously act quickly.[↗](../../intravenously/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **intrepidity** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Fearless bravery; the quality of not being afraid of danger.[↗](../../intrepidity/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The knight showed great intrepidity in the battle.[↗](../../intrepidity/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Atalanta's intrepidity won her fame.[↗](../../intrepidity/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We admired the explorer's intrepidity.[↗](../../intrepidity/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **intrinsic** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (formal) Belonging to the real nature of something itself, not coming from outside: intrinsic value.[↗](../../intrinsic/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Gold has intrinsic value, but paper money has value because people agree it does.[↗](../../intrinsic/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Kindness is intrinsic to her character.[↗](../../intrinsic/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Reading for fun gives intrinsic motivation.[↗](../../intrinsic/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Every person has intrinsic worth.[↗](../../intrinsic/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Risk is intrinsic to mountain climbing.[↗](../../intrinsic/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The coin's intrinsic value is less than its face value.[↗](../../intrinsic/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Even the iron claw hung inactive; as if knowing that it was no intrinsic part of what the attacking force wanted.[↗](../../intrinsic/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **intrinsically** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Intrinsically means by its own nature, in itself, not because of anything added from outside.[↗](../../intrinsically/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (formal) Intrinsically good or bad means good or bad deep down, in its very nature.[↗](../../intrinsically/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Gold is not intrinsically useful, but people value it.[↗](../../intrinsically/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Playing games is not intrinsically bad.[↗](../../intrinsically/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Every person is intrinsically valuable.[↗](../../intrinsically/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The plan was intrinsically unfair.[↗](../../intrinsically/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Some things are intrinsically interesting, like volcanoes.[↗](../../intrinsically/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · A paper banknote has almost no intrinsic value, but we agree it is worth money.[↗](../../intrinsically/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The problem is intrinsically hard.[↗](../../intrinsically/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **intro** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (informal) An intro is an introduction, the start of a song, book, talk or video.[↗](../../intro/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (informal) An intro is when you introduce one person to another.[↗](../../intro/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I love the guitar intro to that song.[↗](../../intro/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Skip the intro and go to the game.[↗](../../intro/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Can you give me an intro to your friend?[↗](../../intro/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The video's intro was too long.[↗](../../intro/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Write a short intro for your story.[↗](../../intro/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The band played the intro twice.[↗](../../intro/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **introduce** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To introduce people is to tell them each other's names when they meet for the first time.[↗](../../introduce/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To introduce something new is to bring it in or start using it.[↗](../../introduce/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To introduce someone to something is to let them try or learn it for the first time.[↗](../../introduce/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* To introduce a talk, book or show is to say what it will be about at the start.[↗](../../introduce/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Let me introduce my friend Ali.[↗](../../introduce/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Please introduce yourself to the class.[↗](../../introduce/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The school introduced a new lunch menu.[↗](../../introduce/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad introduced me to chess.[↗](../../introduce/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Rabbits were introduced to Australia and spread quickly.[↗](../../introduce/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Start your story by introducing the main character.[↗](../../introduce/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The Count shook hands with him, and introduced him.[↗](../../introduce/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The opinions of Hebrew Kabalistic Rabbis and of two French mystics may be fitly introduced here.[↗](../../introduce/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../introduce/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · The twelve sections of this chapter introduce this philo- sophic disquisition upon the Formation and Development of the Universe.[↗](../../introduce/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../introduce/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **introduction** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* An introduction is the first part of a book, story, essay or talk, which tells what it will be about.[↗](../../introduction/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* An introduction is when you tell people each other's names so they meet.[↗](../../introduction/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Introduction means bringing something new into use or into a place for the first time.[↗](../../introduction/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* An introduction to a subject is a first, simple lesson about it.[↗](../../introduction/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Write an introduction that tells the reader what your report is about.[↗](../../introduction/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Let me make the introductions: this is Ava and this is Leo.[↗](../../introduction/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The book has a short introduction by the author.[↗](../../introduction/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The introduction of rabbits to Australia caused big problems.[↗](../../introduction/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · This lesson is an introduction to fractions.[↗](../../introduction/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The introduction to the song was very quiet.[↗](../../introduction/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · After the introductions, we played a game.[↗](../../introduction/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · A good introduction makes people want to read on.[↗](../../introduction/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · With an Introduction by Thomas Bodkin[↗](../../introduction/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Source: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/SepherYetzirah (/Preface, /Introduction, /SepherYetzirah), fetched via index.php?action=render on 2026-10-17.[↗](../../introduction/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../introduction/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · PARTIAL: English Wikisource transcription (proofread from Index:Sepher Yetzirah.djvu) — only Preface to the Second Edition, Introduction, and the text (chapters I-VI).[↗](../../introduction/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../introduction/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Hence Isaac de Lates; criticism in the introduction to the Zohar : (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../introduction/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") **introductory** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* Coming at the start of something and explaining what is to follow.[↗](../../introductory/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The appearance of this root in the SY’s introductory paragraph serves as a reminder that although we embark upon a text rich in vivid, grounded symbolism—even anthropomorphism—we should not hasten to take such symbolic language overly literally.[↗](../../introductory/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../introductory/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") **intrude** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To intrude is to go into a place or join a situation where you are not wanted or not invited.[↗](../../intrude/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To intrude on something is to disturb it or spoil it: the noise intruded on our peace.[↗](../../intrude/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I'm sorry to intrude, but your mum is on the phone.[↗](../../intrude/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Please don't intrude when someone is praying.[↗](../../intrude/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We felt we were intruding on a private family moment.[↗](../../intrude/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The traffic noise intruded on our picnic.[↗](../../intrude/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Reporters should not intrude on people's grief.[↗](../../intrude/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · A fox intruded into the hen house.[↗](../../intrude/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Then a Stag intruded into his domain and shared his pasture.[↗](../../intrude/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **intruder** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* An intruder is a person who goes into a place where they are not allowed, especially a building, to steal or cause harm.[↗](../../intruder/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* An intruder can be anyone or anything that comes in where it is not wanted, like an animal in a nest or a person in a private talk.[↗](../../intruder/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The intruder alarm went off in the middle of the night.[↗](../../intruder/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The dog barked at the intruder.[↗](../../intruder/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The police caught the intruder climbing out of a window.[↗](../../intruder/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The cuckoo chick is an intruder in another bird's nest.[↗](../../intruder/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Our school practises a lockdown drill in case of an intruder.[↗](../../intruder/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · I felt like an intruder at their family party.[↗](../../intruder/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Hackers are intruders on computer networks.[↗](../../intruder/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Seizing a big stick, he began to beat the intruder and to drive him out of his garden.[↗](../../intruder/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **intrusion** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* An intrusion is when someone comes into a place or situation where they are not wanted or allowed.[↗](../../intrusion/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Intrusion into someone's private life is not respecting their privacy.[↗](../../intrusion/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (science) An intrusion is rock that pushed into other rock while melted.[↗](../../intrusion/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Sorry for the intrusion, but dinner is ready.[↗](../../intrusion/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Reading her diary was an intrusion into her privacy.[↗](../../intrusion/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The alarm sounds if there is an intrusion.[↗](../../intrusion/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The reporters' intrusion upset the family.[↗](../../intrusion/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Granite can form an intrusion in older rock.[↗](../../intrusion/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The noise was an unwelcome intrusion.[↗](../../intrusion/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **intrust** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* An old spelling of "entrust": to give someone something to look after or keep safe.[↗](../../intrust/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* To this angel God intrusted all the secrets of the Law, and of wisdom; and all the mysteries of creation are known to him as they are known to the Creator Himself\*"i. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../intrust/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Thus far. it has been impossible to determine tiic ago and authorship of tlic Sefer Yetzirah. .[↗](../../intrust/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") Tcwish tradition claims divine origin for it: it was intrusted by tlie Lord to Adam and after- wards to Abraham\*\*\*).[↗](../../intrust/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../intrust/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") **intrusted** — *Early Modern English, meaning 1:* Given to someone to look after or to carry out.[↗](../../intrusted/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Read the parable of the intrusted talent\![↗](../../intrusted/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen) · Bellerophon now presented to him the letter intrusted to him by Proetus.[↗](../../intrusted/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome) · As a proof of his confidence, the king now intrusted Paris with a somewhat delicate mission.[↗](../../intrusted/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") (Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome) **intuition** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* A sudden feeling of knowing something without working it out step by step.[↗](../../intuition/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A very notable Hebrew expression of Divinatory intuition was BATh QUL, the Daughter of the Voice.[↗](../../intuition/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../intuition/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") **inuit** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The Inuit are Indigenous peoples who live in the Arctic regions of Canada, Greenland, Alaska and nearby.[↗](../../inuit/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Inuit (adjective) means of or about these peoples and their cultures and languages.[↗](../../inuit/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The Inuit have lived in the Arctic for thousands of years.[↗](../../inuit/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Inuit hunters used kayaks to travel on the water.[↗](../../inuit/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · An igloo is a snow shelter built by some Inuit on hunting trips.[↗](../../inuit/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Inuktitut is one of the Inuit languages.[↗](../../inuit/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We learned about Inuit art and stone carvings.[↗](../../inuit/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Nunavut is a territory in Canada where many Inuit live.[↗](../../inuit/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **inundated** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Getting so many things, like letters, calls or jobs, that it is hard to deal with them all.[↗](../../inundated/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Flooded; covered with a large amount of water.[↗](../../inundated/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The school office was inundated with phone calls after the snow day.[↗](../../inundated/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · After the heavy rain, the fields were inundated.[↗](../../inundated/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The vet was inundated with sick puppies.[↗](../../inundated/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Our class was inundated with entries for the poetry prize.[↗](../../inundated/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The town was inundated when the river burst its banks.[↗](../../inundated/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Santa is inundated with letters every December.[↗](../../inundated/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The shop was inundated with customers on the first day of the sale.[↗](../../inundated/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Here he found the country inundated with disastrous floods, towns and villages destroyed, and everywhere signs of desolation and ruin.[↗](../../inundated/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **inundation** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (formal) A flood; when water covers land that is usually dry.[↗](../../inundation/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A very large amount of things arriving at once: an inundation of letters.[↗](../../inundation/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The yearly inundation of the Nile made the soil rich.[↗](../../inundation/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Coastal towns face inundation as sea levels rise.[↗](../../inundation/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The inundation destroyed many farms.[↗](../../inundation/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · There was an inundation of emails after the announcement.[↗](../../inundation/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The levee protected the town from inundation.[↗](../../inundation/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Ancient Egyptians had a season called Inundation.[↗](../../inundation/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · It is probable that these sea-monsters are the poetical figures which represent the demons of hunger and famine, necessarily accompanying a general inundation.[↗](../../inundation/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **invade** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To invade a country or place is to enter it with an army in order to take control of it.[↗](../../invade/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To invade can mean to come into a place in large numbers, often unwelcome: ants invaded the kitchen.[↗](../../invade/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To invade someone's privacy or personal space is to get too close or poke into things that are theirs.[↗](../../invade/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The Romans invaded Britain and built roads and towns.[↗](../../invade/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The Vikings invaded from across the North Sea.[↗](../../invade/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Ants invaded our picnic.[↗](../../invade/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Please don't invade my personal space.[↗](../../invade/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Reading my diary is invading my privacy\![↗](../../invade/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Germs invade the body and make us ill.[↗](../../invade/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Cane toads have invaded large parts of Australia.[↗](../../invade/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · I have often heard how they invade this land, kill and rob the people, and carry off all they can find.[↗](../../invade/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Now the bands of the Moabites used to invade the land at the coming in of the year.[↗](../../invade/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 2KI.13.20, JPS 1917)[↗](../../invade/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And now, behold, the children of Ammon and Moab and mount Seir, whom Thou wouldest not let Israel invade, when they came out of the land of Egypt, but they turned aside from them, and destroyed them not; (Writings 2CH.20.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../invade/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **invader** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* An invader is a person, army or country that enters another place by force to take it over.[↗](../../invader/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (science) An invader is a plant, animal or germ that spreads into a place where it does not belong and causes harm.[↗](../../invader/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* An invader is anyone who comes in where they are not wanted.[↗](../../invader/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The Vikings were invaders who sailed from Scandinavia.[↗](../../invader/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The castle walls kept out the invaders.[↗](../../invader/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Cane toads are invaders that harm Australian wildlife.[↗](../../invader/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · White blood cells attack invaders such as bacteria.[↗](../../invader/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · In the game you shoot down alien invaders.[↗](../../invader/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The cat chased the invader out of its garden.[↗](../../invader/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · In 1066 the Norman invaders won the Battle of Hastings.[↗](../../invader/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · After this defeat the invaders, foreseeing a long and wearisome campaign, drew up their ships on land, erected tents, huts, &c., and formed an intrenched camp on the coast.[↗](../../invader/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/I/) … [32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/I/page/32/) **33** [34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/I/page/34/) … [39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/I/page/39/) - ← previous: [page 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/I/page/32/) - next →: [page 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/I/page/34/) - ↑ back to [The English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/)