--- title: M — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics description: The 1043 words of the English dictionary under M, 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/M/) [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/) / M # M — The English dictionary The words of the English dictionary under M: 1043 words, every meaning and example parsed by Mova; the ↗ after a sentence leads to the word's page, with every sentence's syntax tree and pragmatics. 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(Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](ma/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **mac** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (UK) A mac is a raincoat (short for mackintosh).[↗](mac/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A Mac is an Apple Macintosh computer.[↗](mac/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (informal, US) «Mac» is a way of speaking to a man whose name you don't know, like «buddy».[↗](mac/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Mac (or Mc) at the start of a name means «son of» in Scottish and Irish names, like MacDonald.[↗](mac/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* Mac and cheese is a dish of macaroni pasta in cheese sauce.[↗](mac/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Put your mac on; it's pouring.[↗](mac/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Our school computer room has Macs.[↗](mac/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · «Hey, Mac, you dropped your wallet!»[↗](mac/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · MacGregor is a Scottish name.[↗](mac/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We had mac and cheese for tea.[↗](mac/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Her yellow mac kept her dry.[↗](mac/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Is this program for Mac or Windows?[↗](mac/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Mac an Da’v turned to him.[↗](mac/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · The Siphra Dtzeniouta, or Book of Concealed Mystery, translated by Mac Gregor Mathers, in his " Kabalah Denudata," opens with a reference to this Equilibrium as a fundamental neces- sity of stable existence.[↗](mac/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](mac/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **macadamia** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A macadamia is a round, creamy nut with a very hard shell.[↗](macadamia/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* It is also the tree it grows on, which comes from Australia.[↗](macadamia/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Macadamia nuts come from Australia.[↗](macadamia/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Mum baked white chocolate and macadamia cookies.[↗](macadamia/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The macadamia has a very hard shell.[↗](macadamia/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Macadamia trees grow in warm places like Queensland and Hawaii.[↗](macadamia/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Some children are allergic to macadamias.[↗](macadamia/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Macadamias are rich in oil.[↗](macadamia/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **macadamize** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To macadamize a road is to cover it with layers of broken stone, pressed down hard to make a firm, smooth surface.[↗](macadamize/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The roofs were gayly painted, and before each house was a flower garden, which separated it from the macadamized high-road.[↗](macadamize/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") **macaque** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A macaque is a kind of monkey with a short tail or no tail, living mostly in Asia and one kind in North Africa.[↗](macaque/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Famous macaques include Japanese snow monkeys that bathe in hot springs, rhesus macaques, and the Barbary macaques of Gibraltar.[↗](macaque/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Japanese macaques sit in hot springs to keep warm in winter.[↗](macaque/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A macaque snatched the banana from my hand in Gibraltar.[↗](macaque/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Macaques live in big family groups.[↗](macaque/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The scientist watched a macaque washing a sweet potato in the sea.[↗](macaque/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't feed the macaques; they can bite.[↗](macaque/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Rhesus macaques are found across much of Asia.[↗](macaque/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **macaroni** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A kind of pasta in short, curved tubes.[↗](macaroni/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (history, 18th century) A young man who wore very fancy, showy clothes and a big wig, copying the fashions of Europe.[↗](macaroni/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We had macaroni cheese for dinner.[↗](macaroni/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Macaroni is made from wheat flour and water.[↗](macaroni/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Boil the macaroni for ten minutes.[↗](macaroni/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Yankee Doodle «stuck a feather in his cap and called it macaroni».[↗](macaroni/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · In the 1770s a macaroni wore a huge wig.[↗](macaroni/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We made a necklace by threading dry macaroni.[↗](macaroni/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · He tried the straw, but, as he chewed away at it, he noticed to his great disappointment that it tasted neither like rice nor like macaroni.[↗](macaroni/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **macaw** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A macaw is a large parrot with a long tail, a strong curved beak and very bright feathers, such as red, blue, yellow and green, from the rainforests of Central and South America.[↗](macaw/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A scarlet macaw flew over the rainforest canopy.[↗](macaw/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Macaws crack hard nuts with their strong beaks.[↗](macaw/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The macaw at the zoo said «hello» to us.[↗](macaw/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Hyacinth macaws are the biggest parrots that can fly.[↗](macaw/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Macaw pairs often stay together for life.[↗](macaw/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Many macaws are taken illegally from the wild to be sold as pets.[↗](macaw/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The macaw's feathers were red, yellow and blue.[↗](macaw/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **mace** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A heavy club with a metal head, often with spikes, used as a weapon by knights in the Middle Ages.[↗](mace/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A decorated staff (a fancy stick) carried in ceremonies to show the power of a mayor, parliament or university.[↗](mace/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A spice made from the red covering of the nutmeg seed.[↗](mace/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (US) A spray that stings the eyes, used by some police; often called by the brand name Mace.[↗](mace/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The knight swung his mace at the enemy shield.[↗](mace/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The mace is carried into Parliament at the start of each day.[↗](mace/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The mayor walked in behind a man carrying a silver mace.[↗](mace/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Gran puts a pinch of mace in her Christmas cake.[↗](mace/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Mace comes from the same fruit as nutmeg.[↗](mace/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · In the museum we saw a spiked iron mace.[↗](mace/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Without the mace on the table, the House of Commons cannot do its business.[↗](mace/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The university mace is used at graduation.[↗](mace/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Thereupon he said, "This mace will do for the Snake!"[↗](mace/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **macedonian** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* From or to do with North Macedonia, a country in the Balkans, its people or its language.[↗](macedonian/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The Macedonian language: a Slavic language written in Cyrillic letters, spoken in North Macedonia.[↗](macedonian/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (history) From ancient Macedonia, the kingdom of Philip II and Alexander the Great.[↗](macedonian/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* From Macedonia, a region of northern Greece.[↗](macedonian/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Alexander the Great was a Macedonian king.[↗](macedonian/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The Macedonian army crossed into Asia.[↗](macedonian/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Skopje is the capital of North Macedonia.[↗](macedonian/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Macedonian is written in the Cyrillic alphabet.[↗](macedonian/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · My friend's family is Macedonian and speaks Macedonian at home.[↗](macedonian/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Thessaloniki is the main city of the Greek region of Macedonia.[↗](macedonian/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The ancient Macedonians spoke a form of Greek.[↗](macedonian/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **machine** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A machine is a thing with moving parts that uses power to do a job, like a washing machine or a sewing machine.[↗](machine/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A machine is a device that sells or gives things: a vending machine, a ticket machine.[↗](machine/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* In science, a simple machine (lever, pulley, wheel and axle, ramp, wedge, screw) makes work easier.[↗](machine/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A machine makes 50 toys an hour.[↗](machine/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · How many toys in 6 hours?[↗](machine/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Two machines work together.[↗](machine/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A drink from the machine costs 2 dollars.[↗](machine/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Put your dirty clothes in the washing machine.[↗](machine/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · A lever is a simple machine.[↗](machine/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The ticket machine took my coins.[↗](machine/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Robots are machines that can follow instructions.[↗](machine/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Unplug the machine before you clean it.[↗](machine/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Strange that he should think of this, which had never troubled him before; perhaps the sewing machine brought it to his mind.[↗](machine/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **machinery** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Machines in general, especially large ones: farm machinery, heavy machinery.[↗](machinery/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The moving parts of a machine.[↗](machinery/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* The system or organisation that makes something work: the machinery of government.[↗](machinery/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The farm machinery is kept in the barn.[↗](machinery/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Never play near heavy machinery.[↗](machinery/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The noise of the machinery filled the factory.[↗](machinery/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Oil keeps the machinery running smoothly.[↗](machinery/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Children must not operate machinery.[↗](machinery/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Workers wear hard hats near the machinery.[↗](machinery/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The machinery of government moves slowly.[↗](machinery/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · He says everything is done by machinery now; there must be some way of settling these dragons.[↗](machinery/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **macrocosm** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* The whole great universe, seen as a large copy of the small world of a human being.[↗](macrocosm/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* 26) Here is meant: ethereal air, ethereal water, ethereal fire, the macrocosm, the courses of time and microcosm.[↗](macrocosm/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](macrocosm/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Their development in three directions is pointed out, namely in the Macrocosm or Universe ; in the Year or in Time ; and in the Microcosm or Man.[↗](macrocosm/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](macrocosm/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · 42) The meaning is, as God is the centre of the Universe, so have the macrocosm, the seasons and temperature and the microcosm, their centres receiving power from the principal centre to regulate and rule.[↗](macrocosm/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](macrocosm/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **mad** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (informal, especially USA) Angry.[↗](mad/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (UK and elsewhere, informal) Very silly or foolish; crazy.[↗](mad/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* mad about/on: liking something very much.[↗](mad/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (old or offensive) Mentally ill; avoid this use about real people.[↗](mad/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* (slang) Very, or very great.[↗](mad/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "mad skills".[↗](mad/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Mum was mad at me for being late.[↗](mad/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · You're mad to go swimming in this cold\![↗](mad/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She's mad about horses.[↗](mad/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The noise is driving me mad.[↗](mad/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We ran like mad to catch the bus.[↗](mad/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The crowd went mad when we scored.[↗](mad/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · (slang) He's got mad skills on the skateboard.[↗](mad/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · "Den Brer Possum git mighty mad.[↗](mad/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · so that thou shalt be mad for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see.[↗](mad/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.28.34, JPS 1917)[↗](mad/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Madmenah is in mad flight; the inhabitants of Gebim flee to cover.[↗](mad/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.10.31, JPS 1917)[↗](mad/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · The prophet is a fool, the man of the spirit is mad\![↗](mad/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets HOS.9.7, JPS 1917)[↗](mad/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · I said of laughter: 'It is mad'; and of mirth: 'What doth it accomplish?'[↗](mad/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings ECC.2.2, JPS 1917)[↗](mad/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") **madam** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (polite) Madam is a polite way to speak to a woman whose name you do not know, used by shop staff, waiters and in letters: «Dear Madam».[↗](madam/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Madam is used before a title when speaking to a woman in an important job.[↗](madam/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* Madam Chair, Madam President.[↗](madam/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (UK, informal) A little madam is a girl who is bossy, cheeky or spoilt.[↗](madam/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* «Can I take your coat, madam?» asked the waiter.[↗](madam/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · I began my letter with «Dear Sir or Madam».[↗](madam/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Thank you, Madam Speaker.[↗](madam/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Gran called my sister a little madam when she sulked.[↗](madam/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · «This way, madam,» said the usher.[↗](madam/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Excuse me, madam, you dropped your glove.[↗](madam/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **madame** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (French) Madame is the French way of saying «Mrs» or «madam», a polite title for a woman.[↗](madame/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") It sounds like «ma-DAM».[↗](madame/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* In English it is used for a woman's title in fancy or foreign settings, such as «Madame Curie».[↗](madame/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* «Bonjour, Madame Dupont!» said the children.[↗](madame/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Madame Curie won two Nobel Prizes.[↗](madame/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Our French teacher likes to be called Madame.[↗](madame/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Madame Tussauds is a famous wax museum in London.[↗](madame/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · «Merci, Madame,» I said to the shopkeeper.[↗](madame/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The ballet teacher, Madame Rose, clapped the beat.[↗](madame/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Madame was so very fond of Bellissima.[↗](madame/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The late Madame Blavatsky, my esteemed teacher of Theosophy, and my personal friend, at whose suggestion a friendly alliance between the Hermetic Order of the G. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](madame/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · The late Madame Blavatsky, my esteemed teacher of Theosophy, and my personal friend, at whose sugges- tion a friendly alliance between the Hermetic Order of the G. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](madame/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **maddened** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Maddened means driven wild with pain, anger or fear.[↗](maddened/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Maddened can describe a creature that has gone wild and is no longer in control of itself.[↗](maddened/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Maddened with pain the Snake tried every means he could think of to get rid of the creature.[↗](maddened/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Quickly she opens her sack wide, and the maddened Wolf springs in head downwards.[↗](maddened/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") **madder** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Madder is the comparative of mad: more angry.[↗](madder/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (informal, mostly UK) Madder means more crazy, silly or wild.[↗](madder/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Madder is a plant with roots that give a red dye, and the red colour made from it, used for thousands of years to dye cloth.[↗](madder/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The longer she waited, the madder she got.[↗](madder/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · That's an even madder idea than the last one\![↗](madder/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad got madder when the car still wouldn't start.[↗](madder/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Madder roots were boiled to make red dye.[↗](madder/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The painter used rose madder for the sunset.[↗](madder/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The soldiers' coats were dyed with madder.[↗](madder/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · But if they had only known what were Gilguerillo's thoughts they would have thought him madder than ever.[↗](madder/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **madeira** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (a place) Madeira is a group of islands in the Atlantic Ocean that belong to Portugal, famous for mountains, flowers and a warm climate.[↗](madeira/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A strong, sweet wine made on those islands.[↗](madeira/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (UK) Madeira cake: a plain, firm sponge cake, often eaten with a cup of tea.[↗](madeira/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Madeira is a group of islands that belong to Portugal.[↗](madeira/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We went to Madeira on holiday and walked along the mountain paths.[↗](madeira/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Mum baked a madeira cake for the school cake sale.[↗](madeira/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A madeira cake is firm, so it is good for birthday cakes with icing.[↗](madeira/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Madeira wine is made on the islands.[↗](madeira/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Cristiano Ronaldo was born in Funchal, on Madeira.[↗](madeira/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The airport on Madeira is famous for its short runway.[↗](madeira/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Madeira means «wood» in Portuguese, because the island was covered in trees.[↗](madeira/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **mademoiselle** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (French) «Mademoiselle» is the French word for «Miss», used for a girl or young unmarried woman; it sounds like «mad-mwa-ZELL» to an English ear.[↗](mademoiselle/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* In English it is used in stories and jokes to sound French, or for a French governess or teacher.[↗](mademoiselle/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* (French) «Bonjour, mademoiselle!» means «Hello, miss!»[↗](mademoiselle/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Our French teacher is called Mademoiselle Martin.[↗](mademoiselle/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · In the story, the little girl was called Mademoiselle by the waiter.[↗](mademoiselle/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · (French) «Merci, mademoiselle» means «Thank you, miss».[↗](mademoiselle/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Mademoiselle is like Miss in English.[↗](mademoiselle/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Madame is like Mrs or Ms.[↗](mademoiselle/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The French nanny in the book was known as Mademoiselle.[↗](mademoiselle/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Short form: Mlle.[↗](mademoiselle/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **1** [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/M/page/2/) … [54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/M/page/54/) - ← previous: [L](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/L/) - next →: [page 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/M/page/2/) - ↑ back to [The English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/)