--- title: M — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 10 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/page/10/) [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 · page 10 [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:* A person or company that makes goods in large numbers, usually in a factory using machines.[↗](../../manufacturer/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The company named as the maker of a product.[↗](../../manufacturer/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Follow the manufacturer's instructions when charging the tablet.[↗](../../manufacturer/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The toy manufacturer recalled the broken toys.[↗](../../manufacturer/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Japan has many car manufacturers.[↗](../../manufacturer/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The manufacturer makes ten thousand bikes every year.[↗](../../manufacturer/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We wrote to the manufacturer about the faulty kettle.[↗](../../manufacturer/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The manufacturer's name is printed on the bottom.[↗](../../manufacturer/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Chocolate manufacturers buy lots of cocoa beans.[↗](../../manufacturer/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The phone came with a manufacturer's guarantee.[↗](../../manufacturer/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **manufacturing** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The business or industry of making goods in large numbers in factories.[↗](../../manufacturing/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (verb form) Making things in a factory (they are manufacturing phones).[↗](../../manufacturing/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Manufacturing gives jobs to many people in the town.[↗](../../manufacturing/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The factory is manufacturing new electric cars.[↗](../../manufacturing/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Car manufacturing uses lots of robots.[↗](../../manufacturing/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Steel is used in manufacturing.[↗](../../manufacturing/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Manufacturing a phone takes many different parts.[↗](../../manufacturing/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · If manufacturing one chair costs 20 dollars, 6 chairs cost 120 dollars.[↗](../../manufacturing/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **manure** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Manure is animal poo, often mixed with straw, used to make soil richer so plants grow better.[↗](../../manure/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To manure a field or garden means to spread manure on it.[↗](../../manure/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The farmer spread manure on the field.[↗](../../manure/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Roses grow well with horse manure.[↗](../../manure/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The smell of manure means we are near a farm.[↗](../../manure/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Manure is full of nutrients for plants.[↗](../../manure/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We put manure on the school vegetable patch.[↗](../../manure/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Wash your hands after touching manure.[↗](../../manure/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Some people sell bags of manure by the road.[↗](../../manure/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Green manure is a plant crop dug back into the soil.[↗](../../manure/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **manus** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* A Latin word meaning "hands.".[↗](../../manus/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* "Abrahami Patriarchæ Liber Jezirah sive Formationis Mundi, Patribus quidem Abrahami tempora præcedentibus revelatus, sed ab ipso etiam Abrahamo expositus Isaaco, et per prophetarum manus posteritati conservatus, ipsis autem 72.[↗](../../manus/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../manus/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · '' Abrahami Patriarchse Liber Jezirah sive Forma- tionis Mundi, Patribus quidem Abrahami tempora prsecedentibus revelatus, sed ab ipso etiam Abrahamo expositus Isaaco, et per prophetarum manus posteritati conservatus, ipsis autem 72.[↗](../../manus/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../manus/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") **manuscript** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A book, story or piece of writing written by hand, especially an old one from before printing.[↗](../../manuscript/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The writer's own copy of a book before it is printed, now often typed.[↗](../../manuscript/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Music written out by hand (manuscript paper).[↗](../../manuscript/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Monks wrote manuscripts with feather pens.[↗](../../manuscript/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The museum shows an old manuscript with gold letters.[↗](../../manuscript/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The author sent her manuscript to a publisher.[↗](../../manuscript/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · This manuscript is hundreds of years old.[↗](../../manuscript/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We wrote our tunes on manuscript paper.[↗](../../manuscript/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The manuscript was full of crossed-out words.[↗](../../manuscript/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The Caliph, who liked to have old manuscripts in his library, even though he could not read them, purchased the scroll and the box, and dismissed the pedlar.[↗](../../manuscript/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · My reading according to a manuscript of Rabbi Isaac Luria, which I have preferred to all others, is thus: (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../manuscript/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · However, the manuscript variant found in the present edition is certainly old, appearing already in the oldest extant versions of the SY in the commentary of Saadia Gaon.[↗](../../manuscript/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../manuscript/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Some manuscripts have a different reading, בשלשה ספרים בספר וספר וספר ‘with three books: a book, and a book, and a book’—certainly easier linguistically but no more clear in its meaning.[↗](../../manuscript/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../manuscript/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **many** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Many means a large number of things or people: many birds.[↗](../../many/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* «How many» asks for a number.[↗](../../many/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* How many cats do you have?[↗](../../many/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* «As many as» compares two equal numbers.[↗](../../many/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* «Too many» means more than is wanted; «so many» means a great number.[↗](../../many/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* (casual) Chatty talk says «loads», «heaps» (Australia, NZ), «tons», «a ton of», «lots», «a bunch of», «a load of», «a gazillion» instead of many.[↗](../../many/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 6:* (casual) «How many he got then?» is broken grammar for «How many has he got?».[↗](../../many/#m6 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 7:* (formal) The exam voice says «numerous», «a considerable number of», «a multitude of», «the number of», «what quantity of».[↗](../../many/#m7 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* How many cards does Zoe have now?[↗](../../many/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · How many more stickers does Ali have than Mia?[↗](../../many/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Tom has twice as many pens as Sue.[↗](../../many/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Many children walk to school.[↗](../../many/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · How many legs does a spider have?[↗](../../many/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · There are too many toys on the floor.[↗](../../many/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · I have read this book many times.[↗](../../many/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Sam has as many cards as Leo.[↗](../../many/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · there's heaps of chips, take as many as ya want[↗](../../many/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · how many he got left then?[↗](../../many/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · I've told you a million times\![↗](../../many/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · State the number of legs possessed by 3 spiders, each spider having 8 legs.[↗](../../many/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · Many years passed by after this.[↗](../../many/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · And Abraham sojourned in the land of the Philistines many days.[↗](../../many/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.21.34, JPS 1917)[↗](../../many/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · So ye abode in Kadesh many days, according unto the days that ye abode there.[↗](../../many/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.1.46, JPS 1917)[↗](../../many/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") · The Emim dwelt therein aforetime, a people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakim; (Torah DEU.2.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../many/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") · And he sought for them many wives.[↗](../../many/#x17 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings 2CH.11.23, JPS 1917)[↗](../../many/#x17 "tree and pragmatics") · How many are mine iniquities and sins?[↗](../../many/#x18 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.13.23, JPS 1917)[↗](../../many/#x18 "tree and pragmatics") · LORD, how many are mine adversaries become\![↗](../../many/#x19 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.3.2, JPS 1917)[↗](../../many/#x19 "tree and pragmatics") **mao** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (a name) Mao usually means Mao Zedong, the leader of the Communist Party who ruled the People's Republic of China from its start until his death.[↗](../../mao/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (Mandarin, pinyin) «Máo» (毛) means hair, fur or feather, and is also a small unit of Chinese money: ten mao make one yuan.[↗](../../mao/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (Mandarin, pinyin) «Māo» (猫) means cat.[↗](../../mao/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") It sounds like "mow" (rhymes with "cow").[↗](../../mao/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") It is not an English word.[↗](../../mao/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Mao is also the name of a showy, boastful peacock in Kipling's Jungle Book stories.[↗](../../mao/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* (a name) Chairman Mao led China for many years.[↗](../../mao/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · (a name) Mao's picture hangs over the gate in Tiananmen Square in Beijing.[↗](../../mao/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · (Mandarin, pinyin) Wǔ máo means five mao, half a yuan.[↗](../../mao/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · (Mandarin, pinyin) Wǒ yǒu yì zhī māo — I have a cat.[↗](../../mao/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · (Mandarin, pinyin) In Chinese, «máo» can mean fur or feathers.[↗](../../mao/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Historians still argue about Mao's rule.[↗](../../mao/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · He dances like Mao the Peacock.[↗](../../mao/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **maori** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Māori are the Indigenous people of New Zealand (Aotearoa), who were living there long before Europeans arrived.[↗](../../maori/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Māori (te reo Māori) is also their language.[↗](../../maori/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* As an adjective, Māori describes things belonging to this people and culture, like Māori songs and art.[↗](../../maori/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Māori are the first people of New Zealand.[↗](../../maori/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · «Kia ora» is a Māori greeting.[↗](../../maori/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We learned a Māori song at school.[↗](../../maori/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The rugby team performed a haka before the game.[↗](../../maori/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Many places in New Zealand have Māori names.[↗](../../maori/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Te reo Māori is one of New Zealand's official languages.[↗](../../maori/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · My friend told us a Māori legend about the god Māui.[↗](../../maori/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The Māori carving was made from wood.[↗](../../maori/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **map** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A drawing of an area — a room, town, country or the world — seen from above, showing where places are.[↗](../../map/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Verb: to make a map of a place.[↗](../../map/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Map out: to plan something carefully.[↗](../../map/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Look at the map to find the beach.[↗](../../map/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The map key shows what the symbols mean.[↗](../../map/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · On this map 1 cm stands for 1 km.[↗](../../map/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · North is usually at the top of a map.[↗](../../map/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We drew a treasure map.[↗](../../map/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Can you find Canada on the world map?[↗](../../map/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Use the grid on the map: go across, then up.[↗](../../map/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · We mapped our school playground.[↗](../../map/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · The master pointed to the map on the wall.[↗](../../map/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **maple** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A maple is a tree with leaves that have pointed parts like fingers; the leaves turn red, orange or yellow in autumn.[↗](../../maple/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Maple is the hard wood of this tree.[↗](../../maple/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Maple syrup is a sweet syrup made from the sap of some maple trees.[↗](../../maple/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The maple leaves turned bright red in autumn.[↗](../../maple/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We had pancakes with maple syrup.[↗](../../maple/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The Canadian flag has a red maple leaf.[↗](../../maple/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Maple seeds spin as they fall to the ground.[↗](../../maple/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The table is made of maple.[↗](../../maple/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Farmers collect sap from maple trees in early spring.[↗](../../maple/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · A big maple shades our garden.[↗](../../maple/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Looking to the west the autumn maples were ablaze like a sunset sky, and the chrysanthemums were in perfection.[↗](../../maple/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **mapping** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The making of maps of an area.[↗](../../mapping/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (maths) A rule that links each item in one set to an item in another set, like a function.[↗](../../mapping/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A plan or diagram that shows how things are connected: a mind mapping activity.[↗](../../mapping/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (verb form) -ing form of «map»: we are mapping the playground.[↗](../../mapping/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Our class is mapping the school playground.[↗](../../mapping/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Satellites help with mapping the Earth.[↗](../../mapping/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · In maths we drew a mapping diagram from x to 2x.[↗](../../mapping/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The mapping shows that 3 goes to 6 and 4 goes to 8.[↗](../../mapping/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Mind mapping helps me plan my stories.[↗](../../mapping/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · They are mapping out the route for the charity walk.[↗](../../mapping/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Phone apps use mapping to show where you are.[↗](../../mapping/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Scientists are mapping the ocean floor.[↗](../../mapping/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **mar** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (formal) To spoil or damage something, making it less good or less beautiful.[↗](../../mar/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (Mar.) Short for March, the month, in lists and calendars.[↗](../../mar/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Mar! is an old shout meaning 'hit him, hit him!'.[↗](../../mar/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Rain marred our sports day.[↗](../../mar/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A deep scratch marred the shiny table.[↗](../../mar/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The party was marred by an argument.[↗](../../mar/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Nothing could mar her happiness.[↗](../../mar/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Litter marred the beautiful beach.[↗](../../mar/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · One mistake marred an otherwise perfect test.[↗](../../mar/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The holiday was marred by a stomach bug.[↗](../../mar/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Graffiti marred the new wall.[↗](../../mar/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Mar\![↗](../../mar/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Hit him, hit him!)[↗](../../mar/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") Mind the post\![↗](../../mar/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard.[↗](../../mar/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.19.27, JPS 1917)[↗](../../mar/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Thus saith the LORD: After this manner will I mar the pride of Judah, and the great pride of Jerusalem, (Prophets JER.13.9, JPS 1917)[↗](../../mar/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · And the near kinsman said: 'I cannot redeem it for myself, lest I mar mine own inheritance; take thou my right of redemption on thee; for I cannot redeem it.' — (Writings RUT.4.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../mar/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · And ye shall smite every fortified city, and every choice city, and shall fell every good tree, and stop all fountains of water, and mar every good piece of land with stones.'[↗](../../mar/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 2KI.3.19, JPS 1917)[↗](../../mar/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") **mara** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A mara is a South American animal that looks like a small deer or long-legged hare but is a rodent, a relative of the guinea pig.[↗](../../mara/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (a name) The Mara is a river and area in Kenya and Tanzania; the Masai Mara is a famous wildlife reserve.[↗](../../mara/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (a name) Mara is also a girl's name.[↗](../../mara/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The mara hops like a rabbit and runs like a deer.[↗](../../mara/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Maras live in Argentina.[↗](../../mara/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Maras are big rodents.[↗](../../mara/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Wildebeest cross the Mara River every year.[↗](../../mara/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We saw maras at the zoo.[↗](../../mara/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Mara is my best friend's name.[↗](../../mara/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **maraca** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A musical instrument made of a hollow ball or gourd filled with seeds, beads or small stones, with a handle; you shake it to make a rattling sound.[↗](../../maraca/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") Usually played in pairs.[↗](../../maraca/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I shook the maracas in time to the song.[↗](../../maraca/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We made maracas from yogurt pots filled with rice.[↗](../../maraca/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A pair of maracas makes a lovely shaking rhythm.[↗](../../maraca/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Maracas are popular in Latin American music.[↗](../../maraca/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The baby loves the sound of the plastic maraca.[↗](../../maraca/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Shake the maracas softly for the quiet part.[↗](../../maraca/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Old maracas were made from dried gourds with seeds inside.[↗](../../maraca/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · In the band, I play the maracas and my friend plays the drum.[↗](../../maraca/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **marathi** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Marathi is a language spoken by about 80 to 100 million people, mainly in the state of Maharashtra in western India, including the city of Mumbai.[↗](../../marathi/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Marathi describes the people, culture or things of Maharashtra.[↗](../../marathi/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Marathi is spoken in Mumbai and across Maharashtra.[↗](../../marathi/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · My friend's grandma tells stories in Marathi.[↗](../../marathi/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Marathi is written in the Devanagari script.[↗](../../marathi/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We watched a Marathi film with English subtitles.[↗](../../marathi/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · «Namaskar» is a Marathi greeting.[↗](../../marathi/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Over 80 million people speak Marathi.[↗](../../marathi/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **marathon** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A running race of about 42 kilometres (26.2 miles).[↗](../../marathon/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Any very long activity or event that needs lots of energy: a homework marathon.[↗](../../marathon/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (adjective) Very long: a marathon meeting.[↗](../../marathon/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Marathon is also a town in Greece, famous for an ancient battle and a legendary bull.[↗](../../marathon/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* My aunt ran the London Marathon for charity.[↗](../../marathon/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A marathon is about 42 kilometres long.[↗](../../marathon/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We watched a film marathon all afternoon.[↗](../../marathon/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The meeting turned into a marathon.[↗](../../marathon/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · She is training for a half marathon.[↗](../../marathon/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Running a marathon takes months of training.[↗](../../marathon/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Packing for the trip was a real marathon.[↗](../../marathon/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Thousands of runners took part in the marathon.[↗](../../marathon/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · He accordingly decided to rid the country of the famous bull of Marathon, which had become a terror to the cultivators of the land.[↗](../../marathon/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **marble** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A marble is a small glass ball for playing games.[↗](../../marble/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Marble is a hard, smooth stone, often white with lines, used for statues and buildings.[↗](../../marble/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* «Marbles» is a game played by rolling marbles.[↗](../../marble/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Sam had 8 marbles and lost 3; going away, so 8 − 3 = 5.[↗](../../marble/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · There are 6 rows with 9 marbles in every row.[↗](../../marble/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Lily has 5 boxes with 6 marbles in each box.[↗](../../marble/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Let's play marbles at break.[↗](../../marble/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The blue marble rolled under the sofa.[↗](../../marble/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The old statue is made of white marble.[↗](../../marble/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Keep marbles away from babies; they can choke.[↗](../../marble/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · I keep my marbles in a cloth bag.[↗](../../marble/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · The endless halls shine in marble and many colors.[↗](../../marble/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · His legs are as pillars of marble, set upon sockets of fine gold; his aspect is like Lebanon, excellent as the cedars.[↗](../../marble/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings SNG.5.15, JPS 1917)[↗](../../marble/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/M/) … [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/M/page/9/) **10** [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/M/page/11/) … [54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/M/page/54/) - ← previous: [page 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/M/page/9/) - next →: [page 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/M/page/11/) - ↑ back to [The English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/)