--- title: M — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 19 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/19/) [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 19 [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:* An illness caused by a virus that spreads very easily; it gives a high fever, a cough, red eyes and a red, blotchy rash all over the body.[↗](../../measles/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* My grandad had measles when he was a boy.[↗](../../measles/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Measles gives you a red, spotty rash.[↗](../../measles/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The MMR vaccine protects you against measles.[↗](../../measles/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Measles spreads through coughs and sneezes.[↗](../../measles/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · There was an outbreak of measles in the town.[↗](../../measles/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · A child with measles must stay at home.[↗](../../measles/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Measles is caused by a virus.[↗](../../measles/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Cowslip, during the autumn, had either the measles, or some eruption that looked very much like it, but was hardly sick a day.[↗](../../measles/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **measurable** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Measurable means able to be measured.[↗](../../measurable/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Measurable also means big enough to be noticed, like a measurable difference.[↗](../../measurable/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Height is measurable with a tape measure.[↗](../../measurable/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Is happiness measurable?[↗](../../measurable/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · There was a measurable rise in temperature.[↗](../../measurable/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Set a measurable goal, like reading 20 pages a day.[↗](../../measurable/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The plant showed measurable growth in a week.[↗](../../measurable/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Kindness isn't easily measurable.[↗](../../measurable/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **measurably** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* By an amount that can be measured or noticed: «measurably better».[↗](../../measurably/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Clearly and noticeably, not just a tiny bit.[↗](../../measurably/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The plant was measurably taller after a week in the sun.[↗](../../measurably/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Her running speed improved measurably over the term.[↗](../../measurably/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The air in the room was measurably warmer after the heater was on.[↗](../../measurably/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Washing hands measurably reduces germs.[↗](../../measurably/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The new road made the journey measurably shorter.[↗](../../measurably/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Our test scores went up measurably after extra practice.[↗](../../measurably/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The two balls were measurably different in weight.[↗](../../measurably/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The pond is measurably lower in summer.[↗](../../measurably/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **measure** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To measure is to find out the size, length, weight, time or amount of something with a tool, like a ruler, a tape, scales or a clock.[↗](../../measure/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* «It measures 5 cm» tells how big something is.[↗](../../measure/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A measure is an amount or a unit for it, like a cup or a metre.[↗](../../measure/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* A measure is also a step taken to do something: «safety measures».[↗](../../measure/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* In music, a measure is one short part of a tune (a bar).[↗](../../measure/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The pencil measures 12 cm.[↗](../../measure/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Measure the length of the table.[↗](../../measure/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She measured 3 cups of flour.[↗](../../measure/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The room measures 4 m by 5 m.[↗](../../measure/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The nurse measured my height: 1 metre 32.[↗](../../measure/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We measured the temperature of the water every hour.[↗](../../measure/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The school took safety measures after the storm.[↗](../../measure/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Add one more cookie for good measure.[↗](../../measure/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · They were measured and found to be correct.[↗](../../measure/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in measure.[↗](../../measure/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.19.35, JPS 1917)[↗](../../measure/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Thou shalt not have in thy house diverse measures, a great and a small.[↗](../../measure/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.25.14, JPS 1917)[↗](../../measure/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · The length of each curtain was thirty cubits, and four cubits the breadth of each curtain; the eleven curtains had one measure.[↗](../../measure/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.36.15, JPS 1917)[↗](../../measure/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · Who determined the measures thereof, if thou knowest?[↗](../../measure/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.38.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../measure/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · He measured the south side, five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed.[↗](../../measure/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets EZK.42.18, JPS 1917)[↗](../../measure/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · And above were costly stones, after the measure of hewn stones, and cedar-wood.[↗](../../measure/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1KI.7.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../measure/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") **measurement** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A measurement is a number with a unit that tells how long, heavy, big, hot or fast something is.[↗](../../measurement/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Measurement is the act of measuring.[↗](../../measurement/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Your measurements are the sizes of your body, such as waist and height, used for clothes.[↗](../../measurement/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The measurement of the table is 120 cm by 80 cm.[↗](../../measurement/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Write each measurement with its unit.[↗](../../measurement/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We took measurements of the plant every week.[↗](../../measurement/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The tailor took my measurements for a suit.[↗](../../measurement/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Measurement of time uses seconds, minutes and hours.[↗](../../measurement/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Check your measurements twice before cutting.[↗](../../measurement/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **meat** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Meat is the flesh of animals, such as cows, pigs, sheep and chickens, eaten as food.[↗](../../meat/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Early Modern English, meaning 1:* Food of any kind.[↗](../../meat/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We had meat and vegetables for dinner.[↗](../../meat/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Wash your hands after touching raw meat.[↗](../../meat/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Make sure the chicken meat is cooked all the way through.[↗](../../meat/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Lions are carnivores; they eat meat.[↗](../../meat/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · My sister doesn't eat meat; she's vegetarian.[↗](../../meat/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Keep raw meat on the bottom shelf of the fridge.[↗](../../meat/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Beef is meat from cows.[↗](../../meat/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · "Some wine and meat," she replied.[↗](../../meat/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And when Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the steward of his house: 'Bring the men into the house, and kill the beasts, and prepare the meat; for the men shall dine with me at noon.'[↗](../../meat/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.43.16, JPS 1917)[↗](../../meat/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · She hath prepared her meat, she hath mingled her wine; she hath also furnished her table.[↗](../../meat/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.9.2, JPS 1917)[↗](../../meat/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · If the men of my tent said not: 'Who can find one that hath not been satisfied with his meat?'[↗](../../meat/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.31.31, JPS 1917)[↗](../../meat/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · And when Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the steward of his house: 'Bring the men into the house, and kill the beasts, and prepare the meat; for the men shall dine with me at noon.'[↗](../../meat/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.43.16, JPS 1917) · "Some wine and meat," she replied.[↗](../../meat/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Grimm's Fairy Stories) · "What are you waiting for, dog's-meat?"[↗](../../meat/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore) **meatless** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Meatless means without meat.[↗](../../meatless/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We have a meatless dinner on Mondays.[↗](../../meatless/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · This pizza is meatless; it has only cheese and vegetables.[↗](../../meatless/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · In Lent some Christians eat meatless meals.[↗](../../meatless/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Meatless burgers are made from beans or soy.[↗](../../meatless/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The café has a meatless menu.[↗](../../meatless/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · During the war, families had meatless days to save food.[↗](../../meatless/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **meaty** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Full of meat or tasting of meat: «a meaty stew».[↗](../../meaty/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Big, thick and strong: «meaty arms».[↗](../../meaty/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Full of interesting, important ideas: «a meaty book».[↗](../../meaty/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The dog chewed a meaty bone.[↗](../../meaty/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad made a meaty pasta sauce.[↗](../../meaty/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The mushrooms had a meaty taste.[↗](../../meaty/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The wrestler had big meaty hands.[↗](../../meaty/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · This is a meaty chapter with lots of facts.[↗](../../meaty/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Vegetarians can eat meaty-tasting burgers made from beans.[↗](../../meaty/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **mecca** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Mecca (also spelled Makkah) is the holiest city of Islam, in Saudi Arabia; it is where the Prophet Muhammad was born and where Muslims go on the hajj.[↗](../../mecca/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Muslims everywhere face towards Mecca when they pray.[↗](../../mecca/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (a mecca, lower case) A place that many people with the same interest love to visit: «Paris is a mecca for artists.».[↗](../../mecca/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Muslims face towards Mecca when they pray.[↗](../../mecca/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Millions travel to Mecca for the hajj.[↗](../../mecca/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The Kaaba stands in the middle of the Great Mosque in Mecca.[↗](../../mecca/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The Prophet Muhammad was born in Mecca.[↗](../../mecca/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · That shop is a mecca for comic fans.[↗](../../mecca/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The beach town is a mecca for surfers.[↗](../../mecca/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · A few days later, Ali Cogia mounted the camel that he had laden with merchandise, joined the caravan, and arrived in due time at Mecca.[↗](../../mecca/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **mechanic** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A person whose job is to repair and look after engines and machines, especially cars.[↗](../../mechanic/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (games) A rule or way something works in a game: a jumping mechanic.[↗](../../mechanic/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (mechanics, plural) The science of how forces make things move; or the way something works: the mechanics of a bike.[↗](../../mechanic/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The mechanic fixed our car's brakes.[↗](../../mechanic/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · My uncle is a mechanic at a garage.[↗](../../mechanic/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The bike mechanic pumped up my tyres.[↗](../../mechanic/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We need a mechanic; the engine is making a strange noise.[↗](../../mechanic/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Mechanics is the part of physics about forces.[↗](../../mechanic/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The game has a fun new jumping mechanic.[↗](../../mechanic/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · She wants to be an aircraft mechanic.[↗](../../mechanic/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Let's learn the mechanics of how a clock works.[↗](../../mechanic/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **mechanical** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To do with machines or worked by machines, with moving parts like gears, levers and wheels.[↗](../../mechanical/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Done without thinking, like a machine, out of habit.[↗](../../mechanical/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Mechanical engineering: designing and building machines.[↗](../../mechanical/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The old clock has mechanical parts inside.[↗](../../mechanical/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We built a mechanical toy with a cam.[↗](../../mechanical/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The bus stopped because of a mechanical problem.[↗](../../mechanical/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · My mechanical pencil never needs sharpening.[↗](../../mechanical/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · She answered in a mechanical voice, as if she wasn't listening.[↗](../../mechanical/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · A mechanical engineer designs machines and engines.[↗](../../mechanical/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The mechanical toys were very superior, and looked down upon every one else; they were full of modern ideas, and pretended they were real.[↗](../../mechanical/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **mechanically** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Mechanically means by a machine or using machinery.[↗](../../mechanically/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Mechanically also means doing something without thinking, like a robot.[↗](../../mechanically/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Mechanically can mean about how machines work, as in «mechanically minded».[↗](../../mechanically/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The doors are opened mechanically.[↗](../../mechanically/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She answered mechanically, without looking up.[↗](../../mechanically/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The car is mechanically sound.[↗](../../mechanically/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · He is mechanically minded and loves fixing bikes.[↗](../../mechanically/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The crops are harvested mechanically now.[↗](../../mechanically/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · I read the words mechanically and didn't understand them.[↗](../../mechanically/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Mechanically he laid his hand on the bridle and led the white horse out of the stable.[↗](../../mechanically/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **mechanism** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A mechanism is a set of moving parts in a machine that work together, such as the mechanism of a clock or a lock.[↗](../../mechanism/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A mechanism is a way or system by which something happens or is done, as in the body's mechanism for keeping warm.[↗](../../mechanism/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The clock's mechanism is full of tiny gears.[↗](../../mechanism/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We made a pop-up card with a lever mechanism.[↗](../../mechanism/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Shivering is the body's mechanism for warming up.[↗](../../mechanism/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The lock mechanism was jammed.[↗](../../mechanism/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · A hedgehog's spines are a defence mechanism.[↗](../../mechanism/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The toy car has a wind-up mechanism.[↗](../../mechanism/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **meconium** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (science, health) The first poo of a newborn baby: dark green, thick and sticky, made from what the baby swallowed in the womb.[↗](../../meconium/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A newborn baby's first poo is called meconium.[↗](../../meconium/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Meconium is dark green and sticky.[↗](../../meconium/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The midwife checked that the baby had passed meconium.[↗](../../meconium/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · After a few days, a baby's poo changes from meconium to yellow.[↗](../../meconium/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · My aunt, who is a nurse, told us about meconium.[↗](../../meconium/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Meconium is made of things the baby swallowed before it was born.[↗](../../meconium/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **med** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (informal) Short for «medicine» or «medication», usually in the plural: «meds».[↗](../../med/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (informal) Short for «medical», as in «med school» (medical school) or «med student».[↗](../../med/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (the Med, UK informal) The Mediterranean Sea, or the countries around it.[↗](../../med/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (abbreviation) Short for «medium», as on clothes or menus.[↗](../../med/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Grandma takes her meds every morning.[↗](../../med/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · My cousin is at med school to be a doctor.[↗](../../med/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We went on holiday to the Med, to Spain.[↗](../../med/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The T-shirt says «Med» on the label, for medium.[↗](../../med/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't take any meds unless an adult gives them to you.[↗](../../med/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The med student shadowed the doctor all day.[↗](../../med/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Cruise ships sail around the Med in summer.[↗](../../med/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **medal** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A medal is a flat piece of metal, often round and on a ribbon, given as a prize or to honour someone.[↗](../../medal/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* In sport, to medal means to win a medal.[↗](../../medal/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She won a gold medal for swimming.[↗](../../medal/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Everyone who finished the race got a medal.[↗](../../medal/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The firefighter got a medal for bravery.[↗](../../medal/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Our team came third and won bronze medals.[↗](../../medal/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandad keeps his medals in a box.[↗](../../medal/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The country with the most gold medals tops the medal table.[↗](../../medal/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · In the course of the year he won the little silver prize medal of the Academy, and afterwards he gained the great one too.[↗](../../medal/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **medallion** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A medallion is a round or oval flat piece of metal or jewellery, worn on a chain, with a picture or design on it.[↗](../../medallion/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A medallion can also be a round decorated panel on a wall or ceiling.[↗](../../medallion/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She wore a gold medallion on a long chain.[↗](../../medallion/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A tiny picture was painted on the medallion.[↗](../../medallion/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The medallion showed a little puppet.[↗](../../medallion/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **meddle** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To get involved in someone else's business when you are not wanted, and often make things worse.[↗](../../meddle/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To touch or fiddle with something you should leave alone: «don't meddle with the wires».[↗](../../meddle/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Please don't meddle in our argument.[↗](../../meddle/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · My little brother meddled with my model and broke it.[↗](../../meddle/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Never meddle with electric sockets.[↗](../../meddle/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The nosy neighbour always meddles in other people's business.[↗](../../meddle/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · «I would have got away with it, if it weren't for you meddling kids!»[↗](../../meddle/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · She meddled with the TV settings and now nothing works.[↗](../../meddle/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandma says it's best not to meddle.[↗](../../meddle/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Countries should not meddle in other countries' elections.[↗](../../meddle/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets; therefore meddle not with him that openeth wide his lips.[↗](../../meddle/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.20.19, JPS 1917)[↗](../../meddle/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · My son, fear thou the LORD and the king, and meddle not with them that are given to change; (Writings PRO.24.21, JPS 1917)[↗](../../meddle/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Thou hast indeed smitten Edom, and will thy heart lift thee up? glory therein, and remain at home; for why shouldest thou meddle with evil, that thou shouldest fall, even thou, and Judah with thee?[↗](../../meddle/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 2KI.14.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../meddle/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") **meddling** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (noun) The act of getting involved in other people's business when you are not wanted.[↗](../../meddling/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (adjective) Often interfering in other people's affairs: «a meddling neighbour».[↗](../../meddling/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (verb form) «-ing» form of «meddle»: «Stop meddling!».[↗](../../meddling/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The meddling neighbour told everyone our news.[↗](../../meddling/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Her meddling made the problem worse.[↗](../../meddling/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Stop meddling with the thermostat\![↗](../../meddling/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The villain shouted about «meddling kids».[↗](../../meddling/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · There were claims of foreign meddling in the election.[↗](../../meddling/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The meddling cat knocked the jigsaw off the table.[↗](../../meddling/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Thanks to his meddling, the surprise party was ruined.[↗](../../meddling/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandad hates meddling, so he lets us solve our own problems.[↗](../../meddling/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Running to her father, she told him of her Brother's conceit, and accused him of meddling with his mother's things.[↗](../../meddling/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · I come not against thee this day, but against the house wherewith I have war; and God hath given command to speed me; forbear thee from meddling with God, who is with me, that He destroy thee not.'[↗](../../meddling/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings 2CH.35.21, JPS 1917)[↗](../../meddling/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/M/) … [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/M/page/18/) **19** [20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/M/page/20/) … [54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/M/page/54/) - ← previous: [page 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/M/page/18/) - next →: [page 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/M/page/20/) - ↑ back to [The English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/)