--- title: M — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 24 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/24/) [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 24 [A](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/) · [B](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) · [C](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) · [D](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/) · [E](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/E/) · [F](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/F/) · [G](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/G/) · [H](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/H/) · [I](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/I/) · [J](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/J/) · [K](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/K/) · [L](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/L/) · [M](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/M/) · [N](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/N/) · [O](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/O/) · [P](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/P/) · [Q](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/Q/) · [R](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/R/) · [S](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/) · [T](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/T/) · [U](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/U/) · [V](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/V/) · [W](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/W/) · [X](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/X/) · [Y](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/Y/) · [Z](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/Z/) [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/M/) … [23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/M/page/23/) **24** [25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/M/page/25/) … [54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/M/page/54/) **mercenary** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A soldier who fights for any country or group that pays them, not for their own country.[↗](../../mercenary/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (adjective) Interested only in money, not in being kind or fair.[↗](../../mercenary/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The king paid mercenaries to defend the castle.[↗](../../mercenary/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The mercenaries changed sides when offered more gold.[↗](../../mercenary/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He only helps if he gets paid — so mercenary\![↗](../../mercenary/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The story's villain led a mercenary army.[↗](../../mercenary/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · A mercenary fights for money, not for loyalty.[↗](../../mercenary/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't be mercenary; help your friend for free.[↗](../../mercenary/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · German mercenaries, in the Neapolitan service, kept guard, played cards, and diced; and a troop of strangers from beyond the mountains came into the town, accompanied by a sentry.[↗](../../mercenary/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **merchandise** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Goods that are bought and sold, especially in shops.[↗](../../merchandise/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Things like T-shirts, mugs and toys sold with the name or picture of a band, film, team or game on them; often called «merch».[↗](../../merchandise/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (verb, business) To promote and sell goods, for example by how they are displayed.[↗](../../merchandise/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The club sells official merchandise at the stadium.[↗](../../merchandise/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · My sister bought band merch at the concert.[↗](../../merchandise/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The shop's merchandise is on sale this week.[↗](../../merchandise/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Film merchandise like toys and lunchboxes makes a lot of money.[↗](../../merchandise/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · All damaged merchandise must be returned to the store.[↗](../../merchandise/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We set up a merchandise stall at the school fair.[↗](../../merchandise/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The merchandise costs £8 each, so three items cost £24.[↗](../../merchandise/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Shops put popular merchandise at eye level.[↗](../../merchandise/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · We bought merchandise, loaded a vessel with it, and set forth with a favorable wind.[↗](../../merchandise/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · She perceiveth that her merchandise is good; her lamp goeth not out by night.[↗](../../merchandise/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.31.18, JPS 1917)[↗](../../merchandise/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Vedan and Javan traded with yarn for thy wares; massive iron, cassia, and calamus, were among thy merchandise.[↗](../../merchandise/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets EZK.27.19, JPS 1917)[↗](../../merchandise/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold.[↗](../../merchandise/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.3.14, JPS 1917)[↗](../../merchandise/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") **merchant** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A merchant is a person who buys and sells goods to make money, a trader.[↗](../../merchant/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* In old times merchants sailed or travelled far to trade cloth, spices and gold.[↗](../../merchant/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A merchant ship carries goods for trade, not soldiers.[↗](../../merchant/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A merchant buys 20 bags of rice for 5 dollars each.[↗](../../merchant/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He sells them for 7 dollars each.[↗](../../merchant/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · What is his profit?[↗](../../merchant/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The merchant has 300 metres of cloth.[↗](../../merchant/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Merchants carried silk and spices along long roads.[↗](../../merchant/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The merchant ship sailed into the harbour.[↗](../../merchant/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · In the story, a poor boy became a rich merchant.[↗](../../merchant/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The merchant weighed the tea on his scales.[↗](../../merchant/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · The merchants considered for some time.[↗](../../merchant/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron; and Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver, which he had named in the hearing of the children of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, current money with the merchant.[↗](../../merchant/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.23.16, JPS 1917)[↗](../../merchant/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Will they part him among the merchants?[↗](../../merchant/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.40.30, JPS 1917)[↗](../../merchant/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · She is like the merchant-ships; she bringeth her food from afar.[↗](../../merchant/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.31.14, JPS 1917)[↗](../../merchant/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · She maketh linen garments and selleth them; and delivereth girdles unto the merchant.[↗](../../merchant/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.31.24, JPS 1917)[↗](../../merchant/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") **merciful** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Showing mercy: kind and forgiving to someone you could punish or harm.[↗](../../merciful/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (church, Bible) Christians believe God is merciful, forgiving people who are sorry; Muslims call God «the Most Merciful».[↗](../../merciful/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Bringing relief from something bad: «a merciful release», «mercifully short».[↗](../../merciful/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* God is merciful and forgives those who are sorry.[↗](../../merciful/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The merciful king let the prisoner go free.[↗](../../merciful/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · «Blessed are the merciful.»[↗](../../merciful/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The talk was mercifully short.[↗](../../merciful/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Be merciful to animals.[↗](../../merciful/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Muslims begin with «In the name of God, the Most Merciful».[↗](../../merciful/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed: 'The LORD, the LORD, God, merciful and gracious, long-suffering, and abundant in goodness and truth; (Torah EXO.34.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../merciful/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · for the LORD thy God is a merciful God; He will not fail thee, neither destroy thee, nor forget the covenant of thy fathers which He swore unto them.[↗](../../merciful/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.4.31, JPS 1917)[↗](../../merciful/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · But he lingered; and the men laid hold upon his hand, and upon the hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his two daughters; the LORD being merciful unto him.[↗](../../merciful/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.19.16, JPS 1917)[↗](../../merciful/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · With the merciful Thou dost show Thyself merciful, with the upright man Thou dost show Thyself upright, (Prophets 2SA.22.26, JPS 1917)[↗](../../merciful/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · With the merciful Thou dost show Thyself merciful, with the upright man Thou dost show Thyself upright; (Writings PSA.18.26, JPS 1917)[↗](../../merciful/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · The merciful man doeth good to his own soul; but he that is cruel troubleth his own flesh.[↗](../../merciful/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.11.17, JPS 1917)[↗](../../merciful/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") **mercifully** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Luckily; in a way that you are thankful for, because something bad was avoided or ended: «Mercifully, nobody was hurt».[↗](../../mercifully/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* In a kind and forgiving way, showing mercy: «the king acted mercifully».[↗](../../mercifully/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Mercifully, the rain stopped before the match.[↗](../../mercifully/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The speech was mercifully short.[↗](../../mercifully/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Mercifully, nobody was hurt in the crash.[↗](../../mercifully/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The queen acted mercifully and set the prisoner free.[↗](../../mercifully/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The long car journey mercifully ended at last.[↗](../../mercifully/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Mercifully, I had remembered my coat.[↗](../../mercifully/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The dentist was quick, mercifully.[↗](../../mercifully/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The judge mercifully gave him a second chance.[↗](../../mercifully/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Mercifully, the cow slept through it all, or by her cries she would have awakened the master.[↗](../../mercifully/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **merciless** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Having no pity; cruel and not willing to spare anyone.[↗](../../merciless/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The giant was merciless and ate every bird.[↗](../../merciless/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She was merciless to her stepdaughter.[↗](../../merciless/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The sun was merciless in the desert.[↗](../../merciless/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **mercilessly** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Without pity; cruelly, with no kindness.[↗](../../mercilessly/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The guards beat him mercilessly.[↗](../../mercilessly/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The storm lashed the little boat mercilessly.[↗](../../mercilessly/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The witch laughed mercilessly.[↗](../../mercilessly/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **mercury** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Mercury is a silvery metal that is liquid at room temperature; it was used in old thermometers.[↗](../../mercury/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Mercury (with a capital M) is the planet closest to the Sun and the smallest planet in our Solar System.[↗](../../mercury/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Mercury was the Roman messenger god, with wings on his sandals.[↗](../../mercury/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Mercury is the closest planet to the Sun.[↗](../../mercury/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A year on Mercury lasts only 88 Earth days.[↗](../../mercury/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Mercury has no moons.[↗](../../mercury/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Mercury is a metal that is liquid at room temperature.[↗](../../mercury/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Old thermometers had mercury inside them.[↗](../../mercury/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't touch the mercury from a broken thermometer; it is poisonous.[↗](../../mercury/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The mercury rose to 40 degrees in Adelaide.[↗](../../mercury/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The god Mercury had wings on his sandals.[↗](../../mercury/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · The seven planets in the world are: \[36\] as Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, Sun, Venus, Mercury, Moon.[↗](../../mercury/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../mercury/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · These are the Seven Stars in the world: the Sun, Venus, Mercury, the Moon, Saturn, Jupiter, Mars.[↗](../../mercury/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../mercury/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · So now, behold the Stars of the Universe (Planets) are Seven; the Sun, Venus, Mercury, Moon, Saturn, Jupiter and Mars.[↗](../../mercury/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../mercury/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") **mercy** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Mercy is kindness or forgiveness shown to someone you could punish or hurt.[↗](../../mercy/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (church) Christians, Jews and Muslims believe God is full of mercy, forgiving people who turn back to him.[↗](../../mercy/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A mercy is a lucky thing that you are thankful for.[↗](../../mercy/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "It's a mercy nobody was hurt."[↗](../../mercy/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* "At the mercy of" means in the power of someone or something.[↗](../../mercy/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* "For mercy's sake" is an expression people use to beg someone urgently to stop or spare them.[↗](../../mercy/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The king showed mercy and let the prisoner go.[↗](../../mercy/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · "Lord, have mercy," prayed the people.[↗](../../mercy/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The little boat was at the mercy of the waves.[↗](../../mercy/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · It's a mercy the rain stopped before the match.[↗](../../mercy/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The robber begged for mercy.[↗](../../mercy/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy.[↗](../../mercy/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The helicopter flew a mercy mission to the island.[↗](../../mercy/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · and showing mercy unto the thousandth generation of them that love Me and keep My commandments.[↗](../../mercy/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.20.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../mercy/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · and God Almighty give you mercy before the man, that he may release unto you your other brother and Benjamin.[↗](../../mercy/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.43.14, JPS 1917)[↗](../../mercy/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Know therefore that the LORD thy God, He is God; the faithful God, who keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love Him and keep His commandments to a thousand generations; (Torah DEU.7.9, JPS 1917)[↗](../../mercy/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · The mercy of God endureth continually.[↗](../../mercy/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.52.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../mercy/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Is His mercy clean gone for ever?[↗](../../mercy/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.77.9, JPS 1917)[↗](../../mercy/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · Appoint mercy and truth, that they may preserve him.[↗](../../mercy/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.61.8, JPS 1917)[↗](../../mercy/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") **mere** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Mere means only, just, no more than: a mere child, a mere five minutes.[↗](../../mere/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") It makes something sound small or unimportant.[↗](../../mere/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The merest means the smallest possible: the merest touch.[↗](../../mere/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (old, poetic, place names) A mere is a lake or pond, as in some English place names.[↗](../../mere/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* It was a mere five minutes' walk to school.[↗](../../mere/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She was a mere child when she learnt to swim.[↗](../../mere/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The mere sight of the dentist's chair scared him.[↗](../../mere/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · It cost a mere fifty pence.[↗](../../mere/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · At the merest noise, the rabbit ran away.[↗](../../mere/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The walk took us around the mere.[↗](../../mere/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · I shiver at the mere thought of it.”[↗](../../mere/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · It should probably be understood on one level as a reference to the ten digits of the decimal numeral system, though as we shall see, these Sefirot Belimah are imbued with metaphysical significance beyond mere numerals.[↗](../../mere/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../mere/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Sayest thou that a mere word of the lips is counsel and strength for the war?[↗](../../mere/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 2KI.18.20, JPS 1917)[↗](../../mere/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Surely man walketh as a mere semblance; surely for vanity they are in turmoil; he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.[↗](../../mere/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.39.7, JPS 1917)[↗](../../mere/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **merely** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (formal) Merely means only or just, showing that something is small or not important.[↗](../../merely/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Merely can mean nothing more than.[↗](../../merely/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "It was merely a joke".[↗](../../merely/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* It was merely a scratch, not a big cut.[↗](../../merely/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He merely shrugged and walked away.[↗](../../merely/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · I was merely asking a question.[↗](../../merely/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Merely 2 of the 30 pupils were late.[↗](../../merely/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The wolf was not merely hungry, but starving.[↗](../../merely/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The dog is merely playing; it won't bite.[↗](../../merely/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Saying sorry is not merely polite, it is kind.[↗](../../merely/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · She merely looked at the cake, but did not eat it.[↗](../../merely/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And the man replied, ‘Why, I’ve merely been gathering a handful of brushwood.’[↗](../../merely/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Public domain books belong to the public and we are merely their custodians.[↗](../../merely/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../merely/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · As zero is not a digit itself, but only occupies the place of a digit, so the silent n is not a vowel itself, but merely occupies the place of a vowel.[↗](../../merely/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../merely/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") **merge** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To merge is to join together to become one.[↗](../../merge/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* When traffic merges, two lanes join into one.[↗](../../merge/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* On a computer, to merge files or cells is to put them together.[↗](../../merge/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The two rivers merge to form a bigger one.[↗](../../merge/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The schools will merge next year.[↗](../../merge/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Cars must merge into one lane.[↗](../../merge/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Merge these two cells in the table.[↗](../../merge/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The colours merged together in the rain.[↗](../../merge/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Two clubs merged to make one big team.[↗](../../merge/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **merged** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Merged is the past form of «merge»: joined together into one.[↗](../../merged/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* As an adjective, merged means already joined, like a merged class.[↗](../../merged/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The two roads merged near the bridge.[↗](../../merged/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Our class merged with Year 5 for the trip.[↗](../../merged/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The merged company is very big.[↗](../../merged/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The colours merged into a muddy brown.[↗](../../merged/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The two streams merged and flowed to the sea.[↗](../../merged/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We used merged cells for the title of the table.[↗](../../merged/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **merging** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Merging is the -ing form of «merge»: joining together into one.[↗](../../merging/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* As a noun, merging is the act of joining.[↗](../../merging/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The cars are merging into one lane.[↗](../../merging/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Watch out for merging traffic.[↗](../../merging/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The two schools are merging next year.[↗](../../merging/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Merging the files took a minute.[↗](../../merging/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The clouds were merging into one dark mass.[↗](../../merging/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Merging two teams can make it stronger.[↗](../../merging/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **meridian** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A meridian is an imaginary line on the globe or a map that runs from the North Pole to the South Pole; lines of longitude are meridians.[↗](../../meridian/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The Prime Meridian is the meridian at 0° longitude that passes through Greenwich in London, from which other places are measured east or west.[↗](../../meridian/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (old, poetic) The meridian is the highest point of the sun at midday, or the peak of something.[↗](../../meridian/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* In Chinese medicine, meridians are believed paths of energy in the body (a belief, not proved by science).[↗](../../meridian/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The Prime Meridian passes through Greenwich.[↗](../../meridian/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Meridians run from pole to pole.[↗](../../meridian/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · London is on the 0° meridian.[↗](../../meridian/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · I stood with one foot in each hemisphere on the meridian line.[↗](../../meridian/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Lines of longitude are also called meridians.[↗](../../meridian/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Places east of the Prime Meridian are ahead in time.[↗](../../meridian/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **merino** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A breed of sheep with very fine, soft wool, first from Spain and now raised in large numbers in Australia and New Zealand.[↗](../../merino/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The soft, warm wool from these sheep, or cloth made from it.[↗](../../merino/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Merino sheep have very soft wool.[↗](../../merino/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Australia has millions of merino sheep.[↗](../../merino/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · My merino jumper is warm and doesn't itch.[↗](../../merino/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Hikers often wear merino socks.[↗](../../merino/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · New Zealand farmers sell merino wool all around the world.[↗](../../merino/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Merino sheep were first bred in Spain.[↗](../../merino/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Shearing a merino sheep takes skill.[↗](../../merino/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Merino wool keeps you warm even when it is a bit damp.[↗](../../merino/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/M/) … [23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/M/page/23/) **24** [25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/M/page/25/) … [54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/M/page/54/) - ← previous: [page 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/M/page/23/) - next →: [page 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/M/page/25/) - ↑ back to [The English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/)