--- title: M — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 38 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/38/) [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 38 [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/) … [37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/M/page/37/) **38** [39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/M/page/39/) … [54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/M/page/54/) **ml** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Short for millilitre, a small unit for measuring liquid; 1000 ml make 1 litre.[↗](../../ml/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (less common) Short for other words, such as "mile" in old texts; at school it almost always means millilitres.[↗](../../ml/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The bottle holds 500 ml of water.[↗](../../ml/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Take 5 ml of medicine twice a day.[↗](../../ml/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Add 200 ml of milk to the flour.[↗](../../ml/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · 1 litre is the same as 1000 ml.[↗](../../ml/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · A can of lemonade holds 330 ml.[↗](../../ml/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Pour 250 ml into each glass.[↗](../../ml/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · How many 100 ml cups can you fill from 1 litre?[↗](../../ml/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **mm** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Mm is the short way to write millimetre, a very tiny unit of length.[↗](../../mm/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") A centimetre has 10 millimetres.[↗](../../mm/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* «Mm» or «mmm» is also a sound people make to say yes, to think, or to say food is tasty.[↗](../../mm/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The line is 45 mm long.[↗](../../mm/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · It rained 12 mm today.[↗](../../mm/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A coin is 2 mm thick.[↗](../../mm/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · How many mm are in 3 cm?[↗](../../mm/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The ant is about 5 mm long.[↗](../../mm/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The small marks on a ruler are millimetres.[↗](../../mm/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · "Mmm, this soup is yummy!" said Ella.[↗](../../mm/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · "Mm-hm," said Dad, nodding.[↗](../../mm/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **mnemonic** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A mnemonic is a trick that helps you remember something, like a rhyme, a saying or a word made from first letters.[↗](../../mnemonic/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Mnemonic means helping the memory.[↗](../../mnemonic/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* «Richard Of York Gave Battle In Vain» is a mnemonic for the rainbow.[↗](../../mnemonic/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · BIDMAS is a mnemonic for the order of operations.[↗](../../mnemonic/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · «Never Eat Shredded Wheat» helps you remember North, East, South, West.[↗](../../mnemonic/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · I made up a mnemonic to remember the planets.[↗](../../mnemonic/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · «Thirty days hath September» is a mnemonic rhyme.[↗](../../mnemonic/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · A mnemonic helped me spell «necessary»: one collar, two sleeves.[↗](../../mnemonic/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **mnemonics** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Mnemonics are tricks that help you remember things, like a rhyme, a sentence or a pattern.[↗](../../mnemonics/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Mnemonics is also the study and use of such memory tricks.[↗](../../mnemonics/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Mnemonics help me remember spelling.[↗](../../mnemonics/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · «My Very Easy Method Just Speeds Up Naming» is a mnemonic for the planets.[↗](../../mnemonics/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Our teacher taught us mnemonics for the rainbow.[↗](../../mnemonics/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · «BIG ELEPHANTS CAN'T ALWAYS UNDERSTAND SMALL ELEPHANTS» is a mnemonic for «because».[↗](../../mnemonics/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Make up your own mnemonics for times tables.[↗](../../mnemonics/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Mnemonics make hard lists easier.[↗](../../mnemonics/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **mo** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (informal, UK) «A mo» means a moment, a very short time: «half a mo», «wait a mo».[↗](../../mo/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (Australia, New Zealand, informal) A mo is a moustache; «Movember» is a November charity month when men grow moustaches.[↗](../../mo/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (a name) Mo is a short name, for example for Mohammed, Maureen or Morris.[↗](../../mo/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (abbreviation) «mo.» means month; «MO» can mean «modus operandi», a way of doing something, or a medical officer.[↗](../../mo/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* In some dialects, mo is a short way of saying more.[↗](../../mo/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* «Half a mo, I'm just getting my coat», said Mum.[↗](../../mo/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Wait a mo — I've forgotten my lunch\![↗](../../mo/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad grew a mo for charity.[↗](../../mo/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Mo Farah won lots of running races.[↗](../../mo/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · My friend Mo is captain of the football team.[↗](../../mo/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The phone plan costs ten pounds per mo.[↗](../../mo/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · «He's got a big bushy mo», said Grandpa.[↗](../../mo/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · I won't never do so no mo'\![↗](../../mo/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **moa** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A moa was a very large flightless bird that lived only in New Zealand; the tallest kinds stood taller than a person when reaching up.[↗](../../moa/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* All moa are now extinct; they died out a few hundred years after people first arrived in New Zealand.[↗](../../moa/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The moa was a giant bird from New Zealand.[↗](../../moa/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Moa could not fly because they had no wings at all.[↗](../../moa/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Haast's eagle hunted moa.[↗](../../moa/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The moa became extinct after people arrived.[↗](../../moa/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We saw a huge moa skeleton at the museum.[↗](../../moa/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Moa ate leaves, twigs and fruit.[↗](../../moa/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · (New Zealand) That old phone has gone the way of the moa.[↗](../../moa/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Scientists study moa bones to learn how they lived.[↗](../../moa/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **moan** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To make a long low sound because of pain or sadness.[↗](../../moan/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (informal, especially UK, Australia) To complain in an annoying way about small things.[↗](../../moan/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* Stop moaning about your homework\![↗](../../moan/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Noun: a low sound of pain, or the wind's low sound.[↗](../../moan/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Noun (informal): a complaint: to have a moan.[↗](../../moan/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The injured player moaned in pain.[↗](../../moan/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The wind moaned through the trees.[↗](../../moan/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Stop moaning — it's only one page of homework\![↗](../../moan/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad likes a good moan about the traffic.[↗](../../moan/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We heard a low moan from the cellar.[↗](../../moan/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · She moaned that the bus was late again.[↗](../../moan/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · My brother moans whenever it's his turn to wash up.[↗](../../moan/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The world which Abraham and his teacher Shem were able to form after three years of study of the Sefer Yetzirah may lie understood to moan the world of letters.[↗](../../moan/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../moan/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why moanest thou within me?[↗](../../moan/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.42.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../moan/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Attend unto me, and hear me; I am distraught in my complaint, and will moan; (Writings PSA.55.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../moan/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And thou moan, when thine end cometh, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed, (Writings PRO.5.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../moan/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") **moat** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A moat is a deep, wide ditch dug around a castle or town, usually filled with water, to keep enemies out.[↗](../../moat/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The castle was surrounded by a moat.[↗](../../moat/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The knights lowered the drawbridge over the moat.[↗](../../moat/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Enemies could not cross the deep moat.[↗](../../moat/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Ducks swim in the old moat now.[↗](../../moat/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We drew a castle with a moat around it.[↗](../../moat/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The lions' enclosure has a moat instead of a fence.[↗](../../moat/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Its doors are of iron, and round it runs a deep moat, spanned by no bridge.[↗](../../moat/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · And of Jezebel also spoke the LORD, saying: The dogs shall eat Jezebel in the moat of Jezreel.[↗](../../moat/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1KI.21.23, JPS 1917)[↗](../../moat/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And they came and besieged him in Abel of Beth-maacah, and they cast up a mound against the city, and it stood in the moat; and all the people that were with Joab battered the wall, to throw it down.[↗](../../moat/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 2SA.20.15, JPS 1917)[↗](../../moat/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **mob** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (noun) A large, noisy, often angry crowd that may become violent.[↗](../../mob/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (verb) To crowd round someone in a big, excited or aggressive group: fans mob a star.[↗](../../mob/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (the Mob) Organised criminals, the Mafia.[↗](../../mob/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (informal, Australia) A group of people or animals, also a group of kangaroos or cattle; (Aboriginal English) a person's family, clan or community.[↗](../../mob/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* (informal, UK) A gang or crowd of friends: «the whole mob».[↗](../../mob/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* An angry mob gathered outside the castle gates.[↗](../../mob/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The footballer was mobbed by fans after the match.[↗](../../mob/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We saw a mob of kangaroos in the paddock.[↗](../../mob/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · «Which mob are you from?» asked the Aboriginal elder.[↗](../../mob/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The whole mob came round for Sunday lunch.[↗](../../mob/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · A flash mob suddenly started dancing in the shopping centre.[↗](../../mob/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · In the film, the Mob ran the city's gambling.[↗](../../mob/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Just then they heard a shout of "Stop, thief!" and looking around, saw a mob of people armed with clubs coming down the road.[↗](../../mob/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **mobile** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Mobile means able to move or be moved easily from place to place.[↗](../../mobile/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A mobile (or mobile phone) is a phone you carry with you; in the USA it is usually called a cell phone.[↗](../../mobile/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A mobile is also a hanging decoration with parts that move in the air, often above a baby's cot.[↗](../../mobile/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Mobile is also the name of a city in Alabama, USA.[↗](../../mobile/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Turn off your mobile in the cinema.[↗](../../mobile/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Do not look at your mobile when crossing the road.[↗](../../mobile/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The mobile library visits our village every Tuesday.[↗](../../mobile/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We made a mobile of planets to hang in the classroom.[↗](../../mobile/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandad is mobile again after his knee operation.[↗](../../mobile/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Can I have your mobile number?[↗](../../mobile/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · They live in a mobile home near the beach.[↗](../../mobile/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The baby watched the mobile spinning above her cot.[↗](../../mobile/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **moccasin** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A moccasin is a soft leather shoe with no hard heel, first worn by Native American peoples.[↗](../../moccasin/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* He pulled on his soft moccasins.[↗](../../moccasin/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The boy walked quietly in his moccasins.[↗](../../moccasin/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Moccasins are made from deerskin.[↗](../../moccasin/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A pair of moccasins has two shoes.[↗](../../moccasin/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") **mocha** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A coffee drink made with chocolate, hot milk and espresso.[↗](../../mocha/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A kind of strong coffee, first traded from the port of Mocha in Yemen.[↗](../../mocha/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A mid-brown colour like milky coffee.[↗](../../mocha/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* A flavour mixing coffee and chocolate, as in mocha cake.[↗](../../mocha/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Mum ordered a mocha with whipped cream.[↗](../../mocha/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A mocha has coffee and chocolate in it.[↗](../../mocha/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The sofa is a mocha brown colour.[↗](../../mocha/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Mocha in Yemen was a famous coffee port long ago.[↗](../../mocha/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandad baked a mocha cake for his birthday.[↗](../../mocha/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · My hot chocolate is for me; the mocha is for Dad.[↗](../../mocha/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Coffee drinks like mochas have caffeine, so they are not good for children.[↗](../../mocha/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Ginsburg asserts that the system of vowel polluting was invented by a Rabbi Mocha in Palestine about a.d.[↗](../../mocha/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") 570, who designed it to assist his pupils.[↗](../../mocha/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../mocha/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **mock** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To mock someone means to laugh at them or copy them in an unkind way to make them look silly.[↗](../../mock/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Mock means not real, made to look like the real thing: mock exam, mock trial.[↗](../../mock/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* In the UK, mocks are practice exams before the real ones.[↗](../../mock/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* It's unkind to mock someone's accent.[↗](../../mock/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The bullies mocked his new glasses.[↗](../../mock/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We have mock exams next month.[↗](../../mock/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Our class held a mock trial of the Big Bad Wolf.[↗](../../mock/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The architect made a mock-up of the new school.[↗](../../mock/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't mock — everyone was a beginner once.[↗](../../mock/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · My brother has his mocks in winter.[↗](../../mock/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · She did a mock bow to make us laugh.[↗](../../mock/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And your father hath mocked me, and changed my wages ten times; but God suffered him not to hurt me.[↗](../../mock/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.31.7, JPS 1917)[↗](../../mock/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And she spoke unto him according to these words, saying: 'The Hebrew servant, whom thou hast brought unto us, came in unto me to mock me.[↗](../../mock/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.39.17, JPS 1917)[↗](../../mock/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And Balaam said unto the ass: 'Because thou hast mocked me; I would there were a sword in my hand, for now I had killed thee.'[↗](../../mock/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.22.29, JPS 1917)[↗](../../mock/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Or as one mocketh a man, will ye mock Him?[↗](../../mock/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.13.9, JPS 1917)[↗](../../mock/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · If the scourge slay suddenly, He will mock at the calamity of the guiltless.[↗](../../mock/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.9.23, JPS 1917)[↗](../../mock/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · Suffer me, that I may speak; and after that I have spoken, mock on.[↗](../../mock/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.21.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../mock/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") **mocker** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* A person who makes fun of others in an unkind way; a scoffer.[↗](../../mocker/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Surely there are mockers with me, and mine eye abideth in their provocation.[↗](../../mocker/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.17.2, JPS 1917)[↗](../../mocker/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") **mockery** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Laughing at someone or something in an unkind way; teasing.[↗](../../mockery/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Something so bad or unfair that it seems a silly copy of the real thing: the trial was a mockery of justice.[↗](../../mockery/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* make a mockery of: to make something seem stupid or pointless.[↗](../../mockery/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The new boy faced mockery because of his accent.[↗](../../mockery/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Mockery can hurt as much as hitting.[↗](../../mockery/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Cheating makes a mockery of the game.[↗](../../mockery/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The badly run election was a mockery.[↗](../../mockery/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · She ignored their mockery and kept dancing.[↗](../../mockery/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · His laugh was full of mockery.[↗](../../mockery/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The rules are a mockery if nobody follows them.[↗](../../mockery/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · With the profanest mockeries of backbiting they gnash at me with their teeth.[↗](../../mockery/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.35.16, JPS 1917)[↗](../../mockery/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **mocking** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Mocking means laughing at someone or something in an unkind way, often by copying how they speak or move.[↗](../../mocking/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* As an adjective, mocking describes a voice, smile or look that shows unkind fun at someone.[↗](../../mocking/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Stop mocking your sister's accent.[↗](../../mocking/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He gave a mocking laugh when I missed the ball.[↗](../../mocking/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Mocking someone for their clothes is a form of bullying.[↗](../../mocking/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The villain's mocking smile made Ellie angry.[↗](../../mocking/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · They kept mocking the new boy, so the teacher stepped in.[↗](../../mocking/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Her voice was mocking, not friendly.[↗](../../mocking/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The mockingbird was mocking the other birds' songs.[↗](../../mocking/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Laughing with a friend is fine; mocking them is not.[↗](../../mocking/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · "Do you ever get anywhere?" he asked with a mocking laugh.[↗](../../mocking/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **mockingly** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Mockingly means in a way that teases or makes fun of someone.[↗](../../mockingly/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* “You will never win,” she said mockingly.[↗](../../mockingly/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The crow called mockingly from the branch.[↗](../../mockingly/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He bowed mockingly to the king.[↗](../../mockingly/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The boys laughed mockingly at the lost puppy.[↗](../../mockingly/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") **mod** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (informal, games) A change or add-on made to a video game or a machine by players, not by the makers: «a Minecraft mod».[↗](../../mod/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (informal) A moderator: a person who keeps an online chat, forum or game server safe and polite.[↗](../../mod/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* «Mod cons» (UK) are modern conveniences in a house, like a dishwasher or heating.[↗](../../mod/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Mods were young people in Britain in the time of the Beatles with smart suits and scooters.[↗](../../mod/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* In maths and computing, «mod» means the remainder after division: 17 mod 5 = 2.[↗](../../mod/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* My cousin installed a mod that adds dragons to the game.[↗](../../mod/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Ask an adult before you download a mod.[↗](../../mod/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The mod deleted the rude message from the chat.[↗](../../mod/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The house has all mod cons.[↗](../../mod/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · In coding, 10 mod 3 equals 1.[↗](../../mod/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The Mods rode scooters and wore smart suits.[↗](../../mod/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · He modded his bike with a new bell and lights.[↗](../../mod/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/M/) … [37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/M/page/37/) **38** [39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/M/page/39/) … [54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/M/page/54/) - ← previous: [page 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/M/page/37/) - next →: [page 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/M/page/39/) - ↑ back to [The English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/)