--- title: M — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 39 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/39/) [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 39 [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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meaning 1:* (grammar) A modal, or modal verb, is a helping verb such as can, could, may, might, must, shall, should, will or would, which shows how sure, possible, allowed or necessary something is.[↗](../../modal/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (maths) Modal means to do with the mode: the modal value is the one that appears most often in a set of data.[↗](../../modal/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (computers) A modal or modal window is a box that pops up on a screen and must be closed before you can go on.[↗](../../modal/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (music) Modal means using musical modes, kinds of scale.[↗](../../modal/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* «Must», «should» and «might» are modal verbs.[↗](../../modal/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · In «I can swim», «can» is a modal verb.[↗](../../modal/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The modal shoe size in our class is 3.[↗](../../modal/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Find the modal colour from the tally chart.[↗](../../modal/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Close the modal window to go back to the game.[↗](../../modal/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Modal verbs show how sure we are about something.[↗](../../modal/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **mode** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A way or kind of doing something (mode of transport).[↗](../../mode/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A setting on a machine that makes it work in a particular way (silent mode, sleep mode).[↗](../../mode/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (maths) The value that appears most often in a set of data.[↗](../../mode/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (informal) A mood or state of mind (holiday mode, panic mode).[↗](../../mode/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The mode of 2, 3, 3, 5, 7 is 3.[↗](../../mode/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Walking is my favourite mode of transport.[↗](../../mode/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Put your phone on silent mode in class.[↗](../../mode/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The laptop went into sleep mode.[↗](../../mode/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad is in holiday mode already.[↗](../../mode/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Find the mean, median and mode of the scores.[↗](../../mode/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The mode is the shoe size that most people have.[↗](../../mode/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · "Done!" repeated the Portuguese duck, "your mode of expressing yourself is not very polite.[↗](../../mode/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Yod Tzaddi Yod Resh Heh ; modes of transliteration vary with different authors.[↗](../../mode/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../mode/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · These twenty-two letters, the foundations, He arranged as on a sphere, with two hundred and thirty-one modes of entrance.[↗](../../mode/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887)[↗](../../mode/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · For He indeed showed the mode of combination of the letters, each with each, Aleph with all, and all with Aleph.[↗](../../mode/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887)[↗](../../mode/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") **model** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A model is a small copy of something, like a model car, plane or ship.[↗](../../model/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A model is a person who wears clothes for photos or shows.[↗](../../model/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A model is a kind or type of a product: «the newest model of the phone».[↗](../../model/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* A model is a good example to copy: «a model pupil».[↗](../../model/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* In science and maths, a model is a drawing, object or plan that shows how something works.[↗](../../model/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 6:* To model is to shape something or to show how to do it.[↗](../../model/#m6 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* He builds 3 model planes.[↗](../../model/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The model is 10 times smaller than the ship.[↗](../../model/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A model car costs $8.[↗](../../model/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · How many models did they make?[↗](../../model/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We made a model of the solar system.[↗](../../model/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Draw a bar model to show the problem.[↗](../../model/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · My big sister is my role model.[↗](../../model/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · She made a model of a dog out of clay.[↗](../../model/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad bought the latest model of the car.[↗](../../model/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · They offer for sale the sweetest little toy-houses, models of the mountain cottages in Switzerland.[↗](../../model/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · The \[33\] seven double letters, בגד כפרת with a duplicity of pronunciation, aspirated and unaspirated, namely: ,תּת ,רּר ,פּפ ,כּכ ,דּד ,גּג ,בּב serve as a model of softness and hardness, strength and weakness.[↗](../../model/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../model/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · It is the model, or archetype, after (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../model/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") **modelling** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Making models: small copies of things, or shapes from clay, Plasticine or other materials.[↗](../../modelling/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The job of a fashion model: wearing clothes for photos or shows.[↗](../../modelling/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (science, maths) Making a simplified version or a set of rules (a model) that shows how something works, often on a computer, to predict things.[↗](../../modelling/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (behaviour) Showing others how to behave by doing it yourself: «modelling good manners».[↗](../../modelling/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We did clay modelling in art today.[↗](../../modelling/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Weather forecasts use computer modelling.[↗](../../modelling/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · My cousin does modelling for a clothes catalogue.[↗](../../modelling/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The teacher is modelling how to set out a long division.[↗](../../modelling/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Modelling the Solar System with balls showed us the sizes of the planets.[↗](../../modelling/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Modelling kind behaviour helps younger children learn.[↗](../../modelling/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Maths modelling turns a word problem into an equation.[↗](../../modelling/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad spends weekends modelling a tiny railway.[↗](../../modelling/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **modem** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A box or device that connects a computer or home network to the internet through a phone line, cable or fibre.[↗](../../modem/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Often, at home, the same box as the router that makes the Wi-Fi.[↗](../../modem/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The internet stopped, so Dad switched the modem off and on again.[↗](../../modem/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The modem has blinking green lights.[↗](../../modem/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Our modem is plugged into the phone socket.[↗](../../modem/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · In the old days modems made a squealing sound when they connected.[↗](../../modem/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The modem and router are in one box in our hallway.[↗](../../modem/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · A modem turns computer signals into signals that can travel along a cable.[↗](../../modem/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The engineer came to fit a new fibre modem.[↗](../../modem/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **moderate** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* adjective.[↗](../../moderate/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* Not too much and not too little; medium in size, amount or strength.[↗](../../moderate/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* adjective.[↗](../../moderate/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* Not extreme in opinions, especially in politics.[↗](../../moderate/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* verb.[↗](../../moderate/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* To make or become less strong or extreme.[↗](../../moderate/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* verb.[↗](../../moderate/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* To be in charge of a discussion, debate or online chat and keep it fair and safe.[↗](../../moderate/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* verb (UK, school).[↗](../../moderate/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* To check that teachers' marks on exams are fair.[↗](../../moderate/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 6:* noun.[↗](../../moderate/#m6 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* A person with moderate (not extreme) political views.[↗](../../moderate/#m6 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Cook the soup over a moderate heat.[↗](../../moderate/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Eat sweets in moderation, not every day.[↗](../../moderate/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · There will be moderate winds and showers this afternoon.[↗](../../moderate/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Thirty minutes of moderate exercise is good for your heart.[↗](../../moderate/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Our teacher moderated the class debate so everyone had a turn.[↗](../../moderate/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The forum moderator deleted the rude comment.[↗](../../moderate/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · She was a moderate who wanted both parties to agree.[↗](../../moderate/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · He moderated his voice when the baby fell asleep.[↗](../../moderate/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · When you go to the merchant's he will offer you brandy; don't you drink much--drink only a moderate allowance.[↗](../../moderate/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **moderately** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To a medium amount or degree; fairly but not very: «moderately hot», «moderately difficult».[↗](../../moderately/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* In a sensible, controlled way, not too much: «eat moderately».[↗](../../moderately/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The test was moderately difficult.[↗](../../moderately/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Heat the pan moderately, not on full.[↗](../../moderately/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The film was only moderately funny.[↗](../../moderately/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Exercise moderately every day.[↗](../../moderately/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · It was a moderately warm day, about 18 °C.[↗](../../moderately/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The shoes were moderately priced.[↗](../../moderately/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Our team was moderately successful this season.[↗](../../moderately/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The river was moderately deep, up to my knees.[↗](../../moderately/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · The Soldier drank, but only moderately, and declined to drink any more.[↗](../../moderately/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **moderation** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Moderation means doing or having something in a sensible amount, not too much.[↗](../../moderation/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Eat sweets in moderation.[↗](../../moderation/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The old man drank his tea with moderation.[↗](../../moderation/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Moderation is wiser than greed.[↗](../../moderation/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Play games, but do so in moderation.[↗](../../moderation/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") **moderator** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A moderator is a person who runs a discussion or debate and makes sure people follow the rules and take turns.[↗](../../moderator/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A moderator is a person who checks posts in an online forum or game chat and removes unkind or unsafe ones.[↗](../../moderator/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A moderator checks that marks for exams are fair.[↗](../../moderator/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The moderator asked each speaker to keep to two minutes.[↗](../../moderator/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Report the rude message to a moderator.[↗](../../moderator/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The game chat has moderators to keep it friendly.[↗](../../moderator/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Our teacher was the moderator of the class debate.[↗](../../moderator/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The moderator deleted the unsafe post.[↗](../../moderator/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · An exam moderator checked the marks.[↗](../../moderator/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **modern** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Of the present time or recent times, not old.[↗](../../modern/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Using the newest ideas, styles or machines.[↗](../../modern/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (history) Of the period of history after the Middle Ages up to now (modern history).[↗](../../modern/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Our school has a modern science lab.[↗](../../modern/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Modern phones can take amazing photos.[↗](../../modern/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · In ancient times there were no cars; modern life is very different.[↗](../../modern/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We study modern languages like French and German.[↗](../../modern/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The museum has paintings of modern art.[↗](../../modern/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandma thinks modern music is too loud.[↗](../../modern/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · It occurs in Swift and in modern Italian folk-lore.[↗](../../modern/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · This is the modern classification of the letters into guttural, palatal, lingual, dental and labial sounds.[↗](../../modern/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../modern/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · The most generally accepted modern opinion is that the author was Rabbi Akiba, who lived in the time of the Emperor Hadrian, a.d.[↗](../../modern/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") 120.[↗](../../modern/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../modern/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · The most generally accepted modern opinion is that the author was Rabbi Akiba, who lived in the time of the Emperor Hadrian, A.D.[↗](../../modern/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") 120.[↗](../../modern/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../modern/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **modernised** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Made modern; changed with new equipment, methods or ideas so it is up to date: «a modernised kitchen».[↗](../../modernised/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (verb, past) Past form of «modernise»: «They modernised the old school».[↗](../../modernised/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The station was modernised with lifts and new screens.[↗](../../modernised/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Our school library has been modernised.[↗](../../modernised/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Japan modernised quickly in the late 1800s.[↗](../../modernised/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandma's modernised kitchen has an induction hob.[↗](../../modernised/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The old fairy tale was modernised for the film.[↗](../../modernised/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The hospital was modernised last year.[↗](../../modernised/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The farm modernised its machines to save time.[↗](../../modernised/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The modernised version of the song uses electric guitars.[↗](../../modernised/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · I have selected the incidents and modernised the spelling; otherwise the droll remains as it was told in Elizabethan times.[↗](../../modernised/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **modestly** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Without boasting about your own skills or successes: she smiled modestly.[↗](../../modestly/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Not much; to a small or fair amount: prices rose modestly.[↗](../../modestly/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* In a way that does not show much of the body: dressed modestly.[↗](../../modestly/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Simply, not expensively: they live modestly.[↗](../../modestly/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* «It was nothing,» she said modestly, after scoring three goals.[↗](../../modestly/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The house was modestly furnished.[↗](../../modestly/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Prices rose modestly this year.[↗](../../modestly/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · He modestly thanked his team for the win.[↗](../../modestly/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The family lived modestly on a small farm.[↗](../../modestly/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · She dressed modestly for the visit to the temple.[↗](../../modestly/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Modestly priced snacks are on sale at the fair.[↗](../../modestly/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **modesty** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Not boasting about yourself or your skills, even when you are good.[↗](../../modesty/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Dressing or behaving in a way that does not draw attention to your body, often for reasons of religion or custom.[↗](../../modesty/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Being small or not much: the modesty of their home.[↗](../../modesty/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Despite her modesty, she was the best player.[↗](../../modesty/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · «It was nothing,» he said with modesty.[↗](../../modesty/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Toad had no modesty at all — he sang songs about himself.[↗](../../modesty/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Some people wear long clothes for modesty.[↗](../../modesty/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · His modesty made everyone like him.[↗](../../modesty/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The prize-winner thanked her teachers with great modesty.[↗](../../modesty/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · False modesty is fishing for compliments.[↗](../../modesty/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · However he received all the praises bestowed on him with becoming modesty, and prostrating himself, said:[↗](../../modesty/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **modified** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Changed a little, usually to make it better or to suit a new purpose.[↗](../../modified/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Genetically modified (GM): having its genes changed by scientists.[↗](../../modified/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (grammar) A word is modified when another word describes or limits it, as an adjective does a noun.[↗](../../modified/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The scientists modified the design so the bridge was stronger.[↗](../../modified/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · This is a modified version of the game with easier levels.[↗](../../modified/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Some crops are genetically modified to resist insects.[↗](../../modified/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We modified our paper plane and it flew twice as far.[↗](../../modified/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · In the phrase red apple, the noun apple is modified by red.[↗](../../modified/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The rules were modified after the accident.[↗](../../modified/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **modify** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To modify something means to change it a little, usually to improve it or make it fit a purpose.[↗](../../modify/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (grammar) A word modifies another when it describes it or changes its meaning, like an adjective modifying a noun.[↗](../../modify/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (science) Genetically modified (GM) plants have had their genes changed by scientists.[↗](../../modify/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We modified our paper plane so it flew further.[↗](../../modify/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad modified the recipe to use less sugar.[↗](../../modify/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The game has been modified for younger players.[↗](../../modify/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · In «a red car», «red» modifies «car».[↗](../../modify/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Scientists modify plants to resist pests.[↗](../../modify/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Can you modify your sentence to make it clearer?[↗](../../modify/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The bike was modified with a basket.[↗](../../modify/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · After testing, modify your model and test again.[↗](../../modify/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · But I have felt myself more at liberty than the translators themselves, who have generally been over-literal, in changing, excising, or modifying the original.[↗](../../modify/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **module** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* One separate part or unit that fits together with others to make a bigger whole, like a part of a machine or building.[↗](../../module/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (education) A unit of a course on one topic, often with its own lessons and test: «the fractions module».[↗](../../module/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (space) A separate part of a spacecraft: «the lunar module».[↗](../../module/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (computers) A separate part of a program that does one job.[↗](../../module/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* This term we start the module on fractions.[↗](../../module/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The lunar module landed on the Moon in 1969.[↗](../../module/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The space station is made from many modules joined together.[↗](../../module/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Each module ends with a short quiz.[↗](../../module/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The robot kit has a light-sensor module.[↗](../../module/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The house was built from factory-made modules.[↗](../../module/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Our science module is about forces.[↗](../../module/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · A computer program can be split into modules.[↗](../../module/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **mohawk** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The Mohawk are a First Nations and Native American people of the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, living in what is now New York State, Quebec and Ontario.[↗](../../mohawk/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Mohawk is the Iroquoian language of the Mohawk people.[↗](../../mohawk/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A mohawk is a hairstyle with the sides shaved and a strip of hair standing up down the middle; in the UK it is often called a «mohican».[↗](../../mohawk/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The Mohawk are one of the Six Nations of the Haudenosaunee.[↗](../../mohawk/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Some children in Quebec learn Mohawk at school.[↗](../../mohawk/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Mohawk ironworkers helped build tall bridges and skyscrapers.[↗](../../mohawk/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The punk rocker had a bright green mohawk.[↗](../../mohawk/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · My cousin wants a mohawk, but his mum said no.[↗](../../mohawk/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The Mohawk River flows through New York State.[↗](../../mohawk/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/M/) … [38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/M/page/38/) **39** [40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/M/page/40/) … [54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/M/page/54/) - ← previous: [page 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/M/page/38/) - next →: [page 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/M/page/40/) - ↑ back to [The English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/)