--- title: M — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 4 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/4/) [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 4 [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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[54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/M/page/54/) **maiden** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (old, literary) A maiden is a girl or young woman who is not married.[↗](../../maiden/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Maiden as an adjective means first, for example a ship's maiden voyage.[↗](../../maiden/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A maiden name is the family name a woman had before she married.[↗](../../maiden/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (cricket) A maiden (over) is an over in which no runs are scored.[↗](../../maiden/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The knight rescued the maiden from the dragon.[↗](../../maiden/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The Titanic sank on its maiden voyage in 1912.[↗](../../maiden/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · My mum's maiden name was Murphy.[↗](../../maiden/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The bowler sent down a maiden over.[↗](../../maiden/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The pilot made his maiden flight.[↗](../../maiden/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · She gave her maiden speech in Parliament.[↗](../../maiden/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · "Hail, fair maiden!" says the hunter.[↗](../../maiden/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · And Pharaoh's daughter said to her: 'Go.'[↗](../../maiden/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") And the maiden went and called the child's mother.[↗](../../maiden/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.2.8, JPS 1917)[↗](../../maiden/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to bathe in the river; and her maidens walked along by the river-side; and she saw the ark among the flags, and sent her handmaid to fetch it.[↗](../../maiden/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.2.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../maiden/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · behold, I stand by the fountain of water; and let it come to pass, that the maiden that cometh forth to draw, to whom I shall say: Give me, I pray thee, a little water from thy pitcher to drink; (Torah GEN.24.43, JPS 1917)[↗](../../maiden/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens?[↗](../../maiden/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.40.29, JPS 1917)[↗](../../maiden/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Both young men and maidens, old men and children; (Writings PSA.148.12, JPS 1917)[↗](../../maiden/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · There are threescore queens, and fourscore concubines, and maidens without number.[↗](../../maiden/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings SNG.6.8, JPS 1917)[↗](../../maiden/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") **maidservant** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A maidservant is a young woman who works as a servant in a house, cleaning and cooking.[↗](../../maidservant/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") Old use.[↗](../../maidservant/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* You must go out into the world and take service as a maidservant.[↗](../../maidservant/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The maidservant swept the floors every morning.[↗](../../maidservant/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · that every man should let his manservant, and every man his maidservant, being a Hebrew man or a Hebrew woman, go free; that none should make bondmen of them, even of a Jew his brother; (Prophets JER.34.9, JPS 1917)[↗](../../maidservant/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **mail** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Mail is the letters and parcels sent by post.[↗](../../mail/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Mail is the system that carries them: send it by mail.[↗](../../mail/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To mail something is to send it by post.[↗](../../mail/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Mail is short for email.[↗](../../mail/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* Mail (or chain mail) is armour made of small metal rings, worn by knights.[↗](../../mail/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She mailed 12 cards.[↗](../../mail/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The mail carrier delivers 300 letters a day.[↗](../../mail/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Each stamp for the mail costs 1 dollar.[↗](../../mail/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · How many letters in a week?[↗](../../mail/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Is there any mail for me today?[↗](../../mail/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · I mailed a postcard from the beach.[↗](../../mail/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Lots of the mail was junk mail.[↗](../../mail/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Check your mail for the class newsletter.[↗](../../mail/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · The knight wore a shirt of chain mail.[↗](../../mail/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · "Tan-ta-ra-ra, tan-ta-ra-ra," sounded the horn, and the mail-coach came lumbering up.[↗](../../mail/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · and the hole of the robe in the midst thereof, as the hole of a coat of mail, with a binding round about the hole of it, that it should not be rent.[↗](../../mail/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.39.23, JPS 1917)[↗](../../mail/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Mailer, Efiii/niphisclie fMiikinalei' aiis Ara/iieii, Vienna 18S9, p. 19.[↗](../../mail/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../mail/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · Harness the horses, and mount, ye horsemen, and stand forth with your helmets; furbish the spears, put on the coats of mail.[↗](../../mail/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JER.46.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../mail/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · And Uzziah prepared for them, even for all the host, shields, and spears, and helmets, and coats of mail, and bows, and stones for slinging.[↗](../../mail/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings 2CH.26.14, JPS 1917)[↗](../../mail/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · And Saul clad David with his apparel, and he put a helmet of brass upon his head, and he clad him with a coat of mail.[↗](../../mail/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1SA.17.38, JPS 1917)[↗](../../mail/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") **mailbox** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (US, Canada) A mailbox is a box outside a house where letters are delivered, or a public box where you post letters (UK: postbox, letterbox).[↗](../../mailbox/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* An email inbox, the place on a computer where your emails arrive.[↗](../../mailbox/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I checked the mailbox for my birthday card.[↗](../../mailbox/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Put the letter in the mailbox on the corner.[↗](../../mailbox/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · My email mailbox was full of spam.[↗](../../mailbox/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The mailbox had a little red flag.[↗](../../mailbox/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Our mailbox is at the end of the drive.[↗](../../mailbox/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The postman left a parcel by the mailbox.[↗](../../mailbox/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **maillot** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (French) A jersey or top worn by cyclists; in the Tour de France the leader wears the «maillot jaune» (yellow jersey).[↗](../../maillot/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A one-piece swimsuit, or tight clothes for dancers or gymnasts.[↗](../../maillot/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The race leader wore the maillot jaune.[↗](../../maillot/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · In French, «maillot de bain» means swimming costume.[↗](../../maillot/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She wore a black maillot to the pool.[↗](../../maillot/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Each team has its own coloured maillot.[↗](../../maillot/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") **mailman** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A mailman is a person whose job is to bring letters and parcels to homes and offices.[↗](../../mailman/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Other words for the same job are mail carrier, letter carrier, postman, postwoman and postal worker.[↗](../../mailman/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The mailman delivers to 40 houses.[↗](../../mailman/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He gives each house 3 letters.[↗](../../mailman/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · How many letters does he deliver?[↗](../../mailman/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · He walks 8 km a day.[↗](../../mailman/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The mailman brought a parcel for my birthday.[↗](../../mailman/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Our dog barks every time the mailman comes.[↗](../../mailman/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The mailman waved to us from his van.[↗](../../mailman/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · In the UK the mailman is called the postman.[↗](../../mailman/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · The mail carrier puts the letters in our mailbox.[↗](../../mailman/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **maimed** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Maimed means badly hurt so that a part of the body is lost or no longer works properly.[↗](../../maimed/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A wolf, sorely wounded and bitten by dogs, lay sick and maimed in his lair.[↗](../../maimed/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The soldier came home maimed from the war.[↗](../../maimed/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He that is crushed or maimed in his privy parts shall not enter into the assembly of the LORD.[↗](../../maimed/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.23.1, JPS 1917)[↗](../../maimed/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth; as he hath maimed a man, so shall it be rendered unto him.[↗](../../maimed/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.24.20, JPS 1917)[↗](../../maimed/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · For whatsoever man he be that hath a blemish, he shall not approach: a blind man, or a lame, or he that hath any thing maimed, or anything too long, (Torah LEV.21.18, JPS 1917)[↗](../../maimed/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") **main** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Main means the most important or the biggest one, like the main road or the main idea.[↗](../../main/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A main is a large pipe or cable that carries water, gas or electricity to buildings.[↗](../../main/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* The mains is the electricity supply from the wall sockets.[↗](../../main/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* In British English, a main or main course is the biggest part of a meal.[↗](../../main/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* Long ago, main could mean very or greatly, as in "I would main like to go.".[↗](../../main/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* What is the main idea of this paragraph?[↗](../../main/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Harry is the main character in the book.[↗](../../main/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Turn left onto the main road.[↗](../../main/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The main thing is that nobody got hurt.[↗](../../main/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · For my main course I'll have fish.[↗](../../main/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · A water main burst and flooded the street.[↗](../../main/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Never touch mains electricity.[↗](../../main/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The main entrance is at the front of the school.[↗](../../main/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Yet its main incidents occur with frequency in Continental folk-tales.[↗](../../main/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Moreover, if the y was originally a vowel only and had no sound of g, as main- tained by Jerome, it can have only one vowel sound.[↗](../../main/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../main/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **mainland** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The main large part of a country or continent, not counting the islands near it.[↗](../../mainland/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We took the ferry from the island back to the mainland.[↗](../../mainland/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Tasmania is an island south of mainland Australia.[↗](../../mainland/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Some Scottish islanders shop on the mainland once a week.[↗](../../mainland/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Mainland Europe is just across the sea from Britain.[↗](../../mainland/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The storm cut the island off from the mainland.[↗](../../mainland/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Kangaroo Island has animals that are rare on the mainland.[↗](../../mainland/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · In the morning the king arose early, and crossed over to the mainland.[↗](../../mainland/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **mainly** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Mainly means mostly, more than anything else, or in most cases.[↗](../../mainly/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The class is mainly girls this year.[↗](../../mainly/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Koalas eat mainly eucalyptus leaves.[↗](../../mainly/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The air we breathe is mainly nitrogen.[↗](../../mainly/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · I walk to school, mainly because it is close.[↗](../../mainly/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Our garden is mainly grass.[↗](../../mainly/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The weather will be mainly dry with some showers.[↗](../../mainly/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The book is mainly about friendship.[↗](../../mainly/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The bar chart shows that pupils travel mainly by car.[↗](../../mainly/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · The stories have mainly been adapted or translated by Mrs. Lang, a few by Miss Lang and Miss Blackley.[↗](../../mainly/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · The "Sepher Yetzirah," on the other hand is mainly concerned with our universe and with the Microcosm.[↗](../../mainly/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../mainly/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · The '' Sepher Yetzirah," on the other hand is mainly concerned with our universe and with the Microcosm.[↗](../../mainly/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../mainly/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") **mainmast** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The mainmast is the tallest and most important pole of a sailing ship, which holds the big sails.[↗](../../mainmast/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The head of the house got work as a mainmast in a very fine ship.[↗](../../mainmast/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The sailors climbed the mainmast to fix the sail.[↗](../../mainmast/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") **maintain** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To maintain something is to keep it in good condition by looking after it.[↗](../../maintain/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To maintain is to keep something at the same level: maintain a speed.[↗](../../maintain/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To maintain is to keep saying firmly that something is true.[↗](../../maintain/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* To maintain someone can mean to pay for what they need to live.[↗](../../maintain/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* You must maintain your bike by oiling the chain.[↗](../../maintain/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The car maintained a steady speed of 60 km/h.[↗](../../maintain/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He maintained that he was innocent.[↗](../../maintain/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Keep the water at the same temperature to maintain a fair test.[↗](../../maintain/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The caretaker maintains the school grounds.[↗](../../maintain/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Try to maintain eye contact when you speak.[↗](../../maintain/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Regular exercise helps maintain good health.[↗](../../maintain/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Yes, it always pays best when the wife sees and maintains that her husband knows best, and whatever he does is right.[↗](../../maintain/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Some are of the opinion that John Reuchlin, while others maintain that Paul Riccius was the author of it.[↗](../../maintain/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (See Wolfii Biblioth.[↗](../../maintain/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../maintain/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Dr. Steinshneider (see Magazin fuer Literatur des Auslandes, 1845) and Dr. Cassel (in his commentary to the book entitled Kusari,) maintain that the ancient Jewish (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../maintain/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · + Maintain attribution The Google "watermark" you see on each file is essential for informing people about this project and helping them find additional materials through Google Book Search.[↗](../../maintain/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../maintain/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · then hear Thou in heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.[↗](../../maintain/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1KI.8.45, JPS 1917)[↗](../../maintain/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · then hear Thou from heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.[↗](../../maintain/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings 2CH.6.35, JPS 1917)[↗](../../maintain/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · O LORD, the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup, Thou maintainest my lot.[↗](../../maintain/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.16.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../maintain/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") **maintained** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Kept in good condition by checking and repairing it: a well-maintained car.[↗](../../maintained/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Kept at the same level or speed.[↗](../../maintained/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* She maintained a speed of 10 km an hour.[↗](../../maintained/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Kept saying that something is true.[↗](../../maintained/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* He maintained that he was innocent.[↗](../../maintained/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Paid for and looked after.[↗](../../maintained/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* The park is maintained by the council.[↗](../../maintained/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The runner maintained a steady pace all the way.[↗](../../maintained/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The car maintained 60 miles an hour for 2 hours, so it went 120 miles.[↗](../../maintained/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Their garden is beautifully maintained.[↗](../../maintained/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The bridge is maintained by the city council.[↗](../../maintained/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · He maintained that he had not taken the cake.[↗](../../maintained/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The temperature was maintained at 20 degrees.[↗](../../maintained/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · A well-maintained bike is safer to ride.[↗](../../maintained/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The owner maintained that he had let the Ass only, and not his Shadow.[↗](../../maintained/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · 23) The ancient philosophers maintained that if God is the first cause, and He is necessarily, He, the immediate effect of Him, as an absolute unity, (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../maintained/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · For Thou hast maintained my right and my cause; Thou sattest upon the throne as the righteous Judge.[↗](../../maintained/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.9.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../maintained/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **maintenance** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Work done to keep a building, machine, road and so on in good working order.[↗](../../maintenance/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (UK, Ireland, Australia) Money paid regularly by one parent to help look after a child after a divorce or separation.[↗](../../maintenance/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Keeping something at the same level (weight maintenance).[↗](../../maintenance/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Maintenance can also mean the food and supplies that keep a person or household alive.[↗](../../maintenance/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The pool is closed for maintenance.[↗](../../maintenance/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Bike maintenance includes pumping tyres and oiling the chain.[↗](../../maintenance/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The school's maintenance man fixed the door.[↗](../../maintenance/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The website is down for maintenance.[↗](../../maintenance/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · A cactus is a low-maintenance plant.[↗](../../maintenance/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Regular maintenance keeps the lifts safe.[↗](../../maintenance/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad pays maintenance for my brother.[↗](../../maintenance/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · A JACKDAW, seeing some Doves in a cote abundantly provided with food, painted himself white and joined them in order to share their plentiful maintenance.[↗](../../maintenance/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And there will be goats' milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household; and maintenance for thy maidens.[↗](../../maintenance/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.27.27, JPS 1917)[↗](../../maintenance/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/M/) 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