--- title: M — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 9 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/9/) [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 9 [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:* To man is to supply people to work a boat, a ship or a machine.[↗](../../manned/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") Manned means having people on board or in charge.[↗](../../manned/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The boat was manned by four sailors.[↗](../../manned/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Little Lasse manned the boat.[↗](../../manned/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The lighthouse is manned all night.[↗](../../manned/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **mannequin** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A model of a human body used to show clothes in a shop window.[↗](../../mannequin/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (old-fashioned) A person whose job is to model clothes; a fashion model.[↗](../../mannequin/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A model of a body used in art or for practising first aid (often called a «manikin»).[↗](../../mannequin/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The mannequin in the window wore a red winter coat.[↗](../../mannequin/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We practised CPR on a mannequin in first aid class.[↗](../../mannequin/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · My brother stood so still he looked like a mannequin.[↗](../../mannequin/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The shop staff changed the clothes on the mannequins every week.[↗](../../mannequin/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · An artist's mannequin is a small wooden figure with bendy joints.[↗](../../mannequin/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The mannequin had no head, just a body.[↗](../../mannequin/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · In the spooky story, the mannequins came alive at night.[↗](../../mannequin/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The mannequin challenge has everyone freeze in a pose.[↗](../../mannequin/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **manner** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The way in which something is done or happens.[↗](../../manner/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The way a person behaves towards others.[↗](../../manner/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* manners: polite ways of behaving, such as saying please and thank you.[↗](../../manner/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* all manner of: all kinds of.[↗](../../manner/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She spoke in a calm manner.[↗](../../manner/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Mind your manners and say thank you.[↗](../../manner/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · It's bad manners to talk with your mouth full.[↗](../../manner/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · "Quickly" is an adverb of manner.[↗](../../manner/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The shop sells all manner of toys.[↗](../../manner/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · He has a friendly manner with children.[↗](../../manner/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · In a manner of speaking, we won.[↗](../../manner/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · In this manner many weeks passed by.[↗](../../manner/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Cursed be he that lieth with any manner of beast.[↗](../../manner/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.27.21, JPS 1917)[↗](../../manner/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · In like manner thou shalt deal with thy vineyard, and with thy oliveyard.[↗](../../manner/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.23.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../manner/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · This is the law for all manner of plague of leprosy, and for a scall; (Torah LEV.14.54, JPS 1917)[↗](../../manner/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · And one said: On this manner; and another said: On that manner.[↗](../../manner/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1KI.22.20, JPS 1917)[↗](../../manner/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · Howbeit they did not hearken, but they did after their former manner.[↗](../../manner/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 2KI.17.40, JPS 1917)[↗](../../manner/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · And the servants of Saul told him, saying: 'On this manner spoke David.'[↗](../../manner/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1SA.18.24, JPS 1917)[↗](../../manner/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") **mannerly** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Mannerly means polite, well behaved and knowing good manners.[↗](../../mannerly/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The prince was too mannerly to eat without being invited.[↗](../../mannerly/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Be mannerly and say thank you.[↗](../../mannerly/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She was not mannerly to the old woman.[↗](../../mannerly/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **manners** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Manners are the polite ways of behaving with other people, like saying please and thank you.[↗](../../manners/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Table manners are the polite ways to eat at a table.[↗](../../manners/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A person's manner is the way they behave or speak, like a friendly manner.[↗](../../manners/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* "In a manner" means in a way.[↗](../../manners/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* It's good manners to say thank you.[↗](../../manners/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Mind your manners at Grandma's house.[↗](../../manners/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · It's bad manners to talk with your mouth full.[↗](../../manners/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Our class practised table manners.[↗](../../manners/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · She spoke in a calm, friendly manner.[↗](../../manners/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Where are your manners?[↗](../../manners/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") Say please\![↗](../../manners/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Good manners cost nothing.[↗](../../manners/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · It's his bad manners I can't stand."[↗](../../manners/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · It is necessary to avoid confusion between these letters ; different authors translate them in different manners.[↗](../../manners/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../manners/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **manoeuvre** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A manoeuvre is a planned movement of soldiers, ships or vehicles, often done as practice.[↗](../../manoeuvre/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To manoeuvre is to move something carefully or cleverly, or to steer it through a tight space.[↗](../../manoeuvre/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The soldiers did their manoeuvres well at the review.[↗](../../manoeuvre/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Comrade Wasp's-nest manoeuvred his wasps.[↗](../../manoeuvre/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The boat manoeuvred carefully round the rocks.[↗](../../manoeuvre/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **manor** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A manor is a large country house with land around it, once owned by a lord or squire.[↗](../../manor/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* It was a lonely life in the old manor house.[↗](../../manor/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · An old squire lived at the manor with his two sons.[↗](../../manor/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The manor stood at the end of a long lane.[↗](../../manor/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **manservant** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* A male servant.[↗](../../manservant/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* 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)[↗](../../manservant/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") **mansion** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A very large, grand house, usually belonging to a rich person.[↗](../../mansion/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (UK, in names) Mansions: a block of flats, such as «Victoria Mansions».[↗](../../mansion/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The film star lives in a huge mansion with a pool.[↗](../../mansion/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The old mansion on the hill was said to be haunted.[↗](../../mansion/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The mansion had twenty bedrooms.[↗](../../mansion/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We visited a mansion with beautiful gardens.[↗](../../mansion/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Our flat is small; it's not exactly a mansion\![↗](../../mansion/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The family lost their money and had to sell the mansion.[↗](../../mansion/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Gold gates led up to the mansion.[↗](../../mansion/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Victoria Mansions is a block of flats near the station.[↗](../../mansion/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · High up, on the woody hillside, stood the new mansion.[↗](../../mansion/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **manslayer** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* A person who has killed someone, here by accident.[↗](../../manslayer/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* But if the manslayer shall at any time go beyond the border of his city of refuge, whither he fleeth; (Torah NUM.35.26, JPS 1917)[↗](../../manslayer/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · then ye shall appoint you cities to be cities of refuge for you, that the manslayer that killeth any person through error may flee thither.[↗](../../manslayer/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.35.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../manslayer/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · And the cities shall be unto you for refuge from the avenger, that the manslayer die not, until he stand before the congregation for judgment.[↗](../../manslayer/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.35.12, JPS 1917)[↗](../../manslayer/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · that the manslayer that killeth any person through error and unawares may flee thither; and they shall be unto you for a refuge from the avenger of blood.[↗](../../manslayer/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JOS.20.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../manslayer/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · And if the avenger of blood pursue after him, then they shall not deliver up the manslayer into his hand; because he smote his neighbour unawares, and hated him not beforetime.[↗](../../manslayer/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JOS.20.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../manslayer/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · And they gave them Shechem with the open land about it in the hill-country of Ephraim, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Gezer with the open land about it; (Prophets JOS.21.21, JPS 1917)[↗](../../manslayer/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **manta** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A manta, or manta ray, is a very large, flat sea fish with wide fins like wings, which glides through warm oceans and eats tiny plankton.[↗](../../manta/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A manta is also a kind of blanket or cloak in Spanish-speaking countries (rare in English).[↗](../../manta/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A manta ray glided over the coral reef.[↗](../../manta/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Manta rays eat plankton, not people.[↗](../../manta/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The giant manta can be wider than a car.[↗](../../manta/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Divers swam beside the gentle mantas.[↗](../../manta/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · A manta's skeleton is made of cartilage like a shark's.[↗](../../manta/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We watched mantas leap out of the water on a nature film.[↗](../../manta/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **mantel** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A mantel is the shelf above a fireplace, where things are put on display.[↗](../../mantel/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Aunt Em put the vase on the mantel.[↗](../../mantel/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The clock ticked on the mantel.[↗](../../mantel/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Stand the doll on the mantel.[↗](../../mantel/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **mantelet** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* A small cloak or cover.[↗](../../mantelet/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") In Nahum it is a covering used to protect soldiers attacking a wall.[↗](../../mantelet/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* the aprons, and the mantelets, and the cloaks, and the girdles; (Prophets ISA.3.22, JPS 1917)[↗](../../mantelet/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He bethinketh himself of his worthies; they stumble in their march; they make haste to the wall thereof, and the mantelet is prepared.[↗](../../mantelet/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets NAM.2.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../mantelet/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") **mantelpiece** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A mantelpiece is the shelf above a fireplace, often with ornaments, clocks, cards or photos on it.[↗](../../mantelpiece/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The frame around a fireplace.[↗](../../mantelpiece/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Grandma keeps our school photos on the mantelpiece.[↗](../../mantelpiece/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The clock on the mantelpiece struck six.[↗](../../mantelpiece/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We hung our Christmas stockings from the mantelpiece.[↗](../../mantelpiece/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The birthday cards were lined up along the mantelpiece.[↗](../../mantelpiece/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The detective found a key hidden behind a vase on the mantelpiece.[↗](../../mantelpiece/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · A painting hung above the mantelpiece.[↗](../../mantelpiece/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · It revelled in its liberty, and presently flew up on to the mantelpiece and screamed away to its heart's content.[↗](../../mantelpiece/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **mantis** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A mantis, often called a praying mantis, is a long green or brown insect that holds its spiky front legs together as if praying, and uses them to snatch other insects.[↗](../../mantis/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Mantises can turn their heads right round to look behind them.[↗](../../mantis/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The praying mantis waited still on the leaf.[↗](../../mantis/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The mantis snatched a fly with its front legs.[↗](../../mantis/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A mantis can turn its head to look behind it.[↗](../../mantis/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Some mantises look just like pink flowers.[↗](../../mantis/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The mantis was so well camouflaged we almost missed it.[↗](../../mantis/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Baby mantises hatch from a foamy egg case.[↗](../../mantis/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · It is called a praying mantis because of how it holds its legs.[↗](../../mantis/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **mantle** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* In science, the mantle is the thick hot layer of rock inside the Earth, between the crust and the core.[↗](../../mantle/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A mantle is a duty or important role that passes from one person to another, as in «take on the mantle».[↗](../../mantle/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (old) A mantle is a loose cloak without sleeves.[↗](../../mantle/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* A mantle can be a covering of something, like «a mantle of snow».[↗](../../mantle/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The mantle lies under the Earth's crust.[↗](../../mantle/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Rock in the mantle moves very slowly.[↗](../../mantle/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The mantle is much thicker than the crust.[↗](../../mantle/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A mantle of snow covered the hills.[↗](../../mantle/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The queen wore a red velvet mantle.[↗](../../mantle/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") (old)[↗](../../mantle/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · She took on the mantle of team captain.[↗](../../mantle/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Heat from the mantle helps push the plates.[↗](../../mantle/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · "It's like a green silk mantle worked with flowers," said the Princess, smiling.[↗](../../mantle/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And the first came forth ruddy, all over like a hairy mantle; and they called his name Esau.[↗](../../mantle/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.25.25, JPS 1917)[↗](../../mantle/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · and the gauze robes, and the fine linen, and the turbans, and the mantles.[↗](../../mantle/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.3.23, JPS 1917)[↗](../../mantle/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped; (Writings JOB.1.20, JPS 1917)[↗](../../mantle/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · He took up also the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and went back, and stood by the bank of the Jordan.[↗](../../mantle/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 2KI.2.13, JPS 1917)[↗](../../mantle/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") **mantra** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (religion) A word, sound or short phrase repeated again and again in prayer or meditation, especially in Hinduism and Buddhism.[↗](../../mantra/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A saying or motto that a person or group repeats often because they believe it strongly: «Practice makes perfect is my mantra».[↗](../../mantra/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Our coach's mantra is «Work hard, play fair».[↗](../../mantra/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Buddhists may repeat a mantra while meditating.[↗](../../mantra/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · «Om» is a well-known mantra in Hinduism.[↗](../../mantra/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · When I'm nervous, I say my mantra: «I can do this».[↗](../../mantra/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The school's mantra is «Be kind, be safe, be your best».[↗](../../mantra/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · She repeated the mantra slowly to calm her breathing.[↗](../../mantra/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · «Reduce, reuse, recycle» became the class mantra.[↗](../../mantra/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Some mantras are in the old language Sanskrit.[↗](../../mantra/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **mantua** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* An Italian city where books were printed long ago, and where a famous edition of Sefer Yetzirah came out in 1562.[↗](../../mantua/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A Version by Saadiah, ab. ben David, and three others, Mantua, 1562, 4to.[↗](../../mantua/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../mantua/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Interested readers can check the 1562 Mantua edition for themselves through the digital archives of the National Library of Israel: nli.org.il/he/books/NNLALEPH990012793690205171/NLI.[↗](../../mantua/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../mantua/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The "Zohar was first printed in Mantua in 1558, again in Cremona, 1560, and at Lublin, 1623, and a fourth edition by Knorr von Rosenroth, at Sulzbach in 1684.[↗](../../mantua/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../mantua/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **manual** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Manual means done by hand or by a person's effort, not by a machine: «manual work».[↗](../../manual/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A manual is a book of instructions telling you how to use or fix something.[↗](../../manual/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A manual car has gears the driver changes by hand (called a «stick shift» in the US).[↗](../../manual/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Read the manual before using the drill.[↗](../../manual/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Building a wall is hard manual work.[↗](../../manual/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad drives a manual car.[↗](../../manual/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The game came with a thin manual.[↗](../../manual/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · You can switch the camera to manual mode.[↗](../../manual/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Farm work used to be mostly manual.[↗](../../manual/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **manufacture** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To manufacture means to make goods in large numbers, usually in a factory with machines.[↗](../../manufacture/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (noun) Manufacture is the making of goods.[↗](../../manufacture/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "the manufacture of cars".[↗](../../manufacture/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To manufacture an excuse or a story means to invent it, especially a false one.[↗](../../manufacture/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The factory manufactures 500 bikes a week.[↗](../../manufacture/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · If a machine manufactures 40 toys an hour, it makes 320 toys in 8 hours.[↗](../../manufacture/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Cars are manufactured in many countries.[↗](../../manufacture/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The manufacture of paper uses lots of water.[↗](../../manufacture/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · He manufactured an excuse for being late.[↗](../../manufacture/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · This phone was manufactured in Korea.[↗](../../manufacture/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Manufacturing jobs are found in big towns.[↗](../../manufacture/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · And now the Emperor himself wished to see the costly manufacture, while it was still in the loom.[↗](../../manufacture/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **manufactured** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Made in large numbers in a factory, using machines.[↗](../../manufactured/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Made by people, not natural (manufactured materials like plastic).[↗](../../manufactured/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Made up or invented to trick people (a manufactured story, manufactured evidence).[↗](../../manufactured/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* These toys were manufactured in a factory.[↗](../../manufactured/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Plastic is a manufactured material, not a natural one.[↗](../../manufactured/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The factory manufactured 300 bikes each week.[↗](../../manufactured/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Most cars are manufactured by robots and workers together.[↗](../../manufactured/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The story about the ghost was manufactured to scare us.[↗](../../manufactured/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Manufactured goods are sent around the world by ship.[↗](../../manufactured/#x6 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