--- title: N — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 13 description: The 369 words of the English dictionary under N, 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/N/page/13/) [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/) / N # N — The English dictionary · page 13 [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 give a small, quick bite or pinch: «The puppy nipped my finger».[↗](../../nip/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (UK, Ireland, Australia, informal) To go somewhere quickly for a short time: «I'll nip to the shop».[↗](../../nip/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (noun) A small bite or pinch.[↗](../../nip/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (noun) A feeling of cold: «a nip in the air».[↗](../../nip/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* A small amount of a strong drink.[↗](../../nip/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The crab nipped my toe\![↗](../../nip/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Our puppy nips when he gets excited.[↗](../../nip/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · I'll just nip to the shop for some milk.[↗](../../nip/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · There's a nip in the air this morning.[↗](../../nip/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Can you nip upstairs and get my glasses?[↗](../../nip/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The teacher nipped the argument in the bud.[↗](../../nip/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The race was nip and tuck right to the end.[↗](../../nip/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **nipping** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Giving a quick, small bite or pinch.[↗](../../nipping/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (of cold) Biting or stinging, as in "a nipping wind".[↗](../../nipping/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (UK, Ireland, Australia, NZ, informal) Going somewhere quickly for a short time, as in "nipping out to the shop".[↗](../../nipping/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (with "in the bud") Stopping something before it grows bigger.[↗](../../nipping/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The puppy keeps nipping at my socks.[↗](../../nipping/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · I'm just nipping out to the corner shop.[↗](../../nipping/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (UK)[↗](../../nipping/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A crab was nipping at his toe.[↗](../../nipping/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The nipping wind made our ears red.[↗](../../nipping/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Mum is nipping to the post office, back in five minutes.[↗](../../nipping/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Stop the teasing now and nip it in the bud.[↗](../../nipping/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The frost was nipping the young plants.[↗](../../nipping/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **nipple** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A nipple is the small raised point in the middle of each breast or on a man's or boy's chest; mothers feed babies milk through their nipples.[↗](../../nipple/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (US) A nipple is the rubber or plastic teat on a baby's bottle that the baby sucks; in the UK this is called a teat.[↗](../../nipple/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A nipple is a small nozzle on a machine, such as a grease nipple or a pipe fitting.[↗](../../nipple/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* All mammals have nipples.[↗](../../nipple/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A mother pig has many nipples to feed her piglets.[↗](../../nipple/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Babies drink milk from their mother's nipples or a bottle.[↗](../../nipple/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Boys have nipples too, even though they do not make milk.[↗](../../nipple/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · (US) Put a clean nipple on the baby's bottle.[↗](../../nipple/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · (UK) The bottle teat was too small.[↗](../../nipple/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The mechanic pumped grease into the nipple on the bike.[↗](../../nipple/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · We labelled the parts of a cow in science, including the udder and teats.[↗](../../nipple/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **nippy** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (informal, UK and Australia) Nippy means cold, especially with a sharp, biting chill: a nippy morning.[↗](../../nippy/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (informal) Nippy means quick and lively, able to move fast: a nippy little car.[↗](../../nippy/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (rare) Nippy describes a dog likely to nip or bite.[↗](../../nippy/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Wrap up warm, it's a bit nippy this morning.[↗](../../nippy/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The wind was nippy on the beach.[↗](../../nippy/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Our new car is small and nippy in traffic.[↗](../../nippy/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · She's a nippy little player who dodges every tackle.[↗](../../nippy/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · That terrier can be nippy with strangers.[↗](../../nippy/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · It gets nippy at night in the desert.[↗](../../nippy/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · “You’re so nippy at it,” John said, “couldn’t you do it very slowly once?”[↗](../../nippy/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **nirvana** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (religion) In Buddhism, nirvana is the state of perfect peace a person reaches when they are free from all desire and suffering and are no longer reborn; Buddhists believe the Buddha reached it.[↗](../../nirvana/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (informal) Nirvana means a place or state of perfect happiness: «This chocolate shop is nirvana!».[↗](../../nirvana/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (a name) Nirvana was a famous American rock band.[↗](../../nirvana/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Buddhists believe the Buddha reached nirvana.[↗](../../nirvana/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Nirvana means freedom from suffering in Buddhism.[↗](../../nirvana/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Following the Eightfold Path leads towards nirvana, Buddhists teach.[↗](../../nirvana/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · (informal) Lying in the hammock in the sun was nirvana.[↗](../../nirvana/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · For my brother, a pizza buffet is nirvana.[↗](../../nirvana/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Nirvana was a famous rock band from Seattle.[↗](../../nirvana/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · We learned about nirvana in our lesson on Buddhism.[↗](../../nirvana/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · «Nirvana» is a word from Sanskrit.[↗](../../nirvana/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **nisan** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* The first month of the Hebrew calendar, in spring, around March and April.[↗](../../nisan/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The month Nisan begins about March .[↗](../../nisan/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") 29th.[↗](../../nisan/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../nisan/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The twelve months of the year are: Nisan, Iyar, Sivan, Tamus, Ab, Elul, Tishri, Marcheshvan, Kislev, Teves, Schevat and Adar.[↗](../../nisan/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../nisan/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · God produced He, predominant in Speech, crowned, combined, and formed Aries in the world, Nisan in the year, and the right foot of man.[↗](../../nisan/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887)[↗](../../nisan/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · And it came to pass in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, when wine was before him, that I took up the wine, and gave it unto the king.[↗](../../nisan/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings NEH.2.1, JPS 1917)[↗](../../nisan/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") **nit** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A nit is the egg or young of a head louse, a tiny insect that lives in human hair.[↗](../../nit/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (informal, UK, Australia, NZ) A nit or nitwit is a silly, foolish person.[↗](../../nit/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To pick nits or nit-pick is to find small, unimportant faults.[↗](../../nit/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* There are nits in our class, so check your hair.[↗](../../nit/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Mum combed out my nits with a nit comb.[↗](../../nit/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Nits stick tightly to hairs.[↗](../../nit/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't share hats, or you might spread nits.[↗](../../nit/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · You nit\![↗](../../nit/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") You've put your shoes on the wrong feet.[↗](../../nit/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Stop nit-picking about my spelling.[↗](../../nit/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Having nits does not mean your hair is dirty.[↗](../../nit/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The nurse checked 30 heads and found nits on 4.[↗](../../nit/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **nitre** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* A salty mineral, a kind of soda, that people used for washing and cleaning.[↗](../../nitre/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* For though thou wash thee with nitre, and take thee much soap, yet thine iniquity is marked before Me, saith the Lord GOD.[↗](../../nitre/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JER.2.22, JPS 1917)[↗](../../nitre/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · As one that taketh off a garment in cold weather, and as vinegar upon nitre, so is he that singeth songs to a heavy heart.[↗](../../nitre/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.25.20, JPS 1917)[↗](../../nitre/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") **nitrogen** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A gas with no colour, no smell and no taste that makes up about 78% (nearly four fifths) of the air around us.[↗](../../nitrogen/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") It is a chemical element with the symbol N.[↗](../../nitrogen/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Most of the air we breathe is nitrogen.[↗](../../nitrogen/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · About 78 out of every 100 parts of air are nitrogen.[↗](../../nitrogen/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Plants need nitrogen to grow green leaves.[↗](../../nitrogen/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The scientist froze a flower in liquid nitrogen.[↗](../../nitrogen/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Nitrogen has the chemical symbol N.[↗](../../nitrogen/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Fertilisers give plants extra nitrogen.[↗](../../nitrogen/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Crisp packets are filled with nitrogen to keep crisps fresh.[↗](../../nitrogen/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Nitrogen has no colour and no smell.[↗](../../nitrogen/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **no** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* No means not any, or zero.[↗](../../no/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") «No apples» means zero apples.[↗](../../no/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* No is the answer when something is not true or you do not agree: «Is it raining?[↗](../../no/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") No.».[↗](../../no/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* No can mean that something is not allowed: «No running», «No entry».[↗](../../no/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* No can mean «not» with comparisons: «no more», «no bigger than».[↗](../../no/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* «No.» with a dot is short for number: «No. 5».[↗](../../no/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 6:* (casual) «Nah», «nope», «no way», «no chance» are everyday ways to say no; «no worries» (Australia, NZ) means it's fine; «no biggie» means it doesn't matter.[↗](../../no/#m6 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 7:* (rough) «No bloody way», «no chance, mate» and «hell no» are rough strong refusals.[↗](../../no/#m7 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 8:* (formal) «Not any», «nil», «none whatsoever» and «in the negative» are stiff forms: «The answer is in the negative.».[↗](../../no/#m8 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She has no pencils left.[↗](../../no/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · No students were late.[↗](../../no/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Is 15 an even number?[↗](../../no/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") No.[↗](../../no/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · There are no more cookies.[↗](../../no/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · No running by the pool\![↗](../../no/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · It is OK to say no if a game feels unsafe.[↗](../../no/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The box was no bigger than a shoe.[↗](../../no/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The sign said «No dogs allowed».[↗](../../no/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · nah, no sweets left, ate the lot (casual)[↗](../../no/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · «Thanks for the lift.»[↗](../../no/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") «No worries, mate.»[↗](../../no/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (casual, Australia)[↗](../../no/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Lend you 5 quid?[↗](../../no/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") No bloody way, you never paid me back.[↗](../../no/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (rough)[↗](../../no/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Subsequent to the distribution, no items whatsoever remained; determine the original quantity.[↗](../../no/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (formal exam)[↗](../../no/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · "No, sir, by design," returned Aladdin.[↗](../../no/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · Thou shalt make thee no molten gods.[↗](../../no/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.34.17, JPS 1917)[↗](../../no/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · And Sarai was barren; she had no child.[↗](../../no/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.11.30, JPS 1917)[↗](../../no/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") · Thou shalt have no other gods before Me.[↗](../../no/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.20.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../no/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") · Is there no balm in Gilead?[↗](../../no/#x17 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JER.8.22, JPS 1917)[↗](../../no/#x17 "tree and pragmatics") · No evil shall come upon us'?[↗](../../no/#x18 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets MIC.3.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../no/#x18 "tree and pragmatics") · Now Sheshan had no sons, but daughters.[↗](../../no/#x19 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings 1CH.2.34, JPS 1917)[↗](../../no/#x19 "tree and pragmatics") **nob** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* The name of a town near Jerusalem where priests lived, and where David came while he was running from Saul.[↗](../../nob/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* This very day shall he halt at Nob, shaking his hand at the mount of the daughter of Zion, the hill of Jerusalem.[↗](../../nob/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.10.32, JPS 1917)[↗](../../nob/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Then came David to Nob to Ahimelech the priest; and Ahimelech came to meet David trembling, and said unto him: 'Why art thou alone, and no man with thee?'[↗](../../nob/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1SA.21.2, JPS 1917)[↗](../../nob/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Then answered Doeg the Edomite, who was set over the servants of Saul, and said: 'I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub.[↗](../../nob/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1SA.22.9, JPS 1917)[↗](../../nob/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **nobility** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The nobility are the people of the highest social class, such as dukes, earls and lords, who have titles passed down in their families.[↗](../../nobility/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Nobility is also the quality of being noble: good, honest and brave.[↗](../../nobility/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* In the Middle Ages, the nobility owned most of the land.[↗](../../nobility/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The king invited the nobility to the feast.[↗](../../nobility/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Many of the nobility lost power in the French Revolution.[↗](../../nobility/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · He showed great nobility by forgiving his enemy.[↗](../../nobility/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Members of the nobility had titles like duke and earl.[↗](../../nobility/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The nobility sat in the House of Lords.[↗](../../nobility/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Nobility is a distinction; it is a gold coin that bears the stamp of its own value.[↗](../../nobility/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **noble** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Good, brave and honest; acting in a way that shows a fine character: «a noble deed».[↗](../../noble/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Belonging to a high social rank, such as lords, dukes and princes.[↗](../../noble/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (noun) A person of high rank in old times; a lord or lady.[↗](../../noble/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Impressive and grand: «a noble horse».[↗](../../noble/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* (science) Noble gases (helium, neon, argon…) hardly react with anything; noble metals like gold do not rust.[↗](../../noble/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* It was noble of you to share your lunch.[↗](../../noble/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The nobles met at the king's castle.[↗](../../noble/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She was born into a noble family.[↗](../../noble/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Helping the poor is a noble cause.[↗](../../noble/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Neon is a noble gas used in bright signs.[↗](../../noble/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The knight did a noble thing and saved the village.[↗](../../noble/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Buddhists follow the Four Noble Truths.[↗](../../noble/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · What a brave, noble man he was\![↗](../../noble/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · The well, which the princes digged, which the nobles of the people delved, with the sceptre, and with their staves.[↗](../../noble/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.21.18, JPS 1917)[↗](../../noble/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And upon the nobles of the children of Israel He laid not His hand; and they beheld God, and did eat and drink.[↗](../../noble/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.24.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../noble/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Or to nobles: 'Ye are wicked'? — (Writings JOB.34.18, JPS 1917)[↗](../../noble/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · To bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron; (Writings PSA.149.8, JPS 1917)[↗](../../noble/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · By me princes rule, and nobles, even all the judges of the earth.[↗](../../noble/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.8.16, JPS 1917)[↗](../../noble/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") **nobleman** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A man who belongs to the nobility, the highest social class below the king or queen, with a title such as duke, earl, lord or count.[↗](../../nobleman/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A wealthy nobleman lived in the castle on the hill.[↗](../../nobleman/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The king called his noblemen to a meeting.[↗](../../nobleman/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The noblemen forced King John to sign Magna Carta.[↗](../../nobleman/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · In the story, a poor girl married a nobleman.[↗](../../nobleman/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Noblemen rode to war with their knights.[↗](../../nobleman/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · A nobleman's sons were taught to ride and fight.[↗](../../nobleman/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The French Revolution took power away from many noblemen.[↗](../../nobleman/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · I am the daughter of a wealthy nobleman.[↗](../../nobleman/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **noblewoman** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A woman who belongs to the nobility, with a title such as duchess, countess or lady.[↗](../../noblewoman/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The noblewoman wore a long silk gown.[↗](../../noblewoman/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A noblewoman ran the castle while her husband was at war.[↗](../../noblewoman/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Eleanor of Aquitaine was a powerful noblewoman and queen.[↗](../../noblewoman/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · In the story, the noblewoman helped the poor villagers.[↗](../../noblewoman/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Noblewomen were often married for land and power, not love.[↗](../../noblewoman/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The portrait shows a noblewoman with her children.[↗](../../noblewoman/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · She was born a noblewoman but chose to become a nun.[↗](../../noblewoman/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **nobly** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* In a fine, honest and generous way that shows good character and courage.[↗](../../nobly/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The knight nobly kept his word.[↗](../../nobly/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She nobly gave her last apple to the hungry dog.[↗](../../nobly/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He behaved nobly when he lost the game.[↗](../../nobly/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **nobody** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* No person; not anyone.[↗](../../nobody/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "Nobody was home."[↗](../../nobody/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* As a noun, a person who is not important or famous.[↗](../../nobody/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Nobody was at the park.[↗](../../nobody/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Nobody knows the answer.[↗](../../nobody/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Nobody likes being left out.[↗](../../nobody/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Nobody's perfect.[↗](../../nobody/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · I knocked, but nobody answered.[↗](../../nobody/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Nobody else got all the questions right.[↗](../../nobody/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · He felt like a nobody at the new school.[↗](../../nobody/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · If nobody can help, call 911.[↗](../../nobody/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · For a long time nobody answered.[↗](../../nobody/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **nocturnal** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (science) Nocturnal animals are active at night and sleep during the day.[↗](../../nocturnal/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Happening at night: a nocturnal walk, nocturnal noises.[↗](../../nocturnal/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Owls are nocturnal birds.[↗](../../nocturnal/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Hedgehogs are nocturnal, so you see them at night.[↗](../../nocturnal/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Bats use sound to find food on their nocturnal flights.[↗](../../nocturnal/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Possums in Australia are nocturnal.[↗](../../nocturnal/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Our hamster is nocturnal and runs on its wheel all night.[↗](../../nocturnal/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We went on a nocturnal walk to see the stars.[↗](../../nocturnal/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Many desert animals are nocturnal to avoid the heat.[↗](../../nocturnal/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **nocturnally** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* At night; in a way that happens during the night, especially about animals that are active at night.[↗](../../nocturnally/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Hedgehogs feed nocturnally, so you rarely see them in the day.[↗](../../nocturnally/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Bats hunt nocturnally for insects.[↗](../../nocturnally/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Many desert animals live nocturnally to avoid the heat.[↗](../../nocturnally/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Our hamster is active nocturnally and keeps us awake.[↗](../../nocturnally/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Owls see well because they hunt nocturnally.[↗](../../nocturnally/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The flowers open nocturnally and are visited by moths.[↗](../../nocturnally/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") 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