--- title: P — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 12 description: The 1498 words of the English dictionary under P, 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/P/page/12/) [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/) / P # P — The English dictionary · page 12 [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 pat means to touch someone or something gently and quickly with your flat hand, several times.[↗](../../pat/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A pat is a light, gentle touch with your hand.[↗](../../pat/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A pat of butter is a small flat piece.[↗](../../pat/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* To have something off pat means to know it perfectly by heart.[↗](../../pat/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Can I pat your dog?[↗](../../pat/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Ask the owner before you pat a dog.[↗](../../pat/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Pat your skin dry with a towel.[↗](../../pat/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The teacher gave me a pat on the back.[↗](../../pat/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · She patted the dough into a circle.[↗](../../pat/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · He had the poem off pat.[↗](../../pat/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · A pat of butter melted on the toast.[↗](../../pat/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · And then his grandmother patted his head and told him other stories.[↗](../../pat/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **patch** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A patch is a small piece of material sewn or stuck over a hole or a worn place, like on the knee of jeans.[↗](../../patch/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A patch is a small area that looks different from what is around it, like a wet patch or a patch of ice.[↗](../../patch/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A patch is a small piece of land for growing things, like a vegetable patch.[↗](../../patch/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* An eye patch is a cover worn over one eye.[↗](../../patch/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* A patch is a sticky piece put on the skin that slowly gives medicine.[↗](../../patch/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 6:* To patch means to mend with a patch, or to make a quick repair.[↗](../../patch/#m6 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 7:* To patch things up means to make friends again after an argument.[↗](../../patch/#m7 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Mum sewed a patch on the knee of my trousers.[↗](../../patch/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Be careful of the icy patch on the path.[↗](../../patch/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We grow carrots in our vegetable patch.[↗](../../patch/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The pirate wore an eye patch.[↗](../../patch/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We went to the pumpkin patch to choose a pumpkin.[↗](../../patch/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The dog has a white patch over one eye.[↗](../../patch/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad patched the hole in my bike tyre.[↗](../../patch/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · After the argument they patched things up.[↗](../../patch/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · The computer needs a security patch.[↗](../../patch/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · ‘Here are some shoes for you to patch.’[↗](../../patch/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · they also did work wilily, and went and made as if they had been ambassadors, and took old sacks upon their asses, and wine skins, worn and rent and patched up; (Prophets JOS.9.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../patch/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") **patchwork** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Patchwork is sewing in which many small pieces of different cloth are stitched together to make a quilt, cushion or bag.[↗](../../patchwork/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A patchwork of things is a mixture of many different parts, like fields of different colours seen from above.[↗](../../patchwork/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* As an adjective it means made of patches or of mixed parts.[↗](../../patchwork/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Gran made a patchwork quilt from old shirts.[↗](../../patchwork/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · From the plane, the fields looked like a patchwork.[↗](../../patchwork/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Our class made a patchwork from felt squares.[↗](../../patchwork/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The patchwork cushion had red and blue triangles.[↗](../../patchwork/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The town is a patchwork of old and new houses.[↗](../../patchwork/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We used hexagons to plan a patchwork pattern.[↗](../../patchwork/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The rules were a patchwork that nobody understood.[↗](../../patchwork/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **patchy** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Patchy means appearing in some places but not others, in uneven patches, like patchy fog or patchy grass.[↗](../../patchy/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Patchy means not complete or not good everywhere — some parts good, some poor, as in patchy knowledge.[↗](../../patchy/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* There will be patchy rain this afternoon.[↗](../../patchy/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The phone signal is patchy in the countryside.[↗](../../patchy/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The lawn was patchy after the dry summer.[↗](../../patchy/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · His knowledge of the times tables is still patchy.[↗](../../patchy/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Patchy fog made driving slow.[↗](../../patchy/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The paint job looked patchy, so Dad did a second coat.[↗](../../patchy/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **pate** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* The top of the head.[↗](../../pate/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violence shall come down upon his own pate.[↗](../../pate/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.7.17, JPS 1917)[↗](../../pate/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") **patent** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Patent means obvious or easy to see, and also describes shiny leather with a glossy coating (patent leather).[↗](../../patent/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A patent is an official right that stops others from copying and selling an invention.[↗](../../patent/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Her new shoes were of patent leather.[↗](../../patent/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The inventor got a patent for his new machine.[↗](../../patent/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The glue was patent, so no other shop could sell it.[↗](../../patent/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **patented** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Got a patent: an official right that says only the inventor may make or sell an invention for a number of years.[↗](../../patented/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (adjective) Protected by a patent.[↗](../../patented/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (informal, joking) Special and typical of one person.[↗](../../patented/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* Dad's patented pancake flip.[↗](../../patented/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The inventor patented his new kind of light bulb.[↗](../../patented/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · This patented zip never gets stuck.[↗](../../patented/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She patented her idea before showing it to any company.[↗](../../patented/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · You cannot copy a patented machine without permission.[↗](../../patented/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Here comes Grandma's patented chocolate cake\![↗](../../patented/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The design was patented, so other firms had to pay to use it.[↗](../../patented/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **paternal** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Like a father or to do with being a father: caring and protective.[↗](../../paternal/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Related through your father.[↗](../../paternal/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "my paternal grandmother" is your father's mother.[↗](../../paternal/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* My paternal grandparents live in Scotland.[↗](../../paternal/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Male seahorses show amazing paternal care.[↗](../../paternal/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The old captain had a paternal feeling for his young crew.[↗](../../paternal/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Paternal leave lets dads stay at home with a new baby.[↗](../../paternal/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · My paternal aunt is my dad's sister.[↗](../../paternal/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Emperor penguin fathers are very paternal; they keep the egg warm.[↗](../../paternal/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · As the father of men, he takes a paternal interest in the actions and well-being of mortals.[↗](../../paternal/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **paternally** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* In a fatherly way: kind, caring or protective, like a father.[↗](../../paternally/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* On the father's side of a family.[↗](../../paternally/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Badger spoke paternally to the young animals.[↗](../../paternally/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He smiled paternally at the children.[↗](../../paternally/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She is related to them paternally.[↗](../../paternally/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The coach put his arm paternally round the boy.[↗](../../paternally/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The old Rat looked paternally at the Mole.[↗](../../paternally/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Paternally, her family came from Ireland.[↗](../../paternally/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **paternity** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (formal, law) Being the father of a child.[↗](../../paternity/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (adult life) «Paternity leave» is time off work that a father gets when his baby is born.[↗](../../paternity/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (formal) Where an idea or work came from; who started it.[↗](../../paternity/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Dad took two weeks of paternity leave when my sister was born.[↗](../../paternity/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A paternity test can show who a baby's father is.[↗](../../paternity/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · His workplace gives good paternity pay.[↗](../../paternity/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The court looked at the question of paternity.[↗](../../paternity/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Mum had maternity leave and Dad had paternity leave.[↗](../../paternity/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · In the story, the boy's paternity was a mystery.[↗](../../paternity/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **paternoster** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (church) The Paternoster is the Lord's Prayer, the prayer Jesus taught, named from its first words in Latin, «Pater noster», meaning «Our Father».[↗](../../paternoster/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (church) A paternoster can also be one bead in a rosary, or a whole string of prayer beads.[↗](../../paternoster/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (UK) A paternoster lift is an old kind of lift made of open cabins that keep moving slowly in a loop.[↗](../../paternoster/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The monks said the Paternoster every morning.[↗](../../paternoster/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · «Paternoster» is Latin for «Our Father».[↗](../../paternoster/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Christians believe Jesus taught this prayer to his disciples.[↗](../../paternoster/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · She moved a bead of her paternoster with each prayer.[↗](../../paternoster/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Paternoster Square is next to St Paul's Cathedral.[↗](../../paternoster/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The old office had a paternoster lift that never stopped.[↗](../../paternoster/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · You must step quickly into a paternoster lift.[↗](../../paternoster/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · "For the next seven years you must not wash yourself, nor comb your hair or beard, neither must you cut your nails nor say one paternoster.[↗](../../paternoster/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **path** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A path is a narrow way to walk on, through a park, garden or woods.[↗](../../path/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A path is the line or route along which something moves: the path of a ball, the path of a storm.[↗](../../path/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A path can be a way of living or a plan for the future: «a career path».[↗](../../path/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The path is 300 meters long.[↗](../../path/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He walked along the path 3 times.[↗](../../path/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A path goes around the garden.[↗](../../path/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · How long is the path from the house to the gate?[↗](../../path/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Stay on the path when you walk in the woods.[↗](../../path/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The ball followed a curved path through the air.[↗](../../path/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The storm's path crossed the town.[↗](../../path/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · A narrow path led down to the beach.[↗](../../path/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Ride your bike on the bike path, not the road.[↗](../../path/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · The path led to a beautiful house.[↗](../../path/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Dan shall be a serpent in the way, a horned snake in the path, that biteth the horse's heels, so that his rider falleth backward.[↗](../../path/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.49.17, JPS 1917)[↗](../../path/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · The Twenty-third Path is the Stable Intelligence, (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../path/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · 'The Path," 144, Madison Avenue, New York, U.S.A- (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../path/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · Show me Thy ways, O LORD; teach me Thy paths.[↗](../../path/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.25.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../path/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · Who are crooked in their ways, and perverse in their paths; (Writings PRO.2.15, JPS 1917)[↗](../../path/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") · He putteth my feet in the stocks, He marketh all my paths.'[↗](../../path/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.33.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../path/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") **pathetic** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (informal, rude) Very weak, useless or poor; not good enough: «That was a pathetic excuse.».[↗](../../pathetic/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Making you feel pity and sadness: a pathetic little kitten in the rain.[↗](../../pathetic/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* That's a pathetic excuse for not doing your homework.[↗](../../pathetic/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Our team was pathetic today; we lost ten-nil.[↗](../../pathetic/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Stop being pathetic and help me.[↗](../../pathetic/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The lost puppy gave a pathetic whimper.[↗](../../pathetic/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The tiny bird looked pathetic in the snow.[↗](../../pathetic/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Calling someone pathetic is unkind.[↗](../../pathetic/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **pathogen** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A tiny living thing, such as a bacterium, virus or fungus, that can cause disease.[↗](../../pathogen/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A pathogen is a germ that makes you ill.[↗](../../pathogen/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Viruses and bacteria can be pathogens.[↗](../../pathogen/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Washing your hands removes many pathogens.[↗](../../pathogen/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Cooking chicken properly kills the pathogens in it.[↗](../../pathogen/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · White blood cells fight pathogens in the body.[↗](../../pathogen/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Not all bacteria are pathogens; some help us digest food.[↗](../../pathogen/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **pathway** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A path or track that people walk along, often through a garden, park or field.[↗](../../pathway/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A way or route to reach a goal, such as a career or a level at school.[↗](../../pathway/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (science) A route that something follows, like nerve pathways in the brain or the pathway food takes through the body.[↗](../../pathway/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A stone pathway led to the front door.[↗](../../pathway/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Stay on the pathway near the cliff edge.[↗](../../pathway/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The pathway around the lake is 3 km long.[↗](../../pathway/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Education is a pathway to a good job.[↗](../../pathway/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Food takes a long pathway through the body.[↗](../../pathway/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We cleared the snow off the pathway.[↗](../../pathway/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The pathway was lit by little lamps.[↗](../../pathway/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · How many different pathways go from A to B on the grid?[↗](../../pathway/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · You will remember there was no road—not even a pathway—between the castle of the Wicked Witch and the Emerald City.[↗](../../pathway/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · In the way of righteousness is life, and in the pathway thereof there is no death.[↗](../../pathway/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.12.28, JPS 1917)[↗](../../pathway/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **patience** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Being able to wait calmly, or to keep trying, without getting angry or upset.[↗](../../patience/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (UK) A card game for one person (called solitaire in the US).[↗](../../patience/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Learning to play the violin takes patience.[↗](../../patience/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Thank you for your patience while we wait.[↗](../../patience/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The teacher never loses patience with us.[↗](../../patience/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Fishing needs a lot of patience.[↗](../../patience/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandma likes playing patience with cards.[↗](../../patience/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · My little brother tested my patience all day.[↗](../../patience/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Patience is a virtue.[↗](../../patience/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Have patience, and you will see.[↗](../../patience/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **patient** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Able to wait calmly without getting cross or upset.[↗](../../patient/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Able to keep trying or keep explaining without giving up.[↗](../../patient/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* As a noun, a person who is being looked after by a doctor, nurse or dentist.[↗](../../patient/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Please be patient and wait your turn.[↗](../../patient/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · My grandad is very patient when he teaches me chess.[↗](../../patient/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The dentist had three patients before lunch.[↗](../../patient/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A patient fisherman can sit for hours.[↗](../../patient/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · She was patient with her little brother.[↗](../../patient/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The nurse took the patient's temperature.[↗](../../patient/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Plants grow slowly, so a gardener must be patient.[↗](../../patient/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · "Be patient, and we shall see.[↗](../../patient/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · What is my strength, that I should wait? and what is mine end, that I should be patient?[↗](../../patient/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.6.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../patient/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof; and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.[↗](../../patient/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings ECC.7.8, JPS 1917)[↗](../../patient/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **patiently** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Patiently means in a calm way, waiting or working without getting cross, bored or upset.[↗](../../patiently/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We waited patiently for our turn.[↗](../../patiently/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The teacher patiently explained the sum again.[↗](../../patiently/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The cat sat patiently by the mouse hole.[↗](../../patiently/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Please wait patiently in line.[↗](../../patiently/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · She patiently untangled the necklace.[↗](../../patiently/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · He listened patiently to his little brother's story.[↗](../../patiently/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The fisherman waited patiently for a bite.[↗](../../patiently/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The hare, meanwhile, waited patiently on the shore.[↗](../../patiently/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · I waited patiently for the LORD; and He inclined unto me, and heard my cry.[↗](../../patiently/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.40.2, JPS 1917)[↗](../../patiently/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Resign thyself unto the LORD, and wait patiently for Him; fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.[↗](../../patiently/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.37.7, JPS 1917)[↗](../../patiently/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **patina** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A patina is a thin green or brown layer that forms on copper, bronze and some other metals over time, like on the Statue of Liberty.[↗](../../patina/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A patina is the soft shine or worn look that old wood, leather or stone gets from age and use.[↗](../../patina/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (figurative) A patina is a thin outer look: «a patina of calm».[↗](../../patina/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The Statue of Liberty is green because of its copper patina.[↗](../../patina/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The old church roof has a green patina.[↗](../../patina/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The wooden handrail had a shiny patina from many hands.[↗](../../patina/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The bronze statue developed a patina over the years.[↗](../../patina/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Polishing would remove the coin's patina.[↗](../../patina/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Beneath a patina of calm, she was very nervous.[↗](../../patina/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/P/) … [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/P/page/11/) **12** [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/P/page/13/) … [77](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/P/page/77/) - ← previous: [page 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/P/page/11/) - next →: [page 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/P/page/13/) - ↑ back to [The English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/)