--- title: P — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 32 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/32/) [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 32 [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:* A pit is a large hole in the ground, dug by people or made naturally.[↗](../../pit/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A pit is a coal mine (UK).[↗](../../pit/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (US, Canada) A pit is the hard stone in the middle of some fruits, like a peach or cherry.[↗](../../pit/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* In motor racing, the pits are the place beside the track where cars stop for fuel and new tyres.[↗](../../pit/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* (slang, UK) A very messy room or place can be called a pit.[↗](../../pit/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 6:* To pit one person against another is to make them compete or fight.[↗](../../pit/#m6 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 7:* The pit of your stomach is the deep inside of your belly, where you feel fear.[↗](../../pit/#m7 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 8:* Pit can also mean the hollow place under your arm, the armpit.[↗](../../pit/#m8 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The workers dug a deep pit for the new pond.[↗](../../pit/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · (Bible) Joseph's brothers threw him into a dry pit.[↗](../../pit/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · My great-grandad worked down the pit in Wales.[↗](../../pit/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · (US) Be careful not to swallow the cherry pit.[↗](../../pit/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The racing car came into the pits for new tyres.[↗](../../pit/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The final pitted our school against last year's champions.[↗](../../pit/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · I had a horrible feeling in the pit of my stomach before the test.[↗](../../pit/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · (informal) Losing the match in the last minute was the pits.[↗](../../pit/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · (slang, UK) Your bedroom is a total pit — tidy it\![↗](../../pit/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · “Here, in my left arm-pit,” answered he.[↗](../../pit/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And Reuben returned unto the pit; and, behold, Joseph was not in the pit; and he rent his clothes.[↗](../../pit/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.37.29, JPS 1917)[↗](../../pit/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · and they took him, and cast him into the pit — and the pit was empty, there was no water in it.[↗](../../pit/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.37.24, JPS 1917)[↗](../../pit/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · the owner of the pit shall make it good; he shall give money unto the owner of them, and the dead beast shall be his.[↗](../../pit/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.21.34, JPS 1917)[↗](../../pit/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · For they have digged a pit for my soul.[↗](../../pit/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JER.18.20, JPS 1917)[↗](../../pit/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · Terror and the pit are come upon us, desolation and destruction.[↗](../../pit/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings LAM.3.47, JPS 1917)[↗](../../pit/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") · That he should still live alway, that he should not see the pit.[↗](../../pit/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.49.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../pit/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") **pitch** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A pitch is a field marked out for a sport, like a football, rugby or cricket pitch (mainly UK, Ireland, Australia, NZ).[↗](../../pitch/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Pitch is how high or low a sound is.[↗](../../pitch/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To pitch a tent means to put it up.[↗](../../pitch/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* To pitch means to throw a ball, especially in baseball or softball, and a pitch is that throw.[↗](../../pitch/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* Pitch black or pitch dark means completely dark.[↗](../../pitch/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 6:* Pitch is a black sticky substance made from tar.[↗](../../pitch/#m6 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 7:* A pitch is a talk to persuade people, like a sales pitch.[↗](../../pitch/#m7 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 8:* To pitch can mean to fall forward or a ship rocking up and down.[↗](../../pitch/#m8 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 9:* Pitch can also mean the highest or lowest level of something, like a level of excitement.[↗](../../pitch/#m9 "tree and pragmatics") *Early Modern English, meaning 1:* In the Torah "pitch" means to set up a tent or camp; in the fairy tale it means a high degree, as in "to the highest pitch".[↗](../../pitch/#m10 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The football pitch was muddy after the rain.[↗](../../pitch/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A whistle has a very high pitch.[↗](../../pitch/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Tighten the guitar string to make the pitch higher.[↗](../../pitch/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We pitched our tent near the lake.[↗](../../pitch/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · He threw the fastest pitch of the game.[↗](../../pitch/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The cave was pitch black.[↗](../../pitch/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Everyone pitched in to clean up the classroom.[↗](../../pitch/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The mouse made a high-pitched squeak.[↗](../../pitch/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · She made a great pitch for her idea.[↗](../../pitch/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · His words excited my curiosity to the highest pitch.[↗](../../pitch/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And they journeyed from Dophkah, and pitched in Alush.[↗](../../pitch/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.33.13, JPS 1917)[↗](../../pitch/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · And they journeyed from Kibroth-hattaavah, and pitched in Hazeroth.[↗](../../pitch/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.33.17, JPS 1917)[↗](../../pitch/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · And they journeyed from Hazeroth, and pitched in Rithmah.[↗](../../pitch/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.33.18, JPS 1917)[↗](../../pitch/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · And Israel and Absalom pitched in the land of Gilead.[↗](../../pitch/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 2SA.17.26, JPS 1917)[↗](../../pitch/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · Then the Philistines went up, and pitched in Judah, and spread themselves against Lehi.[↗](../../pitch/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JDG.15.9, JPS 1917)[↗](../../pitch/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") · And Saul pitched in the hill of Hachilah, which is before Jeshimon, by the way.[↗](../../pitch/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1SA.26.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../pitch/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") · The families of the Gershonites were to pitch behind the tabernacle westward;[↗](../../pitch/#x17 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.3.23, JPS 1917) · His words excited my curiosity to the highest pitch.[↗](../../pitch/#x18 "tree and pragmatics") (The Arabian Nights Entertainments) · The families of the sons of Kohath were to pitch on the side of the tabernacle southward;[↗](../../pitch/#x19 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.3.29, JPS 1917) **pitcher** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A pitcher is a large jug with a handle and a lip for pouring drinks such as water, milk or juice (US: any jug; UK: often a big pottery jug).[↗](../../pitcher/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (sport) In baseball and softball, the pitcher is the player who throws the ball to the batter.[↗](../../pitcher/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A pitcher plant is a plant with jug-shaped leaves that trap and digest insects.[↗](../../pitcher/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Please fill the pitcher with cold water.[↗](../../pitcher/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A pitcher of lemonade stood on the picnic table.[↗](../../pitcher/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The pitcher holds 2 litres; how many 250 ml cups can you fill?[↗](../../pitcher/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Our team's pitcher threw three strikes in a row.[↗](../../pitcher/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · She wants to be the pitcher in the softball team.[↗](../../pitcher/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · A pitcher plant traps flies inside its slippery leaves.[↗](../../pitcher/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad poured milk from the pitcher into our glasses.[↗](../../pitcher/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · So saying, she broke her pitcher and went home.[↗](../../pitcher/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And she said: 'Drink, my lord'; and she hastened, and let down her pitcher upon her hand, and gave him drink.[↗](../../pitcher/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.24.18, JPS 1917)[↗](../../pitcher/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And the servant ran to meet her, and said: 'Give me to drink, I pray thee, a little water of thy pitcher.'[↗](../../pitcher/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.24.17, JPS 1917)[↗](../../pitcher/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And she made haste, and let down her pitcher from her shoulder, and said: Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also.[↗](../../pitcher/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.24.46, JPS 1917)[↗](../../pitcher/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · The precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold, how are they esteemed as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter\![↗](../../pitcher/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings LAM.4.2, JPS 1917)[↗](../../pitcher/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · And he divided the three hundred men into three companies, and he put into the hands of all of them horns, and empty pitchers, with torches within the pitchers.[↗](../../pitcher/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JDG.7.16, JPS 1917)[↗](../../pitcher/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · Before the silver cord is snapped asunder, and the golden bowl is shattered, and the pitcher is broken at the fountain, and the wheel falleth shattered, into the pit; (Writings ECC.12.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../pitcher/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") **pitchfork** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A pitchfork is a farm tool with a long handle and two or three metal prongs, used for lifting hay.[↗](../../pitchfork/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (informal) «Raining pitchforks» means raining very hard.[↗](../../pitchfork/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The farmers came with rakes, brooms and pitchforks.[↗](../../pitchfork/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · It was so dark he could see nothing, and it was raining pitchforks.[↗](../../pitchfork/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He lifted the hay with a pitchfork.[↗](../../pitchfork/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **pitchy** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Pitchy means as black as pitch, the sticky black stuff made from tar.[↗](../../pitchy/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") Old use, found in fairy tales.[↗](../../pitchy/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Upon the ground the land was pitchy black.[↗](../../pitchy/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The cave was pitchy dark.[↗](../../pitchy/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Her hair was pitchy black.[↗](../../pitchy/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **piteous** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Piteous means so sad or weak that it makes people feel pity.[↗](../../piteous/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") Old use, found in older stories.[↗](../../piteous/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* They heard a loud, piteous cry.[↗](../../piteous/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · His piteous sobs filled the room.[↗](../../piteous/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Her piteous face made everyone feel sorry.[↗](../../piteous/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **piteously** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* In a way that makes people feel pity, very sadly.[↗](../../piteously/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The puppy whined piteously at the door.[↗](../../piteously/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Toad wept piteously in his dungeon.[↗](../../piteously/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The kitten mewed piteously in the rain.[↗](../../piteously/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The lost lamb bleated piteously.[↗](../../piteously/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The baby cried piteously all night.[↗](../../piteously/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · He begged piteously for help.[↗](../../piteously/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The Mouse, terrified, piteously entreated him to spare its life.[↗](../../piteously/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **pitiable** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Pitiable means so poor, weak or sad that people feel pity for it.[↗](../../pitiable/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* He returned in a pitiable condition.[↗](../../pitiable/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The poor dog looked pitiable in the rain.[↗](../../pitiable/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") **pitiful** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Pitiful means making you feel sorry for someone.[↗](../../pitiful/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Pitiful can also mean very poor or useless: a pitiful effort.[↗](../../pitiful/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Pinocchio told his pitiful tale.[↗](../../pitiful/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The lost kitten gave a pitiful mew.[↗](../../pitiful/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · His effort was pitiful; he scored only one goal.[↗](../../pitiful/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **pitifully** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* In a way that makes people feel pity.[↗](../../pitifully/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Disappointingly, very: «pitifully small», «pitifully few».[↗](../../pitifully/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The stray dog was pitifully thin.[↗](../../pitifully/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The kitten cried pitifully.[↗](../../pitifully/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Only a pitifully small crowd came.[↗](../../pitifully/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · He sobbed pitifully when his toy broke.[↗](../../pitifully/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The house was pitifully cold.[↗](../../pitifully/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · There were pitifully few apples left.[↗](../../pitifully/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The merchant, protesting his innocence, bewailed his wife and children, and tried pitifully to avert his fate.[↗](../../pitifully/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **pitiless** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Pitiless means showing no kindness or pity; cruel.[↗](../../pitiless/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The king was a stern and pitiless ruler.[↗](../../pitiless/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The wicked witch was pitiless to the girl.[↗](../../pitiless/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The storm was pitiless.[↗](../../pitiless/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **pitta** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Pitta (or pita) is a flat round or oval bread from the eastern Mediterranean and the Middle East that can be opened into a pocket and filled with food.[↗](../../pitta/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I had a pitta filled with chicken and salad.[↗](../../pitta/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Cut the pitta open to make a pocket.[↗](../../pitta/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We dipped pitta bread in hummus.[↗](../../pitta/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Toast the pitta so it puffs up.[↗](../../pitta/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Mum packed a cheese pitta for my lunch.[↗](../../pitta/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Falafel tastes great in a warm pitta.[↗](../../pitta/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **pituitary** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (science) The pituitary gland is a small gland, about the size of a pea, under the brain; it makes hormones that control growth and many other body processes.[↗](../../pituitary/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The pituitary gland is about the size of a pea.[↗](../../pituitary/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The pituitary makes growth hormone.[↗](../../pituitary/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Doctors checked her pituitary gland.[↗](../../pituitary/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The pituitary is called the master gland.[↗](../../pituitary/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The pituitary sits just below the brain.[↗](../../pituitary/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Hormones from the pituitary travel in the blood.[↗](../../pituitary/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **pity** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Pity is a feeling of sadness for someone who is suffering or in trouble.[↗](../../pity/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* «It's a pity» or «what a pity» means it is sad or a shame that something happened.[↗](../../pity/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To pity someone means to feel sorry for them.[↗](../../pity/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I felt pity for the lost puppy in the rain.[↗](../../pity/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · It's a pity you can't come to my party.[↗](../../pity/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · What a pity the match was cancelled\![↗](../../pity/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The giant took pity on the hungry boy and gave him bread.[↗](../../pity/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · She doesn't want pity; she wants help.[↗](../../pity/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · I pity anyone who has to walk home in this storm.[↗](../../pity/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · It would be a pity to waste all this food.[↗](../../pity/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · That would have been a pity.[↗](../../pity/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · then thou shalt cut off her hand, thine eye shall have no pity.[↗](../../pity/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.25.12, JPS 1917)[↗](../../pity/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And thine eye shall not pity: life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.[↗](../../pity/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.19.21, JPS 1917)[↗](../../pity/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · thou shalt not consent unto him, nor hearken unto him; neither shall thine eye pity him, neither shalt thou spare, neither shalt thou conceal him; (Torah DEU.13.8, JPS 1917)[↗](../../pity/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · For who shall have pity upon thee, O Jerusalem?[↗](../../pity/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JER.15.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../pity/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · Then was the LORD jealous for His land, and had pity on His people.[↗](../../pity/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JOL.2.18, JPS 1917)[↗](../../pity/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · and he shall restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pity.'[↗](../../pity/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 2SA.12.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../pity/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") **pityingly** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Pityingly means in a way that shows you feel sorry for someone.[↗](../../pityingly/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* "You poor fellow," said the boy pityingly.[↗](../../pityingly/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He looked at the hare pityingly.[↗](../../pityingly/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She shook her head pityingly.[↗](../../pityingly/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **pivot** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A pivot is the fixed point or pin on which something turns or balances.[↗](../../pivot/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To pivot is to turn around on one point.[↗](../../pivot/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A pivot is the most important part that everything else depends on.[↗](../../pivot/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* In basketball and netball, to pivot is to keep one foot still and turn on it.[↗](../../pivot/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A seesaw balances on a pivot in the middle.[↗](../../pivot/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The pivot of a pair of scissors is the screw that joins the blades.[↗](../../pivot/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · In netball you can pivot on your landing foot.[↗](../../pivot/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · She pivoted and ran the other way.[↗](../../pivot/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The door pivots on its hinges.[↗](../../pivot/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Move the weight further from the pivot to lift more.[↗](../../pivot/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The whole plan pivoted on the weather.[↗](../../pivot/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The compass needle turns on a tiny pivot.[↗](../../pivot/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **pixel** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A pixel is one of the tiny coloured dots or squares that make up a picture on a screen or a digital photo.[↗](../../pixel/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Pixels are also a way of measuring screen or picture size: 1,920 pixels wide.[↗](../../pixel/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Zoom in on the photo and you can see each pixel.[↗](../../pixel/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We made pixel art of a cat on squared paper.[↗](../../pixel/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · My camera takes 12-megapixel photos.[↗](../../pixel/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The image went blocky and pixelated when I stretched it.[↗](../../pixel/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Each pixel can show millions of colours.[↗](../../pixel/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · A picture 8 pixels by 8 pixels has 64 pixels in total.[↗](../../pixel/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **pixie** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A small make-believe creature in stories, like a tiny elf or fairy with pointed ears, who loves mischief.[↗](../../pixie/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (informal) A small, lively, cheeky child or person.[↗](../../pixie/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A «pixie cut» or «pixie hat» is a very short hairstyle or a pointed hat.[↗](../../pixie/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A tiny pixie hid in the flowerpot.[↗](../../pixie/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The pixies played tricks on the farmer.[↗](../../pixie/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She got a pixie cut at the hairdresser.[↗](../../pixie/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · 5 pixies shared 20 berries equally.[↗](../../pixie/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandma knitted me a red pixie hat.[↗](../../pixie/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Peter Pan uses fairy dust, not pixie dust\![↗](../../pixie/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · My little sister is a real pixie, always dancing about.[↗](../../pixie/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **pixy** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A small magical creature in stories, like a fairy or elf, often with pointed ears and a pointed hat, known for tricks.[↗](../../pixy/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (informal) A pixie cut is a very short hairstyle.[↗](../../pixy/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The pixy hid the farmer's boots.[↗](../../pixy/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · In the story, pixies danced in a ring of mushrooms.[↗](../../pixy/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Tinker Bell sprinkles pixie dust.[↗](../../pixy/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · She wore a pointy pixie hat in the snow.[↗](../../pixy/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · My sister got a pixie cut.[↗](../../pixy/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandma says pixies live under the old bridge.[↗](../../pixy/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · In fact, they were up to all kinds of mischief; and Dame Goody knew that she had got into a house of pixies.[↗](../../pixy/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **pizza** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A pizza is a flat round bread baked with tomato, cheese and other toppings on top.[↗](../../pizza/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") It comes from Italy.[↗](../../pizza/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A pizza is cut into 8 slices.[↗](../../pizza/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Tom ate 3 slices of the pizza.[↗](../../pizza/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · They ordered 4 pizzas for 12 children.[↗](../../pizza/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Each pizza costs 9 dollars.[↗](../../pizza/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We had pizza for dinner on Friday.[↗](../../pizza/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · What toppings do you like on your pizza?[↗](../../pizza/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · If you eat 2 of 8 slices, you eat a quarter of the pizza.[↗](../../pizza/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Pizza comes from Italy.[↗](../../pizza/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/P/) … [31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/P/page/31/) **32** [33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/P/page/33/) … [77](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/P/page/77/) - ← previous: [page 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/P/page/31/) - next →: [page 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