--- title: P — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 72 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/72/) [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 72 [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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*Everyday, meaning 1:* A publican is a person who owns or runs a pub, where people go to drink and talk.[↗](../../publican/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The publican served ale to the travellers.[↗](../../publican/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The publican said nothing about the stranger.[↗](../../publican/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We asked the publican for a room for the night.[↗](../../publican/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **publication** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The act of printing and making a book, magazine or article available to people.[↗](../../publication/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A book, magazine, newspaper or report that is published.[↗](../../publication/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Making news or information known publicly.[↗](../../publication/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The school newspaper is a weekly publication.[↗](../../publication/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Her story was accepted for publication.[↗](../../publication/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The library keeps many publications.[↗](../../publication/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The book's publication made her famous.[↗](../../publication/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Check when the publication was printed.[↗](../../publication/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Scientists share results through publication.[↗](../../publication/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Smith and Elder have permitted the publication of two of Mr. Ralston’s versions from the Russian.[↗](../../publication/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **publicise** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To make information about something known to many people, especially by advertising or reporting it.[↗](../../publicise/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We made posters to publicise the school fair.[↗](../../publicise/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The charity publicised its fun run on social media.[↗](../../publicise/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The case was widely publicised in the news.[↗](../../publicise/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't publicise your address online.[↗](../../publicise/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The band publicised their new song on the radio.[↗](../../publicise/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The council publicised the new bus times.[↗](../../publicise/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **publicity** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Attention from newspapers, TV, the internet and the public: «The rescue got a lot of publicity.».[↗](../../publicity/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The work of getting people to notice something, like adverts, posters and interviews: «The publicity for the film was everywhere.».[↗](../../publicity/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The school fair got good publicity in the local paper.[↗](../../publicity/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The singer's new song had huge publicity.[↗](../../publicity/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Climbing the tower was just a publicity stunt.[↗](../../publicity/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The company got bad publicity after the toy broke easily.[↗](../../publicity/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We made posters for publicity for the bake sale.[↗](../../publicity/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · «There's no such thing as bad publicity,» some people say, but that is not always true.[↗](../../publicity/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **publicly** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Publicly means in front of other people, openly, not in private.[↗](../../publicly/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Publicly means by or for the government or the public: publicly funded.[↗](../../publicly/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* He publicly apologised to the class.[↗](../../publicly/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The results will be publicly announced.[↗](../../publicly/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The information is publicly available online.[↗](../../publicly/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Publicly funded libraries are free.[↗](../../publicly/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · She was publicly praised in assembly.[↗](../../publicly/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't tell someone off publicly — talk privately.[↗](../../publicly/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The park is publicly owned.[↗](../../publicly/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · They publicly thanked the firefighters.[↗](../../publicly/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · He returned to his den, and lying down there, pretended to be sick, taking care that his sickness should be publicly known.[↗](../../publicly/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **publish** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To publish means to print a book, magazine or newspaper and make it available for people to buy or read.[↗](../../publish/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To publish means to put writing, pictures or videos online for others to see.[↗](../../publish/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To publish can mean to make information known to the public.[↗](../../publish/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Our class published a book of poems.[↗](../../publish/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The author's first book was published last spring.[↗](../../publish/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Think carefully before you publish a photo online.[↗](../../publish/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The school publishes a newsletter every week.[↗](../../publish/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Scientists publish their results so others can check them.[↗](../../publish/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · She hopes to publish her comic one day.[↗](../../publish/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · He would not even publish them in his own name.[↗](../../publish/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Philolaus, the first one to publish (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../publish/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in the streets of Ashkelon; lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph.[↗](../../publish/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 2SA.1.20, JPS 1917)[↗](../../publish/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · 'Make ye mention to the nations: Behold — publish concerning Jerusalem — watchers come from a far country, and give out their voice against the cities of Judah.'[↗](../../publish/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JER.4.16, JPS 1917)[↗](../../publish/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Declare ye in Judah, and publish in Jerusalem, and say: 'Blow ye the horn in the land'; cry aloud and say: 'Assemble yourselves, and let us go into the fortified cities.'[↗](../../publish/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JER.4.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../publish/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") **published** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Published is the past form of publish: it was printed or put out for people to read.[↗](../../published/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* As an adjective, published describes something that has been made available to the public, like a published book or a published author.[↗](../../published/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Her story was published in the school magazine.[↗](../../published/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The book was first published a long time ago.[↗](../../published/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He is a published author now.[↗](../../published/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The results were published in a science journal.[↗](../../published/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · That photo was published without permission.[↗](../../published/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The newly published dictionary has many new words.[↗](../../published/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The Fables thus recovered were soon published.[↗](../../published/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · D., published the book "Yezirah" in Hebrew with a translation and explanatory notes in the German language, Leipzig, 1830.[↗](../../published/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../published/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · This text is in the public domain in the United States because it was published prior to January 1st, 1923.[↗](../../published/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../published/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · The present translation is, as far as I could ascertain, the first that was ever published in the English language.[↗](../../published/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../published/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · The copy of the writing, to be given out for a decree in every province, was to be published unto all peoples, that they should be ready against that day.[↗](../../published/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings EST.3.14, JPS 1917)[↗](../../published/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · And when the king's decree which he shall make shall be published throughout all his kingdom, great though it be, all the wives will give to their husbands honour, both to great and small.'[↗](../../published/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings EST.1.20, JPS 1917)[↗](../../published/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · The copy of the writing, to be given out for a decree in every province, was to be published unto all the peoples, and that the Jews should be ready against that day to avenge themselves on their enemies.[↗](../../published/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings EST.8.13, JPS 1917)[↗](../../published/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") **publisher** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A company or person that prepares books, magazines, newspapers, music or games and makes them available for people to buy or read.[↗](../../publisher/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (computers) A program or person that puts something online for others to see.[↗](../../publisher/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The publisher's name is on the spine of the book.[↗](../../publisher/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Penguin is a famous publisher.[↗](../../publisher/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She sent her story to a publisher, hoping it would be printed.[↗](../../publisher/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The game publisher released a new update.[↗](../../publisher/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · In our book review, write the author, title and publisher.[↗](../../publisher/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The newspaper's publisher decided to print a special edition.[↗](../../publisher/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · "Yes; and he is our first printer and publisher now," replied the scholar.[↗](../../publisher/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Google Book Search helps readers discover the world's books while helping authors and publishers reach new audiences.[↗](../../publisher/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../publisher/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Marks, notations and other marginalia present in the original volume will appear in this file - a reminder of this book's long journey from the publisher to a library and finally to you.[↗](../../publisher/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../publisher/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **puck** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A puck is a hard, flat, round rubber disc used in ice hockey instead of a ball.[↗](../../puck/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Puck is also the name of a mischievous fairy in Shakespeare's play «A Midsummer Night's Dream».[↗](../../puck/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* He hit the puck straight into the net.[↗](../../puck/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · In ice hockey you play with a puck, not a ball.[↗](../../puck/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The referee dropped the puck to start the game.[↗](../../puck/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A puck can fly very fast, so players wear helmets.[↗](../../puck/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · She passed the puck to her teammate.[↗](../../puck/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Puck is the cheeky fairy in Shakespeare's play.[↗](../../puck/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Puck was careful not always to play his tricks in the same place, but visited one village after another, so that everyone trembled lest he should be the next victim.[↗](../../puck/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **pucker** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To pucker is to wrinkle or gather up into small folds, especially the lips, the face or the brow.[↗](../../pucker/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* His face puckered in a whistle of surprise.[↗](../../pucker/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She puckered her lips before she spoke.[↗](../../pucker/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Her brow puckered as she tried to remember.[↗](../../pucker/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **pudding** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* In the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand, pudding (or «pud») can mean any sweet dish eaten after the main meal (dessert).[↗](../../pudding/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A pudding is a soft, sweet, cooked dish such as rice pudding, bread-and-butter pudding or Christmas pudding.[↗](../../pudding/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* In the USA, pudding usually means a soft, creamy dessert like chocolate pudding.[↗](../../pudding/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Some puddings are not sweet.[↗](../../pudding/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* Yorkshire pudding, black pudding.[↗](../../pudding/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* What's for pudding tonight?[↗](../../pudding/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We had sticky toffee pudding at Grandma's.[↗](../../pudding/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · In America I ate chocolate pudding from a cup.[↗](../../pudding/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Yorkshire pudding is eaten with roast beef.[↗](../../pudding/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Eat your vegetables first, then you can have pudding.[↗](../../pudding/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The Christmas pudding was set alight with brandy.[↗](../../pudding/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · «The proof of the pudding is in the eating» means you test a thing by using it.[↗](../../pudding/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · So they both made a pudding.[↗](../../pudding/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **puddle** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A puddle is a small pool of water (or other liquid) on the ground, often after rain.[↗](../../puddle/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We jumped in all the puddles on the way home.[↗](../../puddle/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Put your wellies on; there are puddles everywhere.[↗](../../puddle/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The puddle froze overnight and was very slippery.[↗](../../puddle/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A car drove through the puddle and splashed us.[↗](../../puddle/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The puddle got smaller as the water evaporated.[↗](../../puddle/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The puppy left a puddle on the floor.[↗](../../puddle/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Draw a chalk line around the puddle and check it later.[↗](../../puddle/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · She saw the dirty puddle in the street.[↗](../../puddle/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **pudgy** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Pudgy means short, round and a little fat, usually used of small children or their hands and cheeks.[↗](../../pudgy/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The pudgy baby laughed and clapped.[↗](../../pudgy/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Her pudgy fingers held the spoon.[↗](../../pudgy/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The pudgy toad sat on the stone.[↗](../../pudgy/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **pueblo** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A village of flat-roofed houses made of adobe (mud brick) or stone, built by Native American peoples in the south-west of the USA.[↗](../../pueblo/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Pueblo peoples.[↗](../../pueblo/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* Native American nations such as the Hopi, Zuni and Taos, who live in these villages (a name).[↗](../../pueblo/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (Spanish) «Pueblo» means town, village or people.[↗](../../pueblo/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Pueblo houses are made of adobe, a kind of mud brick.[↗](../../pueblo/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Taos Pueblo is one of the oldest lived-in places in the USA.[↗](../../pueblo/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The Hopi are one of the Pueblo peoples.[↗](../../pueblo/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · People climbed ladders to get into the upper rooms of the pueblo.[↗](../../pueblo/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Thick walls keep the pueblo cool in summer.[↗](../../pueblo/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · In Spanish, «pueblo» means village.[↗](../../pueblo/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **puff** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A short burst of air, smoke, wind or steam.[↗](../../puff/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (verb) To breathe quickly and hard, for example after running.[↗](../../puff/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (verb) To blow out air or smoke in small bursts.[↗](../../puff/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (verb) To swell up or make bigger: «puff out your cheeks».[↗](../../puff/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* A light pastry or food filled with air: «cream puff».[↗](../../puff/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A puff of smoke came from the chimney.[↗](../../puff/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · I was puffing after running up the hill.[↗](../../puff/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The wolf huffed and puffed.[↗](../../puff/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Puff out your cheeks like a fish.[↗](../../puff/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The bird puffed up its feathers to keep warm.[↗](../../puff/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · She took a puff of her asthma inhaler.[↗](../../puff/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The magician vanished in a puff of smoke.[↗](../../puff/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The Frog puffed up still more.[↗](../../puff/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Behold, his soul is puffed up, it is not upright in him; but the righteous shall live by his faith.[↗](../../puff/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets HAB.2.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../puff/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · 'For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise', saith the LORD; 'I will set him in safety at whom they puff.'[↗](../../puff/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.12.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../puff/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **puffball** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A round fungus (mushroom) without a cap or stalk, white or brown, that bursts and puffs out a cloud of spores like dust when it is old.[↗](../../puffball/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Anything round, soft and fluffy, like a dandelion clock or a fluffy chick (informal).[↗](../../puffball/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* When I stepped on the puffball, a brown cloud of spores came out.[↗](../../puffball/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We found a giant puffball in the field.[↗](../../puffball/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Puffballs spread their spores in the wind.[↗](../../puffball/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The kitten was a tiny white puffball.[↗](../../puffball/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Never eat a wild puffball unless an expert checks it.[↗](../../puffball/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Puffballs have no gills like other mushrooms.[↗](../../puffball/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **puffer** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A pufferfish: a fish that can blow itself up into a ball, often covered in spikes, to scare away enemies; many are poisonous to eat.[↗](../../puffer/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (UK, Australia, NZ) An inhaler, a small device that puffs medicine into your lungs, used for asthma.[↗](../../puffer/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A puffer jacket: a warm, padded coat with puffy stuffed sections.[↗](../../puffer/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (old) A small steam boat or train that puffs smoke; a person who puffs.[↗](../../puffer/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The puffer blew itself up into a spiky ball.[↗](../../puffer/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Puffers are poisonous, so never eat one you catch.[↗](../../puffer/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Jack uses his blue puffer when his asthma gets bad.[↗](../../puffer/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Take your puffer on the school trip, just in case.[↗](../../puffer/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · My new puffer jacket is so warm.[↗](../../puffer/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The old steam puffer chugged up the Scottish coast.[↗](../../puffer/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **pufferfish** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A pufferfish is a fish that can quickly swallow water to blow itself up into a big, round, often spiky ball to scare off predators.[↗](../../pufferfish/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") Many kinds are very poisonous.[↗](../../pufferfish/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The pufferfish blew itself up into a spiky ball.[↗](../../pufferfish/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Many pufferfish are poisonous to eat.[↗](../../pufferfish/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · In Japan, only licensed chefs may prepare pufferfish.[↗](../../pufferfish/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A male pufferfish drew a circle pattern in the sand.[↗](../../pufferfish/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Puffing up makes the pufferfish too big for most predators to swallow.[↗](../../pufferfish/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We saw a pufferfish while snorkelling in Australia.[↗](../../pufferfish/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **puffin** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A small black-and-white seabird with a large, brightly coloured orange and blue beak and orange feet; it lives on cliffs and islands in the North Atlantic.[↗](../../puffin/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The puffin had six little fish in its beak.[↗](../../puffin/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Puffins nest in burrows on cliff tops.[↗](../../puffin/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We took a boat trip to see the puffins.[↗](../../puffin/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Puffins flap their wings very fast when they fly.[↗](../../puffin/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · A puffin's beak is bright orange in spring.[↗](../../puffin/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Puffin chicks are called pufflings.[↗](../../puffin/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · My favourite paperback has a puffin on the spine.[↗](../../puffin/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **puffy** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Puffy means swollen, often around the eyes or face, from crying, sleep or an injury.[↗](../../puffy/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Puffy means soft, round and full of air, like puffy clouds or a puffy jacket.[↗](../../puffy/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Her eyes were puffy from crying.[↗](../../puffy/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · My ankle went puffy after I twisted it.[↗](../../puffy/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Puffy white clouds floated across the sky.[↗](../../puffy/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · He wore a big puffy jacket in the snow.[↗](../../puffy/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The pastry came out puffy and golden.[↗](../../puffy/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The dress had puffy 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