--- title: U — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics description: The 584 words of the English dictionary under U, 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/U/) [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/) / U # U — The English dictionary The words of the English dictionary under U: 584 words, every meaning and example parsed by Mova; the ↗ after a sentence leads to the word's page, with every sentence's syntax tree and pragmatics. 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[2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/U/page/2/) … [24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/U/page/24/) **udder** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* An udder is the bag-like part that hangs under the belly of a female cow, goat or sheep, where milk is made.[↗](udder/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Milk comes out of the teats on the udder when a calf drinks or when the animal is milked.[↗](udder/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The farmer washed the cow's udder before milking.[↗](udder/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A cow's udder has four teats.[↗](udder/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The calf drank milk from its mother's udder.[↗](udder/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Goats have udders with two teats.[↗](udder/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The milking machine attaches to the udder.[↗](udder/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The cow's udder was full and heavy.[↗](udder/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **ufo** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A UFO is short for «unidentified flying object»: something seen in the sky that people cannot explain or name.[↗](ufo/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* In everyday talk and films, a UFO often means a flying saucer, an alien spaceship.[↗](ufo/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Grandad says he saw a UFO over the lake.[↗](ufo/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The «UFO» turned out to be a weather balloon.[↗](ufo/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · In the film, a UFO landed in the park.[↗](ufo/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · UFO stands for unidentified flying object.[↗](ufo/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Scientists check UFO reports carefully.[↗](ufo/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · My little brother drew a UFO with green aliens.[↗](ufo/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · That bright «UFO» was actually the planet Venus.[↗](ufo/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **uglify** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To make something ugly or uglier.[↗](uglify/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The huge car park uglified the village green.[↗](uglify/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Graffiti uglified the old bridge.[↗](uglify/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · «Don't uglify your homework with scribbles,» said the teacher.[↗](uglify/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The witch tried to uglify the princess with a spell.[↗](uglify/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Some people think the new tower block uglifies the skyline.[↗](uglify/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The programmer used a tool to uglify the code.[↗](uglify/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **ugliness** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Ugliness is the quality of being ugly or very unpleasant to look at.[↗](ugliness/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Ugliness can also mean nastiness or cruelty in how people behave, like the ugliness of bullying or war.[↗](ugliness/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The Ugly Duckling was teased for his ugliness.[↗](ugliness/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Beauty is on the inside, so outward ugliness does not matter.[↗](ugliness/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The book shows the ugliness of war.[↗](ugliness/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The old car park's ugliness spoiled the view.[↗](ugliness/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Bullying shows the ugliness in how people can treat others.[↗](ugliness/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Belle looked past the Beast's ugliness and saw his kindness.[↗](ugliness/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Setting aside my ugliness and deformity, is there any thing in me which displeases you?[↗](ugliness/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The antithesis of wisdom is foolishness; of wealth, poverty; of fruitfulness, childlessness; of life, death; of dominion, dependence; of peace, war; and of beauty, ugliness.[↗](ugliness/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](ugliness/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **ugly** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Ugly means not nice to look at.[↗](ugly/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Ugly can describe something nasty, unpleasant or violent, like an ugly fight or an ugly mood.[↗](ugly/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Ugly can describe something that looks dangerous, like an ugly cut or ugly storm clouds.[↗](ugly/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The ugly duckling grew into a beautiful swan.[↗](ugly/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · That old building is really ugly.[↗](ugly/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Calling people ugly is unkind.[↗](ugly/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The argument turned ugly.[↗](ugly/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · He had an ugly cut on his knee.[↗](ugly/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The sky looked ugly before the storm.[↗](ugly/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The troll was the ugliest creature in the forest.[↗](ugly/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · She wore an ugly jumper for fun.[↗](ugly/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · "What an ugly creature he is!"[↗](ugly/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **ukrainian** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (adjective) Ukrainian means from or about Ukraine, a large country in eastern Europe.[↗](ukrainian/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (noun) A Ukrainian is a person from Ukraine.[↗](ukrainian/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Ukrainian is the language spoken in Ukraine, a Slavic language written in the Cyrillic alphabet.[↗](ukrainian/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She speaks Ukrainian and English.[↗](ukrainian/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The Ukrainian flag is blue and yellow.[↗](ukrainian/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Our new classmate is Ukrainian.[↗](ukrainian/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Borscht is a famous Ukrainian soup.[↗](ukrainian/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Ukrainian is written in the Cyrillic alphabet.[↗](ukrainian/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We painted eggs in the Ukrainian style.[↗](ukrainian/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Kyiv is the Ukrainian capital.[↗](ukrainian/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **ukulele** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A ukulele is a small guitar-like instrument with four strings, first made popular in Hawaii.[↗](ukulele/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Our whole class is learning the ukulele.[↗](ukulele/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She strummed a happy song on her ukulele.[↗](ukulele/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A ukulele has four nylon strings.[↗](ukulele/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The ukulele came to Hawaii from a Portuguese instrument in the 1800s.[↗](ukulele/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Tune your ukulele before you play.[↗](ukulele/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · I can play three chords on the ukulele.[↗](ukulele/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **ulcer** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* An ulcer is a sore place on the skin or inside the body where the surface has broken down; it is slow to heal and can hurt.[↗](ulcer/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A mouth ulcer is a small, painful white or yellow spot inside your mouth.[↗](ulcer/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A stomach ulcer is a sore in the lining of the stomach.[↗](ulcer/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I have a mouth ulcer, so orange juice really stings.[↗](ulcer/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Mouth ulcers usually heal on their own in a week or two.[↗](ulcer/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandad's doctor treated his stomach ulcer with medicine.[↗](ulcer/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The nurse put a dressing on the ulcer on Gran's leg.[↗](ulcer/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Biting your cheek by accident can cause an ulcer.[↗](ulcer/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Salty crisps make my ulcer hurt.[↗](ulcer/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **ull** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* «Ull» is not a word by itself.[↗](ull/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") It is usually a piece of a longer word or a clipped spelling: «you'll» or «it'll» written carelessly, or the end of words such as «full», «dull», «skull», «hull».[↗](ull/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Hull (with H and a capital) is a city in England; in some local accents people drop the h and say «'Ull».[↗](ull/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* «Ull be late,» he mumbled, meaning «I'll be late».[↗](ull/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The words full, dull and skull all end in «ull».[↗](ull/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He's from 'Ull, he said, meaning the city of Hull.[↗](ull/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · If you see «ull» alone, check whether a letter is missing.[↗](ull/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") **ulna** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The ulna is one of the two long bones in the forearm, between the elbow and the wrist; it is on the little-finger side.[↗](ulna/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The other forearm bone is the radius, on the thumb side.[↗](ulna/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The ulna runs from your elbow to your wrist.[↗](ulna/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Feel the bony point of your elbow; that's the end of your ulna.[↗](ulna/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She broke her ulna falling off her scooter.[↗](ulna/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The ulna is on the same side as your little finger.[↗](ulna/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The radius and the ulna let you turn your palm up and down.[↗](ulna/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Birds have an ulna in their wings too.[↗](ulna/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The X-ray showed a crack in the ulna.[↗](ulna/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **ulster** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (proper noun) One of the four historic provinces of Ireland, in the north; it has nine counties – six are in Northern Ireland (part of the UK) and three in the Republic of Ireland.[↗](ulster/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (noun, old-fashioned) A long, loose, heavy overcoat, often with a belt and a short cape, worn in Victorian and Edwardian times.[↗](ulster/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Donegal is part of Ulster but is in the Republic of Ireland.[↗](ulster/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Ulster is one of the four provinces of Ireland.[↗](ulster/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The traveller buttoned his heavy ulster against the wind.[↗](ulster/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Ulster Rugby play in Belfast.[↗](ulster/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Victorian gentlemen wore long ulsters in winter.[↗](ulster/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Six of Ulster's nine counties are in Northern Ireland.[↗](ulster/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **ultimate** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Ultimate means final; happening at the end of a long process.[↗](ultimate/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Ultimate means the best, greatest or most extreme of its kind.[↗](ultimate/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Ultimate means basic or most important, as in «the ultimate cause».[↗](ultimate/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (informal) «The ultimate in» means the very best example of something.[↗](ultimate/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* Ultimate (frisbee) is a team game with a flying disc.[↗](ultimate/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Our ultimate goal is to win the cup.[↗](ultimate/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · This is the ultimate chocolate cake\![↗](ultimate/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Climbing Everest is the ultimate challenge.[↗](ultimate/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The head teacher has ultimate responsibility for the school.[↗](ultimate/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The ultimate cause of the fire was a faulty plug.[↗](ultimate/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We played ultimate frisbee in PE.[↗](ultimate/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · This sofa is the ultimate in comfort.[↗](ultimate/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **ultimately** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Ultimately means in the end, finally, after everything else: ultimately, the team won.[↗](ultimately/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Ultimately means at the most basic level, most importantly: ultimately, it is your choice.[↗](ultimately/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We tried many plans, but ultimately we chose the simplest one.[↗](ultimately/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Ultimately, it's up to you which book you read.[↗](ultimately/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The journey was long, but ultimately worth it.[↗](ultimately/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The money ultimately went to the animal shelter.[↗](ultimately/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Ultimately, all the water flows into the sea.[↗](ultimately/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · She started with 10 marbles, won some, lost some, and ultimately had 14.[↗](ultimately/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · This way of thinking about language imbues the Hebrew root itself with a certain metaphysical reality, an entity from which more concrete instantions of individual words may ontologically descend and ultimately crystallize into concrete speech or material reality.[↗](ultimately/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](ultimately/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The linear characters in Egypt are earlier than the hieroglyphics, though a few of the forms may ultimately have been fused with the latter.[↗](ultimately/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](ultimately/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **ultramarine** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Ultramarine is a bright, deep blue colour.[↗](ultramarine/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Ultramarine is also a blue pigment (colouring powder) for paint, first made by grinding a precious blue stone called lapis lazuli.[↗](ultramarine/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (adjective) Ultramarine describes something that has this deep blue colour.[↗](ultramarine/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I painted the sea with ultramarine.[↗](ultramarine/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The sky turned a deep ultramarine at dusk.[↗](ultramarine/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Mix ultramarine with white to make a pale blue.[↗](ultramarine/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Long ago, ultramarine paint cost more than gold.[↗](ultramarine/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · She wore an ultramarine dress to the party.[↗](ultramarine/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Ultramarine was made from a blue stone called lapis lazuli.[↗](ultramarine/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **ultrasound** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Ultrasound is sound that is too high-pitched for humans to hear, but some animals like bats and dogs can hear it.[↗](ultrasound/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* An ultrasound (scan) is a medical test that uses these sound waves to make a picture of the inside of the body, often used to look at a baby before it is born.[↗](ultrasound/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Ultrasound is also used in cleaning machines and in some medical treatments.[↗](ultrasound/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Mum showed us the ultrasound of our baby sister.[↗](ultrasound/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Bats use ultrasound to find insects in the dark.[↗](ultrasound/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The doctor used ultrasound to look at Dad's sore knee.[↗](ultrasound/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We can't hear ultrasound, but a dog whistle shows dogs can.[↗](ultrasound/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The ultrasound picture looked like a fuzzy black-and-white blob.[↗](ultrasound/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Dolphins send out ultrasound clicks and listen for the echoes.[↗](ultrasound/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Ultrasound waves bounce back from things inside the body.[↗](ultrasound/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **ultraviolet** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Ultraviolet (UV) light is a kind of light from the Sun that our eyes cannot see.[↗](ultraviolet/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") It can burn the skin and harm the eyes.[↗](ultraviolet/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Ultraviolet light from the Sun can burn your skin.[↗](ultraviolet/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Sunscreen protects you from ultraviolet rays.[↗](ultraviolet/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Check the UV index before you go out.[↗](ultraviolet/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Sunglasses with UV protection keep your eyes safe.[↗](ultraviolet/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Bees can see ultraviolet light.[↗](ultraviolet/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Some special paints glow under ultraviolet light.[↗](ultraviolet/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **umbrella** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* An umbrella is a cover of cloth on a folding frame and stick that keeps you dry in the rain.[↗](umbrella/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A beach umbrella or sun umbrella keeps off the sun.[↗](umbrella/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* An umbrella term or group covers many smaller things together.[↗](umbrella/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* An umbrella costs 9 dollars.[↗](umbrella/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The shop sold 14 umbrellas.[↗](umbrella/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She has 3 umbrellas.[↗](umbrella/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · How many umbrellas are left?[↗](umbrella/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Take an umbrella, it's going to rain.[↗](umbrella/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We sat in the shade of a beach umbrella.[↗](umbrella/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Mary Poppins floated down holding her umbrella.[↗](umbrella/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The wind turned my umbrella inside out.[↗](umbrella/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Then old Mrs. Rabbit took a basket and her umbrella, and went through the wood to the baker's.[↗](umbrella/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **ummah** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* The name of a town in the land of Asher.[↗](ummah/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Ummah also, and Aphek, and Rehob; twenty and two cities with their villages.[↗](ummah/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JOS.19.30, JPS 1917)[↗](ummah/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") **ump** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (informal, mostly US and Canada) Ump is a short word for «umpire», the official who watches a game such as baseball, cricket or tennis and decides if the rules are kept.[↗](ump/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The ump called him out at third base.[↗](ump/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't argue with the ump\![↗](ump/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The ump yelled «Strike three!»[↗](ump/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Our coach shook hands with the ump after the game.[↗](ump/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Fans booed when the ump made a strange call.[↗](ump/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · My uncle is an ump for the kids' baseball league.[↗](ump/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **umpire** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* An umpire is a person who watches a game to make sure the rules are followed and decides what happens, in sports like cricket, baseball, tennis and Australian rules football.[↗](umpire/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To umpire is to be the umpire in a game.[↗](umpire/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The umpire said the batter was out.[↗](umpire/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · In tennis the umpire sits on a tall chair.[↗](umpire/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Always respect the umpire's decision.[↗](umpire/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The baseball umpire called «Strike three!».[↗](umpire/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Our PE teacher umpired the netball match.[↗](umpire/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The umpire raised one finger.[↗](umpire/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Players shook hands with the umpires after the game.[↗](umpire/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The bear came forward as umpire.[↗](umpire/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **un** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* As «un-» at the start of a word, it means «not» or «the opposite of»: unhappy (not happy), unkind, unlock (do the opposite of lock).[↗](un/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* UN (written in capitals) stands for the United Nations, a group of nearly all the countries of the world that works for peace.[↗](un/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* In French and Spanish, «un» means «a» or «one».[↗](un/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (informal, dialect) In some speech «'un» is a clipped «one»: «a good 'un», «the little 'uns».[↗](un/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* In old dialect speech, «un» can mean «him» or «it».[↗](un/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Add un- to «happy» and you get «unhappy».[↗](un/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The door was unlocked, so we went in.[↗](un/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The UN sends peacekeepers to troubled places.[↗](un/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · In French, «un chat» means «a cat».[↗](un/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandad says our dog is a good 'un.[↗](un/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The little 'uns are playing in the sandpit.[↗](un/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Find the unknown number in the sum.[↗](un/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · But Isaac Myer states that there are un- doubted traces of pointing in Hebrew MSS. of the second century.[↗](un/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](un/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · It therefore follows that, according to the author of the Sefer Yetzirali II, the twenty-two letters are divided into ten double rns: -:c ,rox and twelve simple letters psy cjr "un Ti.-i. 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