--- title: W — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 14 description: The 590 words of the English dictionary under W, 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/W/page/14/) [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/) / W # W — The English dictionary · page 14 [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/) · [E](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/E/) · [F](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/F/) · [G](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/G/) · [H](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/H/) · [I](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/I/) · [J](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/J/) · [K](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/K/) · [L](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/L/) · [M](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/M/) · [N](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/N/) · [O](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/O/) · [P](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/P/) · [Q](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/Q/) · [R](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/R/) · [S](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/) · [T](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/T/) · [U](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/U/) · [V](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/V/) · [W](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/W/) · [X](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/X/) · [Y](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/Y/) · [Z](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/Z/) [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/W/) … [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/W/page/13/) **14** [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/W/page/15/) … [34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/W/page/34/) **wellbeing** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The state of being healthy, happy and comfortable in body and mind.[↗](../../wellbeing/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Our school has a wellbeing week with yoga and nature walks.[↗](../../wellbeing/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Sleep is important for your wellbeing.[↗](../../wellbeing/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Talking about worries helps your mental wellbeing.[↗](../../wellbeing/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The teacher cares about the wellbeing of every pupil.[↗](../../wellbeing/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Playing outside gives me a sense of wellbeing.[↗](../../wellbeing/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Pets can be good for people's wellbeing.[↗](../../wellbeing/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **wellington** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A wellington is a tall rubber or plastic boot that keeps your feet dry in rain and mud; they usually come in pairs.[↗](../../wellington/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Wellington (with a capital W) is the capital city of New Zealand.[↗](../../wellington/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* The Duke of Wellington was a famous British general after whom the boots were named.[↗](../../wellington/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Put on your wellingtons, it is muddy outside.[↗](../../wellington/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · I jumped in every puddle in my wellies.[↗](../../wellington/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · My new wellingtons are green with frogs on them.[↗](../../wellington/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Farmers wear wellingtons in the fields.[↗](../../wellington/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Wellington is the capital of New Zealand.[↗](../../wellington/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Leave your wellies by the back door.[↗](../../wellington/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Wellington is known as a windy city.[↗](../../wellington/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Rain boots and wellingtons are the same thing.[↗](../../wellington/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **welsh** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Welsh means from or to do with Wales, a country in the United Kingdom.[↗](../../welsh/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Welsh is the old Celtic language spoken in Wales, alongside English.[↗](../../welsh/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* The Welsh are the people of Wales.[↗](../../welsh/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (verb, informal, old-fashioned) To welsh on a deal means to break a promise to pay; many people find this use rude.[↗](../../welsh/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She is Welsh and was born in Swansea.[↗](../../welsh/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The Welsh flag has a red dragon on it.[↗](../../welsh/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Many children in Wales speak Welsh and English.[↗](../../welsh/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · «Croeso» means «welcome» in Welsh.[↗](../../welsh/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We ate Welsh cakes warm from the griddle.[↗](../../welsh/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The road sign was in Welsh first, then English.[↗](../../welsh/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The Welsh love singing and rugby.[↗](../../welsh/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Snowdon is the highest mountain in Wales.[↗](../../welsh/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Jack knocked at the door, when there came forth a Welsh giant.[↗](../../welsh/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **welshman** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A man or boy from Wales, a country in the west of Great Britain, part of the United Kingdom.[↗](../../welshman/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* My grandad is a proud Welshman from Cardiff.[↗](../../welshman/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The Welshman scored the winning try for his rugby team.[↗](../../welshman/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The famous poet Dylan Thomas was a Welshman.[↗](../../welshman/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A Welshman, a Scotsman and an Englishman walked into a shop.[↗](../../welshman/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · My teacher is a Welshman who speaks Welsh at home.[↗](../../welshman/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Two Welshmen sang in the choir.[↗](../../welshman/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **welter** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* Disorder or a confused mess.[↗](../../welter/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Most literally, it means ‘waste(land)’, the lifeless open desert, a translation of \[Genesis 1:2\] so far captured in English only by Robert Alter’s The Hebrew Bible (2019), who poetically renders תֹהוּ וָבֹהוּ tohu vavohu as “waste and welter”; cf.[↗](../../welter/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../welter/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") **welwitschia** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A very strange desert plant from Namibia and Angola in south-west Africa that has only two long, leathery leaves.[↗](../../welwitschia/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The leaves keep growing from the base for its whole life, getting torn and curled into a messy heap.[↗](../../welwitschia/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Some welwitschias are thought to be well over a thousand years old.[↗](../../welwitschia/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The welwitschia has only two leaves, but they never stop growing.[↗](../../welwitschia/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Our teacher showed us a picture of a welwitschia in the Namib Desert.[↗](../../welwitschia/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The welwitschia drinks water from the morning fog.[↗](../../welwitschia/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Some welwitschias may be over a thousand years old.[↗](../../welwitschia/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The leaves of the welwitschia look like a tangled pile of ribbons.[↗](../../welwitschia/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Kew Gardens in London grows a welwitschia in a glasshouse.[↗](../../welwitschia/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **wen** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (old use) A wen is a soft lump that grows under the skin, often on the face or neck.[↗](../../wen/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The old man had a wen on his right cheek.[↗](../../wen/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Some people think a wen brings good luck.[↗](../../wen/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The doctor said the wen was harmless.[↗](../../wen/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Blind, or broken, or maimed, or having a wen, or scabbed, or scurvy, ye shall not offer these unto the LORD, nor make an offering by fire of them upon the altar unto the LORD.[↗](../../wen/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.22.22, JPS 1917)[↗](../../wen/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") **wench** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (old) A wench was a girl or young woman, especially a servant girl or a country girl.[↗](../../wench/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (now insulting) Today the word is old-fashioned and often rude when said to a woman.[↗](../../wench/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Early Modern English, meaning 1:* A girl or young woman, often a servant or a country girl.[↗](../../wench/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The serving wench brought ale to the travellers.[↗](../../wench/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · In the old ballad, a country wench milked the cows.[↗](../../wench/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The pirate shouted for the kitchen wench.[↗](../../wench/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The play is set in a tavern with a busy wench.[↗](../../wench/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · «Wench» is an old word you meet in historical stories.[↗](../../wench/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Calling a woman a wench today is rude.[↗](../../wench/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · ‘The cinder wench is not here,’ said the Prince at last; ‘go and fetch her, and let her try on the things.’[↗](../../wench/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · "Who knows whence the wench comes?" said she.[↗](../../wench/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Grimm's Fairy Stories) · Thereupon the King’s son recognised the cinder wench; so he took both the girls with him, and set out.[↗](../../wench/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (The Red Fairy Book) · ‘The cinder wench is not here,’ said the Prince at last; ‘go and fetch her, and let her try on the things.’[↗](../../wench/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (The Red Fairy Book) **wend** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To wend your way is to travel slowly, often following a winding path.[↗](../../wend/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The travellers wended their way through the forest.[↗](../../wend/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We wended our way home after the fair.[↗](../../wend/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The river wends its way to the sea.[↗](../../wend/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The children wended their way up the hill.[↗](../../wend/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Slowly the parade wended its way down the street.[↗](../../wend/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The old man wended his way to the village shop.[↗](../../wend/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Overjoyed at his mother's reassuring words, and following the directions she gave him, Phaethon quickly wended his way to his father's palace.[↗](../../wend/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **wentest** — *Early Modern English, meaning 1:* «wentest» means «you went», a form of «go»: To go is to move from one place to another: go to school.[↗](../../wentest/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Unstable as water, have not thou the excellency; because thou wentest up to thy father's bed; then defiledst thou it — he went up to my couch.[↗](../../wentest/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.49.4, JPS 1917) **wert** — *Early Modern English, meaning 1:* You were; a form of "be" used with "thou".[↗](../../wert/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Rest there in peace, till thou art a wiser man than thou wert.’[↗](../../wert/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Grimms' Fairy Tales) · Go on, go on--thou wert on the balcony, and went through the doorway, and then--”[↗](../../wert/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (Andersen's Fairy Tales) · "Mine! mine!" sounded around him, and within him; "I kissed thee when thou wert a little child.[↗](../../wert/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") (Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen) **west** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* West is the direction where the sun goes down in the evening.[↗](../../west/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The West is a part of a country or the world in the west, like the American West.[↗](../../west/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A west wind blows from the west.[↗](../../west/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* He walked 3 km west.[↗](../../west/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The town is 20 miles west of the city.[↗](../../west/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She drove east 10 miles and then west 4 miles.[↗](../../west/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · How far is she from home?[↗](../../west/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The sun sets in the west.[↗](../../west/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · On a map, west is on the left.[↗](../../west/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Perth is on the west coast of Australia.[↗](../../west/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · A strong west wind blew the leaves away.[↗](../../west/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And for the western border, ye shall have the Great Sea for a border; this shall be your west border.[↗](../../west/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.34.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../west/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And for the breadth of the court on the west side shall be hangings of fifty cubits: their pillars ten, and their sockets ten.[↗](../../west/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.27.12, JPS 1917)[↗](../../west/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And for the west side were hangings of fifty cubits, their pillars ten, and their sockets ten; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver.[↗](../../west/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.38.12, JPS 1917)[↗](../../west/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · And as for the west border, the Great Sea was the border thereof.[↗](../../west/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JOS.15.12, JPS 1917)[↗](../../west/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · On the four sides were the porters, toward the east, west, north, and south.[↗](../../west/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings 1CH.9.24, JPS 1917)[↗](../../west/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · He turned about to the west side, and measured five hundred reeds with the measuring reed.[↗](../../west/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets EZK.42.19, JPS 1917)[↗](../../west/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") **westerly** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A westerly wind blows from the west.[↗](../../westerly/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Westerly also means towards the west or in the west, as in a westerly direction.[↗](../../westerly/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* The westerlies are strong winds that blow from the west in the middle parts of the Earth.[↗](../../westerly/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A westerly wind brought rain from the Atlantic.[↗](../../westerly/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The westerlies blow across the southern oceans.[↗](../../westerly/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We sailed in a westerly direction.[↗](../../westerly/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The most westerly point of Ireland is on the Dingle Peninsula.[↗](../../westerly/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Strong westerlies are forecast for tomorrow.[↗](../../westerly/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The kite flew well in the westerly breeze.[↗](../../westerly/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **western** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Western means in, from or towards the west: western Canada, a western wind.[↗](../../western/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Western (often «Western») describes the countries of Europe and North America and their way of life.[↗](../../western/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* Western culture.[↗](../../western/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A western is a film or story about cowboys in the American West in the 1800s.[↗](../../western/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The sun sets in the western sky.[↗](../../western/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Perth is the capital of Western Australia.[↗](../../western/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · It rains more on the western side of the mountains.[↗](../../western/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandpa loves watching old westerns with cowboys.[↗](../../western/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Western Ireland faces the Atlantic Ocean.[↗](../../western/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · A western wind blew from the sea.[↗](../../western/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The sun was but a handsbreadth from the western edge of land.[↗](../../western/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · And for the western border, ye shall have the Great Sea for a border; this shall be your west border.[↗](../../western/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.34.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../western/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Their measure is the Twelve Diagonal Borders: Northeastern border, Southeastern border, Upper-Eastern border, Lower-Western border, Upper-Northern border, Lower-Northern border, Southwestern border, Northwestern border, Upper-Western border, Lower-Western border, Upper-Southern border, Lower-Southern border.[↗](../../western/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../western/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And it shall come to pass in that day, that living waters shall go out from Jerusalem: half of them toward the eastern sea, and half of them toward the western sea; in summer and in winter shall it be.[↗](../../western/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ZEC.14.8, JPS 1917)[↗](../../western/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **westward** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Westward means going towards the west.[↗](../../westward/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Westward describes something that faces or lies towards the west.[↗](../../westward/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The ship sailed westward across the Atlantic.[↗](../../westward/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The sun moves westward across the sky during the day.[↗](../../westward/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Pioneers travelled westward in covered wagons.[↗](../../westward/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The storm is moving westward towards the coast.[↗](../../westward/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Our garden has a westward view, so we see the sunset.[↗](../../westward/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Westward expansion forced many Native Americans off their land.[↗](../../westward/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Turn westward at the old oak tree.[↗](../../westward/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The families of the Gershonites were to pitch behind the tabernacle westward; (Torah NUM.3.23, JPS 1917)[↗](../../westward/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And for the hinder part of the tabernacle westward he made six boards.[↗](../../westward/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.36.27, JPS 1917)[↗](../../westward/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And for the hinder part of the tabernacle westward thou shalt make six boards.[↗](../../westward/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.26.22, JPS 1917)[↗](../../westward/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · For the Precinct westward, four at the causeway, and two at the Precinct.[↗](../../westward/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings 1CH.26.18, JPS 1917)[↗](../../westward/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · and Allam-melech, and Amad, and Mishal; and it reached to Carmel westward, and to Shihor-libnath.[↗](../../westward/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JOS.19.26, JPS 1917)[↗](../../westward/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · To Shuppim and Hosah westward, by the gate of Shallecheth, at the causeway that goeth up, ward against ward.[↗](../../westward/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings 1CH.26.16, JPS 1917)[↗](../../westward/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") **westwards** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Westwards means towards the west, the direction where the sun sets.[↗](../../westwards/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The ship sailed westwards across the Atlantic.[↗](../../westwards/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The storm is moving westwards.[↗](../../westwards/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Settlers travelled westwards in wagons.[↗](../../westwards/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The sun moves westwards across the sky during the day.[↗](../../westwards/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Walk westwards along the beach to find the cave.[↗](../../westwards/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The river flows westwards to the sea.[↗](../../westwards/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Then one of the feathers flew eastwards, another westwards, but the third went straight up towards the sky, though it only sped a short distance before falling to earth.[↗](../../westwards/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **wet** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Covered with or full of water or another liquid.[↗](../../wet/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "wet hair".[↗](../../wet/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Rainy.[↗](../../wet/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "a wet day".[↗](../../wet/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Not yet dry.[↗](../../wet/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "wet paint".[↗](../../wet/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* As a verb, to make something wet.[↗](../../wet/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* Wet can also be a noun meaning a drink, especially water or another non-alcoholic drink.[↗](../../wet/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* My shoes are wet from the rain.[↗](../../wet/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Careful, the floor is wet.[↗](../../wet/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Never touch a plug with wet hands.[↗](../../wet/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Wet paint — don't touch\![↗](../../wet/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · It was a wet and windy day.[↗](../../wet/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Wet the cloth and wipe the table.[↗](../../wet/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Hang the wet towels in the sun to dry.[↗](../../wet/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · We got soaking wet.[↗](../../wet/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · “Water or wet, or whatever you please, sir.”[↗](../../wet/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for want of a shelter.[↗](../../wet/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.24.8, JPS 1917)[↗](../../wet/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **wether** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A wether is a male sheep (or goat) that has been castrated, so it cannot become a father; farmers keep wethers for wool or meat.[↗](../../wether/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The farmer kept the wethers for their wool.[↗](../../wether/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A ewe is a female sheep, a ram is a male, and a wether is a castrated male.[↗](../../wether/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The old shepherd hung a bell on the leading wether.[↗](../../wether/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Wethers are usually calmer than rams.[↗](../../wether/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The wethers grazed on the hillside.[↗](../../wether/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · This town is a bellwether: whoever wins here often wins the election.[↗](../../wether/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **wetland** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A wetland is an area of land that is covered with shallow water or is wet and soggy for much of the year, such as a marsh, swamp or bog.[↗](../../wetland/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Herons and frogs live in the wetland.[↗](../../wetland/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Wetlands soak up water and help stop floods.[↗](../../wetland/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We walked on a boardwalk through the wetland.[↗](../../wetland/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The wetland was drained to build houses.[↗](../../wetland/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Wetlands clean the water that flows through them.[↗](../../wetland/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Many migrating birds rest in wetlands.[↗](../../wetland/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Stay on the path — wetland mud can be deep.[↗](../../wetland/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/W/) … [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/W/page/13/) **14** [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/W/page/15/) … [34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/W/page/34/) - ← previous: [page 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/W/page/13/) - next →: [page 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/W/page/15/) - ↑ back to [The English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/)