--- title: W — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 16 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/16/) [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 16 [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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[20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/W/page/20/) … [34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/W/page/34/) **wheelbarrow** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A wheelbarrow is a small cart with one wheel at the front, two handles and two legs at the back, used for carrying loads such as soil, sand or bricks in a garden or on a building site.[↗](../../wheelbarrow/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We moved the soil in a wheelbarrow.[↗](../../wheelbarrow/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandpa pushed the wheelbarrow full of leaves.[↗](../../wheelbarrow/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The wheelbarrow is a kind of lever.[↗](../../wheelbarrow/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We had a wheelbarrow race on sports day.[↗](../../wheelbarrow/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The builder filled the wheelbarrow with bricks.[↗](../../wheelbarrow/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't overload the wheelbarrow or it will tip.[↗](../../wheelbarrow/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The wheel acts as the pivot.[↗](../../wheelbarrow/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · But presently, as nothing happened, he came out, and climbed upon a wheelbarrow and peeped over.[↗](../../wheelbarrow/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **wheelchair** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A wheelchair is a chair with large wheels used by people who cannot walk or find walking hard.[↗](../../wheelchair/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Some wheelchairs are pushed by the user's arms, some by another person, and some have electric motors.[↗](../../wheelchair/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* My friend uses a wheelchair and is great at basketball.[↗](../../wheelchair/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The library has a ramp for wheelchair access.[↗](../../wheelchair/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Always ask before you push someone's wheelchair.[↗](../../wheelchair/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Wheelchair racers are very fast.[↗](../../wheelchair/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The lift helps wheelchair users get upstairs.[↗](../../wheelchair/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't leave your bike blocking the wheelchair ramp.[↗](../../wheelchair/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · She has an electric wheelchair that she controls with a joystick.[↗](../../wheelchair/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Many Paralympic athletes compete in wheelchairs.[↗](../../wheelchair/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **wheelwork** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* The wheels of a machine taken together; the whole set of wheels.[↗](../../wheelwork/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* As for the wheels, they were called in my hearing The wheelwork.[↗](../../wheelwork/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets EZK.10.13, JPS 1917)[↗](../../wheelwork/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · And it came to pass, when He commanded the man clothed in linen, saying: 'Take fire from between the wheelwork, from between the cherubim', that he went in, and stood beside a wheel.[↗](../../wheelwork/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets EZK.10.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../wheelwork/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") **wheelwright** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A person whose job is to make and repair wooden wheels, for carts, wagons and carriages.[↗](../../wheelwright/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The wheelwright fixed the broken cart wheel.[↗](../../wheelwright/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The village once had a wheelwright and a blacksmith.[↗](../../wheelwright/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A wheelwright shaped the wooden spokes.[↗](../../wheelwright/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We watched a wheelwright at the heritage museum.[↗](../../wheelwright/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · His great-great-grandfather was a wheelwright.[↗](../../wheelwright/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The wheelwright and the smith fitted the iron rim.[↗](../../wheelwright/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **wheeze** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To wheeze is to breathe with a whistling or rattling sound in your chest, because breathing is hard.[↗](../../wheeze/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A wheeze is that sound.[↗](../../wheeze/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* In old British talk, a wheeze is a clever trick or plan.[↗](../../wheeze/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* My sister wheezes when she has an asthma attack.[↗](../../wheeze/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He used his inhaler when he started to wheeze.[↗](../../wheeze/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The old bus wheezed up the hill.[↗](../../wheeze/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · I heard a wheeze in Grandpa's chest.[↗](../../wheeze/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · If a friend is wheezing badly, get an adult quickly.[↗](../../wheeze/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Running in the cold air made me wheeze.[↗](../../wheeze/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **wheezy** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Wheezy means breathing with a whistling or rattling sound, because the airways in the chest are narrow, often due to asthma, a cold or an allergy.[↗](../../wheezy/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Wheezy can describe any old machine or instrument that makes a breathy, whistling sound: «a wheezy old organ».[↗](../../wheezy/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* My chest was wheezy after running in the cold.[↗](../../wheezy/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She used her inhaler because she felt wheezy.[↗](../../wheezy/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The old dog gave a wheezy bark.[↗](../../wheezy/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The doctor listened to his wheezy breathing.[↗](../../wheezy/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The wheezy old bus climbed the hill.[↗](../../wheezy/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Dust makes my asthma wheezy.[↗](../../wheezy/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · If a friend is wheezy and can't breathe, tell an adult straight away.[↗](../../wheezy/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **whelp** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A whelp is a young animal, especially a puppy, cub or wolf cub.[↗](../../whelp/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (old use) To whelp is to give birth to young.[↗](../../whelp/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A wolf came out with her whelps.[↗](../../whelp/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The two whelps were brothers.[↗](../../whelp/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The whelps played in the den.[↗](../../whelp/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Judah is a lion's whelp; from the prey, my son, thou art gone up.[↗](../../whelp/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.49.9, JPS 1917)[↗](../../whelp/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · And of Dan he said: Dan is a lion's whelp, that leapeth forth from Bashan.[↗](../../whelp/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.33.22, JPS 1917)[↗](../../whelp/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · They shall roar together like young lions; they shall growl as lions' whelps.[↗](../../whelp/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JER.51.38, JPS 1917)[↗](../../whelp/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the whelps of the lioness are scattered abroad.[↗](../../whelp/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.4.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../whelp/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.[↗](../../whelp/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.17.12, JPS 1917)[↗](../../whelp/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **when** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* When asks at what time something happens: «When is lunch?».[↗](../../when/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* When tells the time or the case in which something happens: «When it rains, we stay in».[↗](../../when/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* When can mean «as soon as»: «Call me when you get home».[↗](../../when/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* When can mean «although» or «since»: «Why walk when you can ride?».[↗](../../when/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* (casual) «Say when» means tell me when to stop pouring; «since when?» shows surprise or doubt.[↗](../../when/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 6:* (formal) Exams say «at which time», «upon», «in the event that», «whereupon» and «at what point».[↗](../../when/#m6 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* When we put two groups together, we add.[↗](../../when/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · When Tom came home, he had 3 cards left.[↗](../../when/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · When does the film end?[↗](../../when/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · When water freezes, it turns into ice.[↗](../../when/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Call Mum when you get to school.[↗](../../when/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · When is your birthday?[↗](../../when/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Wash your hands when you come in from outside.[↗](../../when/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · when's the bus, 8:40? its 8:25 now[↗](../../when/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Say when… stop, that's 3 spoonfuls\![↗](../../when/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · When I get my hands on whoever took my last 2 biscuits…[↗](../../when/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Upon the subsequent arrival of 5 passengers, ascertain the total number on board.[↗](../../when/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Why walk when you can take the bus?[↗](../../when/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · But when was that to be?[↗](../../when/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · And Isaac was threescore years old when she bore them.[↗](../../when/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.25.26, JPS 1917)[↗](../../when/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · And Rebekah heard when Isaac spoke to Esau his son.[↗](../../when/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.27.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../when/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") · And when Moses heard it, he fell upon his face.[↗](../../when/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.16.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../when/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") · My soul failed me when he spoke.[↗](../../when/#x17 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings SNG.5.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../when/#x17 "tree and pragmatics") · When thou doest evil, then thou rejoicest.[↗](../../when/#x18 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JER.11.15, JPS 1917)[↗](../../when/#x18 "tree and pragmatics") · And who shall stand when he appeareth?[↗](../../when/#x19 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets MAL.3.2, JPS 1917)[↗](../../when/#x19 "tree and pragmatics") **whence** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (old-fashioned) From where: «Whence did he come?» means «Where did he come from?».[↗](../../whence/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (formal) From which place or reason: «the town whence she came».[↗](../../whence/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (formal) Which is why: «He was late, whence the trouble.».[↗](../../whence/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Early Modern English, meaning 1:* From what place or source.[↗](../../whence/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* «Whence came you, stranger?» asked the old king.[↗](../../whence/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The river flows back to the mountains whence it came.[↗](../../whence/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · In the old poem the knight returned to the land whence he had set out.[↗](../../whence/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · «From whence cometh my help?» we read in the psalm.[↗](../../whence/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Nobody knew whence the strange noise came.[↗](../../whence/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Today we would say «Where did you come from?» instead of «Whence came you?»[↗](../../whence/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · "Whence do you come?" asked the mother.[↗](../../whence/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · and Pathrusim, and Casluhim — whence went forth the Philistines — and Caphtorim.[↗](../../whence/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.10.14, JPS 1917)[↗](../../whence/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And Jacob said unto them: 'My brethren, whence are ye?'[↗](../../whence/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") And they said: 'Of Haran are we.'[↗](../../whence/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.29.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../whence/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.[↗](../../whence/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.3.23, JPS 1917)[↗](../../whence/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · and Pathrusim, and Casluhim — from whence came the Philistines — and Caphtorim.[↗](../../whence/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings 1CH.1.12, JPS 1917)[↗](../../whence/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · I will lift up mine eyes unto the mountains: from whence shall my help come?[↗](../../whence/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.121.1, JPS 1917)[↗](../../whence/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · And Elisha said unto him: 'Whence comest thou, Gehazi?'[↗](../../whence/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") And he said: 'Thy servant went no whither.'[↗](../../whence/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 2KI.5.25, JPS 1917)[↗](../../whence/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · and Pathrusim, and Casluhim — whence went forth the Philistines — and Caphtorim.[↗](../../whence/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.10.14, JPS 1917) · Whence do you come?" she asked.[↗](../../whence/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Indian Fairy Tales) · In usual Hebrew grammatical terminology, the term ‘mothers’ is reserved for the אִמּוֹת קְרִיאָה immot qeriʼah, ‘mothers of reading’ (whence Latin matres lectionis), the letters אהו״י Alef-Heh-Waw-Yod which can serve to represent either consonants or vowels.[↗](../../whence/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) **whereabouts** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (noun) The place where someone or something is.[↗](../../whereabouts/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (adverb, question) In or near what place: «Whereabouts do you live?».[↗](../../whereabouts/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The whereabouts of the missing cat are still unknown.[↗](../../whereabouts/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Always tell your parents your whereabouts.[↗](../../whereabouts/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Whereabouts did you leave your coat?[↗](../../whereabouts/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The detective found out the thief's whereabouts.[↗](../../whereabouts/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Whereabouts in Ireland is your gran from?[↗](../../whereabouts/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · His whereabouts remain a mystery.[↗](../../whereabouts/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · "Whereabouts is your death, O Koshchei?"[↗](../../whereabouts/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **whereby** — *Early Modern English, meaning 1:* By what means or by which thing.[↗](../../whereby/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* And he said: 'O Lord GOD, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it?'[↗](../../whereby/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.15.8, JPS 1917) · And now I have something to give you whereby to remember me when I am gone.”[↗](../../whereby/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (Japanese Fairy Tales) · Is not this it in which my lord drinketh, and whereby he indeed divineth? ye have done evil in so doing.'[↗](../../whereby/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.44.5, JPS 1917) **wherefore** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (old-fashioned) Why; for what reason.[↗](../../wherefore/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (old-fashioned) Therefore; for that reason.[↗](../../wherefore/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* The whys and wherefores: all the reasons and details.[↗](../../wherefore/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Early Modern English, meaning 1:* For what reason; in the Torah sometimes it means "therefore".[↗](../../wherefore/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* «Wherefore art thou Romeo?» asks why he is Romeo, not where he is.[↗](../../wherefore/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · I don't need all the whys and wherefores, just tell me what happened.[↗](../../wherefore/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Wherefore do you weep?[↗](../../wherefore/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") (old)[↗](../../wherefore/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The teacher explained the whys and wherefores of the rule.[↗](../../wherefore/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · In old plays, wherefore means why.[↗](../../wherefore/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · (old) He was tired, wherefore he went to bed.[↗](../../wherefore/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · "Wherefore did ye tarry so long?"[↗](../../wherefore/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Wherefore say: Behold, I give unto him My covenant of peace; (Torah NUM.25.12, JPS 1917)[↗](../../wherefore/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Wherefore I command thee, saying: 'Thou shalt separate three cities for thee.'[↗](../../wherefore/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.19.7, JPS 1917)[↗](../../wherefore/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Wherefore the well was called 'Beer-lahai-roi; behold, it is between Kadesh and Bered.[↗](../../wherefore/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.16.14, JPS 1917)[↗](../../wherefore/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Wherefore will ye contend with Me?[↗](../../wherefore/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JER.2.29, JPS 1917)[↗](../../wherefore/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Wherefore they came back, and told him.[↗](../../wherefore/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 2KI.9.36, JPS 1917)[↗](../../wherefore/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · And wherefore the breasts, that I should suck?[↗](../../wherefore/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.3.12, JPS 1917)[↗](../../wherefore/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · Wherefore say: Behold, I give unto him My covenant of peace;[↗](../../wherefore/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.25.12, JPS 1917) · "Wherefore did ye tarry so long?"[↗](../../wherefore/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore) · Wherefore I command thee, saying: 'Thou shalt separate three cities for thee.'[↗](../../wherefore/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.19.7, JPS 1917) **wherein** — *Early Modern English, meaning 1:* In what place, thing or way.[↗](../../wherein/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* And all their cities in the places wherein they dwelt, and all their encampments, they burnt with fire.[↗](../../wherein/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.31.10, JPS 1917) · Presently he finds himself in a different world, wherein he meets a beauteous maiden who explains everything to him.[↗](../../wherein/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore) · And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh wherein is the breath of life.[↗](../../wherein/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.7.15, JPS 1917) **whereof** — *Early Modern English, meaning 1:* Of what, or of which thing.[↗](../../whereof/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?'[↗](../../whereof/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.3.11, JPS 1917) · A fine collation was served up, whereof the young Prince ate not a morsel, so intently was he busied in gazing on her.[↗](../../whereof/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault) · And from thence to Beer; that is the well whereof the LORD said unto Moses: 'Gather the people together, and I will give them water.'[↗](../../whereof/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.21.16, JPS 1917) **whereon** — *Early Modern English, meaning 1:* On what, or on which thing.[↗](../../whereon/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed.[↗](../../whereon/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.28.13, JPS 1917) · Cursed be the hearth whereon it was heated\![↗](../../whereon/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (Celtic Fairy Tales) · Every bed whereon he that hath the issue lieth shall be unclean; and every thing whereon he sitteth shall be unclean.[↗](../../whereon/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.15.4, JPS 1917) **wheresoever** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Wheresoever means wherever, in any place (old-fashioned, formal).[↗](../../wheresoever/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Wheresoever you go, I will follow.[↗](../../wheresoever/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The Lord is with you wheresoever you are.[↗](../../wheresoever/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Wheresoever he travelled, he made friends.[↗](../../wheresoever/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Search wheresoever you like.[↗](../../wheresoever/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The king's law reached wheresoever his people lived.[↗](../../wheresoever/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · He bade them go one by one wheresoever they would, while he himself waited by the door till his brothers passed through.[↗](../../wheresoever/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Only to the land of the children of Ammon thou camest not near; all the side of the river Jabbok, and the cities of the hill-country, and wheresoever the LORD our God forbade us.[↗](../../wheresoever/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.2.37, JPS 1917)[↗](../../wheresoever/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · let the priests take it to them, every man from him that bestoweth it upon him; and they shall repair the breaches of the house, wheresoever any breach shall be found.'[↗](../../wheresoever/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 2KI.12.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../wheresoever/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · and wheresoever the children of men, the beasts of the field, and the fowls of the heaven dwell, hath He given them into thy hand, and hath made thee to rule over them all; thou art the head of gold.[↗](../../wheresoever/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings DAN.2.38, JPS 1917)[↗](../../wheresoever/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **whereupon** — *Early Modern English, meaning 1:* Immediately after which thing happened.[↗](../../whereupon/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* And every thing whereupon any part of their carcass falleth shall be unclean; whether oven, or range for pots, it shall be broken in pieces; they are unclean, and shall be unclean unto you.[↗](../../whereupon/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.11.35, JPS 1917) · Whereupon he went off indoors, whistling cheerfully.[↗](../../whereupon/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (The Brown Fairy Book) · Whereupon the bone dropped and fell out.[↗](../../whereupon/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") (Indian Fairy Tales) **wherever** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* In any place or every place: sit wherever you like.[↗](../../wherever/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* No matter where: wherever you go, I will find you.[↗](../../wherever/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* In a question, it shows surprise: wherever did you find that?[↗](../../wherever/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Sit wherever you like.[↗](../../wherever/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Wherever I go, my little sister follows me.[↗](../../wherever/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Wildflowers grow wherever there is sun and rain.[↗](../../wherever/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Wherever did you find that old map?[↗](../../wherever/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Recycle wherever possible.[↗](../../wherever/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We can have the picnic wherever there is shade.[↗](../../wherever/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Wherever you are in the world, the sun rises in the east.[↗](../../wherever/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Put the books wherever there is space on the shelf.[↗](../../wherever/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · "Don't you go wherever you please?"[↗](../../wherever/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **wherewith** — *Early Modern English, meaning 1:* With what thing; with which.[↗](../../wherewith/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his father blessed him.[↗](../../wherewith/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.27.41, JPS 1917) · I have not even wherewith to buy oil, so as to light the lamp before the image\[440\] for the festival!"[↗](../../wherewith/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore) · And thou shalt take in thy hand this rod, wherewith thou shalt do the signs.'[↗](../../wherewith/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.4.17, JPS 1917) [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/W/) … [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/W/page/10/) … 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