--- title: W — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 22 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/22/) [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 22 [A](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/) · [B](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) · [C](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) · [D](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/) · 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meaning 1:* Will says what is going to happen: «It will rain».[↗](../../will/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Would says what might happen or is imagined: «I would fly if I could».[↗](../../will/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Will can ask or promise: «Will you help me?», «I will be there».[↗](../../will/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* A will is the strong wish to do something.[↗](../../will/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* A will is a paper that says who gets someone's things after they die (or, as people kindly say, pass away).[↗](../../will/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 6:* (casual) «'ll» joins on: «I'll», «you'll», «it'll»; «gonna» often replaces «will»; «will do» means OK, I'll do it.[↗](../../will/#m6 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 7:* (rude) «Will you shut up?» is an angry order, not a real question.[↗](../../will/#m7 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 8:* (formal) Exams and rules use «shall», «will be required to» and «would be».[↗](../../will/#m8 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* If I put one more apple on the table, how many apples will there be?[↗](../../will/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · How many will Zoe have after she buys 4 more?[↗](../../will/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · I will call you after school.[↗](../../will/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Will you help me carry this box?[↗](../../will/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The ice will melt if you leave it in the sun.[↗](../../will/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · I would like a glass of water, please.[↗](../../will/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · She won't give up; she has a strong will.[↗](../../will/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · «Grab 2 more milks.»[↗](../../will/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") «Will do.»[↗](../../will/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · I'm gonna have 5 when he gives me 2 (= I will have 5).[↗](../../will/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Will you shut up and count?[↗](../../will/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") It's 12\![↗](../../will/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Each candidate shall state what the resulting total would be.[↗](../../will/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandpa left his watch to me in his will.[↗](../../will/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · Will you grant it to me?"[↗](../../will/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · And Abraham said: 'I will swear.'[↗](../../will/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.21.24, JPS 1917)[↗](../../will/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · And after that he will let you go.[↗](../../will/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.3.20, JPS 1917)[↗](../../will/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") · Behold, I will slay thy son, thy first-born.' — (Torah EXO.4.23, JPS 1917)[↗](../../will/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") · Consider, and afterwards we will speak.[↗](../../will/#x17 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.18.2, JPS 1917)[↗](../../will/#x17 "tree and pragmatics") · Who will lead me unto Edom?[↗](../../will/#x18 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.60.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../will/#x18 "tree and pragmatics") · I will seek it yet again.'[↗](../../will/#x19 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.23.35, JPS 1917)[↗](../../will/#x19 "tree and pragmatics") **willful** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Willful means stubborn, doing what you want and refusing to be told.[↗](../../willful/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") (US spelling of «wilful»).[↗](../../willful/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She was a willful girl who never listened to her mother.[↗](../../willful/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The willful goat would not come home.[↗](../../willful/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · "You willful boy, come here at once!"[↗](../../willful/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **willingly** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Willingly means gladly, without being forced.[↗](../../willingly/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She willingly helped her friend.[↗](../../willingly/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He gave his toys willingly.[↗](../../willingly/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · I'll willingly do the dishes.[↗](../../willingly/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The children willingly shared their sweets.[↗](../../willingly/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · They willingly followed the teacher.[↗](../../willingly/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · He willingly said sorry.[↗](../../willingly/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · I will give you my kingdoms willingly.’[↗](../../willingly/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · She seeketh wool and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands.[↗](../../willingly/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.31.13, JPS 1917)[↗](../../willingly/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Who then offereth willingly to consecrate himself this day unto the LORD?'[↗](../../willingly/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings 1CH.29.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../willingly/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · For He doth not afflict willingly, nor grieve the children of men.[↗](../../willingly/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings LAM.3.33, JPS 1917)[↗](../../willingly/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **willingness** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Being happy or ready to do something when asked.[↗](../../willingness/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Thank you for your willingness to help.[↗](../../willingness/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The teacher praised his willingness to try hard problems.[↗](../../willingness/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Her willingness to share made her popular.[↗](../../willingness/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A willingness to listen is important in a team.[↗](../../willingness/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · They showed a willingness to change the rules.[↗](../../willingness/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Willingness to learn matters more than being quick.[↗](../../willingness/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · “Nothing could console me more in my old age than to realize your willingness to gratify my wishes.[↗](../../willingness/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **willow** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A willow is a tree with long, thin, bendy branches and narrow leaves, often growing near water.[↗](../../willow/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Willow is the wood of this tree, used to make cricket bats and baskets.[↗](../../willow/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A weeping willow hung over the pond.[↗](../../willow/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Cricket bats are made from willow.[↗](../../willow/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We made a basket from willow sticks.[↗](../../willow/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Willows like wet ground near rivers.[↗](../../willow/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The willow's long branches swayed in the wind.[↗](../../willow/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Pussy willow has soft, furry buds.[↗](../../willow/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The long willow-leaves were quite yellow.[↗](../../willow/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · And ye shall take you on the first day the fruit of goodly trees, branches of palm-trees, and boughs of thick trees, and willows of the brook, and ye shall rejoice before the LORD your God seven days.[↗](../../willow/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.23.40, JPS 1917)[↗](../../willow/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Upon the willows in the midst thereof we hanged up our harps.[↗](../../willow/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.137.2, JPS 1917)[↗](../../willow/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And they shall spring up among the grass, as willows by the watercourses.[↗](../../willow/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.44.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../willow/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · The lotus-trees cover him with their shadow; the willows of the brook compass him about.[↗](../../willow/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.40.22, JPS 1917)[↗](../../willow/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") **willpower** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Willpower is the strength of mind to control your actions and do what you decide, even when it is hard.[↗](../../willpower/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* It takes willpower not to eat all the sweets.[↗](../../willpower/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She showed great willpower when training.[↗](../../willpower/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He used willpower to finish his homework.[↗](../../willpower/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Willpower helps you keep promises.[↗](../../willpower/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · My brother has no willpower with chocolate.[↗](../../willpower/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · With willpower you can learn hard things.[↗](../../willpower/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **wilt** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* When a plant wilts, it droops and becomes soft and floppy, usually because it needs water or is too hot.[↗](../../wilt/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* When a person wilts, they become tired and weak, especially in heat.[↗](../../wilt/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (old, Bible) «Thou wilt» is an old way of saying «you will», used in old Bibles and poems.[↗](../../wilt/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Early Modern English, meaning 1:* You will; a form of "will" used with "thou".[↗](../../wilt/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The flowers wilted because I forgot to water them.[↗](../../wilt/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We wilted in the hot sun at sports day.[↗](../../wilt/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A wilted lettuce goes crisp again in cold water.[↗](../../wilt/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The plant wilts in the afternoon and recovers in the evening.[↗](../../wilt/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The football team wilted in the second half.[↗](../../wilt/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · (Bible, old) «If thou wilt, thou canst make me clean,» said the man to Jesus.[↗](../../wilt/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · ‘Wilt thou wed me, farmer’s daughter?’[↗](../../wilt/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · For if thou refuse to let them go, and wilt hold them still, (Torah EXO.9.2, JPS 1917)[↗](../../wilt/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And she said: 'What wilt thou give me, that thou mayest come in unto me?'[↗](../../wilt/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.38.16, JPS 1917)[↗](../../wilt/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · As yet exaltest thou thyself against My people, that thou wilt not let them go?[↗](../../wilt/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.9.17, JPS 1917)[↗](../../wilt/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Wilt Thou harass a driven leaf?[↗](../../wilt/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.13.25, JPS 1917)[↗](../../wilt/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · And wilt Thou pursue the dry stubble?[↗](../../wilt/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.13.25, JPS 1917)[↗](../../wilt/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · Shall His recompense be as thou wilt?[↗](../../wilt/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.34.33, JPS 1917)[↗](../../wilt/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · For if thou refuse to let them go, and wilt hold them still,[↗](../../wilt/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.9.2, JPS 1917) · Wilt thou still keep him, Mother?”[↗](../../wilt/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (The Jungle Book) · And she said: 'What wilt thou give me, that thou mayest come in unto me?'[↗](../../wilt/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.38.16, JPS 1917) **wilting** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Drooping and going soft because of not enough water, too much heat, or being picked: a wilting flower bends and its leaves hang down.[↗](../../wilting/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (of a person) Getting tired, weak or less lively, especially in heat: «The children were wilting in the sun.».[↗](../../wilting/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Losing confidence or energy: «Her smile was wilting.».[↗](../../wilting/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The sunflowers were wilting because we forgot to water them.[↗](../../wilting/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · After an hour in the heat, the football team was wilting.[↗](../../wilting/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The lettuce in the fridge drawer was wilting.[↗](../../wilting/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We watered the wilting basil and it stood up again by evening.[↗](../../wilting/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The bunch of roses had been wilting for days.[↗](../../wilting/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · In our experiment, the plant without water started wilting first.[↗](../../wilting/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · By the last lap I was wilting like an old daisy.[↗](../../wilting/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **wily** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Wily means clever at tricking people to get what you want.[↗](../../wily/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The wily fox tricked the hens.[↗](../../wily/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A wily rogue hid the gold.[↗](../../wily/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The wily wizard had a plan.[↗](../../wily/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · He taketh the wise in their own craftiness; and the counsel of the wily is carried headlong.[↗](../../wily/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.5.13, JPS 1917)[↗](../../wily/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · And, behold, there met him a woman with the attire of a harlot, and wily of heart.[↗](../../wily/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.7.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../wily/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") **wimp** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (informal, unkind) A wimp is a person who is seen as weak, scared or not brave.[↗](../../wimp/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (informal) To wimp out is to decide not to do something because you are scared.[↗](../../wimp/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Don't be a wimp, the water isn't that cold\![↗](../../wimp/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · I wimped out of going on the big roller coaster.[↗](../../wimp/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He's not a wimp; he's just careful.[↗](../../wimp/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · My brother is a wimp about spiders.[↗](../../wimp/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Calling someone a wimp can hurt their feelings.[↗](../../wimp/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · She almost wimped out, but then she jumped.[↗](../../wimp/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **win** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To win means to be the best or come first in a game, race or competition.[↗](../../win/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To win a prize is to get it because you did well or were lucky.[↗](../../win/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A win is a game or match you won.[↗](../../win/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* To win someone over is to get them to agree with you or like you.[↗](../../win/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The team won 8 games and lost 3.[↗](../../win/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She wins 5 dollars.[↗](../../win/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · How many games did they play?[↗](../../win/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · He won 3 more medals than Tom.[↗](../../win/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Our class won the tug of war.[↗](../../win/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · You can't win every game, and that's okay.[↗](../../win/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · She won first prize in the art contest.[↗](../../win/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · They won by two goals.[↗](../../win/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Slow and steady wins the race.[↗](../../win/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Out of the spoil won in battles did they dedicate to repair the house of the LORD.[↗](../../win/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings 1CH.26.27, JPS 1917)[↗](../../win/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city; and their contentions are like the bars of a castle.[↗](../../win/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.18.19, JPS 1917)[↗](../../win/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") **wince** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To wince is to make a quick face or small movement when you feel pain or see or hear something unpleasant.[↗](../../wince/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A wince is that quick look of pain.[↗](../../wince/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* He winced when the nurse gave him the injection.[↗](../../wince/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · I winced as I pulled off the plaster.[↗](../../wince/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She winced at the loud screech of the chalk.[↗](../../wince/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The cold water made me wince.[↗](../../wince/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad winced when he saw the price.[↗](../../wince/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · She smiled through a wince when she stood up on her sore ankle.[↗](../../wince/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **winch** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A machine with a rope or a chain wound round a turning drum, used to lift or pull heavy things.[↗](../../winch/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (verb) To lift or pull something with a winch.[↗](../../winch/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (verb, Scotland, informal) To go out with someone as a boyfriend or girlfriend; a different, Scots sense.[↗](../../winch/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The helicopter winched the climber to safety.[↗](../../winch/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We built a winch from a cotton reel and a pencil.[↗](../../winch/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The tow truck used its winch to pull the car out of the mud.[↗](../../winch/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The sailors winched up the anchor.[↗](../../winch/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · An old winch lifted the bucket out of the well.[↗](../../winch/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The bigger the handle on a winch, the easier it is to turn.[↗](../../winch/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **winchester** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (a name) Winchester is a historic city in Hampshire in the south of England, once the capital of the Saxon kings, with a great cathedral.[↗](../../winchester/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A Winchester is a kind of repeating rifle made by the American Winchester company from the 1860s, famous in the Wild West.[↗](../../winchester/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (a name) Winchester is also a surname and the name of towns in the USA and elsewhere.[↗](../../winchester/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* King Alfred's statue stands in Winchester.[↗](../../winchester/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Winchester Cathedral is one of the longest in Europe.[↗](../../winchester/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The cowboy kept his Winchester by the door.[↗](../../winchester/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Winchester was once the capital of England.[↗](../../winchester/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We visited Winchester on our school trip.[↗](../../winchester/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The round table in Winchester Great Hall is very old.[↗](../../winchester/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **wind** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Air moving across the Earth.[↗](../../wind/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "a strong wind".[↗](../../wind/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Breath.[↗](../../wind/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "I got my wind back."[↗](../../wind/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Gas in the stomach (polite word).[↗](../../wind/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* As a verb (rhymes with "find"), to turn or twist something round and round.[↗](../../wind/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "wind the string".[↗](../../wind/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* As a verb (rhymes with "find"), to bend and turn.[↗](../../wind/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "The path winds through the woods."[↗](../../wind/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 6:* To turn a key or handle so a clock works.[↗](../../wind/#m6 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "wind the clock".[↗](../../wind/#m6 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The wind blew my hat off.[↗](../../wind/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A wind turbine makes electricity.[↗](../../wind/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Wind the string around the stick.[↗](../../wind/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The road winds up the hill.[↗](../../wind/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The wind is very strong today.[↗](../../wind/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Kites need wind to fly.[↗](../../wind/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Wind the clock every night.[↗](../../wind/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · She got her second wind and ran faster.[↗](../../wind/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Set your sails with the wind.[↗](../../wind/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And, behold, seven ears, thin and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them.[↗](../../wind/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.41.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../wind/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And, behold, seven ears, withered, thin, and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them.[↗](../../wind/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.41.23, JPS 1917)[↗](../../wind/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Thou didst blow with Thy wind, the sea covered them; they sank as lead in the mighty waters.[↗](../../wind/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.15.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../wind/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · Who hath gathered the wind in his fists?[↗](../../wind/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.30.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../wind/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · This also is vanity and a striving after wind.[↗](../../wind/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings ECC.2.26, JPS 1917)[↗](../../wind/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · With the east wind Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish.[↗](../../wind/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.48.8, JPS 1917)[↗](../../wind/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") **windbag** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (informal, rude) A windbag is a person who talks too much, usually about boring or unimportant things, or boasts endlessly.[↗](../../windbag/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (old) A windbag is the bag of a bagpipe that holds the air.[↗](../../windbag/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Uncle Bert is a real windbag — he talks for hours.[↗](../../windbag/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · «Be quiet, you old windbag!»[↗](../../windbag/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The speech was so long that people called him a windbag.[↗](../../windbag/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Toad was a windbag who never stopped boasting.[↗](../../windbag/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Nobody wanted to sit next to the windbag at dinner.[↗](../../windbag/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The piper squeezed the windbag under his arm.[↗](../../windbag/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **windfall** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* An amount of money you get unexpectedly, such as a prize, a gift or money you find.[↗](../../windfall/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A fruit, especially an apple, that has been blown off a tree by the wind.[↗](../../windfall/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A windfall can also be any lucky thing that happens unexpectedly, not only money.[↗](../../windfall/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Finding a £10 note in my old coat was a nice windfall.[↗](../../windfall/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The school got a windfall when a parent gave £1,000.[↗](../../windfall/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We collected windfalls under the apple tree to make a crumble.[↗](../../windfall/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Nan said I should save half of my birthday windfall.[↗](../../windfall/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Some windfalls were bruised, so we fed them to the horse.[↗](../../windfall/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The village used the windfall to fix the playground.[↗](../../windfall/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/W/) … [21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/W/page/21/) **22** [23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/W/page/23/) … [34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/W/page/34/) - ← previous: [page 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/W/page/21/) - next →: [page 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/W/page/23/) - ↑ back to [The English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/)