--- title: W — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 6 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/6/) [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 6 [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:* A wart is a small, hard, rough lump that grows on the skin, often on hands or feet, caused by a virus.[↗](../../wart/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A wart can be any small lump on a plant or animal's skin, like on a toad.[↗](../../wart/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I have a wart on my finger.[↗](../../wart/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't pick at a wart; it can spread.[↗](../../wart/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The doctor froze the wart to remove it.[↗](../../wart/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Wear flip-flops in the changing room to avoid a verruca, a wart on the foot.[↗](../../wart/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The witch in the picture had a wart on her nose.[↗](../../wart/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Toads have bumpy skin, but you can't catch warts from them.[↗](../../wart/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · He told the story of his trip, warts and all.[↗](../../wart/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Warthogs have lumps on their faces that look like warts.[↗](../../wart/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **warthog** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A warthog is a wild pig of the African grasslands with a big flat head, long curved tusks, a thin mane and lumpy bumps on its face that look like warts.[↗](../../warthog/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The warthog knelt down to eat the short grass.[↗](../../warthog/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Warthogs back into their burrows so their tusks face outwards.[↗](../../warthog/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Pumbaa from «The Lion King» is a warthog.[↗](../../warthog/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A warthog ran with its tail sticking straight up like an aerial.[↗](../../warthog/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The bumps on a warthog's face protect it in fights.[↗](../../warthog/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Lions sometimes hunt warthogs.[↗](../../warthog/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **wartime** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Wartime is a period when a country is at war.[↗](../../wartime/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* As an adjective, wartime means happening in or belonging to such a time: «wartime food».[↗](../../wartime/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* In wartime, food was rationed.[↗](../../wartime/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Children were evacuated to the countryside in wartime.[↗](../../wartime/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandma remembers her wartime childhood.[↗](../../wartime/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We tasted a wartime recipe with no eggs.[↗](../../wartime/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Wartime posters told people to save food.[↗](../../wartime/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The museum shows wartime toys.[↗](../../wartime/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Many things were scarce in wartime.[↗](../../wartime/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **warty** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Warty means covered with warts, small hard lumps on the skin.[↗](../../warty/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Warty means having a lumpy, bumpy surface like warts.[↗](../../warty/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The warty toad sat under a stone.[↗](../../warty/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The witch in the story had a warty green nose.[↗](../../warty/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Some pumpkins are warty and bumpy.[↗](../../warty/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The warty newt has rough, dark skin.[↗](../../warty/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Toads are warty, but frogs are usually smooth.[↗](../../warty/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The old tree had a warty, knobbly trunk.[↗](../../warty/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The goblin rubbed his warty hands together.[↗](../../warty/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · A ridge of inky water rushed foaming mountainously on his board, and behind that ridge came a vast warty head that gurgled and groaned.[↗](../../warty/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **wary** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Careful and a little worried because something might be dangerous or tricky.[↗](../../wary/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Not quick to trust someone or something: «wary of strangers».[↗](../../wary/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Watchful, keeping an eye out for trouble.[↗](../../wary/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The cat was wary of the new dog and stayed on the shelf.[↗](../../wary/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Be wary of emails that ask for your password.[↗](../../wary/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The deer gave us a wary look and ran into the trees.[↗](../../wary/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Mum is wary of buying things from pop-up adverts.[↗](../../wary/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · I was a bit wary of the big slide at first.[↗](../../wary/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The lifeguard kept a wary eye on the swimmers near the rocks.[↗](../../wary/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Pupils should be wary of websites that promise free prizes.[↗](../../wary/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · "Be wary," said the king, "there are men within the stable, let us get at them somehow."[↗](../../wary/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **wash** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To clean something or someone with water and usually soap.[↗](../../wash/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To be carried by water.[↗](../../wash/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "The boat washed ashore."[↗](../../wash/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* As a noun, an act of washing.[↗](../../wash/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "Give the car a wash."[↗](../../wash/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Clothes that are being washed.[↗](../../wash/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "in the wash".[↗](../../wash/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Wash your hands before lunch.[↗](../../wash/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · I washed the dishes after dinner.[↗](../../wash/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Your shirt is in the wash.[↗](../../wash/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Waves washed the sandcastle away.[↗](../../wash/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Wash the fruit before you eat it.[↗](../../wash/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We give the dog a wash on Sundays.[↗](../../wash/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Wash a cut with clean water.[↗](../../wash/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Put your clothes in the washing machine.[↗](../../wash/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · "Come and wash with me," he said.[↗](../../wash/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet thereat; (Torah EXO.30.19, JPS 1917)[↗](../../wash/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · that Moses and Aaron and his sons might wash their hands and their feet thereat; (Torah EXO.40.31, JPS 1917)[↗](../../wash/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · But if he wash them not, nor bathe his flesh, then he shall bear his iniquity.[↗](../../wash/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.17.16, JPS 1917)[↗](../../wash/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · Wash me thoroughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.[↗](../../wash/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.51.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../wash/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · O Jerusalem, wash thy heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved.[↗](../../wash/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JER.4.14, JPS 1917)[↗](../../wash/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands never so clean; (Writings JOB.9.30, JPS 1917)[↗](../../wash/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") **washable** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Washable means it can be washed without being damaged.[↗](../../washable/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We use washable paint in art class.[↗](../../washable/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · This jumper is machine washable.[↗](../../washable/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Luckily, the marker on the wall was washable.[↗](../../washable/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Washable crayons are good for little children.[↗](../../washable/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The rug is not washable, so we vacuum it.[↗](../../washable/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Check the label to see if it's washable.[↗](../../washable/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **washboard** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A board with ridges on it, once used for scrubbing clothes when washing them by hand.[↗](../../washboard/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A washboard used as a musical instrument, played by scraping it, in skiffle and folk music.[↗](../../washboard/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (informal) Washboard stomach: very flat, strong stomach muscles.[↗](../../washboard/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* A bumpy dirt road with ridges is called washboard road (North America).[↗](../../washboard/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Grandma's grandma scrubbed shirts on a washboard.[↗](../../washboard/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Toad tried to wash the clothes but splashed everywhere.[↗](../../washboard/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The skiffle band had a guitar and a washboard.[↗](../../washboard/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The museum had an old tin washboard.[↗](../../washboard/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The dirt road was like a washboard.[↗](../../washboard/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · He scraped the washboard with thimbles on his fingers.[↗](../../washboard/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **washed** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Washed means made clean with water, often with soap.[↗](../../washed/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Washed means carried along by water or waves, as in washed away or washed up.[↗](../../washed/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Washed out means pale and tired, or (of a game) cancelled because of rain.[↗](../../washed/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Washed up (informal) means no longer successful.[↗](../../washed/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Have you washed your hands?[↗](../../washed/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · I washed the dishes after tea.[↗](../../washed/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The fruit was washed before we ate it.[↗](../../washed/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A dead jellyfish was washed up on the beach.[↗](../../washed/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The flood washed away the bridge.[↗](../../washed/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Our match was washed out by the rain.[↗](../../washed/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · She looked pale and washed out after being ill.[↗](../../washed/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The waves washed it up on shore.[↗](../../washed/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And Moses brought Aaron and his sons, and washed them with water.[↗](../../washed/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.8.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../washed/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And he washed his face, and came out; and he refrained himself, and said: 'Set on bread.'[↗](../../washed/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.43.31, JPS 1917)[↗](../../washed/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And he washed the inwards and the legs, and made them smoke upon the burnt-offering on the altar.[↗](../../washed/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.9.14, JPS 1917)[↗](../../washed/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · I have washed my feet; how shall I defile them?[↗](../../washed/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings SNG.5.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../washed/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · Surely in vain have I cleansed my heart, and washed my hands in innocency; (Writings PSA.73.13, JPS 1917)[↗](../../washed/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · His eyes are like doves beside the water-brooks; washed with milk, and fitly set.[↗](../../washed/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings SNG.5.12, JPS 1917)[↗](../../washed/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") **washer** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A small flat ring of metal, rubber or plastic put under a nut or a screw, or inside a tap, to make it tight or stop leaks.[↗](../../washer/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (informal) A washing machine, or a dishwasher.[↗](../../washer/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A person who washes things, as in "window washer" or "car washer".[↗](../../washer/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (Australia, New Zealand) A small square cloth for washing your face, called a flannel in the UK and a washcloth in the USA.[↗](../../washer/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Dad fixed the dripping tap by changing the washer.[↗](../../washer/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Put a washer under the nut before you tighten it.[↗](../../washer/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · My muddy football kit went straight into the washer.[↗](../../washer/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The window washer cleaned the shop windows.[↗](../../washer/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · In Australia, Mum handed me a washer to wipe my face.[↗](../../washer/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The kit came with ten screws and ten washers.[↗](../../washer/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · He was the son of the royal plate-washer.[↗](../../washer/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **washerman** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A washerman is a man whose job is washing other people's clothes.[↗](../../washerman/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* In an old saying, «a washerman's donkey» is a silly or put-upon creature, used as a joke about being made to do someone else's work.[↗](../../washerman/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Do you take me for a washerman's donkey?[↗](../../washerman/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The hare gravely replied, «This is a washerman's donkey.»[↗](../../washerman/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The shark did not like being laughed at and asked what the joke about a washerman's donkey meant.[↗](../../washerman/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **washerwife** — *Early Modern English, meaning 1:* A woman whose work is washing clothes for other people.[↗](../../washerwife/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* And he caused the old washerwife and her daughter to be burnt.[↗](../../washerwife/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (More English Fairy Tales) · And he caused the auld washerwife and her dochter to be burned.[↗](../../washerwife/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (The Blue Fairy Book) · At seven years' end she got her iron shoon, clomb the glassy hill, and chanced to come to the old washerwife's habitation.[↗](../../washerwife/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") (More English Fairy Tales) **washerwoman** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A woman whose job, in the past, was washing other people's clothes and sheets by hand, for money.[↗](../../washerwoman/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* In The Wind in the Willows, Toad escapes from prison disguised as a washerwoman, wearing the gaoler's daughter's aunt's cotton dress, shawl and bonnet.[↗](../../washerwoman/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The washerwoman carried a big basket of sheets down to the river.[↗](../../washerwoman/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Toad dressed up as a washerwoman to get out of the prison.[↗](../../washerwoman/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The washerwoman's hands were red from the hot water and soap.[↗](../../washerwoman/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · In Victorian times, many poor women worked as washerwomen.[↗](../../washerwoman/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The barge-woman laughed when she saw that the washerwoman could not wash a single shirt.[↗](../../washerwoman/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The gaoler's daughter's aunt was a washerwoman.[↗](../../washerwoman/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Old pictures show a washerwoman scrubbing clothes on a washboard.[↗](../../washerwoman/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The old washerwoman put her head in at the door, and nodded to him quite kindly, and said, "Many thanks, you good child, for your help yesterday.[↗](../../washerwoman/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **washeth** — *Early Modern English, meaning 1:* «washeth» means «washes», a form of «wash».[↗](../../washeth/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* To clean something or someone with water and usually soap.[↗](../../washeth/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Binding his foal unto the vine, and his ass's colt unto the choice vine; he washeth his garments in wine, and his vesture in the blood of grapes;[↗](../../washeth/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.49.11, JPS 1917) **washing** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Washing is cleaning something with water, often with soap.[↗](../../washing/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Washing (UK, Australia, NZ, Ireland) means the clothes that need washing or have just been washed: «hang out the washing».[↗](../../washing/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* As part of the verb, washing means cleaning now: «I am washing my hands».[↗](../../washing/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Washing your hands stops germs spreading.[↗](../../washing/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Mum is hanging the washing on the line.[↗](../../washing/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Put your dirty socks in the washing basket.[↗](../../washing/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · I am washing the car with Dad.[↗](../../washing/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · It's my turn to do the washing-up.[↗](../../washing/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The washing machine is very noisy.[↗](../../washing/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Bring the washing in — it's raining\![↗](../../washing/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · We were washing paint off our brushes.[↗](../../washing/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Aunt Em was washing the dishes.[↗](../../washing/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And if the priest look, and, behold, the plague be dim after the washing thereof, then he shall rend it out of the garment, or out of the skin, or out of the warp, or out of the woof.[↗](../../washing/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.13.56, JPS 1917)[↗](../../washing/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Thy teeth are like a flock of ewes, which are come up from the washing; whereof all are paired, and none faileth among them.[↗](../../washing/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings SNG.6.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../washing/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Thy teeth are like a flock of ewes all shaped alike, which are come up from the washing; whereof all are paired, and none faileth among them.[↗](../../washing/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings SNG.4.2, JPS 1917)[↗](../../washing/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") **washpot** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* A basin or pot for washing, such as feet or hands.[↗](../../washpot/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Moab is my washpot; upon Edom do I cast my shoe; Philistia, cry aloud because of me\![↗](../../washpot/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.60.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../washpot/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Moab is my washpot; upon Edom do I cast my shoe; over Philistia do I cry aloud.[↗](../../washpot/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.108.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../washpot/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") **washroom** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (Canada, US) A room with toilets and washbasins; a toilet or restroom.[↗](../../washroom/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A room for washing, or for laundry in some buildings.[↗](../../washroom/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* May I please go to the washroom?[↗](../../washroom/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The washrooms are down the hall on the left.[↗](../../washroom/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Wash your hands after using the washroom.[↗](../../washroom/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The camp had a washroom with showers.[↗](../../washroom/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The school is cleaning the washrooms today.[↗](../../washroom/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Is there a washroom at the station?[↗](../../washroom/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **wasp** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A wasp is a flying insect with a thin waist and yellow and black stripes; it can sting.[↗](../../wasp/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Wasps live in nests (often made from chewed wood that looks like paper) and many of them live together in a colony.[↗](../../wasp/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A wasp landed on my sandwich.[↗](../../wasp/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Stay calm and walk away slowly from a wasp.[↗](../../wasp/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't poke a wasps' nest.[↗](../../wasp/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Wasps can sting more than once.[↗](../../wasp/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Check your drink can for wasps before you sip in summer.[↗](../../wasp/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · My arm swelled after a wasp sting.[↗](../../wasp/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Wasps make nests out of chewed wood.[↗](../../wasp/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Wasps help gardens by eating caterpillars and flies.[↗](../../wasp/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Now Gopani-Kufa had a wasp called Zengi-mizi.[↗](../../wasp/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **wast** — *Early Modern English, meaning 1:* You were; a form of "be" used with "thou".[↗](../../wast/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* And He said: 'Who told thee that thou wast naked?[↗](../../wast/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.3.11, JPS 1917) · I did not know that thou wast anything more than a herdsboy.[↗](../../wast/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (The Jungle Book) · Of the Rock that begot thee thou wast unmindful, and didst forget God that bore thee.[↗](../../wast/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.32.18, JPS 1917) **wastage** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The amount of something that is wasted or lost.[↗](../../wastage/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The act of wasting.[↗](../../wastage/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The school is trying to cut food wastage at lunch.[↗](../../wastage/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A dripping tap causes a lot of water wastage.[↗](../../wastage/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We cut a 50 cm board into 3 pieces of 15 cm, with 5 cm of wastage.[↗](../../wastage/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Wastage in the factory was very low.[↗](../../wastage/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Buying too much fruit led to wastage.[↗](../../wastage/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Builders allow for some wastage of tiles.[↗](../../wastage/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/W/) … 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