--- title: D — The Judaism dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 2 description: The 411 words of the Judaism dictionary under D, 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/judaism/D/page/2/) [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/) / [Judaism dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/) / D # D — The Judaism dictionary · page 2 [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/) **2** [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/page/3/) [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/page/4/) [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/page/5/) - [deliver](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/deliver/) — To deliver means to take letters, parcels or goods to a place or person: the postman delivers the post. — 25 sentences - [deliverance](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/deliverance/) — Deliverance is being rescued or set free from danger, suffering or evil. — 18 sentences - [deliverer](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/deliverer/) — A person who sets others free or rescues them from danger or trouble. — 9 sentences - [delivery](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/delivery/) — Taking letters, parcels or goods to the place they are sent to. — 14 sentences - [delusion](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/delusion/) — A false belief about something, held even though it is not true. — 8 sentences - [delve](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/delve/) — To dig into the ground. It is an old word, now used mostly for searching deeply into something. — 4 sentences - [demand](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/demand/) — To demand means to ask for something firmly, as if you have the right to it: she demanded an answer. — 19 sentences - [demeanour](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/demeanour/) — Someone's demeanour is the way they look and behave, which shows their mood or character. — 11 sentences - [demolish](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/demolish/) — To knock something down completely so that it is destroyed. — 3 sentences - [demon](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/demon/) — A demon is an evil spirit; Christians believe demons are fallen angels who oppose God. — 14 sentences - [demonstrate](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/demonstrate/) — To demonstrate is to show how something works or how to do something. — 18 sentences - [demonstration](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/demonstration/) — A demonstration is showing people how to do something or how something works. — 11 sentences - [den](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/den/) — The home of a wild animal, often hidden, like a fox's or lion's den or a bear's cave. — 21 sentences - [denominate](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/denominate/) — To denominate an amount or a price is to state it in a particular currency or unit. — 9 sentences - [denote](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/denote/) — To be a sign or symbol for something; to stand for. — 15 sentences - [denounce](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/denounce/) — To say publicly and strongly that something or someone is wrong, bad or evil. — 9 sentences - [dental](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/dental/) — Dental means about teeth or about looking after teeth. — 11 sentences - [deny](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/deny/) — To deny something is to say that it is not true. — 17 sentences - [depart](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/depart/) — To leave, especially to start a journey. — 23 sentences - [departed](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/departed/) — Left a place, especially to start a journey (the train departed at 9:15). — 24 sentences - [departing](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/departing/) — Departing means leaving, going away from a place, especially for trains, buses and planes. — 12 sentences - [dependence](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/dependence/) — Needing someone or something else for help or support. — 3 sentences - [depose](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/depose/) — To remove a ruler or leader from power, often by force. — 12 sentences - [deposit](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/deposit/) — To put money into a bank account. — 20 sentences - [depraved](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/depraved/) — Morally bad or wicked, corrupted in behavior. — 3 sentences - [deprived](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/deprived/) — Deprived means not having enough of the things people need for a good life, such as money, food, good homes or schools. — 16 sentences - [depth](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/depth/) — Depth is how deep something is, how far it goes down from the top. — 23 sentences - [depute](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/depute/) — To appoint someone to act for you or to do a task on your behalf. — 3 sentences - [deputy](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/deputy/) — A deputy is a person who acts for another and takes their place when needed. — 11 sentences - [deride](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/deride/) — To laugh at something with scorn and mock it. — 3 sentences - [derision](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/derision/) — Unkind laughter or comments that show you think someone or something is stupid or worthless; mocking. — 16 sentences - [derivation](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/derivation/) — The derivation of a word is where it comes from and how it was made, for example from Latin or from another English word. — 12 sentences - [derive](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/derive/) — To derive something from something is to get it from there: to derive pleasure from reading. — 17 sentences - [derived](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/derived/) — Coming from or made from something else (a word derived from Latin). — 16 sentences - [des](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/des/) — «Des» means «some» before a plural noun: «des pommes» is «some apples». — 14 sentences - [descend](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/descend/) — To descend is to go or come down, or to move downwards. — 23 sentences - [descendants](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/descendants/) — Your descendants are your children, their children, their children's children and so on into the future. — 13 sentences - [descent](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/descent/) — A descent is a way or act of going down, like going down a hill, stairs or from the sky. — 10 sentences - [describe](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/describe/) — To say or write what someone or something is like: how it looks, sounds, feels, smells or behaves. — 19 sentences - [description](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/description/) — A description is words that tell what someone or something is like — how it looks, sounds, feels or behaves. — 13 sentences - [descriptive](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/descriptive/) — Telling what something is like. — 3 sentences - [desert](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/desert/) — A desert (DEZ-ert) is a large area of land that gets very little rain, so few plants grow; it may be sandy, rocky, hot or cold. — 24 sentences - [deserter](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/deserter/) — A person who leaves his own side and goes over to the enemy. — 3 sentences - [deserve](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/deserve/) — If you deserve something, you should get it because of what you have done or what you are like. — 17 sentences - [design](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/design/) — A design is a drawing or plan that shows how something will look or be made. — 18 sentences - [designate](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/designate/) — To choose someone or something officially for a job or purpose. — 11 sentences - [designed](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/designed/) — Designed means planned and drawn before being made: she designed a poster. — 18 sentences - [desirable](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/desirable/) — Desirable means worth having or wanting; good, useful or attractive. — 14 sentences - [desire](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/desire/) — noun. — 25 sentences - [desirous](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/desirous/) — Old or formal: wanting very much to have or do something. — 6 sentences - [desist](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/desist/) — To stop doing something, especially when told to: «desist from doing it». — 10 sentences - [desolate](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/desolate/) — Desolate means empty and bare, with no people or life. — 17 sentences - [desolation](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/desolation/) — Desolation is a state of being empty, ruined and bare, with nothing living. — 17 sentences - [despair](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/despair/) — The feeling of having lost all hope. — 13 sentences - [despatch](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/despatch/) — To despatch something is to send it off, especially a parcel, letter or message. — 13 sentences - [desperate](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/desperate/) — Feeling that you have little hope and will do anything to change the situation. — 17 sentences - [despise](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/despise/) — To despise someone or something is to hate it or look down on it as worthless or wrong. — 11 sentences - [despised](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/despised/) — To despise someone or something is to dislike them very strongly and think they are worthless. — 21 sentences - [despite](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/despite/) — Despite means without being stopped by something; even though something else is true. — 15 sentences - [despoil](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/despoil/) — Old use: to rob a place or person of goods or treasure, often by force, and leave it damaged. — 10 sentences - [despoiled](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/despoiled/) — To despoil is to rob a place or person of its valuable things, often by force, leaving them with nothing. — 6 sentences - [destine](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/destine/) — To set aside something for a certain purpose or fate. — 1 sentences - [destiny](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/destiny/) — Destiny is what will happen to someone in the future, especially when it seems already decided by fate or a higher power. — 11 sentences - [destitute](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/destitute/) — Having nothing; extremely poor, without food, money or help. — 7 sentences - [destroy](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/destroy/) — To destroy something means to damage it so badly that it is ruined or no longer exists. — 25 sentences - [destroyed](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/destroyed/) — Destroyed is the past form of destroy, which means to damage something so badly that it no longer exists or cannot be used. — 23 sentences - [destroyer](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/destroyer/) — A person or thing that destroys or ruins something. — 13 sentences - [destruction](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/destruction/) — Destruction is the act of destroying something so badly that it is ruined or no longer exists. — 23 sentences - [details](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/details/) — Details are the small facts or parts that together make up something bigger. — 15 sentences - [detain](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/detain/) — To keep someone in a place and not let them leave, such as the police holding a suspect. — 14 sentences - [determination](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/determination/) — Being firm about doing something and not giving up even when it is hard. — 10 sentences - [determine](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/determine/) — To find out or work out something exactly, often by measuring or calculating. — 24 sentences - [determined](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/determined/) — Having decided firmly to do something and not letting anything stop you. — 16 sentences - [detest](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/detest/) — To hate something or someone very much. — 10 sentences - [detestable](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/detestable/) — Very hateful; so bad or nasty that people strongly dislike it. — 22 sentences - [detestation](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/detestation/) — A strong feeling of hatred or disgust for something. — 8 sentences - [developed](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/developed/) — Developed is the past form of «develop»: grew, changed, made or improved over time. — 13 sentences - [development](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/development/) — Development is the process of growing or changing and becoming bigger, stronger or more advanced. — 19 sentences - [device](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/device/) — A device is a machine or tool made for a special job, like a phone, a tablet or a can opener. — 20 sentences - [devices](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/devices/) — Devices are machines or tools made for a special job, especially electronic ones like phones, tablets and laptops. — 19 sentences - [devil](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/devil/) — The Devil is the main evil spirit in some religions, the enemy of God. — 16 sentences - [devise](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/devise/) — To invent or plan something clever or new, usually after careful thinking: «devise a plan». — 18 sentences - [devote](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/devote/) — To devote time, effort or money to something is to give a lot of it to that one thing. — 12 sentences - [devoted](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/devoted/) — Very loving and loyal (a devoted dog, a devoted fan). — 22 sentences - [devotion](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/devotion/) — Great love and loyalty to someone or something. — 13 sentences - [devour](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/devour/) — To eat something quickly and hungrily, often all of it. — 24 sentences - [dew](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/dew/) — Dew is the tiny drops of water that form on grass, leaves and other cool surfaces outside, usually at night or early morning. — 20 sentences - [diadem](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/diadem/) — A diadem is a crown or band worn on the head, often made of gold or jewels, and worn by a queen, princess or other royal person. — 9 sentences - [diagonal](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/diagonal/) — Diagonal means going in a slanting line, not straight across or straight up. — 14 sentences - [diagram](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/diagram/) — A diagram is a simple drawing with lines, shapes and labels that shows how something works, what its parts are, or how things are connected. — 13 sentences - [dial](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/dial/) — A dial is the round face of a clock, watch or measuring instrument, with numbers and a pointer. — 16 sentences - [dialect](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/dialect/) — A dialect is a form of a language spoken in a particular area or by a particular group, with its own words, grammar and pronunciation. — 9 sentences - [diameter](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/diameter/) — A straight line going from one side of a circle to the other, passing through the centre. — 9 sentences - [diamond](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/diamond/) — A diamond is a very hard, clear, sparkling precious stone. — 15 sentences - [diaphragm](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/diaphragm/) — The diaphragm is a large, flat, dome-shaped muscle under your lungs that helps you breathe. — 10 sentences - [dictation](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/dictation/) — Dictation is saying words aloud so that someone else can write them down exactly. — 8 sentences - [dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/dictionary/) — A dictionary is a book or website that lists words in alphabetical order and tells you what they mean, how to spell and say them. — 16 sentences - [die](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/die/) — To die means to stop living. — 26 sentences - [differ](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/differ/) — To differ means to be not the same as something else. — 15 sentences - [difference](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/difference/) — In maths, the difference is how much bigger one number is than another; you find it by subtracting. — 18 sentences [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/) **2** [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/page/3/) [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/page/4/) [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/page/5/)