--- title: D — The school dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 12 description: The 1123 words of the school 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/school/D/page/12/) [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/) / [school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/) / D # D — The school dictionary · page 12 [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/) [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/page/2/) [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/page/3/) [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/page/4/) [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/page/5/) [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/page/6/) [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/page/7/) [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/page/8/) [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/page/9/) [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/page/10/) [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/page/11/) **12** - [dusty](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dusty/) — Dusty means covered with dust, the dry powder of dirt that collects on things. — 12 sentences - [dutch](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dutch/) — From the Netherlands (also called Holland), or to do with its people. — 12 sentences - [dutiful](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dutiful/) — Dutiful means careful to do what you should, obeying parents and keeping promises. — 4 sentences - [duty](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/duty/) — Something you must do because it is right, because it is your job or because the rules or the law say so. — 13 sentences - [duvet](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/duvet/) — A duvet is a big soft bed cover filled with feathers or other soft material, which you sleep under to keep warm. — 7 sentences - [dvd](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dvd/) — A DVD is a flat round shiny disc that holds films, music, games or computer files. — 10 sentences - [dwarf](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dwarf/) — In fairy tales and fantasy, a dwarf is a small, strong, often bearded creature who lives in mountains and mines. — 12 sentences - [dwarfism](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dwarfism/) — A condition in which a person or animal grows much shorter than usual, often because of their genes. — 8 sentences - [dwell](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dwell/) — To live somewhere. — 11 sentences - [dweller](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dweller/) — A dweller is a person or creature who lives in a certain place. — 4 sentences - [dwelling](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dwelling/) — A house, flat or other place where people live; a home. — 11 sentences - [dwindle](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dwindle/) — To become smaller, fewer or weaker little by little until there is very little left. — 8 sentences - [dye](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dye/) — A dye is a substance used to change the colour of cloth, hair, food or other things. — 11 sentences - [dyed](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dyed/) — Changed the colour of something with a dye (a colouring liquid or powder). — 11 sentences - [dyeing](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dyeing/) — Changing the colour of something, like hair, cloth or wool, by soaking it in a colouring liquid called dye. — 8 sentences - [dying](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dying/) — Dying means coming to the end of life; about to die. — 12 sentences - [dyke](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dyke/) — A dyke is a bank of earth built up to keep water back. — 5 sentences - [dynamic](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dynamic/) — A dynamic person is full of energy, ideas and enthusiasm. — 12 sentences - [dynamite](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dynamite/) — A powerful explosive made in sticks, used to blast rock in mines and building work. — 9 sentences - [dynamo](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dynamo/) — A dynamo is a machine that turns movement into electricity, like the small one on an old bicycle that lights the lamp when the wheel turns. — 11 sentences - [dynasty](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dynasty/) — A dynasty is a line of rulers from the same family, where power passes from parent to child over many years, like the Tudors in England or… — 10 sentences - [dyslexia](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dyslexia/) — Dyslexia is a common difference in how the brain works with words, which makes reading, spelling and sometimes writing harder, even for cl… — 8 sentences - [dyslexic](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dyslexic/) — Having dyslexia: a difference in how the brain handles words, which makes reading, spelling and sometimes writing harder, but has nothing… — 7 sentences [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/) [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/page/2/) [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/page/3/) [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/page/4/) [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/page/5/) [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/page/6/) [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/page/7/) [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/page/8/) [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/page/9/) [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/page/10/) [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/page/11/) **12**