--- title: H — The school dictionary with trees and pragmatics description: The 726 words of the school dictionary under H, 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/H/) [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/) / H # H — The school dictionary The words of the school dictionary under H: 726 words, every meaning and example parsed by Mova with its syntax tree and pragmatics. 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[ha](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/ha/) — Ha is a sound people make when they laugh, or a word said when they are surprised or have won. — 14 sentences - [habiliment](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/habiliment/) — Clothes, especially special clothes worn for a job or ceremony. — 7 sentences - [habit](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/habit/) — A habit is something you do often and regularly, often without thinking about it. — 12 sentences - [habitable](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/habitable/) — Good enough for people or animals to live in, as in «a habitable house». — 8 sentences - [habitat](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/habitat/) — A habitat is the natural home of an animal or plant, where it finds the food, water, shelter and space it needs. — 9 sentences - [habitation](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/habitation/) — The act of living in a place: «The house was not fit for human habitation.». — 9 sentences - [habitual](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/habitual/) — Done often, as a habit: his habitual walk after dinner. — 9 sentences - [habitually](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/habitually/) — Habitually means doing something regularly, as a habit, again and again. — 8 sentences - [habituate](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/habituate/) — To habituate someone means to make them used to something by doing or meeting it again and again. — 8 sentences - [habsburg](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/habsburg/) — The Habsburgs were a royal family of Europe who ruled Austria, the Holy Roman Empire, Spain and other lands for hundreds of years, from th… — 8 sentences - [hack](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hack/) — To hack means to cut something roughly with hard, quick strokes, like with an axe or a big knife. — 14 sentences - [hacker](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hacker/) — A hacker is a person who uses computer skills to get into computers or systems, often without permission, which is a crime. — 11 sentences - [hackles](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hackles/) — The hairs or feathers along the back of the neck of a dog, cat or bird that stand up when it is angry or frightened. — 8 sentences - [hackney](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hackney/) — Hackney, a borough (area) in East London. — 11 sentences - [haddock](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/haddock/) — A haddock is a sea fish of the North Atlantic, related to cod, with a black line along its side and a dark spot near its fins; it is a pop… — 7 sentences - [hadrosaur](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hadrosaur/) — A hadrosaur is a duck-billed dinosaur: a large plant-eating dinosaur with a wide, flat mouth like a duck's beak. — 7 sentences - [haemoglobin](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/haemoglobin/) — The red substance in red blood cells that carries oxygen from the lungs around the body and gives blood its red colour. — 7 sentences - [haemorrhage](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/haemorrhage/) — A lot of bleeding from a broken blood vessel, inside or outside the body; a serious emergency. — 9 sentences - [hag](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hag/) — A hag is an ugly, old and unpleasant woman. — 5 sentences - [hagfish](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hagfish/) — A hagfish is a long, eel-shaped sea fish with no jaws and no proper backbone that lives on the deep sea floor and eats dead animals. — 8 sentences - [haggard](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/haggard/) — Haggard means looking tired, thin and worn out, from worry, hunger or illness. — 4 sentences - [haggle](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/haggle/) — To haggle is to argue over a price, each side trying to pay less or get more. — 4 sentences - [haggling](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/haggling/) — Arguing about the price of something to make it cheaper, especially at a market. — 7 sentences - [haiku](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/haiku/) — A haiku is a very short poem that comes from Japan, usually with three lines. — 10 sentences - [hail](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hail/) — Hail is small balls of ice that fall from storm clouds like hard rain. — 16 sentences - [hailstone](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hailstone/) — A small ball of ice that falls from storm clouds, like frozen rain; many hailstones together are called hail. — 8 sentences - [hair](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hair/) — Hair is what grows on your head and on parts of your body. — 12 sentences - [hairball](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hairball/) — A ball of hair that forms in the stomach of an animal, especially a cat, after it licks its fur, and is then coughed up. — 7 sentences - [hairbrush](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hairbrush/) — A brush with a handle used to make your hair smooth and tidy. — 7 sentences - [haircut](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/haircut/) — The act of having your hair cut. — 10 sentences - [hairdo](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hairdo/) — The way someone's hair is cut and styled, especially a special or fancy style. — 7 sentences - [hairdresser](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hairdresser/) — A hairdresser is a person whose job is to cut, wash, colour and style people's hair. — 8 sentences - [hairgrip](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hairgrip/) — A small, thin metal clip used to hold hair in place. — 7 sentences - [hairless](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hairless/) — Having no hair or very little hair, as in «a hairless cat» or «a hairless baby mouse». — 8 sentences - [hairnet](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hairnet/) — A thin net worn over the hair to keep it in place or to stop hairs falling into food. — 7 sentences - [hairstyle](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hairstyle/) — The way someone's hair is cut and arranged. — 7 sentences - [hairy](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hairy/) — Hairy means covered in a lot of hair. — 11 sentences - [haitian](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/haitian/) — Haitian means from or to do with Haiti, a country in the Caribbean on the island of Hispaniola. — 8 sentences - [hajj](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hajj/) — The pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia that every adult Muslim who is healthy and can afford it should make at least onc… — 8 sentences - [halal](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/halal/) — Halal means allowed by Islamic law; it is used especially for food, such as meat from animals killed in the correct way, and no pork or al… — 10 sentences - [halberd](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/halberd/) — An old weapon used from about the 1300s to the 1600s: a long wooden pole with an axe blade, a sharp spike on top and often a hook at the b… — 9 sentences - [halberdier](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/halberdier/) — A halberdier is an old soldier armed with a halberd, a long pole with an axe blade on top. — 4 sentences - [hale](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hale/) — Hale means strong and healthy, usually said about an older person. — 8 sentences - [half](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/half/) — A half is one of two equal parts of something. — 13 sentences - [halfpenny](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/halfpenny/) — A halfpenny is an old British coin worth half a penny. — 5 sentences - [halfway](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/halfway/) — Halfway means in the middle between two places or two times: halfway up the hill. — 12 sentences - [halibut](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/halibut/) — A very large flat fish that lives in cold northern seas, such as the North Atlantic and North Pacific, eaten as food. — 7 sentences - [halite](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/halite/) — The mineral name for natural rock salt, the same chemical as table salt (sodium chloride), often found as clear or white cube-shaped cryst… — 7 sentences - [halitosis](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/halitosis/) — Halitosis is the medical word for bad breath — breath that smells unpleasant. — 7 sentences - [hall](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hall/) — A hall is a big room for meetings, concerts, plays or school assemblies. — 13 sentences - [halloo](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/halloo/) — To halloo is to shout loudly to call hunters or dogs, or to get attention. — 5 sentences - [hallowed](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hallowed/) — Hallowed means holy, made holy, or treated with great respect for God. — 9 sentences - [halloween](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/halloween/) — A festival held in the evening at the very end of October, when children dress up in costumes, carve pumpkins and go trick-or-treating. — 9 sentences - [hallucinate](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hallucinate/) — To see, hear or feel things that are not really there, for example because of high fever, illness, lack of sleep or drugs. — 8 sentences - [hallucination](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hallucination/) — A hallucination is seeing, hearing, feeling or smelling something that is not really there, as if it were real. — 11 sentences - [hallux](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hallux/) — The big toe, the first and largest toe of the foot; in birds, the toe that points backwards. — 6 sentences - [hallway](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hallway/) — A hallway is a long narrow passage inside a building, with doors to rooms. — 10 sentences - [halo](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/halo/) — A ring or circle of light drawn around the head of a holy person or angel in pictures. — 10 sentences - [halt](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/halt/) — To stop, or to make something stop. — 10 sentences - [haltere](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/haltere/) — One of the two tiny knob-shaped organs on flies and mosquitoes, in place of a back pair of wings, which help them balance and steer while… — 6 sentences - [halve](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/halve/) — To halve something is to cut or divide it into two equal parts. — 11 sentences - [ham](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/ham/) — Meat from the back leg of a pig, usually salted or smoked, often sliced for sandwiches. — 12 sentences - [hamburger](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hamburger/) — A hamburger is a flat round cake of minced beef, fried or grilled and served in a bread bun, often with salad, cheese and sauce. — 8 sentences - [hame](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hame/) — Hame is an old Scots word for home: «brought hame the bull» means brought the bull home. — 5 sentences - [hamlet](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hamlet/) — A very small village, often with no church. — 9 sentences - [hammer](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hammer/) — A tool with a heavy metal head on a handle, used for hitting nails into wood. — 14 sentences - [hammerhead](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hammerhead/) — A hammerhead (or hammerhead shark) is a shark whose head is wide and flat, shaped like the letter T or a hammer, with an eye at each end. — 11 sentences - [hammock](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hammock/) — A bed made of cloth or net hung between two trees or posts, which you lie in and can swing. — 9 sentences - [hammy](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hammy/) — Acting in an over-the-top, exaggerated, not natural way. — 8 sentences - [hamper](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hamper/) — A hamper is a large basket with a lid, used to carry food for a picnic or as a gift full of treats. — 11 sentences - [hampshire](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hampshire/) — Hampshire is a county on the south coast of England; its cities include Southampton, Portsmouth and Winchester. — 8 sentences - [hamster](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hamster/) — A hamster is a small furry animal with short legs, a short tail and big cheek pouches, often kept as a pet. — 9 sentences - [hamstring](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hamstring/) — One of the strong tendons or muscles at the back of the thigh, above the knee. — 9 sentences - [han](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/han/) — The Han dynasty was a family of emperors who ruled China for about four hundred years, a famous golden age of Chinese history. — 14 sentences - [hand](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hand/) — A hand is the part of your body at the end of your arm, with four fingers and a thumb. — 14 sentences - [handbag](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/handbag/) — A handbag is a small bag, often with handles or a strap, used mostly by women to carry things like a purse, keys, phone and tissues. — 7 sentences - [handball](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/handball/) — Handball is a team game in which players throw and pass a ball with their hands and try to throw it into the other team's goal. — 9 sentences - [handbook](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/handbook/) — A handbook is a small book that gives useful facts and instructions about a subject, or rules about a place, such as a school or a club. — 7 sentences - [handcuff](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/handcuff/) — Two metal rings joined by a chain that police lock round a prisoner's wrists. — 10 sentences - [handel](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/handel/) — George Frideric Handel (1685–1759) was a German-born composer who lived and worked in London; he wrote Messiah, Water Music and Music for… — 9 sentences - [handful](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/handful/) — The amount you can hold in one hand: «a handful of sweets». — 10 sentences - [handicap](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/handicap/) — Something that makes it harder for you to do well, a disadvantage, as in «Being small was a handicap in basketball». — 10 sentences - [handicraft](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/handicraft/) — Handicraft is skill in making things with the hands, such as weaving, carving or pottery. — 6 sentences - [handkerchief](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/handkerchief/) — A small square of cloth (or paper) you carry in your pocket to wipe your nose, eyes or face. — 10 sentences - [handle](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/handle/) — A handle is the part of a door, cup, pan, bag or tool that you hold. — 13 sentences - [handlebar](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/handlebar/) — Handlebars are the bar with handles at the front of a bicycle, scooter or motorbike that you hold to steer. — 8 sentences - [handler](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/handler/) — A handler is a person who trains and looks after an animal, especially a working dog or horse. — 10 sentences - [handmade](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/handmade/) — Made by a person using their hands or simple tools, not by a machine in a factory: a handmade card. — 7 sentences - [handmaid](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/handmaid/) — A handmaid is a young woman who serves a lady or a princess, a lady's maid. — 3 sentences - [handmaiden](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/handmaiden/) — A handmaiden is a young woman servant who waits on a princess or lady; the same as a handmaid. — 3 sentences - [handover](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/handover/) — A handover is the act of passing something, such as a job, power or a place, from one person or group to another. — 10 sentences - [handrail](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/handrail/) — A handrail is a long bar along stairs, a ramp, a bridge or a bath that you hold on to for support and safety. — 7 sentences - [handset](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/handset/) — The part of a telephone that you hold to your ear and mouth. — 9 sentences - [handshake](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/handshake/) — A handshake is when two people take each other's right hand and shake it, to say hello, goodbye, well done, or to agree. — 9 sentences - [handsome](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/handsome/) — Handsome means good-looking, usually said about a man or boy. — 12 sentences - [handsomely](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/handsomely/) — Generously; in large amounts, as in «paid handsomely» or «rewarded handsomely». — 10 sentences - [handstand](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/handstand/) — A position where you balance upside down on your hands, with your legs straight up in the air. — 8 sentences - [handwash](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/handwash/) — Handwash is liquid soap for washing your hands. — 10 sentences - [handwriting](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/handwriting/) — Writing that you do with a pen or pencil by hand, not typed. — 9 sentences - [handwritten](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/handwritten/) — Handwritten means written by hand with a pen or pencil, not typed or printed. — 9 sentences **1** [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/page/2/) [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/page/3/) [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/page/4/) [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/page/5/) [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/page/6/) [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/page/7/) [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/page/8/) - 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