--- title: R — The school dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 8 description: The 980 words of the school dictionary under R, 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/R/page/8/) [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/) / R # R — The school dictionary · page 8 [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/) [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/page/2/) [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/page/3/) [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/page/4/) [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/page/5/) [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/page/6/) [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/page/7/) **8** [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/page/9/) [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/page/10/) - [revile](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/revile/) — To insult someone harshly and angrily, using bitter words. — 4 sentences - [revise](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/revise/) — To revise (UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand) means to study again what you have learned, to get ready for a test. — 9 sentences - [revised](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/revised/) — Revised is the past form of revise: studied again, or changed to make better. — 9 sentences - [revising](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/revising/) — Revising means studying again what you have learned before, to get ready for a test or exam. — 8 sentences - [revision](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/revision/) — Revision is going over what you learned before so that you remember it well, often before a test (a word used mostly in the UK, Ireland, A… — 9 sentences - [revisit](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/revisit/) — To go back to a place you have been to before. — 9 sentences - [revival](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/revival/) — Coming back to life, health, strength or popularity. — 11 sentences - [revive](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/revive/) — To revive someone is to make them conscious or alive again after fainting or nearly dying. — 10 sentences - [revoke](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/revoke/) — To officially cancel a law, permission, licence or decision. — 8 sentences - [revolt](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/revolt/) — A fight or protest by many people against their rulers or the people in charge. — 11 sentences - [revolution](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/revolution/) — When people overthrow a government or ruler, often by force, to change who runs the country. — 13 sentences - [revolve](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/revolve/) — To revolve is to move in a circle around a central point. — 12 sentences - [revolver](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/revolver/) — A small gun (a pistol) with a turning cylinder holding several bullets. — 8 sentences - [reward](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reward/) — A reward is something good you get for doing something well, working hard or being helpful. — 11 sentences - [rewatch](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rewatch/) — To watch a film, show or video again. — 8 sentences - [rewind](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rewind/) — To make a video, song or tape go back to an earlier point. — 12 sentences - [rewire](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rewire/) — To rewire a building, machine or circuit is to put new electrical wires in it, or connect them in a new way. — 9 sentences - [rewrite](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rewrite/) — To rewrite means to write something again, usually to make it better or different. — 9 sentences - [rex](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rex/) — Rex is Latin for "king". It appears in names like Tyrannosaurus rex, "tyrant lizard king". — 12 sentences - [rh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rh/) — Rh (rhesus) factor: a protein that may be on red blood cells; blood is Rh-positive or Rh-negative (as in A+ or O−). — 9 sentences - [rhea](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rhea/) — A large flightless bird from South America, like a small ostrich or emu, with grey-brown feathers and long legs, which runs fast. — 10 sentences - [rhesus](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rhesus/) — A rhesus monkey (rhesus macaque) is a small brown monkey from Asia with a reddish face. — 8 sentences - [rhetorical](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rhetorical/) — A rhetorical question is a question asked to make a point or for effect, not to get an answer: «Who wants to live in a world without trees… — 10 sentences - [rhetorician](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rhetorician/) — A person who is skilled at speaking or writing in a grand, persuasive way; an expert in rhetoric. — 4 sentences - [rheumatic](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rheumatic/) — Stiff, sore or painful in the joints, as in arthritis; of or about rheumatism. — 4 sentences - [rheumatism](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rheumatism/) — A painful illness that makes the joints and muscles stiff and sore. — 4 sentences - [rhino](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rhino/) — A rhino, short for rhinoceros, is a very large, heavy, thick-skinned animal with one or two horns on its nose; it lives in Africa and sout… — 9 sentences - [rhinoceros](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rhinoceros/) — A rhinoceros is a very large, thick-skinned grey animal from Africa or Asia with one or two horns on its nose. — 8 sentences - [rhinovirus](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rhinovirus/) — A kind of very small germ (a virus) that is the most common cause of the common cold. — 8 sentences - [rhododendron](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rhododendron/) — A large bush with big leathery green leaves that stay all year and big bunches of bright flowers, often pink, purple, red or white. — 8 sentences - [rhubarb](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rhubarb/) — A garden plant with long thick pink or red stalks that are cooked with sugar and eaten as a sweet food, as in rhubarb crumble. — 12 sentences - [rhyme](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rhyme/) — Words rhyme when their ending sounds are the same, like "cat" and "hat", or "light" and "night". — 10 sentences - [rhythm](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rhythm/) — Rhythm is a regular, repeated pattern of beats or sounds, as in music, poems or your heartbeat. — 9 sentences - [rhythmic](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rhythmic/) — Rhythmic means having a regular repeated pattern of sounds or movements, like a beat. — 7 sentences - [rhythmically](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rhythmically/) — With a regular repeated beat or pattern. — 8 sentences - [rib](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rib/) — One of the curved bones around your chest that protect your heart and lungs. — 12 sentences - [riband](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/riband/) — A narrow strip of silk or cloth, used to tie hair or decorate clothes; a ribbon. — 4 sentences - [ribbon](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ribbon/) — A ribbon is a long, narrow strip of cloth used for tying, decorating or wrapping. — 14 sentences - [ribwort](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ribwort/) — A common wild plant with long narrow leaves that have strong lines (ribs) and a dark brown flower head on a tall stalk. — 7 sentences - [rice](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rice/) — Rice is a food made of small white or brown grains that grow on a plant in wet fields called paddies. — 12 sentences - [rich](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rich/) — A rich person has a lot of money or valuable things. — 14 sentences - [richly](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/richly/) — Richly means in a beautiful, expensive or lavish way, as richly dressed or richly decorated. — 10 sentences - [richness](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/richness/) — Being full of something good: rich colour, sound, taste or detail. — 10 sentences - [rick](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rick/) — A big stack of hay, straw or corn built in a field or farmyard, often with a pointed thatched top to keep the rain out. — 10 sentences - [rickets](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rickets/) — A disease in children that makes bones soft and weak, so legs can bend, usually caused by not getting enough vitamin D, sunlight or calcium. — 7 sentences - [rickety](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rickety/) — Shaky and likely to break or fall apart; weak and loose. — 4 sentences - [rico](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rico/) — Rico is usually part of the name Puerto Rico, an island in the Caribbean that belongs to the USA. — 9 sentences - [rid](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rid/) — To get rid of something is to throw it away, remove it or make it go away. — 11 sentences - [riddance](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/riddance/) — The act of getting rid of something unwanted; «good riddance» means glad to see the bad thing go. — 4 sentences - [riddle](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/riddle/) — A riddle is a puzzle question that needs clever thinking to answer, often a play on words. — 13 sentences - [ride](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ride/) — To ride is to sit on something and travel on it, like a bike, horse or bus. — 15 sentences - [rider](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rider/) — A person who rides a horse, a bike, a motorbike or a scooter. — 10 sentences - [ridge](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ridge/) — A long, narrow, high strip of land along the top of hills or mountains. — 11 sentences - [ridicule](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ridicule/) — Ridicule is unkind laughing at someone or something to make them look silly or stupid. — 9 sentences - [ridiculous](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ridiculous/) — Very silly or unreasonable, so that people may laugh at it: «a ridiculous hat». — 10 sentences - [riding](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/riding/) — Riding is travelling on a bike, horse or other thing that carries you. — 14 sentences - [rifle](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rifle/) — A long gun fired from the shoulder, with spiral grooves inside the barrel so the bullet spins and flies straight. — 10 sentences - [rift](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rift/) — A crack or gap, often in rock, trees, clouds or the ground. — 5 sentences - [rig](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rig/) — To rig something means to arrange it dishonestly so that a certain result happens, like rigging a game or a vote. — 11 sentences - [rigged](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rigged/) — Rigged means unfairly arranged so that a certain person wins: a rigged game, a rigged election. — 11 sentences - [rigging](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rigging/) — All the ropes, wires and chains that hold up a ship's masts and work the sails. — 10 sentences - [right](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/right/) — Right means correct, with no mistake: the right answer. — 26 sentences - [righteous](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/righteous/) — Righteous means morally right and good, doing what is fair and honest. — 11 sentences - [righteousness](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/righteousness/) — Being morally good, honest and fair; doing what is right. — 10 sentences - [rightful](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rightful/) — Rightful means having the true and lawful right to something, such as a place, a title or a possession. — 4 sentences - [rightly](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rightly/) — Rightly means correctly or truly. — 10 sentences - [rightness](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rightness/) — Rightness is the quality of being morally right, good or fair. — 8 sentences - [rightsizing](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rightsizing/) — cutting jobs to make a company smaller, said to be the "right" size. — 9 sentences - [rigid](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rigid/) — Rigid means stiff and hard, not able to bend easily. — 10 sentences - [rigidly](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rigidly/) — Rigidly means in a stiff way that does not bend. — 8 sentences - [rigorous](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rigorous/) — Rigorous means very careful, thorough and exact. — 8 sentences - [rigorously](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rigorously/) — In a very careful, thorough and exact way, checking every detail. — 9 sentences - [rim](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rim/) — The edge or border around the top of something round, like a cup, bowl, glass or crater. — 13 sentences - [rime](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rime/) — Rime is white frost, a thin white coating of ice on trees, grass and bushes in cold weather. (old use). — 5 sentences - [rimmed](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rimmed/) — Rimmed means having an edge or border of a certain kind, such as gold-rimmed glasses. — 5 sentences - [rind](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rind/) — The thick, tough outer skin of some fruits, like oranges, lemons and watermelons. — 10 sentences - [ring](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ring/) — A ring is a round band, like one worn on a finger. — 16 sentences - [ringleader](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ringleader/) — The ringleader is the person who leads a group in doing something wrong, such as a revolt, a riot or a prank. — 4 sentences - [ringlet](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ringlet/) — A long, curly lock of hair hanging down in a spiral. — 7 sentences - [ringworm](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ringworm/) — A skin infection caused by a fungus (not a worm) that makes red, itchy, ring-shaped patches on the skin or scalp; it spreads by touching a… — 7 sentences - [rink](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rink/) — A large flat area of ice for skating or playing ice hockey. — 10 sentences - [rinse](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rinse/) — To rinse something means to wash it quickly with clean water, often to remove soap or dirt. — 10 sentences - [riot](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/riot/) — A violent, noisy disturbance by a crowd of people in a public place. — 12 sentences - [riotous](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/riotous/) — Noisy, wild and out of control, like a riot. — 9 sentences - [rip](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rip/) — To rip is to tear something quickly and roughly: rip paper, rip your jeans. — 15 sentences - [ripe](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ripe/) — Ripe fruit or grain is ready to eat or pick; it is soft, sweet and has its full colour. — 13 sentences - [ripen](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ripen/) — To ripen means to become ready to eat, soft and sweet, as fruit and crops do. — 9 sentences - [ripened](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ripened/) — Became ripe: fruit or grain grew ready to eat or harvest. — 9 sentences - [ripeness](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ripeness/) — The state of fruit, vegetables or grain being fully grown and ready to eat or pick. — 9 sentences - [ripening](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ripening/) — Ripening means becoming ripe — ready to eat, soft, sweet and coloured. — 8 sentences - [ripped](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ripped/) — Ripped means torn, often roughly or suddenly. — 19 sentences - [ripper](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ripper/) — A ripper is a person or tool that rips or tears things. — 10 sentences - [ripping](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ripping/) — Present participle of «rip»: tearing quickly and roughly. — 11 sentences - [ripple](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ripple/) — A small wave on the surface of water, like the rings when you drop a stone in a pond. — 12 sentences - [rise](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rise/) — To rise is to go up, move upward: «Smoke rises». — 16 sentences - [risen](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/risen/) — Risen means having gone up or got higher. — 11 sentences - [riser](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/riser/) — A person who gets up from bed at a certain time: «an early riser», «a late riser». — 10 sentences - [rising](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rising/) — Rising means going up, or getting higher. — 15 sentences - [risk](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/risk/) — A risk is the chance that something bad, like getting hurt or losing something, may happen. — 13 sentences - [risky](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/risky/) — Risky means possibly dangerous; something that could make you get hurt, lose something or go wrong. — 9 sentences [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/) [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/page/2/) [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/page/3/) [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/page/4/) [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/page/5/) [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/page/6/) [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/page/7/) **8** [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/page/9/) [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/page/10/)