--- title: W — The school dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 5 description: The 541 words of the school 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/school/W/page/5/) [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/) / W # W — The school dictionary · page 5 [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/) [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/page/2/) [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/page/3/) [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/page/4/) **5** [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/page/6/) - [withstand](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/withstand/) — To be strong enough not to be damaged or broken by something, such as heat, cold, wind or weight. — 9 sentences - [witness](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/witness/) — A witness is a person who sees something happen, especially an accident or a crime. — 13 sentences - [witticism](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/witticism/) — A clever, quick joke or saying that makes people smile and think. — 4 sentences - [witty](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/witty/) — Able to say clever, funny things quickly. — 4 sentences - [wive](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wive/) — To wive is to marry a woman, or to take a wife. This old verb is almost never used now. — 7 sentences - [wizard](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wizard/) — A wizard is a man in stories who has magic powers. — 11 sentences - [wizened](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wizened/) — Dried up and wrinkled, like a very old apple. — 4 sentences - [wobble](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wobble/) — To wobble is to move unsteadily from side to side, as if about to fall. — 11 sentences - [wobbly](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wobbly/) — Something wobbly moves or shakes from side to side because it is not firm or steady: a wobbly table, a wobbly tooth. — 12 sentences - [woe](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/woe/) — Great sadness or trouble. — 4 sentences - [woebegone](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/woebegone/) — Looking very sad, unhappy or miserable. — 4 sentences - [woeful](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/woeful/) — Full of sorrow or sadness. — 5 sentences - [wold](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wold/) — A wide, open stretch of high, bare land with few trees, as on a hill country. — 4 sentences - [wolf](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wolf/) — A wolf is a wild animal of the dog family that lives and hunts in groups called packs. — 11 sentences - [wolof](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wolof/) — The Wolof are a people of West Africa, living mostly in Senegal, The Gambia and Mauritania. — 9 sentences - [wolverine](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wolverine/) — A fierce, strong animal like a large weasel, living in cold northern lands. — 4 sentences - [woman](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/woman/) — A woman is a grown-up female person, an adult girl. — 11 sentences - [womanhood](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/womanhood/) — The time of life when someone has grown up as a woman. — 4 sentences - [womb](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/womb/) — The womb is the organ inside a female mammal's body where a baby grows before it is born. — 10 sentences - [wombat](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wombat/) — A wombat is a sturdy, short-legged Australian marsupial with a broad head and thick fur, which digs burrows and eats grass and roots. — 8 sentences - [wonder](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wonder/) — To wonder is to think about something and want to know the answer. — 12 sentences - [wonderful](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wonderful/) — Wonderful means very good, very nice or enjoyable: a wonderful day. — 11 sentences - [wonderfully](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wonderfully/) — Wonderfully means in a very good, pleasing or delightful way. — 9 sentences - [wonderingly](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wonderingly/) — In a puzzled, amazed way, as if wanting to know more. — 4 sentences - [wonderland](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wonderland/) — A place full of wonderful, magical or beautiful things. — 10 sentences - [wonderment](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wonderment/) — A feeling of great surprise and amazement. — 4 sentences - [wondrous](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wondrous/) — Amazing and wonderful; causing wonder. — 8 sentences - [wondrously](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wondrously/) — In a way that is wonderful and amazing, so beautiful or strange that you stop and stare. — 4 sentences - [wonky](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wonky/) — Wonky means crooked, not straight or not level. — 8 sentences - [wont](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wont/) — If someone is wont to do something, they usually do it; it is their habit. — 11 sentences - [woo](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/woo/) — To try to make someone love you so they will be your boyfriend, girlfriend or partner. — 11 sentences - [wood](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wood/) — Wood is the hard material that trees are made of, used for building, furniture and fires. — 12 sentences - [woodcut](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/woodcut/) — A picture printed from a block of wood that has had a design cut into it. — 4 sentences - [woodcutter](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/woodcutter/) — A person whose job is cutting down trees or chopping wood. — 9 sentences - [wooden](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wooden/) — Wooden means made of wood. — 9 sentences - [woodland](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/woodland/) — Woodland is land covered with trees, an area of woods; it is usually smaller and more open than a forest. — 7 sentences - [woodlouse](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/woodlouse/) — A woodlouse is a small grey animal with a hard, jointed shell and fourteen legs that lives in damp, dark places like under stones, logs an… — 10 sentences - [woodman](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/woodman/) — A man whose work is cutting down trees or cutting and carrying wood; a woodcutter. — 4 sentences - [woodpecker](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/woodpecker/) — A woodpecker is a bird that clings to tree trunks and hammers into the wood with its strong, sharp beak to find insects and to make nest h… — 9 sentences - [woodpile](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/woodpile/) — A woodpile is a neat heap or stack of logs or chopped wood, usually kept outside for burning in a fire or stove. — 11 sentences - [woodwind](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/woodwind/) — The family of musical instruments played by blowing, mostly with a reed or across a hole: flute, recorder, clarinet, oboe, bassoon and sax… — 8 sentences - [woodwork](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/woodwork/) — Woodwork is the skill or school subject of making things out of wood. — 11 sentences - [woody](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/woody/) — Woody plants have hard stems made of wood, like trees and bushes. — 10 sentences - [wooer](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wooer/) — A man who wants to marry a particular woman and pays her attention to win her. — 4 sentences - [woof](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/woof/) — Woof is the sound a dog makes when it barks, written as a word. — 12 sentences - [wool](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wool/) — Wool is the soft, thick hair of sheep and some other animals, like goats and alpacas. — 11 sentences - [woollen](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/woollen/) — Woollen means made of wool: a woollen jumper, woollen socks. — 9 sentences - [woolly](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/woolly/) — Woolly means made of wool, or soft, thick and warm like wool: a woolly hat, woolly socks. — 12 sentences - [worcestershire](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/worcestershire/) — Worcestershire is a county in the West Midlands of England; its main city is Worcester. — 8 sentences - [word](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/word/) — A word is a unit of language with a meaning, like «apple» or «run». — 12 sentences - [wordplay](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wordplay/) — Wordplay is a clever or funny use of words, such as puns, rhymes or words with two meanings. — 8 sentences - [work](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/work/) — To work means to do a job, often to earn money. — 16 sentences - [worker](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/worker/) — A worker is a person who does a job, often to make or build something. — 12 sentences - [workforce](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/workforce/) — A workforce is all the people who work for a company, factory or organisation. — 8 sentences - [working](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/working/) — Working means doing a job, or doing its job right. — 14 sentences - [workload](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/workload/) — A workload is the amount of work a person or group has to do in a certain time. — 8 sentences - [workman](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/workman/) — A person who does a job with his hands, such as a builder, a mender or a maker of things. — 4 sentences - [workmanship](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/workmanship/) — The skill and care shown in making something; the quality of the work. — 4 sentences - [workmate](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/workmate/) — A person you work with in the same job or place. — 7 sentences - [workplace](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/workplace/) — A place where people go to do their job, such as an office, a factory, a shop or a school. — 7 sentences - [worksheet](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/worksheet/) — A worksheet is a sheet of paper with questions, exercises or tasks that a pupil fills in. — 10 sentences - [workshop](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/workshop/) — A workshop is a room or building where people make or fix things, often with tools. — 11 sentences - [world](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/world/) — The world is the Earth and everything on it: all countries and people. — 13 sentences - [worldly](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/worldly/) — Belonging to this world and its ordinary things, not to spirits or heaven. — 5 sentences - [worldwide](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/worldwide/) — Worldwide means happening or found in all parts of the world. — 9 sentences - [worm](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/worm/) — A worm is a small animal with a long, soft, thin body and no legs or backbone, like an earthworm. — 14 sentences - [wormwood](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wormwood/) — A plant with silvery-grey leaves and a very bitter taste, used long ago in medicine and in some strong drinks. — 10 sentences - [worn](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/worn/) — The past participle of «wear»: having had clothes or things on your body (She has worn that hat all week). — 12 sentences - [worried](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/worried/) — Worried means unhappy and nervous because you think something bad might happen or something is wrong. — 10 sentences - [worrier](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/worrier/) — A worrier is a person who worries a lot, often about small things or things that may never happen. — 7 sentences - [worry](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/worry/) — To keep thinking about problems or bad things that might happen, and feel uneasy. — 14 sentences - [worse](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/worse/) — Worse means more bad, of lower quality, or more unpleasant than something else. — 12 sentences - [worsen](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/worsen/) — To get worse: the storm worsened during the night. — 9 sentences - [worship](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/worship/) — To worship means to show love and respect to God or a god, by praying, singing or going to religious services. — 12 sentences - [worshipful](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/worshipful/) — Deserving respect and honour; a polite title used for some important people such as judges or mayors. — 4 sentences - [worshipped](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/worshipped/) — Worshipped is the past of "worship": to show love, praise and honour to God or a god, by praying, singing and attending services. — 10 sentences - [worshipper](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/worshipper/) — A person who worships, who prays to and praises God or a god, especially in a church, mosque, synagogue or temple. — 10 sentences - [worst](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/worst/) — Worst means the most bad of all. — 12 sentences - [worth](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/worth/) — Worth tells how much money something could be sold for: «a dime is worth 10 cents». — 13 sentences - [worthily](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/worthily/) — In a way that deserves honour or respect; with the right kind of quality for a role. — 4 sentences - [worthless](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/worthless/) — Having no value or use; not worth any money. — 9 sentences - [worthwhile](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/worthwhile/) — Worth the time, effort or money you spend; useful or good to do. — 7 sentences - [worthy](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/worthy/) — Deserving respect, praise or attention: a worthy winner. — 12 sentences - [wound](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wound/) — A wound (said «woond») is an injury where the skin or body is cut, broken or damaged, especially by a weapon or sharp object. — 12 sentences - [woven](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/woven/) — Made by weaving: crossing threads, strips or stems over and under each other. — 9 sentences - [wow](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wow/) — Said when you are surprised, amazed or impressed. — 12 sentences - [wrack](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wrack/) — Wrack is seaweed, especially the brown seaweed that grows on rocks or is washed up on the beach (bladder wrack, toothed wrack). — 9 sentences - [wrangle](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wrangle/) — To argue noisily and for a long time, often about something small, and not agree. — 4 sentences - [wrangling](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wrangling/) — Noisy and long argument between people, or the act of arguing in this way. — 4 sentences - [wrap](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wrap/) — To wrap means to cover something by folding paper, cloth or plastic around it. — 14 sentences - [wrapped](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wrapped/) — Covered with paper, cloth or plastic folded around it. — 12 sentences - [wrapper](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wrapper/) — A wrapper is the paper, foil or plastic around a candy, a snack or a present. — 14 sentences - [wrapping](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wrapping/) — Wrapping is paper, plastic or other material used to cover or pack something. — 9 sentences - [wrasse](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wrasse/) — A wrasse is a brightly coloured sea fish with thick lips, found in warm seas and around rocky coasts and coral reefs. — 8 sentences - [wrath](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wrath/) — Very great anger. — 11 sentences - [wrathful](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wrathful/) — Full of great anger; very cross and ready to punish someone. — 4 sentences - [wreak](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wreak/) — To cause harm or damage, especially as a way of getting revenge, as in «wreak vengeance». — 4 sentences - [wreath](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wreath/) — A wreath is a ring of flowers, leaves or branches, used as a decoration or to remember someone who has died. — 9 sentences - [wreck](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wreck/) — A ship, car, plane or building that has been badly damaged or destroyed. — 11 sentences - [wreckage](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wreckage/) — The broken pieces left after a ship, plane, car or building has been destroyed. — 4 sentences [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/) [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/page/2/) [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/page/3/) [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/page/4/) **5** [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/page/6/)