--- title: W — The school dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 6 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/6/) [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 6 [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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/page/5/) **6** - [wrecked](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wrecked/) — Wrecked means badly damaged or destroyed: a wrecked car, a wrecked ship. — 12 sentences - [wren](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wren/) — A wren is a tiny brown bird with a short tail that sticks up; it has a very loud song for its size. — 9 sentences - [wrench](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wrench/) — A metal tool for gripping and turning nuts and bolts; in the UK it is usually called a spanner. — 11 sentences - [wrestle](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wrestle/) — To fight by holding and pushing someone, trying to get them to the ground, as a sport or in play. — 8 sentences - [wrestler](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wrestler/) — A wrestler is a person who fights by gripping an opponent and trying to throw him to the ground, in a sport or contest. — 6 sentences - [wrestling](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wrestling/) — Wrestling is a sport in which two people fight by holding each other and trying to throw or pin the other to the ground, without punching. — 10 sentences - [wretch](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wretch/) — A wretch is a bad or mean person, used as an insult or in anger. — 7 sentences - [wretched](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wretched/) — Very unhappy, ill or miserable: «I felt wretched with flu.». — 10 sentences - [wretchedly](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wretchedly/) — Wretchedly means in a very unhappy, miserable way. — 6 sentences - [wretchedness](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wretchedness/) — Wretchedness is great misery, sadness or unhappiness. — 5 sentences - [wriggle](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wriggle/) — To wriggle means to twist and turn your body quickly from side to side. — 13 sentences - [wriggling](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wriggling/) — Wriggling means twisting and turning your body with quick small movements. — 10 sentences - [wriggly](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wriggly/) — Wriggly describes something that twists and turns its body a lot, like a worm or a fish. — 9 sentences - [wright](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wright/) — A wright is an old word for a person who makes or builds things, used now mostly at the end of words: playwright, shipwright, wheelwright. — 8 sentences - [wring](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wring/) — To wring something is to twist and squeeze it hard to get water out of it, as with a wet cloth. — 10 sentences - [wrinkle](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wrinkle/) — A wrinkle is a small line or fold in skin, cloth or paper. — 10 sentences - [wrinkly](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wrinkly/) — Having many wrinkles or creases: wrinkly skin, a wrinkly shirt. — 9 sentences - [wrist](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wrist/) — Your wrist is the joint between your hand and your arm. — 9 sentences - [wristband](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wristband/) — A wristband is a band of cloth, plastic, rubber or paper worn around the wrist, for example to soak up sweat, show you have paid for entry… — 10 sentences - [wristwatch](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wristwatch/) — A small clock you wear on a strap or band around your wrist. — 7 sentences - [writ](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/writ/) — A writ is a formal written order from a court of law. — 6 sentences - [write](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/write/) — To write means to put letters, words or numbers on paper or a screen. — 13 sentences - [writer](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/writer/) — A writer is a person who writes books, stories, poems, articles or scripts, especially as a job. — 10 sentences - [writhe](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/writhe/) — To writhe is to twist and turn the body, often in pain. — 6 sentences - [writhed](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/writhed/) — Writhed means twisted and turned the body, in pain or in a struggle. — 6 sentences - [writhing](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/writhing/) — Twisting and turning the body, usually because of pain, or wriggling like a snake or worm. — 10 sentences - [writing](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/writing/) — The activity or skill of putting words on paper or a screen. — 16 sentences - [written](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/written/) — Written means put down in words or numbers on paper or a screen. — 12 sentences - [wrong](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wrong/) — Wrong means not right or not correct. Two plus two is five is a wrong answer. — 16 sentences - [wrongdoer](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wrongdoer/) — A wrongdoer is a person who does something bad or against the law. — 8 sentences - [wrongdoing](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wrongdoing/) — Bad or illegal behaviour; doing something wrong. — 7 sentences - [wrongful](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wrongful/) — Wrongful means unfair, unjust or against the law (formal, law). — 7 sentences - [wrongfully](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wrongfully/) — Wrongfully means unfairly or against the law (formal, law). — 8 sentences - [wrongly](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wrongly/) — In a way that is not correct; by mistake (spelled wrongly). — 8 sentences - [wrongness](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wrongness/) — The quality of being morally wrong or unfair. — 7 sentences - [wroth](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wroth/) — Wroth means very angry. (old use, in fairy tales). — 6 sentences - [wrought](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wrought/) — An old past form of «work», meaning made, shaped or caused: «The storm wrought great damage.». — 11 sentences - [wry](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wry/) — A wry smile or wry face is a twisted smile or face that shows dislike, doubt or mixed feelings. — 6 sentences - [wu](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wu/) — «Wǔ» means «five»: «wǔ» 五. It sounds like «woo» to an English ear. — 12 sentences - [wuss](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wuss/) — A person who is seen as weak, scared or not brave. — 9 sentences - [www](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/www/) — www stands for «World Wide Web», the system of linked pages and sites you visit on the internet with a web browser. — 9 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/page/5/) **6**