Noun > Rake (count) a tool that has a series of metal, wooden, or plastic pieces at the end of a long handle and that is used to gather leaves, break apart soil, make ground smooth, etc. a leaf rake
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Verb > Tweak
Verb > Tweak (+ object) 1 : to change (something) slightly in order to improve it : to make small adjustments to (something) The company may have to tweak (=adjust) its image. Our software developers are tweaking (=fine-tuning) the program. Read More …
Adjective > Wacky
Noun > Crate
Noun > Crate (count) 1 a : a large wooden or plastic box used for moving things from one place to another The bear arrived at the zoo in a crate. packing/shipping crates crates of apples/equipment 1 b : a Read More …
Verb > Bear
Verb > Bear 1 : to accept or endure (something) (+ object) He bore (=tolerated) their insults patiently. — usually used in questions and negative statements with can, can’t, could, and couldn’t He could hardly bear (=stand) the pain. I Read More …
Adjective > Edible
Noun > Time-out
Noun > Time-out 1 : a short period of time during a sports event when the game stops and the players rest or talk to their coach (count) The coach asked for a time-out to talk to her players. The Read More …
Adjective > Fastidious
Adjective > Fastidious Our word “fastidious” comes from a Latin one meaning “dislike, or squeamishness.” In English, “fastidious” first meant “disgusting,” then “disgusted,” then “easily disgusted and very hard to please.” It’s this latest meaning that survives today. If things Read More …
Verb > Dodge
Verb > Dodge 1 a (+ object) : to move quickly to one side in order to avoid being hit by (someone or something) He dodged the first punch but was hit by the second. dodging traffic b always followed Read More …
Noun > Debacle
Noun > Debacle Think of a frozen river, and how the ice bars the water from moving. In Latin, bacculare literally meant “to unbar.” Now imagine the ice in the river melting in spring: the river has been unbarred, or Read More …