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noun
- A dealer in ribbons, buttons, thread, needles and similar sewing goods.
- ) A men's outfitter, usually a men's haberdasher.
- A member of the Haberdashers livery company.
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| hairdresser |
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noun
- A person who cuts or styles hair as an occupation or profession.
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| Hall |
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proper noun
- A British and Scandinavian topographic surname for someone who lived in or near a hall.
- A surname of German origin for someone associated with a salt mine.
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| Hansel |
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proper noun
- An Anglicised spelling of the German given name Hí¤nsel. English equivalent: Johnny.
- A fictional character in the German fairy tale w:Hansel and Gretel, Hansel and Gretel, originally Hí¤nsel und Gretel as adapted by w:Giambattista Basile, Giambattista Basile and more recently the w:Brothers Grimm, brothers Grimm.
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| ha'penny |
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noun
- A halfpenny; a former British coin.
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| hare |
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noun
- Any of several plant-eating animals of the family Leporidae, especially of the genus Lepus, being usually somewhat larger than a rabbit and with longer ears.
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| harrow |
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noun
- A device consisting of a heavy framework having several disks or teeth in a row, which is dragged across ploughed land to smooth or break up the soil, to remove weeds or cover seeds; a harrow plow.
- 1918: He sent for the carpenter, who was under contract to be with the threshing-machine, but it turned out that he was mending the harrows, which should have been mended the week before Lent. " Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina, tr. Louise & Aylmer Maude (Oxford 1998, p. 153)
verb
- To drag a harrow over; to break up with a harrow.
- To traumatize or disturb; to subject to a harrowing experience; to frighten or torment.
- The headless horseman harrowed Ichabod Crane as he tried to reach the bridge.
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| hatter |
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noun
- A person who makes, sells, or repairs hats.
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| haulier |
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noun
- A person or company engaged in the haulage of goods.
- A miner who hauls coal from the coalface to the bottom of the shaft.
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| haver |
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noun
- oats.
- a possessor, a holder.
verb
- (Northern England, Scottish) to hesitate.
- to hem and haw
- (Scottish English) To maunder; to talk foolishly; to chatter; talking nonsense; foolish; babble
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| herbage |
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noun
- herbs collectively
- herbaceous plant growth, especially grass.
- the fleshy, often edible, parts of plants.
- right of pasture.
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| hide |
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noun
- (countable) The skin of an animal.
- (countable) (italbrac, mainly British) A covered structure from which hunters, birdwatchers, etc can observe animals without scare, scaring them.
- A medieval land measure equal to the amount of land that could sustain one free family; usually 100 acres. Forty hides equalled a barony.
verb (hides, hiding, hid, hidden)
- (transitive) To put (something) in a place where it will be harder to discover or out of sight.
- He hides his magazines under the bed.
- The politicians were accused of keeping information hidden from the public.
- (intransitive) To put oneself in a place where one will be harder to find or out of sight.
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| Himself |
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pronoun
- The reflexive pronoun for God.
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| hoarding |
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noun
- a temporary fence-like structure built around building work to add security and prevent accidents to the public
- a roofed wooden shield placed over the battlements of a castle and projecting from them
- (context, mostly, UK) a billboard
- action of the verb to hoard
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| hock |
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noun - A Rhenish wine, of a light yellow color, either sparkling or still, from the Hochheim region, but often applied to all Rhenish wines.
verb - (transitive) (colloquial) To leave with a pawnbroker as security for a loan.
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| holiday |
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noun
- A day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed.
- A day declared free from work by the government.
- A period of one or more days taken off work by an employee for leisure.
- A period taken off work or study for travel.
- An unintentional gap left on a plated, coated, or painted surface.<ref>Dictionary.com. Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1). Random House, Inc. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/holiday (accessed: June 26, 2007).</ref>
verb
- To take a period of time away from work or study.
- To spend a period of time for travel.
(trans-top, to take a period of time away from work or study)
- Finnish: lomailla
(trans-bottom)
(trans-top, to spend a period of time for travel)
- Finnish: matkustella
(trans-bottom)
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| hood |
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noun
- A covering such as worn over one"s head.
- A distinctively coloured fold of material, representing a university degree.
- An enclosure which protects something, especially from above.
- (context, automotive) A soft top of a convertible car or carriage.
- (context, US, automotive) The hinged cover over the engine of a motor car.
- (slang) gangster, Gangster, thug. Short for hoodlum.
- (slang) neighborhood, Neighborhood.
verb
- To cover something with a hood.
adjective
- Relating to inner-city everyday life, both positive and negative aspects; especially people"s attachment to and love for their neighborhoods.
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| hoot |
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noun
- A derisive cry or shout.
- The cry of an owl.
- A fun event, a blast
verb
- To cry out or shout in contempt.
- To make the cry of an owl.
- To assail with contemptuous cries or shouts; to follow with derisive shouts.
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| hopper |
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noun
- a temporary storage bin, filled from the top and emptied from the bottom, often funnel-shaped.
- one who hops
- (context, localism, or, slang) a toilet's water tank/toilet seat (rfv-sense)
- She got off the just as the phone rang.
- an artificial fishing lure
- To catch a big fish, use a that jumps across the pond surface.
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| hose |
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noun (pl=hoses, pl2=hose, pl3=hosen)
- A flexible tube conveying water or other liquid, hoses.
- A stocking-like garment worn on the legs; pantyhose, women's tights, or hosen.
verb (hos, es)
- (transitive) To water or spray with a hose.
- (transitive) To attack and kill somebody, usually using a firearm.
- (transitive) To trick or deceive.
- (transitive, computing) To break a computer so everything needs to be reinstalled; to wipe all files.
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| hospital |
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noun
- A building designed to diagnose and treat the sick, injured or dying. Usually has a staff of doctors and nurses to aid in the treatment of patients.
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| hostel |
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noun (hostels)
- an inexpensive overnight lodging place
- a temporary refuge for the homeless providing a bed and sometimes food
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| hotchpotch |
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noun
- (dated, or, obsolete) A hodgepodge; a collection containing a variety of miscellaneous things.
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| hot potato |
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noun
- (uncountable) a child's game in which players pass a ball or other object between them. The object is to avoid being the one left holding the ball when time expires.
- (context, countable, idiom) an awkward problem with which nobody wants to be associated.
- The politician hastened to distance himself from that political .
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| hough |
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noun
- the hollow behind the knee
- 1922: In the bright light, lightened and cooled in limb, he eyed carefully his black trousers, the ends, the knees, the houghs of the knees. " James Joyce, Ulysses
verb
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| House |
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proper noun the house, House
- The House of Representatives.
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| housewife |
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noun (rfc-level, Noun at L4+ not in L3 POS section)
(housewives)
- The wife of a householder; the mistress of a family; the female head of a household.
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| huddle |
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noun
- a dense and disorderly crowd
- a brief meeting of all the players from one team that are on the field with the purpose of planning the following play.
verb (huddl, ed)
- (intransitive) to crowd together as when distressed or in fear
- The sheep huddled together seeking warmth.
- (intransitive) to curl one's legs up to the chest and keep one's arms close to the torso; to crouch; to assume a position similar to that of an embryo in the womb
- (intransitive, fb) to form a huddle.
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| Hulk |
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proper noun
- The Incredible Hulk.
- 2007 November 27, Ken Keeler and David X. Cohen, "Bender"s Big Score", Futurama, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
- : Fry: How can you say Lars is more mature than me?
- : Leela: Well, for one thing, his checkbook doesn't have the on it.
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| hum |
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noun - A tune created orally with lips closed.
- An often indistinct sound resembling that produced by humming.
verb (hum, m, ing)
- To make a sound from the vocal chords without pronouncing any real words, with one's lips closed.
- : To smell bad.
- : To deceive, or impose on one by some story or device.
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| humbug |
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noun
- A hoax, prank or jest
- A fraud or sham
- A fraudster or cheat
- (British) A type of chewy sweet (candy)
verb (humbugs, humbugging, humbugged)
- To play a trick on.
- To cheat, swindle.
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| Huntaway |
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proper noun
- the New Zealand sheepdog
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| hurdle |
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noun
- An artificial barrier, variously constructed, over which men or horses jump in a race.
- A perceived obstacle.
- A movable frame of wattled twigs, osiers, or withes and stakes, or sometimes of iron, used for enclosing land, for folding sheep and cattle, for gates, etc.; also, in fortification, used as revetments, and for other purposes.
- 1882, James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, Volume 4, p. 414.
- : The practice of folding sheep was general, and the purchase of hurdles was a regular charge in the shepherd's account.
- In England, a sled or crate on which criminals were formerly drawn to the place of execution. "Bacon.
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| husband |
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noun
- A man in a marriage or marital relationship.
- Large cushion with arms meant to support a person in the sitting position.
- While reading her book, Sally leaned back against her , wishing it were the human kind.
verb
- (transitive) To conserve, to nurture, to farm.
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| hamper |
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noun
- A large basket, usually with a cover, used for the packing and carrying of articles; as,
- a of wine
- a clothes
- an oyster , which contains two bushels
verb
- (transitive) To put into a hamper.
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| hive |
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noun - A box, basket, or other structure, for the reception and habitation of a swarm of honeybees.
- The bees of one hive; a swarm of bees.
- A place swarming with busy occupants; a crowd.
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| hooter |
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noun m (plural hooters)
- A horn in a motor vehicle.
- (slang) A nose, especially a large one.
- (slang, usually, in plural) A woman's breast.
- See WikiSaurus:breasts
- An owl.
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