english : Idioms & Phrases

• noun a nonstandard form of American English characteristically spoken by African Americans in the United States
  Black English Vernacular; African American Vernacular English; Black Vernacular; African American English; AAVE; Ebonics; Black English.
  

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• noun a nonstandard form of American English characteristically spoken by African Americans in the United States
  Black English Vernacular; African American Vernacular English; Black Vernacular; African American English; AAVE; Ebonics; Black English.
  

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• noun the English language as used in the United States
  American; American language.
  

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• noun a simplified form of English proposed for use as an auxiliary language for international communication; devised by C. K. Ogden and I. A. Richards
  

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• noun a nonstandard form of American English characteristically spoken by African Americans in the United States
  Black English Vernacular; African American Vernacular English; Black Vernacular; African American English; AAVE; Ebonics; Black English.
  

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• noun a nonstandard form of American English characteristically spoken by African Americans in the United States
  Black English Vernacular; African American Vernacular English; Black Vernacular; African American English; AAVE; Ebonics; Black English.
  

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• noun a nonstandard form of American English characteristically spoken by African Americans in the United States
  Black English Vernacular; African American Vernacular English; Black Vernacular; African American English; AAVE; Ebonics; Black English.
  

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• noun a motion of the body by a player as if to make an object already propelled go in the desired direction
  

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• noun a former English custom by which the youngest son inherited land to the exclusion of his older brothers
  

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Bor"ough-Eng"lish noun

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1. (Eng. Law) A custom, as in some ancient boroughs, by which lands and tenements descend to the youngest son, instead of the eldest; or, if the owner have no issue, to the youngest brother. Blackstone.

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• noun the academic department responsible for teaching English and American literature
  department of English.
  

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• noun Old World upright plant grown especially for its large flat edible seeds but also as fodder
  Vicia faba; field bean; European bean; broad-bean plant; broad bean; broad-bean.
  

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• (Arch.) See 1st Bond, n.,

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• noun black tea grown in China
  congou; congou tea; congo.
  

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• . See Congou.

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• noun a sturdy thickset short-haired breed with a large head and strong undershot lower jaw; developed originally in England for bull baiting
  bulldog.
  

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• noun a saddle having a steel cantle and pommel and no horn
  English cavalry saddle.
  

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• noun an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that forms a channel between France and Britain
  

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• noun civil war in England between the Parliamentarians and the Royalists under Charles I; 1644-1648
  

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• noun a small breed with wavy silky hair; originally developed in England
  cocker spaniel; cocker.
  

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• noun low-growing Eurasian plant with yellow central disc flowers and pinkish-white outer ray flowers
  common daisy; Bellis perennis.
  

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• noun the academic department responsible for teaching English and American literature
  department of English.
  

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• noun broad spreading rough-leaved elm common throughout Europe and planted elsewhere
  Ulmus procera; European elm.
  

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• noun an English breed slightly larger than the American foxhounds originally used to hunt in packs
  

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• noun European hawthorn having deeply cleft leaves and bright red fruits; widely cultivated in many varieties and often grown as impenetrable hedges; established as an escape in eastern North America
  Crataegus monogyna.
  
• noun thorny Eurasian shrub of small tree having dense clusters of white to scarlet flowers followed by deep red berries; established as an escape in eastern North America
  may; Crataegus oxycantha; whitethorn; Crataegus laevigata.
  

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• noun English physician (1624-1689)
  Sydenham; Thomas Sydenham.
  

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• noun a double-reed woodwind instrument similar to an oboe but lower in pitch
  cor anglais.
  

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• . (Mus.) See Corno Inglese.

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• noun bulbous iris native to the Pyrenees; widely cultivated for its large delicate flowers in various colors except yellow
  Iris xiphioides.
  

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• noun Old World vine with lobed evergreen leaves and black berrylike fruits
  Hedera helix; ivy; common ivy.
  

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• noun crab of the English coasts
  Portunus puber.
  

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• noun an Indo-European language belonging to the West Germanic branch; the official language of Britain and the United States and most of the commonwealth countries
  English.
  

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• noun aromatic Mediterranean shrub widely cultivated for its lilac flowers which are dried and used in sachets
  Lavandula officinalis; Lavandula angustifolia.
  

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• noun round, raised muffin cooked on a griddle; usually split and toasted before being eaten
  

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• noun medium to large deciduous European oak having smooth leaves with rounded lobes; yields hard strong light-colored wood
  common oak; Quercus robur; pedunculate oak.
  

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• noun the people of England
  English.
  

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• noun a native or inhabitant of England
  

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• noun an Old World plantain with long narrow ribbed leaves widely established in temperate regions
  narrow-leaved plantain; ribwort; ripple-grass; buckthorn; Plantago lanceolata; ribgrass.
  

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• noun plant of western and southern Europe widely cultivated for its pale yellow flowers
  Primula vulgaris.
  

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• noun someone who teaches English
  English professor.
  

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• noun the revolution against James II; there was little armed resistance to William and Mary in England although battles were fought in Scotland and Ireland (1688-1689)
  Bloodless Revolution; Glorious Revolution.
  

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• noun long bean pods usually sliced into half-inch lengths; a favorite in Britain
  runner bean; scarlet runner; scarlet runner bean.
  

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• noun European perennial grass widely cultivated for pasture and hay and as a lawn grass
  Lolium perenne; perennial ryegrass.
  

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• noun a saddle having a steel cantle and pommel and no horn
  English cavalry saddle.
  

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• noun an English breed having a plumed tail and a soft silky coat that is chiefly white
  

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• noun highly valued almost pure white flesh
  lemon sole.
  
• noun popular pale brown food flatfish of the Pacific coast of North America
  lemon sole; Parophrys vitulus.
  

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• noun a sonnet consisting three quatrains and a concluding couplet in iambic pentameter with the rhyme pattern abab cdcd efef gg
  Shakespearean sonnet; Elizabethan sonnet.
  

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• noun small hardy brown-and-grey bird native to Europe
  house sparrow; Passer domesticus.
  

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• noun a breed having typically a black-and-white coat
  English springer.
  

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• noun a breed having typically a black-and-white coat
  English springer.
  

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• noun a system of weights and measures based on the foot and pound and second and pint
  British system; British Imperial System.
  

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• noun someone who teaches English
  English professor.
  

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• noun British breed having a long silky coat and rounded head with a short upturned muzzle
  

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• noun European violet typically having purple to white flowers; widely naturalized
  Viola odorata; garden violet; sweet violet.
  

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• noun Eurasian walnut valued for its large edible nut and its hard richly figured wood; widely cultivated
  Persian walnut; Juglans regia; Circassian walnut; English walnut.
  
• noun nut with a wrinkled two-lobed seed and hard but relatively thin shell; widely used in cooking
  

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• . (Bot.) See under Walnut.

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• noun Eurasian walnut valued for its large edible nut and its hard richly figured wood; widely cultivated
  Persian walnut; Juglans regia; Circassian walnut; English walnut.
  

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• noun predominant yew in Europe; extraordinarily long-lived and slow growing; one of the oldest species in the world
  Taxus baccata; Old World yew.
  

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• noun a Gothic style in 14th and 15th century England; characterized by vertical lines and a four-centered (Tudor) arch and fan vaulting
  perpendicular style; perpendicular; English-Gothic.
  

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• noun a Gothic style in 14th and 15th century England; characterized by vertical lines and a four-centered (Tudor) arch and fan vaulting
  perpendicular style; perpendicular; English-Gothic.
  

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• adjective satellite able to communicate in English
  

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• noun South African bulbous wood sorrel with showy yellow flowers
  Oxalis pes-caprae; Oxalis cernua; Bermuda buttercup.
  

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In`do-Eng"lish adjective

Etymology

Indo- + English.

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1. Of or relating to the English who are born or reside in India; Anglo-Indian.

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• noun English as spoken by educated persons in southern England
  King's English.
  

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• noun English from about 1100 to 1450
  

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• noun English since about 1450
  

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• noun a modern English version of the Bible and Apocrypha
  

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• noun English prior to about 1100
  Anglo-Saxon.
  

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• noun large sheepdog with a profuse shaggy bluish-grey-and-white coat and short tail; believed to trace back to the Roman occupation of Britain
  bobtail.
  

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• noun the dialect of English spoken at Oxford University and regarded by many as affected and pretentious
  

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• noun an unabridged dictionary constructed on historical principles
  OED; O.E.D..
  

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• noun English as spoken by educated persons in southern England
  King's English.
  

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• noun the dialect of English used in Scotland
  Scots; Scottish.
  

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• . See under King.

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