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deliverance.noun,.plural.deliverances
the act
of delivering or the condition
of being delivered; rescue from
bondage
or danger
delivery.noun,.plural.deliveries
the act of conveying
or delivering; something
delivered, as a shipment or package; the act of transferring
an item to another person (he eloquently
delivered the speech); the act
or manner of speaking or singing
(a folk singer's casual delivery);
the act of giving birth
deliver,
delivered,
delivering,
delivers.verbs
transitive
verb use.to
extricate
from an undesirable
situation:
to free; to be saved; also means
to bring or transport
to the proper place or recipient;
distribute
(deliver groceries; deliver the mail); hand
over (delivered to another to continue);
to surrender someone or something
to another; to express
in words; declare or utter
(deliver a talk to an audience);
to give birth to (she delivered a baby boy this morning); to assist or
aid in the birth of (he midwife
delivered the baby); to give forth or produce
(so-called free energy
delivers continuously)
intransitive
verb use.to
produce or achieve what is desired
or expected; make good (the son delivered on his promise to come and see
us on our holiday); to give birth (she expects to deliver in late August)
deliverability.noun,.plural.deliverabilities
deliverable.adjective
(though damaged,
the package was still deliverable)
deliverer.noun,.plural.deliverers
disloyal.adjective
lacking.loyalty;
faithless
disloyally.adverb
disloyalty.noun,.plural.disloyalties
the quality
of being
disloyal; faithlessness;
a disloyal act
discount,
discounted,
discounting,
discounts.verbs
transitive verb use.to
leave out of account as being unworthy
except to take advantage
of; they discounted such things by regarding
them as conspiracy theories,
that is, until they came to a realization that they were being lied to
about a conspiracy
so huge, at first it seemed unbelievable, but such are they not knowing
the powers of the dark side:.Revelation
12:9); to
deduct or subtract
from a cost or price; to purchase
or sell
at a reduction; to sell or offer
for sale at a reduced price; to lend
money on (a commercial paper not immediately payable) after deducting the
interest;
disregard
(discount a rumor); to reduce in
quantity
or value;
minimize
(took care not to discount her accomplishments)
disregard
(to discount a rumor); to underestimate
the significance or effectiveness
of something; to minimize (took
care not to discount his wife's accomplishments);
to regard with doubt or disbelief
intransitive verb use.to
lend money after deduction of interest discount.noun,.plural.discounts
a reduction from the full
or standard.amount
of a price or debt; the interest deducted
prior
to purchasing, selling or
lending
a commercial paper; the discount
rate; the act or an instance
of discounting a bill of exchange, note or other commercial paper discountable.adjective
dram.noun,.plural.drams
a unit
of weight in the U.S.A. Customary System equal to !/16 of an ounce or 27.34
grains or 1.77 grams); a unit of apothecary
weight equal to !/8 of an ounce or 60 grains or 3.89 grams; a small draft
(took a dram of scotch); a wee small
amount; a bit
dregs.plural.noun
dregs of a liquid are the
last drops left at the bottom of a container, together with any solid bits
that have sunk to the bottom; the sediment
in a liquid; lees; the basest or
least desirable portion; a small amount; a residue
dungeon.noun,.plural.dungeons
a dark, often underground
chamber
or holding cell used to confine
prisoners, such as were the prisons in ancient
castles; a castle keep was the place where prisoners were kept (Jeremiah
38:7-13)
disarming.adjective
tending
to allay.suspicion
or hostility (a disarming smile;
a disarming tactic to gain advantage)
disarmingly.adverb
disarm,
disarmed,
disarming,
disarms.verbs
transitive verb use.to
divest
of a weapon or weapons; to deprive
of the means of attack or defense; render
harmless; to overcome
or allay the suspicion, hostility or antagonism
of; to win the confidence of
intransitive verb use.to
lay down arms; to reduce or abolish
armed forces
disarmer.noun,.plural.disarmers
downtrodden.adjective
oppressed;
tyrannized;
people who are downtrodden are treated very badly by people with power
and do not have the ability or the energy to do anything about it (the
owner is making huge profits at the expense of downtrodden peasants)
downcast.adjective
directed downward (a downcast
glance);
low in spirits; depressed; if
you are downcast, you are feeling sad
and without hope (Barbara
looked increasingly downcast as she was losing her job);
dejected;
if your eyes are downcast, you are looking towards the ground, usually
because you are feeling sad or embarrassed
(she was silent, her eyes downcast)
discredit,
discredited,
discrediting,
discredits.transitive
verbs
to damage in reputation;
disgrace;
to cause to be doubted or distrusted;
to refuse to beiieve
discredit.noun,.plural.discredits
loss of or damage
to one's reputation; lack or loss
of trust or belief; doubt; something damaging to one's reputation or stature
discreditable.adjective
harmful
to one's reputation; blameworthy (discreditable behavior)
discreditably.adverb
dew.noun
water droplets that are
condensed
from the air onto cooler surfaces, usually at night when the heat of the
day dissipates (dry early in
the evening, the grass was wet with dew in the morning)
dew,
dewed,
dewing,
dews.transitive
verbs
to wet with or as if with
dew
deign,
deigned,
deigning,
deigns.verbs
intransitive verb use.to
think it appropriate
to one's dignity; condescend;
stoop
(wouldn't deign to greet the servant
who opened the door)
transitive verb use.to
condescend to give or grant; vouchsafe
("Nor would we deign him burial of his men"....Shakespeare)
doppelganger.noun,.plural.doppelgangers
the living individual being
an exact copy of his or her image
in the invisible; a ghostly double of a living person
diaspora.noun,.plural.diasporas
people who come from a particular
nation or whose ancestors came
from it, but who now live in many different parts of the world are sometimes
referred
to as the diaspora; the spreading of people from a national.group
or culture to other areas; a
dispersion
of an originally.homogeneous.entity,
such
as the ancient dispersion of
Jews
outside of Israel from B.C.E.
the sixth century
diaspore.noun,.plural.diaspores
a white, pearly.hydrous.aluminum.oxide,
AlO(OH),
found in bauxite,
corundum
and dolomite and used as a refractory
and abrasive; in botany
a diaspore is also called a disseminule; diaspore is from the Greek 'diaspora'
meaning 'dispersion', 'scattering'
downright.adjective
thoroughgoing;
unequivocal
(a downright lie; even with the three
of us lifting, it was a downright tough
job); forthright;
candid;
you use downright to emphasize.unpleasant
or bad.qualities
or behavior (ideas that would
have been downright dangerous if put into practice were simply.stupid)
downright.adverb
thoroughly;
absolutely
doll.noun,.plural.dolls
a child's usually small
toy.representing
a human being; a pretty
looking child is often called a doll (she is such a doll in that outfit)
doll up.phrasal
verb
to get dressed up pretty
for a special.occasion
dolly.noun,.plural.dollies
a child's doll; a hand truck
or low mobile platform that rolls
on casters,
used for transporting heavy loads; such a platform as used by one working
underneath a motor vehicle
dolly,
dollied,
dollying,
dollies.intransitive
verbs
to move the wheeled apparatus
on which a movie or television camera is mounted toward or away from the
scene
of action
do.noun,.plural.do's
if someone tells you the
do's and don'ts of a particular.situation,
they advise you what you should
and should not do in that situation (please advise me on the most suitable
colour print film and some do's and don'ts to know about when using it;
a 'do' is also a party, dinner party or other social.event;
the word 'do' is used to form questions, by putting the subject
after 'do' (where do the butterflies go?); 'do' is used with a negative
to tell someone not to behave in
a certain way (don't be silly;
don't touch that, its hot!); 'do' is used to give emphasis
to the main verb when there is no other auxiliary
verb (Veronica, I'm beginning to get your meaning); 'do' is used
as a polite way of inviting
or trying to
persuade someone
to do something
(do sit down; do help yourself to more chips and salsa); when you do something,
you take some action or perform
an activity or task;
'do' is often used.instead
of a more specific verb, to talk
about a common action involving
a particular thing, for example 'do your teeth' instead of 'brush your
teeth'; to perform or execute
(do one's assigned task; do a
series
of vacation stops); to fulfil the
requirements
of (did my duty at all times); to
carry out what was determined
to be done;
perhaps see also 'ado'
and 'doeth'
doth.verb
Grammar:
in grammar, a third person
singular present tense of do
does,
doing,
did,
done,
doer,
doers.verbs
as various forms of 'do'
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