with pale yellow or gold hair
بلوند (موطلايى)
blonde hair/highlights
With pale yellow or gold hair
بلوند(طلایی)
Blonde hair
موی بلوند
blonde
(also blond) adjective
with light-coloured hair:
She is tall and blonde.
He's got blond hair.
>> blonde noun a woman who has blonde hair:
She's a natural blonde.
blond
blond /blɒnd $ blɑːnd/ BrE AmE adjective
[Date: 1700-1800; Language: French; Origin: Medieval Latin blondus 'yellow']
1. another spelling of ↑blonde
2. a man who is blond has pale or yellow hair
blonde
blonde [blonde blondes] adjective, noun [blɒnd] [blɑːnd]
adjective (also blond) In British English it is usual to spell this word blonde when writing about a woman or girl and blond when writing about a man or boy, although the spelling blonde is sometimes used for men and boys too. In American English the spelling blond is often preferred for either sex. Blonde may be used to describe a woman's hair, but it is sometimes considered offensive to refer to a woman as ‘a blonde’ because hair colour is not a whole person.
1. (of hair) pale gold in colour
2. (of a person) having blonde hair
• a small, blond boy
Word Origin:
late 17th cent. (earlier as blond): from French, feminine of blond, from medieval Latin blundus ‘yellow’, perhaps from Germanic.
Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition
blonde ( also blond ) / blɒnd / / blɑːnd / adjective
A2 with pale yellow or gold hair:
blonde hair/highlights
a blonde woman/a blond man
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blonde
/blɒnd/
(blondes, blonder, blondest)
Note: The form 'blonde' is usually used to refer to women, and 'blond' to refer to men.
1.
A woman who has blonde hair has pale-coloured hair. Blonde hair can be very light brown or light yellow. The form blond is used when describing men.
There were two little girls, one Asian and one with blonde hair...
The baby had blond curls.
COLOUR
2.
Someone who is blonde has blonde hair.
He was blonder than his brother.
...the striking blond actor.
ADJ
3.
A blonde is a woman who has blonde hair.
N-COUNT
1blond or blonde /ˈblɑːnd/ adj blond·er; -est
1 : of a yellow or very light brown color
• long blond hair
• blonde curls/locks/braids
• She has blonde highlights in her hair.
• His hair was dyed/bleached blond. also; : having blond hair
• a blond actor
• She was blonde as a child.
✦When used to describe a boy or man, the word is spelled blond. When used for a girl or woman, the word is often spelled blonde.
✦A person with dirty blond hair has very dark blond hair that is almost light brown in color.
- see also platinum blonde, strawberry blonde
2 : of a very light color
• a table made of blond wood
A pale yellow solid food containing a lot of fat that is made from cream and is spread on bread or used in cooking
کره
Have some bread and butter.
کمی نان و کره بخور.
A pale yellow solid food containing a lot of fat that is made from cream and is spread on bread or used in cooking
کره
Have some bread and butter.
کمی نان و کره بخور.
butter
noun (no plural)
a soft yellow food that is made from milk. You put it on bread or use it in cooking:
She spread butter on the bread.
>> butter verb (butters, buttering, buttered ) to put butter on bread:
I buttered the toast.
butter
I. but‧ter1 S2 /ˈbʌtə $ -ər/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable]
[Language: Old English; Origin: butere, from Latin butyrum, from Greek boutyron, from bous 'cow' + tyros 'cheese']
1. a solid yellow food made from milk or cream that you spread on bread or use in cooking ⇨ ↑bread-and-butter
2. butter wouldn’t melt in sb’s mouth used to say that someone seems to be very kind and sincere but is not really
—buttery adjective
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COLLOCATIONS
■ adjectives
▪ salted/unsalted (=with or without salt in it) Unsalted butter is better for baking. | Most butter is slightly salted.
▪ melted butter (=heated until it is liquid) Brush the pastry with a little melted butter.
■ phrases
▪ a pat of butter (=a small flat piece) Breakfast was a small roll and a pat of butter.
▪ a knob of butter (=a small round piece) Add a knob of butter to the meat juices in the pan.
▪ a lump of butter He served himself a big lump of butter.
■ verbs
▪ spread butter on something Lee was spreading butter on his toast.
▪ spread something with butter Spread the warm crumpets with butter.
▪ melt butter Melt the butter and mix it with the other ingredients.
▪ soften butter First soften the butter in a warm place.
butter
but·ter [butter butters buttered buttering] noun, verb [ˈbʌtə(r)] [ˈbʌtər]
noun uncountable
a soft yellow food made from cream, used in cooking and for spreading on bread
• Fry the onions in butter.
• Do you want butter or margarine on your toast?
see also bread and butter, peanut butter
more at like a knife through butter at knife v.
Word Origin:
Old English butere, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch boter and German Butter, based on Latin butyrum, from Greek bouturon.
Example Bank:
• Cream the butter and icing sugar together until light and fluffy.
• He put a large knob of butter on the potatoes.
• He spread butter on the roll.
• Put some butter on the crackers, please.
• Rub the butter into the flour.
• The butter melted in the heat.
• This butter doesn't spread very well.
• You can make frosting out of half a stick of butter and two cups of powdered sugar.
• courgettes sautéed in butter
• If you're still hungry, have some bread and butter.
Idiom: butter wouldn't melt
Derived: butter somebody up
Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition
butter / ˈbʌt.ə r / / ˈbʌt̬.ɚ / noun [ U ]
A1 a pale yellow solid food containing a lot of fat that is made from cream and is spread on bread or used in cooking:
We were served scones with butter and jam.
Have some bread and butter (= bread spread with butter) .
a butter dish
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butter
/bʌtə(r)/
(butters, buttering, buttered)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
Butter is a soft yellow substance made from cream. You spread it on bread or use it in cooking.
...bread and butter...
Pour the melted butter into a large mixing bowl.
N-MASS
2.
If you butter something such as bread or toast, you spread butter on it.
She spread pieces of bread on the counter and began buttering them.
...buttered scones.
VERB: V n, V-ed
1but·ter /ˈbʌtɚ/ noun, pl -ters
1 [noncount] : a solid yellow substance made from milk or cream that is spread on food or used in cooking
• bread and butter
• Would you like some butter for your potato?
• Sauté the onions in melted butter.
- see also bread and butter
2 [count, noncount] : a food made from cooked fruit or roasted nuts that have been ground up
• apple butter
- see also peanut butter
butter wouldn't melt in someone's mouth chiefly Brit
- used to say that a person who appears to be innocent, sincere, or kind is really not;
like a (hot) knife through butter
A common white substance found in sea water and in the ground, used especially to add flavour to food or to preserve it
نمک
Add a pinch of salt to the sauce.
کمی نمک به سس اضافه کن.
A common white substance found in sea water and in the ground, used especially to add flavour to food or to preserve it
نمک
Add a pinch of salt to the sauce.
کمی نمک به سس اضافه کن.
salt
noun (no plural)
a white substance that comes from sea water and from the earth. We put it on food to make it taste better:
Add a little salt and pepper.
>> salty adjective (saltier, saltiest) tasting of salt or containing salt:
Sea water is salty.
salt
I. salt1 S2 W3 /sɔːlt $ sɒːlt/ BrE AmE noun
[Language: Old English; Origin: sealt]
1. [uncountable] a natural white mineral that is added to food to make it taste better or to preserve it:
This might need some salt and pepper.
a pinch of salt (=a very small amount)
Could you pass the salt?
2. the salt of the earth someone who is ordinary but good and honest
3. take something with a pinch/grain of salt informal to not completely believe what someone tells you, because you know that they do not always tell the truth:
Most of what he says should be taken with a pinch of salt.
4. [countable] technical a type of chemical substance that is formed when an acid is combined with a ↑base
⇨ ↑Epsom salts, ↑smelling salts, ↑old salt, ⇨ rub salt into sb’s wounds at ↑rub1(7), ⇨ worth his/her salt at ↑worth1(10)
salt
salt [salt salts salted salting] noun, verb, adjective [sɔːlt] [sɒlt] [sɔːlt]
noun
1. uncountable a white substance that is added to food to give it a better flavour or to preserve it. Salt is obtained from mines and is also found in sea water. It is sometimes called common salt to distinguish it from other chemical salts.
Syn: sodium chloride
• Pass the salt, please.
• a pinch of salt (= a small amount of it)
• Season with salt and pepper.
• sea salt
see also rock salt
2. countable (chemistry) a chemical formed from a metal and an acid
• mineral salts
see also acid salt, Epsom salts
3. salts plural a substance that looks or tastes like salt
• bath salts (= used to give a pleasant smell to bath water)
see also smelling salts
more at like a dose of salts at dose n., take sth with a pinch of salt at pinch n., rub salt into the wound/sb's wounds at rub v., worth your/its salt at worth adj.
Word Origin:
Old English sealt (noun), sealtan (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch zout and German Salz (nouns), from an Indo-European root shared by Latin sal, Greek hals ‘salt’.
Example Bank:
• Could you pass the salt, please?
• Don't put so much salt on your chips!
• He could taste the salt from the water in his mouth.
• He wants to reduce his salt intake.
• I could smell the salt air as it whipped through my hair.
• Most foodstuffs contain some salt.
• When salt is dissolved in water, it alters the properties of the water.
• a diet low in salt
• foods with a high salt content
Idiom: salt of the earth
Derived: salt something away
Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition
salt / sɒlt / / sɑːlt / noun [ U ] (FOOD)
A1 a common white substance found in sea water and in the ground, used especially to add flavour to food or to preserve it:
salt and pepper
Can you pass the salt please?
Add a pinch of (= small amount of) salt to the sauce.
salt / sɒlt / / sɑːlt / noun [ C ] specialized (CHEMICAL)
a chemical substance that is a combination of a metal or a base with an acid:
Potassium nitrate and potassium chloride are potassium salts.
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salt
/sɔ:lt/
(salts, salting, salted)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
Salt is a strong-tasting substance, in the form of white powder or crystals, which is used to improve the flavour of food or to preserve it. Salt occurs naturally in sea water.
Season lightly with salt and pepper.
...a pinch of salt.
N-UNCOUNT
2.
When you salt food, you add salt to it.
Salt the stock to your taste and leave it simmering very gently.
VERB: V n
• salt‧ed
Put a pan of salted water on to boil.
ADJ: usu ADJ n
3.
Salts are substances that are formed when an acid reacts with an alkali.
The rock is rich in mineral salts.
N-COUNT: usu pl
4.
see also Epsom salts, smelling salts
5.
If you take something with a pinch of salt, you do not believe that it is completely accurate or true.
The more miraculous parts of this account should be taken with a pinch of salt.
PHRASE: V inflects
6.
If you say, for example, that any doctor worth his or her salt would do something, you mean that any doctor who was good at his or her job or who deserved respect would do it.
Any coach worth his salt would do exactly as I did.
PHRASE: n PHR
7.
If someone or something rubs salt into the wound, they make the unpleasant situation that you are in even worse, often by reminding you of your failures or faults.
I had no intention of rubbing salt into a friend’s wounds, so all I said was that I did not give interviews.
PHRASE: V and wound inflect
1salt /ˈsɑːlt/ noun, pl salts
1 [noncount] : a natural white substance that is used especially to flavor or preserve food
• The soup needs a little more salt.
• Season the meat with salt and pepper.
• Add a pinch of salt. [=a small amount of salt]
- see also sea salt, table salt
2 [count] technical : a chemical compound formed when part of an acid is replaced by a metal or something like a metal
• mineral/potassium salts
rub salt in/into someone's wounds
- see 1rub
take (something) with a grain/pinch of salt informal : to not completely believe (something) : to be doubtful about the truth or accuracy of (something)
• He seems confident, but you should take what he says with a grain of salt.
the salt of the earth : a very good and honest person or group of people
• These folks are the salt of the earth.
worth your salt : worthy of ordinary respect - used to say what should be expected from someone who does a job properly, from something that is as good as it should be, etc.
• A detective writer worth his salt [=a good detective writer] keeps his readers from solving the mystery.
• Any doctor worth her salt [=any good/capable doctor] would have advised you to get a second opinion before having major surgery.
The flesh of an animal when it is used for food
گوشت
Eat less meat and more vegetables.
گوشت قرمز كمتر و سبزيجات بيشتر بخور.
The flesh of an animal when it is used for food
گوشت
Eat less meat and more vegetables.
گوشت قرمز كمتر و سبزيجات بيشتر بخور.
meat
noun (no plural)
pronunciation
The word meat sounds just like meet.
the parts of an animal or bird that you can eat:
You can buy meat at a butcher's
I don't eat meat.
meat
meat S2 W3 /miːt/ BrE AmE noun
[Language: Old English; Origin: mete 'food']
1. [uncountable and countable] the flesh of animals and birds eaten as food:
I gave up eating meat a few months ago.
raw meat
a meat pie
a selection of cold meats
red meat (=a dark-coloured meat, for example ↑beef)
white meat (=meat that is pale in colour, for example ↑chicken)
2. [uncountable] something interesting or important in a talk, book, film etc:
There’s no meat to their arguments.
We then got down to the real meat of the debate (=the main and most interesting part of it).
3. somebody doesn’t have much meat on him/her British Englishneed some (more) meat on your bones American English informal used to say that someone looks very thin
4. one man’s meat is another man’s poison used to say that something that one person likes may not be liked by someone else
5. be easy meat British English informal if someone is easy meat, they are easy to defeat, deceive, or hurt
be easy meat for
San Marino should be easy meat for England in next week’s match.
6. the meat and potatoes American English informal the most important or basic parts of a discussion, decision, piece of work etc:
Let’s get down to the meat and potatoes. How much are you going to pay me for this?
7. be meat and drink to somebody British English to be something that someone enjoys doing or finds very easy to do because they have done it many times before:
The first five questions in the quiz were about football, which was meat and drink to Brian.
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COLLOCATIONS
■ verbs
▪ eat meat I don't eat meat - I'm vegetarian. | People are eating less meat these days.
▪ have meat in it (=contain meat) Does this stew have meat in it?
■ adjectives
▪ raw (=not cooked) The dogs are fed on raw meat.
▪ cooked How will I know when the meat is cooked?
▪ undercooked (=not cooked enough) Eating undercooked meat can make you very ill.
▪ tough (=difficult to chew) The meat was tough and chewy.
▪ lean (=with little fat) Try to eat more lean meat, fish and chicken.
▪ fatty (=with a lot of fat) People are being urged to eat less fatty meat.
▪ red meat (=a dark-coloured meat such as beef) For health reasons, you should eat less red meat.
▪ white meat (=a light-coloured meat such as chicken) White meat is supposed to be healthier.
■ phrases
▪ a joint of meat British English (=a large piece of meat, sometimes containing a bone) He began to carve the joint of meat.
▪ a cut of meat (=a joint of meat taken from a particular part of an animal) Cheaper cuts of meat can be tough.
▪ a slice of meat (=a thin piece of meat cut from a larger piece) He helped himself to another slice of meat.
meat
meat [meat meats] [miːt] [miːt] noun
1. uncountable, countable the flesh of an animal or a bird eaten as food; a particular type of this
• a piece/slice of meat
• horse meat (= from a horse)
• dog meat (= for a dog)
• meat-eating animals
• There's not much meat on this chop.
• (figurative, humorous) There's not much meat on her (= she is very thin).
see also luncheon meat, mincemeat, red meat, sausage meat, white meat
2. uncountable ~ (of sth) the important or interesting part of sth
Syn: substance
• This chapter contains the real meat of the writer's argument.
more at dead meat at dead, one man's meat is another man's poison at man n.
Idiom: meat and drink to somebody
Word Origin:
Old English mete ‘food’ or ‘article of food’ (as in sweetmeat), of Germanic origin.
Example Bank:
• Britain's meat consumption
• Do you eat meat?
• Fry the meat in a little olive oil.
• He eventually found employment as a meat cutter.
• I'm not a great meat eater.
• It was so cold, it was like a meat locker.
• She always buys the cheaper cuts of meat.
• Simmer the meat for 30 minutes until tender.
• That meat smells rotten.
• The animals do not hunt and rarely consume meat.
• The meat has gone off.
• These pies have a low meat content.
• Turn the meat frequently to brown it.
• a plate of cold meats
• chewing on the tough meat
• recipes for simple meat dishes
Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition
meat / miːt / noun (FOOD)
A1 [ U ] the flesh of an animal when it is used for food:
I don't eat meat.
raw meat
red/white meat
[ C ] a type of meat:
a buffet of cold meats and cheeses
meat / miːt / noun [ U ] (INTEREST)
important, valuable, or interesting ideas or information:
It was a nicely written article and quite amusing but there wasn't much meat to it.
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meat
/mi:t/
(meats)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
Meat is flesh taken from a dead animal that people cook and eat.
Meat and fish are relatively expensive.
...imported meat products.
...a buffet of cold meats and salads.
N-MASS
meat
meat /ˈmiːt/ noun, pl meats
1 a [noncount] : the flesh of an animal used as food
• She doesn't eat meat.
• a piece/slice of meat
• raw meat
• (US) ground meat
• meat sauce [=sauce that contains meat]
✦Meat often refers specifically to the flesh of mammals or birds instead of the flesh of fish. It can also sometimes refer only to the flesh of mammals.
• She eats fish but not meat.
• The soup can be made with meat, chicken, or fish.
b [count] : a type of meat
• The restaurant serves a variety of meats.
• sandwich meats
- see also dark meat, luncheon meat, white meat
2 [noncount] : the part of something (such as a nut) that can be eaten
• coconut meat
3 [noncount] : the most important or interesting part of something
• The real meat of the book is found in its discussion of his economic plan.
4 [noncount] US : the thickest part of something (such as a baseball bat)
• He hit the ball right on the meat of the bat.
A food made from flour, water, and usually yeast, mixed together and baked
نان
I usually eat bread for breakfast.
من معمولا برای صبحانه نان میخورم.
A food made from flour, water, and usually yeast, mixed together and baked
نان
I usually eat bread for breakfast.
من معمولا برای صبحانه نان میخورم.
bread
noun (no plural)
pronunciation
The word bread sounds like red.
food made from flour and baked in an oven:
I bought a loaf of bread.
a slice of bread and butter
bread
bread S2 W3 /bred/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable]
[Language: Old English]
1. a type of food made from flour and water that is mixed together and then baked:
Would you like some bread with your soup?
a loaf of brown bread
a piece of bread and butter
2. your/sb’s bread and butter informal the work that provides you with most of the money that you need in order to live:
Writing is my bread and butter.
3. know which side your bread is buttered on informal to know which people to be nice to in order to get advantages for yourself
4. old-fashioned informal money
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COLLOCATIONS
■ adjectives
▪ fresh Eat the bread while it’s nice and fresh.
▪ stale (=hard and no longer fresh) This bread’s stale – shall I throw it away?
▪ crusty (=having a hard crust that is nice to eat) Serve the soup with crusty bread.
▪ mouldy British English, moldy American English (=covered with a green substance that grows on old food) All there was in the house was a loaf of mouldy old bread.
▪ white/brown bread Would you like white bread or brown bread?
▪ wholewheat bread (also wholemeal bread British English) (=bread made with flour that contains all of the grain) Wholemeal bread is good for you.
▪ home-made/home-baked bread I love home-made bread.
■ phrases
▪ a slice/piece of bread Can I have another slice of bread?
▪ a loaf of bread He’s gone to buy a loaf of bread.
▪ a chunk of bread (=a piece that you pull off a loaf instead of cutting it) He tore off a chunk of bread and dipped it in the sauce.
■ verbs
▪ make/bake bread We usually make our own bread.
▪ cut/slice bread Could you cut some bread?
bread
bread [bread breads breaded breading] [bred] [bred] noun uncountable
1. a type of food made from flour, water and usually yeast mixed together and baked
• a loaf/slice/piece of bread
• white/brown/wholemeal bread
see also crispbread, French bread, gingerbread
2. (old-fashioned, slang) money
more at your daily bread at daily adj., half a loaf is better than no bread at half det., know which side your bread is buttered at know v., the best thing since sliced bread at sliced
Idiom: take the bread out of somebody's mouth
Word Origin:
Old English brēad, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch brood and German Brot.
Example Bank:
• He had to live on bread and water for two weeks.
• People started going up to receive the bread and wine.
• She tore off a large hunk of bread.
• This bread is going stale.
• What would you like on your bread?
• a plate of bread and butter
• bread thickly spread with peanut butter
• bread thickly spread with plum jam
• loaves of crusty French bread
• some nice crusty white bread
• the smell of freshly baked bread
Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition
bread / bred / noun [ U ]
A1 a food made from flour, water, and usually yeast, mixed together and baked:
a slice of bread
a loaf of bread
white/brown bread
wholemeal ( US whole wheat ) bread
sliced bread
This bread is fresh/stale .
Do you bake your own bread?
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bread
/bred/
(breads, breading, breaded)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
Bread is a very common food made from flour, water, and yeast.
...a loaf of bread...
There is more fibre in wholemeal bread than in white bread.
N-MASS
2.
If food such as fish or meat is breaded, it is covered in tiny pieces of dry bread called breadcrumbs. It can then be fried or grilled.
It is important that food be breaded just minutes before frying.
VERB: usu passive, be V-ed
• bread‧ed
...breaded fish.
ADJ
1bread /ˈbrɛd/ noun, pl breads
1 : a baked food made from a mixture of flour and water
[noncount]
• She bakes bread every day.
• a loaf/slice/piece/hunk of bread
[count]
• The bakery offers a nice selection of breads and pastries.
- often used before another noun
• bread crumbs
• a bread knife [=a knife used for cutting bread]
2 [noncount] old-fashioned slang : money
• I took the job because I needed to earn some bread. [=(more commonly) dough]
break bread : to have a meal together
• He received an invitation to break bread with the president.
know which side your bread is buttered on informal : to know how to act or how to treat others in order to get what you want
• He pretends to be impartial, but believe me, he knows which side his bread is buttered on.
Any type of sweet fizzy drink
سودا، نوشابه
I never drink soda.
من هیچوقت نوشابه نمیخورم.
Any type of sweet fizzy drink
سودا، نوشابه
I never drink soda.
من هیچوقت نوشابه نمیخورم.
soda
(also soda water ) noun (no plural)
1 water with bubbles in it that is used for mixing with other drinks:
whisky and soda
2 (American) a sweet drink with bubbles in it that is made from soda water and a fruit flavour
soda
so‧da /ˈsəʊdə $ ˈsoʊ-/ BrE AmE noun
[Date: 1400-1500; Language: Italian; Origin: name of a plant from which soda is obtained]
1. [uncountable and countable] (also soda water) water that contains bubbles and is often added to alcoholic drinks:
a Scotch and soda
2. [uncountable and countable] (also soda pop) American English a sweet drink containing bubbles, or a can or bottle of this drink SYN pop:
a can of orange soda
a cooler full of sodas
3. [countable] American English an ↑ice-cream soda:
a strawberry soda
4. [uncountable] a substance in the form of a powder containing ↑sodium, that is used for cooking or cleaning SYN bicarbonate of soda:
baking soda
soda
soda [soda sodas] [ˈsəʊdə] [ˈsoʊdə] noun
1. uncountable, countable = soda water
• Add some soda to the whisky, please.
• a Scotch and soda
2. (also old-fashioned ˈsoda pop) (both NAmE) uncountable, countable a sweet fizzy drink (= a drink with bubbles) made with soda water, fruit flavour and sometimes ice cream
• Do you have any diet soda?
• He had an ice-cream soda.
3. uncountable a chemical substance in common use that is a compound of sodium
• baking/washing soda
see also caustic soda, sodium bicarbonate, sodium carbonate
See also: soda pop
Word Origin:
late Middle English (in sense 3): from medieval Latin, from Arabic suwwad ‘saltwort’ (a plant whose ashes were formally used in soap making).
Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition
soda / ˈsəʊ.də / / ˈsoʊ- / noun
[ C ] ( also ˈ soda ˌ pop ) US any type of sweet fizzy drink (= with bubbles) that is not alcoholic [ C or U ] ( also ˈ soda ˌ water , US also ˌ club ˈ soda ) a type of fizzy water (= with bubbles) , often mixed with alcoholic drinks
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soda
/soʊdə/
(sodas)
1.
Soda is the same as soda water.
N-UNCOUNT
2.
Soda is a sweet fizzy drink. (AM)
...a glass of diet soda.
N-MASS
•
A soda is a bottle of soda.
They had liquor for the adults and sodas for the children.
N-COUNT
soda
so·da /ˈsoʊdə/ noun, pl -das
1 a [noncount] : soda water
• Scotch and soda
b [count, noncount] chiefly US : soda pop
• orange/grape soda
• I ordered fries and a soda.
- often used before another noun
• a soda machine
• soda cans/bottles
2 [count] US : a drink made of soda water, flavoring, and often ice cream
• a chocolate soda
• an ice-cream soda
3 [noncount] : a white powdery substance that contains salt and is used in cooking and medicine - see also baking soda, washing soda
The liquid that comes from fruit or vegetables
آب سبزى يا ميوه
Orange juice
آب پرتقال
Nice? Follow me.
خوبه؟ دنبالم بیاین
There's also orange juice
آب پرتغال هم هست
and grapefruit juice…
و آب گریپ فروت
-Grapefruit juice?
آب گریپ فروت میخوری؟
-Yes, please. Thanks.
بله لطفا. ممنون
There you go. Honey?
خدمت شما. عزیزم تو چطور؟
No, I'll stick with orange, thank you.
نه، من همون پرتغالو میخورم
Good morning, sir. Can I start you with anything?
صبحتون بخیر جناب. برای شروع چی میل دارید؟
Orange juice, coffee?
آب پرتغال؟ قهوه؟
What about, like, some pineapple juice with a little bit of rum on the side.
چطوره مثلا یکم آب آناناس و کنارش کمی رام (نوعی شراب) بیاری
The liquid that comes from fruit or vegetables
آب سبزى يا ميوه
Orange juice
آب پرتقال
juice
noun (no plural)
pronunciation
The word juice sounds like loose.
the liquid from fruit and vegetables:
a glass of orange juice
juice
I. juice1 S2 /dʒuːs/ BrE AmE noun
[Word Family: noun: ↑juice, ↑juicer, ↑juiciness; verb: ↑juice; adjective: ↑juicy]
[Date: 1200-1300; Language: Old French; Origin: jus, from Latin]
1. [uncountable and countable] the liquid that comes from fruit and vegetables, or a drink that is made from this:
a carton of orange juice
A Coke and a tomato juice, please.
2. [countable usually plural] the liquid that comes out of meat when it is cooked
3. gastric/digestive juice(s) the liquid inside your stomach that helps you to ↑digest food
4. [uncountable] informal something that produces power, such as petrol or electricity:
Okay, turn on the juice.
⇨ stew in your own juice at ↑stew2(2)
juice
juice [juice juices juiced juicing] noun, verb [dʒuːs] [dʒuːs]
noun
1. uncountable, countable the liquid that comes from fruit or vegetables; a drink made from this
• Add the juice of two lemons.
• a carton of apple juice
• Two orange juices, please.
2. countable, usually plural, uncountable the liquid that comes out of a piece of meat when it is cooked
• Use the juices of the meat to make gravy.
3. countable, usually plural the liquid in the stomach that helps you to digest food
• digestive/gastric juices
4. uncountable (informal, especially BrE) petrol/gas
5. uncountable (NAmE, informal) electricity
see let sb stew in their own juice at stew v.
Word Origin:
Middle English: via Old French from Latin jus ‘broth, vegetable juice’.
Example Bank:
• Sprinkle the avocado slices with lemon juice.
• The juice from the meat is used to make the sauce.
• the grated rind and juice of two lemons
Derived: juice something up
Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition
juice / dʒuːs / noun (LIQUID)
A1 [ U ] the liquid that comes from fruit or vegetables:
orange/lemon/grapefruit/carrot juice
a carton of apple juice
juices the liquid in meat:
Fry the meat first to seal in the juices.
juice / dʒuːs / noun [ U ] US slang (POWER)
power or influence:
My cousin Gianni's got all the juice in this neighborhood.
juice / dʒuːs / noun (ABILITY)
juices informal energy:
This early in the morning it's hard to get the creative juices flowing (= to start thinking of good ideas) .
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juice
/dʒu:s/
(juices)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
Juice is the liquid that can be obtained from a fruit.
...fresh orange juice...
N-MASS: usu with supp
2.
The juices of a piece of meat are the liquid that comes out of it when you cook it.
When cooked, drain off the juices and put the meat in a processor or mincer.
N-PLURAL
1juice /ˈʤuːs/ noun, pl juic·es
1 a : the liquid part that can be squeezed out of vegetables and fruits
[noncount]
• a glass of apple/orange/carrot juice
[count]
• a variety of fruit juices
b : the liquid part of meat
[noncount]
• the juice of a steak
[plural]
• gravy made with real beef juices
2 [noncount] informal : something (such as electricity) that provides power
• Turn on the juice.
• His camera ran out of juice because he forgot to replace the battery.
3 [count] : the natural fluids in your stomach - usually plural
• digestive/gastric/stomach juices
4 [plural] informal : energy that gives you the ability to do something in a very effective way - used with flow
• He can be very tough to beat when he gets his competitive juices flowing.
• She came up with some great ideas when her creative juices started flowing.
stew in your own juice/juices
- see 2stew
(A drink made by pouring hot water onto) dried and cut leaves and sometimes flowers, especially the leaves of the tea plant
چای
A lemon tea
چای لیمویی
(A drink made by pouring hot water onto) dried and cut leaves and sometimes flowers, especially the leaves of the tea plant
چای
A lemon tea
چای لیمویی
tea
noun
1 (no plural) the dry leaves of a special plant that you use to make tea to drink
2 (no plural) a brown drink that you make with hot water and the dry leaves of a special plant:
Would you like a cup of tea?
3 (plural teas) a cup of this drink:
Two teas, please.
4 (plural teas) (British) a small afternoon meal of sandwiches (= two slices of bread with food between them), cakes and cups of tea
culture
Some people call their evening meal tea, especially when it is eaten early in the evening.
Look at the note at meal.
tea
tea S1 W2 /tiː/ BrE AmE noun
[Date: 1600-1700; Language: Chinese; Origin: te]
1. DRINK/LEAVES
a) [uncountable and countable] a hot brown drink made by pouring boiling water onto the dried leaves from a particular Asian bush, or a cup of this drink:
Would you like a cup of tea or coffee?
Do you take milk and sugar in your tea?
I’d like two teas and a piece of chocolate cake, please.
b) [uncountable] dried, finely cut leaves that are used to make tea
c) [uncountable] bushes whose leaves are used to make tea:
tea plantations
2. mint/camomile etc tea a hot drink made by pouring boiling water onto leaves or flowers, sometimes used as a medicine
3. MEAL [uncountable and countable] British English
a) a small meal of cake or ↑biscuits eaten in the afternoon with a cup of tea:
We serve lunch and afternoon tea.
We stopped for a cream tea on the way home (=tea and cream cakes).
b) used in some parts of Britain to mean a large meal that is eaten early in the evening ⇨ ↑high tea
4. tea and sympathy British English kindness and attention that you give someone when they are upset
⇨ not be your cup of tea at ↑cup1
• • •
COLLOCATIONS
■ phrases
▪ a cup/mug of tea Would you like a cup of tea?
▪ a pot of tea Shall I make a pot of tea?
■ adjectives
▪ hot The tea was too hot to drink.
▪ sweet I poured Helen a mug of sweet tea and waited for her to answer.
▪ strong You've made the tea too strong.
▪ weak You have your tea weak, don't you Chris?
▪ black (=without milk) I ordered black tea and toast.
▪ white (=with milk) Two white teas and a coffee, please.
▪ milky (=with a lot of milk) I don't like my tea so milky.
■ verbs
▪ drink tea Susan sank into her chair and drank her tea.
▪ pour tea She poured the tea and handed a cup to Cara.
• • •
THESAURUS
■ types of meal
▪ breakfast a meal that you eat in the morning
▪ brunch a meal that you eat in the late morning, instead of breakfast or lunch
▪ lunch a meal that you eat in the middle of the day
▪ tea British English a meal that you eat in the afternoon or evening
▪ dinner the main meal of the day, which most people eat in the evening
▪ supper a small meal that you eat in the evening, in British English; the main meal that you eat in the evening, in American English
▪ picnic a meal that you eat outdoors, consisting of food that you cooked or prepared earlier
▪ barbecue a meal that you cook outdoors over hot coals or wood and eat outdoors
▪ snack a small amount of food that is eaten between main meals or instead of a meal
▪ side dish food eaten with the main course, such as vegetables: I’ll have the salad as a side dish.
▪ course one of the separate parts of a meal, such as the starter or the dessert: a three-course meal
tea
tea [tea teas teaed tea'd teaing] [tiː] [tiː] noun
1. uncountable the dried leaves (called tea leaves) of the tea bush
see also green tea
2. uncountable a hot drink made by pouring boiling water onto tea leaves. It may be drunk with milk or lemon and/or sugar added
• a cup/mug/pot of tea
• lemon/iced tea
• Would you like tea or coffee?
• Do you take sugar in your tea?
3. countable a cup of tea
• Two teas, please.
4. uncountable, countable a hot drink made by pouring boiling water onto the leaves of other plants
• camomile/mint/herb, etc. tea
see also beef tea
5. uncountable, countable the name used by some people in Britain for the cooked meal eaten in the evening, especially when it is eaten early in the evening
• You can have your tea as soon as you come home from school.
compare dinner, supper
6. uncountable, countable (BrE) a light meal eaten in the afternoon or early evening, usually with sandwiches and/or biscuits and cakes and with tea to drink
see also cream tea, high tea
more at not sb's cup of tea at cup n.
Idiom: not for all the tea in China
Word Origin:
mid 17th cent.: probably via Malay from Chinese (Min dialect) te; related to Mandarin chá. Compare with char (noun - sense 2).
Culture:
meals
Americans and British people generally eat three meals a day though the names vary according to people’s lifestyles and where they live.
The first meal of the day is breakfast. The traditional full English breakfast served in many British hotels may include fruit juice, cereal, bacon and eggs, often with sausages and tomatoes, toast and marmalade, and tea or coffee. Few people have time to prepare a cooked breakfast at home and most have only cereal and/or toast with tea or coffee. Others buy coffee and a pastry on their way to work.
The traditional American breakfast includes eggs, some kind of meat and toast. Eggs may be fried, ‘over easy’, ‘over hard’ or ‘sunny side up’, or boiled, poached or in an omelette (= beaten together and fried). The meat may be bacon or sausage. People who do not have time for a large meal have toast or cereal and coffee. It is common for Americans to eat breakfast in a restaurant. On Saturday and Sunday many people eat brunch late in the morning. This consists of both breakfast and lunch dishes, including pancakes and waffles (= types of cooked batter) that are eaten with butter and maple syrup.
Lunch, which is eaten any time after midday, is the main meal of the day for some British people, though people out at work may have only sandwiches. Some people also refer to the midday meal as dinner. Most workers are allowed about an hour off work for it, called the lunch hour, and many also go shopping. Many schools offer a cooked lunch (school lunch or school dinner), though some students take a packed lunch of sandwiches, fruit, etc. Sunday lunch is special and is, for many families, the biggest meal of the week, consisting traditionally of roast meat and vegetables and a sweet course. In the US lunch is usually a quick meal, eaten around midday. Many workers have a half-hour break for lunch, and buy a sandwich from near their place of work. Business people may sometimes eat a larger lunch and use the time to discuss business.
The main meal of the day for most people is the evening meal, called supper, tea or dinner. It is usually a cooked meal with meat or fish or a salad, followed by a sweet course. In Britain younger children may have tea when they get home from school. Tea, meaning a main meal for adults, is the word used in some parts of Britain especially when the evening meal is eaten early. Dinner sounds more formal than supper, and guests generally receive invitations to ‘dinner’ rather than to ‘supper’. In the US the evening meal is called dinner and is usually eaten around 6 or 6.30 p.m. In many families, both in Britain and in the US, family members eat at different times and rarely sit down at the table together.
Many people also eat snacks between meals. Most have tea or coffee at mid-morning, often called coffee time or the coffee break. In Britain in the past this was sometimes also called elevenses. In the afternoon many British people have a tea break. Some hotels serve afternoon tea which consists of tea or coffee and a choice of sandwiches and cakes. When on holiday/vacation people sometimes have a cream tea of scones, jam and cream. In addition many people eat chocolate bars, biscuits (AmE cookies) or crisps (AmE chips). Some British people have a snack, sometimes called supper, consisting of a milk drink and a biscuit before they go to bed. In the US children often have milk and cookies after school.
Culture:
Many British people have a cup of tea in the morning, and several more during the day. Some people stop work for a few minutes to have a tea break. Most people in Britain offer a cup of tea to anybody visiting their home or office. Tea also suggests comfort and warmth, and sitting down with a ‘nice cup of tea’ is a common response to problems and worries.
More About:
meals
People use the words dinner, lunch, supper and tea in different ways depending on which English-speaking country they come from. In Britain it may also depend on which part of the country or which social class a person comes from.
A meal eaten in the middle of the day is usually called lunch. If it is the main meal of the day it may also be called dinner in BrE, especially in the north of the country.
A main meal eaten in the evening is usually called dinner, especially if it is a formal meal. Supper is also an evening meal, but more informal than dinner and usually eaten at home. It can also be a late meal or something to eat and drink before going to bed.
In BrE, tea is a light meal in the afternoon with sandwiches, cakes, etc. and a cup of tea: ▪ a cream tea. It can also be a main meal eaten early in the evening, especially by children: ▪ What time do the kids have their tea?
As a general rule, if dinner is the word someone uses for the meal in the middle of the day, they probably call the meal in the evening tea or supper. If they call the meal in the middle of the day lunch, they probably call the meal in the evening dinner.
Brunch, a combination of breakfast and lunch, is becoming more common, especially as a meal where your guests serve themselves.
Example Bank:
• A lady comes round the office with a tea trolley in the afternoon.
• All rooms have tea-making facilities.
• Allow the tea to cool before you drink it.
• He stores his books in a tea chest.
• He tried to alleviate their disappointment by inviting them in for tea and sympathy.
• I cleared away the tea things.
• I decided to treat myself to a cream tea in the tea room next door.
• I don't drink tea.
• I'll bring you a cup of tea in a few minutes.
• I'll have tea— white, no sugar, please.
• I'll make you some tea.
• John rushed around dispensing tea and cakes to everyone.
• Pour me a cup of tea please.
• She sipped her hot tea slowly.
• The hospital tea bar is run by volunteers.
• There's some fresh tea in the pot.
• There's some fresh= just made tea in the pot.
• You haven't let the tea brew long enough.
• a bone china tea service
• an authentic Japanese tea house
• When we were on holiday we had cream teas every day.
• Would you like to come to tea on Sunday?
Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition
tea / tiː / noun (DRINK)
A1 [ C or U ] (a drink made by pouring hot water onto) dried and cut leaves and sometimes flowers, especially the leaves of the tea plant:
China/Indian tea
iced/lemon tea
a selection of herbal teas
I'd love a cup of tea, please.
"Shall I pour the tea?" "No, let it brew (= get stronger) a while."
Tea and biscuits will be provided at eleven o'clock.
How do you like your tea - strong or weak ?
We sat in the shade of a tree, sipping tea and eating scones.
I'm not much of a tea drinker .
UK informal How about a nice cup of tea? That'll make you feel better.
[ C ] a cup of tea:
Two teas, please.
tea / tiː / noun (MEAL)
[ U or C ] a meal that is eaten in the early evening and is usually cooked B1 [ U or C ] a small meal eaten in the late afternoon, usually including cake and a cup of tea
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tea
/ti:/
(teas)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
Tea is a drink made by adding hot water to tea leaves or tea bags. Many people add milk to the drink and some add sugar.
...a cup of tea...
Would you like some tea?...
Four or five men were drinking tea from flasks.
N-MASS
•
A cup of tea can be referred to as a tea.
Would anybody like a tea or coffee?
N-COUNT
2.
The chopped dried leaves of the plant that tea is made from is referred to as tea.
...a packet of tea...
N-MASS
3.
Tea is a meal some people eat in the late afternoon. It consists of food such as sandwiches and cakes, with tea to drink. (BRIT)
I’m doing the sandwiches for tea...
N-VAR
see also afternoon tea, high tea
4.
Some people refer to the main meal that they eat in the early part of the evening as tea. (BRIT)
At five o’clock he comes back for his tea.
N-VAR
5.
If you say that someone or something is not your cup of tea, you mean that they are not the kind of person or thing that you like.
Politics was not his cup of tea...
PHRASE: v-link PHR, usu with brd-neg
tea
tea /ˈtiː/ noun, pl teas
1 [count, noncount]
a : a drink that is made by soaking the dried leaves of an Asian plant in hot water
• a cup of tea
b : a similar drink that is made by using the dried leaves of another kind of plant
• herbal/mint tea
- see also green tea
2 [noncount] : the dried leaves that are used in making tea
• a bag of tea
3 Brit
a : a light meal or snack that usually includes tea with sandwiches, cookies, or cakes and that is served in the late afternoon
[noncount]
• Let's meet for tea tomorrow.
[count]
• That shop does a great afternoon tea.
b [count, noncount] : a cooked meal that is served in the early evening - see also cream tea, high tea
not for all the tea in China informal + old-fashioned : not for any reason
• I would never invite him to my house again—not for all the tea in China.
not your cup of tea
- see 1cup
A clear liquid, without colour or taste, that falls from the sky as rain and is necessary for animal and plant life
آب
A glass of water
یک لیوان آب
A clear liquid, without colour or taste, that falls from the sky as rain and is necessary for animal and plant life
آب
A glass of water
یک لیوان آب
noun (no plural)
the liquid that is in rivers, lakes and seas:
I'd like a glass of water.
After the heavy rain a lot of the fields were under water.
water
I. wa‧ter1 S1 W1 /ˈwɔːtə $ ˈwɒːtər, ˈwɑː-/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable]
[Word Family: adjective: ↑underwater, water, ↑waterless; noun: ↑water, waters; verb: ↑water; adverb: ↑underwater]
[Language: Old English; Origin: wæter]
1. LIQUID the clear liquid without colour, smell, or taste that falls as rain and that is used for drinking, washing etc:
There’s water all over the bathroom floor.
Does anyone want a drink of water?
a glass of sparkling mineral water
All rooms have hot and cold running water.
Pour boiling water over the rice and let it soak.
a fresh water spring
When dealing with a burst pipe, always turn off the water first.
contamination of the local water supply
2. AREA OF WATER
a) an area of water such as the sea, a lake etc
shallow/deep water
Rangoon is surrounded on three sides by water.
Denzil dived into the water.
He stepped down to the water’s edge.
by water (=by boat)
The temple can only be reached by water.
b) the surface of a lake, river etc ⇨ underwater
on the water
something floating on the water
3. waters [plural] a large area of water, especially an ocean that is near or belongs to a particular country:
the coastal waters of Alaska
Korean/Mexican/Pacific etc waters
The ship drifted into Turkish territorial waters.
a species found in inland waters (=not the sea, but rivers, lakes etc)
4. high/low water the highest or lowest level of the sea and some rivers SYN tide
5. uncharted/troubled/murky waters formal a situation that is difficult, dangerous, or unfamiliar:
the uncharted waters of the 21st century
6. be (all) water under the bridge informal used to say that what happened in the past should be forgotten
7. like water if you use something or spend money like water, you use or spend large amounts of it when you should try to save it – used to show disapproval:
Some of the companies were spending money like water.
8. like water off a duck’s back informal if criticism, warnings etc are like water off a duck’s back, they have no effect on the person you are saying them to
9. sb’s waters break when a ↑pregnant woman’s waters break, liquid comes from her body just before her baby is born
10. water on the brain/knee old-fashioned informal liquid around the brain or knee as the result of a disease
11. take the waters old-fashioned to wash yourself in or drink special water that is thought to make you healthy
12. make/pass water formal to ↑urinate
⇨ ↑soda water, ↑toilet water, ⇨ in deep water at ↑deep1(15), ⇨ take to something like a duck to water at ↑duck1(4), ⇨ of the first water at ↑first1(18), ⇨ (be/feel) like a fish out of water at ↑fish1(3), ⇨ not hold water at ↑hold1(37), ⇨ in hot water at ↑hot1(10), ⇨ muddy the waters at ↑muddy2(2), ⇨ pour cold water over/on something at ↑pour(6), ⇨ still waters run deep at ↑still2(5), ⇨ test the water at ↑test2(7), ⇨ tread water at ↑tread1(5), ⇨ troubled waters at ↑troubled(3)
• • •
COLLOCATIONS
■ ADJECTIVES/NOUN + water
▪ drinking water (=water that you can drink safely) There is no source of drinking water on the island.
▪ tap water (=water that comes out of a tap) The tap water is not safe to drink.
▪ bottled water (=water to drink that you buy in bottles) Sales of bottled water have rocketed.
▪ mineral water (=water that has natural substances in it, and is sold in bottles) The mineral water comes from the Scottish mountain.
▪ spring water (=water that comes naturally out of the ground and has not been treated with any chemicals, usually sold in bottles) I ordered a glass of spring water.
▪ running water (=water that comes out of a system of pipes into buildings) Only half the city’s houses had running water.
▪ fresh water (=water in lakes, rivers etc that does not contain salt) This bird is usually found in open country near fresh water.
▪ salt water (=water from the sea, or water to which salt has been added) He washed his hands in a pool of salt water.
▪ hard (=containing a lot of calcium) Hard water is formed as rainwater passes down through layers of limestone.
▪ soft (=not containing much calcium) In our area the water is quite soft.
▪ hot There isn't any hot water!
▪ cold The water in the pool was pretty cold.
▪ lukewarm (=only slightly warm) Stir the yeast into lukewarm water.
▪ clean Millions of people do not have access to clean drinking water.
▪ dirty Diseases can be spread by dirty water.
▪ contaminated (=water that has harmful substances in it) They became ill from drinking contaminated water.
▪ soapy Wash your hands with hot soapy water.
■ water + NOUN
▪ the water supply (=water and the lakes, reservoirs etc where it is stored ) A dam was built to improve the water supply.
▪ a water shortage There is a severe water shortage in many parts of the country.
■ phrases
▪ a glass of water She poured herself a glass of water.
▪ a drink of water He asked for a drink of water.
■ verbs
▪ turn the water off/on (=turn a tap to stop water coming out of pipes or to let it come out) Turn the water off while you're brushing your teeth.
▪ water runs I let the cool water run down my back.
▪ water flows We watched the water flow under the bridge.
water
water [water waters watered watering] noun, verb [ˈwɔːtə(r)] [ˈwɔːtər] [ˈwɑːtər]
noun
1. uncountable a liquid without colour, smell or taste that falls as rain, is in lakes, rivers and seas, and is used for drinking, washing, etc
• a glass of water
• drinking water
• water pollution
• clean/dirty water
• water shortages
• There is hot and cold running water in all the bedrooms.
• The water (= the supply of water) was turned off for several hours each day during the drought.
see also bathwater
2. uncountable an area of water, especially a lake, river, sea or ocean
• We walked down to the water's edge.
• She fell into the water.
• shallow/deep water
• In the lagoon the water was calm.
see also backwater, breakwater
3. waters plural the water in a particular lake, river, sea or ocean
• the grey waters of the River Clyde
• This species is found in coastal waters around the Indian Ocean.
4. uncountable the surface of a mass of water
• She dived under the water.
• The leaves floated on the water.
• He disappeared under the water.
• I could see my reflection in the water.
see also underwater
5. waters plural an area of sea or ocean belonging to a particular country
• We were still in British waters.
• fishing in international waters
see also territorial waters
6. waters plural murky, uncharted, stormy, dangerous, etc. ~ used to describe a situation, usually one that is difficult, dangerous or not familiar
• The conversation got into the murky waters of jealousy and relationships.
• The government has warned of stormy waters ahead.
• I was going into uncharted waters. There are many other compounds ending in water. You will find them at their place in the alphabet.
more at blood is thicker than water at blood, blow sb/sth out of the water at blow v., pour/throw cold water on sth at cold adj., dead in the water at dead adj., in deep water(s) at deep adj., dip a toe in/into the water at dip v., (take to sth) like a duck to water at duck n., a fish out of water at fish n., keep your head above water at head n., (come) hell or high water at hell, you can lead/take a horse to water, but you can't make it drink at horse n., be in/get into hot water at hot adj., pass water at pass v., pour oil on troubled water(s) at pour, still waters run deep at still adj., test the waters at test v., tread water at tread adj.
Word Origin:
Old English wæter (noun), wæterian (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch water, German Wasser, from an Indo-European root shared by Russian voda (compare with vodka), also by Latin unda ‘wave’ and Greek hudōr ‘water’.
Example Bank:
• Alexis filled the sink with soapy water.
• All the rooms have hot and cold running water.
• An abandoned town lies under the water of the reservoir.
• As the weather heats up, water evaporates.
• At last the boat reached safer waters.
• Avoid drinking the tap water when you first arrive in the country.
• Brown water gushed out of the rusty old tap.
• Building can be difficult where the water table lies close to the surface.
• Cook the pasta in plenty of boiling salted water.
• Don't slosh too much water on the floor when you're having a bath.
• Goods were often transported by water in the 19th century.
• He kept sprinkling holy water on Mia.
• He twisted it to drain the excess water.
• How do you pump the water up here?
• I could feel the icy water entering my lungs.
• I saw something large floating in the water.
• Residents are being asked to boil their drinking water.
• She crouched at the water's edge to wash her hands.
• She dried off the excess water from her hair.
• Some fields have areas with standing water.
• That causes the moss to absorb water.
• The boat cut effortlessly through the water.
• The burst pipe was spurting water everywhere.
• The farmers draw their irrigation water from the Colorado.
• The flood water had caused tremendous damage.
• The ship had drifted into uncharted waters.
• The submarine had strayed into Russian waters.
• The surface water made the road treacherous for drivers.
• The swan landed gracefully on the water.
• The water is now receding after the floods.
• The water was rising fast.
• There was water dripping from a hole in the ceiling.
• These fish will quickly die in salt water.
• They climbed a tree to escape the rising water.
• They turned the water off for a few hours to do some work on the pipes.
• Water got into the boat and was sloshing around under our feet.
• a water-resistant watch
• a woman fetching water
• areas which are dependent on ground water
• household water heaters
• inland navigable waters
• large expanses of open water
• the ballast water of ocean-going freighters
• the calm waters of Lake Como
• the fast-flowing water of the river
• the freezing waters of the Irish Sea
• the icy waters of the North Atlantic
• the purest well water
• the region's most important fresh water source
• the shark-infested waters off the coast of Florida
• water-repellent leather
• Leaves floated on the water.
• We walked down to the water's edge.
Idioms: by water ▪ it's water under the bridge ▪ like water ▪ not hold water ▪ somebody's waters break ▪ water off a duck's back
Derived: water something down
Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition
water / ˈwɔː.tə r / / ˈwɑː.t̬ɚ / noun
A1 [ U ] a clear liquid, without colour or taste, that falls from the sky as rain and is necessary for animal and plant life:
a bottle/drink/glass of water
bottled/mineral/tap water
hot/cold water
Can I have a drop of water in my whisky , please?
Is the water hot enough for a bath?
The human body is about 50 percent water.
A2 [ U ] an area of water, such as the sea, a lake, or a swimming pool:
The water's warm - are you coming for a swim?
I don't like getting my head under (= in) water.
Dad, I swam a whole length of the pool under water (= with the whole head and body below the surface of the water) !
[ U ] the level of an area of water:
High water this morning at Portsmouth is at 11.17.
waters [ plural ] the area of sea near to and belonging to a particular country:
St Lucia depends on its clean coastal waters for its income.
the water contained in a particular lake, river, or part of the sea :
In the shallow waters of the Gulf of Mexico, oil rigs attract fish.
UK ( US water ) the liquid that surrounds a baby inside a pregnant woman's womb:
At 3 a.m. her waters broke, and the baby was born soon after.
the waters [ plural ] water from a spring, especially when used in the past for drinking or swimming in, in order to improve the health:
People used to come to this city to take (= drink or swim in) the waters.
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water
/wɔ:tə(r)/
(waters, watering, watered)
Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English.
1.
Water is a clear thin liquid that has no colour or taste when it is pure. It falls from clouds as rain and enters rivers and seas. All animals and people need water in order to live.
Get me a glass of water.
...the sound of water hammering on the metal roof.
...a trio of children playing along the water’s edge.
N-UNCOUNT
2.
You use waters to refer to a large area of sea, especially the area of sea which is near to a country and which is regarded as belonging to it.
The ship will remain outside Chinese territorial waters.
...the open waters of the Arctic Ocean.
N-PLURAL: with supp
3.
You sometimes use waters to refer to a situation which is very complex or difficult.
...the man brought in to guide him through troubled waters...
The British Government may be in stormy economic waters.
N-PLURAL: adj N
4.
If you water plants, you pour water over them in order to help them to grow.
He went out to water the plants.
VERB: V n
5.
If your eyes water, tears build up in them because they are hurting or because you are upset.
His eyes watered from cigarette smoke.
VERB: V
6.
If you say that your mouth is watering, you mean that you can smell or see some nice food and you might mean that your mouth is producing a liquid.
...cookies to make your mouth water.
VERB: V
see also mouth-watering
7.
When a pregnant woman’s waters break, the fluid in her womb that surrounds the baby passes out of her body, showing that the baby is ready to be born. A doctor or midwife can break a woman’s waters so that the birth can begin.
My waters broke at six in the morning and within four hours Jamie was born.
PHRASE: V inflects
8.
If you say that an event or incident is water under the bridge, you mean that it has happened and cannot now be changed, so there is no point in worrying about it any more.
He was relieved his time in jail was over and regarded it as water under the bridge.
PHRASE: v-link PHR
9.
If you are in deep water, you are in a difficult or awkward situation.
I could tell that we were getting off the subject and into deep water.
PHRASE
10.
If an argument or theory does not hold water, it does not seem to be reasonable or be in accordance with the facts.
This argument simply cannot hold water in Europe.
PHRASE: V inflects, usu with brd-neg
11.
If you are in hot water, you are in trouble. (INFORMAL)
The company has already been in hot water over high prices this year.
PHRASE: v-link PHR, PHR after v
12.
If you pour cold water on an idea or suggestion, you show that you have a low opinion of it.
City economists pour cold water on the idea that the economic recovery has begun.
PHRASE: V inflects, PHR n
13.
If you test the water or test the waters, you try to find out what reaction an action or idea will get before you do it or tell it to people.
You should be cautious when getting involved and test the water before committing yourself.
PHRASE: V and N inflect
14.
like water off a duck’s back: see duck
to take to something like a duck to water: see duck
to keep your head above water: see head
1wa·ter /ˈwɑːtɚ/ noun, pl -ters
1 [noncount] : the clear liquid that has no color, taste, or smell, that falls from clouds as rain, that forms streams, lakes, and seas, and that is used for drinking, washing, etc.
• Would you like a glass of water?
• bottled/mineral/spring water
• There's water dripping from the ceiling.
• Drink some water.
• drinking water [=water that is safe for drinking]
• The house has hot and cold running water. [=water carried by pipes inside a building]
- see also bathwater, freshwater, groundwater, holy water, ice water, mineral water, rainwater, rose water, saltwater, seawater, soda water, tap water, toilet water, white water
2 [noncount] : an area of water (such as a lake, river, or ocean)
• deep/shallow water
• The kids love playing in the water.
• A stick was floating on/in the water.
• They like to vacation near the water.
- see also underwater
3 waters [plural] : a specific area of water especially; : an area of seawater
• frigid northern waters
• coastal/shallow waters
• We are sailing in international waters.
• They were fishing in Canadian waters.
- often used figuratively
• We are entering into dangerous waters [=a difficult or complicated situation] whenever we discuss religion in public.
• He began studying the murky waters [=confusing details] of copyright law.
• The company is moving into uncharted waters [=new and unknown areas] with its Internet marketing campaign.
- see also headwaters, territorial waters
4 [noncount] : methods of travel that involve boats and ships
• They came by water. [=by traveling on a boat or ship]
a fish out of water
- see 1fish
blood is thicker than water
- see blood
come hell or high water
- see hell
dead in the water
- see 1dead
hold water informal : to be possible or believable - usually used in negative statements
• Her argument doesn't hold water. [=does not make sense]
• His theory cannot hold water. [=his theory is wrong]
in deep water
- see 1deep
keep your head above water
- see 1head
like a duck to water
- see 1duck
like water informal : in large amounts
• He spends money like water.
muddy the waters
- see 2muddy
pass water medical : to send urine out of the body : urinate
• a patient who is finding it difficult to pass water
pour/throw cold water on : to say that you do not like (an idea, suggestion, etc.) in a way that stops other people from doing it or from feeling enthusiastic about it
• He wanted to buy a new car, but I poured/threw cold water on that idea. [=I said he should not buy a new car]
still waters run deep
- see 2still
test the waters/water
- see 2test
tread water
- see 1tread
troubled waters
- see troubled
water breaks US or Brit waters break
- used to describe what happens when fluid suddenly comes from a pregnant woman's body because her baby will be born soon
• Her water broke early.
water off a duck's back informal
✦If something, such as criticism, advice, etc., is (like) water off a duck's back, it has no effect on someone.
• He tried to convince her to take the job, but his advice was like water off a duck's back. [=she completely ignored his advice]
water under the bridge
- used to say that something happened in the past and is no longer important or worth arguing about
• We had our differences in the past, but that's all water under the bridge now.
A cloudy sky/day
ابری
Because of the cloudy weather they decided not to go hiking.
به خاطر هوای ابری آنها تصمیم گرفتند به کوه نوردی نروند.
A cloudy sky/day
ابری
Because of the cloudy weather they decided not to go hiking.
به خاطر هوای ابری آنها تصمیم گرفتند به کوه نوردی نروند.
cloudy
adjective (cloudier, cloudiest)
If the weather is cloudy, the sky is full of clouds:
a cloudy day
cloudy
cloud‧y /ˈklaʊdi/ BrE AmE adjective
1. a cloudy sky, day etc is dark because there are a lot of clouds OPP clear:
a cloudy night with some light rain
Tomorrow, it will be cloudy and cool.
2. cloudy liquids are not clear:
a rather cloudy wine
3. cloudy thoughts, memories etc are not very clear or exact
• • •
THESAURUS
▪ cloudy with a lot of clouds: The weather was cold and cloudy. | cloudy skies
▪ grey (also gray American English) grey in colour, because there are dark clouds – used especially in written descriptions: Mary looked out at the cold grey sky.
▪ overcast dark and completely covered with clouds: a chilly overcast day
▪ leaden literary a leaden sky is grey and full of dark clouds: Snow fell from a leaden sky.
▪ gloomy dark and cloudy, in a depressing way: The gloomy weather shows no sign of improving.
▪ foggy with thick low cloud that is difficult to see through. You use foggy especially about low-lying places: a foggy day in London in November
▪ misty with light low cloud that is difficult to see through. You use misty especially about places that are next to water or in the mountains: a cold misty morning
▪ hazy with air that looks cloudy, because there is smoke, dust, or mist in it: hazy sunshine
cloudy
cloudy [cloudy cloudier cloudiest] [ˈklaʊdi] [ˈklaʊdi] adjective (cloud·ier, cloudi·est)
1. (of the sky or the weather) covered with clouds; with a lot of clouds
Opp: clear
• a grey, cloudy day
2. (of liquids) not clear or transparent
• The water looked cloudy and not fit to drink.
Derived Word: cloudiness
Thesaurus:
cloudy adj.
• The sky was cloudy when we set off.
misty • • foggy • • overcast • • dull • |especially BrE, usually disapproving grey • |AmE usually gray • |often disapproving murky •
Opp: clear, Opp: sunny
cloudy/foggy/dull/grey weather
a cloudy/misty/overcast/dull/grey day
a cloudy/misty/foggy/murky night
Which word? If it is cloudy there may be a lot of clouds about while the rest of the sky is blue. Overcast, dull and grey suggest that the whole sky is covered with clouds.
Example Bank:
• It stayed cloudy for most of the day.
• Later it will become cloudy with rain in places.
• Sometimes the drinking water becomes rather cloudy.
• The beer looked cloudy.
• The warm water is made cloudy by adding some milk.
• a rather cloudy sky
• It was a dark, cloudy night.
• Scotland and Northern Ireland will be rather cloudy with patchy rain.
• The sky was cloudy when we set off but it cleared up by lunchtime.
• You can still get sunburnt on a cloudy day.
Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition
cloudy / ˈklaʊ.di / adjective
A2 with clouds:
a cloudy sky/day
Scotland will be cloudy with wintry showers.
not transparent:
The beer was cloudy and dark.
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cloudy
/klaʊdi/
(cloudier, cloudiest)
1.
If it is cloudy, there are a lot of clouds in the sky.
...a windy, cloudy day.
ADJ
2.
A cloudy liquid is less clear than it should be.
ADJ
cloudy
cloudy /ˈklaʊdi/ adj cloud·i·er; -est [also more ~; most ~]
1 : having many clouds in the sky
• Tomorrow will be cloudy and cold.
• a cloudy day
• cloudy weather : covered with clouds
• partly cloudy skies
2 : not clean or clear
• a puddle of cloudy [=dirty, murky] water
• cloudy eyes
- cloud·i·ness noun [noncount]
• We'll have clear skies in the morning with increasing cloudiness in the afternoon.
