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tend
BrE / tend /
NAmE / tend /
verb
verb forms
hairy
BrE / heri /
NAmE / heri /
adjective
thesaurus
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( hair ier , hairi est )
1 covered with a lot of hair
a hairy chest/monster
plants with hairy stems
2 ( informal ) dangerous or frightening but often exciting
Driving on icy roads can be pretty hairy.
a hairy experience
hairi ness / BrE herins ; NAmE herins / noun [ uncountable ]
en for cer
BrE / nfs(r) /
NAmE / nfrsr /
noun
a person whose responsibility is to make sure that other people perform the
actions they are supposed to, especially in a government : ( BrE ) He was
appointed the Cabinet enforcer.
legit
BrE / ldt /
NAmE / ldt /
adjective
word origin
( informal )
legal, or acting according to the law or the rules
The business seems legit.
pla toon
BrE / pltun /
NAmE / pltun /
noun
word origin
a small group of soldiers that is part of a company and commanded by a
lieutenant
verb
verb forms
word origin
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to begin and continue a war, a battle, etc
~ sth The rebels have waged a guerrilla war since 2007.
~ sth against/on sb/sth He alleged that a press campaign was being waged
against him.
horny
BrE / hni /
NAmE / hrni /
adjective
1 ( informal ) sexually excited
to feel horny
2 ( informal ) sexually attractive
to look horny
3 made of a hard substance like horn
the bird's horny beak
4 ( of skin, etc. ) hard and rough
horny hands
preg gers
BrE / prez /
NAmE / prerz /
adjective
[ not before noun ] ( BrE , informal )
pregnant
ballsy
BrE / blzi /
NAmE / blzi /
adjective
word origin
( informal , especially NAmE )
showing a lot of courage and determination
She is one ballsy lady!
gnarly
BrE / nli /
NAmE / nrli /
adjective
( NAmE , slang )
1 very good; excellent
Wow, man! That's totally gnarly!
2 not very good
offBrE / f /
NAmE / f /
NAmE / f /
prefix
( in nouns, adjectives, verbs and adverbs ) not on; away from
offstage
offload
shitty
BrE / ti /
NAmE / ti /
adjective
( taboo , slang )
1 unpleasant; very bad
I'm not going to eat this shitty food.
a shitty week at work
2 unfair or unkind
What a shitty way to treat a friend!
rid dance
BrE / rdns /
NAmE / rdns /
noun
[ uncountable ]
good riddance (to sb/sth)
an unkind way of saying that you are pleased that sb/sth has gone
Goodbye and good riddance! she said to him angrily as he left.
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1 [ countable ] a group of military ships commanded by the same person
a fleet of destroyers
Nelson destroyed the Franco-Spanish fleet at the Battle of Trafalgar.
2 [ countable ] a group of ships fishing together
a fishing/whaling fleet
3 the fleet [ singular ] all the military ships of a particular country
a reduction in the size of the British fleet
4 [ countable ] ~ (of sth) a group of planes, buses, taxis, etc. travelling
together or owned by the same organization
the company's new fleet of vans
adjective
word origin
( literary )
able to run fast
fleet of foot
fleet-footed
pat riot
BrE / petrit /
BrE / ptrit /
NAmE / petrit /
noun
word origin
example bank
a person who loves their country and who is ready to defend it against an
enemy