Thursday, October 25, 2007

Sully

sul‧ly (verb) past tense and past participle sullied , present participle sullying , third person singular sullies [transitive] formal or literary
to spoil or reduce the value of something that was perfect:
a scandal that sullied his reputation

Caravan

car‧a‧van [countable]
1 British EnglishDLO a vehicle that a car can pull and in which people can live and sleep when they are on holiday [=  trailer American English]
caravan site/park (=area of land where people can park their caravans )
2 British EnglishTTB a covered vehicle that is pulled by a horse, and in which people can live [= wagon American English]
 a gipsy caravan
3 a group of people with animals or vehicles who travel together for safety, especially through a desert

Wednesday, October 24, 2007

Kerchief

ker‧chief [countable]
DCC a square piece of cloth, worn on the head or around the neck

Monday, October 22, 2007

Rinds

rind [uncountable and countable]
the thick outer skin of some types of fruit, such as oranges [↪ peel, zest]:
grated lemon rind
 
the thick outer skin of some foods, such as bacon or cheese

Retriever

re‧triev‧er [countable]
a type of dog that can be trained to find and bring back birds that its owner has shot
 
 

Sunday, October 21, 2007

Swig

swig past tense and past participle swigged , present participle swigging [transitive]
informalDFD to drink something in large mouthfuls, especially from a bottle [= gulp]:
He sat swigging beer and smoking.
swig noun [ countable]
She took a long swig of coke.