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to put stitches in cloth or a wound in order to fasten parts of it together:
stitch
to tell someone legally that they must leave the house they are living in:
Eviction
if someone has a stroke, an artery (=tube carrying blood) in their brain suddenly bursts or becomes blocked, so that they may die or be unable to use some muscles:
stroke
1to suddenly become unconscious for a short time
SYN pass out
Several fans fainted in the blazing heat.
faint
a swelling on your skin containing clear liquid, caused, for example, by a burn or continuous rubbing:
blister
ILLNESS & DISABILITY
a purple or brown mark on your skin that you get because you have fallen, been hit etc:
minor cuts and bruises
2
PLANTS
a mark on a piece of fruit that spoils its appearance
bruise
1[countable usually plural, uncountable] a strong desire to have or achieve something
SYN ambition
a high level of political aspiration
aspiration of
the aspirations of the working classes
aspiration for
their hopes and aspirations for the future
aspiration
1
HUMAN
the passage from the back of your mouth to the top of the tubes that go down to your lungs and stomach:
The singer complained of a sore throat after Wednesday’s show.
throat
1bowels [plural]
HUMAN
the system of tubes inside your body where food is made into solid waste material and through which it passes out of your body➔ intestine:
move / empty / open your bowels
(=get rid of solid waste from your body)
2[singular]
HUMAN
one part of this system of tubes:
cancer of the bowel
3a bowel movement formal
HUMAN
the act of getting rid of solid waste from your body
4the bowels of something literary
LITERATURE
the lowest or deepest part of something:
the bowels of the earth
(=deep under the ground)
Word originbowel
1[transitive] to press a part of someone’s skin very tightly between your finger and thumb, especially so that it hurts:
We have to stop her pinching her baby brother.
He pinched her cheek.
2[transitive]BrE informal to steal something, especially something small or not very valuable:
Someone’s pinched my coat!
3[transitive] to press something between your finger and thumb:
pinch
a part of your body that is sore is painful, because of infection or because you have used a muscle too much:
I had a sore throat and aching limbs.
sore from
My arms are sore from all the lifting.
sore
if something paralyses you, it makes you lose the ability to move part or all of your body, or to feel it:
Her legs were partly paralysed in the crash.
2to make something unable to operate normally:
paralyse
OCCUPATIONS
someone who works as a doctor or a lawyer:
practitioner
RELIGION
someone who talks about a religious subject in a public place, especially at a church
preacher
1a room, building, or space that is snug is small, warm, and comfortable, and makes you feel protected
SYN cosy
She wished she was back in her snug little house.
2someone who is snug feels comfortable, happy, and warm:
The kids were warm and snug in their beds.
3
CLOTHES
clothes that are snug fit closely
SYN tight
snug jeans
—snugly adverb
—snugness noun [uncountable]
snug
