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Showing posts with label W. Show all posts

wreckage

wreckage [rekɪdʒ]

[NOUN] When something such as a plane, car, or building has been destroyed, you can refer to what remains as wreckage or the wreckage.

Mark was dragged from the burning wreckage of his car.

woe

woe [woʊ]

1.[NOUN] [LITERARY] Woe is very great sadness or suffering.

whine

whine [hwaɪn]

1.[VERB] If something or someone whines, they make a long, high-pitched noise, especially one which sounds sad or unpleasant.

weather

weather [weðər]


1.[NOUN] The weather is the condition of the atmosphere in one area at a particular time, for example if it is raining, hot, or windy.
¶ The weather was bad
¶ I like cold weather
¶ Fishing is possible in virtually any weather.
¶ the weather conditions.

whipsaw

whipsaw English


Noun: whipsaw (plural whipsaws)

1. a crosscut saw operated by two people


Verb: whipsaw (third-person singular simple present whipsaws, present participle whipsawing, simple past and past participle whipsawed)

1. to operate a whipsaw

2. to lose potential profit by buying shares just before the price falls, or by selling them just before the price rises

3. to defeat someone in two different ways at once