butcher "butchers, butchering, butchered"1. (N-COUNT) A butcher is a shopkeeper who cuts up and sells meat. Some butchers also kill animals for meat and make foods such as sausages and meat pies.2. (VERB) To butcher an animal means to kill it and cut
nought "noughts"NOTE: The spelling naught is also used for meaning 2.1. (NUMBER, = zero)Nought is the number 0.E.X: Sales rose by nought point four per cent last month.Houses are graded from nought to ten for energy efficiency.When you write down in
adjust "adjusts, adjusting, adjusted"1. (VERB) When you adjust to a new situation, you get used to it by changing your behavior or your ideas.E.X: I felt I had adjusted to the idea of being a mother very well. (V to n)It has been hard to adjust but n
shed "sheds, shedding"NOTE: The form shed is used in present tense and in the past tense and past participle of the verb.1. (N-COUNT) A shed is a small building that is used for storing things such as garden tools.E.X: … a garden shed.2. (N-COUNT, us
hazard "hazards, hazarding, hazarded"1. (N-COUNT, oft N to/for n, N of n) A hazard is something which could be dangerous to you, your health or safety, or your plans or reputation.E.X: A new report suggests that chewing-gum may be a health hazard.2.
dread (dreads, dreading, dreaded)1. (VERB, =/ look forward to) If you dread something which may happen, you feel very anxious and unhappy about it because you think it will be unpleasant or upsetting.E.X: I'm dreading Christmas this year...2. (N-UNCO