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Collins Primary Illustrated Dictionary

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2019
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SYNONYMS: rotten, decayed

badge badges

NOUN a piece of plastic or metal with a design or message on it that you can pin to your clothes

badger badgers, badgering, badgered

NOUN 1 a nocturnal mammal that has a white head with two black stripes on it

VERB 2 If you badger someone, you keep asking them questions or pestering them to do something.

badly worse, worst

ADVERB 1 not well, poorly • The script was badly written.

2 seriously • She was badly hurt in the accident.

badminton

NOUN a game in which two or four players use rackets to hit a feathered object, called a shuttlecock, over a high net

bag bags

NOUN a container for carrying things in

[From Old Norse baggi meaning bundle]

baggage

NOUN Your baggage is all the suitcases, holdalls and bags that you take with you when you travel.

bagpipes

PLURAL NOUN a musical instrument played by squeezing air out of a leather bag and through pipes

baguette baguettes

NOUN a long, thin French loaf of bread

bail bails

NOUN 1 In cricket, the bails are the two small pieces of wood placed on top of the stumps to form the wicket.

2 a sum of money paid to a court to allow an accused person to go free until the time of the trial • The accused man was released on bail.

bait baits, baiting, baited

NOUN 1 a small amount of food placed on a hook, or in a trap, to attract and catch a fish or wild animal

VERB 2 If you bait a hook or a trap, you put some food on it to catch a fish or wild animal.

bake bakes, baking, baked

VERB 1 When you bake food, you cook it in an oven without using extra liquid or fat.

2 If you bake earth or clay, you heat it until it becomes hard.

baker bakers

NOUN a person who makes and sells bread and cakes

balance balances, balancing, balanced

VERB 1 When someone or something balances, they remain steady and do not fall over.

2 used in mathematics when weighing and comparing two weights. If two weights are equal, they balance.

NOUN 3 the state of being upright and steady • She lost her balance and fell.

4 the amount of money in someone’s bank account

balcony balconies

NOUN 1 a platform on the outside of a building, with a wall or railing round it

2 an area of upstairs seats in a theatre or cinema

bald balder, baldest

ADJECTIVE A bald person has little or no hair on their head.

[from Middle English ballede meaning having a white patch]

bale bales, baling, baled

NOUN 1 a large bundle of something, such as paper or hay, tied tightly

VERB 2 If you bale water from a boat, you remove it using a container; also spelt bail.

ball balls

NOUN 1 a round object used in games such as tennis, soccer, and hockey

2 The ball of your foot or thumb is the rounded part where your toes join your foot or your thumb joins your hand.

ballad ballads

NOUN 1 a long song or poem that tells a story
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