Collins Junior Illustrated Thesaurus

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2019

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Brownie was keen to enter the competition at the dog show.

longing

Rachel was longing to see her newborn baby brother.

easy ADJECTIVE

Something that is easy can be done without difficulty.

clear

The way the teacher showed us made everything clear.

obvious

The answer to the problem was obvious. I gave Tom some of my ice cream and he stopped crying.

plain

It was plain to see he didn’t like spiders.

simple

“Shelling the peas shouldn’t take you long,” said Mum. “It’s a simple job.”

ANTONYM: difficult

eat VERB

When you eat, you chew and swallow food.

bite

“Bite the jammy bit of the doughnut first,” said Isaac.

chew

Cows chew the grass thoughtfully.

devour

They devour the sandwiches as fast as she makes them.

gnaw

Boggart happily lay down in the garden and gnawed his bone.

gobble

Mum told them to stop gobbling sweets.

graze

Sheep graze in the meadow until the farmer brings them in for the night.

have a meal

“We have a meal together every evening,” said Mum.

munch

The horse likes to munch apples, carrots and oats.

nibble

Kylie nibbles her food like a mouse.

peck

Pigeons peck seeds and breadcrumbs thrown by the tourists.

swallow

Arthur was too busy talking to swallow his food properly.

edge NOUN

An edge is the end or side of something.

border

Her wallpaper had a border with animals on it.

boundary

The farmer planted a hedge along the boundary of his land.

brim

He filled his glass up to the brim.

margin

There were holes in the margin of the paper to fit the folder.

rim

They stood at the rim of the crater and gazed down into the depths.

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