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Collins Primary Illustrated Dictionary

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2019
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bleach bleaches, bleaching, bleached

NOUN 1 a chemical that is used to make material white or to clean thoroughly and kill germs

VERB 2 If you bleach material or hair, you make it white, usually by using a chemical.

bleak bleaker, bleakest

ADJECTIVE 1 If a place is bleak, it is cold, bare and exposed to the wind. • a bleak mountain top

2 If a situation is bleak, it is bad and seems unlikely to improve.

bleat bleats, bleating, bleated

VERB When sheep or goats bleat, they make a high-pitched cry.

bleed bleeds, bleeding, bled

VERB When you bleed, you lose blood as a result of an injury. • My hand bled a lot after I cut it.

blend blends, blending, blended

VERB 1 When you blend substances, you mix them together to form a single substance. • Blend the butter with the sugar.

2 When colours or sounds blend, they combine in a pleasing way.

bless blesses, blessing, blessed or blest

VERB When a priest blesses people or things, he or she asks God to give his protection to them.

[from Old English bloedsian meaning to sprinkle with sacrificial blood]

blew

VERB the past tense of blow (#ulink_9de41e6e-41f5-5144-a6c8-d3d043452cf0)

blind blinds, blinding, blinded

ADJECTIVE 1 Someone who is blind cannot see.

VERB 2 If something blinds you, it stops you seeing, either for a short time or permanently.

NOUN 3 a roll of cloth or paper that you pull down over a window to keep out the light

blindfold blindfolds

NOUN a strip of cloth tied over someone’s eyes to stop them seeing

blink blinks, blinking, blinked

VERB When you blink, you close your eyes quickly for a moment.

bliss

NOUN a state of complete happiness

blissful ADJECTIVE blissfully ADVERB

blister blisters

NOUN a small bubble on your skin containing watery liquid, caused by a burn or rubbing

blizzard blizzards

NOUN a heavy snowstorm with strong winds

bloated

ADJECTIVE Something that is bloated is much larger than normal, often because there is a lot of liquid or gas inside it.

block blocks, blocking, blocked

NOUN 1 a large building containing flats or offices

2 In a town, a block is an area of land with streets on all its sides.

3 a large, rectangular, three-dimensional piece of something

VERB 4 If someone or something blocks a road or channel, they put something across it so that nothing can get through.

SYNONYM: obstruct

block capitals

PLURAL NOUN large upper-case letters. THESE ARE BLOCK CAPITALS.

block graph block graphs

NOUN another name for bar chart

blog blogs, blogging, blogged

NOUN 1 a person’s online diary that they put on the internet so that other people can read it

VERB 2 If you blog about something, you write about it in a blog. • He blogs about cooking and restaurants.

blonde blondes

ADJECTIVE 1 Blonde hair is pale yellow in colour. The spelling blond is used when referring to men.
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