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Collins Primary Illustrated Dictionary

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2019
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NOUN a young male bull that is reared for meat

bully bullies, bullying, bullied

NOUN 1 someone who uses their strength or power to hurt or frighten other people

VERB 2 If someone bullies you into doing something, they make you do it by using force or threats.

[a sixteenth-century word meaning fine fellow or hired ruffian]

bump bumps, bumping, bumped

VERB 1 If you bump into something, you knock into it accidentally.

NOUN 2 a soft noise made by something knocking into something else

3 a raised, uneven part of a surface

SYNONYMS: bulge, lump

bumper bumpers

NOUN a bar on the front or back of a vehicle that protects it if it bumps into something

bumpy bumpier, bumpiest

ADJECTIVE Something that is bumpy has a rough, uneven surface. • a bumpy road

bun buns

NOUN a small, round bread roll or cake

bunch bunches

NOUN a group of things together • a bunch of flowers

bundle bundles, bundling, bundled

NOUN 1 a number of things tied together or wrapped up in a cloth

VERB 2 If you bundle someone or something somewhere, you push them there quickly and roughly.

bungalow bungalows

NOUN a one-storey house

[from Hindi bangla meaning house]

bunk bunks

NOUN a bed fixed to a wall in a ship or caravan

bunk beds

PLURAL NOUN two beds fixed together, one above the other

buoy buoys

NOUN a floating object anchored to the bottom of the sea, marking a channel or warning of danger

buoyancy

NOUN Something that has buoyancy is able to float in liquid or in the air.

buoyant

ADJECTIVE 1 Something that is buoyant is able to float.

2 Someone who is buoyant is lively and cheerful.

burden burdens

NOUN a heavy load

burger burgers

NOUN a flat fried cake of meat, vegetables or cheese, served in a bread roll

burglar burglars

NOUN someone who breaks into buildings and steals things

burgle VERB

burn burns, burning, burned or burnt

VERB 1 If something is burning, it is on fire.

2 To burn something means to damage or destroy it with fire.

3 People often burn fuel, such as coal, to keep warm.

NOUN 4 A burn is an injury caused by fire or by something hot.

You can write either burned or burnt as the past form of burn.

burqa burqas; also spelt burka

Said “bur-ka” NOUN a long garment worn by some Muslim women in public, covering everything except the eyes
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