A donkey is an animal like a small horse, with longer ears.
don’t VERB
Don’t is a contraction of do not.
door doors NOUN
A door swings or slides to open and close the entrance to something.
dose doses NOUN
A dose is the amount of a medicine that you have to take.
dot dots NOUN
A dot is a small round mark.
double ADJECTIVE
If something is double the size or amount of something else, it is twice as big.
doubt doubts NOUN
If you have a doubt about something, you are not sure about it.
doubtful
ADJECTIVE 1 If you are doubtful about something, you are not sure about it.
ADJECTIVE 2 Something that is doubtful seems unlikely or uncertain.
dough NOUN
Dough is the floury mixture used to make things like pastry or bread.
doughnut doughnuts NOUN
A doughnut is a ring of sweet dough cooked in hot fat.
dove doves NOUN
A dove is a bird like a small pigeon.
down
PREPOSITION 1 If you go down a hill, you go to a lower level.
ADVERB 2 If you put something down, you put it on a surface.
ADVERB 3 If an amount of something goes down, it gets less. My pocket money’s gone down.
NOUN 4 Down is soft feathers.
download downloads, downloading, downloaded VERB
When you download a program from a disk or from the Internet, you move it into a file on your own computer.
downstairs ADVERB
If you go downstairs, you go towards the ground floor.
doze dozes, dozing, dozed VERB
When you doze, you sleep lightly.
dozen dozens NOUN
If you have a dozen things, you have 12 of them.
draft drafts NOUN
A draft is an early rough version of something you are writing.
drag drags, dragging, dragged VERB
If you drag a heavy object, you pull it along the ground.
dragon dragons NOUN
In stories, a dragon is a fierce animal like a big lizard. It has wings and claws and breathes fire.
dragonfly dragonflies NOUN
A dragonfly is a brightly-coloured insect, usually found near water.
See Insects on page 264 (#litres_trial_promo)
drain drains, draining, drained
NOUN 1 A drain is a pipe that carries water away.
VERB 2 If a liquid drains away, it flows slowly to somewhere else.
drake drakes NOUN
A drake is a male duck.
drama dramas