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      dress dresses, dressing, dressed

      VERB 1 When you dress, you put on your clothes.

      NOUN 2 A dress is a piece of clothing for women or girls made up of a skirt and top joined together.

      drew VERB

      Drew is the past tense of draw.

      dribble dribbles, dribbling, dribbled

      VERB 1 When babies dribble, water trickles from their mouth.

      VERB 2 When players dribble the ball in a game like football, they kick it several times quickly to keep it moving.

      drift drifts, drifting, drifted

      VERB 1 When something drifts, it is carried along slowly by wind or water.

      NOUN 2 A drift is a pile of snow heaped up by the wind.

      drill drills NOUN

      A drill is a tool for making holes.

      drink drinks, drinking, drank, drunk

      VERB 1 When you drink, you take liquid into your mouth and swallow it.

      NOUN 2 A drink is a liquid which you swallow to stop you being thirsty.

      drip drips, dripping, dripped VERB

      When something drips, drops of liquid fall from it one after the other.

      drive drives, driving, drove, driven VERB

      If someone drives a vehicle, they make it move and control it.

      driver drivers NOUN

      The driver of a vehicle is the person who is driving it.

      drop drops, dropping, dropped

      VERB 1 If you drop something, you let it fall.

      NOUN 2 A drop is a tiny amount of liquid.

      drought droughts NOUN

      A drought is a long period of time when no rain falls.

      drove VERB

      Drove is the past tense of drive.

      drown drowns, drowning, drowned VERB

      If someone drowns, they die because they have gone under water and cannot breathe.

      drug drugs NOUN

      A drug is a substance that is used to treat or prevent disease, or stop pain. Some drugs can be dangerous.

      drum drums NOUN

      A drum is a musical instrument which you hit to make a noise. It has skin stretched tightly over the end.

      drunk VERB

      Drunk is the past participle of drink.

      dry drier or dryer, driest ADJECTIVE

      Something that is dry has no water in it at all.

      dry VERB

      duck ducks NOUN

      A duck is a common water bird with short legs and webbed feet.

      due ADJECTIVE

      If something is due at a particular time, it should happen then.

      dug VERB

      Dug is the past tense of dig.

      dull duller, dullest

      ADJECTIVE 1 Something that is dull is not interesting.

      ADJECTIVE 2 Dull means not bright.

      ADJECTIVE 3 A dull pain is not sharp.

      dumb ADJECTIVE

      Someone who is dumb is unable to speak.

      during PREPOSITION

      Something that happens during a period of time happens in that period. I worked during the holidays.

      dusk NOUN

      Dusk is the part of the day when it is beginning to get dark.

      dust NOUN

      Dust is dry fine powdery material such as particles of earth, dirt or pollen.

      dusty ADJECTIVE

      dustbin dustbins NOUN

      A dustbin is a large container with a lid, for rubbish.

      duty duties NOUN

      A duty is something you feel you should do. He only went to see his aunt because he felt it was his duty.

      duvet duvets NOUN

      A duvet is a bed cover filled with feathers or other light material.

      DVD DVDs NOUN

      DVD is an abbreviation for digital video disc. It is a disc on which a film or music is recorded.

      dye dyes, dyeing, dyed VERB

      If you dye something such as hair or cloth, you change its colour by soaking it in a special liquid.

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