Words that start with D

Dashing dentists daintily eat dates while dancing at the disco.

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A dress is a piece of clothing that covers both the top and bottom parts of your body. They are like a top and a skirt joined together, and are usually made out of the one fabric for both the top and bottom part. Dresses are usually worn by girls and women.

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You are dressed if you are wearing clothes. You usually get dressed in a way that suits something, like you get dressed in a suit or gown to go to a wedding. The little girl in the picture is dressed to go out visiting.

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A dresser, or chest of drawers, is a piece of furniture with several drawers in it that is used for storing folded clothes.

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Drew is the past tense of draw.
Something is drifting if it is being gently carried along by currents in air or water with no particular direction. The leaf in the picture is drifting on a lake.
A drift is a pile of snow that has been blown by the wind. Snow drifts often form along fences, walls, or hills where the wind slows down and drops the snow. Snow drifts can become much deeper than the snow that originally fell. In strong winds, drifting snow can block roads, cover paths, and build up in large mounds.
Driftwood is wood, usually branches from trees, that has fallen into the water and then drifted around for a while before washing up on a beach that may be a long way from where it fell into the water. Driftwood is often polished smooth by the waves and water, and bleached to a dull grey.

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A drill is a small machine you hold in your hand. You use it to drill holes in things, or to screw things together or unscrew them. You can change what you can do with a drill by changing the bit that spins around at the end of the drill. Most drill bits are just a thin, sharp rod that spins around to make holes, but some bits are the same as the end of a screwdriver that you can use on different sized screws.

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When you are thirsty, you need to drink something. You can drink things like water, milk or juice.
A drinking straw is a small, thin tube that people use to suck drinks out of a glass or cup.