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Linguistic and grammatical words.

Subcategories: Abstract Nouns (9), Adjectives (842), Adverbs (29), Conjunctions (33), Interjections (10), Past tense (209), Plural (47), Prepositions (56), Pronouns (65), Punctuation (9), Verbs (743)

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Ris forRestrain

You restrain someone else when you hold them back and stop them from doing something. You can also restrain yourself, for example by stopping yourself having a second helping of dessert you are restraining yourself from eating too much.
The man in the picture is restraining his friend.

Ris forRetrieve

You retrieve something when you get it from somewhere it shouldn't be, and return it. For example you might retrieve a lost toy from your yard. The dog in the picture is retrieving a bone.

Ris forRetro

Retro is a style where things that were fashionable many years ago are back in fashion again. A retro style can be achieved by using actual old items, or by making new things that have an old look.

Ris forReturn

You return when you come back after being away.

If you take something and put it back later, you return it.

The man in the picture is returning from time away.

Ris forReuse

Reuse means to use something again. For example, portable water bottles are made to be reusable.

Ris forRibbed

Something is ribbed if it has a raised pattern on it or markings that look a bit like ribs.
The person in the picture is wearing a ribbed hat and scarf.

Ris forRide

You ride something when you sit on or in it and it takes you places, or does something interesting. Usually you ride a bike or a horse to go somewhere, and you ride something like a Ferris wheel or other fairground ride for fun.

Ris forRinse

You rinse something by giving it a light wash, usually under clean, running water. The person in the picture is rinsing a tomato.
You often rinse something with clean water after washing it with soapy water, to get any remaining soap off.

Ris forRip

Rip is another word for tear, where you damage something by pulling it in two different directions at once until it breaks.

Ris forRipe

A fruit or vegetable is ripe if it is fully grown, and is sweet or otherwise ready to eat.
The red tomato on the left of the picture is ripe, the other two are still ripening. They are under ripe.

Ris forRipped

Ripped is the past tense of rip. Something that has been damaged by being ripped is described as being ripped.
A similar word to ripped is torn.

Ris forRise

Something rises if it moves in an upwards direction. The balloons in the picture are rising through the sky. Cakes rise when they are being baked.
The opposite of rise is fall.

Ris forRisk

Risk is a measure of the chance of something going wrong, and what bad things will happen if it goes wrong. For example, you have a higher risk of having a heart attack as you get older and fatter.
Risk is also exposing yourself to the possibility of something bad happening, for example the man in the picture risks falling off the cliff he is climbing if he loses his footing.

Ris forRisked

Risked is the past tense of risk.

Ris forRisky

Risky means that something has a chance of going wrong or causing harm.

You might call driving very fast or trying a difficult trick risky. The word is often used for choices in sports, games, and everyday life, such as crossing a busy road.
Rob is another word for steal. If someone commits a robbery, they take things that do not belong to them.

Ris forRode

Rode is the past tense of ride.

Ris forRoll

You roll when you lie down and move from your front to your back (or the other way around). If you keep rolling you can travel quite some distance. You roll a ball or something else round when you push or pull it along the ground and it moves by turning over and over without losing contact with the ground.

Ris forRomantic

Romantic is a way to describe something that is sweet, caring, or meant to show love.

It might be used to talk about dinner or a walk together, and for words, stories, or music about love. The word is often used to describe books, poems, movies, and songs.

Ris forRoost

A roost is a place where birds go to sit, or the act of birds sitting down to roost. The chickens in the picture are roosting.