Words about words

Bis forBind

Binding is a way of holding two or more things together, usually by tying or wrapping. Book pages are bound together down one edge to form a book.

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Bis forBinned

Past tense

Binned is the past tense of bin, usually meaning to put something in a bin, for example "he binned all the leftover food".

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Photo of a cat biting a woman on the nose

Bis forBite

List of action and motion words, Verbs

You bite something when you hold it in your mouth, between your teeth. You usually bite to break off a piece of something, like biting off a mouthful of an apple.
The cat in the picture is biting the woman's nose.
Insects like mosquitos that don't have mouths like ours can still bite you with their tongues.

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Bis forBitter

Adjectives, Flavor

Bitter is a strong flavor that is the opposite of sweet. Beer has a bitter flavor.

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Bis forBizarre

Adjectives

Something is bizarre if it is strikingly odd in appearance or effect.

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Bis forBland

Adjectives

Bland means boring or uninteresting. If something is bland, it is easy to forget.

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Bis forBlare

Verbs

Something blares if it makes a continuous, loud, and somewhat unpleasant noise. For example, "the loudspeaker was blaring music all day".

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Bis forBleach

List of bathroom items, Verbs

Bleach is a chemical that removes colors, or the process of removing colors. It is often used when washing stained white linen, like sheets and tablecloths. People sometimes bleach their hair to a lighter color.

Things will often bleach naturally from the action of sunlight, without chemical help, such as these bleached shells on the beach.

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Bis forBleak

Adjectives

A place is bleak if it is bare, desolate and windswept.
Your mood or outlook is bleak if it is without hope or depressing.

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Bis forBled

Past tense

Bled is the past tense of bleed, for example "our dog bled on the carpet".

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Bis forBleed

Verbs, Medical

You bleed when you lose blood from where it is supposed to be. When you cut yourself, you bleed. A bruise forms when you bleed inside, and the blood makes a dark patch under your skin.

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Bis forBlend

Verbs

You blend things together when you mix them so well you cannot tell what went into making the blend. The picture is of a blender full of fruit, ready to make a fruit smoothie.

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Bis forBlind

Adjectives, Medical

A person or animal is blind if they cannot see. People who are blind can still live very full lives. They can read books written in braille and can travel around with the help of a white cane or a seeing eye dog.

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Bis forBlink

List of action and motion words, Verbs

You blink when you briefly close both of your eyes at the same time. You blink to keep your eyes wet with tears and to keep them clean. Quite often people blink when a camera flash goes off, so they look like they have their eyes closed in the photo.

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Bis forBloated

Adjectives

Bloated is another word for swollen. If you've had too much to eat, your stomach might get bloated.

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Bis forBlonde

Adjectives

Blonde, also spelt blond, is a hair colour. Blonde is a pale, yellowish colour.

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Bis forBlow

Verbs

Blow means to create a gust of air, like when the wind blows. The girl in the photo is blowing on a dandelion.
Blow is also another word for hit, as in "he struck a blow to his opponent's face".

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Bis forBlown

Past tense

Blown is the past tense of blow. For example, "all the candles were blown out".

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Bis forBlunt

Adjectives

Something is described as blunt when it is not sharp compared to something similar. For example, butter knives are blunt and steak knives are sharp. Baseball bats are blunt and swords are sharp.
The photo is of some blunt pencils. Pencils are hard to draw with when they are blunt.

Bis forBlur

Verbs

Something is blurry if the edges of it are indistinct and hard to make out. Things are not blurry by themselves, they are only seen to be blurry as you look at them. An unfocused camera will produce blurry photographs or movies. If you need glasses your vision will be blurry.
Things that are moving very fast often appear to be blurry as they go past you.

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