something that has a lot of decoration
/ancy /'faensi/ [adj] fancy clothes, patterns etc have a lot of decoration or bright colours - use this especially when you think something has too much decoration: a velvet jacket with fancy buttons I I don't like his designs - they're too fancy for me. fancy - fancier - fanciest
ornate b:r'ne]t/ [adj] an ornate object, picture, or part of a building has a lot of expensive or complicated decoration on it: A pair of ornate gold candlesticks stood on the altar. I An ornate mirror hung above the fireplace.
elaborate /ПаеЫф/ lad/1 carefully and
skilfully decorated with a lot of small details and decorations: Nick examined the elaborate carvings on the tomb.
DEEP/NOT DEEP
if you want to talk about solid objects made of wood, metal, stone etc, go to thick
if you mean 'a deep colour', go to
DECORATE
colour/color
deep /di;p, [adjj use this about water,
holes, snow etc where the bottom is a long
distance from the top: Be careful! The water's quite deep here. I Someone had dug a deep hole in the middle of the field. I Larry had a deep cut on his left leg.
get deeper (=become deeper) The pond gets much deeper in the middle.
Use the depths especially when you are writing stories and descriptions
A Don't use deep to talk about materials such as wood, metal, or stone. Use thick
the depths /Зэ 'dep0s: [n plural] the depths of the sea, the ocean, a lake etc are the very deepest parts of the sea, the ocean, or a large lake: These strange creatures live in the depths of the ocean.
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a long distance below the surface
deep /di:p; [adv| a long distance below the surface of something
+ below/under/iri Earthquakes are caused by movements deep below the Earth's surface.
how deep something is
how deep /hao di:p/ How deep is the hole? I I wasn't sure how deep the water was and I didn't want to swim out too far.
AO metres/100 feet etc deep (40
if you mean 'a deep sound or voice', go to low
water/hole/snow/sand
deep
180
metres etc) 'diip/ use this to say exactly how deep something is: The snow was over two metres deep.
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depth /dep6/ [n C/U] the distance from the surface to the bottom of a hole, river, sea etc: "What's the depth of the pool?" '7t's 12 feet at this end:
В not deep
not very deep /not veri di:p/ when the bottom of a hole, river etc is not a long distance from the surface: Come on in, the water isn't very deep.
systems, or activities that a country uses to protect itself from attack by an enemy: The amount spent on defence has risen by 10%. I Defense is expected
to be a big issue during the next election.
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DEFEND
You can also use defence before a j noun, like an adjective, especially to talk about the money a government spends on defence: defence spending I massive cuts in the defense budget
In spoken English, not very deep is much more common than shallow
shallow /'Jftlao/ [adj] not very deep - use this especially about the water in a river, lake, swimming pool etc: The river is too shallow for our boat. I The babies splashed around at the shallow end of the pool.
DEFEND
what you say or do to protect
yourself when someone Is attacking you or criticizing you
WEAPON ATTACK _ ^ ^PROTECT
SHOOT
WAR
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also
CRITICIZE
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ARMY
to defend your country or yourself
dejend /di'fend/ (и T] to use physical or military force to protect a person or place that is being attacked: Hundreds of soldiers died while defending the town. I US troops in Panama will only be used to defend the Canal, defend sth against/from The castle was
built in 1549 to defend the island
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against invaders.
/di'fens/ (n Uj
defend yourself Mandel died trying to defend himself and his children.
2jen.se AMERICAN weapons, soldiers,
defensive /di'fensiv/ [ac(/J used only for protecting your country or group, not for attacking someone else.- Police officers claimed that their actions during the riots were purely defensive, defensive weapons/position/measures According to the report, only defensive weapons had been supplied to Iran.
sel/-de/ence British se(/-de/ense
american /.self di'fens/ [n U] methods used by countries or people to stop themselves from being attacked or harmed: All nations have the right to self-defence. I self-defence classes
in sel/-<ie/ence (-in order to protect yourself) She claims she shot him in self- defense,
В to defend your ideas or your rights
defend id/'fend/ [v T] to say something to support an idea or person when other people are criticizing them or trying to take something away from them: It's difficult to defend a sport that involves hurting animals. I a speech defending the workers' right to strike 1 The Fire Chief defended his staff, and said that they had done everything possible to save the girl's life.
defend sb/sth against She has repeatedly tried to defend her husband against hostile criticism in the press, defend yourself She tried to defend her self by saying that she was only obeying orders.