setting - set - have set
sunset /'SAnsetI [n C/U] the time when the sun goes down: Everyone stopped work at sunset. 1 You get beautiful sunsets in Hawaii.
drop
В to let something go down
drop /drop|jdra:p/ [и T] if you drop something that you are holding, it suddenly falls from your hands: You've dropped your handkerchief, i Be careful not to drop that bowl, it's very valuable.
dropping dropped have dropped
DOWN
put down /.put 'daon; [phrasal verb TJ to put something that you are holding down onto the ground or onto a surface put down sth Putting down her book,
Sally stood up to greet us.
put sth down Put that gun down now!
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see also
i
DESICN
PAINT
lower /1эиэг/ [у T] to let something you are holding, or a part of your body, move slowly downwards: The coffin was lowered slowly into the ground. lower your head/arms/body Lowering its head, the bull charged at him. lower yoursel/ into/onto sth (=move slowly and carefully downwards, using your hands for support) The old man lowered himself wearily into his chair.
DRAW
PICTURE
PATTERN
to draw a picture, pattern, line etc
draw /dro:/ [u I/T] to make a picture, pattern, line etc using a pen or penciclass="underline" What are you drawing? I She can draw really well.
draw a picture of sb/sth The teacher asked us to draw a picture of someone u>e know.
draw a tine/circle/square etc Someone had drawn a line under my name. drawing - drew - have drawn
sketch /sketJV [u 1/Г] to make a quick, simple drawing of a person, place etc, without many details: Valerie sketched the view from her hotel window. I He sat by the river, sketching.
doodle /'du'.dl; [и II to draw shapes, lines, or patterns without thinking about what you are doing, while you are doing something else or when you feel bored: I always doodle on my notepad while I'm
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on the phone.
something that you draw
drawing /'drxiq/ [r? CI a picture that you draw wifn a pen or penciclass="underline" an original drawing by Pablo Picasso do a drawing of sb/sth I did a drawing of the church.
sketch /sketj/ (n С) a quick, simple drawing that does not show any details do/draw a sketch Phil drew a sketch to show us what the new school would look like.
rough sketch (=a quick sketch that is not done very carefully)
plural sketches + (that) She often dreamt that she was
back in India.
+ about I dreamt about you last night, dreaming - dreamt - have dreamt
spktauy british
dreaming - dreamed - have dreamed
t SPfC'ai IV amtrk~an
daydream /'deidrirm/ [и I) to think pleasant thoughts when you are awake, especially when you should be thinking about something else: Stop daydreaming and pay attention to what I'm saying. + about Brian began to daydream about what he would do if he won the money.
DRINK
DREAM
TASTE
DRUNK
see also sleep, wake up/get up,
see also
D
IMAGINE
a dream
dream /driim/ (n С) a series of thoughts,
images, and experiences that come into your mind while you are asleep: / can never remember my dreams when I wake up.
have a dreant / had a strange dream last night -1 was walking through the town with no clothes on.
bad dream {=an unpleasant or frightening dream)
nightmare /"naitmea'V (n Cj a very unpleasant and frightening dream: I woke from the nightmare screaming. have a nightmare Jim's been having nightmares about falling off a cliff.
daydream /deidrirm/ [n C| a series of pleasant thoughts and scenes that come into your mind while you are awake, so that you do not notice what is happening around you: Nei/ seemed lost in a day dream and didn't hear what I said.
to have a dream
have a dream ,,haev э 'drum to imagine
something while you are asleep: I had a dream that I was falling off a cliff.
dream /dri im/ [v I/Tj to have a dream or have dreams: The dog must be dreaming - he keeps making funny noises!
RESTAURANTS/ EATING AND DRINKING
D to drink something
drink /drigk/ [v I/T] to take liquid into your mouth and swallow it: Drink your coffee before it gets cold. I "What would you like to drink?" "Orange juice, please." drink from a cup/bottle He didn't ask for a glass, he just drank straight from the bottle.
drink up (=finish your drink) Drink up your tea so that I can wash the cups. I Come on, drink up and we'll go home.
drinking - drank - have drunk
A We do not usually use the verb drink with objects like 'a cup of tea' or 'a glass of milk'. We usually say have : After the class, we had a cup of coffee (not 'we drank a cup of coffee').
have /h«v'(d T] to have a drink of something
have a cup of tea/a glass of milk/a beer
EAT
etc I'm going to have a cup of coffee, do you want one? I I had a coke with my pi2za.
DRINK
have a drink of sth Can I have a drink
of water please?
having - had - have had
take /teik/ [и T] to drink a small amount or a single mouthful of something: The patient still isn't well enough to eat, but he's taken a little water, take a sip/mouth/ul/gulp etc hie took a long swig (=drink) from the brandy bottle.
sip sipI [и T] to drink something slowly, in very small amounts: Sue sat at the bar sipping a Martini. sipping - sipped - have sipped
gulp down g/vlp 'daon, [phrasal verb T] to swallow a large amount of drink quickly gulp down sth Tm comingsaid Mary, gulping down her tea. gulp sth down He gulped his beer down and dashed out of the door.
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to celebrate. I / won t have another
drink because I have to drive home.
drink /driqk/ [u I] to drink alcohol, especially regularly: The doctor told him he had to stop drinking. I It was obvious
that Jim had been drinking. drink and drive (=drink alcohol before driving your car) People who drink and drive make me very angry, drink heavily (^regularly drink too much) His uncle drank heavily and had problems with his liver.