Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition

able-bodied adj
abuzz adj
acoustic adj
acoustic n
acrid adj
acrobatic adj
acute adj (ACCURATE/CLEVER)
acutely adv (ACCURATELY/CLEVERLY)
aerobic respiration n
agile adj (PHYSICALLY)
agility n, at agile adj (MENTALLY)
air bladder n
air sac n
airway n
alert adj
aloud adv
ample adj (FAT)
anaerobic adj
anaerobic respiration n
anaesthesia n
anesthesia n
anorexic adj
anorexic n
antenna n (NOTICING)
anti-noise n
appear v (BE PRESENT)
appearance n (BEING PRESENT)
arise v (GET UP)
aroma n
aromatic adj
asleep adj
asphyxiate v
aspirate v
aspiration n (HOPE)
astir adj
athletic adj
athleticism n
attend v (NOTICE)
audible adj
audio adj
audio- prefix
auditory adj
aural adj
avert v (TURN)
awake adj
awake v
awaken v
awoke v
awoken v
babble v (WATER NOISE)
bag of bones n
ballyhoo n
bang v (NOISE)
bang n (NOISE)
bass adj
beanpole n
bedlam n
bedtime n
beefy adj
beep v
beery adj
beheld v
behold v
belch v
benumbed adj
bile n

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 Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition

bionic adj
blare v
blast v (NOISE)
blast n (NOISE)
bleep n
bleep v
blob n (PERSON)
blooming adj
blow n (AIR)
blubber n
blur n
blur v
blurred adj
BM n (EXCRETION)
BO n
body odour n
bogey n (NOSE)
bogy n
boisterous adj
bong n
bonny adj
bony adj
booger n
boom n (SOUND)
boom v (MAKE A SOUND)
booming adj, at boom v (GROW)
bouncing adj
bouquet n (SMELL)
bowel movement n
brassy adj (SOUND)
brawn n (STRENGTH)
break v (VOICE)
breath n
breathe v (AIR)
breathing n
breathless adj
breathy adj
bronchiole n
bronchus n
Bronx cheer n
brouhaha n
brush n (TOUCH)
brush v (TOUCH)
buff adj (HEALTHY)
bump n (HIT)
burble v (MAKE SOUND)
burp v
burr n (SOUND)
buxom adj
cacophony n
cadaverous adj
catcall n
catch v (NOTICE)
catch v (HEAR/SEE)
catnap n
chart v (SHOW/FOLLOW)
cheer v
cheer n (SHOUT)
cheesy adj (LIKE CHEESE)
chime v
chime n
chink n (SOUND)
chink v
choke v (STOP BREATHING)
chubby adj
chug v

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 Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition

chunky adj
clack n
clamorous adj
clamour n
clang v
clank v
clap v (MAKE NOISE)
clap n (NOISE)
clash v (LOUD NOISE)
clash n (LOUD NOISE)
clatter v
clean-limbed adj
clear adj (PURE)
click v (MAKE SOUND)
click n (SOUND)
clink v
clink n (SOUND)
clunk n
comatose adj
come n
commotion n
conjure v
conscious adj (AWAKE)
consciousness n (AWAKE)
contact n (TOUCH)
coordinated adj (WELL ORGANIZED)
corpulent adj
cough v
cough n
cowpat n
crack v (MAKE SOUND)
crack n (SOUND)
crackle v
crackle n
crackling n (SOUND)
crap n (SOLID WASTE)
crap v
crash v (MAKE A NOISE)
crash v (SLEEP)
crash n (NOISE)
crashing n
creak v
creak n
creaky adj
crow v (CRY)
crunch v
crunch n (SOUND)
cry n (SHOUT)
dab v
dead adj (NOT LIVING)
deafening adj
decibel n
deep adj (LOW)
deepen v (LOW)
defecate v
depth n (LOW SOUND)
diddle v (PLAY)
din n
ding-dong n (SOUND)
dirt n (NOT CLEAN)
disappearance n
discern v
discernible adj
discharge n (SUBSTANCE)
disco nap n
discordant adj

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 Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition

dissolve v (END)
dissonant adj, at dissonance n
disturbance n
doss v
doze v
draw v (BREATHE)
dribble v (FROM MOUTH)
dribble n (FROM MOUTH)
drone n (NOISE)
drone v
drool v
drool n
droppings n
dulcet adj
dumpy adj
dung n
dunghill n
eagle eye n
earshot n
ear-splitting adj
eavesdrop v
echo n (SOUND)
echo v (SOUND)
elfin adj
emaciated adj
emerge v (APPEAR)
emergence n (APPEARING)
eruption n, at erupt v (VOLCANO)
erupt v (START SUDDENLY)
espy v
euphonious adj
evaporate v (DISAPPEAR)
excrement n
excreta n
excrete v
exhale v
expectorate v
explosive adj (BURST)
eye v
eyeball v
eye-catching adj
eye contact n
eyeing
eyesight n
faeces n
fart v
fart n (GAS)
fat adj (BIG)
fatness n
fatso n
fatty n
feces n
feel v (TOUCH)
feel n (TOUCH)
feeling n (SENSE)
fetid adj
fiddle v (MOVE ABOUT)
fighting fit adj
filter v (APPEAR GRADUALLY)
fine adj (SATISFACTORY)
finger v (TOUCH)
fit adj (HEALTHY)
fitness n (HEALTH)
fix v (SIGHT)
fizz v (SOUND)
fizz n (SOUND)

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 Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition

fizzle v
flab n
flabby adj (FAT)
fleshy adj
flit v
focus v
foetid adj
footfall n (SOUND OF FEET)
footstep n
forty winks n
fragrance n
fragrant adj
frowsty adj
fruity adj (VOICE)
full adj (STRONG)
fullness n (STRONG QUALITY)
fusty adj (SMELL)
fuzzy adj (NOT CLEAR)
gangly adj
gape v (LOOK)
gasp v
gasp n
gaunt adj
gawk v
gawp v
gaze v
gaze n
glance v (LOOK)
glance n
glare n (LOOK)
glare v (LOOK)
glimpse v
glimpse n
glottis n
glow v
go v (NOISE)
gob v
goggle v
good adj (POSITIVE)
good n (HEALTH)
grating adj
gravelly adj (VOICE)
graze v (SURFACE)
groan n
groan v
gruff adj
grumble v
guano n
gulp v
gunshot n
gurgle v
guttural adj
hale and hearty adj
handle v (TOUCH)
hark v
harmonious adj (MUSIC)
hatchet-faced adj
hawk-eyed adj
healthful adj
healthy adj (HEALTH)
healthily adv, at healthy adj (SUCCESSFUL)
healthily adv, at healthy adj (NORMAL)
hear v (RECEIVE SOUND)
hear v (LISTEN)
hearer n
hearing n (ABILITY)

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 Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition

hearken v
heavily adv (SOLID)
heavy adj (SOLID)
heavyset adj
hibernate v
hiccup n (NOISE)
hiccup v
high adj (SOUND)
high-pitched adj (VOICE)
high-pitched adj (NOISE)
hiss v
hiss n
hoarse adj
hollow adj (SOUND)
hollow-cheeked adj
hollowly adv (SOUND)
honk v (SOUND)
honk n
hoot n
hoot v
hubbub n
hullabaloo n
hum v
hum n
hurly-burly n
hush n
hushed adj
husky adj (VOICE)
husky adj (STRONG)
hyperventilation n
hypnotic adj
imperceptible adj
inaudible adj
inconspicuous adj
indiscernible adj
indistinct adj
inhale v (BREATHE)
insomnia n
insomniac n
intake n (BREATH)
invisible adj
iron man n
jangle v
jangling n
jelly n
jingle v
jingle n (RING)
keen v
kerfuffle n
kinaesthesia n
kip v
kip n
kiss v
knock v (MAKE NOISE)
knock n (NOISE)
lanky adj
larynx n
lather n
leer v
lick v (MOVE TONGUE)
lights-out n
lilting adj
limber adj
lissome adj
listen v
lithe adj

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 Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition

lo exclamation
look v (SEE)
look n (WITH EYES)
look-see n
loud adj, adv
loudly adv
love handles n
low adj (SOUND)
low-pitched adj
lung n
lusty adj
malodorous adj
manifestation n
materialize v
matronly adj
meaty adj (FOOD)
mellifluous adj
melodic adj
melodious adj
mess n (DIRT/UNTIDINESS)
middle-age spread n
milk n
minging adj (SMELLING)
mishear v
moan v (SOUND)
moan n (SOUND)
mono adj
motion n (MOVEMENT)
move v (PASS)
movement n (EXCRETE)
muck n
mucus n
muffle v (MAKE LESS CLEAR)
muffled adj
murmur n (SOUND)
muscle-bound adj
muscleman n
muscly adj
muscular adj (BODY)
musky adj, at musk n
musty adj
mute v
muted adj (NOT LOUD)
nap n (SLEEP)
nap v
nasal adj
neutral adj (NOT NOTICEABLE)
niff n
night owl n
noise n (SOUND)
noiseless adj
noise pollution n
noisy adj (SOUND)
nose n (BODY PART)
notice v
noticeable adj
nudge v
nudge n
numb adj
numb v
numbness n
obese adj
observant adj
observation n (WATCHING)
observation n (NOTICING)
observe v (WATCH)

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 Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition

observe v (NOTICE)
odour n
odourless adj
ogle v
olfactory adj
out adv, prep (APPEAR)
out adv, prep (LOUD)
out adv, prep (UNCONSCIOUS)
overhear v
oversleep v
overweight adj
pant v
pass v (GO PAST)
pass v (EXCRETE)
passer-by n
pat v
pat n (TOUCH)
patter n (SOUND)
patter v
paw v
peal v
peal n
pee v
pee n
peek v
peep v (LOOK)
peep v (APPEAR)
peep n (LOOK)
peer v
pellet n
penetrate v (MOVE INTO)
penetrating adj (LOUD)
penetrating adj (UNDERSTANDING)
perceive v (SEE)
perceptible adj
perceptive adj
percipient adj
perfume n
perspiration n
perspire v
pet v
petite adj
phlegm n (SUBSTANCE)
piddle n
piercing adj
pinched adj
ping v
ping n
pink v
pip n (SOUND)
piss n
piss v
-pitched suffix
pitter-patter n
plaintive adj
plonk v (INSTRUMENT)
plonk n (SOUND)
plonk adv
plop n
plop v (FALL)
plummy adj (SPEECH)
plump adj
plunk n, v
podgy adj
pong n
poo n

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 Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition

poop n (SOLID WASTE)

poop v (SOLID WASTE)
pop n (SOUND)
pop v (SOUND)
porky adj
portly adj
potbellied adj, at potbelly n
pounding n (DEFEAT)
pounding n (SOUND)
power nap n
prominence n
prominently adv, at prominent adj (FAMOUS)
prominent adj (NOTICEABLE)
pudgy adj
puff v (BREATHE)
puffed (out) adj
pungent adj
puppy fat n
pure adj (NOT MIXED)
pus n
putrid adj (DECAYED)
putter v (MAKE NOISE)
quadraphonic adj
quiet adj
quiet n
quieten v
quietly adv
racket n (NOISE)
rank adj (SMELL)
rasp n (SOUND)
rasp v (MAKE SOUND)
raspberry n (SOUND)
raspy adj
rattle n
rattle v (SOUND)
raucous adj
raw-boned adj
razor-sharp adj (CLEVER)
reappear v
redolent adj
reedy adj (SOUND)
reek v
regard v
regular adj (EVEN)
report n (NOISE)
resonance n (SOUND)
resonant adj (SOUND)
resonate v (MAKE SOUND)
resounding adj (LOUD)
respiration n
respiratory adj
respiratory system n
respire v
resurface v (APPEAR AGAIN)
retire v (LEAVE A PLACE)
reverberate v (SOUND)
rhythmic adj
right adj (HEALTHY)
ring n (SOUND)
ring v (MAKE SOUND)
ripe adj (SMELL)
rip-roaring adj
rise v (MOVE UP)
roar v
roar n
roaring adj

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 Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition

robust adj
roll v (SOUND)
roll n (TUBE)
roll n (SOUND)
roly-poly adj
rotund adj
rough adj (SOUND)
rouse v
row n (NOISE)
rowdy adj
rubbernecker n
rumble v (SOUND)
rumbling n
rustle v (MAKE NOISE)
rustle n
rustling n (NOISE)
saliva n
salivate v
salvo n
savour n
saw v
scan v (LOOK)
scan n
scent n
scented adj
scraggy adj
scrape n (RUB)
scratch-and-sniff adj
scrawny adj
scream v (MAKE NOISE)
screech n
scrunch v (MAKE A NOISE)
see v (USE EYES)
seed n (PLANT)
semen n
seminal adj (LIQUID)
sensation n (FEELING)
sense n (ABILITY)
sensory adj
sharpness n, at sharp adj (ABLE TO CUT)
sharpness n, at sharp adj (SUDDEN)
sharpness n, at sharp adj (TASTE)
sharpness n, at sharp adj (CLEAR)
sharp adj (CLEVER)
sharpness n, at sharp adj (FASHIONABLE)
sharp-eyed adj
sharply adv (CLEVER)
shat v
shit n
shit v
shite n
shortness n, at short adj (DISTANCE)
shortness n, at short adj (TIME)
shortness n, at short adj (NOT PATIENT)
show v (NOTICEABLE)
shrill adj
shuteye n
sidelong adj, adv
siesta n
sigh v
sigh n
sight n (ABILITY TO SEE)
sight n (VIEW)
sight v
sighting n
silence n (QUIET)

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 Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition

silence n (NO SPEAKING)

silent adj (QUIET)
silken adj
silvery adj (SOUND)
sing v (RING)
sizzle v
skinny adj (THIN)
slag n (LIQUID)
slam v
slam n
slash n (TOILET)
slaver v
sleep n (NOT AWAKE)
sleep n (SUBSTANCE)
sleep v
sleepless adj
sleepwalker n
sleepyhead n
slender adj
slenderize v
slept v
slight adj (THIN)
slightly adv (THIN)
slim adj
slobber v
slobber n
slumber n
slumber v
smack n (HIT FORCEFULLY)
smash n (NOISE)
smell v (CHARACTERISTIC)
smell v (DISCOVER)
smell v (ABILITY)
smell n (CHARACTERISTIC)
smell n (ABILITY)
smell n (DISCOVER)
smelly adj
smelt v
smother v (COVER)
smudged adj
snap v (MOVE QUICKLY)
snap n (BREAKING NOISE)
sneeze v
sneeze n
sniff v
sniff n
snooze v
snore v
snore n
snort v
snort n
snot n (FROM NOSE)
snotty adj (FROM NOSE)
soft-spoken adj
somnambulism n
somnolent adj
sonic adj
sonic boom n
sonorous adj
soporific adj
sound n (NOISE)
sound v (NOISE)
sound adj (GOOD CONDITION)
sound adv, adj
soundless adj
soundly adv (SLEEP)

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 Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition

soundproof adj
sound wave n
sour adj (TASTE)
spare adj (THIN)
spare tyre n
spat v
sperm n
spermatozoon n
spindly adj
spiracle n
spit v (FORCE OUT)
spit n (FROM MOUTH)
splash n (LIQUID)
splash n (SHOW)
splat n
sporty adj (FOR SPORT)
spot v (SEE)
spring v (APPEAR SUDDENLY)
sprout v
spunk n (SEXUAL LIQUID)
sputter v (SOUND)
sputter n, at sputter v (ACTIVITY)
sputum n
spy v (SEE)
squall n (SHOUT)
squall v
squeak v (SOUND)
squeak n
squeaky adj (SOUND)
squelch v (SOUND)
squelch n
squint v
squint n (LOOK)
staccato adj, adv
stagnant adj (NOT FLOWING)
stalwart adj (STRONG)
stare v
stare n
stench n
stentorian adj
stifle v (NO AIR)
stink v (SMELL)
stink n
stinking adj (SMELL)
stocky adj
stool n (EXCRETION)
stout adj (PERSON)
strangle v
strangled adj
strangulated adj (SOUND)
strangulation n
strapping adj
strength n (POWER)
strident adj (LOUD)
stridency n, at strident adj (FORCEFUL)
stroke n (TOUCH)
stroke v (TOUCH)
stubby adj
sturdy adj
subdued adj (NOT STRONG)
subtle adj
subtlety n
suffocate v (DIE)
suffocating adj (NO AIR)
surround sound n
surveillance n

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 Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition

survey v (LOOK AT)

svelte adj
sweat n (LIQUID)
sweat v
sweaty adj
sweet adj (PLEASANT)
swish v
swish n (MOVEMENT)
swoosh v
swoosh n (SOUND)
sylphlike adj
tactile adj
tap v (HIT)
tap n (HIT)
taste n (FLAVOUR)
tear n
teardrop n
texture n
thickset adj
thinness n, at thin adj (NOT THICK)
thin adj (NOT FAT)
thinness n, at thin adj (TRANSPARENT)
thinness n, at thin adj (FEW)
thinness n, at thin adj (FLOWING EASILY)
thinness n, at thin adj (WEAK)
throaty adj
throttle v (PRESS THROAT)
thud n
thump n
thunder n
thunder v
thunderous adj
thwack n
tick n (SOUND)
tick v (SOUND)
timbre n
ting adv, n
ting-a-ling exclamation
tinkle n (SOUND)
tinkle n (TOILET)
tinkle v (SOUND)
tinkle v (TOILET)
tinny adj (SOUND)
toll v
tone n (TIGHTNESS)
tone n (MUSICAL QUALITY)
toned adj
-toned suffix
toneless adj
toot v
touch v (PUT HAND ON)
touch n (FEELING)
touch n (MOVEMENT ONTO/OFF)
trachea n
tramp n (WALK)
transpire v (LOSE WATER)
tread n (STEP)
trim adj (THIN)
tubby adj
tumult n
tumultuous adj
tuneful adj
tuneless adj
turd n
twang v
twang n (SOUND)

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 Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition

twiddle v
ultrasonic adj
unclear adj
underweight adj
unobtrusive adj
unseeing adj
unseen adj
up adv (NOT IN BED)
uproar n
uproarious adj
urethra n
uric adj
urinary adj
urinate v
urine n
vague adj
vanish v
vanishing adj
view v (SEE)
vigil n
vigorous adj
virility n (POWER)
visibility n
visible adj
vision n (ABILITY)
visual adj
visually adv
vocal adj (OF THE VOICE)
vocal cords n
voice n (SOUNDS)
voice box n
-voiced suffix
waft n
waif-like adj
wail v
wail n
wake v
wakeful adj
waken v
wakey-wakey exclamation
waking n
waking adj
wash n (FLOW)
wasted adj (THIN)
watch v (LOOK AT)
watch n (LOOKING)
water v (PRODUCE LIQUID)
waterworks n
wazz n
wee v
wee n
well adj
well built adj
wheeze v
wheeze n (BREATH)
whiff n
whiffy adj
whine n
whirr v
whisper n (SPEECH)
whistle v
whistle n
white noise n
whoop v
whoosh n
whoosh v

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 Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition

willowy adj
wind n (BREATH)
wind v (BOWELS)
winded adj
windpipe n
wiry adj
wither v
witness n (SEE)
witness v (BE PRESENT)
woke v
woken v
wolf whistle n
woody adj (MATERIAL)
wraith n
yawn v
yawn n
yelp v
yowl v
anesthesia, at anaesthesia n
anorectic, at anorexic adj
anorectic, at anorexic n
blurry, at blurred adj
booger, at bogey n (NOSE)
clamor, at clamour n
doss down, at doss v
eying, at eyeing
feces, at faeces n
fatso, at fatty n
foetid, at fetid adj
fulness, at fullness n (STRONG QUALITY)
gangling, at gangly adj
gawp, at gawk v
hearken, at hark v
hiccough, at hiccup n (NOISE)
hiccough, at hiccup v
kinesthesia, at kinaesthesia n
voice box, at larynx n
lissom, at lissome adj
materialise, at materialize v
odor, at odour n
odorless, at odourless adj
ping, at pink v
plunk, at plonk v (INSTRUMENT)
plunk, at plonk n (SOUND)
plunk, at plonk adv
pudgy, at podgy adj
poop, at poo n
quadrophonic, at quadraphonic adj
quiet, at quieten v
rhythmical, at rhythmic adj
rubberneck, at rubbernecker n
savor, at savour n
spittle, at spit n (FROM MOUTH)
sprout up, at sprout v
strangled, at strangulated adj (SOUND)
wake up, at wake v
wee-wee, at wee v
wee-wee, at wee n
whir, at whirr v
burp, at wind v (BOWELS)
trachea, at windpipe n
wither away, at wither v
go bang
beaded with sweat, perspiration, etc.
blow your nose
move your bowels

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 Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition

draw breath
go (to) bye-byes
case the joint
cast a look, glance, smile, etc.
catch your breath
clear your throat
dart a glance/look at sb
disturb the peace
cause a disturbance
do a double take

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