English words starting with wi - page 2

Meanings of Widest:

adjective

Of great or more than average width.

Usage examples:

A wide road

adverb

To the full extent.

Usage examples:

His eyes opened wide

noun

A ball that is judged to be too wide of the stumps for the batter to play, for which an extra is awarded to the batting side.

Usage examples:

Blignaut lost his cool immediately, the next ball swinging way down the leg side for four wides.

Meanings of Widgeon:

noun

A dabbling duck with mainly reddish-brown and grey plumage, the male having a whistling call.

Usage examples:

Females during the breeding season and the young eat many aquatic invertebrates, but aside from tha…

Meanings of Widgeons:

noun

A dabbling duck with mainly reddish-brown and grey plumage, the male having a whistling call.

Usage examples:

Females during the breeding season and the young eat many aquatic invertebrates, but aside from tha…

Meanings of Widget:

noun

A small gadget or mechanical device.

Meanings of Widgets:

noun

A small gadget or mechanical device.

Meanings of Widgie:

noun

A young woman, especially of the 1950s, belonging to a subculture characterized by a liking for american fashion and rock-and-roll music, and associated with antisocial behaviour.

Usage examples:

Last i saw of him, a widgie had dragged him on to the dance floor

Meanings of Widow:

noun

A woman who has lost her spouse by death and has not married again.

Usage examples:

On her husband's death, a widow usually foresees a life full of harassment and humiliation.

verb

Become a widow or widower; lose one's spouse through death.

Usage examples:

He was recently widowed

Meanings of Widowed:

verb

Become a widow or widower; lose one's spouse through death.

Usage examples:

He was recently widowed

adjective

Having lost one's spouse by death and not married again.

Usage examples:

Her widowed mother

Meanings of Widower:

noun

A man who has lost his spouse by death and has not married again.

Usage examples:

Many of the residents told to replace their sewers are retired, widows and widowers and single pare…

Meanings of Widowered:

adjective

That is or has become a widower; of or belonging to a widower.

Meanings of Widowerhood:

noun

The state or condition of being a widower; the period of time during which a man is a widower.

Meanings of Widowers:

noun

A man who has lost his spouse by death and has not married again.

Usage examples:

Many of the residents told to replace their sewers are retired, widows and widowers and single pare…

Meanings of Widowership:

noun

The state or condition of being a widower; = widowerhood .

Meanings of Widowery:

noun

The state or condition of being a widower; the period of time during which a man is a widower; (in extended use) the state or condition of having a spouse who is absent.

Meanings of Widowhood:

noun

The state or period of being a widow or widower.

Usage examples:

The loneliness of widowhood

Meanings of Widowing:

verb

Become a widow or widower; lose one's spouse through death.

Usage examples:

He was recently widowed

noun

A woman who has lost her spouse by death and has not married again.

Usage examples:

On her husband's death, a widow usually foresees a life full of harassment and humiliation.

Meanings of Widowish:

adjective

Of, characteristic of, or befitting a widow; resembling a widow.

Meanings of Widowly:

adjective

Of, characteristic of, or befitting a widow; that is or resembles a widow.

Meanings of Widows:

noun

A woman who has lost her spouse by death and has not married again.

Usage examples:

On her husband's death, a widow usually foresees a life full of harassment and humiliation.

verb

Become a widow or widower; lose one's spouse through death.

Usage examples:

He was recently widowed

Meanings of Widowy:

adjective

Characteristic of or appropriate to a widow.

Meanings of Width:

noun

The measurement or extent of something from side to side; the lesser of two or the least of three dimensions of a body.

Usage examples:

The yard was about seven feet in width

Meanings of Widthless:

adjective

Having no width, or no great width; narrow.

Meanings of Widths:

noun

The measurement or extent of something from side to side; the lesser of two or the least of three dimensions of a body.

Usage examples:

The yard was about seven feet in width

Meanings of Widthways:

adverb

In a direction parallel with a thing's width.

Usage examples:

Fold the pastry in half widthways

Meanings of Widthwise:

adverb

In a direction parallel with a thing's width.

Usage examples:

Fold the pastry in half widthways