Essence - English meaning

noun

The quality of dealing with ideas rather than events.

Usage examples:

Topics will vary in degrees of abstraction

noun

An idea that develops by looking at or thinking about a number of different things

noun

The quality of existing as or representing an idea, a feeling, etc. and not a material object, or something that has this quality

Usage examples:

They discuss the issue of realism versus abstraction in sculpture., actual black holes have been fo…

noun

The point that is equally distant from every point on the circumference of a circle or sphere.

Usage examples:

She was so angered by this thought that she had changed forms and was halfway to the center of the …

verb

Occur mainly in or around (a specified place).

Usage examples:

The textile industry was centred in lancashire and yorkshire

proper noun

A region of central france, including the cities of orleans, tours, and chartres.

verb

Focus all one's attention on a particular object or activity.

Usage examples:

She couldn't concentrate on the film

noun

A substance made by removing or reducing the diluting agent; a concentrated form of something.

Usage examples:

Apple juice concentrate

verb

To direct your attention or your efforts towards a particular activity, subject, or problem

Usage examples:

Come on, concentrate! we don't have all day to do this., i can't concentrate on my work with all th…

noun

The action or power of focusing all one's attention.

Usage examples:

She was frowning in concentration

noun

A close gathering of people or things.

Usage examples:

The island has the greatest concentration of seabirds in the north-west

noun

A large amount of something in the same place

Usage examples:

[ c ] there’s a heavy concentration of poor and elderly in the district., he had a look of intense …

noun

The tough central part of various fruits, containing the seeds.

Usage examples:

A pineapple core

verb

Remove the tough central part and seeds from (a fruit).

Usage examples:

Peel and core the pears

combining form

Denoting types of rock or dance music, typically those with an aggressive or extreme style.

Usage examples:

Emocore

noun

The decisive or most important point at issue.

Usage examples:

The crux of the matter is that attitudes have changed

proper noun

The smallest constellation (the cross or southern cross), but the most familiar one to observers in the southern hemisphere. it contains the bright star acrux, the ‘jewel box’ star cluster, and most of the coalsack nebula.

adjective

Used with preceding greek letter or numeral to designate a star in the constellation crux.

Usage examples:

The star beta crucis

noun

A concentrated liquor resulting from heating or boiling a substance, especially a medicinal preparation made from a plant.

Usage examples:

A decoction of a root

noun

A liquid made by boiling something such a plant in water

noun

Strong coffee or tea before milk or sugar are added

noun

The action of making a liquid more dilute.

Usage examples:

The milk factor is greatly reduced by dilution

noun

The process or action of making something less strong or valuable

Usage examples:

The destroyer of brand integrity is "brand dilution", which is the perverse reward for popularity.,…

noun

The action of making a liquid weaker by mixing in something else, or a liquid that has been made weaker in this way

Usage examples:

The drug's effectiveness is decreased by dilution., tests are underway to see whether two dilutions…

noun

Something formed by distillation.

Usage examples:

Petroleum distillates

noun

A substance that is formed by distilling a liquid

noun

A magical or medicinal potion.

Usage examples:

An elixir guaranteed to induce love

noun

A substance believed to cure all ills

noun

A substance, usually a liquid, with a magical power to cure, improve, or preserve something

Usage examples:

Elixir of life/youth it's yet another health product claiming to be the elixir of life/youth (= som…

noun

The characteristic spirit of a culture, era, or community as manifested in its attitudes and aspirations.

Usage examples:

A challenge to the ethos of the 1960s

noun

The set of moral beliefs, attitudes, habits, etc., that are characteristic of a person or group

Usage examples:

Violence is part of their ethos.

noun

The set of beliefs, ideas, etc. about the behaviour and relationships of a person or group

Usage examples:

Most companies have a corporate ethos ., the new firm's ethos is brash, fiercely ambitious, and dec…

verb

Remove or take out, especially by effort or force.

Usage examples:

The fossils are extracted from the chalk

noun

A short passage taken from a text, film, or piece of music.

Usage examples:

An extract from a historical film

verb

Remove, usually with some force or effort

noun

The substance or general meaning of a speech or text.

Usage examples:

It was hard to get the gist of pedro's talk

verb

Engage in chat or gossip.

Usage examples:

I need a good friend i can always gist with

noun

The main subject, without details, of a piece of information

Usage examples:

The gist of what she said was that i didn’t know what i was talking about.

noun

A hollow muscular organ that pumps the blood through the circulatory system by rhythmic contraction and dilation. in vertebrates there may be up to four chambers (as in humans), with two atria and two ventricles.

Usage examples:

It rises to a peak, called the systolic pressure, at the height of the contraction of each heartbea…

verb

Like very much; love.

Usage examples:

I totally heart this song

noun

The organ in your chest that sends the blood around your body

Usage examples:

He's got a weak/bad heart (= his heart is not healthy)., isabel's heart was beating fast with fright.

noun

The liquid obtained from or present in fruit or vegetables.

Usage examples:

Add the juice of a lemon

verb

Extract the juice from (fruit or vegetables).

Usage examples:

Juice one orange at a time

noun

The liquid that comes from fruits and vegetables

Usage examples:

[ u ] orange/tomato juice, [ c ] fruit juices, i’ve fixed the wiring, so you can turn the juice bac…

noun

A softer, usually edible part of a nut, seed, or fruit stone contained within its shell.

Usage examples:

The kernel of a walnut

noun

The edible part of a nut that is inside the shell, or the whole seed of a grain plant

Usage examples:

Fig. there’s a kernel of truth in what he said (= some small part of it is true).

noun

The part of a nut that is inside the shell and can be eaten

noun

The condition that distinguishes animals and plants from inorganic matter, including the capacity for growth, reproduction, functional activity, and continual change preceding death.

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The origins of life

noun

The period between birth and death, or the state of being alive

Usage examples:

[ u ] life is too short to worry about money!, [ c ] cats are supposed to have nine lives., [ u ] a…

noun

The amount of time that something exists or works

Usage examples:

The life of a mortgage/loan/investment he would reach retirement during the life of the mortgage., …

noun

The blood, as being necessary to life.

Usage examples:

Somehow, the sight of all her blood, all her lifeblood on that shirt disturbed her, as did the ragg…

noun

The thing that is most important to the continuing success and existence of something else

Usage examples:

Tourism is the lifeblood of hawaii’s economy.

noun

The most important thing that someone or something needs in order to continue to exist or operate

Usage examples:

Education is the lifeblood of a knowledge-based economy., she is fantastic at new product developme…

noun

A long white-fleshed gourd with green skin, which is eaten as a vegetable.

Usage examples:

Other specialist bags have been developed especially for salads and vegetables including even marro…

noun

A friend, companion, or workmate (often used as a form of address).

Usage examples:

Come here, marrer, we need to talk

noun

The soft, fatty tissue in the center of bones

noun

The flesh of an animal, typically a mammal or bird, as food (the flesh of domestic fowls is sometimes distinguished as poultry ).

Usage examples:

Pieces of meat

noun

The flesh of an animal when it is used for food

Usage examples:

Get a pound of chopped meat from the supermarket on your way home.

noun

The phenomena of the physical world collectively, including plants, animals, the landscape, and other features and products of the earth, as opposed to humans or human creations.

Usage examples:

The breathtaking beauty of nature

noun

All the animals and plants in the world and all the features, forces, and processes that exist or happen independently of people, such as the weather, the sea, mountains, reproduction, and growth

Usage examples:

As a young man he loved hiking and being close to nature., this technique of growing cells copies w…

noun

The crux or central point of a matter.

Usage examples:

The nub of the problem lies elsewhere

noun

The most important or basic part of something

Usage examples:

What do you think is the nub of the problem?

noun

The central and most important part of an object, movement, or group, forming the basis for its activity and growth.

Usage examples:

The nucleus of a british film-producing industry

noun

The central part of something

Usage examples:

These two people will form the nucleus of a new management team to promote sales in south america.

noun

A fragrant liquid typically made from essential oils extracted from flowers and spices, used to give a pleasant smell to one's body.

Usage examples:

I caught a whiff of her fresh lemony perfume

verb

Give a pleasant smell to.

Usage examples:

Just one bloom of jasmine has the power to perfume a whole room

noun

A liquid produced and sold for its strong, pleasant smell, often used on the skin

Usage examples:

[ u ] she put a few drops of perfume on the back of her neck.

noun

The spongy white tissue lining the rind of oranges, lemons, and other citrus fruits.

Usage examples:

Remove the rind and white pith from the lemons and then cut the flesh into very thin slices, removi…

verb

Remove the pith from.

Usage examples:

Peel and pith the oranges

noun

A fundamental truth or proposition that serves as the foundation for a system of belief or behaviour or for a chain of reasoning.

Usage examples:

The basic principles of justice

noun

The most perfect or typical example of a quality or class.

Usage examples:

He was the quintessence of political professionalism

noun

The most typical example

Usage examples:

An american football game is the quintessence of machismo.

noun

A distinctive smell, especially one that is pleasant.

Usage examples:

The scent of freshly cut hay

verb

Impart a pleasant scent to.

Usage examples:

A glass of tea scented with a local herb

noun

A smell, esp. when pleasant, or a smell left behind by an animal or person

Usage examples:

[ c ] the scent of lilacs permeated the air., [ c ] the dogs were onto the lost boy’s scent (= were…

noun

A means of solving a problem or dealing with a difficult situation.

Usage examples:

There are no easy solutions to financial and marital problems

A homogeneous mixture of two or more substances

noun

The spiritual or immaterial part of a human being or animal, regarded as immortal.

Usage examples:

It ignores all the empirical evidence for animal awareness while resting on an assumption for which…

noun

The part of a person that some people believe continues to exist in some form after the body has died, or the part of a person or thing that expresses the basic qualities that make it what it is

Usage examples:

May her soul rest in peace., he is the soul of honor, and would never intentionally try to deceive …

noun

The spiritual part of a person that some people believe continues to exist in some form after their body has died, or the part of a person that is not physical and experiences deep feelings and emotions

Usage examples:

She suffered greatly while she was alive, so let us hope her soul is now at peace.

noun

The non-physical part of a person which is the seat of emotions and character; the soul.

Usage examples:

We seek a harmony between body and spirit

verb

Convey rapidly and secretly.

Usage examples:

Stolen cows were spirited away some distance to prevent detection

noun

A state of mind or attitude

Usage examples:

It’s very important to play the game in the right spirit., rock music in the 1960s expressed the sp…

noun

A particular kind of matter with uniform properties.

Usage examples:

A steel tube coated with a waxy substance

noun

A material with particular physical characteristics

Usage examples:

The pesticide contains a substance that is toxic to insects., surprisingly, these filmmakers opted …

noun

The action of suspending someone or something or the condition of being suspended.

Usage examples:

The suspension of military action

noun

The act of hanging something from above so it moves freely

noun

A medicine made by dissolving a drug in alcohol.

Usage examples:

The remedies can be administered in form of tinctures

verb

Be tinged or imbued with a slight amount of.

Usage examples:

Arthur's affability was tinctured with faint sarcasm

noun

A medicine that consists of a mixture of alcohol and a small amount of a drug

Usage examples:

A/some tincture of iodine/myrrh