Mole - English meaning

noun

A person who acts on behalf of another person or group.

Usage examples:

In the event of illness, a durable power of attorney enabled her nephew to act as her agent

noun

A person who acts for or represents another

Usage examples:

A travel agent, he is the agent for several of the highest paid players in baseball., a secret agen…

noun

A person who is paid to buy or sell products or provide a service for a company, but who is not a regular employee

Usage examples:

Following the recent insurance scam, legislation is being put in place to ensure all agents protect…

noun

A small mark or flaw which spoils the appearance of something.

Usage examples:

The girl's hands were without a blemish

verb

Spoil the appearance or quality of (something).

Usage examples:

His reign as world champion has been blemished by controversy

noun

A mark or fault that spoils the appearance of someone or something

Usage examples:

Makeup can cover up your skin blemishes., only one blemish spoiled her school record.

noun

A large irregular patch or unsightly mark on the skin or another surface.

Usage examples:

Red blotches on her face

verb

Cover with blotches.

Usage examples:

Her face was blotched and swollen with crying

noun

An unwanted mark on a surface that is different from the surrounding area

Usage examples:

There were red blotches on her face and neck.

noun

A barrier built out into the sea to protect a coast or harbour from the force of waves.

Usage examples:

In the 19th century the greatest engineering addition to the bay was the construction of dun laogha…

noun

A very large wall that is built from the coast out into the sea to protect a beach or harbour from big waves

noun

A raised road or track across low or wet ground.

Usage examples:

An island reached at low tide by a causeway

noun

A raised road, esp. across water

noun

A raised path, especially across a wet area

noun

The process of becoming discoloured, or the state of being discoloured.

Usage examples:

Teeth with amalgam fillings may run the risk of discoloration

noun

A change to the original colour of something that makes it look unpleasant or damaged

Usage examples:

Too much fluoride can cause a harmless discoloration of the teeth., chips, cracks and discoloration…

noun

A long wall or embankment built to prevent flooding from the sea.

Usage examples:

Ponds are separated by dikes that prevent flooding and provide access routes to the ponds for elect…

verb

Provide (land) with a wall or embankment to prevent flooding.

Usage examples:

They dyked the marshland along the rivers to provide pasture in summer

noun

A lesbian.

noun

A wall or bank of earth or stone built to prevent a river flooding an area.

Usage examples:

Chelsea embankment

noun

An artificial slope made of earth or stones

Usage examples:

A river embankment

noun

An artificial slope made of earth and/or stones

Usage examples:

A river/road/railway embankment

noun

A small patch of light brown colour on the skin, often becoming more pronounced through exposure to the sun.

Usage examples:

She had a light sprinkling of freckles on her nose

verb

Cover or become covered with freckles.

Usage examples:

Skin which freckles easily

noun

A small brown spot on the skin, esp. on a light-skinned person

Usage examples:

The brothers were in their early teens, and both had reddish hair and freckles., a freckled nose

noun

A low wall or sturdy barrier built out into the sea from a beach to check erosion and drifting.

Usage examples:

Four new groynes - timber planking walls running down the beach towards the water - will help trap …

noun

A low wall built out from the coast into the sea, to prevent the repeated movement of the waves from removing parts of the land

noun

A person who secretly becomes part of a group in order to get information or to influence the way the group thinks or behaves

Usage examples:

The infiltrator was identified and killed.

noun

A person who gathers intelligence, especially an informer, spy, or secret agent.

noun

A landing stage or small pier at which boats can dock or be moored.

Usage examples:

Ben jumped ashore and tied the rowboat up to the small wooden jetty

noun

A small area on a surface having a different colour from its surroundings, typically one caused by damage or dirt.

Usage examples:

The blow left a red mark down one side of her face

verb

Make a visible impression or stain on.

Usage examples:

He fingered the photograph gently, careful not to mark it

noun

(until the introduction of the euro in 2002) the basic monetary unit of germany, equal to 100 pfennig; a deutschmark.

Usage examples:

Germany spent billions of marks to save the french franc from speculators

noun

A mole (animal).

Usage examples:

A ‘mouldwarp’, for example, is a mole, which was often used as a symbol for richard iii.

adjective

Functioning or having effect.

Usage examples:

The transmitter is operative

noun

A worker, especially one in a manufacturing industry.

Usage examples:

The operatives clean the machines at the end of every shift

noun

A platform on pillars projecting from the shore into the sea, typically incorporating entertainment arcades and places to eat.

Usage examples:

The pier was the fourth longest in the country at 562 feet, with a large saloon and concert hall at…

noun

A structure built out over the water on posts, along which boats can land

Usage examples:

A fishing pier

noun

A living organism of the kind exemplified by trees, shrubs, herbs, grasses, ferns, and mosses, typically growing in a permanent site, absorbing water and inorganic substances through its roots, and synthesizing nutrients in its leaves by photosynthesis using the green pigment chlorophyll.

Usage examples:

Eventually, it melts to supply water and nutrients to plants and aquatic organisms.

verb

Put (a seed, bulb, or plant) in the ground so that it can grow.

Usage examples:

We planted a lot of fruit trees

noun

A ghost.

Usage examples:

Judge steve evans takes on these unspooky spooks and non-existent ghosts - and he doesn't mind one …

verb

Frighten; unnerve.

Usage examples:

They spooked a couple of grizzly bears

noun

A small round or roundish mark, differing in colour or texture from the surface around it.

Usage examples:

Ladybirds have black spots on their red wing covers

verb

Short for spotlight.

verb

A point located with respect to surface features of some region

noun

A person employed by a government or other organization to secretly obtain information on an enemy or competitor.

Usage examples:

They served as clerks and couriers, telephone and telegraph operators, code and cipher analysts, an…

verb

Work for a government or other organization by secretly obtaining information about enemies or competitors.

Usage examples:

He agreed to spy for the west

verb

(military) a secret agent hired by a state to obtain information about its enemies or by a business to obtain industrial secrets from competitors