All English words - page 1858

Meanings of Jailbreak:

noun

An escape from jail.

Usage examples:

He's on the run again after masterminding a spectacular jailbreak

verb

Modify (a smartphone or other electronic device) to remove restrictions imposed by the manufacturer or operator, e.g. to allow the installation of unauthorized software.

Usage examples:

In order to use these programs, iphone owners have to jailbreak their device

Meanings of Jailbreaks:

noun

An escape from jail.

Usage examples:

He's on the run again after masterminding a spectacular jailbreak

verb

Modify (a smartphone or other electronic device) to remove restrictions imposed by the manufacturer or operator, e.g. to allow the installation of unauthorized software.

Usage examples:

In order to use these programs, iphone owners have to jailbreak their device

Meanings of Jailed:

verb

Put (someone) in jail.

Usage examples:

The driver was jailed for two years

noun

A place for the confinement of people accused or convicted of a crime.

Usage examples:

He spent 15 years in jail

Meanings of Jailers:

noun

A person in charge of a jail or of the prisoners in it.

Usage examples:

She was trapped in a prison and her jailer refused to release her.

Meanings of Jailhouses:

noun

A prison.

Usage examples:

The jailhouse diet

Meanings of Jailor:

noun

A person in charge of a jail or of the prisoners in it.

Usage examples:

She was trapped in a prison and her jailer refused to release her.

Meanings of Jails:

noun

A place for the confinement of people accused or convicted of a crime.

Usage examples:

He spent 15 years in jail

verb

Put (someone) in jail.

Usage examples:

The driver was jailed for two years

Meanings of Jainism:

noun

A non-theistic religion founded in india in the 6th century bc by the jina vardhamana mahavira as a reaction against the teachings of orthodox brahmanism, and still practised there. the jain religion teaches salvation by perfection through successive lives, and non-injury to living creatures, and is noted for its ascetics.

Meanings of Jake:

adjective

All right; satisfactory.

Usage examples:

Everything was jake again

Meanings of Jakes:

noun

A toilet, especially an outdoor one.

Usage examples:

A jakes, of course, was the elizabethan word for a mouldy toilet.

Meanings of Jakey:

noun

A homeless person or tramp, especially one who habitually drinks large quantities of cheap, strong alcohol.

Meanings of Jakob:

noun

A disease that damages the brain and the main nerves connected to it and usually causes death

Meanings of Jalap:

noun

A purgative drug obtained chiefly from the tuberous roots of a mexican climbing plant.

Usage examples:

Rush's strategy with serious fevers was to purge with powerful doses of calomel and jalap, followed…

Meanings of Jalapeno:

noun

A very hot green chilli pepper, used especially in mexican-style cooking.

Usage examples:

Order extra jalapeños on the side

Meanings of Jalapenos:

noun

A very hot green chilli pepper, used especially in mexican-style cooking.

Usage examples:

Order extra jalapeños on the side

Meanings of Jalopies:

noun

An old car in a dilapidated condition.

Usage examples:

His father got worried about him driving that old jalopy—it wasn't safe

Meanings of Jam on:

idiom

To use the brakes of a road vehicle suddenly and forcefully

Usage examples:

A motorbike appeared from nowhere and i had to jam on the brakes.

Meanings of Jamadar:

noun

A minor official or junior officer.

Usage examples:

Another jemadar prowled, revolver in one hand, primed grenade in the other, and kukri clenched betw…

Meanings of Jamaica:

proper noun

An island country in the caribbean sea, south-east of cuba; population 2,800,000 (estimated 2015); official language, english; capital, kingston.

noun

An island country in the caribbean

Meanings of Jamaican:

adjective

Relating to jamaica or its people.

Usage examples:

Lush jamaican locations

noun

A native or inhabitant of jamaica, or a person of jamaican descent.

Usage examples:

We used to play soccer with the jamaicans

Meanings of Jamaicans:

noun

A native or inhabitant of jamaica, or a person of jamaican descent.

Usage examples:

We used to play soccer with the jamaicans

adjective

Relating to jamaica or its people.

Usage examples:

Lush jamaican locations

Meanings of Jamb:

noun

A side post or surface of a doorway, window, or fireplace.

Usage examples:

He leaned against the door jamb

Meanings of Jambalaya:

noun

A cajun dish of rice with shrimps, chicken, and vegetables.

Usage examples:

Huge concoctions of gumbo and jambalaya

Meanings of Jambe:

abbreviation

Delaware (in official postal use).

Meanings of Jambeau:

noun

A piece of armour for the leg.

Usage examples:

I think we have finally left medieval armor behind us, after talking about cuisses and culets and j…