All English words - page 475

Meanings of Barbarians:

noun

(in ancient times) a member of a people not belonging to one of the great civilizations (greek, roman, christian).

Usage examples:

The city was besieged by the barbarians

adjective

Relating to ancient barbarians.

Usage examples:

Barbarian invasions

Meanings of Barbaric:

adjective

Savagely cruel.

Usage examples:

He carried out barbaric acts in the name of war

Meanings of Barbarically:

adverb

In a way that is extremely cruel and unpleasant

Usage examples:

Soldiers were accused of behaving as barbarically as the terrorists., people who object to anyone w…

Meanings of Barbarise:

verb

Cause to become savage or uncultured.

Usage examples:

These poor inhabitants had been deliberately barbarized

Meanings of Barbarised:

verb

Cause to become savage or uncultured.

Usage examples:

These poor inhabitants had been deliberately barbarized

Meanings of Barbarising:

verb

Cause to become savage or uncultured.

Usage examples:

These poor inhabitants had been deliberately barbarized

Meanings of Barbarism:

noun

Absence of culture and civilization.

Usage examples:

The collapse of civilization and the return to barbarism

Meanings of Barbarisms:

noun

Absence of culture and civilization.

Usage examples:

The collapse of civilization and the return to barbarism

Meanings of Barbarities:

noun

Extreme cruelty or brutality.

Usage examples:

The barbarity of the act outraged millions

Meanings of Barbarity:

noun

Extreme cruelty or brutality.

Usage examples:

The barbarity of the act outraged millions

Meanings of Barbarize:

verb

Cause to become savage or uncultured.

Usage examples:

These poor inhabitants had been deliberately barbarized

Meanings of Barbarized:

verb

Cause to become savage or uncultured.

Usage examples:

These poor inhabitants had been deliberately barbarized

Meanings of Barbarizes:

verb

Cause to become savage or uncultured.

Usage examples:

These poor inhabitants had been deliberately barbarized

Meanings of Barbarizing:

verb

Cause to become savage or uncultured.

Usage examples:

These poor inhabitants had been deliberately barbarized

Meanings of Barbarous:

adjective

Extremely brutal.

Usage examples:

Many early child-rearing practices were barbarous by modern standards

Meanings of Barbary:

proper noun

A former name for the saracen countries of north and north-western africa, together with moorish spain. the area was noted between the 16th and 18th centuries as a haunt of pirates.

Meanings of Barbastelle:

noun

An old world bat with broad ears that meet over the head.

Usage examples:

Also, records of barbastelles have never been reported from the eastern part of the crimean peninsu…

Meanings of Barbecue:

noun

A meal or gathering at which meat, fish, or other food is cooked out of doors on a rack over an open fire or on a special appliance.

Usage examples:

In the evening there was a barbecue

verb

Cook (food) on a barbecue.

Usage examples:

Fish barbecued with herbs

Meanings of Barbecued:

verb

Cook (food) on a barbecue.

Usage examples:

Fish barbecued with herbs

noun

A meal or gathering at which meat, fish, or other food is cooked out of doors on a rack over an open fire or on a special appliance.

Usage examples:

In the evening there was a barbecue

Meanings of Barbecues:

noun

A meal or gathering at which meat, fish, or other food is cooked out of doors on a rack over an open fire or on a special appliance.

Usage examples:

In the evening there was a barbecue

verb

Cook (food) on a barbecue.

Usage examples:

Fish barbecued with herbs

Meanings of Barbecuing:

verb

Cook (food) on a barbecue.

Usage examples:

Fish barbecued with herbs

noun

A meal or gathering at which meat, fish, or other food is cooked out of doors on a rack over an open fire or on a special appliance.

Usage examples:

In the evening there was a barbecue

Meanings of Barbed:

adjective

Having a barb or barbs.

Usage examples:

Barbed arrows

verb

Cut or style (a person's hair).

Usage examples:

He has barbed the hair of any celebrity you can think of

Meanings of Barbel:

noun

A fleshy filament growing from the mouth or snout of a fish.

Usage examples:

Sturgeon species are noted by a spindle-shaped body with five rows of bony scutes and a long snout …

Meanings of Barbell:

noun

A long metal bar to which discs of varying weights are attached at each end, used for weightlifting.

Usage examples:

Still, there are plenty of free weights, barbells and dumbbells.

Meanings of Barbells:

noun

A long metal bar to which discs of varying weights are attached at each end, used for weightlifting.

Usage examples:

Still, there are plenty of free weights, barbells and dumbbells.