| English | |
| 1. adj. Of or pertaining to England. | |
| 2. adj. English-language; of or pertaining to the language, descended from Anglo-Saxon, which developed in England. | |
| Those immigrants Anglicised their names to make them sound more English. | |
| 3. adj. Of or pertaining to the people of England (to Englishmen and Englishwomen). | |
| 4. adj. Of or pertaining to the avoirdupois system of measure. | |
| an English ton | |
| 5. adj. (Amish) Non-Amish, so named for speaking English rather than a variety of German. | |
| 6. n. (collective plural) The people of England; Englishmen and Englishwomen. | |
| The Scottish and the English have a history of conflict. | |
| 7. n. The language originating in England but now spoken in all parts of the British Isles, the Commonwealth of Nations, North America, and other parts of the world. | |
| English is spoken here as an unofficial language and lingua franca. | |
| How do you say ‘à peu près’ in English? | |
| 8. n. (Amish, collective plural) The non-Amish; non-Amish people. | |
| 9. n. One's ability to employ the English language correctly. | |
| My coworker has pretty good English for a non-native speaker. | |
| 10. n. The English-language term or expression for something. | |
| What's the English for ‘à peu près’? | |
| 11. n. Specific language or wording in English; English text or statements in speech, whether in translation or otherwise. | |
| The technical details are correct, but the English is not very clear. | |
| 12. n. A variety or dialect of spoken and or written English. | |
| 13. n. (printing, dated) The size of type between pica and great primer, standardized as 14-point. | |
| 14. n. (North American) Spin or side given to a ball, especially in pool or billiards. | |
| Put more English on the ball. | |
| 15. v. (transitive, archaic) To translate, adapt or render into English. | |
| 16. n. (US) Spinning or rotary motion given to a ball around the vertical axis, as in billiards or bowling. | |
| You can't hit it directly, but maybe if you give it some english. | |
| 17. n. (figurative) An unusual or unexpected interpretation of a text or idea, a spin, a nuance. | |
