American English

Jersey
 Jerseys
 N-COUNT: oft N n
 A Jersey cow or a Jersey is a light brown cow that produces very creamy milk.

jersey

[ʤɜ͟ː(r)zi]
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 jerseys
 1) N-COUNT A jersey is a knitted piece of clothing that covers the upper part of your body and your arms and does not open at the front. Jerseys are usually worn over a shirt or blouse. [OLD-FASHIONED]
  His grey jersey and trousers were sodden with the rain.
  Syn:
  jumper, sweater, pullover
 2) N-VAR: oft N n Jersey is a knitted, slightly stretchy fabric used especially to make women's clothing.
  Sheila had come to dinner in a black jersey top.

reflection

[rɪfle̱kʃ(ə)n]
 reflections
 1) N-COUNT A reflection is an image that you can see in a mirror or in glass or water.
  Meg stared at her reflection in the bedroom mirror.
 2) N-UNCOUNT Reflection is the process by which light and heat are sent back from a surface and do not pass through it.
  ...the reflection of a beam of light off a mirror.
 3) N-COUNT: usu N of n If you say that something is a reflection of a particular person's attitude or of a situation, you mean that it is caused by that attitude or situation and therefore reveals something about it.
  Inhibition in adulthood seems to be very clearly a reflection of a person's experiences as a child.
 4) N-SING: usu N on n If something is a reflection or a sad reflection on a person or thing, it gives a bad impression of them.
  Infection with head lice is no reflection on personal hygiene...
  The library is unique and its break-up would be a sad reflection on the value we place on our heritage.
 5) N-UNCOUNT: also N in pl Reflection is careful thought about a particular subject. Your reflections are your thoughts about a particular subject.
  After days of reflection she decided to write back...
  He paused, absorbed by his reflections.
  ●
  PHRASE If someone admits or accepts something on reflection, they admit or accept it after having thought carefully about it.
  On reflection, he says, he very much regrets the comments.
 6) N-COUNT: usu pl Reflections on something are comments or writings that express someone's ideas about it.
  In his latest collection of poems readers are confronted with a series of reflections on death.

trade

[tre͟ɪd]
 
 trades, trading, traded
 1) N-UNCOUNT: usu with supp Trade is the activity of buying, selling, or exchanging goods or services between people, firms, or countries.
  The ministry had direct control over every aspect of foreign trade.
  ...negotiations on a new international trade agreement...
  Texas has a long history of trade with Mexico.
 2) VERB When people, firms, or countries trade, they buy, sell, or exchange goods or services between themselves.
  They may refuse to trade, even when offered attractive prices...
  [V with n] They had years of experience of trading with the West...
  [V in n] He has been trading in antique furniture for 25 years.
  Derived words:
  trading N-UNCOUNT usu with supp Trading on the stock exchange may be suspended... Sunday trading laws will be reformed.
 3) N-COUNT: usu supp N A trade is a particular area of business or industry.
  They've completely ruined the tourist trade for the next few years.
  ...the arms trade.
 4) N-COUNT: oft poss N, also by N Someone's trade is the kind of work that they do, especially when they have been trained to do it over a period of time.
  He learnt his trade as a diver in the North Sea...
  Allyn was a jeweller by trade...
  She is a patron of small businesses and trades.
 5) V-RECIP If someone trades one thing for another or if two people trade things, they agree to exchange one thing for the other thing. [mainly AM]
  [V n for n (non-recip)] They traded land for goods and money...
  [V n for n (non-recip)] He still claims the arms weren't traded for hostages...
  [pl-n V n] Kids used to trade baseball cards...
  [V n with n] They suspected that Neville had traded secret information with Mr Foster.
  Syn:
  exchange
 N-COUNT
 Trade is also a noun. I am willing to make a trade with you... It wouldn't exactly have been a fair trade. (in BRIT, use exchange)
 6) V-RECIP If you trade places with someone or the two of you trade places, you move into the other person's position or situation, and they move into yours. [mainly AM]
  [V n with n] Mike asked George to trade places with him so he could ride with Tod...
  [V n with n] Kennedy mischievously suggested that professors ought to trade jobs for a time with janitors...
  [pl-n V n] The receiver and the quarterback are going to trade positions.
  Syn:
  exchange
 7) VERB In professional sports, for example football or baseball, if a player is traded from one team to another, they leave one team and begin playing for another. [AM]
  [be V-ed] He was traded from the Giants to the Yankees...
  [V n] The A's have not won a game since they traded him.(in BRIT, use transfer)
 8) V-RECIP If two people or groups trade something such as blows, insults, or jokes, they hit each other, insult each other, or tell each other jokes. [mainly AM]
  [pl-n V n] Children would settle disputes by trading punches or insults in the schoolyard...
  [V n with n] They traded artillery fire with government forces inside the city.
  Phrasal Verbs:
  - trade in
  - trade off
  - trade on
  - trade up
  Syn:
  exchange

mixed

[mɪ̱kst]
 
 1) ADJ-GRADED: usu ADJ n If you have mixed feelings about something or someone, you feel uncertain about them because you can see both good and bad points about them.
  I came home from the meeting with mixed feelings...
  There has been a very mixed reaction to the decision.
 2) ADJ-GRADED A mixed group of people consists of people of many different types.
  I found a very mixed group of individuals some of whom I could relate to and others with whom I had very little in common...
  The community is very mixed, not least because there are plenty of small industrial enterprises.
 3) ADJ: usu ADJ n Mixed is used to describe something that involves people from two or more different races.
  ...a woman of mixed race...
  She had attended a racially mixed school.
 4) ADJ: usu ADJ n Mixed education or accommodation is intended for both males and females.
  Girls who have always been at a mixed school know how to stand up for themselves...
  The spa has 6 indoor pools, 2 for women only, 2 for men only, and 2 for mixed bathing.
  Syn:
  co-ed
 5) ADJ: ADJ n Mixed is used to describe something which includes or consists of different things of the same general kind.
  ...a small mixed salad...
  The mixed forest is cut commercially but is also carefully conserved to look good.
  ...a teaspoon of mixed herbs.
 6) a mixed blessing → see blessing

soft drink

 soft drinks
 N-COUNT
 A soft drink is a cold, non-alcoholic drink such as lemonade or fruit juice, or a fizzy drink.

chip

[tʃɪ̱p]
 
 chips, chipping, chipped
 1) N-COUNT: usu pl Chips are long, thin pieces of potato fried in oil or fat and eaten hot, usually with a meal. [BRIT]
  I had fish and chips in a cafe...
  Frank Browne shook more sauce over his chips.(in AM, use French fries)
 2) N-COUNT: usu pl Chips or potato chips are very thin slices of fried potato that are eaten cold as a snack. [AM]
  ...a package of onion-flavored potato chips.(in BRIT, use crisps)
 3) N-COUNT A silicon chip is a very small piece of silicon with electronic circuits on it which is part of a computer or other piece of machinery.
 4) N-COUNT: oft supp N A chip is a small piece of something or a small piece which has been broken off something.
  It contains real chocolate chips...
  He was burning wood chips to make charcoal...
  Teichler's eyes gleamed like chips of blue glass.
 5) N-COUNT A chip in something such as a piece of china or furniture is where a small piece has been broken off it.
  The washbasin had a small chip.
 6) V-ERG If you chip something or if it chips, a small piece is broken off it.
  [V n] The blow chipped the woman's tooth...
  Steel baths are lighter but chip easily.
  Derived words:
  chipped ADJ-GRADED The wagon's paint was badly chipped on the outside... They drank out of chipped mugs.
 7) N-COUNT: usu pl Chips are plastic counters used in gambling to represent money.
  He put the pile of chips in the center of the table and drew a card.
 8) N-COUNT In discussions between people or governments, a chip or a bargaining chip is something of value which one side holds, which can be exchanged for something they want from the other side.
  The information could be used as a bargaining chip to extract some parallel information from Britain...
  He was not expected to be released because he was considered a valuable chip in this game.
 9) → See also blue chip
 10) PHRASE: usu v-link PHR If you describe someone as a chip off the old block, you mean that they are just like one of their parents in character or behaviour.
  Her fifth child was born, a son who Sally at first thought was another chip off the old block.
 11) PHRASE If you say that something happens when the chips are down, you mean it happens when a situation gets very difficult. [INFORMAL]
  When the chips are down, she's very tough.
 12) PHRASE: Ns inflect, usu have/with PHR If you say that someone has a chip on their shoulder, you think that they feel inferior or that they believe they have been treated unfairly. [INFORMAL]
  He had this chip on his shoulder about my mum and dad thinking that they're better than him.
  Phrasal Verbs:
  - chip away at
  - chip in

nut

[nʌ̱t]
 nuts
 1) N-COUNT The firm shelled fruit of some trees and bushes are called nuts. Some nuts can be eaten.
 → See also groundnut, hazelnut, peanut
  Nuts and seeds are good sources of vitamin E.
 2) N-COUNT A nut is a thick metal ring which you screw onto a metal rod called a bolt. Nuts and bolts are used to hold things such as pieces of machinery together.
  If you want to repair the wheels you just undo the four nuts.
  ...nuts and bolts that haven't been tightened up.
 3) N-COUNT: usu with supp If you describe someone as, for example, a football nut or a health nut, you mean that they are extremely enthusiastic about the thing mentioned. [INFORMAL]
  ...a football nut who spends thousands of pounds travelling to watch games.
  Syn:
  fanatic
 4) ADJ: v-link ADJ about n (feelings) If you are nuts about something or someone, you like them very much. [INFORMAL]
  They're nuts about the car...
  She's nuts about you.
 5) N-COUNT (disapproval) If you refer to someone as a nut, you mean that they are mad. [INFORMAL]
  There's some nut out there with a gun.
 6) ADJ: v-link ADJ If you say that someone goes nuts or is nuts, you mean that they go crazy or are very foolish. [INFORMAL]
  You guys are nuts...
  A number of the French players went nuts, completely out of control.
 7) N-PLURAL A man's testicles can be referred to as his nuts. [INFORMAL, RUDE]
 8) N-COUNT: usu poss N Your head can be referred to as your nut. [INFORMAL]
 9) PHRASE: V inflects If someone goes nuts, or in British English does their nut, they become extremely angry. [INFORMAL]
  My father would go nuts if he saw bruises on me...
  We heard your sister doing her nut.
 10) PHRASE: usu the PHR of n If you talk about the nuts and bolts of a subject or an activity, you are referring to the detailed practical aspects of it rather than abstract ideas about it.
  He's more concerned about the nuts and bolts of location work.
 11) PHRASE: usu v-link PHR If you think someone is difficult to deal with, you can say they are a tough nut or a hard nut. [INFORMAL]
  The Daily Express describes Dr Carey as a pretty tough nut.
 12) PHRASE: usu v-link PHR If you say that something is a hard nut to crack or a tough nut to crack, you mean that it is difficult to do or to understand. [INFORMAL]
  Getting out there is in many ways the hardest nut to crack.

snack

[snæ_k]
 snacks, snacking, snacked
 1) N-COUNT A snack is a simple meal that is quick to cook and to eat.
  Lunch was a snack in the fields.
 2) N-COUNT A snack is something such as a chocolate bar that you eat between meals.
  Do you eat sweets, cakes or sugary snacks?.
 3) VERB If you snack, you eat snacks between meals.
  [V on n] Instead of snacking on crisps and chocolate, nibble on celery or carrot...
  She would improve her diet if she ate less fried food and snacked less.