| anaconda |
a very large snake found in South America. Anacondas are not venomous but kill other animals by squeezing them until they cannot breathe. Anacondas can grow to over twenty feet long. |
| applesauce |
a sweet sauce made by cooking apples until they are soft. |
| around |
When you walk around the lake, you start walking from one spot near the lake and keep walking until you get back to the same spot. [1/11 definitions] |
| assembly line |
a way of putting together a product in a factory by moving it along a line of workers. Each worker adds or adjusts a part until the product is finished. |
| as yet |
up until now. |
| auction |
An auction is a special kind of sale. At an auction, each item gets sold to the person who offers the most money for it. If many people are interested in a particular thing, the price goes higher and higher until everybody but that one person gives up. |
| bison |
a very large mammal with a large head, humped shoulders, and short curved horns. Bison used to roam the plains of North America in large herds, but they were hunted until they were almost extinct. North American bison are also called buffalo, but they are not related to the true buffalo of Africa and Asia. Bison have hooves and are closely related to cattle. Bison eat only plants and chew their cud. [1/2 definitions] |
| boa constrictor |
a large snake that lives in the tropical areas of Central and South America. Boa constrictors are pale brown with darker marks and are not venomous. They kill their prey by winding around it and squeezing it until it cannot breathe. |
| boil1 |
When you boil water or other liquid, you make it hotter and hotter until bubbles start to appear in it. [1/3 definitions] |
| boil over |
to boil until the liquid flows out of a container. |
| break down |
to break (something) into smaller and smaller bits until destroyed or transformed. [1/7 definitions] |
| brown |
When you brown meat or any food, it means that you cook the food until it becomes brown. [1/3 definitions] |
| canyon |
When a river runs over rock for many, many years, it sometimes cuts deeper and deeper into the rock until the sides of the river become very high and the river is far below. When this happens, a canyon is made. |
| caramel |
sugar that is heated until it melts and turns brown. Caramel is used to color and flavor foods. [1/2 definitions] |
| carry out |
to do; to work on until finished. [1/3 definitions] |
| charge |
to put off payment for until a later date; pay for with a credit card. [1/12 definitions] |
| chin |
to pull up from a hanging position to an overhead bar until the chin is level with the bar. [1/2 definitions] |
| chip1 |
a very thin slice of food that has been baked or fried until crisp. Chips are often eaten as a snack. [1/6 definitions] |
| c.o.d. |
abbreviation of "collect on delivery," or "cash on delivery." Ordering an item c.o.d. means that payment is not required until the goods arrive. |
| compost |
If you compost things like food scraps or dead plants, you collect them and let them rot until they turn into soil, or nearly into soil. When you compost things, you have to mix them up sometimes so that they can get air. [1/2 definitions] |
| constrictor |
a snake that kills its prey by winding around it and squeezing it until it can not breathe. Pythons, boa constrictors, and anacondas are constrictors. |