| another |
Another means one more of the same thing as before. When you want another piece of bread, it means that you want one more piece of bread. [4 definitions] |
| answer |
When you give someone an answer, you say or write something back to them after they have asked a question. An answer often gives the information that someone wants to know, but answers are not always right or exactly what someone wants to hear. [4 definitions] |
| ant |
An ant is a small red or black insect. Ants live in large groups in the ground. Ants are known for working very well together. Some kinds of ants bite people, but many ants don't. |
| Antarctica |
Antarctica is one of the seven largest areas of land on the earth. These areas of land are called continents. The continent of Antarctica is very cold all year round. It has very few people living there because it is so cold, but scientists come there to study the continent and other people come to explore it. Antarctica is home to certain kinds of penguins, birds, seals, and other animals that can live in a cold climate. |
| anteater |
An anteater is a furry animal that has a long, sticky tongue. Anteaters don't have teeth, and they use their tongues to catch and eat ants and other insects. Anteaters live in Central America and South America. |
| antenna |
An antenna is a long, thin thing that sticks out from the head of insects and some kinds of sea animals. Each insect or sea animal has two of them. Butterflies, beetles, grasshoppers, crabs, and lobsters are some animals that have antennas. Animals with antennas use them to feel and to smell. Antennas help them find things like food and also each other! [2 definitions] |
| anthill |
An anthill is a pile of earth that ants make when they dig in the ground to build their nest. |
| Antigua and Barbuda |
Antigua and Barbuda is an island country in the Caribbean Sea. Many people come to Antigua and Barbuda to enjoy the sandy beaches and the beautiful sea. |
| antler |
Antlers are something you might see on the head of a deer. They are like horns, but they look more like tree branches when they get large. Most female deer do not grow antlers, but all male deer grow them. |
| anxious |
When you are anxious, you are worried, nervous, or afraid about something. [2 definitions] |
| any |
If you can have any toy that you want, you can choose one toy but it doesn't matter which one you choose. If you can have any books that you want, you can have more than one, and it doesn't matter which books or how many you take. [5 definitions] |
| anybody |
Anybody means any person or anyone. |
| anymore |
When you don't do something anymore, it means you used to do it, but you don't do it now. |
| anyone |
Anyone means any person. |
| anything |
If you can play with anything in the room, it means that you can play with what you want to play with and it doesn't matter which thing it is. If you are not allowed to play with anything in the room, then there isn't even one thing you can play with. [2 definitions] |
| anyway |
Sometimes we use anyway to say that something doesn't matter. Let's say your parents tell your brother not to run, but he runs anyway. This means that it doesn't matter that your parents tell him not to run. He runs even though they tell him not to. |
| anywhere |
Anywhere means in any place or in any direction. |
| apart |
If two things are not together anymore, we can say they are apart. If your friend lived near you, but then she moved away, it means that the two of you are apart now. Also, when two things don't happen at the same time, but instead there is time between them, we say the two things happen apart. [2 definitions] |
| apartment |
An apartment is a place to live. It has one or more rooms that are connected to each other. An apartment has a place to sleep and also a place to cook food. An apartment is one part of a larger building, and one building can have many apartments in it. |
| apartment building |
An apartment building is a place that has apartments where different people live. Many families, couples, and single people can live in one apartment building. An apartment building often has many floors with different apartments on each floor. |
| ape |
An ape is a certain type of animal. One kind of ape is the gorilla. Apes are similar to monkeys, but they have no tail, and they are quite large. Apes are also very intelligent. They live in the forests of Africa and Asia. |