| armchair |
An armchair is a chair that has places to rest your arms. An armchair is often a very comfortable chair. |
| Armenia |
Armenia is a country in Asia. It is a small country with many mountains. Some of its neighbors are Turkey and Georgia. The language of the people of Armenia has an alphabet that is not like any other alphabet. It looks very different from the one we use to write English. This language is called Armenian. |
| armor |
Armor is a suit made out of metal that protects someone when they are fighting in a war. |
| army |
An army is a large group of soldiers who fight on land. |
| around |
When a string is around your finger, the string makes a circle and your finger is inside that circle. [11 definitions] |
| arrange |
When you arrange something, you put it in some kind of order, pattern, or design. [2 definitions] |
| arrival |
When you are waiting for someone's arrival, you are waiting for them to come to where you are. |
| arrive |
When you arrive, you get to the place where you are going. You reach that place. |
| arrow |
An arrow is something that is sent very fast through the air to hit a target. People use arrows for hunting or for sport. It is a thin stick with a point on one end. People shoot arrows using something called a bow. [2 definitions] |
| art |
Art is anything that people make to create beauty or to share ideas and feelings in a different and special way. Painting, poetry, music, and film are some kinds of art. |
| artery |
Arteries are natural tubes inside your body that carry blood from your heart to other parts of your body. Blood in your arteries is red. |
| arthropod |
An arthropod is a kind of animal. Arthropods have hard shells on the outsides of their bodies and no bones inside their bodies. They often have six, eight, or ten legs, and their legs are made of parts that are joined together. Some arthropods have even more than ten legs! All insects are arthropods. Spiders, scorpions, lobsters, and crabs are arthropods too. |
| article |
An article is something you can read in a magazine or newspaper. You can also find articles on a website or in some kinds of books. An article talks about real things. It is not a story that the writer has made up. An article is not usually very long. Sometimes it can fit on just one part of a page. A newspaper has many articles. |
| artist |
Artists are people who make things like paintings, drawings, music, or poems. An artist is a person who makes art in a serious way. Artists study and practice to do their work well. Artists usually want to show their work to many other people. |
| art room |
In some schools, there is a room called an art room. It is a kind of classroom, and teachers teach students things like painting and drawing there. Things like brushes, paint, clay, glue, scissors, and paper are kept in an art room. |
| as1 |
We often use as when we are comparing things--when we are saying that things are the same or different. Let's say you are very smart, and your sister is as smart. This means there is no difference between how smart you two are. Let's say you are hungry, but your sister is not as hungry. This means that how hungry the two of you are is different, and you are hungrier than your sister. [5 definitions] |
| ash1 |
When you burn something completely, like a piece of wood, what is left is something called ash. Ash is a white, gray, or black powder. It is very soft. |
| ashamed |
When you are ashamed, you feel bad about something you did or said. Sometimes when you are ashamed, you have a feeling that you want to go away and hide from other people. [3 definitions] |
| Asia |
Asia is one of the seven largest areas of land on the earth. These areas of land are called continents. Asia is the largest of all the seven continents on our planet, and it is made up of about fifty different countries. Asia also has more people than any other continent. Many different languages are spoken in Asia. Some of them are Chinese, Japanese, Hindi, Bengali, Farsi, and Arabic. |
| Asian |
When something is Asian, it is from the continent of Asia, or it has to do with the people, cultures, or languages of Asia. |
| ask |
When you ask someone something, you want to find the answer to a question. [5 definitions] |