| dig |
When you dig, you take out dirt, sand, or other things to make a hole or to find something in the ground. You usually dig with a shovel or with your hands. [2 definitions] |
| digest |
When your body digests food, it makes it into much smaller substances that the body can use for things like making energy and building muscle. The stomach is one of the parts of the body that works to digest food. |
| digit |
A digit is any of the numbers from zero through nine. These digits--0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9--are also used when we write bigger numbers. For example, the number 125 uses three digits. It uses the digits 1, 2, and 5. We call a number like 125 a "three-digit number." [2 definitions] |
| digital |
A computer is a digital machine. When we say that something is digital, we mean that it uses numbers like a special language to keep, send, and receive information. [3 definitions] |
| digital citizen |
A digital citizen is a person who uses computers to do things with other people, like getting and sending messages, playing games, or shopping. A digital citizen also uses computers to learn things or get help from others. You are reading this on a computer, so YOU are a digital citizen now! |
| digital clock |
A digital clock is a kind of clock that shows the time with just a row of numbers. A digital clock does not have hands that go around like an older kind of clock. |
| dime |
A dime is a coin of the United States and Canada that is equal to ten cents. |
| dimension |
When we are talking about the dimensions of something, we are talking about how high, how wide, or how deep it is. Objects that we can touch have three dimensions. They are at least a little bit wide, deep, and high. In a photo of an object, the object has only two dimensions--unless it sticks out from the page somehow! |
| dine |
When people dine, they eat a meal, especially a fancy dinner. |
| dining room |
A dining room is a room in a home, hotel, or restaurant that is used for eating meals. |
| dinner |
Dinner is the main meal of the day. Most people in America and Canada have dinner in the evening, but sometimes people have dinner in the middle of the day, especially if it's a Sunday or a holiday. Many people around the world eat their main meal in the early afternoon. |
| dinosaur |
A dinosaur is an animal that lived on the earth a very long time ago. Dinosaurs were reptiles, and some of them looked like big lizards. Some dinosaurs were the largest animals that ever lived on land, but some dinosaurs were small and ate only plants. |
| dip |
When you dip something, you put it in some liquid for a very short time. If you dip your toes in the water, it means that you put your toes in the water and quickly take them out again. [3 definitions] |
| diploma |
A diploma is a piece of paper from a school that says that you have finished your studies with success. |
| direct |
When you direct something, you control or guide it. [4 definitions] |
| direction |
Up or down, right or left, east or west, this way or that way--these are some directions. A direction is a way to go, or to look, or to face. In the mornings, a school bus goes in the direction of a school. When someone is talking, you usually look in that person's direction. In the classroom, you usually face in the direction of the teacher. [2 definitions] |
| dirt |
Dirt is loose earth or soil. [2 definitions] |
| dirty |
When something is dirty, it is not clean. |
| disability |
If you have a disability, you have a problem that makes it difficult or impossible to do something that most other people can do. For example, some people have a disability that makes it difficult for them to walk. Some people have a disability that makes it difficult for them to learn things. Some disabilities can go away with time and effort, but others never go away. Scientists keep working on inventions that can help, though. |
| disappear |
When something disappears, you can't see it anymore. |
| disappoint |
When something disappoints you, it is not as good as what you expected. When a person disappoints you, they have not done what you hoped they would do. |