|
|
Reverse Search
Reverse Search allows you to search within the full text of dictionary entries for words, word parts, and phrases.
Search for entries that contain:
Exact matches of any of the individual words entered in the search box.
Example: Searching for "apple orange" identifies all entries that contain the word "apple" or the word "orange."
Any form of any of the individual words entered in the search box.
Example: Searching for "apple orange" identifies all entries that contain the word "apple" or "apples" or "orange" or "oranges."
Exact matches of all of the individual words entered in the search box.
Example: Searching for "apple orange" identifies all entries that contain the word "apple" and the word "orange."
The exact sequence of words and/or characters entered in the search box (for example, a fragment of a word, a single word, multiple words, or even a phrase containing punctuation)
Example: Searching for "a variety of apple" identifies all entries that contain that phrase. Searching for "app" identifies all entries that contain the letters "app," such as occurrences of "apple," "application," and "apply."
Search within these fields:
Optional:
Limit by part of speech:
| blackbird |
any of various common songbirds, the males of which are black or mostly black, such as the European thrush or the American red-winged blackbird. |
| mavis |
a small Eurasian songbird with brown wings and a spotted white breast; song thrush. |
| nightingale |
a small bird that lives in Europe and is known for its beautiful song. A nightingale is a kind of thrush. |
| redwing |
a small European thrush with a patch of orange feathers on the underside of its wings. [1/2 definitions] |
| ring ouzel |
a European thrush that has a white ring around its neck and on its breast. |
| robin |
a large North American songbird related to the thrush, with an orange-red breast, dark brown head and back, and a bright yellow bill. [1/2 definitions] |
| veery |
a small brown and cream-colored thrush, common in the Eastern United States and noted for its liquid song. |
| wheatear |
a small, long-legged, brownish thrush with a white rump and black tail. |
| whinchat |
a small brownish European thrush, found in open meadows. |
| wood thrush |
a large common North American woodland thrush with a reddish head and large dark spots on a white breast, noted for its beautiful song. |
|
|