Important Vocabulary to Improve your English-28

loyalty
Loyalty is the quality of staying firm in your friendship or support for someone or something.

Loyalties are feelings of friendship, support, or duty towards someone or something.



neigh
When a horse neighs, it makes a loud sound with its mouth.
= whinny

widen
If you widen something or if it widens, it becomes greater in measurement from one side or edge to the other.

If you widen something or if it widens, it becomes greater in range or it affects a larger number of people or things.

If your eyes widen, they open more.

If a difference or gap widens or if something widens it, it becomes greater.


howl
If an animal such as a wolf or a dog howls, it makes a long, loud, crying sound.

Howl is also a noun.

If a person howls, they make a long, loud cry expressing pain, anger, or unhappiness.

Howl is also a noun.

When the wind howls, it blows hard and makes a loud noise.

If you howl something, you say it in a very loud voice.

If you howl with laughter, you laugh very loudly.


whimper
If someone whimpers, they make quiet unhappy or frightened sounds, as if they are about to start crying.


If someone whimpers something, they say it in an unhappy or frightened way.


shriek
When someone shrieks, they make a short, very loud cry, for example because they are suddenly surprised, are in pain, or are laughing.


If you shriek something, you shout it in a loud, high-pitched voice.
= scream


peck
If a bird pecks at something or pecks something, it moves its beak forward quickly and bites at it.

If you peck someone on the cheek, you give them a quick, light kiss.



measly
If you describe an amount, quantity, or size as measly, you are critical of it because it is very small or inadequate.


smooch
If two people smooch, they kiss and hold each other closely. People sometimes smooch while they are dancing.


strangle
To strangle someone means to kill them by squeezing their throat tightly so that they cannot breathe.
= throttle
To strangle something means to prevent it from succeeding or developing.



dung
Dung is faeces from animals, especially from large animals such as cattle and horses.



runt
The runt of a group of animals born to the same mother at the same time is the smallest and weakest of them.


grunt
If you grunt, you make a low sound, especially because you are annoyed or not interested in something.


When an animal grunts, it makes a low rough noise.