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| MALLOW | | n. Plant with hairy stems and leaves and pink or purple flowers. [latin malva] | |
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| MALTED | | milk n. Drink made from dried milk and extract of malt. | |
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| MAMMAL | | n. Warm-blooded vertebrate of the class secreting milk to feed its young. mammalian adj. & n. [latin mamma breast] | |
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| MAMMON | | n. Wealth regarded as a god or evil influence. [aramaic mamon] | |
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| MANAGE | | v. (-ging) 1 organize; regulate; be in charge of.
- succeed in achieving; contrive (managed to come; managed a smile; managed to ruin the day).
- (often foll. By with) succeed with limited resources etc.; be able to cope.
- succeed in controlling.
- (often prec. By can etc.) A cope with (couldn't manage another bite). B be free to attend on or at (can manage monday).
- use or wield (a tool etc.). manageable adj. [latin manus hand] | |
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| MANANA | | —adv. Tomorrow (esp. To indicate procrastination). —n. Indefinite future. [spanish] | |
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| MANEGE | | n. (also manege) 1 riding-school.
- movements of a trained horse.
- horsemanship. [italian: related to *manage] | |
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| MANFUL | | adj. Brave; resolute. manfully adv. | |
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| MANGER | | n. Box or trough for horses or cattle to feed from. [latin: related to *mange] | |
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| MANGLE | | —n. Machine of two or more cylinders for squeezing water from and pressing wet clothes. —v. (-ling) press (clothes etc.) In a mangle. [dutch mangel]
- v. (-ling) 1 hack or mutilate by blows.
- spoil (a text etc.) By gross blunders.
- cut roughly so as to disfigure. [anglo-french ma(ha)ngler: probably related to *maim] | |
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