When we are talking about shirts, a cuff is fold or band at the end of a sleeve and, on trousers, mainly in US English, it’s the turned-up fold at the bottom of a trouser leg. In medicine, a cuff is part of a device for recording blood pressure: it’s the inflatable wrap placed around the upper arm. Always in the plural, cuffs are handcuffs, a pair of metal rings that…
We’re sure you know that a cake is a breadlike, sweet, baked food, popular at birthday parties or weddings. However, any other food shaped or molded as a mass, can also be a cake and, in general, a shaped block of something, like soap for example, too. Did you know that cake is also a verb? It means ‘to form into a dry layer or crust on the outside’ or ‘to encrust or…
As a verb, to slump means ‘to fall heavily’ or ‘collapse.’ It also means ‘to fall suddenly’ or ‘deteriorate,’ as prices, value, quality, or efficiency might do. If we are speaking figuratively about spirits or emotions, it means ‘to sink heavily.’ To have a bent position or posture with your body is also to slump. As a noun, a slump is an act, occasion, or instance of slumping, and also a period of time of general inefficiency or ineffectiveness or…
To sag means ‘to sink downwards because of, or as if because of, weight’ and also ‘to bend downwards,’ also due to weight or pressure. To decline in strength or intensity or to go down in price or value is also to sag. Sag also means ‘droop or hang loosely.’ As a noun, a sag is the act of sagging and also a place where things…
To cling means ‘to stick or adhere closely to something.’ If you cling to someone or something, it means you embrace, hold tight, or stay close to them or it and if people cling together, that means they embrace or hold tight to each other. If someone clings to something like an idea or a hope, it means that…
