Children's Illustrated Dictionary.

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handlebar
handlebars noun
a bar at the front of a bicycle
that you turn to steer (see
transportation on page 221).

handsome
adjective
attractive and pleasant to
look at.
A handsome man.

handstand
handstands noun

an upside-down
position,
standing on
your hands,
with your
legs in
the air.

handwriting
noun
writing done by hand, not
typed or printed.

hang
hangs hanging hung verb
to support something
from above.

Hanging up

her clothes.

hangar

hangars noun

a very large building where

aircraft are stored.

hang glider

hang gliders noun

a huge kite that a person can

hang from. The hang glider

rides on currents of air in

the same way as

a glider.

happen

happens happening happened

verb

to take place.

What happened to your car?

happy

adjective

pleased and content.

He felt happy on his birthday.

N comparisons happier happiest

happiness noun

harbor

harbors noun

a sheltered place where ships

can anchor and unload safely.

hard

adjective

1 solid and firm to touch.

Hard ground.

2 difficult to understand

or do.

These puzzles are hard.

N comparisons harder hardest

hard adverb

hare

hares noun

a furry, plant-eating

mammal that belongs to

the same animal group as

rabbits. Hares can

run fast and have

very good hearing.

Males are called

jacks and

females are

called jills.

harm

harms harming harmed verb

to damage or injure

something or someone.

harmful

adjective

able to damage or injure

someone or something.

N opposite harmless

harmony

harmonies noun

a collection of musical notes

played or sung together to

make a pleasant sound.

They sang in perfect harmony.

harp

harps noun

a musical instrument that

has a large frame with

strings stretched across it.

Harps are played by pulling

the strings with your fingers.

harvest

harvests harvesting harvested

verb

to gather a crop, such as fruit

or wheat, when it is ready to

be used or eaten.

Harvesting wheat.

harvest noun

hat

hats noun

something that is worn on

the head.

hatch

hatches hatching

hatched verb

to be born by

coming out of

an egg.

hate

hates hating hated verb

to dislike something or

someone very much.

hatred noun

haul

hauls hauling hauled verb

to pull with force.

Hauling a boat.

haul

frame

harp

combine

harvester