verb - to use a name for something or somebody that people made up instead of the real name

connected to the countryside and rural life

verb - to treat things or animals as if they were people (esp. in books)

verb, American English - to travel on a bus, train etc.

noun - a very tall coniferous tree that grows especially in California and Oregon

noun - a stream or river that flows into a larger river or lake

noun - a large electronic screen connected to a computer, you can write on it, it is used for teaching in a classroom

verb, informal - to steal something quickly and quietly

verb, informal - to secretly tell someone in authority about something wrong that another person has done

noun, informal - a person who secretly tells someone in authority about something wrong that another person has done

noun - an act of walking in a proud way with your head up and chest out, as if you are very important

noun - a piece of wood or metal that helps to hold something, such as a building or a vehicle

verb - to walk in a proud way with your head up and chest out, as if you are very important

noun, dated - a member of the same political group, especially a communist or socialist party

noun, dated - a friend, especially one with whom you share a difficult or dangerous situation