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page © / _Peid₃ / (

abbreviation p. ) noun [ count ]

one or both sides of a piece of paper in a book, magazine, or newspaper

Please turn to page 120. What page is the story on? I'm reading a 600-page novel.

paid

form of pay 1

paill © / pern / noun

1 [ count, noncount ] the feeling that you have in your body when you are hurt or sick

have a pain in my leg. He's in terrible pain .

[ noncount ] unhappiness

I could see the pain in her eyes. be a pain or a pain in the neck ( informal )

a person, thing, or situation that bothers you or makes you angry

She can be a real pain when she's in a bad mood. pain .ful © / pemfl / adjective 1 giving pain

cut my leg — it's very painful. —ANTONYM painless

making you feel upset or embarrassed Their divorce was painful for the kids. ► pain • ful • ly / ' peinfbi / adverb

pain • kill • er / ' peinkilar / noun [ count ]

( HEALTH ) a drug that makes pain less strong She's on painkillers .

pain • less / peinlas / adjective

not causing pain a painless injection

—ANTONYM painful

pains • tak • ing / ' peinzteikig / adjective

very careful and taking a long time a painstaking search of the area

paint 1© / peint/ noun [ noncount ] ( ART ) a liquid that you put on things with a brush, to change the color or to make a picture red paint

Is the paint dry yet?

pa i nt 2 © / peint / verb ( paints , paint - ing , paint - ed )

1 to put paint on something to change the color We painted the walls gray.

2 ( ART ) to make a picture of someone or something using paint

I'm painting a picture of some flowers. My sister paints very well.

paint • brush / ' peintbrAf / noun [ count ] ( plural paint brush es )

( ART ) a brush that you use for painting

Look at the picture at brush .

paint .er © / 'pemtor/ noun

[count]

a person whose job is to paint things like walls or houses

( ART ) a person who paints pictures Picasso was a famous painter.

—SYNONYM artist

paint .ing ©/ 'peintir)/ noun

[ count ]

( ART ) a picture that someone makes with paint a painting by Norman Rockwell He did a painting of the bridge.

pair © / per / noun [ count ]

two things of the same kind that you use together a pair of shoes

a new pair of earrings

a thing with two parts that are joined together a pair of glasses

a pair of scissors I bought two pairs of pants.

two people or animals together a pair of ducks

Look at couple . in pairs

with two things or people together

Shoes are only sold in pairs.

The students were working in pairs.

pa • ja • mas / pa 'd3remaz / noun [ plural ]

a loose jacket and pants that you wear in bed

pal / prel / noun [ count ] ( informal )

a friend

pal • ace / prelas / noun [ count ]

a very large house where a king or queen lives

pal • ate / ' prelat / noun [ count ]

the top part of the inside of your mouth

pale © / peil / adjective ( >al - e , >al - est )

with not much color in your face Are you sick? You look pale.

She has very pale skin.

—SYNONYM white

with a light color; not strong or dark a pale blue dress

—SYNONYM light —ANTONYM dark palm / pam / noun [ count ]

the flat part of the front of your hand

Look at the picture at hand .

( also palm tree / ' pam tri / ) a tree that grows in hot countries, with no branches and a lot of big leaves at the top a coconut palm

pam • phlet / ' premfiat / noun [ count ]

a very thin book with a paper cover that gives information about something

pan Ф / paen/ noun [ count ]

a metal container that you use for cooking a frying pan a saucepan

pan • cake / ' prenkeik / noun [ count ]

a very thin round thing that you eat. You make pancakes with flour, eggs, and milk I had blueberry pancakes for breakfast.