jungle
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- noun
- /ˈdʒʌŋɡl/
:
selva
- And it seemed to be close by, in the jungle somewhere off to his right.
- Amazon jungle
- a thick jungle
So now we were heading into the jungle, which was brutal.
- So now we were heading into the jungle, which was brutal.
- But again, the jungle is so thick you couldn't see.
- And it's more jungle for another hour and we land.
- So I thought we, we, we learnt tracking in the jungles of Borneo.
- They were too big for the jungle to ever grow through them.
- You fly, you know, across the fucking jungle for an hour, two hours.
- She goes, no, you're going to the jungles up north with a camera crew.
- We went to the jungles down in Panama.
- Bonobo environment is a lot more wet and tropical jungle than chimpanzees.
- It's monkeys attacking people in the jungle, Right.
- I surround myself in a jungle at all times.
- I didn't even need the bug shield or the jungle net, but I'm glad I got it.
Examples
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So now we were heading into the jungle, which was brutal.
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Maung Ho led Martin to the spot in the jungle where this had happened.
Fiction book (1990) -
Many of us feel as though we are walking in a jungle with no clear sense of direction.
Academic text (1992) -
In the jungle, your best friend is your knife.
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"It's almost like going to the Amazon jungle and bringing back a new plant species."
Academic text (1999) -
But again, the jungle is so thick you couldn't see.
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Education can occur in the jungles of the Amazon or in the heart of a large city.
Academic text (2013) -
Miles and miles and miles I wandered around that jungle, lost as a short dog in tall grass.
Fiction book (1990) -
It was built in the jungles of South America.
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While we trekked through the jungle, we could hear the sounds of birds and other wildlife all around us.
Synonyms
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A large area of land covered mostly with trees and bushes
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A large, thick forest that gets a lot of rain and has many plants and animals
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A large thick forest in the tropics with very heavy rain
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A large area of tall trees near the equator that gets heavy rain and has many plants and animals
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
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A situation where only the strongest people succeed without fair rules
Compounds
- Informal
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6.3
A city with many tall buildings and little green space that feels harsh or unsafe
- Indian
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A medium-sized wild cat that lives near rivers and in grasslands in Asia and northeastern Africa
- Archaic
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A skin infection that makes painful sores after long stays in wet, dirty places in hot weather
- Indian
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7.9
A small wild bird from South and Southeast Asia that became the domestic chicken
- Literature
Many confusing rules and laws that make things hard to understand or follow
How Dense
Surface Forms
Etymology
Jungle comes from the Hindi and Urdu word jangal, which meant 'wilderness' or 'uncultivated land'. So a jungle is a wild, tangled forest that is hard to walk through.