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da te palm (date palms ) N‑VAR A date palm is a palm tree on which dates grow.

da te ra pe N‑UNCOUNT Date rape is when a man rapes a woman whom he has met socially.

da|ting /de I t I ŋ/ ADJ [ADJ n] Dating agencies or services are for people who are trying to find a girlfriend or boyfriend. □  I joined a dating agency.

da|tive /de I t I v/ N‑SING In the grammar of some languages, for example Latin, the dative , or the dative case, is the case used for a noun when it is the indirect object of a verb, or when it comes after some prepositions.

da|tum /de I təm, dɑː təm/ → see data

daub /dɔː b/ (daubs , daubing , daubed ) VERB When you daub a substance such as mud or paint on something, you spread it on that thing in a rough or careless way. □ [V n prep/adv] The make-up woman daubed mock blood on Jeremy. □ [V n + with ] They sent death threats and daubed his home with slogans.

daugh|ter ◆◆◆ /dɔː tə ^r / (daughters ) N‑COUNT [oft with poss] Someone's daughter is their female child. □  …Flora and her daughter Catherine. □  …the daughter of a university professor. □  I have two daughters.

dau ghter-in-law (daughters-in-law ) N‑COUNT [usu poss N ] Someone's daughter-in-law is the wife of one of their children.

daunt /dɔː nt/ (daunts , daunting , daunted ) VERB If something daunts you, it makes you feel slightly afraid or worried about dealing with it. □ [V n] …a gruelling journey that would have daunted a woman half her age. ●  daunt|ed ADJ [v-link ADJ ] □  It is hard to pick up such a book and not to feel a little daunted.

daunt|ing /dɔː nt I ŋ/ ADJ Something that is daunting makes you feel slightly afraid or worried about dealing with it. □  They were faced with the daunting task of restoring the house. ●  daunt|ing|ly ADV □  She is dauntingly articulate.

daunt|less /dɔː ntləs/ ADJ A dauntless person is brave and confident and not easily frightened. [LITERARY ] □  …their dauntless courage.

dau|phin /dɔː f I n, doʊ fæn/ also Dauphin N‑SING In former times, the king and queen of France's oldest son was called the dauphin .

daw|dle /dɔː d ^ə l/ (dawdles , dawdling , dawdled ) VERB If you dawdle , you spend more time than is necessary going somewhere. □ [V ] Eleanor will be back any moment, if she doesn't dawdle.

dawn /dɔː n/ (dawns , dawning , dawned )

1 N‑VAR Dawn is the time of day when light first appears in the sky, just before the sun rises. □  Nancy woke at dawn.

2 N‑SING The dawn of a period of time or a situation is the beginning of it. [LITERARY ] □  …the dawn of the radio age.

3 VERB If something is dawning , it is beginning to develop or come into existence. [WRITTEN ] □ [V ] The age of the computerized toilet has dawned. ●  dawn|ing N‑SING □  …the dawning of the space age.

4 VERB When you say that a particular day dawned , you mean it arrived or began, usually when it became light. [WRITTEN ] □ [V ] When the great day dawned, the first concern was the weather.

5at the crack of dawn → see crack ➋

▸  dawn on or dawn upon PHRASAL VERB If a fact or idea dawns on you, you realize it. □ [V P n that] It gradually dawned on me that I still had talent and ought to run again. □ [V P n] Then the chilling truth dawned on Captain Gary Snavely.

da wn cho |rus N‑SING The dawn chorus is the singing of birds at dawn. [BRIT ]

da wn rai d (dawn raids )

1 N‑COUNT If police officers carry out a dawn raid , they go to someone's house very early in the morning to search it or arrest them. □  Thousands of pounds worth of drugs were seized in dawn raids yesterday.