my


Definition: Meaning of, my in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / mʌɪ /

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Word Forms:
Singular Plural
  1. of me or myself
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my used in phrases

  • Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
    1. a book by Dee Brown which tells the story of the American West in a way that is sympathetic to the Native Americans
  • Hop o' My Thumb
    1. a French FAIRY TALE (= a children's story in which magical things happen) . Hop o'My Thumb is the youngest of seven children, and he protects his brothers and sisters after their parents leave them in the forest because they have no money. He steals some magic boots from an OGRE, and uses them to make money which he gives to his parents.
  • How Green was My Valley
    1. (1939) a novel by Richard Llewellyn about a MINER 's family in South Wales
  • I Vow To Thee My Country
    1. a British PATRIOTIC song, the music for which was written by Gustav HOLST, which is often played at school ceremonies and similar events in the UK
  • Land of My Fathers
    1. the English name of the NATIONAL ANTHEM (= official national song) of Wales
  • Lord is my Shepherd, The
    1. the title and first words of the TWENTY-THIRD PSALM, one of the most famous Christian HYMN s (= religious songs)
  • My Country 'Tis of Thee
    1. a PATRIOTIC song that praises the US. It has the same tune as the British song GOD SAVE THE QUEEN, and it begins: My country 'tis of thee,/Sweet land of liberty,/Of thee I sing.
  • My Fair Lady
    1. (1964) a US MUSICAL (= a film that uses singing and dancing to tell a story) in which Audrey HEPBURN plays a poor young woman from London who is taught to speak and behave like an UPPER-CLASS lady by a bad-tempered PROFESSOR, played by Rex Harrison. It is based on the play PYGMALION by George Bernard SHAW .
  • My Lai massacre, the
    1. a village in Vietnam where, in 1968, a group of US soldiers killed several hundred people, mostly old people, women, and children, during the Vietnam War. This event influenced many Americans to oppose the war.
  • be my guest (verb)
    1. informal do as you wish; go ahead; help yourself
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