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# right-handedness
## English
### Alternative forms

* righthandedness
* right handedness

### Etymology

From right-handed +‎ -ness.

### Noun

right-handedness (uncountable)
* The state of being right-handed.

#### Synonyms

* dextrality

#### Antonyms

* left-handedness
* sinistrality

#### Hypernyms

* ambidexterity
* ambidextrousness
* handedness
* one-handedness

#### Translations
### See also

* eyedness
* footedness
# frequentative
## English
### Alternative forms

* (abbreviation): freq.

### Etymology

From Middle English frequentatyf, from Late Latin frequentativus, from Latin frequentāre (“to do or use often”). Morphologically as if frequent +‎ -ative. Akin to frequent.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fɹɪˈkwɛntətɪv/

### Adjective

frequentative (not comparable)
* (grammar) Serving to express repetition of an action.
    "Crackle" is an English frequentative verb derived from "crack".

#### Usage notes

* See notes at iterative.

#### Derived terms

* frequentative aspect
* frequentatively
* frequentativeness
* nonfrequentative

#### Translations
### Noun

frequentative (plural frequentatives)
* (grammar) Any of a subclass of imperfective verbs that denote a repeated action, no longer productive in English, but found in e.g. Finnish, Latin, Russian, and Turkish.

#### Synonyms

* iterative

#### See also

* -er
* -le

### Further reading

* “frequentative”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
* William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “frequentative”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

## Italian
### Adjective

frequentative
* feminine plural of frequentativo

### Anagrams

* frequentatevi
# కరణము
## Telugu
### Alternative forms

కరణం (karaṇaṁ)

### Etymology

From Sanskrit करण (karaṇa) +‎ -ము (-mu).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kaɾaɳamu/

### Noun

కరణము • (karaṇamu) ? (plural కరణములు)
* a village clerk, a writer, an accountant
* instrument, means
* an organ of sense

#### Descendants

* → English: curnum

### References

* "కరణము" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 250
# muuntautua
## Finnish
### Etymology

muuntaa +‎ -utua

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmuːntɑu̯tuɑˣ/, [ˈmuːn̪t̪ɑ̝u̯ˌt̪uɑ̝(ʔ)]
* Rhymes: -uɑ
* Hyphenation: muun‧tau‧tua

### Verb

muuntautua
* (intransitive) to transform

#### Derived terms

* muuntautuminen

### Further reading

* “muuntautua”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03
# πιγκουίνος
## Greek
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /piŋɡuˈinos/

### Noun

πιγκουίνος • (pigkouínos) m (plural πιγκουίνοι)
* penguin

#### Further reading

* πιγκουίνος on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{el}$
# thenceforward
## English
### Etymology

From thence +‎ forward.

### Pronunciation

* /ˌðEns ˈfɔwərd/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)

### Adverb

thenceforward (not comparable)
* from then on; from that time on
** 1960 June, R. C. Riley, “The coastal branches of South-East Devon: Part Two”, in Trains Illustrated, page 342:Combpyne is 4¼ miles from Axminster, and ¼ mile beyond the station the gradient changes, the line thenceforward falling all the way to Lyme Regis.

#### Synonyms

* (from that time on): thenceforth, thenceforwards, thereafter

### See also

* (about): hereabout, thereabout, whereabout
* (abouts): hereabouts, thereabouts, whereabouts
* (after): hereafter, thereafter, whereafter
* (again): thereagain
* (against): hereagainst, thereagainst, whereagainst
* (among): hereamong, thereamong, whereamong
* (amongst): thereamongst, whereamongst
* (around): therearound, wherearound
* (as): thereas, whereas
* (at): hereat, thereat, whereat
* (before): herebefore, therebefore
* (beside): therebeside
* (between): therebetween, wherebetween
* (by): hereby, thereby, whereby
* (for): herefor, therefor, wherefor
* (fore): herefore, therefore, wherefore
* (from): herefrom, therefrom, wherefrom
* (hence): herehence, therehence
* (in): herein, therein, wherein
* (in after): hereinafter, thereinafter, whereinafter
* (in before): hereinbefore, thereinbefore, whereinbefore
* (into): hereinto, thereinto, whereinto
* (of): hereof, thereof, whereof
* (on): hereon, thereon, whereon
* (out): hereout, thereout, whereout
* (to): hereto, thereto, whereto
* (tofore): heretofore, theretofore, wheretofore
* (under): hereunder, thereunder, whereunder
* (unto): hereunto, thereunto, whereunto
* (upon): hereupon, thereupon, whereupon
* (with): herewith, therewith, wherewith
* (withal): herewithal, therewithal, wherewithal

### References

* “thenceforward”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
# Tingloy
## English
### Proper noun

Tingloy
* A municipality of Batangas, Philippines.
# periquito
## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish periquito.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [pə.ɾiˈki.tu]
* IPA: (Balearic) [pə.ɾiˈki.to]
* IPA: (Valencia) [pe.ɾiˈki.to]

### Noun

periquito m (plural periquitos)
* budgerigar

### Further reading

* “periquito” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /pe.ɾiˈki.tu/, /pi.ɾiˈki.tu/, /pɾiˈki.tu/
* (Brazil) IPA: /pe.ɾiˈki.tu/, /pi.ɾiˈki.tu/, /pɾiˈki.tu/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /pe.ɾiˈki.to/, /pɾiˈki.to/
* (Portugal) IPA: /pɨ.ɾiˈki.tu/, /pi.ɾiˈki.tu/
* Rhymes: -itu
* Hyphenation: pe‧ri‧qui‧to

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish periquito.

#### Noun

periquito m (plural periquitos, feminine periquita, feminine plural periquitas)
* parakeet (any of various species of small parrots)

##### Derived terms

* emperiquitar
* periquitar
* periquito-australiano
* periquito-de-colar
* periquito-estrela
* periquito-rico
* periquito-verde

##### Descendants

* → Nheengatu: pirikitu

#### Noun

periquito m (plural periquitos)
* (Brazil, informal, humorous, childish) penis
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pénis
* (slang) pussy (the female genitalia)
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:vagina
* (Brazil, soccer, usually derogatory) supporter of Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras
    Synonyms: palmeirense, porco
* (Brazil, derogatory, historical) integralist (member of the Brazilian Integralist Action)
    Synonyms: integralista, galinha-verde (derogatory)
* (Portugal, military, slang, historical) a rookie, during the Portuguese Colonial War

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

periquito
* first-person singular present indicative of periquitar

### Further reading

* “periquito”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
* “periquito” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
* “periquito”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* “periquito”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
* “periquito”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /peɾiˈkito/ [pe.ɾiˈki.t̪o]
* Rhymes: -ito
* Syllabification: pe‧ri‧qui‧to

### Etymology 1

From perico +‎ -ito (“diminutive suffix”).

#### Noun

periquito m (plural periquitos)
* budgerigar
    Synonyms: periquito australiano, cata, cata australiana
    Tengo un periquito azul.I have a blue budgie.

### Etymology 2
#### Adjective

periquito (feminine periquita, masculine plural periquitos, feminine plural periquitas)
* (soccer) a person connected with RCD Espanyol, as a player, fan, coach, etc.
    Synonym: perico

### Further reading

* “periquito”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
# కరువున కడుపు కాల్చినమ్మను యెన్నటికీ మరవను
## Telugu
### Proverb

కరువున కడుపు కాల్చినమ్మను యెన్నటికీ మరవను • (karuvuna kaḍupu kālcinammanu yennaṭikī maravanu)
* I shall never forget the lady who burnt my stomach (i.e. who fed me insufficiently) in the famine time

### References

* “కరువున కడుపు కాల్చినమ్మను యెన్నటికీ మరవను.” in Captain M. W. Carr (1868) A Collection of Telugu Proverbs translated, illustrated and explained; together with some Sanscrit Proverbs printed in the Devanâgarî and Telugu Characters, Madras: Christian Knowledge Society's Press, page 22
# 15 minutes
## English
### Alternative forms

* fifteen minutes

### Noun

15 minutes pl (plural only)
* Ellipsis of 15 minutes of fame.
    That singer's second single didn't chart; I guess his 15 minutes are almost up.
# парасциско
## Pannonian Rusyn
### Etymology

From параст (parast) +‎ -иско (-isko). Cognate with Carpathian Rusyn парастиско (parastysko).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [paraˈst͡siskɔ]
* Rhymes: -iskɔ
* Hyphenation: па‧рас‧ци‧ско

### Noun

парасциско (parascisko) m pers
* (derogatory) Augmentative of параст (parast)

#### Declension
### References

* Medʹeši, H., Fejsa, M., Timko-Djitko, O. (2010) “парасциско”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк [Rusyn-Serbian Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy
# forestallable
## English
### Etymology

From forestall +‎ -able.

### Adjective

forestallable (comparative more forestallable, superlative most forestallable)
* That can be forestalled.

#### Synonyms

* postponable
* preventable

#### Derived terms

* unforestallable
# memendekkan
## Malay
### Etymology

Affixation of pendek +‎ meng- -kan.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [mə.men.deʔ.kan]
* Hyphenation: me‧men‧dek‧kan

### Verb

memendekkan (Jawi spelling ممينديقکن)
* Formal active of pendekkan.
# andurinhu-itá
## Nheengatu
### Noun

andurinhu-itá
* plural of andurinhu
# కలగను
## Telugu
### Etymology

From కల (kala) +‎ కను (kanu).

### Verb

కలగను • (kalaganu)
* to dream

#### Conjugation

| PAST TENSE | singular | plural |
| 1st person: నేను (nēnu) / మేము (mēmu) | కలగన్నాను kalagannānu | కలగన్నాము kalagannāmu |
| 2nd person: నీవు (nīvu) / మీరు (mīru) | కలగన్నావు kalagannāvu | కలగన్నారు kalagannāru |
| 3rd person m: అతను (atanu) / వారు (vāru) | కలగన్నాడు kalagannāḍu | కలగన్నారు kalagannāru |
| 3rd person f: ఆమె (āme) / వారు (vāru) | కలగన్నది kalagannadi | కలగన్నారు kalagannāru |
| 3rd person n: అది (adi) / అవి (avi) | కలగన్నది kalagannadi | కలగన్నారు kalagannāru |
# αλκυόνα
## Greek
### Noun

αλκυόνα • (alkyóna) f (plural αλκυόνες)
* Alternative form of αλκυόνη (alkyóni)

#### Further reading

* Αλκυόνη (πτηνό) on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{el}$
# thereon
## English
### Etymology

From there +‎ on.

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ðɛəˈɹɒn/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (Northern US or cot–caught merger) IPA: /ðɛˈɹɑn/
* (Southern US) IPA: /ðɛˈɹɔn/
* Rhymes: -ɒn
* Hyphenation: there‧on

### Adverb

thereon (not comparable)
* on that.
** 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Matthew 23:20-21:Whoso therefore shall swear by the altar, sweareth by it, and by all things thereon. And whoso shall swear by the temple, sweareth by it, and by him that dwelleth therein.

#### Translations
### See also

* (about): hereabout, thereabout, whereabout
* (abouts): hereabouts, thereabouts, whereabouts
* (after): hereafter, thereafter, whereafter
* (again): thereagain
* (against): hereagainst, thereagainst, whereagainst
* (among): hereamong, thereamong, whereamong
* (amongst): thereamongst, whereamongst
* (around): therearound, wherearound
* (as): thereas, whereas
* (at): hereat, thereat, whereat
* (before): herebefore, therebefore
* (beside): therebeside
* (between): therebetween, wherebetween
* (by): hereby, thereby, whereby
* (for): herefor, therefor, wherefor
* (fore): herefore, therefore, wherefore
* (from): herefrom, therefrom, wherefrom
* (hence): herehence, therehence
* (in): herein, therein, wherein
* (in after): hereinafter, thereinafter, whereinafter
* (in before): hereinbefore, thereinbefore, whereinbefore
* (into): hereinto, thereinto, whereinto
* (of): hereof, thereof, whereof
* (on): hereon, thereon, whereon
* (out): hereout, thereout, whereout
* (to): hereto, thereto, whereto
* (tofore): heretofore, theretofore, wheretofore
* (under): hereunder, thereunder, whereunder
* (unto): hereunto, thereunto, whereunto
* (upon): hereupon, thereupon, whereupon
* (with): herewith, therewith, wherewith
* (withal): herewithal, therewithal, wherewithal

### Anagrams

* Erenhot
# パナ
## Ainu
### Noun

パナ • (pana)
* (Kuril) sauna

### References

   * p.330 和愛辞典 草稿版 Sísamitak-Aynuitak-Eonnekunnep Ciietokenuyep (Waai Jiten, “Japanese Ainu Language Dictionary”)‎ (in Japanese), Hokkaidō: 太田 満 (Oota Mitsuru, “Oota Mitsuru”), 2022
# Eschrichtiidae
## Translingual
### Etymology

Eschrichtius +‎ -idae

### Proper noun

Eschrichtiidae
* A taxonomic family within the order Artiodactyla – gray whales.

#### Hypernyms

* (family): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria – subclass; Eutheria/Placentalia – infraclass; Artiodactyla – order; Cetacea - infraorder; Mysticeti - parvorder

#### Hyponyms

* (family): Eschrichtius – sole extant genus

### References

* Eschrichtiidae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* Eschrichtiidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
* Category:Eschrichtiidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
* Eschrichtiidae at AnimalBase
* Eschrichtiidae at World Register of Marine Species
* Eschrichtiidae in Mammal Species of the World at Bucknell.
* Eschrichtiidae at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
* Eschrichtiidae at the Tree of Life Web Project
* Eschrichtiidae at National Center for Biotechnology Information
* Eschrichtiidae at Paleobiology Database
# omstreeks
## Dutch
### Etymology

From om +‎ streek +‎ -s.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Adverb

omstreeks
* around, circa
    omstreeks twaalf uur
       around twelve o'clock
# چنی
## Punjabi
### Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀘𑀼𑀡𑁆𑀡 (cuṇṇa) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀇𑀓- (-ika-), from Sanskrit चूर्ण (cūrṇa).
Compare Urdu چُنَری (cunarī) / Hindi चुनरी (cunrī) and Braj चुनर (cunar) / چُنَر (cunar).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Punjabi) IPA: /t͡ʃʊn.niː/, [t͡ʃʊ̃n.niː]
* Rhymes: -iː

### Noun

چُنّی • (cunnī) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਚੁੰਨੀ)
* scarf, dupatta
    Synonym: دوپَٹَّا (dopaṭṭā)
** 1958, احمد راہی [Ahmad Rahi] (lyrics and music), “میری چُنّی دِیاں ریشَمی تَنْداں [merī cunnī dīyāṉ reśamī tandāṉ]”, in جَٹّی [jaṭṭī], performed by زُبَیدَہ خانَم [zubaidah xānam]:میری چُنّی دِیاں ریشَمی تَنْداں مَیں گُھٹّ گُھٹّ دینی آں گَنْڈھاں کِہ چَنّا تیری یاد نا بُھلّےmerī cunnī dīyāṉ reśmī tandāṉ maiṉ ghuṭṭ ghuṭṭ denī āṉ ganḍhāṉ kih cannā terī yād nā bhulleThe threads of my silky scarf I knot them all so tightly, lest, my love, your memories fade

#### Declension
### Further reading

* Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “چُنّی”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
* “ਚੁੰਨੀ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
* Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “cūrṇa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
# కలశపూజ
## Telugu
### Noun

కలశపూజ • (kalaśapūja) ? (plural కలశపూజలు)
* (Hinduism) the adoration paid to that vessel, being the principal rite in all religious celebrations

### References

* "కలశము" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 257
# alienae
## Latin
### Adjective

aliēnae
* inflection of aliēnus:
** nominative/vocative feminine plural
** genitive/dative/locative feminine singular
# सरस्
## Pali
### Alternative forms

* saras (Latin script)
* 𑀲𑀭𑀲𑁆 (Brahmi script)
* সরস্ (Bengali script)
* සරස් (Sinhalese script)
* သရသ် (Burmese script)
* สรสฺ or สะรัส (Thai script)
* ᩈᩁᩈ᩺ (Tai Tham script)
* ສຣສ຺ or ສະຣັສ (Lao script)
* សរស៑ (Khmer script)
* 𑄥𑄢𑄥𑄴 (Chakma script)
* sara (Latin script)
* 𑀲𑀭 (Brahmi script)
* सर (Devanagari script)
* সর (Bengali script)
* සර (Sinhalese script)
* သရ (Burmese script)
* สร or สะระ (Thai script)
* ᩈᩁ (Tai Tham script)
* ສຣ or ສະຣະ (Lao script)
* សរ (Khmer script)
* 𑄥𑄢 (Chakma script)

### Noun

सरस् m or n
* Devanagari script form of saras (“lake”)

#### Declension
## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* সৰস্ (Assamese script)
* ᬲᬭᬲ᭄ (Balinese script)
* সরস্ (Bengali script)
* 𑰭𑰨𑰭𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀲𑀭𑀲𑁆 (Brahmi script)
* သရသ် (Burmese script)
* સરસ્ (Gujarati script)
* ਸਰਸ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌸𑌰𑌸𑍍 (Grantha script)
* ꦱꦫꦱ꧀ (Javanese script)
* 𑂮𑂩𑂮𑂹 (Kaithi script)
* ಸರಸ್ (Kannada script)
* សរស៑ (Khmer script)
* ສຣສ຺ (Lao script)
* സരസ് (Malayalam script)
* ᠰᠠᡵᠠᠰ᠌ (Manchu script)
* 𑘭𑘨𑘭𑘿 (Modi script)
* ᠰᠠᠷᠠᠰ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧍𑧈𑧍𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐳𑐬𑐳𑑂 (Newa script)
* ସରସ୍ (Odia script)
* ꢱꢬꢱ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆱𑆫𑆱𑇀 (Sharada script)
* 𑖭𑖨𑖭𑖿 (Siddham script)
* සරස් (Sinhalese script)
* 𑪁𑩼𑪁 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚨𑚤𑚨𑚶 (Takri script)
* ஸரஸ் (Tamil script)
* సరస్ (Telugu script)
* สรสฺ (Thai script)
* ས་ར་ས྄ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒮𑒩𑒮𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨰𑨫𑨰𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *sáras, from late, southern dialectal Proto-Indo-European *sélos ~ *séles (“marsh”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ἕλος (hélos, “marsh-meadow”), Old Armenian եղտիւր (ełtiwr, “marsh”).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /sɐ́.ɾɐs/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /s̪ɐ.ɾɐs̪/

### Noun

सरस् • (sáras) stem, n
* pond, lake
* pool, tank, pail of water
* a large sheet of water

#### Derived terms

* सरोवर (sarovara, “lake”)

#### Derived terms

* सरस्वती (sárasvatī, literally “she with many pools”)

#### Descendants

* Kashmiri: سَر (sar)
* Old Marathi: सरा (sarā)
* Pali: saras
** → Thai: สระ (sà)

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “सरस्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1182/2.
* Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “sáras”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 765
* Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 708
# forestall
## English
### Etymology 1

From Middle English forestallen (“to forestall, intercept, ambush, way-lay”), from forestalle (“a forestalling, interception”), from Old English foresteall (“intervention, hindrance of justice, ambush”), from fore- (“ahead of, before”) + steall (“position”), equivalent to fore- +‎ stall.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fɔː(ɹ)ˈstɔːl/
** Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɔːl

#### Verb

forestall (third-person singular simple present forestalls, present participle forestalling, simple past and past participle forestalled)
* (transitive) To prevent, delay or hinder something by taking precautionary or anticipatory measures; to avert.
    Fred forestalled disaster by his prompt action.
* (transitive) To preclude or bar from happening, render impossible.
    In French, an aspired h forestalls elision.
* (archaic) To purchase the complete supply of a good, particularly foodstuffs, in order to charge a monopoly price.
* To anticipate, to act foreseeingly.
** 1634 October 9 (first performance), [John Milton], edited by H[enry] Lawes, A Maske Presented at Ludlow Castle, 1634: […] [Comus], London: […] [Augustine Matthews] for Hvmphrey Robinson, […], published 1637, →OCLC; reprinted as Comus: […] (Dodd, Mead & Company’s Facsimile Reprints of Rare Books; Literature Series; no. I), New York, N.Y.: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1903, →OCLC:What need a man forestall his date of grief, / And run to meet what he would most avoid?
** 1919, W[illiam] Somerset Maugham, “chapter 26”, in The Moon and Sixpence, [New York, N.Y.]: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers […], →OCLC:She insisted on doing her share of the offices needful to the sick. She arranged his bed so that it was possible to change the sheet without disturbing him. She washed him. […] She did not speak to him much, but she was quick to forestall his wants.
* To deprive (with of).
** 1611 April (first recorded performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Cymbeline”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene v]:All the better; may / This night forestall him of the coming day!
* (UK, law) To obstruct or stop up, as a road; to stop the passage of a highway; to intercept on the road, as goods on the way to market.

##### Synonyms

* See also Thesaurus:hinder

##### Derived terms

* forestallable
* forestaller
* forestallingly
* forestallment
* forestalment
* unforestalled

##### Translations
### Etymology 2

From Middle English forstal, from Old English foresteall (“an intervention, hindrance (of justice), ambush, assault, offence of waylaying on the highway, fine for such an offence, resistance, opposition”), equivalent to fore- +‎ stall.

#### Alternative forms

* foresteal, forsteal, forestal

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfɔː(ɹ).stɔːl/
** Audio (Southern England):(file)

#### Noun

forestall (plural forestalls)
* (obsolete or historical) An ambush; plot; an interception; waylaying; rescue.
* Something situated or placed in front.

### Anagrams

* fellators
# bawk
## English
### Interjection

bawk
* Alternative form of bok (“clucking sound of a chicken”)
# pendekkan
## Malay
### Etymology

Affixation of pendek +‎ -kan.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [pen.deʔ.kan]
* Hyphenation: pen‧dek‧kan

### Verb

pendekkan (Jawi spelling ڤينديقکن, formal active memendekkan, 3rd person passive dipendekkan)
* (transitive) To make something short.

### Further reading

* “memendekkan” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
# kexu-itá
## Nheengatu
### Noun

kexu-itá
* plural of kexu
# ahuret
## Albanian
### Noun

ahuret
* definite nominative/accusative plural of ahur
# staþelian
## Old English
### Verb

staþelian
* Alternative form of staþolian
# αλιγάτορας
## Greek
### Alternative forms

* αλλιγάτορας (alligátoras)

### Noun

αλιγάτορας • (aligátoras) m (plural αλιγάτορες)
* alligator

#### Coordinate terms

* see: κροκόδειλος m (krokódeilos, “crocodile”)

### Further reading

* αλιγάτορας on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{el}$
# cover up
## English
### Pronunciation

* Audio (General Australian):(file)

### Verb

cover up (third-person singular simple present covers up, present participle covering up, simple past and past participle covered up)
* (idiomatic) To conceal or disguise.
    The politician tried to cover up his involvement in the scandal.
** 1980, “Best of Boston”, in Real Paper:Even when [the mechanics] didn't know how to fix everything, they never cheated anybody or covered up. So over the years they kept learning new makes and new techniques, and now can repair about anything.
** 2023 December 13, “Network News: £13,000 stolen via car park QR”, in RAIL, number 998, page 11:TransPennine Express has removed all QR codes from its 71 car parks after scammers covered up a genuine code sticker with a false one and stole £13,000 from a woman's bank account.
* (idiomatic) To clothe.
* (idiomatic) To put covers over oneself in bed.
    Please cover up and go to sleep now.

#### Synonyms

* hide, conceal, forcover

#### Translations
### See also

* cover-up

### Anagrams

* overcup