crystalhe/wiktionary-zh-en-ja-ko huggingface dataset:
prize (English, noun)
Forms: form: prize
raw_tags: Singular
form: prizes
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /praɪz/
tags: US
homophones: pries
prise
glosses: A prize is something that you receive for winning or doing well.
raw_tags: countable
examples: She was the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize.
The film was the winner of the top prize at last year's Cannes Film Festival.
Best Overall Performance, and the $300 grand prize, was awarded to Kathryn Hallberg.
The book sold slowly despite winning third prize in this year's poetry contest.
The top teams will receive $1,000 cash prizes.
glosses: A prize horse, story, performance, etc. is very good and could win a prize.
examples: She caught this year's prize fish late yesterday evening.
prize (English, verb)
Forms: form: prize
tags: canonical
form: prizes
tags: third-person
singular
form: prized
tags: past
form: prized
tags: past
participle
form: prizing
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: ipa: /praɪz/
tags: US
homophones: pries
prise
glosses: If something is prized, people feel that it is very important and often people want it.
raw_tags: transitive
usually passive
examples: DuMond is a world-famous artist and his pieces are highly prized by collectors.
The island is prized for its beautiful salt-white beaches and clear blue skies.
glosses: If you prize something off of or away from something else, you use strong force to get it to move.
raw_tags: transitive
examples: He prized the doors open, dragged the two men out, and laid them on the road.
pro (English, noun)
Forms: form: pro
raw_tags: Singular
form: pros
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /prəʊ/
tags: UK
ipa: /proʊ/
tags: US
tags: UK
glosses: A pro is somebody who is very good at what they do; short for professional.
raw_tags: countable
examples: She's real pro who cares about her job.
When it comes to computers, Jacob's an old pro.
glosses: A pro is somebody who is paid to play sports, sometimes as a teacher; short for professional.
raw_tags: countable
examples: He began his career as a golf pro in Indiana, and later taught golf to Bob Hope.
Pros in the Tour de France often ride custom bicycles that cost over $10,000.
She turned pro in March 2000 at 14, making her the youngest female professional in South Korea.
Pro basketball is one of the country's top sports.
glosses: The pros and cons of a situation are the positive parts and the negative parts.
raw_tags: countable
examples: What are the pros and cons of going from one method to the other?
pro (English, prep)
Forms: form: pro
raw_tags: Preposition
Pronunciation: ipa: /prəʊ/
tags: UK
ipa: /proʊ/
tags: US
tags: UK
glosses: If you are pro something, you support it, or you think it is a good idea.
examples: Yet when they got into the war, he was very pro the country winning the war.
manner (English, noun)
Forms: form: manner
raw_tags: Singular
form: manners
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmænə/
tags: UK
tags: UK
ipa: /ˈmænɚ/
tags: US
tags: US
tags: US
homophones: manor
glosses: A manner is the way that someone or something acts or performs.
raw_tags: countable
examples: My daughter quickly changed her manner when I came into her room.
pudding (English, noun)
Forms: form: pudding
raw_tags: Singular
form: puddings
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpʊd.ɪŋ/
tags: Australia
glosses: Pudding is a dessert made with cake, bread or rice and often fruit, usually hot.
tags: UK
raw_tags: uncountable
examples: The shop had desserts-fruit cobblers, pies, bread pudding, and chocolate, pound, and carrot cakes.
glosses: Pudding is a thick desert made with milk and eggs, usually cold.
tags: US
raw_tags: countable & uncountable
examples: Use 1 (18.25-ounce) package white cake mix with 1 (3.9-ounce) package instant chocolate pudding mix, 1 cup sugar, 1 cup vegetable oil, 1 cup water, and 4 large eggs.
glosses: Pudding is a food made of flour, animal fat, and meat or vegetables, usually hot.
tags: UK
raw_tags: countable & uncountable
pupil (English, noun)
Forms: form: pupil
raw_tags: Singular
form: pupils
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /pjuːpəl/
tags: US
glosses: A pupil is a student, especially a young one.
raw_tags: countable
examples: They can put their children in public school, but it costs $9,600 per pupil per year.
Which learning activities will assist pupils to achieve these objectives?
The teacher called the pupils to sit on the rug in front of the class.
These pupils learn to write as well as write to learn in mathematics.
synonyms: student
scholar
learner
schoolboy
schoolgirl
glosses: Your pupil is the black circle in the middle of your eye.
raw_tags: countable
examples: He checked her eyes; the pupils seemed rather large for the lighting in the room.
reach (English, verb)
Forms: form: reach
tags: canonical
form: reaches
tags: third-person
singular
form: reached
tags: past
form: reached
tags: past
participle
form: reaching
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: ipa: /riːtʃ/
tags: US
glosses: If you reach a level, you get to that level.
raw_tags: transitive
examples: Seven mice were born, six living long enough to reach adulthood.
The car can reach its peak speed in under 10 seconds.
These trees have reached heights of more than 100 feet.
On Jan. 6, the temperature reached 67 degrees in Portland, an all-time high for the month.
glosses: If you reach a conclusion, agreement, etc. you keep working, talking, thinking, etc. until the ideas come together.
raw_tags: transitive
examples: They came to the same conclusion I had reached: it wasn't working.
It appears unlikely that an agreement will be reached until the leadership changes.
glosses: If you reach for something, you put your hand out to touch it.
raw_tags: intransitive
examples: He reached in his pocket and he came out with an envelope.
I stood up, reached for my wallet, and counted out my cash.
I reached to touch her arm but she pulled away.
glosses: If you reach a place, you get there.
raw_tags: transitive
examples: By the time we had reached our destination, it was already past midnight.
Our goal was to reach Clewiston on the west side of Lake Okeechobee.
glosses: If something reaches a place, it is long enough or tall enough to touch that place.
raw_tags: transitive & intransitive
examples: My hair is long enough to reach my waist.
reach (English, noun)
Forms: form: reach
raw_tags: Singular
form: reaches
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /riːtʃ/
tags: US
glosses: Your reach is the distance that you can move your body to touch something.
tags: singular
raw_tags: countable
examples: We had to keep the tools outside of the elephants' reach so they wouldn't take them.
The keys were just out of reach.
All controls are within easy reach of the driver.
glosses: If something is within reach of somewhere, you can get to it easily from there; it's close.
examples: They were within easy reach of a hospital.
glosses: The outer reaches of a place are the parts that are furthest away from the centre or from the start.
examples: The tree is found in New Mexico and up into the upper reaches of the Colorado River system.
The Voyager spacecraft travelled to the outer reaches of the galaxy.
My father and his brother had gone to the northern reaches of Alaska.
recall (English, verb)
Forms: form: recall
tags: canonical
form: recalls
tags: third-person
singular
form: recalled
tags: past
form: recalled
tags: past
participle
form: recalling
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: ipa: /rɪˈkɔːl/
tags: UK
poses: verb
tags: UK
poses: verb
tags: US
poses: verb
ipa: /rɪˈkɔl/
tags: US
poses: verb
glosses: If you recall something, you think about something you learned or experienced in the past.
raw_tags: transitive & intransitive
examples: She recalled a childhood summer camp in the Tetons, singing around a campfire.
She recalled an incident at school when her son was seven.
I don't recall seeing any situation like that.
And you have a two children, as I recall.
He recalls that his grandmother gave him his first taste of wine at age 4 or 5.
glosses: If you recall a worker, you officially ask them to come back to a job or place.
raw_tags: transitive
examples: The workers were recalled after a two month layoff.
glosses: If you recall a product, you tell stores and customers to send it back because it has a problem.
raw_tags: transitive
glosses: If you recall someone, you call them again.
recall (English, noun)
Forms: form: recall
raw_tags: Singular
form: recalls
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈriːkɔːl/
tags: UK
poses: noun
tags: US
poses: noun
ipa: /ˈriˌkɔl/
tags: US
poses: noun
tags: US
poses: noun
glosses: Recall is your ability to think about something you learned or experienced in the past.
raw_tags: uncountable
examples: You can improve your recall by using memory tricks.
glosses: A recall is a request to stores and customers to send back a product because it has a problem.
raw_tags: countable
examples: The company is announcing the recall of fifteen different products.
recession (English, noun)
Forms: form: recession
raw_tags: Singular
form: recessions
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /rɪˈsɛʃn̩/
tags: UK
glosses: A recession is a time when there is less economic activity.
raw_tags: countable
examples: Spending is one reason that economists are increasingly worried about the economy moving into a recession.
In the early 1980s, the economy was in a deep recession and interest rates were two to four times as high as they are today.
It's difficult to get any work during this recession.
The government is trying to help those who are hard hit by the recession.
synonyms: depression
decline
collapse
genocide (English, noun)
Forms: form: genocide
raw_tags: Singular
form: genocides
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈʤɛnəsaid/
raw_tags: Audio
tags: UK
glosses: Genocide is the killing of many people because of their ethnicity, race, religion, or culture.
raw_tags: countable & uncountable
inflation (English, noun)
Forms: form: inflation
raw_tags: Singular
form: inflations
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪnˈfleɪʃən/
tags: UK
glosses: Inflation is a general increase in the price of goods and services.
raw_tags: uncountable
economics
examples: Because of inflation, I can't afford to go to the movies anymore.
We have low unemployment, low inflation, good growth, and a strong economy.
The rate of food inflation reached 24 percent in March.
Wages adjusted for inflation actually fell last month.
glosses: Inflation is the process of blowing up a balloon, bag, etc.
raw_tags: uncountable
examples: The speed of inflation of the airbag is very important in protecting you in a car crash.
glosses: Inflation is any process or result of growth.
raw_tags: uncountable
examples: With competition to enter college, grade inflation is a serious problem across the country.
recover (English, verb)
Forms: form: recover
tags: canonical
form: recovers
tags: third-person
singular
form: recovered
tags: past
form: recovered
tags: past
participle
form: recovering
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: ipa: /rɪˈkʌvə/
tags: UK
raw_tags: Audio
tags: US
glosses: If you recover, you get better after getting sick, or being hurt, surprised, etc.
raw_tags: transitive & intransitive
examples: She is just about fully recovered from a broken leg.
Johnson must show he has recovered from knee injury that kept him out of seven games last season.
Lansky looked surprised, but quickly recovered.
Her doctors say she may never completely recover.
After some rest, you should recover your strength a little.
glosses: If something recovers, it returns to normal after a change, especially a bad change.
raw_tags: transitive & intransitive
examples: We don't expect the economy to begin recovering until the second half of next year.
glosses: If you recover something that you didn't have for a time, you get it back.
raw_tags: transitive
examples: Five hours now after the accident, bodies were still being recovered from the train.
glosses: If you recover money, such as an investment, damages, etc., you get back the amount you put out or lost.
raw_tags: transitive
examples: He brought suit to recover damages suffered in an automobile accident.
You have to question the ability of the bank to recover their investment.
glosses: To cover something again.
recognises (English, verb)
Forms: form: recognise
tags: canonical
form: recognises
tags: third-person
singular
form: recognised
tags: past
form: recognised
tags: past
participle
form: recognising
tags: present
participle
glosses: The third-person singular form of recognise.
recognised (English, verb)
Forms: form: recognise
tags: canonical
form: recognises
tags: third-person
singular
form: recognised
tags: past
form: recognised
tags: past
participle
form: recognising
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈrɛkəɡnaɪzd/
raw_tags: Audio
tags: US
glosses: The past tense and past participle of recognise.
recognising (English, verb)
Forms: form: recognise
tags: canonical
form: recognises
tags: third-person
singular
form: recognised
tags: past
form: recognised
tags: past
participle
form: recognising
tags: present
participle
glosses: The present participle of recognise.
recruit (English, verb)
Forms: form: recruit
tags: canonical
form: recruits
tags: third-person
singular
form: recruited
tags: past
form: recruited
tags: past
participle
form: recruiting
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: tags: US
ipa: /rɪˈkrut/
tags: US
ipa: /rɪˈkruːt/
tags: UK
tags: UK
glosses: If you recruit people, you try to get them to come and work or study with you or to join your group.
raw_tags: transitive & intransitive
examples: The university will actively recruit good students from disadvantaged backgrounds.
The military is struggling to recruit, to retain and to prepare for future conflicts.
The church is recruiting volunteers to work with families to prevent child abuse.
A total of 85 participants aged 23-97 were recruited.
There is a national effort to recruit and train additional teachers.
Until recently it was rare for professional basketball teams to recruit players directly from high school.
Many employers are recruiting skilled foreign workers.
recruit (English, noun)
Forms: form: recruit
raw_tags: Singular
form: recruits
tags: plural
Pronunciation: tags: US
ipa: /rɪˈkrut/
tags: US
ipa: /rɪˈkruːt/
tags: UK
tags: UK
glosses: A recruit is a person who has recently joined a company or organization.
raw_tags: countable
examples: New recruits go through a ten-day training session.
reflect (English, verb)
Forms: form: reflect
tags: canonical
form: reflects
tags: third-person
singular
form: reflected
tags: past
form: reflected
tags: past
participle
form: reflecting
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈriflɛkt/
tags: US
tags: US
glosses: If x reflects y, x shows or matches y, or x is affected by y.
raw_tags: transitive
examples: These words didn't accurately reflect his thoughts.
Changing fashion reflected the changing population.
Greensburg's population had fallen steadily for decades, reflecting a trend in many small farming towns in Kansas.
This concept is simplistic and clearly does not reflect reality.
Attitudes towards religion also reflect historical factors.
Politicians can maintain their popularity only if their decisions reflect public preferences.
His letters began to reflect his growing anger.
The teachers' beliefs are reflected in the use of technology in the classroom.
Many of the concerns of family members reflect the need for information about the disease.
Waiting list numbers don't reflect the actual need.
Our values are reflected in and shaped by advertising.
glosses: If x reflects y, the light from y can be seen in x.
raw_tags: transitive
examples: The mirrors on the stairway reflected ladies in white, blue, and pink dresses.
glosses: If light or sound reflects off something, it hits it and goes in a different direction.
raw_tags: intransitive
examples: Sunlight was reflecting off the glass.
glosses: If you reflect about something, you think about it carefully.
raw_tags: intransitive
examples: In jail he's had time to reflect upon what he did and how many lives he touched through his actions.
refrigerate (English, verb)
Forms: form: refrigerate
tags: canonical
form: refrigerates
tags: third-person
singular
form: refrigerated
tags: past
form: refrigerated
tags: past
participle
form: refrigerating
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: ipa: /rɪˈfrɪdʒəreɪt/
tags: UK
tags: UK
glosses: If you refrigerate something such as food or drink, you cool it in a refrigerator.
raw_tags: transitive
examples: Combine olive oil and pepper, stir, then coat meat with it. Cover and refrigerate overnight.
Serve immediately or refrigerate up to 2 hours.
synonyms: ice
cool
chill
regulate (English, verb)
Forms: form: regulate
tags: canonical
form: regulates
tags: third-person
singular
form: regulated
tags: past
form: regulated
tags: past
participle
form: regulating
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈrɛɡjəleɪt/
tags: US
glosses: If you regulate something, you control it by making laws and rules.
raw_tags: transitive
examples: The industry has fought the state's attempts to regulate it.
The Coast Guard has direct authority to regulate U.S. sailors and port workers.
The government is considering a law that would regulate the prices of drugs.
The state maintains the power to regulate all schools.
glosses: If x regulates y, x causes y to function in a particular way, often at a higher or lower level.
raw_tags: transitive
examples: You turn this to regulate the water flow.
This part of the brain regulates activities such as decision-making and memory.
jester (English, noun)
Forms: form: jester
raw_tags: Singular
form: jesters
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdʒɛs.tə/
tags: UK
ipa: /ˈdʒɛs.tɚ/
tags: US
raw_tags: Audio
tags: UK
glosses: A person who jokes or jests.
raw_tags: countable
glosses: An entertainer in a medieval royal court.
raw_tags: countable
relief (English, noun)
Forms: form: relief
raw_tags: Singular
form: reliefs
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /rɪˈliːf/
tags: US
glosses: or (singular) Relief is the good feeling you have when something bad is finished or didn't happen.
raw_tags: uncountable
examples: Most people are just breathing a sigh of relief that he's gone.
It was such a relief to see her safe.
I smiled with relief and thanks.
Relief flooded his body. He was safe.
glosses: Relief is help given to people who have suffered disasters, such as an earthquake.
raw_tags: uncountable
examples: The government recently announced it was donating $150,000 to the Red Cross for disaster relief.
The government was slow in allowing foreign aid and foreign relief workers into the affected area.
Medicine, food and other relief supplies are blocked by closed border crossings.
Relief operations are running smoothly.
Our agency provided emergency relief after the 2005 earthquake.
The U.S.O.C. has donated 1,000 tents to help the relief effort in China's Sichuan Province.
glosses: Pain relief is the reduction of pain.
raw_tags: uncountable
examples: After such injuries, pain relief is often the patient's priority.
Some patients return to the office over and over again, hoping to find relief for every symptom.
Exercising in warm water often brings immediate relief from pain.
A person might enjoy temporary relief from stress by playing games.
glosses: Financial relief is the reduction of debt or taxes, or receiving money.
raw_tags: uncountable
examples: Tony Blair, is encouraging leaders of the richest nations to consider debt relief as a form of aid to impoverished nations.
Let's get tax relief, a middle class tax cut, for ordinary working families.
The majority of these people are poor and seeking economic relief for their families.
glosses: Relief is somebody who will take over your difficult job to give you a rest.
raw_tags: uncountable
examples: 2,0000 relief fighters arrived too late to save the city.
Who needs relief pitchers? Let the starting pitcher finish every game.
glosses: Comic relief is something funny during a serious or difficult time.
raw_tags: uncountable
examples: A coworker who provides steady emotional support and comic relief can help you get through the day.
glosses: A relief or bas relief is a kind of decoration in which a shape is raised above the surface.
raw_tags: countable & uncountable
glosses: If something stands out in relief, it is very noticeable.
raw_tags: uncountable
examples: His face and his right hand stand out in sharp relief against the blue background.
remark (English, noun)
Forms: form: remark
raw_tags: Singular
form: remarks
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /rɪˈmɑrk/
tags: US
ipa: /rɪˈmɑːk/
tags: UK
tags: US
glosses: A remark is your spoken opinion or observation about something.
raw_tags: countable
examples: He made some very interesting remarks about what he expects in Iraq.
glosses: Your remarks are your words.
raw_tags: countable
examples: A final section provides some interpretation of the results and concluding remarks.
remark (English, verb)
Forms: form: remark
tags: canonical
form: remarks
tags: third-person
singular
form: remarked
tags: past
form: remarked
tags: past
participle
form: remarking
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: ipa: /rɪˈmɑrk/
tags: US
ipa: /rɪˈmɑːk/
tags: UK
tags: US
glosses: If you remark upon something, you say what you noticed or think about it.
raw_tags: transitive & intransitive
examples: Some visitors have remarked upon the contrast between this expensive car and the tiny, broken down house.
Charles de Gaulle once remarked that "Brazil is not a serious country."
glosses: If you remark something, you mark it again.
remind (English, verb)
Forms: form: remind
tags: canonical
form: reminds
tags: third-person
singular
form: reminded
tags: past
form: reminded
tags: past
participle
form: reminding
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: ipa: /rəˈmaɪnd/
tags: UK
glosses: If you remind somebody of something, you tell them something they already know to make them think about it again.
raw_tags: transitive
examples: We doctors have to constantly remind ourselves to keep it simple.
"You're the one that came back looking for me," she reminded him.
glosses: If x reminds you of y, x makes you think about y, usually because x and y are similar.
raw_tags: transitive
examples: It reminded me of the time my girlfriend broke her nose.
stir (English, verb)
Forms: form: stir
tags: canonical
form: stirs
tags: third-person
singular
form: stirred
tags: past
form: stirred
tags: past
participle
form: stirring
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: ipa: /stɜː/
tags: UK
ipa: /stɜːr/
tags: US
raw_tags: Audio
tags: US
glosses: If you stir something, you move it in a circular movement.
examples: He needed to stir the water into the flour
She stirred the paint to mix the color.
He was quietly stirring sugar into his coffee with a spoon.
glosses: If something is stirred up, it is caused or begins because of something else.
examples: The appointment of the new CEO stirred up controversy.
stir (English, noun)
Forms: form: stir
raw_tags: Singular
form: stirs
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /stɜː/
tags: UK
ipa: /stɜːr/
tags: US
raw_tags: Audio
tags: US
glosses: A stir can be when someone becomes excited, upset or angry.
examples: Her short dress made quite a stir when she came into the room.
reply (English, verb)
Forms: form: reply
tags: canonical
form: replies
tags: third-person
singular
form: replied
tags: past
form: replied
tags: past
participle
form: replying
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: ipa: /rɪˈplaɪ/
tags: US
glosses: If you reply to someone or something, you answer using words.
raw_tags: transitive & intransitive
examples: "Are you OK?" she ask. "Yes," I replied.
I said hi and she did not reply.
She'll reply to questions in writing.
glosses: If you reply to someone or something, you react.
raw_tags: transitive & intransitive
examples: The Cubs replied with three points of their own to win the game.
reply (English, noun)
Forms: form: reply
raw_tags: Singular
form: replies
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /rɪˈplaɪ/
tags: US
glosses: A reply is the words you use to answer someone.
raw_tags: countable
examples: "Why?" He received no reply. "Did you hear me?"
"Is it OK if I go?" Without waiting for a reply, he ran back toward the dining area.
reserve (English, verb)
Forms: form: reserve
tags: canonical
form: reserves
tags: third-person
singular
form: reserved
tags: past
form: reserved
tags: past
participle
form: reserving
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: ipa: /rɪˈzɝv/
tags: US
ipa: /rɪˈzɜːv/
tags: UK
tags: US
glosses: If you reserve a room, a table, seat etc. you arrange for it to be kept for you, usually for a particular date and time.
raw_tags: transitive
examples: This parking spot is reserved for the general manager.
We had reserved a room at the hotel.
glosses: When you're cooking, if you reserve something, you put it aside to use later.
raw_tags: transitive
examples: Cook pasta as directed on package and reserve 1/4 cup of pasta cooking water.
glosses: If you reserve something for a particular situation, you usually don't use it except in that situation.
raw_tags: transitive
examples: She spoke to me in a voice usually reserved for young children.
glosses: If you reserve the right to do something, you let people know that these are your legal rights and you may use or defend them.
raw_tags: transitive
examples: This program is copyrighted © 2008 by CBS Studios Inc. All Rights Reserved.
reserve (English, noun)
Forms: form: reserve
raw_tags: Singular
form: reserves
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /rɪˈzɝv/
tags: US
ipa: /rɪˈzɜːv/
tags: UK
tags: US
glosses: Reserves are extra amounts of something that are for the future.
raw_tags: countable
usually plural
examples: Canada has 179 billion barrels of oil reserves - second only to Saudi Arabia.
The central bank's cash and gold reserves have fallen by 25 percent since June 2001.
This special sugar is your body's quick, easy-access energy reserve.
She always had some water in reserve.
glosses: Reserve is a feeling of holding back, controlling yourself, and not being very friendly.
raw_tags: countable & uncountable
examples: We listened to all this talk about change with a certain reserve.
glosses: Reserves are extra players on a team, or fighters in an army in case somebody is hurt or needs a rest.
raw_tags: countable & uncountable
examples: Their best player spent a season on injured reserve after hurting his knee.
She joined the Army Reserve during her time in university.
glosses: A reserve is an area of land or water that is protected from humans.
raw_tags: countable
examples: These lands (such as national parks and nature reserves) supply cities with clean drinking water.
glosses: A reserve (or reservation) is an area of land that belongs to a group of indigenous people, such as a First Nations group in Canada.
raw_tags: countable
kidneys (English, noun)
Forms: form: kidney
raw_tags: Singular
form: kidneys
tags: plural
glosses: The plural form of kidney; more than one (kind of) kidney.
examples: Almost everybody is born with two kidneys.
piled (English, verb)
Forms: form: pile
tags: canonical
form: piles
tags: third-person
singular
form: piled
tags: past
form: piled
tags: past
participle
form: piling
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: ipa: /paɪld/
raw_tags: Audio
tags: US
glosses: The past tense and past participle of pile.
piling (English, noun)
Forms: form: piling
raw_tags: Singular
form: pilings
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpaɪlɪŋ/
ipa: [ˈpʰaɪ̯ɫlɪŋ]
tags: US
glosses: Piling is a type of structural support that is made of wood, steel, or other construction material.
raw_tags: countable
piling (English, verb)
Forms: form: pile
tags: canonical
form: piles
tags: third-person
singular
form: piled
tags: past
form: piled
tags: past
participle
form: piling
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpaɪlɪŋ/
ipa: [ˈpʰaɪ̯ɫlɪŋ]
tags: US
glosses: The present participle of pile.
resist (English, verb)
Forms: form: resist
tags: canonical
form: resists
tags: third-person
singular
form: resisted
tags: past
form: resisted
tags: past
participle
form: resisting
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: ipa: /rɪˈzɪst/
tags: US
glosses: If you resist something, you work, push, fight, etc. against it.
raw_tags: transitive & intransitive
examples: Unable to resist the call of the road, he left once more.
We're helping kids resist the pressure to start smoking.
She resisted every attempt to make changes.
Since when have I been able to resist chocolate?
They must resist the force that is being used against them.
synonyms: avoid
fight
survive
attack
challenge
retire (English, verb)
Forms: form: retire
tags: canonical
form: retires
tags: third-person
singular
form: retired
tags: past
form: retired
tags: past
participle
form: retiring
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: ipa: /rəˈtaɪ.ə(r)/
tags: UK
raw_tags: Audio
tags: Australia
glosses: If you retire, you stop working, usually because of your age.
raw_tags: intransitive
examples: She recently retired after 25 years with the company.
With me is Colonel David Hunt, military analyst and retired U.S. Army commander.
Horner retired at age 63 and has been painting full time ever since.
glosses: If you retire something, you stop using it.
raw_tags: transitive
examples: NASA will soon be retiring the space shuttles.
glosses: If you retire, you go to a quiet place, often to bed.
raw_tags: intransitive
examples: After dinner she retired to her bedroom with a head cold.
Rome (English, name)
Forms: form: Rome
raw_tags: Proper noun
Pronunciation: tags: UK
ipa: /rəʊm/
tags: UK
tags: UK
tags: US
ipa: /roʊm/
tags: US
tags: US
tags: UK
glosses: Rome is the capital city of Italy.
examples: It is noon at the U.N. headquarters in New York, 6:00 p.m. in Rome, Italy.
glosses: Rome is the Roman Empire, an empire that existed between 27 BC and AD 476 and covered much of the southern Europe, some of West Asia, and some of northern Africa.
examples: Most of our great ideas are rooted in Greece and Rome.
Visitors are transported back 2,000 years in time to experience life and death in ancient Rome.
rubbish (English, noun)
Forms: form: rubbish
raw_tags: Singular
form: –
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈrʌbɪʃ/
tags: UK
ipa: /ˈrʌbɪʃ/
tags: US
tags: US
tags: Australia
glosses: Rubbish is unwanted things such as plastic bags, half-eaten food, and broken toys.
raw_tags: uncountable
examples: She's always throwing her left-over food on the ground, and not in the rubbish bin.
People drive by and dump all manner of rubbish.
synonyms: waste
garbage
trash
antonyms: treasure
glosses: Rubbish is a stupid or wrong idea.
raw_tags: uncountable
slang
examples: You're going to sing? Rubbish! Total rubbish! You can't sing.
Oh, I don't watch TV. It's a load of rubbish.
He was tired and angry and didn't want to listen to his friend talking rubbish.
rubbish (English, verb)
Forms: form: rubbish
tags: canonical
form: rubbishes
tags: third-person
singular
form: rubbished
tags: past
form: rubbished
tags: past
participle
form: rubbishing
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈrʌbɪʃ/
tags: UK
ipa: /ˈrʌbɪʃ/
tags: US
tags: US
tags: Australia
glosses: If you rubbish something, you say it's bad or stupid.
raw_tags: transitive
examples: It's not very good, but I didn't want to completely rubbish it.
scare (English, verb)
Forms: form: scare
tags: canonical
form: scares
tags: third-person
singular
form: scared
tags: past
form: scared
tags: past
participle
form: scaring
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: ipa: /skɛə/
tags: UK
ipa: /skɛɚ/
tags: US
tags: US
glosses: If something scares you, it makes you feel fear.
raw_tags: transitive
examples: They climbed out of the water alive--cold, wet, tired, and scared to death, but alive.
Granny used to scare the hell out of us kids with her ghost stories.
I read once that you can scare away a bear if you wave your arms and look big.
Dark scares me. Noise scares me. And guns scare me.
glosses: If something scares somebody off, it makes them not want to do something.
examples: The high costs often scare students off.
glosses: If you scare up something, you find it, even though it's rare or hard to find.
examples: She didn't think she'd be able to scare up the cash for the trip.
scare (English, noun)
Forms: form: scare
raw_tags: Singular
form: scares
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /skɛə/
tags: UK
ipa: /skɛɚ/
tags: US
tags: US
glosses: A sudden fright.
raw_tags: countable
examples: I had quite a bad scare last night--I almost hit a deer on the highway.
scene (English, noun)
Forms: form: scene
raw_tags: Singular
form: scenes
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /siːn/
tags: US
homophones: seen
glosses: A scene is a place where something happened.
raw_tags: countable
examples: Police found a gun near the crime scene.
Reporters arrived at the scene of the shooting shortly after 2:00.
glosses: A scene is one part of a movie or play where the action happens at one time in one place.
raw_tags: countable
examples: Who could forget the amazing opening scene of Star Wars?
The movie's sex scene was so bad that half of it was cut.
His role was so small he appeared in only one scene in act five.
The Mad Scene in "Lucia di Lammermoor" is a great moment in opera.
glosses: A scene is the public activities of a group of people with a common interest, such as music, politics, etc.
raw_tags: countable
examples: For more than a decade, she dominated the fashion scene.
Many of those Lakers fans are celebrities from L.A's movie and music scenes.
Colin Farrell burst on to the scene as one of the baddest boys since Jack Nicholson.
glosses: If something happens behind the scenes, it happens out of sight, in secret.
examples: It's hard to know what went on behind the scenes.
glosses: A scene is a view of a place, especially in art.
raw_tags: countable
examples: The photo was a street scene out of New York.
glosses: A scene is a loud, public argument or demonstration.
raw_tags: countable
senior (English, adj)
Forms: form: senior
tags: positive
form: more senior
tags: comparative
form: most senior
tags: superlative
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsinjɚ/
tags: US
ipa: /ˈsiːnjə(r)/
tags: UK
raw_tags: Audio
tags: US
glosses: A senior person has a higher social position.
examples: She's a senior vice-president with the company.
Mr. Bush spoke after three days of briefings with senior advisers and military commanders.
Joining us is NPR's senior Washington editor Ron Elving.
Junior officers look around at the senior leadership and say,' Are these people I admire.
glosses: A senior citizen is somebody who is older, usually over the age of 65.
examples: By 2030, one in five Americans will be a senior citizen.
Senior PGA golfer Jack Nicklaus believes in the positive possibilities in golf for young people.
We've been trying to locate the group in a convenient, nonmedical setting (for example, church, senior center, or restaurant).
glosses: Senior high school is usually for grades 10-12 (ages, 15-18).
examples: I studied the works of many classical writers in junior high school and senior high school.
senior (English, noun)
Forms: form: senior
raw_tags: Singular
form: seniors
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsinjɚ/
tags: US
ipa: /ˈsiːnjə(r)/
tags: UK
raw_tags: Audio
tags: US
glosses: A senior is a student in their last year of high school, college, or university.
raw_tags: countable
examples: He's also attended his senior prom and heads off to college this fall.
They met when she was a junior and he a senior.
glosses: A senior is someone who has a higher social position.
raw_tags: countable
glosses: A senior is somebody who is older, usually over the age of 65.
raw_tags: countable
sensible (English, adj)
Forms: form: sensible
tags: positive
form: more sensible
tags: comparative
form: most sensible
tags: superlative
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsensəbl/
tags: UK
raw_tags: Audio
tags: US
glosses: A sensible person thinks clearly and makes good decisions.
examples: She wasn't talking wildy or anything; she seemed like a nice sensible lady.
glosses: A sensible plan, action, idea, etc. is a good one because it fits the situation well.
examples: Stopping to rest seemed like a very sensible idea, so we did.
He wondered whether it was sensible to return to business in an area most people were leaving.
session (English, noun)
Forms: form: session
raw_tags: Singular
form: sessions
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɛʃ(ə)n/
tags: UK
tags: Australia
homophones: cession
glosses: A session is the period of time of an activity.
raw_tags: countable
examples: There will be a presentation by Michael Hirschorn, followed by a question-and-answer session.
She remembers participating in the 1967 recording session for "All You Need Is Love".
Contact us to schedule a training session or for more information.
Signs of depression substantially declined after four months of weekly therapy sessions.
We attended a conference session about marketing and we decided to start our own marketing program.
During the second session, participants were reminded of the purpose of the study.
One basic educational methods class was offered during a five-week summer session.
The testing sessions lasted approximately 30 minutes each.
On-road training with the devices was conducted in eight two-hour sessions.
The U.N. Security Council was holding an emergency session that has just closed.
The speaker arrived late for the opening session.
He was among the fastest drivers in both practice sessions.
The afternoon session was as surprising as the morning one.
We can remove lines around the eyes with three to four laser treatments (around $400 per session).
Gradually increase the intensity and duration of your exercise sessions.
glosses: If something is in session, it's happening at that time.
examples: Some schools offer open houses, and most will invite you to observe their classes in session.
silly (English, adj)
Forms: form: silly
tags: positive
form: sillier
tags: comparative
form: silliest
tags: superlative
Pronunciation: ipa: /'sIlI/
raw_tags: Audio
tags: US
raw_tags: Audio
tags: Australia
glosses: If something is silly, it shows that somebody didn't think about it carefully.
examples: Sometimes I called her "Mommy Ruby", even if it sounded silly.
People get excited about the silliest things.
"Do you remember?" "What a silly question! Of course I remember."
glosses: If something is silly, it's not important or serious.
examples: I was making silly little jokes and she was laughing.
glosses: If you are silly, you don't think about things carefully or you are not serious.
examples: Sometimes it's hard to believe how silly students can be.
The photoshopped pictures of Blake Griffin were so silly
sin (English, noun)
Forms: form: sin
raw_tags: Singular
form: sins
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /sɪn/
raw_tags: Audio
tags: US
glosses: A sin is a bad action that breaks laws or rules, especially religious ones.
raw_tags: countable & uncountable
examples: 32 percent of Catholics said they confess their sins to a priest less than once a year.
I thought of all the seven deadly sins, pride was the worst for Christians.
Forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us.
When you fight against me, brother, you commit the ultimate sin.
It is a crime against man and a sin against God!
This war has shown me that there is sin in human beings.
Many people only think homosexual sex is a sin, but the attraction to people of the same gender is too.
synonyms: crime
evil
sin (English, verb)
Forms: form: sin
tags: canonical
form: sins
tags: third-person
singular
form: sinned
tags: past
form: sinned
tags: past
participle
form: sinning
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: ipa: /sɪn/
raw_tags: Audio
tags: US
glosses: If you sin, you do something bad that breaks laws or rules, especially religious ones.
raw_tags: intransitive
examples: I wanted him to say,' Yes, I have sinned. I'm sorry.
Forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us.
synonyms: err
sin (English, abbrev)
Forms: form: sin or SIN
raw_tags: Abbreviation
Pronunciation: ipa: /sɪn/
raw_tags: Audio
tags: US
glosses: A SIN is a social insurance number, an identification number used by the government of Canada.
tags: Canada
glosses: Sin is short for sine, a trigonometric function.
raw_tags: mathematics
examples: Cos75° is equal to sin15°.
flags (English, noun)
Forms: form: flag
raw_tags: Singular
form: flags
tags: plural
Pronunciation: /flæɡz/
glosses: The plural form of flag; more than one (kind of) flag.
flags (English, verb)
Forms: form: flag
tags: canonical
form: flags
tags: third-person
singular
form: flagged
tags: past
form: flagged
tags: past
participle
form: flagging
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: /flæɡz/
glosses: The third-person singular form of flag.
flagged (English, verb)
Forms: form: flag
tags: canonical
form: flags
tags: third-person
singular
form: flagged
tags: past
form: flagged
tags: past
participle
form: flagging
tags: present
participle
glosses: The past tense and past participle of flag.
flagging (English, verb)
Forms: form: flag
tags: canonical
form: flags
tags: third-person
singular
form: flagged
tags: past
form: flagged
tags: past
participle
form: flagging
tags: present
participle
glosses: The present participle of flag.
enters (English, verb)
Forms: form: enter
tags: canonical
form: enters
tags: third-person
singular
form: entered
tags: past
form: entered
tags: past
participle
form: entering
tags: present
participle
glosses: The third-person singular form of enter.
examples: John always enters my house through the back door.
enters (English, noun)
Forms: form: enter
raw_tags: Singular
form: enters
tags: plural
glosses: The plural form of enter; more than one (kind of) enter.
entered (English, verb)
Forms: form: enter
tags: canonical
form: enters
tags: third-person
singular
form: entered
tags: past
form: entered
tags: past
participle
form: entering
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈEntə(r)d/
tags: UK
tags: UK
raw_tags: Audio
tags: US
glosses: The past tense and past participle of enter.
examples: John entered my house through the back door.
entering (English, verb)
Forms: form: enter
tags: canonical
form: enters
tags: third-person
singular
form: entered
tags: past
form: entered
tags: past
participle
form: entering
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɛnt.ə(r).ɪŋ/
tags: UK
tags: UK
raw_tags: Audio
tags: US
glosses: The present participle of enter.
examples: John is entering the door as we speak.
rows (English, noun)
Forms: form: row
raw_tags: Singular
form: rows
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /rəʊz/
tags: UK
tags: UK
ipa: /roʊz/
tags: US
tags: US
raw_tags: Audio
tags: US
homophones: rhos
roes
rose
glosses: The plural form of row; more than one (kind of) row.
rows (English, verb)
Forms: form: row
tags: canonical
form: rows
tags: third-person
singular
form: rowed
tags: past
form: rowed
tags: past
participle
form: rowing
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: ipa: /rəʊz/
tags: UK
tags: UK
ipa: /roʊz/
tags: US
tags: US
raw_tags: Audio
tags: US
homophones: rhos
roes
rose
glosses: The third-person singular form of row.
rowed (English, verb)
Forms: form: row
tags: canonical
form: rows
tags: third-person
singular
form: rowed
tags: past
form: rowed
tags: past
participle
form: rowing
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: tags: UK
ipa: /rəʊd/
tags: UK
tags: UK
homophones: Rhode
road
rode
glosses: The past tense and past participle of row.
rowing (English, verb)
Forms: form: row
tags: canonical
form: rows
tags: third-person
singular
form: rowed
tags: past
form: rowed
tags: past
participle
form: rowing
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: raw_tags: Audio
tags: US
glosses: The present participle of row.
raised (English, verb)
Forms: form: raise
tags: canonical
form: raises
tags: third-person
singular
form: raised
tags: past
form: raised
tags: past
participle
form: raising
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: ipa: /reɪzd/
raw_tags: Audio
tags: US
glosses: The past tense and past participle of raise.
raising (English, verb)
Forms: form: raise
tags: canonical
form: raises
tags: third-person
singular
form: raised
tags: past
form: raised
tags: past
participle
form: raising
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: raw_tags: Audio
tags: US
glosses: The present participle of raise.
foundered (English, verb)
Forms: form: founder
tags: canonical
form: founders
tags: third-person
singular
form: foundered
tags: past
form: foundered
tags: past
participle
form: foundering
tags: present
participle
glosses: The past tense and past participle of founder.
foundering (English, verb)
Forms: form: founder
tags: canonical
form: founders
tags: third-person
singular
form: foundered
tags: past
form: foundered
tags: past
participle
form: foundering
tags: present
participle
glosses: The present participle of founder.
keepers (English, noun)
Forms: form: keeper
raw_tags: Singular
form: keepers
tags: plural
glosses: The plural form of keeper; more than one (kind of) keeper.
journeys (English, noun)
Forms: form: journey
raw_tags: Singular
form: journeys
tags: plural
glosses: The plural form of journey; more than one (kind of) journey.
journeys (English, verb)
Forms: form: journey
tags: canonical
form: journeys
tags: third-person
singular
form: journeyed
tags: past
form: journeyed
tags: past
participle
form: journeying
tags: present
participle
glosses: The third-person singular form of journey.
journeyed (English, verb)
Forms: form: journey
tags: canonical
form: journeys
tags: third-person
singular
form: journeyed
tags: past
form: journeyed
tags: past
participle
form: journeying
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: raw_tags: Audio
tags: US
glosses: The past tense and past participle of journey.
journeying (English, verb)
Forms: form: journey
tags: canonical
form: journeys
tags: third-person
singular
form: journeyed
tags: past
form: journeyed
tags: past
participle
form: journeying
tags: present
participle
glosses: The present participle of journey.
projects (English, noun)
Forms: form: project
raw_tags: Singular
form: projects
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈprɒdʒɛkts/
tags: UK
poses: noun
tags: US
poses: noun
ipa: /ˈprɑdʒˌɛkts/
tags: US
poses: noun
ipa: /ˈprɑdʒɛkts/
tags: Canada
poses: noun
glosses: The plural form of project; more than one (kind of) project.
projects (English, verb)
Forms: form: project
tags: canonical
form: projects
tags: third-person
singular
form: projected
tags: past
form: projected
tags: past
participle
form: projecting
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: poses: verb
ipa: /prəˈdʒɛkts/
poses: verb
glosses: The third-person singular form of project.
projected (English, verb)
Forms: form: project
tags: canonical
form: projects
tags: third-person
singular
form: projected
tags: past
form: projected
tags: past
participle
form: projecting
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: ipa: /prəˈdʒɛktɪd/
glosses: The past tense and past participle of project.
projecting (English, verb)
Forms: form: project
tags: canonical
form: projects
tags: third-person
singular
form: projected
tags: past
form: projected
tags: past
participle
form: projecting
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: ipa: /prəˈd͡ʒɛktɪŋ/
raw_tags: Audio
tags: US
glosses: The present participle of project.
releases (English, verb)
Forms: form: release
tags: canonical
form: releases
tags: third-person
singular
form: released
tags: past
form: released
tags: past
participle
form: releasing
tags: present
participle
glosses: The third-person singular form of release.
releases (English, noun)
Forms: form: release
raw_tags: Singular
form: releases
tags: plural
glosses: The plural form of release; more than one (kind of) release.
released (English, verb)
Forms: form: release
tags: canonical
form: releases
tags: third-person
singular
form: released
tags: past
form: released
tags: past
participle
form: releasing
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: ipa: /rɪˈliːst/
tags: US
glosses: The past tense and past participle of release.
releasing (English, verb)
Forms: form: release
tags: canonical
form: releases
tags: third-person
singular
form: released
tags: past
form: released
tags: past
participle
form: releasing
tags: present
participle
glosses: The present participle of release.
adapts (English, verb)
Forms: form: adapt
tags: canonical
form: adapts
tags: third-person
singular
form: adapted
tags: past
form: adapted
tags: past
participle
form: adapting
tags: present
participle
glosses: The third-person singular form of adapt.
adapting (English, verb)
Forms: form: adapt
tags: canonical
form: adapts
tags: third-person
singular
form: adapted
tags: past
form: adapted
tags: past
participle
form: adapting
tags: present
participle
glosses: The present participle of adapt.
drops (English, noun)
Forms: form: drop
raw_tags: Singular
form: drops
tags: plural
Pronunciation: tags: US
ipa: /drɑps/
tags: US
tags: UK
ipa: /drɒps/
tags: UK
raw_tags: Audio
tags: US
glosses: The plural form of drop; more than one (kind of) drop.