crystalhe/wiktionary-zh-en-ja-ko huggingface dataset:
phrase (English, noun)
Forms: form: phrase
raw_tags: Singular
form: phrases
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /freɪz/
tags: US
glosses: A phrase is a short expression.
raw_tags: countable
examples: Sheela liked to use that particular phrase whenever she disagreed with something.
glosses: A phrase is a group of words. Together, they act as a single unit in a sentence.
raw_tags: countable
grammar
examples: Within a noun phrase (NP), adjectives function as modifiers.
phrase (English, verb)
Forms: form: phrase
tags: canonical
form: phrases
tags: third-person
singular
form: phrased
tags: past
form: phrased
tags: past
participle
form: phrasing
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: ipa: /freɪz/
tags: US
glosses: When you phrase an idea, you express it in words.
appeal (English, noun)
Forms: form: appeal
raw_tags: Singular
form: appeals
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈpiːl/
tags: UK
ipa: /ʌˈpi.əl/
tags: US
tags: US
tags: Australia
glosses: An appeal is a strong or official request.
raw_tags: countable
examples: In an emotional appeal, Sevan asked the two groups to stop the fighting.
But as the problems in Iraq deepen, America may appeal directly to Iran for help.
The school launched an appeal to raise money for the new library.
glosses: An appeal is a request for an earlier decision to be changed, especially in law.
raw_tags: countable & uncountable
examples: Her application was refused, her appeal was rejected, and when she failed to leave, she was arrested.
That decision was overturned on appeal.
His conviction is under appeal.
glosses: If something has appeal, people have good feelings about it, like it, or want it.
raw_tags: uncountable
examples: It was a type of game that had universal appeal to male and female.
That is part of the appeal of the ride, the sense of danger.
Beatty is still fabulous at 55, but will marriage dim his sex appeal?
Spike Lee is loved by the critics, but has never had huge audience appeal.
appeal (English, verb)
Forms: form: appeal
tags: canonical
form: appeals
tags: third-person
singular
form: appealed
tags: past
form: appealed
tags: past
participle
form: appealing
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈpiːl/
tags: UK
ipa: /ʌˈpi.əl/
tags: US
tags: US
tags: Australia
glosses: If you appeal for something, you ask for it, often strongly or officially.
raw_tags: intransitive
examples: The people appealed for help as huge fires advanced towards their homes.
glosses: If you appeal a decision, you ask for it to be changed, especially in law.
raw_tags: transitive & intransitive
examples: The defense notified the State Supreme Court that it would appeal the conviction.
glosses: If you something appeals to you, you have good feelings about it, like it, or want it.
raw_tags: intransitive
examples: Adventure, money, sex, and violence appeal to large numbers of people.
You've got a product that you think will appeal to an audience that's under 21 years old,
approve (English, verb)
Forms: form: approve
tags: canonical
form: approves
tags: third-person
singular
form: approved
tags: past
form: approved
tags: past
participle
form: approving
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈpruːv/
tags: UK
tags: UK
ipa: /ʌˈpruv/
tags: US
tags: US
tags: UK
glosses: If a person in power approves something such as a plan, a sale, a rule, etc., they say it is OK and it may go ahead.
raw_tags: transitive
examples: Voters there have approved a plan to remove most cars from the city center.
The Food and Drug Administration has not approved it for medical use.
The plan must now be approved by the president.
synonyms: permission
allow
permit
antonyms: reject
disapprove
glosses: If you approve of something, you think it is good.
raw_tags: intransitive
examples: The latest survey shows that only 32 percent approve of the way the president is handling his job.
synonyms: accept
agree
antonyms: disagree
nickel (English, noun)
Forms: form: nickel
raw_tags: Singular
form: nickels
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnɪk.əl/
tags: US
glosses: A nickel is a coin that is worth five cents.
tags: US
raw_tags: countable
glosses: Nickel is an element in chemistry. It has a symbol of Ni and an atomic number of 28.
raw_tags: uncountable
subordinate clause (English, noun)
Forms: form: subordinate clause
raw_tags: Singular
form: subordinate clauses
tags: plural
glosses: A subordinate clause is a clause inside another clause.
raw_tags: grammar
examples: In the following sentences, the subordinate clause is underlined.
defy (English, verb)
Forms: form: defy
tags: canonical
form: defies
tags: third-person
singular
form: defied
tags: past
form: defied
tags: past
participle
form: defying
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: raw_tags: Audio
tags: US
glosses: When you defy someone, you refuse to do what he or she wants you to do.
examples: He is going to defy her orders for him to come here.
glosses: When you defy something, you challenge it.
examples: That politician is willing to defy public opinion, even if it is not politically popular.
defy (English, noun)
Forms: form: defy
raw_tags: Singular
form: defies
tags: plural
Pronunciation: raw_tags: Audio
tags: US
glosses: A defy is a challenge to something.
spinoff (English, noun)
Forms: form: spinoff
raw_tags: Singular
form: spinoffs
tags: plural
glosses: A spinoff is something that has separated from its main component.
glosses: A spinoff has a main character that was also a character, though not a major one, in another television show, movie, or book.
dwarf (English, noun)
Forms: form: dwarfs
tags: plural
form: dwarf
raw_tags: Singular
form: dwarves
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /dwɔː(r)f/
tags: US
glosses: A race of small people, sometime with long beards. This is a type of fictional character found in legends all over the world, whose main characteristic is being much shorter than normal.
raw_tags: fantasy) (folklore
examples: In Scandinavian legends dwarves are considered as a true people, different from human beings.
Snow white was adopted by seven dwarves.
glosses: A very little person. A dwarf is a person whose size is much smaller than average.
examples: She is a dwarf, only three feet (one meter) tall.
Some dwarfs used to be shown in circuses like strange animals.
dwarf (English, adj)
Forms: form: dwarf
tags: positive
form: –
tags: comparative
form: –
tags: superlative
Pronunciation: ipa: /dwɔː(r)f/
tags: US
glosses: If something is dwarf is it smaller than normal. Anything of a much smaller than average size can be called dwarf..
examples: I kept a dwarf tree in my house.
Dwarf rabbits are quite popular pet rabbits.
dwarf (English, verb)
Forms: form: dwarf
tags: canonical
form: dwarfs
tags: third-person
singular
form: dwarfed
tags: past
form: dwarfed
tags: past
participle
form: dwarfing
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: ipa: /dwɔː(r)f/
tags: US
glosses: If X dwarfs Y, X is much bigger than Y.
examples: The elephant dwarfed the people with it.
The new building will dwarf the old one.
midget (English, noun)
Forms: form: midget
raw_tags: Singular
form: midgets
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɪd͡ʒɪt/
raw_tags: Audio
tags: US
glosses: A midget is a very small person, animal or thing. (sometimes offensive when describing a person who is short)
glosses: A midget is a little person. A midget's size is much smaller than normal.
raw_tags: offensive
examples: He is a midget, only three feet (one meter) tall.
I think I could easily overcome this midget, but he proved to be surprisingly strong.
synonyms: dwarf
little person
antonyms: giant
muscle man
midget (English, adj)
Forms: form: midget
tags: positive
form: –
tags: comparative
form: –
tags: superlative
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɪd͡ʒɪt/
raw_tags: Audio
tags: US
glosses: Midget is used to describe something which is very small.
examples: midget submarines
g-force (English, noun)
Forms: form: g-force
raw_tags: Singular
form: g-forces
tags: plural
glosses: G-force is another word for gravity, the force of universal attraction between particles of matter. Large bodies, like planets and moons, can attract smaller objects to them, giving these objects weight. The strength of g-force is different on each body.
raw_tags: uncountable
examples: On the Moon, astronauts weighing 200 kg move as easily as if they weighed 35 kg on Earth, because the g-force is six times lesser here.
nostril (English, noun)
Forms: form: nostril
raw_tags: Singular
form: nostrils
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnɒstrɪl/
raw_tags: Audio
tags: UK
glosses: A nostril is one of the two holes at the bottom of the nose.
examples: When you breathe using your nose, air goes through your nostril.
dog-eared (English, adj)
Forms: form: dog-eared
tags: positive
form: more dog-eared
tags: comparative
form: most dog-eared
tags: superlative
glosses: A dog-eared book has been read a lot, making the pages bent like the ears of a dog.
raw_tags: metaphorical
examples: After being opened and closed so many times, this book got all its pages dog-eared.
dog-eared (English, verb)
Forms: form: dog-ear
tags: canonical
form: dog-ears
tags: third-person
singular
form: dog-eared
tags: past
form: dog-eared
tags: past
participle
form: dog-earing
tags: present
participle
glosses: The past tense and past participle of dog-ear.
serpent (English, noun)
Forms: form: serpent
raw_tags: Singular
form: serpents
tags: plural
Pronunciation: raw_tags: Audio
tags: US
glosses: A serpent is a snake, or an animal that looks like a snake.
glosses: A serpent is a musical instrument made of brass. It is called a serpent because the instrument looks like a snake.
orbit (English, noun)
Forms: form: orbit
raw_tags: Singular
form: orbits
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɔː.bɪt/
tags: UK
ipa: /ˈɔr.bɪt/
tags: US
raw_tags: Audio
tags: US
glosses: An orbit is a circular path achieved by an object that goes around another that is generally bigger.
raw_tags: countable
examples: The Earth's orbit around the sun is completed in nearly three hundred sixty-five days and a quarter of day.
glosses: An orbit is the hole in the skull containing the eyeball.
raw_tags: countable
examples: Cartoon characters sometimes have their eyeballs going out of their orbits in order to make their expression look funny.
glosses: An orbit is the sphere of influence a powerful person, organization or country can have.
raw_tags: uncountable
metaphorical
examples: During the Cold War, almost all Eastern European countries were in the orbit of the USSR.
question mark (English, noun)
Forms: form: question mark
raw_tags: Singular
form: question marks
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkwɛstʃ(ə)n ˌmɑːk/
tags: UK
ipa: /ˈkwɛstʃ(ə)n ˌmɑrk/
tags: US
raw_tags: Audio
tags: US
glosses: A question mark is the character ? used at the end of a sentence to mean this sentence is waiting for an answer.
examples: In English the question mark appears immediately after the last word of the sentence, but in French a space between is needed.
glosses: A question mark can also stand for a question or a doubt, something uncertain or unknown.
raw_tags: metaphorical
examples: He had no idea what she was thinking; it was one big question mark.
bald (English, adj)
Forms: form: bald
tags: positive
form: balder
tags: comparative
form: baldest
tags: superlative
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɔːld/
tags: UK
tags: UK
tags: US
homophones: balled
glosses: Someone who is bald has a head without hair on it.
examples: When people grow old, many of them become bald because their fallen hair is not replaced any more.
comma (English, noun)
Forms: form: comma
raw_tags: Singular
form: commas
tags: plural
Pronunciation: tags: UK
ipa: /ˈkɒm.ə/
tags: UK
tags: US
ipa: /ˈkɑm.ə/
tags: US
tags: US
glosses: A comma is the sign , used to make a short pause in a sentence.
raw_tags: countable
examples: A space is required after the comma, but not before.
eyeball (English, noun)
Forms: form: eyeball
raw_tags: Singular
form: eyeballs
tags: plural
Pronunciation: raw_tags: Audio
tags: US
glosses: An eyeball is the entire round part of an eye, including the hidden part.
examples: The doctor checked my eyeball when I got my new glasses.
eyeball (English, verb)
Forms: form: eyeball
tags: canonical
form: eyeballs
tags: third-person
singular
form: eyeballed
tags: past
form: eyeballed
tags: past
participle
form: eyeballing
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: raw_tags: Audio
tags: US
glosses: If you eyeball something, you estimate or judge it; you look at it.
writes (English, verb)
Forms: form: write
tags: canonical
form: writes
tags: third-person
singular
form: wrote
tags: past
form: written
tags: past
participle
form: writing
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: ipa: /raɪts/
raw_tags: Audio
tags: US
homophones: rights
rites
wrights
glosses: The third-person singular form of write.
won (English, verb)
Forms: form: win
tags: canonical
form: wins
tags: third-person
singular
form: won
tags: past
form: won
tags: past
participle
form: winning
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: tags: UK
ipa: /wʌn/
tags: UK
tags: UK
tags: US
ipa: /wʌn/
tags: US
tags: US
tags: US
homophones: one
glosses: The past tense and past participle of win.
glosses: To won is to live or remain.
raw_tags: old, no longer used
won (English, noun)
Forms: form: won
raw_tags: Singular
form: won
tags: plural
Pronunciation: tags: UK
ipa: /wʌn/
tags: UK
tags: UK
tags: US
ipa: /wʌn/
tags: US
tags: US
tags: US
homophones: one
glosses: Won is the money used in Korea.
black hole (English, noun)
Forms: form: black hole
raw_tags: Singular
form: black holes
tags: plural
glosses: A black hole is a round invisible astronomical body with no solid surface and is compact enough to attract light and swallow it. That's why it remains usually invisible.
raw_tags: countable
examples: Certain stars form a couple with a black hole, turning around each other : the matter of the star is progressively swallowed by the black hole.
astrophysics (English, noun)
Forms: form: astrophysics
raw_tags: Singular
form: –
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌæs.troʊˈfɪz.ɪks/
tags: UK
glosses: Astrophysics is the part of physical science that studies space bodies and our universe in general.
raw_tags: uncountable
examples: With the help of telescopes and satellites, astrophysics has made a great jump in our understanding of the universe since the last decades.
universe (English, noun)
Forms: form: universe
raw_tags: Singular
form: universes
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈjuːnɪˌvɜːs/
tags: UK
ipa: /ˈjunəˌvɝs/
tags: US
tags: US
glosses: The universe is the whole space we live in and everything it contains: our Milky Way and billions of other galaxies that are not all known are part of our universe.
raw_tags: uncountable
examples: According to recent theories, our universe would be bent on itself, being finite but having no frontiers.
synonyms: world
dimension
cosmos
glosses: A universe can also stand for a world or an area, fictional or not, considered in itself.
raw_tags: countable
examples: Musical universes are so varied that we cannot know them all.
glosses: A universe is also an imaginary set of worlds invented by someone.
raw_tags: countable
examples: The universe created by Tolkien is surprisingly dense and imaginative.
glosses: The complete set of numerous possibilities.
raw_tags: uncountable
metaphorical
examples: Among this universe of choices, just one will be the good one.
hedgehog (English, noun)
Forms: form: hedgehog
raw_tags: Singular
form: hedgehogs
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhɛdʒhɒɡ/
raw_tags: Audio
tags: Australia
glosses: A hedgehog is a small insect-eating mammal, whose back is completely covered with short spines.
examples: When a hedgehog feels in danger of being attacked, it rolls itself into a ball to protect his belly.
furry (English, adj)
Forms: form: furry
tags: positive
form: furrier
tags: comparative
form: furriest
tags: superlative
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɜːri/
tags: UK
ipa: /ˈfɝi/
tags: US
tags: UK
tags: US
glosses: A furry animal has its body covered with fur, a dense area of thin hairs.
examples: Children often like furry animals because they are smooth when touched.
wormhole (English, noun)
Forms: form: wormhole
raw_tags: Singular
form: wormholes
tags: plural
Pronunciation: tags: Australia
glosses: A wormhole is a theoretical space tunnel that would begin with a black hole and end with a white hole; this tunnel would be a shortcut for space travel.
raw_tags: physics
examples: Though based on real scientific guesses, wormholes are largely used in some science-fiction works. If they really exist or not is still unsure.
white hole (English, noun)
Forms: form: white hole
raw_tags: Singular
form: white holes
tags: plural
glosses: A white hole is the opposite of a black hole. There is no physical proof it exists yet, though it could exist based on mathematical calculations. Matter, the stuff that our Universe is made of, comes out of the white hole instead of being sucked in like with the black hole.
examples: To explain what the matter swallowed by a black hole may become, certain scientists have imagined that there could be white holes through which matter would go out.
machine gun (English, noun)
Forms: form: machine gun
raw_tags: Singular
form: machine guns
tags: plural
glosses: A machine gun is a heavy automatic gun that weighs about 50 pounds and can shoot hundreds to thousands of bullets in a minute.
examples: The first machine guns appeared around the Secession War during the 1860's. At this time they had several cannons rotating.
bullet (English, noun)
Forms: form: bullet
raw_tags: Singular
form: bullets
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /bʊl.ɪt/
tags: UK
tags: US
glosses: A bullet is a small piece of metal thrown by a gun at a great speed.
raw_tags: countable
examples: Manipulating a loaded gun is dangerous because of the bullets that can be fired by accident.
glosses: A bullet is a printed symbol in the form of a solid circle, “•”, it is usually used to mark items in a list.
raw_tags: countable
typography
bullet (English, verb)
Forms: form: bullet
tags: canonical
form: bullets
tags: third-person
singular
form: bulleted
tags: past
form: bulleted
tags: past
participle
form: bulleting
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: ipa: /bʊl.ɪt/
tags: UK
tags: US
glosses: If something bullets somewhere, it moves at high speed, like a bullet from a gun.
raw_tags: intransitive
examples: He bulleted around the race track!
unwillingly (English, adv)
Pronunciation: /ʌnˈwɪlɪŋli/
glosses: Doing something unwillingly is doing something because you have to even though you don't want to.
examples: He began to clean his room unwillingly after being asked five times.
antonyms: willingly
clown (English, noun)
Forms: form: clown
raw_tags: Singular
form: clowns
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /klaʊn/
tags: UK
glosses: A clown is a person that entertains people, usually at a circus. He dresses in bright colors, has paint on his face, and wears clothes that are too big for him.
raw_tags: countable
examples: Some children are afraid by clowns because of their unusual appearance that can be rather impressive.
glosses: A clown is also a person whose behaviour is a bit silly, not serious.
raw_tags: countable
examples: Though very intelligent, this person is a true clown so that no one believes what he says.
clown (English, verb)
Forms: form: clown
tags: canonical
form: clowns
tags: third-person
singular
form: clowned
tags: past
form: clowned
tags: past
participle
form: clowning
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: ipa: /klaʊn/
tags: UK
glosses: A person who is clowning is not serious, acts in a silly way, like a clown.
examples: Stop clowning all the time, you're annoying me!
working (English, verb)
Forms: form: work
tags: canonical
form: works
tags: third-person
singular
form: worked
tags: past
form: worked
tags: past
participle
form: working
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: raw_tags: Audio
tags: US
glosses: The present participle of work.
examples: I have fixed the machine. It is currently working.
The government takes money from the working class and gives it to the rich.
working (English, noun)
Forms: form: working
raw_tags: Singular
form: workings
tags: plural
Pronunciation: raw_tags: Audio
tags: US
glosses: The workings of something is how it functions.
examples: He showed us the machine's inner workings.
wooden (English, adj)
Forms: form: wooden
tags: positive
form: more wooden
tags: comparative
form: most wooden
tags: superlative
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwʊdən/
tags: US
glosses: A wooden object is made of wood.
examples: Please do not spill your drink on the wooden floor.
glosses: A wooden movement is awkward or clumsy.
clumsy (English, adj)
Forms: form: clumsy
tags: positive
form: clumsier
tags: comparative
form: clumsiest
tags: superlative
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈklʌmzi/
tags: UK
US
raw_tags: Audio
tags: US
glosses: A clumsy person is not skillful or graceful when performing a movement.
examples: He is very clumsy. He might break the dishes.
glosses: A clumsy object or idea is one created without much planning.
examples: This solution is clumsy. I do not think it will work.
perform (English, verb)
Forms: form: perform
tags: canonical
form: performs
tags: third-person
singular
form: performed
tags: past
form: performed
tags: past
participle
form: performing
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: ipa: /pəˈfɔːm/
tags: UK
tags: UK
ipa: /pɚˈfɔrm/
tags: US
tags: US
raw_tags: Audio
tags: US
glosses: When you perform something, you do it.
examples: Please come help me perform this task.
glosses: People perform by entertaining an audience.
examples: The actors are going to perform onstage soon.
The Royal Ballet is performing "Swan Lake" tonight.
entertain (English, verb)
Forms: form: entertain
tags: canonical
form: entertains
tags: third-person
singular
form: entertained
tags: past
form: entertained
tags: past
participle
form: entertaining
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɛntəˈteɪn/
tags: UK
tags: UK
ipa: /ˌɛntɚˈteɪn/
tags: US
tags: US
tags: US
glosses: You entertain a person by keeping that person interested in what you are doing.
examples: The comedian is able to entertain the audience for hours by telling jokes.
glosses: When you entertain an idea, you think about it.
examples: I hope he will entertain the idea of inviting us over.
Yugoslavia (English, name)
Forms: form: Yugoslavia
raw_tags: Proper noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /juːɡəˈslɑːvi.ə/
tags: UK
glosses: Yugoslavia is a country that used to exist on the Balkan Peninsula. It has split up into Serbia, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia, Kosovo and Croatia.
raw_tags: historical
China (English, name)
Forms: form: China
raw_tags: Proper noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtʃaɪ.nə/
tags: US
tags: US
glosses: China is a country in Asia. It is officially called the People's Republic of China.
glosses: China is the area controlled by the People's Republic of China and the Republic of China (Taiwan).
funny (English, adj)
Forms: form: funny
tags: positive
form: funnier
tags: comparative
form: funniest
tags: superlative
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfʌni/
tags: US
glosses: Funny things keep people interested and can make people laugh.
examples: That was a funny joke.
glosses: Funny things are strange and unusual.
examples: This rotten milk has a funny smell.
funny (English, noun)
Forms: form: funny
raw_tags: Singular
form: funnies
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfʌni/
tags: US
glosses: A funny is a joke.
raw_tags: countable
amazing (English, adj)
Forms: form: amazing
tags: positive
form: more amazing
tags: comparative
form: most amazing
tags: superlative
Pronunciation: tags: UK
US
ipa: /əˈmeɪzɪŋ/
tags: UK
US
tags: US
glosses: Amazing things cause wonder and amazement.
examples: That was an amazing book. I enjoyed every moment of it.
amazing (English, verb)
Forms: form: amaze
tags: canonical
form: amazes
tags: third-person
singular
form: amazed
tags: past
form: amazed
tags: past
participle
form: amazing
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: tags: UK
US
ipa: /əˈmeɪzɪŋ/
tags: UK
US
tags: US
glosses: The present participle of amaze.
hopeful (English, adj)
Forms: form: hopeful
tags: positive
form: more hopeful
tags: comparative
form: most hopeful
tags: superlative
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhoʊpfəl/
tags: US
ipa: /ˈhəʊpfəl/
tags: UK
tags: UK
tags: US
glosses: A hopeful person wishes that something could happen.
antonyms: hopeless
hopeful (English, noun)
Forms: form: hopeful
raw_tags: Singular
form: hopefuls
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhoʊpfəl/
tags: US
ipa: /ˈhəʊpfəl/
tags: UK
tags: UK
tags: US
glosses: A hopeful is a person that wishes to win or be victorious at something.
examples: There are many presidential hopefuls this year.
extraterrestrial (English, noun)
Forms: form: extraterrestrial
raw_tags: Singular
form: extraterrestrials
tags: plural
glosses: An extraterrestrial is a being coming from a world other than Earth, whose true existence has not yet been proved.
examples: Popular representations of extraterrestrials often make them be little skinny humanoids with a large skull, wide black eyes and a green or grey skin.
glosses: An extraterrestrial can also be so an uncommon person that ordinary people think he or she cannot be from Earth.
raw_tags: metaphorical
examples: Joseph von Neumann had so exceptional intellectual abilities that his neighbouring considered him an extraterrestrial.
extraterrestrial (English, adj)
Forms: form: extraterrestrial
tags: positive
form: more extraterrestrial
tags: comparative
form: most extraterrestrial
tags: superlative
glosses: Extraterrestrial can be applied to anything not coming from the Earth or not belonging to the Earth.
examples: Meteorites falling on the Earth's ground come from outer space : they are extraterrestrial objects.
forest (English, noun)
Forms: form: forest
raw_tags: Singular
form: forests
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɒrəst/
tags: US
tags: UK
glosses: A forest is an area covered with many trees, and sometimes by bushes and other plants.
raw_tags: countable
examples: Certain forests are so vast that people can easily be lost there.
arrive (English, verb)
Forms: form: arrive
tags: canonical
form: arrives
tags: third-person
singular
form: arrived
tags: past
form: arrived
tags: past
participle
form: arriving
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈraɪv/
tags: US
glosses: If you arrive somewhere, you come to that place, usually the place that you planned to go to.
raw_tags: intransitive
examples: Is everything ready? I expect the guests to arrive soon.
Please arrive at the airport at least 2 hours before your flight.
We arrive in New York at 10:52.
They asked us to arrive early to help get ready for the party.
Different people thinking about the same question often arrive at the same answer.
glosses: If something arrives somewhere, it comes to that place, usually the place that it was supposed to go to.
raw_tags: intransitive
examples: Five days later a letter arrived by Federal Express.
glosses: If a time or event arrives, it moves from the future into the present.
raw_tags: intransitive
examples: Finally the day arrived for him to come home.
arrive (English, noun)
Forms: form: arrival
raw_tags: Singular
form: arrivals
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈraɪv/
tags: US
tags: no-gloss
mosquito (English, noun)
Forms: form: mosquito
raw_tags: Singular
form: mosquitos or mosquitoes
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɒsˈkiːtəʊ/
tags: UK
tags: UK
ipa: /məˈski.toʊ/
tags: US
raw_tags: Audio
tags: UK
raw_tags: Audio
tags: US
glosses: A mosquito is a flying insect that is known for stinging animals and humans to suck their blood.
raw_tags: zoology
examples: Sleeping here is nearly impossible because of all those mosquitoes that bite you all the night long.
viper (English, noun)
Forms: form: viper
raw_tags: Singular
form: vipers
tags: plural
glosses: A viper is a short, rather massive poisonous snake with long front teeth that poison its victims by biting them.
examples: Don't walk in the bush unprotected, you may be bitten by an viper!
synonyms: adder
glosses: A viper can also be a person who says bad things on other people.
raw_tags: pejorative, metaphorical
examples: This viper of a man will turn all of us mad!
glosses: Viper is a type of car model.
boron (English, noun)
Forms: form: boron
raw_tags: Singular
form: –
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɔərɒn/
tags: US
tags: US
glosses: A hard, black, or brown, chemical element with the atomic number 5 and the symbol B.
examples: The scientist used boron in his experiment.
A lot of glass is made using boron.
iodine (English, noun)
Forms: form: iodine
raw_tags: Singular
form: –
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈaɪ.əˌdaɪn, -dɪn, -diːn/
tags: US
tags: UK
tags: US
glosses: An element with the atomic number 53 and the symbol I.
examples: People use iodine in salt to make it iodized.
glosses: A kind of antiseptic.
examples: That kid used iodine on his wound to prevent infection.
robot (English, noun)
Forms: form: robot
raw_tags: Singular
form: robots
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /rəʊbɒt/
tags: US
glosses: A robot is a machine that looks more or less a human being.
raw_tags: countable
examples: Starwars C-3PO is a golden robot.
synonyms: bot
glosses: A robot can also be any man-made automatic device, resembling a human being or not.
raw_tags: countable
examples: When you ask for the time on a phone, a robot will answer you.
synonyms: bot
glosses: A robot is a person who does not show emotions and seems to have no human thoughts.
raw_tags: metaphorical
examples: He has the same expression whatever happens to him: he is a true robot.
synonyms: bot
radium (English, noun)
Forms: form: radium
raw_tags: Singular
form: –
tags: plural
Pronunciation: tags: US
ipa: /ˈreɪ.di.əm/
tags: US
ipa: /ˈreɪ.dɪ.əm/
tags: UK
tags: UK
tags: US
glosses: Radium is an element that has an atomic number of 88 and symbol Ra.
raw_tags: uncountable
examples: A normal person cannot find radium in any store.
calcium (English, noun)
Forms: form: calcium
raw_tags: Singular
form: –
tags: plural
Pronunciation: tags: US
ipa: /ˈkælsi.əm/
tags: US
tags: US
homophones: cal
ci
um
glosses: An element with atomic number 20 and symbol Ca. Also a nutrient in many different foods.
examples: The human body needs calcium in order to stay healthy.
sodium (English, noun)
Forms: form: sodium
raw_tags: Singular
form: –
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsəʊdɪəm/
tags: UK
tags: US
ipa: /ˈsoʊdi.əm/
tags: US
tags: US
glosses: A metal and element with the atomic number 11 and the symbol Na. Also used as a nutrient, preservative, and seasoning in food.
raw_tags: uncountable
examples: It is pretty hard to find an item of food that doesn't contain sodium in it.
Scientists sometimes use sodium in experiments to see what it reacts with.
Many of the top food brands use a kind of sodium to preserve the food that they make for people to eat..
master (English, noun)
Forms: form: master
raw_tags: Singular
form: masters
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɑːstə/
tags: UK
ipa: /ˈmæstɚ/
tags: US
tags: US
glosses: A master is someone who controls something.
raw_tags: countable
examples: She is the master of this domain.
glosses: A master of a skill is very good at it.
raw_tags: countable
examples: He is a master at sculpting humans.
glosses: A degree awarded by a university.
raw_tags: uncountable
examples: She holds a master's degree at Balliol College.
master (English, verb)
Forms: form: master
tags: canonical
form: masters
tags: third-person
singular
form: mastered
tags: past
form: mastered
tags: past
participle
form: mastering
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɑːstə/
tags: UK
ipa: /ˈmæstɚ/
tags: US
tags: US
glosses: If a person masters something, they become very good at it; they are skilled at it.
raw_tags: transitive
examples: Through their courses, they will master the fine arts.
sectors (English, noun)
Forms: form: sector
raw_tags: Singular
form: sectors
tags: plural
glosses: The plural form of sector; more than one (kind of) sector.
thinner (English, adj)
Forms: form: thin
tags: positive
form: thinner
tags: comparative
form: thinnest
tags: superlative
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈθɪnə(r)/
tags: UK
tags: US
ipa: /ˈθɪnɚ/
tags: US
glosses: The comparative form of thin; more thin.
thinner (English, noun)
Forms: form: thinner
raw_tags: Singular
form: thinners
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈθɪnə(r)/
tags: UK
tags: US
ipa: /ˈθɪnɚ/
tags: US
glosses: A thinner is a liquid that is used to make another liquid more thin.
examples: Turpentine can be used as a thinner for oil-based paints.
antonyms: thickener
treats (English, noun)
Forms: form: treat
raw_tags: Singular
form: treats
tags: plural
Pronunciation: raw_tags: Audio
tags: US
glosses: The plural form of treat; more than one (kind of) treat.
treats (English, verb)
Forms: form: treat
tags: canonical
form: treats
tags: third-person
singular
form: treated
tags: past
form: treated
tags: past
participle
form: treating
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: raw_tags: Audio
tags: US
glosses: The third-person singular form of treat.
drawings (English, noun)
Forms: form: drawing
raw_tags: Singular
form: drawings
tags: plural
glosses: The plural form of drawing; more than one (kind of) drawing.
sprinted (English, verb)
Forms: form: sprint
tags: canonical
form: sprints
tags: third-person
singular
form: sprinted
tags: past
form: sprinted
tags: past
participle
form: sprinting
tags: present
participle
glosses: The past tense of sprint.
flowers (English, noun)
Forms: form: flower
raw_tags: Singular
form: flowers
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈflaʊəz/
tags: UK
ipa: /ˈflaʊɚz/
tags: US
raw_tags: Audio
tags: US
glosses: The plural form of flower; more than one (kind of) flower.
examples: John gave me flowers for our anniversary this year.
flowers (English, verb)
Forms: form: flower
tags: canonical
form: flowers
tags: third-person
singular
form: flowered
tags: past
form: flowered
tags: past
participle
form: flowering
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈflaʊəz/
tags: UK
ipa: /ˈflaʊɚz/
tags: US
raw_tags: Audio
tags: US
glosses: The third-person singular form of flower.
cherry (English, noun)
Forms: form: cherry
raw_tags: Singular
form: cherries
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈʧɐri/
raw_tags: Audio
tags: US
raw_tags: Audio
tags: UK
glosses: A cherry is a roundish small piece of fruit with a core inside. Its color varies from pale yellow to red or purple and even nearly black.
raw_tags: countable
examples: We should eat our cherries quickly before birds get them all eaten!
glosses: By extension, cherry can also be the tree or the bush bearing this fruit.
raw_tags: countable
glosses: The wood of which a cherry tree is made of.
raw_tags: uncountable
glosses: Cherry is also the color of the fruit, bright red or purple.
raw_tags: uncountable
examples: Cherry is a color that human eyes immediately remark.
Her cherry make-up makes her look ugly.
(uncountable) Cherry is the flavour or smell of cherries.
This cherry perfume is rather strange but not unpleasant at all.
assemble (English, verb)
Forms: form: assemble
tags: canonical
form: assembles
tags: third-person
singular
form: assembled
tags: past
form: assembled
tags: past
participle
form: assembling
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈsɛmbl̩/
tags: US
glosses: If you assemble many people or things, you bring them together.
raw_tags: transitive & intransitive
examples: They went into the meeting room where a dozen other people had already assembled.
The first thing you try to do is assemble people you want to work with.
glosses: If you assemble something, you put it together.
raw_tags: transitive
examples: He would have to go to Japan to find a company to supply parts and assemble the machine.
They worked together in assembling the art collection.
She had assembled a team of 10 lawyers to attack the court's ruling.
skinny (English, adj)
Forms: form: skinny
tags: positive
form: skinnier
tags: comparative
form: skinniest
tags: superlative
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈskɪni/
tags: US
glosses: A skinny person or animal has few flesh or muscle around the skeleton, he/she/it has a thin and narrow body.
examples: You should eat more and do some sports, you're too skinny!
This poor village is full of skinny cats and dogs searching for food.
skinny (English, noun)
Forms: form: skinny
raw_tags: Singular
form: skinnies
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈskɪni/
tags: US
glosses: A skinny is a person who has not enough flesh, enough muscle, whose body appears to be too thin and narrow.
examples: This skinny has lifted this heavy piece of furniture unaided! I couldn't believe my eyes!
tomato (English, noun)
Forms: form: tomato
raw_tags: Singular
form: tomatoes
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /təˈmɑːtəʊ/
tags: UK
tags: UK
ipa: /təˈmeɪtoʊ/
tags: US
tags: US
tags: UK
tags: US
tags: Australia
glosses: A tomato is a red, roundish fruit, roughly the size of a fist. It does not have a core nor pips.
raw_tags: countable
examples: Bad singers or musicians used to be thrown tomatoes at.
glosses: A tomato is also the plant bearing tomatoes.
raw_tags: countable
examples: Tomatoes were imported from Central America to Europe in the sixteenth century.
glosses: The matter which tomatoes are made of.
raw_tags: uncountable
examples: Ketchup sauce contains some amount of tomato.
glosses: A reddish color, the color of a tomato.
raw_tags: uncountable
examples: text: Tomato is a color that looks like oxygenated blood.
glosses: A sexy woman.
raw_tags: slang
figurative
glosses: A stupid thing or person.
raw_tags: slang
figurative
uranium (English, noun)
Forms: form: uranium
raw_tags: Singular
form: –
tags: plural
Pronunciation: tags: US
ipa: /jʊˈreɪniəm/
tags: US
tags: US
tags: US
glosses: Uranium is an element of the periodic table with atomic number 92. Its symbol is U.
raw_tags: uncountable
examples: Uranium is the natural element with the biggest atomic core.
glosses: Uranium is also the radioactive metal made of uranium atoms.
raw_tags: uncountable
examples: Uranium has been increasingly used since the last six decades, its radioactive properties have found both military and civil uses.
isotope (English, noun)
Forms: form: isotope
raw_tags: Singular
form: isotopes
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈaɪ.sə.təʊp/
tags: UK
ipa: /ˈaɪ.sə.toʊp/
tags: US
raw_tags: Audio
tags: US
glosses: Isotopes are atomic cores belonging to the same element that have the same number of protons, but have a different number of neutrons.
raw_tags: chemistry
physics
examples: Uranium 235 and uranium 238 are isotopes of uranium.
Deutherium is an isotope of oxygen that has two neutrons.
pulsar (English, noun)
Forms: form: pulsar
raw_tags: Singular
form: pulsars
tags: plural
glosses: A pulsar is an extremely dense astronomical body more massive than our Sun but not larger than 20 kilometers in diameter, essentially composed of neutrons with an iron shell. This astronomical body pulsates at very regular intervals, from a few milliseconds to more than one second : its name is a portmanteau-word coming from pulsating star.
raw_tags: astronomy
examples: When the first pulsar was detected, its pulsating period was so regular that scientists first believed it came from an extraterrestrial civilization.
plutonium (English, noun)
Forms: form: plutonium
raw_tags: Singular
form: –
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /pluːˈtoʊniəm/
tags: US
tags: US
glosses: Plutonium is a man-made element of the periodic table, with atomic number 94 and symbol Pu.
raw_tags: uncountable
examples: Along with neptunium, plutonium was the first man-made element to be created by bombarding uranium-238 cores with neutrons.
glosses: Plutonium is also the radioactive metal made of plutonium atoms.
raw_tags: uncountable
examples: Plutonium is a silvery and very dense metal, its toxicity makes it dangerous to manipulate.
allotropy (English, noun)
Forms: form: allotropy
raw_tags: Singular
form: allotropies
tags: plural
glosses: Allotropy is the property that certain elements have to get their atoms disposed in different structures.
raw_tags: chemistry
examples: Carbon has two main forms : graphite and diamond, that are each characterized by a different atomic disposition. This is called allotropy.
sack (English, noun)
Forms: form: sack
raw_tags: Singular
form: sacks
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /sæk/
raw_tags: Audio
tags: US
homophones: sac
glosses: A sack is a bag used to hold things.
examples: She opened the brown paper sack and put the shopping in it.
glosses: To sack is to plunder and pillage a captured town or city.
raw_tags: uncountable
examples: The sack of Rome.
glosses: The sack is a slang word for bed.
examples: I'm tired. I think I'll hit the sack and get some sleep.
sack (English, verb)
Forms: form: sack
tags: canonical
form: sacks
tags: third-person
singular
form: sacked
tags: past
form: sacked
tags: past
participle
form: sacking
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: ipa: /sæk/
raw_tags: Audio
tags: US
homophones: sac
glosses: If the company sacks you, they end your job; they fire you.
examples: Phil was sacked last week, and I think they will get rid of more people soon.
glosses: To plunder or pillage a captured town or city.
examples: The barbarians sacked Rome.
sake (English, noun)
Forms: form: sake
raw_tags: Singular
form: sakes
tags: plural
Pronunciation: poses: noun 1
ipa: /seɪk/
poses: noun 1
poses: noun 1
raw_tags: Audio
tags: US
poses: noun 1
glosses: If something is for x's sake or for the sake of x, it is to help x or make x happy.
examples: You are the reason I did it. I did it for your sake.
I must pretend to be happy when I am not, for everyone's sake.
The parents are staying together for the children's sake.
glosses: You use for God's/Christ's/Heaven's/Pete's/pity's/fuck's sake when you feel strongly about something.
examples: "No, I will not." "For God's sake, why not?"
glosses: If something is for x's sake or for the sake of x, it is for that purpose.
examples: I carried my gun in the jungle for safety's sake.
Let's say, for the sake of argument, that he comes out and says, "I love you." Then what?
sake (English, noun)
Forms: form: sake
raw_tags: Singular
form: sakes
tags: plural
Pronunciation: tags: UK
poses: noun 2
ipa: /sɑːkɛ/
tags: UK
poses: noun 2
tags: UK
poses: noun 2
tags: US
poses: noun 2
ipa: /sɑːki/
tags: US
poses: noun 2
tags: US
poses: noun 2
glosses: Sake is a kind of Japanese wine made from rice.
raw_tags: uncountable
assure (English, verb)
Forms: form: assure
tags: canonical
form: assures
tags: third-person
singular
form: assured
tags: past
form: assured
tags: past
participle
form: assuring
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈʃʊə/
tags: UK
tags: US
glosses: If you assure somebody about something, you tell them not to worry because the thing you say is true.
raw_tags: transitive
examples: The doctor assured me that he would be OK.
He certainly won't be boring; I can assure you of that.
glosses: If x assures that y happens, x makes it certain that y happens.
raw_tags: transitive
examples: You need to begin now to assure that the everything is ready in January.
squeaky (English, adj)
Forms: form: squeaky
tags: positive
form: squeakier
tags: comparative
form: squeakiest
tags: superlative
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈskwiːki/
raw_tags: Audio
tags: UK
glosses: A squeaky sound is a sound that has a very high pitch.
examples: When sped up, people speaking get a funny squeaky voice.
squeak (English, noun)
Forms: form: squeak
raw_tags: Singular
form: squeaks
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /skwiːk/
raw_tags: Audio
tags: US
glosses: A squeak is a high-pitched sound that objects produce, especially when rubbing together.
raw_tags: countable
examples: The squeak of this old door is so annoying!
squeak (English, verb)
Forms: form: squeak
tags: canonical
form: squeaks
tags: third-person
singular
form: squeaked
tags: past
form: squeaked
tags: past
participle
form: squeaking
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: ipa: /skwiːk/
raw_tags: Audio
tags: US
glosses: If something squeaks it produces this kind of sound.
examples: His wheelchair is always squeaking when it moves.
goose (English, noun)
Forms: form: goose
raw_tags: Singular
form: geese
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /'guːs/
tags: UK
tags: US
glosses: A goose is a big flying bird looking like a duck, with a long neck and webbed feet. The color of its feathers is usually a mix of grey, black and/or white, certain individuals having a uniform color.
raw_tags: countable
zoology
examples: Wild geese regularly fly over our house when they migrate to Southern countries.
I have a pet goose that honks when someone comes into the yard.
glosses: A goose is a silly person.
raw_tags: countable
examples: Aunt Dreeda acts like a goose whenever a man comes to her front door.
goose (English, verb)
Forms: form: goose
tags: canonical
form: gooses
tags: third-person
singular
form: goosed
tags: past
form: goosed
tags: past
participle
form: goosing
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: ipa: /'guːs/
tags: UK
tags: US
glosses: To goose someone is to take him by surprise with a finger jab to the cleft of the buttocks that penetrates to the anus. The violated may be clothed or unclothed and usually reacts with a sudden, offended start.
raw_tags: slang
examples: I was wearing only a jockstrap when a teammate goosed me in the locker room.
inside joke (English, noun)
Forms: form: inside joke
raw_tags: Singular
form: inside jokes
tags: plural
glosses: An inside joke is a joke that only a small group of people can understand because it has information that only the people in the group know.
examples: She and her friends make inside jokes that I can never understand.
galaxy (English, noun)
Forms: form: galaxy
raw_tags: Singular
form: galaxies
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡaləksi/
tags: UK
ipa: /ˈɡæləksi/
tags: US
raw_tags: Audio
tags: US
glosses: A galaxy is a large astronomical structure containing several billions of stars and other astronomical bodies, looking like a more or less regular spiral with a thick core and thinner edges.
examples: The Milky Way is the galaxy where our Earth is located, it has about 200 billion stars.
The known universe contains billions of galaxies.
glosses: The galaxy : the galaxy we live in, the Milky Way (very often employed with the definite article).
raw_tags: special
examples: Some science fiction writers imagine that mankind will one day settle an empire throughout the galaxy.
millennium (English, noun)
Forms: form: millennium
raw_tags: Singular
form: millenniums or millennia
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɪˈlɛnɪəm/
tags: UK
glosses: A millennium is a period of time lasting one thousand years.
raw_tags: countable
examples: Humanity invented the first writing systems a few millennia ago.
Lots of animal species have disappeared during the last millennium.
teddy bear (English, noun)
Forms: form: teddy bear
raw_tags: Singular
form: teddy bears
tags: plural
glosses: A teddy bear is a stuffed toy that looks like an anthropomorphic bear.
examples: If teddy bears are mainly made for children to play with, lots of adults also appreciate them.
teddy (English, noun)
Forms: form: teddy
raw_tags: Singular
form: teddies
tags: plural
glosses: A teddy is a stuffed toy that looks like an anthropomorphic animal.
examples: Though largely an adult, he still has a huge collection of teddies.
glosses: A teddy is a type of underwear worn by women, similar to a basque.
stuffed animal (English, noun)
Forms: form: stuffed animal
raw_tags: Singular
form: stuffed animals
tags: plural
glosses: A stuffed animal is a furry toy that is filled with a soft material.
examples: The first stuffed animals to be made at the end of the nineteenth century looked like bears.
Nearly all children have at least one stuffed animal to play with.
Milky Way (English, name)
Forms: form: Milky Way
raw_tags: Proper noun
glosses: The Milky Way is the galaxy that we live in.
raw_tags: astronomy
examples: Our solar system is in one of the arms of the Milky Way, at about 30,000 light years from its center.
swarm (English, noun)
Forms: form: swarm
raw_tags: Singular
form: swarms
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /swɔrm/
tags: US
ipa: /swɔːm/
tags: UK
raw_tags: Audio
tags: US
glosses: A swarm is a group of many insects, especially flying insects like bees, wasps or flies.
examples: He walked on a wasp nest and was attacked by the swarm.
glosses: Less commonly, a swarm can also be a group of fish or birds.
examples: When attacked, sardinas group into compact swarms to protect themselves.
glosses: A crowd of people or animals moving in a chaotic way.
glosses: A large collection of similar objects.
raw_tags: metaphorical
examples: By observing the sky with telescopes, astronomers can see swarms of stars.