crystalhe/wiktionary-zh-en-ja-ko huggingface dataset:
swarm (English, verb)
Forms: form: swarm
tags: canonical
form: swarms
tags: third-person
singular
form: swarmed
tags: past
form: swarmed
tags: past
participle
form: swarming
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: ipa: /swɔrm/
tags: US
ipa: /swɔːm/
tags: UK
raw_tags: Audio
tags: US
glosses: To move as a swarm.
raw_tags: intransitive
examples: I felt disgusted when I saw all these flies swarming on this dead body.
glosses: When there are to many insects in a place.
raw_tags: intransitive
examples: Fire ants swarm in the Southern United States since man accidentally brought some with him by ship.
glosses: To fill a place as a swarm.
raw_tags: transitive
examples: Ants are swarming the kitchen since we let food accessible.
glosses: To overcome an enemy with number.
raw_tags: transitive
military
attract (English, verb)
Forms: form: attract
tags: canonical
form: attracts
tags: third-person
singular
form: attracted
tags: past
form: attracted
tags: past
participle
form: attracting
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈtrækt/
tags: UK
glosses: If something attracts you, it makes you interested in it.
raw_tags: transitive
examples: She jumped up and down to attract attention.
A cheaper price should also help attract customers.
glosses: If you are attracted to someone, you want to have a relationship with them, often a sexual relationship.
raw_tags: transitive
examples: Boys were mad about her, attracted by her good looks.
glosses: If x attracts y, x pull y to x.
raw_tags: transitive
examples: The city hoped the new roads would attract businesses.
With magnets, opposite poles attract each other.
awkward (English, adj)
Forms: form: awkwarder
tags: comparative
form: awkwardest
tags: superlative
form: awkward
tags: positive
form: more awkward
tags: comparative
form: most awkward
tags: superlative
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɔːkwəd/
tags: UK
ipa: /ˈɔkwɚd/
tags: US
ipa: /ˈɑkwɚd/
tags: Canada
tags: US
tags: US
tags: Australia
glosses: An awkward person or animal is clumsy, lacks agility, dexterity or grace.
examples: He doesn't managed well when I try to juggle. He's still awkward.
glosses: An awkward situation, event is an embarrassing situation, event.
examples: When I fell in front of everybody, I felt ridiculous. It was so awkward!
glosses: Awkward also means complicated.
examples: What an awkward device! I can't even imagine how it works.
awkwardness (English, noun)
Forms: form: awkwardness
raw_tags: Singular
form: awkwardnesses
tags: plural
glosses: Awkwardness is the state of being awkward.
raw_tags: countable & uncountable
examples: The patient suffer awkwardness when walking.
synonyms: embarrassment
discomfort
lame duck (English, noun)
Forms: form: lame duck
raw_tags: Singular
form: lame ducks
tags: plural
Pronunciation: tags: Australia
tags: US
glosses: A lame duck is a person who is handicapped or not efficient.
raw_tags: countable
informal
examples: The whole group wasted a lot of time only because of him. He's what I call a lame duck!
glosses: In the United States, a lame duck is a politician who holds an office now, but lost the recent election or is not eligible to hold the position anymore; they are called a lame duck because they have very little power in the last few months of their service.
tags: US
raw_tags: countable
politics
examples: Being accused of corruption, this congressman has become a lame duck.
immortal (English, noun)
Forms: form: immortal
raw_tags: Singular
form: immortals
tags: plural
Pronunciation: raw_tags: Audio
tags: US
glosses: An immortal is a being that lives forever and does not age or die.
examples: Though never dying, an immortal can still be killed in certain cases.
immortal (English, adj)
Forms: form: immortal
tags: positive
form: –
tags: comparative
form: –
tags: superlative
Pronunciation: raw_tags: Audio
tags: US
glosses: If something or someone is immortal, it lives forever and never dies or disappears.
examples: In ancient Greek civilization, gods were believed to be immortal.
Lots of people believe that human beings have an immortal soul inside.
immortality (English, noun)
Forms: form: immortality
raw_tags: Singular
form: –
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɪmɔːˈtæləti/
tags: UK
ipa: /ˌɪmɔːrˈtæləti/
tags: US
raw_tags: Audio
tags: UK
glosses: Immortality is the condition of not dying or ageing.
raw_tags: uncountable
examples: Jesus promised immortality after our death.
Technological civilizations believe in their own immortality.
paintball (English, noun)
Forms: form: paintball
raw_tags: Singular
form: paintballs
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpeɪntbɔːl/
raw_tags: Audio
tags: UK
glosses: Paintball is a game where people shoot small balls filled with paint instead of bullets.
raw_tags: uncountable
examples: You should get changed if you want to play paintball; I don't want to have more clothes to wash!
glosses: A paintball is a paint-filled ball that is used in the game of paintball.
raw_tags: countable
paintball (English, verb)
Forms: form: paintball
tags: canonical
form: paintballs
tags: third-person
singular
form: paintballed
tags: past
form: paintballed
tags: past
participle
form: paintballing
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpeɪntbɔːl/
raw_tags: Audio
tags: UK
glosses: If you paintball someone, you shoot them with a paintball.
glosses: If you paintball, you play the sport paintball.
didgeridoo (English, noun)
Forms: form: didgeridoo
raw_tags: Singular
form: didgeridoos
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌdɪdʒ.ər.iˈduː/
raw_tags: Audio
tags: US
raw_tags: Audio
tags: Australia
glosses: A didgeridoo is a long and straight, wooden wind instrument that Australian Aborigines traditionally use. Roughly the size of a man, it produces sound when you continuously blow into it.
raw_tags: countable
onomatopoeic
music
examples: Didgeridoos often have drawings showing mythological elements of the Aboriginal culture or clanic symbols.
While playing didgeridoo, you can imitate some natural sounds such as bird songs.
mortal (English, adj)
Forms: form: mortal
tags: positive
form: –
tags: comparative
form: –
tags: superlative
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɔːtəl/
tags: UK
ipa: /ˈmɔrtəl/
tags: US
tags: US
glosses: Someone or something that is mortal can age, be injured, die, or disappear.
examples: Even stars, though living millions or billions of years, are mortal.
When they are young, people usually don't think they are mortal.
mortal (English, noun)
Forms: form: mortal
raw_tags: Singular
form: mortals
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɔːtəl/
tags: UK
ipa: /ˈmɔrtəl/
tags: US
tags: US
glosses: A mortal is a human being, as opposed to immortal beings such as gods or beings with supernatural powers.
raw_tags: countable
examples: To ancient Greeks mortals were only toys in the hands of gods.
Son of a sorceress and a mortal, he still inherited his mother's powers.
mortality (English, noun)
Forms: form: mortality
raw_tags: Singular
form: –
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɔrˈtælɪti/
tags: US
raw_tags: Audio
tags: US
glosses: Mortality is the condition of being able to die or disappear.
examples: When they begin aging, certain people become afraid of their mortality.
clone (English, noun)
Forms: form: clone
raw_tags: Singular
form: clones
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /kloʊn/
tags: US
glosses: A clone is a living being produced from another being that is genetically identical to the first being.
raw_tags: biology
examples: Ewe Dolly is known to be the first man-made clone.
All these cells are clones of a first cell that has divided.
glosses: A clone is a copy or imitation of something, living or not.
raw_tags: informal
examples: This counterfeiter has a lot of talent : the painting he has made is a perfect clone of the original one.
clone (English, verb)
Forms: form: clone
tags: canonical
form: clones
tags: third-person
singular
form: cloned
tags: past
form: cloned
tags: past
participle
form: cloning
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: ipa: /kloʊn/
tags: US
glosses: To clone is to make an identical copy of something, especially a living being.
raw_tags: biology
examples: Cells usually reproduce by cloning themselves.
It is considered morally unacceptable to clone human beings.
counterfeiter (English, noun)
Forms: form: counterfeiter
raw_tags: Singular
form: counterfeiters
tags: plural
glosses: A counterfeiter is a person who makes copies of things, copies that are considered false and not legal; a person who counterfeits.
raw_tags: countable
examples: The police have arrested a gang of counterfeiters that made many false banknotes.
To make such well-imitated paintings, counterfeiters must have very good skills.
square root (English, noun)
Forms: form: square root
raw_tags: Singular
form: square roots
tags: plural
glosses: The square root of a number n is a number that, multiplied by itself, is equal to this number n. Its symbol is √. "The square root of "n" is written √.
raw_tags: mathematics
examples: The square root of 9 is 3.
edit (English, verb)
Forms: form: edit
tags: canonical
form: edits
tags: third-person
singular
form: edited
tags: past
form: edited
tags: past
participle
form: editing
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɛdɪt/
tags: UK
ipa: /ˈɛdɪt/
tags: US
tags: UK
glosses: When you edit something, you change or move around words.
examples: You can edit pages on Simple English Wiktionary by clicking the button that says "change this page".
synonyms: change
modify
edit (English, noun)
Forms: form: edit
raw_tags: Singular
form: edits
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɛdɪt/
tags: UK
ipa: /ˈɛdɪt/
tags: US
tags: UK
glosses: An edit is a change in text or a document.
raw_tags: countable
examples: Thank you for your edit to the page hello on the Simple English Wiktionary!
platinum (English, noun)
Forms: form: platinum
raw_tags: Singular
form: platinums
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈplætɪnəm/
tags: UK
ipa: /ˈplætənəm/
tags: US
tags: UK
tags: US
tags: US
glosses: Platinum is an element of the periodic table with the atomic number 78. Its symbol is Pt.
raw_tags: uncountable
synonyms: Pt
⛢
glosses: Platinum is also the silver-grey metal made of platinum atoms.
raw_tags: uncountable
examples: With a density of 21,4, platinum is one of the densest materials known to Earth.
synonyms: Pt
⛢
♅
glosses: Atom of the element platinum.
raw_tags: countable
synonyms: Pt
⛢
glosses: Platinum is the silver-grey color of the metal.
raw_tags: uncountable
glosses: A platinum is a musical recording that has sold over one million copies (for singles), or two million (for albums)
raw_tags: countable
music
platinum (English, adj)
Forms: form: platinum
tags: positive
form: –
tags: comparative
form: –
tags: superlative
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈplætɪnəm/
tags: UK
ipa: /ˈplætənəm/
tags: US
tags: UK
tags: US
tags: US
glosses: Something platinum has the silver-grey color of the metal.
examples: She has always had her strange platinum hair.
smoulder (English, verb)
Forms: form: smoulder
tags: canonical
form: smoulders
tags: third-person
singular
form: smouldered
tags: past
form: smouldered
tags: past
participle
form: smouldering
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsmoʊldɚ/
tags: US
raw_tags: Audio
tags: US
glosses: Smoulder is another way of spelling smolder.
tags: UK
barium (English, noun)
Forms: form: barium
raw_tags: Singular
form: –
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɛərɪəm/
tags: UK
tags: UK
tags: US
glosses: An element with atomic number 56 and the symbol Ba.
examples: This rock has parts of barium on it.
witherite (English, noun)
Forms: form: witherite
raw_tags: Singular
form: –
tags: plural
glosses: Witherite is a yellow-grey mineral. It is made of a form of barium.
examples: I would like that sample of witherite for my collection, please.
helium (English, noun)
Forms: form: helium
raw_tags: Singular
form: –
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhiːlɪəm/
tags: US
tags: US
glosses: Helium is a colourless gas that has an atomic number of 2 and the symbol He.
raw_tags: uncountable
examples: Sir, can you please fill my balloon up with helium, please?
aluminum (English, noun)
Forms: form: aluminum
raw_tags: Singular
form: –
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /ə.ˈlu.mɪ̆.ˌnə̆m/
tags: UK
tags: US
tags: US
glosses: Aluminum is a metallic (meaning made of metal) element with an atomic number of 13 and the symbol Al.
examples: These cans are made from aluminum.
notable (English, adj)
Forms: form: notable
tags: positive
form: more notable
tags: comparative
form: most notable
tags: superlative
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnəʊtəbəl/
tags: UK
ipa: /ˈnəʊtəbəl/
tags: US
tags: US
glosses: A person or a thing is notable if the person or thing is famous, important, significant. It means that many people know about that person or thing; many things have been said or written about that person or thing.
examples: She is a notable writer: people in many different countries read her books.
A notable event happened here today. It will be in the newspaper.
neon (English, noun)
Forms: form: neon
raw_tags: Singular
form: –
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈni.ɒn/
raw_tags: Audio
tags: US
glosses: Neon is an element with atomic number 10 and the symbol Ne.
raw_tags: uncountable
examples: Neon is used in signs to make them glow.
glosses: Neon is used to describe neon tetra fish.
examples: My mom and I went to the pet store to buy a neon tetra fish.
formulae (English, noun)
Forms: form: formula
raw_tags: Singular
form: formulas or formulae
tags: plural
Pronunciation: /ˈfɔː(r)mjəˌli/
glosses: The plural form of formula; more than one (kind of) formula.
participations (English, noun)
Forms: form: participation
raw_tags: Singular
form: participations
tags: plural
glosses: The plural form of participation; more than one (kind of) participation.
vapor (English, noun)
Forms: form: vapor
raw_tags: Singular
form: vapors
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈveɪpə/
tags: UK
tags: US
glosses: A vapor is a cloudy or other matter in the air, like mist, steam or fumes.
raw_tags: countable
glosses: Vapor is the gas of something that used to be liquid or solid.
raw_tags: uncountable
examples: When you heat up water, vapor appears.
reprise (English, noun)
Forms: form: reprise
raw_tags: Singular
form: reprises
tags: plural
glosses: The repeated appearance of an action.
reprise (English, verb)
Forms: form: reprise
tags: canonical
form: reprises
tags: third-person
singular
form: reprised
tags: past
form: reprised
tags: past
participle
form: reprising
tags: present
participle
glosses: To repeat or resume an action.
award (English, noun)
Forms: form: award
raw_tags: Singular
form: awards
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈwɔːd/
tags: UK
ipa: /əˈwɔrd/
tags: US
tags: US
glosses: An award is something that you give to someone who has done something very well.
raw_tags: countable
examples: Each year, Westinghouse announces the winners of its awards for the best high-school science projects.
He won the National League's Most Valuable Player award in 2007.
glosses: An award is money that a court decides should be given to somebody who has won a legal case.
raw_tags: countable
examples: The lawyer often takes 10 to 30 percent of any awards of damages.
award (English, verb)
Forms: form: award
tags: canonical
form: awards
tags: third-person
singular
form: awarded
tags: past
form: awarded
tags: past
participle
form: awarding
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈwɔːd/
tags: UK
ipa: /əˈwɔrd/
tags: US
tags: US
glosses: If you award somebody something, you officially give it to them, usually because they have done something well.
raw_tags: transitive
examples: A total of $205,000 in prize money will be awarded, with $50,000 for the winner and $25,000 for second place.
glosses: If you award somebody something, you officially decide that somebody should receive money or a contract.
raw_tags: transitive
examples: The judge ruled that the company had no just cause for dismissing Morsi, and he was awarded damages.
The company was awarded a contract worth $2.3 billion to build the new highway.
aluminium (English, noun)
Forms: form: aluminium
raw_tags: Singular
form: –
tags: plural
Pronunciation: tags: Australia
UK
ipa: /ˌæl.(j)ʊˈmɪn.i.əm/
tags: Australia
UK
tags: US
ipa: /ˌæl.(j)uˈmɪn.i.əm/
tags: US
tags: Canada
ipa: /əˈluːmɪnəm/
tags: Canada
raw_tags: New-Zealand
ipa: /ˌɛl.(j)ɘˈmɘn.jɘm/
raw_tags: New-Zealand
tags: US
tags: US
tags: UK
tags: Australia
glosses: Aluminium is another way of spelling aluminum.
Spanish (English, name)
Forms: form: Spanish
raw_tags: Proper noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈspænɪʃ/
tags: US
glosses: Spanish is the language that is mainly spoken in Spain, Mexico, and many countries in Central and South America.
synonyms: Castilian
glosses: The Spanish are people native to Spain.
raw_tags: used as the collective plural
synonyms: Spaniard
Spanish (English, adj)
Forms: form: Spanish
tags: positive
form: –
tags: comparative
form: –
tags: superlative
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈspænɪʃ/
tags: US
glosses: Of, from, or relating to Spain.
examples: I enjoy Spanish food.
glosses: Of or relating to the Spanish language.
astronomy (English, noun)
Forms: form: astronomy
raw_tags: Singular
form: astronomies
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈstrɑnəˌmi/
tags: US
tags: US
glosses: The study of space and everything related to it, like stars, black holes, meteors, etc.
event horizon (English, noun)
Forms: form: event horizon
raw_tags: Singular
form: event horizons
tags: plural
glosses: The imaginary line on a black hole that once passed, nothing can ever escape, except for Hawking radiation.
raw_tags: astronomy
Saros cycle (English, noun)
Forms: form: Saros cycle
raw_tags: Singular
form: Saros cycles
tags: plural
glosses: A period of 18 years, 11 days and 8 hours in which the Sun, Moon and Earth return to almost exactly the same spots they were at 18 years, 11.3 days ago; the Saros cycle is used to predict when an eclipse is going to happen.
mirror (English, noun)
Forms: form: mirror
raw_tags: Singular
form: mirrors
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɪrə/
tags: US
tags: UK
glosses: A very reflective surface which light can bounce off of.
examples: She kept staring at the mirror all day.
synonyms: looking-glass
looking glass
mirror (English, verb)
Forms: form: mirror
tags: canonical
form: mirrors
tags: third-person
singular
form: mirrored
tags: past
form: mirrored
tags: past
participle
form: mirroring
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɪrə/
tags: US
tags: UK
glosses: If something/someone mirrors something, then it is identical to it.
raw_tags: transitive
password (English, noun)
Forms: form: password
raw_tags: Singular
form: passwords
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpæswɜːrd/
tags: US
raw_tags: Audio
tags: UK
glosses: A secret code that is used to get access to something.
raw_tags: countable
mess (English, noun)
Forms: form: mess
raw_tags: Singular
form: messes
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɛs/
tags: US
glosses: A mess is a dirty or untidy place or situation.
raw_tags: countable
examples: Your room is such a mess! You're not leaving the house until you clean it up!
glosses: A mess is a chaotic, confused or troublesome state or situation.
raw_tags: countable
examples: Look at the mess you've gotten us into now!
glosses: A mess is a number of people who eat together.
raw_tags: countable
mess (English, verb)
Forms: form: mess
tags: canonical
form: messes
tags: third-person
singular
form: messed
tags: past
form: messed
tags: past
participle
form: messing
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɛs/
tags: US
glosses: If you mess, you take meals with a mess.
raw_tags: intransitive
glosses: If you mess, you eat with others.
raw_tags: intransitive
chaos (English, noun)
Forms: form: chaos
raw_tags: Singular
form: chaoses
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkeɪ.ɒs/
tags: US
glosses: A chaos is a large abyss or chasm.
raw_tags: countable
old, no longer used
glosses: Chaos is a state of disorder or confusion.
raw_tags: uncountable
synonyms: disorder
mess
disarray
antonyms: order
organized (English, adj)
Forms: form: organized
tags: positive
form: more organized
tags: comparative
form: most organized
tags: superlative
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɔrɡənaɪzd/
tags: US
ipa: /ˈɔːɡənaɪzd/
tags: UK
tags: US
glosses: If something is organized, it is in a state of order.
antonyms: disorganized
disorganised
unorganized
unorganised
organized (English, verb)
Forms: form: organize
tags: canonical
form: organizes
tags: third-person
singular
form: organized
tags: past
form: organized
tags: past
participle
form: organizing
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɔrɡənaɪzd/
tags: US
ipa: /ˈɔːɡənaɪzd/
tags: UK
tags: US
glosses: The past tense and past participle of organize.
experiment (English, noun)
Forms: form: experiment
raw_tags: Singular
form: experiments
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪkˈsper.ɪ.mənt/
tags: US
glosses: A test that is done to prove something, to see if a guess is valid, or to do something that has not been tried before.
raw_tags: countable
examples: The experiment will prove that water boils at 100°C.
experiment (English, verb)
Forms: form: experiment
tags: canonical
form: experiments
tags: third-person
singular
form: experimented
tags: past
form: experimented
tags: past
participle
form: experimenting
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪkˈsper.ɪ.mənt/
tags: US
glosses: To do an experiment.
raw_tags: intransitive
youth (English, noun)
Forms: form: youth
raw_tags: Singular
form: youths
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /ju:θ/
raw_tags: Audio
tags: US
glosses: The quality or state of being young.
raw_tags: uncountable
glosses: The part of life after childhood.
raw_tags: uncountable
glosses: A young person.
raw_tags: countable
glosses: Young people, as a group.
raw_tags: uncountable
usually plural
zoom (English, verb)
Forms: form: zoom
tags: canonical
form: zooms
tags: third-person
singular
form: zoomed
tags: past
form: zoomed
tags: past
participle
form: zooming
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: ipa: /zuːm/
raw_tags: Audio
tags: UK
glosses: To move fast.
glosses: To go up sharply.
glosses: To change the focus of a zoom lens
glosses: To increase suddenly.
joint (English, noun)
Forms: form: joint
raw_tags: Singular
form: joints
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /dʒɔɪnt/
tags: Australia
glosses: A place where two things meet but are still able to move.
glosses: A place where two things join solidly.
glosses: Any part of the body where two bones join, sometimes letting that part of the body to be bent or straightened.
raw_tags: anatomy
glosses: A way to join two pieces of wood together so that they interlock.
raw_tags: carpentry
glosses: A bar, restaurant, or nightclub.
raw_tags: slang
examples: It was the kind of joint you wouldn't want your boss to see you in.
glosses: prison; jail.
raw_tags: slang
always with 'the'
examples: I'm not breaking any more laws because I don't want to go back to the joint.
glosses: A marijuana cigarette.
raw_tags: smoking
slang
examples: Let's smoke a joint and then go skateboarding.
inch (English, noun)
Forms: form: inch
raw_tags: Singular
form: inches
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪntʃ/
raw_tags: Audio
tags: US
glosses: A unit of length that is equal to 2.54 centimetres; there are 12 inches in a foot.
examples: My pencil is six inches long.
inch (English, verb)
Forms: form: inch
tags: canonical
form: inches
tags: third-person
singular
form: inched
tags: past
form: inched
tags: past
participle
form: inching
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪntʃ/
raw_tags: Audio
tags: US
glosses: To move very slowly in a direction.
raw_tags: intransitive
followed by a preposition
examples: Fearful of falling, he inched along the window ledge.
neighbor (English, noun)
Forms: form: neighbor
raw_tags: Singular
form: neighbors
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /'neɪbə/
raw_tags: Audio
tags: US
glosses: American standard spelling of neighbour
backup (English, noun)
Forms: form: backup
raw_tags: Singular
form: backups
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbækˌʌp/
tags: UK
glosses: A reserve or substitute.
glosses: A secondary plan that can be used in case the first plan fails.
identification (English, noun)
Forms: form: identification
raw_tags: Singular
form: identifications
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪˌdɛntɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/
raw_tags: Audio
tags: US
glosses: Identification is the process of naming a thing by seeing it, hearing it, and/or touching it.
raw_tags: countable & uncountable
examples: With finding new animals, the process of identification is a long and difficult one.
You have to show your identification card before entering.
locate (English, verb)
Forms: form: locate
tags: canonical
form: locates
tags: third-person
singular
form: located
tags: past
form: located
tags: past
participle
form: locating
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: ipa: /ləʊˈkeɪt/
tags: UK
ipa: /ˈloʊkeɪt/
tags: US
tags: US
glosses: If you locate something you find it, you learn where it is.
raw_tags: transitive
examples: I need to locate the nearest gas station.
glosses: If you locate something somewhere, you put it there.
raw_tags: transitive & intransitive
examples: The city plans to locate the subway stop right across the street.
wake (English, verb)
Forms: form: wake
tags: canonical
form: wakes
tags: third-person
singular
form: woke
tags: past
form: woken
tags: past
participle
form: waking
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: ipa: /'weɪk/
raw_tags: Audio
tags: US
glosses: If you wake up, you stop sleeping.
raw_tags: intransitive
examples: I woke up early to catch the bus.
I woke up at four o'clock this morning.
glosses: If someone or something wakes you up, they make you stop sleeping.
raw_tags: transitive
examples: Could you please wake Donald up?
The alarm clock woke me up.
wake (English, noun)
Forms: form: wake
raw_tags: Singular
form: wakes
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /'weɪk/
raw_tags: Audio
tags: US
glosses: :
 This short section needs someone to add to it.
diary (English, noun)
Forms: form: diary
raw_tags: Singular
form: diaries
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdaɪəri/
tags: US
glosses: A diary is a journal that some people keep to write down what has happened on days during their lives.
raw_tags: countable
examples: I have kept a diary ever since I was a little girl.
synonyms: journal
firewall (English, noun)
Forms: form: firewall
raw_tags: Singular
form: firewalls
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /faɪə.wɔəɫ/
raw_tags: Audio
tags: US
glosses: Computer software that can be installed or downloaded to protect the person's computer from viruses, spyware, malware, and other kinds of unwanted junk
firewall (English, verb)
Forms: form: firewall
tags: canonical
form: firewalls
tags: third-person
singular
form: firewalled
tags: past
form: firewalled
tags: past
participle
form: firewalling
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: ipa: /faɪə.wɔəɫ/
raw_tags: Audio
tags: US
glosses: When you firewall, you set up software to protect your electronic item from viruses.
raw_tags: transitive & intransitive
glosses: If you firewall someone, you maintain social distance from a manipulative person to avoid manipulative or narcissistic abuse.
raw_tags: transitive
examples: She firewalled her narcissistic stepmother.
bid (English, noun)
Forms: form: bid
raw_tags: Singular
form: bids
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɪd/
tags: US
glosses: A bid is an offer to enter into a contract to buy something or to do some kind of job.
raw_tags: countable
examples: He amazed the art world with his winning bid of nearly $54 million for Van Gogh's painting, Irises.
The Suns also made a bid for $2.3 million to get Willis from the Bulls.
glosses: A bid is an attempt to do something.
raw_tags: countable
examples: He went back to teaching after his unsuccessful presidential bid in 1988.
She lost her bid at a world record fourth gold medal in swimming.
bid (English, verb)
Forms: form: bid
tags: past
form: bid
tags: past
participle
form: bid
tags: canonical
form: bids
tags: third-person
singular
form: bade
tags: past
form: bidden
tags: past
participle
form: bidding
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɪd/
tags: US
glosses: If you bid for something, you offer to enter into a contract to buy it or to do it.
raw_tags: transitive & intransitive
examples: Microsoft bid $44.6 billion to acquire Yahoo.
glosses: If you bid for something, you attempt to do or get it.
raw_tags: transitive & intransitive
examples: Montesinos, decided not to bid for the new position.
They bid on and won a job to build a bank in Marietta, Ohio.
glosses: If you bid someone a good day, evening, etc., you wish it to them in greeting.
raw_tags: transitive
examples: She bade farewell to her sister, Fannie, and to other relatives and friends.
glosses: If you bid someone (to) do something, you tell them to do it.
raw_tags: transitive
examples: Standing with her back to the open door, she bade him pass.
glosses: The past tense and past participle of bid.
aggressive (English, adj)
Forms: form: aggressive
tags: positive
form: more aggressive
tags: comparative
form: most aggressive
tags: superlative
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʌˈgrɛs.ɪv/
tags: US
glosses: Making attacks or assaults that are not just.
glosses: Aggressive describes an act of aggression.
examples: Yes, he was aggressive to her.
rehearse (English, verb)
Forms: form: rehearse
tags: canonical
form: rehearses
tags: third-person
singular
form: rehearsed
tags: past
form: rehearsed
tags: past
participle
form: rehearsing
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: ipa: [rɪˈhɜːs]
tags: UK
ipa: /rɨˈhɝs/
tags: US
raw_tags: Audio
tags: UK
glosses: To repeat something.
examples: There's no need to rehearse that, we already know.
glosses: To narrate or tell a story.
examples: The witness rehearsed the events.
glosses: To practice by repeating something in private.
examples: The band rehearsed before the show.
unobtainium (English, noun)
Forms: form: unobtainium
raw_tags: Singular
form: –
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌʌn.əbˈteɪ.ni.əm/
tags: US
ipa: /(ˌ)ʌn.ɒbˈteɪ.nɪ.əm/
tags: UK
raw_tags: Audio
tags: UK
glosses: Unobtainium is a fictional material that has extraordinary properties and is considered very difficult, maybe even impossible, to obtain.
raw_tags: humor
neologism
examples: Science-fiction works have a lot of devices that could not even exist if they were not made of unobtainium!
hard science (English, phrase)
Forms: form: hard science
raw_tags: Expression
glosses: Hard science is a phrase used to describe natural sciences and physical sciences, not social sciences. Hard sciences use the scientific method and experiments to test theories. Some hard sciences are mathematics, biology, physics, and geology.
tonne (English, noun)
Forms: form: tonne
raw_tags: Singular
form: tonnes
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /tʌn/
tags: US
homophones: ton
tun
glosses: A tonne, also called a metric ton, is an unit of mass that weighs exactly 1,000 kilograms. It is a little different from the US short ton (2,000 pounds or about 907 kilograms) and the British long ton (2,240 pounds or about 1,016 kilograms).
ton (English, noun)
Forms: form: ton
raw_tags: Singular
form: tons
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /tʌn/
tags: US
homophones: tonne
tun
glosses: A ton is a metric unit of weight that as three main values : the international metric ton that is exactly 1,000 kilograms, the short ton used in Northern America that is 2,000 pounds (about 907 kilograms), and the long ton used in United Kingdom that is 2,240 pounds or about 1016 kilograms.
raw_tags: countable
glosses: A ton is also a great amount of something, or many things.
raw_tags: informal
often plural
examples: Today I have tons of things to do: how discouraging!
terse (English, adj)
Forms: form: terse
tags: positive
form: terser
tags: comparative
form: tersest
tags: superlative
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɜːs/
tags: UK
tags: UK
ipa: /tɝːs/
tags: Canada
US
tags: Canada
US
tags: Australia
glosses: A terse reply or message uses very few words to say only the most important information.
examples: He gave a terse, one-word answer.
synonyms: abrupt
breif
concise
curt
encryption (English, noun)
Forms: form: encryption
raw_tags: Singular
form: encryptions
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪŋˈkrɪpʃ(ə)n/
raw_tags: Audio
tags: UK
glosses: A way to make a message look like a lot of random letters by translating a message with an encryption key.
examples: In many wars, soldiers often use encryption to make sure their messages aren't read by their enemies.
define (English, verb)
Forms: form: define
tags: canonical
form: defines
tags: third-person
singular
form: defined
tags: past
form: defined
tags: past
participle
form: defining
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪˈfaɪn/
tags: US
glosses: If you define a word, you state exactly what the word means.
examples: The dictionary defines the word "define" as "to state exactly what a word means".
gegenschein (English, name)
Forms: form: gegenschein
raw_tags: Proper noun
Pronunciation: ipa: ˈgeːgənʃaɪn
raw_tags: Audio
tags: UK
glosses: A faint glow that can be seen on the opposite side of the sky where the sun is, due to dust and debris around that position.
raw_tags: astronomy
showoff (English, noun)
Forms: form: showoff
raw_tags: Singular
form: showoffs
tags: plural
glosses: A person trying to show prowess or ability.
examples: They were a showoff.
bind (English, verb)
Forms: form: bind
tags: canonical
form: binds
tags: third-person
singular
form: bound
tags: past
form: bound
tags: past
participle
form: binding
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: ipa: /bʌɪnd/
tags: US
glosses: If you bind something put rope or string around it, often many times.
raw_tags: transitive
examples: She tied the rope around their hands, binding them tightly together.
He bound the books with string and carried them downstairs.
glosses: If something binds two people or things, it connects them.
raw_tags: transitive
examples: Now that he couldn't walk, he was bound to his nurse.
glosses: (transitive), (usually passive) If someone is bound by a rule, promise, etc., they must not break it.
examples: The media are not bound by the same rules that govern lawyers.
When they join the European Union, they will have to agree to be bound by the European Convention on Human Rights.
The president is not bound to sign any law that Congress sends up.
glosses: If two things bind, they stick together.
raw_tags: transitive & intransitive
examples: Carbon binds with oxygen to form carbon dioxide.
glosses: If you bind a book, you put it together so the pages stay together.
raw_tags: transitive
bind (English, noun)
Forms: form: bind
raw_tags: Singular
form: binds
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /bʌɪnd/
tags: US
glosses: A bind is a difficult position or situation.
raw_tags: countable
examples: I've lost my job and I'm in a terrible bind.
zodiac (English, noun)
Forms: form: zodiac
raw_tags: Singular
form: zodiacs
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈzəʊ.dɪ.æk/
tags: UK
ipa: /ˈzoʊ.dɪ.æk/
tags: US
tags: UK
glosses: A belt-like area of the sky that the Sun, Moon, and the planets pass through; it extends about eight degrees north and south of the ecliptic, and is divided into 12 equal parts which are each named after a constellation.
raw_tags: uncountable
astronomy
glosses: The 12 signs, or houses, of the zodiac. Each sign is named after one of the constellations in the zodiac.
raw_tags: uncountable
astrology
examples: My zodiac constellation is Gemini.
glosses: A circle decorated with the signs of the zodiac.
raw_tags: countable
examples: My friend has a tattoo of a zodiac.
customers (English, noun)
Forms: form: customer
raw_tags: Singular
form: customers
tags: plural
glosses: The plural form of customer; more than one (kind of) customer.
electron configuration (English, noun)
Forms: form: electron configuration
raw_tags: Singular
form: electron configurations
tags: plural
glosses: How the electrons in an atom are arranged.
raw_tags: physics
chemistry
examples: The electron configuration in a Hydrogen-1 atom is 1s¹.
atom (English, noun)
Forms: form: atom
raw_tags: Singular
form: atoms
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈætəm/
tags: US
glosses: An atom is the smallest bit that matter can be broken down into.
raw_tags: countable
examples: Atoms of hydrogen make up a water molecule.
glosses: A particle which is made up of protons, neutrons, and electrons.
raw_tags: countable
density (English, noun)
Forms: form: density
raw_tags: Singular
form: densities
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɛn.sɪ.ti/
tags: UK
ipa: /ˈdɛn.sə.ti/
tags: US
tags: UK
glosses: Density is how much stuff fits in a particular area.
raw_tags: uncountable
examples: The population density of Singapore is one of the highest in the world.
glosses: The density of a material is how closely packed its atoms are.
raw_tags: uncountable
examples: The density of water is higher than the density of steam.
arson (English, noun)
Forms: form: arson
raw_tags: Singular
form: arsons
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɑrsən/
tags: US
ipa: /ˈɑːsən/
tags: UK
tags: UK
glosses: Arson is the crime of setting a fire to cause damage.
raw_tags: uncountable
examples: A man is being held by police in connection with an arson attack that destroyed a school.
glosses: An arson is an act of arson.
raw_tags: countable
rare
examples: The cause of the fire is unknown, but investigators believe it to be an arson.
arsonist (English, noun)
Forms: form: arsonist
raw_tags: Singular
form: arsonists
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɑrsənəst/
tags: US
ipa: /ˈɑːsənɪst/
tags: UK
tags: UK
glosses: An arsonist is a person who sets fire to cause damage, especially in buildings or forests.
raw_tags: countable
examples: Forest fires are often caused by arsonists, but they are difficult to arrest.
gibberish (English, noun)
Forms: form: gibberish
raw_tags: Singular
form: –
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdʒɪb.ə.rɪʃ/
raw_tags: Audio
tags: UK
glosses: Gibberish is a language that is not understandable, because it has no meaning or is too complicated or technical.
raw_tags: uncountable
onomatopoeic
examples: Extraterrestrials in bad science-fiction often speak gibberish to make you understand that they are extraterrestrials.
Some people want to be considered specialists though they mainly use gibberish.
synonyms: gobbledygook
nonsense
tosh
gibber (English, verb)
Forms: form: gibber
tags: canonical
form: gibbers
tags: third-person
singular
form: gibbered
tags: past
form: gibbered
tags: past
participle
form: gibbering
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdʒɪbə(r)/
raw_tags: Audio
tags: UK
glosses: To gibber is to speak in a way you that cannot be understood, especially when using unknown words or known words that have no meaning put together.
raw_tags: onomatopoeic
examples: This magician gibbers when he does his tricks, because he wants to appear more mysterious.
tosh (English, noun)
Forms: form: tosh
raw_tags: Singular
form: –
tags: plural
Pronunciation: /tɒʃ/
glosses: Tosh is stupid nonsense, usually made intentionally so that no one can understand.
raw_tags: uncountable
examples: He always writes tosh on Wikipedia because he thinks it's funny, but in fact he's just blocked.
synonyms: nonsense
tuxedo (English, noun)
Forms: form: tuxedo
raw_tags: Singular
form: tuxedos or tuxedoes
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /tʌkˈsiːdəʊ/
tags: UK
tags: US
ipa: /tʌkˈsidoʊ/
tags: US
raw_tags: Audio
tags: UK
glosses: A tuxedo is black jacket that men wear in formal occasions.
tags: US
raw_tags: countable
synonyms: dinner jacket
glosses: A tuxedo is also the whole upper suit that includes this jacket, with a white shirt and a black bowtie.
raw_tags: countable
examples: In official receptions men always wear tuxedoes.
synonyms: dinner jacket
lipstick lesbian (English, noun)
Forms: form: lipstick lesbian
raw_tags: Singular
form: lipstick lesbians
tags: plural
glosses: A lipstick lesbian is a lesbian who looks very feminine. It is sometimes thought to be a stereotype of how a woman should look.
examples: Heterosexual men often imagine scenes between lipstick lesbians.
antonyms: butch
wizard (English, noun)
Forms: form: wizard
raw_tags: Singular
form: wizards
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwɪzəd/
tags: US
glosses: A person who uses magic, who has magical powers.
raw_tags: countable
examples: Wizards use magic to cast spells.
synonyms: magician
sorcerer
glosses: A person who is very talented in one area or more.
raw_tags: countable
metaphorical
examples: That guy is a wizard at problem-solving!
synonyms: genius
expert
prodigy
glosses: A computer program that simplifies operations for users that have little or no experience in computing.
raw_tags: countable
metaphorical
computing
examples: To install this drawing program, we had to use the install wizard to set the program up on the computer.
creepy-crawly (English, noun)
Forms: form: creepy-crawly
raw_tags: Singular
form: creepy-crawlies
tags: plural
glosses: A creepy-crawly is a small animal that crawls, such as an insect, spider, or worm; this word describes the way these animals move.
raw_tags: informal
examples: While most people are disgusted by creepy-crawlies, some find them interesting.
creep (English, noun)
Forms: form: creep
raw_tags: Singular
form: creeps
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /kriːp/
raw_tags: Audio
tags: US
glosses: When an animal moves with its belly close to the ground.
examples: The creep of the snake makes it frightening.
glosses: Small movement of an object.
glosses: Small and progressive changes of a measure.
examples: Few people noticed the creep of the prices this year.
glosses: A very annoying person who makes you nervous.
raw_tags: informal
examples: Stop staring at me all the time, you creep!
creep (English, verb)
Forms: form: crept
tags: past
form: crept
tags: past
participle
form: creep
tags: canonical
form: creeps
tags: third-person
singular
form: creeped
tags: past
form: creeped
tags: past
participle
form: creeping
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: ipa: /kriːp/
raw_tags: Audio
tags: US
glosses: An animal creeps when it moves with its belly close to the ground.
raw_tags: intransitive
examples: Snakes and lizards creep.
synonyms: crawl
glosses: A plant creeps when it grows close to the ground or stuck to a wall, instead of growing upwards.
raw_tags: intransitive
glosses: To move slowly and quietly in a particular direction, like a snake can move.
raw_tags: intransitive
glosses: To change slowly and gradually.
raw_tags: intransitive
examples: When prices creep, some people do not immediately notice the changes.
replicator (English, noun)
Forms: form: replicator
raw_tags: Singular
form: replicators
tags: plural
glosses: A replicator is a device or a structure that can make copies of itself.
examples: Genes are natural replicators.
glosses: A replicator is also a (fictional) man-made device that can make copies of itself, or transform matter to build any object or structure, living or not.
examples: Replicators still belong to science-fiction nowadays, but could exist one day thanks to technological progress.
cyborg (English, noun)
Forms: form: cyborg
raw_tags: Singular
form: cyborgs
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsaɪ.bɔː(r)ɡ/
tags: UK
raw_tags: Audio
tags: US
glosses: Mixing of cybernetic and organism, a cyborg is a being, usually human, that has an important part of mechanical/robotic devices in his or her body. He or she still has an organic brain, contrary to a robot.
raw_tags: science fiction
glosses: A true robot that has a relation with organic life, such as looking like a normal human being or having a human soul inside.
raw_tags: science fiction
examples: Terminator is a cyborg.
answering machine (English, phrase)
Forms: form: answering machine
raw_tags: Expression
glosses: An answering machine is an automatic device on a phone that leaves a message to people calling when you are absent or when you do not want to be phoned. At the end of the message they can also leave you their own message.
gift (English, noun)
Forms: form: gift
raw_tags: Singular
form: gifts
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡɪft/
raw_tags: Audio
tags: US
glosses: A gift is something given to another person voluntarily.
examples: I didn't receive many gifts this Christmas.
glosses: A special talent or natural ability.
examples: She has a gift for singing.
gift (English, verb)
Forms: form: gift
tags: canonical
form: gifts
tags: third-person
singular
form: gifted
tags: past
form: gifted
tags: past
participle
form: gifting
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡɪft/
raw_tags: Audio
tags: US
glosses: A gift is given to someone as a present.
raw_tags: transitive
examples: I received a gift from my parents as my Christmas present.
synonyms: contribute
donate
give
cube (English, noun)
Forms: form: cube
raw_tags: Singular
form: cubes
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /kjuːb/
tags: UK
tags: UK
ipa: /kjub/
tags: US
tags: US
raw_tags: Audio
tags: US
glosses: A cube is a shape that has six square faces of the same size.
raw_tags: countable
geometry
glosses: A cube is also a solid object that has more or less this shape.
raw_tags: countable
examples: I usually take two sugar cubes with my coffee.
glosses: The cube of a number n is this number multiplied three times by itself. Its symbol is n³.
raw_tags: countable
arithmetic
examples: The cube of 3 is 27, also written 3³ = 27.
cube (English, verb)
Forms: form: cube
tags: canonical
form: cubes
tags: third-person
singular
form: cubed
tags: past
form: cubed
tags: past
participle
form: cubing
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: ipa: /kjuːb/
tags: UK
tags: UK
ipa: /kjub/
tags: US
tags: US
raw_tags: Audio
tags: US
glosses: To cube a number is multiplying this number three times by itself.
raw_tags: arithmetic
examples: 3 cubed is 27.
glosses: To give something the shape of a cube.
glosses: To cut something into cubes.
raw_tags: especially cooking
examples: To cube the meat.
FTL (English, abbrev)
Forms: form: FTL
raw_tags: Initialism
glosses: FTL is a short way of saying Faster Than Light (travel), the word "travel" is usually not needed to understand.
raw_tags: science-fiction
examples: Though sci-fi uses it a lot, today's physics considers FTL impossible.
exclamation mark (English, noun)
Forms: form: exclamation mark
raw_tags: Singular
form: exclamation marks
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌeks.kləˈmeɪ.ʃənˌmɑ:k/
glosses: An exclamation mark is the sign ! used at the end of a sentence to express a strong emotion such as surprise, annoyance or anger.
raw_tags: countable
examples: In English a space is not needed between the last word and the exclamation mark.
Comics use a lot of exclamation marks alone to express strong emotions.
! (English, symbol)
Forms: form: !
raw_tags: Symbol
glosses: An exclamation mark used to show excitement, surprise or anger.
examples: Ouch! Help! I am hurt!
Children's rhyme: "The interjection cries out: 'Hark! I need an exclamation mark!'"
c.1649 A Fiery Flying Roll by Abiezer Coppe: "And now (my dearest ones!) every one under the Sun..."
glosses: (symbol) Used by itself as a sign to make you notice something, such as something that is dangerous or something that has gone wrong.
glosses: In computing, it usually represents a Boolean not.
raw_tags: computing
examples: "if !x" means "if not x"
glosses: factorial
raw_tags: mathematics
examples: 5! = 5 × 4 × 3 × 2 × 1
"five factorial equals…"
semicolon (English, noun)
Forms: form: semicolon
raw_tags: Singular
form: semicolons
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌsɛmiˈkəʊlən/
tags: UK
ipa: /ˈsɛmikoʊlən/
tags: US
raw_tags: Audio
tags: UK
glosses: A semicolon is the sign ; used to mark a pause longer than the comma (,) but shorter than the period (.).
examples: A space is needed after the semicolon.
Do not use a semicolon between a clause and a phrase, or a main clause and a subordinate clause.
; (English, symbol)
Forms: form: ;
raw_tags: Symbol
glosses: ; is the symbol for a semicolon.
fail (English, verb)
Forms: form: fail
tags: canonical
form: fails
tags: third-person
singular
form: failed
tags: past
form: failed
tags: past
participle
form: failing
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: ipa: /feɪl/
tags: US
glosses: To not achieve a goal, or to go wrong.
examples: The event is going to fail.
acronym (English, noun)
Forms: form: acronym
raw_tags: Singular
form: acronyms
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæk.rə.nɪm/
tags: UK
glosses: An acronym is an abbreviation usually made by the first letters of a series of words, and which is itself said as a word
raw_tags: countable
examples: RAM, radar and scuba are acronyms.
identifications (English, noun)
Forms: form: identification
raw_tags: Singular
form: identifications
tags: plural
glosses: The plural form of identification; more than one (kind of) identification.