crystalhe/wiktionary-zh-en-ja-ko huggingface dataset:
mudra (English, noun)
Forms: form: mudra
raw_tags: Singular
form: mudras
tags: plural
Pronunciation: raw_tags: Audio
tags: US
glosses: Mudra are hand and body positions used in classical Indian dancing.
examples: She moved her hands into a calming mudra.
mudras (English, noun)
Forms: form: mudra
raw_tags: Singular
form: mudras
tags: plural
glosses: The plural form of mudra; more than one (kind of) mudra.
dissent (English, noun)
Forms: form: dissent
raw_tags: Singular
form: dissents
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪˈsɛnt/
tags: UK
ipa: /dɪˈsɛnt/
tags: US
tags: UK
homophones: descent
glosses: Dissent is a difference of opinion.
examples: In his dissent he pointed out what was wrong with the decision.
glosses: Dissent can be a public protest to show disagreement with government.
examples: The people marched in the street, showing their dissent to the changes to the law.
dissent (English, verb)
Forms: form: dissent
tags: canonical
form: dissents
tags: third-person
singular
form: dissented
tags: past
form: dissented
tags: past
participle
form: dissenting
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪˈsɛnt/
tags: UK
ipa: /dɪˈsɛnt/
tags: US
tags: UK
homophones: descent
glosses: To dissent is to disagree or have a different opinion.
examples: The judge strongly dissented the decision of the Supreme Court.
glosses: To dissent can be to take action to show disagreement.
dissents (English, noun)
Forms: form: dissent
raw_tags: Singular
form: dissents
tags: plural
glosses: The plural form of dissent; more than one (kind of) dissent.
dissents (English, verb)
Forms: form: dissent
tags: canonical
form: dissents
tags: third-person
singular
form: dissented
tags: past
form: dissented
tags: past
participle
form: dissenting
tags: present
participle
glosses: The third-person singular form of dissent.
dissented (English, verb)
Forms: form: dissent
tags: canonical
form: dissents
tags: third-person
singular
form: dissented
tags: past
form: dissented
tags: past
participle
form: dissenting
tags: present
participle
glosses: The past tense and past participle of dissent.
dissenting (English, verb)
Forms: form: dissent
tags: canonical
form: dissents
tags: third-person
singular
form: dissented
tags: past
form: dissented
tags: past
participle
form: dissenting
tags: present
participle
glosses: The present participle of dissent.
telecom (English, noun)
Forms: form: telecom
raw_tags: Singular
form: telecoms
tags: plural
glosses: Telecom is short for telecommunications.
examples: He bought shares in cable, internet and telecom companies.
telecoms (English, noun)
Forms: form: telecom
raw_tags: Singular
form: telecoms
tags: plural
glosses: The plural form of telecom; more than one (kind of) telecom.
telecommunication (English, noun)
Forms: form: telecommunication
raw_tags: Singular
form: telecommunications
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌtɛlɪkəmjuːnɪˈkeɪʃ(ə)n/
tags: US
glosses: Telecommunication is the science of sending messages over a distance using radio, television, telegraph, computers, cable and telephone.
examples: Telecommunication has made it possible to speak directly to people in other countries.
glosses: A telecommunication is a message received by using radio, television, telegraph, computers, cable and telephone.
examples: The CIA was able to read the company's telecommunications using a spy satellite.
telecommunications (English, noun)
Forms: form: telecommunication
raw_tags: Singular
form: telecommunications
tags: plural
glosses: The plural form of telecommunication; more than one (kind of) telecommunication.
ephemeral (English, adj)
Forms: form: ephemeral
tags: positive
form: –
tags: comparative
form: –
tags: superlative
Pronunciation: raw_tags: Audio
tags: US
glosses: Something that is ephemeral is only temporary, it does not last long.
examples: "Here today and gone tomorrow" is a phrase which describes an ephemeral situation.
Her friendships seemed to be rather ephemeral.
Mayfly are ephemeral because their adults never last more than a day.
lignotuber (English, noun)
Forms: form: lignotuber
raw_tags: Singular
form: lignotubers
tags: plural
Pronunciation: /ˈlɪgnəʊˌtjuːbə(r)/
glosses: A lignotuber is a large root buried in the ground that can produce one or more tree trunks.
raw_tags: countable
botany
examples: Many Australian eucalypt trees have lignotubers which let the tree regrow after a bushfire.
rooted (English, verb)
Forms: form: root
tags: canonical
form: roots
tags: third-person
singular
form: rooted
tags: past
form: rooted
tags: past
participle
form: rooting
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈruːtɪd/
raw_tags: Audio
tags: US
raw_tags: Audio
tags: Australia
glosses: The past tense and past participle of root.
rooting (English, verb)
Forms: form: root
tags: canonical
form: roots
tags: third-person
singular
form: rooted
tags: past
form: rooted
tags: past
participle
form: rooting
tags: present
participle
glosses: The present participle of root.
moor (English, verb)
Forms: form: moor
tags: canonical
form: moors
tags: third-person
singular
form: moored
tags: past
form: moored
tags: past
participle
form: mooring
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: ipa: /moː/
tags: Australia
ipa: /mɔː/
tags: UK
ipa: /mɔr/
tags: US
tags: UK
tags: US
glosses: To moor a ship or boat is to tie it to a dock, jetty, or hold it in place with an anchor.
raw_tags: transitive & intransitive
examples: The big ship was moored at the long jetty.
moor (English, noun)
Forms: form: moor
raw_tags: Singular
form: moors
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /moː/
tags: Australia
ipa: /mɔː/
tags: UK
ipa: /mɔr/
tags: US
tags: UK
tags: US
glosses: A moor is open ground, often with peat soils, swampy, covered in grass or low shrubs.
raw_tags: countable
usually plural
examples: The search for the missing boy led them right across the moors.
moors (English, verb)
Forms: form: moor
tags: canonical
form: moors
tags: third-person
singular
form: moored
tags: past
form: moored
tags: past
participle
form: mooring
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: raw_tags: Audio
tags: US
glosses: The third-person singular form of moor.
moors (English, noun)
Forms: form: moor
raw_tags: Singular
form: moors
tags: plural
Pronunciation: raw_tags: Audio
tags: US
glosses: The plural form of moor; more than one (kind of) moor.
moored (English, verb)
Forms: form: moor
tags: canonical
form: moors
tags: third-person
singular
form: moored
tags: past
form: moored
tags: past
participle
form: mooring
tags: present
participle
glosses: The past tense and past participle of moor.
mooring (English, verb)
Forms: form: moor
tags: canonical
form: moors
tags: third-person
singular
form: moored
tags: past
form: moored
tags: past
participle
form: mooring
tags: present
participle
glosses: The present participle of moor.
Moor (English, noun)
Forms: form: Moor
raw_tags: Singular
form: Moors
tags: plural
glosses: A Moor is a Muslim person from northern Africa with Arab and Berber ancestors.
examples: The Moors ruled Spain for more than 700 years.
Moors (English, noun)
Forms: form: Moor
raw_tags: Singular
form: Moors
tags: plural
glosses: The plural form of Moor; more than one (kind of) Moor.
capital punishment (English, phrase)
Forms: form: capital punishment
raw_tags: Expression
glosses: Capital punishment is a specific punishment that results in the death of the accused.
examples: The use of capital punishment for murderers is controversial.
synonyms: death penalty
Santa (English, name)
Forms: form: Santa
raw_tags: Proper noun
glosses: Santa is short for Santa Claus, the person who brings children presents at Christmas.
examples: The children were excited at Christmas because they hoped Santa would leave them presents.
editable (English, adj)
Forms: form: editable
tags: positive
form: –
tags: comparative
form: –
tags: superlative
glosses: If something is editable you can change or edit it.
examples: This page is editable, like all Wiktionary pages.
swede (English, noun)
Forms: form: swede
raw_tags: Singular
form: swedes
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /swiːd/
raw_tags: Audio
tags: Australia
homophones: Swede
glosses: A swede is a yellow root vegetable, like a turnip.
raw_tags: countable
examples: He really enjoyed a dinner of fish with boiled swedes and peas.
Swede (English, noun)
Forms: form: Swede
raw_tags: Singular
form: Swedes
tags: plural
glosses: A Swede is a person from Sweden.
examples: Alfred Nobel is a famous Swede, who gave the money for the Nobel Prizes.
Swedes (English, noun)
Forms: form: Swede
raw_tags: Singular
form: Swedes
tags: plural
glosses: The plural form of Swede; more than one (kind of) Swede.
alarm clocks (English, noun)
Forms: form: alarm clock
raw_tags: Singular
form: alarm clocks
tags: plural
glosses: The plural form of alarm clock; more than one (kind of) alarm clock.
Santas (English, noun)
Forms: form: Santa
raw_tags: Singular
form: Santas
tags: plural
glosses: The plural form of Santa; more than one (kind of) Santa.
capital punishments (English, noun)
Forms: form: capital punishment
raw_tags: Singular
form: capital punishments
tags: plural
glosses: The plural form of capital punishment; more than one (kind of) capital punishment.
lignotubers (English, noun)
Forms: form: lignotuber
raw_tags: Singular
form: lignotubers
tags: plural
glosses: The plural form of lignotuber; more than one (kind of) lignotuber.
mistily (English, adv)
glosses: Mistily refers to being full of or covered with something; in a misty manner.
downtown (English, prep)
Forms: form: downtown
raw_tags: Preposition
glosses: In or in the direction of the center of a city or town.
examples: The bus is headed downtown.
glosses: Outside the three-point line, or generally far from the basket.
raw_tags: basketball
examples: He took a shot from way downtown!
downtown (English, noun)
Forms: form: downtown
raw_tags: Singular
form: downtowns
tags: plural
glosses: Either the lower, or the business center, of a city or town.
raw_tags: countable & uncountable
examples: The downtown was badly damaged in the war.
The downtown stores usually open early.
banners (English, noun)
Forms: form: banner
raw_tags: Singular
form: banners
tags: plural
glosses: The plural form of banner; more than one banner.
decimals (English, noun)
Forms: form: decimal
raw_tags: Singular
form: decimals
tags: plural
glosses: The plural form of decimal; more than one decimal.
rockhole (English, noun)
Forms: form: rockhole
raw_tags: Singular
form: rockholes
tags: plural
glosses: A hole in an outcrop of solid bedrock that holds surface water.
glosses: Any depression or opening in an area of bedrock sticking out of the ground. Often found in granite outcrops.
rockholes (English, noun)
Forms: form: rockhole
raw_tags: Singular
form: rockholes
tags: plural
glosses: The plural form of rockhole; more than one rockhole.
rock hole (English, noun)
Forms: form: rock hole
raw_tags: Singular
form: rock holes
tags: plural
glosses: Rock hole is another way of spelling rockhole.
raw_tags: countable
rock holes (English, noun)
Forms: form: rock hole
raw_tags: Singular
form: rock holes
tags: plural
glosses: The plural form of rock hole; more than one rock hole.
bedrock (English, noun)
Forms: form: bedrock
raw_tags: Singular
form: –
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɛdrɒk/
tags: UK
ipa: /ˈbɛdˌrɑk/
tags: US
tags: UK
glosses: The solid rock that sits below the ground surface (and sometimes sticks out of the ground).
raw_tags: uncountable
g force (English, noun)
Forms: form: g force
raw_tags: Singular
form: g forces
tags: plural
glosses: G force is another way of spelling g-force.
g forces (English, noun)
Forms: form: g force
raw_tags: Singular
form: g forces
tags: plural
glosses: The plural form of g force; more than one (kind of) g force.
downtowns (English, noun)
Forms: form: downtown
raw_tags: Singular
form: downtowns
tags: plural
glosses: The plural form of downtown; more than one (kind of) downtown.
banquets (English, noun)
Forms: form: banquet
raw_tags: Singular
form: banquets
tags: plural
glosses: The plural form of banquet; more than one (kind of) banquet.
watts (English, noun)
Forms: form: watt
raw_tags: Singular
form: watts
tags: plural
glosses: The plural form of watt; more than one (kind of) watt.
aerosols (English, noun)
Forms: form: aerosol
raw_tags: Singular
form: aerosols
tags: plural
glosses: The plural form of aerosol; more than one (kind of) aerosol.
banisters (English, noun)
Forms: form: banister
raw_tags: Singular
form: banisters
tags: plural
glosses: The plural form of banister; more than one (kind of) banister.
adverts (English, noun)
Forms: form: advert
raw_tags: Singular
form: adverts
tags: plural
glosses: The plural form of advert; more than one (kind of) advert.
wasps (English, noun)
Forms: form: wasp
raw_tags: Singular
form: wasps
tags: plural
glosses: The plural form of wasp; more than one (kind of) wasp.
washbasins (English, noun)
Forms: form: washbasin
raw_tags: Singular
form: washbasins
tags: plural
glosses: The plural form of washbasin; more than one (kind of) washbasin.
wardens (English, noun)
Forms: form: warden
raw_tags: Singular
form: wardens
tags: plural
glosses: The plural form of warden; more than one (kind of) warden.
passages (English, noun)
Forms: form: passage
raw_tags: Singular
form: passages
tags: plural
Pronunciation: raw_tags: Audio
tags: US
glosses: The plural form of passage; more than one (kind of) passage.
fabrics (English, noun)
Forms: form: fabric
raw_tags: Singular
form: fabrics
tags: plural
glosses: The plural form of fabric; more than one (kind of) fabric.
fables (English, noun)
Forms: form: fable
raw_tags: Singular
form: fables
tags: plural
glosses: The plural form of fable; more than one (kind of) fable.
elves (English, noun)
Forms: form: elf
raw_tags: Singular
form: elves
tags: plural
glosses: The plural form of elf; more than one elf.
easels (English, noun)
Forms: form: easel
raw_tags: Singular
form: easels
tags: plural
glosses: The plural form of easel; more than one (kind of) easel.
dalmatians (English, noun)
Forms: form: dalmatian
raw_tags: Singular
form: dalmatians
tags: plural
glosses: The plural form of dalmatian; more than one (kind of) dalmatian.
daisies (English, noun)
Forms: form: daisy
raw_tags: Singular
form: daisies
tags: plural
glosses: The plural form of daisy; more than one (kind of) daisy.
canes (English, noun)
Forms: form: cane
raw_tags: Singular
form: canes
tags: plural
glosses: The plural form of cane; more than one (kind of) cane.
canaries (English, noun)
Forms: form: canary
raw_tags: Singular
form: canaries
tags: plural
glosses: The plural form of canary; more than one (kind of) canary.
rafts (English, noun)
Forms: form: raft
raw_tags: Singular
form: rafts
tags: plural
glosses: The plural form of raft; more than one (kind of) raft.
pastries (English, noun)
Forms: form: pastry
raw_tags: Singular
form: pastries
tags: plural
glosses: The plural form of pastry; more than one (kind of) pastry.
caned (English, verb)
Forms: form: cane
tags: canonical
form: canes
tags: third-person
singular
form: caned
tags: past
form: caned
tags: past
participle
form: caning
tags: present
participle
glosses: The past tense and past participle of cane.
caning (English, verb)
Forms: form: cane
tags: canonical
form: canes
tags: third-person
singular
form: caned
tags: past
form: caned
tags: past
participle
form: caning
tags: present
participle
glosses: The present participle of cane.
trope (English, noun)
Forms: form: trope
raw_tags: Singular
form: tropes
tags: plural
glosses: Something which is common in popular culture or in a type of literature, such as ‘once upon a time’ is the first lline of a story
glosses: A figure of speech in which words or phrases are used with a special meaning, like a metaphor
glosses: A short section at the end of the melody in some early music.
raw_tags: music
glosses: A phrase or verse added to the mass when sung by a choir.
raw_tags: music
tropes (English, noun)
Forms: form: trope
raw_tags: Singular
form: tropes
tags: plural
glosses: The plural form of trope; more than one (kind of) trope.
accessory (English, noun)
Forms: form: accessory
raw_tags: Singular
form: accessories
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /əkˈsɛsəri/
tags: US
ipa: /əkˈsɛs(ə)ri/
tags: UK
tags: US
glosses: An accessory is an extra item, not needed, but which adds to the whole.
raw_tags: countable
examples: She bought a number of accessories including a bag, hat, and gloves, to match her new dress.
glosses: An accessory is a person who helps someone to break the law.
raw_tags: countable
law
examples: Because she helped him hide the body after the murder, she was charged with being an accessory to the crime.
accessories (English, noun)
Forms: form: accessory
raw_tags: Singular
form: accessories
tags: plural
glosses: The plural form of accessory; more than one (kind of) accessory.
arbitration (English, noun)
Forms: form: arbitration
raw_tags: Singular
form: arbitrations
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɑː.bɪˈtreɪ.ʃən/
tags: UK
ipa: /ˌɑr.bɪˈtreɪ.ʃən/
tags: US
glosses: Arbitration is a way of settling a dispute. An independent person listens to arguments from all participants in the dispute, and then makes a decision.
examples: The two neighbors had to go to arbitration to decide who had to pay for the new fence.
arbitrations (English, noun)
Forms: form: arbitration
raw_tags: Singular
form: arbitrations
tags: plural
glosses: The plural form of arbitration; more than one (kind of) arbitration.
coalition (English, noun)
Forms: form: coalition
raw_tags: Singular
form: coalitions
tags: plural
Pronunciation: tags: US
ipa: /koʊəˈlɪʃən/
tags: US
raw_tags: Audio
tags: UK
glosses: A temporary group that is formed for a particular reason.
raw_tags: countable
examples: The two governments formed a coalition to help their workers.
coalitions (English, noun)
Forms: form: coalition
raw_tags: Singular
form: coalitions
tags: plural
glosses: The plural form of coalition; more than one (kind of) coalition.
bowling alley (English, noun)
Forms: form: bowling alley
raw_tags: Singular
form: bowling alleys
tags: plural
Pronunciation: tags: US
glosses: A bowling alley is a building where 10 pin bowling is played.
raw_tags: countable
examples: We went to the bowling alley for a game.
bowling alleys (English, noun)
Forms: form: bowling alley
raw_tags: Singular
form: bowling alleys
tags: plural
glosses: The plural form of bowling alley; more than one (kind of) bowling alley.
intimidate (English, verb)
Forms: form: intimidate
tags: canonical
form: intimidates
tags: third-person
singular
form: intimidated
tags: past
form: intimidated
tags: past
participle
form: intimidating
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪnˈtɪmɪdeɪt/
tags: UK
glosses: To make fearful; to inspire or affect with fear; to stop or block others by threats
raw_tags: transitive
examples: He's trying to intimidate you. If you ignore him, hopefully he'll stop.
steamroller (English, noun)
Forms: form: steamroller
raw_tags: Singular
form: steamrollers
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈstimˌroʊlɚ/
tags: US
tags: US
glosses: A steamroller is a steam-powered heavy road-making machine.
raw_tags: countable
examples: A steamroller was used to make the road smooth and hard.
glosses: A modern steamroller is a petrol or diesel-powered heavy road making machine.
raw_tags: countable
glosses: A figure of speech for anything that rolls over someone or something else.
raw_tags: uncountable
devalue (English, verb)
Forms: form: devalue
tags: canonical
form: devalues
tags: third-person
singular
form: devalued
tags: past
form: devalued
tags: past
participle
form: devaluing
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: ipa: /diːˈvæljuː/
raw_tags: Audio
tags: UK
glosses: To lower or remove the value of something.
examples: The bully tried to devalue his critics.
glosses: To lose value.
raw_tags: money
examples: The government wanted to devalue the Australian dollar in relation to the euro.
arm-twisting (English, noun)
Forms: form: arm-twisting
raw_tags: Singular
form: arm-twistings
tags: plural
glosses: The use of personal pressure to persuade
glosses: The use of political pressure to gain support
premise (English, noun)
Forms: form: premise
raw_tags: Singular
form: premises
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈprɛ.mɪs/
raw_tags: Audio
tags: UK
glosses: A premise is a set of ideas from which you can put forward an answer or reach conclusion.
raw_tags: countable
examples: A basic premise of Christianity is to treat other people like you want to be treated.
premise (English, verb)
Forms: form: premise
tags: canonical
form: premises
tags: third-person
singular
form: premised
tags: past
form: premised
tags: past
participle
form: premising
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈprɛ.mɪs/
raw_tags: Audio
tags: UK
glosses: If you premise, you make an argument based on findings.
premises (English, noun)
Forms: form: premise
raw_tags: Singular
form: premises
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈprɛmɪsɪz/
raw_tags: Audio
tags: UK
glosses: The plural form of premise; more than one (kind of) premise.
glosses: Premises is the land, and all the structures built on it.
raw_tags: plural only
examples: This organization will be moving its headquarters to a new premises.
premises (English, verb)
Forms: form: premise
tags: canonical
form: premises
tags: third-person
singular
form: premised
tags: past
form: premised
tags: past
participle
form: premising
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈprɛmɪsɪz/
raw_tags: Audio
tags: UK
glosses: The third-person singular form of premise.
intimidates (English, verb)
Forms: form: intimidate
tags: canonical
form: intimidates
tags: third-person
singular
form: intimidated
tags: past
form: intimidated
tags: past
participle
form: intimidating
tags: present
participle
glosses: The third-person singular form of intimidate.
intimidated (English, verb)
Forms: form: intimidate
tags: canonical
form: intimidates
tags: third-person
singular
form: intimidated
tags: past
form: intimidated
tags: past
participle
form: intimidating
tags: present
participle
glosses: The past tense and past participle of intimidate.
intimidating (English, verb)
Forms: form: intimidate
tags: canonical
form: intimidates
tags: third-person
singular
form: intimidated
tags: past
form: intimidated
tags: past
participle
form: intimidating
tags: present
participle
glosses: The present participle of intimidate.
steamrollers (English, noun)
Forms: form: steamroller
raw_tags: Singular
form: steamrollers
tags: plural
glosses: The plural form of steamroller; more than one (kind of) steamroller.
devalues (English, verb)
Forms: form: devalue
tags: canonical
form: devalues
tags: third-person
singular
form: devalued
tags: past
form: devalued
tags: past
participle
form: devaluing
tags: present
participle
glosses: The third-person singular form of devalue.
devalued (English, verb)
Forms: form: devalue
tags: canonical
form: devalues
tags: third-person
singular
form: devalued
tags: past
form: devalued
tags: past
participle
form: devaluing
tags: present
participle
glosses: The past tense and past participle of devalue.
devaluing (English, verb)
Forms: form: devalue
tags: canonical
form: devalues
tags: third-person
singular
form: devalued
tags: past
form: devalued
tags: past
participle
form: devaluing
tags: present
participle
glosses: The present participle of devalue.
blunter (English, adj)
Forms: form: blunt
tags: positive
form: blunter
tags: comparative
form: bluntest
tags: superlative
glosses: The comparative form of blunt; more blunt.
bluntest (English, adj)
Forms: form: blunt
tags: positive
form: blunter
tags: comparative
form: bluntest
tags: superlative
glosses: The superlative form of blunt; most blunt.
hashes (English, noun)
Forms: form: hash
raw_tags: Singular
form: hashes
tags: plural
glosses: The plural form of hash; more than one (kind of) hash.
sheer (English, verb)
Forms: form: sheer
tags: canonical
form: sheers
tags: third-person
singular
form: sheered
tags: past
form: sheered
tags: past
participle
form: sheering
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈʃɪə/
tags: UK
ipa: /ʃɪr/
tags: US
tags: US
tags: Australia
homophones: shear
glosses: To sheer is to turn sharply or change direction quickly.
examples: The lion hoped that one of the deer would sheer off from the herd so he could catch it.
sheer (English, adj)
Forms: form: sheer
tags: positive
form: –
tags: comparative
form: –
tags: superlative
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈʃɪə/
tags: UK
ipa: /ʃɪr/
tags: US
tags: US
tags: Australia
homophones: shear
glosses: Sheer is total, complete, without anything to hold it back.
examples: When people heard the air raid siren they ran around in sheer panic.
glosses: Something that is sheer is very steep, almost vertical.
examples: They came to the edge of the cliff, with a sheer drop into the valley below.
glosses: Sheer material is so thin you can almost see through it.
examples: She wore her high heel shoes and her sheer silk stockings.
sheers (English, verb)
Forms: form: sheer
tags: canonical
form: sheers
tags: third-person
singular
form: sheered
tags: past
form: sheered
tags: past
participle
form: sheering
tags: present
participle
glosses: The third-person singular form of sheer.
sheered (English, verb)
Forms: form: sheer
tags: canonical
form: sheers
tags: third-person
singular
form: sheered
tags: past
form: sheered
tags: past
participle
form: sheering
tags: present
participle
glosses: The past tense and past participle of sheer.
sheering (English, verb)
Forms: form: sheer
tags: canonical
form: sheers
tags: third-person
singular
form: sheered
tags: past
form: sheered
tags: past
participle
form: sheering
tags: present
participle
glosses: The present participle of sheer.
scrape (English, verb)
Forms: form: scrape
tags: canonical
form: scrapes
tags: third-person
singular
form: scraped
tags: past
form: scraped
tags: past
participle
form: scraping
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: ipa: /skreɪp/
tags: US
glosses: To scrape is to drag something with force across a surface.
examples: She was worried the heavy table would scrape the polished floor as it was being moved.
He needed to scrape the mud off his boots before entering the house.
glosses: To scrape is to make something smooth by rubbing.
examples: He could scrape off the rough edges to make the stone smooth.
glosses: To scrape is to save or collect things with difficulty.
examples: After I lost my job, I had to really scrape to have enough money for the rent.
scrape (English, noun)
Forms: form: scrape
raw_tags: Singular
form: scrapes
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /skreɪp/
tags: US
glosses: A scrape is the noise made by forced rubbing.
examples: He could hear the scrape of the table being dragged across the floor.
glosses: A scrape is a wound made by rubbing.
examples: She had a nasty scrape on her knee after falling on the path.
glosses: A scrape is a fight.
raw_tags: slang
examples: The two boys got into a bit of a scrape during the football match.
scrapes (English, verb)
Forms: form: scrape
tags: canonical
form: scrapes
tags: third-person
singular
form: scraped
tags: past
form: scraped
tags: past
participle
form: scraping
tags: present
participle
glosses: The third-person singular form of scrape.
scrapes (English, noun)
Forms: form: scrape
raw_tags: Singular
form: scrapes
tags: plural
glosses: The plural form of scrape; more than one (kind of) scrape.
scraped (English, verb)
Forms: form: scrape
tags: canonical
form: scrapes
tags: third-person
singular
form: scraped
tags: past
form: scraped
tags: past
participle
form: scraping
tags: present
participle
glosses: The past tense and past participle of scrape.
scraping (English, verb)
Forms: form: scrape
tags: canonical
form: scrapes
tags: third-person
singular
form: scraped
tags: past
form: scraped
tags: past
participle
form: scraping
tags: present
participle
glosses: The present participle of scrape.
puppet (English, noun)
Forms: form: puppet
raw_tags: Singular
form: puppets
tags: plural
Pronunciation: raw_tags: Audio
tags: US
glosses: A puppet is a doll or animal figure that is moved by strings.
examples: Another name for a string puppet is a marionette.
glosses: A puppet is a doll or animal figure that is moved by a hand place inside it.
examples: Mr. Punch is a famous glove puppet from the "Punch and Judy" puppet show.
glosses: A puppet is a doll or animal figure that is moved with long sticks.
examples: The play had a large dragon puppet with four men using long sticks to make it flap its wings.
glosses: A puppet is a person whose actions are controlled by other people.
examples: The new President was simply a puppet of the army generals.
puppets (English, noun)
Forms: form: puppet
raw_tags: Singular
form: puppets
tags: plural
glosses: The plural form of puppet; more than one (kind of) puppet.
tread (English, noun)
Forms: form: tread
raw_tags: Singular
form: treads
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /trɛd/
tags: US
glosses: A tread is a step, as in walking.
examples: The old man moved with heavy tread across the road.
glosses: A tread is a mark made by someone taking a step.
examples: The police searched the crime scene for tread marks.
glosses: Tread is the part of a wheel, tyre, or a shoe that touches the road.
examples: The car left tread marks across the lawn.
glosses: Tread is the surface pattern on a tyre.
examples: The car was not safe as there was very little tread left on the tyre.
glosses: The tread on a stair is the part on which you put your foot.
examples: The wooden staircase had to be fixed by replacing the rotten treads.
tread (English, verb)
Forms: form: tread
tags: past
form: tread
tags: past
participle
form: trod
tags: past
participle
form: tread
tags: canonical
form: treads
tags: third-person
singular
form: trod
tags: past
form: trodden
tags: past
participle
form: treading
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: ipa: /trɛd/
tags: US
glosses: To tread is to take a step.
examples: The wooden bridge did not look safe so I had to tread carefully.
glosses: To tread is to stand on, or crush.
examples: To make wine you need to tread on the grapes to squeeze out the juice.
glosses: The past tense and past participle of tread.
treads (English, noun)
Forms: form: tread
raw_tags: Singular
form: treads
tags: plural
glosses: The plural form of tread; more than one (kind of) tread.
treads (English, verb)
Forms: form: tread
tags: past
form: tread
tags: past
participle
form: trod
tags: past
form: trod
tags: past
participle
form: tread
tags: canonical
form: treads
tags: third-person
singular
form: trodden
tags: past
form: trodden
tags: past
participle
form: treading
tags: present
participle
glosses: The third-person singular form of tread.
hartal (English, noun)
Forms: form: hartal
raw_tags: Singular
form: hartals
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhɑː.tɑːl/
tags: UK
raw_tags: Audio
tags: UK
glosses: In India, a hartal is closing a shop or not working as part of a political protest.
examples: The hartal was a large disservice to Srivijaya, who wanted to go shopping at the bazaar.
trod (English, verb)
Forms: form: tread
tags: past
form: tread
tags: past
participle
form: trod
tags: past
participle
form: tread
tags: canonical
form: treads
tags: third-person
singular
form: trod
tags: past
form: trodden
tags: past
participle
form: treading
tags: present
participle
glosses: The past tense and past participle of tread.
trodden (English, verb)
Forms: form: tread
tags: past
form: tread
tags: past
participle
form: trod
tags: past
participle
form: tread
tags: canonical
form: treads
tags: third-person
singular
form: trod
tags: past
form: trodden
tags: past
participle
form: treading
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtrɑdən/
tags: US
glosses: The past tense and past participle of tread.
treading (English, verb)
Forms: form: tread
tags: past
form: tread
tags: past
participle
form: trod
tags: past
form: trod
tags: past
participle
form: tread
tags: canonical
form: treads
tags: third-person
singular
form: trodden
tags: past
form: trodden
tags: past
participle
form: treading
tags: present
participle
glosses: The present participle of tread.
hartals (English, noun)
Forms: form: hartal
raw_tags: Singular
form: hartals
tags: plural
glosses: The plural form of hartal; more than one (kind of) hartal.
spectacle (English, noun)
Forms: form: spectacle
raw_tags: Singular
form: spectacles
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈspɛktəkl̩/
tags: UK
glosses: A spectacle is something that you see that is unusual or notable.
examples: I will never forget the spectacle of watching trying to carry all his bags home from the station.
glosses: A spectacle is a display or event on a grand scale.
examples: The opening ceremony of the Olympic Games was quite a spectacle.
glosses: To make a spectacle of yourself you do something stupid that other people can see.
examples: While trying to impress the boys, she fell over in her high heel shoes, making a real spectacle of herself.
spectacles (English, noun)
Forms: form: spectacle
raw_tags: Singular
form: spectacles
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈspɛktəkl̩z/
raw_tags: Audio
tags: US
glosses: The plural form of spectacle; more than one (kind of) spectacle.
glosses: Spectacles are a pair of eyeglasses.
examples: She could not read the newspaper without her spectacles.
token (English, noun)
Forms: form: token
raw_tags: Singular
form: tokens
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtəʊkən/
tags: UK
ipa: /ˈtoʊkən/
tags: US
raw_tags: Audio
tags: US
glosses: A token is an individual symbol, representing something else.
raw_tags: countable
examples: A postage stamp is a token to show you have paid the postal charge.
A king's crown is a token to show his royal power and authority.
glosses: A token can be a plastic or metal disc used instead of a coin.
raw_tags: countable
examples: He had to put a token in the ticket machine to enter the station.
token (English, adj)
Forms: form: token
tags: positive
form: –
tags: comparative
form: –
tags: superlative
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtəʊkən/
tags: UK
ipa: /ˈtoʊkən/
tags: US
raw_tags: Audio
tags: US
glosses: A token is a small amount, purely symbolic.
examples: He was not interested in winning, so he only made a token effort.
tokens (English, noun)
Forms: form: token
raw_tags: Singular
form: tokens
tags: plural
Pronunciation: raw_tags: Audio
tags: US
glosses: The plural form of token; more than one (kind of) token.
ream (English, noun)
Forms: form: ream
raw_tags: Singular
form: reams
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /riːm/
raw_tags: Audio
tags: Australia
raw_tags: Audio
tags: UK
glosses: A ream is a measure of paper; there are 500 sheets in a ream.
raw_tags: countable
examples: He was sent to the storeroom to bring back a ream of paper.
glosses: A ream is a lot of written work.
raw_tags: usually plural
examples: He had to complete reams for his mid term essay.
ream (English, verb)
Forms: form: ream
tags: canonical
form: reams
tags: third-person
singular
form: reamed
tags: past
form: reamed
tags: past
participle
form: reaming
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: ipa: /riːm/
raw_tags: Audio
tags: Australia
raw_tags: Audio
tags: UK
glosses: To ream is to make a hole, or make a hole bigger.
glosses: To ream is to remove material from a hole with a reamer.
glosses: When you ream a lemon, you squeeze out the juice with a reamer.
reams (English, noun)
Forms: form: ream
raw_tags: Singular
form: reams
tags: plural
glosses: The plural form of ream; more than one (kind of) ream.
reams (English, verb)
Forms: form: ream
tags: canonical
form: reams
tags: third-person
singular
form: reamed
tags: past
form: reamed
tags: past
participle
form: reaming
tags: present
participle
glosses: The third-person singular form of ream.
reamed (English, verb)
Forms: form: ream
tags: canonical
form: reams
tags: third-person
singular
form: reamed
tags: past
form: reamed
tags: past
participle
form: reaming
tags: present
participle
glosses: The past tense and past participle of ream.
reaming (English, verb)
Forms: form: ream
tags: canonical
form: reams
tags: third-person
singular
form: reamed
tags: past
form: reamed
tags: past
participle
form: reaming
tags: present
participle
glosses: The present participle of ream.
coincidences (English, noun)
Forms: form: coincidence
raw_tags: Singular
form: coincidences
tags: plural
glosses: The plural form of coincidence; more than one (kind of) coincidence.
sergeant (English, noun)
Forms: form: sergeant
raw_tags: Singular
form: sergeants
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɑː.d͡ʒənt/
tags: UK
ipa: /ˈsɑr.d͡ʒənt/
tags: US
tags: US
glosses: A sergeant is a noncomissioned officer in the army, higher in rank than a corporal but lower in rank than a staff sergeant.
raw_tags: countable
examples: She was wearing a huge army overcoat which had sergeant stripes at the shoulder.
glosses: A sergeant is an officer in the police force, higher in rank than a constable but lower than an inspector.
raw_tags: countable
examples: He was a police sergeant with over twenty years experience.
sergeants (English, noun)
Forms: form: sergeant
raw_tags: Singular
form: sergeants
tags: plural
glosses: The plural form of sergeant; more than one (kind of) sergeant.
tide (English, noun)
Forms: form: tide
raw_tags: Singular
form: tides
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /taɪd/
ipa: [tʰɑe̯d]
tags: Australia
tags: US
homophones: tied
glosses: The tide is the regular rising and falling of sea levels caused by the moon.
examples: After getting the ship stuck on sand, the crew had to wait until high tide so it would refloat.
glosses: A tide may be something that rises and falls as if it were the sea.
examples: The politicians knew that one day the tide of public opinion would agree with them.
glosses: Tide is a period of time or a season; usually used with another word.
examples: She always looked forward to Whitsun tide.
tides (English, noun)
Forms: form: tide
raw_tags: Singular
form: tides
tags: plural
Pronunciation: raw_tags: Audio
tags: US
glosses: The plural form of tide; more than one (kind of) tide.
tack (English, noun)
Forms: form: tack
raw_tags: Singular
form: tacks
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /tæk/
tags: UK
US
tags: US
glosses: A tack is a small, sharp nail with a large flat head.
raw_tags: countable
examples: He needed a tack to hold the carpet edge down.
glosses: A tack is the direction of a boat sailing against the wind.
examples: The boat sailed across the bay on a southerly tack.
glosses: A tack is a course or direction to follow.
examples: Our ideas caused so much anger we were forced to change tack.
glosses: Tack is items that are used for horse riding.
examples: The saddles were kept in the tack room.
tack (English, verb)
Forms: form: tack
tags: canonical
form: tacks
tags: third-person
singular
form: tacked
tags: past
form: tacked
tags: past
participle
form: tacking
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: ipa: /tæk/
tags: UK
US
tags: US
glosses: To tack is to use small nails to hold something.
examples: She had to tack the new rules on the notice board.
glosses: To tack is to put something together.
examples: We might be able to tack together a few ideas.
glosses: To tack is to sew something together with large loose stitches.
examples: The tailor quickly began to tack the hem of her dress.
glosses: To tack is to sail a zigzag course against the wind.
examples: We had to tack our way along the coast.
tacks (English, noun)
Forms: form: tack
raw_tags: Singular
form: tacks
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /tæks/
homophones: tax
glosses: The plural form of tack; more than one (kind of) tack.
tacks (English, verb)
Forms: form: tack
tags: canonical
form: tacks
tags: third-person
singular
form: tacked
tags: past
form: tacked
tags: past
participle
form: tacking
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: ipa: /tæks/
homophones: tax
glosses: The third-person singular form of tack.
tacked (English, verb)
Forms: form: tack
tags: canonical
form: tacks
tags: third-person
singular
form: tacked
tags: past
form: tacked
tags: past
participle
form: tacking
tags: present
participle
glosses: The past tense and past participle of tack.
tacking (English, verb)
Forms: form: tack
tags: canonical
form: tacks
tags: third-person
singular
form: tacked
tags: past
form: tacked
tags: past
participle
form: tacking
tags: present
participle
glosses: The present participle of tack.
examples: We watched the boat tacking across the bay.
supplement (English, noun)
Forms: form: supplement
raw_tags: Singular
form: supplements
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsʌpləmənt/
tags: UK
glosses: A supplement is extra text that is added to the end of a book.
examples: At the back of the book was a supplement with maps showing where the story took place.
glosses: A supplement is a small insert or magazine added to a newspaper.
examples: He read the sport supplement that came with the Sunday paper.
glosses: A supplement is an extra that is added to something.
examples: His hotel bill included an internet connection supplement.
glosses: A supplement is a loosely attached expression set off by intonation and usually punctuation, presenting supplementary, non-integrated content.
raw_tags: grammar
supplement (English, verb)
Forms: form: supplement
tags: canonical
form: supplements
tags: third-person
singular
form: supplemented
tags: past
form: supplemented
tags: past
participle
form: supplementing
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsʌpləmənt/
tags: UK
glosses: To supplement is to add something extra.
examples: The doctor told him to supplement his new diet with vitamins.
supplements (English, noun)
Forms: form: supplement
raw_tags: Singular
form: supplements
tags: plural
glosses: The plural form of supplement; more than one (kind of) supplement.
supplements (English, verb)
Forms: form: supplement
tags: canonical
form: supplements
tags: third-person
singular
form: supplemented
tags: past
form: supplemented
tags: past
participle
form: supplementing
tags: present
participle
glosses: The third-person singular form of supplement.
supplemented (English, verb)
Forms: form: supplement
tags: canonical
form: supplements
tags: third-person
singular
form: supplemented
tags: past
form: supplemented
tags: past
participle
form: supplementing
tags: present
participle
glosses: The past tense and past participle of supplement.
supplementing (English, verb)
Forms: form: supplement
tags: canonical
form: supplements
tags: third-person
singular
form: supplemented
tags: past
form: supplemented
tags: past
participle
form: supplementing
tags: present
participle
glosses: The present participle of supplement.
brute (English, noun)
Forms: form: brute
raw_tags: Singular
form: brutes
tags: plural
Pronunciation: tags: UK
ipa: /bruːt/
tags: UK
ipa: /brut/
tags: US
tags: UK
tags: US
glosses: A brute is an animal.
raw_tags: countable
examples: He told her he would not come to the house unless she tied up her brute.
glosses: A person who behaves like an animal is a brute.
raw_tags: countable
examples: The brute just pushed his way to the front of the line.
brute (English, adj)
Forms: form: brute
tags: positive
form: –
tags: comparative
form: –
tags: superlative
Pronunciation: tags: UK
ipa: /bruːt/
tags: UK
ipa: /brut/
tags: US
tags: UK
tags: US
glosses: Brute is strong, like an animal, without thought or reason.
examples: He used brute strength to move the large rock.
brutes (English, noun)
Forms: form: brute
raw_tags: Singular
form: brutes
tags: plural
glosses: The plural form of brute; more than one (kind of) brute.
historian (English, noun)
Forms: form: historian
raw_tags: Singular
form: historians
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /hɪˈstɔərɪən/
tags: UK
ipa: /hɪˈstɔri.ən/
tags: US
tags: UK
glosses: A historian is a person who studies or writes about history.
raw_tags: countable
examples: Herodotus (484 – c. 420 BC), was a famous historian who wrote about Ancient Greece.
historians (English, noun)
Forms: form: historian
raw_tags: Singular
form: historians
tags: plural
glosses: The plural form of historian; more than one (kind of) historian.
machinery (English, noun)
Forms: form: machinery
raw_tags: Singular
form: machineries
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /məˈʃiːnəri/
tags: US
glosses: The group of machines that make up a production apparatus in a plant.
glosses: The working parts of a machine as a group.
glosses: The group of parts of something which allows it to function.
machineries (English, noun)
Forms: form: machinery
raw_tags: Singular
form: machineries
tags: plural
glosses: The plural form of machinery; more than one (kind of) machinery.
Zoroastrianism (English, name)
Forms: form: Zoroastrianism
raw_tags: Proper noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌzɒrəʊˈæstrɪəˌnɪzəm/
tags: UK
ipa: /ˌzoʊr.oʊˈæs.tri.əˌnɪz.əm/
tags: US
glosses: Zoroastrianism is a religion founded by Zoroaster.
monotheistic (English, adj)
Forms: form: monotheistic
tags: positive
form: –
tags: comparative
form: –
tags: superlative
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌmɒnə(ʊ)θɪˈɪstɪk/
tags: UK
ipa: /ˌmɑnəθiˈɪstɪk/
tags: US
glosses: Monotheistic is believing in a single god.
examples: Christianity is a monotheistic religion.
denomination (English, noun)
Forms: form: denomination
raw_tags: Singular
form: denominations
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪˌnɒmɪˈneɪʃən/
tags: UK
tags: UK
glosses: A denomination is a class or society of people.
examples: You are a Christian? What is your denomination?
ignosticism (English, noun)
Forms: form: ignosticism
raw_tags: Singular
form: –
tags: plural
glosses: Ignosticism is the idea that religions assume too much about the idea of God.
examples: In ignosticism people ask "What is meant by 'God'?"
coving (English, noun)
Forms: form: coving
raw_tags: Singular
form: covings
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkəʊvɪŋ/
tags: UK
glosses: The coving is a concave surface that joins a ceiling and a wall.
examples: The coving on the old house was very decorative.
fireworks (English, noun)
Forms: form: firework
raw_tags: Singular
form: fireworks
tags: plural
glosses: The plural form of firework; more than one (kind of) firework.
covings (English, noun)
Forms: form: coving
raw_tags: Singular
form: covings
tags: plural
glosses: The plural form of coving; more than one (kind of) coving.
actionable (English, adj)
Forms: form: actionable
tags: positive
form: more actionable
tags: comparative
form: most actionable
tags: superlative
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæk.ʃə.nə.bəl/
tags: US
tags: US
glosses: If something is actionable, then it can be acted on.
examples: The general wanted details of where the enemy were; he needed actionable information.
infotainment (English, noun)
Forms: form: infotainment
raw_tags: Singular
form: infotainments
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɪnfəʊˈteɪnmənt/
tags: UK
ipa: /ˌɪnfoʊˈteɪnmənt/
tags: US
tags: UK
glosses: Infotainment is a mix of information and entertainment, usually used negatively.
examples: He had to keep the story light and amusing, it was just infotainment, not serious news.
fashion model (English, noun)
Forms: form: fashion model
raw_tags: Singular
form: fashion models
tags: plural
glosses: A fashion model is a person who wears and displays clothes on a cat walk, stage or for photographs.
raw_tags: countable
examples: People who design clothes pay a fashion model to wear them at fashion shows.
fashion models (English, noun)
Forms: form: fashion model
raw_tags: Singular
form: fashion models
tags: plural
glosses: The plural form of fashion model; more than one (kind of) fashion model.
denominations (English, noun)
Forms: form: denomination
raw_tags: Singular
form: denominations
tags: plural
glosses: The plural form of denomination; more than one (kind of) denomination.
arrangement (English, noun)
Forms: form: arrangement
raw_tags: Singular
form: arrangements
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈreɪnd͡ʒmənt/
tags: US
glosses: Arrangement is the manner of being arranged.
examples: The arrangement of furniture in the office was important for getting things done efficiently.
glosses: An arrangement is a collection of things that have been arranged.
examples: In the vase was a beautiful flower arrangement.
glosses: An arrangement is a plans for some activity.
examples: We made arrangements to meet after work.
glosses: An arrangement is an agreement.
examples: We came to an arrangement about who would wash the dishes.
glosses: An arrangement is an adaptation of a piece of music.
raw_tags: music
examples: Percy Grainger wrote a piano arrangement of an English folk song called "Country Gardens"
accountable (English, adj)
Forms: form: accountable
tags: positive
form: more accountable
tags: comparative
form: most accountable
tags: superlative
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʌˈkaʊntəbl̩/
ipa: /ə.ˈkaʊn.tə.bəl/
tags: US
tags: US
glosses: If you are accountable for something that people are not happy about, you need to explain or apologize for it.
examples: Governments must be accountable for the way they spend people's taxes.
She acts as if she isn't accountable to anyone.