cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
ice cream cone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ice cream cones
form: ice-cream cone
form: icecream cone
Senses: glosses: A thin, conical confection baked from crepe batter, sealed at its apex, used to hold ice cream while it is being eaten.
glosses: Any sweet, edible cone or half-open cylinder which can be used in this fashion; often made with wafer or waffle techniques.
examples: text: We bought some ice cream cones from the van in the park.
glosses: An ice cream cone filled with ice cream.
Synonyms: sense: conical confection baked from batter
word: cone
sense: conical confection baked from batter
word: cornet
sense: conical confection baked from batter
word: ice-cream cornet
sense: conical confection baked from batter
word: poke
sense: cone filled with ice cream
english: I'll have an ice cream; as in
translation: I'll have an ice cream; as in
word: ice cream
Derived terms: self-licking ice cream cone
Ivanhoe
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈaɪvənˌhəʊ/
ipa: /ˈaɪvənˌhoʊ/
ipa: /ˈɑɪvənˌhəʉ/
Etymology: A name invented by Scott, possibly inspired by the village Ivinghoe.
Senses: glosses: A novel by Sir Walter Scott.
glosses: The hero of this novel.
glosses: A small city, the county seat of Lincoln County, Minnesota, United States.
glosses: A census-designated place in Tulare County, California, United States.
glosses: A township in Central Darling Shire, western New South Wales, Australia.
ataxic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -æksɪk
Etymology: From ataxia + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: Mr Lackersteen tottered after her, with a strange ataxic step caused partly by earth-tremors and partly by gin.
ref: 1934, George Orwell, chapter 15, in Burmese Days:
glosses: Pertaining to ataxia
topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: Not eutaxic
Synonyms: atactic
Derived terms: ataxically
ataxic fever
ataxic respiration
preataxic
ataxic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -æksɪk
Forms: form: ataxics
Etymology: From ataxia + -ic.
Senses: glosses: A person suffering from ataxia.
across variable
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: across variables
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A variable whose value is determined by measuring a difference of the values at two extreme points of an element; thus voltage is a difference in two levels of potential.
chiastic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -æstɪk
Forms: form: more chiastic
form: most chiastic
Senses: examples: 1981 [Gerstenberg/Research Press], John W. Welch, Chiasmus In Ancient Greek and Latin Literatures, John W. Welch (editor), Chiasmus in Antiquity, 2020, Wipf and Stock, page 261,
In the Aeneid, Vergil uses chiasmus in order to make his poetry smoother and more picturesque. Many lines could be quoted in which a chiastic order of words was necessary to maintain the dactylic hexameter.
2009 [Ashgate Publishing], William E. Engel, Chiastic Designs in English Literature from Sidney to Shakespeare, 2016, Taylor & Francis (Routledge), page 22,
Looking at David in this way has more to do with mnemotechnics than chiasmus, and yet the process by which earlier themes attach themselves to David and then are rendered differently by the poets does bespeak a movement that bears an affinity with the chiastic pattern of presenting something in a set order only to play it back differently so as to imbue it with different implications.
glosses: Pertaining to chiasmus.
examples: text: A chiastic⁹⁸ plotting of the passage illustrates beyond doubt that the disciple has to be identified with the Master.
ref: 1986, Xavier Léon-Dufour, translated by Terrence Prendergast, Life and Death in the New Testament, Harper & Row, page 112:
text: Immediately one realizes that Bonjour's and Braunmuller's idea of chiastic plotting in King John bears no resemblance to the standard definition of rhetorical chiasmus: the falling character King John and the rising character Philip Faulconbridge could theoretically be said to cross paths at one point[…].
ref: 2003, Shakespearean Criticism, Volume 78, Gale Research, page 52:
glosses: Pertaining to the position of two things relative to one another.
Derived terms: chiastically
corduroy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɔːdəɹɔɪ/
ipa: /ˈkɔːdɹɔɪ/
ipa: /ˈkɔɹdəɹɔɪ/
Forms: form: corduroys
Etymology: Origin uncertain. Probably from cord + duroy (“a 17th century coarse fabric made in England”). Probably not from French *corde du roi (“cloth of the king”), which is unattested in French, where the term for the corduroy is velours côtelé. Possibly from cordesoy (“corde de soie”), or "rope of silk or silk-like fabric" in French), named for example in a 1756 advertisement for clothing fabrics; see Wikipedia article, and comparable in language form to the contemporary serg(e)dusoys (“silk serge”), see Serge (fabric).
Senses: examples: text: Sunning himself on the board steps, I saw for the first time Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke.[…]A silver snaffle on a heavy leather watch guard which connected the pockets of his corduroy waistcoat, together with a huge gold stirrup in his Ascot tie, sufficiently proclaimed his tastes.
ref: 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter II, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:
text: We turned to see a muscular young man lounging in the door which led into the sitting-room. He wore green corduroy trousers, a duffle coat and an old school tie.
ref: 1956, Delano Ames, chapter 4, in Crime out of Mind:
glosses: A heavy fabric, usually made of cotton, with vertical ribs.
examples: text: Another description of what would be termed adulterated spirits, is by the vulgar termed "Corduroy," on account of the rough feeling which it imparts to the tongue and palate.
ref: [1834 June 16, John Edgar, “Minutes of Evidence, Monday, the Sixteenth Day of June, 1834”, in Evidence on Drunkenness, London: British and Foreign Temperance Society, published 1834, page 93:
text: To men of common gumption, / Hot strange, besides, must seem / At this time any scheme / To put a check upon potheen's consumption, / When all are calling for Irish Poor Laws! / Instead of framing more laws, / To pauperism if you'd give a pegger, / Don't check, but patronise their "Kill-the-Beggar!" / If Pat is apt to go in Irish Linen, / (Buttoning his coat, with nothing but his skin in) / Would any Christian man -- that's quite himself, / His wits not floor'd, or laid upon the shelf --, While blaming Pat for raggedness, poor boy, / Would deprive him of his "Corduroy!"
ref: 1835, Thomas Hood, “Ode to J. S. Buckingham, Esq. M.P.”, in The Comic Annual, pages 135–136:
synonyms: kill-the-beggar
glosses: Cheap and poor-quality whiskey.
glosses: A pattern on snow resulting from the use of a snow groomer to pack snow and improve skiing, snowboarding and snowmobile trail conditions. Corduroy is widely regarded as a good surface on which to ski or ride.
Derived terms: sense: heavy fabric
word: corduroys
sense: heavy fabric
word: corduroy road
sense: heavy fabric
word: corduroylike
corduroy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɔːdəɹɔɪ/
ipa: /ˈkɔːdɹɔɪ/
ipa: /ˈkɔɹdəɹɔɪ/
Etymology: Origin uncertain. Probably from cord + duroy (“a 17th century coarse fabric made in England”). Probably not from French *corde du roi (“cloth of the king”), which is unattested in French, where the term for the corduroy is velours côtelé. Possibly from cordesoy (“corde de soie”), or "rope of silk or silk-like fabric" in French), named for example in a 1756 advertisement for clothing fabrics; see Wikipedia article, and comparable in language form to the contemporary serg(e)dusoys (“silk serge”), see Serge (fabric).
Senses: examples: text: Swamps had to be crossed by means of corduroy causeways; made by cutting down trees and laying them horizontally on the quivering mass of boggy ground.
ref: 1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 146:
glosses: Of a road, path, etc., paved with split or round logs laid crosswise side by side.
corduroy
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɔːdəɹɔɪ/
ipa: /ˈkɔːdɹɔɪ/
ipa: /ˈkɔɹdəɹɔɪ/
Forms: form: corduroys
form: corduroying
form: corduroyed
form: corduroyed
Etymology: Origin uncertain. Probably from cord + duroy (“a 17th century coarse fabric made in England”). Probably not from French *corde du roi (“cloth of the king”), which is unattested in French, where the term for the corduroy is velours côtelé. Possibly from cordesoy (“corde de soie”), or "rope of silk or silk-like fabric" in French), named for example in a 1756 advertisement for clothing fabrics; see Wikipedia article, and comparable in language form to the contemporary serg(e)dusoys (“silk serge”), see Serge (fabric).
Senses: examples: text: The night was very dark and it rained heavily, the roads were so bad that the troops had to cut trees and corduroy the road a part of the way, to get through.
ref: 1886, Ulysses S. Grant, Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant, chapter 53:
text: But Sherman organized “pioneer battalions” of soldiers and freedmen […] to cut saplings and trees to corduroy the roads, build bridges, and construct causeways.
ref: 1988, James McPherson, Battle Cry of Freedom, Oxford, published 2004, pages 827–8:
glosses: To make (a road) by laying down split logs or tree-trunks over a marsh, swamp etc.
adult content
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Content, such as pornography or violence, that is not generally thought to be appropriate for viewing by children, due to their shocking or sexual nature.
tower over
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: towers over
form: towering over
form: towered over
form: towered over
Senses: examples: text: It is this stretch which provides what is perhaps the most staggering scenic prospect of all; the impression made on the mind by the overwhelming height of the Eiger, towering over the train, is almost impossible to describe.
ref: 1960 December, Voyageur, “The Mountain Railways of the Bernese Oberland”, in Trains Illustrated, page 754:
glosses: To be much taller or higher than something; to loom over.
examples: text: There are three phyla of worms that, in terms of diversity and abundance, tower over the rest: the Roundworms (nematodes), the Annelids and the Flatworms.
ref: 2012, Caspar Henderson, The Book of Barely Imagined Beings, page 87:
glosses: To be much greater or more important than.
towing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of tow
towing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: towings
Senses: glosses: The act by which something is towed.
Derived terms: towing bitt
towing path
town clerk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: town clerks
form: townclerk
form: town-clerk
Senses: glosses: The chief administrative officer of a town, responsible for maintaining its records.
town hall
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: town halls
form: townhall
Senses: examples: text: Then he commenced to talk, really talk. and inside of two flaps of a herring's fin he had me mesmerized, like Eben Holt's boy at the town hall show. He talked about the ills of humanity, and the glories of health and Nature and service and land knows what all.
ref: 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter IV, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:
text: They enjoyed music from a live saxophonist during the journey before visiting Braintree Town Hall for refreshments and Christmas cake.
ref: 2021 December 29, “Network News: Music train for dementia sufferers”, in RAIL, number 947, page 19:
glosses: A building that houses the local government offices of a town.
glosses: The town council.
examples: text: The president plans to speak to a town hall of employees at its headquarters on Monday.
text: " […] Sure, you can come down to City Hall when we have a Town Hall Meeting. Write to Maureen Connelly and she'll arrange it. […]"
ref: 1978, Faith McNulty, “Talk of the Town”, in New Yorker:
text: And in just a few minutes, we'll bring you tonight's town hall debate from here at Washington University in Saint Louis.
ref: 2004 October 8, Candidates Prepare for Second Presidential Debate, Paula Zahn (actor):
text: The Form 2s are planning to host a town hall meeting with the women of Mara Moja and other local communities to teach the women more effective hygiene practices […]
ref: 2012 May 3, “Daraja Girls Take Leadership Skills Acquired at the Academy to Their Communities During School Break”, in Daraja Academy, archived from the original on 24 Aug 2021:
text: That pushback from inside the administration was combined with rising public anger about the cuts that exploded at several lawmakers’ town halls in recent weeks.
ref: 2025 March 7, Jonathan Lemire, “Is DOGE Losing Steam?”, in The Atlantic:
glosses: A widely accessible meeting, particularly where the audience is allowed to interact with the speakers.
Synonyms: word: burgh chambers
english: larger or specially-incorporated towns
translation: larger or specially-incorporated towns
word: city hall
word: common hall
word: common house
word: townhouse
Zeb
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Zebadiah, Zebedee, Zebulon or Zebulun.
Senses: glosses: A diminutive of the male given names Zebadiah, Zebedee, Zebulon, or Zebulun.
glosses: A male given name.
town planning
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The L.C.C. [London County Council] considers viaducts in London objectionable and a hindrance to town planning and would like to abolish all the Southern Railway lines on viaducts in South London. [Nothing much happened, they still exist.]
ref: 1944 January and February, C. F. Cobon, “The County of London Plan”, in Railway Magazine, page 24:
glosses: Synonym of urban planning.
synonyms: word: urban planning
Zebedee
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈzɛbɪdiː/
enpr: zĕbʹĭ-dē
Etymology: Ultimately from Ancient Greek Ζεβεδαῖος (Zebedaîos), from Hebrew זְבַדְיָה (Zəḇaḏyâ), from זַבְדִּי (zab̲dî, “my gift”). Doublet of Zebadiah.
Senses: examples: text: And going from thence, he saw other two brethren, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in a ship with Zebedee their father, mending their nets; and he called them.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Matthew 4:21:
topics: biblical
lifestyle
religion
glosses: The father of the Apostles James and John in the Bible.
glosses: A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.
Derived terms: Zeb
Zebadiah
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: zĕb'ə-dīʹə
ipa: /ˌzɛbəˈdaɪə/
rhymes: -aɪə
Etymology: From Hebrew זְבַדְיָה (Zəḇaḏyâ, “gift of God, God has bestowed”), from זַבְדִּי (zab̲dî, “my gift”). Doublet of Zebedee.
Senses: examples: text: The fourth captain for the fourth month was Asahel the brother of Joab, and Zebadiah his son after him: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Chronicles 27:7:
glosses: One of several minor characters in the Old Testament. (biblical character)
glosses: A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.
Related terms: Zeb
Zebedee
towrope
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: towropes
Etymology: From tow + rope.
Senses: examples: text: During these tricks, skiers rotate over the towrope with both feet.
ref: 2004, Mary Firestone, Extreme Waterskiing Moves, →ISBN, page 22:
text: A ground crew person stretches the towrope down the runway, with the winch at one end and the sailplane at the other.
ref: 2009, David Alexander, Why Don't Jumbo Jets Flap Their Wings?, →ISBN, page 127:
glosses: A rope or cable used for towing heavy objects.
Synonyms: towline
niggard
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: [ˈnɪɡɚd]
ipa: [ˈnɪɡəd]
homophone: niggered
Forms: form: more niggard
form: most niggard
Etymology: From Middle English nigard, nygard (“miser”), from nig (“niggardly person”), possibly of Scandinavian origin;
compare Old Icelandic hnǫggr (“miserly, stingy”), Old Norse *hniggw, with descendants Swedish njugg (“stingy”), dialectal Swedish niggla (“be stingy”), dialectal Norwegian nigla.
Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *hnauwjaz, source of Old English hneaw (“stingy”), replaced by Middle English nig.
Possibly cognate to niggle (“miser”).
Compare German Knicker (“niggard”), knickerig (“niggardly”). Unrelated to the word nigger, but see the usage notes.
Senses: glosses: Sparing; stinting; parsimonious.
examples: text: It was, however, the pleasure of his niggard and unhappy fortune, that in seeking a place proper for his accommodation, he and Dapple tumbled into a deep and very dark pit, among a number of old buildings.
ref: 1755, Tobias Smollett, chapter III, in The History and Adventures of the Renowned Don Quixote, translated from the original Spanish of Cervantes, volume II:
text: [H]is heart swelled within him, as he sat at the head of his own table, on the occasion of the house-warming, dispensing with no niggard hand the gratuitous viands and unlimited beer, which were at once to symbolise and inaugurate the hospitality of his mansion.
ref: 1852, William, Robert Chambers, Chambers' Edinburgh Journal:
glosses: Miserly or stingy.
niggard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: [ˈnɪɡɚd]
ipa: [ˈnɪɡəd]
homophone: niggered
Forms: form: niggards
Etymology: From Middle English nigard, nygard (“miser”), from nig (“niggardly person”), possibly of Scandinavian origin;
compare Old Icelandic hnǫggr (“miserly, stingy”), Old Norse *hniggw, with descendants Swedish njugg (“stingy”), dialectal Swedish niggla (“be stingy”), dialectal Norwegian nigla.
Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *hnauwjaz, source of Old English hneaw (“stingy”), replaced by Middle English nig.
Possibly cognate to niggle (“miser”).
Compare German Knicker (“niggard”), knickerig (“niggardly”). Unrelated to the word nigger, but see the usage notes.
Senses: examples: text: Then beautious nigard why dooſt thou abuſe / The bountious largeſſe giuen thee to giue?
ref: 1609, William Shakespeare, “Sonnet 4”, in Shake-speares Sonnets. […], London: By G[eorge] Eld for T[homas] T[horpe] and are to be sold by William Aspley, →OCLC, lines 5–6:
text: All his pleasures were social; and while health and fortune smiled upon him, he was no niggard either of his time or talents to those who needed them.
ref: 1618, John Taylor, The Pennyles Pilgrimage or The Money-lesse Perambulation of John Taylor:
text: ‘No niggard are you, Éomer,’ said Aragorn, ‘to give thus to Gondor the fairest thing in your realm!’
ref: 1955, J. R. R. Tolkien, The Return of the King, Book VI, Chapter 6 "Many Partings"
synonyms: word: carl
word: cheapass
word: cheapie
word: cheapskate
word: cheapo
word: churl
word: clutchfist
word: el cheapo
word: last of the big spenders
word: magpie
word: miser
word: moneygrubber
word: muckworm
word: nickel nurser
word: nig
word: niggard
word: nigon
word: nipcheese
word: nipfarthing
word: penny-father
word: penny pincher
word: pickpenny
word: piker
word: pinch-commons
word: pinch-gut
word: pincher
word: pinchfist
word: pinchpenny
word: scrimp
word: scrooge
word: snudge
word: squirrel
word: skinflint
word: tight-arse
word: tightwad
glosses: A miser or stingy person; a skinflint.
examples: text: 1833, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Godolphin
It was evening: he ordered a fire and lights; and, leaning his face on his hand as he contemplated the fitful and dusky upbreakings of the flame through the bars of the niggard and contracted grate […]
text: 1851, From a catalog of the Great Exhibition
Cooking apparatus, adapted for an opening eight feet wide, by five feet high, and containing an open-fire roasting range, with sliding spit-racks and winding cheek or niggard;
text: Neither this nor the Brompton house have a kitchen-range (that is, Grate like the Miles's), but only a grate with moveable niggards etc.
ref: 1834 May 21, Thomas Carlyle, Jane Welsh Carlyle, Lady Gertrude Hoffmann Bliss, Thomas Carlyle: Letters to His Wife, published 1953, page 100:
text: A niggard was a movable side to the kitchen grate which could be wound up with a handle so as to make the fire […]
ref: 1979, Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, volume 109, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, page 15:
glosses: A false bottom in a grate, used for saving fuel.
niggard
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: [ˈnɪɡɚd]
ipa: [ˈnɪɡəd]
homophone: niggered
Forms: form: niggards
form: niggarding
form: niggarded
form: niggarded
Etymology: From Middle English nigard, nygard (“miser”), from nig (“niggardly person”), possibly of Scandinavian origin;
compare Old Icelandic hnǫggr (“miserly, stingy”), Old Norse *hniggw, with descendants Swedish njugg (“stingy”), dialectal Swedish niggla (“be stingy”), dialectal Norwegian nigla.
Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *hnauwjaz, source of Old English hneaw (“stingy”), replaced by Middle English nig.
Possibly cognate to niggle (“miser”).
Compare German Knicker (“niggard”), knickerig (“niggardly”). Unrelated to the word nigger, but see the usage notes.
Senses: examples: text: Within thine owne bud burieſt thy content, / And tender chorle makſt waſt in niggarding: […]
ref: 1609, William Shakespeare, “Sonnet 1”, in Shake-speares Sonnets. […], London: By G[eorge] Eld for T[homas] T[horpe] and are to be sold by William Aspley, →OCLC:
synonyms: word: amass
word: amound
word: engross
word: get up
word: hoard
word: intreasure
word: niggard
word: packrat
word: rathole
word: squirrel away
word: uphoard
glosses: To hoard; to act stingily.
Derived terms: niggardise
niggardish
niggardliness
niggardly
niggardness
niggardous
niggardry
niggardship
niggardy
unniggard
unniggardly
Related terms: nig
niggish
niggle
nigon
prematurely
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌpɹiːməˈtjʊə(ɹ)li/
ipa: /ˌpɹɛməˈtjʊə(ɹ)li/
Forms: form: more prematurely
form: most prematurely
Etymology: From premature + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: publish an obituary prematurely
text: prematurely rejected
text: prematurely sacked
glosses: In a premature manner; too soon or too early.
Synonyms: word: betimes
word: early
word: early doors
word: oversoon
word: prematurely
word: unripely
word: untimely
Hypernyms: word: inopportunely
Derived terms: die prematurely
Related terms: word: ahead of time
word: beforehand
word: in advance
word: premature
word: soon
porous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɔːɹəs/
ipa: /ˈpɔɹəs/
ipa: [ˈpɔ.ɹəs]
ipa: /ˈpoːɹəs/
rhymes: -ɔːɹəs
Forms: form: more porous
form: most porous
Etymology: From Old French poros, from Latin porus (“an opening”). By surface analysis, pore + -ous.
Senses: examples: text: Sponges are porous so they can filter water while trapping food.
text: Concrete is porous, so water will slowly filter through it.
synonyms: permeable
glosses: Full of tiny pores that allow fluids or gasses to pass through.
examples: text: However, Wolves ^([sic]) porous defence opened up again to gift Sunderland a foothold in the game - Sessegnon sweeping in a Zenden corner that was inexplicably allowed to bounce in the six-yard box.
ref: 2011 May 14, Peter Scrivener, “Sunderland 1 - 3 Wolverhampton”, in BBC Sport:
text: […] a porous border consequently positioned migrants from Mexico and ethnic Mexicans residing in the United States as potential terrorists.
ref: 2012, Miguel Antonio Levario, Militarizing the Border: When Mexicans Became the Enemy, page 125:
glosses: With many gaps or loopholes.
Derived terms: aporous
biporous
electroporous
hyperporous
imporous
macroporous
mesoporous
microporous
monoporous
multiporous
nanoporous
nonporous
polyporous
poromeric
porosity
porously
porousness
porous portal
pseudoporous
semiporous
subporous
uniporous
unporous
rift
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: rĭft
ipa: /ɹɪft/
rhymes: -ɪft
homophone: riffed
Forms: form: rifts
Etymology: From Middle English rift, of North Germanic origin; akin to Danish rift, Norwegian Bokmål rift (“breach”), Old Norse rífa (“to tear”). More at rive.
Senses: examples: text: The Grand Canyon is a rift in the Earth's surface, but is smaller than some of the undersea ones.
text: Where ashes are heaped in drifts / Over vineyard and field and town, / Whenever he starts and lifts / His head through the blackened rifts / Of the crags that keep him down
ref: 1863, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, “Enceladus”, in Birds of Passage:
text: As far as the eye can reach is a sea of green tree tops, with occasionally a deep rift where there is a chasm. Here and there are silver threads where the rivers wind in deep gorges through the forests.
ref: 1897, Bram Stoker, chapter II, in Dracula, New York, N.Y.: Modern Library, →OCLC:
text: Far back in the dim geologic ages, when the sediments of the old seas were being gathered and outspread in smooth sheets like leaves of a book, and when these sediments became dry land, and were baked and crumbled into the sky as mountain ranges; when the lava-floods of the Fire Period were being lavishly poured forth from innumerable rifts and craters;[…].
ref: 1918, John Muir, Steep Trails:
glosses: A chasm or fissure.
examples: text: My marriage is in trouble: the fight created a rift between us and we can't reconnect.
text: Elon Musk, the billionaire tech entrepreneur, has opened a new rift with Donald Trump by denouncing the US president’s tax and spending bill as a “disgusting abomination”.
ref: 2025 June 3, David Smith, “Elon Musk calls Trump’s ‘big, beautiful’ tax bill a ‘disgusting abomination’”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: A lack of cohesion; a state of conflict, incompatibility, or emotional distance.
examples: text: I have but one rift in the darkness, that is that I have injured no one save myself by my folly, and that the extent of that folly you will never learn.
ref: 1931, William Faulkner, Sanctuary, Vintage, published 1993, page 130:
glosses: A break in the clouds, fog, mist etc., which allows light through.
glosses: A shallow place in a stream; a ford.
Derived terms: rift saw
rift valley
rift zone
rift
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: rĭft
ipa: /ɹɪft/
rhymes: -ɪft
homophone: riffed
Forms: form: rifts
form: rifting
form: rifted
form: rifted
Etymology: From Middle English rift, of North Germanic origin; akin to Danish rift, Norwegian Bokmål rift (“breach”), Old Norse rífa (“to tear”). More at rive.
Senses: glosses: To form a rift; to split open.
examples: text: to rift an oak
text: to the dread rattling thunder / Have I given fire and rifted Jove's stout oak / With his own bolt
ref: 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, (please specify the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals)]:
text: The Mother—her thou must have seen, / In spirit, ere she came / To dwell these rifted rocks between.
ref: 1822, William Wordsworth, A Jewish Family (in a small valley opposite St. Goar, upon the Rhine), lines 9–11:
text: 1894, Ivan Dexter, Talmud: A Strange Narrative of Central Australia, published in serial form in Port Adelaide News and Lefevre's Peninsula Advertiser (SA), Chapter III, http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks16/1600641.txt
he stopped rigid as one petrified and gazed through the rifted logs of the raft into the water.
glosses: To cleave; to rive; to split.
rift
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: rĭft
ipa: /ɹɪft/
rhymes: -ɪft
homophone: riffed
Forms: form: rifts
form: rifting
form: rifted
form: rifted
Etymology: From Old Norse rypta.
Senses: qualifier: obsolete outside Scotland and northern UK
glosses: To belch.
rift
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: rĭft
ipa: /ɹɪft/
rhymes: -ɪft
homophone: riffed
Senses: examples: text: The mightie trunck halfe rent, with ragged rift
Doth roll adowne the rocks, and fall with fearefull drift.
text: Whether these men are alive or not, the fragile meeting ground I shared with them has been rift apart by a microscopic menace they didn't tell us about in high school biology.
ref: 1986 December 21, Corinne Lightweaver, “AIDS Fears Shadow Lesbian's Memories”, in Gay Community News, volume 14, number 23, page 6:
glosses: past participle of rive
panting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpæntɪŋ/
rhymes: -æntɪŋ
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of pant
Derived terms: pantingly
unpanting
panting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpæntɪŋ/
rhymes: -æntɪŋ
Forms: form: pantings
Senses: examples: text: Now here, now there, moved by the straggling wind, / Came ever and anon a breathlike sound, / Quick as the pantings of the faithful dog […]
ref: 1850, William Wordsworth, The Prelude:
glosses: The act of one who pants.
lists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /lɪsts/
rhymes: -ɪsts
Senses: glosses: plural of list
lists
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /lɪsts/
rhymes: -ɪsts
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of list
coital
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From coitus + -al.
Senses: examples: text: Sexual virility, coital potency rides high and arrogant over the commercial, artistic, social strivings of contemporary society[.]
ref: 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page iii:
synonyms: coitive
copulatory
glosses: Of or relating to coitus (sexual intercourse).
Derived terms: coitally
extracoital
noncoital
postcoital
precoital
coitally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From coital + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In terms of coitus.
chancla
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈt͡ʃɑŋklə/
ipa: /ˈt͡ʃæŋklə/
Forms: form: chanclas
Etymology: From Spanish chancla.
Senses: qualifier: Latin American culture
glosses: A slipper or flip-flop
Cassubian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Cassubian
form: most Cassubian
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Kashubian.
Cassubian
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Kashubian.
Cassubian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Cassubians
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Kashubian.
accolades
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of accolade
accolades
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of accolade
prepositional phrase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: prepositional phrases
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
synonyms: word: PP
coordinate_terms: postpositional phrase
glosses: A phrase containing both a preposition and its object or complement and which may be used as an adjunct or a modifier.
Related terms: phrasal preposition
malapropos
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌmælæprəˈpəʊ/
Forms: form: more malapropos
form: most malapropos
Etymology: From French mal à propos, from mal (“bad, badly”) and à propos (“appropriate, relevant”).
Senses: glosses: out of place; inappropriate
Derived terms: malapropism
malapropoism
Related terms: apropos
malapropos
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌmælæprəˈpəʊ/
Forms: form: more malapropos
form: most malapropos
Etymology: From French mal à propos, from mal (“bad, badly”) and à propos (“appropriate, relevant”).
Senses: glosses: out of place; inappropriately
tumors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tumours
Senses: glosses: plural of tumor
heuristics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /hjuˈɹɪstɪks/
Etymology: From heuristic, from German heuristisch, from New Latin heuristicus by irregular formation from Ancient Greek εὑρίσκω (heurískō, “I discover”).
Senses: glosses: plural of heuristic
heuristics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /hjuˈɹɪstɪks/
Etymology: From heuristic, from German heuristisch, from New Latin heuristicus by irregular formation from Ancient Greek εὑρίσκω (heurískō, “I discover”).
Senses: glosses: The study of heuristic methods and principles.
examples: text: Problem solving based on experience of working with other problems which share some characteristics of the current problem, but for which no algorithm is known. Good heuristics can reduce the time needed to solve problems by recognizing which possible approaches are unlikely to be successful. George Polya brought the notion of heuristics to a wide audience through his book How To Solve It. The second edition was published in 1957 and is still in print half a century later.
ref: 2009, Clapham, Christopher; James Nicholson; James R. Nicholson, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Mathematics:
glosses: Heuristic methods and approaches considered collectively.
topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
glosses: Simple, efficient rules which people often use to form judgments and make decisions.
topics: engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Experience-based methods used to reduce the need for calculations pertaining to equipment size, performance, or operating conditions.
Derived terms: simheuristics
fencible
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Latin defendere (“to defend”).
Senses: glosses: Capable of being defended
fencible
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fencibles
Etymology: Latin defendere (“to defend”).
Senses: glosses: A militia unit raised for homeland defense.
glosses: A soldier in such a unit.
stations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsteɪ.ʃənz/
rhymes: -eɪʃənz
Senses: glosses: plural of station
stations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsteɪ.ʃənz/
rhymes: -eɪʃənz
Forms: form: the stations
Senses: examples: text: This tradition dates back to the Penal Laws, when it was forbidden for Catholic priests to say Mass in public. To get around the problem, the Mass was often celebrated secretly in people's homes, and afterwards, those in attendance stayed on for breakfast. This was often followed by a full day of merriment - but only after the priest had finished his breakfast and taken his leave! As the years went by, and the Penal Laws were repealed, the custom of The Stations continued, especially in Ireland's more rural areas.
ref: c. 2000-2005, Bridget Haggerty, “An old custom that still exists...The Stations”, in Irish culture and customs:
glosses: An infrequent religious gathering of family and friends spread over a few days, where Mass and the Rosary will be said in the home.
stations
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsteɪ.ʃənz/
rhymes: -eɪʃənz
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of station
Garcia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡɑːˈsiː.ə/
ipa: /ɡɑɹˈsiː.ə/
rhymes: -iːə
Forms: form: Garcias
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish García.
Senses: examples: text: In another case pending at the Supreme Court, the administration conceded it made an error in deporting Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia to El Salvador last month but is fighting efforts to bring him back to the US.
ref: 2025 April 8, John Fritze, “Supreme Court ruling on Alien Enemies Act raises new due process concerns for migrants”, in CNN:
glosses: A surname from Spanish of Spanish and Portuguese origin.
glosses: A municipality in the province of Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain.
glosses: García, a municipality in Nuevo León, Mexico.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Costilla County, Colorado, United States.
Derived terms: carry the message to Garcia
Diego Garcia
Related terms: President Carlos P. Garcia
President Garcia
Villa Garcia
tocology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tocologies
Etymology: From Ancient Greek τόκος (tókos, “childbirth”), from τίκτω (tíktō, “I give birth”).
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The branch of medicine that deals with childbirth.
Synonyms: midwifery
obstetrics
toxication
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: toxications
Etymology: From toxic + -ation.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: the metabolism of a drug or other compound to produce a toxic metabolite
Synonyms: toxification
toxicate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: toxicates
form: toxicating
form: toxicated
form: toxicated
Etymology: From toxic + -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Senses: glosses: To metabolise a drug or other compound to produce a toxic metabolite.
Related terms: toxication
crome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -əʊm
Forms: form: cromes
Etymology: From Proto-Germanic *krumpaz (“bent, crooked, curved”).
Senses: examples: text: … a crome is a tool with a long handle and long metal teeth or tines, hooked for raking loose the bottom of ditches.
ref: 1975 [1956], George Ewart Evans, Ask the Fellows who Cut the Hay, London: Faber and Faber, page 122:
glosses: A garden or agricultural implement with three or four tines bent at right angles, resembling a garden fork with bent prongs, and used for breaking up soil, clearing ditches, raking up shellfish on beaches, etc.
crome
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -əʊm
Forms: form: cromes
form: croming
form: cromed
form: cromed
Etymology: From Proto-Germanic *krumpaz (“bent, crooked, curved”).
Senses: glosses: To use a crome.
crome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -əʊm
Senses: glosses: plural of croma
crome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -əʊm
Forms: form: cromes
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Alternative form of croma (“a quaver”).
sawbones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sawbones
form: sawboneses
Etymology: From saw + bones.
Senses: glosses: A surgeon.
gardening
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: gär′dən-ĭng
ipa: /ˈɡɑː.dən.ɪŋ/
ipa: /ˈɡɑɹ.dən.ɪŋ/
ipa: /ˈɡɐː.dən.ɪŋ/
ipa: /ˈɡɐː.dən.əŋ/
ipa: /ˈɡaɹ.dən.ɪŋ/
ipa: /ˈɡaːʳ.ɖen.ɪŋ/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)dənɪŋ
Forms: form: gardenings
Etymology: From garden + -ing.
Senses: examples: text: His hobby was gardening.
text: Gardening, then, is a sort of refined farming upon a limited scale.
ref: 1833, James Rennie, “The Word Gardening”, in Alphabet of Scientific Gardening for the Use of Beginners, London: William Orr, page 1:
text: Warm ambient air, loiterings abroad, gardenings, flowers to take about, and preserves to make, soothed the wicked imp to slumber in the parish of Hollingford in summer-time.
ref: 1864 August – 1866 January, [Elizabeth] Gaskell, chapter XLVI, in Wives and Daughters. An Every-day Story. […], volume II, London: Smith, Elder and Co., […], published 1866, →OCLC:
topics: agriculture
business
horticulture
lifestyle
glosses: The process or action of cultivating the soil, particularly in a garden; the care of a garden; horticulture.
examples: text: wiki gardening
text: digital gardening
text: Several special pages help with the wiki gardening task:¶ ❑ Uncategorized pages (Special:Uncategorizedpages): These are pages that do not have one or more categories assigned. Use this page to ensure that all pages are categorized.
ref: 2008, Mark S. Choate, Professional Wikis, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 171:
text: Tom Critchlow, a consultant who has been cultivating his digital garden for years, spells out the main difference between old-school blogging and digital gardening.
ref: 2020 September 3, Tanya Basu, “Digital gardens let you cultivate your own little bit of the internet”, in MIT Technology Review:
glosses: Any process of care, maintenance, or curation, especially digitally.
topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: The act of a batsman prodding at the pitch with their bat, typically in order to flatten any bumps.
qualifier: RAF
glosses: The sowing of mines in water from low altitude.
Derived terms: atomic gardening
cardening
forest gardening
gardening leave
guerrilla gardening
landscape gardening
market gardening
nongardening
gardening
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: gär′dən-ĭng
ipa: /ˈɡɑː.dən.ɪŋ/
ipa: /ˈɡɑɹ.dən.ɪŋ/
ipa: /ˈɡɐː.dən.ɪŋ/
ipa: /ˈɡɐː.dən.əŋ/
ipa: /ˈɡaɹ.dən.ɪŋ/
ipa: /ˈɡaːʳ.ɖen.ɪŋ/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)dənɪŋ
Etymology: From garden + -ing.
Senses: examples: text: He had been gardening all day.
glosses: present participle and gerund of garden
BTDTBTTS
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Forms: form: been there, done that, bought the T-shirt
form: been there, done that
form: been there, done that, got the T-shirt
form: BTDTGTTS
Etymology: From the idea of buying a T-shirt at a tourist spot in order to show others that one has been to that spot.
Senses: glosses: Initialism of been there, done that, bought the T-shirt.
BTDTGTTS
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of BTDTBTTS.
been there, done that, bought the T-shirt
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Forms: form: been there, done that
form: been there, done that, got the T-shirt
form: BTDTGTTS
Etymology: From the idea of buying a T-shirt at a tourist spot in order to show others that one has been to that spot.
Senses: glosses: Expresses the speaker's complete familiarity with a situation, with overtones of cynicism or exhaustion.
Synonyms: BTDTBTTS
been there, done that, got the T-shirt
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Forms: form: been there, done that
form: been there, done that, bought the T-shirt
form: BTDTBTTS
Etymology: 1) From the idea of getting a T-shirt for an accomplishment, at a sport tournament for example.
2) From the idea of getting a T-shirt at a tourist spot in order to show others that one has been to that spot.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of been there, done that, bought the T-shirt.
Synonyms: BTDTGTTS
bradycardia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɹæ.dɪˈkɑː(ɹ).di.ə/
ipa: /bɹeɪ.dɪˈkɑɹ.di.ə/
ipa: /bɹæ.dɪˈkɑɹ.di.ə/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)diə
Forms: form: bradycardias
Etymology: From Ancient Greek βραδύς (bradús, “slow”) + καρδία (kardía, “heart”), equivalent to brady- + -cardia.
Senses: examples: text: Both CRT-Ds and ICDs are implanted under the skin, in the patient’s upper chest area. The devices have wires called leads that attach to the heart and regulate the rhythm of the muscle. Defibrillators help patients with bradycardia – a slow heartbeat – by pacing the heartbeat and those with tachycardia – a fast heartbeat – by delivering shocks that reset heartbeats to normal.
ref: 2016 October 11, Hailey Middlebrook, “After 2 deaths, patients warned about heart defibrillators’ failed batteries”, in CNN:
text: When your resting heart rate is under 60 bpm, providers call it bradycardia.
ref: 2024 March 15, “Heart Rate”, in Cleveland Health:
topics: cardiology
medicine
sciences
synonyms: brachycardia
antonyms: tachycardia
glosses: The condition of having a slow heartbeat, defined as under 60 beats per minute for an adult.
Derived terms: bradycardiac
bradycardic
croupier
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɹupiɚ/
ipa: /ˈkɹupieɪ/
ipa: /ˈkɹuːpɪə/
ipa: /ˈkɹuːpieɪ/
rhymes: -uːpiə(ɹ)
rhymes: -uːpieɪ
Forms: form: croupiers
Etymology: Borrowed from French croupier.
Senses: examples: text: As a matter of fact, the mob was playing in exceedingly foul fashion. Indeed, I have an idea that sheer robbery was going on around that gaming-table. The croupiers who sat at the two ends of it had not only to watch the stakes, but also to calculate the game—an immense amount of work for two men! As for the crowd itself—well, it consisted mostly of Frenchmen.
ref: 1867, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, chapter II, in The Gambler, translated by C. J. Hogarth^(https://en.m.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Gambler_(1867)/II):
text: Every time the little gate creaks—I'm in the shed with the tanks at the end of the garden—I wonder from which of my pasts the person is arriving, seeking me out even here: maybe it is only the past of yesterday and of this same suburb, the squat Arab garbage collector who in October begins his rounds for tips, house by house, with a Happy New Year card, because he says that his colleagues keep all the December tips for themselves and he never gets a penny; but it could also be the more distant pasts pursuing old Ruedi, finding the little gate in the Impasse: smugglers from Valais, mercenaries from Katanga, croupiers from the Veradero casino and the days of Fulgencio Batista.
ref: 1979, Italo Calvino, If on a Winter's Night a Traveler:
glosses: The person who collects bets and pays out winnings at a gambling table, such as in a casino.
glosses: One who, at a public dinner party, sits at the lower end of the table as assistant chairman.
Derived terms: croupier stick
courier
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkʊ.ɹi.ə/
ipa: /ˈkʊɹ.i.ɚ/
ipa: /ˈkɝ.i.ɚ/
ipa: /ˈkʉː.ɹi.əɹ/
note: Indic
ipa: /ˈkɵrɪjə(r)/
note: Indic
ipa: /ˈkʊrɪjə(r)/
rhymes: -ʊɹiə(ɹ)
homophone: currier (without the foot-strut split or with the hurry–furry merger)
Forms: form: couriers
Etymology: From a convergence of Middle English corour, currour, from Old French coreor, agent noun of corir (“to run”), and Middle English courier, a borrowing of Middle French courrier, from Italian corriere.
Senses: synonyms: messenger
glosses: A person who delivers messages.
glosses: A company that delivers messages.
glosses: A company that transports goods.
examples: text: You can always find musicians. There are more trackers than coders, pixelers, organizers, couriers, and designers combined.
ref: 1999, Adrian Dunn, “Re: Using a scanned picture in your demo”, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.demos (Usenet):
text: These sites have enormous hard drives and bandwidth for couriers to distribute the software from one site to the next.
ref: 2005, Paul Craig, Ron Honick, Mark Burnett, Software Piracy Exposed, page 2:
glosses: A user who earns access to a topsite by uploading warez.
examples: text: "A courier!" cried Muscari, laughing. "Is that the last of your list of trades? And whom are you conducting?"
ref: 1914, G. K. Chesterton, “The Paradise of Thieves”, in The Wisdom of Father Brown, p. 29:
synonyms: guide
rep
tourist guide
glosses: A person who looks after and guides tourists.
Derived terms: courier bag
courier
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkʊ.ɹi.ə/
ipa: /ˈkʊɹ.i.ɚ/
ipa: /ˈkɝ.i.ɚ/
ipa: /ˈkʉː.ɹi.əɹ/
note: Indic
ipa: /ˈkɵrɪjə(r)/
note: Indic
ipa: /ˈkʊrɪjə(r)/
rhymes: -ʊɹiə(ɹ)
homophone: currier (without the foot-strut split or with the hurry–furry merger)
Forms: form: couriers
form: couriering
form: couriered
form: couriered
Etymology: From a convergence of Middle English corour, currour, from Old French coreor, agent noun of corir (“to run”), and Middle English courier, a borrowing of Middle French courrier, from Italian corriere.
Senses: examples: text: We'll have the contract couriered to you.
text: Workcest is a huge no no, things will never go back to their easy ways and all of a sudden your report that’s meant to be couriered to Belfast is taking snail mail… through Thailand.
ref: 2013 December 13, CollegeTimes Staff, “How Not To Destroy Your Reputation At The Office Work Party”, in CollegeTimes.com:
glosses: To deliver by courier.
Courier
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: -ʊɹiə(ɹ)
Forms: form: Couriers
Senses: topics: media
publishing
typography
glosses: A monospace font that resembles the characters produced by a typewriter.
glosses: A surname originating as an occupation.
Baraka
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic بَرَكَة (baraka, “blessing”).
Senses: examples: text: Newark Mayor Ras Baraka "committed trespass and ignored multiple warnings" to leave Delaney Hall, a facility being run by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), according to acting US attorney for New Jersey Alina Habba.
ref: 2025 May 9, Max Matza, “New Jersey mayor arrested in protest at migrant centre”, in BBC, archived from the original on 15 May 2025:
glosses: A surname from Arabic.
abstract of title
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /æbˈstɹækt/
ipa: /ˈæbˌstɹækt/
other: /ɒv/
other: /əv/
other: /ˈtaɪ.tl̩/
ipa: /æbˈstɹækt/
ipa: /ˈæbˌstɹækt/
other: /ɑv/
other: /əv/
other: /ʌv/
other: /ˈtaɪ.tl̩/
Forms: form: abstracts of title
Senses: topics: business
law
real-estate
glosses: An epitome of the evidences of ownership; the condensed history of title to a particular parcel of real estate, with encumbrances.
Related terms: title deed