cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
each other
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Pronunciation: ipa: /iːˈt͡ʃʌð.ə/
ipa: /iˈt͡ʃʌð.ɚ/
ipa: /iˈt͡ʃʌ.ðɚ/
ipa: /iːˈt͡ʃað.ə/
Etymology: From Middle English ech other, yche othere, ich othir, eche other, ilk oþer, from Old English ǣlċ ōþer (“each other”), equivalent to each + other. Cognate with Scots ilk other (“each other”),
West Frisian elkoar (“each other”), Dutch elkander, elkaar (“each other”).
Senses: examples: text: My parents love each other; however, they talk to themselves a lot but not so much to each other.
text: I don't think you two know each other, do you?
text: Now we plunged into a deep shade with the boughs lacing each other overhead, and crossed dainty, rustic bridges over the cold trout-streams, the boards giving back the clatter of our horses' feet: or anon we shot into a clearing, with a colored glimpse of the lake and its curving shore far below us.
ref: 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter VIII, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:
text: There is an hour or two, after the passengers have embarked, which is disquieting and fussy.[…]Passengers wander restlessly about or hurry, with futile energy, from place to place. Pushing men hustle each other at the windows of the purser's office, under pretence of expecting letters or despatching telegrams.
ref: 1915, G[eorge] A. Birmingham [pseudonym; James Owen Hannay], chapter I, in Gossamer, New York, N.Y.: George H. Doran Company, →OCLC:
text: We've known each other many years, but this is the first time you ever came to me for counsel or for help.
ref: 1972 March 14, Mario Puzo, Francis Ford Coppola, The Godfather, spoken by Vito Corleone (Marlon Brando), Paramount Pictures:
text: It was the first time United had conceded six goals at Old Trafford since 1930, when Huddersfield won 6-0 and Newcastle 7-4 within four days of each other.
ref: 2011 October 23, Phil McNulty, “Man Utd 1-6 Man City”, in BBC Sport:
glosses: To one another; one to the other; signifies that a verb applies to two or more entities both as subjects and as direct objects
Synonyms: one another
Derived terms: be in each other's pockets
made for each other
Related terms: mutual
dog-eat-dog
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of dog eat dog.
iced
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈaɪst/
ipa: [ˈaɪ̯st]
rhymes: -aɪst
Forms: form: more iced
form: most iced
Etymology: From ice (“noun”) + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: I'd like an iced tea.
glosses: With ice added.
examples: text: an iced drink
glosses: Very cold, but not necessarily containing ice.
examples: text: an iced cake
glosses: Covered with icing.
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Having a glittering papillose surface.
Derived terms: ice cream
iced capp
iced coffee
iced cream
iced gem
iced out
iced-over
iced tea
iced water
noniced
uniced
iced
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈaɪst/
ipa: [ˈaɪ̯st]
rhymes: -aɪst
Etymology: See ice (verb).
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of ice
stinka
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stinkas
Senses: glosses: Someone who smells badly, a stinker.
examples: text: How man, get off is ye propa stinka!
glosses: Someone who is ugly or repulsive.
megachiropteran
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Megachiroptera + -an
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Of or relating to the fruit bats of suborder Megachiroptera.
megachiropteran
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: megachiropterans
Etymology: Megachiroptera + -an
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: A fruit bat of suborder Megachiroptera.
basket case
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: basket cases
form: basketcase
form: basket-case
Etymology: From basket + case, based on rumors during World War I that wounded soldiers were transported in baskets.
Senses: examples: text: The Surgeon General of the Army […] denies […] that there is any foundation for the stories that have been circulated […] of the existence of ‘basket cases’ in our hospitals.
ref: 1919, Official Bulletin (U.S. Comm. Public Information), 28 March
text: Her mind, at its worst, is in ways analogous to a basket-case who seethes with desires to move but has no limbs.
ref: 1973, Norman Mailer, Marilyn, Taschen, published 2022, page 73:
glosses: Someone (especially a soldier) who has lost all four limbs.
examples: text: This country is a financial basket case, a country so broke that it should be a perfect warning to lenders.
text: Some countries are breadbaskets, others basket cases.
text: The stereotypical image of North Korea as a hopeless economic basket case ignores the fact that there are extensive natural resources there.
ref: 2009, Selig S. Harrison, Korean Endgame: A Strategy for Reunification and U.S. Disengagement, Princeton University Press, →ISBN, page 48:
text: The Germany described by this Frankfurt School professor is a basket case – post-growth, post-democratic, with the first fascists in the Bundestag since the Third Reich.
ref: 2018 December 21, Stuart Jeffries, “Germany’s Hidden Crisis by Oliver Nachtwey review – social decline in the heart of Europe”, in The Guardian:
text: But before that could happen, the large parts of the business that were a complete basket case had to be dealt with severely.
ref: 2023 March 8, Howard Johnston, “Was Marples the real railway wrecker?”, in RAIL, number 978, page 51:
glosses: An institution or country in a bad condition or difficult situation (economically, financially or otherwise).
examples: text: She was a complete basket case the morning of her wedding.
text: Often, when you share a deep dark secret with friends, your friends start to treat you differently. It is very damaging to be treated like a basket case, when you intended only to CONFIDE a fear.
ref: 1985 April 9, Donald Gworek, “Thoughts on why this group isn't brimming with postings.”, in net.suicide (Usenet):
text: Taddeo’s sad, searing, sometimes unbearably painful tales of bad decisions, agonies and humiliations at the shrine of “love” show us that, in spite of 10 to 15 minutes here and there of truly hot sex, a woman “in love” is frequently a basket case.
ref: 2019 July 9, Toni Bentley, “What Do the Sex Lives of ‘Three Women’ Tell Us About Female Desire?”, in New York Times:
synonyms: emotional cripple
qualifier: potentially offensive
glosses: One made powerless or ineffective, as by nerves, panic, stress or exhaustion; someone considered mentally unstable.
Related terms: damaged goods
stretcher case
veg
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /vɛd͡ʒ/
rhymes: -ɛdʒ
Etymology: Clipping of various related words including vegetable, vegetarian, and vegetate.
Senses: examples: text: The food's lip-smackingly good with some veg options, and there's a ham and eggs breakfast for 3KM.
ref: 2007, Tom Masters, Eastern Europe, Lonely Planet, →ISBN, page 120:
glosses: Vegetarian.
Derived terms: nonveg
veg-curious
veg
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /vɛd͡ʒ/
rhymes: -ɛdʒ
Forms: form: vegs
form: veges
form: veg
Etymology: Clipping of various related words including vegetable, vegetarian, and vegetate.
Senses: examples: text: 2002, Tom Grahn, "Food compositions and methods of preparing the same", US Patent 6814975 http://www.google.com/patents?id=spsQAAAAEBAJ, page 5,
Secondary foodstuffs are exemplified by the following prepared dishes: vegetarian steaks, gratinated vegs, oven made lasagne, fish and ham with potatoes, […]
text: […] meals of meat and three veg were mostly the same three veg, beans peas potatoes, or peas carrots potatoes.
ref: 2004, Marion Halligan, The Taste of Memory, →ISBN, page 185:
text: Ok, Question 40. Do you get your five fruit and veg?
Ohh, I mean I certainly try to... I would say, I would say I probably do.
A day.
A WHAT??!
ref: 2007 August 31', Graham Linehan, The IT Crowd, Season 2, Episode 2
text: fruit and veg
translation: fruit and vegetables
english: fruit and vegetables
bold_translation_offsets: 10
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glosses: vegetable(s).
glosses: vegetarian food.
Synonyms: veggie
vegie
Derived terms: meat and two veg
veg box
veg-head
veg
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /vɛd͡ʒ/
rhymes: -ɛdʒ
Forms: form: vegs
form: vegges
form: veges
form: vegging
form: veging
form: vegged
form: vegged
form: veged
form: veged
form: vedge
Etymology: Clipping of various related words including vegetable, vegetarian, and vegetate.
Senses: examples: text: After working hard all week, I decided to stay home and veg on Saturday.
text: And he just sits and vegges on the TV, munches nachos, whatever.
ref: 2002, Jonathan Kellerman, Flesh and Blood, →ISBN, page 7:
glosses: to vegetate; to engage in complete inactivity; to rest
Related terms: veg out
veg
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /vɛd͡ʒ/
rhymes: -ɛdʒ
Forms: form: vegs
Etymology: Coined in a 1948 paper in the American Journal of Psychology by Robert S. Harper and S. S. Stevens.http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0002-9556(194807)61%3A3%3C343%3AAPSOWA%3E2.0.CO%3B2-D, http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0002-9556(195304)66%3A2%3C304%3AANCTVS%3E2.0.CO%3B2-Y
Senses: topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
glosses: A unit of subjective weight, equivalent to the perceived weight of lifting 100 grams.
badge
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /bæd͡ʒ/
rhymes: -ædʒ
Forms: form: badges
form: badging
form: badged
form: badged
Etymology: From Middle English badge, bagge, bage, bagy, from Anglo-Norman bage or Medieval Latin bagea, bagia (“sign, emblem”), of uncertain origin. Possibly derived from Medieval Latin baga (“ring”), from Old Saxon bāg, bōg (“ring, ornament”), from Proto-Germanic *baugaz (“ring, bracelet, armband”); or possibly the Anglo-Norman word is derived from an earlier, unattested English word (compare Old English bēag (“ring, bracelet, collar, crown”). Cognate with Scots bagie, badgie, bawgy (“badge”).
Senses: examples: text: The television was badged as ‘GE’, but wasn’t made by them.
glosses: To mark or distinguish with a badge.
examples: text: He calmed down a lot when the policeman badged him.
glosses: To show a badge to.
examples: text: Worden and James walk […] to the […] Courthouse […], where they badge their way past sheriff’s deputies and take the elevator to the third floor.
ref: 1981, David Simon, Homicide, →ISBN, page 118:
text: And Patterson didn’t hear that Jack Egger, the studio’s director of security, said he’d seen John Orr badge his way through the pedestrian gate sometime before 4:00 pm, when the fire was still raging, […]
ref: 2003, Joseph Wambaugh, Fire Lover, page 146:
text: Our regional commissioner, his assistant commissioner and our district director, along with their wives, were hoofing it to the rotunda. Apparently they didn’t try and badge their way through.
ref: 2004, Sergei Hoteko, On The Fringe Of History, page 135:
text: Aaron badged into the data center and escorted Geoff inside the large room with its many blinking green lights.
ref: 2006, David Pollino, Bill Pennington, Tony Bradley, Himanshu Dwivedi, Hacker’s challenge 3, page 338:
glosses: To enter a restricted area by showing one’s badge.
Derived terms: badge in
badge out
badge up
quartet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kwɔː(ɹ)ˈtɛt/
rhymes: -ɛt
Forms: form: quartets
form: quartette
Etymology: From French quartette, from Italian quartetto. Doublet of cuarteto and quartetto.
Senses: examples: text: The last of the quartet of American fighter pilots to join the RAF before the war was Cyril 'Pussy' Palmer, who was born in Cleveland, Ohio, in March 1918.
ref: 2015, Tony Holmes, American Eagles: US Fighter Pilots in the RAF 1939-1945:
glosses: A group of four people or things, particularly
examples: text: The string quartet played some chamber music.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A group of four people or things, particularly
A group of four musicians who perform classical music together.
examples: text: He composed a string quartet.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A group of four people or things, particularly
A musical composition in four parts, each performed by a single voice or instrument.
examples: text: The barbershop quartet performed the composition a cappella.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A group of four people or things, particularly
A group of four singers, usually males, who sings together in four-part harmony.
Synonyms: word: foursome
word: quadruplet
word: quadruplicity
word: quadrad
word: quaternion
word: quaternity
word: quartet
word: tetrad
word: tetraplet
Hypernyms: word: group
Hyponyms: word: barbershop quartet
word: olympiad
word: quadrilogy
word: quadrennium
word: quattuorvirate
word: string quartet
word: tetraeterid
word: tetraeteris
word: tetragram
word: tetragraph
word: tetralogy
word: tetrapla
word: tetraples
word: tetrapolis
Coordinate terms: word: duo
word: trio
word: quintet
word: sextet
Meronyms: word: fourling
Derived terms: barbershop quartet
string quartet
Related terms: number
papal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpeɪpəl/
ipa: [ˈpʰeɪ̯.p(ʰ)əɫ]
rhymes: -eɪpəl
Forms: form: more papal
form: most papal
Etymology: From Middle English papal, from Old French papal and Medieval Latin pāpālis (“papal”).
Senses: examples: text: In both the 2005 and 2013 papal elections there were whispers circulating that back in 1976 Francis had failed to help the two priests in their hour of need.
ref: 2025 April 21, Peter Stanford, “Pope Francis obituary”, in The Guardian:
glosses: Having to do with the pope or the papacy.
Derived terms: antipapal
nonpapal
papal bull
papal cross
papal infallibility
papalism
papalist
papalize
papally
papal supremacy
unpapal
Related terms: popess
papacy
pope
verve
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /vɜːv/
ipa: /vɝv/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)v
Etymology: Borrowed from French verve (“animation; caprice, whim; rapture; spirit; vigour; type of expression”), probably from Late Latin verva, a variant of Latin verba (“words; discourse; expressions; language”), the plural of verbum (“word”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *werh₁- (“to say, speak”). Doublet of verb and word.
Senses: examples: text: His hands were strong and elegant; his experience of life evidently varied; his speech full of pith and verve; his manners forward, but perfectly presentable.
ref: 1879–1880, Robert Louis Stevenson, “The Stowaways”, in The Amateur Emigrant: From the Clyde to Sandy Hook, Chicago, Ill.: Stone and Kimball, published 18 January 1895, →OCLC, page 105:
text: They played through vacation to the fashionable of eight cities. […] Chicago he approved for a certain verve that transcended its loud accent—however, it was a Yale town, and as the Yale Glee Club was expected in a week the Triangle received only divided homage.
ref: 1920 April, F[rancis] Scott Fitzgerald, “Spires and Gargoyles”, in This Side of Paradise, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, →OCLC, book I (The Romantic Egotist), page 63:
text: Normally, this [girl] presents to the world the appearance of one who is feeling that if it isn't the best of all possible worlds, it's quite good enough to be going on with till a better one comes along. Verve, I mean, and animation and all that sort of thing. But now there was a listlessness about her […]
ref: 1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter XII, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, →OCLC:
text: After spending so much of the season looking upwards, the swashbuckling style and swagger of early season Spurs was replaced by uncertainty and frustration against a Norwich side who had the quality and verve to take advantage.
ref: 2012 April 9, Mandeep Sanghera, “Tottenham 1 – 2 Norwich”, in BBC Sport, archived from the original on 03 Nov 2017:
synonyms: word: brio
word: élan
word: liveliness
word: moxie
word: panache
word: vivacity
word: ardor
word: alacrity
word: celerity
word: energy
word: enthusiasm
word: exuberance
word: exuberantness
word: fanaticism
word: fervor
word: gusto
word: purpose
word: verve
word: vigor
word: vim
word: zeal
word: zealousness
glosses: Enthusiasm, rapture, spirit, or vigour, especially of imagination such as that which animates an artist, musician, or writer, in composing or performing.
examples: text: If he be above Virgil, and is reſolv'd to follow his own Verve (as the French call it,) the Proverb will fall heavily upon him; Who teaches himſelf, has a Fool for his Maſter.
ref: 1697, John Dryden, “To the Most Honourable John, Lord Marquess of Normanby, […]”, in Virgil, translated by John Dryden, The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, page [184]:
glosses: A particular skill in writing.
Derived terms: vervy
UKIP
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈjuːkɪp/
Forms: form: Ukip
Senses: examples: text: Farage, who like James is also an elected member of the European Parliament, was a founding member of UKIP and largely seen as the man who drove the campaign for the UK to leave the EU, known as Brexit.
ref: 2016 October 5, Joshua Berlinger and Hilary Clarke, “UKIP leader Diane James steps aside after 18 days on the job”, in CNN:
glosses: Acronym of UK Independence Party.
Derived terms: UKIPer
UK Independence Party
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A Euro-sceptic political party in the United Kingdom.
Synonyms: UKIP
brumby
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɹʌmbi/
Forms: form: brumbies
Etymology: Unknown; perhaps from James Brumby, early Australian soldier and pastoralist, who is said to have left horses at his abandoned property.
Senses: examples: text: I'm too weak to ride. I'd have to ride, because for one thing the white-ants have eaten the wheels of my buckboard, and my one cart-horse has gone bush with the brumbies.
ref: 1938, Xavier Herbert, chapter VIII, in Capricornia, page 125:
text: "It could mean one of two things," he said. "Either that help is coming, or that a herd of wild brumbies is passing somewhere near."
ref: 1943, H. Lorna Bingham, The Lost Tribe, Sydney: Winn and Co., page 31, column 2:
text: He captures brumbies, the wild horses of the outback, running them down on motorcycles and shipping them to the city where they are butchered for pet food.
ref: 1967, December 22, Life, page 69:
text: If the latter situation prevails, brumbies can be developed into valuable stockhorses, either for use on the local property or for sale in other areas.
Whatever the condition of a captured brumby, there is always the potential of selling it for pet food, fish bait, or even for human consumption.
ref: 1976, Tom Lee McKnight, Friendly Vermin: A Survey of Feral Livestock in Australia, page 17:
text: Harry Farquharson said there were two or three springs and that the horses were “bloody wild”. He said there were probably about 300 and they were good horses, a long way above the average brumby.
ref: 1988, Tom Cole, Hell West and Crooked:
glosses: A wild or feral horse.
Related terms: mustang
uranology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: uranologies
Etymology: From urano- + -ology.
Senses: glosses: The study of the heavens and heavenly bodies.
topics: astronomy
geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: The scientific observation and study of the planet Uranus.
Related terms: uranological
planetary science
selenology
areology
geology
frank
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /fɹæŋk/
ipa: /fɹeɪŋk/
rhymes: -æŋk
homophone: franc
homophone: Frank
Forms: form: franker
form: frankest
Etymology: From Middle English frank, from Old French franc (“free”), in turn from the name of an early Germanic confederation, the Franks, from Proto-West Germanic *frankō (“javelin, spear”). Doublet of Frank, franc, and farang.
Senses: examples: text: May I be frank with you?
synonyms: unreserved
glosses: Honest, especially in a manner that seems slightly blunt; candid; not reserved or disguised.
examples: text: The research probes whether treating pre-diabetes with metformin can prevent progression to frank diabetes.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Unmistakable, clinically obvious, self-evident.
examples: text: It is of frank gift.
ref: 1591, Ed[mund] Sp[enser], “Prosopopoia. Or Mother Hubberds Tale.”, in Complaints. Containing Sundrie Small Poemes of the Worlds Vanitie. […], London: […] William Ponsonbie, […], →OCLC:
glosses: Unbounded by restrictions, limitations, etc.; free.
examples: text: Frank of Civilities that cost them nothing.
ref: 1692, Roger L’Estrange, “ (please specify the fable number.) (please specify the name of the fable.)”, in Fables, of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists: […], London: […] R[ichard] Sare, […], →OCLC:
glosses: Liberal; generous; profuse.
examples: text: Over the fields, in his franke lustinesse,
And all the champain o're he soared light.
ref: 1591, Ed[mund] Sp[enser], “Muiopotmos, or The Fate of the Butterflie”, in Complaints. Containing Sundrie Small Poemes of the Worlds Vanitie. […], London: […] William Ponsonbie, […], →OCLC:
glosses: Unrestrained; loose; licentious.
Derived terms: frank bank
frank-fee
frankly
frank-marriage
frankness
frankpledge
franksome
overfrank
to be frank
unfrank
frank
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /fɹæŋk/
ipa: /fɹeɪŋk/
rhymes: -æŋk
homophone: franc
homophone: Frank
Forms: form: franks
Etymology: From Middle English frank, from Old French franc (“free”), in turn from the name of an early Germanic confederation, the Franks, from Proto-West Germanic *frankō (“javelin, spear”). Doublet of Frank, franc, and farang.
Senses: examples: October 5, 1780, William Cowper, letter to Rev. William Unwin
I have said so much, that, if I had not a frank, I must burn my letter and begin again.
glosses: Free postage, a right exercised by governments (usually with definite article).
examples: text: But, although her friends were kind, Lady Anne was not easy; neither daughter made her appearance, nor did she receive a letter to account for their silence. She remembered, indeed, that Charles Penrhyn could not get franks now, and her daughters knew she would not pay postage; and she had commanded Helen to work night and day, saying, "surely they can give her common materials."
ref: 1842, [anonymous collaborator of Letitia Elizabeth Landon], “(please specify the page)”, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, pages 178–179:
glosses: The notice on an envelope where a stamp would normally be found.
frank
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /fɹæŋk/
ipa: /fɹeɪŋk/
rhymes: -æŋk
homophone: franc
homophone: Frank
Forms: form: franks
form: franking
form: franked
form: franked
Etymology: From Middle English frank, from Old French franc (“free”), in turn from the name of an early Germanic confederation, the Franks, from Proto-West Germanic *frankō (“javelin, spear”). Doublet of Frank, franc, and farang.
Senses: examples: text: It will be so ridiculous to see all his letters directed to him with an M.P.—But do you know, he says, he will never frank for me?
ref: 1811, [Jane Austen], chapter 20, in Sense and Sensibility […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: […] C[harles] Roworth, […], and published by T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC:
glosses: To place a frank on an envelope.
glosses: To exempt from charge for postage, as a letter, package, or packet, etc.
examples: 1850-1859, Charles Dickens, Household Words
This required extensive correspondence; so, in the next place, the privilege of franking letters in reference to the emigrants' registration office, was obtained—much to the indignation of red tapists.
glosses: To send by public conveyance free of expense.
Derived terms: frankable
overfrank
prefranked
unfranked
Related terms: prepay
frank
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /fɹæŋk/
ipa: /fɹeɪŋk/
rhymes: -æŋk
homophone: franc
homophone: Frank
Forms: form: franks
Etymology: Clipping of frankfurter.
Senses: examples: text: Buy a package of franks for the barbecue.
text: We had a farewell meal of franks and beans in a Seventh Avenue Riker’s, and then Dean got on the bus that said Chicago and roared off into the night.
ref: 1957, Jack Kerouac, chapter 1, in On the Road, Viking Press, →OCLC, part 1:
text: I want the name of this flying whatchamacallit to go with the Daily Planet like bacon and eggs, franks and beans, death and taxes, politics and corruption!
ref: 1978, Superman: The Movie, spoken by Perry White (Jackie Cooper):
text: I'm in my Flavmobile cold lamping. I took a G upstate cold camping. To the Poconos, we call a hideaways. A bag of franks and a bag of Frito-Lays.
ref: 1988 June 28, “Cold Lampin' With Flavor” (track 4), in It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back, performed by Public Enemy:
text: Chicago has a major influence on flavored foods of the Midwest. It’s the home of deep dish-style pizza and the Italian beef sandwich. It’s also the home of the famous frank known as the Chicago-style hot dog. Based on a Vienna all-beef frank, this distinguished dog is typically steamed and served in a warm poppy seed bun topped with mustard, sweet pickle relish, chopped onion, tomato wedges or slices, sport peppers, and a dill pickle spear, then finished off with a dash of celery salt
ref: 2007, Becky Mercuri, The Great American Hot Dog Book: Recipes and Side Dishes from Across America, Gibbs Smith:
synonyms: frankfurt
frankfurter
glosses: A hot dog or sausage.
Derived terms: ballpark frank
cocktail frank
Related terms: sav
savaloy
frank
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /fɹæŋk/
ipa: /fɹeɪŋk/
rhymes: -æŋk
homophone: franc
homophone: Frank
Forms: form: franks
Senses: glosses: The grey heron.
frank
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /fɹæŋk/
ipa: /fɹeɪŋk/
rhymes: -æŋk
homophone: franc
homophone: Frank
Forms: form: franks
Etymology: From Old French franc.
Senses: glosses: A pigsty.
frank
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /fɹæŋk/
ipa: /fɹeɪŋk/
rhymes: -æŋk
homophone: franc
homophone: Frank
Forms: form: franks
form: franking
form: franked
form: franked
Etymology: From Old French franc.
Senses: examples: text: Marry, as for Clarence, he is well repaid;
He is franked up to fatting for his pains
ref: c. 1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Richard the Third: […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iii]:
glosses: To shut up in a frank or sty; to pen up; hence, to cram; to fatten.
frank
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /fɹæŋk/
ipa: /fɹeɪŋk/
rhymes: -æŋk
homophone: franc
homophone: Frank
Forms: form: franks
Etymology: From French franc.
Senses: examples: text: Frank, or Franc, an ancient coin, either of gold or ſilver, ſtruck and current in France. The value of the gold frank was ſomewhat more than that of the gold crown; the ſilver frank was a third of the gold one; this coin is long out of uſe, though the term is ſtill retained as the name of a money of account; in which ſenſe it is equivalent to the livre, or twenty ſols.
ref: 1771, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1st ed., Vol. II, p. 630
glosses: Obsolete form of franc, former French coins, moneys of account, and currency.
ord
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)d
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of order.
topics: law
glosses: Abbreviation of ordinance.
ord
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)d
Forms: form: ords
form: orde
Etymology: From Middle English ord (“point, point of a weapon, beginning”), from Old English ord (“point, spear-point, spear, source, beginning, front, vanguard”), from Proto-West Germanic *oʀd, from Proto-Germanic *uzdaz (“point”), of obscure origin (see *uzdaz).
Cognate with North Frisian od (“tip, place, beginning”), Dutch oord (“place, region”), German Ort (“location, place, position”), Danish od (“a point”), Swedish udd (“a point, prick”), Icelandic oddur (“tip, point of a weapon, leader”). See also odd.
Senses: glosses: A point.
examples: text: "[...] But such is life — hard upon hard from ord to end; and if I had not been made of the best of neat-leather, the longer in water the tougher, I would have melted away with my tears long ago!"
ref: 1897, Frank Cowan, The millionaire:
text: [...] Tell me wholly as it was From ord to end how it did pass When first your father was of me ware.
ref: 1924, Adriaan Jacob Barnouw Esmoreit, An ingenious play of Esmoreit: the king's son of Sicily:
glosses: A point of origin; a beginning.
examples: text: When a man came from Sutherland into Caithness over the Ord [of Caithness, in the southern tip of the county], he was called an ord-louper .
ref: 1900, Cai.
glosses: A point of land; a promontory.
examples: text: Saul drew his sword, And ran even upon the ord. — Cursor Mundi.
text: And touched him with the spear's ord. — Romance of Sir Otuel.
text: Hadubraht, the son of Hiltibrant, said, "Gladly gifts should be received; ord (spear's point) against ord.
ref: 1814, Henry William Weber, Robert Jamieson, Sir Walter Scott, Illustrations of northern antiquities:
glosses: The point or edge of a weapon.
Derived terms: odds and ends
pedophilia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌpiː.dəˈfɪ.li.ə/
ipa: /ˌpe.dəˈfɪ.li.ə/
ipa: /ˌpɛ.dəˈfi.li.ə/
rhymes: -ɪliə
Forms: form: pedophilias
form: paedophilia
form: pædophilia
Etymology: Adapted from German Pädophilie, bringing its spelling into conformity with pedo- (“child”) + -philia. Compare the Byzantine Greek παιδοφιλία (paidophilía, “love of children”).
Senses: examples: text: As noted earlier, pedophilia was cited as both an aggravating and a mitigating circumstance by trial judges, as was the absence of pedophilia.
ref: 2007, Margaret Mary Wright, Judicial decision making in child sexual abuse cases, page 122:
text: Sometimes a man with pedophilia is content to stroke the child's hair, but he may also manipulate the child's genitalia, [...]
ref: 2009, Ann Kring, Sheri Johnson, Gerald C. Davison, Abnormal Psychology:
synonyms: word: childlove
word: pederosis
word: pedophilic disorder
topics: psychiatry
medicine
psychology
human-sciences
sciences
antonyms: teleiophilia
hypernyms: paraphilia
coordinate_terms: hebephilia
ephebophilia
pederasty
korephilia
teleiophilia
glosses: Sexual attraction by adults and adolescents to children, specifically prepubescent children.
examples: text: Fifteen months later, a committee of the congregation found that he had sexually abused several boys within the congregation. […] The fact that Alger committed pedophilia at the age of thirty-four casts a shadow over his subsequent yearning for relationships with boys and young men, but there is no evidence of any later misconduct.
ref: 1998, Andrew L. Kaufman, Cardozo, Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, →ISBN, page 25:
text: Entire books have been written about the role of scandal in US politics (Garment, 1992). Offenses include smoking marijuana, hiring illegal aliens, plagiarizing, sexually harassing others, engaging in pedophilia, […]
ref: 2005, Carol Weiss Lewis, Stuart Gilman, The ethics challenge in public service: a problem-solving guide, 2nd edition, San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, →ISBN, page 88:
text: It's quite another (a bad idea) to expect amateurs to figure out who is telling the truth about Iraq, or which priests have committed pedophilia.
ref: 2007 June 17, Todd Oppenheimer, “Read All about It -- but Where, Exactly?”, in SFGate, Hearst Communications:
text: Although the Holy See publicly expressed its rejection of sexual abuse and pedophilia and expressed its commitment to cooperate with civil authorities when cases of pedophile priests were found¹², there are no known cases of bishops or cardinals, being found responsible for abusing children or covering up for pedophilia in their parishes.
ref: 2013 December 24, “Clerical Pedophilia by Mexicans in Mexico and Other Countries”, in CNN en Español, page 10:
synonyms: pedosexuality
glosses: Sexual activity between adults and children; the act of child molestation.
Related terms: pedophile
pedophiliac
pedophilic
hebephilia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From hebe- (“relating to youth”) + -philia.
Senses: examples: text: This finding, if confirmed, may offer a useful lead for research in heterosexual pedophilia or hebephilia (a preference for pubescent girls)
ref: 1975 Forensic Science Abstracts - Volume 1 - Page 216
text: paraphilias are included: hebephilia (adolescent girls) and ephebophilia (adolescent boys), although the dynamics of these latter two may be closer to those of adult attraction.
ref: 1989 Robert H. Rencken Intervention Strategies for Sexual Abuse page 10
coordinate_terms: korophilia
parthenophilia
glosses: A sexual preference for adolescent girls.
coordinate_terms: ephebophilia
pedophilia
teleiophilia
glosses: Adult sexual attraction primarily towards pubescent children and younger adolescents, usually between 10 and 14 years old.
Derived terms: hebephile
hebephiliac
hebephilic
pedohebephilia
Related terms: ephebophilia
pederasty
romantic
sexual relationship between a man and an adolescent boy
hover
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhɒvə/
ipa: /ˈhʌvə/
ipa: /ˈhɑvɚ/
ipa: /ˈhʌvɚ/
ipa: /ˈhɔvə/
ipa: /ˈhavə/
rhymes: -ɒvə(ɹ)
rhymes: -ʌvə(ɹ)
Forms: form: hovers
Etymology: The verb is derived from Middle English hoveren (“to float in the air, hover; to stay”), probably from hoven (“hover; of a bird: to fly high in the air, soar”) (which it displaced) + -er- (frequentative suffix). Hoven is probably derived from Old English *hōfian, from hōfon, the plural past indicative form of hebban (“to lift, raise”), from Proto-West Germanic *habbjan, from Proto-Germanic *habjaną (“to lift; to heave”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂p- (“to hold, seize”). The English word is analysable as hove (“(obsolete) to remain suspended, float, hover; to linger, wait”) + -er (frequentative suffix).
The noun is derived from the verb.
Senses: glosses: An act, or the state, of remaining stationary in the air or some other place.
glosses: A flock of birds fluttering in the air in one place.
glosses: An act, or the state, of being suspended; a suspension.
examples: text: Oyſters grevv vpon boughs of trees (an Indian miracle) vvhich vvere caſt in [the pond] thither, to ſerue as a houer for the fiſh.
ref: 1609, Richard Carew, “The Second Booke”, in The Survey of Cornwall, London: […] S[imon] S[tafford] for Iohn Iaggard, […], →OCLC, folio 105, verso:
text: And now, down the rushing stream, […] past dark hovers under swirling banks, from which great trout rushed out on Tom, thinking him to be good to eat, and turned back sulkily, for the fairies sent them home again with a tremendous scolding, for daring to meddle with a water-baby; […]
ref: 1862 August – 1863 March, Charles Kingsley, chapter III, in The Water-Babies: A Fairy Tale for a Land-Baby, London; Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Macmillan and Co., published 1863, →OCLC, page 116:
text: Without the instinct of self-preservation, which causes the sea-anemone to contract its tentacles, or the fish to dash into its hover, species would be extermined wholesale by involuntary suicide.
ref: 1874, Charles Kingsley, “Superstition. A Lecture Delivered at the Royal Institution, London.”, in Health and Education, London: W. Isbister & Co. […], →OCLC, page 234:
glosses: A cover; a protection; a shelter; specifically, an overhanging bank or stone under which fish can shelter; also, a shelter for hens brooding their eggs.
Derived terms: hovercard
hoverfly
hover fly
hover hand
hover text
flan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /flæn/
ipa: /flɑn/
rhymes: -æn
rhymes: -ɑːn
Forms: form: flans
Etymology: Borrowed around 1846 from French flan (“cheesecake, custard tart, flan”), or in some uses (in reference to Spanish/Latin American flans) later from Spanish flan (itself from the French), both from Old French flaon (whence also Middle English flaon, flaun (“pie; cake”)), from Late Latin fladō (“flat cake”), from Frankish *flaþō (“flat cake”), from Proto-Indo-European *pleth₂- (“broad, flat”); compare German Fladen. Akin to Old High German flado (“flat cake, offering cake”). Doublet of flathe.
Although the -n is generally believed to derive from the Late Latin accusative form (fladonem) of fladō (“flat cake”), it might alternatively derive from an inflected form of the Frankish word (such as the Frankish accusative *flaþan, or the like). For a similar case, see garden.
Senses: examples: text: The menu includes a number of excellent fish dishes such as the […] broccoli flan.
ref: 2004, Shawn Blore, Alexandra de Vries, Frommer's Brazil, →ISBN, page 175:
glosses: Baked tart with sweet or savoury filling in an open-topped pastry case. (Compare quiche.)
synonyms: crème caramel
glosses: A dessert of congealed custard, often topped with caramel, especially popular in Spanish-speaking countries.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
numismatics
glosses: A coin die. (Compare planchet.)
Related terms: flathe
flathon
flawn
leche flan
custard
flan
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /flæn/
ipa: /flɑn/
rhymes: -æn
rhymes: -ɑːn
Forms: form: flans
form: flanning
form: flanned
form: flanned
Senses: topics: architecture
glosses: To splay or bevel internally, as a window-pane.
Derived terms: flanning
flan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /flæn/
ipa: /flɑn/
rhymes: -æn
rhymes: -ɑːn
ipa: /flæn/
rhymes: -æn
ipa: /flæn/
ipa: /flɑn/
rhymes: -æn
rhymes: -ɑːn
Forms: form: flans
Etymology: English, from a slip of the tongue by actor Nathan Fillion.
Senses: examples: text: (some) Firefly flans call themselves Browncoats (Remember, the hot movie from Universal is out this September! :)
ref: 2005 January 29, P. Burrows, “Re: Name for Lost fans?”, in rec.arts.sf.tv (Usenet):
text: For what it's worth, I'm 27 and am a huge Firefly/Serenity flan.
ref: 2006 June 18, Geoff Aldrich, “Re: SciFi promotion [Was Firefly fans skew older?]”, in alt.tv.firefly (Usenet):
text: I'm glad this wasn't the first flan group I came across or I would never have realised the great nature of the majority of browncoasts.^([sic])
ref: 2007 January 21, Tal, “Re: Nude Jewel Staite? Close enough.”, in alt.tv.firefly (Usenet):
topics: lifestyle
synonyms: Browncoat
glosses: A fan of the U.S. TV series Firefly.
Belorussian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Belarusian.
Belorussian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Belorussians
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Belarusian.
Belorussian
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Belarusian.
rule
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹuːl/
ipa: /ɹɪu̯l/
ipa: /ɹʉl/
rhymes: -uːl
Forms: form: rules
form: ruling
form: ruled
form: ruled
form: no-table-tags
form: glossary
form: rule
form: rule
form: ruled
form: rule
form: rulest
form: ruled
form: ruledst
form: rules
form: ruleth
form: ruled
form: rule
form: ruled
form: rule
form: ruled
form: rule
form: -
form: ruling
form: ruled
Etymology: From Middle English reulen, rulen, borrowed from Old French riuler, from Latin regulāre (“to regulate, rule”), from regula (“a rule”); see regular and regulate.
Senses: examples: text: And Vickers launched forth into a tirade very different from his platform utterances. He spoke with extreme contempt of the dense stupidity exhibited on all occasions by the working classes. He said that if you wanted to do anything for them, you must rule them, not pamper them. Soft heartedness caused more harm than good.
ref: 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XIII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
glosses: To regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over.
examples: text: This game rules!
synonyms: word: rock
word: bang
word: devour
word: eat
word: eat and leave no crumbs
word: excel
word: go hard
word: kick
word: kick ass
word: rock
word: rule
word: shine
word: slap
word: slay
antonyms: word: stink
word: suck
glosses: To excel.
examples: text: The US supreme court has ruled unanimously that natural human genes cannot be patented, a decision that scientists and civil rights campaigners said removed a major barrier to patient care and medical innovation.
ref: 2013 June 21, Karen McVeigh, “US rules human genes can't be patented”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 2, page 10:
synonyms: hold
glosses: To decide judicially.
examples: text: That's a ruled case with the school-men.
ref: 1687, Francis Atterbury, An Answer to Some Considerations on the Spirit of Martin Luther and the Original of the Reformation; […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] [Sheldonian] Theater, →OCLC:
glosses: To establish or settle by, or as by, a rule; to fix by universal or general consent, or by common practice.
glosses: To mark (paper or the like) with rules (lines).
Derived terms: sense: Terms derived from rule (verb)
word: forerule
sense: Terms derived from rule (verb)
word: interrule
sense: Terms derived from rule (verb)
word: rule against perpetuities
sense: Terms derived from rule (verb)
word: rule in
sense: Terms derived from rule (verb)
word: rule off
sense: Terms derived from rule (verb)
word: rule OK
sense: Terms derived from rule (verb)
word: rule on
sense: Terms derived from rule (verb)
word: rule out
sense: Terms derived from rule (verb)
word: rule the day
sense: Terms derived from rule (verb)
word: rule the roast
sense: Terms derived from rule (verb)
word: rule the roost
sense: Terms derived from rule (verb)
word: rule the school
sense: Terms derived from rule (verb)
word: rule with a rod of iron
sense: Terms derived from rule (verb)
word: self-ruling
sense: Terms derived from rule (verb)
word: the hand that rocks the cradle rules the world
rule
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹuːl/
ipa: /ɹɪu̯l/
ipa: /ɹʉl/
rhymes: -uːl
Etymology: Related to revel.
Senses: glosses: Revelry.
Synonyms: word: rule
Related terms: word: principle
word: test
word: criterion
word: rule of thumb
word: saying
word: restriction
word: limitation
word: limit
word: constraint
word: command
word: prohibition
word: instruction
word: procedure
word: routine
word: convention
word: norm
word: algorithm
word: word
word: phrase
word: sentence
word: characteristic
word: property
word: attribute
word: predicate
word: formula
word: rigid
word: flexible
word: legal
word: constitutional
word: strict
word: general
word: specific
word: basic
word: unwritten
word: unspoken
word: stupid
word: silly
word: clear
word: confusing
word: ambiguous
word: unambiguous
word: simple
word: complicated
word: familiar
word: strange
word: clear-cut
word: straightforward
word: adhere [⇒ thesaurus] to
word: administer
word: draft
word: follow
word: obey
word: comply with
word: violate
word: rule maker
word: regulator
word: lawgiver
word: lawmaker
word: legislator
word: policy maker
word: administrator
word: bureaucrat
word: violator
word: drafter
word: Madison
word: bureaucracy
word: government
word: administration
word: leeway
word: freedom
word: liberty
word: whim
word: caprice
word: subjectivity
word: unpredictability
word: exception
word: Appendix:Roget MICRA thesaurus/Class V § 613. Habit
word: Appendix:Roget MICRA thesaurus/Class I § 82. Conformity
rule
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹuːl/
ipa: /ɹɪu̯l/
ipa: /ɹʉl/
rhymes: -uːl
Forms: form: rules
form: ruling
form: ruled
form: ruled
Etymology: Related to revel.
Senses: glosses: To revel.
eaglet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: eaglets
Etymology: From eagle + -let (diminutive suffix).
Senses: examples: text: He [Christopher North] speaks in his "Second Canticle" of "the imps," "the eaglets," "the young ones," "the bursting of the shells," as though it were the commoner occurrence for there to be several eaglets in a nest. This is not the case.
ref: 1861, Charles Boner, “The Golden Eagle”, in Forest Creatures, London: Longman, Green, Longman and Roberts, page 177:
text: Alas! in the morning the eaglet was gone; and, full of sorrow, they stooped to pick up the shining fleece with which the floor was spread. At their touch, every feather became a golden coin.
ref: 1879 January, Ellis Clare, “The Christmas Eaglet”, in Ballou's Monthly Magazine, volume 49, number 1, Boston: Thomes & Talbot:
text: [A]fter the ten days Arkirie came to the king and asked him to give him two eaglets.
ref: 1900, M. Gaster, “Art. XIII.—Contributions to the History of Aḥiḳar and Nadan”, in Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain & Ireland, page 308:
text: Once the eaglets are born—tiny balls of white fuzz—the adult eagles prove that birds can be as protective and solicitous of their young as humans. They'll rip food into bite-size pieces for the eaglets and stand ceaseless watch over the eyrie.
ref: 1962 July 24, Richard Petrow, “Last chance to save the Bald Eagle”, in Popular Science, volume 181, number 1, →ISSN, page 192:
text: The early days and weeks of an eaglet’s life are not without risks.
ref: 2024 March 6, Francine Kiefer, “Bald eagles offer webcam lessons on patience and parenting”, in The Christian Science Monitor:
glosses: The immature young of an eagle; an eagle chick.
Adler
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From German Adler.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Derived terms: Adlerian
Adlerism
Adlock
kohanga reo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kohanga reo
form: kōhanga reo
Etymology: From Maori kōhanga reo, literally "language nest", from kōhanga (“nest”) + reo (“language”).
Senses: examples: text: The Minister knows that a licence to establish a kohanga reo cannot be obtained unless the programme meets the prescription of a child care centre.
ref: 1983, Parliamentary Debates, volume 451, New Zealand Parliament House of Representatives, page 1356:
glosses: A kindergarten designed to immerse children in Maori language and culture.
nounal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnaʊnəl/
Forms: form: more nounal
form: most nounal
Etymology: From noun + -al; used to avoid confusion with other senses of nominal.
Senses: examples: text: The nounal word was the first in the sentence.
synonyms: nominal
glosses: Of, relating to, or acting as a noun.
Derived terms: nounally