cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
critique
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /kɹɪˈtiːk/
ipa: /kɹɪˈtik/
ipa: /kɹɪˈtiːk/
ipa: /kɹəˈtiːk/
rhymes: -iːk
Forms: form: critiques
form: critiquing
form: critiqued
form: critiqued
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French critique, from New Latin critica (“critique”), feminine of criticus (“critical”); see critic.
Senses: examples: text: I want you to critique this new idea of mine.
text: Newly declassified documents from the FBI reveal how the US federal agency under J Edgar Hoover monitored the activities of dozens of prominent African American writers for decades, devoting thousands of pages to detailing their activities and critiquing their work.
ref: 2015 February 9, Alison Flood, “FBI monitored and critiqued African American writers for decades”, in The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC:
text: While many commented on the sweet nature of the video, others were quick to critique her parenting choice, with one saying: "Giving food like this to a child is child abuse."
ref: 2017 April 15, “Kelly Clarkson accused of 'child abuse' for feeding two-year-old daughter Nutella”, in Independent.ie, retrieved 18 May 2021:
text: On Tuesday, in what was unquestionably the most quintessential MSNBC moment I caught this week, a protester heckled correspondent Katy Tur for mentioning looting and she conceded that he was right to critique the media’s fascination with that aspect of recent events.
ref: 2020 June 5, Judy Berman, “Where You Watch George Floyd Protests Matters. Here’s Why.”, in Time, New York, N.Y.: Time Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC:
text: But as this quartet of women filmmakers make new contributions to a very old genre, they’re united […] in critiquing the frontier illusion itself, the fantasy that fleeing toward the next horizon offers riches as well as freedom from the waste and damage left behind.
ref: 2021 April 19, Jordan Kisner, “The Western Rides Again”, in Jeffrey Goldberg, editor, The Atlantic, Washington, D.C.: The Atlantic Monthly Group, →ISSN, →OCLC:
text: American Federation of Teachers president Randi Weingarten critiqued standardized testing Thursday – and specifically cited the racial makeup of heavily Asian Stuyvesant High School as an example of what’s wrong with the system.
ref: 2021 May 13, Selim Algar, “Teachers union chief cites Stuyvesant HS in ripping standardized testing”, in New York Post, retrieved 18 May 2021:
glosses: To review something; to criticize.
Derived terms: anticritique
autocritique
countercritique
critiquable
metacritique
recritique
self-critique
uncritiqued
critique
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kɹɪˈtiːk/
ipa: /kɹɪˈtik/
ipa: /kɹɪˈtiːk/
ipa: /kɹəˈtiːk/
rhymes: -iːk
Forms: form: critiques
Senses: examples: text: a question amongst critiques in the ages to come
ref: 1625, John Williams, Great Britains Salomon (sermon)
glosses: Obsolete form of critic (“one who criticizes”).
cous
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkʌz/
rhymes: -ʌz
homophone: cuz
Forms: form: couses
form: cuz
Etymology: Clipping of cousin.
Senses: glosses: cousin (usually as a term of address, but not necessarily towards one's cousin)
cous
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkʌz/
rhymes: -ʌz
homophone: cuz
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of kouse.
coast guard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coast guards
form: coastguard
Etymology: From coast + guard. Compare Old English sǣweard (“coastguard”, literally “sea-guard”).
Senses: examples: text: I went down to the coast guard to see what they're guarding / "See what the sign says, you idiot, we're guarding the coast"
ref: 2018, Bill Wurtz, “Long Long Long Journey”:
glosses: The organisation or officer enforcing maritime law and policing the seas within territorial waters.
broaden
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɹɔː.dn̩/
ipa: /ˈbɹɔ.dn̩/
ipa: /ˈbɹɑ.dn̩/
ipa: /ˈbɹoː.dən/
rhymes: -ɔːdən
Forms: form: broadens
form: broadening
form: broadened
form: broadened
Etymology: From broad + -en (verbal suffix).
Senses: examples: text: broaden one’s knowledge
text: broaden the canal
text: Travel broadens the mind.
synonyms: widen
extend
glosses: To make broad or broader.
examples: text: The roads gradually broadened as we drove into the countryside.
text: Her knowledge broadened after spending a year in South America.
synonyms: widen
glosses: To become broad or broader.
Derived terms: broadener
broaden someone's horizons
overbroaden
unbroadened
double dare
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)
Forms: form: double dares
Senses: glosses: A challenge that is harder or naughtier than a regular dare.
double dare
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)
Forms: form: double dares
form: double daring
form: double dared
form: double dared
Senses: examples: text: I double dare you to run down the street naked.
glosses: To challenge with a double dare.
Derived terms: double dog dare
triple dog dare
truth or dare
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Truth or Dare
Senses: topics: games
synonyms: questions and commands
glosses: A game where players take it in turn to perform a dare set by the other players, or truthfully answer a question put forth by them.
truth or dare
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Forms: form: Truth or Dare
Senses: examples: text: A: Truth or dare? B: Dare.
topics: games
glosses: The question asked during the truth or dare game, in which a player asks another player to choose between the two.
autopilot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɔːtəʊˌpaɪlət/
ipa: /ˈɔtoʊˌpaɪlət/
ipa: [ˈɔ.ɾoʊˌpaɪlət]
ipa: /ˈɑtoʊˌpaɪlət/
ipa: [ˈɑ.ɾoʊˌpaɪlət]
Forms: form: autopilots
Etymology: From auto- + pilot.
Senses: examples: text: I set the autopilot to due south, so I could get some rest.
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
nautical
physical-sciences
transport
glosses: A mechanical, electrical, or hydraulic system used to guide a vehicle without assistance from a human being.
examples: text: I've been doing this 12 hours non-stop, and am so hungry and tired that I've stopped thinking: I'm now on autopilot.
text: But while the wackiness gets exasperating fast (a running joke about Hazel’s father, played by Ray Romano on autopilot, having a sex doll for a wife is even unfunnier than it sounds), Milioti works overtime to keep us invested.
ref: 2021 March 31, Benjamin Lee, “Made for Love review – Black Mirror-esque comedy needs an upgrade”, in The Guardian:
glosses: A state of mind where one no longer thinks about doing one's actions, but acts mechanically.
Related terms: automatic
autopilot
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɔːtəʊˌpaɪlət/
ipa: /ˈɔtoʊˌpaɪlət/
ipa: [ˈɔ.ɾoʊˌpaɪlət]
ipa: /ˈɑtoʊˌpaɪlət/
ipa: [ˈɑ.ɾoʊˌpaɪlət]
Forms: form: autopilots
form: autopiloting
form: autopiloted
form: autopiloted
Etymology: From auto- + pilot.
Senses: glosses: To pilot itself; to drive or travel automatically.
raw_tags: of a vehicle
Related terms: cruise control
go through the motions
420
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: 420s
Etymology: So named because it is 420 centimetres long.
Senses: glosses: A particular type of monohull dinghy with two sails, designed for two people.
420
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: 4:20
form: 4/20
form: four-twenty
form: four twenty
Etymology: Likely influenced by the time (4:20 pm) a particular group would meet in search of marijuana, circa 1971; subsequently spread as a cipher through the San Francisco Bay area and adopted among Grateful Dead fans.
Senses: examples: text: Sunday is 420 day, when lovers of marijuana get together to celebrate their fondness for weed.
ref: 2025 April 20, Sandee LaMotte, “Marijuana hospital visits linked to dementia diagnosis within 5 years, study finds”, in CNN:
glosses: Cannabis.
examples: text: Late nights at the recording studio were always 420 friendly.
glosses: Pertaining to cannabis, its consumption, or cannabis culture.
raw_tags: as a modifier
glosses: April 20 (abbreviated 4/20 in the US), as an occasion to celebrate cannabis culture.
repeater
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹɪˈpiːtə(ɹ)/
Forms: form: repeaters
Etymology: From repeat + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who or that which repeats.
topics: education
glosses: A student repeating a course, class, or grade.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A patient who repeatedly presents with the same symptoms.
topics: business
marketing
glosses: A consumer who repeatedly purchases the same goods or services.
examples: text: The pimps and the panders, the cadets and maquereaux… they vote the ticket of the organization; they contribute to the campaign funds; they serve as colonizers and repeaters at the polls.
ref: 1912, Upton Sinclair, The Machine:
glosses: One who votes more than once at an election.
topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
ufology
glosses: A person who regularly sees unexplained sightings of paranormal phenomena.
topics: engineering
firearms
government
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
tools
war
weaponry
antonyms: single-shot
glosses: A gun that has a store of cartridges and does not need reloading after each shot.
topics: communications
electrical-engineering
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
telecommunications
telegraphy
glosses: A telegraphic instrument for automatically retransmitting a message.
examples: text: […] Colonel Moen was trying to make sense of the radio nets, which had never really been operational let alone secure; our numerous outposts were cobbled together with hand-held Motorolas and too few repeater stations […]
ref: 2009, Julius Mutwol, Peace Agreements and Civil Wars in Africa, →ISBN, page 190:
topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: An electronic device that receives a weak or low-level signal and retransmits it at a higher level or higher power.
topics: hobbies
horology
lifestyle
glosses: A watch with a striking apparatus which, upon pressure of a spring, will indicate the time, usually in hours and quarters.
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A frigate appointed to attend an admiral in a fleet, and to repeat the admiral's signals.
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A pennant used to indicate that a certain flag in a hoist of signal is duplicated.
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A repeating decimal.
topics: business
manufacturing
textiles
glosses: In calico printing, a design repeated at equal intervals in a pattern.
Synonyms: topics: telegraphy
telecommunications
electrical-engineering
communications
engineering
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: translator
Derived terms: banner repeater
minute repeater
soft-gamma repeater
Related terms: word: repeat offender
sense: repeating firearm
word: autoloader
sense: repeating firearm
word: revolver
sense: repeating firearm
word: semiauto
ambergris
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæm.bɚ.ɡɹɪs/
ipa: /ˈæm.bɚ.ɡɹis/
ipa: /ˈæm.bə.ɡɹɪs/
Forms: form: ambergrises
form: amber-gris
form: amber gris
form: ambergreece
form: amber-greece
form: amber greece
form: ambergrease
form: amber-grease
form: amber grease
form: ambergreese
form: amber-greese
form: ambergrise
form: amber-grise
form: amber grise
form: ambergreace
form: amber-greace
form: amber greace
form: ambergrece
form: amber-grece
form: amber grece
form: ambergrese
form: amber-grese
form: amber grese
form: ambergrice
form: amber-grice
form: amber grice
form: ambergriece
form: amber-griece
form: amber griece
form: ambergriese
form: amber-griese
form: amber griese
form: ambregrise
form: ambregris
form: amber de gris
Etymology: From Old French ambre gris (“grey amber”). Though the term was initially spaced as two words, single-word forms predominated by the 19th century. In the 17th century, folk etymologies interpreting the term as amber grease or amber [of] Greece enjoyed some popularity.
Senses: examples: text: Your onely way to make a good pomander, is this. Take an ownce of the pureſt garden mould, clenſed and ſteeped ſeauen daies in change of motherleſſe roſe water, then take the beſt Labdanum, Benioine, both Storaxes, amber greece, and Ciuet, and muſke, incorporate them together, and work them into what form you pleaſe; this, if your breath bee not to valiant, will make you ſmell as ſweete as my Ladies dogge.
ref: 1607, [attributed to Thomas Tomkis], Lingva: Or The Combat of the Tongue, and the Five Senses for Superiority. A Pleasant Comœdie., London: Printed by G[eorge] Eld, for Simon Waterson, →OCLC, act IV, scene iii:
text: And as for the other whale, why, I’ll agree to get more oil by chopping up and trying out these three masts of ours, than he’ll get from that bundle of bones; though, now that I think of it, it may contain something worth a good deal more than oil; yes, ambergris.
ref: 1851 November 14, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC:
glosses: A solid, waxy, flammable substance of a dull grey or blackish color, produced in the intestines of the sperm whale. It is used in perfumes.
Synonyms: word: amber
word: grey amber
word: gray amber
470
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌfɔːˈsɛvɨnti/
ipa: /ˌfɔɹˈsɛvənti/
Forms: form: 470s
Etymology: So named because it is 470 centimetres long
Senses: glosses: A monohull dinghy, 4.7 metres in length, with two sails, designed for two people
thingie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thingies
Etymology: From thing + -ie.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of thingy.
switchboard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈswɪt͡ʃˌbɔɹd/
Forms: form: switchboards
Etymology: From switch + board.
Senses: topics: communications
electrical-engineering
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
telecommunications
glosses: The electronic panel that is used to direct telephone calls to the desired recipient.
topics: business
electrical
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A large piece of power-distribution equipment that directs electricity to multiple loads.
switchboard
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈswɪt͡ʃˌbɔɹd/
Forms: form: switchboards
form: switchboarding
form: switchboarded
form: switchboarded
Etymology: From switch + board.
Senses: glosses: To transmit or relay through, as if through, a switchboard.
softie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: softies
Etymology: From soft + -ie.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of soft girl.
synonyms: word: soft girl
glosses: Alternative form of softy.
pissy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɪsi/
rhymes: -ɪsi
Forms: form: pissier
form: pissiest
Etymology: From piss + -y.
Senses: examples: text: David's father immediately threw his baby's pissy clothes into the wash.
glosses: Soaked or dirtied by urine.
examples: text: Dan Valentine works as a bartender in a pissy and discreet Boston Village gay bar called "Bonaparte's".
ref: 1980 December 13, Mitzel, “Dale Barbre's Murder Transformed”, in Gay Community News, volume 8, number 21, page 12:
text: I admit the car still has a pissy smell from what happened last year.
glosses: Resembling or smelling like urine.
examples: text: I wish these pissy rain showers would either build up into a storm or go away.
glosses: Resembling or smelling like urine.
Weak and drizzly.
raw_tags: of rain
examples: text: Stop being pissy: you knew what I meant when I said "Don't touch the dial", but you prodded the dial with a fork.
glosses: Anal retentive, whinging and pernickety.
synonyms: word: shitty
word: annoyed
word: angry
word: aggravated
word: agitated
word: bothered
word: exasperated
word: frustrated
word: irritable
word: irritated
word: irked
word: peeved
word: pestered
word: pissy
word: ratty
word: shitty
word: sore
word: tired
word: vexed
word: bee in one's bonnet
word: have it in for
word: hot and bothered
word: hold a grudge
word: brassed off
word: browned off
word: cheesed off
word: peed off
word: pissed off
word: PO'd
word: teed off
word: ticked off
word: ;
word: angry
word: annoyed
word: apoplectic
word: bad-tempered
word: berserk
word: big mad
word: blood-boiling
word: boiling mad
word: cheesed off
word: choleric
word: cross
word: enraged
word: fit to be tied
word: fuming
word: furibund
word: furious
word: fury
word: glimflashy
word: hopping mad
word: ill-natured
word: incensed
word: infuriated
word: irate
word: ireful
word: ired
word: irritated
word: little mad
word: livid
word: mad
word: mad as a bear with a sore head
word: pathetic
word: pissed off
word: p'd off
word: pissed
word: pissy
word: raging
word: ready to be tied
word: screwfaced
word: seething
word: spitting chips
word: splenetic
word: sore
word: steaming
word: up on one's ear
word: vexed
word: waxy
word: wode
word: wrathful
word: wroth
word: zowerswopped
glosses: Annoyed; angry; in a bad mood; pissed off.
Derived terms: pissily
pissiness
pissy-eyed
pissy-pants
Related terms: pissy-bed
slippy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈslɪpi/
rhymes: -ɪpi
Forms: form: slippier
form: slippiest
Etymology: From slip + -y. Compare Old English slipiġ (“slippy, slimy, viscid”).
Senses: examples: text: It was darker now and there were stones and bits of wood on the strand and slippy seaweed.
ref: 1922 February, James Joyce, “[Episode 13]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company, […], →OCLC:
qualifier: slightly informal; Ottawa Valley; slightly informal; Ottawa Valley
glosses: Slippery.
examples: text: Well, come on then, let's look slippy.
ref: 1913, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, chapter 5, in Sons and Lovers, London: Duckworth & Co. […], →OCLC:
glosses: Spry, nimble.
Derived terms: slippily
slippiness
slippy map
mwah
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: ipa: /mwɑː/
ipa: /mwɑ/
ipa: /mwʌ/
homophone: moi
rhymes: -ɑː
Forms: form: mouah
form: muah
form: mwa
form: mwuah
Etymology: Onomatopoeic. From the sound made when kissing, or the sound of a fretless bass.
Senses: examples: text: Thanks guys. 3 kisses for you all: mwah mwah mwah!
text: 'Cause he looks like how Bayboy draws Sam the dog / With the beard I can sink my lips into like mwah
ref: 2025, Fraxiom, “kutna hora”, performed by Food House:
glosses: The sound of a kiss, to indicate blowing a kiss to someone.
Coordinate terms: air kiss
flying kiss
Derived terms: mwah-mwah
mwah
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /mwɑː/
ipa: /mwɑ/
ipa: /mwʌ/
homophone: moi
rhymes: -ɑː
Forms: form: mouah
form: muah
form: mwa
form: mwuah
Etymology: Onomatopoeic. From the sound made when kissing, or the sound of a fretless bass.
Senses: examples: text: Play it again, but with more mwah this time.
glosses: The hallmark sound of a fretless bass guitar played with a certain technique, where treble frequencies increase gradually after the attack.
Related terms: word: mwah ha ha
word: mwha
mwah ha ha
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of muahahaha.
thymos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thymoi
Etymology: Ancient Greek θῡμός (thūmós, “soul, heart”). Doublet of thymus and fume.
Senses: qualifier: Platonic philosophy
glosses: That area of the soul where feelings of pride, indignation, shame etc are located.
Related terms: thymotic
musty
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmʌsti/
rhymes: -ʌsti
Etymology: The adjective is derived from Late Middle English musty; further origin uncertain, possibly from one of the following:
* From Anglo-Norman muste, moste, variants of moiste, muiste (“moist”), from Old French moiste (“clammy, damp, moist, wet”) (modern French moite (“muggy; sticky, sweaty”)), from a blend of Vulgar Latin *mucidus (from Latin mūcidus (“mouldy, musty”), from Old Latin mūceō (“to be mouldy or musty”) + -idus (suffix meaning ‘tending to’, forming adjectives)) + Latin mustum (“unfermented or partially fermented grape juice, must; new wine”) (from mustus (“fresh; young; unfermented”), from Proto-Indo-European *mus-, *mews- (“damp; moss”)).
* From another language derived from the above Latin words (compare the cognates below).
* A variant of Middle English mosty, moisti (“damp, humid, wet, moisty; of fruit: moist and juicy”) [and other forms] (perhaps influenced by must (“fruit (usually grape) juice which has been or will be fermented”)), from moist, moiste (“damp, humid; moist, wet; well-irrigated, well-watered; liquid; of ale: new; (figuratively) not withered, fresh; carnal, lascivious; raw, undisciplined”) (from Old French moiste: see above) + -i (suffix forming adjectives).
Compare Middle French moisi (“mouldy”), an adjective use of the past participle of moisir (“(to cause) to go mouldy, to moulder”) (modern French moisir), from Latin mūcēre, the present active infinitive of Old Latin mūceō (“to be mouldy or musty”): see above.
The English word is analysable as must (“mould; mustiness”) + -y (suffix meaning ‘having the quality of’ forming adjectives); however, must is thought to be a back-formation from musty.
The noun and verb are derived from the adjective.
Cognates
* Catalan mústic, musti (“wilted, withered; gloomy, sad”)
* Galician murcho, mucho (“wilted, withered”)
* Old Occitan moste (Occitan moste, mosti, musti (“damp, wet”) (Gascon))
* Portuguese murcho (“wilted, withered; gloomy, sad”)
* Spanish mustio (“wilted, withered; gloomy, sad”)
Senses: glosses: A type of snuff with a musty flavour (adjective sense 2).
musty
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmʌsti/
rhymes: -ʌsti
Forms: form: musties
form: mustying
form: mustied
form: mustied
form: no-table-tags
form: glossary
form: musty
form: musty
form: mustied
form: musty
form: mustiest
form: mustied
form: mustiedst
form: musties
form: mustieth
form: mustied
form: musty
form: mustied
form: musty
form: mustied
form: musty
form: -
form: mustying
form: mustied
Etymology: The adjective is derived from Late Middle English musty; further origin uncertain, possibly from one of the following:
* From Anglo-Norman muste, moste, variants of moiste, muiste (“moist”), from Old French moiste (“clammy, damp, moist, wet”) (modern French moite (“muggy; sticky, sweaty”)), from a blend of Vulgar Latin *mucidus (from Latin mūcidus (“mouldy, musty”), from Old Latin mūceō (“to be mouldy or musty”) + -idus (suffix meaning ‘tending to’, forming adjectives)) + Latin mustum (“unfermented or partially fermented grape juice, must; new wine”) (from mustus (“fresh; young; unfermented”), from Proto-Indo-European *mus-, *mews- (“damp; moss”)).
* From another language derived from the above Latin words (compare the cognates below).
* A variant of Middle English mosty, moisti (“damp, humid, wet, moisty; of fruit: moist and juicy”) [and other forms] (perhaps influenced by must (“fruit (usually grape) juice which has been or will be fermented”)), from moist, moiste (“damp, humid; moist, wet; well-irrigated, well-watered; liquid; of ale: new; (figuratively) not withered, fresh; carnal, lascivious; raw, undisciplined”) (from Old French moiste: see above) + -i (suffix forming adjectives).
Compare Middle French moisi (“mouldy”), an adjective use of the past participle of moisir (“(to cause) to go mouldy, to moulder”) (modern French moisir), from Latin mūcēre, the present active infinitive of Old Latin mūceō (“to be mouldy or musty”): see above.
The English word is analysable as must (“mould; mustiness”) + -y (suffix meaning ‘having the quality of’ forming adjectives); however, must is thought to be a back-formation from musty.
The noun and verb are derived from the adjective.
Cognates
* Catalan mústic, musti (“wilted, withered; gloomy, sad”)
* Galician murcho, mucho (“wilted, withered”)
* Old Occitan moste (Occitan moste, mosti, musti (“damp, wet”) (Gascon))
* Portuguese murcho (“wilted, withered; gloomy, sad”)
* Spanish mustio (“wilted, withered; gloomy, sad”)
Senses: examples: text: Wi[lding]. But harke thee, harke thee VVill, did'ſt vvinne it? / Ha[zard]. No, but I may looſe it ere I goe to bed. / Doſt think't ſhall muſtie, vvhat's a hundred pound?
ref: 1633 November 21 (date licensed; Gregorian calendar), Iames Shirly [i.e., James Shirley], The Gamester. […], London: […] Iohn Norton, for Andrew Crooke, and William Cooke, published 1637, →OCLC, Act II, signature [C4], recto:
glosses: To turn musty (adjective sense 1 or 2); to must.
musty
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmʌsti/
rhymes: -ʌsti
Forms: form: more musty
form: most musty
form: musthy
Etymology: From musth (“time during which male elephants exhibit increased levels of sexual activity and aggressiveness”) + -y (suffix meaning ‘having the quality of’ forming adjectives).
Senses: glosses: Of a male animal such as a camel or an elephant: in musth.
lardass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlɑɹd.æs/
rhymes: (US) -ɑɹdæs
Forms: form: lardasses
form: lard-arse
Etymology: Bahuvrihi compound of lard + ass.
Senses: examples: text: It was soon realized that there werenąt^([sic]) enough creaky knees, arthritic hips and aching backs outside of the sunbelt to support carts so they went after the lardass trade. And when they realized that there were not sufficient numbers of creaky knees, arthritic hips, aching backs and lardasses, they targeted the morally crippled. And when they saw that creaky knees, arthritic hips, aching backs, lardasses and the morally crippled didnąt^([sic]) do it for them, they finally made carts mandatory for everyone.
ref: 1997 February 20, Albert Charles, “CART GOLF as I see it”, in rec.sport.golf (Usenet):
glosses: An overweight or obese person.
Derived terms: lard-assed
gymnast
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdʒɪm.næst/
ipa: /ˈd͡ʒɪm.næst/
ipa: /ˈd͡ʒɪm.nəst/
Forms: form: gymnasts
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek γυμναστής (gumnastḗs, “trainer of athletes”), from γυμνάζω (gumnázō, “I train naked, exercise”), from γυμνός (gumnós, “naked”).
Senses: glosses: One who performs (the sport of) gymnastics.
Derived terms: mental gymnast
nongymnast
Related terms: gymnastic
gymnastical
gymnastically
gymnastics
doable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈduː.ə.bəl/
rhymes: -uːəbəl
Forms: form: more doable
form: most doable
form: do-able
Etymology: From Middle English doable, equivalent to do + -able.
Senses: examples: text: "I think this is embarrassing for the rail industry to put out non-workable options in a major public consultation that lots of people have given plenty of time to for then, at this stage, for us to be told that none of it was doable in the first place.
ref: 2021 May 5, “Andy Burnham's speech to the TfN board meeting”, in RAIL, number 930, page 51:
text: The work will, for now, continue in a different, disparate form. “It’s doable but it is disruptive,” said Kate Marvel, a climate scientist at GISS.
ref: 2025 May 21, Oliver Milman, “Godfather of climate science decries Trump plan to shut Nasa lab above Seinfeld diner: ‘It’s crazy’”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: Possible to do; feasible.
examples: text: Look at that chick - she's so doable!
glosses: Worthy of sexual conquest.
Derived terms: doability
undoable
doable
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈduː.ə.bəl/
rhymes: -uːəbəl
Forms: form: doables
form: do-able
Etymology: From Middle English doable, equivalent to do + -able.
Senses: glosses: Something that can be done; a possible or practical task.
cocks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kɒks/
rhymes: -ɒks
homophone: cox
Senses: examples: text: If Mrs. Dyott was fond of ancient French furniture, and distinctly difficult about it, her inmates could be fond—with whatever critical cocks of charming dark-braided heads over slender sloping shoulders—of modern French authors.
ref: 1901, Henry James, The Story in It:
text: The guests run hands over twitching boys, suck their cocks, hang on their backs like vampires.
ref: 1962 [1959], William S. Burroughs, Naked Lunch, New York: Grove Press, page 80:
glosses: plural of cock
cocks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /kɒks/
rhymes: -ɒks
homophone: cox
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of cock
beluga
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /bəˈluːɡə/
ipa: /bəˈluɡə/
rhymes: -uːɡə
Forms: form: belugas
form: Beluga
Etymology: Borrowed from Russian белу́га (belúga), from бе́лый (bélyj, “white”).
In modern standard Russian, белу́га (belúga) denotes the fish Huso huso only, while белу́ха (belúxa) denotes the cetacean.
Senses: synonyms: beluga whale
melonhead
sea canary
white whale
glosses: A cetacean, Delphinapterus leucas, found in the Arctic Ocean.
synonyms: European sturgeon
glosses: A fish, Huso huso, that is a source of caviar, which is found in the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea.
Derived terms: beluga lentil
beluga caviar
narluga
aftershave
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aftershaves
form: after-shave
Etymology: From after- + shave.
Senses: examples: text: The box was jam packed full o' gifts for each manjack of us: razors, aftershave, toothbrushes, an' books.
ref: 2013, Robert L. Buyer, Ursula T. Coute, Following the North Star, page 26:
glosses: a lotion, gel, or liquid used after finishing shaving
narine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: the narine membrane
glosses: Relating to the nares; narial.
escopeta
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: escopetas
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of escopet.
Alcmene
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ælkˈmiːni/
Forms: form: Alcmena
Etymology: From Latin Alcmēnē, from Ancient Greek Ἀλκμήνη (Alkmḗnē).
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Descendant of Perseus and Andromeda, the wife of Amphitryon, and mother, by Zeus, of Heracles/Hercules.
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: 82 Alkmene, a main belt asteroid.
sagger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: saggers
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of saggar.
sagger
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: saggers
form: saggering
form: saggered
form: saggered
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of saggar.
sagger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: saggers
Etymology: From sag + -er.
Senses: glosses: A young male who wears trousers very low on his hips, exposing underwear and/or his buttocks or lower abdominals.
pp.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Abbreviations.
Senses: examples: text: Life on Martha’s Vineyard has been mostly ideal for 11-year-old Mary Elizabeth Lambert, the protagonist of Ann Clare LeZotte’s historical novel SHOW ME A SIGN (Scholastic, 288 pp., $18.99; ages 8 to 12).
ref: 2020 April 27, Meg Medina, “A Deaf Girl Finds Her Voice on Martha's Vineyard in the 19th Century”, in The New York Times Book Review, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 05 Dec 2022:
related: word: pp
glosses: Abbreviation of pages (plural of p.)
related: word: p. p.
word: p.p.
word: pp
word: PP
coordinate_terms: pres. part.
pres.part.
glosses: Abbreviation of past participle.
pp.
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Etymology: Abbreviations.
Senses: related: word: per pro
word: p.p.
glosses: Abbreviation of per procurationem.
verfremdungseffekt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: verfremdungseffekte
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Verfremdungseffekt.
Verfremdungseffekt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: note: non-rhotic
ipa: /vɜːˈfɹɛm.duŋs.əˌfɛkt/
note: emulating German
ipa: /fɛːˈfɹɛm.dʊŋs.ɛˌfɛkt/
note: rhotic
ipa: /vɝˈfɹɛm.duŋs.əˌfɛkt/
note: emulating German
ipa: /fɛɹˈfɹɛm.dʊŋs.ɛˌfɛkt/
Forms: form: Verfremdungseffekte
form: verfremdungseffekt
Etymology: Borrowed from German Verfremdungseffekt.
Senses: examples: text: Brecht's famous ‘Verfremdungseffekte’^([sic]) or ‘alienation effect’, intended to counter the magical associations of stage illusion and the tendency for spellbound audiences to identify emotionally with characters on stage, both of which Brecht found abhorrent.
ref: 1997 May, Clive Barker, Simon Trussler, editors, New Theatre Quarterly, volume 13, number 50, page 114:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
literature
media
publishing
theater
synonyms: alienation
estrangement
glosses: Brecht's distancing effect.
glosses: A greying out, where distinct elements blend to become one.
Coordinate terms: defamiliarisation
estrangement
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪsˈtɹeɪnd͡ʒmənt/
Forms: form: estrangements
Etymology: Old French estrangement. By surface analysis, estrange + -ment (“act, state”).
Senses: examples: text: The impeachment crisis is also a symptom of a country caught in a massive political estrangement that is tearing apart any sense of common patriotic purpose. It has exposed a political culture in which the facts – in this case, of the President’s actions – are no longer sacrosanct and that has been laced with a fog of misinformation by his allies.
ref: 2019 December 18, Stephen Collinson, “A grave day in history: Trump faces impeachment”, in CNN:
glosses: The act of estranging; the act of alienating; alienation.
glosses: The state of being alien; foreign, non-native.
Synonyms: alienation
Derived terms: cognitive estrangement
Related terms: estrange
estranged
national anthem
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: national anthems
Senses: examples: text: With such focus from within the footballing community this week on Remembrance Sunday, there was something appropriate about Colchester being the venue for last night’s game. Troops from the garrison town formed a guard of honour for both sets of players, who emerged for the national anthem with poppies proudly stitched into their tracksuit jackets.
ref: 2011 November 10, Jeremy Wilson, “tEngland Under 21 5 Iceland Under 21 0: match report”, in Telegraph:
glosses: The official song of a nation or sovereign state, generally of a patriotic nature and played at events to celebrate or honor said state.
examples: text: The national anthem of Wales
text: The national anthem of the Russian SFSR
glosses: The official song of a constituent state of a country.
frenzied
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɹɛnzid/
Forms: form: more frenzied
form: most frenzied
form: phrenzied
Senses: examples: text: Preparations for the president's arrival made for a frenzied week.
text: Because most diesel failures can be traced to electrical faults, minor in themselves but often difficult to pin-point, any unscheduled halt during a trial run is often the signal for the frenzied unfolding of wiring diagrams and the appearance of an impressive array of voltmeters and circuit testers.
ref: 1962 April, R. K. Evans, “The Acceptance Testing of Diesel Locomotives”, in Modern Railways, page 268:
text: From the off, the game was bewilderingly frenzied. There was little pattern, little composure, no sense of feeling the opponent out, just a manic intensity as though neither side could quite believe they were in a European final.
ref: 2025 May 21, Jonathan Wilson, “Spurs prevail with Mourinho blueprint and ultra pragmatism in baffling final”, in The Guardian:
glosses: In a state of hurry, panic or wild activity.
Derived terms: frenziedly
frenziedness
unfrenzied
Related terms: frenzy
soft c
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /sɒft siː/
enpr: säft sē
ipa: /sɔft si/
Forms: form: soft cs
Senses: examples: In English, the "c" sound in "cent", "central" and "circuit" as distinct from the hard c in "cat" and "cabin".
In Italian, the "c" sound in "certo" as distinct from the "c" sound in "caffè".
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonology
sciences
glosses: In many languages, a letter "c" which is not pronounced as a velar stop (/k/, like English "k") but as a sibilant (/s/, like English "s") or an affricative (/tʃ/, like English "ch").
Related terms: soft g
hard c
hard g
hard c
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hard c's
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonetics
phonology
sciences
glosses: The "c" sound pronounced /k/, as in "cat" and "cabin", as distinct from the soft c, pronounced /s/, in "cent", "center" and "circuit".
Related terms: hard g
soft g
harried
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: The entire place teemed with harried executives who had no time to talk to one another.
glosses: Stressed, rushed, panicked, overly busy or preoccupied.
glosses: Harassed.
Derived terms: harriedness
unharried
harried
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of harry
hand in hand
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌhændɪnˈhænd/
Forms: form: hand-in-hand
Etymology: Dates back at least to Old English hand on handa, of the same meaning.
Senses: examples: text: The couple strolled down the sidewalk, hand in hand.
glosses: Holding or clasping hands.
examples: text: The tendency to follow trends and explore one's sense of self goes hand in hand with being a teenager.
text: Owing to sensitivities about the force's capabilities, Russell is unable to say how many drones BTP has, or where and when they operate. But he does confide that the force works hand in hand with the helicopter service, and its ability to deploy drones is getting quicker.
ref: 2022 February 9, Tom Allett, “The BTP's eyes and ears in the air”, in RAIL, number 950, page 50:
glosses: Naturally, ordinarily or predictably together; commonly having a correlation or relationship.
examples: text: As fair and as good, a kind of hand in hand comparison.
ref: 1611 April (first recorded performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Cymbeline”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iv]:
glosses: Just; fair; equitable.
Related terms: arm in arm
forefront
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɔːfɹʌnt/
ipa: /ˈfɔɹfɹʌnt/
ipa: /ˈfoːfɹɐnt/
note: rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
ipa: /ˈfo(ː)ɹfɹʌnt/
note: non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
ipa: /ˈfoəfɹʌnt/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)fɹʌnt
Forms: form: forefronts
Etymology: From Middle English forefrount, forfrount, forefronte, equivalent to fore- + front.
Senses: examples: text: That laboratory researches topics at the forefront of technology.
text: Today, the pocket calculator is a dying product, a casualty of digitization, which has been relegated to the role of a graphic icon on phone and computer screens rather than an object in its own right, but back in the early 1970s, it was at the forefront of consumer technology.
ref: 2012 March 4, Alice Rawsthorn, “Farewell, Pocket Calculator?”, in The New York Times:
text: It is time the international community faced the reality: we have an unmanageable, unfair, distortionary global tax regime. It is a tax system that is pivotal in creating the increasing inequality that marks most advanced countries today – with America standing out in the forefront and the UK not far behind.
ref: 2013 June 7, Joseph Stiglitz, “Globalisation is about taxes too”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 19:
text: He said that with the world facing a climate crisis, "it is up to those at the forefront of our industry - like Network Rail - to lead by example".
ref: 2023 August 9, “Network News: Network Rail under fire for spending thousands of pounds on flights”, in RAIL, number 989, page 15:
glosses: The leading position or edge.
forefront
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɔːfɹʌnt/
ipa: /ˈfɔɹfɹʌnt/
ipa: /ˈfoːfɹɐnt/
note: rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
ipa: /ˈfo(ː)ɹfɹʌnt/
note: non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
ipa: /ˈfoəfɹʌnt/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)fɹʌnt
Forms: form: forefronts
form: forefronting
form: forefronted
form: forefronted
Etymology: From Middle English forefrount, forfrount, forefronte, equivalent to fore- + front.
Senses: examples: text: The impact of austerity and economic circumstances were forefronted in the more economically deprived countries of the partner countries (BG, GR) and seen as producing a fateful impact on access to diet and healthy lifestyle options.
ref: 2015 July 8, Anne Rogers et al., “Meso level influences on long term condition self-management: stakeholder accounts of commonalities and differences across six European countries”, in BMC Public Health, volume 15, →DOI:
glosses: To bring to the forefront; to emphasize, or focus on.
make someone's skin crawl
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: makes someone's skin crawl
form: making someone's skin crawl
form: made someone's skin crawl
form: made someone's skin crawl
Senses: examples: text: The sound of fingernails on a chalkboard just makes my skin crawl.
glosses: To frighten or disgust.
Related terms: heebie-jeebies
make someone's flesh creep
make someone's teeth itch
juju
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈd͡ʒuːd͡ʒu/
enpr: jo͞oʹjo͞o
Forms: form: jujus
form: ju-ju
form: jou-jou
Etymology: From a West African language, probably originally from French joujou.
Senses: examples: text: Pendants round the neck, bangles round the wrists or ankles, potatoes or nutmegs in the pocket are as old or older than civilisation, carrying the same prophylactic magic as any juju in an African witchdoctor's armamentarium.
ref: 1976 March 27, F. Dudley Hart, “History of the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis”, in British Medical Journal, volume 1, number 6012, →DOI, →JSTOR, page 763:
glosses: A fetish or charm believed by West Africans to have magical or supernatural powers.
examples: text: They are believed to be "Ju-Ju" or were-leopards, and in this guise to roam through the forest in bands, bent on evil and destruction.
ref: 1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 168:
text: The party had nominal hosts, all famous, but the real hostess, as everyone knew, was La Doll, who had more connections and access and juju than all of those people combined.
ref: 2010, Jennifer Egan, “Selling the General”, in A Visit from the Goon Squad:
text: The blues juju—or jou-jou—relies upon the enjoyment of desires that cannot be satisfied.
ref: 2018, Mark Fisher, “it doesn't matter if we all die: the cure's unholy trinity”, in Darren Ambrose, editor, K-punk: the collected and unpublished writings of Mark Fisher (2004–2016), London: Repeater Books, →ISBN:
glosses: The magical or supernatural power of such a charm.
examples: text: That's some bad juju.
glosses: The (usually negative) karmic consequences of an action or behavior.
Derived terms: jujuism
jujuist
jujuman
juju
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈd͡ʒuːd͡ʒu/
enpr: jo͞oʹjo͞o
Forms: form: jujus
form: ju-ju
form: jou-jou
Etymology: Reduplication of -ju- in marijuana.
Senses: examples: text: ‘I knew a guy once who smoked jujus,’ she said. ‘Three highballs and three sticks of tea and it took a pipe wrench to get him off the chandelier.’
ref: 1940, Raymond Chandler, Farewell, My Lovely, Penguin, published 2010, page 75:
glosses: A marijuana cigarette; a joint.
juju
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈd͡ʒuːd͡ʒu/
enpr: jo͞oʹjo͞o
Forms: form: ju-ju
form: jou-jou
Senses: glosses: Synonym of jùjú (“music genre”).
synonyms: word: jùjú
extra: music genre
go without saying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: goes without saying
form: going without saying
form: went without saying
form: gone without saying
Etymology: Calque of French aller sans dire.
Senses: examples: text: It goes without saying that our volunteers love their work.
text: It almost goes without saying that the train is fully soundproofed, with double-glazed windows and highly efficient air-conditioning by the British firm of J. Stone.
ref: 1960 March, G. Freeman Allen, “Europe's most luxurious express - the "Settebello"”, in Trains Illustrated, page 141:
glosses: To not need to be said or mentioned; to be obvious, apparent, clear, or already established.
Related terms: needless to say
stand to reason
self-explanatory
get one's act together
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: gets one's act together
form: getting one's act together
form: got one's act together
form: got one's act together
form: gotten one's act together
Etymology: Figuratively, a comparison with the achieved result and the preparation involved in creating, producing, rehearsing, and polishing a theatrical act or similar performance.
Senses: examples: text: It didn't look like he'd ever get his act together, but eventually the project got going.
text: Thanet got its act together after the August 3 accident, with no more major accidents over its remaining history.
ref: 2021 September 8, Dr Joseph Brennan, “Electric tramways at the heart of our seaside story”, in RAIL, number 939, page 59:
synonyms: get it together
get one's shit together
straighten up and fly right
glosses: To become serious, organized, worthwhile, etc.
Related terms: clean up one's act
have one's act together
turn over a new leaf
keep it together
get a grip
pasulj
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A kind of bean stew in Balkan cuisine.
face to face
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: face-to-face
Senses: examples: text: He sounds intimidating over the phone, but if you meet him face to face you will find he is a friendly enough fellow.
synonyms: eyeball to eyeball
glosses: In person; directly; in the physical presence of somebody.
examples: text: Finally, there I was, face to face with death.
glosses: Closely encountering (a thing or situation).
Related terms: head to head
tête-à-tête
go out of one's way
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: goes out of one's way
form: going out of one's way
form: went out of one's way
form: gone out of one's way
Senses: examples: text: I wouldn't mind some help, but please don't go out of your way for me.
text: As a political system democracy seems to me extraordinarily foolish, but I would not go out of my way to protest against it. My servant is, so far as I am concerned, welcome to as many votes as he can get. I would very gladly make mine over to him if I could.
ref: 1915, G[eorge] A. Birmingham [pseudonym; James Owen Hannay], chapter I, in Gossamer, New York, N.Y.: George H. Doran Company, →OCLC:
text: Have you heard the word "gadgetbahn"? It's a portmanteau coined to describe transport proposals that, to all intents and purposes, ought to be delivered using proven railway technology... and yet go out of their way to be anything but a railway.
ref: 2020 November 18, Gareth Dennis, “Can Cambridgeshire plan transform transportation?”, in Rail, page 64:
glosses: To make an extra effort, so as to help or hinder.
Related terms: bend over backwards
go the extra mile
go to great lengths
move heaven and earth
go the extra mile
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡəʊ ði ˈɛk.stɹə ˈmaɪl/
ipa: /ˈɡoʊ ði ˈɛk.stɹə ˈmaɪl/
Forms: form: goes the extra mile
form: going the extra mile
form: went the extra mile
form: gone the extra mile
Etymology: * Possibly from the gospel of Matthew ch.5: v.41
*: "And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain."
Senses: examples: text: President Reagan pledged at a news conference today “to go the extra mile” to compromise with Democrats.
ref: 1982 April 21, Steven R. Weisman, “Reagan Vows To Go ‘Extra Mile’ to Get Accord on Budget”, in New York Times, retrieved 29 Jul 2012:
text: The international community demands that Iran go the extra mile to satisfy concerns over its atomic energy program.
ref: 2006 September 7, Tony Karon, “Why Iran Has the Upper Hand in the Nuclear Showdown”, in Time:
text: The National Rail Awards has a proud history of recognising the extraordinary efforts of railwaymen and women who go 'the extra mile' in their day jobs to deliver wider benefits to both the industry and society.
ref: 2021 January 27, Paul Stephen, “Inspiration to the next generation”, in RAIL, number 923, page 48:
glosses: To make an extra effort; to do a particularly good job.
Derived terms: extra-miler
Related terms: bend over backwards
go out of one's way