cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
machine
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /məˈʃiːn/
note: Indic
ipa: /mɛˈʃin/
note: Indic
ipa: /mə-/
note: Indic
ipa: /mɪ-/
note: Indic
ipa: /-ˈʃɪn/
homophone: mission (for some speakers with the weak vowel merger)
rhymes: -iːn
rhymes: (Indic, also) -ɪn
Forms: form: machines
form: machining
form: machined
form: machined
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French machine, from Latin māchina (“a machine, engine, contrivance, device, stratagem, trick”), from Doric Greek μᾱχᾰνᾱ́ (mākhănā́), cognate with Attic Greek μηχᾰνή (mēkhănḗ, “a machine, engine, contrivance, device”), from which comes mechanical. Displaced native Old English searu.
Senses: glosses: To make by machinery.
examples: text: Engineering materials have been recently developed whose hardness and strength are considerably increased, such that the cutting speed and the MRR tend to fall when machining such materials using traditional methods like turning, milling, grinding, and so on.
ref: 2015, Helmi A. Youssef, Machining of Stainless Steels and Super Alloys, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 6:
glosses: To shape or finish by machinery; (usually, more specifically) to shape subtractively by metal-cutting with machine-controlled toolpaths.
Derived terms: machinist
machinofacture
sheep
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: shēp
ipa: /ʃiːp/
ipa: /ʃip/
rhymes: -iːp
Senses: glosses: plural of shoop
Synonyms: word: Ovis
word: sheep
Hypernyms: word: bovid
word: ruminant
word: mammal
word: vertebrate
word: animal
Hyponyms: word: bellwether
word: chilver
word: ewe
word: hoggerel
word: hogget
word: lamb
word: ram
word: teg
word: wether
word: yeanling
Meronyms: word: mutton
Related terms: word: coward
word: shy person
rod
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹɒd/
ipa: /ɹɑd/
rhymes: -ɒd
Forms: form: rods
form: rodding
form: rodded
form: rodded
Etymology: From Middle English rodde, from Old English *rodd or *rodde (attested in dative plural roddum (“rod, pole”)), of uncertain origin, but probably from Proto-Germanic *rudd- (“stick, club”), from Proto-Indo-European *rewdʰ- (“to clear land”). Compare Old Norse rudda (“club”). For the root, compare English rid. Presumably unrelated to Proto-Germanic *rōdō (“rod, pole”).
Senses: topics: business
construction
manufacturing
glosses: To reinforce concrete with metal rods.
glosses: To furnish with rods, especially lightning rods.
examples: text: On impulse he moved around to the opposite side of the couple, in the direction which Grace's broad buttocks were pointed, for a full view of the big boned woman's back side. Now Grace wouldn't mind one iota if he rodded her from the rear.
ref: 1968, David Lynn, Bull nuts:
glosses: To penetrate sexually.
examples: text: There were three clear sets, more than what you might expect at Heartbreak Point, given all the juvies rodding in and out of there with their girlfriends.
ref: 2007, Dana Stabenow, A Deeper Sleep, →ISBN, page 45:
glosses: To hot rod.
mal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /mæl/
rhymes: -æl
Forms: form: mals
Etymology: Borrowed from French mal (“illness”). Doublet of malus.
Senses: examples: text: a grand mal seizure
qualifier: only in set phrases
glosses: illness, affliction.
Derived terms: topics: illness
medicine
sciences
word: grand mal
topics: illness
medicine
sciences
word: petit mal
topics: illness
medicine
sciences
word: mal de mer
topics: illness
medicine
sciences
word: mal du Suisse
Related terms: malfunction
malice
malicious
malum
malus
Mal
mal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /mæl/
rhymes: -æl
Forms: form: mals
Etymology: Clipping of malibu.
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
surfing
glosses: A longboard (type of surfboard).
Derived terms: mini-mal
mal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /mæl/
rhymes: -æl
Forms: form: mals
Etymology: Clipping of malleolus.
Senses: examples: text: lateral mal
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A malleolus.
Derived terms: lateral mal
medial mal
posterior mal
Related terms: sense: etymologically unrelated terms containing "mal"
word: honi soit qui mal y pense
sense: etymologically unrelated terms containing "mal"
word: mal mariée
sense: etymologically unrelated terms containing "mal"
word: med mal
pommes frites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: French pommes frites
Senses: glosses: french fries; plural of pomme frite
sic
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /sɪk/
rhymes: -ɪk
homophone: sick
homophone: Sikh (one pronunciation)
Forms: form: sics
form: siccing
form: sicced
form: sicced
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin sīc (“thus, so”).
Senses: examples: text: The fact is, of course, that the modern reviewer’s taste is not really shocked by half the things he sics or otherwise castigates, but he must find something to say and above all make a slow of purism.
ref: 1887 May 7, E. Belfort Bax, “On Some Forms of Modern Cant”, in Commonweal:
glosses: To mark with a bracketed sic.
sic
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /sɪk/
rhymes: -ɪk
homophone: sick
homophone: Sikh (one pronunciation)
Forms: form: sics
form: siccing
form: sicced
form: sicced
form: sicc
form: sick
Etymology: Variant of seek.
Senses: examples: text: He sicced his dog on me!
text: Phreaks can max-out 911 systems just by siccing a bunch of computer-modems on them in tandem, dialling them over and over until they clog.
ref: 1992, Bruce Sterling, The Hacker Crackdown, →ISBN:
text: I was interviewing the victims of a harebrained scheme to sic contract killers on an innocent woman
ref: 2019, Brian Merchant, “Click Here to Kill: The dark world of online murder markets”, in Harper’s Magazine, volume 2020, number January:
glosses: To incite an attack by, especially a dog or dogs.
examples: text: Sic ’em, Mitzi.
glosses: To set upon; to chase; to attack.
Related terms: english: etymologically unrelated
translation: etymologically unrelated
word: sic bo
oar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɔː/
enpr: ôr
ipa: /oɹ/
note: non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
ipa: /oə/
note: rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
enpr: ōr
ipa: /o(ː)ɹ/
note: rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)
homophone: ore
homophone: o'er
homophone: or (horse–hoarse merger)
homophone: aw
homophone: awe (non-rhotic, horse–hoarse merger)
Forms: form: oars
Etymology: From Middle English ore (“oar”), from Old English ār, from Proto-West Germanic *airu, from Proto-Germanic *airō (“oar”). Cognate with Old Norse ár.
Senses: examples: text: The oar snaps in his hand
Before he reaches dry land
But the sound doesn't deafen his smile
Just pokes at wet sand
With an oar in his hand
Floats off down the river Nile
Floats off down the river Nile...
ref: 19 October 1979, Madness, “Night Boat to Cairo”, Suggs (lyrics):
synonyms: paddle
glosses: A type of lever used to propel a boat, having a flat blade at one end and a handle at the other, and pivoted in a rowlock atop the gunwale, whereby a rower seated in the boat and pulling the handle can pass the blade through the water by repeated strokes against the water's resistance, thus moving the boat.
examples: text: He is a good oar.
glosses: An oarsman; a rower.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: An oar-like swimming organ of various invertebrates.
Derived terms: eight-oar
laboring oar
labouring oar
oarage
oar blade
oarfish
oarhole
oar-hole
oar in someone's boat
oarless
oarlike
oarlock
oarswoman
oarweed
oary
pull an oar
put in an oar
put in one's oar
put one's oar in
spoon oar
stick one's oar in
oar
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɔː/
enpr: ôr
ipa: /oɹ/
note: non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
ipa: /oə/
note: rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
enpr: ōr
ipa: /o(ː)ɹ/
note: rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)
homophone: ore
homophone: o'er
homophone: or (horse–hoarse merger)
homophone: aw
homophone: awe (non-rhotic, horse–hoarse merger)
Forms: form: oars
form: oaring
form: oared
form: oared
Etymology: From Middle English ore (“oar”), from Old English ār, from Proto-West Germanic *airu, from Proto-Germanic *airō (“oar”). Cognate with Old Norse ár.
Senses: examples: text: The weather was fine, and whilst oaring along I would fain have landed on the islands between; but fearful of a change, and already half worn-out by my previous trail, I let them go by with the comforting resolve of turning them up on some future occasion.
ref: 1866, Thomas S. Muir, Barra Head, page 52:
text: Turning the long tables upside down — and there were twelve of them — they seated themselves, one behind another, within the upturned table tops as though they were boats and were about to oar their way into some fabulous ocean.
ref: 1950, Mervyn Peake, Gormenghast, London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, →OCLC:
text: In Nopsca's theory, flight evolved as a means of running more quickly over the ground: "Birds originated from bipedal, long-tailed cursorial reptiles which during running oared along in the air by flapping their free anterior extremities."
ref: 1996, Peter J. Bowler, Life's Splendid Drama:
glosses: To row; to travel with, or as if with, oars.
Derived terms: easy-oar
with
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: enpr: wĭth
rhymes: -ɪθ
rhymes: -ɪð
note: preconsonantal, final
ipa: /wɪð/
note: preconsonantal, final
ipa: /wɪθ/
note: prevocalic
ipa: /wɪð/
note: preconsonantal, final
ipa: /wɪi/
note: preconsonantal, final
ipa: /wɪv/
note: preconsonantal, final
ipa: /wɪd̪(ʰ)/
note: preconsonantal, final
ipa: /wɪt̪(ʰ)/
note: prevocalic
ipa: /wɪd̪(ʰ)/
ipa: /wɪθ/
ipa: /wɪð/
note: African-American Vernacular
ipa: /wɪt/
note: African-American Vernacular
ipa: /wɪf/
note: African-American Vernacular
ipa: /wɪ/
ipa: /wɪθ/
ipa: /wɪð/
ipa: /wɪθ/
ipa: /wɪð/
note: preconsonantal, final
ipa: [wɪt~wɪ(ʔ)]
note: preconsonantal, final
ipa: [wɪd]
note: prevocalic
ipa: [wɪθ̠~wɪɾ]
ipa: /wəθ/
ipa: /wəð/
Forms: form: wyth
form: whith
form: wᵗʰ
form: wᵗ
form: w/
form: w
form: whit
form: wi'
form: wit
form: wit'
form: wid
form: wif
form: wiv
Etymology: From Middle English with, from Old English wiþ (“against, opposite, toward, with”), from Proto-West Germanic *wiþi, a shortened form of Proto-Germanic *wiþrą (“against”). In Middle English, the word shifted to denote association rather than opposition, displacing Middle English mid (“with”), from Old English mid (“with”), from Proto-Germanic *midi; an earlier model of this meaning shift exists in cognate Old Norse við; elsewhere, the converse meaning shift is exemplified by Old South Arabian 𐩨𐩺𐩬 (byn, “between, amid”) spawning Old South Arabian 𐩨𐩬 (bn, “against”) and even likewise frequent reverse meaning 𐩨𐩬 (bn, “from”). The adverb sense is probably a semantic loan from various other Germanic languages, such as Norwegian med, Swedish med, and German mit.
Senses: examples: text: Do you want to come with?
qualifier: chiefly Midwest and West
glosses: Along, together with others, in a group, etc.
with
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: wĭth
rhymes: -ɪθ
rhymes: -ɪð
note: preconsonantal, final
ipa: /wɪð/
note: preconsonantal, final
ipa: /wɪθ/
note: prevocalic
ipa: /wɪð/
note: preconsonantal, final
ipa: /wɪi/
note: preconsonantal, final
ipa: /wɪv/
note: preconsonantal, final
ipa: /wɪd̪(ʰ)/
note: preconsonantal, final
ipa: /wɪt̪(ʰ)/
note: prevocalic
ipa: /wɪd̪(ʰ)/
ipa: /wɪθ/
ipa: /wɪð/
note: African-American Vernacular
ipa: /wɪt/
note: African-American Vernacular
ipa: /wɪf/
note: African-American Vernacular
ipa: /wɪ/
ipa: /wɪθ/
ipa: /wɪð/
ipa: /wɪθ/
ipa: /wɪð/
note: preconsonantal, final
ipa: [wɪt~wɪ(ʔ)]
note: preconsonantal, final
ipa: [wɪd]
note: prevocalic
ipa: [wɪθ̠~wɪɾ]
ipa: /wəθ/
ipa: /wəð/
Forms: form: withs
Etymology: From Middle English withe, wiþþe, from Old English wiþþe. More at withe.
Senses: examples: text: And Samson said unto her, If they bind me with seven green withs that were never dried, then shall I be weak, and be as another man.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Judges 16:7:
glosses: Alternative form of withe.
wine
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: wīn
ipa: /waɪn/
rhymes: -aɪn
homophone: whine (wine–whine merger)
Forms: form: wines
form: wining
form: wined
form: wined
Etymology: From Middle English wyn, win, from Old English wīn, from Proto-West Germanic *wīn, from Proto-Germanic *wīną, either directly or via Latin vīnum (from Proto-Italic *wīnom) from Proto-Indo-European *wóyh₁nom (“wine”). Doublet of vine and vino.
Senses: examples: text: Neither Major Wadhams nor I is accustomed to being wined and dined by perfect strangers who do not even present themselves, but leave servants to do the honors, consequently to both of us our present situation smacks of romance and adventure;
ref: 1919, Lee Meriwether, The War Diary of a Diplomat, Dodd, Mead and Company, page 159:
glosses: To entertain (someone) with wine.
examples: text: I rushed into my cabin, coffeed, wined, and went to bed sobbing.
ref: 1839, Thomas Chandler Haliburton, The Clockmaker:
glosses: To drink wine.
Derived terms: wine and dine
wining and dining
Related terms: beeswing
bourguignonne
brandy
claret
coq au vin
enology
oenology
enophile
oenophile
gluhwein
negus
oenomel
vinaceous
vinager
vinal
Vinalia
vinasse
vindaloo
vine
vinegar
vinic
viniculture
vinifera
viniferous
vinification
vinify
vinitor
vino
vinolence
vinolency
vinolent
vinology
vinomadefied
vinometer
vin ordinaire
vinose
vinosity
vinotherapy
vinous
vin rosé
vin rouge
vinsanto
vintage
vintner
vintry
vinyl
wine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: wīn
ipa: /waɪn/
rhymes: -aɪn
homophone: whine (wine–whine merger)
Etymology: A variant of wind with simplification of the final consonant cluster; for the vowel quality, compare find, mind, rind.
Senses: examples: text: Vor voices rawze upon tha wine
ref: 1850, James Orchard Halliwell, A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs, and Ancient Customs, from the Fourteenth Century:
text: Aw how sholl I tell o’m—vor âll pirty maidens / When I pass’d ’em look’d back—ther smill rawze on tha wine.
ref: 1869, James Jennings, The Dialect of the West of England, particularly Somersetshire:
glosses: Wind.
Synonyms: word: wine
word: vino
Hypernyms: word: alcoholic beverage
word: beverage
Hyponyms: word: amontillado
word: apéritif
word: auslese
word: Bacchus
word: Barolo
word: Barsac
word: Beaujolais
word: Beerenauslese
word: blush wine
word: Bordeaux
word: box wine
word: bubbly
word: burgundy
word: cabernet sauvignon
word: canary
word: Catawba
word: cava
word: Chablis
word: champagne
word: chaptalize
word: chardonnay
word: Chianti
word: claret
word: corkage
word: cru
word: cuvée
word: demijohn
word: dandelion wine
word: dessert wine
word: digestif
word: Dionysus
word: double magnum
word: fortified wine
word: Frascati
word: fruit wine
word: gamay
word: generic
word: Gewürztraminer
word: glogg
word: Graves
word: hippocras
word: hock
word: house wine
word: ice wine
word: jeroboam
word: jug wine
word: kir
word: krater
word: Lambrusco
word: LBV
word: lees
word: Liebfraumilch
word: Macon
word: Maconnais
word: malmsey
word: Marsala
word: May wine
word: merlot
word: Methuselah
word: mirin
word: Moselle
word: mulled wine
word: muscatel
word: Orvieto
word: Pinot Noir
word: pinotage
word: plonk
word: port
word: port wine
word: red wine
word: rehoboam
word: retsina
word: riesling
word: Rioja
word: rosé wine
word: sack
word: sangaree
word: sangria
word: sauterne
word: Sauvignon blanc
word: scuppernong
word: Sémillon
word: sherry
word: Soave
word: sommelier
word: sparkling wine
word: spumante
word: spritzer
word: straw wine
word: syrah
word: table wine
word: tent
word: tent wine
word: tinta
word: Valpolicella
word: vermouth
word: vigneron
word: white wine
word: zinfandel
Related terms: word: :Category:Wine
wine
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: wīn
ipa: /waɪn/
rhymes: -aɪn
homophone: whine (wine–whine merger)
Forms: form: wines
form: wining
form: wined
form: wined
Etymology: From Jamaican Creole [Term?], related to wind (verb).
Senses: examples: text: Carolina come wine 'pon me / Oh watch how di gyal groove
ref: 1993, Shaggy, “Oh Carolina”:
text: Even when there are positive comments, as in the responses to “white boy wines to dancehall,” the origin of the white boy's ability to dance is attributed to skills derived from others: […].
ref: 2010, Andoni Alonso, Pedro Oiarzabal, editors, Diasporas in the New Media Age: Identity, Politics, and Community, University of Nevada Press, →ISBN:
topics: dance
dancing
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: To perform a Jamaican dance, such as the Dutty Wine.
pull the wool over someone's eyes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: pulls the wool over someone's eyes
form: pulling the wool over someone's eyes
form: pulled the wool over someone's eyes
form: pulled the wool over someone's eyes
form: pull wool over someone's eyes
Senses: glosses: To deceive someone.
rake
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹeɪk/
rhymes: -eɪk
homophone: raik
Forms: form: rakes
Etymology: The verb is partly derived from rake (“tool with a row of pointed teeth”) (see etymology 1) and from Middle English raken (“to rake; to gather by raking; to rake away (debris); to cover with something; (figurative) to conceal, hide; to destroy”) [and other forms], from Old Norse raka (“to scrape”), from Proto-Germanic *raką, probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- (“to straighten, right oneself”).
Cognates
The English word is cognate with Middle Dutch rāken (modern Dutch raken (“to rake”) (regional)), Middle Low German rāken, Old Danish raghæ, rakæ (modern Danish rage (“to shave”)), Old Swedish raka (modern Swedish raka (“to rake; to shave”)).
The noun is derived from the verb.
Senses: glosses: The act of raking.
glosses: Something that is raked.
A share of profits, takings, etc., especially if obtained illegally; specifically (gambling) the scaled commission fee taken by a cardroom operating a poker game.
examples: text: Jim has had a rake of trouble with his new car.
glosses: Something that is raked.
A lot, plenty.
rake
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹeɪk/
rhymes: -eɪk
homophone: raik
Forms: form: rakes
Etymology: From Middle English rake, rakke (“pass, path, track; type of fencing thrust; pasture land (?)”), and then partly:
* probably from Old English racu (“bed of a stream; path; account, narrative; explanation; argument, reasoning; reason”) (compare Old English hrace, hraca, hracu (“gorge”)), from Proto-Germanic *rakō (“path, track; course, direction; an unfolding, unwinding; account, narrative; argument, reasoning”) [and other forms], from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- (“to straighten, right oneself”); and
* from Old Norse rák (“strip; stripe; furrow; small mountain ravine”), further etymology uncertain but probably ultimately from Proto-Germanic *rakō, as above.
Cognates
The English word is cognate with Icelandic rák (“streak, stripe; notch in a rock; vein in stone or wood”), Norwegian råk (“channel (in ice); cow path; trail”), Norwegian Nynorsk råk (“channel (in ice); cow path; trail; furrow; stripe”), Swedish råk (“crack or channel in ice; river valley”); and probably cognate with Old Danish rag (modern Danish rag (“stiff; taut”) (regional)), Old Norse rakr (“straight”), Swedish rak (“straight”).
Senses: topics: climbing
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A course, a path, especially a narrow and steep path or route up a hillside.
topics: business
mining
glosses: A fissure or mineral vein of ore traversing the strata vertically, or nearly so.
examples: text: The train was formed of a locomotive and a rake of six coaches.
text: On February 21 Class "O4/1" 2-8-0 No. 63635 passed through Manchester (Victoria) heading in the Rochdale direction with a rake of empty wagons.
ref: 1959 April, “Motive Power Miscellany: London Midland Region”, in Trains Illustrated, London: Ian Allan Publishing, →OCLC, page 222:
synonyms: consist
glosses: A series, a succession; specifically (rail transport) a set of coupled rail vehicles, normally coaches or wagons.
glosses: Alternative spelling of raik (“a course, a way; pastureland over which animals graze; a journey to transport something between two places; a run; also, the quantity of items so transported”).
rake
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹeɪk/
rhymes: -eɪk
homophone: raik
Forms: form: rakes
form: raking
form: raked
form: raked
Etymology: From Middle English rake, rakke (“pass, path, track; type of fencing thrust; pasture land (?)”), and then partly:
* probably from Old English racu (“bed of a stream; path; account, narrative; explanation; argument, reasoning; reason”) (compare Old English hrace, hraca, hracu (“gorge”)), from Proto-Germanic *rakō (“path, track; course, direction; an unfolding, unwinding; account, narrative; argument, reasoning”) [and other forms], from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- (“to straighten, right oneself”); and
* from Old Norse rák (“strip; stripe; furrow; small mountain ravine”), further etymology uncertain but probably ultimately from Proto-Germanic *rakō, as above.
Cognates
The English word is cognate with Icelandic rák (“streak, stripe; notch in a rock; vein in stone or wood”), Norwegian råk (“channel (in ice); cow path; trail”), Norwegian Nynorsk råk (“channel (in ice); cow path; trail; furrow; stripe”), Swedish råk (“crack or channel in ice; river valley”); and probably cognate with Old Danish rag (modern Danish rag (“stiff; taut”) (regional)), Old Norse rakr (“straight”), Swedish rak (“straight”).
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of raik (“(intransitive, Midlands, Northern England, Scotland) to walk; to roam, to wander; of animals (especially sheep): to graze; (transitive, chiefly Scotland) to roam or wander through (somewhere)”)
rake
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹeɪk/
rhymes: -eɪk
homophone: raik
Forms: form: rakes
form: raking
form: raked
form: raked
Etymology: The verb is derived from Middle English raken (“to go, proceed; to move quickly, hasten, rush; to roam, wander”) [and other forms], from Old English racian (“to go forward, move, run; to hasten; to take a course or direction; to control, direct, govern, rule”), from Proto-West Germanic *rakōn (“to take a course or direction; to run”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- (“to straighten; to direct oneself”).
Cognates
The English word is cognate with Middle Dutch rāken (“to acquire; to hit (not miss); to reach; to touch”) (modern Dutch raken (“to hit (not miss); to touch; to become”)), Middle Low German rāken, rōken (“to hit (not miss); to reach; to touch”), Old High German rahhōn (“to narrate, speak”), and probably Swedish raka (“to rush off”).
The noun is derived from the verb.
Senses: glosses: To move swiftly; to proceed rapidly.
topics: falconry
hobbies
hunting
lifestyle
glosses: Of a bird of prey: to fly after a quarry; also, to fly away from the falconer, to go wide of the quarry being pursued.
rake
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹeɪk/
rhymes: -eɪk
homophone: raik
Forms: form: rakes
form: raik
Etymology: The verb is derived from Middle English raken (“to go, proceed; to move quickly, hasten, rush; to roam, wander”) [and other forms], from Old English racian (“to go forward, move, run; to hasten; to take a course or direction; to control, direct, govern, rule”), from Proto-West Germanic *rakōn (“to take a course or direction; to run”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- (“to straighten; to direct oneself”).
Cognates
The English word is cognate with Middle Dutch rāken (“to acquire; to hit (not miss); to reach; to touch”) (modern Dutch raken (“to hit (not miss); to touch; to become”)), Middle Low German rāken, rōken (“to hit (not miss); to reach; to touch”), Old High German rahhōn (“to narrate, speak”), and probably Swedish raka (“to rush off”).
The noun is derived from the verb.
Senses: glosses: Rate of progress; pace, speed.
rake
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹeɪk/
rhymes: -eɪk
homophone: raik
Forms: form: rakes
form: raking
form: raked
form: raked
Etymology: The origin of the verb is uncertain. The noun is probably derived from the verb.
possibly related terms
* German ragen (“to rise up out of; to jut or stick out”), from Middle High German ragen (compare Middle Dutch rāgen, Middle Low German rāgen), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁erǵʰ- (“to go up, rise”); and
* Middle Dutch rāken (“to acquire; to hit (not miss); to reach; to touch”) (modern Dutch raken (“to hit (not miss); to touch; to become”)), Middle Low German rāken, rōken (“to hit (not miss); to reach; to touch”), from Proto-Germanic *rakōną (“to take a course or direction; to run”) (see further at etymology 4).
Senses: examples: text: A mast rakes aft.
synonyms: slope
glosses: To incline (something) from a perpendicular direction.
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: Senses relating to watercraft.
To provide (the bow or stern of a watercraft) with a rake (“a slant that causes it to extend beyond the keel”).
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: Senses relating to watercraft.
Of a watercraft: to have a rake at its bow or stern.
rake
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹeɪk/
rhymes: -eɪk
homophone: raik
Forms: form: rakes
Etymology: The origin of the verb is uncertain. The noun is probably derived from the verb.
possibly related terms
* German ragen (“to rise up out of; to jut or stick out”), from Middle High German ragen (compare Middle Dutch rāgen, Middle Low German rāgen), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁erǵʰ- (“to go up, rise”); and
* Middle Dutch rāken (“to acquire; to hit (not miss); to reach; to touch”) (modern Dutch raken (“to hit (not miss); to touch; to become”)), Middle Low German rāken, rōken (“to hit (not miss); to reach; to touch”), from Proto-Germanic *rakōną (“to take a course or direction; to run”) (see further at etymology 4).
Senses: glosses: A divergence from the horizontal or perpendicular; a slant, a slope.
glosses: In full, angle of rake or rake angle: the angle between the edge or face of a tool (especially a cutting tool) and a plane (usually one perpendicular to the object that the tool is being applied to).
topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: The direction of slip during the movement of a fault, measured within the fault plane.
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: Senses relating to watercraft.
A slant that causes the bow or stern of a watercraft to extend beyond the keel; also, the upper part of the bow or stern that extends beyond the keel.
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: Senses relating to watercraft.
A slant of some other part of a watercraft (such as a funnel or mast) away from the perpendicular, usually towards the stern.
topics: business
construction
manufacturing
roofing
glosses: The sloped edge of a roof at or adjacent to the first or last rafter.
rake
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹeɪk/
rhymes: -eɪk
homophone: raik
Forms: form: rakes
Etymology: The noun is a clipping of rakehell (“(archaic) lewd or wanton person, debauchee, rake”), from to rake (out) hell (“to search through hell thoroughly”), in the sense of a person so evil or immoral that they cannot be found in hell even after an extensive search: see rake (“to search through (thoroughly)”).
The verb is derived from the noun.
Senses: examples: text: We have now and then rakes in the habit of Roman senators, and grave politicians in the dress of rakes. The misfortune of the thing is, that people dress themselves in what they have a mind to be, and not what they are fit for.
ref: 1711 March 27 (Gregorian calendar), [Joseph Addison; Richard Steele et al.], “FRIDAY, March 16, 1710–1711”, in The Spectator, number 14; republished in Alexander Chalmers, editor, The Spectator; a New Edition, […], volume I, New York, N.Y.: D[aniel] Appleton & Company, 1853, →OCLC, page 151:
text: For honest men delight will take, / To shew you favour for his sake, / Will flatter you; and Fool and Rake / Your steps pursue: / And of your Father's name will make / A snare for you.
ref: 1807, William Wordsworth, “Address to the Sons of Burns after Visiting Their Father’s Grave, Aug. 14th, 1803”, in Poems, in Two Volumes, volume II, London: […] Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, […], →OCLC, stanza 3, page 30:
text: "He was a big old rake, full of marks and scars, and he had only an ear and a half."
ref: 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 77:
text: I have no choice but to take up the foil once again and vanquish this rake.
ref: 2009, The Onion, 2:27 from the start, in Bad Boy Fencing Star Implicated In Yet Another Jewel Heist, spoken by Reggie Greengrass (Beau Baxtor):
synonyms: word: roué
word: adulterer
word: bed-hopper
word: carpetmonger
word: chamberer
word: debauchee
word: debaucher
word: fornicator
word: gallant
word: lecher
word: lewdster
word: libertine
word: hood rat
word: philanderer
word: rake
word: rantipole
word: rizzler
word: roué
word: player
word: seducer
word: voluptuary
word: wanton
glosses: A person (usually a man) who is stylish but habituated to hedonistic and immoral conduct.
rake
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹeɪk/
rhymes: -eɪk
homophone: raik
Forms: form: rakes
form: raking
form: raked
form: raked
Etymology: The noun is a clipping of rakehell (“(archaic) lewd or wanton person, debauchee, rake”), from to rake (out) hell (“to search through hell thoroughly”), in the sense of a person so evil or immoral that they cannot be found in hell even after an extensive search: see rake (“to search through (thoroughly)”).
The verb is derived from the noun.
Senses: examples: text: When women hid their necks , and veil'd their faces ,
Nor romp'd , nor raked , nor stared at public places
ref: 1758, William Shenstone, Epilogue to Cleone:
synonyms: word: blissom
word: chamber
word: colt
word: gill
word: harlot
word: harlotize
word: minx
word: rake
word: rig
word: slut
word: trollop
word: wanton
word: wantonize
glosses: To behave as a rake; to lead a hedonistic and immoral life.
zas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of za
tractor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɹæktə/
ipa: /ˈtɹæktɚ/
rhymes: -æktə(ɹ)
Forms: form: tractors
Etymology: Formed from Latin tractus, perfect passive participle of trahere (“to pull”), + agent noun suffix -or.
Senses: topics: agriculture
business
lifestyle
glosses: A vehicle used in farms e.g. for pulling farm equipment and preparing the fields.
topics: agriculture
business
lifestyle
glosses: A movable coop without a floor to allow for free ranging.
glosses: A truck (or lorry) for pulling a semi-trailer or trailer.
glosses: Any piece of machinery that pulls something.
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An aeroplane where the propeller is located in front of the fuselage.
examples: text: On the other hand the EE type 3's have offered in a 1750 hp package, probably the most successful loco BR bought. As any crew will tell you a tractor will pull anything anywhere, and yet at the same time they were nippy enough for use on the Anglian mainlines for 20 years.
ref: 1995 May 23, Andrew Cooke, “Re: British Rail: At Last The 1948 Show”, in misc.transport.rail.europe (Usenet):
text: With a recent email from Mike Tetlow, I found out that there were two other 37s [37252 and 37031] present that day, also shuttling between Cambridge and Kings Lynn. As you correctly observe, the pic of little me shows that I am in a Dutch liveried tractor.
ref: 2000 April 25, Grandpops, “Calling Norfolk tractor bashers with a good brain for numbers! Possible conclusion?”, in uk.railway (Usenet):
text: EWS are also denying any rumours of tractors going to Spain, then again they denyed the rumours of tractors going to France until the contract was signed!
ref: 2000 May 17, Matt, “Re: "Unfixing" Class 37s and Doncaster control (rant!!)”, in uk.railway (Usenet):
topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
glosses: A British Rail Class 37 locomotive.
glosses: A metal rod used in tractoration, or Perkinism.
Derived terms: Chelsea tractor
chicken tractor
monowheel tractor
semi-tractor
single-axle tractor
steam tractor
traction
tractor beam
tractor driver
tractor out
tractor pull
tractor-trailer
tractor trailer
tractor unit
tractor vaporising oil
truck-tractor
two-wheel tractor
walking tractor
Related terms: topics: aviation
aeronautics
aerospace
engineering
business
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: pusher
topics: agriculture
business
lifestyle
word: traction engine
tractor
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɹæktə/
ipa: /ˈtɹæktɚ/
rhymes: -æktə(ɹ)
Forms: form: tractors
form: tractoring
form: tractored
form: tractored
Etymology: Formed from Latin tractus, perfect passive participle of trahere (“to pull”), + agent noun suffix -or.
Senses: topics: agriculture
business
lifestyle
glosses: To prepare (land) with a tractor.
glosses: To drive a tractor.
topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: To move with a tractor beam.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: To treat by means of tractoration, or Perkinism.
canal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəˈnæl/
rhymes: -æl
ipa: /kəˈnɛl/
ipa: /kəˈnɔːl/
Forms: form: canals
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French canal, from Old French canal, from Latin canālis (“channel; canal”), from canālis (“canal”), from canna (“reed, cane”), from Ancient Greek κάννα (kánna, “reed”), from Akkadian 𒄀 (qanû, “reed”), from Sumerian 𒄀𒈾 (gi.na). Doublet of channel.
Senses: glosses: An artificial waterway or artificially improved river used for travel, shipping, or irrigation.
examples: text: The fossilised jaw of T. trusleri has a huge canal running through it and that’s believed to have carried all the nerve and related tissue needed for the sense of electroception.
ref: 2022 March 29, Karen McGee, “Stunning breakthrough: the platypus and echidnas came from the South Pole”, in Australian Geographic:
topics: anatomy
biology
botany
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: A tubular channel within the body or within a plant.
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: One of the faint, hazy markings resembling straight lines on early telescopic images of the surface of Mars; see Martian canals
Derived terms: alar canal
alimentary canal
auditory canal
birth canal
C&D Canal
canalage
canal basin
canal coal
Canal Foot
canalicule
canaliferous
canaliform
canalise
canalize
canaller
canalman
canal of Hering
canal of Nuck
canal of Schlemm
canalogram
canalography
canalolith
canalolithiasis
canaloplasty
canalotomy
canalside
Canal Street
carpal canal
central canal
cervical canal
cloud canal
Corinth Canal
ear canal
external auditory canal
femoral canal
food canal
Gaertner's canal
Gartner's canal
Haversian canal
incisive canal
inguinal canal
intercanal
internal auditory canal
intracanal
lacrimal canal
Laurer's canal
love canal
mandibular canal
minicanal
nanocanal
nerve of the pterygoid canal
neural canal
neurenteric canal
noncanal
Panama Canal
pterygoid canal
radial canal
root canal
sand canal
Schlemm's canal
semicircular canal
ship canal
spinal canal
stone canal
Suez Canal
Tribeca
triosseal canal
vertebral canal
Related terms: channel
channelization
channelize
canalization
canal
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəˈnæl/
rhymes: -æl
ipa: /kəˈnɛl/
ipa: /kəˈnɔːl/
Forms: form: canals
form: canalling
form: canalled
form: canalled
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French canal, from Old French canal, from Latin canālis (“channel; canal”), from canālis (“canal”), from canna (“reed, cane”), from Ancient Greek κάννα (kánna, “reed”), from Akkadian 𒄀 (qanû, “reed”), from Sumerian 𒄀𒈾 (gi.na). Doublet of channel.
Senses: examples: text: In the mangrove-type salt marsh, the entire marsh must be canaled or impounded.
ref: 1968, Louisiana State University, Proceedings, page 165:
glosses: To dig an artificial waterway in or to (a place), especially for drainage
examples: text: Near Rotterdam we canalled by Delfthaven.
ref: 1905, William Yoast Morgan, A Journey of a Jayhawker, page 211:
glosses: To travel along a canal by boat
conductor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kənˈdʌktɚ/
Forms: form: conductors
form: conductour
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French conductour, from Old French conduitor, from Latin conductor.
Senses: examples: text: […]Zeal, the blind conductor of the will;
ref: 1687, [John Dryden], “The Third Part”, in The Hind and the Panther. A Poem, in Three Parts, 2nd edition, London: […] Jacob Tonson […], →OCLC, page 96:
glosses: One who conducts or leads; a guide; a director.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A person who conducts an orchestra, choir or other music ensemble; a professional whose occupation is conducting.
examples: text: train conductor
text: tram conductor
text: "[…] And one of the things that makes me feel safe is when I see the conductor."
ref: 2022 April 6, “Network News: Booze ban continues as part of move to prioritise women's safety”, in RAIL, number 954, page 6:
topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
glosses: A person who takes tickets on public transportation and also helps passengers.
examples: text: Falling conductors may come in contact with grounded objects or puddles of water.
ref: 1952, Safety Maintenance:
text: The failure of HIF detection leads to potential hazard to human beings and potential fire. HIFS are usually caused by falling conductors coming into contact with a surface having poor conductivity.
ref: 1997, Institution of Electrical Engineers, Fourth International Conference on Advances in Power System Control, Operation & Management, 11-13 November 1997, Institution of Electrical Engineers:
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
antonyms: dielectric
nonconductor
insulator
coordinate_terms: semiconductor
glosses: Something that can transmit electricity, heat, light, or sound.
examples: text: If c is the conductor ideal for R in R then prime ideals not containing c correspond to localizations yielding discrete valuation rings.
ref: 1988, F van Oystaeyen, Lieven Le Bruyn, Perspectives in ring theory:
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: An ideal of a ring that measures how far it is from being integrally closed
glosses: A grooved sound or staff used for directing instruments, such as lithontriptic forceps; a director.
topics: architecture
glosses: A leader.
Derived terms: Bioconductor
bus conductor
conductoress
conductorette
conductorial
conductorless
conductorly
conductor rail
conductorship
hyperconductor
lightning conductor
line conductor
live conductor
microconductor
multiconductor
nanoconductor
neutral conductor
osteoconductor
photoconductor
radioconductor
reconductor
superconductor
Related terms: conduct
ticket inspector
ology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɒ.lə.d͡ʒɪ/
enpr: ŏʹlə-jē
ipa: /ˈɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/
rhymes: -ɒlədʒi
Forms: form: ologies
Etymology: From the suffix -ology in the names of many sciences.
Senses: examples: text: Dr Ehrhart protested no country under the sun equalled Portugal for curiosities in mineralogy, theology, and wineology – which ology he was convinced was the best of them all.
ref: 1786, William Beckford, Vathek:
text: You learnt a great deal, Louisa, and so did your brother. Ologies of all kinds, from morning to night. If there is an Ology left, of any description, that has not been worn to rags...
ref: 1854, Charles Dickens, Hard Times:
text: The ideal world, for them, is not a world of facts, but only of the meaning of facts; it is a point of view for judging facts. It appertains to a different "-ology," […]
ref: 1902, William James, The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature […] , New York, N.Y.; London: Longmans, Green, and Co. […], →OCLC:
text: An ology! He gets an ology and he says he's failed. You get an ology, you're a scientist!
ref: 1987, British Telecom, Beatrice Bellman advertisement:
glosses: Any branch of learning, especially one ending in “-logy”.
Related terms: -logy
morphology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɔːˈfɒl.ə.d͡ʒi/
ipa: /mɔɹˈfɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/
ipa: /moːˈfɔl.ə.d͡ʒi/
Forms: form: morphologies
Etymology: Borrowed from German Morphologie. By surface analysis, morpho- + -logy.
Senses: examples: text: There are many ways to show that word structure is different from phrase and sentence structure. We will mention two here. First, free constituent order in syntax is common cross-linguistically; many languages lack fixed order of the kind that one finds in English. In morphology, on the other hand, order is always fixed. There is no such thing as free morpheme order. Even languages with wildly free word order, such as the Pama-Nyungan (Australian) language Warlpiri (Simpson 1991), have a fixed order of morphemes within the word. Second, syntactic and morphological patterns can differ within the same language. For example, note the difference in English in the positioning of head and complement between syntax and morphology.
ref: 2001, Yehuda Falk, “Lexical-Functional Grammar”, in CSLI Publications, archived from the original on 01 Jul 2024, retrieved 25 Feb 2014:
text: There are essentially two criteria: (1) adaptability to the derivational structures of the morphology and (2) consideration for what cognitive psychologists and cognitive linguists call “base-level categorization.”
ref: 2006, “Ithkuil Q & A”, in The Conlanger's Library, archived from the original on 14 Jan 2025, page 3:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A scientific study of form and structure, usually without regard to function. Especially:
The study of the internal structure of morphemes (words and their semantic building blocks).
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: A scientific study of form and structure, usually without regard to function. Especially:
The study of the form and structure of animals and plants.
topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: A scientific study of form and structure, usually without regard to function. Especially:
The study of the structure of rocks and landforms.
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A scientific study of form and structure, usually without regard to function. Especially:
Mathematical morphology.
glosses: The form and structure of something.
glosses: A description of the form and structure of something.
Derived terms: agromorphology
biomorphology
cytomorphology
dysmorphology
ecomorphology
exomorphology
extramorphology
geomorphology
histomorphology
hydromorphology
ichnomorphology
immunomorphology
inflectional morphology
macromorphology
mathematical morphology
micromorphology
mitomorphology
morphologic
morphological
morphologist
morphologize
morphosyntax
nanomorphology
neuromorphology
osteomorphology
pathomorphology
pedomorphology
photomorphology
phytomorphology
plant morphology
promorphology
psychomorphology
radiomorphology
sonomorphology
submorphology
tonomorphology
ultramorphology
xenomorphology
zoomorphology
Related terms: isomorph
morpheme
morphotactics
trite
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: trīt
ipa: /tɹaɪt/
rhymes: -aɪt
Forms: form: triter
form: tritest
Etymology: From Latin trītus (“worn out”), perfect passive participle of terō (“I wear away, wear out”).
Senses: examples: text: It is a trite saying in a young country that anyone starting out in life with the determination to become wealthy will have his wish gratified.
ref: 1897, W. B. Kimberly, History of West Australia : A Narrative of Her Past together with Biographies of Her Leading Men:
text: It is trite history – and trite law – to say that the law of the sea since that time [World War II] reflects a history of coastal State expansion.
ref: 1994, Anthony Bergin, “The High Seas Regime – Pacific Trends and Developments”, in James Crawford, Donald R. Rothwell, editors, The Law of the Sea in the Asian Pacific Region: Developments and Prospects, Dordrecht: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, →ISBN, page 183:
text: McPedro the cactus: How to woo a woman! On yehr fahrst date, don’t bring her cut flowers! That’s inhumane! And trite!
ref: 2007, Danielle Corsetto, Girls with Slingshots: 267:
text: This show is sensationally absurd and trite, and if you watch it, you know it.
ref: 2025 April 3, Marina Hyde, “It’s With Love, Meghan – not just a TV show but a landmark piece of art. And not in a good way”, in The Guardian:
glosses: Often in reference to a word or phrase: used so many times that it is commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective; worn out, hackneyed.
examples: text: It is trite to say that the mere fact that a decision does not favour the applicant or that the applicant disagrees with the decision does not establish that the decision is tainted with bias.
ref: 2017, Ontario Superior Court of Justice, Taucar v Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario, 2017 ONSC 2604
topics: law
glosses: So well established as to be beyond debate: trite law.
Derived terms: trite law
Related terms: cliché
trite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: trīt
ipa: /tɹaɪt/
rhymes: -aɪt
Forms: form: trites
Senses: glosses: A denomination of coinage in ancient Greece equivalent to one third of a stater.
trite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: trīt
ipa: /tɹaɪt/
rhymes: -aɪt
Forms: form: trites
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Latin tritē, from Ancient Greek τρίτη (trítē, literally “third [string]”).
Senses: qualifier: musical pitch
glosses: In Ancient Greek musical theory, the lower-pitched of the two movable notes in the farther tetrachord on a lyre, pitched lower than the paranete and higher than the paramese.
legal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈliː.ɡəl/
rhymes: -iːɡəl
ipa: /ˈliɡəl/
Forms: form: legals
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin lēgālis (“legal”), from lēx (“law”). Doublet of loyal and leal.
Senses: examples: text: Legal wants this in writing.
glosses: The legal department of a company.
glosses: Paper in sheets 8½ in × 14 in (215.9 mm × 355.6 mm).
glosses: A spy who is attached to, and ostensibly employed by, an embassy, military outpost, etc.
antonyms: illegal
undocumented
glosses: Somebody who immigrated lawfully.
Derived terms: legal-size
legible
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlɛd͡ʒəbl/
rhymes: -ɛdʒəbl
Forms: form: more legible
form: most legible
Etymology: From Late Latin legibilis (“that can be read”), from Latin legō.
Senses: examples: text: Despite hardly having any energy to lift a pen, she left a legible note on the paper.
synonyms: clean
clear
decipherable
fair
readable
antonyms: illegible
unreadable
glosses: Clear enough to be read; readable, particularly of handwriting.
examples: text: You can make this program code more legible by using meaningful variable names.
synonyms: clear
decipherable
readable
antonyms: unreadable
glosses: Written or phrased so as to be easy to understand.
Derived terms: hyperlegible
interlegible
legibleness
semilegible
Related terms: legibility
legibly
intelligible
lingo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlɪŋ.ɡəʊ/
ipa: /ˈliŋ.ɡoʊ/
rhymes: -ɪŋɡəʊ
Forms: form: lingos
form: lingoes
Etymology: From Latin lingua (“language”) + -o (diminutive suffix).
Senses: examples: text: [...] I have Thoughts to tarry a ſmall Matter in Town, to learn ſomewhat of your Lingo firſt, before I croſs the Seas.
ref: 1700, [William] Congreve, The Way of the World, a Comedy. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, Act III, scene xv, page 47:
text: "You see, ma'am, I can't divest myself of my professional lingo," observed Mr. Banks.
ref: 1846, George W.M. Reynolds, The Mysteries of London, volume 1, London: George Vickers, page 327:
text: Nobody could make out plain what she said, for she was mainly jabbering Swede lingo, but there was English enough, of a kind, to give us some idee.
ref: 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter XII, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:
glosses: Language, especially language peculiar to a particular group, field, or region; jargon or a dialect.
examples: text: Granny Ava was the link: the last heathen of the family to speak the lingo fluently, before the Church waltzed in and jammed the Lord's Prayer in Granny Ruth's twelve-year-old mouth instead.
ref: 2018, Melissa Lucashenko, Too Much Lip, University of Queensland Press, published 2023, page 105:
qualifier: Australian Aboriginal
glosses: An Aboriginal language.
Derived terms: cyberlingo
diner lingo
diplolingo
DoggoLingo
kanto lingo