cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
banjax
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbæn.d͡ʒæks/
ipa: /bænˈd͡ʒæks/
rhymes: -æks
Forms: form: banjaxes
form: banjack
form: bandjax
Etymology: Unknown, perhaps originally Dublin slang. According to Green’s Dictionary of Slang, may be a euphemism for bollocks.
Senses: examples: text: I'm tellin' you the scholar, Bentham, made a banjax o' th' Will.
ref: 1922, Seán O'Casey, Juno and the Paycock:
glosses: A mess or undesirable situation made as a result of incompetence.
banjos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: banjoes
Senses: glosses: plural of banjo
banjaxed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbæn.dʒækst/
rhymes: -ændʒækst
Etymology: From banjax + -ed.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of banjax
banjaxed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbæn.dʒækst/
rhymes: -ændʒækst
Forms: form: more banjaxed
form: most banjaxed
Etymology: From banjax + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: Here is his black heart sitting there as large as life in the middle of the pulp of his banjaxed corpse.
ref: 1939, Flann O'Brien [pseudonym; Brian O'Nolan], At Swim-Two-Birds:
text: Then it got banjaxed, at a supper party to which he brought me.
ref: 1972, Edna O'Brien, Night, published 2001:
text: Lindsay again waxes approving over Ballard’s hymn to the banjaxed landscape of the Heathrow environs, with its choked arterial roads, light industrial units and warehousing entrepots.
ref: 2011, Will Self, “The frowniest spot on Earth”, in London Review of Books, XXXIII.9:
text: Part of the strategy is to dramatically increase the number of electric cars but people in rural areas are proving hesitant because of cost and lack of charging points. “If you were in the countryside you’d be banjaxed. You can’t plug it into a ditch, you can’t plug it into a cow,” said Derek Desmond, 50, a handyman from Tipperary.
ref: 2022 July 29, Rory Carroll, quoting Derek Desmond, “Fare deal: Ireland joins Europe-wide efforts to coax people out of cars”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: Broken, ruined, shattered; confounded.
examples: text: I'm completely banjaxed!
glosses: Tired, sleepy, cream crackered.
banjoes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: banjos
Senses: glosses: plural of banjo
stand back
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: stands back
form: standing back
form: stood back
form: stood back
Senses: examples: text: You had better stand back and let me operate the chainsaw.
glosses: To maintain distance.
examples: text: While others debated the proposals, he stood back.
glosses: To abstain from participation.
topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: (of a wicket-keeper) to stand a long way behind the wicket so as to catch balls from a fast bowler
stand by
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: stands by
form: standing by
form: stood by
form: stood by
Senses: examples: text: Please stand by for more instructions.
text: It had been his intention to go to Wimbledon, but as he himself said: “Why be blooming well frizzled when you can hear all the results over the wireless.[…]You stand by, Janet, and wake me up if they do any of that running commentary stuff.”
ref: 1935, George Goodchild, chapter 3, in Death on the Centre Court:
synonyms: word: hang on
word: stay
word: abide
word: back that train up
word: bide
word: bide one's time
word: expect
word: defer
word: hang on
word: hold on
word: hold one's breath
word: hold one's horses
word: hold one's water
word: hold out
word: mark time
word: stand by
word: stay
word: twiddle one's thumbs
word: wait
glosses: To wait in expectation of some event; to be ready.
examples: text: Even though money is scarce sometimes, Ann stands by her decision to be a full-time mother.
text: [W]hen a Hamas spokesman recently stood by his statement that Jews used the blood of non-Jewish children for their matzos – one of the oldest anti-Semitic canards around – European elites were largely silent.
ref: 2014 August 20, “Why Jews are worried [print version: International New York Times, 22 August 2014, p. 8]”, in The New York Times:
synonyms: (UK, idiomatic) go to the wall for someone
keep faith
glosses: To remain loyal or faithful to.
examples: text: They stood by us all along and it's awesome to see them out here to support us today.
synonyms: uphold
glosses: To support; to continue to support despite things being bad.
examples: text: I can't simply stand by and watch you ruin your life.
synonyms: word: lallygag
word: waste time
word: arse about
word: arse around
word: bludge
word: bum around
word: cabbage
word: clown around
word: dally
word: dawdle
word: dick about
word: dick around
word: diddle
word: dilly-dally
word: dretch
word: drumble
word: faff
word: faff about
word: faff around
word: fanny about
word: fanny around
word: fart about
word: fart around
word: fiddle about
word: fiddle around
word: fool about
word: fool around
word: footle
word: forslow
word: goof around
word: goof off
word: hang about
word: hang around
word: hang out
word: horse around
word: idle
word: jerk off
word: lallygag
word: lamp
word: laze
word: laze about
word: laze around
word: linger
word: loaf
word: loaf about
word: loaf around
word: loiter
word: lollop
word: lollygag
word: mess around
word: mill about
word: mill around
word: muck about
word: muck around
word: piddle
word: pingle
word: stand by
word: tarry
word: tool around
word: waste time
word: while
glosses: To do nothing. To be inactive in a situation.
Related terms: bestand
stand-in
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stand-ins
Etymology: Deverbal from stand in.
Senses: examples: text: They used a stand-in to set up the lighting so that the actor did not have to be there during the lengthy process.
glosses: A person of similar size and shape to an actor who "stands in" for that actor during the lengthy process of setting up a shot, but who, unlike a double, does not appear in the film.
examples: text: France's own stand-in stand-off Trinh-Duc missed with a drop-goal when well set but then set off on a curving run through a scattered defensive line which carried him deep into enemy territory until Weepu's desperate tap-tackle finally brought him down.
ref: 2011 October 23, Tom Fordyce, “2011 Rugby World Cup final: New Zealand 8-7 France”, in BBC Sport:
text: Beans, corn, and even chopped broccoli work not just as stand-ins but can elevate a meal. Each brings its unique texture and flavor profile.
ref: 2025 February 3, Andrew Gray, “7 Tasty Green Peas Substitutes: Explore New Flavors”, in CooksCrafter:
related: word: stand in
glosses: A substitute.
stand in for
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: stands in for
form: standing in for
form: stood in for
form: stood in for
Senses: examples: text: I asked my colleague to stand in for me so I could take the day off.
glosses: To replace; to act as a double or substitute for.
Related terms: stand in
standpoint
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈstændpɔɪnt/
rhymes: -ændpɔɪnt
Forms: form: standpoints
form: stand-point
Etymology: From stand + point, a calque of German Standpunkt. Similar constructions used in other languages, such as Japanese 立場 (tachiba, literally “standing place”).
Senses: examples: text: Bathing once a month may save time, but from a cleanliness standpoint, it's not effective.
text: Plus, early in a career, bands are typically winging it from a creative standpoint; after awhile, acts figure out what they’re doing right (or wrong), and are more deliberate about songcraft and execution.
ref: 2017 January 20, Annie Zaleski, “AFI sounds refreshed and rejuvenated on its 10th album, AFI (The Blood Album)”, in The Onion AV Club:
text: From the standpoint of traditional Chinese culture, it is believed that mind and body are the same and diseases stem from wicked thoughts or energy, while kind thoughts and positive energy will bring blessings and healing to a person.
ref: 2020 April 2, “Life-Saving Answer to the Coronavirus”, in Minghui:
glosses: A point of view; a perspective.
Derived terms: standpoint epistemology
standpoint theory
standstill
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈstændˌstɪl/
ipa: [ˈstɛən(d)ˌstɪɫ]
rhymes: -ɪl
Forms: form: standstills
Etymology: From stand + still, a deverbal from stand still. Compare Dutch stilstand (“standstill”), German Stillstand (“standstill”), Danish stilstand (“standstill”).
Senses: examples: text: The wreck brought traffic to a standstill for hours.
text: Despite all these precautions, however, severe storms sometimes caused drifts which brought traffic completely to a standstill.
ref: 1955 December, H. A. Vallance, “The Highland Centenary—2”, in Railway Magazine, page 859:
text: [...] but in the damp conditions prevailing the driver sensibly was unwilling to attempt the climb up through Combe Down tunnel without help, for fear of slipping to a standstill in the unventilated bore, [...].
ref: 1960 March, “Motive Power Miscellany: Western Region”, in Trains Illustrated, page 184:
text: For the caller the advantage relies on a fast solution of his service request, leading to less standstill and non-productive periods for the service customer.
ref: 2012, James C. Spohrer, Louis E. Freund, Advances in the Human Side of Service Engineering:
glosses: Complete immobility; a halt.
Synonyms: deadlock
dead stand
grind
halt
idle
impasse
stalemate
stand
Derived terms: standstill agreement
crossword
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɹɒswɜː(ɹ)d/
enpr: kros'-werd
Forms: form: crosswords
Etymology: From cross + word.
Senses: topics: games
qualifier: puzzles
glosses: A word puzzle in which interlocking words are entered usually horizontally and vertically into a grid based on clues given for each word.
examples: text: HOW TO ENTER::Fill in the crossword and send it to CROSSWORD No.54, DRUM, 176 Main Street, Johannesburg
ref: 1957, Drum: A magazine of Africa for Africa, page 72:
text: I sat on the bed and began to fill in the crossword.
ref: 1962, Juan Garcia Hortelano, Summer Storm, page 175:
text: All you have to do is fill in the crossword on this page and write your name and address on the coupon in Block Capitals (those written in longhand will not qualify).
ref: 1967, Pigeon Racing News and Gazette - Volumes 23-24, page 27:
text: They should be able to fill out the crossword using their knowledge from this chapter.
ref: 1979, Judith A. Gillespie, An Energy Curriculum for the Elementary Grades - Page 2-45, Indiana Dept. of Commerce Energy Group, page 2-45:
text: “You said you wanted me to fill out the crossword for you!”
ref: 2021, Sarah Everett, Some Other Now, page 218:
text: Flair, the butler, drank.[…]On weekdays when we were alone, he would open The Times and fill in the crossword, each clue no sooner read than solved. At weekends he merely read the crossword, then ironed the paper before giving it to Herbie.
ref: 2021, Sian Phillips, Private Faces and Public Places: The Autobiography:
glosses: The grid of such a puzzle.
Synonyms: crossword puzzle
Derived terms: crossworder
crosswordese
crosswording
crosswordlike
crosswordy
cryptic crossword
two-speed crossword
Related terms: acrostic
cruciverbalism
cruciverbalist
cryptic crossword
game
puzzle
slowly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: rhymes: -əʊli
ipa: /ˈsləʊli/
ipa: /ˈsloʊli/
Forms: form: slowlier
form: more slowly
form: slowliest
form: most slowly
Etymology: From Middle English slowly, slowli, slouli, slowliche, from Old English slāwlīċe (“slowly; sluggishly”), equivalent to slow + -ly. Compare Old Norse slæliga, sljóliga.
Senses: examples: text: Then everybody once more knelt, and soon the blessing was pronounced. The choir and the clergy trooped out slowly, […], down the nave to the western door. […] At a seemingly immense distance the surpliced group stopped to say the last prayer.
ref: 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter V, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
text: When bond yields rise slowly over time, it’s not a problem for pensions deploying LDI strategies, and actually helps their finances.
ref: 2022 October 8, Julia Horowitz, “How meltdown in a $1 trillion market brought the UK to the brink of a financial crisis”, in CNN Business:
topics: manner
glosses: At a slow pace.
Synonyms: word: ponderously
word: sluggishly
word: with leaden wings
word: gradually
word: litherly
word: slowly
word: tardily
Hyponyms: word: deliberately
word: painstakingly
Derived terms: make haste slowly
please speak more slowly
slowly but surely
the mills of the gods grind slowly
Related terms: word: slow
word: monotonously
word: tediously
word: ritardando
topics: music
entertainment
lifestyle
word: lento
topics: music
entertainment
lifestyle
caliph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkeɪlɪf/
ipa: /ˈkælɪf/
rhymes: -eɪlɪf
Forms: form: caliphs
form: khalifa
form: khalīfa
form: caleef
form: calif
form: kaleefa
form: kalif
form: kaliph
form: khalif
form: khaleefeh
Etymology: From Middle English calife, caliphe, from Old French caliphe, from Medieval Latin calipha, from Arabic خَلِيفَة (ḵalīfa, “caliph”) and خَلِيف (ḵalīf, “successor”).
Senses: examples: text: The Abbasid caliphs patronized art and science beside religious developments ushering in the Islamic Golden Age when their capital Baghdad began to flourish as a center of knowledge, culture and trade.
text: It carries us to the East, and the stately halls of the caliphs rise on the mind's eye; and we think over the thousand and one stories which made our childhood so happy, and stored up a world of unconscious poetry for our future years:...
ref: 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “The Coronation”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, pages 148-149:
hypernyms: cleric
glosses: The holder of a monarchical title based on a claim to be a successor of Muhammad.
Derived terms: anticaliph
Calipha
caliphal
caliphate
caliphdom
Caliphess
caliphhood
caliphian
Caliphism
Caliphist
caliphship
Klaliff
fatwa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfætwɑː/
ipa: /ˈfætwɑ/
ipa: /ˈfɑt-/
ipa: /ˈfət-/
ipa: /ˈfætɑːwɑː/
ipa: /ˈfætɑwɑ/
Forms: form: fatwas
form: fatawa
form: fetwa
form: fetwah
form: fatwah
form: futwa
form: futwah
Etymology: The noun is borrowed from Arabic فَتْوَى (fatwā, “formal legal opinion”), the verbal noun of أَفْتَى (ʔaftā, “to deliver a formal opinion”) (whence مُفْتٍ (muftin, “mufti”), the active participle of the same verb: see mufti).
The forms fetwa, fetwah are derived from Italian fetfà (obsolete), and directly from its etymon Ottoman Turkish فتوی (fetva) (modern Turkish fetva), from Arabic فَتْوَى (fatwā): see above.
Modern uses of noun sense 1.2 (“decree that a person should be put to death”) and the corresponding verb sense are probably influenced by the issuance of a fatwa on 14 February 1989 by the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini (1900 or 1902 – 1989), the Supreme Leader of Iran, calling for the British-American author Salman Rushdie (born 1947) and his publishers to be put to death for alleged blasphemy in his novel The Satanic Verses (1988).
The plural form fatawa is borrowed from Arabic فَتَاوَى (fatāwā).
The verb is derived from the noun.
Senses: examples: text: The website contains fatwas on points of Islamic law that arise in court cases.
text: In 2015, one person was killed in Copenhagen at a meeting meant to mark the 25th anniversary of an Iranian fatwa against British writer Salman Rushdie, which Vilks attended.
ref: 2021 October 4, Reuters, “Lars Vilks, Swedish cartoonist who depicted Mohammed, killed in car crash”, in CNN:
topics: Islam
lifestyle
religion
glosses: A formal legal decree, opinion, or ruling issued by a mufti or other Islamic judicial authority.
topics: Islam
lifestyle
religion
glosses: A decree issued by a mufti or other Islamic judicial authority that a person should be put to death, usually as punishment for committing apostasy or blasphemy.
topics: lifestyle
religion
glosses: A formal decree or ruling, or statement, issued by an authority of a religion other than Islam.
glosses: An emphatic decree or opinion, especially one which condemns or criticizes.
fatwa
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfætwɑː/
ipa: /ˈfætwɑ/
ipa: /ˈfɑt-/
ipa: /ˈfət-/
ipa: /ˈfætɑːwɑː/
ipa: /ˈfætɑwɑ/
Forms: form: fatwas
form: fatwaing
form: fatwaed
form: fatwaed
Etymology: The noun is borrowed from Arabic فَتْوَى (fatwā, “formal legal opinion”), the verbal noun of أَفْتَى (ʔaftā, “to deliver a formal opinion”) (whence مُفْتٍ (muftin, “mufti”), the active participle of the same verb: see mufti).
The forms fetwa, fetwah are derived from Italian fetfà (obsolete), and directly from its etymon Ottoman Turkish فتوی (fetva) (modern Turkish fetva), from Arabic فَتْوَى (fatwā): see above.
Modern uses of noun sense 1.2 (“decree that a person should be put to death”) and the corresponding verb sense are probably influenced by the issuance of a fatwa on 14 February 1989 by the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini (1900 or 1902 – 1989), the Supreme Leader of Iran, calling for the British-American author Salman Rushdie (born 1947) and his publishers to be put to death for alleged blasphemy in his novel The Satanic Verses (1988).
The plural form fatawa is borrowed from Arabic فَتَاوَى (fatāwā).
The verb is derived from the noun.
Senses: examples: text: Unlike many writers and artists, Chahine had not been fatwaed by the militants, but he felt threatened nevertheless.
ref: 1999, Mary Anne Weaver, “Life in the Alleys”, in A Portrait of Egypt: A Journey through the World of Militant Islam, New York, N.Y.: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, →ISBN, page 141:
text: One wonders why these terrorists are not fatwaed.
ref: 2002, South Asia Politics, volume 1, New Delhi: Rashtriya Jagriti Sansthan, →OCLC, page 30, column 2:
text: 'I'm just beginning one,' says famously-fatwaed author of new novel [subtitle]
ref: 2013 April 15, Katie Van Syckle, “Q&A: Salman Rushdie Talks ‘Midnight’s Children,’ Other Projects”, in Rolling Stone, New York, N.Y.: Penske Media Corporation, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 12 Jun 2024:
text: Ask Salman Rushdie. He was fatwaed for linking facts and fiction in ways that the mullahs say they should not be linked.
ref: 2015, Mohamed Gibril Sesay, “The Youth of Paradise”, in This Side of Nothingness […] (Sierra Leonean Writers Series), Freetown, Sierra Leone: Karantha Publishers, →ISBN, page 186:
glosses: To issue a fatwa (noun sense 1) against (someone); specifically (loosely, erroneous), a fatwa imposing a ban or a death sentence.
zabaglione
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌzæbəˈljəʊnɪ/
ipa: /ˌzɑbəlˈjoʊni/
rhymes: -əʊni
Forms: form: zabagliones
form: zabaione
form: zabajone
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian zabaglione, zabaione, possibly from Latin sabaia (“Illyrian barley beer”) (from an Illyrian word probably from Proto-Indo-European *sab- (“taste”)) + -one (augmentative suffix).
Senses: synonyms: sabayon
glosses: A custard-like dessert made with egg yolks, sugar and Marsala wine.
zabaione
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌzæbaɪˈəʊnɪ/
rhymes: -əʊni
Forms: form: zabaiones
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of zabaglione.
sabbatical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /səˈbætɪkəl/
ipa: [səˈbæɾɪk(ə)ɫ]
Forms: form: Sabbatic
form: sabbatic
form: Sabbatical
Etymology: From Latin sabbaticus + -al.
Senses: glosses: Relating to the Sabbath.
glosses: Relating to a sabbatical.
Derived terms: sabbatical leave
Sabbatically
sabbatically
sabbatical officer
sabbatical year
Related terms: Sabbatarian
sabbatarian
sabbatarianism
Sabbatarianism
Sabbath
sabbath
Sabbatism
sabbatism
shabbat
Shabbat
Shabbos
shabbos
sabbatical
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /səˈbætɪkəl/
ipa: [səˈbæɾɪk(ə)ɫ]
Forms: form: sabbaticals
form: Sabbatic
form: sabbatic
form: Sabbatical
Etymology: From Latin sabbaticus + -al.
Senses: examples: text: Gen Z is using micro-retirement to avoid burnout, find greater fulfillment in their work, and enhance their overall well-being. However, it’s not just Gen-Z: According to a survey from Side Hustles, 10% of workers are considering taking a micro-retirement and 75% thought employers should offer micro-retirement policies such as unpaid sabbaticals. […] Your employer may offer flexibility or the option to take a sabbatical.
ref: 2025 July 1, Kimanzi Constable, “What is a micro-retirement? Inside the latest Gen Z trend”, in Fast Company:
glosses: An extended period of leave from a person's usual pursuits.
glosses: A sabbatical year (ancient religious observance).
sabella
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sabellas
form: sabellae
Etymology: From Latin sabulum (“sand”).
Senses: glosses: A seaworm of the genus Sabella, around 25 cm long, which lives in tubes that it builds itself.
upstanding
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʌpˈstændɪŋ/
Forms: form: more upstanding
form: most upstanding
Etymology: From up- + standing.
Senses: examples: text: An upstanding merchant will exchange a faulty product.
text: I don't even know her
But I feel a responsibility to do what's upstanding and right
It's kinda like a code, yeah
And you've been getting closer and closer, and crossing so many lines
ref: 2012, Taylor Swift, “Girl at Home”, in Red, performed by Taylor Swift:
glosses: Honest; reputable; respectable.
upstanding
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʌpˈstændɪŋ/
Etymology: From upstand.
Senses: examples: text: Please be upstanding for His Worship the Mayor.
text: Swift was among those upstanding for Dion when she walked on stage and singing to Dion's hit The Power of Love.
ref: 2024 February 4, “Celine Dion makes surprise appearance at Grammy awards”, in bbc.com:
glosses: Standing up.
upstanding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʌpˈstændɪŋ/
Etymology: From upstand.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of upstand
Related terms: stand
stand up
upstand
standout
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈstændaʊt/
Etymology: Deverbal from stand out.
Senses: examples: text: The band played well, but the acrobats gave the standout performance.
text: Despite the quality of entries being high in this year's OPC category, she is a standout winner for all the judges.
ref: 2021 January 27, Paul Stephen, “Inspiration to the next generation”, in RAIL, number 923, page 48:
text: Sinner has emerged as the standout player on the ATP Tour over the past 18 months, with a machine-like brand of tennis reminiscent of 24-time major champion Novak Djokovic in his prime.
ref: 2025 June 8, Jonathan Jurejko, “Alcaraz stuns Sinner in extraordinary French Open final”, in BBC:
glosses: Exceptional; noteworthy.
Synonyms: outstanding
standout
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈstændaʊt/
Forms: form: standouts
Etymology: Deverbal from stand out.
Senses: examples: text: This building is one of the city's architectural standouts.
text: An all-around superlative athlete, he was also a standout in track and field […].
ref: 2000, George B. Kirsch et al., “Chamberlain, Wilton”, in Encyclopedia of Ethnicity and Sports in the United States, →ISBN, page 97:
glosses: An exceptional or noteworthy person or thing.
examples: text: This tape measure has a standout of 14 feet.
glosses: The distance a self-retracting metal tape measure can be extended before collapsing under its own weight.
Related terms: stand
stand out
all thumbs
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From the proverb "when he should get aught, each finger is a thumb", from John Heywood's Collection of 1546.
Senses: examples: text: I am all thumbs when it comes to shuffling cards.
glosses: Clumsy; awkward; not dextrous.
wikipedia: John Heywood
Synonyms: all fingers and thumbs
Related terms: mostly thumbs
brown thumb
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: brown thumbs
Senses: examples: text: I have a terrible brown thumb. I could probably kill silk flowers.
antonyms: green thumb
glosses: A lack of skill at growing plants; a poor gardening skill.
green thumb
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: green thumbs
Senses: examples: text: Wow, did you plant this entire garden on your own? You really must have a green thumb.
text: Everyone knows someone who has a "green thumb," who seems to be able to get plants to grow well just by being around, by talking or even playing music[…]
ref: 1987, Lyall Watson, The dreams of dragons: riddles of natural history:
text: […]they leave gardening to those who presumably have lots of time to read and better yet, have a "green thumb."
ref: 2003, Barbara Damrosch, The Garden Primer:
text: Oh, I'll never have a green thumb, no matter how long I stay at it. Nothing ever seems to work for me. Everything I plant dies.
ref: 2006, Des Kennedy, The Passionate Gardener: Adventures of an Ardent Green Thumb:
synonyms: green fingers
antonyms: black thumb
brown thumb
glosses: A natural skill for gardening.
examples: text: I should ask the green thumb next door what she recommends for my droopy daffodils.
glosses: A person with this skill.
Derived terms: e-thumb
green-thumbed
thumb one's nose
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: thumbs one's nose
form: thumbing one's nose
form: thumbed one's nose
form: thumbed one's nose
Etymology: See thumb, nose.
Senses: examples: text: My brother thumbed his nose in reply to my snide remarks.
glosses: To place a thumb upon the tip of the nose, typically with the fingers spread and while simultaneously wiggling one's fingers, in a gesture of disrespect.
examples: text: Richard Feynman delighted in thumbing his nose at the dissidents and workers.
glosses: To act disrespectfully, especially by flouting the object of disrespect.
Synonyms: sense: place a thumb upon the tip of the nose in a gesture of disrespect
word: cock a snook
Related terms: twist one's fingers in one's ears
wriggle one's fingers
thumbs up
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thumbs up
form: thumbs-up
Etymology: Said to refer to the signal of approval or disapproval used by spectators at a Roman amphitheatre, but the directions have been reversed, and the Roman gesture was a bent thumb.
Senses: examples: text: He smiled and gave a big thumbs up.
glosses: A gesture signifying approval or okay; a thumb pointing up out of a fist.
examples: text: We got the thumbs-up to go ahead with the project.
glosses: An approval or okay.
Related terms: 👍
under one's thumb
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: She has the entire crew under her thumb. They would do anything for her.
text: ...when you find a man under his wife's thumb you can always be sure there's a soft spot in him somewhere.
ref: 1912, Willa Cather, The Bohemian Girl::
text: `Fatty's under the thumb. Yeah it's not hard to see who wears the pants in that family. The wuss.'
ref: 1995, Paul Vautin, Turn It Up!, Sydney: Pan Macmillan Australia, page 144:
glosses: Completely controlled by someone; at someone's command.
Related terms: henpecked
over a barrel
to wear the pants
to wrap around one's little finger
Jan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: related: word: Jan.
word: JAN
word: Feb
word: Mar
word: Apr
word: May
word: Jun
word: Jul
word: Aug
word: Sep
word: Oct
word: Nov
word: Dec
glosses: Abbreviation of January.
glosses: A male given name from Dutch.
Jan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: jăn
ipa: /d͡ʒæn/
rhymes: -æn
Etymology: From Old French Jehan (“John”). Doublet of John.
Senses: glosses: A male given name from Hebrew.
Jan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: jăn
ipa: /d͡ʒæn/
rhymes: -æn
rhymes: -æn
enpr: jăn
ipa: /d͡ʒæn/
rhymes: -æn
Etymology: A clipping or hypochoristic form of Janet, Janice, Janine, Janis, etc.
Doublet of Ivanka, Janelle, Janet, Janey, Janine, Jeanette, Jeanie, Jeannette, Jeannine, Jen, Jenna, Jenny, Jessie, Jo, Jody, Juanita, Shanae, Sinead, and Vanna.
Senses: examples: text: "Yes, Mommy," answered Janice. Then she turned to her friend and asked, "Shall I wear my light chintz and kenton kerchief, or my purple and white striped Persian?" "Sufficiently smart for a country lass, Jan," cried her friend.
ref: 1899, Paul Leicester Ford, chapter 1, in Janice Meredith:
text: She's startled. How long has it been since he called her Jax instead of Janet or Jan? The last is a nickname she secretly hates. It makes her think of that syrupy-sweet actress on Lassie when she was a kid, the little boy (Timmy, his name was Timmy) always fell down a well or got bitten by a snake or trapped under a rock, and what kind of parents put a kid's life in the hands of a fucking collie?
ref: 2008, Stephen King, Just after Sunset, Simon and Schuster, published 2009, →ISBN, page 129:
text: Chili’s has also enlisted several actors from “The Office” to star in the ads, including Melora Hardin (Jan Levinson), Andy Buckley (David Wallace), Brian Baumgartner (Kevin Malone) and Kate Flannery (Meredith Palmer).
ref: 2025 March 26, Jordan Valinsky, “Chili’s is opening a retro restaurant in Scranton that celebrates ‘The Office’”, in CNN Business, archived from the original on 16 Apr 2025:
glosses: A female given name.
Derived terms: not happy, Jan
Jan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: jăn
ipa: /d͡ʒæn/
rhymes: -æn
rhymes: -æn
ipa: /jɑːn/
ipa: /jæn/
rhymes: -ɑːn
rhymes: -æn
homophone: yarn (non-rhotic)
enpr: jăn
ipa: /d͡ʒæn/
rhymes: -æn
rhymes: -æn
Etymology: From various European languages, ultimately from Latin Johannes.
Senses: examples: text: Jan Petter Vala is serving part of a 10-year murder sentence on a posh island in southern Norway.
ref: 2012 May 24, John D. Sutter, “Welcome to the world’s nicest prison”, in CNN:
glosses: A male given name, equivalent to English John.
perfume
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɜːfjuːm/
ipa: /ˈpɝfjuːm/
enpr: pər-fyoo͞m'
ipa: /pɚˈfjuːm/
ipa: /ˈpɚfjuːm/
ipa: /pɚˈfjuːm/
rhymes: (US, General American) -uːm
Forms: form: perfumes
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French parfum, perfum. Doublet of parfum.
Senses: examples: text: Breezes blowing from beds of iris quickened her breath with their perfume; she saw the tufted lilacs sway in the wind, and the streamers of mauve-tinted wistaria swinging, all a-glisten with golden bees; she saw a crimson cardinal winging through the foliage, and amorous tanagers flashing like scarlet flames athwart the pines.
ref: 1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, “Afterglow”, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC, page 168:
text: Among the Turks, an exciting compound consists of olibanum, myrrh, camphor, musk, in pulverized form. The resultant perfume is said to affect the genitals.
ref: 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 168:
synonyms: aroma
fragrance
scent
glosses: A pleasant smell; the scent, odor, or odoriferous particles emitted from a sweet-smelling substance; a pleasant odor.
examples: text: She bought a perfume at the airport.
text: The market for prestige perfumes is pretty much restricted to what industry economists call “gotrocks ladies”—women in households with annual incomes over $40,000 and who are over forty but still young enough to have a sense of smell (Elizabeth Taylor, for instance).
ref: 1987 October, Timothy Kalich, “Marketing: What's in a Smell?”, in The Atlantic, →ISSN:
text: The perfume industry is facing a major problem: maintaining constant levels of quality is crucial, but it is increasingly difficult to obtain a regular supply of all the necessary natural ingredients.
ref: 2014 March 7, Nicole Vulser, “Perfume manufacturers must cope with the scarcity of precious supplies”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 190, number 13, page 30:
synonyms: fragrance
parfum
scent
qualifier: perfumery
glosses: A substance created to provide a pleasant smell or one which emits an agreeable odor.
Derived terms: acoustic perfume
Arizona perfume
beperfumed
perfume ball
perfumed
perfumeless
perfumelike
perfumer
perfumery
perfumey
perfumy
perfumier
unperfumed
Related terms: parfumerie
parfumier
perfume
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɜːfjuːm/
ipa: /ˈpɝfjuːm/
enpr: pər-fyoo͞m'
ipa: /pɚˈfjuːm/
ipa: /ˈpɚfjuːm/
ipa: /pɚˈfjuːm/
rhymes: (US, General American) -uːm
Forms: form: perfumes
form: perfuming
form: perfumed
form: perfumed
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French parfum, perfum. Doublet of parfum.
Senses: glosses: To apply perfume to; to fill or impregnate with a perfume; to scent.
Derived terms: overperfume
perfumable
perfumed
perfumer
reperfume
Nederlands
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Dutch Nederlands.
Senses: glosses: Dutch (language)
gym
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /d͡ʒɪm/
rhymes: -ɪm
homophone: Jim
Forms: form: gyms
Senses: examples: text: It was pouring rain, so the kids played kickball in the gym instead of on the field.
text: Gym is my favourite period in this school.
text: I'm off to the gym for my pilates class.
glosses: Clipping of gymnasium; especially, a school gymnasium.
glosses: Clipping of gymnastics, often as sense 4.
examples: text: Near-synonyms: health club, sports club
text: hit the gym
text: He's been hitting the gym a lot. He has a membership at a commercial gym and also a bit of a home gym.
text: Working out in commercial gyms, if anything, made my workouts worse instead of better.
ref: 2008, Lou Schuler, “Foreward”, in Nate Green, Built for Show, page xii:
text: Pete, I want to work out. Where is the gym?
ref: 2016, VOA Learning English (public domain)
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
weightlifting
synonyms: fitness center
glosses: A sports facility specialized for lifting weights, cardio machines, and other exercise (culturally differentiated from sense 1).
examples: text: gym teacher
text: gym class
text: She has gym on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons.
text: They played basketball in gym last week.
text: The gym teacher at our school makes us stretch before and after each class.
glosses: Physical education class (PE class).
Derived terms: aquagym
climbing gym
gym bag
gym ball
gym bro
gym bunny
gym candy
gymcel
gym chalk
gym clothes
gym day
gymfluencer
gymgoer
gym-goer
gym knickers
gymless
gymlet
gymlike
gymmaxx
gym muscles
gym queen
gym-rat
gym rat
gym scooter
gym shoe
gym shorts
gymslip
gym strip
gym thot
gymtimidation
GymTok
gymwear
hit the gym
jungle gym
multigym
ninja gym
rock gym
Related terms: word: gymnasium
word: gymnast
word: gymnastics
word: jim
gym
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /d͡ʒɪm/
rhymes: -ɪm
homophone: Jim
Forms: form: gyms
form: gyming
form: gymming
form: gymed
form: gymed
form: gymmed
form: gymmed
Senses: examples: text: The only thing that can make you susceptible to this condition pre-marriage is crash dieting or mindless gymming and exercise.)
ref: 2011, Rujuta Diwekar, Women and the weight loss tamasha:
text: I have tried everything from yoga to dancing to gymming, but I can't be consistent with anything. Actually, I'm okay without working out.
ref: 2013, Neeta Iyer, Find_Love.com:
text: So just like you go gymming for your body, go gymming with thoughts in order to have a healthier mind.
ref: 2021, Sandeep Dahiya, Lazy Ways To Truth, page 30:
glosses: To go to the gym.
grid
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡɹɪd/
rhymes: -ɪd
Forms: form: grids
form: gridding
form: gridded
form: gridded
Etymology: Back-formation or clipping of griddle or gridiron.
Senses: glosses: To mark with a grid.
glosses: To assign a reference grid to.
examples: text: On the SAT, to answer a grid-in question, you grid in your answer by filling out the ovals.
topics: education
glosses: To enter in a grid.
check
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: enpr: chĕk
ipa: /t͡ʃɛk/
ipa: [t͡ʃʰɛk̚]
homophone: cheque
homophone: Czech
rhymes: -ɛk
Etymology: From Middle English chekken, partly from Old French eschequier and partly from the noun (see above).
Senses: examples: text: Keys? Check. Batteries? Check. We are all ready to go!
glosses: An expression showing that a requirement has been satisfied.
glosses: An expression that indicates that the speaker wishes to pay the bill (e.g. in a restaurant).
check
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: chĕk
ipa: /t͡ʃɛk/
ipa: [t͡ʃʰɛk̚]
homophone: cheque
homophone: Czech
rhymes: -ɛk
Forms: form: checks
Etymology: By shortening from chequer, from Old French eschequier (“chessboard”), from Medieval Latin scaccarium, ultimately from the same Persian root as above.
Senses: examples: text: The tablecloth had red and white checks.
text: One of her female followers, had made a very elegant piece of check. The Friend, being at her house, on a visit, the lady shewed the check to her, and as evidence of devotion to her leader, proposed presenting her with a pattern off the piece for her own use.
ref: 1819, Charles Mowry, in the Downington Pennsylvania American Republican, quoted in Herbery Wisbey, Pioneer Prophetess: Jemima Wilkinson, the Publick Universal Friend
topics: business
manufacturing
textiles
qualifier: usually pluralized
glosses: A pattern made up of a grid of squares of alternating colors; a checkered pattern.
glosses: Any fabric woven with such a pattern.
Derived terms: checkwork
overcheck
pincheck
check
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: chĕk
ipa: /t͡ʃɛk/
ipa: [t͡ʃʰɛk̚]
homophone: cheque
homophone: Czech
rhymes: -ɛk
Forms: form: checks
form: checking
form: checked
form: checked
Etymology: By shortening from chequer, from Old French eschequier (“chessboard”), from Medieval Latin scaccarium, ultimately from the same Persian root as above.
Senses: glosses: To mark with a check pattern.
check
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: chĕk
ipa: /t͡ʃɛk/
ipa: [t͡ʃʰɛk̚]
homophone: cheque
homophone: Czech
rhymes: -ɛk
Etymology: By shortening from chequer, from Old French eschequier (“chessboard”), from Medieval Latin scaccarium, ultimately from the same Persian root as above.
Senses: examples: text: CHECKY, [...] Checky, according to Colombiere, is one of the most noble and ancient figures [...] Checky is always composed of metal, and colour. [...] So that if that be or, and the next gules, the house or family is said to bear check, or, and gules. When the whole shield is not chequered , but only the chief, a bend, cross, or the like, the number of ranges should be expressed.
ref: 1741, Ephraim Chambers, Cyclopaedia: Or an Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences (etc.) 5. Ed:
text: He died about 1270; and his son, Sir Robert, assisted the brave Sir William Wallace, and died in 1800. BOYD ARMS. Azure, a fesse check, argent et gules.
ref: 1825, Robert Trotter (the Younger.), Derwentwater; Or, the Adherents of King James. A Tale of the First Rebellion. With an Appendix, Containing Genealogical Notices and Anecdotes of Several Ancient and Honourable Families, page 115:
topics: government
heraldry
hobbies
lifestyle
monarchy
nobility
politics
glosses: Checky, i.e. chequy.
raw_tags: as a printing error
Ilocano
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Ilocanos
form: Ilokano
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish ilocano, from iloco + -ano, where the root is from Ilocano i- (place of origin prefix) + either lukong (“hollow; concave”) or luek/luok (“cove; bay”) + Spanish -o.
Senses: glosses: The ethnolinguistic group of the Ilocos Region on the coasts of northwestern Luzon in the Philippines.
Ilocano
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Ilokano
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish ilocano, from iloco + -ano, where the root is from Ilocano i- (place of origin prefix) + either lukong (“hollow; concave”) or luek/luok (“cove; bay”) + Spanish -o.
Senses: glosses: A language spoken principally on the northwestern coasts of the island of Luzon.
Ilocano
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: Ilokano
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish ilocano, from iloco + -ano, where the root is from Ilocano i- (place of origin prefix) + either lukong (“hollow; concave”) or luek/luok (“cove; bay”) + Spanish -o.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to the Ilocano.
majesty
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmæd͡ʒ.əs.ti/
ipa: /ˈmæd͡ʒ.ɪs.tɪ/
Forms: form: majesties
form: majestie
form: maiesty
form: majty
form: maᵗⁱᵉ
Etymology: From Middle English majeste, mageste, from Old French majesté, from Latin maiestātem, (literally, "the quality of being greater”). Ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European *meǵh₂s (“great”) See mega-.
Senses: examples: text: the majesty of the Great Pyramids
glosses: The quality of being impressive, great, dignified, powerful, sovereign, or any combination thereof.
Derived terms: Her Majesty
His Majesty
lese majesty
majestic
majestical
majestyship
plural of majesty
Your Majesty
Related terms: grace
highness
imperial
royal
eel
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: ēl
ipa: /iːl/
rhymes: -iːl
homophone: 'e'll
Forms: form: eels
form: eeling
form: eeled
form: eeled
Etymology: From Middle English el, from Old English ǣl (“eel”), from Proto-West Germanic *āl, from Proto-Germanic *ēlaz (“eel”), which is of unknown origin.
Cognates
Cognate with West Frisian iel (“eel”), Dutch aal (“eel”), German Low German Aal, Ool (“eel”), German Aal (“eel”), Swedish, Danish and Norwegian ål (“eel”).
Senses: glosses: To fish for eels.
glosses: To move with a sinuous motion like that of an eel.
feed dog
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: feed dogs
Etymology: feed + corruption of cog.
Senses: topics: business
manufacturing
sewing
textiles
glosses: On a sewing machine, the toothed mechanism that uses a forward, down, back, and up motion against the presser foot to advance the fabric through the machine evenly.
Related terms: feed
cog
dog
general election
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: general elections
Senses: examples: text: With a General Election under two years away (and if, by then, the Plan for Rail had already begun to be implemented), would it be efficient or worth implementing Labour's full nationalisation should it form a government?
ref: 2023 May 31, Tammy Samuel, Fergus McLaverty, “The political picture: what lies ahead for Britain's railways?”, in RAIL, number 984, page 31:
glosses: An election, usually held at regular intervals, in which candidates are elected in all or most constituencies or electoral districts of a nation.
glosses: An erection.
Coordinate terms: sense: type of election
word: primary
sense: type of election
word: special election
judo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: jo͞o'dō
ipa: /ˈd͡ʒuːdəʊ/
enpr: jo͞o'dō
ipa: /ˈd͡ʒudoʊ/
rhymes: -uːdəʊ
Forms: form: jūdō
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 柔(じゅう)道(どう) (jūdō, literally “the soft way”).
Senses: examples: text: He started doing judo at the age of eight.
glosses: A Japanese martial art and sport adapted from jujutsu.
Derived terms: judoist
judolike
parajudo
para-judo
Related terms: judogi
judoka
soju
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsəʊd͡ʒuː/
ipa: /ˈsoʊd͡ʒuː/
Forms: form: sojus
Etymology: From Korean 소주(燒酒) (soju).
Compare Mandarin 燒酒 /烧酒 (shāojiǔ), Japanese 焼酎 (shōchū, “shōchū”). Doublet of shaojiu and shochu.
Senses: examples: text: I'd also woken up with a raging thirst from the bottle and a half of soju I'd had with dinner, which also meant I was taking longer to come to my senses than usual.
ref: 2015, Han Kang, translated by Deborah Smith, The Vegetarian, Granta, published 2018, page 7:
glosses: A Korean distilled alcoholic beverage, similar to shochu.
Related terms: shōchū
technique
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɛkˈniːk/
note: Indic
ipa: /ʈɛknik/
note: spelling pronunciation
ipa: /-nɪk/
rhymes: -iːk
rhymes: -ɪk
Forms: form: techniques
Etymology: Borrowed from French technique (“technicality; branch of knowledge”), noun use of technique (“technical”), from Ancient Greek τεχνικός (tekhnikós, “of or pertaining to art, artistic, skilful”), from τέχνη (tékhnē, “art, handicraft”). Doublet of technic.
Senses: examples: text: Brahms, after realizing that the technique of the piano was developing along mistaken lines, and his own danger of stereotyping his style, keeps away from it for most of his middle age [...].
ref: 1924, HE Wortham, A Musical Odyssey, page 97:
text: Not long ago, it was difficult to produce photographs of tiny creatures with every part in focus. That’s because the lenses that are excellent at magnifying tiny subjects produce a narrow depth of field. A photo processing technique called focus stacking has changed that.
ref: 2013 July-August, Catherine Clabby, “Focus on Everything”, in American Scientist:
glosses: The practical aspects of a given art, occupation etc.; formal requirements.
examples: text: Yet those who packed concert halls to listen to him sing, as Indians did for over six decades, rarely mentioned his technique.
ref: 2011 February 3, “Bhimsen Joshi”, in The Economist:
glosses: Practical ability in some given field or practice, often as opposed to creativity or imaginative skill.
examples: text: They said executives were warned about one technique nicknamed "carpet karaoke", which involved bending deportees over in aircraft seats to silence them.
ref: 2011 March 16, Paul Lewis, Matthew Taylor, The Guardian:
glosses: A method of achieving something or carrying something out, especially one requiring some skill or knowledge.
Derived terms: agrotechnique
Alexander technique
Arlberg technique
aseptic technique
Baermann technique
biotechnique
Bowen technique
Champy technique
cryotechnique
cybertechnique
Czochralski technique
door-in-the-face technique
double-pole technique
enhanced interrogation technique
Evans technique
foot-in-the-door technique
Fowler's technique
geotechnique
Gonstead technique
Graham technique
Graston technique
histotechnique
iatrotechnique
immunotechnique
Kyropoulos technique
literary technique
Meisner technique
microtechnique
multitechnique
nontechnique
program evaluation and review technique
program evaluation review technique
project evaluation and review technique
project evaluation review technique
raindrop technique
salami technique
techniquewise
teqball
time-of-arrival technique
twelve-tone technique
Related terms: technic
technical
technician
techniquing
begone
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: ipa: /biːˈɡɒn/
ipa: /bɪˈɡɒn/
rhymes: -ɒn
Forms: form: be gone
Etymology: Univerbation of be + gone. Compare English beware.
Senses: examples: text: Fairies be gone, and be alwaies away.
ref: c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “A Midsommer Nights Dreame”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i], page 157, column 1:
text: "Begone! move quickly! if quickly you can, you that shine forth into sight in moist times like the worm."
ref: 1856, Herman Melville, The Lightning Rod Man:
glosses: Expressing a desire or a command for someone or something to go away.
Derived terms: word: bego
begone
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /biːˈɡɒn/
ipa: /bɪˈɡɒn/
rhymes: -ɒn
ipa: /bəˈɡɒn/
rhymes: -ɒn
ipa: /biːˈɡɒn/
ipa: /bɪˈɡɒn/
rhymes: -ɒn
Etymology: Inflected forms.
Senses: glosses: past participle of bego
Derived terms: woe-begone
woebegone
rainfall
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rainfalls
Etymology: From rain + fall.
Senses: topics: climatology
meteorology
natural-sciences
glosses: The amount of rain that falls on a single occasion
glosses: The occurrence of liquid precipitation, the fall of rain.
Derived terms: effective rainfall
excessive rainfall
excess rainfall
initial rainfall
inversion of rainfall
orographic rainfall
point rainfall
rainfall component
rainfall distribution
rainfall duration
rainfall effectiveness
rainfall excess
rainfall frequency
rainfall intensity
rainfall intensity area curve
rainfall intensity-duration curve
rainfall intensity-duration-frequency curve
rainfall intensity frequency
rainfall intensity pattern
rainfall intensity return period
rainfall loss
rainfall rate
rainfall regime
rainfall station
rate-of-rainfall gauge
residual rainfall
Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission