cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
feet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: fēt
ipa: /fiːt/
rhymes: -iːt
homophone: feat
Etymology: From Middle English feet, fet, from Old English fēt, from Proto-Germanic *fōtiz, from Proto-Indo-European *pódes, nominative plural of *pṓds (“foot”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Fäite (“feet”), West Frisian fiet (“feet”), German Füße (“feet”), Danish fødder (“feet”), Swedish fötter (“feet”), Faroese føtur (“feet”), Icelandic fætur (“feet”).
Senses: examples: text: There was a neat hat-and-umbrella stand, and the stranger's weary feet fell soft on a good, serviceable dark-red drugget, which matched in colour the flock-paper on the walls.
ref: 1913, Mrs. [Marie] Belloc Lowndes, chapter II, in The Lodger, London: Methuen, →OCLC; republished in Novels of Mystery: The Lodger; The Story of Ivy; What Really Happened, New York, N.Y.: Longmans, Green and Co., […], [1933], →OCLC:
text: Just under the ceiling there were three lunette windows, heavily barred and blacked out in the normal way by centuries of grime. Their bases were on a level with the pavement outside, a narrow way which was several feet lower than the road behind the house.
ref: 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 14, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
glosses: plural of foot
Derived terms: a closed mouth gathers no feet
at one's feet
at the feet of
beat feet
burning feet syndrome
chicken feet
cold feet
cover one's feet
crow's feet
crow's-feet
cut the ground from under someone's feet
dead on one's feet
drag one's feet
end-feet
fall on one's feet
fall over one's feet
feel eight feet tall
feel nine feet tall
feel ten feet tall
feel twelve feet tall
feetage
feet dry
feeted
feet-first
feet first
feetfirst
feeties
feetless
feetlong
feet of clay
feet on the ground
feetsies
feetsy
feetwear
feet wet
find one's feet
flat feet
get cold feet
get one's feet wet
get to one's feet
hold someone's feet to the fire
itchy feet
jump in with both feet
kick one's feet up
land on one's feet
lay something at the feet of
let the grass grow round one's feet
let the grass grow under one's feet
light on one's feet
on one's feet
out on one's feet
peet
plant one's feet
put one's feet up
quick on one's feet
rushed off one's feet
shake off the dust from one's feet
shake the dust from one's feet
six feet under
stand on one's own two feet
stepping feet illusion
sweep someone off their feet
take the weight off one's feet
the cat would eat fish but would not wet her feet
think on one's feet
to one's feet
trip over one's own two feet
two left feet
under one's feet
vote with one's feet
washing of feet
feet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: fēt
ipa: /fiːt/
rhymes: -iːt
homophone: feat
Senses: glosses: Fact; performance; feat.
feat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /fiːt/
homophone: feet
rhymes: -iːt
Forms: form: feats
Etymology: From Middle English [Term?], from Anglo-Norman fet (“action, deed”), from Old French fait, from Latin factum, from facere (“to do, to make”). Doublet of fact.
Senses: examples: text: I consider scaling Mount Blanc the greatest physical feat of my life.
text: Raising six children who all went on to be doctors was a tough feat for us.
text: Bradford may have lost on the night but they stubbornly protected a 3-1 first-leg advantage to emulate a feat last achieved by Rochdale in 1962.
ref: 2013 January 22, Phil McNulty, “Aston Villa 2-1 Bradford (3-4)”, in BBC:
glosses: A relatively rare or difficult accomplishment.
Derived terms: featly
featness
feat of arms
feat of strength
feature
love-feat
no mean feat
no small feat
outfeat
unfeaty
feat
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /fiːt/
homophone: feet
rhymes: -iːt
Forms: form: feater
form: featest
Etymology: From Middle English [Term?], from Anglo-Norman fet (“action, deed”), from Old French fait, from Latin factum, from facere (“to do, to make”). Doublet of fact.
Senses: examples: text: […] she set downe her period on the face of Alexis, thinking he was the fairest, and the featest swaine of all the rest.
ref: 1590, Robert Greene, “The Shepheards Tale”, in Greenes Mourning Garment, London: Thomas Newman, page 17:
text: Oh you high sp’rited Paragons of witte,
That flye to fame beyond our earthly pitch,
Whose sence is sound, whose words are feat and fitte,
Able to make the coyest eare to itch:
Shroud with your mighty wings that mount so well,
These little loues, new crept from out the shell.
ref: 1593, Thomas Lodge, “Induction”, in Phillis, London: John Busbie:
text: […] never master had
A page so kind, so duteous, diligent,
So tender over his occasions, true,
So feat, so nurse-like:
ref: 1611 April (first recorded performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Cymbeline”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene v]:
text: And look how well my garments sit upon me;
Much feater than before:
ref: 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i]:
glosses: Dexterous in movements or service; skilful; neat; pretty.
feat
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /fiːt/
homophone: feet
rhymes: -iːt
Forms: form: feats
form: feating
form: feated
form: feated
Etymology: From Middle English [Term?], from Anglo-Norman fet (“action, deed”), from Old French fait, from Latin factum, from facere (“to do, to make”). Doublet of fact.
Senses: examples: text: […] most praised, most loved,
A sample to the youngest, to the more mature
A glass that feated them, and to the graver
A child that guided dotards;
ref: 1611 April (first recorded performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Cymbeline”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:
glosses: To form; to fashion.
feat
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /fiːt/
homophone: feet
rhymes: -iːt
Forms: form: feats
form: feating
form: feated
form: feated
Etymology: Clipping of feature. See also the abbreviation feat.
Senses: examples: text: A new team suite will also be added feating new team locker rooms, a nutrition station, team meeting room, a team lounge and coaches’ offices and conference room.
ref: 2018 February 22, Christopher Walsh, “Alabama announces $21 million renovation of swimming/diving facilities”, in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
text: Two films by John and Yoko, ‘Imagine’ and ‘Gimme Some Truth’ will also be re-released on October 5 feating new footage, “raw” studio mixes and a new insight into a photo shoot the couple did with iconic British photographer David Bailey.
ref: 2018 August 23, Elizabeth Aubrey, “A never before heard demo of John Lennon’s ‘Imagine’ has been discovered”, in NME:
text: This could also be the match in which we see the highly-anticipated debut of an attacking triumvirate feating Nicolas Pepe, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Alexandre Lacazette.
ref: 2019 September 1, Cy Brown, “North London Derby 2019: How To Watch Arsenal vs. Tottenham”, in Forbes:
text: Last year, the rapper had a number of hit singles, including Fefe, with Nicki Minaj, and Stoopid, feating imprisoned rapper Bobby Shmurda.
ref: 2019 October 3, Jack Williams, “Tell Tale Hit: Tekashi 6ix9ine testimony leads to conviction of two men on racketeering after ‘snitch’ rapper turns on fellow Nine Trey Gangsta Bloods thugs”, in The Sun:
glosses: To feature.
to
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: enpr: to͞o
ipa: /tuː/
ipa: [tu̟ː]
ipa: [tʰʊw]
ipa: /tiː/
ipa: [tʰʉw]
ipa: [tʰu̟(ː)]
ipa: [t(ʰ)u̟ː]
ipa: [tʰʉː]
homophone: too
homophone: two
rhymes: -uː
ipa: /tə/
note: before a consonant
ipa: /tʊ/
note: before a consonant
note: after a vowel
ipa: [ɾə]
ipa: /tɪ/
ipa: /tʊ/
ipa: /tu(ː)/
ipa: [tʊ(w)]
ipa: /tɪv/
ipa: [t(ʰ)ʉw]
ipa: [tʊ(w)]
ipa: [tu̟]
note: after a vowel
ipa: [ɾʊ(w)]
note: after a vowel
ipa: [ɾu̟]
ipa: [tʊ(w)]
ipa: [tu̟(ː)]
note: Indic, always
ipa: /ʈʊ/
Forms: form: ter
form: t'
form: 2
Etymology: From Middle English to, from Old English tō, from Proto-Germanic *tō ~ *ta, from Proto-Indo-European *de ~ *do (“to”). Cognate with Scots tae, to (“to”), North Frisian to, tö, tu (“to”), Saterland Frisian tou (“to”), Low German to (“to”), Dutch toe, te (“to”), German zu (“to”), West Frisian ta (“to”). Non-Germanic cognates include Albanian ndaj (“towards”), Irish do (“to, for”), Breton da (“to, for”), Welsh i (“to, for”), Russian до (do, “to”). Doublet of too.
Senses: examples: text: Please push the door to.
text: He went in his room, pushed the door to, without fastening the latch.
ref: 1913, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, “chapter 12”, in Sons and Lovers, London: Duckworth & Co. […], →OCLC:
text: Aware of the loud beating of my own heart I pulled the door to against the increasing rain.
ref: 1925, F[rancis] Scott Fitzgerald, chapter V, in The Great Gatsby, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, →OCLC, page 104:
synonyms: closed
shut
antonyms: open
ajar
glosses: Toward a closed, touching or engaging position.
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: Into the wind.
glosses: Misspelling of too.
Related terms: come to
heave to
here's to
lean-to
set-to
to and fro
For quotations using this term
Citations:to
to
Language: English
Part of speech: particle
Pronunciation: enpr: to͞o
ipa: /tuː/
ipa: [tu̟ː]
ipa: [tʰʊw]
ipa: /tiː/
ipa: [tʰʉw]
ipa: [tʰu̟(ː)]
ipa: [t(ʰ)u̟ː]
ipa: [tʰʉː]
homophone: too
homophone: two
rhymes: -uː
ipa: /tə/
note: before a consonant
ipa: /tʊ/
note: before a consonant
note: after a vowel
ipa: [ɾə]
ipa: /tɪ/
ipa: /tʊ/
ipa: /tu(ː)/
ipa: [tʊ(w)]
ipa: /tɪv/
ipa: [t(ʰ)ʉw]
ipa: [tʊ(w)]
ipa: [tu̟]
note: after a vowel
ipa: [ɾʊ(w)]
note: after a vowel
ipa: [ɾu̟]
ipa: [tʊ(w)]
ipa: [tu̟(ː)]
note: Indic, always
ipa: /ʈʊ/
ipa: /t̪oː/
ipa: [t̪oː]
enpr: to͞o
ipa: /tuː/
ipa: [tu̟ː]
ipa: [tʰʊw]
ipa: /tiː/
ipa: [tʰʉw]
ipa: [tʰu̟(ː)]
ipa: [t(ʰ)u̟ː]
ipa: [tʰʉː]
homophone: too
homophone: two
rhymes: -uː
ipa: /tə/
note: before a consonant
ipa: /tʊ/
note: before a consonant
note: after a vowel
ipa: [ɾə]
ipa: /tɪ/
ipa: /tʊ/
ipa: /tu(ː)/
ipa: [tʊ(w)]
ipa: /tɪv/
ipa: [t(ʰ)ʉw]
ipa: [tʊ(w)]
ipa: [tu̟]
note: after a vowel
ipa: [ɾʊ(w)]
note: after a vowel
ipa: [ɾu̟]
ipa: [tʊ(w)]
ipa: [tu̟(ː)]
note: Indic, always
ipa: /ʈʊ/
Forms: form: ter
form: t'
form: 2
Etymology: From Hindi तो (to).
Senses: examples: text: I am to so bored right now.
qualifier: mild intensifier
glosses: a filler word common amongst urban Indians.
tree
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: trē
ipa: /tɹiː/
ipa: [t̠ʰɹʷiː]
ipa: [t͡ʃʰɹʷiː]
ipa: [t̠͡ɹ̠̊˔ʷiː]
rhymes: -iː
homophone: three (th-stopping)
Forms: form: trees
form: treeing
form: treed
form: treed
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *drew-
Proto-Indo-European *-om
Proto-Germanic *trewą
Proto-West Germanic *treu
Old English trēow
Middle English tre
English tree
 PIE word
 *dóru
From Middle English tre, tree, treo, treou, trew, trow, from Old English trēo, trēow (“tree, wood, timber, beam, log, stake, stick, grove, cross, rood”), from Proto-West Germanic *treu, from Proto-Germanic *trewą (“tree, wood”), from pre-Germanic *dréwom, thematic e-grade derivative of Proto-Indo-European *dóru (“tree”). Replaced alternative Middle English beem, from Old English bēam (see beam) and eclipsed non-native Middle English arbre, borrowed from Old French arbre.
Cognates
From the same Proto-Indo-European: Scots tree (“wood, rod, stick”), Dutch teer (“tree”), Danish, Faroese, Scanian træ (“tree”), Icelandic tré (“tree; wood”), Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk tre (“tree”), Swedish trä (“wood; tree”), träd (“tree”), Gothic 𐍄𐍂𐌹𐌿 (triu, “tree; wood, piece of wood”), Sanskrit दारु (dāru, “tree; wood”), Albanian dru (“tree; wood”), Welsh dâr (“oaks”), Ancient Greek δόρυ (dóru, “wood, spear”), Russian де́рево (dérevo) or дре́во (drévo, “tree”), Tocharian A, Tocharian B or (“wood”). Related to tar, true.
Senses: examples: text: The dog treed the cat.
text: When hunted it [the jaguar] takes refuge in trees, and this habit is well known to hunters, who pursue it with dogs and pot it when treed.
ref: 1897, Henry Howard et al., editors, Encyclopaedia of Sport, volume I, London: Lawrence & Bullen, page 599:
text: "And our dogs used to tree the cats on our property here, and we'd dispatch them."
ref: 2008, Monte Dwyer, Red In The Centre: The Australian Bush Through Urban Eyes, Monyer Pty Ltd, page 146:
glosses: To chase (an animal or person) up a tree.
examples: text: Black bears can tree their cubs for protection, but grizzly bears cannot.
glosses: To place in a tree.
examples: text: to tree a boot
text: Two suits and an overcoat hung in the closet over three pairs of carefully treed shoes.
ref: 1930, Dashiell Hammett, chapter 14, in The Maltese Falcon, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, page 165:
glosses: To place upon a shoe tree; to fit with a shoe tree; to stretch upon a shoe tree.
glosses: To take refuge in a tree.
ate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: āt
ipa: /eɪt/
ipa: /ɛt/
ipa: /eɪt/
ipa: [eːt]
rhymes: -eɪt
rhymes: -ɛt
homophone: ait
homophone: eight
homophone: eyot
Forms: form: et
Etymology: From Middle English at, from Old English ǣt, from Proto-West Germanic *āt, from Proto-Germanic *ēt.
Senses: glosses: simple past of eat
examples: text: I have a very good appetite, have ate some excellent melons, and they have served me up some quails, the fattest and tenderest I have ever ate.
ref: 1805, Maximilien de Béthune duc de Sully, Memoirs of Maximillian de Bethune, Duke of Sully, Prime Minister of Henry the Great […] , volume IV, page 171:
text: As soon as all had ate, and the elder ones paid, the carriage was ordered; […]
ref: 1813 January 27, [Jane Austen], chapter XVI, in Pride and Prejudice: […], volume II, London: […] [George Sidney] for T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC, page 192:
text: “Haven't ate all the eggs, I hope? For I be hungry as a hunter[…]
ref: 1929, Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch, Nicky-Nan, Reservist, page 27:
text: So I'd have ate when me Dad had ate, sort of thing, I think, you know when he come home from work, I'd have waited for him, I wouldn't have said I wanted mine at four o'clock[…]
ref: 2013 January 11 [1997], David Bell, Gill Valentine, Consuming Geographies: We Are Where We Eat, Routledge, →ISBN, page 140:
glosses: past participle of eat
ate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: āt
ipa: /eɪt/
ipa: /ɛt/
ipa: /eɪt/
ipa: [eːt]
rhymes: -eɪt
rhymes: -ɛt
homophone: ait
homophone: eight
homophone: eyot
ipa: /ˈʔɐ.te/
enpr: āt
ipa: /eɪt/
ipa: /ɛt/
ipa: /eɪt/
ipa: [eːt]
rhymes: -eɪt
rhymes: -ɛt
homophone: ait
homophone: eight
homophone: eyot
Forms: form: ates
form: et
Etymology: Borrowed from Tagalog ate (“elder sister”), from Hokkien 阿姊 (á-ché, “eldest sister”).
Senses: glosses: An elder sister
glosses: A respectful title or form of address for an older woman.
Arabian oryx
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Arabian oryxes
form: Arabian oryx
Senses: glosses: An oryx of species Oryx leucoryx.
Synonyms: white oryx
Asian lion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈeɪʒən ˈlaɪən/
Forms: form: Asian lions
Senses: glosses: Panthera leo persica, a subspecies of lion that inhabited Asia.
Synonyms: Asiatic lion
Indian lion
Felis leo persicus
scimitar-horned oryx
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scimitar-horned oryxes
form: scimitar-horned oryx
form: scimitar oryx
Senses: glosses: A critically endangered antelope, Oryx dammah, living in the arid plains and deserts of North Africa.
grey wolf
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: grey wolves
form: gray wolf
Senses: glosses: A large canid, Canis lupus, once found throughout forested areas of northern Europe, Asia and America; it shares a common ancestry with the domestic dog.
Synonyms: timber wolf
Hypernyms: wolf
Coordinate terms: eastern wolf
red wolf
bongo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɒŋ.ɡəʊ/
rhymes: -ɒŋɡəʊ
ipa: /ˈbɑŋ.ɡoʊ/
rhymes: -ɑŋɡoʊ
Forms: form: bongos
Etymology: From Spanish bongo.
Senses: glosses: A striped bovine mammal found in Africa, Tragelaphus eurycerus.
bongo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɒŋ.ɡəʊ/
rhymes: -ɒŋɡəʊ
ipa: /ˈbɑŋ.ɡoʊ/
rhymes: -ɑŋɡoʊ
Forms: form: bongos
form: bongoes
Etymology: From United States Spanish bongó, from a Bantu language; probably Ekele boungu.
Senses: examples: text: He's banging on the bongos like a chimpanzee.
ref: 1984, Dire Straits (band), Money for Nothing (song)
synonyms: bongo drum
glosses: Either of a pair of small drums of Cuban origin, played by beating with the hands.
Derived terms: bongo flava
bongoist
bongo party
Obongo
bongo
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɒŋ.ɡəʊ/
rhymes: -ɒŋɡəʊ
ipa: /ˈbɑŋ.ɡoʊ/
rhymes: -ɑŋɡoʊ
Forms: form: bongos
form: bongoing
form: bongoed
form: bongoed
Etymology: From United States Spanish bongó, from a Bantu language; probably Ekele boungu.
Senses: glosses: To play the bongo drums.
glosses: Of the heart, etc.: to beat with an irregular rhythm.
glosses: To hit something rhythmically with the hands.
Related terms: bingo bango bongo
Bongo Bongo Land
bongo mag
brindled gnu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: brindled gnus
form: brindled gnu
Senses: glosses: The blue wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus)
impala
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪmˈpɑːlə/
rhymes: -ɑːlə
Forms: form: impalas
form: impala
form: impalla
Etymology: From Zulu impala.
Senses: synonyms: redbuck
rooibok
glosses: An African antelope, Aepyceros melampus, noted for its leaping ability; the male has ridged, curved horns.
Derived terms: impala lily
cockroach
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɑkɹoʊt͡ʃ/
ipa: /ˈkɑkəɹoʊt͡ʃ/
ipa: /ˈkɒkɹəʊt͡ʃ/
Forms: form: cockroaches
Etymology: From Spanish cucaracha, from cuca (“butterfly caterpillars”), of onomatopoeic origin; see also Greek κόκκυξ (kókkux) and Late Latin cucus. Influenced, by means of folk etymology, by cock and roach. Doublet of cucaracha.
Senses: examples: text: Then there were cockroach hunts; we chased them out of their haunts, where at night they busily devoured currants, jam, and sugar; in fact their diet was far more varied than ours, for they made plentiful meals off our boots, the coverings of our books, and any stray pieces of flannel that came in their way.
ref: 1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 121:
synonyms: word: roach
glosses: Any black or brown straight-winged insect of the order Blattodea that is not a termite.
glosses: A person or a member of a group of people regarded as undesirable and rapidly procreating.
glosses: A person from New South Wales.
raw_tags: used in rugby league
glosses: A hard lump of brown sugar.
Derived terms: amber forest cockroach
amber wood cockroach
American cockroach
Australian cockroach
Australian wood cockroach
cockroachicide
cockroachlike
cockroach of the sea
cockroach taxi
cockroach theory
cockroach wasp
cockroachy
emerald cockroach wasp
German cockroach
giant burrowing cockroach
Gisborne cockroach
hissing cockroach
kikeroach
Madagascar hissing cockroach
oriental cockroach
roach
Turkroach
millipede
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɪləpid/
Forms: form: millipedes
form: millepede
form: milliped
Etymology: From Latin mīllipeda (“wood louse”), from mīlle (“thousand”) + pēs, pedis (“foot”), equivalent to milli- + -pede.
Senses: examples: text: The ſaid leaves alſo ſtamped with honey and brought to the forme of a cataplaſme, cure the bloudie-falls or night-blains: but tempered with wine, they heale the bitings of dogs, as alſo of the Millepeed, which the Greeks call Seps, a long worm with hairie feet, doing much harme to cattaile eſpecially; for looke where it biteth, the place preſently ſwelleth and putrifieth.
ref: 1601, C[aius] Plinius Secundus [i.e., Pliny the Elder], “[Book XX.] Of the Serpentine Cucumber, called otherwise the Wandering Cucumber: also of the Garden Cucumbers, Melons or Pompions.”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Historie of the World. Commonly Called, The Naturall Historie of C. Plinius Secundus. […], 2nd tome, London: […] Adam Islip, →OCLC, page 37:
text: With one or two exceptions, male millipedes make direct contact with the female and transfer sperm via a pair of modified front legs (gonopods) which have been charged with semen from the genitalia situated towards the rear of the body.
ref: 1993, Rod Preston-Mafham, The Encyclopedia of Land Invertebrate Behaviour, page 14:
text: When alive, millipedes maintain tension in these^([intersegmental]) muscles and are therefore difficult to straighten out when coiled.
ref: 2005, Thomas Eisner, For Love of Insects, page 276:
text: Soil millipedes (Diplopoda) possess a specific gut microbiota that differs from microbial communities in soil and leaf litter.
ref: 2006, Boris A. Byzov, “4: Intestinal Microbiota of Millipedes”, in Helmut König, Ajit Varma, editors, Intestinal Microorganisms of Termites and Other Invertebrates, page 89:
text: Working with her colleague Henrik Enghoff, the two discovered several specimens of the same fungus on North American millipedes right there in the Natural History Museum’s collection.
ref: 2020 May 19, Allen Kim, “A parasite that feeds off of the reproductive organs of millipedes is named after Twitter, where it was found”, in CNN:
text: An entomologist named a new species of millipede Nannaria swiftae after pop star Taylor Swift.
ref: 2022 April 20, Megan Marples, “Taylor Swift inspired an entomologist to name a new millipede species after the megastar”, in CNN:
synonyms: diplopod
glosses: Any of many elongated arthropods, of the class Diplopoda, with cylindrical bodies that have two pairs of legs for each one of their 20 to 100 or more body segments.
Derived terms: flat-backed millipede
millipedal
millipede burn
millipedic
pill millipede
Related terms: centipede
myriapod
predator bug
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: predator bugs
Senses: glosses: Any of several species of African assassin bugs, especially Platymeris rhadamanthus.
snow leopard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: snow leopards
Senses: glosses: A large feline mammal, Panthera uncia (syn. Uncia uncia), native to mountain ranges of central Asia.
Synonyms: word: ounce
word: snowmeow
word: snep
english: loanword from Russian
translation: loanword from Russian
word: irbis
Related terms: snow leopardess
slender-horned gazelle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: slender-horned gazelles
Senses: glosses: A gazelle with slender horns adapted to desert life (Gazella leptoceros).
Synonyms: rhim gazelle
sand gazelle
VB
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Victoria Bitter (an Australian brand of beer).
glosses: Initialism of Virginia Beach (independent coastal city in Virginia).
topics: computer-languages
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of Visual Basic.
Derived terms: VBer
VB
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: VBs
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Initialism of valence bond.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Initialism of vinylbenzene.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Initialism of volleyball.
example
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪɡˈzɑːm.pəl/
ipa: /ɪɡˈzam.pəl/
ipa: /ɪɡˈzæm.pəl/
ipa: [ɪɡˈzɛəmpəɫ]
note: US, General Australian, weak vowel merger
ipa: /əɡˈzæm.pəl/
ipa: /əɡˈzaːm.pəl/
ipa: [ɘɡˈzɐːmpɯ]
rhymes: -ɑːmpəl
rhymes: -æmpəl
Forms: form: examples
form: exampling
form: exampled
form: exampled
Etymology: From Middle English example, exaumple, from Old French example, essaumple, from Latin exemplum (“sample, pattern, specimen, copy for imitation, etc.”, literally “what is taken out”); see exempt. Doublet of exemplum and sample. Displaced native Middle English forebisne, from Old English forebȳsn; and Middle English bisne, from Old English bȳsn (modern English bizen).
Senses: glosses: To be illustrated or exemplified (by).
indicative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪnˈdɪk.ə.tɪv/
note: Indic
ipa: /ɪɳ.ɖɪk.e.ʈɪv/
Forms: form: more indicative
form: most indicative
form: ind.
Etymology: From Middle French indicatif, from Late Latin indicātīvus. By surface analysis, indicate + -ive.
Senses: examples: text: He had pains indicative of a heart attack.
glosses: Serving as a sign, indication or suggestion of something.
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glosses: Of, or relating to the indicative mood.
Derived terms: bioindicative
contraindicative
indicative conditional
indicatively
indicativeness
indicative planning
indicative vote
nonindicative
unindicative
indicative
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪnˈdɪk.ə.tɪv/
note: Indic
ipa: /ɪɳ.ɖɪk.e.ʈɪv/
Forms: form: indicatives
form: ind.
Etymology: From Middle French indicatif, from Late Latin indicātīvus. By surface analysis, indicate + -ive.
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: The indicative mood.
examples: text: The fact that imperative forms were taken into English as indicatives suggests that the English speakers using the Hindustani verbs were most familiar (in some cases perhaps only familiar) with the imperative form.
ref: 2018, James Lambert, “Anglo-Indian slang in dictionaries on historical principles”, in World Englishes, volume 37, page 253:
topics: grammar
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glosses: A term in the indicative mood.
Derived terms: imperfect indicative
present indicative
subjunctive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /səbˈd͡ʒʌŋktɪv/
rhymes: -ʌŋktɪv
Forms: form: subj.
Etymology: From Latin subjunctīvus (“serving to join, connecting, in grammar applies to the subjunctive mode”), from subjungere (“to add, join, subjoin”), from sub (“under”) + jungere (“to join, yoke”). See join.
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Inflected to indicate that an act or state of being is possible, contingent or hypothetical, and not a fact.
raw_tags: of a verb
Related terms: alt: and compare others at irrealis mood § Hyponyms
word: irrealis
subjunctive
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /səbˈd͡ʒʌŋktɪv/
rhymes: -ʌŋktɪv
Forms: form: subjunctives
form: subj.
Etymology: From Latin subjunctīvus (“serving to join, connecting, in grammar applies to the subjunctive mode”), from subjungere (“to add, join, subjoin”), from sub (“under”) + jungere (“to join, yoke”). See join.
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Ellipsis of subjunctive mood.
glosses: A form in the subjunctive mood.
Derived terms: imperfect subjunctive
present subjunctive
subjunctive mode
subjunctive mood
Related terms: subjoin
subjunction
demonstrative pronoun
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: demonstrative pronouns
form: pronoun demonstrative
Senses: examples: Note: In English they are the same as the demonstrative adjectives - this, that, these and those
topics: grammar
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linguistics
sciences
hypernyms: pronoun
glosses: a pronoun that replaces a noun whose identity can be understood from the context; it indicates whether the noun is singular or plural, and whether it is near or far from the speaker or writer
boy
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: enpr: boi
ipa: /bɔɪ/
ipa: /bɔːə/
rhymes: -ɔɪ
homophone: boi
homophone: buoy
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-West Germanic *bōjō
Old English *bōia
Middle English boye
English boy
From Middle English boy /boye (“servant, commoner, knave, boy”), from Old English *bōia (“boy”), from Proto-West Germanic *bōjō, from Proto-Germanic *bōjô (“younger brother, young male relation”), from Proto-Germanic *bō- (“brother, close male relation”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰā-, *bʰāt- (“father, elder brother, brother”).
Cognate with Scots boy (“boy”), West Frisian boai (“boy”), Dutch boi (“boy”), Low German Boi (“boy”), and probably to the Old English proper name Bōia. Also related to West Flemish boe (“brother”), Norwegian dialectal boa (“brother”), Dutch boef (“rogue, knave”), Bavarian Bua (“young boy, lad”), German Bube ("boy; knave; jack"; > English bub), Icelandic bófi (“rogue, crook, bandit, knave”). See also bully.
Senses: examples: text: Boy, that was close!
text: Boy, that tastes good!
text: Boy, I wish I could go to Canada!
text: Time is running out, so I renounce a spin on a Class 387 for a fast run to Paddington on another Class 800 - a shame as the weather was perfect for pictures. Even so, it's enjoyable - boy, can those trains shift under the wires.
ref: 2020 December 2, Paul Bigland, “My weirdest and wackiest Rover yet”, in Rail, page 68:
text: Taylor Swift has entered her engagement era. And, as befitting an artist whose image has always evolved to reflect the shifts in her music — not to mention one who has never been afraid to share her most Hallmark-seeped romantic fantasies — boy, does she have a new look to go with her new status.
ref: 2025 August 27, Vanessa Friedman, “The Ralph Lauren Look of Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s Engagement Photos”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:
glosses: Exclamation of surprise, pleasure or longing.
Related terms: oh boy
boy
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: boi
ipa: /bɔɪ/
ipa: /bɔːə/
rhymes: -ɔɪ
homophone: boi
homophone: buoy
Forms: form: boys
form: boying
form: boyed
form: boyed
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-West Germanic *bōjō
Old English *bōia
Middle English boye
English boy
From Middle English boy /boye (“servant, commoner, knave, boy”), from Old English *bōia (“boy”), from Proto-West Germanic *bōjō, from Proto-Germanic *bōjô (“younger brother, young male relation”), from Proto-Germanic *bō- (“brother, close male relation”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰā-, *bʰāt- (“father, elder brother, brother”).
Cognate with Scots boy (“boy”), West Frisian boai (“boy”), Dutch boi (“boy”), Low German Boi (“boy”), and probably to the Old English proper name Bōia. Also related to West Flemish boe (“brother”), Norwegian dialectal boa (“brother”), Dutch boef (“rogue, knave”), Bavarian Bua (“young boy, lad”), German Bube ("boy; knave; jack"; > English bub), Icelandic bófi (“rogue, crook, bandit, knave”). See also bully.
Senses: examples: text: I shall see some squeaking Cleopatra boy my greatness.
ref: c. 1606–1607 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene ii]:
glosses: To act as a boy (in allusion to the former practice of boys acting women's parts on the stage).
Coordinate terms: girl
man
girl
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡɜːl/
ipa: /ˈɡɛəl/
ipa: /ˈɡɪəl/
ipa: /ˈɡɜɹl/
ipa: [ˈɡɝəɫ]
ipa: /ˈɡɵːl/
ipa: [ˈɡʏw]
ipa: /ˈɡɪɾəl/
ipa: [ˈɡɪɾəɫ]
ipa: /ɡɜ(r)l/
note: non-rhotic
ipa: /ɡərl/
ipa: /ɡɜ(ɻ)ɭ/
ipa: /ɡɜɹl/
ipa: [ɡɚ(ɹ)ɫ]
note: Ottawa Valley
ipa: [ɡəɹ(ə)l]
note: Dublin
ipa: /ɡɛɹl/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)l
homophone: Guirl
Forms: form: girls
form: girling
form: girled
form: girled
form: gal
form: gel
form: girle
form: gyrle
form: gorl
form: grrrl
form: grrl
form: guhrl
form: gurl
form: gworl
form: gyal
Etymology: From Middle English gerle, girle, gyrle (“young person (boy or girl)”), perhaps from Old English *gyrele, from Proto-West Germanic *gurilā, from a zero-grade diminutive of *gaurā (“young child”) + *-ilā. Ultimately of unknown origin. Doublet of gal/gyal and gyaru.
Senses: examples: text: Quite different is the way in which the tomboy girled the rebel narrative. In recent years, queer theorists have taken a deep interest in the tomboy as a prefigure for the butch dyke.
ref: 2005, Leerom Medovoi, Rebels: Youth and the Cold War Origins of Identity, page 293:
text: One can argue that the genre “yuppified” the popular romance novel or perhaps “girled” the not especially gender-specific concept of the young urban professional.
ref: 2011, Stephanie Harzewski, Chick Lit and Postfeminism:
glosses: To feminize or girlify; to gender as a girl or as for girls.
examples: text: Making our way past a one-girl switchboard temporarily girled by two frantic operators, we found the victorious president, Elliott A. Bowles, barely visible behind a heap of telegrams [...]
ref: 1949, The New Yorker:
text: Her first shock came when the ship on which she and her husband arrived was met by three boats “girled” by “great, splendid creatures, as tall as our millionaires' tallest daughters, and as strong-looking as any of our college-girl athletes,” ...
ref: 1961, The Georgia Review, volume 15, page 228:
text: She and her Altrurian diplomat husband, arriving there by sea, are greeted by flower-laden boats, each not manned, but girled by six rowers, who pulled as true a stroke as I ever saw.
ref: 1986, Marcus Cunliffe, The Literature of the United States, New York, N.Y., U.S.A.: Penguin Books, →ISBN:
text: To her disappointment, the chatty Carlene DuBois wasn't behind the desk; instead it was manned—or girled—by a frothy little blonde who barely looked old enough to be out of high school.
ref: 2009, Linda Howard, Night Moves: Dream Man/After the Night, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 220:
glosses: To staff with or as a girl or girls.
Related terms: miss
centipede
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɛn.tɪ.pid/
Forms: form: centipedes
Etymology: From French centipède, from Latin centipeda, centipēs, from centi- (“hundred”) + pēs (“foot”); equivalent to centi- + -pede.
Senses: examples: text: Centipedes differ from millipedes by having a single pair of legs on each body segment.
ref: 1993, Gordon M. Nishida, JoAnn M. Tenorio, What Bit Me?: Identifying Hawai'i's Stinging and Biting Insects and Their Kin, page 29:
text: The existence of millipedes, centipedes, insects, and spiders along-side the first tetrapods sustained a robust ecosystem in which most animals were predators or scavengers.
ref: 2008, Thom Holmes, March Onto Land: The Silurian Period to the Middle Triassic Epoch, page 58:
text: All centipedes (Chilopoda) and spiders (Aranea) are predatory and although they are often found on corpses their impact on the other fauna is not known.
ref: 2011, Alan Gunn, Essential Forensic Biology, 2nd edition, unnumbered page:
glosses: Any arthropod of class Chilopoda, which have a segmented body with one pair of legs per segment and from about 20 to 300 legs in total.
synonyms: fast crab
scrambling dragon
glosses: A many-oared Chinese smuggling boat.
Synonyms: sense: any species of class Chilopoda
word: chilopod
sense: any species of class Chilopoda
word: hundred-legs
Derived terms: centipedal
centipede-eater
centipede game
centipede grass
garden centipede
house centipede
pseudocentipede
sea centipede
soil centipede
stone centipede
Related terms: millipede
myriapod
antecedent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌæntɪˈsiːdənt/
Etymology: From Middle English antecedent, borrowed from Old French antecedent, from Latin antecēdēns (“going before”), from antecēdō (“to precede; excel; surpass”).
Senses: examples: text: an antecedent cause
text: an event antecedent to the Biblical Flood
synonyms: precedent#Adjective
predecessive
preceding
antonyms: successive
glosses: Earlier, either in time or in order.
examples: text: an antecedent improbability
glosses: Presumptive.
Derived terms: antecedently
antecedent phrase
Related terms: antecede
antecedence
precedence
antecedent
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌæntɪˈsiːdənt/
Forms: form: antecedents
Etymology: From Middle English antecedent, borrowed from Old French antecedent, from Latin antecēdēns (“going before”), from antecēdō (“to precede; excel; surpass”).
Senses: glosses: Any thing that precedes another thing, especially the cause of the second thing.
examples: text: The Boston agent added that this clerk was a young man of wholly unquestioned veracity and reliability, of known antecedents and long with the company.
ref: 1931, H. P. Lovecraft, chapter 3, in The Whisperer in Darkness:
glosses: An ancestor.
examples: text: [W]hereas it might seem orderly that, as who is appropriated to persons, so that should have been appropriated to things […] the antecedent of that is often personal
ref: 1926, H. W. Fowler, “that rel. pron.”, in A Dictionary of Modern English Usage, reprint of the first edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press, published 2002, →ISBN, page 634, column 2:
text: One such condition can be formulated in terms of the c-command relation defined in (9) above: the relevant condition is given in (16) below:
(16) C-COMMAND CONDITION ON ANAPHORS
An anaphor must have an appropriate c-commanding antecedent
ref: 1988, Andrew Radford, Transformational grammar: a first course, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, page 117:
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glosses: A word, phrase or clause referred to by a pronoun or other pro-form.
topics: human-sciences
logic
mathematics
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The conditional part of a hypothetical proposition, i.e. p→q, where p is the antecedent, and q is the consequent.
topics: human-sciences
logic
mathematics
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The first of two subsets of a sequent, consisting of all the sequent's formulae which are valuated as true.
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: The first term of a ratio, i.e. the term a in the ratio a:b, the other being the consequent.
glosses: Previous principles, conduct, history, etc.
Synonyms: sense: something which precedes
word: precedent
sense: something which precedes
word: precursor
sense: an ancestor
word: ascendant
sense: an ancestor
word: ascendent
sense: an ancestor
word: forebear
sense: an ancestor
word: forefather
sense: an ancestor
word: forerunner
sense: an ancestor
word: predecessor
sense: an ancestor
word: progenitor
Derived terms: last antecedent rule
Related terms: juxtaposition
definite article
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: definite articles
Senses: topics: grammar
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linguistics
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glosses: An article that introduces a noun and specifies it as the particular noun that is being considered; in English, the only definite article is the and its variations.
Hypernyms: article
adjunct
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæd͡ʒ.ʌŋkt/
rhymes: -ædʒʌŋkt
Forms: form: more adjunct
form: most adjunct
Etymology: From Latin adiunctus, perfect passive participle of adiungō (“join to”), from ad + iungō (“join”). Doublet of adjoint.
Senses: examples: text: Though that my death were adiunct to my Act,
By heauen I would doe it.
ref: c. 1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Iohn”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iii], page 11:
glosses: Connected in a subordinate function.
glosses: Added to a faculty or staff in a secondary position.
Derived terms: adjunctification
adjunctly
nonadjunct
adjunct
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæd͡ʒ.ʌŋkt/
rhymes: -ædʒʌŋkt
Forms: form: adjuncts
form: adjuncting
form: adjuncted
form: adjuncted
Etymology: From Latin adiunctus, perfect passive participle of adiungō (“join to”), from ad + iungō (“join”). Doublet of adjoint.
Senses: examples: text: I also nannied through the first part of graduate school. I had friends who bartended or worked at a wine store and also adjuncted. A lot of people would package these jobs together.
ref: 2015 November 24, Noah Davis, quoting Monica Brannon, “How Do You Make a Living, Visiting Professor?”, in Pacific Standard, Santa Barbara, C.A.: The Miller-McCune Center […], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 18 Aug 2022:
text: A sudden fantasy emerges of Adam adjuncting at Hannah's college, a sweet Mr. Mom to Paul-Louis' (Riz Ahmed) baby while Hannah becomes a professor slash internet celeb -- but there I go writing fanfiction.
ref: 2017 April 15, Emily Jordan, “Let me be misunderstood: The final episode of HBO's "Girls" and how we really feel about Hannah Horvath”, in Salon.com, archived from the original on 23 Aug 2023:
text: In Want, out this month, Strong homes in on those themes. In this novel, her second, narrator Elizabeth is raising two small children with her husband, a carpenter, in New York City, while going through a bankruptcy and teaching low-income students at a charter school and adjuncting at a prestigious university.
ref: 2020 July 7, Lydia Kiesling, “'To fail but still mostly be safe': Lynn Steger Strong wrestles with precarity and privilege”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 28 Sep 2022:
text: I wish I had a cut and dry answer to this question. When I adjunct at the University of Baltimore, I get asked a similar question by my students every semester.
ref: 2022 July 26, Donte Kirby, quoting Tronster Hartley, “Want to break into tech? Software devs say to learn these coding languages”, in Technical.ly, archived from the original on 09 Dec 2022:
glosses: To work as an adjunct professor.
Related terms: adjuncting
relative pronoun
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹɛl.ə.tɪv ˈpɹəʊ.naʊn/
ipa: /ˈɹɛl.ə.tɪv ˈpɹoʊ.naʊn/
Forms: form: relative pronouns
Senses: topics: grammar
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glosses: A pronoun that introduces a relative clause and refers to an antecedent. In English, some words that can be used as interrogative pronouns can alternatively be used as relative pronouns: which, who, whose, whom and (non-standard) what. The other English relative pronouns are whoever, whomever, whatever, and that.
Related terms: interrogative pronoun
indefinite pronoun
relative adjective
relative adverb
affirmative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈfɜːmətɪv/
ipa: /əˈfɝməɾɪv/
Forms: form: more affirmative
form: most affirmative
Etymology: From Middle English affirmative, affirmatyve, from Old French affirmatif, from Latin affirmativus, from affirmare (“to assert”).
Senses: examples: text: an affirmative answer
glosses: pertaining to truth; asserting that something is; affirming
glosses: pertaining to any assertion or active confirmation that favors a particular result
examples: text: an affirmative vote
glosses: positive
examples: text: an act affirmative of common law
glosses: Confirmative; ratifying.
examples: text: Lyſicles vvas a little diſconcerted by the affirmative air of Crito; but after a ſhort pauſe replied briskly, […]
ref: 1732, George Berkeley, “The Second Dialogue”, in Alciphron: Or, The Minute Philosopher. […], volume I, London: […] J[acob] Tonson […], →OCLC, section IX, page 92:
glosses: Dogmatic.
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glosses: Expressing the agreement of the two terms of a proposition.
topics: algebra
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glosses: positive; not negative
Derived terms: affirmative action
affirmative defense
affirmatively
affirmativeness
affirmative pregnant
affirmative resolution
affirmative waste
affirmativism
affirmativist
apefirmative action
disaffirmative
nonaffirmative
trans-affirmative
affirmative
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈfɜːmətɪv/
ipa: /əˈfɝməɾɪv/
Forms: form: affirmatives
Etymology: From Middle English affirmative, affirmatyve, from Old French affirmatif, from Latin affirmativus, from affirmare (“to assert”).
Senses: examples: text: That’s an affirmative Houston, the space shuttle has lost the secondary thrusters.
text: 10-4 good buddy. That’s an affirmative—the tractor trailer is in the ditch at the side of the highway.
antonyms: negative
glosses: Yes; an answer that shows agreement or acceptance.
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glosses: An answer that shows agreement or acceptance.
examples: text: that every hare is both male and female, beside the vulgar opinion, was the affirmative of Archelaus, of Plutarch, Philostratus, and many more.
ref: 1646, Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, III.17:
glosses: An assertion.
affirmative
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈfɜːmətɪv/
ipa: /əˈfɝməɾɪv/
Etymology: From Middle English affirmative, affirmatyve, from Old French affirmatif, from Latin affirmativus, from affirmare (“to assert”).
Senses: glosses: Yes.
topics: broadcasting
government
media
military
politics
radio
radio-communications
war
glosses: Yes; true; correct.
Related terms: affirmative sentence
possessive pronoun
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: possessive pronouns
Senses: examples: text: The possessive pronouns are, my, thy, his, her, its, our, your, their, own.
ref: 1878, Geo. F. Holmes, A Grammar of the English Language, page 66:
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glosses: A pronoun which expresses possession.
Synonyms: word: possessive pronoun
Hypernyms: word: pronoun
Derived terms: determinative possessive pronoun
independent possessive pronoun
Related terms: determiner
possessive adjective
possessive determiner
possessive suffix
my
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: enpr: mī
ipa: /maɪ/
ipa: /mʌɪ/
ipa: [məi̯]
ipa: /mə/
note: UK, Ottawa Valley
ipa: /mɪ/
note: UK, Ottawa Valley
ipa: /mi/
note: Ireland, Liverpool, some speakers
ipa: /mi/
homophone: muh
homophone: me stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn
rhymes: -aɪ
Forms: form: ma
form: mah
form: me
form: muh
form: I's
Etymology: An abbreviation of an oath such as my word or my Lord
Senses: examples: text: My, what big teeth you have!
glosses: Used to express surprise, shock or amazement.
Derived terms: my my
his
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪ̈z/
note: weak vowel merger
ipa: /əz/
ipa: /hɪz/
ipa: /ˈhɘz/
rhymes: -ɪz
Forms: form: his
form: His
Etymology: From Middle English his, from Old English his (“his; its”), from Proto-Germanic *hes (“of this”), genitive of Proto-Germanic *hiz (“this, this one”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱe-, *ḱey- (“this”). Cognate with Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Icelandic hans (“his”). More at he; see also its.
Senses: examples: text: This pen is his. These books are also his.
text: The decision was his to live with.
text: His is bigger than mine.
raw_tags: double possessive
text: That cough of his is really getting on my nerves.
glosses: That or those belonging to him; the possessive case of he, used without a following noun.
examples: text: After our night out, I went back to his.
glosses: His house or home.
glosses: Alternative spelling of His.
Related terms: word: Ime
word: me
word: myselfmemysen
word: mine
word: mymineme
word: we
word: us
word: ourselvesourselfoursen
word: oursourn
word: our
word: you
word: yourselfyoursen
word: yoursyourn
word: your
word: thou
word: thee
word: thyselftheeselfthysen
word: thine
word: thythine
word: youye
word: yourselves
word: you ally'all you guys
word: y'allselves
word: all yours y'all's you guys' your guys'
word: all your y'all's your all's you guys' your guys'
word: he
word: him
word: himselfhisselfhissen
word: hishisn
word: she
word: her
word: herselfhersen
word: hershern
word: ithit
word: itselfhitself
word: itshis
word: itshishits
word: they
word: them
word: themself
word: themselves
word: theirs
word: their
word: one
word: oneself
word: –
word: one's
word: themhem
word: 'em
word: themselvestheirsen
word: theirstheirn
word: The following table shows a list of English personal pronoun
word: including archaic and dialectal forms. Dialectal and obsolete
word: archaic forms are in italics. 1 See Appendix:English third-person singular pronouns for attested neopronoun.
word: hers
word: his/her
word: hisn
word: his'n
his
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪ̈z/
note: weak vowel merger
ipa: /əz/
ipa: /hɪz/
ipa: /ˈhɘz/
rhymes: -ɪz
Senses: examples: text: The Hikkams pushed a table over by the booth where the Lochwoods and Meekums were sitting, exchanged his and sat down.
ref: 2009, John M. Carney, Welcome to Tranquility:
glosses: plural of hi