cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
putter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: note: r
enpr: pŭt'ə
ipa: /ˈpʌtə(ɹ)/
ipa: /ˈpʌtɚ/
ipa: /-ɾɚ/
rhymes: -ʌtə(ɹ)
note: r
enpr: po͝ot'ə
ipa: /ˈpʊtə(ɹ)/
ipa: /ˈpʊtɚ/
rhymes: -ʊtə(ɹ)
rhymes: -ʌtə(ɹ)
note: r
enpr: pŭt'ə
ipa: /ˈpʌtə(ɹ)/
ipa: /ˈpʌtɚ/
ipa: /-ɾɚ/
rhymes: -ʌtə(ɹ)
note: r
enpr: po͝ot'ə
ipa: /ˈpʊtə(ɹ)/
ipa: /ˈpʊtɚ/
rhymes: -ʊtə(ɹ)
Forms: form: putters
Etymology: From putt + -er.
Senses: topics: golf
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A golf club specifically intended for a putt.
topics: golf
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A person who is taking a putt or putting.
Derived terms: Schenectady putter
putter
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: note: r
enpr: pŭt'ə
ipa: /ˈpʌtə(ɹ)/
ipa: /ˈpʌtɚ/
ipa: /-ɾɚ/
rhymes: -ʌtə(ɹ)
note: r
enpr: po͝ot'ə
ipa: /ˈpʊtə(ɹ)/
ipa: /ˈpʊtɚ/
rhymes: -ʊtə(ɹ)
rhymes: -ʌtə(ɹ)
rhymes: -ʌtə(ɹ)
note: r
enpr: pŭt'ə
ipa: /ˈpʌtə(ɹ)/
ipa: /ˈpʌtɚ/
ipa: /-ɾɚ/
rhymes: -ʌtə(ɹ)
note: r
enpr: po͝ot'ə
ipa: /ˈpʊtə(ɹ)/
ipa: /ˈpʊtɚ/
rhymes: -ʊtə(ɹ)
rhymes: -ʌtə(ɹ)
Forms: form: putters
form: puttering
form: puttered
form: puttered
Etymology: Onomatopoeic.
Senses: examples: text: By the time the engine had puttered and died Atkins and some of the others were out of the trenches and walking towards this new wonder machine.
ref: 2010, Pat Kelleher, “‘Some Corner of a Foreign Field …’”, in Black Hand Gang (No Man’s World), Osney Mead, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Abaddon Books, →ISBN:
text: Timmy's dad drove an old blue truck that puttered and sputtered to get to the top of the mountain, that led to the valley, where … the WILDCAT waited.
ref: 2010 June 14, Dan Newton, The Wildcat, Bloomington, Ind.: AuthorHouse, →ISBN:
text: As I reluctantly left Tangkoko for the last time, bumping along the trail on a motorbike, Raoul, the alpha male who had smacked my leg, wandered out from among the trees. He was alone, and after I puttered by, I glanced back to see him swagger into the middle of the path to watch me go.
ref: 2017 March, Jennifer S. Holland, “For These Monkeys, It’s a Fight for Survival”, in National Geographic, archived from the original on 03 May 2017:
text: My boyfriend, the cello owner, makes little noises while he putters around, which distracts me from reading my 20,000-word long-form articles about Iraq. So I noise-cancel him too.
ref: 2019 May 15, Olga Khazan, “What Happens When You Always Wear Headphones”, in The Atlantic:
glosses: To produce intermittent bursts of sound in the course of operating.
garden
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: gärʹdən
ipa: /ˈɡɑːdn̩/
enpr: gärʹdən
ipa: /ˈɡɑɹdn̩/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)dən
Forms: form: gardens
form: gardening
form: gardened
form: gardened
Etymology: From Middle English gardyn, garden, from Anglo-Norman gardin, from Frankish *gardin-, oblique stem of *gardō (“enclosure, yard”), from Proto-Germanic *gardô (“enclosure, garden, house”), whence also inherited English yard. (compare Old French jart alongside jardin, Medieval Latin gardīnus). Doublet of jardin. Displaced Old English wyrttūn.
Cognates
Cognate with West Frisian gard, Low German Goorn, Dutch gaard, gaarde, German Garten, Icelandic garður, French jardin, Spanish jardín, Italian giardino, Sicilian jardinu.
Senses: examples: text: I love to garden—this year I'm going to plant some daffodils.
synonyms: make garden
glosses: To grow plants in a garden; to create or maintain a garden.
topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
synonyms: farm
glosses: Of a batsman, to inspect and tap the pitch lightly with the bat so as to smooth out small rough patches and irregularities.
glosses: To smoke marijuana.
Derived terms: word: gardener
word: gardening
garden
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: gärʹdən
ipa: /ˈɡɑːdn̩/
enpr: gärʹdən
ipa: /ˈɡɑɹdn̩/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)dən
Etymology: From Middle English gardyn, garden, from Anglo-Norman gardin, from Frankish *gardin-, oblique stem of *gardō (“enclosure, yard”), from Proto-Germanic *gardô (“enclosure, garden, house”), whence also inherited English yard. (compare Old French jart alongside jardin, Medieval Latin gardīnus). Doublet of jardin. Displaced Old English wyrttūn.
Cognates
Cognate with West Frisian gard, Low German Goorn, Dutch gaard, gaarde, German Garten, Icelandic garður, French jardin, Spanish jardín, Italian giardino, Sicilian jardinu.
Senses: synonyms: garden variety
glosses: Common, ordinary, domesticated.
unreal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: ŭn-rēl'
ipa: /ʌnˈɹi.əl/
rhymes: -iːəl
Forms: form: more unreal
form: most unreal
Etymology: From un- + real.
Senses: examples: text: The word ‘ivory’ rang in the air, was whispered, was sighed. You would think they were praying to it. A taint of imbecile rapacity blew through it all, like a whiff from some corpse. By Jove! I’ve never seen anything so unreal in my life.
ref: 1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part I, page 212:
text: "The Boy's Uncle made me Real," he said. "That was a great many years ago; but once you are Real you can't become unreal again. It lasts for always."
ref: 1921 June, Margery Williams, “The Velveteen Rabbit: Or How Toys Become Real”, in Harper’s Bazar, volume LVI, number 6 (2504 overall), New York, N.Y.: International Magazine Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:
glosses: Not real or substantial; having no actual presence in reality; lacking the characteristics of reality.
examples: text: The video includes unreal footage of an eight-metre wave.
text: I just had an unreal hamburger.
text: He stops his cab at every traffic light, unrolls his window and calls out to the other drivers: "I've got a movie star in the car! Follow me down to see her come out. She is unreal, man! I am in seventh heaven! I have a dream!"
ref: 1990, Eurydice, F/32, page 205:
text: "She just set me up" "Now that's unreal, man. I mean, we're talking about a fairly considerable sum here, aren't we, Dexter?" "Listen to me. She set me up, with a dude she was cheatin' on me with
ref: 1995, Sam Reaves, Get What's Coming, page 60:
text: “Yeah, she does have a certain mental toughness that is unreal,” agreed Berto. “I really don't think of her as a girl, I mean, it's like she's a tough buddy or tough sister to me.”
ref: 2012, Thomas Maul, Manila Demon, page 102:
text: He walks around and tries to pluck a flower on the ground. david exclaims, “Holy shit, this is unreal! i can feel the flower, the heat from the sun, and i can even hear the wind! The smells are so vibrant! How could i possibly be smelling flowers?
ref: 2011, John Adrian Tomlin, The Imaginarium Machine, page 13:
glosses: very impressive; amazing; unbelievable; incredible; larger or more fantastic than typical of real life.
Synonyms: insubstantial
Derived terms: unreal mode
tournament
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtʊənəmənt/
ipa: /ˈtɔːnəmənt/
ipa: /ˈtʊɹnəmənt/
ipa: /ˈtɝnəmənt/
ipa: /ˈtɔɹnəmənt/
Forms: form: tournaments
Etymology: From Old French tornoiement (Modern French tournoiement) from the verb tornoier.
Senses: glosses: During the Middle Ages, a series of battles and other contests designed to prepare knights for war.
examples: text: England secured their place at Euro 2012 with a scrambled draw in Montenegro - but Wayne Rooney was sent off and will miss the start of the tournament.
ref: 2011, Phil McNulty, Euro 2012: Montenegro 2-2 England:
glosses: A series of games; either the same game played many times, or a succession of games related by a single theme; played competitively to determine a single winning team or individual.
topics: graph-theory
mathematics
sciences
glosses: A digraph obtained by assigning a direction to each edge in an undirected complete graph.
Synonyms: sense: contests, games, battles
word: tourney
topics: games
sports
hobbies
lifestyle
sense: contests
word: tourney
Derived terms: hat tournament
pre-tournament
single-elimination tournament
video game
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈvɪdiːəʊ̯ˌɡeɪm/
ipa: /ˈvɪdioʊ̯ˌɡeɪm/
ipa: /ˈvɪdjoʊˌɡeɪm/
rhymes: -eɪm
Forms: form: video games
form: videogame
form: vidgame
form: viddy game
form: vidya game
Etymology: From video + game.
Senses: examples: text: My uncle’s favorite video game is Minecraft.
text: Swinging in the backyard / Pull up in your fast car whistling my name / Open up a beer / And you say get over here and play a video game / […] / I say you the bestest / Lean in for a big kiss, put his favorite perfume on / Go play your video game
ref: 2011 October 7, Lana Del Rey, Justin Parker, “Video Games”, in Born to Die, performed by Lana Del Rey:
glosses: A type of game, existing as and controlled by software, usually run by a video game console or a computer, played on a monitor or television screen, and controlled by a joypad, joystick, keyboard, mouse, touchscreen or paddle.
Synonyms: game
gaming
Derived terms: music video game
video game console
video gamer
video gaming
collect
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəˈlɛkt/
rhymes: -ɛkt
Etymology: From Middle English collecten, a borrowing from Old French collecter, from Medieval Latin collectare (“to collect money”), from Latin collecta (“a collection of money, in Late Latin a meeting, assemblage, in Medieval Latin a tax, also an assembly for prayer, a prayer”), feminine of collectus, past participle of colligere, conligere (“to gather together, collect, consider, conclude, infer”), from com- (“together”) + legere (“to gather”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- (“to gather, collect”).
Senses: examples: text: It was to be a collect delivery, but no-one was available to pay.
glosses: To be paid for by the recipient, as a telephone call or a shipment.
collect
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəˈlɛkt/
rhymes: -ɛkt
Etymology: From Middle English collecten, a borrowing from Old French collecter, from Medieval Latin collectare (“to collect money”), from Latin collecta (“a collection of money, in Late Latin a meeting, assemblage, in Medieval Latin a tax, also an assembly for prayer, a prayer”), feminine of collectus, past participle of colligere, conligere (“to gather together, collect, consider, conclude, infer”), from com- (“together”) + legere (“to gather”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- (“to gather, collect”).
Senses: examples: text: I had to call collect.
glosses: With payment due from the recipient.
Derived terms: call and collect
call collect
click and collect
collectable
collectathon
collect call
collect dust
collect-'em-up
collectible
collecting duct
collecting society
collection
collectomania
collect oneself
collect one's thoughts
collect one's wits
collector
collect skin
collect up
miscollect
noncollecting
overcollect
precollect
recollect
recollection
skull-collecting ant
undercollect
collect
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəˈlɛkt/
rhymes: -ɛkt
ipa: /ˈkɑlɪkt/
ipa: /ˈkɑlɛkt/
ipa: /ˈkɒlɪkt/
ipa: /ˈkɒlɛkt/
ipa: /kəˈlɛkt/
rhymes: -ɛkt
Forms: form: collects
Etymology: From Middle English collecte, from Ecclesiastical Latin collēcta (“assembly; collect”), originally designating the gathering at the beginning of a liturgical celebration.
Senses: examples: text: He used the day's collect as the basis of his sermon.
topics: Christianity
glosses: The prayer said before the reading of the epistle lesson, especially one found in a prayerbook, as with the Book of Common Prayer.
classic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈklæs.ɪk/
rhymes: -æsɪk
Forms: form: more classic
form: most classic
form: classick
Etymology: From French classique, from Latin classicus (“relating to the classes of Roman citizenry, especially the highest”), from classis. By surface analysis, class + -ic. Piecewise doublet of classy.
Senses: examples: text: During the whole time of his abode in the university he generally spent thirteen hours of the day in study; by which assiduity besides an exact dispatch of the whole course of philosophy, he read over in a manner all classic authors that are extant[…]
ref: 1661, John Fell, The Life of the most learned, reverend and pious Dr. H. Hammond:
text: Give, as thy last memorial to the age, / One classic drama, and reform the stage.
ref: 1809, Lord Byron, English Bards, and Scotch Reviewers:
glosses: Of or relating to the first class or rank, especially in literature or art.
examples: text: He has a classic case of narcissism.
text: The story struck the depressingly familiar note with which true stories ring in the tried ears of experienced policemen. No one queried it. It was in the classic pattern of human weakness, mean and embarrassing and sad.
ref: 1963, Margery Allingham, “Eye Witness”, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC, page 249:
glosses: Exemplary of a particular style; defining a class/category; typical.
examples: text: "To Kill a Mockingbird" is a 1960 classic book by Harper Lee.
glosses: Exhibiting timeless quality and excellence.
examples: text: watching classic movies as a hobby
glosses: Characteristic of or from the past; old; retro; vintage.
examples: 1819, Felicia Hemans, The Widow of Crescentius
Though throned midst Latium's classic plains.
glosses: Of or pertaining to the ancient Greeks and Romans, especially to Greek or Roman authors of the highest rank, or of the period when their best literature was produced; of or pertaining to places inhabited by the ancient Greeks and Romans, or rendered famous by their deeds.
examples: text: Users who dislike the new visual layout can return to classic mode.
text: Many of these classic methods are still used, with some modern improvements. For example, with the aid of special microphones and automated sound detection software, ornithologists recently reported […] that pine siskins (Spinus pinus) undergo an irregular, nomadic type of nocturnal migration.
ref: 2013 January 1, Paul Bartel, Ashli Moore, “Avian Migration: The Ultimate Red-Eye Flight”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 1, pages 47–48:
glosses: Traditional; original.
Synonyms: alt: See classical § Usage notes regarding differentiation.
word: classical
Derived terms: classic car
classic female blues
classic hit
classicise
classicism
classicist
classicize
classicly
classic rock
classic skiing
fall classic
neoclassic
neoclassicism
nonclassic
postclassic
pseudoclassic
quasiclassic
semiclassic
unclassic
classic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈklæs.ɪk/
rhymes: -æsɪk
Forms: form: classics
form: classick
Etymology: From French classique, from Latin classicus (“relating to the classes of Roman citizenry, especially the highest”), from classis. By surface analysis, class + -ic. Piecewise doublet of classy.
Senses: glosses: A perfect and/or early example of a particular style.
examples: text: JAMES CARTER: The man's destroying a classic!
ref: 2001, Jeff Nathanson, Rush Hour 2, New Line Cinema:
glosses: An artistic work of lasting worth, such as a film or song; a work of enduring excellence.
examples: text: It was the first work to which he had put his name; and it at once raised him to the rank of a legitimate English classic.
ref: 1856 February, [Thomas Babington] Macaulay, “[Contributions to the Encyclopædia Britannica.] Oliver Goldsmith.”, in T[homas] F[lower] E[llis], editor, The Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches of Lord Macaulay, new edition, London: Longman, Green, Reader, & Dyer, published 1871, →OCLC, page 366:
glosses: The author of such a work.
glosses: A major, long-standing sporting event.
examples: text: The goal of the top horses was to win a Classic (or preferably three, thus claiming the Triple Crown) or the Ascot Gold Cup, […]
ref: 2012, Dr Joyce Kay, Professor Wray Vamplew, Encyclopedia of British Horse Racing, page 316:
topics: hobbies
horse-racing
horseracing
horses
lifestyle
pets
racing
sports
glosses: A major, long-standing sporting event.
Any of the British Classic Races, five long-standing Group 1 horse races run during the traditional flat racing season.
glosses: One learned in the literature of Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome; a student of classical literature.
Related terms: classical
classics
fast
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: fäst
ipa: /fɑːst/
rhymes: -ɑːst
enpr: făst
ipa: /fæst/
rhymes: -æst
Forms: form: fasts
Etymology: From Middle English fast, fest, from Old English fæst (“firm, secure”), from Proto-West Germanic *fast, from Proto-Germanic *fastuz; see it for cognates and further etymology.
The development of “rapid” from an original sense of “secure” apparently happened first in the adverb and then transferred to the adjective; compare hard in expressions like “to run hard”. The original sense of “secure, firm” is now slightly archaic, but retained in the related fasten (“make secure”). Also compare close meaning change from Latin rapiō (“to snatch”) to Latin rapidus (“rapid, quick”), from Irish sciob (“to snatch”) to Irish sciobtha (“quick”).
Senses: topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
synonyms: express
express train
fast train
antonyms: local
slow train
stopper
glosses: A train that calls at only some stations it passes between its origin and destination, typically just the principal stations.
fast
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: enpr: fäst
ipa: /fɑːst/
rhymes: -ɑːst
enpr: făst
ipa: /fæst/
rhymes: -æst
Etymology: From Middle English fast, fest, from Old English fæst (“firm, secure”), from Proto-West Germanic *fast, from Proto-Germanic *fastuz; see it for cognates and further etymology.
The development of “rapid” from an original sense of “secure” apparently happened first in the adverb and then transferred to the adjective; compare hard in expressions like “to run hard”. The original sense of “secure, firm” is now slightly archaic, but retained in the related fasten (“make secure”). Also compare close meaning change from Latin rapiō (“to snatch”) to Latin rapidus (“rapid, quick”), from Irish sciob (“to snatch”) to Irish sciobtha (“quick”).
Senses: topics: archery
government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
sports
war
antonyms: loose
glosses: Ellipsis of stand fast, a warning not to pass between the arrow and the target.
fast
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: enpr: fäst
ipa: /fɑːst/
rhymes: -ɑːst
enpr: făst
ipa: /fæst/
rhymes: -æst
Forms: form: faster
form: fastest
Etymology: From Middle English fast, faste, from Old English fæste, from fæst + -e (adverb-forming suffix).
Senses: examples: text: Hold this rope as fast as you can.
text: Do as I bid you, ſhut doores after you,
Faſt binde, faſt finde,
A Prouerbe neuer ſtale in thrifty minde.
ref: c. 1596–1598 (date written), W[illiam] Shakespeare, The Excellent History of the Merchant of Venice. […] (First Quarto), [London]: […] J[ames] Roberts [for Thomas Heyes], published 1600, →OCLC, [Act II, scene v], signature D2, recto:
text: Nine hundred of the ſtrongeſt Men were employed to draw up theſe Cords by many Pulleys faſtned on the Poles, and thus, in leſs than three Hours, I was raiſed and flung into the Engine, and there tyed faſt.
ref: 1726 October 28, [Jonathan Swift], “The Author Gives Some Account of Himself and Family, His First Inducements to Travel. […]”, in Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. […] [Gulliver’s Travels], volume I, London: […] Benj[amin] Motte, […], →OCLC, part I (A Voyage to Lilliput), page 20:
synonyms: fastly
firmly
securely
tightly
antonyms: loosely
glosses: In a firm or secure manner, securely; in such a way as not to be moved; safe, sound .
examples: text: The princess was sleeping fast, and her servants were fast asleep too.
synonyms: deeply
antonyms: lightly
glosses: Deeply or soundly .
raw_tags: of sleeping
examples: text: The horsemen came fast on our heels.
text: Fast by the sturdy batsman the ball unheeded sped. / That ain't my style, said Casey. Strike one, the umpire said.
glosses: Immediately following in place or time; close, very near .
examples: text: Do it as fast as you can.
text: Faster than a speeding bit, the internet upended media and entertainment companies. Piracy soared, and sales of albums and films slid. Newspapers lost advertising and readers to websites. Stores selling books, CDs and DVDs went bust. Doomsayers predicted that consumers and advertisers would abandon pay-television en masse in favour of online alternatives.
ref: 2013 August 17, “Pennies streaming from heaven”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8849:
synonyms: fastly
quickly
rapidly
speedily
swiftly
antonyms: slowly
glosses: Quickly, with great speed; within a short time .
examples: text: I think my watch is running fast.
synonyms: ahead
antonyms: behind
glosses: Ahead of the correct time or schedule.
fast
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: fäst
ipa: /fɑːst/
rhymes: -ɑːst
enpr: făst
ipa: /fæst/
rhymes: -æst
Forms: form: fasts
form: fasting
form: fasted
form: fasted
Etymology: From Middle English fasten, from Old English fæstan (verb), Old English fæsten (noun) from
From Proto-Germanic *fastāną (“fast”), from the same root as Proto-Germanic *fastijaną (“fasten”), derived from *fastuz, and thereby related to Etymology 1.
The religious sense is presumably introduced in the Gothic church, from Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌽 (fastan, “hold fast (viz. to the rule of abstinence)”). This semantic development is unique to Gothic, the term glosses Greek νηστεύω (nēsteúō), Latin ieiuno which do not have similar connotations of "holding fast".
The feminine noun Old High German fasta likely existed in the 8th century (shift to neuter Old High German fasten from the 9th century, whence modern German Fasten).
The Old English noun originally had the sense "fortress, enclosure" and takes the religious sense only in late Old English, perhaps influenced by Old Norse fasta.
The use for reduced nutrition intake for medical reasons or for weight reduction develops by the mid-1970s, back-formed from the use of the verbal noun fasting in this sense (1960s).
Senses: examples: text: Thou didst fast and weep for the child.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 2 Samuel 12:21:
text: Fasting he went to sleep, and fasting waked.
ref: 1671, John Milton, “The First Book”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC, page 2:
text: 1677 George Fox, The Hypocrites Fast and Feast Not God's Holy Day, p. 8 (paraphrasing Matthew 6:16-18).
And is it not the Command of Christ, that in their Fast they should not appear unto men to fast?
text: It is at the core of the Vision Quest, the solitary period of fasting and closeness to the earth to discover one's life path and purpose.
ref: 2007, John Zerzan, Silence, page 3:
glosses: To practice religious abstinence, especially from food.
examples: text: The ideal would be to fast in a situation where you are not tempted by food
ref: 1977, Suza Norton, “To get the most benefit from fasting use a body-building diet”, in Yoga Journal, Jul-Aug 1977, p. 40:
text: After the equilibration period, the rats designated for deprivation studies were made to fast for 24, 48, 72, or 96 hr according to experimental design.
ref: 1983, Experimental Lung Research, volumes 5-6, Informa healthcare, page 134:
glosses: To reduce or limit one's nutrition intake for medical or health reasons, to diet.
examples: text: At 11 weeks of age, all mice were fasted overnight and underwent gallbladder ultrasonography to determine ejection fraction.
ref: Walker et al. (2007)
text: Kittens, when fasted overnight, were not hypoglycemic (<60 mg/dl).
ref: Semick et al. (2018)
topics: sciences
glosses: To cause (a person or animal) to abstain, especially from eating.
Derived terms: fastgang
nonfasted
outfast
unfasted
fast
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: fäst
ipa: /fɑːst/
rhymes: -ɑːst
enpr: făst
ipa: /fæst/
rhymes: -æst
Forms: form: fasts
Etymology: From Middle English fasten, from Old English fæstan (verb), Old English fæsten (noun) from
From Proto-Germanic *fastāną (“fast”), from the same root as Proto-Germanic *fastijaną (“fasten”), derived from *fastuz, and thereby related to Etymology 1.
The religious sense is presumably introduced in the Gothic church, from Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌽 (fastan, “hold fast (viz. to the rule of abstinence)”). This semantic development is unique to Gothic, the term glosses Greek νηστεύω (nēsteúō), Latin ieiuno which do not have similar connotations of "holding fast".
The feminine noun Old High German fasta likely existed in the 8th century (shift to neuter Old High German fasten from the 9th century, whence modern German Fasten).
The Old English noun originally had the sense "fortress, enclosure" and takes the religious sense only in late Old English, perhaps influenced by Old Norse fasta.
The use for reduced nutrition intake for medical reasons or for weight reduction develops by the mid-1970s, back-formed from the use of the verbal noun fasting in this sense (1960s).
Senses: examples: text: 1677 George Fox, The Hypocrites Fast and Feast Not God's Holy Day, p. 8 (paraphrasing Matthew 6:16-18).
And is it not the Command of Christ, that in their Fast they should not appear unto men to fast?
text: anciently a change of diet was not reckoned a fast; but it consisted in a perfect abstinence from all sustenance for the whole day till evening.
ref: 1878, Joseph Bingham, The Antiquities of the Christian Church, volume 2, page 1182:
glosses: The act or practice of fasting, religious abstinence from food.
examples: 1662 Peter Gunning, The Holy Fast of Lent Defended Against All Its Prophaners: Or, a Discourse, Shewing that Lent-Fast was First Taught the World by the Apostles (1677 [1662]), p. 13 (translation of the Paschal Epistle of Theophilus of Alexandria).
And so may we enter the Fasts at hand, beginning Lent the 30th. day of the Month Mechir
glosses: Any of the fasting periods in the liturgical year.
Derived terms: black fast
breakfast
break one's fast
fast day
Fast of Esther
Fast of Gedaliah
Fast of Tammuz
Fast of Tebet
Great Fast
derive
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪˈɹaɪv/
rhymes: -aɪv
Forms: form: derives
form: deriving
form: derived
form: derived
Etymology: From Middle English deriven, from Old French deriver, from Latin dērīvō (“to lead, turn, or draw off (a liquid), draw off, derive”), from dē (“away”) + rīvus (“a stream”); see rival. Unrelated to arrive.
Senses: examples: text: Reading books is the best way to derive knowledge.
text: Bob the aforesaid, and his present chances of deriving a competent independence from the honourable profession to which he had devoted himself.
ref: 1836 March – 1837 October, Charles Dickens, “Relates How Mr. Pickwick, with the Assistance of Samuel Weller, Essayed to Soften the Heart of Mr. Benjamin Allen, and to Mollify the Wrath of Mr. Robert Sawyer”, in The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1837, →OCLC, page 508:
text: Some poems, echoing the purpose of early poetic treatises on scientific principles, attempt to elucidate the mathematical concepts that underlie prime numbers. Others play with primes’ cultural associations. Still others derive their structure from mathematical patterns involving primes.
ref: 2013 July-August, Sarah Glaz, “Ode to Prime Numbers”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 4:
glosses: To obtain or receive (something) from something else.
topics: human-sciences
logic
mathematics
philosophy
sciences
glosses: To deduce (a conclusion) by reasoning.
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: To find the derivation of (a word or phrase).
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: To create (a compound) from another by means of a reaction.
examples: text: Her excellent organisation skills derive from her time as a secretary in the army.
text: Britannia's firebox would appear to have derived from those of the Bulleid Pacifics, which it closely resembles.
ref: 1951 April, Stirling Everard, “A Matter of Pedigree”, in Railway Magazine, number 600, page 273:
text: Today, popularity is typically a multialgorithmic measure. At Flickr, a photo's interestingness derives from views, comments, notes, bookmarks, favorites...
ref: 2010, Peter Morville, Jeffery Callender, Search Patterns: Design for Discovery:
text: As in much of biology, the most satisfying truths in ecology derive from manipulative experimentation. Tinker with nature and quantify how it responds.
ref: 2012 January 23, Robert M. Pringle, “How to Be Manipulative”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 1, page 31:
glosses: To originate or stem (from).
examples: text: For fear it [water] choke up the pits […] they [the workman] deriue it by other drains.
ref: Book 33
glosses: To turn the course of (water, etc.); to divert and distribute into subordinate channels.
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: To differentiate (a function).
Derived terms: derivability
derivable
derival
derivate
derivation
derivative
derivement
misderive
rederivable
rederive
zero derive
astray
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈstɹeɪ/
rhymes: -eɪ
Etymology: From Middle English astraien or by apheresis straien, from Old French estraier (“to stray”), from late Medieval Latin extravagari (“to wander beyond”), from Latin extra (“beyond”) + vagārī (“to wander, stray”).
Senses: examples: text: Go, set the storm-winds free, / And sink their ships or scatter them astray, / And strew their corpses forth, to weltering waves a prey.
ref: 1907, Virgil, “1.X”, in Edward Fairfax Taylor, transl., The Æneid of Virgil, London: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd.:
glosses: In a wrong or unknown and wrongly-motivated direction.
Derived terms: go astray
lead astray
Related terms: stray
estray
persevere
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌpɜːsəˈvɪə/
ipa: /ˌpɝ.səˈviɹ/
rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)
Forms: form: perseveres
form: persevering
form: persevered
form: persevered
form: perservere
form: persever
Etymology: From Middle English perseveren, from Old French perseverer, from Latin persevērāre (“to continue steadfastly, persist, persevere”), from perseverus (“very strict or earnest”), from per (“through, by the means of”) + severus (“strict, earnest”). Doublet of perseverate.
Senses: examples: text: I will persevere in
my course of loyalty, though the conflict be sore
between that and my blood.
ref: c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene v]:
text: Sir Walter had sought the acquaintance, and though his overtures had not been met with any warmth, he had persevered in seeking it.
ref: 1817 (date written), [Jane Austen], chapter I, in Persuasion; published in Northanger Abbey: And Persuasion. […], volume (please specify |volume=III or IV), London: John Murray, […], 20 December 1817 (indicated as 1818), →OCLC:
text: He is a trifle discouraged, but he perseveres.
ref: c. 1918, P. G. Wodehouse, The Agonies of Writing a Musical Comedy:
glosses: To persist steadfastly in pursuit of an undertaking, task, journey, or goal, even if hindered by distraction, difficulty, obstacles, or discouragement.
glosses: To stay constant; to continue in a certain state; to remain.
Synonyms: word: abide
word: astand
word: bear up
word: carry on
word: continue
word: endure
word: follow up
word: hang in there
word: hold on
word: hold out
word: hold the line
word: hold up
word: keep a stiff upper lip
word: keep trying
word: keep up
word: persevere
word: persist
word: plod
word: plug
word: plug away
word: resist
word: soldier on
word: stay
word: stay the course
word: stay the distance
word: stick it out
word: stick to
word: stick by one's guns
word: stick to one's guns
word: stick with
word: stick with it
Related terms: perseverance
perseverant
upgrow
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʌpˈɡɹəʊ/
rhymes: -əʊ
Forms: form: upgrows
form: upgrowing
form: upgrew
form: upgrown
Etymology: From up- + grow.
Senses: examples: text: Access deny'd ; and overhead upgrew
Insuperable height of loftiest shade
ref: 1667, John Milton, “Book IV”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
glosses: To grow up
Synonyms: age
mature
to age
upgrowth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: upgrowths
Etymology: From up- + growth.
Senses: examples: text: The thorough and shameless commercialism of Sex has alas! been reserved for what is called "Christian civilization," and with it (perhaps as a necessary consequence) Prostitution and Syphilis have grown into appalling evils, accompanied by a gigantic degradation of social standards, and upgrowth of petty Philistinism and niaiserie.
ref: 1920, Edward Carpenter, Pagan and Christian Creeds, New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., published 1921, page 188:
text: J. R. Green
the new and mighty upgrowth of poetry in Italy
glosses: The process or result of growing up; progress; development.
upgush
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: upgushes
Etymology: From up- + gush.
Senses: examples: text: […] consuls, emperors, and popes, the great men of every age, have found no better way of immortalizing their memories than by the shifting, indestructible, ever new, yet unchanging, upgush and downfall of water.
ref: 1860, Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Marble Faun:
glosses: A gushing upward.
upgush
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: upgushes
form: upgushing
form: upgushed
form: upgushed
Etymology: From up- + gush.
Senses: glosses: To gush upward.
uphand
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From up- + hand.
Senses: examples: text: One hundred per cent penetration can be obtained by welding in a slight vertical weld uphand on metal up to eight gages.
ref: 1945, Industry and Welding - Volume 18, page 80:
text: It is made uphand, pushing the arc with the torch steeply inclined 15° to 20° to the pipe.
ref: 2013, Yong Zhou, Pipeline and Energy Plant Piping: Design and Technology, →ISBN, page 194:
qualifier: welding
glosses: From bottom to top.
examples: text: As by a leaf to fling On the glass of wind Or up transparent leaf-sides over and over Uphand to swing Into the airy sockets of light And the broad plates tread like a bird Kissing light.
ref: 1951, Wake: The Creative Magazine - Issues 10-12, page 53:
text: ...noise shifted uphand by the noise shaper) are responsible for the observed filter ripples and a notable roll-off of the ...
ref: 1992, High Fidelity News and Record Review:
glosses: Moved by hand in an upward direction.
uphand
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: uphands
form: uphanding
form: uphanded
form: uphanded
Etymology: From up- + hand.
Senses: examples: text: To high heaven, all so softly, / The angels uphand him; / In meads of May flowers / Mild Mary will meet him: […]
ref: 1866, C[harles] Kingsley, “How Hereward Took Service with Ranald, King of Waterford”, in Hereward the Wake, “Last of the English.” […], volume I, London; Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Macmillan and Co., →OCLC, page 145:
text: But she say sho could uphand anything brought befo' her so I asked her to work on me.
ref: 1981, Jack Solomon, Olivia Solomon, Ghosts and Goosebumps, →ISBN:
glosses: To lift with an upward movement of the hands.
examples: text: Before he had hit, she sprang upright, feinted so that Gull's quick blow whooshed harmlessly past her cheek, and uphanded his chin, stunning him and sending him reeling against Kayser, who had stepped back.
ref: 2010, Brad Strickland, Flight of the Outcast: The Academy, Year 1, →ISBN, page 96:
glosses: To strike from below with the hand or fist.
examples: text: Aweel, Jock, I'se no say but we've had mony an up an mony a doon i' life, but there's ae comfort whilk uphands me aboon ilka ither thocht, an its e'en this: Ye married yer Elsie, Jock, frae doonright sheer love an naething mair nor less, an Elsie gae her hail heart an its life's bluid to ye whan she gae'd awa her hond.
ref: 1843, Journey to the Phalanx, page 24:
text: He's nae Moderate, man; and gin I'm no sair mistaen, he's a wild man himsel, and wull uphand the Veto.
ref: 1859, John Wilson, The Recreations of Christopher North:
text: Some o' Bible words are no' for every-day use, an' ye might have respected the Holy Scripters mair than to use 'em for uphanding o' yer ain mad clavers.
ref: 1870, The Christian world magazine (and family visitor). - Volume 6, page 347:
text: This conduct may probably be uphanded as injurious to my own views ; if it be so, it is at least the natural offspring of my judgment.
ref: 1890, Hugh Blair Grigsby, Robert Alonzo Brock, The History of the Virginia Federal Convention of 1788:
text: Sire, the will to dare, their weapons weak, In spirit the State uphanded to success.
ref: 1902, Randolph Keim De Benneville, La Fayette, the man of two worlds:
text: What signifies keeping the poor lassie in a swither? I'se uphand it's been Robertson that learned ye that doctrine.
ref: 1910, Alfred Harmsworth Northcliffe, The World's Greatest Books, page 272:
glosses: To uphold, promote, or sustain.
examples: text: But the whole thirty-three uphanded and cried, “Mercy, Kamerad '"
ref: 1918, Alfred Emanuel Smith, Francis Walton, New Outlook - Volume 120, page 425:
glosses: To raise the hands.
uphand
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From up- + hand.
Senses: examples: text: Such monsters as these have all been, Our fathers and mothers have known : If that they should get the uphand, Us Protestants they would all smother
ref: 1848, The standard Orange song book, page 175:
text: Or else to death he had been dight, While th' house of York had the uphand.
ref: 1884, Charles A. Federer, The Ballad of Flodden Field: A Poem of the XVIth Century, page 44:
text: Politics seem to have had an uphand over business...
ref: 1932, Bradstreet's Journal - Volume 60, Issues 2802-2824, page 1506:
glosses: The upper hand.
nitrogen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: nī′trə-jən
ipa: /ˈnaɪ.tɹə.d͡ʒən/
ipa: [ˈnɐɪ.t͡ʃʰɹə.d͡ʒən]
ipa: /ˈnʌɪ.tɹə.d͡ʒən/
ipa: /ˈnɑɪ.tɹə.d͡ʒən/
ipa: /ˈnəi.tɹə.d͡ʒən/
ipa: /ˈnaj.ʈɾo.d͡ʒen/
rhymes: -aɪtɹəd͡ʒən
Forms: form: nitrogens
Etymology: Borrowed from French nitrogène (coined by French chemist and physician Jean-Antoine Chaptal in 1790). By surface analysis, nitro- + -gen. See also niter.
Senses: examples: text: All life depends on nitrogen; it is the building block from which nature assembles amino acids, proteins, and nucleic acids; the genetic information that orders and perpetuates life is written in nitrogen ink.
ref: 2006, Michael Pollan, The Omnivore's Dilemma, The Penguin Press, →ISBN, page 42:
glosses: The chemical element (symbol N) with an atomic number of 7 and atomic weight of 14.0067. It is a colorless and odorless gas.
examples: text: Volatiles of kecap manis and its raw materials were extracted using Likens-Nickerson apparatus with diethyl ether as the extraction solvent. The extracts were then dried with anhydrous sodium sulfate, concentrated using a rotary evaporator followed by flushing using nitrogen until the volume was about 0.5 ml.
ref: 1997, A. J. Taylor, D. S. Mothram, editors, Flavour Science: Recent Developments, Elsevier, →ISBN, page 63:
glosses: Molecular nitrogen (N₂), a colorless, odorless gas at room temperature.
examples: text: The two nitrogens are located next to one another on the ring.
glosses: A specific nitrogen atom within a chemical formula, or a specific isotope of nitrogen.
Synonyms: word: azote
word: E941 when used as a packaging gas
word: propellant
Derived terms: antinitrogen
carbon-nitrogen cycle
carbon-nitrogen-oxygen cycle
dinitrogen
hydronitrogen
lean nitrogen oxide trap
liquid nitrogen
multinitrogen
nitragin
nitrian
nitrogen-13
nitrogen-14
nitrogen-15
nitrogenase
nitrogenate
nitrogen balance
nitrogen cycle
nitrogen dioxide
nitrogen fixation
nitrogen fixer
nitrogen fixing
nitrogen-fixing
nitrogenic
nitrogen ice
nitrogeniferous
nitrogen inversion
nitrogenise
nitrogenize
nitrogenization
nitrogenless
nitrogenlike
nitrogen monoxide
nitrogen mustard
nitrogen narcosis
nitrogenous
nitrogen oxide
nitrogen pentoxide
nitrogen tetroxide
nitrogen tribromide
nitrogen trichloride
nitrogen trifluoride
nitrogen triiodide
nitrophilous
nitrox
nonnitrogen
organonitrogen
polynitrogen
radionitrogen
Related terms: niter
nitre
nitrate
nitric
nitride
nitrification
nitrify
nitrite
nitr-
nitro-
nitrous
aqua fortis
aqua regia
laughing gas
saltpeter
saltpetre
aeroplane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: [ˈɛə̯.ɹə.pleɪ̯n]
ipa: [ˈeɪ.əɹ-]
ipa: [ˈɛː.ɹə.plɛjn]
ipa: [ˈɛː.ɹow.plejn]
ipa: [ˈɛː.ɹow.pleːn]
ipa: [ˈɛː.ɹ(ə).plɛɪ̯n]
ipa: /ˈɛɹ.ə.pleɪ̯n/
Forms: form: aeroplanes
form: aëroplane
form: airplane
form: æroplane
Etymology: Borrowed from French aéroplane, from Ancient Greek ἀερόπλανος (aeróplanos, “wandering in air”), from ἀήρ (aḗr, “air”) + πλάνος (plános, “wandering”). First used by Joseph Pline in an 1855 patent.https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Aircraft_Design/NeHoahlhCGMC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Joseph+Pline+glider&pg=PA3&printsec=frontcover;https://books.google.at/books?id=fSQUAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA768&dq=Joseph+Pline+brevet+1855&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjgk5Cz_a_wAhXZhf0HHdjNAJwQ6AEwAnoECAIQAg#v=onepage&q=Joseph%20Pline%20brevet%201855&f=false
Senses: examples: text: Schicklgruber's aeroplanes we smash right to the ground.
ref: 1944 May 20, Russian Rhapsody, spoken by the gremlins from the Kremlin:
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Synonym of airplane. A powered heavier-than-air aircraft with fixed wings.
synonyms: word: airplane
extra: A powered heavier-than-air aircraft with fixed wings
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Synonym of airfoil. An aerodynamic surface.
synonyms: word: airfoil
extra: An aerodynamic surface
glosses: Any of various nymphalid butterflies, of various genera, having a slow gliding flight. Also called planes.
Derived terms: word: aeroplane mode
word: aeroplaner
word: aeroplanist
word: chairoplane
word: hydroaeroplane
word: paper aeroplane
word: plane
Related terms: word: aero-
word: plane
sense: airfoil
word: aeronautics
sense: airfoil
word: hydroplane
sense: airplane
word: aero
sense: airplane
word: aerospace
topics: aviation
aeronautics
aerospace
engineering
business
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
aeronautics
aerospace
engineering
business
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: aerodrome
aeroplane
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: [ˈɛə̯.ɹə.pleɪ̯n]
ipa: [ˈeɪ.əɹ-]
ipa: [ˈɛː.ɹə.plɛjn]
ipa: [ˈɛː.ɹow.plejn]
ipa: [ˈɛː.ɹow.pleːn]
ipa: [ˈɛː.ɹ(ə).plɛɪ̯n]
ipa: /ˈɛɹ.ə.pleɪ̯n/
Forms: form: aeroplanes
form: aeroplaning
form: aeroplaned
form: aeroplaned
form: aëroplane
form: airplane
form: æroplane
Etymology: Borrowed from French aéroplane, from Ancient Greek ἀερόπλανος (aeróplanos, “wandering in air”), from ἀήρ (aḗr, “air”) + πλάνος (plános, “wandering”). First used by Joseph Pline in an 1855 patent.https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Aircraft_Design/NeHoahlhCGMC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Joseph+Pline+glider&pg=PA3&printsec=frontcover;https://books.google.at/books?id=fSQUAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA768&dq=Joseph+Pline+brevet+1855&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjgk5Cz_a_wAhXZhf0HHdjNAJwQ6AEwAnoECAIQAg#v=onepage&q=Joseph%20Pline%20brevet%201855&f=false
Senses: glosses: To fly in an aeroplane.
examples: text: The rod was discarded, and then, hand over hand, the prize of them all was aeroplaned to the top of the cliff.
ref: 1919, The American Angler, volume 4, page 221:
glosses: To transport by aeroplane.
Related terms: aircraft
airplane
glider
helicopter
silicon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: sĭl'ĭkən
ipa: /ˈsɪlɪkən/
enpr: sĭl'ĭkŏn′
ipa: /ˈsɪləkɒn/
ipa: /ˈsɪləˌkɑn/
Forms: form: silicons
Etymology: Coined by Scottish chemist Thomas Thomson as a modification of the earlier name silicium, from the stem of Latin silex (“flint, silica”) + -on from carbon.
Senses: examples: text: The isolated disordered regions and the amorphous layer have widely different anneal behavior. In the case of germanium and silicon, the isolated disordered regions anneal at moderate temperatures of approximately 200° and 300° C, respectively. The amorphous layers also anneal in a characteristic fashion, but at appreciably higher temperatures, i.e., at approximately 600° C in silicon and 400° C in germanium.
ref: 1970, James W[alter] Mayer, Lennart Eriksson, John A[rthur] Davies, “General Features of Ion Implantation”, in Ion Implantation in Semiconductors: Silicon and Germanium, New York, N.Y.: Academic Press, →OCLC, page 5:
text: His idea is to stand billions of ultrafine wire loops around the edge of a silicon chip — hence the name racetrack — and use electric current to slide infinitesimally small magnets up and down along each of the wires to be read and written as digital ones and zeros.
ref: 2007 September 11, John Markoff, “Redefining the Architecture of Memory”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 09 Nov 2020:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
synonyms: word: silicium
word: silicum
glosses: A nonmetallic element (symbol Si) with an atomic number of 14 and atomic weight of 28.0855.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A single atom of this element.
Derived terms: cuprosilicon
Cwm Silicon
disilicon
ekasilicon
ferrosilicon
float-zone silicon
lithium-drifted silicon detector
nanosilicon
nonsilicon
organosilicon
polysilicon
radiosilicon
silicene
silician
silicide
silico-
silicon-28
silicon-29
silicon-30
silicon alkoxide
Silicon Alley
silicon-based
silicon bronze
silicon burning
silicon carbide
silicon chip
silicon controlled rectifier
silicon-controlled rectifier
silicon copper
silicon curtain
silicon dioxide
silicon disk
silicon ester
Silicon Fen
Silicon Forest
silicon germanide
silicon germanium
Silicon Glen
Silicon Hills
silicon hydride
silicon iron
siliconise
siliconize
Siliconite
siliconlike
silicon monoxide
silicon nitride
silicon oxide
silicon oxycarbide
silicon photonics
silicon planet
Silicon Prairie
Silicon Roundabout
silicon rubber
Silicon Sentier
silicon shield
silicon steel
silicon tet
silicon tetrabromide
silicon tetrachloride
silicon tetrafluoride
Silicon Valley
Silicon Wadi
silicon wafer
silicyne
silsesquioxane
silundum
sima
strained silicon
tetrasilicon
zincsilite
Related terms: silane
silex
silica
silicate
silice
siliceous
silicious
silici-
silicic
siliciferous
silicified
silicify
silicisation
silicization
silico-
silicone
silicosis
silicotic
agate
amethyst
asbestos
clay
feldspar
flint
glass
granite
hornblende
jasper
mica
opal
quartz
rock crystal
sand
silicon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: sĭl'ĭkən
ipa: /ˈsɪlɪkən/
enpr: sĭl'ĭkŏn′
ipa: /ˈsɪləkɒn/
ipa: /ˈsɪləˌkɑn/
Etymology: From the silicon chips used in computers.
Senses: glosses: Computing.
glosses: A computer processor.
glosses: Abbreviation of silicon chip.
Derived terms: silicon lottery
dockyard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dockyards
Etymology: From dock + yard.
Senses: examples: text: Until recently activities in the Haven [Milford Haven] were confined virtually to the naval dockyard, now closed, and to coastal shipping and shipments to and from Ireland, both on a small scale.
ref: 1961 August, “New traffic flows in South Wales”, in Trains Illustrated, page 492:
glosses: A place where ships are repaired or outfitted.
Derived terms: dockyardman
Related terms: boatyard
harbor
harbour
marina
port
seaport
shipyard
enlistment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: enlistments
Etymology: From enlist + -ment.
Senses: glosses: The act of enlisting.
glosses: The act of enlisting.
Voluntary service based on an individual's desire to serve a cause.
Derived terms: reenlistment
Related terms: enlist