cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
tipple
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɪpəl/
rhymes: -ɪpəl
Forms: form: tipples
form: tippling
form: tippled
form: tippled
Etymology: Unknown but possibly from a Scandinavian source (see Norwegian tipla), or from tip + -le.
Senses: glosses: To sell alcoholic liquor by retail.
glosses: To drink too much alcohol.
examples: text: Few of those who were summoned left their homes, and those few generally found it more agreeable to tipple in alehouses than to pace the streets.
ref: 1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter III, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, →OCLC:
synonyms: bibble
glosses: To drink alcohol regularly or habitually, but not to excess.
glosses: To put up (hay, etc.) in bundles in order to dry it.
examples: text: The men had only moved the trailer about a yard when suddenly it tippled over on its side, and bales of cotton fell on Howarth.
ref: 1928, The World's Carriers and Carrying Trades' Review, page 476:
text: After taking a few moments to recover he turned and meandered towards the closest Supergun, ramming it from the side and watching as it tippled over.
ref: 2017, Christopher Lee, Margaret the Abomination:
glosses: To fall over; to topple.
Derived terms: tippler
in order
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: ĭn ôr'dər
Forms: form: more in order
form: most in order
Senses: examples: text: Place the cards in order by color, then by number.
antonyms: out of order
glosses: In a sequence.
examples: text: Some teachers find it hard to keep their classes in order.
text: I wish I could get my desk in order.
text: His material is in order for the presentation.
glosses: Ready, prepared; orderly; tidy.
glosses: In accordance with the procedural rules governing formal meetings of a deliberative body.
examples: text: Now that we have finally finished, I think a celebration is in order.
glosses: Appropriate, worthwhile.
Derived terms: get one's affairs in order
put one's affairs in order
in order
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: enpr: ĭn ôr'dər
Forms: form: more in order
form: most in order
Senses: examples: text: In order to grant the rich these pleasures, the social contract is reconfigured. The welfare state is dismantled. […]
ref: 2013 May 17, George Monbiot, “Money just makes the rich suffer”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 23, page 19:
text: She stood in order to see over the crowd. / She stood to see over the crowd.
glosses: Emphasizes that what follows immediately is the purpose of the preceding or the beyond.
raw_tags: with to
examples: She stood in order for her husband to see her. / She stood for her husband to see her.
glosses: Emphasizes that what follows immediately is the purpose of the preceding or the beyond.
raw_tags: with "for"
examples: text: They sang in order, ending with a basso profundo.
glosses: In sequence.
Synonyms: step by step
sequentially
Related terms: word: in order that
word: to
english: preposition
translation: preposition
word: for
orbiculate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: ôr-bĭk'yə-lāt'
rhymes: -ɪkjʊlɪt
Forms: form: more orbiculate
form: most orbiculate
Etymology: From Latin orbiculātus, from orbiculus.
Senses: examples: text: Walter Morrison invented an orbiculate dish named the Frisbee in 1955.
glosses: spherical or circular; orbicular
Derived terms: orbiculately
semiorbiculate
suborbiculate
orbiculate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: ôr-bĭk'yə-lāt'
rhymes: -ɪkjʊlɪt
Forms: form: orbiculates
Etymology: From Latin orbiculātus, from orbiculus.
Senses: glosses: That which is orbiculate, especially a solid whose vertical section is oval and whose horizontal section is circular.
musical bow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmjuːzɪkəl ˈbəʊ/
Forms: form: musical bows
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
hyponyms: uhadi
glosses: A simple musical instrument consisting of a string supported by a flexible wooden bearer.
favourable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfeɪv(ə)ɹəbəl/
Forms: form: more favourable
form: most favourable
form: favorable
Etymology: From Middle English favourable, from Old French favorable, from Latin favōrābilis, from favor. By surface analysis, favour + -able.
Senses: examples: text: The candidate wearing the business suit made a favourable impression.
synonyms: good
pleasing
antonyms: bad
displeasing
unfavorable
glosses: Apt to win favour; pleasing.
examples: text: The proposal has received many favourable comments.
synonyms: approving
encouraging
positive
antonyms: disapproving
discouraging
negative
unfavourable
glosses: Expressing or indicating favour or goodwill; approving, encouraging.
examples: text: We made quick progress, due to favourable winds.
text: So draw him home to those that mourn
⁠In vain; a favourable speed
⁠Ruffle thy mirror’d mast, and lead
Thro’ prosperous floods his holy urn.
ref: 1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], “Canto IX”, in In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC:
synonyms: advantageous
helpful
useful
propitious
antonyms: unfavourable
unhelpful
glosses: Useful or helpful.
examples: text: The rain stopped at a favourable time for our tennis match.
synonyms: convenient
good
handy
opportune
suitable
antonyms: bad
inconvenient
inopportune
unfavourable
unsuitable
glosses: Convenient or at a suitable time; opportune.
examples: text: She says that she was born under a favourable star.
synonyms: auspicious
fortunate
lucky
antonyms: inauspicious
unfavourable
unlucky
glosses: Auspicious or lucky.
Derived terms: disfavourable
favourableness
unfavourable
Related terms: favour
favourably
favourite
favourable
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfeɪv(ə)ɹəbəl/
Forms: form: favourables
form: favorable
Etymology: From Middle English favourable, from Old French favorable, from Latin favōrābilis, from favor. By surface analysis, favour + -able.
Senses: examples: text: As of Friday, RealClearPolitics puts Biden's favourables at 51 per cent and his unfavourables at 44 per cent.
ref: 2020 October 17, Éric Grenier, “How U.S. polls got it wrong in 2016 — and why they're more likely to get it right this time”, in CBC:
glosses: Favourability ratings, percentage of people in favour.
chagrin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈʃæɡ.ɹɪn/
enpr: shə-grĭn'
ipa: /ʃəˈɡɹɪn/
rhymes: (UK) -æɡɹɪn
rhymes: (US) -ɪn
Forms: form: chagrins
form: chagrine
Etymology: From French chagrin (“sorrow”), from Middle French chagrin (“pain, affliction”) (compare Middle French chagriner, chagrigner (“to experience sorrow”), Old French chagrin (“painful, afflicted”)), probably derived from Old Northern French chagreiner, chagraigner (“to sadden”), of uncertain origin. Likely an enlargement of Old French greignier, graignier (“to cringe, growl, be sullen, be angry, grieve over”), from Old French graigne (“sadness, resentment, grief”), from graim (“sorrowful”), related to Old High German gram (“furious, gloomy, grieved”). The initial syllable is obscure. It may represent Old French chat (“cat”) to express the idea of "lamenting or yowling like cats" (compare German Katzenjammer (“distress, frustration, depression, chagrin”, literally “cat-wailing, cat-misery”), katzbalgen (“to cat-fight”)).
An alternative theory is that it came from a metaphorical use of French chagrin, (peau de) chagrain (“a type of roughened leather”), with the connection of roughness, though some dictionaries consider this to be a separate word derived from Old French peau de sagrin, from Ottoman Turkish [script needed] (sağrı, “the rump of an animal, skin for tawing”). The alteration of initial s to ch is likely due to influence from chagrin meaning "sorrow".
Senses: examples: text: much to the chagrin (of)
text: [H]e alone knew how deep was the deluded man's chagrin at the failure of the little plot which he fancied was prospering finely.
ref: 1876, Louisa May Alcott, chapter 8, in Rose In Bloom:
text: “Mrs. Yule's chagrin and horror at what she called her son's base ingratitude knew no bounds ; at first it was even thought that she would never get over it.[…]”
ref: 1904–1905, Baroness Orczy [i.e., Emma Orczy], “The Tragedy in Dartmoor Terrace”, in The Case of Miss Elliott, London: T[homas] Fisher Unwin, published 1905, →OCLC; republished as popular edition, London: Greening & Co., 1909, OCLC 11192831, quoted in The Case of Miss Elliott (ebook no. 2000141h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg of Australia, February 2020:
text: And even though their numbers have been halved—that’s the unofficial tally given in one of the strategy sessions—everyone from Sansa to Daenerys to Varys is wondering who is going to rule over which pile of smoking ruins. That’s when the campaigning begins, much to Jon and Dany’s chagrin.
ref: 2019 May 5, Danette Chavez, “Campaigns are Waged On and Off the Game Of Thrones Battlefield (Newbies)”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the original on 28 Jan 2021:
synonyms: disquiet
fretfulness
mortification
peevishness
vexation
glosses: Distress of mind caused by a failure of aims or plans, want of appreciation, mistakes etc; vexation or mortification.
synonyms: shagreen
glosses: A type of leather or skin with a rough surface.
Derived terms: shagreen
Related terms: disgust
disappointment
chagrin
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈʃæɡ.ɹɪn/
enpr: shə-grĭn'
ipa: /ʃəˈɡɹɪn/
rhymes: (UK) -æɡɹɪn
rhymes: (US) -ɪn
Forms: form: more chagrin
form: most chagrin
form: chagrine
Etymology: From French chagrin (“sorrow”), from Middle French chagrin (“pain, affliction”) (compare Middle French chagriner, chagrigner (“to experience sorrow”), Old French chagrin (“painful, afflicted”)), probably derived from Old Northern French chagreiner, chagraigner (“to sadden”), of uncertain origin. Likely an enlargement of Old French greignier, graignier (“to cringe, growl, be sullen, be angry, grieve over”), from Old French graigne (“sadness, resentment, grief”), from graim (“sorrowful”), related to Old High German gram (“furious, gloomy, grieved”). The initial syllable is obscure. It may represent Old French chat (“cat”) to express the idea of "lamenting or yowling like cats" (compare German Katzenjammer (“distress, frustration, depression, chagrin”, literally “cat-wailing, cat-misery”), katzbalgen (“to cat-fight”)).
An alternative theory is that it came from a metaphorical use of French chagrin, (peau de) chagrain (“a type of roughened leather”), with the connection of roughness, though some dictionaries consider this to be a separate word derived from Old French peau de sagrin, from Ottoman Turkish [script needed] (sağrı, “the rump of an animal, skin for tawing”). The alteration of initial s to ch is likely due to influence from chagrin meaning "sorrow".
Senses: examples: text: Dear, my dear, pity me; I am so chagrin to day, and have had the most signal affront at Court!
ref: 1673, John Dryden, Marriage a-la-mode, London: Henry Herringman, act III, scene 1, page 33:
text: […] instead of rejoycing at this Prosperity of his Family, which a true Father of his Children would have esteem’d his own, a Spirit of Envy and Discontent seized him, and he went away chagrine and melancholy.
ref: 1718, Daniel Defoe, The Family Instructor, London: Emanuel Matthews, Volume 2, Dialogue 5, p. 390:
text: 1728, Henry Fielding, Love in Several Masques, Act V, Scene 3, in The Works of Henry Fielding, Esq, London: W. Strahan et al., 1784, Volume I, p. 174,
I wou’d not have your ladyship chagrin at my bride’s expression […]
text: All pensive, heartless, and chagrine
I sit, devoted prey to spleen;
ref: 1758, “Captain T-of BATTEREAU’s Regiment in the Isle of SKIE to Captain P- at Fort AUGUSTUS”, in Robert Dodsley, editor, A Collection of Poems in Six Volumes, London: R. & J. Dodsley, page 243:
synonyms: chagrined
glosses: Feeling chagrin; annoyed; vexed, fretful.
servitor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈsɜɹ.vɪ.təɹ/
/ˈsɜɹ.vɪ.tɔɹ/
Forms: form: servitors
Etymology: From Middle English servitour, borrowed from Latin servītor, from servīre (“to serve”).
Senses: examples: text: The button-covered servitor had no doubt but that his sovereign's answer would be in reply, "Then he may go;" but he was mistaken, for Lady Anne had discovered that she looked well in her beautiful lace nightcaps, as most people do when their flesh has fallen away, and they are verging to the lantern jaw;...
ref: 1842, [anonymous collaborator of Letitia Elizabeth Landon], chapter LVI, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 89:
text: 1884, W.S. Gilbert, Princess Ida
You'll find no sizars here, or servitors / or other cruel distinctions meant to draw / a line 'twixt rich and poor
text: Several days passed by, and to all appearance we had quite forgotten our poor old servitor, – so heartless in remembrance is weak humanity to its nearest and dearest, – when, in course of time, it got to be New Year's eve, and we were sitting in our study, awaiting the cook's preparations for dinner, when suddenly we heard a noise as of much tramping.
ref: 1885, Percival Lowell, “On Hats”, in Chosön: The Land of the Morning Calm: A Sketch of Korea, Boston, Mass.: Ticknor and Company, →OCLC, page 346:
text: He heard Rogers' voice raised in the reception room; he stepped to the doorway and saw his servitor arguing with an elderly and trampish man who had got in somehow.
ref: 1927, The Saturday Evening Post, volume 200, page 150:
glosses: One who performs the duties of a servant.
glosses: One who serves in an army; a soldier.
glosses: An undergraduate who performed menial duties in exchange for financial support from his college, particularly at Oxford University.
Erika
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Erica
form: Ericka
Etymology: Spelling variant of Erica, the feminine form of Eric, or borrowed directly from modern Scandinavia, ultimately from Old Norse Eiríkr.
Senses: examples: text: Let’s not forget EJ Antoni, whom Trump just nominated to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics after firing former chief Erika McEntarfer for presiding over a disappointing jobs report earlier this month.
Antoni is that rarity who has drawn harsh criticism from economists on the right as well as the mainstream for being ignorant, unprincipled and incompetent.
ref: 2025 August 25, Robert Reich, “Why Trump built a staff of incompetent sycophants”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 25 Aug 2025:
glosses: A female given name from the Germanic languages or Old Norse.
Related terms: Erik
paraphrase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpæɹəfɹeɪz/
Forms: form: paraphrases
Etymology: From Middle French paraphrase.
Senses: examples: text: Near-synonym: paraphrasis
text: close paraphrase
text: The article included a brief paraphrase of the speech.
glosses: A restatement of a text in different words, often to clarify meaning or from memory rather than verbatim.
glosses: One of a certain number of Scripture passages turned into verse for use in the service of praise.
Derived terms: paraphrastic
paraphrastical
paraphrastically
Related terms: Etymology of translation
metaphrase
paraphrase
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpæɹəfɹeɪz/
Forms: form: paraphrases
form: paraphrasing
form: paraphrased
form: paraphrased
Etymology: From Middle French paraphrase.
Senses: examples: text: She asked the student to paraphrase the passage.
glosses: To restate something as, or to compose a paraphrase. To repeat a written or spoken phrase/quote using different words, often in a simpler and shorter form, or sometimes in a humorous context.
Derived terms: misparaphrase
paraphrasability
paraphrasable
paraphrasal
paraphrasist
unparaphrasable
unparaphrased
Related terms: in other words
or words to that effect
cosmic ray
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cosmic rays
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: An energetic particle originating outside our solar system.
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Cosmic radiation: a stream of cosmic rays.
Hypernyms: ray
Hyponyms: anomalous cosmic ray
isotropic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From iso- + -tropic, from Ancient Greek ἴσος (ísos, “equal”) + τροπικός (tropikós, “of or pertaining to a turn or change; or the solstice; or a trope or figure; tropic; tropical; etc.”).
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Having properties that are identical in all directions; exhibiting isotropy
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Having the same components in all rotated coordinate systems
Derived terms: isotropically
isotropize
nonisotropic
pseudoisotropic
semi-isotropic
unisotropic
Related terms: coisotropic
isotrope
isotropic helicoid
isotropism
isotropy
semiisotropic
omnidirectional
trivia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɹɪvi.ə/
rhymes: -ɪviə
Forms: form: trivia
form: trivias
Etymology: PIE word
 *tréyes
From Latin trivia, plural of trivium (“place where three roads meet”). The term came to be used for any public place, and then for anything commonplace. Furthermore, because the beginners' course at university was called trivium, the word came to be used only for anything basic, simple and trivial.
Senses: examples: text: These trivia take up too much of the day.
text: This trivia takes up too much of the day.
text: There is the story of the famous Hollywood glamour photographer who cooled his heels around Washington for three months while waiting for one of our leading commanders, and then was granted exactly 15 minutes for the sitting. […] Our military leaders simply don't have time for such trivia. Thank God!
ref: 1943 December 24, Herbert L. Bregstein, “The Armored Force and the Camera”, in Popular Photography, volume 13, number 6, page 77:
glosses: Insignificant trifles of little importance, especially items of unimportant information; froth.
examples: text: I joined the trivia club this semester!
glosses: A quiz game that involves obscure facts.
Derived terms: administrivia
triviaholic
triviaphile
Related terms: trivial
triviality
trivialize
trivia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɹɪvi.ə/
rhymes: -ɪviə
Etymology: PIE word
 *tréyes
From Latin trivia, plural of trivium (“place where three roads meet”). The term came to be used for any public place, and then for anything commonplace. Furthermore, because the beginners' course at university was called trivium, the word came to be used only for anything basic, simple and trivial.
Senses: glosses: plural of trivium
favorable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfeɪ.vɚ.əbl/
Forms: form: more favorable
form: most favorable
Etymology: From Middle English favourable, from Old French favorable, from Latin favōrābilis, from favor. By surface analysis, favor + -able.
Senses: examples: text: The conditions favorable to health and life of the indigines of the poles or the north temperate zones are destructive to the indigines of the tropical, and vice versa.
ref: 1871, Ohio State Medical Society, Transactions of the Annual Meeting, page 135:
glosses: US standard spelling of favourable.
Derived terms: favorability
favorableness
nonfavorable
unfavorable
Related terms: favor
favorably
favorite
dib
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪb/
Forms: form: dibs
form: dibbing
form: dibbed
form: dibbed
Etymology: Variation of dip and/or dab.
Senses: synonyms: dibble#Verb
glosses: To dig a hole by poking; especially, to dig a small hole in soil for the purpose of planting a bulb or seed.
glosses: To move in a rapid, cautious manner; especially, with movement like a mouse or rat.
Related terms: dibber
dibbing
dibs
dib
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪb/
Forms: form: dibs
Etymology: Variation of dip and/or dab.
Senses: glosses: A dibber (gardening tool).
glosses: One of the small bones in the knee joints of sheep uniting the bones above and below the joints.
dib
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪb/
Forms: form: dibs
form: dibbing
form: dibbed
form: dibbed
Senses: qualifier: scouting
glosses: Alternative form of dyb.
infinitesimal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɪnfɪnɪˈtɛsɪməl/
rhymes: -ɛsɪməl
Forms: form: more infinitesimal
form: most infinitesimal
Etymology: Learned borrowing from New Latin īnfīnītēsimus. Displaced earlier coordinate term fluxion.
Senses: examples: text: Do you ever get the feeling that you are but an infinitesimal speck, swallowed by the vastness of the universe and beyond?
text: "You will conceive a bunch of grapes," said he, "which are covered by some infinitesimal but noxious bacillus."
ref: 1913, Arthur Conan Doyle, “(please specify the page)”, in The Poison Belt […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:
text: Then you could say that the doorway exploded. But the particular verb doesn't do the action justice. Rather, it shattered into infinitesimal pieces.
ref: 2001, Eoin Colfer, Artemis Fowl, page 221:
glosses: Incalculably, exceedingly, or immeasurably minute; vanishingly small.
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to non-zero quantities whose magnitude is less than any positive rational number.
glosses: Very small.
Derived terms: infinitesimal analysis
infinitesimalness
noninfinitesimal
infinitesimal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɪnfɪnɪˈtɛsɪməl/
rhymes: -ɛsɪməl
Forms: form: infinitesimals
Etymology: Learned borrowing from New Latin īnfīnītēsimus. Displaced earlier coordinate term fluxion.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A non-zero quantity whose magnitude is smaller than any positive number (by definition it is not a real number).
Derived terms: infinitesimal calculus
infinitesimally
flugelhorn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flugelhorns
form: fluegelhorn
form: flügelhorn
Etymology: Borrowed from German Flügelhorn, from Flügel (“wing, flank”) + horn.
Senses: examples: text: A flugelhorn may be furnished in lieu of the Eb trumpet, a euphonium in lieu of one alto, one Eb alto saxophone, and one Eb baritone saxophone in lieu of two coronets...
ref: 1900, Daniel E. McCarthy, Manual of Instructions for Quartermasters Serving in the Field:
glosses: A brass instrument resembling a cornet but with a wider, conical bore, and usually with three valves, in the same B-flat pitch as many trumpets and cornets but with a more deeply conical mouthpiece than those. A bugle with valves.
Derived terms: flugelhornist
flumpet
Related terms: bugle
cornet
horn
saxhorn
anisotropic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more anisotropic
form: most anisotropic
Etymology: From an- + isotropic.
Senses: examples: text: The crystal has an anisotropic structure, as it is stronger along its length than laterally.
text: The obtained low and anisotropic thermal conductivity, and feasibility of synthesis, in addition to other reports on high electron mobility, make arsenene a promising material for a variety of applications, including thermal management and thermoelectric devices..
ref: 2015, M. Zeraati, S. M. Vaez Allaei, I. Abdolhosseini Sarsari, M. Pourfath, D. Donadio, “Highly Anistoropic Thermal Conductivity of Arsenene: An ab initio Study”, in arXiv:
topics: mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
sciences
antonyms: isotropic
glosses: Having properties that differ according to the direction of measurement; exhibiting anisotropy.
Derived terms: anisotropically
anisotropicity
bianisotropic
heterochromia iridium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Latin.
Senses: glosses: The condition of having two irises of different colors.
preservative
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /prɪˈzəːvətɪv/
Forms: form: preservatives
Etymology: From Old French preservatif, from Medieval Latin praeservativus.
Senses: examples: text: Salt, sugar, and acid all act as preservatives when making pickles.
glosses: Any agent, natural or artificial, that acts to preserve, especially when added to food.
preservative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /prɪˈzəːvətɪv/
Etymology: From Old French preservatif, from Medieval Latin praeservativus.
Senses: examples: text: The curators took preservative actions to maintain the ancient collection.
glosses: Tending to preserve.
Derived terms: self-preservative
dibber
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɪbə(ɹ)
Forms: form: dibbers
Etymology: From dib + -er.
Senses: examples: text: In dry weather, when plants are drawn out of the seed bed, and planted with a common dibber, receiving daily dribblings of water, many will perish, and all are materially injured.
ref: 1850, The Journal of the Horticultural Society of London:
synonyms: dibbler
dibble
dib
glosses: A tool with a handle on one end and a point on the other, used in the garden to poke holes in preparation for planting seeds, bulbs, etc.
glosses: One who dibs.
Related terms: widger
go downhill
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡɐʉ dɐʉnˈhɪɫ/
Forms: form: goes downhill
form: going downhill
form: went downhill
form: gone downhill
Senses: examples: text: I usually run fast enough, but my speed goes downhill when I don't sleep enough.
glosses: To worsen or degenerate.
Synonyms: word: go to pot
word: go to the dogs
word: go to shit
word: go pear-shaped
spoken for
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of speak for
spoken for
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: I looked all over, but all the seats are already spoken for.
glosses: claimed, reserved, or occupied
examples: text: I'm sorry, I can't go on a date with you – I'm spoken for.
glosses: taken; unavailable; not single
raw_tags: of a person
Related terms: bespoken
speak for
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: speaks for
form: speaking for
form: spoke for
form: spoken for
Senses: glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see speak, for.
examples: text: I think I speak for the whole group when I say that we're glad you came.
glosses: To speak on somebody's behalf.
examples: text: Be sure to speak for a seat early, if you plan to attend.
text: I'd imagine she's spoken for.
ref: 2022 March 11, Anna Ouyang Moench, “The Grim Barbarity of Optics and Design”, in Severance, season 1, episode 6, spoken by Mark S. (Adam Scott):
synonyms: bespeak
engage
reserve
glosses: To claim, reserve, or occupy.
examples: text: You really do deserve to be published - your recent articles speak for themselves.
glosses: To represent an intrinsic quality
Related terms: speak for oneself
spoken for
speak for oneself
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: speaks for oneself
form: speaking for oneself
form: spoke for oneself
form: spoken for oneself
Senses: examples: text: That idea makes no sense at all. – Speak for yourself! I think it's a great idea.
text: “I’ll tell you what it is, gentlemen,” said he, “we’re all afraid.”¶ “Speak for yourself, sir,” said Mr. Giles, who was the palest of the party.
ref: 1838, Boz [pseudonym; Charles Dickens], “Looks after Oliver, and Proceeds with His Adventures”, in Oliver Twist; or, The Parish Boy’s Progress. […], volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 138:
glosses: Expressing disagreement with an opinion expressed by another.
examples: text: His fantastic record as a manager speaks for itself.
text: His actions speak for themselves.
text: This relief to Kings Cross entailed an initial "stop-gap" service of 12 trains daily in each direction, increased to 34 each way from February 1 [1875], and to 43 each way by the following October—figures which speak for themselves.
ref: 1952 October, C. A. Johns, “One Hundred Years at Kings Cross—1”, in Railway Magazine, page 653:
glosses: To have obvious implications; to require no explanation.
examples: text: I'm here speaking for myself, not for my company.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see speak, for. To provide an opinion only on one's own behalf.
Related terms: speak for
spoken for
tell its own tale
vermicelli
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vermicellis
Etymology: From Italian vermicelli, plural of vermicello (“little worm”), from verme (“worm”), from Latin vermis + -cello (“diminutive suffix”).
Senses: examples: text: They talked of the experiments of Dr. Darwin, (I speak not of what the Doctor really did, or said that he did, but, as more to my purpose, of what was then spoken of as having been done by him,) who preserved a piece of vermicelli in a glass case, till by some extraordinary means it began to move with voluntary motion.
ref: 1831 October 15, Mary W[ollstonecraft] Shelley, “Introduction”, in Frankenstein: Or, The Modern Prometheus (Standard Novels; IX), 3rd edition, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], published 31 October 1831, →OCLC, pages ix–x:
text: A favourite old cookbook (and a pile of parsley to use up) inspire this simple salsa verde – parsley, anchovies, capers, olives – in a fairytale tangle of vermicelli[.]
ref: 2021 May 10, Rachel Roddy, “Vermicelli alla Sophia Loren: Rachel Roddy’s recipe for pasta with parsley pesto”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: Long, slender pasta, similar to spaghetti, only thinner.
examples: text: Super-thin rice noodles, or vermicelli, are de rigueur here, but as with pad thai the secret is all in the preparation.
ref: 2013 October 2, Felicity Cloake, “How to make perfect Singapore noodles”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: Any type of long, thin noodles, as in rice vermicelli.
glosses: Chocolate sprinkles.
sixty cycle hum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: 60-cycle hum
Senses: glosses: The sound generated by the alternation of current in electronic devices.
note value
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: note values
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A musical notation that indicates the relative duration of a note, using the color or shape of the note head, the presence or absence of a stem, and the presence of flags.
registration
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɹɛd͡ʒ.ɪˈstɹeɪ.ʃən/
ipa: /ˌɹed͡ʒ.ɪˈstɹæɪ.ʃən/
rhymes: -eɪʃən
Forms: form: registrations
Etymology: From register + -ation.
Senses: examples: text: Complete the registration process.
glosses: The act of signing up or registering for something.
examples: text: Did you submit your car registration yet?
glosses: That which registers or makes something official, e.g. the form or paper that registers.
glosses: Alignment, e.g. of colors or other elements in a printing process.
examples: text: The elevators are just past registration.
glosses: The location where guests register, especially with a hotel.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: The art of selecting and combining the stops or registers of an organ.
examples: text: Did you get their registration?
glosses: Ellipsis of registration number.
Hyponyms: autoregistration
Derived terms: aircraft registration number
coregistration
deregistration
georegistration
misregistration
multiregistration
nonregistration
preregistration
registrational
registration county
registration fee
registration mark
registration number
registration plate
registration wall
registrative
rego
reregistration
unregistration
clarinet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌklæɹɪˈnɛt/
ipa: /ˌklɛɹɪˈnɛt/
rhymes: -ɛt
Forms: form: clarinets
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian clarinetto, diminutive of clarino (“trumpet”) (as the first clarinets had a strident tone similar to that of a trumpet), from Latin clarus.
Alternatively, the word may come from French clarinette, diminutive form of clarine (“bell”), from clarin, from clair (“clear”), from Latin clarus.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
synonyms: agony-pipe
glosses: A woodwind musical instrument that has a distinctive liquid tone whose characteristics vary among its three registers: chalumeau (low), clarion (medium), and altissimo (high).
Derived terms: alto clarinet
bass clarinet
basset clarinet
clarinetist
clarinettist
clavinet
contrabass clarinet
soprano clarinet
Related terms: chalumeau
TOR
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: management
synonyms: ToR
TofR
glosses: Initialism of terms of reference.
topics: education
glosses: Initialism of transcript of records, an official record of a student's or graduate's academic achievements at the college or university level, including all courses taken, grades earned, and credits.
TOR
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Tor.
form: Tor
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Toronto.
eleventh-hour
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: eleventh hour
Senses: examples: text: Eleventh-hour executive changes are not unique to this outgoing Administration — President Bill Clinton launched a number himself before leaving office.
ref: 2008 November 5, Bryan Walsh, “George W. Bush's Last Environmental Stand”, in Time:
text: Cal State Fullerton students Chenglin Lee and Samuel Ortiz saved me with eleventh-hour bibliographic assistance.
ref: 2018, Nicole Seymour, “Acknowledgments”, in Bad Environmentalism, page 236:
glosses: Just before the moment that it is too late; in the nick of time; last-minute.
anisotropically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From anisotropic + -ally.
Senses: examples: text: When heated, vermiculite expands anisotropically.
glosses: in an anisotropic manner; in such a way as to depend upon direction
exploded view
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: exploded views
Senses: examples: text: An exploded view will show the assembly details well.
glosses: A view in a drawing showing the parts in an assembly separated outwardly, with an indication of how they fit together.
shoestring
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈʃuːstɹɪŋ/
ipa: /ˈʃustɹɪŋ/
Forms: form: shoestrings
Etymology: The noun is derived from shoe + string. The adjective is derived from the noun, while the verb is derived from terms such as shoestring catch and shoestring tackle.
Senses: examples: text: Your shoestring is untied.
text: I am ſure ſhe is not half ſo beautiful, and vvill even venture to ſay, that ſhe is not vvorthy to tie her majeſty's ſhoe-ſtrings.
ref: 1755, Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, “The Pleasant Artifice Practised to Extricate Our Enamoured Knight from the Most Rigorous Penance He had Imposed upon Himself”, in T[obias] Smollett, transl., The History and Adventures of the Renowned Don Quixote. […], volume I, London: […] A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC, part I, book IV, page 221:
glosses: The string or lace used to secure a shoe to the foot; a shoelace.
glosses: An object that is long and thin, like a shoestring (sense 1).
examples: text: shoestring French fries
topics: cooking
food
lifestyle
glosses: An object that is long and thin, like a shoestring (sense 1).
A long, narrow cut of a food; a julienne.
examples: text: He was able to organize the event on a shoestring.
text: As the 80s cult classic starring Madonna as a gorgeous grifter returns, director Susan Seidelman recalls capturing the zeitgeist on a shoestring budget[.]
ref: 2022 November 23, Hadley Freeman, “Like a cinema virgin: how Madonna went stratospheric making Desperately Seeking Susan”, in The Guardian:
glosses: Chiefly in on a shoestring: very little money; a tight budget.
Coordinate terms: bootstring
Derived terms: devil's shoestring
on a shoestring
prairie shoestring
shoestring annexation
shoestring fern
shoestring French fry
shoestring fry
shoestring fungus
shoestring mushroom
shoestring necktie
shoestring tie
shoestring potato
shoestring root rot
shoestring rot
shoestring tackle
shoestring
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈʃuːstɹɪŋ/
ipa: /ˈʃustɹɪŋ/
Etymology: The noun is derived from shoe + string. The adjective is derived from the noun, while the verb is derived from terms such as shoestring catch and shoestring tackle.
Senses: topics: American-football
ball-games
baseball
football
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Of a catch or tackle: made near the ground, close to a player's shoes.
Derived terms: shoestring catch
shoestring tackle
shoestring
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈʃuːstɹɪŋ/
ipa: /ˈʃustɹɪŋ/
Forms: form: shoestrings
form: shoestringing
form: shoestringed
form: shoestringed
Etymology: The noun is derived from shoe + string. The adjective is derived from the noun, while the verb is derived from terms such as shoestring catch and shoestring tackle.
Senses: topics: American-football
ball-games
football
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: To tackle (a player) using a shoestring tackle (“one made near the ground, close to a player's shoes”).
examples: text: We didn't score in our half of the eighth, but it was only because Ernie's line drive was shoestringed by the Giant left fielder, with Rusty Howarth on second.
ref: 1976, Paul R. Rothweiler, The Sensuous Southpaw […], New York, N.Y.: Putnam, →ISBN, page 104:
text: Most outfielders say that short-hopping a ball so that it looks as if it was caught is more an accident than an art form, but Coach Joe Nossek of the Indians actually tells his charges to hold up the ball after shoestringing it on the off chance that the umpire might be fooled.
ref: 1981 April 13, Steve Wulf, “Tricks of the Trade”, in Sports Illustrated Baseball: Four Decades of Sports Illustrated’s Finest Writing on America’s Favorite Pastime (Collector’s Library), Birmingham, Ala.: Oxmoor House, published 1994, →ISBN, page 275:
topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: To catch (a ball) using a shoestring catch (“one made near the ground, close to a player's shoes”).
on a shoestring
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: The first year after we bought the house, we lived on a shoestring, but we survived.
glosses: On a very tight budget; with few resources or little money.
core competency
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: core competencies
Senses: examples: text: The publisher's core competency was paperbacks, but they decided to branch out into online publishing.
topics: management
glosses: An important special capability or expertise, especially that of a business affording it sustainable competitive advantage.
branch out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: branches out
form: branching out
form: branched out
form: branched out
Senses: examples: text: The chart starts in the center and branches out from there.
glosses: To expand in the manner of branches.
examples: text: Studying Latin may make it easier to branch out into Spanish or Italian.
text: Once relegated to facelifts and fat reduction, medical tourism has branched out into almost every kind of procedure, including bypass surgery, heart-valve replacement, angioplasty, knee reconstruction, and spinal fusion.
ref: 2008 October, Mark Jenkins, “Need surgery? Call a travel agent”, in Men's Health, volume 23, number 8, →ISSN, page 152:
text: Here's the briefest history of rail freight. The railways are conceived for moving coal. They do well at that and immediately branch out into other freight. They do quite well at that, too - after all, compared with a horse and cart, they are a revelation.
ref: 2024 March 6, Pip Dunn, “Freight's future is in ISO containers”, in RAIL, number 1004, page 36:
glosses: To expand one's interests or activities in a new direction.
topics: media
printing
publishing
glosses: To white out or expand the whitespace around the title or other words, lines, etc. in a document.
Synonyms: tillow
anisotropy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anisotropies
Etymology: From an- + isotropy.
Senses: examples: text: Velvet exhibits anisotropy when rotated about its geometric normal.
synonyms: aeolotropy
glosses: The property of being directionally dependent.
glosses: The degree to which this property is exhibited.
Derived terms: anisotropic
anisotropy energy
bianisotropy
fluorescence anisotropy
magnetic anisotropy
isotropy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /aɪˈsɒtɹəpi/
Forms: form: isotropies
Etymology: From iso- + -tropy.
Senses: examples: text: down this road, as they watched, came a wagon, then a couple of riders, then a coach and another wagon, in daylight which slowly lost its stark isotropy and was flowed into by clouds and chimney smoke and even episodes of weather
ref: 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 478:
topics: geometry
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
sciences
glosses: The property of being identical, or having the same physical properties, in all directions.
Related terms: isotrope
isotropic
isotropism
nail Jell-O to a tree
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: nails Jell-O to a tree
form: nailing Jell-O to a tree
form: nailed Jell-O to a tree
form: nailed Jell-O to a tree
form: nail Jell-O to a wall
form: nail jelly to a tree
form: nail jelly to a wall
Senses: examples: text: They are asking us to nail Jell-O to a tree if they insist on having everything done in three days.
glosses: To do something that is impossible or very difficult, with connotations of pointlessness.
Related terms: difficult
throw someone a curve
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: throws someone a curve
form: throwing someone a curve
form: threw someone a curve
form: thrown someone a curve
form: throw someone a curveball
Etymology: From the curve ball in baseball, where a spin is employed to adjust the path of the ball unexpectedly.
Senses: topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: To pitch a curve ball.
examples: text: He really threw me a curve when he asked me a personal question at work.
glosses: To surprise; to introduce something unexpected or requiring a quick reaction or correction.
Related terms: throw for a loop
bowl a googlie
navette
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /nəˈvɛt/
rhymes: -ɛt
Forms: form: navettes
Etymology: From French navette.
Senses: examples: text: To catch the Roissybus from Terminal 1, take the navette from door 22 (line 2)[…]
ref: 2009, Kiratiana Freelon, Kiratiana's Travel Guide to Black Paris, page 45:
glosses: A shuttle bus in France.
examples: text: The summer Navette is less cultivated than the Coleseed, being less prolific, the seeds being much smaller.
ref: 1831, George Don, A General History of the Dichlamydeous Plants:
glosses: A kind of grape that grows in summer.
examples: text: To address this, we explore the case of the navettes, informal vans that operate in the unlikely and unfriendly formal transport landscape of Brussels.
ref: 2020, Wojciech Kębłowski, Moving in informal circles in the global North: An inquiry into the navettes in Brussels:
glosses: The informal vans operating in Brussels.
pilose
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: pīʹlōs
Forms: form: more pilose
form: most pilose
form: pilous
Etymology: From Latin pilōsus, from pilus (“hair”).
Senses: examples: text: An icy chill runs down the back of your exoskeleton as the name enters your mind, your very animus shuddering at the sound of it. Something about its form, its essence… it is far too lissom. Too pilose. Too disturbingly… feline.
ref: 2024, Kazerad, Enter name, in: Prequel -or- Making a Cat Cry: The Adventure (webcomic), October 11 2024
glosses: Covered with fine hair.
Derived terms: pilosely
pilosity
stellato-pilose
subpilose
sideboard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sideboards
Etymology: From side + board.
Senses: topics: furniture
lifestyle
synonyms: word: buffet
word: cupboard
glosses: A piece of dining room furniture having drawers and shelves for linen and tableware; originally for serving food.
examples: text: Fleming watched the sideboarded truck diminish down the rolling hillside, the stackers atop the hay clutching the sideboards and swaying and bouncing toward the barn.
ref: 2000, William Gay, Provinces of Night, page 196:
glosses: A board or similar barrier that forms part of the side of something.
examples: text: Cards can only be exchanged between the playing deck and the sideboard on a one-to-one basis between duels or matches, and any number of cards, up to fifteen, can be exchanged at once.
ref: 1995, Larry W. Smith, Learn Magic Cards, →ISBN, page 80:
text: Many of your best chances to overcome opposing decks lie in the development of a strong sideboard.
ref: 1995, George Baxter, Larry W. Smith, Mastering magic cards, →ISBN:
text: If you plan on playing in tournaments, you'll want to construct a sideboard for your deck.
ref: 2006, John Kaufeld, Jeremy Smith, Trading Card Games For Dummies, →ISBN, page 61:
text: They can have a 15-card sideboard or no sideboard. The sideboard can be used to replace cards in the deck after each game.
ref: 2010, Kelly Nicole Czarnecki, Gaming in Libraries, →ISBN, page 54:
topics: card-games
games
qualifier: collectible
glosses: A set of cards that are separate from a player's primary deck, used to customize a match strategy against an opponent by enabling a player to change the composition of the playing deck.
examples: text: Conversely, in fisheries with increasing sideboards, economic benefit could be denied to the sideboarded sectors.
ref: 2012, Federal Register - Volume 77, Issue 50, page 15226:
topics: fishing
hobbies
lifestyle
glosses: A restriction on using the right to catch a certain number of fish that was granted in relation to a different fishery.
sideboard
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: sideboards
form: sideboarding
form: sideboarded
form: sideboarded
Etymology: From side + board.
Senses: examples: text: Hopefully you now have a strong grasp on how to sideboard effectively.
ref: 1995, Charles Wolfe, Deep Magic:
text: This will cause an opponent to suffer from a number of his newly sideboarded cards, now useless to him.
ref: 1996, George Baxter, Tables of Magic, page 43:
text: Frantic Purification can be sideboarded to destroy an enchantment, but it shouldn't be drafted unless you have no choice.
ref: 2002, Steve Frohnhoefer, Michael Searle, Magic: The Gathering Online : Prima's Official Strategy Guide:
topics: card-games
games
qualifier: collectible
glosses: To include (a card) in one's sideboard.
examples: text: Wood used at the Natioual Guard camps will include flooring for tents. Tents will also be sideboarded for a distance of about three feet up from the ground.
ref: 1917, The Lumber Manufacturer and Dealer - Volume 60, page 50:
text: The additional load capacity made available by sideboarding is gained by making the scraper bowl taller without increasing the bowl width.
ref: 1970, Jagman Singh, On and with the earth, page 273:
text: The Missouri, that grand, sprawling, unpredictable serpent has been sideboarded and tamed, its occasional venom squeezed for the foreseeable future from its muddy fangs.
ref: 2004, The North Dakota Quarterly - Volume 71, Issues 1-2, page 67:
glosses: To add sideboards to.
Related terms: buffet
china cabinet
credenza
pie safe
beanbag
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: bēnʹbăg
ipa: /ˈbiːnbæɡ/
Forms: form: beanbags
form: bean bag
form: bean-bag
Etymology: From bean + bag.
Senses: glosses: A piece of soft furniture consisting of a leather or vinyl covering stuffed with dry beans or other similar pellets.
examples: text: Does it bounce around like a superball in a hollow cavity? Or does it rapidly lose its force, like a beanbag hitting a pillow?
ref: 1992, Rick Altman, Sound theory, sound practice, page 40:
glosses: A small cloth bag filled with dry beans, used as a toy or for exercising the hands.
glosses: A type of juggling ball usually made from leather or cloth stuffed with dry beans.
glosses: A testicle.
glosses: An idiot.
Synonyms: topics: furniture
lifestyle
word: beanbag chair
sense: toy
word: Hacky-Sack
Derived terms: bean-bag baton
bean-bag chair
beanbag chair
Sacco chair
beanbag race
coalescence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coalescences
form: coalescency
Senses: glosses: The act of coalescing.
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonology
sciences
glosses: The merging of two segments into one.
Derived terms: electrocoalescence
incoalescence
recoalescence
yod coalescence