cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
undulating
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: undulatings
Senses: examples: text: In good poetry every word and phrase, as Professor McKail says, reverberates like the sound of a lyre, and leaves after it numberless undulatings. The verse exhales sweet sound, and light-like thought, as perfumes do; but we cannot explain just why.
ref: 1930, John Thomas Ingram Bryan, The Philosophy of English Literature, page 27:
glosses: undulation
base unit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: base units
Senses: examples: text: The SI unit of velocity is metres per second, derived from the base units metre and second.
synonyms: fundamental unit
glosses: A unit of measurement which is not itself defined in terms of other units, and from which other units may be derived.
examples: text: When upgrading her computer she bought a new base unit but kept the screen, keyboard and mouse.
glosses: The main unit of a computer or hi-fi system.
base units
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of base unit
xyrid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈzaɪɹɪd/
rhymes: -aɪɹɪd
Forms: form: xyrids
Etymology: From Latin xyris (“iris”) (see Xyris) + -id.
Senses: examples: text: Its family, Xyridaceae, is closely allied to the lilies: xyrids have three stamens, while lilies generally have six.
ref: 1987, Elizabeth Conebere, Wildflowers of south-eastern Australia, page 48:
text: These four subdivisions correspond to groups sometimes referred to as the cyperids, xyrids, restiids and graminids, respectively (Linder and Rudall, 2005), except that Hydatellaceae was originally included among the xyrids, and since has been removed from the monocots (Saarela et al., 2007).
ref: 2013, Paul Wilkin, Early Events in Monocot Evolution, page 318:
glosses: Any of several North American plants, of the genus Xyris, resembling sedges.
stibnite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stibnites
Etymology: From Latin stibium, from Ancient Greek στίβι (stíbi), a variant of στίμμι (stímmi).
Senses: examples: text: The eye-paint used from immemorial times in Egypt is usually held to be stibnite.
ref: 1955, Robert James Forbes, Studies in Ancient Technology, volume 9, E. J. Brill, page 176:
synonyms: antimonite
glosses: A grey mineral, Sb₂S₃, that is the main ore of antimony; in powdered form, used as the cosmetic called kohl.
stishovite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stishovites
Etymology: Named after Russian physicist Sergey Stishov + -ite.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A fine-grained mineral, of SiO₂, that is a polymorphic form of quartz formed under very high pressure.
Synonyms: stipoverite
Related terms: word: silica
word: quartz
alt: SiO2
word: silicon dioxide
storm surge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: storm surges
Senses: examples: text: The storm surge is defined as the difference between the observed tide and the predicted astronomical tide and is considered to be the meteorological effect on sea level.
ref: 1965, N. Arthur Pore, “Chesapeake Bay Extratropical Storm Surges”, in Chesapeake Science, volume 6, number 3, page 172:
topics: climatology
natural-sciences
synonyms: tidal surge
glosses: An unusual rise in the sea level on a coast due to the action of high winds.
Related terms: storm tide
strain gauge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: strain gauges
form: strain gage
Senses: examples: text: A strain gauge in the couplers of this unit [...] measures continuously the drawbar tension exerted by the locomotives at the front end and the bogie wagons trailing to the rear of it.
ref: 1964 November, “Automatic helper locomotive control on the Louisville & Nashville RR, USA”, in Modern Railways, page 354:
glosses: A device that measures the strain in a structural element by measuring changes in electrical resistance of a sensor attached to the element under investigation.
Related terms: extensometer
strand line
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: strand lines
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of strandline.
strain gauges
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of strain gauge
strontianite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /stɹɒnˈtiːəˌnaɪt/
Forms: form: strontianites
Etymology: From Strontian (“a place in Scotland where it was discovered”) + -ite. Coined by Scottish chemist Thomas Charles Hope in 1791.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A grey or yellowish mineral, SrCO₃, strontium carbonate, that is an ore of strontium.
Strontian
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /stɹɒnˈtiːən/
Etymology: Place name is from Scottish Gaelic Sròn an t-Sìthein, "nose of the fairy hill", said to be inhabited by the mythological sìdhe.
Senses: glosses: A small village in Highland council area, Scotland, that gives its name to the element strontium and the mineral strontianite which were discovered there (OS grid ref NM8161).
glosses: The Strontian River, a short river in Highland council area, that flows through the village to Loch Sunart.
Derived terms: strontianite
strontium
stylolite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stylolites
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: An irregular surface between strata consisting of toothlike projections; most common in limestone and dolomite.
subduction zone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subduction zones
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: A region of the Earth where one tectonic plate dives beneath another into the interior of the Earth.
Monday Club
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: So named because it originally met over lunch on Mondays.
Senses: glosses: The Conservative Monday Club, a far-right pressure group with its origins in the British Conservative Party.
Derived terms: Monday Clubber
Mondayise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: Mondayises
form: Mondayising
form: Mondayised
form: Mondayised
form: Mondayize
Etymology: From Monday + -ise.
Senses: glosses: To move (a national holiday) to a Monday in order to make the weekend an extended holiday.
Derived terms: Mondayised
Mondayized
Mondayising
Mondayizing
Mondayisation
Mondayization
subsynchronous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sub- + synchronous.
Senses: glosses: of a frequency that is a submultiple of another
glosses: orbiting closer to a planet that if it were in a synchronous orbit
raw_tags: of a satellite
Derived terms: subsynchronous orbit
subsynchronous resonance
Related terms: supersynchronous
Monday-morning
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: Monday morning
Senses: glosses: Characteristic of a Monday morning (especially with reference to the return to work after the free time of the weekend).
Derived terms: Monday morning disease
Monday-morning feeling
Monday-morning quarterback
Monday morning sickness
Monday-morning quarterback
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Monday-morning quarterbacks
form: Monday morning quarterback
Etymology: Professional football games in the United States are most often played on Sundays, making Monday a likely day for fans to discuss and critique the performances of teams, in particular that of the quarterback who leads the offence on the field. However, there is evidence that the term actually derived in college football, which is usually played on Saturdays, in which case the use of Monday would also likely be on account of Sunday being the Christian sabbath and a traditional day of rest in the U.S., making it unlikely certain groups with a common interest in the game (such as co-workers) would meet before Monday.
Senses: examples: text: Yet some Monday-morning quarterbacks also noted that, just as 1960 was the first TV election and 2016 was the first social-media election, the 2024 Presidential campaign was the first to be conducted largely on live streams and long-form podcasts, media that happen to be thoroughly dominated by MAGA bros.
ref: 2025 March 17, Andrew Marantz, “The Battle for the Bros”, in The New Yorker, →ISSN:
glosses: Someone who criticizes with hindsight.
Monday-morning quarterback
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: Monday-morning quarterbacks
form: Monday-morning quarterbacking
form: Monday-morning quarterbacked
form: Monday-morning quarterbacked
form: Monday morning quarterback
Etymology: Professional football games in the United States are most often played on Sundays, making Monday a likely day for fans to discuss and critique the performances of teams, in particular that of the quarterback who leads the offence on the field. However, there is evidence that the term actually derived in college football, which is usually played on Saturdays, in which case the use of Monday would also likely be on account of Sunday being the Christian sabbath and a traditional day of rest in the U.S., making it unlikely certain groups with a common interest in the game (such as co-workers) would meet before Monday.
Senses: examples: text: Before any show, we "Monday-morning quarterback" the last show. Each man points out his partners' errors, then has to listen to his own.
ref: 1958 January, Jacksel M. Broughton, “I Led the Thunderbirds”, in Popular Mechanics, volume 109, number 1:
text: We can Monday-morning quarterback the situation and suggest that the large company should have made a counterchallenge.
ref: 2004, William A. Cohen, The Art of the Strategist, American Management Association, →ISBN, page 119:
text: Nathan, Dave & Marty, wisely chose to leave the battle strategy to the police, Monday-morning quarterbacking the fray from inside the safety of a cement block restroom building.
ref: 2007, Al Alloway, Treasure in the Park, self-published, →ISBN, page 126:
glosses: To criticize with hindsight.
Related terms: armchair quarterback
back-seat driver
twenty-twenty hindsight
wise after the event
Saint Monday
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: St. Monday
Senses: examples: text: My constant attendance (I never making a St. Monday) recommended me to the master; and my uncommon quickness at composing occasioned my being put upon all work of dispatch, which was generally better paid.
ref: 1771–1790, Benjamin Franklin, “The Autobiography [Part 1]”, in John Bigelow, editor, Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin. […], Philadelphia, Pa.: J[oshua] B[allinger] Lippincott & Co., published 1868, →OCLC, page 149:
text: One study of Birmingham, England, from 1766 to 1876, found that well into the nineteenth century, workers continued to celebrate Saint Monday—a weekly day of leisure spent in the alehouse enjoying drink, bar games, entertainments, “pugilism,” and animal fights.
ref: 1988, Shoshana Zuboff, In the Age of the Smart Machine, New York: Basic Books, page 32:
qualifier: Victorian England
glosses: The supposed holiday observed on a Monday morning by well-paid artisans who had been drinking etc the previous day.
Derived terms: keep Saint Monday
subsynchronous orbit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subsynchronous orbits
Senses: glosses: The orbit of a satellite that is nearer the planet than it would be if it were in synchronous orbit
Related terms: supersynchronous orbit
microampere
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microamperes
form: microamp
form: micro-amp
Etymology: From micro- + ampere.
Senses: glosses: One millionth ( 10⁻⁶ ) of an ampere.
Synonyms: µA
㎂
Derived terms: millimicroampere
micro-amp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: micro-amps
form: microamp
Etymology: From micro- + amp.
Senses: glosses: One millionth (10⁻⁶) of an ampere, abbreviated as µA.
adynamia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: adynamias
Etymology: From ἀ- (a-, “not”) + -dynamia, from Ancient Greek δύναμις (dúnamis) strength, force
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Lack or loss of strength, usually due to a disease.
Derived terms: adynamic
adynamic ileus
adynamy
Provisionals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Provisional
Provisionals
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Provisionals
Senses: glosses: The Irish Republican Army.
Related terms: Provo
Provos
IRA
Provisional IRA
Official IRA
Old IRA
second of arc
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: seconds of arc
Senses: glosses: An angle, one sixtieth (1/60th) of a minute of arc or one 3600th of a degree.
Synonyms: word: arcsecond
word: arcsec
word: as
Related terms: minute of arc
minute of arc
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: minutes of arc
Senses: examples: text: A geographical mile is exactly equal to one minute of arc along the Earth's equator.
glosses: An angle, one sixtieth of a degree or 1/21,600 of a complete circle.
Related terms: minute of angle
second gear
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: second gears
Senses: synonyms: second#Noun[Appendix:Glossary#ellipsis|elliptical]]>
coordinate_terms: low gear
first gear
third gear
fourth gear
fifth gear
;
top gear
overdrive
;
angel gear
neutral#Noun
glosses: The second of the available gears in a transmission or other gearbox.
examples: text: stuck in second gear
text: The hosts remained in second gear after the break although Orient, with impressive Daniels a constant outlet down the right, did at least show a sense of adventure.
ref: 2011 March 2, Chris Whyatt, “Arsenal 5 - 0 Leyton Orient”, in BBC:
antonyms: top gear
glosses: Mediocre, sluggish performance.
Derived terms: second-gear valuation
Related terms: downshift
upshift
gearing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɪəɹɪŋ
Forms: form: gearings
Senses: examples: text: The 4×4 could climb well, as it had relatively low gearing.
glosses: The ratio of a system of gears.
glosses: Harness; working implements.
examples: text: Hoisting, derricking, slewing, and travelling are by means of independent 600-volt motors through reduction gearing.
ref: 1956 May, “London Transport Diesel-Electric Cranes”, in Railway Magazine, page 337:
glosses: A train of toothed wheels and pinions.
topics: business
finance
glosses: Synonym of leverage (“debt-to-equity ratio”).
synonyms: word: leverage
extra: debt-to-equity ratio
Derived terms: Hooke's gearing
negative gearing
pivot gearing
spur gearing
gearing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -ɪəɹɪŋ
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of gear
minute of angle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: minutes of angle
Senses: glosses: An angle, one sixtieth (1/60ᵗʰ) of a degree, used by gunners as a measurement of accuracy. One minute of angle is roughly equal to 1 inch at 100 yards distance.
Synonyms: arcminute
minute of arc
second helping
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: second helpings
Senses: examples: text: He had already eaten six sausages, but that did not stop him reaching for a second helping.
synonyms: double helping
glosses: A second portion of the same thing, usually of food; seconds; refill.
bottom gear
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bottom gears
Senses: glosses: Synonym of low gear.
synonyms: word: low gear
bottom gears
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bottom gear
low gears
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of low gear
long weekend
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: long weekends
Senses: examples: text: Labor Day weekend is the long weekend that defines the end of Summer in the US.
text: I took a long weekend with my wife when no one else had a holiday.
glosses: A weekend extended by one or more days off falling on a day or days immediately preceding or following it.
Derived terms: May long weekend
Related terms: public holiday
bank holiday
public holiday
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: public holidays
Senses: examples: text: Terra Firma is an Alliance political party formed after the First Contact War. Its policy agenda is based on the principle that Earth must 'stand firm' against alien influences. This covers a variety of legislation. Recent activities by Terra Firma include opposition to a law requiring high school alien language study, a proposal to increase tariffs on alien imports, and leading a popular movement to mark the First Contact War with a public holiday.
ref: 2008, BioWare, Mass Effect, Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Terra Firma Party Codex entry:
glosses: A national or regional holiday from work on a specific day, usually for cultural reasons or celebrations.
Synonyms: PH
Related terms: statutory holiday
bank holiday
low gear
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: low gears
Senses: examples: text: Near-synonyms: creeper gear, granny gear, first gear (low gear is first gear unless the transmission at hand has a granny gear)
text: Start out in low gear when climbing a steep hill.
synonyms: bottom gear
antonyms: top gear
overdrive
coordinate_terms: second gear
third gear
fourth gear
fifth gear
;
angel gear
overdrive
;
neutral#Noun
glosses: The lowest gear available from a transmission or other gearbox, typically in a motor vehicle or cycle.
examples: text: A low gear is appropriate when climbing a steep hill.
glosses: One of the lower gears available from a gearbox, typically in a motor vehicle or cycle.
raw_tags: with indefinite article "a"
examples: text: The campaign remained in low gear until sufficient funding was finally received.
antonyms: top gear
overdrive
full throttle
glosses: A state of sluggish or minimal activity.
Related terms: downshift
upshift
public holidays
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of public holiday
long weekends
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of long weekend
major third
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: major thirds
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
related: word: M3
glosses: A musical interval in Western music that is equal to or approximates a frequency ratio of 5/4. In twelve-tone equal temperament, it consists of four standard semitones, spans three degrees of the diatonic scale, and is enharmonically equivalent to a diminished fourth. Major scales are so named because of the major third interval between the tonic and mediant of a major tonic triad.
Related terms: minor third
diminished fourth
perfect fifth
tonic
minor third
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: minor thirds
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
related: word: m3
coordinate_terms: major third
glosses: A musical interval in Western music that approximates a frequency ratio of 6:5, spanning two degrees of the diatonic scale.
musical interval
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: musical intervals
Senses: glosses: The distance between two notes on the diatonic scale.
glosses: An interlude in some performance during which music is played.
Synonyms: musical interlude
Irish Republican Army
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Irish Republican Army
form: IRA
Senses: glosses: Any of several Irish guerrilla or terrorist organisations fighting British rule in Ireland (later Northern Ireland) since the early 20th century.
Related terms: Provo
Provos
Provisional IRA
Official IRA
Old IRA
Óglaigh na hÉireann
diatonic scale
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: diatonic scales
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
coordinate_terms: chromatic scale
glosses: A seven-note musical scale consisting of five tones and two diatonic semitones, formed by stacking six perfect fifths.
musical scale
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: musical scales
Senses: glosses: A set of musical notes, typically ordered in pitch.
steam turbine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: steam turbines
Senses: examples: text: It was opened in 1904 as the largest traction power station in Europe and one of the first to use steam turbines, which have been the only game in town for power stations ever since.
ref: 2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books, →ISBN, page 139:
glosses: A system of angled and shaped blades arranged on a rotor through which steam is passed to generate rotational energy. Today, normally used in power stations.
Derived terms: english: a steamer (watercraft) powered by a steam turbine steam engine
translation: a steamer (watercraft) powered by a steam turbine steam engine
alt: TS
word: turbine steamer
rotational
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹoʊˈteɪʃənəl/
Etymology: From rotation + -al.
Senses: examples: text: A steam turbine converts heat into rotational motion.
glosses: Of, pertaining to or caused by rotation.
topics: calculus
mathematics
sciences
glosses: Having non-zero curl somewhere, i.e. not irrotational
Derived terms: rotational axis
rotational dining
rotational energy
rotationally
rotational molding
rotational moulding
rotational period
rotational symmetry
rotational
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹoʊˈteɪʃənəl/
Forms: form: rotationals
Etymology: From rotation + -al.
Senses: examples: text: For the new rotationals, the American manager must begin the interview by asking the applicant a few questions of a personal nature about his family, childhood education, philosophy of life, social relationships, hobbies and interests, […]
ref: 1995, Oded Shenkar, Global Perspectives of Human Resource Management, page 87:
text: We have found that our future leaders are our current rotationals. We also offer educational assistance for all full-time employees, which pays 100% related to the job or 75% for all other classes.
ref: 2003, Thomas R. Warne, National Cooperative Highway Research Program, Recruiting and Retaining Individuals in State Transportation Agencies, page 51:
glosses: An employee in a job rotation scheme.
examples: text: The positioning of the wrist is related to the upper three joints of the robot arm with three degrees of freedom, for the two motions of the shoulder and the one motion of the elbow, all rotationals.
ref: 1982, “Proceedings of the International Conference on Cybernetics and Society”, in IEEE, page 254:
glosses: Something, such as a joint, that moves by rotating.
steam iron
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: steam irons
Senses: glosses: A smoothing iron that includes a system for spraying steam onto the item being ironed.
smoothing iron
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: smoothing irons
Senses: synonyms: clothes iron
iron
glosses: A heated appliance that is used to smooth clothing and other items after washing and (usually, partially) drying.
steam locomotive
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /stiːm ˌloʊkəˈmoʊtiv/
ipa: /stiːm ˌləʊkəʊˈməʊtiv/
Forms: form: steam locomotives
Etymology: From steam and locomotive.
Senses: examples: text: Inevitably the present extent and variety of the Belgian railways will diminish, and within the space of the ten-year plan we can expect to see a modern system concentrated on the main traffic routes like its neighbour in the Netherlands, and with its last steam locomotives and wooden coaches honourably retired to the museum.
ref: 1960 February, J. N. Faulkner, “The Belgian Railways today”, in Trains Illustrated, page 86:
topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
synonyms: steam loco
steam engine
pufferbelly
hypernyms: locomotive
engine
loco
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rolling stock#Noun
coordinate_terms: diesel locomotive
electric locomotive
glosses: A locomotive, usually for use on a railway, that is powered by steam.
Derived terms: honorary steam locomotive
Related terms: steam power
steamship
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pink gin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pink gins
Senses: glosses: A cocktail consisting of gin with a very light dash of bitters.
pink gins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pink gin
steam boiler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: steam boilers
Senses: glosses: A boiler that is designed to produce steam.
Synonyms: boiler
steam generator
Coordinate terms: word: steam engine
english: the applications to which the boiler's output is applied
translation: the applications to which the boiler's output is applied
word: steam turbine
Related terms: steam power
run out of steam
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: runs out of steam
form: running out of steam
form: ran out of steam
form: run out of steam
Senses: examples: text: Near-synonyms: run on fumes, run on empty
text: After climbing six flights of stairs she found she had run out of steam and had to sit down.
text: After two of the team left, the project rather ran out of steam.
glosses: To run out of energy or motivation.
steam heater
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: steam heaters
Senses: glosses: A space heater that functions by itself being heated by steam passing through it.
Related terms: word: steam-heat
word: steam heating
word: steam table
steam condenser
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: steam condensers
Senses: glosses: A device designed to turn steam (back) into water by condensation.
steam hammer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: steam hammers
Senses: examples: text: The steel works, with their Siemens furnaces, the rail-rolling mill with its enormous single-cylinder engine fitted with Corliss valve gear, and the forge in which were installed the great steam hammers and hydraulic presses—these were teeming with interest, and the best way to pick up information was to work with the millwrights.
ref: 1944 November and December, A Former Pupil, “Some Memories of Crewe Works—II”, in Railway Magazine, page 341:
glosses: An industrial machine designed to produce a hammer action through steam power.
Synonyms: drop hammer
steam shovel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈstiːm ˌʃʌvl̩/
ipa: /ˈstim ˌʃʌv(ə)l/
Forms: form: steam shovels
Etymology: From steam + shovel.
Senses: topics: business
construction
manufacturing
mining
glosses: An excavating machine designed to effect a shovelling action through steam power.
topics: business
construction
manufacturing
synonyms: power shovel
glosses: Any excavating machine of similar design, no matter how powered.
Hypernyms: excavator
Coordinate terms: steam locomotive
steam roller
steam tractor
Meronyms: steam engine
Related terms: mechanical shovel
shovelling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: shoveling
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of shovel
shovelling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shovellings
form: shoveling
Senses: examples: text: The latter is usually executed two spits deep, with two intermediate shovellings; but in the work in question, we should go down between three and four spits, without any shovellings.
ref: 1828, Sir Henry Steuart, The Planter's Guide:
glosses: The act by which something is shovelled.
Derived terms: shell shoveling
bluffs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /blʌfs/
rhymes: -ʌfs
Senses: glosses: plural of bluff
bluffs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /blʌfs/
rhymes: -ʌfs
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of bluff
self-same
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: For both of you are Birds of ſelfe-ſame Feather.
ref: c. 1591–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Third Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iii], page 162, column 1:
text: In my ſchoole dayes, vvhen I had loſt one ſhaft [i.e., arrow], / I ſhot his fellovv of the ſelfe-ſame flight / The ſelfe-ſame vvay, vvith more aduiſed vvatch / To finde the other foorth, and by aduentring both, / I oft found both. I vrge this child-hoode proofe, / Becauſe vvhat follovves, is pure innocence.
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 I, scene i]:
text: He and his Horse, were of a piece. / One Spirit did inform them both, / The self-same Vigor, Fury, Wroth: […]
ref: 1662 (indicated as 1663), [Samuel Butler], “[The First Part of Hudibras]. Canto II.”, in Hudibras. The First and Second Parts. […], London: […] John Martyn and Henry Herringman, […], published 1678, →OCLC; republished in A[lfred] R[ayney] Waller, editor, Hudibras: Written in the Time of the Late Wars, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: University Press, 1905, →OCLC, page 40:
text: He trod the very ſelf-ſame ground you tread, / And victory refuted all he ſaid.
ref: 1781 (date written), William Cowper, “Table Talk”, in Poems, London: […] J[oseph] Johnson, […], published 1782, →OCLC, page 21:
text: And Quack and Dupe, as we must ever keep in mind, are upper-side and under of the self-same substance; convertible personages: turn up your dupe into the proper fostering element, and he himself can become a quack; […]
ref: 1843 April, Thomas Carlyle, “Morrison’s Pill”, in Past and Present, American edition, Boston, Mass.: Charles C[offin] Little and James Brown, published 1843, →OCLC, book I (Proem), page 26:
text: But in [Isaac] Newton, science was as easy as breathing; he used the same wit to weigh the moon that he used to buckle his shoes; and all his life was simple, wise, and majestic. So it was in Archimedes,—always self-same, like the sky.
ref: 1870, Ralph Waldo Emerson, “Works and Days”, in Society and Solitude. Twelve Chapters, Boston, Mass.: Fields, Osgood, & Co., →OCLC, page 164:
text: [T]hrough my police issue 200 × 6000 macroscopic laser-prism binoculars I could see he was the same guy who had just bopped the doorman in the head. […] But you can imagine my surprise when I angled said state-of-the-art bins to the street, watched the long black car as it rolled up and saw the self-same guy step out of it.
ref: 1992, Robert Rankin, chapter 12, in The Suburban Book of the Dead: Armageddon III: The Remake, London: Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN, page 131:
glosses: Alternative form of selfsame.
self-same
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: self-sames
Senses: examples: text: So ſtrictly is the Specific Nature preſerv'd in the Individuals of the ſame kind, vvho all equally partake of it, and are ſo very reſembling and uniform in it, that they ſeem but as ſo many Self-ſames, ſo many Reproductions of one thing, like the Image of the ſame Face repeated by a Multiplying Glaſs. Thus for Inſtance, in Men, there is the ſame common Human Nature in all of them vvithout Intenſion or Remiſſion, the ſame Intellectual Frame, the ſame thinking Principle, the ſame rational Faculties, the ſame Radical Deſires and Inclinations, the ſame Natural Affections, the ſame Springs of Paſſion, &c.
ref: 1701, John Norris, “The Reality of the Distinction Justifi’d, by Shewing that This is Not the Only State of Things, but that They Have an Ideal as Well as a Natural State”, in An Essay towards the Theory of the Ideal or Intelligible World. […], part I, London: […] [Samuel] Manship, […]; and W[illiam] Hawes, […], →OCLC, page 50:
glosses: Alternative form of selfsame.
bear a hand
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: bears a hand
form: bearing a hand
form: bore a hand
form: borne a hand
form: bear-a-hand
Senses: examples: text: Hawkins, neither you nor I are much account at the shooting; we’ll stand by to load and bear a hand.
ref: 1883, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island:
text: The Old Wife is ready to bear a hand in the work of harvesting.
ref: 1911, James George Frazer, The Golden Bough, volume 7:
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: To make haste; to help quickly.
Related terms: give a hand
bear-a-hand
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Forms: form: bear-a-hand!
form: bear a hand
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: make haste!
infighting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: infightings
Etymology: From in- + fighting. Compare Middle English infighten (“to attack”), Old English infiht (“infighting”).
Senses: examples: 2012, The Economist, 06 Oct 2012 issue, Iran’s nuclear programme: A red line and a reeling rial
[…] the economic and financial mismanagement of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s government and chronic infighting within the regime have contributed to the economic chaos […]
glosses: Fighting or quarreling among the members of a single group or side.
examples: text: Tate predicted that Wills, famed for infighting, would have to change his tactics against Firpo to avoid being knocked "very loose."
ref: 1924 September 1, “Abdication”, in Time:
text: His left jab pecked at McTigue's face, and at infighting he matched the champion on even terms.
ref: 1955 March 28, Charles Lesemann, “Ruckus in Georgia”, in Sports Illustrated:
topics: boxing
government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
sports
war
glosses: Fighting with one's opponent closer than arm's length.
infighting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From in- + fighting. Compare Middle English infighten (“to attack”), Old English infiht (“infighting”).
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of infight
Related terms: circular firing squad
overmuch
Language: English
Part of speech: det
Forms: form: over much
Etymology: From Middle English overmuche, overmuchel, from Old English ofermiċel, ofermyċel (“overmuch, excessive”), equivalent to over- + much. Compare overmany and overmore. Doublet of overmickle. Cognate with Scots over-mekill (“overmuch, excessive”), Old Norse ofrmikill (“overmuch, excessive”), Icelandic ofmikill (“overmuch, excessive”).
Senses: examples: text: So that contrariwise ye ought rather to forgive him, and comfort him, lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with overmuch sorrow.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 2 Corinthians 2:7:
text: If we met with accidents, such as losing canoes and men in the rapids, or losing men in encounters with Indians, or if we encountered overmuch fever and dysentery, the loads would lighten themselves.
ref: 1914, Theodore Roosevelt, chapter VII, in Through the Brazilian Wilderness, London: John Murray, page 232:
text: He had much prudence, much conscientiousness, and there were occasions when these virtues were the cause of overmuch disquietude in him.
ref: 1888–1891, Herman Melville, “[Billy Budd, Foretopman.] Chapter I.”, in Billy Budd and Other Stories, London: John Lehmann, published 1951, →OCLC:
text: This seemed to me a more important priority in 1959 than overmuch argument about nuclear philosophical heresies of one kind or another.
ref: 1990, General Sir William Jackson, Britain's defence dilemma: An inside view (rethinking British defence policy in the post-imperial era), page 78:
glosses: Very much; too much; overly much.
overmuch
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: over much
Etymology: From Middle English overmuche, overmuchel, from Old English ofermiċel, ofermyċel (“overmuch, excessive”), equivalent to over- + much. Compare overmany and overmore. Doublet of overmickle. Cognate with Scots over-mekill (“overmuch, excessive”), Old Norse ofrmikill (“overmuch, excessive”), Icelandic ofmikill (“overmuch, excessive”).
Senses: examples: text: […]it is good to be applyed to womens breaſts, that grow ſore by the aboundance of milke comming into them: as alſo to repreſſe the overmuch bleeding of the hemorrhoids, to coole the Inflammations of the parts thereabouts, and to give eaſe of paines:[…].
ref: 1640, John Parkinson, “Symphitum majus. Great Comfrey.”, in Theatrum Botanicum: The Theater of Plants. Or, An Herball of a Large Extent: […], London: […] Tho[mas] Cotes, →OCLC, page 524:
text: Our Palates like the Seaſoning and Cookery they are ſet to, and an over much Uſe of Salt, beſides that it occaſions thirſt, and over-much Drinking, has other ill Effects upon the Body.
ref: 1693, [John Locke], “§14”, in Some Thoughts Concerning Education, London: […] A[wnsham] and J[ohn] Churchill, […], →OCLC, page 13:
synonyms: word: lavish
word: unrestrained
word: excessive
word: extravagant
word: unmeasured
word: unreasonable
word: extreme
word: immoderate
word: intemperate
word: lavish
word: nimious
word: obscene
word: overmuch
word: overweening
word: over the top
word: prodigal
word: undue
word: unrestrained
word: wanton
glosses: Excessive.
Derived terms: overmuchness
overmuch
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: over much
Etymology: From Middle English overmuche, overmuchel, equivalent to over- + much.
Senses: examples: text: Some readers do not care overmuch for poetry.
text: O, he hath kept an evil diet long, / And overmuch consumed his royal person:
ref: c. 1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Richard the Third: […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:
text: Be not righteous over much; neither make thyself over wise: why shouldest thou destroy thyself?
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Ecclesiastes 7:16:
text: "[…] Do you be humble, and tempt you the Big Man not overmuch. He is quick to anger."
ref: 1915, Caradoc Evans, “The Blast of God”, in My People: Stories of the Peasantry of West Wales, New York: Boni & Liveright, published 1918, page 267:
text: yet what am i that such and such / mysteries very simple touch / me,whose heart-wholeness overmuch / Expects of your hair pale, / a terror musical?
ref: 1922, E. E. Cummings, “Songs, III”, in George J. Firmage, editor, Complete Poems, 1904-1962, New York: Liveright, published 1991, page 13:
text: All of us were being paid regularly, wined and dined overmuch and had the whole theater world of Moscow for our enjoyment.
ref: 1956, Langston Hughes, chapter 3, in Joseph McLaren, editor, I Wonder as I Wander, Columbia: University of Missouri Press, published 2003, page 115:
glosses: Too much; overly much
overmuch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: over much
Etymology: From Middle English overmuche, overmuchel, from the adjective.
Senses: examples: text: They had felled too freely here; the sawmills had taken over-much, leaving next to no young wood.
ref: 1922, Knut Hamsun, translated by W. Worster, Wanders, London: Gyldendal, page 190:
text: If citizens hear overmuch of the bliss of others, it galls the secrecy of their hearts.
ref: 1947, Pindar, “Pythia 1”, in Richmond Lattimore, transl., Odes, University of Chicago Press, page 46:
glosses: An excessive amount; too much.
landform
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlænd.fɔːm/
ipa: /ˈlænd.fɔɹm/
Forms: form: landforms
Etymology: From land + form.
Senses: glosses: Any geological feature, such as a mountain or valley.
Synonyms: word: landform
Hyponyms: word: continent
word: subcontinent
word: archipelago
word: island
word: peninsula
word: cape
word: isthmus
word: spit
word: mountain range
word: mountain
word: volcano
word: hill
word: butte
word: valley
word: ravine
word: plain
word: plateau
word: mesa
word: ridge
word: highland
word: upland
word: spur
word: cliff
word: body of water
word: ocean
word: sea
word: lake
word: bay
word: gulf
word: watercourse
word: river
word: stream
word: channel
word: sound
word: strait
word: inlet
word: lagoon
Related terms: word: earth science
word: List of landforms on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
spotted eagle ray
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spotted eagle rays
Senses: glosses: A large ray, Aetobatus narinari, that inhabits benthic waters of the Atlantic and Pacific.
Synonyms: bonnet ray
firelighter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: firelighters
Etymology: From fire + lighter.
Senses: hyponyms: fireball
glosses: A small block of a flammable substance, typically a combination of sawdust and wax, used to light fires.
making love
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: Two, however, of the passengers in the vessel were very agreeably employed—they were making love. By-the-by, what an ugly phrase "making love" is—as if love were a dress or a pudding.
ref: 1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XV, in Romance and Reality. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 269:
glosses: present participle and gerund of make love
restful
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹɛs(t)fʊl/
ipa: /ˈɹɛs(t)f(ə)l/
rhymes: -ɛstfʊl
Forms: form: more restful
form: most restful
Etymology: From Middle English restful, restfulle, equivalent to rest + -ful.
Senses: examples: text: After a hard day, Sue found the beauty of the park especially restful.
text: 'And are you trembling still, dear?
 Then let me take your hand;
And I will lead you outward
 To a sweet and restful land.
ref: 1898, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Passing (poem):
glosses: peaceful; having a peaceful aspect
examples: text: A restful night's sleep mended his spirits.
glosses: restorative; aiding rest
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Alternative form of RESTful.
Synonyms: reposeful
Derived terms: RESTful
restfully
restfulness
unrestful
fire extinguisher
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfaɪəɹ ɪkˌstɪŋ.ɡwɪʃ.ə(ɹ)/
Forms: form: fire extinguishers
form: fire-extinguisher
Senses: synonyms: extinguisher
coordinate_terms: drencher
sprinkler
glosses: A device that can be used to put out a fire. Usually a portable cylinder filled with carbon dioxide, dry powder or water, in the latter two cases with some means of pressurising the cylinder to expel the contents.
dog biscuit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dog biscuits
Senses: synonyms: word: dog bread
word: doggie biscuit
word: doggy biscuit
glosses: A hard biscuit-based snack for dogs.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A hard, dry biscuit issued as part of food rations in the field.
Related terms: dogbone
dry powder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dry powders
Etymology: The financial sense comes by metaphor from the sense of gunpowder kept dry to allow rapid loading of a firearm, as in the expression “keep one's powder dry”.
Senses: glosses: A powder found in a fire extinguisher that is expelled to smother the fire (in contrast with liquid types of extinguisher).
glosses: A powder found in an inhaler that delivers a bronchodilator for antiasthmatic or antiemphysemic purposes (indications).
examples: text: Private equity firms were sitting on more than $1 trillion in dry powder at the end of 2011.
topics: business
finance
glosses: Cash (or cash-like securities) kept in reserve in case of need.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see dry, powder; especially, gunpowder kept dry to keep it from spoiling before use.
Derived terms: dry powder inhaler
Related terms: sense: stay prepared, maintain reserves
word: keep one's powder dry
pressurising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of pressurise
Related terms: pressure
pressurize
dog biscuits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dog biscuit
pressurise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: pressurises
form: pressurising
form: pressurised
form: pressurised
Etymology: From pressure + -ise.
Senses: glosses: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of pressurize.
Derived terms: pressurisation
up the walls
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: We were up the walls last week and I got ten hours overtime.
text: We didn't go to the restaurant as it was up the walls.
qualifier: regarding a workplace
glosses: Very busy, swamped.
Related terms: up the wall
Yank tank
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Yank tanks
Senses: glosses: A large American car.
glosses: A pre-1960 American car in Cuba, imported before the US embargo.
Mellissa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A female given name from Ancient Greek, a nonstandard spelling variant of Melissa.
Reid
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹiːd/
rhymes: -iːd
Forms: form: Reids
form: Read
form: Reed
form: Reed
Senses: examples: text: The digital ads open over a shot of Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid and Chuck Schumer, the third-ranking Democrat in the Senate, while a narrator declares: “For years, it paralyzed Washington: Partisan political dysfunction.”
ref: 2015 May 12, Alexandra Jaffe, “First on CNN: New Rove-linked group spends $2M to boost GOP incumbents”, in CNN:
glosses: A surname.
glosses: A surname.
A Scottish surname from Old English, a byname from Old English rēad (“red”).
glosses: A surname.
An English surname from Old English, a variant of Reed.
glosses: A surname.
A surname from Irish
A surname from Irish, an anglicization of Réid, a byname from Anglo-Norman le Rede (“the red”).
glosses: A surname.
A surname from Irish
A surname from Irish, a translation of Ó Maoildeirg (“descendant of the red chief”) (Mulderrig).
glosses: A surname.
A surname from Irish
A surname from Irish, an adopted anglicization of Ó Maoilbhríghde (Mulready).
glosses: A male given name transferred from the surname.
glosses: A placename:
A suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia; named for George Reid, 4th Prime Minister of Australia.
glosses: A placename:
A census-designated place in Washington County, Maryland, United States.
glosses: A placename:
An unincorporated community in Cabell County, West Virginia, United States.
glosses: A placename:
An electoral division in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Derived terms: Reidsville
folk hero
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: folk heroes
form: folk-hero
Senses: examples: text: That hallowed American folk hero, the lean cowboy with six-gun at hip, swinging smoothly into the saddle—somehow he never had to go to school to learn that stuff.
ref: 1966 June 10, “Vocational Education: Cowhand School”, in Time:
text: Deuladeu Martins is a woman folk-hero dating from the 12th century; she is thought of as a hugely tall and strong woman whose actions were so feared by invaders that, because of her, the country of Portugal itself came into being.
ref: 1996, Robin Morgan, Sisterhood is Global: The International Women's Movement Anthology, →ISBN, page 571:
text: The American folk hero Woody Guthrie will be honored at the Kennedy Center, but rabble-rousing, not respectability, was his goal.
ref: 2012 August 18, Lawrence Downes, “As Woody Turns 100, We Protest Too Little”, in New York Times, retrieved 16 Apr 2013:
glosses: A real or mythical person who is widely revered by ordinary people, for championing their interests, values, or aspirations.
Related terms: culture hero
adhibit
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ədˈhɪbɪt/
rhymes: -ɪbɪt
Forms: form: adhibits
form: adhibiting
form: adhibited
form: adhibited
Etymology: From Latin adhibitus (“extended, held out”, past participle of adhibeō), from ad + habeō (“have”).
Senses: glosses: To allow in; to admit.
glosses: To apply or administer (something, such as a remedy).
glosses: To affix.
glosses: To append.
Related terms: adhibition
adhibition
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌædhɪˈbɪʃən/
Forms: form: adhibitions
Etymology: From Latin adhibitiō.
Senses: synonyms: application
use
utilization
glosses: The act of adhibiting.
cosmodrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cosmodromes
Etymology: From cosmo- + -drome, modelled after aerodrome.
Senses: synonyms: spaceport
glosses: A site for launching spacecraft, usually in reference to such Soviet or Russian built sites as the Baikonur, Kazakhstan and Plesetsk, Russia cosmodromes.
Related terms: word: Baikonur
word: Kazakhstan
word: Plesetsk
english: oblast
translation: oblast
word: Arkhangelsk
word: Russia
word: Vostochny
word: Uglegorsk
english: oblast
translation: oblast
word: Amur
blacksmiths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of blacksmith
Wikipediaing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of Wikipedia
calendaring
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of calendar