cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
B.C.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: At a city council meeting on Oct. 8, Campbell River councillors discussed a letter sent by the B.C. Geographical Names Office inviting comments on the name changes.
ref: 2024 November 2, Maryse Zeidler, “Hereditary chiefs slam Vancouver Island city council for remarks on restoring Indigenous place names”, in CBC News:
glosses: Initialism of British Columbia: a province of Canada, as used in case citations.
Derived terms: B.C. Coast
B.C. Interior
Coast of B.C.
Interior of B.C.
cockatrice
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɒkətɹaɪs/
ipa: /ˈkɒkətɹɪs/
Forms: form: cockatrices
Etymology: First attested 1382 as Middle English cocatrice (“basilisk”), from Old French cocatriz, from Late Latin calcātrīx (“she who treads upon something”), from Latin calcō (“tread”), from calx (“heel, hoof”).
Senses: examples: text: “Peace reigns in happy Luxor. The lion lies down with the lamb, and the child, if it will, may harmlessly put its hand into the cockatrice’s den.”
ref: c. 1910, Joseph Walker McSpadden, The Spell of Egypt:
topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
hypernyms: chimera
coordinate_terms: basilisk
wyvern
glosses: A legendary creature about the size and shape of a dragon or wyvern, but in appearance resembling a giant rooster, with some lizard-like characteristics.
glosses: A mistress, a harlot.
examples: text: For, behold, I will send serpents, cockatrices, among you, which will not be charmed, and they shall bite you, saith the Lord.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Jeremiah 8:17:
topics: arts
fantasy
folklore
history
human-sciences
literature
media
publishing
sciences
glosses: A snake or serpent that appears to be hatched from a rooster, or cock's, egg.
qualifier: speculated
glosses: The cobra.
examples: text: this little cockatrice of a king
ref: 1622, Francis, Lord Verulam, Viscount St. Alban [i.e. Francis Bacon], The Historie of the Raigne of King Henry the Seventh, […], London: […] W[illiam] Stansby for Matthew Lownes, and William Barret, →OCLC:
glosses: Any venomous or deadly thing.
Derived terms: chickatrice
Related terms: cockentrice
scherzo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈskɛətsəʊ/
ipa: /ˈskɜːt-/
note: '
enpr: skĕrʹtsō
note: '
enpr: skĕrtʹsō
ipa: /ˈskɛəɹ(ˌ)tsoʊ/
ipa: /ˈskɛəɹtˌsoʊ/
rhymes: -ɛəɹtsəʊ
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)tsəʊ
rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)tsəʊ
Forms: form: scherzos
form: scherzi
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian scherzo (“joke, play”), from scherzare (“to joke, jest”), from Lombardic *skerzan (“to jump merrily, enjoy oneself, jest”), from Proto-Germanic *skertaną (“to hop, jump”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kerǝd- (“to dance, jump”). Akin to Middle High German scherzen (“to frolic, jump merrily, hop up and down”) (modern German scherzen (“to joke”), Scherz), Norwegian skjerta (“to joke”).
Senses: examples: text: At seven Val knocked – three shorts and one long, out of the scherzo of Beethoven’s Fifth – and I rushed to open.
ref: 1980, Anthony Burgess, Earthly Powers:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A piece of music or a movement from a larger piece such as a symphony; especially, a piece of music played in a playful manner.
Related terms: scherzando
scherzino
kraut
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: krauts
Etymology: Clipping of sauerkraut, from German Sauerkraut. Compare German Kraut (“cabbage”).
Senses: examples: text: The bacon fat and the browned ribs and the boiling kraut smelled good.
ref: 2001, Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections:
glosses: Clipping of sauerkraut.
Derived terms: krautfurter
kraut juice
kraut
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: krauts
form: krauting
form: krauted
form: krauted
Etymology: Clipping of sauerkraut, from German Sauerkraut. Compare German Kraut (“cabbage”).
Senses: examples: text: I find more money in krauting Cabbage myself and marketing the kraut, as […]
ref: 1919, J. M. Smith, Muskogee Co., Okla., letter in Market Growers Journal, page 337
text: The same applies to the brining of cucumbers […] and krauting cabbage.
ref: 1961, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture, Perishable Agricultural Commodities: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Domestic Marketing of the Committee on Agriculture, House of Representatives, Eighty-seventh Congress, First Session on H.R. 5023, Aug. 9 and 10, 1961, page 119:
text: They krauted cabbage, picked saskatoons and dried them for the winter. The whole family contributed to the welfare of the home for there was no room for a drone in their midst.
ref: 2017 June 22, Franca Iacovetta, Paula Draper, Robert Ventresca, A Nation of Immigrants: Women, Workers, and Communities in Canadian History, 1840s-1960s, University of Toronto Press, →ISBN:
glosses: To make (into) sauerkraut.
kraut
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: krauts
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Kraut (“German person”).
Trojan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɹəʊd͡ʒən/
ipa: /ˈtɹoʊd͡ʒən/
Forms: form: Trojans
form: Troyan
form: Troian
Etymology: From old forms Troyan, Troian, Middle English Troiā̆n, from Old English Trōiān, from Latin Troiānus, from Troia (“Troy”) + -ānus, from Ancient Greek Τροίᾱ (Troíā).
Senses: glosses: A native or inhabitant of the ancient city of Troy.
glosses: A student (especially an athlete) of the University of Southern California.
topics: astrophysics
glosses: A Trojan asteroid.
topics: astrophysics
glosses: An object residing at a Trojan point.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Ellipsis of Trojan horse.
examples: text: to study like a Trojan
text: Farewell he, he was a kinde good fellow, a true Troyan: and it euer be my lucks to meete him at more leaſure, Ile make him full amendes with a Cup full of Canarie.
ref: 1600, William Kempe, Kemps nine daies vvonder:
text: Mortified as he was at this suspension of his plan, he had, at any rate, the full satisfaction of knowing not only that he himself had discharged his duty, but that every one under him had done the same, from Jim Bell, who fought like a Trojan, to little Dewhurst, his aide-de-camp, whose first smell of powder this was.
ref: 1837, William Johnson Neale, Gentleman Jack: a naval story, page 193:
text: We have twice had all we wanted in the way of squalls: once, as I came on deck, I found the green sea over the cockpit coamings and running down the companion like a brook to meet me; at that same moment the foresail sheet jammed and the captain had no knife; this was the only occasion on the cruise that ever I set hand to a rope, but I worked like a Trojan, judging the possibility of haemorrhage better than the certainty of drowning.
ref: 1893, Robert Louis Stevenson, Tales of the South Seas:
text: Leave all to me, and I'll bring you through it like a Trojan.
ref: 2014, R. Shelton Mackenzie, Bits of Blarney, →ISBN, page 49:
glosses: One who shows great pluck, endurance, strength, etc.
raw_tags: in similes
Hypernyms: topics: astrophysics
english: object
translation: object
word: Lagrangian
Trojan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɹəʊd͡ʒən/
ipa: /ˈtɹoʊd͡ʒən/
Forms: form: Troyan
form: Troian
Etymology: From old forms Troyan, Troian, Middle English Troiā̆n, from Old English Trōiān, from Latin Troiānus, from Troia (“Troy”) + -ānus, from Ancient Greek Τροίᾱ (Troíā).
Senses: glosses: Of, or relating to, the famed city of Troy or its inhabitants.
examples: text: You know you should get up but the thought of making your way to the bathroom to wash is like a trojan task. Why bother?
ref: 2009, D. P. Greene, Couples, page 104:
glosses: Involving great strength or endurance.
topics: astrophysics
glosses: Of, or relating to, a Trojan point.
qualifier: computer security
glosses: Malicious but disguised as legitimate
Hypernyms: topics: astrophysics
word: Lagrangian
Derived terms: word: Trojan War
word: Trojan horse
word: Trojan Wicca
topics: astrophysics
word: Trojan moon
topics: astrophysics
word: Trojan planet
Related terms: topics: astrophysics
word: Trojan point
topics: astrophysics
word: Trojan asteroid
rappen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹapən/
Forms: form: rappen
Etymology: From German Rappen.
Senses: examples: text: ‘Meticulous to a fault,’ he declared respectfully – even if the fault included checking Toby's imprest down to the last Swiss Rappen, a discipline he accepted with a rueful grace.
ref: 1979, John Le Carré, Smiley's People, Folio Society, published 2010, page 273:
text: There was a hole the size of a ten-rappen coin on her right shin and a run laddering after it.
ref: 2015, Jill Alexander Essbaum, Hausfrau, Random House, page 112:
glosses: A unit of currency in Switzerland and Liechtenstein, equal to one-hundredth of a Swiss franc.
brose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: broses
Etymology: From the Doric dialect of North East Scotland, from earlier browes, from Old French broez, nominative of broet (“stew, soup made from meat broth”) (French brouet) diminutive of breu, from Medieval Latin brodium, from Proto-Germanic *bruþą (“broth”). See broth.
Senses: examples: text: I had not far to seek for him: he stood waiting in the passage, for the cooling of his brose.
ref: 1836 Joanna Baillie Witchcraft, Act 1
glosses: Oatmeal mixed with boiling water or milk.
Derived terms: Athole brose
brosy
brosey
brosy-faced
schelm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɛlm
Forms: form: schelms
form: schellum
form: shelm
form: skellum
form: skelm
form: skelum
Etymology: Borrowed from Dutch schelm.
Senses: examples: text: Of her parents he knew nothing, except that "her father must have been a damned hundsfoot, and a schelm, for selling his own flesh and blood to Adrian Brackel;" […]
ref: 1822, [Walter Scott], chapter VIII, in Peveril of the Peak. […], volume II, Edinburgh: […] Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co., →OCLC, page 201:
glosses: A villain or scoundrel.
turm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: turms
Etymology: From Middle English turmes pl, from Old French turme, from Latin turma (“troop, squadron, team”).
Senses: examples: text: Thence to the gates caſt round thine eye, and ſee / What conflux iſſuing forth, or entring in: / Pretors, Proconſuls to thir Provinces / Haſting or on return, in robes of State; / Lictors and rods the enſigns of thir power; / Legions and Cohorts, turmes of horſe and wings: […]
ref: 1671, John Milton, “The Fourth Book”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC, page 81, lines 61–66:
glosses: A group of people, especially a military unit of cavalrymen.
sommer
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Etymology: From Afrikaans sommer.
Senses: examples: text: Why do I have to go to school?
Sommer.
glosses: just because; answer to questions (especially "why" questions) that you do not want to answer or don't have a specific answer for.
sommer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sommers
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of summer.
twos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /tuːz/
ipa: [tʰu̟ːz]
enpr: to͞oz
ipa: /tuz/
ipa: [tʰu̟z]
enpr: to͞oz
rhymes: -uːz
Senses: examples: text: It's odd there were no twos in the winning lottery numbers.
text: The people arrived in twos and threes.
glosses: plural of two.
examples: text: The boy in his twos is just learning to walk.
text: Twos are the hardest year on parents.
glosses: The age of two; two years old.
twos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /tuːz/
ipa: [tʰu̟ːz]
enpr: to͞oz
ipa: /tuz/
ipa: [tʰu̟z]
enpr: to͞oz
rhymes: -uːz
Senses: coordinate_terms: ones
threes
fours
fives
glosses: The cells located on the first floor.
Derived terms: in twos
terrible twos
twos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /tuːz/
ipa: [tʰu̟ːz]
enpr: to͞oz
ipa: /tuz/
ipa: [tʰu̟z]
enpr: to͞oz
rhymes: -uːz
Senses: topics: card-games
poker
synonyms: deuces
ducks
glosses: A pair of twos.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A reserves team.
twos
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /tuːz/
ipa: [tʰu̟ːz]
enpr: to͞oz
ipa: /tuz/
ipa: [tʰu̟z]
enpr: to͞oz
rhymes: -uːz
Forms: form: twoss
form: twosing
form: twosed
form: twosed
Senses: examples: text: With a lump in your throat, she won’t understand
Twos on a cigarette and talk blah-blah
ref: 2007 January 29, “Pacemaker” (track 8), in Jamie T (lyrics), Panic Prevention:
text: Tell bro “make sure you twos that, yute!”
ref: 2020 July 3, “Lightwork Freestyle”, Y.CB of 7th (lyrics):
glosses: To share a cigarette with someone after smoking half of it.
in twos
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: Animals entered Noah's ark in twos.
text: Pair is used for many things that go in twos.
glosses: Grouped by pairs; arranged in groups of two.
Synonyms: in pairs
two by two
sexte
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sextes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of sext.
septime
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From French septime.
Senses: topics: fencing
government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
sports
war
glosses: The seventh defensive position, with the sword hand held at waist height, and the tip of the sword at knee level.
amma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈʌmə/
rhymes: -ʌmə
Forms: form: ammas
Etymology: Related to Tamil அம்மா (ammā, “mother”), Hindi अम्मा (ammā), Malayalam അമ്മ (amma), Kannada ಅಮ್ಮ (amma, “mother”) Telugu అమ్మ (amma, “mother”), Sinhalese අම්මා (ammā, “mother”), or Classical Syriac ܐܡܐ (emma, “mother”).
Senses: glosses: mother
Derived terms: amma canteen
Related terms: amah
amma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈʌmə/
rhymes: -ʌmə
Forms: form: ammas
Etymology: Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin amma, from Classical Syriac ܐܸܡܵܐ (ʾemmā, “mother, abbess”).
Senses: examples: For quotations using this term, see Citations:amma.
topics: Christianity
coordinate_terms: abba
glosses: An abbess or spiritual mother, especially one of the Desert Mothers.
mentsch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mentschen
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of mensch.
mentsh
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mentshen
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of mensch.
imposter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: imposters
Etymology: Replacement of impostor -or with -er.
Senses: examples: text: To get over her imposter syndrome, Caldwell eventually turned to guided meditation to help her "quiet the voices."
ref: 2017 August 15, Julia Carpenter, “How to get over your impostor syndrome”, in CNN:
text: The game requires four to 10 players, who are randomly assigned roles of either a crewmate or imposter. There are always more crew than imposters at the start.
ref: 2020 September 26, Shannon Liao, “Among Us, a murder mystery set in space, is the latest multimillion dollar craze in video games”, in CNN:
glosses: Alternative spelling of impostor.
Derived terms: impasta
imposterhood
Troy
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɹɔɪ/
rhymes: -ɔɪ
Etymology: From Latin Troia, from Ancient Greek Τροία (Troía).
Senses: examples: text: Why should I war without the walls of Troy,
That find such cruel battle here within?
ref: c. 1602, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:
glosses: An ancient city in what is now northwestern Turkey.
glosses: A male given name.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A city, the county seat of Pike County, Alabama.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A township and town therein, in Perry County, Indiana.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A small city, the county seat of Doniphan County, Kansas.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A city in Michigan.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A city, the county seat of Lincoln County, Missouri.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A city, the county seat of Rensselaer County, New York.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town, the county seat of Montgomery County, North Carolina.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A city, the county seat of Miami County, Ohio.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town in Sauk County, Wisconsin.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town in St. Croix County, Wisconsin.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town and unincorporated community in Walworth County, Wisconsin.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A number of other townships in the United States, listed under Troy Township.
Synonyms: Ilium
Derived terms: game of Troy
Trojan
Trojan horse
Troy game
Troyish
Troy town
Related terms: Mitchel Troy
Troy
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɹɔɪ/
rhymes: -ɔɪ
Etymology: From Old French Troyes.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Old French derived from the city Troyes in France.
glosses: A male given name transferred from the surname, but today associated with the classical city.
pfund
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pfunds
Etymology: From German Pfund. Doublet of funt, pood, pound, and punt.
Senses: glosses: A pound (unit of weight), in German contexts.
sprachgefühl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Sprachgefühl.
kate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /keɪt/
rhymes: -eɪt
Forms: form: kates
Senses: glosses: The brambling finch, Fringilla montifringilla.
bara
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɑː.ɹə/
ipa: /ˈbæ.ɹə/
rhymes: -ɑːɹə
rhymes: -æɹə
Etymology: Short for barazoku, from Japanese 薔薇族 (barazoku, literally “rose tribe”), referencing the gay men's magazine Barazoku, which was the first of its kind published in Japan, itself named after a post-World War II term for gay men.
Senses: topics: fiction
literature
media
publishing
qualifier: strictly
glosses: A genre of homoerotic media, usually also pornographic, typically created by gay men and targeted at gay men in Japan.
glosses: A genre of homoerotic or pornographic media of a similar style and aesthetic, regardless of the creator's gender or ethnicity.
glosses: Any homoerotic or pornographic media that accentuates macho masculinity; gay porn.
bara
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɑː.ɹə/
ipa: /ˈbæ.ɹə/
rhymes: -ɑːɹə
rhymes: -æɹə
Etymology: Short for barazoku, from Japanese 薔薇族 (barazoku, literally “rose tribe”), referencing the gay men's magazine Barazoku, which was the first of its kind published in Japan, itself named after a post-World War II term for gay men.
Senses: examples: text: bara men
glosses: Of or related to media in the bara genre.
bara
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɑː.ɹə/
ipa: /ˈbæ.ɹə/
rhymes: -ɑːɹə
rhymes: -æɹə
Forms: form: baras
Etymology: Clipping of capybara.
Senses: glosses: A capybara.
troy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɹɔɪ/
rhymes: -ɔɪ
Etymology: From Middle English troye, from Anglo-Norman. According to the American Heritage Dictionary, probably first used at a fair in Troyes, France.
Senses: glosses: Of, or relating to, troy weight.
wikipedia: American Heritage Dictionary
Derived terms: troy grain
troy pound
troy weight
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A system of units of weight/mass, mostly used for precious metals and gemstones, in which the pound contains 12 ounces which each contain 480 grains.
scathing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈskeɪðɪŋ/
rhymes: -eɪðɪŋ
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of scathe
scathing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈskeɪðɪŋ/
rhymes: -eɪðɪŋ
Forms: form: more scathing
form: most scathing
Senses: examples: text: For months, Dati warned she would refuse to stand aside. Now she has stunned the political class with an open letter to Fillon in Le Monde, a scathing character assassination accusing him of the "lone ambition" of a disillusioned political elite, of doing politics in a way that "never favoured women" and stopping ethnic-minority candidates from progressing at elections. She said he was committing "a sad mistake" in trying to run in Paris.
ref: 2011 December 14, Angelique Chrisafis, “Rachida Dati accuses French PM of sexism and elitism”, in Guardian:
glosses: Harshly or bitterly critical; vitriolic.
glosses: Harmful or painful; acerbic.
Derived terms: scathingly
scathingness
brennivín
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Icelandic brennivín. Doublet of brandywine.
Senses: glosses: An Icelandic distilled beverage.
ey
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: eyren
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English ei, ey, from Old English ǣġ, from Proto-West Germanic *aij, from Proto-Germanic *ajją, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm. Doublet of egg, huevo, oeuf, and ovum.
This native English form was displaced by the Old Norse–derived egg in the 16th century.
Senses: examples: text: And one of theym... cam in to an hows and axed for mete and specyally he axyd after eggys, and the goode wyf answerde that she could speke no Frenshe. And the marchaunt was angry, for he also coude speke no Frenshe, but wolde have hadde egges; and she understode hym not. And thenne at laste a-nother sayd that he wolde have eyren. Then the good wyf sayd that she understod hym wel. Loo, what sholde a man in thyse dayes now wryte, egges, or eyren? Certaynly it is hard to playse every man, by-cause of dyversite and chaunge of langage.
ref: 1490, William Caxton, Prologue to Eneydos:
text: Take brothe of capons withoute herbes, and breke eyren, and cast into the pot, and make a crudde therof, and colour hit with saffron, and then presse oute the brothe and kerve it on leches; and then take swete creme of almondes, or of cowe mylk, and boyle hit; […]
ref: 1787, originally 1381, Liber quotidianus contrarotulatoris garderobae:
glosses: An egg.
Related terms: Cockney
ey
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Pronunciation: enpr: ā
ipa: /eɪ/
homophone: a
rhymes: -eɪ
Forms: form: em
form: eir
form: eirs
form: emself
Etymology: Coined by Christine M. Elverson in 1975 by removing the "th" from they.
Senses: examples: text: Eir sentences would sound smoother since ey wouldn't clutter them with the old sexist pronouns. And if ey should trip up in the new usage, ey would only have emself to blame.
ref: 1975 August 23, Judie Black, “Ey has a word for it”, in Chicago Tribune, section 1, page 12:
text: I'm not familiar with this book, but I encourage Marksmill to look for it-- and while ey is at it, to also look at a number of other books.
ref: 1996 December 22, Shirley Worth, “New To Yoga”, in alt.yoga (Usenet), message-ID <32BDCA0C.6C8@worth.org>:
text: If a mobile user is far from eir home area, ey will pay a long-distance fee for carriage of the call *from* eir home area, just as a caller would pay long-distance on a call *to* that area.
ref: 1997 November 25, Scott Robert Dawson, “Who Pays for Cellular Calls”, in alt.cellular (Usenet), message-ID <347acf56.333719@news.interlog.com>:
glosses: A gender-neutral third-person singular subject pronoun, one of the so-called Spivak pronouns, equivalent to the singular they and coordinate with gendered pronouns he and she.
Synonyms: e
ey
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: ā
ipa: /eɪ/
homophone: a
rhymes: -eɪ
Forms: form: eys
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English ei, i, ie, from Old English ēġ, īġ, īeġ, from Proto-West Germanic *auwju, from Proto-Germanic *awjō (“watery land, floodplain, island”), earlier *agwjō ~ *ahwjō (literally “(that which is) of the water”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ékʷeh₂ (“flowing water”) + *-yeh₂.
Senses: examples: text: Now it will be seen that each of the three small streamlets named forms, at its junction with the larger river into which it flows, an ey, or island, of this latter kind — Crip's-ey, Dom's-ey, and Pin's-ey, respectively; and I suggest that, from these three eys, each of the three streams indicated derived the final element of its name.
ref: 1927, Essex Naturalist, page 280:
text: Runnymede Bridge is situated on an 'ey' – a small gravel islet close to the river bank.
ref: 2009, Julie Wileman, War and Rumours of War, page 81:
glosses: A small island formed by the buildup of silt or gravel at the confluence of two rivers or streams.
examples: text: Among the many eys, eyots, or islands, clustering about Oxford, at or near the confluence of the Isis and Cherwell, viz., Binsey, Botley, Hinksey, Iffley, Osney, Oxey, Pixey, &c., there are two, vis., Osney and Oxey, which manifestly enshrine this rivername.
ref: 1888 January 28, Walter de Gray Birch, “WASA, ISIS, OCK”, in Academy and Literature, volume 33, number 821, page 63:
text: In Saxon the word ey meant peninsula as well as island, and there are plenty of other eys about —Langney and Hydeney and Horsey to wit, Chilly and Rickney and Northeye and Mountney.
ref: 1924, Arthur Hadrian Allcroft, Downland Pathways, page 76:
text: Bermondsey, Stepney, Hackney; there are many of these 'eys' in London and they were all once islands, or higher, dryer points in the surrounding marshlands.
ref: 2018, Bob Gilbert, Ghost Trees: Nature and People in a London Parish:
glosses: A place that has a name ending in "-ey" because it is or was located at such an island.
Related terms: ea
eyot
island
ey
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: enpr: ā
ipa: /eɪ/
homophone: a
rhymes: -eɪ
Senses: examples: text: JULIO. (Moves away.) No walking. I told you I’m not walking. / INES. You walked yesterday after the exercises. / JULIO. I can’t today. / INES. Then I’m going outside to smoke! / JULIO. Ey, don’t get angry!
ref: 1999, Nilo Cruz, A Bicycle Country, New York, N.Y.: Dramatists Play Service, published 2004, →ISBN, act 1, scene 2, page 9:
text: The night vault rests for a while and Tony springs to life, shifting his weight to the balls of his feet, and hurling a fusillade of punches which fall inches from my tummy. ‘Ey, ey stop that will you,’ Liam says, pulling him away from me, ‘Remember what we said about all that? A time and a place ey son?’
ref: 2004, Helen Walsh, chapter 6, in Brass, Edinburgh: Canongate, →ISBN, pages 174–175:
text: Lad? Chris – that’s yer name, isn’t it? Chris, just help a feller out, ey? I’ve got me little girl ter think of. […] There’s a mug tree stood on the counter and I check it fer hangin keyrings. Nowt. / Ey. Ey, stop that. Get outta there, yer little sod.
ref: 2009, Jacob Polley, chapter 14, in Talk of the Town, London: Picador, →ISBN, pages 136–137:
glosses: Alternative form of hey.
ey
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: ā
ipa: /eɪ/
homophone: a
rhymes: -eɪ
Forms: form: eys
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of eye.
Related terms: word: suffix -ey
english: probably etymologically unrelated
translation: probably etymologically unrelated
word: ey up
conglomerate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /kənˈɡlɒm.(ə.)ɹət/
ipa: /kənˈɡlɑm.ɚ.ɪt/
ipa: /kənˈɡlɑm.ɹɪt/
ipa: /kənˈɡlɒm.əˌɹeɪt/
ipa: /kənˈɡlɑm.əˌɹeɪt/
Forms: form: more conglomerate
form: most conglomerate
Etymology: First attested in the second part of the 16ᵗʰ century; from Latin conglomerātus, perfect passive participle of conglomerō (“to pile into a heap, to roll together”) (see -ate (Etymology 1,2 and 3)), from con- (prefix indicating a being or bringing together of several objects) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm (“beside, by, near, with”)) + glomerāre (from glomerō (“to pile into a heap, to make into a ball, glomerate”), from glomus (“ball of thread; ball-shaped mass”), from Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“to form into a ball; ball”)).
Senses: examples: text: conglomerate flowers
text: The Beames of Light, when they are multiplied and conglomerate, generate Heat; which is a different Action, from the Action of Sight: […]
ref: 1631, Francis [Bacon], “III. Century. [Consent of Visibles, and Audibles.]”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], 3rd edition, London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC, paragraph 267, page 69:
text: By the motion of the Heart, through the Emulgent Branches, the Blood is brought to the Kidneys, and is there freed of its Serum by their little Glands, […] Much after the ſame manner, are their proper Fluids ſeparated from the Blood in the Liver, Sweetbread, Teſticles, and the other Conglobat and Conglomerate Glands of the Body[…].
ref: 1705, George Cheyne, “Of the Existence of a Deity”, in Philosophical Principles of Natural Religion: […], London: Printed for George Strahan […], →OCLC, § XXXV, page 213:
glosses: Clustered together into a mass.
examples: text: The Santa Margarita Formation in the southern Temblor Range, composed of conglomerate and subordinate sandstone, evolved as a large complex of fan deltas and submarine fans in late Miocene time.
ref: 1989, Robert T. Ryder, Alan Thomson, “Abstract”, in Tectonically Controlled Fan Delta and Submarine Fan Sedimentation of Late Miocene Age, Southern Temblor Range, California (U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper; 1442), Washington, D.C.: United States Government Printing Office, →OCLC, page 1:
text: He also documented some intercalated mottled reddish clays and marls, and the upper horizons containing bluish clays with conglomerate beds.
ref: 2015, Megh Raj Dhital, “Siwaliks of Arun–Tamar Region”, in Geology of the Nepal Himalaya: Regional Perspective of the Classic Collided Orogen (Regional Geology Reviews), Cham, Switzerland; Heidelberg: Springer International Publishing, →DOI, →ISBN, section 33.2 (Siwaliks), page 433, column 2:
topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: Composed of fragments of rock, pebbles, or stones cemented together.
Derived terms: conglomerately
conglomerateness
Lapland
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Lappland
Etymology: From Lapp + -land.
Senses: synonyms: Saamiland
Samiland
Sápmi
glosses: The northern parts of Scandinavia and Finland with the Kola Peninsula in Russia, traditionally inhabited by the Sami people.
glosses: A region in northern Finland.
Derived terms: Laplandic
Laplander
Lappland
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Lapp + land.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Lapland.
washcloth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwɒʃ.klɒθ/
ipa: /ˈwɔʃ.klɔθ/
ipa: /ˈwɑʃ.-/
ipa: /ˈwɑʃ.klɑθ/
Forms: form: washcloths
Etymology: From wash + cloth.
Senses: synonyms: washrag
;
face cloth
face washer
;
flannel
hypernyms: cloth
rag
coordinate_terms: dishcloth
dishrag
glosses: A small cloth used to wash the face and body.
leggo
Language: English
Part of speech: contraction
Senses: examples: text: He stepped in, gripping the orderly by the front of his white jacket. "Hey, leggo me. You’ll start hemorrhaging and they’ll blame me."
ref: 1949, William Lindsay Gresham, Limbo Tower, page 87:
text: Hey, leggo, mister! I want to stay up there in the sun! Jim picked up the kid and carried him.
ref: 1966, Richard Johns, Pagany, page 120:
text: “Hey, leggo,” Nick said pushing Jamy back a little. “What are you doin’?” “I just wanted to hug you.”
ref: 2005, Christine M McMahon, Choices Made: The Street Years:
glosses: Contraction of let go.
glosses: Contraction of let's go.
leggo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: leggos
Senses: glosses: A form of calypso music; lavway.
translating dictionary
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: translating dictionaries
Senses: glosses: Synonym of translation dictionary.
synonyms: word: translation dictionary
legge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: legges
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of leg.
Delmonico steak
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Delmonico steaks
Etymology: Originated by Delmonico's restaurant in New York City during the mid-19th century.
Senses: glosses: A small tender steak from the front of the short loin of beef.
Synonyms: club steak
Delmonico
crenulated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more crenulated
form: most crenulated
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of crenulate.
Derived terms: subcrenulated
wall railing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wall railings
Senses: glosses: a hand railing attached to a wall
bridge railing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bridge railings
Senses: glosses: A guard railing.
handrailing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: handrailings
Etymology: From hand + railing.
Senses: glosses: handrail
morbid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɔː.bɪd/
ipa: /ˈmɔɹ.bɪd/
Forms: form: more morbid
form: most morbid
Etymology: From Latin morbidus (“diseased”), from morbus (“sickness”), itself from the root of morī (“to die”) or directly from Proto-Indo-European *mer- (“to rub, pound, wear away”).
Senses: examples: text: “Enough to make a man morbid, to be stalked by beastly journalists and stared at by gaping moon-faced idiots, wherever he goes!”
ref: 1920, Agatha Christie, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, London: Pan Books, published 1954, page 127:
qualifier: originally
glosses: Of, relating to, or afflicted by disease.
examples: text: morbid boy
text: morbid child
text: morbid mind
text: morbid obsession
text: morbid question
glosses: Taking an interest in, or fixating on, unhealthy or unwholesome subjects such as death, decay, disease.
examples: text: morbid poem
text: morbid song
glosses: Suggesting the horror of death; macabre or ghoulish.
examples: text: morbid video
glosses: Grisly or gruesome.
Synonyms: sense: of or relating to disease
word: pathological
sense: unhealthy or unwholesome
word: sick
sense: unhealthy or unwholesome
word: twisted
sense: unhealthy or unwholesome
word: unhealthy
sense: unhealthy or unwholesome
word: unwholesome
sense: unhealthy or unwholesome
word: warped
sense: suggesting the horror of death
word: black
sense: suggesting the horror of death
word: ghoulish
sense: suggesting the horror of death
word: grim
sense: suggesting the horror of death
word: macabre
sense: grisly, gruesome
word: bloody
sense: grisly, gruesome
word: disgusting
sense: grisly, gruesome
word: gory
sense: grisly, gruesome
word: grisly
sense: grisly, gruesome
word: gruesome
sense: grisly, gruesome
word: sickening
Derived terms: comorbid
comorbidity
hypermorbidity
intermorbid
monomorbid
morbidity
morbidize
morbidly
morbidness
morbid obesity
morbid owlet
multimorbid
nonmorbid
polymorbid
postmorbid
premorbid
supermorbid
unmorbid
Related terms: morbidezza
morbilous
mutation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /mjuˈteɪʃən/
rhymes: -eɪʃən
Forms: form: mutations
form: mutat.
Etymology: Late 14th century as Middle English mutacioun, from Latin mūtātiō, both directly and via Old French mutacion.
Senses: glosses: Any alteration or change.
examples: text: Plant breeding is always a numbers game.[…]The wild species we use are rich in genetic variation, […]. In addition, we are looking for rare alleles, so the more plants we try, the better. These rarities may be new mutations, or they can be existing ones that are neutral—or are even selected against—in a wild population. A good example is mutations that disrupt seed dispersal, leaving the seeds on the heads long after they are ripe.
ref: 2013 May-June, David Van Tassel, Lee DeHaan, “Wild Plants to the Rescue”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, archived from the original on 14 Aug 2013:
topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: Any heritable change of the base-pair sequence of genetic material.
glosses: A mutant.
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: An alteration in a particular sound of a word, especially the initial consonant, which is triggered by the word's morphological or syntactic context and not by its phonological context.
topics: law
glosses: The transfer of title of an asset in a register.
examples: text: Birdwatchers would enjoy a host of sparrows, a herd of swans, a descent of woodpeckers, a herd of wrens, and mutation of thrushes.
ref: 1984, Virginia Wildlife, volume 45, Virginia Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries:
text: Names for a group: A flute or mutation of thrushes.
ref: 2010, Doug Bennet, Tim Tiner, The Complete Up North: A Guide to Ontario's Wilderness from Black Flies to the Northern Lights, page 57:
text: A Mutation of Thrushes
The authors of the books of venery were not predicting Darwin with this term, but taking a cue from a common fable of the time.
ref: 2013, Jason Sacher, A Compendium of Collective Nouns: From an Armory of Aardvarks to a Zeal of Zebras, page 196:
glosses: A group of thrushes.
Derived terms: animutation
antimutation
aspirate mutation
backmutation
ectomutation
endomutation
epimutation
extramutation
frameshift mutation
hard mutation
heteromutation
homomutation
hypermutation
hypomutation
i-mutation
intermutation
intramutation
intromutation
macromutation
macromutational
macromutationism
macromutationist
megamutation
mesomutation
micromutation
micromutational
micromutationism
micromutationist
missense mutation
mixed mutation
multimutation
mutational
mutationally
mutationism
mutationist
mutationless
mutation pressure
nasal mutation
neomutation
nonmutation
nonsense mutation
oncomutation
paramutation
pentamutation
phosphomutation
point mutation
postmutation
premutation
radiomutation
remutation
retromutation
silent mutation
soft mutation
spirant mutation
stereomutation
ultramutation
vowel mutation
Related terms: hypermutate
hypermutated
hypomutate
hypomutated
macromutate
macromutated
micromutate
micromutated
mutability
mutable
mutafacient
mutagen
mutagenesis
mutagenetic
mutagenic
mutant
mutatability
mutatable
mutate
mutated
mutator
mutatory
rounded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹaʊndɪd/
rhymes: -aʊndɪd
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of round
rounded
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹaʊndɪd/
rhymes: -aʊndɪd
Forms: form: more rounded
form: most rounded
Senses: glosses: Made into a circle or sphere.
examples: text: Her character is much less rounded in the writing, since she has but one goal to fulfill in all of her scenes.
ref: 1980 April 5, Aaron Cohen, “Save the Last Dance for Me”, in Gay Community News, page 12:
glosses: Complete or balanced.
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Describing a number that has been changed to its nearest desired value.
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Ending in a broad arch.
examples: text: The sound /u/ is a rounded vowel.
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
antonyms: unrounded
glosses: Pronounced with the lips drawn together.
raw_tags: of a vowel etc.
Derived terms: rounded down
roundedness
rounded up
rounded vowel
unrounded
well-rounded
scoundrel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈskaʊ̯ndɹəl/
Forms: form: scoundrels
Etymology: From earlier scondrel, scondrell, skoundrell, skowndrell, of unknown origin. Possibly related to northern English or Scottish scunner, skuner, scouner, scunder (“to shrink back in fear, disgust, or loathing”) (Encyclopædia Britannica 1911).
Senses: examples: text: Go! if your ancient but ignoble blood / Has crept thro' Scoundrels ever ſince the Flood.
ref: 1734, [Alexander Pope], An Essay on Man. […], epistle IV, London: […] J[ohn] Wilford, […], →OCLC, page 14, lines 201–202:
synonyms: word: antimodel
word: bad guy
word: baddie
word: bastard
word: blackguard
word: bounder
word: cad
word: coistril
word: evildoer
word: fustilarian
word: harlot
word: heavy
word: knave
word: lidderon
word: makeshift
word: miscreant
word: ne'er-do-well
word: niding
word: nithing
word: rapscallion
word: rascal
word: rogue
word: scab
word: scamp
word: scapegrace
word: scoundrel
word: scum
word: scumbag
word: thug
word: undesirable
word: varlet
word: villain
glosses: A mean, worthless fellow; a rascal; a villain; a person without honor or virtue.
Derived terms: scoundrelish
scoundrelly
scoundrelous
scoundrelously
clump
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /klʌmp/
rhymes: -ʌmp
Forms: form: clumps
Etymology: From Middle English clompe, from Old English clymppe, a variant of clympre (“a lump or mass of metal”), from Proto-Germanic *klumpô (“mass, lump, clump; clasp”), from Proto-Indo-European *glembʰ- (“lump, clamp”).
Alternatively, possibly from Middle Dutch clompe or Middle Low German klumpe (compare German Klumpen). Doublet of klomp.
Cognates include Danish klump (probably from Low German as well). Compare Norwegian Bokmål klump.
Senses: glosses: A cluster or lump; an unshaped piece or mass.
examples: text: clump of trees
ref: 1954, Lucian Hobart Ryland (translator), Adelaide of Brunswick (originally by Marquis de Sade)
glosses: A thick group or bunch, especially of bushes or hair.
examples: text: She [Miss Climpson] asks questions which a young man could not put without a blush. She is the angel that rushes in where fools get a clump on the head.
ref: 1927, Dorothy L. Sayers, Unnatural Death:
text: Thus, the myths of cinema and syndicated cartoon have served to unite the diverse races far more than the clump of the cricket-ball and the clipped rebukes and laudations of their masters.
ref: 1956, Anthony Burgess, Time for a Tiger (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 37:
glosses: A dull thud.
examples: text: clump-burned bricks
ref: 1837, The Magazine of Domestic Economy:
glosses: The compressed clay of coal strata.
glosses: A small group of trees or plants.
glosses: A thick addition to the sole of a shoe.
Derived terms: clumpable
clump block
clumper
clumpful
clumpish
clumplike
clumpy
declump
interclump
macroclump
microclump
red clump
subclump
unclump
clump
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /klʌmp/
rhymes: -ʌmp
Forms: form: clumps
form: clumping
form: clumped
form: clumped
Etymology: From Middle English clompe, from Old English clymppe, a variant of clympre (“a lump or mass of metal”), from Proto-Germanic *klumpô (“mass, lump, clump; clasp”), from Proto-Indo-European *glembʰ- (“lump, clamp”).
Alternatively, possibly from Middle Dutch clompe or Middle Low German klumpe (compare German Klumpen). Doublet of klomp.
Cognates include Danish klump (probably from Low German as well). Compare Norwegian Bokmål klump.
Senses: glosses: To form clusters or lumps.
glosses: To gather in dense groups.
glosses: To walk with heavy footfalls.
examples: text: There is his poor little cap hanging up on the door; and there on the table is the knife he chipped a piece out of through not minding the mark on the knife machine, and I clumped his head for him, poor lamb!
ref: 1912, Mrs. Coulson Kernahan, The Go-Between, page 79:
glosses: To strike; to beat.
Derived terms: clump up
defiance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪˈfaɪ(j)əns/
rhymes: -aɪəns
Forms: form: defiances
Etymology: From Middle English defiaunce, from Old French desfiance, from desfier. By surface analysis, defy + -ance.
Senses: examples: text: But Sophia's mother was not the woman to brook defiance. After a few moments' vain remonstrance her husband complied. His manner and appearance were suggestive of a satiated sea-lion.
ref: 1921, Ben Travers, chapter 6, in A Cuckoo in the Nest, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, published 1925, →OCLC:
glosses: The feeling, or spirit of being defiant.
examples: text: Ambassador Udina: The other species are scared. They've never faced anything like this before and they don't know what to do. They want us to step forward. They believe in humanity because of you.
Ambassador Udina: Your ruthless pursuit of Saren and the geth, your defiance of the Council -- that's what humans are capable of! That's how we can defeat the Reapers!
ref: 2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Citadel:
text: Ainsley: Amid the death and all the destruction: a story of heroism.
Steve: Thirteen Ukrainian border guards defending a small island in the Black Sea defy an invading Russian warship.
Will: Todd Piro is here now with the details on the defiance that cost them, ultimately, their lives- Todd.
Todd: That's right Steve, Ainsley and Will- the ultimate act of defiance- the ultimate price paid. Ukrainian border guards defending a Black Sea island defiantly telling an invading Russian warship to 'go F yourself' when asked to surrender, and then killed when that warship opened fire.
ref: 2022 February 25, Todd Piro, 0:03 from the start, in Ukrainian guards tell Russian troops to 'go F yourself' in viral audio, Fox News:
glosses: Open or bold resistance to or disregard for authority, opposition, or power; refusing to give up.
glosses: A challenging attitude or behaviour; challenge.
Derived terms: bid defiance to
Fort Defiance
nondefiance
set at defiance
broker
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɹəʊkə/
ipa: /ˈbɹoʊkɚ/
rhymes: -əʊkə(ɹ)
Etymology: From broke + -er.
Senses: glosses: comparative form of broke: more broke
broker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɹəʊkə/
ipa: /ˈbɹoʊkɚ/
rhymes: -əʊkə(ɹ)
Forms: form: brokers
Etymology: From Middle English broker, brokour, brocour, from Anglo-Norman brocour (“small trader”) (compare also abroker (“to act as a broker”)), from Old Dutch *brokere (“one who determines the usages of trade, manager”), from broke, bruyck, breuck (“use, usage, trade”), from Proto-West Germanic *brūkī (“use, custom”), from Proto-Germanic *brūkiz (“use, custom”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰruHg- (“to use, enjoy”), equivalent to brook + -er.
Cognates
Cognate with Middle Low German brukere (“a broker”), Danish bruger (“a broker, user, handler”), Swedish bruk (“use, custom, trade, business”), Old English broc (“use, profit, advantage, foredeal”). Compare also French brocanter (“to deal in second-hand goods”) from the same Germanic source. More at brook.
Senses: examples: text: It is singular how forcibly this passage in my narrative brings to my mind a picture which used to be, some years ago, at a broker's—that charnel-house of the comforts and graces of life. It had been taken out of its frame, and leant in a dark and dusty corner against a perpendicular armchair, whose rigid uprightness seemed suited only to the parlour of a dentist, repose being the last idea it suggested.
ref: 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XII, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 119:
text: Liz Brent, broker at Go Brent in Maryland and Washington, DC, said she’s spent the past few months changing how she presents properties by emphasizing photographs, 3-D tours, and video vignettes for homes online.
ref: 2020 June 12, Anna Bahney, “The new rules of buying and selling a house in a coronavirus world”, in CNN Business:
glosses: A mediator between a buyer and seller.
glosses: A stockbroker.
examples: text: The peace plan was representative of Benedict's inability to appear as a neutral broker of peace
ref: 2014, Spencer C. Tucker, World War I: The Definitive Encyclopedia and Document Collection, →ISBN, page 244:
glosses: A mediator in general, one who liaises between two or more parties to attempt to achieve an outcome of some kind.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: An agent involved in the exchange of messages or transactions.
Derived terms: body broker
brokage
brokerage
broker-dealer
brokeress
brokerly
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