cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
effect
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪˈfɛkt/
ipa: /ɪˈfɛkt/
note: weak vowel merger
ipa: /ə-/
ipa: /i-/
ipa: /iˈfɛkt/
homophone: affect (weak vowel merger)
rhymes: -ɛkt
Forms: form: effects
form: effecting
form: effected
form: effected
Etymology: Of the noun: from Middle English effect, from Old French effect (modern French effet), from Latin effectus (“an effect, tendency, purpose”), from efficiō (“accomplish, complete, effect”); see effect as a verb. Displaced Old English fremming, fremednes from fremman.
Of the verb: from Middle English effecten, partly from Medieval Latin effectuō, from Latin effectus, perfect passive participle of efficiō (“accomplish, complete, do, effect”), from ex (“out”) + faciō (“do, make”) (see fact and compare affect, infect) and partly from the noun effect.
Senses: examples: text: The best way to effect change is to work with existing stakeholders.
text: The offence thus given naturally effected an entire conversion in the queen's sentiments, and when Arthur returned from hunting, like Potiphar's wife, she charges Launfal with attempting her honour.
ref: 1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume I, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 57:
text: The punishment for sodomy, when completely effected, was death, and it was frequently inflicted.
ref: 1927, Havelock Ellis, Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 2 (of 6):
text: The transfer by tender of some 1,300 mail bags was effected smartly, and the "Ocean Mails Special" train was ready at 9.19 a.m.
ref: 1944 July and August, Charles E. Lee, “The "City of Truro"”, in Railway Magazine, page 202:
glosses: To make or bring about; to implement.
glosses: Misspelling of affect.
Related terms: sense: terms related to effect (verb)
word: effectibility
sense: terms related to effect (verb)
word: effectible
sense: terms related to effect (verb)
word: effective
sense: terms related to effect (verb)
word: effectiveness
sense: terms related to effect (verb)
word: effectivity
sense: terms related to effect (verb)
word: effector
sense: terms related to effect (verb)
word: effectual
sense: terms related to effect (verb)
word: effectuate
sense: terms related to effect (verb)
word: efficacious
sense: terms related to effect (verb)
word: efficacity
sense: terms related to effect (verb)
word: efficacy
sense: terms related to effect (verb)
word: efficiency
sense: terms related to effect (verb)
word: efficient
door
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: note: without the horse–hoarse merger
enpr: dōr
note: rhotic
ipa: /do(ː)ɹ/
note: non-rhotic
ipa: /doə/
note: Indic, rhotic
ipa: /ɖoɾ/
note: non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger but with the dough–door merger
enpr: dō
homophone: dough
note: African-American Vernacular
ipa: /doʊ/
note: Indic
ipa: /ɖo/
note: rhotic, horse–hoarse merger
enpr: dôr
homophone: d'or
ipa: /doɹ/
note: non-rhotic, horse–hoarse merger
enpr: dô
homophone: d'or
homophone: daw
ipa: /dɔː/
ipa: /doː/
enpr: do͝or
ipa: /dʊə/
homophone: dour (one pronunciation)
Forms: form: doors
form: dooring
form: doored
form: doored
form: doore
form: durre
Etymology: From Middle English dore, dor, from Old English duru (“door”), dor (“gate”), from Proto-West Germanic *dur, from Proto-Germanic *durz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwṓr, from *dʰwer- (“doorway, door, gate”).
Cognates
Cognate with Scots door (“door”), Saterland Frisian Doore (“door”), West Frisian doar (“door”), Dutch deur (“door”), German Low German Door, Döör (“door”), German Tür (“door”), Tor (“gate”), Danish and Norwegian dør (“door”), Icelandic dyr (“door”), Latin foris and foras, Ancient Greek θύρα (thúra), Albanian derë pl. dyer, Central Kurdish دەرگە (derge), derî, Persian در (dar), Russian дверь (dverʹ), Hindi द्वार (dvār), Armenian դուռ (duṙ), Irish doras, Sanskrit द्वार (dvāra), Lithuanian durys.
Senses: examples: text: Kerr has acted for numerous clients who have been doored, including one man knocked off his bike and on to spiked railings, and another who ended up hitting a tree.
ref: 2018 February 6, Helen Pidd, “I got 'doored' while undertaking on my bike. Was it my fault?”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 15 Aug 2023:
text: He [Pete Karageorgos] said cyclists who are doored are entitled to claim accident benefits from the driver's insurer if they aren't covered by a policy of their own.
ref: 2019 December 15, Ben Spurr, “How an Ontario rule stops 'doored' cyclists from getting drivers' insurance info”, in Toronto Star, Toronto, Ont.: Toronto Star Newspapers Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 27 Apr 2024:
text: To avoid being doored, cyclists such as Vilain, Davis-Overstreet and Michael Schneider monitor as many telltale signs as possible: shadows, brake lights, the actions of people sitting in the driver's seat.
ref: 2023 December 19, Angie Orellana Hernandez, “Being doored to death is a cyclist's nightmare. How can it be prevented?”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 22 Apr 2024:
topics: cycling
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: To cause a collision by opening the door of a vehicle in front of an oncoming cyclist or pedestrian.
Derived terms: word: doorer
word: dooring
dry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: drī
ipa: /dɹaɪ/
ipa: [d͡ʒɹaɪ̯]
ipa: [d̠͡ɹ̠˔aɪ̯]
ipa: [d̠͡ɹ̠˔ʷaɪ̯]
rhymes: -aɪ
Forms: form: drys
form: dries
form: drie
Etymology: Adjective and noun from Middle English drye, dryge, drüȝe, from Old English drȳġe (“dry; parched, withered”), from Proto-West Germanic *drūgī, *draugī, from Proto-Germanic *drūgiz, *draugiz (“dry, hard”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰerǵʰ- (“to strengthen; become hard”), from *dʰer- (“to hold, support”). The verb derives from Middle English drien, from Old English drȳġan (“to dry”), from Proto-West Germanic *drūgijan, from Proto-Germanic *drūgiz (“hard, desiccated, dry”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰerǵʰ- (“strong, hard, solid”).
cognates and related terms
 Cognate with Scots dry, drey (“dry”), North Frisian drüg, driig, Saterland Frisian druuch (“dry”), West Frisian droech (“dry”), Dutch droog (“dry”), Low German dröög (“dry”), German dröge (“dull”), Icelandic draugur (“a dry log”). Related also to German trocken (“dry”), West Frisian drege (“long-lasting”), Danish drøj (“tough”), Swedish dryg (“lasting, hard”), Icelandic drjúgur (“ample, long”), Latin firmus (“strong, firm, stable, durable”). See also drought, drain, dree.
Senses: examples: text: This towel is still damp: I think it needs another dry.
glosses: The process by which something is dried.
examples: text: The drys were as unhappy with the second part of the speech as the wets were with the first half.
ref: c. 1952-1996, Noah S. Sweat, quoted in 1996
glosses: A prohibitionist (of alcoholic beverages).
examples: text: Come under my umbrella and keep in the dry.
glosses: An area with little or no rain, or sheltered from it.
examples: text: […] one was sodden to the bone and mildewed to the marrow and moved to pray […] for that which formerly he had cursed—the Dry! the good old Dry—when the grasses yellowed, browned, dried to tinder, burst into spontaneous flame— […]
ref: 1938, Xavier Herbert, chapter VII, in Capricornia, New York: D. Appleton-Century, published 1943, page 91:
text: [T]he spring-fed river systems. Not the useless little tributary jutting off into a mud hole at the end of the Dry.
ref: 2006, Alexis Wright, Carpentaria, Giramondo, published 2012, page 169:
glosses: The dry season.
glosses: An area of waterless country.
examples: text: All day, all night you feel as if the Earth could fly/Three more all for fine Indian Gin and whiskey dry.
ref: 1968, Bee Gees, “Indian Gin And Whiskey Dry”, in Idea(album):
text: Can you buy dry ginger in Croatia? If not what is an alternative?
ref: 2018 May 2, pyatts, Tripadvisor:
text: Black Douglas Blended Scotch and Dry Case 24 x 375mL Cans (Title).
ref: 2021 July 26, cub_beer, “Archived copy”, in eBay, archived from the original on 31 Jul 2021:
glosses: Unsweetened ginger ale; dry ginger.
topics: government
politics
antonyms: wet
glosses: A radical or hard-line Conservative; especially, one who supported the policies of British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in the 1980s.
dry
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: drī
ipa: /dɹaɪ/
ipa: [d͡ʒɹaɪ̯]
ipa: [d̠͡ɹ̠˔aɪ̯]
ipa: [d̠͡ɹ̠˔ʷaɪ̯]
rhymes: -aɪ
Forms: form: dries
form: drying
form: dried
form: dried
form: no-table-tags
form: glossary
form: dry
form: dry
form: dried
form: dry
form: driest
form: dried
form: dries
form: drieth
form: dried
form: dry
form: dried
form: dry
form: dried
form: dry
form: -
form: drying
form: dried
form: drie
Etymology: Adjective and noun from Middle English drye, dryge, drüȝe, from Old English drȳġe (“dry; parched, withered”), from Proto-West Germanic *drūgī, *draugī, from Proto-Germanic *drūgiz, *draugiz (“dry, hard”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰerǵʰ- (“to strengthen; become hard”), from *dʰer- (“to hold, support”). The verb derives from Middle English drien, from Old English drȳġan (“to dry”), from Proto-West Germanic *drūgijan, from Proto-Germanic *drūgiz (“hard, desiccated, dry”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰerǵʰ- (“strong, hard, solid”).
cognates and related terms
 Cognate with Scots dry, drey (“dry”), North Frisian drüg, driig, Saterland Frisian druuch (“dry”), West Frisian droech (“dry”), Dutch droog (“dry”), Low German dröög (“dry”), German dröge (“dull”), Icelandic draugur (“a dry log”). Related also to German trocken (“dry”), West Frisian drege (“long-lasting”), Danish drøj (“tough”), Swedish dryg (“lasting, hard”), Icelandic drjúgur (“ample, long”), Latin firmus (“strong, firm, stable, durable”). See also drought, drain, dree.
Senses: examples: text: The clothes dried on the line.
text: The fruit dried in the dehydrator.
synonyms: dehydrate
desiccate
glosses: To lose moisture.
examples: text: Devin dried her eyes with a handkerchief.
text: We dried the fruit in the dehydrator.
synonyms: dehydrate
desiccate
glosses: To remove moisture from.
synonyms: dry up
glosses: To exhaust; to cause to run dry.
examples: text: An actor never stumbled over his lines, he “fluffed”; he never forgot his dialogue, he “dried.”
ref: 1986, Richard Collier, Make-believe: The Magic of International Theatre, page 146:
text: In one of the previews I dried (lost my lines) in my opening scene, 1.4, and had to improvise.
ref: 2006, Michael Dobson, Performing Shakespeare's Tragedies Today, page 126:
text: Blinded to the astonishment of a thousand spectators by the force of the footlights, [Derek] Jacobi realised he'd dried. Dried completely. It wasn't like he'd forgotten the words. It was like he'd never known them.
ref: 2024 June 1, John Phipps, “The lamentable true history of the Red Hamlet”, in FT Weekend, Life & Arts, page 18:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
theater
glosses: For an actor to forget their lines while performing.
Derived terms: before the ink had time to dry
before the ink was dry
drier
dryable
drydown
dryer
drying agent
drying height
drying machine
drying oil
drying time
drying-up
dry one's eyes
dry out
dry up
fordry
freeze-drying
nondrying
overdry
quick-drying
redry
self-drying
undry
updry
wind-dry
Related terms: desiccant
desiccate
desiccation
different
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɪ.fə.ɹənt/
ipa: /ˈdɪ.fɹənt/
Forms: form: differents
Etymology: From Middle English different, from Old French different, from Latin differēns, present active participle of differō (“I differ”). See also differ. Supplanted native Old English ungelic (whence modern English unalike).
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: The different ideal.
different
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɪ.fə.ɹənt/
ipa: /ˈdɪ.fɹənt/
Forms: form: more different
form: most different
Etymology: From Middle English different, from Old French different, from Latin differēns, present active participle of differō (“I differ”). See also differ. Supplanted native Old English ungelic (whence modern English unalike).
Senses: examples: text: [I]f they view it in the same light as I do, they will act different to their previous intentions.
ref: 1843 October 28, The Port Phillip Gazette, Victoria, page 4, column 1:
text: Mr Graves objected to any postponement, and as to the verdict being against the weight of evidence, he was quite sure his Honor would not act different from the Judges, who were slow to interfere with the verdict of a jury.
ref: 1861 May 13, The Hobart Town Advertiser, page 1, column 4:
text: Cars "act different" on a long trip.
ref: 1954 December 16, The Argus, Melbourne, page 29, column 6:
text: "Although we all speak different and use different grammar, we have to be more tolerant of each other," he told ABC Brisbane's Katrina Davidson.
ref: 2016 June 15, ABC Premium News, Sydney:
glosses: Differently.
Derived terms: built different
hit different
differ
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɪfə/
ipa: /ˈdɪfɚ/
rhymes: -ɪfə(ɹ)
Forms: form: differs
form: differing
form: differed
form: differed
Etymology: From Middle English differren, from Old French differer, from Latin differō (“carry apart, put off, defer; differ”), from dis- (“apart”) + ferō (“carry, bear”). Compare Ancient Greek διαφέρω (diaphérō). Doublet of defer and dilate, see also infer, confer and collate, refer and relate, as well as prefer and prelate among others.
Senses: examples: text: When we look to the individuals of the same variety or sub-variety of our older cultivated plants and animals, one of the first points which strikes us, is, that they generally differ much more from each other, than do the individuals of any one species or variety in a state of nature.
ref: 1859, Charles Darwin, On the Origin of Species:
text: These shoes only differ from those ones in having slightly longer laces.
glosses: Not to have the same traits or characteristics; to be unalike or distinct.
examples: text: The numbers 3 and 21 differ by 18.
glosses: Not to have the same traits or characteristics; to be unalike or distinct.
To be separated in quantity.
examples: May 11, 1827, George Canning, Changes in the Administration
I differ from the honourable baronet on both these subjects
glosses: Not to have the same traits or characteristics; to be unalike or distinct.
To have diverging opinions, disagree.
qualifier: people; groups; people; groups
Synonyms: word: ablude
word: differ
word: dissent
word: mismatch
word: vary
Hyponyms: word: contrast
word: stand out
word: nonconform
Derived terms: agree to differ
beg to differ
your mileage may differ
Related terms: difference
different
differential
differentiate
differentiation
differently
indifference
indifferent
indifferently
differ
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɪfə/
ipa: /ˈdɪfɚ/
rhymes: -ɪfə(ɹ)
Forms: form: differs
Etymology: From diff + -er.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
synonyms: diff
glosses: A program that diffs, a diff.
difference
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɪf(ə)ɹəns/
Forms: form: differences
form: differencing
form: differenced
form: differenced
Etymology: From Middle English difference, from Old French difference, from Latin differentia (“difference”), from differēns (“different”), present participle of differre. Doublet of differentia. Morphologically differ + -ence.
Senses: examples: text: This simple spectation of the lungs is differenced from that which concomitates a pleurisy.
ref: 1672, Gideon Harvey, Morbus Anglicus, Or, The Anatomy of Consumptions:
text: […] and souls, like in the mass, but differenced in themselves, with special gifts, duties and joys […]
ref: 1901 [1839], Philip James Bailey, Festus: A Poem, London: George Routledge & Sons, page 10:
text: In the Calais Roll the arms of William de Warren […] are differenced by the addition of a canton said to be that of Fitzalan […]
ref: 1904, Arthur Charles Fox-Davies, The Art of Heraldry: An Encyclopædia of Armory, London: T.C. & E.C. Jack, page 344:
glosses: To distinguish or differentiate.
Synonyms: sense: to distinguish or differentiate
word: differentiate
sense: to distinguish or differentiate
word: distinguish
Related terms: differ
different
differential
differentiate
differentiation
dirty
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɜːti/
ipa: /ˈdɝti/
ipa: [ˈdɝɾi]
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)ti
Forms: form: more dirty
form: most dirty
form: dorty
Etymology: From Middle English dirti, alteration of earlier dritti, equivalent to dirt + -y. Cognate with Middle Low German drēterich (“dirty”).
See also drite.
Senses: examples: text: to play dirty
synonyms: deceptively
dirtily
indecently
underhandedly
glosses: In a dirty manner.
Derived terms: fight dirty
play dirty
ride dirty
talk dirty
dirty
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɜːti/
ipa: /ˈdɝti/
ipa: [ˈdɝɾi]
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)ti
Forms: form: dirties
form: dirtying
form: dirtied
form: dirtied
form: dorty
Etymology: From Middle English dirti, alteration of earlier dritti, equivalent to dirt + -y. Cognate with Middle Low German drēterich (“dirty”).
See also drite.
Senses: synonyms: soil
taint
glosses: To make (something) dirty.
synonyms: sully
glosses: To stain or tarnish (somebody) with dishonor.
glosses: To debase by distorting the real nature of (something).
examples: text: The markers for the slow line signals have been arranged at cab level, but for the inner fast lines they have had to be kept low in the "six-foot", with the result that they tend to be badly dirtied by passing traffic.
ref: 1960 March, “Talking of Trains: S.R. signalling innovation”, in Trains Illustrated, page 135:
glosses: To become soiled.
Synonyms: word: assoil
word: beclart
word: bedaub
word: bedirty
word: bedizen
word: befile
word: befilth
word: befoul
word: begrime
word: beray
word: besmear
word: besmirch
word: besully
word: bewray
word: blacken
word: blot
word: blur
word: clat
word: contaminate
word: darken
word: defile
word: denigrate
word: dirty
word: drag through the mud
word: dull
word: elt
word: foil
word: foul
word: gunk
word: gunk up
word: inquinate
word: pollute
word: scunge
word: sling mud
word: slotter
word: slur
word: smirch
word: smudge
word: smutch
word: soil
word: soss
word: sowl
word: spoil
word: spot
word: stain
word: sullow
word: sully
word: taint
word: tarnish
word: uggle
Hyponyms: word: bedraggle
word: bespatter
word: misguggle
word: thumb
word: beblood
word: begrease
word: bemire
word: bemoil
word: bemud
word: bepiss
word: beshit
word: beslime
word: beslurry
word: besoot
word: bespew
word: clart
word: mire
word: muddy
word: slop
word: smutty
word: crap oneself
word: shit oneself
Derived terms: dirty down
Related terms: word: unclean
word: worsen
drawer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɹɔː(ɹ)/
ipa: /dɹɔɹ/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)
homophone: draw (non-rhotic)
ipa: /ˈdɹɔː.ə(ɹ)/
note: intrusive R
ipa: /ˈdɹɔːɹə(ɹ)/
ipa: /ˈdɹɔ.ɚ/
note: intrusive R
ipa: /ˈdɹɔɹɚ/
ipa: /ˈdɹɑ.ɚ/
rhymes: -ɔːə(ɹ)
Forms: form: drawers
Etymology: From draw (“to move by pulling”) + -er; compare French tiroir. Attested from the 16th century.
Senses: examples: text: He knelt down and began shoving the drawer into the slot; the rail was misaligned so he banged it with the heel of his hand. It stuck.
ref: 2008, Jesmyn Ward, Where the Line Bleeds, Bloomsbury (2018), page 144:
glosses: An open-topped box that can be slid in and out of the cabinet that contains it, used for storing clothing or other articles.
topics: computing
engineering
graphical-user-interface
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A side panel containing supplementary content.
examples: text: The step-ins are of two sorts; the knicker combination with open bloomer and chemise top; and circular drawer style, with chemise top and gussets at back and front that give extra width at the bottom.
ref: 1918, The Corset and Underwear Review, volume 12, page 74:
text: Customers in the underwear department at MacDougal-Southwick’s, on the other hand, have evinced quite an interest in the French drawer style, with binding in contrasting color and the separate vests also bound in the contrasting color.
ref: 1922, The Underwear & Hosiery Review, volume 5, page 67, column 2:
text: Today men of every age are turning to the athletic pull-over shirt and drawer type of underwear.
ref: 1930 April 26, directed by Amos Parrish, “What’s In Fashion: Underwear For Men”, in The Pittsburgh Press, volume XLVI, number 305, Pittsburgh, Pa., page ten, column 4:
text: Men’s Balbriggan Shirts and Drawers / 50ᶜ ea. / For the man who wants the shirt-and-drawer type of underwear but, naturally, wants lightweight now.
ref: 1935 May 4, “Hand-Picked Bargains–from a Store full of them!”, in Democrat and Chronicle, Rochester, N.Y., page 3, column 3:
text: Leloir described les calecons, drawer-type undergarment worn by French ladies (wc).
ref: 1988, Nell DuVall, Domestic Technology: A Chronology of Developments, Boston, Mass.: G. K. Hall & Co., →ISBN, page 366:
text: The Sikh code of conduct does not restrict how Sikhs dress, except that they must wear kashera (drawer-type, cotton tie-able underwear) and a turban.
ref: 2023, Gian Singh Sandhu, Who Are the Sikhs?: An Exploration of the Beliefs, Practices, & Traditions of the Sikh People, Bloomington, Ind.: Archway Publishing, →ISBN:
glosses: Attributive form of drawers.
Derived terms: chest of drawers
codrawer
desk drawer
Dirichlet's drawer principle
drawered
drawerful
drawerknob
drawerless
drawerlike
hewers of wood and drawers of water
kitchen drawer
knick-knack drawer
not the sharpest knife in the drawer
second-drawer
tidy one's sock drawer
top drawer
warming drawer
drawer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɹɔː(ɹ)/
ipa: /dɹɔɹ/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)
homophone: draw (non-rhotic)
ipa: /ˈdɹɔː.ə(ɹ)/
note: intrusive R
ipa: /ˈdɹɔːɹə(ɹ)/
ipa: /ˈdɹɔ.ɚ/
note: intrusive R
ipa: /ˈdɹɔɹɚ/
ipa: /ˈdɹɑ.ɚ/
rhymes: -ɔːə(ɹ)
Forms: form: drawers
Etymology: From
 Middle English drawer, from draw + -er (agent noun suffix). Attested from the 14th century.
Senses: examples: text: Lawyers for Mr. Abbott argued that the maps were drawn to help Republicans maintain power but not to discriminate, and that drawers did not know where district offices were located.
ref: 2012 August 28, Manny Fernandez, “Federal Court Finds Texas Voting Maps Discriminatory”, in NYTimes.com:
text: Wanted: discreet drawer of royal bath [title] ... [T]he successful applicant for the role of "housekeeping assistant" mus also be prepared for rather less conventional tasks; such as running the Queen's bath and cleaning her priceless antiques.
ref: 2014 January 25, Gordon Rayner, “Wanted: discreet drawer of royal bath: Buckingham Palace is seeking a housekeeping assistant for H team – just don't volunteer to change the light bulbs [online version: Wanted: an enthusiastic and proactive individual to run the Queen’s bath, 24 January 2014]”, in The Daily Telegraph, page 9:
glosses: Agent noun of draw; one who draws.
glosses: An artist who primarily makes drawings.
examples: text: There is no doubt that the stipulation of nonguarantee of an acceptance inserted in a bill of exchange by the drawer has the effect of excluding the liability of guarantee for the indorsers as well as for the drawer.
ref: 1913, United States Congressional Serial Set, volume 6526, page 276:
topics: banking
business
glosses: One who writes a bank draft, check/cheque, or promissory note.
examples: text: When the good lieutenant applied himself to the door, he applied himself likewise to the bell; and the drawer immediately attending, he dispatched him for a file of musqueteers and a surgeon.
ref: 1749, Henry Fielding, chapter XII, in The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC, book VII:
text: He came down to the Pied Horse Inn, where I was a drawer, at Newmarket, twice.
ref: 1863, Sheridan Le Fanu, The House by the Churchyard:
glosses: A barman; a person who draws the beer from the taps.
examples: text: A turban and loincloth soaked in blood had been found; also a staff. These properties were known to have belonged to a toddy drawer. He had disappeared.
ref: 1927, F. E. Penny, chapter 4, in Pulling the Strings:
glosses: Someone who taps palm sap for making toddy.
topics: business
mining
glosses: A wagoner or person who pushes underground tubs.
Synonyms: english: definition 2
translation: definition 2
word: draughtsman
Derived terms: wiredrawer
Related terms: drawers
deep
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: enpr: dēp
ipa: /diːp/
rhymes: -iːp
Forms: form: deeper
form: more deep
form: deepest
form: most deep
form: deepe
Etymology: From Middle English depe, deep, dep, deop, from Old English dēop (“deep, profound; awful, mysterious; heinous; serious, solemn, earnest; extreme, great”), from Proto-West Germanic *deup, from Proto-Germanic *deupaz (“deep”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ-nós, from *dʰewbʰ- (“deep”).
Cognates
Cognate with Scots depe (“deep”), North Frisian diip, jip (“deep”), Saterland Frisian djoop (“deep”), West Frisian djip (“deep”), Alemannic German tüüf (“deep”), Central Franconian deef, deep (“deep”), Dutch diep (“deep”), German tief (“deep”), Luxembourgish déif (“deep”), Mòcheno tiaf (“deep”), Vilamovian tif, tīf, tiif (“deep”), Yiddish טיף (tif, “deep”), Danish dyb (“deep”), Faroese, Icelandic djúpur (“deep”), Norwegian Bokmål djup, dyp (“deep”), Norwegian Nynorsk, Swedish djup (“deep”), Scanian djyber (“deep”), Gothic 𐌳𐌹𐌿𐍀𐍃 (diups, “deep”), Lithuanian dubùs (“deep, hollow”), Albanian det (“sea”), Welsh dwfn (“deep”).
Senses: examples: text: The ogre lived in a cave deep underground.
text: We ventured deep into the forest.
text: His problems lie deep in the subconscious.
text: I am deep in debt.
text: Hepaticology, outside the temperate parts of the Northern Hemisphere, still lies deep in the shadow cast by that ultimate "closet taxonomist," Franz Stephani—a ghost whose shadow falls over us all.
ref: 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page vii:
text: It is one of the ironies of capital cities that each acts as a symbol of its nation, and yet few are even remotely representative of it. London has always set itself apart from the rest of Britain — but political, economic and social trends are conspiring to drive that wedge deeper.
ref: 2013 September 28, Kenan Malik, “London Is Special, but Not That Special”, in The New York Times, retrieved 28 Sep 2013:
glosses: Far, especially far down through something or into something, physically or figuratively.
examples: text: I thought long and deep.
text: Deep verſt in books and ſhallow in himſelf,
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 95, line 324:
qualifier: also deeply
glosses: In a profound, not superficial, manner.
examples: text: breathe deep, drink deep
text: A little Learning is a dang'rous Thing; / Drink deep, or taſte not the Pierian Spring:
ref: 1711 May, [Alexander Pope], An Essay on Criticism, London: […] W[illiam] Lewis […]; and sold by W[illiam] Taylor […], T[homas] Osborn[e] […], and J[ohn] Graves […], →OCLC, page 14:
qualifier: also deeply
glosses: In large volume.
examples: text: He's normally a midfield player, but today he's playing deep.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Back towards one's own goal, baseline, or similar.
Derived terms: bat deep
deep
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: dēp
ipa: /diːp/
rhymes: -iːp
Forms: form: deeps
form: deeping
form: deeped
form: deeped
form: deepe
Etymology: From Middle English depe, deep, dep, deop, from Old English dēop (“deep, profound; awful, mysterious; heinous; serious, solemn, earnest; extreme, great”), from Proto-West Germanic *deup, from Proto-Germanic *deupaz (“deep”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ-nós, from *dʰewbʰ- (“deep”).
Cognates
Cognate with Scots depe (“deep”), North Frisian diip, jip (“deep”), Saterland Frisian djoop (“deep”), West Frisian djip (“deep”), Alemannic German tüüf (“deep”), Central Franconian deef, deep (“deep”), Dutch diep (“deep”), German tief (“deep”), Luxembourgish déif (“deep”), Mòcheno tiaf (“deep”), Vilamovian tif, tīf, tiif (“deep”), Yiddish טיף (tif, “deep”), Danish dyb (“deep”), Faroese, Icelandic djúpur (“deep”), Norwegian Bokmål djup, dyp (“deep”), Norwegian Nynorsk, Swedish djup (“deep”), Scanian djyber (“deep”), Gothic 𐌳𐌹𐌿𐍀𐍃 (diups, “deep”), Lithuanian dubùs (“deep, hollow”), Albanian det (“sea”), Welsh dwfn (“deep”).
Senses: examples: text: ― Ugh, why are these road markings so awfully arranged?
― Quit deeping it bro, just drive, innit.
glosses: To overthink; to treat as being deeper (“more profound, significant”) than in reality.
examples: text: No Picasso, I don't care about resistance (Deep dat).
ref: 2019 October 25, “Fact”performed by J. Mulla, MBandz:
text: I think I better leave it. I don't wanna beat it, this is not a Michael phase. Every time I deep it, man dem wan' eat it. Trying to recycle, babe.
ref: 2020 February 10, “Daffy Duckin'”performed by Angel, Chaz Marcus:
text: I grew up so fucked but I didn't even deep it. I'm numb to the feelin' of grievin'.
ref: 2021 July 23, “Heart Attack” (track 11), in We're All Alone In This Together, performed by Dave:
glosses: To think about, especially deeply (“profoundly”); to consider.
Related terms: deeps
goat
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡəʊt/
ipa: /ɡəwt/
ipa: /ɡoʊt/
ipa: [ɡoʊʔt̚]
ipa: /ɡoʊt/
ipa: [ɡoʊʔt̚]
ipa: [ɡoːt]
ipa: /ɡoːt/
ipa: /ɡəʉt/
ipa: [ɡəʉt]
ipa: [ɡɐʉt]
ipa: /ɡɐʉt/
rhymes: -əʊt
Forms: form: goats
form: goating
form: goated
form: goated
Etymology: From Middle English goot, got, gat, from Old English gāt, from Proto-West Germanic *gait, from Proto-Germanic *gaits, from a substrate language.
The sense of lecherous man derives from the slang expression "horny as a goat".
Senses: examples: text: Rape and clover has yielded 283 sheep days of pasture, practically dry weather […] For the coming year it is planned to goat this area continuously
ref: 1918, Agricultural Experiment Station, Director's Biennial Report, page 51:
glosses: To allow goats to feed on.
examples: text: John Rocker, meanwhile, was spared from getting goated because he didn't blow a save
ref: 2001 July 15, “A worthy Rusch to judgment”, in USA Today:
glosses: To scapegoat.
qualifier: roller derby
glosses: To isolate (an opposing blocker) behind one's own blockers, so as to slow down the pack.
goat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡəʊt/
ipa: /ɡəwt/
ipa: /ɡoʊt/
ipa: [ɡoʊʔt̚]
ipa: /ɡoʊt/
ipa: [ɡoʊʔt̚]
ipa: [ɡoːt]
ipa: /ɡoːt/
ipa: /ɡəʉt/
ipa: [ɡəʉt]
ipa: [ɡɐʉt]
ipa: /ɡɐʉt/
rhymes: -əʊt
Forms: form: goats
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of GOAT (“greatest of all time”).
goat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡəʊt/
ipa: /ɡəwt/
ipa: /ɡoʊt/
ipa: [ɡoʊʔt̚]
ipa: /ɡoʊt/
ipa: [ɡoʊʔt̚]
ipa: [ɡoːt]
ipa: /ɡoːt/
ipa: /ɡəʉt/
ipa: [ɡəʉt]
ipa: [ɡɐʉt]
ipa: /ɡɐʉt/
rhymes: -əʊt
Forms: form: goats
Senses: examples: text: ... the present new Sluice or Goat (as they call it) at the end of Hamorebeck, at its fall into Boston Haven, taking up the foundation of the old Goat, they met with the roots of Trees, many of them issuing from their several[…]
ref: 1704, John Martyn (Londres), James Allestry (Londres), Henry Oldenburg, Philosophical Transactions, Giving Some Accompt of the Present Undertakings, Studies and Labors of the Ingenious in Many Considerable Parts of the World, page 1159:
text: [...] the Trent floods, which override the sluices and goats, and which operate at present as a bar to the improvement of the drainage of the commons; and lately, by authority of parliament, a canal has been made in a similar way[…]
ref: 1811, William Marshall, The Review and Abstract of the County Reports to the Board of Agriculture, page 34:
text: […] For the Sands from the Mouth of the Sluices and Goats would be carried off and the Haven so deep that their Commons and Low Fens will be will be drain'd in wet Seasons, and always be Supplied with fresh water above the Lock for the use and benefit of the Commons.
ref: 1882, James Sandby Padley, The Fens and Floods of Mid-Lincolnshire: With a Description of the River Witham, in Its Neglected State Before 1762, and Its Improvements Up to 1825. With Maps, Plans, &c, page 19:
glosses: Alternative form of gote (“sluice, waterway”).
electric
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪˈlɛktɹɪk/
ipa: /ɪˈlɛktɹɪk/
ipa: /əˈlɛktɹɪk/
ipa: /iˈlɛktɹɪk/
Forms: form: electrics
form: electrick
Etymology: First attested in c. 1646 in a publication by Thomas Browne. From New Latin ēlectricus (“electrical; of amber”), from ēlectr(um) (“amber”) + -icus (“adjectival suffix”); from Ancient Greek ἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron, “amber”); related to ἠλέκτωρ (ēléktōr, “shining sun”), of unknown origin (see which for more). The Latin term was apparently used first with the sense electrical in 1600 by the English physician and scientist William Gilbert in his work De Magnete.
Senses: examples: text: We had to sit in the dark because the electric was cut off.
glosses: Electricity; the electricity supply.
examples: text: Equally I can stand in a station like Lucerne in Switzerland, and watch with ill-concealed admiration the majestic entry of one of the latest Gotthard "Ae 6/6" electrics, packing 6,000 horsepower within its 60 ft. of length and 121 tons of weight, with its sleek dark green sides and handsome stainless steel bands and front wings.
ref: 1955 April, Cecil J. Allen, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, in Railway Magazine, page 261:
text: There were electric vehicles around, but four-wheel drive electrics were pretty damned rare, and the snow was deep enough to stop anything that didn't have a minimum of four big wheels spinning at all times.
ref: 2004, Dennis Barton, Red Star 4: Victory:
glosses: An electric powered version of something that was originally or is more commonly not electric.
An electric car, locomotive, train etc.
examples: text: The beautiful VIOlight bathroom unit takes up very little space (it's about the size of a cup), yet it holds up to 4 toothbrushes - even electrics!
ref: 2007, Working Mother, volume 31, number 1, page 71:
glosses: An electric powered version of something that was originally or is more commonly not electric.
An electric toothbrush.
examples: text: Richard's old Olivetti electric had been put aside for the time being on top of one of the filing cabinets. “It serves the purpose,” Richard said. He nodded at the word processor.
ref: 1983, Stephen King, Word Processor of the Gods:
glosses: An electric powered version of something that was originally or is more commonly not electric.
An electric typewriter.
glosses: A substance or object which can be electrified; an insulator or non-conductor, like amber or glass.
topics: fencing
government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
sports
war
antonyms: steam
glosses: Fencing with the use of a body wire, box, and related equipment to detect when a weapon has touched an opponent.
flat
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: enpr: flăt
ipa: /flæt/
rhymes: -æt
Forms: form: more flat
form: most flat
Etymology: From Middle English flat, a borrowing from Old Norse flatr (compare Norwegian and Swedish flat, Danish flad), from Proto-Germanic *flataz, from Proto-Indo-European *pleth₂- (“flat”); akin to Saterland Frisian flot (“smooth”), German Flöz (“a geological layer”), Ancient Greek πλατύς (platús), Latvian plats, Sanskrit प्रथस् (prathas, “extension”). Doublet of plat and pleyt.
The noun is from Middle English flat (“level piece of ground, flat edge of a weapon”), from the adjective.
The algebraic sense was coined by Serre in a 1956 paper, originally as French plat.
Senses: examples: text: Spread the tablecloth flat over the table.
glosses: So as to be flat.
examples: text: I asked him if he wanted to marry me and he turned me down flat.
text: "You'll understand this flat, I won't be fooled about by you any longer."
ref: 1950, Norman Lindsay, Dust or Polish?, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 63:
glosses: Completely, firmly, or unequivocally.
examples: text: In the mile race, Smith's time was 3:58.56, and Brown's was four minutes flat.
text: Dan Patch clocked a scorching 1:55.5 flat.
ref: 1996, Jon Byrell, Lairs, Urgers and Coat-Tuggers, Sydney: Ironbark, page 186:
text: I play doctor for five minutes flat
Before I cut my heart open and let the air out
ref: 1997, “Scissors”, performed by Slipknot:
glosses: Exactly, precisely.
raw_tags: of accurately measured timings
examples: text: He can run a mile in four minutes flat.
text: Found my coat and grabbed my hat / Made the bus in seconds flat
ref: 1967, Lennon–McCartney, “A Day in the Life”, in Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band:
qualifier: distance; etc; distance; etc
glosses: Used to emphasize the smallness of the measurement.
raw_tags: with units of time
examples: text: The recent case in Dallas where two gay males were killed by an 18 yr old straight kid is a perfect example of what gays in this state face. The kid got 30 yrs (he'll do 3 or 4 yrs and be paroled) yet I must do 12 years flat for a robbery in which no one was hurt.
ref: 1989 February 5, Mary Shallhorn, “No Unity Among The Sisters”, in Gay Community News, volume 16, number 29, page 5:
glosses: Without parole.
raw_tags: of a sentence
examples: text: I am flat broke this month.
glosses: Completely.
examples: text: Sin is flat opposite to the Almighty.
ref: [1633], George Herbert, edited by [Nicholas Ferrar], The Temple. Sacred Poems, and Private Ejaculations, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: […] Thomas Buck and Roger Daniel; and are to be sold by Francis Green, […], →OCLC:
glosses: Directly; flatly.
examples: text: The bonds are trading flat.
topics: business
finance
glosses: Without allowance for accrued interest.
Synonyms: sense: bluntly
word: bluntly
sense: bluntly
word: curtly
sense: not exceeding
word: tops
sense: completely
word: absolutely
sense: completely
word: completely
sense: completely
word: utterly
Derived terms: flat chat
flat out
flat signed
flat strap
four flat
in nothing flat
flat
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: flăt
ipa: /flæt/
rhymes: -æt
Forms: form: flats
form: flatting
form: flatted
form: flatted
Etymology: From Middle English flat, a borrowing from Old Norse flatr (compare Norwegian and Swedish flat, Danish flad), from Proto-Germanic *flataz, from Proto-Indo-European *pleth₂- (“flat”); akin to Saterland Frisian flot (“smooth”), German Flöz (“a geological layer”), Ancient Greek πλατύς (platús), Latvian plats, Sanskrit प्रथस् (prathas, “extension”). Doublet of plat and pleyt.
The noun is from Middle English flat (“level piece of ground, flat edge of a weapon”), from the adjective.
The algebraic sense was coined by Serre in a 1956 paper, originally as French plat.
Senses: topics: card-games
poker
glosses: To make a flat call; to call without raising.
glosses: To become flat or flattened; to sink or fall to an even surface.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: To fall from the pitch.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: To depress in tone, as a musical note; especially, to lower in pitch by half a tone.
examples: text: And thus thoſe Forts vvhich vvere erected to defend the Crovvne, firſt offended the King, ſome fevv vvhereof as he recouered, he flatted to the ground, and vviſhed the other no higher vvalls; ſtill ſvvearing by Gods Birth (his vſuall Oath) hee vvould not ſlightly bee vnſeated of his Crovvne, and vvondring vvhat ſhould mooue them, vvho had ſo readilie aduanced him, ſo ſpeedily to vnſtate him.
ref: 1611, Iohn Speed [i.e., John Speed], “Stephen, the Two and Fortieth Monarch of the English-men: His Raigne, Acts, and Issue”, in The History of Great Britaine under the Conquests of yͤ Romans, Saxons, Danes and Normans. […], London: […] William Hall and John Beale, for John Sudbury and George Humble, […], →OCLC, book IX ([Englands Monarchs] […]), paragraph 13, page 447, column 2:
text: The pods, which seldom contain less than thirty nuts of the size of a flatted olive, grow upon the stem and principal branches.
ref: 1764, James Granger, The Sugar-Cane: a Poem. In Four Books. With Notes., M.D., Book 1, page 44, note to verse 605:
glosses: To make flat; to flatten; to level.
examples: text: Passions are allayed, appetites are flatted.
ref: a. 1678 (date written), Isaac Barrow, “(please specify the chapter name or sermon number). The Danger and Mischief of Delaying Repentance”, in The Works of Dr. Isaac Barrow. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: A[braham] J[ohn] Valpy, […], published 1830–1831, →OCLC:
glosses: To render dull, insipid, or spiritless; to depress.
Derived terms: flat down
flat
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: flăt
ipa: /flæt/
rhymes: -æt
Forms: form: flats
form: flatting
form: flatted
form: flatted
Etymology: From Middle English flatten, from Old French flatir (“to knock or strike down, dash”), from Frankish *flattjan (“to move the palm of the hand”), from Proto-Germanic *flatjaną (“to make flat, flatten”).
Senses: glosses: To beat or strike; pound
glosses: To dash or throw
glosses: To dash, rush
Derived terms: english: hammer
translation: hammer
word: flatter
violin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌvaɪəˈlɪn/
note: Indic
ipa: /ˈvaj(ɵ)lɪn/
ipa: /ˌvaɪ.oʊˈlin/
ipa: [ˌwaʊˈlin]
rhymes: -ɪn
Forms: form: violins
Etymology: From Italian violino (“little viola”), from viola + -ino (forming diminutives).
Senses: examples: text: When I play it like this, it's a fiddle; when I play it like this, it's a violin.
text: She was looking more like Sherlock Holmes than ever. Slap a dressing-gown on her and give her a violin, and she could have walked straight into Baker Street and no questions asked.
ref: 1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter XX, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, →OCLC:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A small unfretted stringed instrument with four strings tuned (lowest to highest) G-D-A-E, usually held against the chin and played with a bow.
examples: text: The string quartet, one of the most popular groupings in chamber music, is composed entirely of violins: two violins proper, one viola, and one cello.
qualifier: inexact
glosses: Any instrument of the violin family, always inclusive of violins, violas and cellos, and sometimes further including the double bass.
examples: text: The violins are seated with sufficient elbow room.
text: She is first violin in the London Symphony Orchestra.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A violinist in an orchestra or group.
Synonyms: english: see above
translation: see above
word: fiddle
word: crowd
Derived terms: bass violin
Chinese violin
electric violin
false violin spider
first violin
horn violin
horn-violin
kit violin
kit-violin
nail violin
piano-violin
play someone like a violin
second violin
Stroh violin
violinist
violin maker
violin plot
violin spider
world's smallest violin
world's tiniest violin
Related terms: viol
viola
violoncello
violin
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌvaɪəˈlɪn/
note: Indic
ipa: /ˈvaj(ɵ)lɪn/
ipa: /ˌvaɪ.oʊˈlin/
ipa: [ˌwaʊˈlin]
rhymes: -ɪn
Forms: form: violins
form: violining
form: violined
form: violined
Etymology: From Italian violino (“little viola”), from viola + -ino (forming diminutives).
Senses: glosses: To play on, or as if on, a violin.
Related terms: bass viol
cello
double bass
viola
guitar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡɪˈtɑː(ɹ)/
ipa: /ɡɪˈtɑɹ/
ipa: /ˈɡɪ.tɑɹ/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)
Forms: form: guitars
form: guittar
form: gittar
Etymology: Etymology tree
Ancient Greek κῐθᾰ́ρᾱ (kĭthắrā)bor.
Aramaic קיתראbor.
Arabic قِيثَارَة (qīṯāra)bor.
Old Spanish guitarra
Spanish guitarrabor.
English guitar
From Spanish guitarra, from Arabic قِيثَارَة (qīṯāra), from Ancient Greek κῐθᾰ́ρᾱ (kĭthắrā). Doublet of cithara, cither, and zither.
Senses: examples: text: Learning to strum the guitar rhythmically is essential.
text: She was carrying her guitar in a fancily-decorated case.
text: The band is looking for a new guitar player.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A stringed musical instrument, of European origin, usually with a fretted fingerboard and six strings, played with the fingers or a plectrum (guitar pick).
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Any type of musical instrument of the lute family, characterized by a flat back, along with a neck whose upper surface is in the same plane as the soundboard, with strings along the neck and parallel to the soundboard.
Synonyms: word: axe
word: gat
word: guitar
Hypernyms: word: chordophone
word: stringed instrument
word: musical instrument
Hyponyms: word: acoustic guitar
word: electric guitar
word: bass guitar
Meronyms: word: string
word: headstock
word: peghead
word: nut
word: fretboard
word: fret
word: neck
word: bridge
word: pickguard
word: scratchplate
word: truss rod
Derived terms: acoustic guitar
air guitar
armónico guitar
banjitar
baritone guitar
Baroque guitar
bass guitar
bottleneck guitar
bowed guitar
cigar-box guitar
cigar box guitar
classical guitar
clitar
console steel guitar
contraguitar
eight-string guitar
electric guitar
flamenco guitar
four-string guitar
guitalele
guitalin
guitar cello
guitar-cello
guitar fiddle
guitarfish
guitar hero
guitarist
guitaristic
guitarless
guitarlike
guitarmony
guitar pick
guitar-player
guitar pop
guitarscape
guitarwork
guitary
guitjo
harp-guitar
harp guitar
Hawaiian guitar
keytar
lap steel guitar
lead guitar
lutar
lute-guitar
lute guitar
lyre-guitar
moon guitar
nylon-string guitar
parlor guitar
parlour guitar
pedal steel guitar
Portuguese guitar
resonator guitar
rhythm guitar
romantic guitar
Russian guitar
Schrammel guitar
Selmer guitar
seven-string guitar
slide guitar
Spanish guitar
steel guitar
steel string guitar
steel-string guitar
sympitar
table steel guitar
tenor guitar
twelve-stringed guitar
Related terms: word: capo
word: capotasto
word: plectrum
word: pick
guitar
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡɪˈtɑː(ɹ)/
ipa: /ɡɪˈtɑɹ/
ipa: /ˈɡɪ.tɑɹ/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)
Forms: form: guitars
form: guitaring
form: guitared
form: guitared
form: guittar
form: gittar
Etymology: Etymology tree
Ancient Greek κῐθᾰ́ρᾱ (kĭthắrā)bor.
Aramaic קיתראbor.
Arabic قِيثَارَة (qīṯāra)bor.
Old Spanish guitarra
Spanish guitarrabor.
English guitar
From Spanish guitarra, from Arabic قِيثَارَة (qīṯāra), from Ancient Greek κῐθᾰ́ρᾱ (kĭthắrā). Doublet of cithara, cither, and zither.
Senses: examples: text: We guitared and drummed and head banged and pianoed.
ref: 2020, Becky Manawatu, Auē, page 139:
glosses: To play the guitar.
piano
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpjænəʊ/
ipa: /piˈænəʊ/
ipa: /piˈænoʊ/
ipa: /piˈænɪː/
ipa: /piˈænə/
ipa: /paɪˈænoʊ/
Forms: form: pianos
form: pianoes
Etymology: Clipping of pianoforte, from Italian pianoforte, from piano (“soft”) + forte (“strong”). So named because it could produce a wide range of varied volumes note-by-note, in contrast to older keyboard instruments, notably the harpsichord. Doublet of llano, plain, and plane.
Senses: examples: text: The piano in his house takes up a lot of space.
text: She has been taking lessons for many years and now plays piano very well.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
synonyms: pianoforte
coordinate_terms: cembalo
clavichord
fortepiano
harpsichord
organ
synthesizer
synth
glosses: A percussive keyboard musical instrument, usually ranging over seven octaves, with white and black colored keys, played by pressing these keys, causing hammers to strike strings.
Derived terms: baby grand piano
barrel piano
boudoir piano
cabinet piano
Chicago piano
cottage piano
digital piano
dumb piano
electric piano
finger piano
floor piano
giraffe piano
grand piano
Jewish piano
nonpiano
pianette
pianica
pianism
pianist
pianistic
pianistics
piano accordion
piano bar
piano bench
pianocentric
piano fingers
piano-forte
piano four hands
pianoist
piano keys
pianola
pianoless
pianolike
pianologue
piano maker
pianomania
pianophile
piano plate
piano player
piano polish
piano-polish
piano roll
piano stool
piano-violin
piano wire
player piano
prepared piano
pyramid piano
Rhodes piano
square piano
steam piano
straight piano
street piano
stride piano
thumb piano
toy piano
upright piano
virtual piano