cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
molasses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /məˈlæsɪz/
ipa: [məˈlæsɪz]
ipa: [mɵˈlæsɪz]
ipa: /məʊˈlasɪz/
ipa: /məˈlasɪz/
ipa: [məˈlæsɪz]
note: Scots
ipa: /məˈlasɪz/
rhymes: -æsɪz
ipa: /məˈlɑsɪz/
ipa: /məʊlasɪz/
ipa: /məˈlæsɪz/
ipa: [məˈlæsɪz]
ipa: [mɵˈlæsɪz]
ipa: /məʊˈlasɪz/
ipa: /məˈlasɪz/
ipa: [məˈlæsɪz]
note: Scots
ipa: /məˈlasɪz/
rhymes: -æsɪz
Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: plural of molasse
sablefish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sablefishes
form: sablefish
Etymology: From sable + fish.
Senses: examples: text: Other deep creatures now being harvested or targeted as seafood include rattails, skates, squid, red crabs, orange roughy, black oreos, smooth oreos, hoki, blue ling, southern blue whiting, sablefish, black scabbard fish and spiny dogfish.
ref: 1995 December 26, William J. Broad, “Creatures of the Deep Find Their Way to the Table”, in The New York Times:
synonyms: skil
beshow
coalfish
black cod
butterfish
glosses: A dark-coloured marine fish of species Anoplopoma fimbria, of North American Pacific waters.
Related terms: black cod
albacore
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæl.bə.koɹ/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)
Forms: form: albacores
Etymology: From Portuguese albacor, from Arabic اَلْبَكُورَة (al-bakūra, “the young camels”).
Senses: examples: text: But most of all, they were jealous because these strangers feasted daily on great turtle, albacore and sail-fish, the sweetest of all seafoods.
ref: 1929, Robert Dean Frisbee, The Book of Puka-Puka, Eland, published 2019, page 127:
synonyms: albacore tuna
glosses: A longfin tuna, a large marine fish (Thunnus alalunga) of warm seas, having edible flesh.
Derived terms: false albacore
auto da fe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈaʊtəʊ də ˈfeɪ/
Forms: form: auto da fes
form: autos da fe
form: auto de fé
form: auto de fe
form: auto-de-fé
form: auto-de-fe
form: auto da fé
form: auto-da-fé
form: auto-da-fe
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Portuguese auto da fé (“act/sentence of (the) faith”), in turn from Latin actus de fide.
Senses: glosses: The public announcement of the sentences imposed by the Inquisition on supposed heretics.
glosses: The public execution of those sentences, often by burning at the stake.
bossa nova
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɒsə ˈnəʊvə/
Forms: form: bossa novas
Etymology: From colloquial Brazilian Portuguese bossa (“inclination, propensity, trend”, literally “protuberance”) + nova (“new”). Compare the English expression new wave.
Senses: glosses: A lively Brazilian dance that is similar to the samba.
glosses: The music of that dance.
glosses: The music of that dance.
A genre of music originating from Brazil, similar to a fusion of jazz and samba music, no longer closely associated with the Brazilian dance.
carnauba
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌkɑːɹnəˈuːbə/
/kɑːɹˈnuːbə/
/kɑːɹˈnaʊbə/
/kɑːɹˈnɔːbə/
Forms: form: carnaubas
Etymology: From Portuguese carnaúba, from Old Tupi karana'yba.
Senses: glosses: A Brazilian palm tree having waxy, fan-shaped leaves and toothed leafstalks, Copernicia prunifera.
glosses: The hard wax obtained from the leaves of this plant and used especially in polishes.
Synonyms: sense: wax
word: carnauba wax
caldera
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kælˈdɛə.ɹə/
ipa: /ˈkɔːl.də.ɹə/
ipa: /kælˈdɛɹ.ə/
Forms: form: calderas
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish caldera (“cauldron”), from Late Latin caldāria (“warm bath”), from Latin caldārium. Doublet of chowder.
Senses: examples: text: The lakes of both Rotorua and Taupo occupy calderas left from enormous prehistoric eruptions, and magma lies at shallow depths beneath a number of centres.
ref: 2000, Tony Waltham, “Geyser watching”, in Geology Today, volume 16, Iss. 3, p. 99::
topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
volcanology
hypernyms: crater
glosses: A large crater formed by collapse of the cone or edifice of a volcano.
Derived terms: intracaldera
Related terms: calorie
cauldron
coddle
scald
cow-tree
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cow-trees
form: cow tree
Etymology: From their milky sap.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Any of various South American trees which, when wounded, exude a rich milky liquid.
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Brosimum utile, native to Brazil and Venezuela
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Couma macrocarpa of the family Apocynaceae, a tropical rain forest tree native to Colombia.
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Gymnema lactiferum, native to Ceylon.
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
synonyms: ausubo
balata
bulletwood
bully tree
massaranduba
glosses: Manilkara bidentata, native to Brazil
Hypernyms: tree
grouper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡɹuːpə(ɹ)/
rhymes: -uːpə(ɹ)
Forms: form: groupers
form: grouper
form: groper
form: grooper
Etymology: From Portuguese garoupa (“grouper”). Compare garrupa.
Senses: glosses: Any of various large food and game fishes of the subfamily Epinephelinae, especially the genera Epinephelus and Mycteroperca, which inhabit warm seas.
Derived terms: taxonomic: Epinephelus areolatus
word: areolate grouper
taxonomic: Cephalopholis argus
word: argus grouper
alt: Hyporthodus mystacinus; Mycteroperca bonaci
word: black grouper
word: blackfin grouper
taxonomic: Epinephelus fasciatus
word: blacktip grouper
taxonomic: Epinephelus fuscoguttatus
word: blotch grouper
taxonomic: Cephalopholis argus
word: bluespotted grouper)
taxonomic: Mycteroperca xenarcha
word: broomtail grouper)
taxonomic: Epinephelus drummondhayi
word: calico grouper
alt: Mycteroperca rubra; Mycteroperca acutirostris
word: comb grouper
alt: Hyporthodus mystacinus
word: convict grouper
taxonomic: Epinephelus marginatus
word: dusky grouper
taxonomic: Epinephelus itajara
word: goliath grouper
word: grouper trooper
taxonomic: Mycteroperca jordani
word: Gulf grouper
taxonomic: Epinephelus merra
word: honeycomb grouper
alt: Cromileptes altivelis, syn. Epinephelus altivelis
word: humpback grouper
taxonomic: Epinephelus bruneus
word: kelp grouper
word: lucky grouper
taxonomic: Variola louti
word: lyretail grouper
taxonomic: Dermatolepis inermis
word: marbled grouper
taxonomic: Gracila albomarginata
alt: syn. Epinephelus albomarginatus
word: masked grouper
alt: Hyporthodus mystacinus
word: misty grouper
alt: Hyporthodus mystacinus
word: moustache grouper
taxonomic: Epinephelus striatus
word: Nassau grouper
taxonomic: Epinephelus altivelis
alt: syn. Cromileptes altivelis
word: panther grouper
taxonomic: Epinephelus morio
word: red grouper
taxonomic: Aethaloperca rogaa
word: redmouth grouper
taxonomic: Dermatolepis inermis
word: sickelfish grouper
taxonomic: Epinephelus leucogrammicus
alt: syn. Anyperodon leucogrammicus
word: slender grouper
alt: Hyporthodus niveatus; Hyporthodus niphobles
word: snowy grouper
word: square grouper
alt: Hyporthodus niphobles
word: star-studded grouper
alt: Hyporthodus exsul
word: ten-spine grouper
taxonomic: Mycteroperca tigris
word: tiger grouper
alt: Hyporthodus nigritus
word: Warsaw grouper
taxonomic: Mycteroperca cidi
word: white grouper
alt: Hyporthodus flavolimbatus
word: yellowedge grouper
taxonomic: Mycteroperca venenosa
word: yellowfin grouper
taxonomic: Mycteroperca interstitialis
word: yellowmouth grouper
grouper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡɹuːpə(ɹ)/
rhymes: -uːpə(ɹ)
Forms: form: groupers
Etymology: From group + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who groups things.
examples: text: There was also a little roundfaced brunette named Marilyn who told me she used to be a teenie grouper hanging out with a rock'n'roll group called The Wild Flowers but now she was mainly with Bobby Petersen.
ref: 1968, Tom Wolfe, The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, Bantam, published 1997, →ISBN, page 5:
glosses: A groupie.
macaw
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /məˈkɔː/
ipa: /məˈkɑ/
ipa: /məˈkɔ/
rhymes: -ɔː
Forms: form: macaws
form: maccaw
form: macao
Etymology: From Portuguese macau, of unknown origin. English sources point to Nheengatu makawana, which is only attested from the 20th century onwards.
Senses: glosses: Any of various parrots of the genera Ara, Anodorhynchus, Cyanopsitta, Orthopsittaca, Primolius and Diopsittaca of Central and South America, including the largest parrots and characterized by long sabre-shaped tails, curved powerful bills, and usually brilliant plumage.
Derived terms: blue-and-gold macaw
blue-and-yellow macaw
blue-winged macaw
Cuban red macaw
great green macaw
hyacinth macaw
macaw bush
macaw fat
macaw palm
military macaw
red-and-green macaw
scarlet macaw
board-foot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: board-feet
Senses: glosses: A unit of cubic measure for timber, equal to one foot square by one inch thick.
FPS
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: FPS
form: fps
Senses: topics: broadcasting
computing
engineering
film
mathematics
media
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
television
glosses: Initialism of frames per second.
glosses: Initialism of feet per second (“a measure of speed”).
glosses: Initialism of foot-pound-second (“a system of units”).
FPS
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: FPSes
form: fps
Senses: topics: video-games
coordinate_terms: FPV
POV
glosses: Initialism of first-person shooter.
FPS
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fps
Senses: glosses: Initialism of free phone service.
topics: card-games
poker
glosses: Initialism of fancy play syndrome, the act of playing in a reckless way.
qualifier: pensions
glosses: Initialism of final pensionable salary.
FPS
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fps
Senses: glosses: Initialism of frequently posted suggestions.
FPS
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: fps
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Federal Protective Service.
statute mile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: statute miles
Senses: examples: Near-synonym: survey mile
synonyms: international mile
hypernyms: land mile#Noun
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mile#Noun
coordinate_terms: geographical mile
nautical mile
sea mile
glosses: The mile of 5,280 feet or 1,760 yards, distinguished from the traditional mile of 5,000 feet employed before the 1593 Weights and Measures Act.
examples: Near-synonym: international mile
synonyms: survey mile
hypernyms: land mile#Noun
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mile#Noun
coordinate_terms: geographical mile
nautical mile
sea mile
glosses: The US survey mile, distinguished from the international mile adopted by treaty in the 1950s.
synonyms: land mile#Noun
hypernyms: mile#Noun
coordinate_terms: nautical mile
sea mile
glosses: The land mile in its various forms, distinguished from the nautical mile.
cubit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkjuː.bɪt/
enpr: kyo͞o'bĭt
ipa: /ˈkju.bɪt/
rhymes: -uːbɪt
homophone: qubit
Forms: form: cubits
Etymology: From Middle English cubite, from Latin cubitum (“elbow, cubit”). Doublet of cubitus, covado, and codo.
Senses: examples: text: Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Matthew 6:27:
glosses: The distance from the elbow to the tip of the middle finger used as an informal unit of length.
glosses: Any of various units of length approximating this distance, usually around 35–60 cm.
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Synonym of ulna, the bone of the human forearm.
synonyms: word: ulna
extra: the bone of the human forearm
Synonyms: sense: unit of length
english: now properly a separate unit
translation: now properly a separate unit
word: ell
sense: unit of length
word: coudee
Hyponyms: word: arshin
word: Russian cubit
word: codo
word: Spanish cubit
word: covado
word: Portuguese cubit
english: modern Middle Eastern contexts
translation: modern Middle Eastern contexts
word: dira
english: ancient Egypt
translation: ancient Egypt
word: royal cubit
Derived terms: cubital
cubitocarpal
cubitoradial
Related terms: cubitus
qubit
British thermal unit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: British thermal units
Senses: related: word: BTU
word: Btu
hypernyms: unit
coordinate_terms: word: calorie
english: other non-SI units of energy
translation: other non-SI units of energy
word: Calorie
word: ton of TNT
word: ;
english: SI unit of energy
translation: SI unit of energy
word: joule
word: mul:J
glosses: A unit of energy that is equivalent to the quantity of heat required to raise the temperature of one pound of water one degree Fahrenheit at a particular temperature (there are several different precise definitions) and a pressure of one atmosphere.
Related terms: english: a unit of power: 200 Btu per minute
translation: a unit of power: 200 Btu per minute
word: ton of refrigeration
condor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɒndɔː(ɹ)/
Forms: form: condors
form: condor
Etymology: From Spanish cóndor, from Classical Quechua kuntur. The change /t/ to /d/ was characteristic of the "coastal" variety of the language.
Senses: examples: text: The condor lays a couple of eggs and the ostrich a score, and yet in the same country the condor may be the more numerous of the two: the Fulmar petrel lays but one egg, yet it is believed to be the most numerous bird in the world.
ref: 1859, Charles Darwin, On the Origin of Species:
glosses: Either of two New World vultures, Vultur gryphus of the Andes or Gymnogyps californianus, a nearly extinct vulture of the mountains of California.
glosses: A gold coin of some South American countries bearing the figure of one of these vultures.
glosses: An Argentinian short range ballistic missile.
topics: golf
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: The completion of a hole four strokes under par (a quadruple birdie, triple eagle, or double albatross).
topics: business
finance
glosses: A combination of four options of the same type at four strike prices, giving limited profit and limited risk.
Coordinate terms: buzzard
bogey
par
birdie
eagle
albatross
Derived terms: Andean condor
California condor
Condor Legion
Condor moment
iron condor
gaucho
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡaʊt͡ʃoʊ/
rhymes: -aʊtʃəʊ
Forms: form: gauchos
form: gauchoes
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish gaucho, of uncertain origin.
Senses: examples: text: Theirs was the spirit which upheld Darwin among the gauchos of the Argentine or Wallace among the head-hunters of Malaya.
ref: 1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:
glosses: A cowboy of the South American pampas.
topics: business
finance
glosses: A proposed currency intended to be used by Argentina and Brazil to make interregional payments.
Derived terms: topics: clothing
textiles
fashion
lifestyle
manufacturing
business
word: gauchos
word: gauchesque
Related terms: huaso
charro
cowboy
llanero
vaquero
jerky
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈd͡ʒɝki/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)ki
Forms: form: jerkier
form: jerkiest
Etymology: From jerk + -y.
Senses: examples: text: jerky flight
text: jerky movement
text: jerky sounds
glosses: Characterized by physical jerking, or by sudden and uneven progress.
examples: text: jerky guy
text: jerky behaviour
glosses: Having the behavior of a jerk (unpleasant person).
Derived terms: herky-jerky
jerkily
jerkiness
knee-jerky
jerky
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈd͡ʒɝki/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)ki
Forms: form: jerkies
form: xarque
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish charqui, from Quechua charki.
Senses: glosses: Lean meat cured and preserved by cutting into thin strips and air-drying in the sun.
Related terms: word: jerk
word: jerked beef
word: beef jerky
word: jerked meat
word: biltong
english: freeze-dried potatoes
translation: freeze-dried potatoes
word: Quechuan chunyu
word: pemmican
word: pemican
word: smoked meat
word: smoker
jerky
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈd͡ʒɝki/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)ki
Forms: form: jerkies
form: jerkying
form: jerkied
form: jerkied
form: xarque
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish charqui, from Quechua charki.
Senses: glosses: To cure and preserve (meat) by drying it, making jerky.
Synonyms: sense: preserve meat by drying
word: jerk
Derived terms: jerky up
Inca
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɪŋkə/
homophone: inker (non-rhotic)
rhymes: -ɪŋkə
Forms: form: Incas
form: Inca
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish inca, from Classical Quechua inka (“emperor”).
Senses: examples: text: To honor the spirits that take form as mountains, the Inca stoneworkers carved rock outcrops to replicate their shapes.
ref: 2007 June 24, Arthur Lubow, “The Possessed”, in The New York Times:
text: Archaeologists say the Incas, brought down by the Spanish conquest, used khipus – strands of woolen cords made from the hair of animals like llamas or alpacas – as an alternative to writing.
ref: 2010 August 16, Simon Romero, “High in the Andes, Keeping an Incan Mystery Alive”, in The New York Times:
glosses: A member of the group of Quechuan peoples of highland Peru who established an empire from northern Ecuador to central Chile before the Spanish conquest.
Derived terms: Inca dove
Inca lily
Incan
Peruvian Inca Orchid
puma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /puːmə/
ipa: /pjuːmə/
rhymes: -uːmə
Forms: form: pumas
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish puma, from Quechua puma.
Senses: glosses: A mountain lion or cougar (Puma concolor).
glosses: Any feline belonging to the genus Puma.
examples: text: “Younger can be good. How much younger?” Regina asked, inspecting the appetizer plates for any lingering bites. “I don't know,” Alexa said frowning. “Why does that matter?” “Less than eight years makes you a Puma. Over eight years makes you a Cougar,” Regina said wisely, grinning as Lauren nodded excitedly in agreement.
ref: 2011, Donna McDonald, Dating A Cougar, →ISBN:
glosses: A woman in her 20s or 30s who seeks relationships with younger men; a younger cougar.
quinoa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkiːn.wɑː/
ipa: /kiːˈnəʊ.ə/
ipa: /ˈkin.wɑ/
ipa: /kiˈnoʊ.ə/
rhymes: -əʊə
Forms: form: quinoas
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish quinua, from Quechua kinwa.
Senses: examples: text: Chenopodium quinoa Will, (quinoa) is native to the Andes, and the seeds are a staple grain in parts of South America. The newly formed Canadian Quinoa Association anticipated growing about 400 ha of quinoa annually (Anonymous 1992e).
ref: 1997, Derek B. Munro, Ernest Small, Vegetables of Canada, page 142:
text: Quinoa was cultivated about 3,000 years ago in the Andes mountain region, and was the favored crop of the Incas, who used it as a sacred plant in rituals.
ref: 1999 October, Lisa Turner, “Have fun exploring the land of unconventional grains”, in Better Nutrition, page 70:
text: The oldest archeological remains of domesticated quinoa date to 5000 BC (Tapia 1979).
ref: 2007, Chittaranjan Kole, Pulses, Sugar and Tuber Crops, page 148:
glosses: A goosefoot (Chenopodium quinoa) native to the Andes and cultivated for its edible seeds.
examples: text: Turn the heat up to medium-high, add the quinoa, and sprinkle with salt and pepper.
ref: 2007, Mark Bittman, How to Cook Everything Vegetarian: Simple Meatless Recipes for Great Food, page 560:
text: Quinoa is another of those foods that keeps getting miscategorized—everyone thinks it′s a grain, everyone uses it like a grain, but it′s actually a seed.
ref: 2007, Jonny Bowden, The 150 Healthiest Foods on Earth, page 78:
text: To use quinoa in a salad, spread it on a platter or baking sheet after cooking to allow it to cool and, more importantly, dry. Cooked quinoa can be stored in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 5 days.
ref: 2009, Miriam Backes, Bob′s Red Mill Cookbook: Whole & Healthy Grains for Every Meal of the Day, page 104:
glosses: The high-protein dried fruits and seeds of this plant, used as a food staple and ground into flour.
leprechaun
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlɛpɹəkɔːn/
ipa: /ˈlɛpɹəˌkɔn/
ipa: /ˈlɛpɹəˌkɑn/
Forms: form: leprechauns
form: lepracaun
Etymology: From Irish leipreachán, luprachán, from Middle Irish luchrupán, from Old Irish luchorpán. See also Irish lucharachán.
The word's further etymology is disputed; it is traditionally explained as a compound containing lú (“small”, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁lengʷʰ-) + corp (“body”, which is from Latin corpus). However, an alternative suggestion is that it is a derivative of Latin Lupercī (“priests of Lupercus”), who were misinterpreted as an antediluvian species by medieval Irish scholars.
Senses: examples: text: Do you not catch the tiny clamour, / Busy click of an elfin hammer, / Voice of the leprechaun singing shrill, / As he merrily plies his trade?
ref: 1888, William Allingham, “The Lepracaun; or Fairy Shoemaker”, in William Butler Yeats, editor, Irish Fairy and Folk Tales, pages 86–87:
topics: arts
folklore
history
human-sciences
literature
media
publishing
sciences
glosses: One of a race of elves that can reveal hidden treasure to those who catch them.
Derived terms: aleprechaunist
leprechaunesque
leprechauness
leprechaunic
leprechaunish
leprechaunism
leprechaunology
leprechology
leprechauny
smithereens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /smɪðəˈɹiːnz/
ipa: /ˌsmɪðəˈɹinz/
rhymes: -iːnz
Forms: form: smithereen
Etymology: Uncertain. The following words, all first attested later than the headword, have been compared:
* Irish smidiríní, smiodairíní (“smithereens”), from smiodar (“broken piece, fragment”) + -ín (suffix forming diminutive nouns) + -í (slender form of -aí (suffix forming plurals of some nouns)).
* smither (“fragment; atom”), which would be suffixed with -een (forming diminutive nouns in Irish English).
* Hiberno-English (Wexford) smaddereen, a variant of smattering (“small amount or number of something; shallow or superficial knowledge of a subject”).
* Hiberno-English (Wexford) smithered, smashed
Senses: examples: text: The urn shattered into smithereens the moment it hit the ground.
text: When the waiter dropped the platter, one smithereen struck him above the knee, and the four remaining smithereens scattered across the floor.
text: However, something once happened on the railway there which showed the very best of mankind: heroism, duty, self-sacrifice and calm professionalism under terrible pressure. It is a story which gives us far, far better reasons for remembering this attractive little town, which without these heroes would have been blown to smithereens in a gigantic explosion. (Two railwaymen lost their lives in 1944 when a wagon in an ammunition train caught fire and blew up, an even worse disaster was averted however.)
ref: 2022 January 12, Benedict le Vay, “The heroes of Soham...”, in RAIL, number 948, page 42:
synonyms: shards
shivereens
smithers
glosses: Fragments or splintered pieces; numerous tiny disconnected items.
wikipedia: Hiberno-English
angstrom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæŋstɹəm/
ipa: /ˈæŋstɹʌm/
ipa: /ˈæŋstɹəm/
ipa: /ˈæŋstɹʌm/
ipa: /ˈɔŋstɹəm/
ipa: /ˈæŋstɹʌm/
Forms: form: angstroms
form: Angstrom
form: angström
form: ångstrom
form: ångström
Etymology: Borrowed from Swedish ångström, named after Swedish physicist Anders Jonas Ångström.
Senses: topics: metrology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A unit of length equal to 10⁻¹⁰ meters (that is, one ten-billionth of a meter), approximately the size of an atom, and denoted by the symbol Å, used especially to measure the wavelength of electromagnetic radiation or distances between atoms.
Synonyms: Å
angstrom unit
AU
㍳
Coordinate terms: alt: μ
word: micron
Derived terms: angstrom star
microangstrom
milliangstrom
subangstrom
fartlek
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɑːtlɛk/
ipa: /ˈfɑɹtlək/
Forms: form: fartleks
Etymology: Borrowed from Swedish fartlek, from fart (“speed”) + lek (“child’s play”).
Senses: examples: text: In an article in Athletics Journal, Paul A. Smith described fartlek as "a continuous overdistance run with numerous faster-paced interval runs interspersed, until the runner feels tired, but not exhausted." Smith claimed that because fartlek existed in the mind of the runner as a form of play, it deemphasized the feeling or perception of fatigue. […] In a typical fartlek workout, you pick some landmark such as a tree or a bush and sprint to it, then jog until you've recovered.
ref: 1992, Hal Higdon, “Fartlek: A Time-tested Treasure”, in Kathleen A. Becker, editor, Run Fast: How to Train for a 5-K or 10-K Race, Emmaus, Pa.: Rodale Press, →ISBN, pages 128–129:
text: Interval workouts are typically more intense and structured than strides and fartleks. If you have access to a track, distance is easier to gauge.
ref: 2025 October 25, Hannah Singleton, “5 Tricks to Make Your Run Faster, Healthier and More Fun”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:
synonyms: interval training
glosses: An athletic training technique, used especially in running, in which periods of intense effort alternate with periods of less strenuous effort in a continuous workout.
Related terms: wind sprint
glögg
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Oh, I almost forgot the most important thing…just before Christmas dinner we would have glögg.
ref: 2004, Tage Pearson, Tage, AuthorHouse, published 2004, →ISBN, page 89:
text: Berger and Malm were taking care of the annual Christmas arrangements while Blomkvist sat in Erika's chair, drinking glögg and looking on.
ref: 2008, Stieg Larsson, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (trans. Reg Keeland), Borzoi Books (2008; original Swedish book published 2005), page 457
text: She didn’t have any Swedish music, so instead of dancing after dinner they all sat in front of the fire eating cookies and drinking glögg.
ref: 2009, Karen Chalfen, Fair Weather by Noon, Trafford Publishing, published 2009, →ISBN, page 233:
glosses: Alternative spelling of glogg.
gravlax
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡɹavˌlaks/
ipa: /ˈɡɹɑvˌlɑks/
rhymes: -æks
rhymes: -ɑːks
Forms: form: gravadlax
form: gravad lax
form: gravlaks
Etymology: Borrowed from Swedish gravlax, a compound of grava (“to dry-cure in salt and sugar”) + lax (“salmon”).
Senses: glosses: Salmon dry-cured in salt, seasoned with dill and sugar, and served usually thinly sliced as an appetizer.
kink
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /kɪŋk/
rhymes: -ɪŋk
Forms: form: kinks
form: kinking
form: kinked
form: kinked
form: chink
Etymology: From Middle English kinken, kynken, from Old English *cincian (attested in cincung), from Proto-West Germanic *kinkōn, from Proto-Germanic *kinkōną (“to laugh”), from Proto-Indo-European *gang- (“to mock, jeer, deride”), related to Old English canc (“jeering, scorn, derision”). Cognate with Dutch kinken (“to kink, cough”).
Senses: glosses: To laugh loudly.
glosses: To gasp for breath as in a severe fit of coughing.
kink
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kɪŋk/
rhymes: -ɪŋk
Forms: form: kinks
form: chink
Etymology: From Middle English kinken, kynken, from Old English *cincian (attested in cincung), from Proto-West Germanic *kinkōn, from Proto-Germanic *kinkōną (“to laugh”), from Proto-Indo-European *gang- (“to mock, jeer, deride”), related to Old English canc (“jeering, scorn, derision”). Cognate with Dutch kinken (“to kink, cough”).
Senses: glosses: A convulsive fit of coughing or laughter; a sonorous indraft of breath; a whoop; a gasp of breath caused by laughing, coughing, or crying.
kink
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kɪŋk/
rhymes: -ɪŋk
Forms: form: kinks
form: k1nk
form: k!nk
form: k/nk
form: k*nk
Etymology: From Dutch kink (“a twist or curl in a rope”), from Proto-Germanic *kenk-, *keng- (“to bend, turn”), from Proto-Indo-European *gengʰ- (“to turn, wind, braid, weave”). Compare Middle Low German kinke (“spiral screw, coil”), Old Norse kikna (“to bend backwards, sink at the knee”), Icelandic kengur (“a bend or bight; a metal crook”). Probably related to kick.
Senses: examples: text: We couldn't get enough water to put out the fire because of a kink in the hose.
glosses: A tight curl, twist, or bend in a length of thin material, hair etc.
examples: text: They had planned to open another shop downtown, but their plan had a few kinks.
glosses: A difficulty or flaw that is likely to impede operation, as in a plan or system.
examples: text: Never a Yankee was born or bred / Without that peculiar kink in his head / By which he could turn the smallest amount / Of whatever he had to the best account.
ref: 1856, Frederick Swartwout Cozzens, The Sparrowgrass Papers:
text: "Still, boozers can be worked sometimes. Most people can, if you encourage their kink. One old woman staked me for three months because she got such a kick out of scandalmongering the neighbours to me."
ref: 1950, Norman Lindsay, Dust or Polish?, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 17:
glosses: An unreasonable notion; a crotchet; a whim; a caprice.
examples: text: To top it all off, Lynn is into kink. Last night she was really into kink. It's a good thing that today is my day off because I need the time to recuperate and think things over.
ref: 2013, Alison Tyler, H Is for Hardcore, page 13:
synonyms: paraphilia
antonyms: normophilia
glosses: Peculiarity or deviation in sexual behaviour or taste.
examples: text: "What do they think you know?"
"No more than I've told you. That he's a kink. He rapes people and kills people and spends too much money and flies grass in."
ref: 1985, John Dann MacDonald, Five Complete Travis McGee Novels, page 254:
text: “He's a kink. All I have to do is toss off my clothes and dance around his apartment while he sits and drools.”
ref: 2013, James Hadley Chase, A Can of Worms:
synonyms: kinkster
glosses: A person with peculiar sexual tastes.
glosses: Any sexual preference outside normal or expected norms.
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A positive 1-soliton solution to the sine-Gordon equation.
Derived terms: antikink
dekink
kinkfic
kink meme
kinkshame
KinkTok
kinky
sun kink
unkink
YKINMK
Related terms: BDSM
fetish
kink
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /kɪŋk/
rhymes: -ɪŋk
Forms: form: kinks
form: kinking
form: kinked
form: kinked
form: k1nk
form: k!nk
form: k/nk
form: k*nk
Etymology: From Dutch kink (“a twist or curl in a rope”), from Proto-Germanic *kenk-, *keng- (“to bend, turn”), from Proto-Indo-European *gengʰ- (“to turn, wind, braid, weave”). Compare Middle Low German kinke (“spiral screw, coil”), Old Norse kikna (“to bend backwards, sink at the knee”), Icelandic kengur (“a bend or bight; a metal crook”). Probably related to kick.
Senses: glosses: To form a kink or twist.
glosses: To be formed into a kink or twist.
Derived terms: kinkable
kinked
kinkle
kinkless
kink on
kink out
kinkster
kinky
unkinkable
moped
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈməʊ.pɛd/
enpr: mōʹpĕd
ipa: /ˈmoʊ.pɛd/
Forms: form: mopeds
form: mo-ped
Etymology: Borrowed from Swedish moped.
Senses: examples: text: He took his moped into work.
glosses: A lightweight, two-wheeled vehicle equipped with a small motor and pedals, designed to go no faster than some specified speed limit.
Derived terms: e-moped
go-ped
Related terms: scooter
moped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈməʊ.pɛd/
enpr: mōʹpĕd
ipa: /ˈmoʊ.pɛd/
rhymes: -əʊpt
ipa: /məʊpt/
enpr: mōpt
ipa: /moʊpt/
ipa: /ˈməʊ.pɛd/
enpr: mōʹpĕd
ipa: /ˈmoʊ.pɛd/
Etymology: From mope + -ed.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of mope
moped
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈməʊ.pɛd/
enpr: mōʹpĕd
ipa: /ˈmoʊ.pɛd/
rhymes: -əʊpt
ipa: /məʊpt/
enpr: mōpt
ipa: /moʊpt/
ipa: /ˈməʊ.pɛd/
enpr: mōʹpĕd
ipa: /ˈmoʊ.pɛd/
Forms: form: more moped
form: most moped
Etymology: From mope + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: it so far troubles them, that they become quite moped many times, and so disheartened, dejected, they dare not come abroad[…]
ref: 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], chapter I, in The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition iii, section 1, member 2:
glosses: Melancholic, dejected.
ombudsman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɒmbədzmən/
ipa: /ˈɑmbədzmən/
ipa: /ʔomˈbʊds.mɐn/
ipa: /ˈʔom-/
Forms: form: ombudsmen
Etymology: Borrowed from Swedish ombudsman (equivalent to ombud (“representative, proxy”) + man), from Old Norse umboðsmaðr.
Senses: examples: text: "All the Nordic ombudsmen have the same view: that circumcision of boys should not be done until the boy is old enough to decide himself if is something he wants to do,” Anne Lindboe, Norway's Ombudsman for Children, told DW.
ref: 2014 April 30, Lars Bevanger, “Circumcision row”, in DW:
text: The ombudsman found that youth living at El Pueblo remained under the care and supervision of staff who had been accused of abusing them. In one case, a youth was reportedly dragged across the carpet by two staff members, resulting in rugburns on his face.
ref: 2019 August 13, “A Pueblo center for troubled kids had 243 abuse allegations in the year before it closed”, in The Colorado Sun:
glosses: An appointed official whose duty is to investigate complaints, generally on behalf of individuals such as consumers or taxpayers, against institutions such as companies and government departments.
glosses: A designated internal mediator in an organization whose duty is to assist members with conflict resolution and other problems and to serve as an independent consultant to recommend changes to policies or procedures to improve organization effectiveness, efficiency, and humaneness.
Derived terms: ombud
ombuds
ombudsmanry
ombudsmanship
ombudsperson
ombudswoman
scuffle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈskʌfəl/
rhymes: -ʌfəl
Forms: form: scuffles
Etymology: Possibly of North Germanic/Scandinavian origin; compare Swedish skuff (“a push”) and skuffa (“to push”), from the Proto-Germanic base *skuf- (skuƀ), from Proto-Indo-European *skewbʰ-, see also Lithuanian skùbti (“to hurry”), Polish skubać (“to pluck”), Albanian humb (“to lose”).
Senses: examples: text: The Dog leaps upon the Serpent, and Tears it to Pieces; but in the Scuffle the Cradle happen'd to be Overturn'd: […]
ref: 1692, Roger L'Estrange, “Fab[le] CCCCLXX. A Farmer and His Servant.”, in Fables of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists: With Morals and Reflexions, London: Printed for R[ichard] Sare, T. Sawbridge, B. Took, M[atthew] Gillyflower, A. & J. Churchil, and J[oseph] Hindmarsh, →OCLC; 2nd corrected and amended edition, London: Printed for R[ichard] Sare, B. Took, M[atthew] Gillyflower, A. & J. Churchil, J[oseph] Hindmarsh, and G[eorge] Sawbridge, 1694, →OCLC, page 435:
text: It appears the Company had received news that one of their captains had been killed in a scuffle with the natives.
ref: 1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part I, page 198:
text: Fights ensued as many England supporters attempted to retreat before some stewards moved in. Intermittent scuffles continued to break out until the section of the crowd where the trouble started was vacated.
ref: 2016 June 11, Phil McNulty, “England 1–1 Russia”, in BBC Sport, archived from the original on 13 Jun 2016:
glosses: A rough, disorderly fight or struggle at close quarters.
examples: text: But even on the scuffle / The cleaner's press was in my jeans
ref: 1975, Joni Mitchell, “The Boho Dance”, in The Hissing of Summer Lawns:
glosses: Poverty; struggle.
glosses: A child's pinafore or bib.
Derived terms: scuffle hunter
scuffly
scuffle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈskʌfəl/
rhymes: -ʌfəl
Forms: form: scuffles
form: scuffling
form: scuffled
form: scuffled
Etymology: Possibly of North Germanic/Scandinavian origin; compare Swedish skuff (“a push”) and skuffa (“to push”), from the Proto-Germanic base *skuf- (skuƀ), from Proto-Indo-European *skewbʰ-, see also Lithuanian skùbti (“to hurry”), Polish skubać (“to pluck”), Albanian humb (“to lose”).
Senses: examples: text: Certainly a gallant man had rather fight to great diſadvantages for number and place in the field in an orderly way, then ſcuffle with an undiſciplined rabble.
ref: 1648, attributed to Charles I of England, Εἰκὼν Βασιλική [Eikōn Basilikē = Royal Portrait]. The Pourtraicture of His Sacred Maiestie, in His Solitvdes and Svfferings, [London?]: [s.n.], →OCLC, page 15:
glosses: To fight or struggle confusedly at close quarters.
examples: text: But shiftings and readjustments ensued, as they are sure to do with a walking-party. Cope presently found himself scuffling through the thin grass and the briery thickets alongside the young business-man.
ref: 1919, Henry B[lake] Fuller, “Cope at His House Party”, in Bertram Cope’s Year: A Novel, Chicago, Ill.: Ralph Fletcher Seymour, The Alderbrink Press, →OCLC, page 94:
glosses: To walk with a shuffling gait.
examples: text: Once a good friend of mine, a fine hoofer who was having trouble getting bookings, ran up to that tree, gave it a big smack, and yelled “Lawd please make me a pimp, any kind of a pimp, long as I’m pimpin’. I’m tired of scufflin’ and my feet are too long outa work.”
ref: 1946, Milton “Mezz” Mezzrow, Bernard Wolfe, “Tell a Green Man Something”, in Really the Blues, New York, N.Y.: Random House, book 3 (1928–1935: The Big Apple), page 208:
glosses: To make a living with difficulty, getting by on a low income, to struggle financially.
Derived terms: scuffler
scuffle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈskʌfəl/
rhymes: -ʌfəl
Forms: form: scuffles
Etymology: The noun is a borrowing from the Dutch noun, Dutch schoffel; the English verb arose via subsequent verbification within English but is also parallel with the Dutch verb, schoffelen.
Senses: examples: Near-synonyms: collinear hoe, collineal hoe (loosely synonymous)
synonyms: scuffle hoe
Dutch hoe
hypernyms: hoe
<
hand tool#Noun
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implement#Noun
tool#Noun
glosses: A type of hoe, manipulated by both pushing and pulling, with a sharp blade parallel with the worked surface; an instance of this type.
scuffle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈskʌfəl/
rhymes: -ʌfəl
Forms: form: scuffles
form: scuffling
form: scuffled
form: scuffled
Etymology: The noun is a borrowing from the Dutch noun, Dutch schoffel; the English verb arose via subsequent verbification within English but is also parallel with the Dutch verb, schoffelen.
Senses: examples: Near-synonyms: (sometimes synonymous) scarify, cultivate, grub; weed
topics: agriculture
business
lifestyle
glosses: To work the soil surface for weeding, etc.
Derived terms: scuffler
sprint
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /spɹɪnt/
rhymes: -ɪnt
Forms: form: sprints
form: sprunt
Etymology: Alteration of earlier sprent (“to leap; bound; dart”), from Northern Middle English sprenten, from Old Norse *sprenta (for later spretta), from Proto-Germanic *sprantijaną, causative of Proto-Germanic *sprintaną (“to jump up; bounce”), from Proto-Indo-European *sprend-, *sprendʰ- (“to flinch; jump”), from Proto-Indo-European *sper- (“to twitch; fidget; flinch; jump; be quick”). Cognate with Middle High German sprenzen (“to sprinkle; splash”), Swedish spritta (“to startle”), Icelandic spretta (“to spring forth; emerge; arise; develop”).
Senses: glosses: A short race at top speed.
glosses: A burst of speed or activity.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
software
glosses: In Agile software development, a period of development of a fixed time that is preceded and followed by meetings.
sprint
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /spɹɪnt/
rhymes: -ɪnt
Forms: form: sprints
form: sprinting
form: sprinted
form: sprant
form: sprinted
form: sprant
form: sprunt
form: sprunt
Etymology: Alteration of earlier sprent (“to leap; bound; dart”), from Northern Middle English sprenten, from Old Norse *sprenta (for later spretta), from Proto-Germanic *sprantijaną, causative of Proto-Germanic *sprintaną (“to jump up; bounce”), from Proto-Indo-European *sprend-, *sprendʰ- (“to flinch; jump”), from Proto-Indo-European *sper- (“to twitch; fidget; flinch; jump; be quick”). Cognate with Middle High German sprenzen (“to sprinkle; splash”), Swedish spritta (“to startle”), Icelandic spretta (“to spring forth; emerge; arise; develop”).
Senses: examples: text: "So I broke away early this mornin', gave my guard a kick in the tummy that laid him out, and sprinted for the camp.
ref: 1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:
glosses: To run, cycle, etc. at top speed for a short period.
Derived terms: sense: from all parts of speech
word: canoe sprint
sense: from all parts of speech
word: hollow sprint
sense: from all parts of speech
word: kayak sprint
sense: from all parts of speech
word: sprintable
sense: from all parts of speech
word: sprint car
sense: from all parts of speech
word: sprinter
sense: from all parts of speech
word: sprint finish
sense: from all parts of speech
word: sprintless
sense: from all parts of speech
word: wind sprint
wicker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwɪkə(ɹ)/
enpr: wĭkʹər
ipa: /ˈwɪkɚ/
rhymes: -ɪkə(ɹ)
homophone: whicker (wine–whine merger)
homophone: Wicca (non-rhotic)
Forms: form: wickers
Etymology: From Middle English wiker, cognate with Swedish vikker (“willow”), Old Norse veikr (“weak”), English weak.
Senses: glosses: A flexible branch or twig of a plant such as willow, used in weaving baskets and furniture.
examples: text: wicker basket    wicker cradle
text: Then quick did dress / His half milk up for cheese, and in a press / Of wicker pressed it.
ref: 1614–1615, Homer, “(please specify the book number)”, in Geo[rge] Chapman, transl., Homer’s Odysses. […], London: […] Rich[ard] Field [and William Jaggard], for Nathaniell Butter, published 1615, →OCLC; republished in The Odysseys of Homer, […], volume (please specify the book number), London: John Russell Smith, […], 1857, →OCLC:
synonyms: wick
glosses: Wickerwork.
Derived terms: english: basket made of wickers; wickers collectively; wickerwork
translation: basket made of wickers; wickers collectively; wickerwork
word: wick
word: rewicker
word: wicker man
word: wickerwork
Related terms: basket
cradle
rattan
wicker
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwɪkə(ɹ)/
enpr: wĭkʹər
ipa: /ˈwɪkɚ/
rhymes: -ɪkə(ɹ)
homophone: whicker (wine–whine merger)
homophone: Wicca (non-rhotic)
Etymology: From Middle English wiker, cognate with Swedish vikker (“willow”), Old Norse veikr (“weak”), English weak.
Senses: examples: text: There were many wooden chairs for the bulk of his visitors, and two wicker armchairs with red cloth cushions for superior people. From the packing-cases had emerged some Indian clubs,[…], and all these articles[…] made a scattered and untidy decoration that Mrs. Clough assiduously dusted and greatly cherished.
ref: 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
text: He rose to light my cigarette, then sank back into his wicker chair contentedly. The tea was weak, but not cold, thanks to the hot-plate.
ref: 1956, Delano Ames, chapter 7, in Crime out of Mind:
glosses: Made of wickerwork.
fluier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of fluey: more fluey
gard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡɑː(ɹ)d/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)d
homophone: garde
homophone: guard
Forms: form: gards
Etymology: From Old English gard, northern variant of ġeard (whence yard).
Senses: glosses: A garden.
gard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡɑː(ɹ)d/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)d
homophone: garde
homophone: guard
Forms: form: gards
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of guard.
gard
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡɑː(ɹ)d/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)d
homophone: garde
homophone: guard
Forms: form: gards
form: garding
form: garded
form: garded
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of guard.
lai
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /laɪ/
rhymes: -aɪ
homophone: Leigh
homophone: lie
homophone: lye
Forms: form: lais
form: lay
Etymology: From Middle English lai, lay, from Old French lai (“song, lyric, poem”), from Old Frankish *laik, *laih (“play, melody, song”), from Proto-Germanic *laikaz, *laikiz (“jump, play, dance, hymn”), from Proto-Indo-European *leyg- (“to jump, spring, play”). Akin to Old High German leih (“a play, skit, melody, song”), Middle High German leich (“piece of music, epic song played on a harp”), Gothic 𐌻𐌰𐌹𐌺𐍃 (laiks, “a dance”), Old English lācan (“to move quickly, fence, sing”). More at lake.
Senses: glosses: A mostly North European medieval form of lyrical, narrative poem written in octosyllabic couplets that often deals with tales of adventure and romance, with stanzas that do not repeat.
Related terms: lai lai
lai see
shore
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: shô
ipa: /ʃɔː(ɹ)/
enpr: shôr
ipa: /ʃɔɹ/
note: rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
enpr: shōrʹ
ipa: /ʃo(ː)ɹ/
note: rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
note: non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
ipa: /ʃoə/
homophone: sure (UK, pour–poor merger)
homophone: Shaw (non-rhotic, horse–hoarse merger)
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)
Forms: form: shores
form: shoring
form: shored
form: shored
Etymology: From Middle English schore, from Old English *sċora (attested as sċor- in placenames), from Proto-Germanic *skurô (“rugged rock, cliff, high rocky shore”). Possibly related to Old English sċieran (“to cut”), which survives today as English shear.
Cognate with Middle Dutch scorre (“land washed by the sea”), Middle Low German schor (“shore, coast, headland”), Middle High German schorre ("rocky crag, high rocky shore"; > German Schorre, Schorren (“towering rock, crag”)), and Limburgish sjaor (“riverbank”). Maybe connected with Norwegian Bokmål skjær.
Senses: examples: text: the ship quickened her way, and shot past that rocke, where wee thought shee would have shored.
ref: 1589, Richard Hakluyt, The Principall Navigations, Voiages, and Discoveries of the English Nation, […], London: […] George Bishop and Ralph Newberie, deputies to Christopher Barker, […], →OCLC:
glosses: To arrive at the shore
examples: text: I will bring these two moles, these blind ones, aboard him: if he think it fit to shore them again
ref: c. 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Winters Tale”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iv]:
glosses: To put ashore.
shore
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: shô
ipa: /ʃɔː(ɹ)/
enpr: shôr
ipa: /ʃɔɹ/
note: rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
enpr: shōrʹ
ipa: /ʃo(ː)ɹ/
note: rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
note: non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
ipa: /ʃoə/
homophone: sure (UK, pour–poor merger)
homophone: Shaw (non-rhotic, horse–hoarse merger)
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)
Forms: form: shores
Etymology: From Late Middle English shore (“a prop, a support”) [and other forms], from Middle Dutch schore, schare (“a prop, a stay”) (modern Dutch schoor), and Middle Low German schōre, schāre (“a prop, a stay; barrier; stockade”) (compare Old Norse skorða (“a prop, a stay”) (Norwegian skor, skorda)); further etymology unknown.
Senses: examples: text: The shores stayed upright during the earthquake.
glosses: A prop or strut supporting some structure or weight above it.