cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
hospitalize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhɒspɪtəˌlaɪz/
Forms: form: hospitalizes
form: hospitalizing
form: hospitalized
form: hospitalized
form: hospitalise
Etymology: From hospital + -ize.
Senses: glosses: To send to hospital; to admit (a person) to hospital.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: To render (a building) unfit for habitation, by long continued use as a hospital.
examples: text: Shortly after World War I started, a painful arthritis in his knees hospitalized him.
ref: 1980, Philip José Farmer, The Magic Labyrinth, Tor, published 2010, →ISBN, page 129:
text: He fought on the ever-retreating front until July, 1943, without injury but then took a bullet in his helmet, his first wound, which hospitalized him for four weeks. […] ¶ […] ¶ […] Hospitalized again, he was later assigned to a supply unit until again hospitalized by a deep infection behind his knee.
ref: 1996, “The Life, the Survival and the Triumph of Franz Gabl of St. Anton”, in Skiing Heritage: Journal of the International Skiing History Association, Volume 8, Number 2 (Spring/Summer 1996), ISSN 1082-2895, page 38
text: My father had begun his long, slow decline long before that, but subsequently, on each of the anniversaries of her death, he had suffered increasingly debilitating crises that had hospitalized him and left him still more frail than before.
ref: 2005, Timothy O’Grady, On Golf: The Game, the Players, and a Personal History of Obsession, St. Martin’s Press, published 2006, →ISBN, page 199:
topics: illness
medicine
sciences
qualifier: event
glosses: To cause (a person) to require hospitalization.
Said of an injury or illness.
raw_tags: of an injury
examples: text: For example, just this month in Los Angeles a Jewish school principal was beaten and hospitalized by angry Hispanics who were upset because the mostly-Latino school their kids went to didn't also have a Hispanic principal.
ref: 1999 February 24, Alan Earle, “Re: Asinine excuse for breeding...”, in alt.support.childfree (Usenet):
text: One teacher in a Rochester, NY, school was hospitalized by an angry parent who came to school and attacked the teacher.
ref: 2001, Richard L. Curwin, Allen N. Mendler, Discipline with Dignity, Merrill, →ISBN, page 198:
text: My step-brother, on his mission, was hospitalized by an angry inactive mormon.
ref: 2007 September 3, john p, “Re: I Finally Watched September Dawn”, in alt.religion.mormon (Usenet):
topics: illness
medicine
sciences
qualifier: event
glosses: To cause (a person) to require hospitalization.
Said of an assailant or other person.
raw_tags: of an injury
Derived terms: dehospitalize
hospitalizable
hospitalization
hospitalizer
rehospitalize
urine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: yo͝orʹĭn
enpr: yo͝orʹīn
ipa: /ˈjʊəɹɪn/
ipa: /ˈjʊəɹaɪn/
enpr: yo͝orʹĭn
enpr: yûrʹĭn
ipa: /ˈjʊɹɪn/
ipa: /ˈjɝɪn/
enpr: yo͝orʹĭn
ipa: /ˈjʉːəɹɪn/
rhymes: -ʊəɹɪn
rhymes: -ʊəɹaɪn
Forms: form: urines
Etymology: From Middle English uryne, from Latin ūrīna (“urine”), from Proto-Indo-European *uh₁r-, zero grade of *woh₁-r̥ (“water, liquid, milk”). Related to *h₁ówHdʰr̥ (“udder”) (see udder). Cognate with Old English ūriġ (“wet, moist”). Displaced native English land (“urine”) (from Middle English land, from Old English hland (“urine”)), though lant survives with a specialized sense.
Senses: examples: text: An artificial kidney these days still means a refrigerator-sized dialysis machine. Such devices mimic the way real kidneys cleanse blood and eject impurities and surplus water as urine.
ref: 2013 June 1, “A better waterworks”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8838, page 5 (Technology Quarterly):
topics: medicine
physiology
sciences
glosses: Liquid waste consisting of water, salts, and urea, which is made in the kidneys, stored in the bladder, then released through the urethra.
Synonyms: word: emiction
word: lant
word: netting
word: pee
word: peepee
word: piss
word: sig
word: urine
word: water
word: wazz
word: wee
word: wee-wee
Hyponyms: word: stale
Derived terms: black urine disease
cow urine
extract the urine
maple syrup urine disease
nonurine
pass urine
purple urine bag syndrome
uric
urinable
urinaceous
urinal
urinalysis
urinary
urinate
urination
urinative
urine bottle
urine box
urineless
urinelike
urinemia
urinemic
urine therapy
uriniferous
uriniparous
urinogenous
urinology
urinoma
urinometer
urinometry
urinomics
urinose
urinosexual
urinous
Related terms: word: urinate
word: urination
word: urinary system
urine
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: yo͝orʹĭn
enpr: yo͝orʹīn
ipa: /ˈjʊəɹɪn/
ipa: /ˈjʊəɹaɪn/
enpr: yo͝orʹĭn
enpr: yûrʹĭn
ipa: /ˈjʊɹɪn/
ipa: /ˈjɝɪn/
enpr: yo͝orʹĭn
ipa: /ˈjʉːəɹɪn/
rhymes: -ʊəɹɪn
rhymes: -ʊəɹaɪn
Forms: form: urines
form: urining
form: urined
form: urined
Etymology: From Middle English uryne, from Latin ūrīna (“urine”), from Proto-Indo-European *uh₁r-, zero grade of *woh₁-r̥ (“water, liquid, milk”). Related to *h₁ówHdʰr̥ (“udder”) (see udder). Cognate with Old English ūriġ (“wet, moist”). Displaced native English land (“urine”) (from Middle English land, from Old English hland (“urine”)), though lant survives with a specialized sense.
Senses: examples: text: He got out of bed every time he urined, or tried to urine.
ref: 1814, The Medical and Physical Journal, volume 31, page 226:
glosses: To urinate.
urinal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: yo͞o-rīʹnəl
ipa: /jʊəˈraɪnəl/
enpr: yo͝orʹĭn-əl
enpr: yûrʹĭn-əl
ipa: /ˈjʊɹɪnəl/
ipa: /ˈjɝɪnəl/
enpr: yo͝orʹĭn-əl
ipa: /ˈjʉːəɹɪnəl/
rhymes: -aɪnəl
Etymology: From Middle French urinal, from Late Latin ūrīnālis, equivalent to urine + -al.
Senses: examples: text: If on the other hand it is to be used by a congregation, which as a rule, only occupy their church once, twice or three times a week, then I would suggest where it can be obtained that an improved “water closet” be used, and by this I mean a urinal and fecal basin, which can be kept clean by liberal flushing with water after each time it is used, and so trapped and ventilated as to absolutely protect the room in which it is placed from any contamination whatever.[…]This same closet can be arranged for urinal purposes by having the lid of the seat for each person attached to a hinge so that it can be raised up when desired to be used for micturation^([sic]) only.
ref: 1892, R. Harvey Reed, “How Can We Control the Privy Vault Nuisance?”, in Gilbert I. Cullen, editor, The Cincinnati Medical Journal, volume VII, number 4, Cincinnati, Oh.: M. A. Spencer & Co., pages 130–131:
text: Q. What amount, in cubic feet, would there be in Port Huron for one year, of fecal and urinal discharge into the sewers?
ref: 1903, In the Supreme Court of the United States: The State of Missouri vs. the State of Illinois and the Sanitary District of Chicago, pages 2504–2505:
text: Urinal and fecal wastes were placed in runoff boxes at the base, midpoint and top of 20cm snow packs. The units were subjected to carefully controlled temperature fluctuations ranging from 8 to 12 degrees C. Urinal losses were determined primarily by the quantity of water which passed through the manure layer. Fecal nitrogen losses were much lower than urinal losses.
ref: 1975, G. D. Bubenzer, J. C. Converse, Impact of Freezing and Thawing Soil Conditions on the Movement of Nutrients by Water from Rural Lands:
glosses: Synonym of urinary.
synonyms: word: urinary
urinary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈjʊəɹɪn(ə)ɹi/
ipa: /ˈjʊɹɪˌnɛɹi/
ipa: /ˈjɝɹɪˌnɛɹi/
Etymology: From New Latin ūrīnārius. By surface analysis, urine + -ary.
Senses: examples: text: The objective is to make life easier for male colleagues and customers with urinary incontinence.
ref: 2024 July 10, “Network News: 'Boys Need Bins' backed by GTR”, in RAIL, number 1013, page 23:
topics: medicine
sciences
urology
glosses: Of, relating to, occuring in, or affecting urine, its production, function, or excretion.
topics: medicine
sciences
urology
glosses: Of, relating to, occuring in, or affecting the organs involved in the production, function, or excretion of urine.
Synonyms: uretic
-uretic
urinal
urino-
Derived terms: gastrourinary
genitourinary
urinary bladder
urinary cast
urinary leash
urinary meatus
urinary system
urinary tract
urinary tract infection
Related terms: urology
urinary
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈjʊəɹɪn(ə)ɹi/
ipa: /ˈjʊɹɪˌnɛɹi/
ipa: /ˈjɝɹɪˌnɛɹi/
Forms: form: urinaries
Etymology: From New Latin ūrīnārius. By surface analysis, urine + -ary.
Senses: examples: text: Arconum—I found two chairs wanting in the gentlemen's room, and the bath room attached applied to other purposes... the privies and urinaries clean...
ref: 1864 January 26, J.G. Lindsay, letter to P.P.L. O'Connel, §8
synonyms: word: bedpan
word: can
word: chamber
word: chamber pot
word: chemical toilet
word: commode
word: Cousin John
word: crapper
word: gazunder
word: guzunder
word: honey bucket
word: honeypot
word: Jerry
word: jerry
word: john
word: johnny
word: jordan
word: latrine
word: mingo
word: necessary stool
word: pan
word: pee pot
word: pisspot
word: piss pot
word: po
word: pot
word: potty
word: potty-chair
word: shitbucket
word: shitcan
word: shitpot
word: slop bucket
word: stool
word: stool of easement
word: throne
word: thunder mug
word: toilet
word: urinal
word: big white telephone
word: bog
word: can
word: commode
word: crapper
word: crapper trapper
word: donniker
word: dunny
word: head
word: highway to hell
word: jacks
word: jakes
word: john
word: khazi
word: latrine
word: lav
word: pisser
word: pooper
word: porcelain god
word: porcelain goddess
word: pot
word: potty
word: privy
word: Quincy
word: shitcan
word: shitpot
word: shitter
word: stool
word: throne
word: toilet
word: toot
glosses: A urinary device or fixture: a urinal.
equal
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈiːkwəl/
ipa: /ˈiːkəl/
rhymes: -iːkwəl
Forms: form: equals
form: equaling
form: equalling
form: equaled
form: equaled
form: equalled
form: equalled
form: æquall
form: æqual
Etymology: From Middle English equal, from Latin aequālis. Doublet of aequalis and egal.
Senses: examples: text: Two plus two equals four.
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: To be equal to, to have the same value as; to correspond to.
examples: text: David equaled the water levels of the bottles, so they now both contain exactly 1 liter.
text: There was an even more remarkable attendance figure that underscores the devotion exhibited by our fans, because it was in 1991 that they set a single season in-stadium attendance record that has never been equaled.
ref: 2004, Mary Levy, Jim Kelly, Marv Levy: Where Else Would You Rather Be?:
glosses: To make equivalent to; to cause to match.
examples: text: And what delights can equal those
⁠That stir the spirit’s inner deeps,
⁠When one that loves but knows not, reaps
A truth from one that loves and knows?
ref: 1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], “Canto XLI”, in In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 64:
glosses: To match in degree or some other quality, to match up to.
examples: text: Losing this deal equals losing your job.
text: Might does not equal right.
text: Eclectic and sophisticated are hence coded as negative traits–so cool equaling not so cool–putting Swift in seemed lockstep with the anti-intellectual sentiment that's led to the astonishing 21st-Century Bubbafication of the Republican Party.
ref: 2012, Mike Seely, “The War on Williamsburg”, in Seattle Weekly, Volume 37, Number 49, 5 December - 11 December 2012, page 36:
glosses: To have as consequence, to amount to, to mean.
Synonyms: sense: to be equal to
word: be
sense: to be equal to
word: is
sense: have as its consequence
word: entail
sense: have as its consequence
word: imply
sense: have as its consequence
word: lead to
sense: have as its consequence
word: mean
sense: have as its consequence
word: result in
sense: have as its consequence
word: spell
even
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈiːvn̩/
ipa: /ˈivn̩/
ipa: [ˈivn̩]
rhymes: -iːvən
Forms: form: evens
form: eben
form: e'en
Etymology: From Middle English even, from Old English efn (“flat; level, even, equal”), from Proto-West Germanic *ebn, from Proto-Germanic *ebnaz, from Proto-Indo-European *(h₁)em-no- (“equal, straight; flat, level, even”).
Cognate with Saterland Frisian íeuwen (“even, flat”), West Frisian even (“even”), Alemannic German ëben (“even”), Cimbrian ébane (“even”), Dutch even (“even, equal, same”), effen (“leveled”), German eben (“even, flat, level”), Danish jævn (“even, flat, smooth”), Icelandic jafn (“even”), Norwegian Bokmål jevn (“even, smooth”), Norwegian Nynorsk jamn (“even, smooth”), Swedish jämn (“even, level, smooth”), Gothic 𐌹𐌱𐌽𐍃 (ibns, “even”), Old Cornish eun (“equal, right”) (attested in Vocabularium Cornicum eun-hinsic (“iustus, i. e., just”)), Old Breton eun (“equal, right”) (attested in Eutychius Glossary eunt (“aequus, i. e., equal”)), Middle Breton effn, Breton eeun, Sanskrit अम्नस् (amnás, “(adverb) just, just now; at once”).
The verb descends from Middle English evenen, from Old English efnan; the adverb from Middle English evene, from Old English efne.
The traditional proposal connecting the Germanic adjective with the root Proto-Indo-European *h₂eym- (Latin imāgō (“picture, image, likeness, copy”), Latin aemulus (“competitor, rival”), Sanskrit यम (yamá, “pair, twin”)) is problematic from a phonological point of view.
For the meaning development compare with Latin aequus (“equal, level, even, flat, horizontal”), Russian ро́вный (róvnyj, “even, level, flat, smooth”), ра́вный (rávnyj, “equal”), по́ровну (pórovnu, “in equal parts”).
Senses: examples: text: So let's see. There are two evens here and three odds.
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: An even number.
even
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈiːvn̩/
ipa: /ˈivn̩/
ipa: [ˈivn̩]
rhymes: -iːvən
Forms: form: evens
form: eben
form: e'en
Etymology: From Middle English even, from Old English ǣfen, from Proto-West Germanic *ābanþ, from Proto-Germanic *ēbanþs (“evening”).
Cognate with Saterland Frisian Äivend, Äiwend, Eeuwend (“evening”), West Frisian jûn (“evening”), Dutch avond (“evening”), Low German Avend (“evening”), German Abend (“evening”), Danish aften (“evening”). See also the related terms eve and evening.
Senses: examples: text: We'll meet at even, when the sun is set.
text: Whẽ the evẽ was come they bꝛought vnto hĩ many that were poſſeſſed with devyllꝭ / […]
ref: 1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, Matthew viij:[16], folio x, recto:
text: When ſparkling ſtars twire not thou guil'ſt th' eauen.
ref: 1609, William Shakespeare, “Sonnet 28”, in Shake-speares Sonnets. […], London: By G[eorge] Eld for T[homas] T[horpe] and are to be sold by William Aspley, →OCLC, signature C2, verso:
text: And if any mans ſeede of copulation goe out from him, then hee ſhall waſh all his fleſh in water, and bee vncleane vntill the Euen.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Leviticus 15:16, signature L2, verso, column 2:
glosses: Evening.
Synonyms: evening
eventide
Derived terms: evenfall
evenlight
evensong
evenstar
evenward
yestereven
Related terms: eve
evening
nerf
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /nɜːf/
ipa: /nɝf/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)f
Forms: form: nerfs
form: nerfing
form: nerfed
form: nerfed
Etymology: Circa 1950s?
Senses: examples: text: A racer will often nerf another as a psychological tactic.
text: "The crazy fool!" Ricky exclaimed. "Nerfing me!"
ref: 1953, Henry Gregor Felsen, Street Rod, Random House, page 129:
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
motor-racing
racing
sports
glosses: To bump lightly, whether accidentally or purposefully.
Derived terms: nerf bar
nerf ball
nerf net
nerf
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /nɜːf/
ipa: /nɝf/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)f
Forms: form: nerfs
form: nerfing
form: nerfed
form: nerfed
Etymology: From the Nerf brand of toys designed as non-dangerous counterparts of existing things, such as sports balls and guns. Originally used to equate a change in the damage of a weapon in a video game to a change from real weapons to Nerf weapons.
Senses: examples: text: The lightning spell was originally pretty powerful, but in the sequel they nerfed it so it became completely useless.
topics: video-games
synonyms: gimp
glosses: To change a mechanic, an ability or a character in a video game in order to make a previously dominant strategy less viable or less effective.
examples: text: Tesla nerfs Autopilot in Europe due to new regulations
ref: 2019 May 17, Fred Lambert, Electrek, retrieved 19 May 2019:
glosses: To arbitrarily limit or reduce the capability of.
Synonyms: debuff
worsen
deteriorate
cripple
declaw
defang
degenerate
Derived terms: stealth nerf
nerf
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /nɜːf/
ipa: /nɝf/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)f
Forms: form: nerfs
Etymology: From the Nerf brand of toys designed as non-dangerous counterparts of existing things, such as sports balls and guns. Originally used to equate a change in the damage of a weapon in a video game to a change from real weapons to Nerf weapons.
Senses: topics: video-games
glosses: The deterioration, weakening or worsening of a character, a weapon, a spell, etc.
asshole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæsˌhoʊl/
Forms: form: assholes
form: esshole
Etymology: From Scots ass, asse or ash + hole.
Senses: examples: text: Esshole, Asshole, the hole under the fire to hold ashes.
ref: 1775, Tim Bobbin [John Collier], The Miscellaneous Works of Tim Bobbin, Esq., →OCLC, page 68:
glosses: A receptacle under a fire grate for collecting ashes.
ever
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɛvə/
ipa: /ˈɛvɚ/
rhymes: -ɛvə(ɹ)
Forms: form: euer
form: e'er
form: ev'r
form: eva
form: evah
form: eva'
form: evuh
form: iver
form: ivver
Etymology: From Middle English ever, from Old English ǣfre, originally a phrase whose first element undoubtedly consists of Old English ā (“ever, always”) + in (“in”) + an element possibly from feorh (“life, existence”) (dative fēore). Compare Old English ā tō fēore (“ever in life”), Old English feorhlīf (“life”).
Sense 5 of the adverb was likely formed by association with never, which also carries the meaning of did not in colloquial Singaporean and Malaysian English. Also, compare Chinese 有 … 過 /有 … 过 (yǒu ... guò / jau⁵ ... gwo³, “has […] before”).
Senses: examples: text: This family empathy measure is highly related to ever use of birth control but not to any measure of continuous use.
ref: 1965, Reuben Hill, The family and population control: a Puerto Rican experiment in social change:
topics: epidemiology
medicine
sciences
glosses: Occurring at any time, occurring even but once during a timespan.
ever
Language: English
Part of speech: det
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɛvə/
ipa: /ˈɛvɚ/
rhymes: -ɛvə(ɹ)
Forms: form: euer
form: e'er
form: ev'r
form: eva
form: evah
form: eva'
form: evuh
form: iver
form: ivver
Etymology: From Middle English ever, from Old English ǣfre, originally a phrase whose first element undoubtedly consists of Old English ā (“ever, always”) + in (“in”) + an element possibly from feorh (“life, existence”) (dative fēore). Compare Old English ā tō fēore (“ever in life”), Old English feorhlīf (“life”).
Sense 5 of the adverb was likely formed by association with never, which also carries the meaning of did not in colloquial Singaporean and Malaysian English. Also, compare Chinese 有 … 過 /有 … 过 (yǒu ... guò / jau⁵ ... gwo³, “has […] before”).
Senses: examples: text: "Ever place you look there's houses and more houses."
ref: 1989, Connie Jordan Green, The War at Home, page 16:
text: Queen Anne's lace ever place you look.
ref: 2011, Lee Smith, Oral History, →ISBN:
text: A sign at the entrance to the road going up Snake Hollow reads, “Snake Hollow is a wonderful place to be, Ever place you look there is a beautiful green tree. Snake Hollow makes you feel alive and free.” Lets keep it that way, for you and me.
ref: 2011, Michael Blair, Nub and Bow in History, page 27:
glosses: Shortening of every
every other
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Two of the bolts were loose, but every other bolt I checked was fine.
glosses: All except for some previously mentioned set.
examples: text: Every other person in the line wore a pink bowtie.
text: Although I work from home, I visit the office for a meeting every other day.
text: London Fire Brigade said crews were seeing an e-bike or e-scooter fire "every other day", with concern about conversion kits or modified e-bikes.
ref: 2025 April 2, “Network News: Fire risk: TfL extends e-bike ban”, in RAIL, number 1032, page 11:
glosses: Every second/two; each alternate; the second of each pair in turn.
Synonyms: every second
exchange
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɛksˈt͡ʃeɪnd͡ʒ/
ipa: [ɛkˈst͡ʃeɪnd͡ʒ]
ipa: /ɪksˈt͡ʃeɪnd͡ʒ/
rhymes: -eɪndʒ
Forms: form: exchanges
form: exchanging
form: exchanged
form: exchanged
form: no-table-tags
form: glossary
form: exchange
form: exchange
form: exchanged
form: exchange
form: exchangest
form: exchanged
form: exchangedst
form: exchanges
form: exchangeth
form: exchanged
form: exchange
form: exchanged
form: exchange
form: exchanged
form: exchange
form: -
form: exchanging
form: exchanged
Etymology: From Middle English eschaungen, from Anglo-Norman eschaungier, Old French eschanger, from the Old French verb eschangier, eschanger (whence modern French échanger), from Vulgar Latin *excambiāre (from Latin ex with Late Latin cambiō). Gradually displaced native Old English wrixlan, wixlan (“to change, exchange, reciprocate”) and its descendants, wrixle being one of them.
Senses: examples: text: I'll gladly exchange my place for yours.
glosses: To trade or barter.
examples: text: The opposing soldiers exchanged fire across the burning streets.
glosses: To mutually direct at each other.
examples: text: I'd like to exchange this shirt for one in a larger size.
text: Since his arrest, the mob boss has exchanged a mansion for a jail cell.
glosses: To replace with, as a substitute.
topics: law
glosses: Clipping of exchange contracts.
synonyms: trade
glosses: To recommend and get recommendations.
Synonyms: sense: trade or barter
word: truck
word: wrixle
word: barter
sense: replace with a substitute
word: interchange
word: swap
Derived terms: exchangeability
exchangeable
exchange blows
exchangee
exchange flesh
exchanger
exchange vows
misexchange
preexchange
reexchange
unexchanged
prescriptive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɹɪˈskɹɪptɪv/
rhymes: -ɪptɪv
Forms: form: more prescriptive
form: most prescriptive
form: præscriptive
form: praescriptive
Etymology: From Latin praescriptivus (“relating to a legal exception”), from praescript- (“directed in writing”), from the verb praescribere.
Senses: examples: text: For one thing, spoken language tends to be less subjected to prescriptive
 pressures than written language, and hence is a less artificial medium of com-
 munication (written language is often a kind of 'censored' version of spoken
 language). [...]
ref: 1988, Andrew Radford, Transformational Grammar, Cambridge: University Press, →ISBN, page 8:
synonyms: normative
antonyms: word: descriptive
raw_tags: of grammar and usage
word: proscriptive
word: nonprescriptive
glosses: Of or pertaining to prescribing or enjoining, especially an action or behavior based on a norm or standard.
Derived terms: prescriptive ethics
prescriptive grammar
prescriptively
prescriptiveness
prescriptivism
prescriptivist
prescriptivity
Related terms: prescribe
prescription
descriptive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪˈskɹɪptɪv/
Forms: form: more descriptive
form: most descriptive
Etymology: From Latin dēscriptīvus (“containing a full description”).
Senses: glosses: Of, relating to, or providing a description.
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Of an adjective, stating an attribute of the associated noun (as heavy in the heavy dictionary).
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Describing the structure, grammar, vocabulary and actual use of a language.
examples: text: He draws eclectically on studies of baboons, descriptive anthropological accounts of hunter-gatherer societies and, in a few cases, the fossil record.
ref: 2012 March-April, John T. Jost, “Social Justice: Is It in Our Nature (and Our Future)?”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, archived from the original on 13 Feb 2012, page 162:
topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Describing and seeking to classify, as opposed to normative or prescriptive.
Hyponyms: self-descriptive
Derived terms: autodescriptive
descriptive adjective
descriptive ethics
descriptive geometry
descriptively
descriptiveness
descriptive statistics
descriptivism
descriptivist
descriptivistic
descriptivity
indescriptive
metadescriptive
misdescriptive
non-descriptive
overdescriptive
self-descriptive
undescriptive
Related terms: describe
descriptive
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪˈskɹɪptɪv/
Forms: form: descriptives
Etymology: From Latin dēscriptīvus (“containing a full description”).
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: An adjective (or other descriptive word)
Derived terms: auctorial descriptive
description
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪˈskɹɪpʃən/
ipa: /dəˈskɹɪpʃən/
Forms: form: descriptions
Etymology: From Middle English descripcioun, from Old French description and its etymon, Latin dēscrīptiō, noun of action of dēscrībō (“I describe”). Equivalent to describe + -tion.
Senses: examples: text: give a verbal description of the events
text: a realistic description
glosses: A sketch or account of anything in words; a portraiture or representation in language; an enumeration of the essential qualities of a thing or species.
glosses: The act of describing; a delineation by marks or signs.
examples: text: The zoo had no lions, tigers, or cats of any description.
glosses: A set of characteristics by which someone or something can be recognized.
examples: text: The type description of the fungus was written by a botanist.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
taxonomy
glosses: A scientific documentation of a taxon for the purpose of introducing it to science.
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: The act or practice of recording and describing actual language usage in a given speech community, as opposed to prescription, i.e. laying down norms of language usage.
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A descriptive linguistic survey.
Synonyms: sense: characteristics
word: sort
sense: characteristics
word: kind
sense: characteristics
word: type
sense: characteristics
word: variety
Derived terms: audiodescription
audio description
beggar description
charge description master
descriptional
descriptionally
descriptionism
descriptionist
descriptionistic
descriptionless
description logic
description word
hardware description language
ideographic description sequence
job description
metadescription
misdescription
nondescription
nondescriptional
of any description
of some description
overdescription
redescription
videodescription
video description
Related terms: describe
descriptive
prescription
descriptivism
synopsis
interpretation
expert
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: note: n. and adj.
enpr: ĕk′spûrt
enpr: ĭk-spûrt′
note: n. and adj.
ipa: /ˈɛk.spɜːt/
ipa: /ɪkˈspɜːt/
note: n. and adj.
ipa: /ˈɛk.spɜɹt/
ipa: /ɪkˈspɜɹt/
note: n. and adj.
ipa: /ˈek.spɜːt/
ipa: /ɪkˈspɜːt/
note: n. and adj.
ipa: /ˈek.spøːt/
ipa: /əkˈspøːt/
note: n. and adj.
ipa: /ˈɛk.spɛɹt/
ipa: /ɪkˈspɛɹt/
note: n. and adj.
ipa: /ˈɛk.spəːʳʈ/
ipa: /ɪkˈspəːʳʈ/
rhymes: -ɛkspɜː(ɹ)t
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)t
Forms: form: more expert
form: most expert
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English [Term?], derived from Old French [Term?] (“experienced”), derived from Latin expertus, perfect active participle of experior (“to try”).
Senses: examples: text: I am expert at making a simple situation complex.
text: My cousin is an expert pianist.
glosses: Extraordinary capable or knowledgeable.
examples: text: This problem requires expert knowledge.
glosses: Characteristic of an expert.
glosses: Proven, experienced, veteran.
Synonyms: proficient
skillful
Derived terms: cyberexpert
expertism
expertize
expertly
expertness
expertocracy
expertocrat
expertship
expert system
expert witness
non-expert
sexpert
subexpert
time and motion expert
unexpert
expert
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: note: n. and adj.
enpr: ĕk′spûrt
enpr: ĭk-spûrt′
note: n. and adj.
ipa: /ˈɛk.spɜːt/
ipa: /ɪkˈspɜːt/
note: n. and adj.
ipa: /ˈɛk.spɜɹt/
ipa: /ɪkˈspɜɹt/
note: n. and adj.
ipa: /ˈek.spɜːt/
ipa: /ɪkˈspɜːt/
note: n. and adj.
ipa: /ˈek.spøːt/
ipa: /əkˈspøːt/
note: n. and adj.
ipa: /ˈɛk.spɛɹt/
ipa: /ɪkˈspɛɹt/
note: n. and adj.
ipa: /ˈɛk.spəːʳʈ/
ipa: /ɪkˈspəːʳʈ/
rhymes: -ɛkspɜː(ɹ)t
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)t
Forms: form: experts
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English [Term?], derived from Old French [Term?] (“experienced”), derived from Latin expertus, perfect active participle of experior (“to try”).
Senses: examples: text: If an expert says it can't be done, get another expert. - David Ben-Gurion
text: We called in several experts on the subject, but they couldn't reach an agreement.
text: Plastics are energy-rich substances, which is why many of them burn so readily. Any organism that could unlock and use that energy would do well in the Anthropocene. Terrestrial bacteria and fungi which can manage this trick are already familiar to experts in the field.
ref: 2013 July 20, “Welcome to the plastisphere”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8845:
text: I'm an expert in my field
Ufology, yes, it's all real
Ancient aliens, it's all true
I'm an expert just like you
ref: 2016, Neil Cicierega, “Touch-Tone Telephone”, in Spirit Phone, performed by Lemon Demon:
glosses: A person with extensive knowledge or ability in a given subject.
topics: board-games
chess
games
glosses: A player ranking just below master.
Synonyms: maven
specialist
Hyponyms: connoisseur
Coordinate terms: english: anyone initiated, anywhere from basic familiarity to expertise
translation: anyone initiated, anywhere from basic familiarity to expertise
word: initiate
expert
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: note: n. and adj.
enpr: ĕk′spûrt
enpr: ĭk-spûrt′
note: n. and adj.
ipa: /ˈɛk.spɜːt/
ipa: /ɪkˈspɜːt/
note: n. and adj.
ipa: /ˈɛk.spɜɹt/
ipa: /ɪkˈspɜɹt/
note: n. and adj.
ipa: /ˈek.spɜːt/
ipa: /ɪkˈspɜːt/
note: n. and adj.
ipa: /ˈek.spøːt/
ipa: /əkˈspøːt/
note: n. and adj.
ipa: /ˈɛk.spɛɹt/
ipa: /ɪkˈspɛɹt/
note: n. and adj.
ipa: /ˈɛk.spəːʳʈ/
ipa: /ɪkˈspəːʳʈ/
rhymes: -ɛkspɜː(ɹ)t
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)t
Forms: form: experts
form: experting
form: experted
form: experted
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English [Term?], derived from Old French [Term?] (“experienced”), derived from Latin expertus, perfect active participle of experior (“to try”).
Senses: examples: text: Estimated cost of editorial work on Advanced History […] Estimated cost of experting the Advanced History […]
ref: 1896, California. State Dept, “Biennial Report”, in Education, page 52:
text: The bill in question was one proposing to appropriate from the public moneys of this State $30,000 to pay an accountant for experting the books of the Southern Pacific Company, in furtherance of litigation then pending.
ref: 1899, California. Legislature, Journals of the Legislature of the State of California (page 470)
glosses: To have (something) reviewed or checked by an expert.
pong
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɒŋ/
ipa: /pɔŋ/
rhymes: -ɒŋ
Forms: form: pongs
Etymology: Probably from Romani pan (“to stink”).
Senses: examples: text: 1992, Bryce Courtenay, Tandia, Volume 1, 2011, Read How You Want, page 109,
She sniffed, squiffing up her nose. ‘What a pong! Do they all smell like this?’
text: I can remember calling round once and when she answered the door I was greeted by an unmistakable, noxious pong. “I can smell gas!”
I said. “Oh, have I left the ring on?” she asked vaguely.
ref: 1998, Catherine Fox, Heaven′s Scent: Third Way, page 13:
text: 2000, Susan Sallis, 2011, unnumbered page,
‘I see what you mean about the pong. I couldn′t smell it on myself but I can smell it on you!’
text: If you want to empty a crowded room strong body pong will usually do the trick.
ref: 2009, Martin Fine, The Devil′s Fragrance, page 109:
glosses: A stench, a bad smell.
Derived terms: ponger
Related terms: pongy
pong
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɒŋ/
ipa: /pɔŋ/
rhymes: -ɒŋ
Forms: form: pongs
form: ponging
form: ponged
form: ponged
Etymology: Probably from Romani pan (“to stink”).
Senses: examples: text: 1997, Taufiq Ismail, David M. E. Roskies (translator and editor), Stop Thief!, Black Clouds Over the Isle of Gods and Other Modern Indonesian Short Stories, page 97,
On she walked at a crawling pace, ponging of sweat, drops of mucus and blood falling between her feet.
text: 2009, Susan Brocker, Saving Sam, HarperCollins, New Zealand, unnumbered page,
The place ponged, like the smell of stale cat pee.
text: “[…]That toothless bloke ponged. Couldn′t you smell him? He smelled like a bloody pub floor at closing time.”
ref: 2010, Robin Easton, Naked in Eden: My Adventure and Awakening in the Australian Rainforest, page 63:
text: 2011, Victor Pemberton, We′ll Sing at Dawn, 2012, eBook, Headline Publishing, unnumbered page,
[…] and this evening, Eileen Perkins′s daughter Rita ponged with the smell of cheap carbolic soap, after a late-afternoon visit to the public baths down Hornsey Road.
glosses: To stink, to smell bad.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
theater
glosses: To deliver a line of a play in an arch, suggestive or unnatural way, so as to draw undue attention to it.
examples: text: […] and the “good old crusted” actor, forgetting the lines of the author, used without compunction to cover his discomfiture by inventing a text of his own–an achievement known as "ponging."
ref: 2016, Jim Davis, European Theatre Performance Practice, 1750–1900:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
theater
glosses: To invent a line of dialogue when one has forgotten the actual line.
Synonyms: sense: stink
word: reek
sense: stink
word: smell
sense: stink
word: stink
pong
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɒŋ/
ipa: /pɔŋ/
rhymes: -ɒŋ
Forms: form: pongs
Etymology: From ping, via the pairing of ping pong.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
networking
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A packet sent in reply to a ping, thereby indicating the presence of a host.
pong
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɒŋ/
ipa: /pɔŋ/
rhymes: -ɒŋ
Forms: form: pongs
Senses: topics: board-games
games
mahjong
glosses: Alternative form of pung.
Related terms: beer pong
ping pong
pong pong
uterine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈjutəɹaɪn/
ipa: /ˈjutəɹɪn/
Etymology: From Middle French utérin, from Latin uterinus (“pertaining to the womb; born of the same mother”), from Latin uterus (“womb”). Related to English uterus. By surface analysis, utero- + -ine.
Senses: examples: text: It has been reported that periparturient cows undergo a period of immunosuppression of various immunological parameters associated with a high susceptibility to uterine and mammary infections […]
ref: 2015 August 29, “Different Blood Cell-Derived Transcriptome Signatures in Cows Exposed to Vaccination Pre- or Postpartum”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
synonyms: word: wombly
english: not medical/technical
translation: not medical/technical
glosses: Of or pertaining to the uterus.
examples: text: uterine siblings
glosses: Born of the same mother but of a different father.
Derived terms: absolute uterine factor infertility
AUFI
absolute uterine infertility
AUIF
intrauterine device
intrauterine insemination
intra-uterine
intrauterine
intrauterinely
uterine cycle
uterine factor infertility
uterine gland
uterine horn
uterine inertia
uterine infertility
uterine isthmus
uterine nephew
uterine tube
vulvo-uterine
vulvouterine
uterine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈjutəɹaɪn/
ipa: /ˈjutəɹɪn/
Forms: form: uterines
Etymology: From Middle French utérin, from Latin uterinus (“pertaining to the womb; born of the same mother”), from Latin uterus (“womb”). Related to English uterus. By surface analysis, utero- + -ine.
Senses: glosses: A uterine sibling.
uterus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈjuː.tə.ɹəs/
Forms: form: uteri
form: uteruses
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *úd
Proto-Indo-European *-teros
Proto-Indo-European *úderos
Latin uterusbor.
English uterus
From Latin uterus (“womb, belly”), from Proto-Indo-European *úderos (“abdomen, stomach”), from *úd (“out, outward”) + *-eros (contrastive suffix).
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
synonyms: belly
matrix
metra
womb
glosses: A reproductive organ of therian mammals in which the young are conceived and develop until birth.
topics: anatomy
biology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
zoology
synonyms: belly
matrix
metra
womb
glosses: A reproductive organ of therian mammals in which the young are conceived and develop until birth.
A similar part in some non-mammals.
Derived terms: cordiform uterus
corpus uteri
uterine
uterus bicornis
uterus didelphis
uterus didelphys
Related terms: word: hystera
word: hysterectomy
word: hysteria
word: in utero
roman: embryological precursor
word: Müllerian duct
word: internal genitalia
grab
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡɹæb/
rhymes: -æb
Forms: form: grabs
form: grabbing
form: grabbed
form: grabbed
Etymology: From Middle Dutch grabben or Middle Low German grabben (“to grasp, grab, seize, snatch”), from Old Saxon gravan, from Proto-West Germanic *grabbōn, a secondary form of Proto-Germanic *grabōną (“to gather, rake”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrebʰ- (“to gather, rake, grab, seize”).
Related to Danish grabbe (“to grab”), Swedish grabba (“to grab”), Old Norse grápa (“to seize, appropriate”), Middle English grappen (“to feel, grope, grasp, clutch”), Old English ġegræppian (“to seize”).
Related also to Sanskrit गृह्णाति (gṛhṇā́ti), गृभ्णाति (gṛbhṇā́ti, “he seizes”), Avestan 𐬔𐬭𐬀𐬠 (grab, “to seize”)), Macedonian грабне (grabne, “to snatch”), Bulgarian грабя (grabja, “to rob, to grab”).
Senses: examples: text: I grabbed her hand to pull her back from the cliff edge.
text: Old Applegate, in the stern, just set and looked at me, and Lord James, amidship, waved both arms and kept hollering for help. I took a couple of everlasting big strokes and managed to grab hold of the skiff's rail, close to the stern.
ref: 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter VII, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:
glosses: To grip suddenly; to seize; to clutch.
examples: text: The suspect suddenly broke free and grabbed at the policeman's gun.
text: Stop grabbing or I won't give you any cookies.
glosses: To make a sudden grasping or clutching motion (at something).
glosses: To restrain someone; to arrest.
examples: text: How does that idea grab you?
text: Baby, instant soup doesn't really grab me
Today I need something more substantial
ref: 1992, “The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite”, in Automatic for the People, performed by R.E.M.:
glosses: To grip the attention of; to enthrall or interest.
examples: text: Come in and grab a seat [i.e. sit down].
text: "I'll just grab my jacket," said Manh-Hung.
ref: 1987, James Grady, Just a Shot Away, Bantam, page 117:
text: Hardly believing that Rafe actually planned to relax for a while, Kate nodded. "All right. Fine. I'll just go grab my purse."
ref: 1999, Jillian Dagg, Racing Hearts, Thomas Bouregy & Co., page 105:
text: He looked at Albert and Ben, and then back to Nurse Allen. "I'll just grab my gear and be right back."
ref: 2009, Mike Taylor, A Thousand Sleeps,, Tate Publishing, page 216:
glosses: To quickly collect, retrieve, or take.
examples: text: We'll just grab a sandwich and then we'll be on our way.
text: Is there time to grab a coffee?
glosses: To consume something quickly.
examples: text: Both teams wasted good opportunities to score but it was the London side who did grab what proved to be the decisive third when the unmarked Vaz Te, a January signing from Barnsley, drilled the ball into the net from 12 yards.
ref: 2012 May 19, Paul Fletcher, “Blackpool 1-2 West Ham”, in BBC Sport:
glosses: To take the opportunity of.
grab
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡɹæb/
rhymes: -æb
Forms: form: grabs
form: ghorab
form: ghrab
form: ghurab
form: gurab
Etymology: From Arabic غُرَاب (ḡurāb) and Hindi ghurb?: crow, raven, a kind of Arab ship.
Senses: glosses: A two- or three-masted vessel used on the Malabar coast.
every second
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Take the medication every second day.
glosses: Every other/two; each alternate.
Synonyms: every other
every second
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: Once per second.
examples: text: Why do you keep bothering me every second?
glosses: Very frequently; more frequently than is desired.
every second
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The man hated every second of the ten years he served in prison for a crime he didn't commit.
text: After enduring traumatic experiences, many people are likely to remember every second of them.
glosses: The entirety of something of duration.
elasticated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: He wore a short leather jerkin, elasticated at waist and cuffs, tight Wranglers that flared out over calfskin boots with Cuban heels.
ref: 2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 415:
text: an elasticated jacket
text: slacks with an elasticated waistband
glosses: Of clothing or part of a garment, containing a strip or strips of elastic, especially in the waistband, cuffs or the ends of the legs, in order to make the clothing fit snugly.
Related terms: word: elasticized
sindonology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From sindon (“shroud, linen”) + -ology (indicating field of study).
Senses: examples: text: It has its own ology - sindonology, the study of the shroud.
ref: 2004 April 14, Steve Tomkins, “Wrapped in the shroud”, in BBC:
glosses: The study of the Shroud of Turin from a believing perspective.
Related terms: sindonological
sindonologist
sindonological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more sindonological
form: most sindonological
Etymology: From sindonology + -ical.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to sindonology.
jabot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈʒæ.bəʊ/
rhymes: -æbəʊ
Forms: form: jabots
Etymology: Borrowed from French jabot.
Senses: examples: text: She was wearing tan today, with a ruffled jabot at her throat.
ref: 1944, Raymond Chandler, The Lady in the Lake, Penguin, published 2011, page 136:
text: She was a dream of winter bourgeois elegance: little black town suit with tiny white jabot of lace-froth; pencil skirt; three-quarter-length coat with lynx collar; long green gloves of suède; suède shoes of dull green; two shades of green in her leafy velvet hat: slim, clean, lithe-looking, delicately painted.
ref: 1963, Anthony Burgess, Inside Mr Enderby:
glosses: A cascading or ornamental frill down the front of a blouse, shirt, etc.
micro-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmaɪkɹə-/
ipa: /ˈmaɪkɹoʊ-/
ipa: /maɪˈkɹɒ-/
Etymology: From Ancient Greek μικρός (mikrós, “small”).
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *mey-der.?
Ancient Greek μικρός (mikrós)der.
English micro-
Senses: examples: text: micro- + organism → microorganism
text: Gen Z is using micro-retirement to avoid burnout, find greater fulfillment in their work, and enhance their overall well-being. However, it’s not just Gen-Z: According to a survey from Side Hustles, 10% of workers are considering taking a micro-retirement and 75% thought employers should offer micro-retirement policies such as unpaid sabbaticals.
ref: 2025 July 1, Kimanzi Constable, “What is a micro-retirement? Inside the latest Gen Z trend”, in Fast Company:
glosses: Very small.
examples: text: micro- + gram → microgram
qualifier: metric units
glosses: One millionth.
Synonyms: word: mini-
word: nano-
word: -ette
word: -ee
word: -y
word: -icle
word: -cule
word: -ule
word: -ole
Derived terms: microinverse
microlateral
microlog
micronormal
micro-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmaɪkɹə-/
ipa: /ˈmaɪkɹoʊ-/
ipa: /maɪˈkɹɒ-/
Etymology: Clipping of micronation.
Senses: examples: text: micro- + wiki → MicroWiki
glosses: Pertaining to an aspect of micronationalism; micronational.
nerf ball
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nerf balls
Etymology: From nerf + ball.
Senses: examples: text: Getting hit by a nerf ball doesn't hurt at all.
glosses: Any small foam ball, soft and very light, designed for indoor use.
nerf bar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nerf bars
Etymology: From nerf (“to bump lightly”).
Senses: glosses: A tubular bumper running below the doors along the side of four-wheeled vehicle, in place of a running board.
Related terms: nerf net
hostel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhɑstəl/
ipa: /ˈhɒstəl/
note: Indic
ipa: /ˈhɔsʈəl/
note: Indic
ipa: /hɔsˈʈɛl/
note: Indic
ipa: /ˈhosʈəl/
note: Indic
ipa: /hɵsˈʈɛl/
homophone: hostile stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn
rhymes: -ɒstəl
Forms: form: hostels
Etymology: From Middle English hostel, from Old French hostel, ostel, from Late Latin hospitale (“hospice”), from Classical Latin hospitalis (“hospitable”) itself from hospes (“host”) + -alis (“-al”). Doublet of hotel and hospital. Obsolete from the 16th to 18th centuries, until it was revived by Walter Scott.
Senses: examples: text: A rundown hostel
glosses: A commercial overnight lodging place, with dormitory accommodation and shared facilities, especially a youth hostel.
glosses: A temporary refuge for the homeless providing a bed and sometimes food.
raw_tags: not US
examples: text: There are also in Oxford certeine hostels or hals, which may rightwell be called by the names of colleges , if it were not that there is more libertie in them , than is to be seen in the other
ref: 1577, Raphaell Holinshed, The Firste Volume of the Chronicles of England, Scotlande, and Irelande […], volume I, London: […] [Henry Bynneman] for Iohn Harrison, →OCLC:
glosses: A small, unendowed college in Oxford or Cambridge.
glosses: A university or school dormitory, a place of accommodation for students.
Derived terms: bail hostel
hosteler
hosteller
hostelite
hostelry
poshtel
probation hostel
youth hostel
Related terms: host
hostler
hotel
hospice
hostel
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhɑstəl/
ipa: /ˈhɒstəl/
note: Indic
ipa: /ˈhɔsʈəl/
note: Indic
ipa: /hɔsˈʈɛl/
note: Indic
ipa: /ˈhosʈəl/
note: Indic
ipa: /hɵsˈʈɛl/
homophone: hostile stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn
rhymes: -ɒstəl
Forms: form: hostels
form: hosteling
form: hostelling
form: hosteled
form: hosteled
form: hostelled
form: hostelled
Etymology: From Middle English hostel, from Old French hostel, ostel, from Late Latin hospitale (“hospice”), from Classical Latin hospitalis (“hospitable”) itself from hospes (“host”) + -alis (“-al”). Doublet of hotel and hospital. Obsolete from the 16th to 18th centuries, until it was revived by Walter Scott.
Senses: glosses: To stay in a hostel during one's travels.
glosses: To lodge (a person) in a hostel.
pico-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpiː.kəʊ/
ipa: /ˈpaɪ.koʊ/
ipa: /ˈpi.koʊ/
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish pico (“beak, little bit, speck”)
Senses: related: word: mul:p-
antonyms: tera-
glosses: In the International System of Units and other metric systems of units, multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 10⁻¹² (short scale trillionth or long scale billionth).
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Used to designate sizes, especially, of cells, smaller than those prefixed by nano- or micro-; sized between 0.2 and 2.0 μm.
pebi-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɛbɪ-/
ipa: /ˈpɛbi/
rhymes: -ɛbi
Etymology: Blend of peta- + binary.
Senses: glosses: The IEC prefix meaning 2⁵⁰ = 1,024⁵ = 1,125,899,906,842,624. Compare peta-, meaning 10¹⁵ = 1,000⁵ = 1,000,000,000,000,000, a quadrillion.
wikipedia: binary prefix