cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
violate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈvaɪəˌleɪt/
Forms: form: violates
form: violating
form: violated
form: violated
form: no-table-tags
form: glossary
form: violate
form: violate
form: violated
form: violate
form: violatest
form: violated
form: violatedst
form: violates
form: violateth
form: violated
form: violate
form: violated
form: violate
form: violated
form: violate
form: -
form: violating
form: violated
Etymology: From Middle English violaten (“to defile, render impure”), from violat(e) (“defiled, desecrated”, also used as the past participle of violaten) + -en, borrowed from Latin violātus, perfect passive participle of violō (“to treat with violence (whether bodily or mental)”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Ultimately from vīs (“strength, power, force, violence”).
Senses: examples: text: Drinking-and-driving violates the law.
text: Accessing unauthorized files violates security protocol.
text: In stark opposition to what CBS editorial leadership told staff on Monday, Redstone said that she did not believe Dokoupil had violated the network’s editorial standards when he grilled Coates over the contents of his new book.
ref: 2024 October 9, Hadas Gold, Liam Reilly and Brian Stelter, “Shari Redstone says CBS leaders made ‘bad mistake’ with handling of Ta-Nehisi Coates interview fallout”, in CNN:
antonyms: comply
obey
glosses: To break or disregard (a rule or convention).
examples: text: That Antonia whom you violated, was your Sister! That Elvira whom you murdered, gave you birth! Tremble, abandoned Hypocrite! Inhuman Parricide! Incestuous Ravisher!
ref: 1796, Matthew Gregory Lewis, The Monk:
glosses: To rape.
examples: text: If you don't have a job, you can't pay the money, then you get violated and have to go back to prison.
ref: 2009, Shakti Belway, Bearing Witness, page 12:
text: Estela: Well, they'd take me to jail, I'd violate, and I go to prison. And maybe I get violated for six months, eight months . . . maybe 30 days, 60 days . . . You know, whatever the parole officer recommended for me, I got.
ref: 2014, Juanita Díaz-Cotto, Chicana Lives and Criminal Justice: Voices from El Barrio, page 165:
glosses: To cite (a person) for a parole violation.
Derived terms: violable
violative
Related terms: violation
diastema
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /daɪəˈstiːmə/
rhymes: -iːmə
Forms: form: diastemas
form: diastemata
Etymology: From Late Latin, from Ancient Greek διάστημα (diástēma, “interval, space between”). Compare diastasis.
Senses: examples: text: A gormless-looking boy, thin and exhibiting diastemata in the shop-front lights, offered him English newspapers.
ref: 1968, Anthony Burgess, Enderby Outside:
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: A gap or space between two adjacent teeth, especially the upper front incisors (in humans).
topics: anatomy
biology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
zoology
glosses: A gap between teeth of different types, e.g. incisors and molars, which is a feature of some rodents and ungulates.
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Any abnormal space, fissure, or cleft in an organ or other part of the body.
topics: biology
cytology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: The modified protoplasm at the equator of a cell, existing before mitotic division.
Derived terms: diastematic
diastemal
Darth Vader
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: därthʹ vāʹdər
ipa: /ˈdɑː(ɹ)θ ˈveɪ.də(ɹ)/
Forms: form: Darth Vaders
Etymology: "Darth" is a blend of dark + death (the derivation from Dark Lord of the Sith is a later development).
"Vader" is traditionally explained as being from Dutch vader (“father”). However, the idea of Vader's fatherhood was only developed for The Empire Strikes Back (after the character was introduced), making this improbable. It is more likely a shortening of invader or from the surname Vader.
Senses: examples: text: Irabu had hired Nomura, a man with whom he obviously had a great deal in common, and, who, as we have seen, was rapidly becoming the Darth Vader of Japanese baseball.
ref: 2004, Robert Whiting, The Meaning of Ichiro: The New Wave from Japan and the Transformation of Our National Pastime, page 130:
text: Bush's missile shield plan positions him as Darth Vader.
ref: 2003, Marleen S. Barr, Envisioning the Future: Science Fiction and the Next Millennium, page xvii:
text: Commonly assumed to exert massive effects on the electorate, political spots (notably negative ones) have been teasingly called the Darth Vader of modern politics...
ref: 2002, James Price Dillard, Michael Pfau, The Persuasion Handbook: the Persuasion Handbook (c): Developments in Theory and Practice, page 611:
text: In two different speeches the vice president called Malone, alternately “the Darth Vader of the cable industry,” and “[the man who runs] the cable Cosa Nostra.”
ref: 1998, Jon Lewis, The New American Cinema, page 108:
glosses: A powerful individual or force, particularly one that is seen as malevolent, dominating and threatening.
examples: text: When the new GEX stock (Darth Vaders!!) are in service, and the inevitable happens and they break down, EWS will no doubt trundle along to rescue it
ref: 1999 September 17, gl1, “Gatwick Express New Stock Nose Cones”, in uk.transport.london (Usenet):
text: What was modified so that 73s could haul (or push) and heat air-con stock on Gatwick Express (pre Darth Vader) - the locos or the coaches?
ref: 2005 January 5, Peter Masson, “What future for the MK3's?”, in uk.railway (Usenet):
text: Is there not also a degree of commonality with the Darth Vader units of Gatwick Express, which are likely to join the Southern fleet when (if) the GatEx franchise is terminated?
ref: 2006 February 11, Tony Polson, “First Capital Connect want more 319s from Southern”, in uk.railway (Usenet):
topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
glosses: A British Rail Class 460 train.
Darth Vader
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: därthʹ vāʹdər
ipa: /ˈdɑː(ɹ)θ ˈveɪ.də(ɹ)/
Etymology: "Darth" is a blend of dark + death (the derivation from Dark Lord of the Sith is a later development).
"Vader" is traditionally explained as being from Dutch vader (“father”). However, the idea of Vader's fatherhood was only developed for The Empire Strikes Back (after the character was introduced), making this improbable. It is more likely a shortening of invader or from the surname Vader.
Senses: examples: text: What's all this? Looks like Darth Vader's bathroom.
ref: 1982, “Knight of the Phoenix”, in Knight Rider, episode 1 (television production), spoken by Michael Knight (David Hasselhoff):
glosses: Darth Vader, a villain of the science-fantasy film series Star Wars.
Derived terms: Darth Vader-esque
Darth Vaderian
Vaderesque
Related terms: Darth
inutile
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ɪnˈjuːtaɪl/
Forms: form: more inutile
form: most inutile
Etymology: From Middle French inutile, from Latin inutilis. Philippine usage is likely from Tagalog inutil, from Spanish inútil, from the same source. By surface analysis, in- + utile.
Senses: examples: text: wormwood, and the like, […]dissipate and digest any inutile or excrementitious moisture which lieth in the flesh
ref: 1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “(please specify the page, or |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC:
text: The undermediators are not required, have nothing properly to do, no peculiar duty to perform; but are an unprofitable or inutile set of beings sitting down and looking at each other through want of other occupation.
ref: 1840, John Rogers, Anti-popery: Or, Popery Unreasonable, Unscriptural, and Novel, page 191:
text: Senator Hontiveros does not strike me as a naive politician. I am certain she knows that lifestyle checks are inutile. Yet, she responded favorably to this drollery, with the proviso that the President includes himself in the farcical charade, which (in sham fashion) Marcos has obliged.
ref: 2025 September 5, Van Ybiernas, “The most dangerous forms of corruption are subtle and below the radar”, in The Manila Times, retrieved 07 Sep 2025:
synonyms: unuseful
unutilizable
antonyms: utile
;
useful
qualifier: obsolete outside Philippines
glosses: useless; unprofitable.
examples: text: Is President Duterte so inutile that his Cabinet members and other appointees do not consult him on very important matters? Harry Roque said Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana did not consult the President regarding the termination of the UP-DND Accord.
ref: 2021 January 28, Raffy Rey Hipolto, “No consultation with the President?”, in The Philippine Daily Inquirer, retrieved 07 Sep 2025:
glosses: useless (of a person); inept.
facelift
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfeɪsˌlɪft/
Forms: form: facelifts
form: face-lift
form: face lift
Etymology: From face + lift.
Senses: examples: text: You thought face-lifts were over? Killed off by a combination of Botox, and fear of winding up looking somewhat bride-of-Wildenstein? No! On the contrary, the face-lift is enjoying a renaissance, following the introduction of newer and newer techniques involving smaller scars and shorter recuperation periods.
ref: 2007 October 6, Polly Vernon, “The facelift king of America”, in The Observer:
hypernyms: facioplasty
glosses: Plastic surgery to the face to remove wrinkles, fat or various signs of aging.
examples: text: The old building will get a facelift with new paint, carpet, and decoration.
text: Early in September the “gift box” that has hidden Bergdorf Goodman's Fifth Avenue entrance since March is due to come off, revealing the results of a six-month facelift.
ref: 1984 July 22, Shawn G. Kennedy, “Bergdorf's Facelift”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
text: Using the right sites, you can give Google a face-lift, promote your products or bloviate about your blog, publish a novel, write a business plan, scan your PC for spies, and get free tech help.
ref: 2005 July, Dan Tynan, “30 Things You Didn't Know You Could Do on the Internet”, in PC World, volume 23, number 7, page 74:
text: But, after years of legal-wrangling and architectural debate, the modernist Les Halles complex in central Paris is finally on course for a facelift.
ref: 2007 July 3, Angelique Chrisafis, “Designers prepare Les Halles for a facelift”, in The Guardian:
coordinate_terms: makeover
glosses: Any activity undertaken to renew, revamp, update, or improve the appearance of something.
Derived terms: Croydon facelift
faith-lift
voice lift
facelift
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfeɪsˌlɪft/
Forms: form: facelifts
form: facelifting
form: facelifted
form: facelifted
form: face-lift
form: face lift
Etymology: From face + lift.
Senses: examples: text: With Four Years' Soot Swept Up, Face-Lifted Brooklyn Bridge Is Ready for Public [subheading]
ref: 1954 May 3, Meyer Berger, “About New York”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
text: It's a mere block from the junction of the Boulevards Montparnasse and Raspail, still one of the liveliest spots in town with its legendary cafe-restaurants, Le Select, Le Dome and La Coupole, the latter recently facelifted from its old seediness.
ref: 1990 July 8, Julian More, “The Second Cemetery of Paris”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: To perform a facelift upon.
face-lift
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: face-lifts
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of facelift.
facetious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /fəˈsiːʃəs/
note: weak vowel merger
ipa: /fəˈsiːʃɪs/
rhymes: -iːʃəs
Forms: form: more facetious
form: most facetious
Etymology: From French facétieux, from Latin facētia (“jest, wit, humor”), from facētus (“witty, jocose, facetious”).
Senses: examples: text: Robbie's joke about Heather's appearance was just him being facetious.
text: Troutbeck is a tiny village midway between Penrith and Keswick in a very sparsely populated part of Cumberland, and it used to be said by facetious travellers that the reason why it ever had a station at all was to give the engine a rest after it had struggled up the long and trying incline from Threlkeld.
ref: 1951 October, “Notes and News: The Harmonium at Troutbeck”, in Railway Magazine, page 709:
text: Glamour for its own sake is not something I have ever been particularly interested in,” Stella McCartney said backstage after her catwalk show. Which could sound like a facetious statement from a fashion designer who was, at that moment, standing among the marble-slabbed floors, elaborately frescoed ceilings and giant chandeliers of the Palais Garnier opera house, where the show was staged.
ref: 2017 October 2, Jess Cartner-Morle, “Stella McCartney lays waste to disposable fashion in Paris”, in the Guardian:
glosses: Treating serious issues with (often deliberately) inappropriate humour; flippant.
glosses: Pleasantly humorous; jocular.
qualifier: Of an idea or statement
glosses: humorously silly or counterproductive for the purpose of sarcastically advocating the opposite.
Derived terms: facetiously
facetiousness
nonfacetious
semifacetious
unfacetious
facilitate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /fəˈsɪlɪteɪt/
ipa: /fəˈsɪləteɪt/
Forms: form: facilitates
form: facilitating
form: facilitated
form: facilitated
Etymology: Anglicisation of French faciliter (“facilitate”) through -ate (verb-forming suffix), ultimately from Latin facilis.
Senses: examples: text: Features such as trackless doors, mercury-type door interlocks, roof-mounted door fault indicator lights, rubber window glazing, improved retractable shoegear and a modified electro-pneumatic brake system designed to facilitate maintenance and improve reliability, which have proved their worth on the prototype trains, are continued in the new stock.
ref: 1960 February, “The first of London's new Piccadilly Line trains is delivered”, in Trains Illustrated, page 94:
text: The flatness of the landscape facilitates views right across the Firth of Forth to Fife, before the railway begins to pierce the Edinburgh suburbs.
ref: 2022 November 30, Paul Bigland, “Destination Oban: a Sunday in Scotland”, in RAIL, number 971, page 75:
synonyms: ease
antonyms: hinder
impede
glosses: To make easy or easier.
examples: text: But while she was pursuing this thought the good genius of Sophia, or that which presided over the integrity of Mrs Honour, or perhaps mere chance, sent an accident in her way, which at once preserved her fidelity, and even facilitated the intended business.
ref: 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC:
text: Last week, the Justice Department said it would comply with a federal judge’s order to “facilitate” the return of O.C.G., a gay man who was sent to Mexico this year despite having told American authorities that he had experienced violence there and was afraid to go back.
ref: 2025 June 4, Alan Feuer, Mattathias Schwartz, “U.S. Brings Back Guatemalan Wrongly Deported to Mexico”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
antonyms: hinder
impede
glosses: To help bring about.
glosses: To preside over (a meeting, a seminar).
Derived terms: cofacilitate
disfacilitate
nonfacilitating
refacilitate
Related terms: facile
facilitation
facilitative
facilitator
facilitatory
facility
narc
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: näk
ipa: /nɑːk/
enpr: närk
ipa: /nɑːɹk/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)k
homophone: nark
Forms: form: narcs
form: narco
Etymology: Clipping of narcotics (control) officer.
Senses: topics: drugs
medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A police officer or federal agent assigned to or engaging in illegal narcotics control.
narc
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: näk
ipa: /nɑːk/
enpr: närk
ipa: /nɑːɹk/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)k
homophone: nark
Forms: form: narcs
Etymology: Alternative spelling of nark, influenced by narc (“narcotics officer”).
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of nark (“spy”).
narc
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: näk
ipa: /nɑːk/
enpr: närk
ipa: /nɑːɹk/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)k
homophone: nark
Forms: form: narcs
form: narcing
form: narced
form: narced
Etymology: Alternative spelling of nark, influenced by narc (“narcotics officer”).
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of nark.
Related terms: stool pigeon
narc
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: näk
ipa: /nɑːk/
enpr: närk
ipa: /nɑːɹk/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)k
homophone: nark
Forms: form: narcs
form: narcing
form: narced
form: narced
Etymology: Clipping of narcosis.
Senses: topics: diving
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
underwater-diving
glosses: To suffer from impaired judgment due to nitrogen narcosis (for example, while scuba diving).
narc
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: näk
ipa: /nɑːk/
enpr: närk
ipa: /nɑːɹk/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)k
homophone: nark
Forms: form: narcs
Etymology: Clipping of narcissist.
Senses: glosses: A narcissist.
fallacious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /fəˈleɪ.ʃəs/
rhymes: -eɪʃəs
Forms: form: more fallacious
form: most fallacious
Etymology: From Middle English fallacious; equivalent to fallacy + -ous.
Senses: examples: text: There is a widely diffused notion that among all specimens of animal creation man alone possesses any glimmering of reason. This notion is largely fallacious. It is one of those ideas, based upon superficial knowledge, which appeal to the sophisticated modern public.
ref: 1941, George Ryley Scott, Phallic Worship: A History of Sex and Sex Rites in Relation to the Religions of All Races from Antiquity to the Present Day, London: T. Werner Laurie, page 3:
synonyms: erroneous
incorrect
wrong
antonyms: accurate
correct
true
glosses: Characterized by fallacy; false or mistaken.
synonyms: deceitful
deceiving
mendacious
misdirective
glosses: Deceptive or misleading.
Derived terms: fallaciously
fallaciousness
nonfallacious
unfallacious
Related terms: fail
failure
fallacy
fallibilism
fallibilist
fallibility
fallible
false
falsifiable
falsification
falsificator
falsifier
falsify
falsity
deluded
delusive
faulty
illogical
illusive
illusory
fallible
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfal.ɪ.bəl/
ipa: [ˈfal.ɪ.bl̩]
ipa: /ˈfæl.ə.bəl/
ipa: [ˈfæl.ə.bl̩]
Forms: form: more fallible
form: most fallible
Etymology: From Middle English fallible, from Medieval Latin fallibilis (“liable to err, also deceitful”), from Latin fallere (“to deceive”).
Senses: examples: text: prove fallible
text: recognize as fallible
text: Even the best doctors are fallible.
text: He admitted he was fallible like anyone else.
glosses: Capable of making mistakes or being wrong.
Synonyms: defective
faulty
faultful
imperfect
Derived terms: fallibleness
fallibly
nonfallible
unfallible
Related terms: fail
fallacious
fallacy
fallibilism
fallibilist
fallibility
firefighting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fire fighting
Etymology: From fire + fighting.
Senses: glosses: Extinguishing a fire.
glosses: The profession of being a firefighter.
glosses: Solving an urgent problem.
Derived terms: nonfirefighting
fashionable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfæʃənəbl̩/
Forms: form: more fashionable
form: most fashionable
Etymology: From fashion + -able.
Senses: examples: text: a fashionable dress
text: a fashionable man
synonyms: styleworthy
antonyms: word: fashionable
glosses: Characteristic of or influenced by a current popular trend or style; in fashion; in vogue.
examples: text: the fashionable philosophy
text: fashionable opinions
glosses: Established or favoured by custom or use; current; prevailing at a particular time.
examples: text: fashionable society
text: For time is like a faſhionable Hoſte / That ſlightly ſhakes his parting Gueſt by th'hand;
ref: c. 1602, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iii], column 1:
glosses: genteel; well-bred
Synonyms: word: a la mode/à la mode
word: all the rage
word: chic
word: cool
word: dapper
word: done
word: elegant
word: fashionable
word: groovy
word: happening
word: hep
word: hip
word: in
word: in fashion
word: jaunty
word: modish
word: natty
word: on fleek
word: on trend
word: pizazzy
word: spiffing
word: spiffy
word: styleworthy
word: stylish
word: smart
word: snazzy
word: tasteful
word: tippy
word: trendy
word: voguish
word: up-to-the-minute
word: with-it
word: zhoosh
Hypernyms: word: attractive
Hyponyms: word: bougie
word: chichi
word: spivvy
Derived terms: antifashionable
fashionability
fashionable lateness
fashionableness
fashionably
infashionable
nonfashionable
prefashionable
superfashionable
ultrafashionable
unfashionable
Related terms: word: dandy
word: foppish
fashionable
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfæʃənəbl̩/
Forms: form: fashionables
Etymology: From fashion + -able.
Senses: examples: text: Just as I was stepping up to offer my hand to a very pleasing and witty fashionable, the brilliant and exclusive Mrs. Rawdon Crawley,"—he wrote […]
ref: 1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair […], London: Bradbury and Evans […], published 1848, →OCLC:
text: We speculated upon the astonishment that would have seized upon their simple, innocent hearts, had they beheld, instead of us, a bevy of our city fashionables in full bloom.
ref: 1860, Various, Atlantic Monthly, Vol. VI.,October, 1860.--No. XXXVI.:
text: In large measure the Metropolitan is a show-case for rich fashionables who are not trained in Wagnerian music and have no reverence for it, but who like to promote art and show their clothes.
ref: 1891, Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens), “At the Shrine of St. Wagner”, in What Is Man? and Other Essays:
text: A few, perhaps, have a further purpose; they desire to assist in that circus, to show themselves in the capacity of fashionables, to enchant the yokelry with their splendor.
ref: 1991 September 20, George Grass, “Star Show”, in Chicago Reader:
synonyms: word: barbermonger
word: beau
word: blade
word: blood
word: buck
word: carpet knight
word: cockscomb
word: dandy
word: dike
word: dood
word: dude
word: dudelet
word: exquisite
word: fashionable
word: fast man
word: fine gentleman
word: fop
word: foretop
word: fribble
word: gallant
word: go
word: jack-a-dandy
word: Jemmy-Jessamy
word: jetter
word: macaroni
word: masher
word: metrosexual
word: mignon
word: petit maître
word: popinjay
word: pretty boy
word: prig
word: puss-gentleman
word: smart
word: spark
word: spiff
word: swell
word: tippy
word: toff
word: Corinthian
word: faddist
word: fashionable
word: fashionist
word: fashionista
word: hepcat
word: hepster
word: hipster
word: sophisto
word: snappy dresser
word: trendite
word: trendy
word: voguie
word: swell
glosses: A fashionable person; a fop.
fire alarm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fire alarms
Etymology: From fire + alarm.
Senses: glosses: An electromechanical or electronic bell, klaxon, chime, horn, speaker, strobe light or other device which warns people in a building of a possible fire or other condition requiring evacuation.
glosses: The sound or other warning made by a fire alarm.
examples: A four fire-alarm fire ripped through a row of 2.5 story frame dwellings during the early morning hours
topics: firefighting
government
glosses: An emergency response to a fire by the fire department with manpower and equipment.
Derived terms: fire alarm horn
fire alarm pull station
fire alarm system
pull the fire alarm
wherein
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: enpr: wârinʹ
ipa: /wɛˈɹɪn/
enpr: wârinʹ
ipa: /wɛəˈɹɪn/
rhymes: -ɪn
Etymology: From Middle English wherin; equivalent to where- + in.
Senses: examples: text: Wherein have I sinned, that thou wouldest deliver thy servant into the hand of Ahab, to slay me?
ref: 1901, Bible (American Standard Version), 1 Kings 18:9
glosses: How, or in what way.
wherein
Language: English
Part of speech: conj
Pronunciation: enpr: wârinʹ
ipa: /wɛˈɹɪn/
enpr: wârinʹ
ipa: /wɛəˈɹɪn/
rhymes: -ɪn
Etymology: From Middle English wherin; equivalent to where- + in.
Senses: examples: text: Defile not therefoꝛe the lande which yee ſhall inhabite, wherein I dwell: foꝛ I the Lord dwell among the childꝛen of Iſrael.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Numbers 35:34, signature [Q5], verso, column 2:
text: As she went through the woods where the primroses and the whitethorn were blossoming, the place seemed as the land of Elim, wherein there were twelve wells and threescore and ten palm trees.
ref: 1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide:
glosses: Where, or in which location.
examples: text: [T]here is a time wherein one man ruleth ouer another to his owne hurt.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Ecclesiastes 8:9, signature Lll2, verso, column 2:
glosses: During which.
examples: text: In order to show them wherein they were wrong, Samuel was instructed to bear witness against them […]
ref: 2011, Bible (English Standard Version), 1 Samuel 8:9
glosses: How, or in what way.
faulty
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɒlti/
ipa: /ˈfɔːlti/
ipa: /ˈfɔlti/
ipa: /ˈfɑlti/
ipa: [ˈfɒːlti]
rhymes: -ɒlti
rhymes: -ɔːlti
Forms: form: faultier
form: faultiest
Etymology: From fault + -y.
Senses: examples: text: They replaced the faulty wiring and it has worked fine ever since.
text: I don't think you can infer that from the premise. It's a faulty argument.
text: Sadly, the ever-eager Reverend Judith had not been able to conjure up many worshippers, even though it was Father’s Day. There was just one old dear sitting halfway back, her faulty hearing aid letting off a high-pitched whistle.
ref: 2017, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Bad Dad, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN:
glosses: Having or displaying faults; not perfect; not adequate or acceptable.
examples: text: Her faultie Handmayd, which that bale did breede, / Confest, how Philemon her wrought to chaunge her weede.
ref: 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto IV”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
glosses: At fault, to blame; guilty.
Derived terms: faultily
faultiness
nonfaulty
unfaulty
fire truck
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /faɪɚ tɹʌk/
Forms: form: fire trucks
Etymology: From fire + truck.
Senses: examples: Near-synonym: fire engine (often synonymous; sometimes precisely differentiated by equipment)
topics: firefighting
government
related: word: firetruck
hypernyms: truck
<
motor vehicle
<
vehicle
glosses: A motor truck that serves as firefighting apparatus (a fire appliance).
Related terms: fire company
fire department
fire service
fire extinguisher
fire insurance
backdraft
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbækˌdɹæft/
Forms: form: backdrafts
form: back draft
form: back draught
form: backdraught
Etymology: From back + draft.
Senses: topics: firefighting
government
glosses: Sudden, dangerous recombustion that occurs when there is a rapid reintroduction of oxygen to an enclosed space containing a fire.
Related terms: smoke explosion
a different extreme fire behavior phenomenon
fire
firefighting
volatile
deciliter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: deciliters
Etymology: From deci- + liter.
Senses: glosses: US spelling of decilitre.
mina
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -aɪnə
Forms: form: minas
Etymology: Borrowed from Hindi मैना (mainā)/Urdu مینا (mainā), from Sanskrit मदन (madana).
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of myna.
mina
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -aɪnə
Forms: form: minas
form: minae
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin mina, from Ancient Greek μνᾶ (mnâ, “mna”). Compare maneh, from Biblical Hebrew מָנֶה (māne), as well as maund.
Senses: examples: text: What then of the actual fine of thirty minae Socrates proposes? Thirty minae was a large sum, “the equivalent of approximately eight-and-one-half years′ wages," according to one recent estimate (Brickhouse and Smith 1988, 227); enough to buy a library of three thousand philosophy books, if the price of Anaxogoras′ book is any guide (26d6-e2).
ref: 1989, C. D. C Reeve, Socrates in the Apology: An Essay on Plato′s Apology of Socrates, page 174:
glosses: A monetary unit of ancient Greece and the Middle East, originally equivalent to the weight of a mina of silver.
examples: text: Thirty minas of lapis lazuli in a solid block, two minas each their rims, six kor of oil, the capacity of both.
ref: 1999, Andrew George, transl., Gilgamesh, section VI:
glosses: A unit of weight of varying value used in the ancient Middle East, especially Babylonia, Mesopotamia and Egypt; also an ancient Greek measure of weight equivalent to 1/60th of a talent, approximately 400-700 grams.
sken
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /skɛn/
rhymes: -ɛn
Forms: form: skens
form: skenning
form: skenned
form: skenned
Etymology: Obscure origin, possibly related to askance.
Senses: examples: text: He skens ill enough to crack a lookin'-glass.
ref: 1861, Edwin Waugh, The Birtle Carter's Tale About Owd Bodle:
text: She's about seventy and skens like a basket of whelks, but she's as good as any doctor.
ref: 1989, Marie Joseph, A World Apart, page 344:
glosses: to squint
glosses: to glance
Kamerun
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An African colony of the German Empire from 1884 to 1916 in the region of the modern Republic of Cameroon.
Kanada
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Canada
fearsome
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: note: rhotic
ipa: /ˈfɪɹsəm/
note: non-rhotic
ipa: /ˈfɪəsəm/
rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)səm
Forms: form: more fearsome
form: most fearsome
Etymology: From fear + -some. Compare German furchtsam (“fearful”, obsolete also “fearsome”); this is more closely equivalent to English frightsome, however.
Senses: examples: text: fearsome reputation
text: fearsome weapon
text: truly fearsome
text: The warriors faced a fearsome enemy.
text: She gave him a fearsome glare.
glosses: frightening, especially in appearance.
glosses: fearful, frightened
Derived terms: fearsomely
fearsomeness
Related terms: fear
fearful
fecal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfiːkəl/
rhymes: -iːkəl
Forms: form: faecal
form: fæcal
Etymology: From Middle French fecal, from Latin faex, equivalent to feces + -al.
Senses: examples: text: Differential biochemical or physiological characteristics which correlate with aerogenesis at elevated incubation temperatures will be adapted towards a fecal coliform procedure and towards converting a total coliform procedure under development to give a fecal coliform count as well.
ref: 1973, Water Resources Research Catalog - Volume 8, Issue 1, page 732:
glosses: Of or relating to feces.
Synonyms: stercoraceous
Derived terms: fecal impaction
fecality
fecally
fecal matter
fecal microbiota transplant
fecal microbiota transplantation
fecal occult blood
fecaloid
fecaloma
fecal-oral
fecal transplant
fecaluria
nonfecal
orofecal
paleofecal
pseudofecal
fiesta
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /fɪˈestə/
ipa: /fiˈɛstə/
rhymes: -ɛstə
Forms: form: fiestas
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish fiesta, from Late Latin festa, from the plural of festum (“feast”). Doublet of feast, fest, and fete.
Senses: glosses: A religious festival.
raw_tags: in Spanish-speaking countries
examples: text: The police arrived swiftly, deciding it would be safer to keep watch over the fiesta rather than forcefully evict thousands of revellers.
ref: 2023 January 4, Ashifa Kassam, “Six-day illegal rave sees 5,000 people descend on Spanish village”, in The Guardian:
synonyms: celebration
party
glosses: A festive occasion.
Derived terms: fiesta dress
fiesta salad
fiesta
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /fɪˈestə/
ipa: /fiˈɛstə/
rhymes: -ɛstə
Forms: form: fiestas
form: fiestaing
form: fiestaed
form: fiestaed
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish fiesta, from Late Latin festa, from the plural of festum (“feast”). Doublet of feast, fest, and fete.
Senses: glosses: To take part in a festive celebration; to party.
filthy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɪlθi/
Forms: form: filthier
form: filthiest
Etymology: From Middle English filthy, filthi, equivalent to filth + -y.
Senses: examples: text: The coaches were filthy outside and did not appear to have been painted or washed for years. Inside there were uncomfortable seats covered with a cane-like material.
ref: 1953 July, Allen Rowley, “First Impressions of American Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 492:
glosses: Covered with filth; very dirty.
examples: text: Filthy smirking Pat Robertson has come in second in the Iowa Republican caucuses.
ref: 1987, Michael Grumley, Final Diary:
glosses: Obscene or offensive.
glosses: Very unpleasant or disagreeable.
examples: text: Terrific fun it was. My best mate saved me, and the teacher was filthy.
ref: 1995, Paul Vautin, Turn It Up!, Sydney: Pan Macmillan Australia, page 166:
glosses: Angry; upset; severely annoyed.
Synonyms: sense: covered with filth
word: sleazy
sense: covered with filth
word: slimy
sense: covered with filth
word: grimy
sense: covered with filth
word: horry
sense: obscene
word: gruesome
sense: obscene
word: smutty
Derived terms: filthily
filthiness
filthy casual
filthy dirty
filthy lucre
filthy rich
unfilthy
filthy
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɪlθi/
Forms: form: filthies
form: filthying
form: filthied
form: filthied
Etymology: From Middle English filthy, filthi, equivalent to filth + -y.
Senses: examples: text: In the years following World War Two, Americans cut down vast forests, built thousands of factories, assembled millions of atmospherically toxic automobiles, and filthied the water throughout North America.
ref: 2007, Tom Bissell, Chasing the Sea: Lost Among the Ghosts of Empire in Central Asia:
glosses: To make very dirty; to saturate something with dirt.
examples: text: He shouldered his way inside, filthying his T-shirt on the charred wood.
ref: 2009, Jeffery Deaver, Hell's Kitchen:
glosses: To cover in filth.
cermet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɜː.mɛt/
ipa: /ˈsɝˌmɛt/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)mɛt
Forms: form: cermets
Etymology: Blend of ceramic + metal.
Senses: examples: text: 2003, Stephen F. Krar, Arthur Gill, Exploring Advanced Manufacturing Technologies, page 3-2-14,
The multi-component alloy cermets, made up of different hard materials and binder elements, have high wear-resistance qualities that result in long tool life.
text: Cutting performance of cermets was improved after development of titanium-molybdenum-carbon-nitrogen and titanium-tungsten-carbon-nitrogen compounds with binders containing nickel, molybdenum, cobalt, or a combination thereof (Ref 3, p.91).
ref: 2009, Edmund Isakov, Cutting Data for Turning of Steel, page 114:
text: Among various tribological materials, cermets are known for their excellent wear resistance under unlubricated conditions.
ref: 2011, Bikramjit Basu, Mitjan Kalin, Tribology of Ceramics and Composites: Materials Science Perspective, page 356:
glosses: A composite material composed of ceramic and metal materials, used in such applications as industrial saws and turbine blades.
Derived terms: thermet
like clockwork
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: synonyms: swimmingly
smoothly
without a hitch
coordinate_terms: like atomic clockwork
qualifier: simile
glosses: With perfect regularity and precision; faultless.
Related terms: run like a top
set one's watch by someone
weblog
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwɛb.lɒɡ/
ipa: /ˈwɛb.lɔɡ/
ipa: /ˈwɛb.lɑɡ/
Forms: form: weblogs
form: Weblog
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *weyh₁-?
Proto-Indo-European *wiHrós
Proto-Germanic *weraz
Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-
Proto-Indo-European *h₂életi
Proto-Germanic *alaną
Proto-Indo-European *-tis
Proto-Germanic *-þiz
Proto-Germanic *aldiz
Proto-Germanic *weraldiz
Proto-West Germanic *weraldi
Old English weorold
Middle English world
English world
Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁
Proto-Indo-European *dwi-
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *h₁weydʰh₁-der.
Proto-Germanic *wīdaz
Old English wīd
English wide
English -wide
English worldwide
Proto-Indo-European *webʰ-der.
Proto-Germanic *webaną
Proto-Germanic *wabją
Old English webb
Middle English web
English web
English World Wide Web
English Web
Proto-Indo-European *legʰ-
Proto-Indo-European *-yeti
Proto-Indo-European *légʰyeti
Proto-Germanic *ligjaną
Old Norse liggjader.?
Middle English logge
English log
Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂ǵosder.?
Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂g-der.?
Proto-Germanic *bōks
Proto-West Germanic *bōk
Old English bōc
Middle English bok
English book
English logbook
English log
English weblog
Compound of Web + log. Coined by American blogger Jorn Barger in 1997.
Senses: examples: text: A Weblog is updated as often as the writer decides and can include photographs and links to other sites around the Web. There are different ways to create a Weblog, and you do not need your own file server.
ref: 2002 July 25, J. D. Biersdorfer, “Your World, Online: Setting Up a Weblog”, in New York Times:
text: The case of the Loufan landslide indicates how a mainstream journalist-blogger used his weblog to expose the cover-up of an accident in north-west China.
ref: 2011, Xin Xin, “Web 2.0, citizen journalism and social justice in China”, in Graham Meikle, Guy Redden, editors, News Online: Transformations and Continuities, Palgrave Macmillan, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 184:
synonyms: blog
glosses: A website in the form of an ongoing journal.
Derived terms: blog
terminologist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌtɝ.məˈnɑ.lə.d͡ʒɪst/
Forms: form: terminologists
Senses: examples: text: [T]ranslation practice during training should, at least in part, be organised in projects where each student has the chance to play various roles: that of client, of revisor, of terminologist, of documentation assistant, of free-lancer, of in-house translator working for a translation company, etc.
ref: 2005, Christiane Nord, edited by Martha Tennent and Benjamins Translation Library, Training for the New Millennium: Pedagogies for translation and interpreting, page 218:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
translation-studies
glosses: A person who studies and uses terminology, especially in professional translation project management.
terminological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: tûr'mənəlŏʹjĭkəl
ipa: /ˌtɜɹmənəlˈɒd͡ʒɪkəl/
Forms: form: terminologic
Etymology: From terminology + -ical.
Senses: examples: text: In earlier works, what is here called S-structure was frequently referred to as ‘Surface Structureʼ; but in more recent work a crucial terminological distinction has been drawn between S-structure ( = the output of the Syntactic Component of our Grammar) and Surface Structure ( = the output of the Phonological Component).
ref: 1988, Andrew Radford, chapter 8, in Transformational grammar: a first course, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, page 419:
glosses: Of, or relating to terminology.
Derived terms: terminological inexactitude
terminologically
cisterna magna
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Latin
Senses: glosses: A region in the brain posterior to the medulla oblongata, below the cerebellum; cerebrospinal fluid enters from the fourth ventricle.
Synonyms: cerebromedullary cistern
summary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsʌməɹi/
note: Indic
ipa: /ˈsamːaɾi/
homophone: summery
Forms: form: more summary
form: most summary
Etymology: From Middle English summary, from Medieval Latin summārius, from Latin summa (“total, sum”) + -ārius (suffix forming adjectives).
Senses: examples: text: Near-synonym: abstractive
text: A summary review is in the appendix.
synonyms: summative#Adjective
summarizing[participial adjective|part. adj.]]>
glosses: Concise, brief, or presented in a condensed form; presenting information in such a form.
examples: text: Near-synonym: extrajudicial
text: They used summary executions to break the resistance of the people.
glosses: Performed speedily, without formal ceremony, and (especially) without regard to legality.
examples: text: The matter was brought to a close by summary dismissal of the cases.
text: The summary executions caused outrage.
topics: law
hypernyms: expedited#Adjective
expeditious
glosses: Performed by omitting the procedures of a full trial, but within a legally valid framework.
Derived terms: summarily
summary dismissal
summary
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsʌməɹi/
note: Indic
ipa: /ˈsamːaɾi/
homophone: summery
Forms: form: summaries
Etymology: From Medieval Latin summārium, from Latin summa (“total, sum”) + -ārium (suffix forming nouns of purpose).
Senses: examples: text: I'd forgotten what happened in the first Harry Potter book so I read a summary of the narrative before starting the second one.
text: make a summary of the events
glosses: An abstract or a condensed presentation of the substance of a body of material.
Synonyms: word: précis
word: upshot
word: bottom line
word: short form
word: abridgment
word: abstract
word: compendium
word: conspectus
word: digest
word: epitome
word: outline
word: overview
word: résumé
word: summary
word: synopsis
word: the long and short
word: tl;dr
Hypernyms: word: gist
Derived terms: executive summary
in summary
management summary
metasummary
microsummary
midsummary
summarize
summary diligence
summary execution
summary judgment
summary jurisdiction
summary offence
summary proceedings
Related terms: word: in summary
word: recapitulate
malfunction
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌmælˈfʌŋk.ʃən/
rhymes: -ʌŋkʃən
Forms: form: malfunctions
Etymology: From mal- (“bad, incorrect”) + function.
Senses: examples: text: This weekend, as videos of robotaxi malfunctions began appearing on social media, opponents say they are seeing their fears realized.
ref: 2023 August 14, Kari Paul, “Robotaxi breakdowns cause mayhem in San Francisco days after expansion vote”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
text: A former OceanGate scientific director said the Titan submersible suffered a malfunction six days before imploding in June 2023, killing all five people on board.
ref: 2024 September 19, Alaa Elassar and Graham Hurley, “Titan submersible malfunctioned days prior to the fatal dive, former scientific director testifies”, in CNN:
synonyms: dysfunction
misfunction
glosses: Faulty functioning.
glosses: Failure to function.
Derived terms: malfunction routine
malfunction junction
wardrobe malfunction
malfunction
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌmælˈfʌŋk.ʃən/
rhymes: -ʌŋkʃən
Forms: form: malfunctions
form: malfunctioning
form: malfunctioned
form: malfunctioned
Etymology: From mal- (“bad, incorrect”) + function.
Senses: examples: text: She told him the machine was poorly built, but they both knew that she was the one who had malfunctioned.
text: Due to a communications error, according to gaming officials, the slot machine malfunctioned and didn’t notify Taylor or casino personnel that he was a winner.
ref: 2022 February 6, Amanda Jackson, “A slot machine in Las Vegas malfunctioned and didn’t tell a tourist he won. The gaming board tracked him down”, in CNN:
text: The group has started collecting reports of malfunctioning, crashing, or dangerous self-driving cars on its website.
ref: 2023 August 14, Kari Paul, “Robotaxi breakdowns cause mayhem in San Francisco days after expansion vote”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
text: A 39-year-old British woman was killed when a malfunctioning ottoman bed fell on her neck and asphyxiated her, a coroner’s report said.
ref: 2024 October 14, Issy Ronald, “Woman killed by malfunctioning ottoman bed”, in CNN:
glosses: To function improperly.
glosses: To fail to function.
Derived terms: malfunctional
malfunctioner
summery
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: sŭmʹə-rē
ipa: /ˈsʌməɹi/
homophone: summary
Forms: form: summerier
form: summeriest
Etymology: From Middle English somery; equivalent to summer + -y. Compare Swedish somrig (“summery”).
Senses: examples: text: She wore a light summery dress.
glosses: Relating to the summer.
glosses: Of weather, typical of summer.
Synonyms: sense: relating to the summer
word: aestival
sense: relating to the summer
word: estival
sense: relating to the summer
english: as a modifier
translation: as a modifier
word: summer
sense: of weather, typical of summer
word: summerish
sense: of weather, typical of summer
word: summerlike
sense: of weather, typical of summer
word: summerly
Derived terms: summeriness
summery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: sŭmʹə-rē
ipa: /ˈsʌməɹi/
homophone: summary
Senses: examples: text: We are reasonably certain that every reader will understand the danger and downright immorality of using quotation marks in a careless or flippant manner, that only a person’s actual words may be placed in quotation marks, and that a summery or paraphrase must be so labeled or identified.
ref: 1970, Morris Kominsky, chapter VII, in The Hoaxers: Plain Liars, Fancy Liars, and Damned Liars, volume I, Boston: Branden Press, Inc., 8283-1288-5, page 451:
text: With Swift, Spice, Lively and Avignone hugging each other, it was a picture-perfect visual summery of Swift’s brand: manufactured empowerment, a celebration of pop feminist girl power.
ref: 2024 February 12, Alaina Demopoulos, “Romcom ending: Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s big night at the Super Bowl”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: Misspelling of summary.
grassroots
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡɹɑːs.ɹuːts/
ipa: /ˈɡɹæs.ɹuːts/
Forms: form: more grassroots
form: most grassroots
form: grass-roots
form: grassroot
Etymology: From grass + roots.
Senses: examples: text: If there’s a down side to the film, it’s that “Soros” probably doesn’t devote enough time to the way its subject has become a favorite bogeyman to conservatives that paint him as the guiding hand behind grassroots campaigns by those intent on discrediting them.
ref: 2020 November 18, Brian Lowry, “‘Soros’ looks at the life and activism of the right’s favorite bogeyman”, in CNN:
antonyms: grass tops
Astroturf
glosses: Of, or relating to people or society at the local level, particularly in politics, social movements, etc.; of the grass roots.
Derived terms: grassroots democracy
grassroots leader
grassrootsy
netroots
Related terms: grass roots
-erie
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Etymology: Influenced by French -erie.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of -ery (“place”).
glosses: Obsolete spelling of -ery in other senses.
fire exit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fire exits
Senses: glosses: An emergency exit for usage in case of a fire.
Related terms: emergency exit