cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
lawgiver
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlɔːˌɡɪv.ə/
ipa: /ˈlɔˌɡɪv.ɚ/
Forms: form: lawgivers
Etymology: From Middle English lawe ȝivere, lawe-ȝivere, law ȝevar; equivalent to law + giver.
Senses: examples: text: "Lawgivers were never more mistaken," said Lady Mary, "than when they ordained that the conjugal tie should last through life for better and worse; the last injunction being strictly complied with. There should be septennial marriages, as well as septennial parliaments!"
ref: 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “An Act of Parliament”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 189:
glosses: One who provides laws to a society.
glosses: Any lawmaker.
leafstalk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: leafstalks
Etymology: From leaf + stalk.
Senses: glosses: The stalk that supports a leaf and connects it to the plant.
Synonyms: petiole
learnedly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more learnedly
form: most learnedly
form: learnèdly
Etymology: From learned + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: The professor spoke learnedly for an hour about his abstruse scholarship; but he couldn't string two words together to speak to the pretty woman.
glosses: In an educated and knowledgeable manner.
Derived terms: overlearnedly
leaseback
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: leasebacks
form: lease-back
Etymology: From lease + back.
Senses: examples: text: The operator has since sold ten locomotives […] which were subsequently sold on to GB Railfreight (which then sold them to Beacon Rail on a leaseback deal), as well as four to GBRf outright […].
ref: 2019 November 6, “Fleet news”, in Rail, page 30:
topics: business
finance
glosses: A property transaction where a party sells something, then leases it from the purchaser. The seller is released from tax, depreciation, and maintenance costs, and the buyer is guaranteed an income from the property.
Synonyms: topics: finance
business
word: sale and leaseback
topics: finance
business
word: sale-leaseback
Allie
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Allies
Etymology: Diminutives + -ie.
Senses: glosses: A diminutive of the female given names Alice, Alison, or Alexandra or other names beginning with Al-, from the Germanic languages or Ancient Greek.
glosses: A diminutive of the male given names Alfred, Albert, Alan, or Alexander or other names beginning with Al-, from the Germanic languages, the Celtic languages, or Ancient Greek.
Lexi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlɛksi/
rhymes: -ɛksi
Forms: form: Lexis
form: Lexie
form: Lexy
Senses: glosses: A diminutive of the female given names Alexa, Alexandra, Alexia, or Alexis, from Ancient Greek.
Ellie
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: -ɛli
Forms: form: Ellies
Etymology: Diminutives: Clippings + -ie.
Senses: glosses: A unisex given name.
examples: text: "It's funny, because when Ellie was born, I really hoped she'd turn out like this, feisty and rebellious and loud and bright. That's why I called her Eleanor Toyah."
"Is that something classical?" Fiona asked.
"No, it's pop," said Will. Fiona laughed, although Will couldn't see why. "Toyah Wilcox."
ref: 1998, Nick Hornby, About A Boy, Victor Gollancz, →ISBN, page 285:
glosses: A diminutive of the female given names Eleanor, Elizabeth, or Elena.
examples: Ellie Allen, Ellie Salkow, Ellie Mannette
glosses: A diminutive of the male given names Elliot or Elliott.
Related terms: Ella
Elle
Ellee
Elley
Elli
Elly
secateurs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɛk.əˌtɜːz/
ipa: /ˈsɛk.əˌtɪəz/
ipa: /ˈsek.ɘˌtɵːz/
ipa: /ˈsek.əˌtiəz/
Etymology: Borrowed from French sécateurs, plural of sécateur, from Latin secō + -ateur.
Senses: examples: text: To start with, I'm going to arm myself with a saw, shears and secateurs to radically prune some of what's there.
ref: 2023 August 5, Diarmuid Gavin, “It's time to give my garden a makeover”, in Irish Independent Magazine, page 28:
glosses: Small, handheld pruning shears.
Synonyms: pair of secateurs
pruning shears
Law
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Laws
Etymology: Clipping of Lawrence; From the given name Lawrence.
Senses: glosses: A surname originating as a patronymic.
coordinate_terms: Laws
Laus
Lars
Lau
Lar
Lawry
Laury
Larry
Laurence
Lawrence
glosses: A diminutive of the male given name Lawrence.
Law
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Laws
Etymology: From Old English hlaw (“a hill or burial mound”).
Senses: glosses: A topographic surname from Old English, perhaps originally meaning someone who lives near a burial mound.
glosses: a conical hill
glosses: A village in South Lanarkshire council area, Scotland, United Kingdom (OS grid ref NS8252).
Law
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: A semantic loan of Greek νόμος (nómos, “law”), rendering Hebrew תּוֹרָה (tōrāh, “instruction, teaching”) in the sense of divine law.
Senses: hyponyms: Oral Law
Written Law
glosses: the five Books of Moses, particularly the commandments in it, as well as their specification in the Mishnah and their further interpretation in later religious literature
topics: Christianity
biblical
lifestyle
religion
glosses: the commandments in the Books of Moses, sometimes seen as transcended by Christ
topics: Christianity
qualifier: less often
glosses: the commandments and moral principles that are binding for Christians, such as the Decalogue, the teachings of the New Testament, the Church Fathers, etc.
Law
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Cantonese 羅 /罗 (lo⁴). Doublet of Luo.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Chinese.
plink
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /plɪŋk/
rhymes: -ɪŋk
Forms: form: plinks
Etymology: Onomatopoeic.
Senses: glosses: A short, high-pitched metallic or percussive sound.
Derived terms: plinker
plinky
plink
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /plɪŋk/
rhymes: -ɪŋk
Forms: form: plinks
form: plinking
form: plinked
form: plinked
Etymology: Onomatopoeic.
Senses: glosses: To make a plink sound.
examples: text: He can plink out Let Me Call You Sweetheart for reporters on a piano or rib himself on television talk shows […]
ref: 1971, Louis C. Reichman, Barry J. Wishart, American Politics and Its Interpreters:
text: Your child may also begin to plink out a few notes on a xylophone or toy piano before her first birthday.
ref: 1997, Kevin Osborn, Signe Larson, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Bringing Up Baby:
text: The female deputy sat down at the ramshackle piano and proceeded to plink out the opening notes of "Heart and Soul."
ref: 2004, Angela Elwell Hunt, The Truth Teller:
glosses: (colloquial) To play a song or a portion of a song, usually on a percussion instrument such as a piano.
raw_tags: with "out"
examples: text: We plinked all week long in the slow-moving days between hunting seasons. Life Savers or Necco Wafers at 25 yards offhand, or 50 yards prone, and vanilla wafers offhand at 50 yards or prone at 100, were challenging targets.
ref: 1992, Ken Warner, Gun Digest, 1993, page 19:
topics: engineering
firearms
government
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
tools
war
weaponry
glosses: To take part in the sport of plinking.
Derived terms: plinking
luxury tax
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: luxury taxes
Senses: glosses: Any tax on the sale of items not considered to be essential to a reasonable standard of living, either to increase revenue, or to discourage the use of certain articles.
wouldn't you know it
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Forms: form: wouldn't you know
Senses: examples: text: Wouldn't you know it! I left my wallet at home.
glosses: Expresses dismay or annoyance, especially at misfortune.
Related terms: it figures
Murphy's law
what do you know
who would have thought it
not have the faintest idea
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: not have the faintest
Senses: examples: text: Talking to him for a few minutes, it was clear he hadn't the faintest idea on what to do.
glosses: To not know; to have no idea.
Related terms: not have the foggiest
not have the slightest idea
not have a clue
faintest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfeɪntəst/
Senses: examples: text: He claimed he hadn't the faintest idea what happened.
glosses: superlative form of faint: most faint
opt-in
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From opt + in.
Senses: examples: text: They set up an opt-in mailing list, so that those who wanted the notices could subscribe.
glosses: The property of having to choose explicitly to join or permit something; a decision having the default option being exclusion or avoidance; used particularly with regard to mailing lists and advertising.
Derived terms: double opt-in
get the ball rolling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: gets the ball rolling
form: getting the ball rolling
form: got the ball rolling
form: got the ball rolling
form: gotten the ball rolling
Senses: examples: text: Did you ever get the ball rolling on your plans to build a shed?
text: The execution of Littlefinger is formal, although his trial admittedly gives us ample opportunity to appreciate the tables finally turning on the man who got the ball rolling on all this bloodshed.
ref: 2017 August 27, Brandon Nowalk, “Game Of Thrones slows down for the longest, and best, episode of the season (newbies)”, in The Onion AV Club:
text: I knew who you were as a [RuPaul's] Drag Race fan. So I was gagged personally and I still am gagged, but it was quite divine intervention. Thom Kerr, the photographer, really got the ball rolling and I had no idea what to expect of this shoot besides greatness.
ref: 2024 May 10, Justin Moran, quoting Isaac Dunbar, “Isaac Dunbar and Kerri Colby Were Built for This”, in Paper:
glosses: To begin; to start some action; to set in motion.
Synonyms: set the ball rolling
start the ball rolling
Related terms: keep the ball rolling
plot bunny
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: plot bunnies
form: plotbunny
Etymology: From the metaphorical image of the writer's brain producing ideas with the abundance and speed with which rabbits are fabled to breed.
Senses: examples: text: "Alternatively," she [T.M. Taylor] says, "the plot bunnies may be going somewhere you don't want to go, like when the plot calls for the death of a favorite character"
ref: 2003, Jenna Glatzer, Outwitting Writer's Block: And Other Problems of the Pen, →ISBN, page 99:
topics: lifestyle
glosses: An idea for a story, usually referring to an author having more ideas than they can use.
drag out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: drags out
form: dragging out
form: dragged out
form: dragged out
Senses: examples: text: I don't want to drag out this talk, so I'll stop now and answer any questions.
text: It upsets me that there is no regard that the children have taken another day off school and all they wanted was for it to be over. Conveniently for the defence, it’s dragging out and our nerves are getting frayed.
ref: 2013, Lisa Bonavita, Secrets Exposed: When Remaining Silent Is No Longer an Option, →ISBN, page 50:
glosses: To extend or lengthen excessively.
examples: text: She dragged out her old Spanish textbooks in an attempt to prepare for her trip.
text: 'I'm sure I should have never mentioned anything of the kind to three strange gentlemen if you hadn't dragged it out of me.'
ref: 1934, Agatha Christie, chapter 4, in Murder on the Orient Express, London: HarperCollins, published 2017, page 105:
glosses: To haul or bring out forcefully or from an awkward location.
give something a whirl
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: gives something a whirl
form: giving something a whirl
form: gave something a whirl
form: given something a whirl
Senses: examples: text: If you've never tried a recumbent bicycle before, you're welcome to give it a whirl.
text: I don't know how to begin, but I'll give it a whirl, anyway.
glosses: To try, test or attempt.
give something a go
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: gives something a go
form: giving something a go
form: gave something a go
form: given something a go
Senses: examples: text: Why not give it a go? You may find it easier than you thought.
glosses: To try or attempt.
Synonyms: sense: try something
word: give something a whirl
sense: try something
word: give something a try
sense: try something
word: give something the old college try
sense: try something
word: have a go
Related terms: have a go
make a go of it
old college try
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: old college tries
Etymology: From the ambitiousness of college athletes. Earliest known use from 1914. Perhaps popularized by a 1917 sermon of the same name by baseball player turned preacher Billy Sunday (see Citations).
Senses: examples: text: Those who have seen Ruth make the "old college try" understand that some professionals play with a spiritual fervor which is supposed to be the amateur's prerogative.
ref: 1929, Munsey's Magazine, volume 96, number 3, page 355:
text: Reeve gives his role the old college try—fervent amateurism.
ref: 1980, T. E. Kalem, "Happy Hangover" (theatre review of Fifth of July), Time, 17 Nov.
text: "You know, all I can do is go out there and give it the old college try and play my hardest."
ref: 2003 April 6, Keith Parsons, “Janzen takes two-shot lead in BellSouth Classic”, in USA Today, retrieved 16 Aug 2009:
glosses: A vigorous, committed attempt or effort, often in the context of a nearly hopeless situation where failure is expected.
wikipedia: Billy Sunday
Related terms: give it one's best shot
placement
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpleɪsmənt/
rhymes: -eɪsmənt
Forms: form: placements
Etymology: From place + -ment.
Senses: glosses: The act of placing or putting in place; the act of locating or positioning; the state of being placed.
examples: text: It seems to me that the placement of that poster could be better.
glosses: A location or position.
examples: text: The agency does not guarantee placement, but they work on commission.
glosses: The act of matching a person with a job
examples: text: During my first placement on Enabling Works on the Curzon Street Station site, I was able to visit the site on many occasions, which allowed me to gain a greater appreciation of the work that goes into a project of this scale.
ref: 2021 May 19, Paul Stephen, “Our railway in RAIL's next 40 years: Amy McAllister”, in RAIL, number 931, page 36:
glosses: A temporary posting of a person to a particular workplace to enable them to gain work experience.
topics: astrology
human-sciences
mysticism
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The zodiacal region of the sky in which the sun, moon, or a planet appears at the time and place of a person's birth.
Derived terms: geoplacement
job placement
malplacement
misplacement
nonplacement
outplacement
overplacement
placement test
planet placement
postplacement
preplacement
product placement
underplacement
work placement
give it one's best shot
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: gives it one's best shot
form: giving it one's best shot
form: gave it one's best shot
form: given it one's best shot
form: take one's best shot
Senses: examples: text: Near-synonyms: give it the old college try; give one's all, go all out, pull out all the stops, do one's utmost, leave it all on the field, empty the tank
text: I didn't win the contest, but I sure gave it my best shot.
glosses: To make one's best effort or attempt; to try as hard as possible.
secateur
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: secateurs
Senses: examples: text: A secateur—hand pruners—had sharp, curved blades. It was free of debris, stains, or scratches.
ref: 2020, Van Argan, Prey Drive:
glosses: A pair of secateurs.
courant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: courants
Etymology: Alternative form of courante.
Senses: glosses: A piece of music in triple time.
examples: a. 1699, Sir William Temple, 1st Baronet, Heads designed for an essay on conversation
It is harder, in that, to dance a courant well than a jig.
glosses: A lively dance; a coranto.
courant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkʊɹənt/
rhymes: -ʊɹənt
homophone: current
homophone: currant (hurry–furry merger, cure–fir merger)
Forms: form: courants
Etymology: From French courant (“running”). Doublet of car, carry, courier, course, current, horse, hurry, and rush.
Senses: glosses: A circulating gazette of news; a newspaper.
courant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkʊɹənt/
rhymes: -ʊɹənt
homophone: current
homophone: currant (hurry–furry merger, cure–fir merger)
Etymology: From French courant (“running”). Doublet of car, carry, courier, course, current, horse, hurry, and rush.
Senses: examples: text: a classical lion courant
topics: government
heraldry
hobbies
lifestyle
monarchy
nobility
politics
synonyms: at speed
in full chase
in full course
coordinate_terms: statant
passant
glosses: Represented as running.
Derived terms: counter-courant
bikeshed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bikesheds
Etymology: From bike + shed.
Technical meaning coined by Poul-Henning Kamp in 1999.
Senses: glosses: An enclosed structure where bicycles may be stored.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
software
glosses: A topic that is attracting debate out of proportion to its actual importance.
bikeshed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: bikesheds
form: bikeshedding
form: bikeshedded
form: bikeshedded
form: bikeshed
form: bikeshed
Etymology: From bike + shed.
Technical meaning coined by Poul-Henning Kamp in 1999.
Senses: examples: text: I'd like to bikeshed a little on the name.
ref: 2012, Guido van Rossum, Discussion message: Expose dict_proxy internal type as types.MappingProxyType:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
software
glosses: To discuss a minor detail rather than focusing on more important issues.
bikeshed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bikesheds
Etymology: Blend of bike + watershed.
Senses: examples: text: Utilizing the bikeshed values for each surrounding link, the bikeshed service area is visualized around these bike shops (the origins) to see the distance to which cyclists can travel away from the bike shop comfortably, in reality. The bikeshed service area depicts the true network of all accessible streets that lie within the impedance value of a cyclist traveling a perceived 10 minute short-commute.
ref: 2013, Mallory Suzanne Necessary, Developing an Infrastructure Informed Walkshed and Bikeshed, University of Texas at Austin, page 38:
text: The 2-mile radius around light rail stations is considered the bikeshed, or the distance within which most people are able and willing to ride a bicycle.
ref: 2017, Bryanna Osmonson, An Equity Analysis of Bicycle Infrastructure Around Light Rail Stations in Seattle, WA, University of Washington, page 2:
qualifier: transportation planning; urban studies; transportation planning; urban studies
glosses: The land area within a defined biking range of a specified location.
lacked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /lækt/
rhymes: -ækt
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of lack
seau
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /səʊ/
ipa: /soʊ/
homophone: so
homophone: sew
homophone: sow
homophone: soe
Forms: form: seaus
form: seaux
Etymology: From French seau.
Senses: examples: text: There is a seau painted in polychrome with festoons and masks, in the Sevres Museum, inscribed Cartus. Burdig.
ref: 1908, William Chaffers, Frederick Litchfield, Marks & Monograms on European and Oriental Pottery and Porcelain with Historical Notices of each Manufactory, Reeves and Turner, page 240:
topics: ceramics
chemistry
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: a pottery pail
sauter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sauters
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of psalter.
sauter
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: sauters
form: sautering
form: sautered
form: sautered
Etymology: Borrowed from French sauter.
Senses: glosses: Dated form of sauté.
sauter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Due to American pronunciation.
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of solder.
sauter
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: sauters
form: sautering
form: sautered
form: sautered
Etymology: Due to American pronunciation.
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of solder.
viol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈvaɪ.əl/
rhymes: -aɪəl
homophone: vial
homophone: vile
Forms: form: viols
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French viole, from Old French viol, from Old Occitan viola (modern Occitan viula), from Medieval Latin vitula (“stringed instrument”). Doublet of viola.
Senses: examples: text: He sayd that yᵉ ground opened, and he was brought into strange places underground, where they used musicall Instruments, violls, and Lutes, such (he sayd) as Mr. Thomas did play on.
ref: 1687, John Aubrey, Remaines of Gentilisme and Judaisme, page 30:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
synonyms: word: viola d'amore
word: viola da gamba
word: gamba
hypernyms: stringed instrument
glosses: A stringed instrument related to the violin family, but held in the lap between the legs like a cello, usually with C-holes, a flat back, a fretted neck and six strings, played with an underhanded bow hold.
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A large rope used to manipulate the anchor
Derived terms: bastard viol
division viol
tenor viol
viol block
viol
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈvaɪ.əl/
rhymes: -aɪəl
homophone: vial
homophone: vile
Forms: form: viols
form: violing
form: violling
form: violed
form: violed
form: violled
form: violled
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French viole, from Old French viol, from Old Occitan viola (modern Occitan viula), from Medieval Latin vitula (“stringed instrument”). Doublet of viola.
Senses: examples: text: “Keep your gold for those who lack it, mistress,” said Henry, “and do not offer to honest hands the money that is won by violing, and tabouring, and toetripping, and perhaps worse pastimes.
ref: 1828 May 15, [Walter Scott], Chronicles of the Canongate. Second Series. […] (The Fair Maid of Perth), volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] [Ballantyne and Co.] for Cadell and Co.; London: Simpkin and Marshall, →OCLC:
text: Through snowy woods and shady / We went to play a tune / To the lonely manor-lady / By the light of the Christmas moon. / We violed till, upward glancing / To where a mirror leaned, / It showed her airily dancing […]
ref: 1914, Thomas Hardy, Seen by the Waits:
glosses: To play the viol.
Derived terms: bass viol
division viol
lyra viol
violist
Antigua
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ænˈtiːɡ(w)ə/
rhymes: -iːɡə
Etymology: From Spanish antigua, in honor of a religious icon of St Mary (La Virgen de la Antigua) in Seville. Coined by Italian explorer Christopher Columbus.
Senses: glosses: The largest island of the nation of Antigua and Barbuda, in the Caribbean.
Synonyms: Waladli
Wadadli
Derived terms: Antiguan
Antigua least gecko
unmentionables
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Victorian Era euphemism, specifically the category of euphemism known as indirection (compare privates, behind, sleep together). First intended meaning was "trousers", attested from 1823. Meaning "underwear" is recorded from 1910.
Senses: glosses: plural of unmentionable
glosses: undergarments, underwear, drawers
examples: text: The show understands that implied nudity is worlds funnier than actual nudity, and goes to delightful lengths to keep Marge and Homer’s unmentionables out of view.
ref: 2016 January 24, Les Chappell, “TV: Review: The Simpsons (Classic), “Natural Born Kissers” (season nine, episode 25, originally aired 05/17/1998)”, in The Onion AV Club:
glosses: genitals
examples: text: His little man-o'-war top and unmentionables were full of sand but Cissy was a past mistress in the art of smoothing over life's tiny troubles and and^([sic]) very quickly not one speck of sand was to be seen on his smart little suit.
ref: 1922 February, James Joyce, “[Episode 13: Nausicaa]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company, […], →OCLC, part II [Odyssey], page 332:
glosses: breeches, trousers
rar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rars
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of RAR.
parang
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: parangs
Etymology: From Malay parang.
Senses: examples: text: “The bastards are quietly-quietly sharpening their parangs.”
ref: 2008, Preeta Samarasan, Evening is the Whole Day, Fourth Estate, page 124:
glosses: A short, heavy, straight-edged knife used in Malaysia and Indonesia as a tool and weapon.
parang
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: parangs
form: paranging
form: paranged
form: paranged
Etymology: From Malay parang.
Senses: glosses: To cut with a parang
Related terms: english: Filipino
translation: Filipino
word: bolo
english: Indonesian & Malaysian
translation: Indonesian & Malaysian
word: golok
word: machete
parang
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: parangs
Etymology: Spanish parranda (“merry-making or a group of serenaders”).
Senses: glosses: A style of music originating from Trinidad and Tobago, strongly influenced by Venezuelan music.
parang
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: parangs
form: paranging
form: paranged
form: paranged
Etymology: Spanish parranda (“merry-making or a group of serenaders”).
Senses: glosses: To play parang music
eftsoons
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: eftsones
form: eftsoon
form: eftsoones
form: eft sona
Etymology: From eft (“again, after”) + soon + -s (“adverb suffix”) – both senses (“soon after”, “again”) derive from senses of eft, which is related to after. Compare modern English soon after.
Senses: examples: text: And every day, when the convent of this abbey hath eaten, the almoner let bear the relief to the garden, and he smiteth on the garden gate with a clicket of silver that he holdeth in his hand; and anon all the beasts of the hill and of diverse places of the garden come out a 3000, or a 4000; and they come in guise of poor men, and men give them the relief in fair vessels of silver, clean over-gilt. And when they have eaten, the monk smiteth eftsoons on the garden gate with the clicket, and then anon all the beasts return again to their places that they come from..
ref: 1357, John Mandeville, The Travels of Sir John Mandeville, modernized spelling edition:
glosses: Once again; another time.
examples: text: But wil you giue me leaue now eftsones a while to play the Sophister his part with you?
ref: 1568, Erasmus Roterodamus; N. L., transl., A Modest Meane to Mariage, Pleasauntly set foorth, Henrie Denham
text: Now ſtands the Brere like a Lord alone, / Puffed up with pryde and vaine pleaſaunce: / But all this glee had no continuaunce. / For eftſoones Winter gan to approche, / The bluſtring Boreas did encroche, / And beate upon the ſolitarie Brere: / For nowe no ſuccour was ſeene him neere.
ref: 1579, Immeritô [pseudonym; Edmund Spenser], “Februarie. Aegloga Se[c]unda.”, in The Shepheardes Calender: […], London: […] Iohn Wolfe for Iohn Harrison the yonger, […], →OCLC, folio 6, verso:
text: He holds him with his skinny hand, / “There was a ship,” quoth he. / “Hold off! unhand me, grey-beard loon!” / Eftsoons his hand dropt he.
ref: 1797–1798 (date written; revised 1817), S[amuel] T[aylor] Coleridge, “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner. In Seven Parts.”, in Sibylline Leaves: A Collection of Poems, London: Rest Fenner, […], published 1817, →OCLC, page 3:
text: […] but when the world is really wise—may that day come eftsoons!
ref: 1913, Walt Mason, Rippling Rhymes:
text: Princess Scarlet fanned herself with the Chinese fan that Supply had provided and, turning to Achmed Ali, said in formal tones, "Belike, sir, I've not seen thy match for overall all-in dancing eftsoons.
ref: 1991, Roger Zelazny, Robert Sheckley, Bring Me the Head of Prince Charming, Bantam Books, New York, page 205:
text: "Eftsoons he will speak unto you," warned the mummy formally; […]
ref: 2009 Aug/Sep, Bruce Sterling, “Esoteric City”, in Fantasy/SciFi, volume 117, number 1/2, page 227:
glosses: Soon after, presently.
emplastic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -æstɪk
Senses: glosses: viscous, glutinous, adhesive
emplastic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -æstɪk
Forms: form: emplastics
Senses: glosses: A drug causing constipation.
lustfully
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more lustfully
form: most lustfully
Etymology: From Middle English lustfully, lustfulliche, from Old English lustfullīċe (“gladly, heartily”), equivalent to lustful + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a lustful manner.
esemplastic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɛsɛmˈplæstɪk/
rhymes: -æstɪk
Etymology: From Greek ἐς ‘into’ + ἕν + πλαστικός (from πλάσσειν ‘to mould’). Coined by Coleridge, probably after German ineinsbildung ‘forming into one’.
Senses: examples: 1893: all the verses when taken together … are deficient in harmony, and consequently there is little or no fusion. The esemplastic power of the writer's feeling was not strong enough, did not extend beyond the individual verse. — Hiram Corson, A Primer of English Verse (pp. 21–22)
2003: he … developed a doctrine of the organic (‘esemplastic’) imagination, over and against the passive and mechanical faculty of ‘fancy’ — Roy Porter, Flesh in the Age of Reason (Penguin 2004, p. 405)
glosses: Unifying; having the power to shape disparate things into a unified whole.
Derived terms: esemplastically
Related terms: esemplasy
sporty
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈspɔɹti/
ipa: /ˈspɔːti/
note: rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
ipa: /ˈspo(ː)ɹti/
note: non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
ipa: /ˈspoəti/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)ti
Forms: form: sportier
form: sportiest
Etymology: From sport + -y.
Senses: examples: text: He's perfect for me, as he's both studious and sporty.
text: Sporty people all over the world spend their lives training to compete in competitions such as the Olympic Games.
ref: 2020, Shalini Vallepur, I Can Be Sporty: Amazing Athletes Who Pushed the Boundaries, page 4:
glosses: Fond of sports.
examples: text: a sporty tennis outfit
glosses: Suitable for use in sport.
examples: text: My new car looks sporty but is actually very practical.
text: His hat sat at a rakish angle giving him a sporty appearance.
ref: 2007, B. Lorraine Jones, Charles Augustus: A Boy's Will to Survive, page 29:
text: Your palette contains sporty colors, dressy colors, neutrals, basics, and bright accent colors.
ref: 2011, Carole Jackson, Color Me Beautiful, page 38:
text: While you may never embrace my idea of applying paisley punch to your ceiling, you might want to wake up your walls with sporty stripes.
ref: 2014, Sarah Richardson, Sarah Style, page 262:
text: A form or design of a UFO that has a sleek or sporty appearance as in the type of UFO described in detail by Bob Lazar.
ref: 2015, T. L. Keller, The Total Novice’s Guide To UFOs: What You Need To Know:
text: The simple style of numbers and symbols on the face contributes to the modern, streamlined sporty appearance.
ref: 2019, Elaine Boylan, Stephanie Lightbown, How to Pass Higher Art & Design:
text: It's black with a sporty pattern of lilac stripes down the sides.
ref: 2021, Nina Mingya Powles, Small Bodies of Water:
glosses: stylish with a fun, bold, vibrant quality or appearance.
Derived terms: sportily
sportiness
sporty luxe
Related terms: sportish
redefine
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: redefines
form: redefining
form: redefined
form: redefined
Etymology: From re- + define.
Senses: examples: text: But only if one forgets that Mr. Tester is 50 years old, he’s seasoned in state politics, he ran a canny, gloves-off campaign, and he’s the kind of charismatic, hard-to-peg, Western neopopulist (like his friend, Gov. Brian Schweitzer of Montana) who might be, even now, redefining in certain far-reaching ways what it means to be a Democrat.
ref: 2007 January 7, Deirdre Mcnamer, “They Came From Montana”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 26 Jan 2021:
text: Scientists and policy makers from around 60 nations voted unanimously Friday to redefine the kilogram. […] Friday’s vote has permanently redefined the kilogram and sent Le Grand K into retirement.
ref: 2018 November 13, Matthew Robinson and Lianne Kolirin, “The world has just redefined the kilogram”, in CNN:
glosses: To define again or differently.
glosses: To define again or differently.
To give a new or different definition to (a word).
examples: text: Next the "key redefiner" software came along. These were special programs that could "redefine" the keys on your keyboard , while still permitting you the normal use of the keys.
ref: 1992, Herman Holtz, Databased Marketing, page 170:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: To define again or differently.
To define a previously defined area of storage etc. in a different manner, e.g. changing it from textual to numeric.
Derived terms: redefinition
pogo
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpəʊɡəʊ/
rhymes: -əʊɡəʊ
Forms: form: pogos
form: pogoing
form: pogoed
form: pogoed
Etymology: From pogo stick.
Senses: glosses: To use a pogo stick.
glosses: To dance the pogo.
topics: cycling
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: To lift the front wheel of the bicycle in the air and jump up and down on the rear wheel while in a stationary position.
examples: text: Just short of their objectives, the missiles pogoed, climbing steeply, then diving into their targets.
ref: 1997, James H. Cobb, Sea Strike, page 270:
glosses: To move rapidly up and down like a pogo stick.
glosses: To perform the skateboarding trick called a pogo.
topics: video-games
glosses: to jump off an enemy or another, usually hostile, object by striking it downward
Derived terms: pogoer
pogo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpəʊɡəʊ/
rhymes: -əʊɡəʊ
Forms: form: pogos
Etymology: From pogo stick.
Senses: glosses: A dance associated with the 1970s punk rock movement in which participants jump up and down on the spot in the manner of someone riding a pogo stick.
topics: cycling
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: The act of lifting the front wheel of the bicycle in the air and jumping up and down on the rear wheel while in a stationary position.
topics: aerospace
astronautics
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Ellipsis of pogo oscillation, a dangerous condition where fluctuations in the thrust and acceleration produced by a rocket engine generate variations in the flow of fuel to the engine, amplifying the fluctuations of thrust and acceleration in a positive feedback cycle that can eventually tear the vehicle apart.
glosses: A skateboarding trick in which the board is held vertically and used like a pogo stick.
Derived terms: pogo oscillation
pogo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpəʊɡəʊ/
rhymes: -əʊɡəʊ
Forms: form: pogos
Etymology: Genericization of the trademark Pogo, which is a hot-dog frankfurter on a stick and covered in batter.
Senses: glosses: A corndog on a stick.
Derived terms: kogo
pogo stick
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pogo sticks
Etymology: An acronym of the surnames of German inventors Max Pohlig and Ernst Gottschall, trademarked.
Senses: glosses: A toy, used for hopping up and down on, consisting of a pole with a T-bar handle at one end, and spring-loaded footpads on the other.
examples: text: An internal cargo handling winch and “pogo stick” are provided for handling cargo inside the main cargo area.
ref: 1959, Aviation Storekeeper 3 & 2, United States. Bureau of Naval Personnel, page 394:
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Synonym of tailstand.
synonyms: word: tailstand
Derived terms: pogo-stick
space hopper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: space hoppers
Senses: glosses: A toy consisting of a large inflated rubber ball for bouncing on, with one or more handles on top.
AWG
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: AWGs
Senses: examples: text: This will allow for up to two additional 2/0 AWG Type TW conductors to be installed at a later date.
ref: 2003, Michael E. Brumbach, Jeffrey A. Clade, Chapter 27: Wiring Methods: Industrial Maintenance, page 347:
text: Cable size 10 AWG has an ampacity of 40 amps (90°C insulation) or 35 amps (evaluated with 75°C insulation).
ref: 2005, John Schaeffer, Doug Pratt, editors, Appendix: Gaiam Real Goods Solar Living Sourcebook, page 517:
text: For example: What is the allowable ampacity of one of three 8 AWG THHN copper conductors in a metal raceway system used at 60°C?
ref: 2005, James Stallcup, Stallcup′s Electrical Design Book, published 2005, pages 8–9:
glosses: Initialism of American wire gauge.
glosses: Initialism of arbitrary waveform generator.
examples: text: An important parameter in the AWG is the free spectral range (FSR) which defines the wavelength periodicity of fixed width [12].
ref: 2011, Elaine Wong, “Chapter 3: Optical Technologies in Passive Optical Networks”, in Cedric F. Lam, editor, Passive Optical Networks: Principles and Practice, page 94:
glosses: Initialism of arrayed waveguide grating.
AWG
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: The AWG is working backwards, Finney says: normally, geologists identify strata that should enter the geological timescale before considering a golden spike; in this case, they’re seeking out the lower boundary of an undefined set of geological layers.
ref: 2022 December 13, McKenzie Prillaman, “Are we in the Anthropocene? Geologists could define new epoch for Earth”, in Nature, →DOI:
topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: Initialism of Anthropocene Working Group.
picketing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: picketting
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of picket
picketing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: picketings
form: picketting
Senses: examples: text: picketings and demonstrations
glosses: The act of one who pickets (in any sense).
examples: text: The city is surrounded by picketings, and guarded by forts on the outside, and has since been very strongly fortified.
ref: 1829, Samuel White, History of the American Troops, during the Late War, under the Command of Cols. Fenton and Campbell. […], Baltimore, Md.: Published by the author. B. Edes, printer., →OCLC, page 57:
text: The enemy, posted among the houses of the French inhabitants and the picketings of their gardens, were advanced upon gallantly by Majors Graves and Madison, and dislodged in the face of a heavy fire.
ref: 1886, Z[achariah] F[rederick] Smith, “War of 1812–15”, in The History of Kentucky. […], Louisville, Ky.: Courier-Journal Job Printing Company, […], →OCLC, page 471:
text: He therefore strengthened that place as much as possible, with bags of flour and sand, which was so effectual that the picketings in that place sustained no material injury.
ref: 1901 July, Julia M. Haynes, “Fremont in History”, in Ohio Archæological and Historical Publications, volume X, number 1, Columbus, Oh.: […] [F]or the [Ohio State Archæological and Historical] Society by Fred J. Heer, →OCLC, page 59:
glosses: A picket fence.
Derived terms: common-site picketing
common-situs picketing
shears
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʃɪə(ɹ)z/
ipa: /ʃɪɹz/
rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)z
homophone: sheers
Senses: glosses: plural of shear
shears
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʃɪə(ɹ)z/
ipa: /ʃɪɹz/
rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)z
homophone: sheers
Senses: examples: text: Near-synonym: scissors
text: Cut with a shears using long, even strokes.
ref: 1974, Phyllis W. Schwebke, Margaret B. Krohn, How to Sew Leather, Suede, Fur, page 20:
glosses: A tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges, connected by a pivot, used for cutting cloth, or for removing the fleece from sheep etc.
examples: the shears of a lathe or planer
topics: engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The bedpiece of a machine tool, upon which a table or slide rest is secured.
glosses: An apparatus for raising heavy weights, and especially for stepping and unstepping the lower masts of ships. It consists of two or more spars or pieces of timber, fastened together near the top, steadied by a guy or guys, and furnished with the necessary tackle. Also sheers.
examples: text: two sharp winged Shears, Decked with divers Plumes, like painted Jays, Were fixed at his Back, to cut his airy ways.
ref: 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto VIII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
glosses: Anything resembling a pair of shears in shape or motion, such as a pair of wings.
Derived terms: garden shears
knight of the shears
lever shears
pair of shears
pinking shears
pruning shears
purchase shears
texturizing shears
trauma shears
shears
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʃɪə(ɹ)z/
ipa: /ʃɪɹz/
rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)z
homophone: sheers
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of shear
lidar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlaɪdɑɹ/
ipa: /ˈlaɪdɑː/
rhymes: -aɪdɑː(ɹ)
Forms: form: lidars
Etymology: By anacronymic evolution from LIDAR.
Senses: examples: text: Tesla bet on the idea that in the design of self-driving cars, lidar doesn't add enough capability, beyond what the cameras already provide, to be worth the additional cost.
related: word: LIDAR
hypernyms: imaging#Noun
coordinate_terms: radar
sodar
sonar
glosses: The optical analogue of radar, using intense pulses of laser light to measure the composition and structure of the atmosphere.
examples: text: There's a lidar mounted on the roof of that Waymo.
glosses: A device that provides such imaging.
Derived terms: active lidar
microlidar
LIDAR
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: LIDARs
Etymology: Acronym of light detection and ranging. Synchronically also analyzable as blend of light + radar. The lowercase form (lidar) is by anacronymic evolution.
Senses: related: word: lidar
glosses: Acronym of light detection and ranging.
Related terms: radar
RADAR
sonar
SONAR
life zone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: life zones
Senses: glosses: Any large portion of the Earth's land area which has a generally uniform climate and soil and therefore a high degree of uniformity in the composition of species; a number of different classifications have been proposed by different people.
Related terms: Alleghenian
arctic-alpine
arid transition
Austrariparian
boreal
Canadian
Carolinian
cool temperate
Hudsonian
humid transition
lower Sonoran
polar
subpolar
subtropical
tropical
upper Sonoran
warm temperate
bridging ligand
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bridging ligands
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A ligand which is bound to more than one metal centre.
backbonding ligand
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: backbonding ligands
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A ligand that has two or more bonds to the same metal centre.
light curve
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: light curves
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: a graph of the intensity of radiation from an astronomical object as it changes with time
light panel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: light panels
Senses: glosses: a surface that uses electroluminescence to produce light
electroluminescence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: electroluminescences
Etymology: From electro- + luminescence.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The generation of light by the application of an alternating current to a semiconductor or phosphor, or by an electric discharge through a gas.
Derived terms: electroluminescent
immunoelectrochemiluminescence
Related terms: light-emitting diode
light-emitting diode
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: light-emitting diodes
form: LED
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A rectifying semiconductor device which converts electrical energy into electromagnetic radiation of a wavelength in or near the visible spectrum of light.
Derived terms: organic light-emitting diode
laywoman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: laywomen
Etymology: From lay + -woman.
Senses: glosses: A woman who is a layperson, one who has not taken a religious oath (such as becoming a nun).
examples: text: Carmen is not a professional anthropologist, but strictly a laywoman.
glosses: A woman who is not a professional in a given field.
light-scattering photometry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: any optical method used to measure the extent of the scattering of light by suspended particles or by macromolecules
lay person
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lay persons
form: lay people
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of layperson.
reserved powers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Powers reserved for the states under the 10th Amendment of the United States Constitution.
limonite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: limonites
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
hypernyms: iron ore
glosses: Any of several natural hydrous iron oxides; often a mixture of goethite and hemite with clays and manganese oxide.
Related terms: limonitic
hydrous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhaɪdɹəs/
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ὑδροῦς (hudroûs), from the combining form of ὕδωρ (húdōr, “water”) + -οῦς (-oûs, “-ous, -ful”). Equivalent to hydro- + -ous. Doublet of Otranto and Hydruntum.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Containing combined water; hydrated.
Derived terms: enhydrous
hydrous pyrolysis
laypeople
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of layperson
honorarium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɒ.nəˈɹɛɹ.i.əm/
ipa: /ˌɑ.nəˈɹɛɹ.i.əm/
Forms: form: honoraria
form: honorariums
form: honourarium
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin honōrārium (dōnum), from honōrārius. See honorary.
Senses: examples: text: Dizi offer honorariums to their master, Hong, in appreciation for the mental, spiritual, and physical growth that they experience after becoming members of Tai Ji Men. There is no tuition or other fees for joining Tai Ji Men or practicing Qigong at one of the many Tai Ji Men locations established in Taiwan.
ref: 2020, Kenneth A. Jacobsen, “Abrogating the Rule of Law: The Tai Ji Men Tax Case in Taiwan”, in The Journal of CESNUR, volume 4, number 5, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 106:
glosses: Compensation for services that do not have a predetermined value.
Synonyms: honorary
linear programming
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: The branch of mathematics concerned with the minimization or maximization of a linear function of several variables and inequalities; used in many branches of industry to minimize costs or maximize production.
Synonyms: LP
Hyponyms: integer linear programming
inequalities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of inequality