cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
centimetre
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɛn.tɪ.miː.tə/
topics: medicine
sciences
ipa: /ˈsɑ̃.-/
topics: medicine
sciences
ipa: /ˈsɒn.-/
Forms: form: centimetres
form: centimeter
Etymology: Borrowed from French centimètre; equivalent to centi- + metre.
Senses: examples: Holonyms: decimetre < metre < kilometre < megametre < gigametre < terametre < petametre
Meronyms: picometre < nanometre < micrometre < millimetre
topics: metrology
synonyms: cm
㎝
glosses: An SI unit of length equal to 10⁻² metres. Symbol: cm
Derived terms: centimetre of water
centimetric
cubic centimetre
square centimetre
subcentimetre
millimetre
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: millimetres
form: millimeter
form: millimètre
Etymology: From French millimètre.
Senses: examples: Holonyms: centimetre < decimetre < metre < kilometre < megametre < gigametre < terametre < petametre
Meronyms: picometre < nanometre < micrometre
synonyms: mul:mm
mul:mm
;
mil
mill
glosses: An SI/MKS unit of measure, the length of ¹⁄₁₀₀₀ of a metre. Symbol: mm
Derived terms: cubic millimetre
micromillimetre
millimetre of mercury
Millimetternich
submillimetre
Related terms: millimetric
decimetre
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɛsɪmiːtəɹ/
Forms: form: decimetres
form: decimeter
form: dm
form: ㍷
form: decim
Etymology: Borrowed from French décimètre. By surface analysis, deci- + metre.
Senses: examples: text: Holonyms: metre < kilometre < megametre < gigametre < terametre < petametre
text: Meronyms: picometre < nanometre < micrometre < millimetre < centimetre
text: If the aquarium is placed where it receives insufficient daylight, artificial lighting by means of ordinary incandescent lamps should be employed. For good plant growth 2 decalumens of luminous flux per square decimetre of water surface […]
ref: 1956, C. van Duijn, Diseases of Fishes, page 149:
topics: metrology
glosses: An SI unit of length equal to 10⁻¹ metres. Symbol: dm
Derived terms: cubic decimetre
metric system
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɛtɹɪk ˌsɪstəm/
Etymology: Compound of metric + system, from French métrique. See also meter.
Senses: glosses: The system of units developed in France in the 1790s and now used worldwide.
examples: see Appendix on SI Units
glosses: The modern version of that system, Système International d'Unités (International System of Units), or SI that is based on the base units of the meter/metre, the kilogram, the second, the ampere, the kelvin, the mole, and the candela.
glosses: Any variant of that system that was not codified as SI, such as cgs.
Synonyms: word: metric
word: SI
Hyponyms: word: cgs
word: mks
word: MTS
Related terms: metrication
metric conversion
decimalization
NFL
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɛn ɛf ɛl/
rhymes: -ɛl
Forms: form: N.F.L.
Senses: examples: text: Amanda Gorman, the nation’s first-ever youth poet laureate who gained national acclaim at President Joe Biden’s inauguration, will recite an original poem before Super Bowl LV, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell announced on Wednesday.
ref: 2021 January 27, Wayne Sterling, “Youth poet laureate Amanda Gorman to recite poem before Super Bowl LV”, in CNN:
text: The NFL and ESPN announced a deal Tuesday that will see the league’s NFL Network and other media assets headed to the cable television giant in exchange for a 10% equity stake in the Disney-owned company.
ref: 2025 August 5, Kevin Dotson, “NFL to take 10% stake in ESPN in new media rights deal”, in CNN:
topics: American-football
ball-games
football
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Initialism of National Football League.
glosses: Initialism of Newfoundland and Labrador.
Derived terms: NFLer
NFL
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɛn ɛf ɛl/
rhymes: -ɛl
Senses: examples: text: First off, let us be clear that the No Free Lunch theorems that underwrite the displacement problem apply with perfect generality—NFL applies to any information that might supplement a blind search, and not just to fitness functions.
ref: 2002, William A. Dembski, No Free Lunch: Why Specified Complexity Cannot be Purchased Without Intelligence, Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN, page 204:
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Initialism of no free lunch, applied to various restricting theorems.
examples: text: Soon after Boston and London were over, two other dramatic races were playing out in my head [...] just as we enjoy the long term implications of a match result in baseball, NFL or soccer.
ref: 2007 07, Running Times, page 64:
text: In a neo-conservative era where parents have regressed by dressing their daughters as pink princesses, where toy stores segregate their merchandise according to ‘gender’, where women playing NFL in bikinis is ‘sport’, and where Miss Universe is every adolescent girl’s ambition, was I really that gullible to believe that Gen Y would radically commit engagement rings – and, hence, elaborate weddings – to the dumpster?
ref: 2017 March 16, Pearl Bullivant, “Shine Bright like a Diamond”, in The Beast:
glosses: American football.
TVO
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of tractor vaporising oil.
TVO
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of TV Ontario.
PBS
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: PBSs
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Initialism of phosphate-buffered saline, a buffer solution commonly used in biological research.
topics: management
glosses: Initialism of product breakdown structure.
topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
glosses: Initialism of positive behavior support.
PBS
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: NPR joined PBS in suggesting it will consider legal action against the administration.
ref: 2025 May 2, Brian Stelter, Clay Voytek, “President Trump signs order seeking to end federal funding for NPR and PBS”, in CNN:
topics: broadcasting
media
television
glosses: Initialism of Public Broadcasting Service
topics: broadcasting
media
glosses: Initialism of Public Broadcasting Services.
glosses: Initialism of Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Initialism of Proto-Balto-Slavic.
examples: text: In Chapter 7, she has Victor Frankenstein describe his creation as “handsome”—PBS altered this to “beautiful”, which appears in the final text.
ref: 2024 February 17, Erica Wagner, “Kill your darlings”, in FT Weekend, Life & Arts, page 2:
topics: literature
media
publishing
glosses: Initialism of Percy Bysshe Shelley.
Related terms: sense: Public Broadcasting Service
word: NPR
sense: Public Broadcasting Service
word: ABC
sense: Public Broadcasting Service
word: NBC
sense: Public Broadcasting Service
word: CBS
NPR
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: -ɑː(ɹ)
Senses: examples: text: First, I think that the NPR leadership made a mistake in appearing to fire Williams in a snit, rather than not renewing his contract, at the next opportunity, because of longstanding differences in journalistic values.
ref: 2010 October 25, James Fallows, “Why NPR Matters (Long)”, in The Atlantic, archived from the original on 10 Jun 2025:
text: In Trump’s first term, his annual budget proposals zeroed out the funding for the corporation, but Congress always allocated the funds anyway — a reflection of the fact that national Republican opposition to NPR and PBS is countered by local support.
ref: 2025 May 2, Brian Stelter, Clay Voytek, “President Trump signs order seeking to end federal funding for NPR and PBS”, in CNN:
topics: broadcasting
media
radio
glosses: Initialism of National Public Radio.
qualifier: Indian politics
glosses: Initialism of National Population Register.
Coordinate terms: sense: National Public Radio
word: VOA
sense: National Public Radio
word: PBS
sense: National Public Radio
word: NBC
sense: National Public Radio
word: ABC
sense: National Public Radio
word: CBS
sense: National Population Register
english: National Register of Citizens
translation: National Register of Citizens
word: NRC
NPR
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɑː(ɹ)
Senses: qualifier: pressure cooking
glosses: Initialism of natural pressure release.
CYBC
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Cypriot Broadcasting Corporation (RIK).
kappa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkæpə/
rhymes: -æpə
homophone: cappa
Forms: form: kappas
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek κάππα (káppa), ultimately from Proto-Semitic *kapp- (“palm, hand”). Doublet of kaph.
Senses: glosses: The tenth letter of the Greek alphabet.
topics: business
finance
glosses: A measurement of the sensitivity of the value of an option to changes in the implied volatility of the price of the underlying asset.
Synonyms: sense: measure of derivative price sensitivity
word: tau
sense: measure of derivative price sensitivity
word: vega
Hypernyms: sense: measure of derivative price sensitivity
english: includes list of coordinate terms
translation: includes list of coordinate terms
word: Greeks
Derived terms: Fleiss' kappa
kappacism
kappa effect
kappa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkæpə/
rhymes: -æpə
homophone: cappa
Forms: form: kappas
Etymology: From Japanese 河童 (kappa, “water imp”).
Senses: examples: text: It was not quite possible for a kappa to go pale, but this one managed, shrinking partly into its shell.
ref: 2013, Laura VanArendonk Baugh, Kitsune-Mochi: Kitsune Tales #2, page 94:
topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A tortoise-like demon or imp.
SABC
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Self-Aid Buddy Care.
SABC
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Initialism of stand and be counted.
SABC
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: broadcasting
media
glosses: Initialism of South African Broadcasting Company.
respect
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹɪˈspɛkt/
rhymes: -ɛkt
Forms: form: respects
Etymology: From Middle English respect, from Old French respect, also respit (“respect, regard, consideration”), from Latin respectus (“a looking at, regard, respect”), perfect passive participle of respiciō (“look at, look back upon, respect”), from re- (“back”) + speciō (“to see”). Doublet of respite.
Senses: examples: text: He is an intellectual giant, and I have great respect for him.
text: A video of Tajik President Emomali Rahmon complaining to Russian President Vladimir Putin about his lack of respect for the countries of Central Asia that were once part of the Soviet Union has struck a nerve on social media, where it has been viewed millions of times.[…]
“We have always respected the interests of our main strategic partner,” Rahmon said, referring to Russia. “We want respect, too."
ref: 2022 October 15, “Tajik President's Demand For 'Respect' From Putin Viewed Millions Of Times On YouTube”, in Radio Free Europe, archived from the original on 17 Oct 2022:
synonyms: deference
esteem
consideration
regard
fealty
reverence
aught
glosses: an attitude of consideration or high regard
synonyms: admiration
esteem
reverence
regard
recognition
veneration
honor
glosses: good opinion, honor, or admiration
examples: text: The mourners paid their last respects to the deceased poet.
qualifier: always plural
glosses: Polite greetings, often offered as condolences after a death.
examples: text: This year's model is superior to last year's in several respects.
text: In our two loves there is but one respect
ref: 1609, William Shakespeare, “Sonnet 36”, in Shake-speares Sonnets. […], London: By G[eorge] Eld for T[homas] T[horpe] and are to be sold by William Aspley, →OCLC:
synonyms: aspect
dimension
face
facet
side
glosses: a particular aspect, feature or detail of something
examples: text: And God looked upon the children of Israel, and God had respect unto them.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Exodus 2:25:
glosses: Good will; favor
Derived terms: word: ablative of respect
word: of respect
word: by-respect
word: disrespect
word: final respects
word: have respect of persons
word: in many respects
word: in respect
word: in respect of
word: last respects
word: pay respect
word: respectable
word: respectful
word: respect order
word: self-respect
word: unrespect
word: with all due respect
word: with due respect
word: with respect
word: with respect to
Related terms: respective
respect
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹɪˈspɛkt/
rhymes: -ɛkt
Etymology: From Middle English respect, from Old French respect, also respit (“respect, regard, consideration”), from Latin respectus (“a looking at, regard, respect”), perfect passive participle of respiciō (“look at, look back upon, respect”), from re- (“back”) + speciō (“to see”). Doublet of respite.
Senses: glosses: hello, hi
once
Language: English
Part of speech: conj
Pronunciation: enpr: wŭn(t)s
ipa: /wʌn(t)s/
ipa: /wʌn(t)s/
ipa: /wɒn(t)s/
ipa: /wʌn(t)s/
rhymes: -ʌns
rhymes: -ɒns
rhymes: -ʌnts
rhymes: -ɒnts
Etymology: From Middle English ones, from Old English ānes, a remodelling (after ān (“one”)) of ǣnes, itself an extension of ǣne (“once”) with the genitive suffix -es. Compare Old Saxon ēnes (“once”), Old High German eines, einēst (“once”), modern German einst (“once”). More at one (including regarding the development of the pronunciation) and -s.
Senses: examples: text: We'll get a move on once we find the damn car keys!
text: Once you have obtained the elven bow, return to the troll bridge and trade it for the sleeping potion.
text: Once he is married, he will be able to claim the inheritance.
text: Not only were Jupp Heynckes' team pacey in attack but they were relentless in their pursuit of the ball once they had lost it, and as the game wore on they merely increased their dominance as City wilted in the Allianz Arena.
ref: 2011 September 27, Alistair Magowan, “Bayern Munich 2 - 0 Man City”, in BBC Sport:
text: In his submission to the UN, [Christof] Heyns points to the experience of drones. Unmanned aerial vehicles were intended initially only for surveillance, and their use for offensive purposes was prohibited, yet once strategists realised their perceived advantages as a means of carrying out targeted killings, all objections were swept out of the way.
ref: 2013 June 7, Ed Pilkington, “‘Killer robots’ should be banned in advance, UN told”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 6:
glosses: As soon as; when; after.
once
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: wŭn(t)s
ipa: /wʌn(t)s/
ipa: /wʌn(t)s/
ipa: /wɒn(t)s/
ipa: /wʌn(t)s/
rhymes: -ʌns
rhymes: -ɒns
rhymes: -ʌnts
rhymes: -ɒnts
Forms: form: onces
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of ounce.
mike
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmaɪk/
rhymes: -aɪk
Forms: form: mikes
Etymology: Alteration of mic, clipping of microphone. Attested since 1927.
Senses: examples: 1970, Theodore Sturgeon and Edward H. Waldo, "The Pod in the Barrier", in A Touch of Strange, Ayer Publishing, →ISBN, page 28,
"Then I say to the recording, for the record," I barked, right into the mike, […]
1981, John Swaigen, How to Fight for What’s Right: The Guide to Public Interest Law, James Lorimer & Company, →ISBN, pages 118–119,
Obviously, one must watch what one says in the vicinity of a microphone. More than one person has made a “private” statement in the presence of an open mike.
2007, John Sellers, Perfect from Now On: How Indie Rock Saved My Life, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 85,
When the haggard bartender informed us that there would be an open-mike event later in the evening, I got my first sense that not everyone in Manchester cared about the music the city has produced.
glosses: A microphone.
Derived terms: mike check
mike fright
mike mugger
mikeside
mike sock
mike stew
minimike
multimike
off-mike
open mike
power mike
mike
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmaɪk/
rhymes: -aɪk
Forms: form: mikes
form: miking
form: miked
form: miked
form: mic
Etymology: Alteration of mic, clipping of microphone. Attested since 1927.
Senses: examples: 1994 September, Jim Gaines, transcribed in Alan di Perna, "Step Lively: Recalling the recording process of SRV’s IN STEP with album producer Jim Gaines", in Guitar World Magazine, reprinted in Guitar World Presents Stevie Ray Vaughan: Stevie Ray In His Own Words, Hal Leonard (1997), →ISBN, page 81,
“And sometimes I’d just have to mike the room. You could run into some weird phasing problems with the individual mics because the speakers were all reacting differently.”
1996, J.R. Robinson, quoted in Mark Huntly Parsons, The Drummer’s Studio Survival Guide: How to get the best possible drum tracks on any recording project, Hal Leonard, →ISBN, page 72,
He knows me, I know him, and I know how he’s going to mike the drums and what selection of mic’s he's going to use.
2006, Glenn Haertlein, Project Vectus, Lulu, →ISBN, page 108,
“Zeb, is everything go on the AV equipment?” I heard Jim ask. ¶ “Yep,” Zeb replied. “I just need to mike him up.” […] “All set,” he said once he clipped the wireless microphone to my shirtfront.
glosses: To microphone; to place one or more microphones (mikes) on.
examples: 1983, Tom S. Wilson, How to Rebuild Your Big-block Chevy, HPBooks, →ISBN, page 98,
Measure Valve-Stem Diameter—To be positive about it you’ll have to mike the valve stem with a 1-in. micrometer as explained on pages 100 and 101.
glosses: To measure using a micrometer.
Derived terms: hot mike
mike off
overmike
remike
mike
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmaɪk/
rhymes: -aɪk
Forms: form: mikes
Etymology: From translingual Mike, representing the letter m, from English Mike.
Senses: qualifier: international standards
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Mike from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet.
examples: text: We'll be there in one zero mikes [i.e. ten minutes].
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A minute.
Derived terms: 40 mike-mike
mike
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmaɪk/
rhymes: -aɪk
Forms: form: mikes
Senses: examples: text: The beginner's dose may be anywhere from 100 to 250 mikes — micrograms, or millionths of a gram. Most hardened heads need 600 to 800 mikes, and some as many as 1,400 mikes, before they experience any sensation of getting off.
ref: 1970, Milton Travers, Each Other's Victims, page 43:
glosses: Clipping of microgram.
bicyclette
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bicyclettes
Senses: qualifier: cocktail
glosses: A cocktail made with Campari, white wine, classic bitters, citrus.
Synonyms: bicicletta
mela
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: melas
Etymology: From Urdu میلہ (mela)/Hindi मेला (melā), from Sanskrit मेलक (melaka).
Senses: glosses: A Hindu religious festival.
examples: text: Kalua was a man of unusual height and powerful build: in any fair, festival or mela, he could always be spotted towering above the crowd—even the jugglers on stilts were usually not so tall as he.
ref: 2008, Amitav Ghosh, Sea of Poppies, Penguin, published 2015, page 53:
text: Every year there was a mela in the small village where Jutimala lived and Khitish would send three workers to set up a stall there.
ref: 2011, Arupa Patangia Kalita, translated by Deepika Phukan, The Story of Felanee:
glosses: A South Asian fair.
appel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈpɛl/
ipa: /əˈpɛl/
ipa: /ɑˈpɛl/
rhymes: -ɛl
Forms: form: appels
Etymology: Borrowed from French appel. Doublet of appeal.
Senses: topics: fencing
government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
sports
war
glosses: An act of striking the ground with the leading foot to frighten, distract, or mislead one's opponent.
Hypernyms: topics: fencing
martial-arts
sports
military
war
government
politics
hobbies
lifestyle
word: feint
appel
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈpɛl/
ipa: /əˈpɛl/
ipa: /ɑˈpɛl/
rhymes: -ɛl
Forms: form: appels
form: appelling
form: appelled
form: appelled
Etymology: Borrowed from French appel. Doublet of appeal.
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of appeal.
appel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈpɛl/
ipa: /əˈpɛl/
ipa: /ɑˈpɛl/
rhymes: -ɛl
Forms: form: appels
Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of apple.
manzana
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: manzanas
Senses: glosses: A unit of area used in Argentina and many Central American countries, originally defined as 10,000 square varas.
prune
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɹuːn/
ipa: /pɹun/
ipa: /pɹʉːn/
note: Wales, Ottawa Valley
ipa: /pɹɪu̯n/
rhymes: -uːn
Forms: form: prunes
form: proin
Etymology: From Middle English prune, from Old French prune, from Vulgar Latin *prūna, feminine singular formed from the neutral plural of Latin prūnum, from Ancient Greek προῦνον (proûnon), variant of προῦμνον (proûmnon, “plum”), a loanword from a language of Asia Minor. Doublet of plum.
Senses: glosses: A plum.
glosses: The dried, wrinkled fruit of certain species of plum.
examples: text: We are not free when we are in the grip of the false conditioning that decrees that we need sex. We are not free if we believe the culture's ominous warnings that we will become "horny" (what a callous, offensive word) and frustrated and neurotic and finally shrivel up into prunes and have to abandon hope of being good, creative, effective people.
ref: 1970, Dana Densmore, “Without You And Within You”, in No More Fun & Games, volume 4, page 55:
glosses: Something wrinkly like a prune.
glosses: An old woman, especially a wrinkly one.
Synonyms: old woman
Hypernyms: fruit
Derived terms: taxonomic: Prunus domestica subsp. domestica
word: German prune
word: mirabelle prune
word: prune belly syndrome
taxonomic: Prunus domestica subsp. domestica
word: prune plum
word: prune tree
word: pruney
taxonomic: Pappea capensis
word: South African prune
prune
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɹuːn/
ipa: /pɹun/
ipa: /pɹʉːn/
note: Wales, Ottawa Valley
ipa: /pɹɪu̯n/
rhymes: -uːn
Forms: form: prunes
form: pruning
form: pruned
form: pruned
form: proin
Etymology: From Middle English prune, from Old French prune, from Vulgar Latin *prūna, feminine singular formed from the neutral plural of Latin prūnum, from Ancient Greek προῦνον (proûnon), variant of προῦμνον (proûmnon, “plum”), a loanword from a language of Asia Minor. Doublet of plum.
Senses: examples: text: I hardly left that spot in my pool that month even when my fingers pruned and chlorine dried out my skin.
ref: 2005, Alycia Ripley, Traveling with an Eggplant, page 111:
glosses: To become wrinkled like a dried plum, as the fingers and toes do when kept submerged in water.
prom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɹɑm/
ipa: /pɹɒm/
rhymes: -ɒm
Forms: form: proms
Etymology: Clipping of promenade.
Senses: glosses: A promenade concert.
glosses: A promenade.
examples: text: Would you like to be my prom date?
text: The greatest moment in my life was the junior/senior prom that we had back in April 2009.
text: Brody (Damian Lewis): Will you go to the prom with me? / Carrie: Do I get a corsage?
ref: 2011, “The Weekend” (32:42 from the start), in Homeland, season 1, episode 7, spoken by Carrie Mathison (Claire Danes):
glosses: A formal ball held at a high school or college on special occasions; e.g., near the end of the academic year.
Derived terms: high school prom
high-school prom
highschool prom
JS prom
off like a prom dress
prom-goer
prom king
prom queen
promposal
Related terms: dance with the one that brought you
metre
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmiːtə/
ipa: /ˈmiːtəɹ/
ipa: [ˈmiːɾɚ]
rhymes: -iːtə(ɹ)
Forms: form: metres
form: meter
Etymology: From French mètre, from Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron, “measure, rule, length, size, poetic metre”). Doublet of meter, metron, and mether.
Senses: examples: text: Holonyms: kilometre < megametre < gigametre < terametre < petametre
text: Meronyms: picometre < nanometre < micrometre < millimetre < centimetre < decimetre
text: The measures of length above the metre are ten times ... greater than the metre.
ref: 1797, The Monthly magazine and British register, number 3:
text: A dress length of 8 metres of the best quality costs 58 francs.
ref: 1873 April, The Young Englishwoman:
text: The 12-metre yachts ... can be sailed efficiently with four paid hands.
ref: 1928 April 15, The Observer:
glosses: The basic unit of length in the International System of Units (SI: Système International d'Unités), equal to the distance travelled by light in a vacuum in 1/299 792 458 seconds. The metre is equal to 39+⁴⁷⁄₁₂₇ (approximately 39.37) imperial inches.
Synonyms: m
Derived terms: 1000 metre
1000-metre
1,000-metre
attometre
cubic metre
cumec
exametre
femtometre
gigametre
kilogram-metre
linear metre
megametre
metre-gauge
metre gauge
metre-kilogramme-second
metre-kilogram-second
metre per second
metre stick
metre-tonne-second
metre-ton-second
metric
metrication
metrology
micrometre
myriametre
nanometre
newton metre
newton-metre
polymetre
quettametre
ronnametre
square metre
terametre
yoctometre
yottametre
zeptometre
zettametre
centimetre
decametre
decimetre
hectometre
kilometre
millimetre
Related terms: Appendix on SI Units
metre
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmiːtə/
ipa: /ˈmiːtəɹ/
ipa: [ˈmiːɾɚ]
rhymes: -iːtə(ɹ)
Forms: form: metres
form: metring
form: metred
form: metred
form: meter
Etymology: From French mètre, from Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron, “measure, rule, length, size, poetic metre”). Doublet of meter, metron, and mether.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of meter.
metre
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmiːtə/
ipa: /ˈmiːtəɹ/
ipa: [ˈmiːɾɚ]
rhymes: -iːtə(ɹ)
Forms: form: metres
form: meter
Etymology: From Old English, from Latin metrum, from Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron, “measure, rule, length, size, poetic metre”).
Senses: glosses: The rhythm or measure in language (especially verse) and musical composition.
metre
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmiːtə/
ipa: /ˈmiːtəɹ/
ipa: [ˈmiːɾɚ]
rhymes: -iːtə(ɹ)
Forms: form: metres
form: metring
form: metred
form: metred
form: meter
Etymology: From Old English, from Latin metrum, from Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron, “measure, rule, length, size, poetic metre”).
Senses: topics: communications
entertainment
journalism
lifestyle
literature
media
music
poetry
publishing
writing
glosses: To put into metrical form.
Related terms: metronome
metric
café
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌkæˈfeɪ/
ipa: /ˈkæfeɪ/
homophone: CAFE
rhymes: -æfeɪ
rhymes: -eɪ
Forms: form: cafés
form: cafe
form: caffè
form: caffe
form: caffé
form: caff
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French café (“coffee; coffee shop”). Doublet of caffè and coffee.
Senses: glosses: A coffee shop; an establishment selling coffee and sometimes other non-alcoholic beverages, simple meals or snacks, with a facility to consume them on the premises.
examples: ref: 1982, Joni Mitchell, “Chinese Café / Unchained Melody”:
glosses: A small restaurant of any genre.
Synonyms: sense: coffee shop
word: caff
sense: coffee shop
word: coffeehouse
sense: coffee shop
word: coffee shop
sense: coffee shop
word: tea shop
sense: coffee shop
word: coffee bar
word: beanery
word: café
word: teahouse
word: tea room
Hypernyms: word: building
word: business
word: enterprise
word: eating establishment
word: establishment
Hyponyms: word: basket house
word: cybercafé
word: Internet café
word: juke
word: pavement cafe
word: sidewalk cafe
word: transport café
Coordinate terms: bar
bistro
cafeteria
restaurant
Meronyms: word: barista
word: waiter
word: waitress
word: waitstaff
word: chair
word: coffee grinder
word: cup
word: plate
word: saucer
word: table
word: coffee
word: tea
word: cake
word: pastry
word: sandwich
Derived terms: butler café
café-goer
café revolutionary
café society
café terrace
café wall illusion
cat café
cybercafé
dementia café
HoReCa
maid café
memory café
neko café
pavement café
sidewalk café
transport café
Related terms: word: café-chantant
word: café de move-on
word: café mocha
word: café noisette
word: chasse-café
word: beverage
word: restaurant
word: pub
stein
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /staɪn/
rhymes: -aɪn
Forms: form: steins
Etymology: From a regional use of German Stein (“stone”). Probably a clipping of Steingut (“stoneware”) or Steinkrug (“stone pitcher”). Compare Old English stǣna (“stone jug, a pot of stone or earth”). Doublet of stone. More at stean.
Senses: examples: text: So this was my future home, I thought! Certainly it made a brave picture. I had seen similar ones fired-in on many a Heidelberg stein—coloring and all. Backed by towering hills,[…]a sky of palest Gobelin flecked with fat, fleecy little clouds, it in truth looked a dear little city; the city of one's dreams.
ref: 1908, W[illiam] B[lair] M[orton] Ferguson, “Zollenstein”, in Zollenstein, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC, page 40:
text: A gnome-size German civilian with a red von Hindenburg mustache is dispensing steins of what looks to be mostly head.
ref: 1973, Thomas Pynchon, Gravity's Rainbow, 1st US edition, New York: Viking Press, →ISBN, part 3: In the Zone, page 305:
text: […] those 50 grams of resin-soaked dope, which had been so potent that on the second day it had given him an anxiety attack so paralyzing that he had gone to the bathroom in a Tufts University commemorative ceramic stein to avoid leaving his bedroom,[…]
ref: 1996, David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest […], Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN, pages 24–25:
glosses: A beer mug, usually made of ceramic or glass.
Related terms: Stein
steinstrasse
beer glass
tankard
steen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /stiːn/
rhymes: -iːn
Forms: form: steens
form: stean
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of stean.
steen
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /stiːn/
rhymes: -iːn
Forms: form: steens
form: steening
form: steened
form: steened
form: stean
Senses: examples: text: 1723, Richard Froſt, James Young, et al., An Account of a Well near Queenborough in Kent, John Eames, John Martyn, The Philosophical Transactions 1719—1733, Abridged, Volume 6, Part 2, Royal Society (Great Britain), page 244,
We then meaſured the Depth of it, and found it 200 Foot, and artificially ſteened the whole Depth with circular Portland Stone, which is all entire, and ſtands fair, the mean Diameter is four Foot eight Inches; […] .
text: The compaſs bricks are of a circular form, their uſe is for ſteening of walls;[…].
ref: 1764, John Muller, A Treatise Containing the Practical Part of Fortification, 2nd edition, page 99:
text: 1802, A Society of Practical Gardeners, Rural Recreations; Or The Gardener's Instructor, London, page 182,
The sides and dome of the cone should be nine inches thick, and the sides ought to be constructed of steened brick-work, that is without mortar, and wrought at right angles to the face of the work: the vacancies behind may be filled with brick-bats, gravel, or loose stones, so that the water which escapes through the sides, may the more readily find its way into the reservoir.
text: They^([the wells]) were regularly steened with flint to the depth of ten feet; they measured about four feet in diameter at the mouth: no ancient objects were found in them.
ref: 1849, Richard C. Neville, Remains of the Anglo-Roman Age: The Archaeological Journal, volume 6, London, page 121:
glosses: Alternative form of stean.
Related terms: word: steening
lambda
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlæm.də/
Forms: form: lambdas
Etymology: From Ancient Greek λάμβδα (lámbda). Doublet of lamed.
Senses: glosses: The eleventh letter of the Classical and Modern Greek alphabet, the twelfth of the Old Greek alphabet.
topics: mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
sciences
glosses: Unit representation of wavelength.
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The cosmological constant.
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Ellipsis of lambda baryon.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: Ellipsis of lambda expression.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: Ellipsis of lambda function.
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: The junction of the lambdoid and sagittal sutures of the cranium.
topics: business
finance
glosses: The percentage change in an option value divided by the percentage change in the underlying asset's price.
Synonyms: sense: measure of derivative price sensitivity
word: elasticity
sense: measure of derivative price sensitivity
word: omega
Hypernyms: sense: measure of derivative price sensitivity
english: includes list of coordinate terms
translation: includes list of coordinate terms
word: Greeks
Derived terms: antilambda
Goodman and Kruskal's lambda
kilolambda
lambda abstraction
lambda calculus
lambdacism
lambda expression
lambda function
lambda hyperon
lambda leak
lambda moth
lambda particle
lambda point
lambda probe
lambda term
lambdoid
lamda
Tukey lambda distribution
Related terms: lambdacism
mu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /mjuː/
ipa: /muː/
rhymes: -uː
homophone: mew (first pronunciation only)
homophone: moo (second pronunciation only)
Forms: form: mus
Etymology: From Ancient Greek μῦ (mû), derived from Phoenician 𐤌𐤌 (mm /⁠mem⁠/, “water”). Doublet of mem.
Senses: glosses: The 12th letter of the Modern Greek alphabet.
Derived terms: mu-meson
muon
mu-metal
mu
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: ipa: /mjuː/
ipa: /muː/
rhymes: -uː
homophone: mew (first pronunciation only)
homophone: moo (second pronunciation only)
ipa: /muː/
homophone: moo
ipa: /mjuː/
ipa: /muː/
homophone: mew stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn
homophone: moo stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn
ipa: /mjuː/
ipa: /muː/
rhymes: -uː
homophone: mew (first pronunciation only)
homophone: moo (second pronunciation only)
Etymology: From Japanese 無 (mu, “nothing, neither yes nor no”).
Senses: examples: text: Mu means "no thing." Like "Quality" it points outside the process of dualistic discrimination. Mu simply says, "No class; not one, not zero, not yes, not no." […] It's a great mistake, a kind of dishonesty, to sweep nature's mu answers under the carpet.
ref: 1974, Robert M[aynard] Pirsig, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values, New York, N.Y.: William Morrow & Company, →ISBN:
text: Achilles: Oh, but MU is Jōshū’s answer. By saying MU, Jōshū let the other monk know that only by not asking such questions can one know the answer to them.
Tortoise: Jōshū “unasked” the question. […]
Achilles: […] And the answer of “MU” here rejects the premises of the question, which are that one or the other must be chosen.
ref: 1979, Douglas Hofstadter, Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid:
text: "Mu," said Kelly Dahl.
On one level mu means only yes, but on a deeper level of Zen it was often used by the master when the acolyte asked a stupid, unanswerable or wrongheaded question such as "Does a dog have the Buddha-nature?" The Master would answer only, "Mu," meaning—I say "yes" but mean "no," but the actual answer is: Unask the question.
ref: 1996, Dan Simmons, “Looking for Kelly Dahl”, in The Year's Best Science Fiction, page 424:
text: The Fifth Patriarch's utterance You say mu [Buddha-nature] because Buddha-nature is emptiness articulates clearly and distinctly the truth that emptiness is not "no". In uttering Buddha-nature-emptiness one does not say "half a pound." One does not say "eight ounces." One says "mu."
ref: 2002, Norman Waddell, Masao Abe, The Heart of Dōgen's Shōbōgenzō, page 72:
text: A monk once asked Master Joshu, 'Has a dog the Buddha Nature or not?' Joshu said, 'Mu!'
ref: 2010, Joan Price, Sacred Scriptures of the World Religions, page 70:
qualifier: Zen Buddhism
glosses: Neither yes nor no.
mu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /mjuː/
ipa: /muː/
rhymes: -uː
homophone: mew (first pronunciation only)
homophone: moo (second pronunciation only)
ipa: /muː/
homophone: moo
ipa: /mjuː/
ipa: /muː/
homophone: mew stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn
homophone: moo stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn
ipa: /mjuː/
ipa: /muː/
rhymes: -uː
homophone: mew (first pronunciation only)
homophone: moo (second pronunciation only)
Etymology: From Japanese 無 (mu, “nothing, neither yes nor no”).
Senses: examples: text: That being the case, we should naturally choose to contemplate mu from morning to night, forgetting everything.
ref: 2012, Omori, Introduction To Zen Training, →ISBN, page 115:
text: Consequently, though mu is mindlike, the likeness to individual consciousness cannot be pushed very far.
ref: 2012, Dr Robert Wilkinson, Nishida and Western Philosophy, →ISBN:
text: The monk posed to Chaoi-chou a question: Does a dog have a buddha nature or not?" Chao-chou, without a moment's hesitation, answered, “Mu." (Translated as "No.")
ref: 2013, Sean Murphy, Natalie Goldberg, One Bird, One Stone: 108 Contemporary Zen Stories, →ISBN, page xvii:
text: If mu is mind, consciousness, it is nothing.
ref: 2013, Maura O'Halloran, Pure Heart, Enlightened Mind, →ISBN:
qualifier: Zen Buddhism
glosses: Nothingness; nonexistence; the illusory nature of reality.
Related terms: sense: non-affirmative, non-negative answer
word: n/a
mu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /mjuː/
ipa: /muː/
rhymes: -uː
homophone: mew (first pronunciation only)
homophone: moo (second pronunciation only)
ipa: /muː/
homophone: moo
ipa: /mjuː/
ipa: /muː/
homophone: mew stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn
homophone: moo stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn
Forms: form: mu
Etymology: From Mandarin 畝／亩 (mǔ).
Senses: examples: text: The Lucky Star Co-operative in Chuwo County on the plains of southern Shansi had, before the anti-Japanese war, 26 wells, 4 water-wheels and 166.1 mou of irrigated fields, 4.82 per cent of its total arable land.
ref: [1959 September, Tung Ta-lin [董大林], “The Inevitability of Quick Transition from Lower to Higher Stage of Agricultural Co-operation”, in Agricultural Co-operation in China [中国农业合作化的道路] (China Knowledge Series), 2nd edition, Peking: Foreign Languages Press, →OCLC, page 72:
english: 中国农业合作化的道路
translation: 中国农业合作化的道路
text: Good news on the summer harvest prevailed in the countryside of Chienchiang County, Hupeh. The county reported remarkable increased in its 600,000 mou of summer food crops this year, surpassing the yield in 1962 which was considered as the best year.
ref: [1965 July 9 [1965 June 7], “Chienchiang County Reports Increase in Crops”, in Daily Report: Foreign Radio Broadcasts, number 131, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Wuhan Domestic Service, →OCLC, page DDD 2:
text: Pengyang county was administered by Guyuan before 1988. In contrast to Guyuan, Pengyang is relatively wealthy. Farmers earn a considerable income through tobacco cultivation, which can yield an annual gross income of Rmb 1,500-2,000 per mu. In 1996, the cultivated area of tobacco in Pengyang was 11,000 mu.⁷
ref: 2004, Peter Ho, “The Wasteland Auction Policy in Northwest China: Solving Environmental Degradation and Rural Poverty?”, in Rural Development in Transitional China: The New Agriculture, →ISBN, →ISSN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 125:
text: Of 114 village farming families, only ten had more than 30 mu of land and only five had more than 60 mu.
ref: 2007, Chang Liu, Peasants and Revolution in Rural China: Rural Political Change in the North China Plain and the Yangzi Delta, 1850-1949, page 87:
glosses: A unit of surface area, currently equivalent to two-thirtieths of a hectare.
Modern English
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: synonyms: New English
coordinate_terms: Middle English
Old English
glosses: The English language spoken since the Great Vowel Shift, completed in roughly 1550.
Modern Greek
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Modern Greek is maybe the easiest language to learn that uses a different alphabet.
ref: 2021 April 25, John Malathronas, “Which languages are easiest – and most difficult – for native English speakers to learn?”, in CNN:
glosses: The Greek language as spoken by the Greek people since the fall of Constantinople in 1453. It was written using polytonic script until 1982, when this was officially dropped in favour of monotonic.
Synonyms: sense: post-15th century Greek
word: Romaic
sense: post-15th century Greek
word: New Greek
Meronyms: Demotic Greek
Katharevousa
SMG
Standard Modern Greek
Related terms: Ancient Greek
Byzantine Greek
Classical Greek
demotic
Koine
Medieval Greek
monotonic
polytonic
gift
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: gĭft
ipa: /ɡɪft/
rhymes: -ɪft
Forms: form: gifts
form: gifting
form: gifted
form: gifted
form: yift
Etymology: From Middle English gift (also yift, yifte, ȝift, ȝeft), partly from Old English ġift (“giving, consideration, dowry, wedding”) and Old Norse gipt (“gift, present, wedding”); both from Proto-Germanic *giftiz (“gift”). Equivalent to give + -t (etymologically yive + -t).
Cognate with West Frisian jefte (“gift”), Saterland Frisian Gift (“gift”), German Low German Gift (“poison”), Dutch gift (“gift”) and its doublet gif (“poison”), German Gift (“poison”), Danish gift (“gift (obsolete); poison, venom”), Swedish gift (“gift, poison, venom”), Icelandic gift (“gift”). Doublet of yift. Distantly related to English habit, from Latin habitus.
Senses: glosses: To give as a gift or donation.
examples: text: Chelsea threw away two points when substitute Salomon Kalou gifted Valencia a penalty five minutes from time with a needless handball.
ref: 2011 September 28, Jon Smith, “Valencia 1 - 1 Chelsea”, in BBC Sport:
text: They drove on, every rise in the road lifting their sightline clear of the drystone dykes along the roadside, gifting glimpses of the firth and the islands, the blue peaks of Arran.
ref: 2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 440:
glosses: To give away, to concede easily.
Synonyms: contribute
donate
give
Related terms: begift
begive
giftability
giftable
giftee
gifter
give out
give out stink
outgive
regift
re-gift
centimeter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: centimeters
Senses: glosses: (Canadian spelling, alternative) Alternative form of centimetre.
Derived terms: centimeter-gram-second
subcentimeter
decimeter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɛ.sɪ.miːtɚ/
Forms: form: decimeters
Etymology: Borrowed from French décimètre. Equivalent to deci- + meter.
Senses: glosses: US spelling of decimetre.
millimeter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɪləˌmitɚ/
ipa: [ˈmɪləˌmiɾɚ]
Forms: form: millimeters
Etymology: From French millimètre, as if milli- + meter.
Senses: glosses: US spelling of millimetre.
Derived terms: micromillimeter
submillimeter
hectometer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hectometers
Senses: glosses: US spelling of hectometre.
Synonyms: hm
grue
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: gro͞o
ipa: /ɡɹuː/
rhymes: -uː
homophone: grew
Forms: form: grues
form: gruing
form: grued
form: grued
Etymology: From Middle English gruen, probably from Middle Low German gruwen or Middle Dutch gruwen (compare Dutch gruwen), both from Proto-Germanic *grūwijaną, perhaps ultimately an imitative derivative of Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰers- (“to bristle”), or instead from *gʰer- (“to rub, stroke, grind”).
Senses: examples: text: “It is seenteen hundred linen,” said the pedlar, giving a tweak to one of the shirts, in that knowing manner with which matrons and judges ascertain the texture of the loom ; “it’s seenteen hundred linen, and as strong as an it were dowlas. Nevertheless, mother, your bidding is to be done ; and I would have done Mr. Mordaunt’s bidding too,” he added, relaxing from his note of defiance, into the deferential whining tone with which he cajoled his customers, “if he hadna made use of profane oaths which made my very flesh grue, and caused me, in some sort, to forget myself.”
ref: 1822, Sir Walter Scott, The Pirate, volume I, Philadelphia: H. C. Carey and I. Lea, pages 111–112:
glosses: To be frightened; to shudder with fear.
grue
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: gro͞o
ipa: /ɡɹuː/
rhymes: -uː
homophone: grew
Forms: form: grues
Etymology: From Middle English gruen, probably from Middle Low German gruwen or Middle Dutch gruwen (compare Dutch gruwen), both from Proto-Germanic *grūwijaną, perhaps ultimately an imitative derivative of Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰers- (“to bristle”), or instead from *gʰer- (“to rub, stroke, grind”).
Senses: examples: text: Upon all others the sight of Alison, were it but for a moment, cast a cold grue, not to be remembered without terror.
ref: 1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide:
text: A Grue of Ice
ref: 1964, Geoffrey Jenkins, (title)
text: A cold grue went through me—I was unable to touch such a hand.
ref: 1992, Alasdair Gray, Poor Things, Bloomsbury, published 2002, page 25:
glosses: A shiver, a shudder.
grue
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: gro͞o
ipa: /ɡɹuː/
rhymes: -uː
homophone: grew
Etymology: Back-formation from gruesome.
Senses: examples: text: The butcher was covered in the accumulated grue of a hard day's work
text: There was grue everywhere after the accident
text: 'I've told you - it wasn't much. He tried to kiss me.' She smiled slightly. 'Just after he had shown me the family skeletons.' / 'What a lovely bit of grue!'
ref: 1958, Samuel Youd, writing as John Christopher, The Caves of Night:
text: 1990, John DeChancie, Castle War!
Incarnadine had to be quick with the sword. Huge wings flapped in time with explosions of grue, and the stink of burnt flesh and feathers filled the air.
text: Carrie is Cinderella in the body language of menstrual blood and raging hormones. King’s adolescent joy in grimaces and groans, the Mad magazine humor, and the staple of “grue” hardly need mentioning.
ref: 1996, Linda Badley, Writing Horror and the Body http://print.google.com/print?hl=en&id=iaHQorgoqd4C&pg=PA39&lpg=PA39&sig=0unz5oiZA5IURViNe75MsU7vHG4
text: 2002, Carole Nelson Douglas, Chapel Noir http://print.google.com/print?hl=en&id=ZZu4sl0P1EAC&pg=PA336&lpg=PA336&sig=dPR0ntE54xw-h3m6fByM0fgJiuc
“… She is quite agreeable to gruesome ghost stories, but appalled by the lust for life.” / “I admit that I am surprised by how well she handles sheer grue, better than I.”
text: 2004, Talbot Mundy, Guns of the Gods http://print.google.com/print?hl=en&id=PUCcyz2L1iwC&pg=PA244&lpg=PA244&sig=REDDP_txW9FrUWEogxny6lZ4wUo
“This is the grue,” said Dick, holding his lantern high. / Its light fell on a circle of skeletons, all perfect, each with its head toward a brass bowl in the center.
glosses: Any byproduct of a gruesome event, such as gore, viscera, entrails, blood and guts.
grue
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: gro͞o
ipa: /ɡɹuː/
rhymes: -uː
homophone: grew
Forms: form: grues
Etymology: Probably from gruesome; first used in Jack Vance's Dying Earth universe in the 1940s, but popularized by the text-based computer game Zork in 1980.
Senses: examples: text: I managed to get into the house through the front once, but I was plunged into darkness and eaten by a monster called a grue.
ref: 1981, Byte, volume 6:
text: To find a grue, turn off the light at night, or go for a walk in a dark place (but carry a flashlight with you).
ref: 2009, Jas, “Hazadous ^([sic]) Australian animals the GRUE.... your guide”, in rec.travel.australia+nz (Usenet):
text: Incidentally, the best official text description I know of is in Sorcerer, when you actually become a grue and visit a grue colony. IIRC, even that description is vague, but does cannonize^([sic]) that they are large four-legged reptiles.
ref: 2004, M.D. Dollahite, “How would you imagine a grue?”, in rec.games.int-fiction (Usenet):
glosses: A fictional man-eating predator that dwells in the dark.