cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
incest
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɪnsɛst/
rhymes: -ɪnsɛst
Forms: form: incests
Etymology: From Latin incestus. Displaced native Old English mǣġhǣmed (literally “relative-sex”). Doublet of inchaste.
Senses: examples: text: Genetic problems caused by incest are thought to have plagued many royal families in the Middle Ages.
text: For a structuralist like Edmund Leach, the structure is the meaning. Genesis, for example, is about incest taboos; all the rest is noise and mystification.
ref: 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light:Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, page 12:
text: He was only Craster's whelp, an abomination born of incest, not the son of the King-beyond-the-Wall.
ref: 2005, George R. R. Martin, A Feast for Crows: A Song of Ice and Fire, page 225:
glosses: Sexual relations between close relatives, especially immediate family members and sometimes first cousins, usually considered taboo; in many jurisdictions, close relatives are not allowed to marry, and incest is a crime.
Synonyms: inbreeding
Hyponyms: auntcest
cousincest
fauxcest
sibcest
twincest
Derived terms: anti-incest
cousincest
fauxcest
Folgercest
incested
incester
incestic
incesting
incestism
incestlike
incestophile
incestophilia
incestophobe
incestophobia
incestophobic
incestual
incestualist
incestuality
incestualize
incestually
incestuous
incestuously
incestuousness
pro-incest
proincest
pseudoincest
selfcest
sibcest
spiritual incest
step-incest
twincest
Waycest
wincest
Related terms: incestuous
incest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɪnsɛst/
rhymes: -ɪnsɛst
Forms: form: incests
form: incesting
form: incested
form: incested
Etymology: From Latin incestus. Displaced native Old English mǣġhǣmed (literally “relative-sex”). Doublet of inchaste.
Senses: examples: text: I do not want anyone to feel that my lesbianism is a result of being incested.
ref: 1994, Kathryn Carter, Interpretive Approaches to Interpersonal Communication:
text: Her erotic transference ultimately devolved into a revelation that she had been consistently incested by her brother
ref: 2009, Antonino Ferro, The Analytic Field: A Clinical Concept, page 206:
text: […] the most powerful of that bunch of immortal giants called Titans was Cronus, who “incested” with sister Rhea, who then birthed the Olympians (Zeus and his bunch) […]
ref: 2011, Marvin Mengeling, Crows, Pete Rose, UFOs: And Other Pretty Pieces, page 2:
glosses: To engage in incestuous sexual intercourse.
Related terms: sexual intercourse
inbreeder
inbred
sisterfucker
motherfucker
brotherfucker
make quick work of
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: makes quick work of
form: making quick work of
form: made quick work of
form: made quick work of
Senses: examples: text: The cupbearers made quick work of the after-dinner cleanup chores.
glosses: To accomplish a specified task easily and quickly.
examples: text: The spiders made quick work of the human soldiers.
glosses: To kill a specified person easily and quickly.
Synonyms: make short work of
Related terms: make light work of
werewolf
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwɛːwʊlf/
ipa: /ˈwɪəwʊlf/
ipa: /ˈwɛəɹwʊlf/
ipa: /ˈwɪəɹwʊlf/
ipa: /ˈwɜɹwʊlf/
Forms: form: werewolves
form: warwolf
form: wehrwolf
form: were wolf
form: were-wolf
form: werwolf
Etymology: From Middle English werwolf, from Old English werewulf, from Proto-West Germanic *werawulf, from Proto-West Germanic *wer (“man”) + *wulf (“wolf”). By surface analysis, were- + wolf. Cognate with Dutch weerwolf, Low German Warwulf, German Werwolf, Danish varulv, Swedish varulv, and even possibly Finnish vironsusi.
Compare also French garou, in loup-garou, French dialectal gairou, varou (“werewolf”), Medieval Latin gerulphus, garulphus (“werewolf”), all from Germanic, probably Frankish *werawulf.
Senses: examples: Near-synonym: dogman
topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
synonyms: lycanthrope
man-wolf
wolfman
hypernyms: turnskin
glosses: A person who is transformed or can transform into a wolf or a wolflike human, often said to do so during a full moon.
Derived terms: werewolfdom
werewolfery
werewolfess
werewolf girdle
werewolfish
werewolfism
werewolf syndrome
werewolfy
onomatopoeic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɒnəmætəˈpiːɪk/
ipa: /ˌɒnəmɛtəˈpiːək/
ipa: /-ˈpæeək/
Forms: form: onomatopœic
form: onomatopoetic
Etymology: From onomatopoeia + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to onomatopoeia.
examples: text: There are also three ways in which katakana is used for writing Japanese words:
1 to make words stand out, for example, in advertising: トヨタ (Toyota)
2 to classify species of plants and animals, for example in botanical gardens
3 to write onomatopoeic words
ref: 2008, Helen Gilhooly, chapter 1, in Complete Japanese, →ISBN, page 31:
glosses: Having the property of onomatopoeia.
Synonyms: echoic
imitative
mimetic
phonomimetic
onomatopoeial
onomatopoetic
Hypernyms: imitative
sound-symbolic
Derived terms: onomatopoeically
ruminate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹumɪneɪt/
ipa: /ˈɹuːmɪnət/
ipa: /ˈɹumənət/
ipa: /ˈɹumɪneɪt/
Etymology: First attested in 1800, in the writings of John Hull; borrowed from Latin rūminātus, see Etymology 1 and -ate (adjective-forming suffix).
Senses: examples: text: a ruminate endosperm
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Having a hard albumen penetrated by irregular channels filled with softer matter, as the nutmeg and the seeds of the North American papaw.
sheath
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: shēth
ipa: /ʃiːθ/
ipa: /ʃiθ/
rhymes: -iːθ
Forms: form: sheaths
Etymology: From Middle English sheth, shethe (“holder for a sword, knife, etc., scabbard, sheath”) [and other forms], from Old English sċēaþ (“sheath”), from Proto-West Germanic *skaiþiju, from Proto-Germanic *skaiþiz (“sheath; covering”), from Proto-Indo-European *skey- (“to dissect, split”) (possibly from the notion of a split stick with a sword inserted).
The English word is cognate with Danish skede, Dutch schede, Icelandic skeið, German Scheide, Low German scheed, Norwegian skjede.
Senses: glosses: A holster for a sword; a scabbard.
synonyms: case
casing
cover
covering
envelope
glosses: Anything that has a similar shape to a scabbard that is used to hold an object that is longer than it is wide.
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: The base of a leaf when sheathing or investing a branch or stem, as in grasses.
topics: business
electrical
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The insulating outer cover of an electrical cable.
topics: biology
entomology
natural-sciences
glosses: One of the elytra of an insect.
topics: fashion
lifestyle
glosses: A tight-fitting dress.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: The foreskin of certain animals (for example, dogs and horses).
synonyms: word: condom
word: cum catcher
word: rubber
glosses: A condom.
Derived terms: femoral sheath
leaf sheath
medullary sheath
myelin sheath
penile sheath
penis sheath
rice sheath mite
Schwann's sheath
sheath cake
sheath dress
sheath knife
sheathless
sheathlike
sheath-tail bat
sheath-tailed bat
sheath-tailed mouse
sheathy
Related terms: sheathe
heliosheath
resheath
resheathe
unsheath
unsheathe
sheath
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: shēth
ipa: /ʃiːθ/
ipa: /ʃiθ/
rhymes: -iːθ
ipa: /ʃiːð/
ipa: /ʃið/
rhymes: -iːð
enpr: shēth
ipa: /ʃiːθ/
ipa: /ʃiθ/
rhymes: -iːθ
Forms: form: sheaths
form: sheathing
form: sheathed
form: sheathed
Etymology: A variant of sheathe.
Senses: examples: text: Nay, neuer beare me hence, diſpatch me heere: / Here ſheath thy Sword, Ile pardon thee my death: [...]
ref: c. 1591–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Third Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene v], page 171, column 1:
text: Sheath your Dagger: / Be angry when you will, it ſhall haue ſcope: [...]
ref: 1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Iulius Cæsar”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iii], page 125, column 1:
text: So when the gen'rous Lyon has in ſight / His equal match, he rouſes for the fight; / But when his foe lyes proſtrate on the plain, / He ſheaths his paws, uncurls his angry mane; / And, plea'd with bloudleſs honours of the day, / Walks over, and diſdains th' inglorious Prey, [...]
ref: 1687, [John Dryden], “The Third Part”, in The Hind and the Panther. A Poem, in Three Parts, 2nd edition, London: […] Jacob Tonson […], →OCLC, page 88:
text: At Sight of thee, the Villain ſheaths his Sword, / Nor ſcales the Wall, to ſteal the wealthy Hoard.
ref: [1716], [John] Gay, “Book III. Of Walking the Streets by Night.”, in Trivia: Or, The Art of Walking the Streets of London, London: […] Bernard Lintott, […], →OCLC, page 53:
text: And the poet lifts his pen
While the soldier sheaths his sword.
ref: 1972, “Thick As A Brick”, Ian Anderson (lyrics), performed by Jethro Tull:
antonyms: unsheath
glosses: Alternative spelling of sheathe.
Derived terms: ensheath
insheath
resheath
unsheath
lycanthrope
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlaɪkənθɹoʊp/
ipa: /laɪˈkænθɹoʊp/
Forms: form: lycanthropes
Etymology: From Latin lycanthrōpus, from Ancient Greek λυκάνθρωπος (lukánthrōpos) – a compound of λύκος (lúkos, “wolf”) + ἄνθρωπος (ánthrōpos, “man, human”). By surface analysis, lyc- + -anthrope.
Senses: glosses: A werewolf.
glosses: More generally, any sort of werecreature.
Synonyms: werewolf
shape-shifter
Related terms: lycanthropic
lycanthropy
werebear
wereboar
wererat
weretiger
werewolf
immense
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪˈmɛns/
rhymes: -ɛns
Forms: form: immenser
form: immensest
Etymology: From Middle English immens, inmens, from Old French immense, from Latin immensus, from in- (“not”) + mensus (“measured”). Compare incommensurable.
Senses: examples: text: Then everybody once more knelt, and soon the blessing was pronounced. The choir and the clergy trooped out slowly, […], down the nave to the western door. […] At a seemingly immense distance the surpliced group stopped to say the last prayer.
ref: 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter V, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
glosses: Huge, gigantic, very large.
glosses: Supremely good.
examples: text: The gallant young Indian dandies at home on furlough—immense dandies these—chained and moustached—driving in tearing cabs […]
ref: 1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair […], London: Bradbury and Evans […], published 1848, →OCLC:
glosses: Major; to a great degree.
Derived terms: immensely
immenseness
immensity
immensive
superimmense
immense
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪˈmɛns/
rhymes: -ɛns
Forms: form: immenses
Etymology: From Middle English immens, inmens, from Old French immense, from Latin immensus, from in- (“not”) + mensus (“measured”). Compare incommensurable.
Senses: examples: text: The half of Asia is my prison-house,
Myriads of convicts lost in its Immense—
I look with terror to my crowning day.
ref: 1882, James Thomson (B. V.), Despotism Tempered by Dynamite:
text: The events that took place in the immenses of the former USSR three years ago remind one about ancient rule of everyday life which is equally applicable both to daily routine and to politics: […]
ref: 1994, New Times International, numbers 1-8, page 9:
glosses: Immense extent or expanse; immensity.
armiger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɑːmɪdʒə/
ipa: /ˈɑːɹmɪd͡ʒɚ/
Forms: form: armigers
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin armiger (“carrying weapons or armour or having coat of arms”).
Senses: glosses: An esquire, originally carrying the armour of a knight; (hence, later) a man of the gentry ranking below a knight.
topics: government
heraldry
hobbies
lifestyle
monarchy
nobility
politics
glosses: Any person entitled to bear a coat of arms.
Derived terms: armigeral
armigerous
girth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡɜːθ/
ipa: /ɡɝθ/
ipa: [ɡɚθ]
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)θ
Forms: form: girths
Etymology: From Middle English girth, gerth, gyrth, from Old Norse gjǫrð, from Proto-Germanic *gerdō, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰerdʰ- (“to encircle, enclose; belt”). Cognate with Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌳𐌰 (gairda), Icelandic gjörð. Also related to German Gurt, English gird, Albanian ngërthej (“to tie, bind, fasten”).
Senses: examples: text: He was standing on the offside of his horse, holding up the flap of his saddle, with the surcingle loosened, and was pointing to the girths. Close to their attachment to the saddle they had been almost cut through with a knife.
ref: 1929, Baldwyn Dyke Acland, chapter 8, in Filibuster:
glosses: A band passed under the belly of an animal, which holds a saddle or a harness saddle in place.
glosses: The part of an animal around which the girth fits.
examples: text: He's a lusty, jolly fellow, that lives well, at least three yards in the girth.
ref: 1716 March 16 (Gregorian calendar), Joseph Addison, “The Free-holder: No. 22. Monday, March 5. [1716.]”, in The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Esq; […], volume IV, London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], published 1721, →OCLC:
glosses: One's waistline circumference, most often a large one.
glosses: A small horizontal brace or girder.
glosses: The distance measured around an object; the circumference.
topics: graph-theory
mathematics
sciences
glosses: The length of the shortest cycle in a graph.
Synonyms: circumference
cinch
Derived terms: breastgirth
breast girth
breast-girth
digirth
girthen
girthful
girth-galled
girthless
girthline
girthly
girthsome
girth strap
girthy
ungirth
girth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡɜːθ/
ipa: /ɡɝθ/
ipa: [ɡɚθ]
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)θ
Forms: form: girths
form: girthing
form: girthed
form: girthed
Etymology: From Middle English girth, gerth, gyrth, from Old Norse gjǫrð, from Proto-Germanic *gerdō, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰerdʰ- (“to encircle, enclose; belt”). Cognate with Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌳𐌰 (gairda), Icelandic gjörð. Also related to German Gurt, English gird, Albanian ngërthej (“to tie, bind, fasten”).
Senses: glosses: To bind as if with a girth or band.
sulfuric acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sulfuric acids
form: sulphuric acid
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A transparent, oily liquid, formula H₂SO₄, that is a strong acid with very many industrial applications.
Synonyms: E513 when used as a food additive
Derived terms: chlorhydrosulfuric acid
chlorhydrosulphuric acid
chlorosulfuric acid
chlorosulphuric acid
chrome-sulfuric acid
disulfuric acid
disulphuric acid
fluorosulfuric acid
fluorosulphuric acid
fuming sulfuric acid
fuming sulphuric acid
hyposulfuric acid
hyposulphuric acid
nitrosylsulfuric acid
nitrosylsulphuric acid
peroxydisulfuric acid
peroxydisulphuric acid
peroxymonosulfuric acid
peroxymonosulphuric acid
pyrosulphuric acid
thiosulfuric acid
thiosulphuric acid
Related terms: sulfate
sulphate
oleum
sulphuric acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sulphuric acids
form: sulfuric acid
Senses: examples: text: In the case of nitric acid, however, the employment of the aræometer introduces far greater errors than when it is used for sulphuric acid, hydrochloric acid, and in most other cases, as the concentrated nitric acids as a rule always contain nitrogen tetroxide in solution, the quantity being seldom less than 1 per cent., but more generally several per cent., which makes its strength when taken with the aræometer seem greater than it actually is.
ref: 1905, Georg Lunge, Alfred Isaac Cohn, Techno‐Chemical Analysis, John Wiley & Sons, pages 57–58:
topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A colourless highly corrosive liquid, H₂SO₄.
earwax
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ear wax
form: ear-wax
Etymology: From Middle English erewax, from ere + wax. Equivalent to ear + wax.
Senses: examples: text: Her's Agamemnon, an honeſt fellow inough and one that loues quailes, but hee has not ſo much braine as eare-wax, […]
ref: c. 1602, William Shakespeare, The Famous Historie of Troylus and Cresseid. Excellently Expressing the Beginning of their Loues, with the Conceited Wooing of Pandarus, Prince of Licia, London: Imprinted by G[eorge] Eld for R[ichard] Bonian and H[enry] Walley, and are to be sold at the spred Eagle in Paules Church-yeard, ouer against the great North doore, published 1609, →OCLC, act V, scene 1:
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: A waxy substance secreted by the ear.
Synonyms: topics: technical
engineering
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: cerumen
word: wax
Derived terms: earwax impaction
cerumen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /səˈɹuːmɛn/
ipa: /səˈɹuːmən/
rhymes: -uːmɛn
rhymes: -uːmən
Etymology: From Medieval Latin caerūmen, from cera + -men. The appearance of the u is unexplained, but may have been influenced by words like albūmen and bitūmen.
Senses: synonyms: wax
glosses: Earwax.
Derived terms: cerumenolysis
cerumenolytic
ceruminal
ceruminous
inclusive or
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: inclusive ors
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
human-sciences
logic
mathematics
natural-sciences
philosophy
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A logical connective joining two or more predicates that yields the logical value "true" when at least one of the predicates is true.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A bitwise operator that yields 1 when any of its operands is 1.
Synonyms: OR
Related terms: exclusive or
exclusive or
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: exclusive ors
form: exclusive-or
form: XOR
form: xor
form: EOR
form: eor
Etymology: exclusive + or.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
human-sciences
logic
mathematics
natural-sciences
philosophy
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Exclusive disjunction: the use of or to indicate that of two predicates, one is true and one is false (without specifying which is which); contrasted with inclusive or, which does not imply that one must be false.
topics: computing
engineering
human-sciences
logic
mathematics
natural-sciences
philosophy
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Exclusive disjunction: the use of or to indicate that of two or more predicates, an odd number are true (without specifying which or how many); contrasted with inclusive or, which indicates only that one or more is true.
topics: computing
engineering
human-sciences
logic
mathematics
natural-sciences
philosophy
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: An exclusive disjunction; the result of applying the above-described exclusive or to two or more predicates; contrasted with an inclusive or, which is the result of applying an inclusive or.
Related terms: inclusive or
and/or
Language: English
Part of speech: conj
Pronunciation: /ˈændɔː(ɹ)/
Forms: form: &/or
form: and or
Senses: examples: text: List three personal and/or business references.
text: [Howland Owl:] There wasn't no everybody else... 'cept them what was in jail and/or dead.
[Albert:] Since when is it a crime to be dead?
ref: 1960, Walt Kelly, Pogo, January 21 comic strip (→ISBN, p. 113)
text: And because people derive personal esteem and meaning from their group memberships, they are naturally inclined to evaluate their ingroups positively in comparison to outgroups. When an ingroup’s dominant social position is secure or not contested by lower-status outgroups, intergroup harmony is expected to prevail. But when perceived as illegitimate and/or challenged by other groups, ingroup members can be expected to defend their group’s social position by engaging in pro-ingroup and/or anti-outgroup behaviors.
ref: 2022 May 2, Zachary Goldberg, “Explaining Shifts in White Racial Liberalism: The Role of Collective Moral Emotions and Media Effects”, in Georgia State University, archived from the original on 25 Jan 2025, page 40:
text: “As such, the issue with login remains. If for any reason you get the ‘Failed to connect to server’ issue, it means that the maximum number of login requests for that particular minute is exceeded and/or that the servers are full and will require someone to log out before allowing new players in. As mentioned above, the increased capacity should require less retries to get in.”
ref: 2024 February 12, Sourav Banik, “Helldivers 2 devs issue apology after massive server issues”, in Dexerto:
text: The AOTC and/or LLC cannot be claimed if the TIN is issued after the due date of the return (including extensions).
ref: 2025 May 24, “The One, Big, Beautiful Bill”, in United States House Committee on Ways & Means, page 43:
glosses: Joins two alternatives to mean either or both; indicates that inclusive or is meant where or alone might be taken to mean exclusive or.
Synonyms: or
waxy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: wăkʹsē
ipa: /ˈwæksi/
rhymes: -æksi
Forms: form: waxier
form: more waxy
form: waxiest
form: most waxy
Etymology: From Middle English waxi, wexy, equivalent to wax (“soft oily substance”) + -y.
Senses: examples: text: There's far more than just hot dogs to feast on too. The pizzas—gigantic, floppy, with a hyperreal waxy sheen—are mythic. They arrive exclusively in cheese, pepperoni, or supreme—the holy trinity—and will run you an eminently affordable $1.99 for a ridiculously huge wedge-shaped slice.
ref: 2023 June 9, Luke Winkie, “Our Greatest Fast-Food Joint Is Costco”, in Slate, archived from the original on 06 Sep 2023:
synonyms: ceraceous
glosses: Resembling wax in texture or appearance.
Derived terms: waxily
waxiness
waxy cap
waxycap
waxy cast
waxy corn
waxy degeneration
waxy disease
waxy finger
waxy flexibility
waxy kidney
waxy liver
waxy maize
waxy monkey leaf frog
waxy potato
waxy screw shell
waxy spleen
Related terms: earwaxy
waxy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: wăkʹsē
ipa: /ˈwæksi/
rhymes: -æksi
Forms: form: waxies
form: waxie
Etymology: From Middle English waxi, wexy, equivalent to wax (“soft oily substance”) + -y.
Senses: synonyms: lad of wax
glosses: A cobbler (shoe repairer).
waxy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: wăkʹsē
ipa: /ˈwæksi/
rhymes: -æksi
Forms: form: more waxy
form: most waxy
Etymology: From wax (“fit of anger”) + -y.
Senses: examples: text: 'I do hope you won't be waxy,' he said;
ref: 1906, E. Nesbit, The Story of the Amulet:
text: A man said he'd give me five pounds if I'd paint him and his missis and the dog and the cottage. And I went and put the fowls in instead of the dog, and he was waxy, so I had to knock a quid off.
ref: 1913, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, “Passion”, in Sons and Lovers, London: Duckworth & Co. […], →OCLC, part II, page 341:
glosses: Angry.
henge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /hɛnd͡ʒ/
Forms: form: henges
Etymology: Back-formation from Stonehenge, although it is not strictly a henge.
Senses: glosses: A prehistoric enclosure in the form of a circle or circular arc defined by a raised circular bank and a circular ditch usually running inside the bank, with one or more entrances leading into the enclosed open space.
glosses: A stone circle.
Derived terms: Dronehenge
hengelike
hengiform
dieresis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: diereses
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of diaeresis.
Derived terms: cytodieresis
connective
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəˈnɛktɪv/
rhymes: -ɛktɪv
Etymology: For connexive, borrowed from Latin connexīvus. Displacement of x by ct in Latin loanwords is very common. Compare connect, connectivum, connection.
Senses: examples: text: Society is doomed to an ignominious death as soon as the connective tissue of institutions and the ossified material of officialdom with its rank growth of unyielding red tape and formalism begin to spread, choking, and strangling the free, personal life of the individual.
ref: 1919, Boris Sidis, The Source and Aim of Human Progress:
glosses: Serving or tending to connect; connecting.
Synonyms: alt: grammar & libr. sci.
word: syndetic
Derived terms: connective tissue
connectivism
connectivist
connectivity
fibroconnective
hyperconnective
hypoconnective
interconnective
logical connective
nonconnective
sentence connective
teleconnective
connective
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəˈnɛktɪv/
rhymes: -ɛktɪv
Forms: form: connectives
Etymology: For connexive, borrowed from Latin connexīvus. Displacement of x by ct in Latin loanwords is very common. Compare connect, connectivum, connection.
Senses: glosses: That which connects.
examples: text: Condition iii) ensures that the truth-rules for the sentential connectives and quantifiers are satisfied within one and the same valuation νₛ.
ref: 2008 October 8, Holger Andreas, “Another Solution to the Problem of Theoretical Terms”, in Erkenntnis, volume 69, number 3, →DOI:
topics: human-sciences
logic
mathematics
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A function that operates on truth values to give another truth value.
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A word used to connect words, clauses and sentences, most commonly applied to conjunctions.
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: The tissue which connects the locules of an anthers together.
topics: anatomy
biology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
zoology
glosses: A connective tissue.
Synonyms: word: connexive
word: connective
Derived terms: word: connectively
word: connectiveness
sense: A word used to connect words, clauses and sentences, most commonly applied to conjunctions.
word: sentential connective
past
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: päst
ipa: /pɑːst/
ipa: /past/
enpr: păst
ipa: /pæst/
homophone: passed
rhymes: -æst
rhymes: -ɑːst
Forms: form: pasts
Etymology: From Middle English passed, past participle of passen (“to pass, to go by”), whence Modern English pass.
Senses: examples: text: a book about a time machine that can transport people back into the past
text: 1830, Daniel Webster, a speech
The past, at least, is secure.
text: The present is only intelligible in the light of the past, often a very remote past indeed.
ref: 1860, Richard Chenevix Trench, On the English Language, Past and Present:
text: Every time the little gate creaks--I'm in the shed with the tanks at the end of the garden--I wonder from which of my pasts the person is arriving, seeking me out even here: maybe it is only the past of yesterday and of this same suburb, the squat Arab garbage collector who in October begins his rounds for tips, house by house, with a Happy New Year card, because he says that his colleagues keep all the December tips for themselves and he never gets a penny; but it could also be the more distant pasts pursuing old Ruedi, finding the little gate in the Impasse: smugglers from Valais, mercenaries from Katanga, croupiers from the Veradero casino and the days of Fulgencio Batista.
ref: 1979, Italo Calvino, If on a Winter's Night a Traveler:
text: The Mesozoic landscape of southeastern Utah can tell us much about the past, and it's one of the most intriguing and beautiful landscapes on Earth.
ref: 2012, Chinle Miller, In Mesozoic Lands: The Mesozoic Geology of Arches and Canyonlands National Parks, Kindle edition:
glosses: The period of time that has already happened, in contrast to the present and the future.
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: The past tense.
Synonyms: sense: period of time that has already happened
word: foretime
word: yestertide
word: the past
Derived terms: blast from the past
in the past
past anterior
past continuous
past historic
pastless
past participle
past perfect
past progressive
past simple
past tense
past-time
simple past
thing of the past
time past
times past
Related terms: preterite
past
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: päst
ipa: /pɑːst/
ipa: /past/
enpr: păst
ipa: /pæst/
homophone: passed
rhymes: -æst
rhymes: -ɑːst
Forms: form: more past
form: most past
Etymology: From Middle English passed, past participle of passen (“to pass, to go by”), whence Modern English pass.
Senses: examples: text: past glories
text: The highway to the East Coast which ran through the borough of Ebbfield had always been a main road and even now, despite the vast garages, the pylons and the gaily painted factory glasshouses which had sprung up beside it, there still remained an occasional trace of past cultures.
ref: 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 7, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
glosses: Having already happened; in the past; finished.
examples: text: That had been, what, three years past?
ref: 1999, George R.R. Martin, A Clash of Kings, Bantam, published 2011, page 538:
text: Some four decades past, as a boy, I had a chance encounter and conversation with the late W.A. Poucher [...].
ref: 2009, John Sadler, Glencoe, Amberley, published 2009, page 20:
glosses: Following expressions of time to indicate how long ago something happened; ago.
examples: text: during the past year
text: Sarkozy's total will be seen as a personal failure. It is the first time an outgoing president has failed to win a first-round vote in the past 50 years and makes it harder for Sarkozy to regain momentum.
ref: 2012 April 23, Angelique Chrisafis, “François Hollande on top but far right scores record result in French election”, in The Guardian:
glosses: Of a period of time: having just gone by; previous.
examples: text: past tense
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Of a tense, expressing action that has already happened or a previously-existing state.
Synonyms: sense: having already happened
word: bygone
word: foregone
sense: having just gone by
word: foregone
word: preceding
word: used-to-be
word: former
word: backward
word: forepassed
word: forepast
word: historic
word: historical
word: long ago
word: olden
word: past
word: preterite
Hyponyms: word: ancient
word: former
word: obsolete
word: old
Related terms: word: the past
past
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: enpr: päst
ipa: /pɑːst/
ipa: /past/
enpr: păst
ipa: /pæst/
homophone: passed
rhymes: -æst
rhymes: -ɑːst
Forms: form: more past
form: most past
Etymology: From Middle English passed, past participle of passen (“to pass, to go by”), whence Modern English pass.
Senses: examples: text: I watched him walk past.
synonyms: by
glosses: In a direction that passes.
past
Language: English
Part of speech: prep
Pronunciation: enpr: päst
ipa: /pɑːst/
ipa: /past/
enpr: păst
ipa: /pæst/
homophone: passed
rhymes: -æst
rhymes: -ɑːst
Etymology: From Middle English passed, past participle of passen (“to pass, to go by”), whence Modern English pass.
Senses: examples: the room past mine
count past twenty
glosses: Beyond in place or quantity
examples: text: What's the time? - It's now quarter past twelve midday (or 12.15pm) -O,K., we'll stop at half (past) twelve
text: But they were stunned when Glen Johnson's error let in Peter Odemwingie to fire past Pepe Reina on 75 minutes.
ref: 2012 April 22, Sam Sheringham, “Liverpool 0-1 West Brom”, in BBC Sport:
topics: time
antonyms: to
glosses: Any number of minutes after the last hour
examples: text: I'm past caring what he thinks of me.
glosses: No longer capable of.
glosses: Having recovered or moved on from (a traumatic experience, etc.).
examples: text: Ignore them, we'll play past them.
text: Please don't drive past the fruit stand, I want to stop there.
glosses: Passing by, especially without stopping or being delayed.
Derived terms: past the end of one's nose
whistle past
past
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: päst
ipa: /pɑːst/
ipa: /past/
enpr: păst
ipa: /pæst/
homophone: passed
rhymes: -æst
rhymes: -ɑːst
Etymology: From Middle English passed, past participle of passen (“to pass, to go by”), whence Modern English pass.
Senses: examples: text: Great Tuscane dames, as she their towns past by, / Wisht her their daughter-in-law, but frustrately.
ref: 1632, John Vicars, The XII Aeneids of Virgil:
glosses: simple past and past participle of pass
Related terms: word: a hair past a freckle
word: blow past
word: breeze past
word: brush past
word: by-past
word: file past
word: first past the post
word: flypast
word: fly-past
word: forepast
word: get past
word: get past oneself
word: ghost from one's past
word: go past
word: half past
word: half-past-six
word: let past
word: live in the past
word: look past
word: look past the end of one's nose
word: look past the tip of one's nose
word: march-past
word: march past
word: nonpast
word: non-past
word: overpast
word: past exonerative
word: past historic tense
word: past imperfect tense
word: pastism
word: pastist
word: past it
word: past iterative
word: past-life
word: past life
word: past-master
word: past master
word: past mistress
word: pastness
word: past one's prime
word: past paper
word: past participial
word: past perfect continuous
word: past perfect progressive
word: past-posting
word: past redemption
word: past time
word: pastward
word: pastwards
word: pea-time is past
word: push past
word: put it past
word: put one past
word: put past
word: reach past
word: run past
word: runpast
word: sailpast
word: past the tip of one's nose
word: sell past the close
word: simple-past
word: slip one past
word: slip past
word: smuggle past
word: sneak past
word: talk past
word: the mill cannot grind with water that is past
word: tick past
english: terms derived from any part of speech, should be placed in the relevant section
translation: terms derived from any part of speech, should be placed in the relevant section
word: unsorted
word: whistle past the graveyard
present
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: prĕzʹənt
ipa: /ˈpɹɛzənt/
rhymes: -ɛzənt
enpr: prĭzĕnt'
ipa: /pɹɪˈzɛnt/
ipa: /pɹiˈzɛnt/
ipa: /pɹəˈzɛnt/
rhymes: -ɛnt
Forms: form: presents
form: præsent
form: ps.
Etymology: From Middle English present, from Old French present, from Latin praesent-, praesens, present participle of praeesse (“to be present”), from Latin prae- (“pre-”) + esse (“to be”).
Senses: glosses: The current moment or period of time.
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: The present tense.
Synonyms: sense: current time
word: now
word: the present
Derived terms: dramatic present
ethnographic present
for the present
literary present
narrative present
Narten present
no time like the present
present-day
specious present
there's no time like the present
present
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: prĕzʹənt
ipa: /ˈpɹɛzənt/
rhymes: -ɛzənt
enpr: prĭzĕnt'
ipa: /pɹɪˈzɛnt/
ipa: /pɹiˈzɛnt/
ipa: /pɹəˈzɛnt/
rhymes: -ɛnt
Forms: form: presents
form: præsent
form: ps.
Etymology: From Middle English presenten, from Old French presenter, from Latin praesentāre (“to show”), from praesent-, praesens, present participle of praeesse (“be in front of”).
Senses: examples: text: Oh! Thank you for the presents! How considerate of you!
text: Only his friends attended his birthday party. They're all broke, so he got no present.
text: “A very welcome, kind, useful present, that means to the parish. By the way, Hopkins, let this go no further. We don't want the tale running round that a rich person has arrived. Churchill, my dear fellow, we have such greedy sharks, and wolves in lamb's clothing.[…]”
ref: 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter VII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
glosses: A gift, especially one given for birthdays, Christmas, anniversaries, graduations, weddings, or any other special occasions.
examples: text: The platoon stands at present.
text: He was at present near the headquarters gates.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: The position of a soldier in presenting arms.
examples: text: I think our toddler's just left us a little present in his diaper...
text: She has to deal with her cats' presents in the litterboxes on a daily basis, and she doesn't mind one bit.
glosses: poo; feces
Derived terms: Christmas present
push present
have another think coming
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: has another think coming
form: having another think coming
form: had another think coming
form: had another think coming
form: have another guess coming
form: have another thing coming
form: have another think a-comin
form: have another thought coming
Senses: examples: text: If you think you're going to marry my daughter, you have another think coming.
glosses: To be deluded, to be mistaken; to need to rethink something one has determined; to need to reconsider one's plans or expectations.
Related terms: get real
guess again!
think again
have another thing coming
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: has another thing coming
form: having another thing coming
form: had another thing coming
form: had another thing coming
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of have another think coming.
low-end
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more low-end
form: lower-end
form: most low-end
form: lowest-end
form: low end
form: lowend
Senses: examples: text: Near-synonym: downmarket
text: In trade, it is an almost infallible law that a hungry low-end market, an eager dumping grouund for the shoddiest work, is an irresistible market force.
ref: 1997, Mark Kurlansky, Cod, page 81:
text: 12 July 2012, Sam Adams, AV Club Ice Age: Continental Drift
With the help of some low-end boosting, Dinklage musters a decent amount of kid-appropriate menace—although he never does explain his gift for finding chunks of ice shaped like pirate ships—but Romano and Leary mainly sound bored, droning through their lines as if they’re simultaneously texting the contractors building the additions on their houses funded by their fat sequel paychecks.
synonyms: bottom-shelf
antonyms: high-end
top-shelf
coordinate_terms: mid-range
middle-end
;
middlebrow
midbrow
;
mid-level
mid-tier
;
low-level
glosses: Cheap, inexpensive or low-quality.
EPIC
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Acronym of explicitly parallel instruction computing.
topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Acronym of epitaxial integrated circuit.
EPIC
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Acronym of Estates and Protected Individuals Code.
examples: text: The Texas Rangers investigation is one of at least five announced investigations targeting EPIC or EPIC City. Those include investigations led by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, the Texas Workforce Commission, the Texas State Board of Securities and the Texas Funeral Service Commission.
ref: 2025 March 31, Adrian Ashford, “Gov. Abbott directs Texas Rangers to investigate EPIC for ‘potential criminal activities’”, in The Dallas Morning News:
glosses: Acronym of East Plano Islamic Center.
earwig
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɪə(ɹ)wɪɡ/
Forms: form: earwigs
Etymology: From Middle English erwigge, from Old English ēarwicga, from ēare (“ear”) + wicga (“insect”), so named from the appearance of the hindwings, which are unique in their resemblance to human ears when unfolded.
Senses: examples: text: "That's a fine young fellow," said the historiographer of earwigs, to an American who stood next him in the crowd.
ref: 1856, L. S. Lavenu, chapter XVII, in Erlesmere; or, Contrasts of Character, volume 1, London: Smith, Elder & Co., page 171:
text: The idea was probably strengthened by the earwig′s appearance, with a sharp, pincer-like appendage extending to the rear. However, earwigs are herbivores, and they are no more likely to enter an ear than are ants, bees, flies, or any other small insect. Even when earwigs do occasionally find their way into human ears, they cannot burrow their way through the skin and into the brain.
ref: 2001, Jan Harold Brunvand, Encyclopedia of Urban Legends, page 128:
text: 2002, Maurice Burton, Robert Burton, Nuthatch, entry in International Wildlife Encyclopedia, 3rd Edition, page 1762,
Nuthatches search the crevices of bark at other times during the year for insects, including beetles, earwigs, flies and bugs, and they open galls (swellings in plants) to extract grubs.
text: 2008, John L. Capinera (editor), European Earwig, Forficula auricularia, Linnaeus (Dermaptera: Forficulidae), entry in Encyclopedia of Entomology, page 1370,
Adults can use the cerci in defense, twisting the abdomen forward over the head or sideways to engage an enemy, often another earwig. Earwigs are nocturnal, spending the day hidden under leaf debris, in cracks and crevices, and in other dark locations.
synonyms: forkytail
pincher bug
twinge
glosses: Any of various insects of the order Dermaptera that have elongated bodies, large membranous wings folded underneath short leathery forewings and a pair of large pincers protruding from the rear of the abdomen.
examples: text: That gawdy earwig, or my lord your patron, Whose pensioner you are.
ref: 1633, John Ford, The Broken Heart:
glosses: One who whispers insinuations; a secret counsellor.
glosses: A flatterer.
Derived terms: black earwig
common brown earwig
common earwig
common European earwig
earwigfly
earwiggy
maritime earwig
ringlegged earwig
earwig
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɪə(ɹ)wɪɡ/
Forms: form: earwigs
form: earwigging
form: earwigged
form: earwigged
Etymology: From Middle English erwigge, from Old English ēarwicga, from ēare (“ear”) + wicga (“insect”), so named from the appearance of the hindwings, which are unique in their resemblance to human ears when unfolded.
Senses: glosses: To fill the mind of with prejudice by insinuations.
examples: text: In the interim, rest assured that Mr. Atherstone is by no means your friend, for he was perpetually earwigging poor Sir Rowland.
ref: 1831 November, Edward Lancaster, “Appearances”, in The Ladies′ Museum, page 202:
text: The hon. gentleman Mr. Reynolds had expressed his fears that the Government would allow themselves to be earwigged out of the money.
ref: 1866 February 23, South Australian Parliament, Debates in the Houses of Legislature: September 29 1865-March 16 1866, page 1127:
glosses: To attempt to influence by persistent confidential argument or talk.
examples: text: He had heard nothing from Fin, or anyone else, since the angry exchange the other night and was worried about how things were going, but he couldn′t ask about the LeMotts, not with Mum earwigging.
ref: 2007, Russell K. Lewis, In a Moment...: Book One of the Ley of the Land, page 381:
text: The nameless earwigging writer scrawled in his notebook that “MS and CT also considered that such low life would have a greater pride and satisfaction in life if they could themselves be cooked and served still bleating to rich diners.″
ref: 2007, Cat Rambo, Jeff VanderMeer, The Strange Case of the Lovecraft Café: The Surgeon′s Tale and Other Stories, page 89:
text: This man turned up on the last train, wanting a room, and his name had been odd enough to stay in the children′s minds as they earwigged—not something you ever do, Jonty.
ref: 2010, Charlie Cochrane, Lessons in Seduction, page 100:
glosses: To eavesdrop.
examples: text: We are meeting at a friendly, higher-end Shanghai brunching spot beloved of expats—cramped and informal enough that one of the three bankers at the next table is cheerfully earwigging our conversation.
ref: 2017 December 1, Leo Lewis, “Eric Cantona on seagulls, fixing Man Utd and why you can't buy passion”, in Financial Times:
glosses: To eavesdrop on.
gerbil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈd͡ʒɝbl̩/
ipa: /ˈdʒɜːbl̩/
homophone: Dyirbal
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)bəl
Forms: form: gerbils
form: gerbille
form: gerble
form: jerbil
Etymology: From French gerbille, from Latin gerbo, from Arabic جَرْبُوع (jarbūʕ) or يَرْبُوع (yarbūʕ, “jerboa”). Doublet of jerboa.
Senses: glosses: A member of one of several species of small, jumping, mouselike rodents of the subfamily Gerbillinae, native to Africa, India, and Southern Europe.
Derived terms: Anderson's gerbil
antigerbil
black-tailed gerbil
Boehm's gerbil
Burton's gerbil
bushy-tailed hairy-footed gerbil
Cape short-eared gerbil
Cheesman's gerbil
dune hairy-footed gerbil
Emin's gerbil
fat-tailed gerbil
Flower's gerbil
fringe-tailed gerbil
gerbilarium
gerbilectomy
hairy-footed gerbil
Harrington's gerbil
Harwood's gerbil
Hoogstraal's gerbil
Indian gerbil
James's gerbil
Kemp's gerbil
lesser short-tailed gerbil
Mackilligin's gerbil
Mauritanian gerbil
midday gerbil
Mongolian gerbil
Namib brush-tailed gerbil
Petter's gerbil
Phillip's gerbil
Przewalski's gerbil
tamarisk gerbil
Tarabul's gerbil
Wagner's gerbil
gerbil
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈd͡ʒɝbl̩/
ipa: /ˈdʒɜːbl̩/
homophone: Dyirbal
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)bəl
Forms: form: gerbils
form: gerbiling
form: gerbilling
form: gerbiled
form: gerbiled
form: gerbilled
form: gerbilled
form: gerbille
form: gerble
form: jerbil
Etymology: From French gerbille, from Latin gerbo, from Arabic جَرْبُوع (jarbūʕ) or يَرْبُوع (yarbūʕ, “jerboa”). Doublet of jerboa.
Senses: glosses: To rotate inside a monowheel or similar apparatus due to sudden acceleration or braking.
glosses: To insert a small animal (typically a gerbil, supposedly) into one's rectum (a sexual practice in urban myth).
Related terms: guinea pig
hamster
jerboa
jird
mouse
rat
coverb
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coverbs
Etymology: From co- + verb.
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Any of a class of words in various languages including Chinese and Hungarian whose function is analogous to the cases, prepositions, and postpositions of other languages.
Related terms: preposition
preverb
preverb
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: preverbs
Etymology: From pre- + verb.
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A separable verb prefix or a particle that precedes a verb.
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Any of a class of words in the Chinese language whose function is analogous to the cases, prepositions, and postpositions of other languages.
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A verbal prefix in the Algonquin languages whose function is analogous to the adjective of other languages.
Related terms: coverb
postposition
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: postpositions
Etymology: From post- + position.
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A word that has the same purpose as a preposition but comes after the noun.
examples: text: the postposition of the nominative case to the verb
ref: 1643, Joseph Mede, Daniel's Weeks:
glosses: The act of placing after, or the state of being placed after.
Synonyms: postpositive preposition
Hypernyms: adposition
Derived terms: postpositional
Related terms: postposed
postpositive
postposition
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: postpositions
form: postpositioning
form: postpositioned
form: postpositioned
Etymology: From post- + position.
Senses: examples: text: Nonetheless, PPs in my dataset not only make up the bulk of the non-clausal postpositionings, but they are also postpositioned at a relatively high rate, particularly in comparison to adverbs, the second most frequent form.
ref: 2020, Shannon Dubenion-Smith, “A typology of non-clausal postpositioning in German dialects”, in Janet Zhiqun Xing, editor, A Typological Approach to Grammaticalization and Lexicalization: East Meets West (Trends in Linguistics; 327), Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton, →DOI, →ISBN, page 245:
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: To be placed after a the word that it modifies.
Related terms: coverb
preverb