cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
trannie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trannies
Senses: examples: text: Sitting mute, I watched the faint line of smoke fade into oblivion, and with it went the hopes of this CQ Contest... The Receiver power trannie had packed up.
ref: 1968, CQ; the Radio Amateur's Journal, volume 24, numbers 7-12, page 52:
glosses: Alternative spelling of tranny (“mechanical transmission”).
examples: text: My experience here has made me realise that gaining acceptance as a trannie is an ongoing process.
ref: 1999, Tracie O'Keefe, Sex, Gender & Sexuality: 21st Century Transformations, page 138:
glosses: Alternative spelling of tranny (“transsexual, transgender or transvestite”).
usurped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: The kingdom was usurped by the king's cousin.
glosses: simple past and past participle of usurp
Derived terms: usurpedly
leave-taking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: leave-takings
form: leavetaking
Senses: examples: text: The diplomat's formal leave-taking took up most of the day.
text: “After the leave-taking of the king, war broke out between us and the Swedes.”
ref: 1961, Norma Lorre Goodrich, “Beowulf”, in The Medieval Myths, New York: The New American Library, page 43:
glosses: The process of saying goodbye.
examples: text: As a mother and a middle manager, Sasha had given a lot of thought to the issue of leave-taking.
ref: 1998, Mindy Fried, Taking Time: Parental Leave Policy and Corporate Culture, page 53:
glosses: The act or process of taking leave (time away from work)
Synonyms: valediction
terrier
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɛɹiə(ɹ)/
Forms: form: terriers
form: tarrier
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French, from Old French chien terrier (“terrier dog”), from chien (“dog”) + Old French terrier (“of earth”, adjective), from Medieval Latin terrarius (“of earth”), from Latin terra (“earth”).
Senses: glosses: A dog from a group of small, lively breeds, originally bred for the hunting of burrowing prey such as rats, rabbits, foxes, and even otters; this original function is reflected in some of their names (e.g. rat terrier).
examples: text: One of the LNER dispatch staff is a terrier when it comes to masks, challenging anyone without them.
ref: 2020 November 4, Paul Bigland, “At no point have I felt unsafe...”, in Rail, page 47:
glosses: Someone displaying terrier-like qualities such as determined pursuit.
Derived terms: Aberdeen terrier
Airedale terrier
American hairless terrier
Bedlington Terrier
Bedlington terrier
Boston terrier
Brazilian terrier
bull terrier
cairn terrier
Cesky terrier
Clydesdale terrier
fox terrier
Irish terrier
Jack Russell terrier
Kerry blue terrier
Lakeland terrier
Ormskirk terrier
pit bull terrier
rat terrier
Scotch terrier
Scottish terrier
Sealyham terrier
Skye terrier
smooth fox terrier
Staffordshire bull terrier
teacup terrier
toy fox terrier
Welsh terrier
West Highland White Terrier
wheaten terrier
Wheaten terrier
wire fox terrier
wire-haired terrier
working terrier
Yorkshire terrier
terrier
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɛɹiə(ɹ)/
Forms: form: terriers
Etymology: Borrowed from Anglo-Norman terrier, from Old French terrier (“of earth”, adjective), from Medieval Latin terrarius (“of earth”), from Latin terra (“earth”).
Senses: topics: law
glosses: A collection of acknowledgments of the vassals or tenants of a lordship, containing the rents and services they owed to the lord, etc.
topics: law
glosses: An inventory (book or roll) in which the lands of private persons or corporations are described by their site, boundaries, number of acres, etc.; a terrar.
Coordinate terms: periplus
periegesis
terrier
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɛɹiə(ɹ)/
Forms: form: terriers
Etymology: Compare Latin terō (“to rub, to rub away”), terebra (“a borer”).
Senses: glosses: An auger or borer.
leavings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Participial form of "leave".
Senses: examples: text: The leavings were thrown to the dogs.
text: The poor survive on the leavings of the rich and wasteful.
glosses: A worthless and incidental residuum, such as scraps from a meal, or shavings or sawdust from wood.
scraps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /skɹæps/
rhymes: -æps
Senses: glosses: plural of scrap
scraps
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /skɹæps/
rhymes: -æps
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of scrap
taketh
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: The Prime Minister giveth, and the Prime Minister taketh away (laughter track). Blessed be the name of the Prime Minister (laughter track).
ref: 1980 February 25, Antony Jay, Jonathan Lynn, “Open Government”, in Yes Minister, season 1, episode 1, spoken by Humphrey Appleby (Nigel Hawthorne):
glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of take
letterhead
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlɛtə(ɹ)ˌhɛd/
Forms: form: letterheads
Etymology: From letter + head.
Senses: examples: text: We need to change our letterhead to use the new logo.
text: The unified colour palette of reds, blues, and yellows used throughout the signage matches that of the institution’s logo and letterhead.
ref: 2019, Li Huang, James Lambert, “Another Arrow for the Quiver: A New Methodology for Multilingual Researchers”, in Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, →DOI, page 5:
glosses: A portion of text at the top of a letter, identifying the sender and often giving their address etc., used for formal correspondence.
examples: text: Internal memos do not need to be printed on letterhead.
glosses: Paper marked with a letterhead.
Derived terms: letterheaded
Related terms: masthead
swinger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈswɪŋə/
ipa: /ˈswɪŋəɹ/
rhymes: -ɪŋə(ɹ)
Forms: form: swingers
Etymology: From swing + -er.
Senses: examples: text: And now that swing appears on a certain playground in the dusk, still swinging without the swinger, who has disappeared[…]
ref: 2009, Peter Handke, Krishna Winston, Crossing the Sierra de Gredos, page 438:
glosses: One who swings.
topics: lifestyle
sex
sexuality
glosses: A person who practices swinging (sex with different partners).
glosses: A bet in which the bettor must correctly pick two runners to finish in any of the places in any order.
glosses: A performer of swing music or whose style is influenced by swing.
examples: text: Shorten went to Blacktown to try and summon the spirit of Gough Whitlam to persuade the swingers it was time for a change of government. Shorten said vote one Labor, for the future.
ref: 2019 May 16, Katharine Murphy, “Campaign catchup 2019: close race sparks pre-election jitters”, in The Guardian:
topics: government
politics
glosses: A swing voter.
glosses: A swing ride.
Derived terms: in-swinger
jim-swinger
lead swinger
out-swinger
swinger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈswɪŋə/
ipa: /ˈswɪŋəɹ/
rhymes: -ɪŋə(ɹ)
ipa: /ˈswɪnd͡ʒə/
ipa: /ˈswɪnd͡ʒəɹ/
rhymes: -ɪndʒə(ɹ)
ipa: /ˈswɪŋə/
ipa: /ˈswɪŋəɹ/
rhymes: -ɪŋə(ɹ)
Forms: form: swingers
Etymology: From swinge + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who swinges.
examples: text: Add ſugar, nutmeg and ginger, / VVith ſtore of ale too; / And thus ye muſt doe / To make the vvaſſaile a ſvvinger.
ref: 1648, Robert Herrick, “Twelfe Night, or King and Queene”, in Hesperides: Or, The Works both Humane & Divine […], London: […] John Williams, and Francis Eglesfield, and are to be sold by Tho[mas] Hunt, […], →OCLC, page 377:
glosses: Anything very large, forcible, or astonishing.
lewdly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more lewdly
form: most lewdly
Etymology: From Middle English lewedly (“ignorantly, stupidly”); equivalent to lewd + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a lewd manner.
leveler
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: leveller
Etymology: From level + -er.
Senses: glosses: comparative form of level: more level
leveler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: levelers
form: leveller
Etymology: From level + -er.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of leveller.
levelheadedness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From levelheaded + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The property of being levelheaded, stable, not overly swayed by passion.
limpidness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From limpid + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The property of being limpid, clarity.
Bluetooth
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbluːtuːθ/
ipa: /ˈblutuθ/
Etymology: From blue + tooth, calque of Old Norse Blátǫnn (modern Danish Blåtand).
* (networking): The networking standard is named after the king because the technology unites computers and mobile devices similarly to the way he united the Danish tribes.
Senses: glosses: The nickname of Harald Gormsson, a king of Denmark and Norway.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
networking
physical-sciences
sciences
qualifier: trademark
glosses: An industrial specification for wireless personal area networks.
Hyponyms: topics: networking
computing
engineering
mathematics
sciences
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: BLE
Derived terms: BLE
bluebugging
bluejack
bluejacker
bluejacking
bluesnarfing
Bluetooth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbluːtuːθ/
ipa: /ˈblutuθ/
Forms: form: Bluetooths
form: Bluetoothing
form: Bluetoothed
form: Bluetoothed
Etymology: From blue + tooth, calque of Old Norse Blátǫnn (modern Danish Blåtand).
* (networking): The networking standard is named after the king because the technology unites computers and mobile devices similarly to the way he united the Danish tribes.
Senses: examples: text: The widespread use of mobile phones which support free Bluetoothing has enabled promotional videos to be distributed virally between handsets.
ref: 2009, Seema Gupta, Branding and Advertising, page 303:
text: Everyone's bluetoothing each other the latest ring tones and pictures. Telling the most crazy stories ever.
ref: 2010, Katie Taylor, Confessions of a Teenager: The Diaries of Three Troubled Teens, page 92:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
networking
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: To transmit or communicate by Bluetooth.
luridly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more luridly
form: most luridly
Etymology: From lurid + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: The details of the crime were luridly and sensationally described.
glosses: In a lurid manner, in a way that contains gauche details or is intended to shock or horrify.
lusterless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlʌstələs/
ipa: /ˈlʌstɚləs/
Forms: form: more lusterless
form: most lusterless
form: lustreless
Etymology: From luster + -less.
Senses: examples: text: The lips were of the usual marble pallor. The eyes were lustreless.
ref: 1844, Edgar Allan Poe, The Premature Burial:
text: His thick, heavy, languid, lustreless black hair fell down behind his ears on to his shoulders, in that musicianlike way that is so offensive to the normal Englishman.
ref: 1894, George du Maurier, “Part First”, in Trilby: A Novel, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, →OCLC, pages 11–12:
text: His Chevrolet was larger, but old and unwashed; the mudguards had been dented, cut, welded; one door had been ducoed in a lustreless colour that did not exactly match […]
ref: 1961, V. S. Naipaul, A House for Mr Biswas, Vintage International, published 2001, Part Two, Chapter 5:
synonyms: lackluster
glosses: Without luster, dull, not shiny, flat or matte finished.
examples: text: The school was a triumph for her husband after a lustreless career in Hong Kong, but it had brought her low.
ref: 1967, William Trevor, “Children of the Headmaster”, in Collected Stories, Penguin, published 1992, page 1237:
glosses: Without brilliance, unremarkable.
Derived terms: lusterlessly
lusterlessness
loose-leaf
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of looseleaf (“consisting of loose pages”).
examples: text: Lab tests would later reveal that the plant material was actually loose-leaf tea.
glosses: that has loosely connected or separate leaves
raw_tags: of a plant or a tea
cestus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈsɛstəs/
Forms: form: cestuses
form: cestus
form: cesti
Etymology: From Latin caestus.
Senses: examples: text: It is against Massachusetts law to carry on your person or in a vehicle any stiletto, dagger, ballistic knife, dirk knife, doubl-edged knife, switchblade knife, slungshot, blowgun, blackjack, metallic knuckles, nunchaku (also referred to as “klackers” or “kung fu sticks” in Massachusetts law), shuriken or similar pointed star-like objects intended to injure a person when thrown, armband with metallic spikes, points or studs, cestus weighted with metal or other substance and worn on the hand, manriki gusari or similar length of chain with weighted ends, or billy club.
ref: 1994 August, Carl Brown, “Nunchucks and Throwing Stars in Your State? A State-byState Survey of Martial Arts Weapons Laws”, in Black Belt, page 81:
text: 'Cestus': This includes all sorts of fist wrappings and brass knuckle weapon types.
ref: 2011, James Edward Raggi, IV, Lamentations of the Flame Princess: Weird Fantasy Role-Playing (Grindhouse Edition): Rules Book, →ISBN, page 25:
glosses: A leather fighting glove, frequently weighted with metal.
cestus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈsɛstəs/
Forms: form: cesti
Etymology: From Latin cestus.
Senses: examples: text: With pasture slopes, and flocks just visible;
Then, further still, soft wavy wastes of forest,
In all the varied tints of sylvan verdure,
Descending to the plain; then, wide and boundless,
The plain itself, with towns and cultured tracts,
And its fair river gleaming in the light,
With all its sweepy windings, seen and lost,
And seen again, till through the pale grey tint
Of distant space, it seem'd a loosen'd cestus
From virgin's tunic blown; and still beyond,
The earth's extended vastness from the sight
Wore like the boundless ocean.
ref: 1826, Joanna Baillie, The Martyr, act 2:
glosses: A girdle, especially that of Aphrodite (or Venus) which gave the wearer the power to excite love.
silencer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: silencers
Etymology: From silence + -er.
Senses: examples: text: The Justice Department has defended the law for decades, arguing that it doesn’t ban silencers but simply governs how a buyer can acquire one. Still, late last week, prosecutors requested a 30-day pause in the criminal case against a firearms dealer found with an unregistered silencer because “the Department of Justice is re-evaluating its litigation positions regarding silencers.”
ref: 2025 March 26, Hannah Rabinowitz, “DOJ considers abandoning the defense of federal restrictions on gun silencers”, in CNN:
glosses: Something that silences or (notionally) nearly silences.
An attachment to a gun that reduces the sound it emits.
synonyms: suppressor
examples: text: Before the fitting of silencers to these locomotives was completed by the end of 1961, they were very noisy in operation, but the effect of the silencer has been remarkable.
ref: 1962 April, P. W. B. Semmens, “The Netherlands Railways today”, in Modern Railways, page 241:
glosses: Something that silences or (notionally) nearly silences.
The muffler of an internal combustion engine.
glosses: Something that silences or (notionally) nearly silences.
Any of various devices to silence the humming noise of telegraph wires.
topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: Something that silences or (notionally) nearly silences.
Something that prevents or greatly reduces gene expression.
Derived terms: intake silencer
launchpad
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: launchpads
Senses: examples: text: The TfW [Transport for Wales] train could provide the launchpad for a number of projects as the issue of emissions becomes a critical issue for 'UK plc'.
ref: 2020 February 12, “Ready to charge”, in Rail, page 42:
glosses: Alternative form of launch pad.
launch pad
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlɔːntʃ.pæd/
ipa: /ˈlɑntʃ.pæd/
ipa: /ˈlɔntʃ.pæd/
Forms: form: launch pads
form: launchpad
Senses: glosses: The surface or structure from which a launch is made.
examples: text: Unfortunately, she has used the attack as a launch pad for a bizarre and undercooked exercise in rhetorical bothsidesism, in which she argues that American Jews should be just as worried about college students who overzealously criticize Israel as they are about the aspiring Einsatzgruppen who shoot up shuls.
ref: 2019 September 6, Jordan Weissman, “How Not to Fight Anti-Semitism”, in Slate:
glosses: A starting point.
Related terms: launch
launch center
launch centre
launch complex
launcher
launch site
launch vehicle
pad
leukemic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /luːˈkiːmɪk/
ipa: /luːˈkɛmɪk/
rhymes: -iːmɪk
rhymes: -ɛmɪk
Etymology: From leukemia + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to leukemia
Derived terms: antileukemic
erythroleukemic
myeloleukemic
nonleukemic
preleukemic
leukemic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /luːˈkiːmɪk/
ipa: /luːˈkɛmɪk/
rhymes: -iːmɪk
rhymes: -ɛmɪk
Forms: form: leukemics
Etymology: From leukemia + -ic.
Senses: glosses: A person who has leukemia.
Anthea
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈænθiːə/
rhymes: -iːə
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἄνθη (ánthē, “blossom”).
Senses: glosses: A female given name from Ancient Greek.
topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The epithet of the Greek goddess Hera
glosses: Former name of Aydin: a city in southwestern Turkey.
leveller
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: leveler
Etymology: From level + -er.
Senses: glosses: comparative form of level: more level
levelly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more levelly
form: most levelly
Etymology: From level + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: He spoke levelly, with no vocal variety to show his passion.
glosses: In a level or even manner.
letter-quality
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: antonyms: draft-quality
glosses: Printed to a sufficient visual standard to be sent as a letter.
Derived terms: letter-quality printing
near letter-quality
draft-quality
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: antonyms: letter-quality
glosses: Describing printed material that is sufficient for preliminary use but not sufficient enough for official, published documents.
letterer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: letterers
Etymology: From letter + -er.
Senses: glosses: A person who is professionally employed to add writing to something (as a sign, shop window, etc.)
glosses: A particular profession in the production of comics, an artist specializing in neatly writing written material such as dialogue.
glosses: A device for printing letters of text.
liabilities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of liability
liabilities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: business
finance
glosses: An amount of money in a company that is owed to someone and has to be paid in the future, such as tax, debt, interest, and mortgage payments.
topics: accounting
business
finance
glosses: The right side of a balance sheet.
have nots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: have not
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of have-nots.
haves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /hævz/
rhymes: -ævz
Etymology: From have + -s, from Middle English heven, hebben, from Old English hebban, from Proto-West Germanic *habbjan, from Proto-Germanic *habjaną (“to take up, lift”), from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂pyéti, from the root *keh₂p-. See have for details.
Senses: glosses: The wealthy or privileged, contrasted to those who are poor or deprived: the have-nots.
haves
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /hævz/
rhymes: -ævz
Etymology: From have + -s, from Middle English heven, hebben, from Old English hebban, from Proto-West Germanic *habbjan, from Proto-Germanic *habjaną (“to take up, lift”), from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂pyéti, from the root *keh₂p-. See have for details.
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of have
Synonyms: has
licentiousness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: licentiousnesses
Etymology: From licentious + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: ... and well considered, me thinks this is one of the most censurable parts of this licentiousnesse, in regard it laboureth to taint the whole body of conversation, as it corrupteth the nature of words, which are the Publique Faith, whereupon all innocent discourse must needs trust it selfe, so that this perversion seemeth a publick impediment to the commerce of all vertuous communication ...
ref: 1648, Walter Montagu, “Of Scurrility”, in Miscellanea Spiritualia, London: W. Lee, D. Pakeman, and G. Bedell, section 2, page 144:
text: Early mentality, in initiating phallic worship, was never in any way guilty of licentiousness or obscenity.
ref: 1941, George Ryley Scott, Phallic Worship: A History of Sex and Sex Rites in Relation to the Religions of All Races from Antiquity to the Present Day, London: T. Werner Laurie, page x:
glosses: The property of being licentious.
Related terms: debauchery
lewdness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: lo͞od'nəs
ipa: /ˈluːdnəs/
Forms: form: lewdnesses
Etymology: From Middle English lewednesse, equivalent to lewd + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: Thus thou calledst to remembrance the lewdnesse of thy youth, in bruising thy teates by the Egyptians, for the paps of thy youth.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Ezekiel 23:21:
text: Sir, Lord Hailes has forgot. There is nothing in Pryor that will excite to lewdness.
ref: 1816 [1777], James Boswell, quoting Samuel Johnson, The life of Samuel Johnson […] , volume 3, T. Cadell and W. Davies, pages 210–211:
glosses: The quality, state or instance of being lewd; promiscuous.
libber
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlɪbɚ/
ipa: /ˈlɪbə/
rhymes: -ɪbə(ɹ)
Forms: form: libbers
Etymology: From lib + -er.
Senses: examples: a women's libber
glosses: One who supports liberation for some group.
Related terms: ad-libber
lifelessness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From lifeless + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: In the last years of the 20th century, Glenfeshie, a 17,000-hectare estate in the Scottish Highlands, was in steep decline. Decades of overgrazing by deer had reduced its hillsides to clipped lifelessness.
ref: 2020 February 25, Christopher de Bellaigue, “The end of farming?”, in The Guardian:
glosses: The property of being lifeless, the lack of apparent animation.
Related terms: inanimation
liberally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: /ˈlɪb(ə)ɹəli/
Forms: form: more liberally
form: most liberally
Etymology: From liberal + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Urban Dictionary records at least 66 of the terms found by the present research, but as this dictionary liberally accepts words, definitions, and sample sentences based solely on the say-so of contributors, in the absence of corroboration from other sources the authenticity of some entries must remain dubious.
ref: 2018, James Lambert, “A multitude of ‘lishes’: The nomenclature of hybridity”, in English World-Wide, page 2:
glosses: In a liberal manner; generously; freely.
glosses: In accordance with political views associated with the liberals.
likableness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: likablenesses
form: likeableness
Etymology: From likable + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: He leered at her after seeing her pass for a week or so, because she blushed and looked ‘green.’ She had never cared about a man, and this Irishman assumed all the virtues and likablenesses of her mind’s Sir Galahad after he had spoken to her a few times.
ref: 1906 May, Edna Wahlert, “Her America”, in Lee Ann Sandweiss, editor, Seeking St. Louis: Voices from a River City, 1670–2000, St. Louis, Mo.: Missouri Historical Society Press, published 2000, →ISBN, page 470:
text: Mr. O’Hara appears as a dashing hero, Barry O’Brian, and it is doubtful if he ever had a role that fitted him so perfectly. He is noted for the ease of his playing, for his charm and naturalness. To Barry he is said to bring all these qualities. It is a likable character and in the part Mr. O’Hara adds to his own many-sided likablenesses.
ref: 1922 March 18, “Fiske O’Hara Coming. Popular Actor-Singer Will Play Week’s Engagement at the Russell Theatre.”, in The Ottawa Evening Journal, volume XXXVII, number 83, Ottawa, Ont., →OCLC, page 17, column 5:
text: Those first two years in the White House were pretty rough ones for the First Lady. Since that time, she has developed a confidence and brought to her public image, if you will, a “likableness” that wasn’t there early on.
ref: 1986, Richard Wirthlin, “First Lady”, in Chris Wallace, First Lady: A Portrait of Nancy Reagan, New York, N.Y.: St. Martin’s Press, →ISBN, page 66:
synonyms: likeability
glosses: The property of being likable, that which makes likable.
red brick university
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: red brick universities
form: redbrick university
Etymology: From the memoir Redbrick University by Edgar Allison Peers, whose titular university is based on the University of Liverpool. Liverpool, like most urban universities of the late-19th and early-20th centuries, extensively uses red clay bricks in its architecture.
Senses: examples: text: It took a while before he told me his background: a happy childhood; two degrees—a bachelor's from a red brick university and an Oxbridge PhD; a relatively high-flying job in academia that he liked rather than loved.
ref: 2006 March 31, Adrian Turpin, “Not tonight darling, I'm online”, in Financial Times, retrieved 31 Mar 2006:
glosses: Any traditional British university other than Oxford or Cambridge, especially one founded in the Victorian age in a large city.
wikipedia: Edgar Allison Peers
University of Liverpool
Related terms: Oxbridge
plate-glass university
liberals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of liberal
never in a million years
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: “What am I going to do with him, Raj? My stepmother won’t let me keep him at home, especially as the little fella got me suspended from school. That woman hated my hamster, she is never in a million years going to let me keep a rat.”
ref: 2012, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Ratburger, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN:
text: “I would never have dreamed in a million years,” he said, “that this would happen.”
ref: 2023 April 19, Jesse McKinley, Jay Root, Chelsia Rose Marcius, “Victim’s Father Breaks Down as Bail Is Denied in Wrong-Driveway Shooting”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: Absolutely not.
lose the plot
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: loses the plot
form: losing the plot
form: lost the plot
form: lost the plot
Senses: examples: text: I lost the plot for a while then. And I lost the subplot, the script, the soundtrack, the intermission, my popcorn, the credits and the exit sign.
ref: 1995, Nick Hornby, High Fidelity, London: Victor Gollancz, →ISBN, page 25:
text: Right then I lost the plot. I did, man, I went over the edge.
ref: 2004, Ron Phillips, The Travels of Plymouth: A Fable for Our Time, page 202:
text: Finally, I lost the plot. I got into my car and drove to the police station.
ref: 2007, Caryl Wyatt, Anita Le Roux, Look Me in the Eye: Caryl's Story, page 28:
text: Apologise for losing the plot and explain what made you react the way you did.
ref: 2010, Jackie Hall, The Happy Mum Handbook, page 102:
glosses: To cease to behave in a consistent or rational manner.
examples: text: But while there remains a considerable degree of consensus that the consequence of apparently losing the plot sometime between 1914 and 1918 was the cultural and economic malaise of the 1920s and 1930s, there are still some who look back on the interwar years less with criticism than with nostalgia.
ref: 1995, John Frank Williams, The Quarantined Culture: Australian Reactions to Modernism, 1913–1939, page 219:
text: Because of this it seems to me that we have somehow lost the plot and we're in desperate need of balance. The idea of Protestant ministers touching the body of Christ (the bread) with great love and tenderness like the priest described is almost incomprehensible.
ref: 2007, Colin James Isbister, The Body of Christ, page 99:
text: 2011, House of Lords Select Committee on Economic Affairs, 2nd Report of Session 2010-11: Auditors: Market Concentration and Their Role, Volume II: Evidence, page 19,
[Professor Fearnley:] If I can perhaps be a little unkind about my profession — which is fair enough I suppose — I think the accountancy profession, along with other professions, loses the plot from time to time and has to be pulled back from what it was doing before.
glosses: To lose sight of an important objective or principle; to act contrarily to one's own interests through concentrating on relatively unimportant matters.
examples: text: Readers enter the storyworlds of novels and then follow the logic of the events that occur in them primarily by attempting to reconstruct the fictional minds of the characters in that storyworld. Otherwise, readers lose the plot.
ref: 2005 Winter, Alan Palmer, “Intermental Thought in the Novel: The Middlemarch Mind.”, in Style, volume 39, number 4, page 427:
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see lose, plot.
Related terms: lose the thread
pick up the phone
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: picks up the phone
form: picking up the phone
form: picked up the phone
form: picked up the phone
Senses: glosses: To pick up the receiver of a telephone, generally with the intention of making a phone call.
glosses: To answer an incoming telephone call.
Synonyms: word: pick the phone up
word: pick up the telephone
word: pick up
sense: answer a call
word: answer the phone
sense: answer a call
word: answer
DVD player
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: DVD players
form: DVD-player
Senses: glosses: An electronic device for playing DVDs.
wikipedia: Toshiba
trailers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trailer
trailers
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of trailer
video games
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of video game
video games
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of video game
gears
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡɪə(ɹ)z/
ipa: /ɡɪɚz/
rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)z
Senses: glosses: plural of gear
gears
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡɪə(ɹ)z/
ipa: /ɡɪɚz/
rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)z
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of gear
cones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cone
cones
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of cone
canes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /keɪnz/
rhymes: -eɪnz
homophone: Keynes
Senses: glosses: plural of cane
canes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /keɪnz/
rhymes: -eɪnz
homophone: Keynes
Senses: glosses: Bamboo plants of genus Arundinaria, the sole temperate genus of bamboo native to the New World.
canes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /keɪnz/
rhymes: -eɪnz
homophone: Keynes
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of cane
carts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: kärts
ipa: /kɑɹts/
ipa: /kɑːts/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)ts
Senses: glosses: plural of cart
carts
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: kärts
ipa: /kɑɹts/
ipa: /kɑːts/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)ts
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of cart
M&M's
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of M&M
melissophobia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Ancient Greek μέλισσα (mélissa, “bee”) + -phobia.
Senses: examples: text: I then explain that the intruder was preplanned and that he has a phobia: Melissophobia, the intense fear of bees.
ref: 1996, William Mooney, David Holt, The Storyteller's Guide, page 151:
text: My anxieties about bees border on melissophobia.
ref: 2019, KJ Hannah Greenberg, Walnut Street:
text: "I have melissophobia."
"You have melissa-what-ia!?" asked Gautham.
"Melissophobia, a fear of bees," explained Prajith.
ref: 2023, P. Prajith, Secrets of Puli Malai:
glosses: A morbid fear of bees.
empty space
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: empty spaces
Senses: examples: text: You can park your car in that empty space.
text: You can put the key in that empty space.
glosses: An unoccupied space where something may be stored
examples: text: The empty space at the sides of the page is called the "margin".
text: He spends all his time staring into empty space.
glosses: An unoccupied area or volume.
examples: text: Atoms are mostly empty space.
glosses: Vacuum; a space containing nothing at all
examples: text: It didn't seem possible that he wasn't going to be standing by the Dumpster, waiting for me at lunch, or meeting me in the science lab after school. I felt an empty space where my heart had been.
ref: 1986, Janet Quin-Harkin, My Secret Love, page 216:
text: The body of the working-class man of the 1930s — and to an extent its text — is hungry, an empty space once filled by its labor.
ref: 1998, Renny Christopher, Linda Strom, Lisa Orr, Working Class Studies: 1 & 2, page 175:
text: Now, there is only empty space where the future should be.
ref: 2004, Eleanor Vincent, Swimming with Maya: A Mother's Story, page 211:
glosses: A feeling of longing for someone or something that is gone; a sense of a thing's absence.
irrealis
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ɪɹiˈɑːlɪs/
/ɪɹiˈælɪs/
/ɪˈɹiəlɪs/
Etymology: Learned borrowing from New Latin irreālis (“intangible, immaterial”), from Latin in- (“un-: not”) + reālis (“real, material, composed of physical things”), from res (“thing”) + -ālis (“-al: forming adjectives”). Doublet of irreal.
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Inflected to indicate that an act or state of being is not a fact.
raw_tags: of a verb
Derived terms: irrealis mood
Related terms: alt: and compare others at irrealis mood § Hyponyms
word: subjunctive
irrealis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ɪɹiˈɑːlɪs/
/ɪɹiˈælɪs/
/ɪˈɹiəlɪs/
Forms: form: irrealises
Etymology: Learned borrowing from New Latin irreālis (“intangible, immaterial”), from Latin in- (“un-: not”) + reālis (“real, material, composed of physical things”), from res (“thing”) + -ālis (“-al: forming adjectives”). Doublet of irreal.
Senses: examples: text: […] then it would make sense to view Australian past irrealises as TAM forms combining a modal stative predicate (conveying e.g. a capacity, expectation, or desire state) with a past imperfective content.
ref: 2023, Kasia M. Jaszczolt, Understanding Human Time, page 170:
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: An irrealis construct.
Beotian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Beotians
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Boeotian.
Beotian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Boeotian.
stick one's nose in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: sticks one's nose in
form: sticking one's nose in
form: stuck one's nose in
form: stuck one's nose in
Senses: examples: text: I was doing just fine before he came and stuck his nose in.
glosses: To be nosy; to meddle or interfere in the affairs of another.
beneficiary
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌbɛn.ɪˈfɪʃ.əɹ.i/
ipa: /ˌbɛn.əˈfɪʃ.əɹ.i/
ipa: /ˌbɛn.ɪˈfɪʃ.ɚ.i/
ipa: /bɛn.əˈfɪʃ.iˌɚ.i/
Forms: form: beneficiaries
Etymology: From Latin beneficiarius (“enjoying a favor, granted a privilege”) from beneficium (“benefit”), perhaps via or influenced by French bénéficiaire (“beneficiary”). Indirectly, by way of the etymology of the Latin word beneficium, the English word beneficiary ultimately has the same origin as the English word benefactor, its near antonym.
Senses: examples: text: You are the lucky beneficiary of this special offer.
text: The most obvious beneficiary of the visitors' superiority was Frank Lampard. By the end of the night he was perched 13th in the list of England's most prolific goalscorers, having leapfrogged Sir Geoff Hurst to score his 24th and 25th international goals. No other player has managed more than the Chelsea midfielder's 11 in World Cup qualification ties, with this a display to roll back the years.
ref: 2012 September 7, Dominic Fifield, “England start World Cup campaign with five-goal romp against Moldova”, in The Guardian:
text: LSC provides grants to nonprofits nationwide that in turn provide civil legal aid to those who otherwise can't afford it. The beneficiaries of LSC funding include homeless veterans, low-income workers and victims of domestic abuse.
ref: 2017 March 9, Jeanne Sahadi, “Lawyers fear Trump may kill legal aid funding for the poor”, in CNN Business:
glosses: One who benefits or receives an advantage.
examples: text: If any beneficiary does not survive the settlor for a period of 30 days then the trustee shall distribute that beneficiary’s share to the surviving beneficiaries by right of representation.
text: In a second step, the rights to the asset are divided between the trustee, who holds formal title, and the beneficiary, who receives the (future) economic interest.
ref: 2020, Katharina Pistor, “2: Coding Land”, in The Code of Capital […] , Princeton University Press, →ISBN:
qualifier: especially trust law
glosses: One who benefits from the distribution, especially out of a trust or estate.
topics: business
insurance
glosses: One who benefits from the payout of an insurance policy.
Derived terms: beneficiaryship
nonbeneficiary
Related terms: english: near antonym
translation: near antonym
word: benefactor
english: near antonym
translation: near antonym
word: benefactress
word: settlor
word: trustee
beneficiary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌbɛn.ɪˈfɪʃ.əɹ.i/
ipa: /ˌbɛn.əˈfɪʃ.əɹ.i/
ipa: /ˌbɛn.ɪˈfɪʃ.ɚ.i/
ipa: /bɛn.əˈfɪʃ.iˌɚ.i/
Etymology: From Latin beneficiarius (“enjoying a favor, granted a privilege”) from beneficium (“benefit”), perhaps via or influenced by French bénéficiaire (“beneficiary”). Indirectly, by way of the etymology of the Latin word beneficium, the English word beneficiary ultimately has the same origin as the English word benefactor, its near antonym.
Senses: examples: text: a feudatory or beneficiary king of England
ref: a. 1627 (date written), Francis [Bacon], “Considerations Touching a Warre with Spaine. […]”, in William Rawley, editor, Certaine Miscellany Works of the Right Honourable Francis Lo. Verulam, Viscount S. Alban. […], London: […] I. Hauiland for Humphrey Robinson, […], published 1629, →OCLC:
glosses: Holding some office or valuable possession, in subordination to another; holding under a feudal or other superior; having a dependent and secondary possession.
examples: text: beneficiary gifts
glosses: Bestowed as a gratuity.
DPRK
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: D.P.R.K.
Senses: examples: text: In addition, on the basis of making full use of Dalian and Qinhuangdao ports for exports, we should fully use Qingjin and Luojin ports in the DPRK to expand our province's export commodity capacity.
ref: 1984 December 26 [1984 September 20], Chen Lei, “Further Emancipate the Mind and Penetratingly Carry Out Reform and Open-Door Policy”, in China Report: Economic Affairs, number 84-107, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, →OCLC, page 18:
text: There are plenty of soldiers in the surrounding Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture, the official Chinese name for the region, mounting guard along the nearby border with the DPRK. […] Yanbian, Yanji apart, is one of the least densely populated regions of China outside the high plateau of Tibet and the deserts of Xinjiang.
ref: 2014, David Eimer, The Emperor Far Away: Travels at the Edge of China, Bloomsbury USA, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 254:
text: The DPRK government maintains different systems of labor camps – the kwan-li-so, or political prison camps, and the kwo-hwa-so, or reeducation labor camps – among other types of detention facilities.
ref: 2019 March 24, “Prisons of North Korea”, in United States Department of State, archived from the original on 28 Apr 2023, page 1:
glosses: Initialism of Democratic People's Republic of Korea, official name of North Korea: a country in East Asia.
face up to
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: faces up to
form: facing up to
form: faced up to
form: faced up to
Senses: examples: text: We must all face up to the fact that we're not getting any younger.
text: I can't seem to face up to the facts / I'm tense and nervous and I can't relax
ref: 1977, Talking Heads, “Psycho Killer”, in Talking Heads: 77:
glosses: To confront a condition or situation, typically one that is unpleasant or uncomfortable.
Synonyms: bite the biscuit
bite the bullet
Related terms: face facts
have it out
own up
favourably
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more favourably
form: most favourably
form: favorably
Etymology: From favourable + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: She looked favourably on people who gave freely their assistance.
glosses: In a favourable manner.
Related terms: favour
favourable
favourite
favorably
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more favorably
form: most favorably
form: favourably
Etymology: From favorable + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: She looked favorably on people who gave freely their assistance.
glosses: In a favorable manner.
Related terms: favor
favorable
favorite
fire away
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: fires away
form: firing away
form: fired away
form: fired away
Senses: glosses: To begin shooting at an enemy.
glosses: To begin to talk or present information quickly.
Coordinate terms: fire at will
weapons free
Francomania
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -eɪniə
Etymology: From Franco- (“of the French”) + -mania (“obsession”).
Senses: glosses: An obsession with the French culture, language, or people.
Synonyms: Gallomania
Related terms: Francophile
Francophone
fit in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: fits in
form: fitting in
form: fit in
form: fit in
form: fitted in
form: fitted in
Senses: synonyms: fit into
squeeze in
squeeze into
glosses: To be physically capable of going into a space.
examples: text: Just show up ready for work, and they'll fit you in no matter what your skills are.
glosses: To find or make a place for:
To designate a job, role, or task for.
examples: text: The dentist said he can't fit me in until Thursday.
text: I don't have time to work on your house today, but I'll fit it in tomorrow.
glosses: To find or make a place for:
To incorporate into a schedule; to create an appointment, slot, or time for.
synonyms: squeeze in
work in
examples: text: The recluse did not fit in at the party.
text: KORRIS: They shunned you. Cursed you. Called you vile names, and you knew not why. Even now do you know why you are driven? Why you cannot relent — or repent — or confess — or abstain? How could you know? There have been no other Klingons to lead you to that knowledge.
WORF: Yes — yes — those feelings are still a part of me, but I control them. They do not rule me.
KORRIS: Yes, to fit in, the humans demand you change the one thing that you cannot change. But because you cannot — you do. That too is the mark of the warrior.
ref: 1988 March 21, Heart of Glory (Star Trek: The Next Generation) (Science Fiction), Paramount Domestic Television, →OCLC:
text: And oh, maybe I see a part of me in them / The missing piece, always trying to fit in / The shattered heart, hungry for a home / No, you're not alone / I love the broken ones
ref: 2011, Dia Frampton, “The Broken Ones”, in Red, performed by Dia Frampton:
text: At 18 I was fortunate enough to receive an offer to study at Oxford University. I was enthralled with the exciting new world around me and tried desperately to fit in.
ref: 2014 August 29, Ruzwana Bashir, “The untold story of how a culture of shame perpetuates abuse. I know, I was a victim”, in The Guardian:
antonyms: stick out
synonyms: belong
glosses: To be or become of a like type with others; (especially) to be or become socially accepted.
examples: text: I'm afraid that does not fit in with our plans.
glosses: (followed by with) To conform, to be suitable.
examples: text: ; see also Thesaurus:agree
text: We felt confident about our previous theory, but the results of the latest experiments don't fit in.
text: He was the top suspect in the downtown crime spree, and these robberies fit in with the pattern.
synonyms: word: accord#Verb
word: agree
word: cohere
word: comport
word: conform
word: correspond
word: fit#Verb
word: harmonize
word: jibe#Verb
word: match#Verb
word: tally#Verb
glosses: (used alone or followed by with) To be consistent or reconcilable (with other facts or ideas).
fade to black
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: fades to black
form: fading to black
form: faded to black
form: faded to black
Etymology: From the movie industry, where it was customary to end a scene or session of filming by closing off light to the camera, sometimes for dramatic effect, but often as a practical measure.
Senses: examples: text: They danced the famous Merengue / Now we dolly back / Now we fade to black
ref: 1976, Walter Becker, Donald Fagen, “Haitian Divorce”, in The Royal Scam, performed by Steely Dan:
text: We don't have to fade to black / Let the sun come in
ref: 2023, “Let the Sun Come In”, in Relentless, performed by The Pretenders:
topics: broadcasting
film
media
television
glosses: To end a film or a scene of a film by causing the image to be gradually dimmed into black.
fade to black
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fades to black
Etymology: From the movie industry, where it was customary to end a scene or session of filming by closing off light to the camera, sometimes for dramatic effect, but often as a practical measure.
Senses: topics: broadcasting
film
media
television
glosses: An ending of this kind.
Related terms: fade to white
fence off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: fences off
form: fencing off
form: fenced off
form: fenced off
Senses: examples: text: The cutting is fenced off from the main line at the Clifton end, and is, therefore, not observed from main line trains.
ref: 1950 May, M. D. Greville and G. O. Holt, “A Forgotten Junction in Westmorland”, in Railway Magazine, page 330:
text: Fenced off from the rest of the island, the Foreign Colony is little more than an American suburb with exotic foliage.
ref: 1983 December 3, Michael Wilson, “The Same Story Embellished”, in Gay Community News, volume 11, number 20, page 11:
glosses: To enclose an area within a fence.
slewing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: Hoisting, derricking, slewing, and travelling are by means of independent 600-volt motors through reduction gearing.
ref: 1956 May, “London Transport Diesel-Electric Cranes”, in Railway Magazine, page 337:
text: Near the site of the old Kennet Bridge signalbox, a down goods loop has been provided and this necessitated the widening of an embankment and the slewing of the up and down relief lines.
ref: 1962 October, “Talking of Trains: New signalbox at Twyford”, in Modern Railways, page 227:
glosses: present participle and gerund of slew
slews
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -uːz
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of slew
floorshow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɔː(ɹ)ʃəʊ
Forms: form: floorshows
Etymology: From floor (“primary area”) + show (“entertainment, performance”).
Senses: glosses: A set of performances held in a nightclub, restaurant or similar during the course of an evening.