cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
inverse matrix
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: inverse matrices
form: inverse matrixes
Senses: examples: text: Given the basis of some vector space V, how to find its dual basis, i.e., the basis of the dual space V#42;? Fill the columns of a square matrix M with the basis vectors of V. Find the inverse matrix M#123;-1#125; of M. Then the rows of M#123;-1#125; are the (co)vectors of that dual basis. Since (M#123;-1#125;)#123;-1#125;#61;M, then (V#42;)#42;#61;V.
topics: linear-algebra
mathematics
sciences
glosses: Of a matrix A, another matrix B such that A multiplied by B and B multiplied by A both equal the identity matrix.
Synonyms: inverse
gentrification
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /d͡ʒɛn.tɹɪ.fɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/
rhymes: -eɪʃən
Forms: form: gentrifications
Etymology: From gentry + -ification, after gentrify. Coined by German-born British sociologist Ruth Glass in 1964.
Senses: examples: text: Labour's manifesto contains the wild promise of 'war on the private landlord,' but this may conceal a real determination to use the powers of compulsory purchase to prevent the existing residents of places like North Kensington being driven out by the twin forces of 'gentrification' and development.
ref: 1973 April 8, Jeremy Bugler, “Tomorrow's London”, in The Observer, London, retrieved 12 Sep 2016, page 13:
text: Who told you to buy a brownstone on my block, in my neighborhood, on my side of the street? Yo, what you wanna live in a Black neighborhood for, anyway? Man, motherfuck gentrification.
ref: 1989, Spike Lee, Do the Right Thing, spoken by Buggin' Out (Giancarlo Esposito):
text: In particular, the focus is on property value changes and gentrification in Portland that are often attributed to urban growth and containment policies within the state.
ref: 2007, Arthur C. Nelson et al., The Social Impacts of Urban Containment, Ashgate, →ISBN, page 71:
text: I went to a large national forum not that long ago where about six hundred local government officials, nonprofit and neighborhood development corporation staff met to discuss the gentrification of urban neighborhoods. The irony is that the forum quickly shifted to discussions on race as it frequently does when gentrification is discussed.
ref: 2010, Jerry Carrier, The Making of the Slave Class, Algora, →ISBN, page 177:
hypernyms: embourgeoisement
qualifier: urban studies
glosses: The renewal and rebuilding that accompanies the influx of middle class or affluent people into deteriorating areas and often displaces earlier, usually poorer, residents; any example of such a process.
Derived terms: hypergentrification
pregentrification
regentrification
Related terms: degentrification
gentrify
gentry
price out
urban blight
urban renewal
STA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: The STA (1600 mm gauge) operates railways in the Adelaide metropolitan area only.
ref: 1985, Australian Bureau of Statistics, Year Book, Australia: 1985, page 443:
glosses: Initialism of State Transport Authority.
examples: text: The State Transit Authority of New South Wales (STA) is an agency of the Government of New South Wales based in Sydney, Australia operating bus and ferry services. THe STA is part of transport minister John Watkins′s portfolio.[…]The STA was established in 1989 to replace the Urban Transit Authority of New South Wales.
ref: 2007, Travel Sydney, MobileReference, unnumbered page:
text: The applicants claim that whilst they were obliged to pay the full or ordinary fare when they used the public transport services provided by the STA and the SRA, similarly placed Australian university students paid a lower fare because they were entitled to concessional travel.
ref: 2008, Neil Rees, Katherine Lindsay, Simon Rice, Australian Anti-Discrimination Law: Text, Cases and Materials, page 188:
text: The SydneyPass (www.sydneypass.info) offers three, five or seven days′ unlimited travel over eight days on STA buses, ferries and within the rail network′s Red TravelPass zone (inner suburbs).
ref: 2010, Lindsay Brown, Justine Vaisutis, Jayne D′Arcy, Katja Gaskell, Australia, Lonely Planet, page 93:
glosses: Initialism of State Transit Authority.
STA
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: algebra
mathematics
sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of spacetime algebra (in mathematical physics).
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Initialism of Spike-Triggered Average, a tool for characterizing the response properties of a neuron.
topics: computer
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
networking
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of station (in IEEE 802.11 (Wi-Fi) terminology)
topics: computer
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
networking
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of simultaneous thermal analysis.
topics: computer
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
networking
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of single-threaded apartment (in the Component Object Model).
topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Initialism of static timing analysis (of a digital circuit).
topics: law
glosses: Initialism of special temporary authority (to operate a radio station in the US).
topics: science
sciences
glosses: Initialism of solution treating and aging (in heat treating of materials).
Ps.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Pss.
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Psalms.
Ct.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Cts.
Senses: glosses: Court.
glosses: Count.
glosses: Contact, a shorthand used by pilots copying IFR clearances.
Derived terms: Sup. Ct.
Ct
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Cts
Senses: examples: text: The call came late on Sunday when Chinese officials decided that Gill’s CT levels, a measure of how much viral material is detected, were within an acceptable range.
ref: 2022 February 6, Rick Rojas, “A positive coronavirus test, a trip home, and then a surprise win for Australia.”, in The New York Times:
qualifier: molecular biology
glosses: Initialism of cycle threshold.
glosses: Alternative form of Ct..
VCR
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: VCRs
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of videocassette recorder.
glosses: Abbreviation of virtual credit (card).
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Initialism of Vavilov–Cherenkov radiation.
Related terms: VTR
hr
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hrs
Senses: examples: text: “Just rawdogged it, 15 hr flight to Melbourne. No movie, no music, just flightmap (I counted to one million twice),” Torren Foot, an Australian music producer, wrote in the caption of a video posted on TikTok last month.
ref: 2024 July 17, Jessica Roy, “A Wildly Obscene Term’s Path to Mainstream Usage”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 28 Jul 2024:
related: word: mul:h
glosses: Abbreviation of hour.
examples: text: <hr/>
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of horizontal rule.
Derived terms: amp-hr
hr.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hrs.
Senses: glosses: hour, Alternative spelling of hr.
Wd
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Wednesday.
no entry
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Used on signs to indicate that entry into the area where the sign is displayed is forbidden.
Related terms: no-go
trespassing
irie
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more irie
form: most irie
Etymology: Borrowed from Jamaican Creole irie, which is perhaps from English all right. Compare a'ight.
Senses: glosses: Cool, nice.
Ala.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: AL
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Alabama: a state of the United States.
MH
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Maharashtra: a state of India.
MH
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: MHs
Senses: coordinate_terms: PH
glosses: Initialism of mental health.
glosses: Abbreviation of methylhydrazine.
glosses: Initialism of malignant hyperthermia
Derived terms: alt: dimethylhydrazine
word: DMH
alt: unsymmetric dimethylhydrazine
word: UDMH
english: symmetric dimethylhydrazine
translation: symmetric dimethylhydrazine
word: SDMH
alt: monomethylhydrazine
word: MMH
alt: trimethylhydrazine
word: TMH
MH
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Loose mixed lot, with duplication, of the Portugal & Colonies first decimal definitive designs. Very mixed condition, from VF to junk, all "mint" in some form or another, some MNH, some MH, some MHH, some MNG, etc.
ref: 1995 February 12, R L Silverman, “For Sale: Portugal/Colonies "Ceres" 1912-1931”, in rec.collecting.stamps (Usenet):
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
philately
glosses: Initialism of mint, hinged.
take the offensive
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: takes the offensive
form: taking the offensive
form: took the offensive
form: taken the offensive
Senses: glosses: To attack instead of defending; to be bold and proactive.
Synonyms: go on the offensive
take umbrage
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: takes umbrage
form: taking umbrage
form: took umbrage
form: taken umbrage
Senses: examples: text: “She took umbrage?”
 “Yes, and she also took my head off. I don't know if you have ever been in a typhoon on the Indian Ocean.”
ref: 1960, P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves in the Offing, chapter X:
text: Some lawmakers took umbrage.
ref: 2025 February 11, Patrik Jonsson, “Trump, Musk want to curb FEMA. Its North Carolina response says volumes.”, in The Christian Science Monitor:
glosses: To take offense.
take aback
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌteɪk əˈbæk/
ipa: [ˌtʰeɪ̯.k‿əˈbæk]
ipa: /ˌtæɪk əˈbæk/
ipa: [ˌtʰæɪ̯.k‿əˈbæk]
Forms: form: takes aback
form: taking aback
form: took aback
form: taken aback
Etymology: From take + aback, see the two entries for their respective etymology.
Senses: examples: text: I was rather taken aback by his angry reply.
text: The bad news took us aback.
text: I was, at first, a little taken aback and astounded at the bulk of the volume; but, I turned out early this morning, and with eager hope and expectation set doggedly to work in search of the promised consolation.
ref: 1807, William Cobbett, Cobbett's Political Register, Vol. XI., London: Cox and Baylis, page 121:
text: I would rather board a hundred of the enemy's frigates, than steer my boat into a fleet of modest women, for a modest woman never fails to take me aback.
ref: 1808, The Post-Captain: A View of Naval Society and Manners, 3rd edition, London: Thomas Tegg, page 165:
text: Frank was taken aback when Lisa told him that she also needed forgiveness from him, for actions, for words, and for unspoken thoughts.
ref: 1998, Penelope Fitzgerald, The Beginning of Spring, Boston, New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, page 156:
text: In a way, he was taken aback by the absence of discouragement.
ref: 2000, Rupert Thomson, Soft!, page 292:
text: She was not taken aback to find he lived in a ramshackle log hut among the trees.
ref: 2000, Tanith Lee, White as Snow, New York: Tom Doherty Associates, page 105:
text: She was a little taken aback to find the front door of heavy oak unlocked.
ref: 2001, Anna Gilbert, A Morning in Eden, New York: St. Martin's Press, page 9:
text: Zervas was rather taken aback to learn that Ares Veloutiotes, the communist leader, was on his way to the village because there was no friendship between them.
ref: 2002, Russell Miller, Behind the Lines: The Oral History of Special Operations in World War II, New York: St. Martin's Press, page 178:
text: The physiologist is taken aback.
ref: 2008, Denis Noble, The Music of Life: Biology beyond genes, page 123:
text: They haven't seen humans for years, so when a small expedition, led by Jason Clarke, stumbles into apetopia, both sides are taken aback.
ref: 2014 July 1, Steve Rose, “Dawn of the Planet of the Apes: a primate scream - first look review”, in The Guardian:
text: Most commentators have been taken aback (but reassured) at how opposition has, if anything, grown rather than faded over time.
ref: 2023 August 9, Nigel Harris, “Comment: Disinterested and dishonest”, in RAIL, number 989, page 3:
glosses: To surprise or shock; to discomfit.
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: Of a ship: to catch it with the sails aback suddenly.
SONET
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of synchronous optical networking.
take after
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: takes after
form: taking after
form: took after
form: taken after
Senses: examples: text: She takes after her grandmother with her wide eyes and quiet disposition.
glosses: To resemble (a parent or ancestor) in appearance or habit.
glosses: To follow someone's example.
take-away
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈteɪk əˌweɪ/
Etymology: Deverbal from take away.
Senses: glosses: of, or relating to food intended to be eaten off the premises
take-away
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈteɪk əˌweɪ/
Forms: form: take-aways
Etymology: Deverbal from take away.
Senses: examples: text: The following take-aways are critical when developing corporate strategy.
ref: 2009, John-David Phyper, Paul MacLean, Good to Green: Managing Business Risks and Opportunities in the Age of ...:
glosses: A conclusion, idea or lesson learned at some event for future use.
examples: text: The small scale of Chinese take-aways is an important factor in making these businesses viable for families.
ref: 2010, Miri Song, Helping Out:
glosses: A takeout restaurant, or food from such restaurant.
Related terms: take away
takeaway
take back
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: takes back
form: taking back
form: took back
form: taken back
Senses: examples: text: No, you are not fat; I take it all back.
synonyms: word: recant
word: unsay
word: abjure
word: backpedal
word: disavow
word: disown
word: eat one's words
word: recall
word: recant
word: retract
word: revoke
word: swallow
word: take back
word: unsay
word: unspeak
word: walk back
word: withcall
word: withdraw
glosses: To retract or withdraw (an earlier statement).
examples: text: That tune takes me back to my childhood.
glosses: To cause (someone) to remember some past event or time.
examples: text: She has forgiven him, and taken him back.
glosses: To resume a relationship with (someone).
examples: text: The wedding is off, and he has taken back the ring.
glosses: To regain possession of (something).
Physically so.
synonyms: reclaim
examples: text: The Queer community took back the word from their disparagers.
glosses: To regain possession of (something).
Culturally so.
synonyms: reappropriate
reclaim
examples: text: Take back faulty goods to the shop where you bought them.
glosses: To return (something) to a vendor for a refund.
Coordinate terms: bring back
Derived terms: word: takeback
word: takesies-backsies
takeoff
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: takeoffs
form: take-off
Etymology: Deverbal from take off.
Senses: examples: text: The flight was smooth, but the takeoff was a little rough.
text: That high-jumper's takeoff needs some work.
text: The mute swan, being one of the world's heaviest flying birds, can have a laborious takeoff.
coordinate_terms: landing
glosses: A launch or ascent into the air or into flight, such as of an aircraft, rocket, bird, high-jumper etc.
examples: text: Weird Al's song "Lasagna" is a takeoff on the popular song "La Bamba".
text: I came across a little pamphlet of the period, yellow and almost undecipherable, which, on examination, I found to be a rather amusing skit or satirical take-off on the profit system.
ref: 1897, Edward Bellamy, “ch. 23”, in Equality:
text: I had originally titled it, On Claiming An Identity They Taught Me To Despise. I said that having been a Renaissance historian, I was doing a take-off of the Latin tracts—"On This," "On That," "On the Beauty of Women."
ref: 1981 February 7, Beth Hodges, Michelle Cliff, “An Interview With Michelle Cliff”, in Gay Community News, volume 8, number 28, page 8:
glosses: A parody or lampoon of someone or something.
examples: text: I'll give you an estimate after I do the quantity takeoffs for the trusses and structural steel.
glosses: A quantification, especially of building materials.
topics: media
printing
publishing
glosses: The removal of sheets from the press.
examples: Encyclopaedia of Sport
The take-off should be selected with great care, and a pit of large dimensions provided on the landing side.
glosses: The spot from which one takes off; specifically, the place from which a jumper rises in leaping.
examples: text: Steamer Lane, home of the world's latest takeoff.
ref: 1966, Bruce Brown, director, The Endless Summer:
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
surfing
glosses: The initial movement a surfer makes to start riding a wave.
Synonyms: liftoff
Hyponyms: rejected takeoff
rolling takeoff
Derived terms: power takeoff
PTO
T/O
TO
TOGA
Related terms: take off
take-off
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: take-offs
Etymology: Deverbal from take off.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of takeoff.
disperple
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: disperples
form: disperpling
form: disperpled
form: disperpled
Senses: glosses: To scatter; to sprinkle
extra-terrestrial
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of extraterrestrial.
TTPS
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of table-top proton synchrotron.
glosses: Initialism of telephone tax payment service.
DO
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: DOs
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Initialism of direct object.
glosses: a Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine
topics: sciences
glosses: Initialism of dissolved oxygen.
topics: dentistry
medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of disto-occlusal.
Coordinate terms: english: Doctor of Medicine
translation: Doctor of Medicine
word: MD
english: Doctor of Chiropractic
translation: Doctor of Chiropractic
word: DC
english: Doctor of Optometry
translation: Doctor of Optometry
word: OD
english: Doctor of Dental Surgery
translation: Doctor of Dental Surgery
word: DDS
english: Doctor of Dental Medicine
translation: Doctor of Dental Medicine
word: DMD
english: Doctor of Veterinary Medicine
translation: Doctor of Veterinary Medicine
word: DVM
english: Veterinariae Medicinae Doctoris
translation: Veterinariae Medicinae Doctoris
word: VMD
Related terms: english: Doctor of Philosophy
translation: Doctor of Philosophy
word: PhD
english: Doctor of Laws
translation: Doctor of Laws
word: LLD
english: Doctor of Engineering
translation: Doctor of Engineering
word: D.Eng.
english: Doctor of Applied Science
translation: Doctor of Applied Science
word: DASc
english: Doctor of Applied Science
translation: Doctor of Applied Science
word: DAS
english: Doctor of Science
translation: Doctor of Science
word: D.Sc.
english: Doctor of Science
translation: Doctor of Science
word: ScD
english: Doctor of Arts
translation: Doctor of Arts
word: D.A.
english: Doctor of Musical Arts
translation: Doctor of Musical Arts
word: D.M.A.
english: Doctor of Fine Arts
translation: Doctor of Fine Arts
word: D.F.A.
NGS
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of National Geographic Society.
glosses: Initialism of National Genealogical Society.
glosses: Initialism of National Geodetic Survey.
glosses: Initialism of National Gramophonic Society.
NGS
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: GNS
Senses: glosses: Initialism of next-generation sequencing.
glosses: Initialism of nice guy syndrome.
glosses: Initialism of neutral grain spirit.
glosses: Initialism of neutral grape spirit (“vinous alcohol”).
Hypernyms: sense: neutral grape/grain spirit
english: neutral spirit
translation: neutral spirit
word: NS
milestone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmaɪlˌstoʊn/
ipa: /ˈmaɪlstəʊn/
Forms: form: milestones
Etymology: From mile + stone. Compare Dutch mijlsteen (“milestone”), German Low German Mielensteen (“milestone”), German Meilenstein (“milestone”), Swedish milsten (“milestone”).
Senses: glosses: A stone milepost (or by extension in other materials), one of a series of numbered markers placed along a road at regular intervals, typically at the side of the road or in a median.
examples: text: Death is another milestone on their way.
ref: 1933, Stephen Spender, The Funeral:
text: Creating a complete map of the human connectome would therefore be a monumental milestone but not the end of the journey to understanding how our brains work.
ref: 2012 March-April, Terrence J. Sejnowski, “Well-connected Brains”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, archived from the original on 27 Apr 2017, page 171:
text: She bought the model as a surprise gift for a friend who is a lifelong HST fan and railwayman, and who will soon be celebrating a milestone birthday.
ref: 2021 October 20, “Stop & Examine”, in RAIL, number 942, page 71:
glosses: An important event in a person's life or career, in the history of a nation, in the life of some project, etc.
Synonyms: landmark
Related terms: mileage
milemark
mile marker
milepole
milepost
game changer
landmark
watershed
milestone
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmaɪlˌstoʊn/
ipa: /ˈmaɪlstəʊn/
Forms: form: milestones
form: milestoning
form: milestoned
form: milestoned
Etymology: From mile + stone. Compare Dutch mijlsteen (“milestone”), German Low German Mielensteen (“milestone”), German Meilenstein (“milestone”), Swedish milsten (“milestone”).
Senses: glosses: To place milestones along (a road, etc.).
glosses: To plan out a project as a series of major steps.
SAN
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: SANs
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
networking
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Acronym of storage area network.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
networking
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Acronym of system area network.
topics: computing
cryptography
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
qualifier: computer security
glosses: Acronym of Subject Alternative Name.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Acronym of styrene-acrylonitrile resin.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Acronym of styrene-acrylonitrile copolymer or sytrene acrylonitrile copolymer.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Acronym of sinoatrial node.
syllepsis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /sɪˈlɛp.sɪs/
Forms: form: syllepses
Etymology: From Latin syllepsis, from Ancient Greek σύλληψις (súllēpsis), from συλλαμβάνω (sullambánō).
Senses: hypernyms: brachylogy
coordinate_terms: zeugma
glosses: A figure of speech in which one word simultaneously modifies two or more other words such that the modification must be understood differently with respect to each modified word; often causing humorous incongruity.
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
antonyms: prolepsis
glosses: Growth in which lateral branches develop from a lateral meristem, without the formation of a bud or period of dormancy, when the lateral meristem is split from a terminal meristem.
Related terms: sylleptic
ANG
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Air National Guard.
potpourri
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌpəʊ.pəˈɹiː/
ipa: /pəʊˈpʊə.ɹi/
ipa: /pəʊˈpɔː.ɹi/
ipa: /ˌpoʊ.pʊˈɹiː/
ipa: /ˈpoʊ.pʊˌɹiː/
homophone: popery
Forms: form: potpourris
form: pot pourri
Etymology: From French pot-pourri (“stew, potpourri”), a calque of Spanish olla podrida (“stew”, literally “rotten pot”). Doublet of olla podrida.
Senses: examples: text: A convention of sorts, the evening was an exciting potpourri of education, entertainment and political consciousness.
ref: 1977 December 24, Richard Burns, “It Was a 'Big Splash' at The Aquarium”, in Gay Community News, volume 5, number 25, page 9:
glosses: A collection of various things; an assortment, mixed bag or motley.
glosses: An anthology of miscellaneous prose.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A medley of songs or music.
glosses: A mixture of dried fragrant plant material, often in a decorative bowl, used to scent a room.
glosses: A ragout or stew of meat and vegetables.
Related terms: pot-au-feu
detoxify
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: detoxifies
form: detoxifying
form: detoxified
form: detoxified
form: de-toxify
Etymology: Attested since 1905 (twelve years earlier than toxify), from de- + tox- + -ify. (Detoxicate is attested one year earlier, since 1904.)
Senses: examples: text: As a result of this, in some way or other, unknown to us, a diminished power of oxidation results and the organism loses the power to detoxify substances absorbed from the intestine which have been present there in excess; […]
ref: 1907, John Howland, “Some possible etiological factors in the recurrent vomiting of children”, in Transactions of the American Pediatric Society, volume 18, page 295:
text: The severe disciplinary action taken by his daughter—who since taking over the FN in 2011 has led a drive to “detoxify” the party and move it away from the racist, jackbooted, antisemitic imagery of the past—was supposed to silence her father.
ref: 2015 May 5, Angelique Chrisafis, “Front National family feud goes nuclear as Jean-Marie Le Pen disowns Marine”, in The Guardian:
glosses: To remove foreign and harmful substances from something.
examples: text: We can either break as a nation or find a way to detoxify our politics.
ref: 2023, Ronnie Janoff-Bulman, The Two Moralities: Conservatives, Liberals, and the Roots of Our Political Divide, page 2:
glosses: To make something that is harmful more benign.
Synonyms: detoxicate
Derived terms: detoxifiable
detoxification
detoxifier
undetoxified
detoxification
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /diˈtɑk.sɪ.fɪˌkeɪ.ʃən/
rhymes: -eɪʃən
Forms: form: detoxifications
Etymology: From de- + toxification.
Senses: glosses: The process of removing toxins.
Derived terms: biodetoxification
detox
detoxification unit
Related terms: detoxify
detoxication
detox
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdiːtɒks/
Forms: form: detoxes
Etymology: Clipping of detoxification.
Senses: glosses: Detoxification, especially of the body from alcohol or addictive drugs.
glosses: A detoxification unit.
Derived terms: detoxer
digital detox
teatox
detox
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdiːtɒks/
Forms: form: detoxes
form: detoxing
form: detoxed
form: detoxed
Etymology: Clipping of detoxification.
Senses: examples: text: My grandmother said being organized led to success, so I set out to turn our fridge into a liquid dieter's paradise. First was detoxing the kitchen. I tossed out everything that would lead to temptation, like the leftover candy from Halloween, as well as everything that was expired and rotten.
ref: 2015, Dawn Lerman, My Fat Dad: A Memoir of Food, Love, and Family, with Recipes:
glosses: To detoxify, especially from alcohol or recreational drugs.
Okla.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Okla
Senses: examples: text: But when I spoke to Dr. Angelo Cuzalina, a cosmetic surgeon in Tulsa, Okla., he estimated the cost of the procedure in which patients receive high-quality care to range from $6,000 to $15,000.
ref: 2022 May 11, Sandra E. Garcia, “Butt Lifts Are Booming. Healing Is No Joke.”, in The New York Times Magazine, archived from the original on 19 May 2022:
glosses: Abbreviation of Oklahoma: a state of the United States, as used in case citations (and elsewhere).
Synonyms: sense: Oklahoma
word: OK
sense: Oklahoma
word: OK.
sense: Oklahoma
word: Ok
sense: Oklahoma
word: Ok.
sense: Oklahoma
word: Oklahoma
Mass.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: related: word: MA
glosses: Abbreviation of Massachusetts: a state of the United States.
Calif.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: For diarrhea caused by a stomach virus or a meal that didn’t agree with you, try the BRAT diet, says James Lee, MD, gastroenterologist with St. Joseph Hospital in Orange, Calif.
ref: 2015 March 31, Linda Melone, “The worst foods to eat when you’re sick, and the best ones”, in CNN:
glosses: Abbreviation of California: a state of the United States.
Synonyms: Cal.
CA
CAL
Kan.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Kansas: a state of the United States.
Synonyms: KS
Nv
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of November.
Synonyms: Nov
Fb
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of February.
roustabout
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: roustabouts
form: rouseabout
Etymology: From roust + about.
Senses: examples: text: The U. is my own Alma Mater, and I am proud to be known as an alumni, but there are certain instructors there who seem to think we ought to turn the conduct of the nation over to hoboes and roustabouts.
ref: 1922, Sinclair Lewis, chapter XIV, in Babbitt, New York, N.Y.: Harcourt, Brace and Company, →OCLC:
text: Then Sísiphos in torment I beheld / being roustabout to a tremendous boulder.
ref: 1961, Homer, translated by Robert Fitzgerald, Odyssey, New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, Book Eleven, 668-9:
text: Brooklyn Tony, who had run away from home to be a circus roustabout, became a poster artist and eventually an Abstract Expressionist.
ref: 1974, Saul Bellow, “Him with His Foot in His Mouth”, in Collected Stories, Penguin, published 2001, page 377:
text: She works in McGregor, North Dakota as a roustabout pusher. That means she and her crew help fix and maintain the drilling sites.
ref: 2013 January 7, Celeste Headlee, NPR, archived from the original on 29 Oct 2015:
text: See also quotations under rouseabout.
synonyms: rouser
rousie
rouster
;
roughneck
glosses: An unskilled laborer, especially at an oilfield, at a circus or on a ship.
Related terms: oilpatch
roustabout
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: roustabouts
form: roustabouting
form: roustabouted
form: roustabouted
form: rouseabout
Etymology: From roust + about.
Senses: examples: text: When Jack is old and weatherbeat, / Too old to roustabout, / In some rum-shop they’ll let him stop, / At eight bells he’s turned out.
ref: 1896, John Thomas (attributed), “Get Up, Jack! John, Sit Down!”, in John A[very] Lomax, Alan Lomax, editors, American Ballads and Folk Songs, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company, published 1934, printed 1967, page 494:
text: I was due to bust through that cellar door here to-night, so I hurried the rest of the way up the river, roustabouting on a lower coast packet that made a landing for every fisherman that wanted a plug of tobacco.
ref: 1907, O. Henry [pseudonym; William Sydney Porter], ““Next to Reading Matter””, in Everybody’s Magazine, volume XVII, page 593, column 1:
text: Thereafter, the youth gives many years to aimless wandering about the South and the Middle West. He roustabouts with a carnival […]
ref: 1932 March 19, Vincent Wall, “Poor Whites”, in Saturday Review of Literature; reprinted in Scott MacDonald, Critical Essays on Erskine Caldwell, Boston, Mass.: G.K. Hall & Co., 1981, →ISBN, page 9:
glosses: To work as a roustabout.
Ap
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of April.
vv.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of v.; verses
vv
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of vv..
Pub.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Publisher(s).
glosses: Publication(s)
glosses: Public.
glosses: Publishing.
Sen.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Abbreviation of Senegal.
Sen.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Sens.
Senses: examples: text: Republican Sens. Susan Collins of Maine and Mitt Romney of Utah both confirmed that a bipartisan group of lawmakers will have a series of video meetings starting in the next several days to see if they could agree on a deal soon.
ref: 2022 January 20, Lauren Fox, Morgan Rimmer and Clare Foran, “Senate votes to confirm Pam Bondi as attorney general”, in CNN:
text: The vote was 54-46. The vote was mostly along party lines though Democratic Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania joined Republicans in supporting Bondi.
ref: 2025 February 4, Shania Shelton and Morgan Rimmer, “Senate votes to confirm Pam Bondi as attorney general”, in CNN:
topics: law
glosses: Abbreviation of Senator.
chk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chks
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of check
FWD
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: FWDs
Senses: antonyms: RWD
glosses: Abbreviation of forward.
topics: automotive
transport
vehicles
glosses: Initialism of front-wheel drive.
topics: automotive
transport
vehicles
glosses: Initialism of four-wheel drive.
Related terms: english: two-wheel drive
translation: two-wheel drive
word: 2WD
english: four-wheel drive
translation: four-wheel drive
word: 4WD
english: four-by-two
translation: four-by-two
word: 4x2
english: four-by-four
translation: four-by-four
word: 4x4
english: all-wheel drive
translation: all-wheel drive
word: AWD
english: rear-wheel drive
translation: rear-wheel drive
word: RWD
iDTV
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Integrated Digital Television.
JT
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: JTs
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Initialism of jury trial.
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Initialism of jet turbine.
JT
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Central Java: a province of Indonesia.
A&B
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of assault and battery.
DSS
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: DSSs
form: DSSes
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of decision support system.
DSS
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Department of Social Services.
glosses: Initialism of Department of Social Security.
topics: government
glosses: Initialism of Diplomatic Security Service.
glosses: Initialism of Dead Sea Scrolls.
Jl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of July.
Jl.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Jl (Abbreviation of July).
Jn
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: synonyms: Jun
glosses: Abbreviation of June.
glosses: Abbreviation of Gospel of John.
topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
related: word: JN
glosses: Abbreviation of junction.
MGF
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: MGFs
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of maternal grandfather.
PGF
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: PGFs
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of paternal grandfather.
topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of placental growth factor gene, the gene encoding for the biomolecule placental growth factor (“PlGF”).
PGM
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: PGMs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of paternal grandmother.
glosses: Initialism of precision guided munition.
glosses: Initialism of platinum group metal.
glosses: Initialism of Papyri Graecae Magicae, Latin for the Greek Magical Papyri
RSO
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: RSOs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of range safety officer.
glosses: Initialism of registered sex offender.
glosses: Initialism of Rick Simpson Oil.
LW
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: LWs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of left wing.
glosses: Initialism of letter writer.
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of loanword.
topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
coordinate_terms: MW
SW
glosses: Initialism of long wave.
glosses: Initialism of low water.
coordinate_terms: CW
GW
HW
SW
UGW
glosses: Initialism of lowest weight.
Related terms: topics: electronics
electricity
electrical-engineering
electromagnetism
energy
business
physics
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
engineering
word: RF
topics: electronics
electricity
electrical-engineering
electromagnetism
energy
business
physics
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
engineering
word: MF
topics: electronics
electricity
electrical-engineering
electromagnetism
energy
business
physics
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
engineering
word: LF
topics: electronics
electricity
electrical-engineering
electromagnetism
energy
business
physics
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
engineering
word: VLF
topics: electronics
electricity
electrical-engineering
electromagnetism
energy
business
physics
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
engineering
word: ELF
Ag.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Ag.
CDL
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: CDLs
Senses: examples: text: “The exemptions were intended as a pilot to determine whether deaf and hard-of-hearing people who use the CDLs to drive trucks could do so safely,” Alkebsi said.
ref: 2020 April 16, Sara Novic, “What deaf truckers have to fear from the Trump administration”, in CNN:
text: “There are so many local jobs for CDL holders that make a lot of money, and women can drive just as well as men,” she says.
ref: 2021 April 10, AJ Willingham, quoting Candace Rivers, “Female truckers have become TikTok influencers, and they’re changing the transportation game”, in CNN:
glosses: Initialism of commercial driver's licence.
CDL
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: While CDL rulesets are something that will be gradually refined before and throughout the course of the season (not even including the players’ Gentlemen’s Agreements), there’s always a good few things to discuss when the Day 1 ruleset becomes available to peruse.
ref: 2021 November 4, Jacob Hale, “CoD Vanguard official CDL ruleset revealed: Day 1 rules”, in Dexerto:
topics: video-games
glosses: Initialism of Call of Duty League.
Oc
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɒk
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of October.
Synonyms: Oct
Oc.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of October.
Synonyms: Octr.
Octr
Oct.
Oct
OCT
10
PBT
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: PBTs
Senses: topics: government
law-enforcement
glosses: Initialism of preliminary breath test.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Initialism of polybutylene terephthalate.
topics: medicine
sciences
toxicology
glosses: Initialism of persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic (substance).
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
software
glosses: Initialism of property-based testing.
PBT
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
networking
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of Provider Backbone Transport.
SOP
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of State of Palestine.
S&S
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of search and seizure.
glosses: Initialism of shipping and service.
qualifier: parenting slang
glosses: Initialism of strip and sanitise.
S&O
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of strategy and operations.
glosses: Initialism of stipulation and order.
UBAL
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Acronym of unlawful blood alcohol level.
UDAA
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of unlawful driving away of an automobile.
w/c
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of wheelchair.
examples: I have scheduled the work to start w/c Monday 4th June.
glosses: Abbreviation of week commencing (followed by a date).
WNL
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: glosses: Initialism of within normal limits.
YOM
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Initialism of you owe me.
Related terms: IOU
Yom Kippur
Yom Teruah
PIA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Initialism of Proto-Indo-Aryan.
PIA
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: PIAs
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of porcine intestinal adenomatosis.
glosses: Initialism of personal injury accident.
glosses: Initialism of pain in the ass.
topics: lifestyle
sexuality
glosses: Initialism of penis in anus.
glosses: Initialism of privacy impact assessment.
PRT
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: PRTs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Person Requiring Treatment.
glosses: Initialism of Personal Rapid Transit.
glosses: Initialism of Platinum Resistance Thermometer.
glosses: Initialism of private residential tenancy.
RH
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: RHs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of relative humidity.
examples: text: Work wraps together with wrapped sts as you come to them, as follows: Insert RH ndl into wrap at base of wrapped st from beneath, then bring RH ndl up and into st on LH ndl, ready to work the st[…]
ref: 2012, Stefanie Japel, Mom and Me Knits, page 13:
topics: business
entertainment
knitting
lifestyle
manufacturing
music
textiles
glosses: Initialism of right hand.
glosses: Initialism of review hearing.
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
government
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of reconnaissance helicopter.
topics: lifestyle
literature
media
pornography
publishing
sexuality
glosses: Initialism of reverse harem
TRV
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: TRVs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of technical rule violation.
glosses: Initialism of thermostatic radiator valve.
glosses: Initialism of tobacco rattle virus
VBSL
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of violation of the basic speed law.
WFL
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: glosses: Initialism of within functional limits.
wk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wks
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of week.
glosses: Abbreviation of work.
topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Abbreviation of wicket keeper.
wk.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wks.
Senses: related: word: wk
glosses: Abbreviation of week.
related: word: wk
glosses: Abbreviation of work.
wk.
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: wk. verbs
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of weak.
wit.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Abbreviation of witness.
SIR
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: SIRs
Senses: topics: business
manufacturing
glosses: Initialism of surface insulation resistance.
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
genetics
medicine
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of silent information regulator.
Derived terms: sense: Silent Information Regulator
word: SIR gene
sense: Silent Information Regulator
word: SIR protein
SIR
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: epidemiology
medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of susceptible-infected/infectious-removed/recovered.
Derived terms: topics: epidemiology
medicine
sciences
word: SIR model
topics: epidemiology
medicine
sciences
word: SIR curves
sent.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of sentencing.
glosses: Abbreviation of sentence.
sent.
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of sentenced.
rest.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɛst
Forms: form: rests.
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of restitution.
examples: text: Remember the night in the Chinese rest.? You were on fire for me and all I wanted was the spareribs.
ref: 1977 April 23, “Hot Buns, Will Travel (personal advertisement)”, in Gay Community News, page 18:
glosses: Abbreviation of restaurant.
R&F
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Initialism of regular and frequent.
R&F
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: broadcasting
media
glosses: Initialism of reach and frequency.
KFC
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: kā ĕf sē
ipa: /keɪ ɛf siː/
ipa: [kʰeɪ ɛf siː]
Forms: form: KFCs
Etymology: * (KFC Corporation): Initialism of Kentucky Fried Chicken, its historical name.
Senses: examples: text: Yum also recently announced that Taco Bell’s president will move over to KFC and serve as its CEO beginning next month.
ref: 2025 February 19, Jordan Valinsky, “KFC is leaving Kentucky”, in CNN Business:
glosses: KFC Corporation, an American fast food restaurant chain that specializes in fried chicken.
glosses: Initialism of Kaikai Fried Chicken.
glosses: Initialism of Karipúna French Creole.
Derived terms: chickens for KFC
PSR
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: PSRs
Etymology: Abbreviation.
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of pulsar.
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Initialism of primary surveillance radar.
glosses: Initialism of police service representative, an LAPD dispatcher.
glosses: Initialism of pre-sentence report.
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
qualifier: navigation
glosses: Initialism of point of safe return.
topics: astronomy
geography
natural-sciences
planetology
glosses: Initialism of permanently shadowed region
hypernyms: PRS
glosses: Initialism of precision sniper rifle
Synonyms: sense: point of safe return
word: PNR
Coordinate terms: ADS-B
SSR
PSR
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Abbreviation.
Senses: qualifier: scouting
glosses: Initialism of Philmont Scout Ranch.
Related terms: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
word: WD
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
word: RD
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
word: WR
PSI
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of pre-sentence investigation.
glosses: Initialism of protein structure initiative.
glosses: Initialism of pollutant safety/standard index (measurement of the air pollutant such as haze).
PSI
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: Initialism of Policy Studies Institute, a British think tank.
PTSD
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: I read that parents suffering from PTSD are more likely to hit their children.
ref: 2019, Ocean Vuong, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous, Jonathan Cape, page 13:
text: But Wisniewski explained that the most promising aromatic journeys, like those designed by Verbeek, are not always sweet smelling. Treating PTSD requires re-creating battlefield aromas, for example, while firefighters might train in smoke-scented simulations.
ref: 2021 February 11, Jen Rose Smith, “Aromas can evoke beloved journeys — or voyages not yet taken”, in The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 12 Jun 2025:
glosses: Initialism of post-traumatic stress disorder.
Derived terms: C-PTSD
CPTSD