cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
dilatation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌdaɪleɪˈteɪʃ(ə)n/
ipa: /dɪleɪˈteɪʃ(ə)n/
ipa: /ˌdaɪləˈteɪʃ(ə)n/
rhymes: -eɪʃən
Forms: form: dilatations
Etymology: From Old French dilatation, from Late Latin dīlātātio, early 15th c.
Senses: glosses: Prolixity; diffuse discourse.
examples: text: These [boys being groomed as prostitutes] are sold by their parents (sometimes stolen from them), about the age of 4, and educated, while they are also subjected to a special physical training, which includes massage of the gluteal regions to favor development, dilatation of the anus, and epilation (which is not, however, practised by Chinese women).
ref: 1927, Havelock Ellis, Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 2 (of 6):
synonyms: dilation
glosses: The act of dilating; expansion; an enlarging on all sides; the state of being dilated
synonyms: dilation
glosses: A dilation or enlargement of a canal or other organ.
Derived terms: bronchodilatation
dilatational
dilatation and curettage
hydrodilatation
postdilatation
predilatation
redilatation
time dilatation
vasodilatation
venodilatation
dilation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /daɪˈleɪʃən/
rhymes: -eɪʃən
Forms: form: dilations
Etymology: From dilate + -ion, late 16th c.
Senses: glosses: The act of dilating.
synonyms: expansion
dilatation
glosses: State of being dilated; expansion; dilatation.
examples: text: The wise queen, however she might seem to have a fair opportunity offered to her suit, finds it not good to apprehend it too suddenly; as desiring by this small dilation to prepare the ear and heart of the king for so important a request
ref: 1612–1626, [Joseph Hall], “(please specify the page)”, in [Contemplations vpon the Principall Passages of the Holy Storie], volume (please specify |volume=II, V, or VI), London, →OCLC:
synonyms: word: cunctation
word: hold-up
word: cunctation
word: deferment
word: delay
word: dilation
word: hesitance
word: hesitancy
word: hesitation
word: hold-up
word: holdoff
word: postponement
word: prorogation
word: respite
glosses: Delay.
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: In morphology, a basic operation (denoted ⊕) that usually uses a structuring element for probing and expanding the shapes contained in the input image.
Derived terms: arteriodilation
bronchodilation
dilational
dilation and curettage
dilation and extraction
hyperdilation
intact dilation and evacuation
intact dilation and extraction
overdilation
postdilation
redilation
time dilation
underdilation
vasodilation
venodilation
dill
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪl/
rhymes: -ɪl
Forms: form: dills
Etymology: From Middle English dile, from Old English dile (“dill, anise”); from Proto-Germanic *deliz, of uncertain, probably non-Indo-European origin, possibly a west European substrate.
Cognate with Old Saxon dilli, Dutch dille, Swedish dill, German Dill.
Senses: examples: text: The life of one plant would be affected by another. Rue was definitely hostile to basil, rosemary to hyssop, but coriander, dill and chervil lived on the friendliest of terms[.]
ref: 1940, Rosetta E. Clarkson, Green Enchantments: The Magic Spell of Gardens, The Macmillan Company, page 253:
glosses: Anethum graveolens (the type species of the genus Anethum), a herb, the seeds of which are moderately warming, pungent, and aromatic, formerly used as a soothing medicine for children; also known as dillseed.
synonyms: dill pickle
glosses: A cucumber pickled with dill flavoring.
Synonyms: sense: herb
word: anet
sense: herb
word: dillseed
sense: herb
word: Peucedanum graveolens
sense: type of pickle
word: dill pickle
Derived terms: sense: terms derived from dill (noun)
word: dillseed
sense: terms derived from dill (noun)
word: dillwater
sense: terms derived from dill (noun)
word: dill water
sense: terms derived from dill (noun)
taxonomic: Anethum graveolens
word: dillweed
sense: terms derived from dill (noun)
word: dilly
sense: terms derived from dill (noun)
word: fragrant dill
sense: terms derived from dill (noun)
taxonomic: Anethum graveolens
word: garden dill
sense: terms derived from dill (noun)
word: honey dill sauce
sense: terms derived from dill (noun)
word: kosher dill
sense: terms derived from dill (noun)
word: pharmacy dill
dill
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪl/
rhymes: -ɪl
Forms: form: dills
form: dilling
form: dilled
form: dilled
Etymology: From Middle English dile, from Old English dile (“dill, anise”); from Proto-Germanic *deliz, of uncertain, probably non-Indo-European origin, possibly a west European substrate.
Cognate with Old Saxon dilli, Dutch dille, Swedish dill, German Dill.
Senses: examples: text: My mother would pickle them and dill them, and we still had an abundance of fresh vegetables left.
ref: 2014, Anatoly (Tony) Kandiew, Red Devils, →ISBN, page 139:
glosses: To cook or flavor with dill.
Related terms: cornichon
cucumber
gherkin
graveolens
pickled cucumber
pickle
dill
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪl/
rhymes: -ɪl
Forms: form: dills
form: dilling
form: dilled
form: dilled
Etymology: Variant of dull
Senses: examples: text: The noise of the Queen's voyage to France is dilled down ; no money for her furniture will be got in haste; and the Cardinal has no will of her mother.
ref: 1775, Robert Baillie, Letters and Journals: Written by the deceased Mr. Robert Baillie, Principal of the University of Glasgow, page 252:
text: The innocent was punished. The gear is payed and the thieves dilled down.
ref: 1829, Publications - Issue 25, Volume 2, page x:
text: The Provincial Assembly sits down. Dr. Guild moderator. Dr. Scroggie preaches. His sermon found faulty. It dills down.
ref: 1829, John Spalding, James Skene, The History of the Troubles and Memorable Transactions in Scotland, page vii:
text: And there is nought to call them back, while these Curmudgeon generals dill down in their fear.
ref: 1890, Thomas Nield, Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of England: A Drama, page 23:
text: That now the dinn o' it wad soon dill down, An' but a story at the last be found.
ref: 1938, Alexander Ross, Scot. Text S, page 195:
glosses: To still; to assuage; to calm; to soothe, as one in pain.
dill
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪl/
rhymes: -ɪl
Forms: form: dills
Etymology: Perhaps a backformation from dilly (“silly”).
Senses: examples: text: He could go over and monster his way among the poms, but he was that drunk he'd probably only make a dill of himself.
ref: 2016, Robert G. Barrett, And De Fun Don't Done: A Les Norton Novel:
glosses: A fool.
disarm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪsˈɑː(ɹ)m/
ipa: /dɪsˈɑɹm/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)m
Forms: form: disarms
Etymology: From Middle English desarmen (“to divest of arms”), from Anglo-Norman desarmer.
Senses: examples: text: As a brief background, the gun disarms originally taught to S.A.C. Airmen as part of the Combative Measures program were taken from Kodokan Goshin-Jutsu.
ref: 2010, Steven Kaplan, Taiho-Jutsu: The Art of Arrests, page 194:
glosses: The act of depriving a person of a weapon they carry.
disarray
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪsəˈɹeɪ/
rhymes: -eɪ
Forms: form: disarrays
form: disarraying
form: disarrayed
form: disarrayed
Etymology: From Middle English disareyen (“to disarray”), from Middle French desarroyer, from Old French desareer, from des- (“dis-”) + areer (“to array”).
Senses: examples: text: Who with fiery steeds / Oft disarray'd the foes in battle ranged.
ref: 1726, Elijah Fenton, Odyssey:
glosses: To throw into disorder; to break the array of.
examples: text: So as she bad, that witch they disaraid
ref: 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto VIII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 46:
glosses: To take off the dress of; to unrobe.
Derived terms: disarrayment
disarray
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪsəˈɹeɪ/
rhymes: -eɪ
Etymology: From Middle English disareyen (“to disarray”), from Middle French desarroyer, from Old French desareer, from des- (“dis-”) + areer (“to array”).
Senses: examples: text: Tottenham pushed forward in an attempt to complete the recovery - but only succeeded in leaving themselves wide open to Chelsea's attacks and Redknapp's side ended in total disarray.
ref: 2012 April 15, Phil McNulty, “Tottenham 1-5 Chelsea”, in BBC:
text: On leaving the train at Piccadilly, everything goes 'Pete Tong'. Services are in complete disarray, as a tree has come down onto the line at Gatley.
ref: 2024 October 30, Paul Bigland, “The heat is on... and will the railway fray?”, in RAIL, number 1021, page 46:
glosses: A lack of array or regular order; disorder; confusion.
glosses: Confused attire; undress; dishabille.
disavow
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪsəˈvaʊ/
rhymes: -aʊ
Forms: form: disavows
form: disavowing
form: disavowed
form: disavowed
Etymology: From dis- + avow, or from Old French desavouer.
Senses: examples: text: He was charged with embezzlement, but he disavows the crime.
synonyms: abjure
deny
disclaim
disown
reject
antonyms: accept
own up
glosses: To strongly and solemnly refuse to own or acknowledge; to deny responsibility for, approbation of, and the like.
examples: text: Because of her dissatisfaction, she now disavows the merits of fascism.
synonyms: disprove
deny
impugn
reject
repudiate
antonyms: accept
prove
glosses: To deny; to show the contrary of; to deny legitimacy or achievement of any kind.
Derived terms: disavowable
disavower
disavowment
Related terms: disavowal
disavowed
disbar
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪsˈbɑː(ɹ)/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)
Forms: form: disbars
form: disbarring
form: disbarred
form: disbarred
Etymology: From dis- + bar.
Senses: topics: law
glosses: To expel from the bar, or the legal profession; to deprive (an attorney, barrister, or counselor) of his or her status and privileges as such.
examples: text: The friends of Holmes have been criticising the action of the board in disbarring him on the ground that it was too severe […]
ref: 1896, “Two More Disbarred: Bloomingston and Lowney Out of College Athletics; Action Taken by Board of Control Last Night”, in Detroit Free Press, page 6:
glosses: To exclude (a person) from something.
Derived terms: disbarment
disbarrable
undisbarred
disburse
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪsˈbɝs/
ipa: [dɪsˈpɝs]
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)s
homophone: disperse
Forms: form: disburses
form: disbursing
form: disbursed
form: disbursed
Etymology: From Old French desbourser (Modern French débourser). By surface analysis, dis- + burse (“purse”).
Senses: examples: text: The consequent traffic is so grave that, last year, councils in England and Wales demanded that the government disburse £1bn a year to them so they could repair roads and tackle congestion.
ref: 2019 November 21, Samanth Subramanian, “How our home delivery habit reshaped the world”, in The Guardian:
topics: business
finance
glosses: To pay out, expend; usually from a public fund or treasury.
Derived terms: disbursement
disburser
nondisbursed
redisburse
undisbursed
Related terms: bursar
reimburse
disc
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: dĭsk
ipa: /dɪsk/
rhymes: -ɪsk
Forms: form: discs
form: discing
form: disced
form: disced
form: disk
raw_tags: for magnetic media. See usage note.
Etymology: From French disque, from Latin discus, from Ancient Greek δίσκος (dískos, “disk, quoit, platter”). Doublet of dais, desk, discus, dish, disk, and diskos.
Senses: examples: text: It is held that discing is as much value to lucerne as cultivation is to corn.
ref: 1901 October 11, “Discing Lucerne”, in The Agricultural Journal and Mining Record, volume 4, number 16, page 488:
topics: agriculture
business
lifestyle
glosses: To harrow with a disc harrow.
examples: text: In the air, the asymmetric drag generated by a discing propeller can result in loss of control of the airplane.
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: To move towards, or operate at, zero blade pitch, orienting the propeller blades face-on to the oncoming airflow and maximizing the drag generated by the propeller.
raw_tags: of a propeller
discoloration
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: rhymes: -eɪʃən
Forms: form: discolorations
form: discolouration
Etymology: From discolor + -ation.
Senses: glosses: The act of discoloring, or the state of being discolored; alteration of hue or appearance.
glosses: A discolored spot; a stain.
discontinuation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: rhymes: -eɪʃən
Forms: form: discontinuations
Etymology: From dis- + continuation.
Senses: examples: text: The apparent discontinuation of the operations since Trump took office sparked speculation that he may have agreed to back away from the issue in exchange for Chinese cooperation over North Korea.
ref: 2017 May 9, Ryan Kilpatrick, “U.S. Navy Vows to Continue Challenging Beijing’s Claims in the South China Sea”, in Time:
synonyms: discontinuance
suspension
glosses: A breach or interruption of continuity.
topics: medicine
sciences
synonyms: discontinuance
suspension
glosses: A breach or interruption of continuity.
The process of quitting a course of treatment with a drug.
synonyms: discontinuance
suspension
glosses: A breach or interruption of continuity.
The act of stopping producing or supplying a product.
Derived terms: prediscontinuation
Related terms: discontinue
discount
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: dĭskountʹ
ipa: /dɪˈskaʊnt/
enpr: dĭsʹkount
ipa: /ˈdɪskaʊnt/
rhymes: -aʊnt
Forms: form: discounts
form: discounting
form: discounted
form: discounted
Etymology: Alteration of French descompte, décompte, from Old French disconter, desconter (“reckon off, account back, discount”), from Medieval Latin discomputō (“I deduct, discount”), from Latin dis- (“away”) + computō (“I reckon, count”). By surface analysis, dis- + count.
Senses: examples: text: Sales were slow even after the shop discounted the product.
glosses: To sell at a reduced price.
examples: text: Merchants sometimes discount five or six per cent for prompt payment of bills.
glosses: To deduct from an account, debt, charge, etc.
examples: text: Owing to his reputation, they discounted his comments.
text: Of the three opinions, (I discount Brown's), under this head, one supposes that the law of Causality is a positive affirmation, and a primary fact of thought, incapable of all further analysis.
ref: 1859–1860, William Hamilton, edited by H[enry] L[ongueville] Mansel and John Veitch, Lectures on Metaphysics and Logic […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and Sons, →OCLC:
glosses: To disregard an account or regard as unimportant.
examples: text: The banks discount notes and bills of exchange.
text: Discount only unexceptionable paper.
ref: 1692, William Walsh, Letter on the present state of the Currency of Great Britain:
glosses: To lend money upon, deducting the discount or allowance for interest.
examples: text: The market has dropped, discounting changes in interest rates.
glosses: To take into consideration beforehand; to anticipate and form conclusions concerning (an event).
topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
qualifier: transactional analysis
glosses: To believe, or act as though one believes, that one's own feelings are more important than the reality of a situation.
discount
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: discounts
Etymology: Alteration of French descompte, décompte, from Old French disconter, desconter (“reckon off, account back, discount”), from Medieval Latin discomputō (“I deduct, discount”), from Latin dis- (“away”) + computō (“I reckon, count”). By surface analysis, dis- + count.
Senses: examples: text: For the summer sale, there was 40% discount in all the stores at the mall.
text: This store offers discounts on all its wares. That store specializes in discount wares, too.
glosses: A reduction in price.
topics: business
finance
glosses: A deduction made for interest, in advancing money upon, or purchasing, a bill or note not due; payment in advance of interest upon money.
glosses: The rate of interest charged in discounting.
examples: text: On our approaching the house where the Misses Spenlow lived, I was at such a discount in respect of my personal looks and presence of mind, that Traddles proposed a gentle stimulant in the form of a glass of ale.
ref: 1849 May – 1850 November, Charles Dickens, The Personal History of David Copperfield, London: Bradbury & Evans, […], published 1850, →OCLC:
glosses: A lack or shortcoming.
topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
qualifier: transactional analysis
glosses: The act of one who believes, or act as though they believe, that their own feelings are more important than the reality of a situation.
Synonyms: sense: reduction in price
word: rebate
sense: reduction in price
word: reduction
discount
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Alteration of French descompte, décompte, from Old French disconter, desconter (“reckon off, account back, discount”), from Medieval Latin discomputō (“I deduct, discount”), from Latin dis- (“away”) + computō (“I reckon, count”). By surface analysis, dis- + count.
Senses: examples: text: If you're looking for cheap clothes, there's a discount clothier around the corner.
glosses: Specializing in selling goods at reduced prices.
raw_tags: of a store
Derived terms: antidiscount
at a discount
bank discount
bond discount
discountability
discountable
discount card
discount department store
discounter
discount rate
five-finger discount
five finger discount
industry discount
nondiscount
overdiscount
prediscount
quantity discount
rediscount
time discount
undiscountable
discrepancy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪˈskɹɛpənsi/
ipa: /dɪˈskɹepənsi/
ipa: /dəˈskɹepənsi/
note: Indic
ipa: /ˈɖɪskrəpənsi/
Forms: form: discrepancies
form: discrepance
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin discrepantia, from discrepans, from discrepō, from crepō. By surface analysis, discrepant + -cy. See also discrepant.
Senses: examples: text: They found a discrepancy between the first set of test results and the second, and they're still trying to figure out why.
text: Still, there is pilferage, mysterious discrepancies eating into the percentages.
ref: 1981, John Updike, Rabbit is Rich:
text: WikiLeaks did not cause these uprisings but it certainly informed them. The dispatches revealed details of corruption and kleptocracy that many Tunisians suspected, […]. They also exposed the blatant discrepancy between the west's professed values and actual foreign policies.
ref: 2013 June 7, Gary Younge, “Hypocrisy lies at heart of Manning prosecution”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 18:
glosses: An inconsistency between facts or sentiments.
glosses: The state or quality of being discrepant.
Synonyms: sense: inconsistency
word: conflict
sense: inconsistency
word: contrariety
sense: inconsistency
word: deviation
sense: inconsistency
word: difference
sense: inconsistency
word: disagreement
sense: inconsistency
word: disparity
sense: inconsistency
word: divergence
sense: inconsistency
word: incompatibility
sense: inconsistency
word: inconsistency
sense: inconsistency
word: mismatch
sense: inconsistency
word: variance
sense: inconsistency
word: variation
sense: inconsistency
word: dissimilarity
sense: inconsistency
word: anomaly
sense: discrepant state
word: discordance
sense: discrepant state
word: anomalous
Derived terms: nondiscrepancy
disembark
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌdɪs.ɪmˈbɑːk/
ipa: /ˌdɪs.ɪmˈbɑɹk/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)k
Forms: form: disembarks
form: disembarking
form: disembarked
form: disembarked
Etymology: From dis- + embark.
Senses: examples: text: The general disembarked the troops.
text: Go to the bay, and disembark my coffers.
ref: 1604, William Shakespeare, Othello:
synonyms: land
debark
glosses: To remove from on board a vessel; to put on shore
examples: text: This time I disembark at Dumbarton Central, a station with two island platforms blessed with yellow brick buildings and iron canopies dating from 1896, and listed Grade A.
ref: 2022 November 30, Paul Bigland, “Destination Oban: a Sunday in Scotland”, in RAIL, number 971, page 77:
synonyms: debark
alight
get off
get out
glosses: To go ashore out of a ship or boat; to leave a train or aircraft.
examples: text: We disembarked the ferry.
glosses: To go ashore from (a boat); to leave (a train or aircraft)
Derived terms: disembarkation
disembarkee
disembarker
disembarkment
disembowel
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: [dɪsɪmˈbaʊ(ə)ɫ]
rhymes: -aʊəl
rhymes: -aʊl
Forms: form: disembowels
form: disemboweling
form: disembowelling
form: disemboweled
form: disemboweled
form: disembowelled
form: disembowelled
Etymology: From dis- + embowel.
Senses: examples: text: `Yea. The people of Kôr ever embalmed their dead, as did the Egyptians, but their art was greater than the art of the Egyptians, for, whereas the Egyptians disembowelled and drew the brain, the people of Kôr injected fluid into the veins, and thus reached every part.'
ref: 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:
glosses: To take or let out the bowels or interior parts of; to eviscerate.
glosses: To take or draw from the body, as the web of a spider.
Derived terms: disemboweller
disembowelment
Related terms: disemvowel
disfiguration
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: disfigurations
Etymology: From disfigure + -ation.
Senses: examples: text: The disfiguration of the statue by vandals resulted in a public outcry.
glosses: The act of disfiguring, spoiling the appearance of something or someone; the state of being disfigured.
Synonyms: defacement
deformity
disfigurement
disgrace
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪsˈɡɹeɪs/
ipa: /dɪzˈɡɹeɪs/
ipa: /dɪsˈɡɹeɪs/
rhymes: -eɪs
Forms: form: disgraces
Etymology: From Middle French disgracier.
Senses: examples: text: I heare / Macduffe liues in diſgrace. Sir, can you tell / Where he beſtowes himſelfe?
ref: c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene vi], page 143:
glosses: The condition of being out of favor; loss of favor, regard, or respect.
examples: text: Now she lives in disgrace.
synonyms: dishonor
ignominy
glosses: The state of being dishonored, or covered with shame.
examples: text: His behaviour at the party was a total disgrace! He was leeching on all the ladies, and insulting the men.
text: Practice and whipping were alike unavailing, and Epps, satisfied of it at last, swore I was a disgrace—that I was not fit to associate with a cotton-picking "nigger"—that I could not pick enough in a day to pay the trouble of weighing it, and that I should go into the cotton field no more.
ref: 1853, Solomon Northup, chapter XIII, in [David Wilson], editor, Twelve Years a Slave. […], London: Sampson Low, Son & Co.; Auburn, N.Y.: Derby and Miller, →OCLC, page 179:
glosses: Something which brings dishonor; the cause of reproach or shame; great discredit.
examples: text: As for the pulling of them [ambitious men] downe, if the Affaires require it, and that it may not be done with ſafety ſuddainly, the onely Way is, the Enterchange, continually of Fauours, and Diſgraces, whereby they may not know, what to expect; And be, as it were, in a Wood.
ref: 1625, Francis [Bacon], “Of Ambition. XXXVI.”, in The Essayes […], 3rd edition, London: […] Iohn Haviland for Hanna Barret, →OCLC, page 221:
glosses: An act of unkindness; a disfavor.
Synonyms: english: far less common
translation: far less common
word: misgrace
Derived terms: disgraceful
disgraceless
disgracive
disgrace
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪsˈɡɹeɪs/
ipa: /dɪzˈɡɹeɪs/
ipa: /dɪsˈɡɹeɪs/
rhymes: -eɪs
Forms: form: disgraces
form: disgracing
form: disgraced
form: disgraced
Etymology: From Middle French disgracier.
Senses: examples: text: […] some families renounced the use of a certain praenomen which had been disgraced by one of their name […]
ref: 1945, E[lizabeth] G[idley] Withycombe, “Introduction”, in The Oxford Dictionary of English Christian Names, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page xv:
glosses: To put someone or something out of favor; to bring shame or ignominy upon.
Derived terms: disgracer
disinclination
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌdɪsɪŋklɪˈneɪʃən/
rhymes: -eɪʃən
Forms: form: disinclinations
Etymology: From dis- + inclination.
Senses: examples: text: strong disinclination
text: natural disinclination
text: disinclination to act
text: He showed a marked disinclination to speak.
text: There was a general disinclination to change old habits.
synonyms: indisposition
glosses: The state of being disinclined; want of propensity, desire, or affection; slight aversion or dislike
disintegration
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪs.ɪn.tɪˈɡɹeɪ.ʃən/
ipa: /dɪsˌɪnd.əˈɡɹeɪ.ʃən/
ipa: [dɪsˌɪn.əˈɡɹeɪ.ʃən]
rhymes: -eɪʃən
Forms: form: disintegrations
Etymology: From disintegrate + -ion or dis- + integration.
Senses: examples: text: A Pan American World Airways, Inc., B-707-321B, N761PA, experienced an explosive disintegration of the third stage turbine disk of the No. 4 engine at approximately 1410 P.d.t, June 28, 1965. The accident occurred shortly after takeoff from San Francisco International Airport, San Francisco, California, at an altitude of about 800 feet above the ground. Disintegration of the turbine disk was followed by a fire in the No. 4 engine area and an explosion in the outboard reserve fuel tank. The No. 4 engine and approximately 25 feet of the right outer wing separated from the aircraft.
ref: 1966 September 28, Civil Aeronautics Board, “Synposis^([sic])”, in Aircraft Accident Report: Pan American World Airways, Inc., B-707-321B, N761PA, San Francisco, California, June 28, 1965, retrieved 25 Nov 2022, page 1:
glosses: A process by which anything disintegrates.
glosses: The condition of anything which has disintegrated.
topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: The wearing away or falling to pieces of rocks or strata, produced by atmospheric action, frost, ice, etc.
qualifier: nuclear physics
glosses: The process of radioactive decay.
examples: text: The sample exhibited an activity of three disintegrations per second.
qualifier: nuclear physics
glosses: The process of radioactive decay.
The radioactive decay of a single atom.
Derived terms: disintegrational
disintegration energy
disintegrative
electrodisintegration
kilodisintegration
nondisintegration
nuclear disintegration
photodisintegration
radioactive disintegration
Related terms: integration
dislocation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪsləʊˈkeɪʃən/
rhymes: -eɪʃən
Forms: form: dislocations
Etymology: From Middle English, from Old French, a borrowing from Medieval Latin dislocātiō, delocatio.
Senses: examples: text: As mentioned last month in the article "Railways and the War," the emergency timetables were planned in view of the possibility of serious dislocation of transport by air raids in the early days of the war, and were regarded as the minimum service which would keep the activities of the country alive.
ref: 1939 December, Mercury, “The British War Emergency Timetables, October, 1939”, in Railway Magazine, page 373:
text: At large stations such as Euston and Birmingham New Street, it is essential to compress the station reconstruction, re-signalling and overhead wiring into the shortest possible time, not only to minimise the period of traffic dislocation but also to ensure completion by the time the remainder of the lines is electrified.
ref: 1961 December, “Planning the London Midland main-line electrification”, in Trains Illustrated, page 722:
text: Let's hope someone can get an original Spanish print for U.S. distribution; the redubbed Mexican version shown at the Festival does a disservice to the fine performances by its slight (but annoying) dislocations of sound and image.
ref: 1986 February 1, Nicholas Deutsch, “7th Annual New York Gay Film Festival”, in Gay Community News, volume 13, number 28, page 8:
glosses: The act of displacing, or the state of being displaced.
topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: The displacement of parts of rocks or portions of strata from the situation which they originally occupied.
examples: text: They used steroids to build strength but, more importantly, to recover from strains, pulls, dislocations.
ref: 2010, Peter Corris, Torn Apart, Allen and Unwin, page 162:
synonyms: luxation
glosses: The act of dislocating, or putting out of joint; also, the condition of being thus displaced.
qualifier: materials science
glosses: A linear defect in a crystal lattice. Because dislocations can shift within the crystal lattice, they tend to weaken the material, compared to a perfect crystal.
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A sentence structure in which a constituent that could otherwise be either an argument or an adjunct of a clause occurs outside of and adjacent to the clause boundaries.
examples: text: The practice of contortion can be divided into three categories: backbending, frontbending and dislocation.
ref: 2016, Louis Patrick Leroux, Charles R. Batson, Cirque Global: Quebec's Expanding Circus Boundaries, McGill-Queen's Press, →ISBN, page 297:
topics: dance
dancing
gymnastics
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: In men's gymnastics, a rotating of the shoulders when performing a backwards turn on the still rings. Many skills in acrobatics appear to involve dislocating a joint, when they actually do not.
Derived terms: dislocational
dislocationary
redislocation
Taylor-Orowan dislocation
Taylor's dislocation
dismay
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪsˈmeɪ/
rhymes: -eɪ
Forms: form: dismays
form: dismaying
form: dismayed
form: dismayed
Etymology: From Middle English dismayen, from Anglo-Norman *desmaiier, alteration of Old French esmaier (“to frighten”), probably from Vulgar Latin *exmagare (“to deprive (someone) of strength, to disable”), from ex- + *magare (“to enable, empower”), from Proto-Germanic *maginą, *maganą (“might, power”), from Proto-Indo-European *megʰ- (“to be able”).
Akin to Old High German magan, megin (“power, might, main”), Old English mæġen (“might, main”), Old High German magan, mugan (“to be powerful, able”), Old English magan (“to be able”). Cognate with Portuguese desmaiar (“to faint”) and Spanish esmayar. See also Portuguese esmagar, Spanish amagar. More at main, may.
Senses: examples: text: Be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Josh i:9:
text: What words be these? What fears do you dismay?
ref: 1600, [Torquato Tasso], “(please specify |book=1 to 20)”, in Edward Fairefax [i.e., Edward Fairfax], transl., Godfrey of Bulloigne, or The Recouerie of Ierusalem. […], London: […] Ar[nold] Hatfield, for I[saac] Iaggard and M[atthew] Lownes, →OCLC:
synonyms: daunt
appall
terrify
glosses: To cause to feel apprehension; great sadness, or fear; to deprive of energy.
examples: text: Do not dismay yourself for this.
ref: 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book IV, Canto I”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 40:
glosses: To render lifeless; to subdue; to disquiet.
examples: text: Dismay not, princes, at this accident,
ref: 1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Sixt”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iii], line 1:
glosses: To take dismay or fright; to be filled with dismay.
dismay
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪsˈmeɪ/
rhymes: -eɪ
Etymology: From Middle English dismayen, from Anglo-Norman *desmaiier, alteration of Old French esmaier (“to frighten”), probably from Vulgar Latin *exmagare (“to deprive (someone) of strength, to disable”), from ex- + *magare (“to enable, empower”), from Proto-Germanic *maginą, *maganą (“might, power”), from Proto-Indo-European *megʰ- (“to be able”).
Akin to Old High German magan, megin (“power, might, main”), Old English mæġen (“might, main”), Old High German magan, mugan (“to be powerful, able”), Old English magan (“to be able”). Cognate with Portuguese desmaiar (“to faint”) and Spanish esmayar. See also Portuguese esmagar, Spanish amagar. More at main, may.
Senses: examples: text: He looked in dismay at the destruction of the town caused by the hurricane.
text: Come on: in this there can be no dismay;
My ships come home a month before the day.
ref: c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iii]:
text: US reputational damage is not confined to Europe. There was dismay among the G7 countries that a joint statement on tackling the pandemic could not be agreed because Trump insisted on calling it the “Wuhan virus” – his crude way of pinning sole blame on China.
ref: 2020 April 12, Simon Tisdall, “US's global reputation hits rock-bottom over Trump's coronavirus response”, in The Guardian:
synonyms: consternation
glosses: A sudden or complete loss of courage and firmness in the face of trouble or danger; overwhelming and disabling terror; a sinking of the spirits
glosses: Condition fitted to dismay; ruin.
Derived terms: dismayer
dismayful
undismayable
disorganization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪˌsoɹɡəˌnaɪˈzeɪʃən/
ipa: /dɪsˌɔː(ɹ).ɡənˌaɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/
Forms: form: disorganizations
form: disorganisation
Etymology: From French désorganiser. Equivalent to dis- + organization.
Senses: glosses: The act of disorganizing; destruction of system.
examples: text: the disorganization of the body, or of government
glosses: The state of being disorganized
dispel
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: [dɪˈspɛɫ]
rhymes: -ɛl
Forms: form: dispels
form: dispelling
form: dispelled
form: dispelled
Etymology: From Middle English dispelen, from Latin dispellere (“to disperse; to dispel”).
Senses: examples: text: The clouds and mist were soon enough dispelled by the sun.
synonyms: disperse
glosses: To drive away or cause to vanish by scattering.
examples: text: It was April 22, 1831, and a young man was walking down Whitehall in the direction of Parliament Street.[…]. He halted opposite the Privy Gardens, and, with his face turned skywards, listened until the sound of the Tower guns smote again on the ear and dispelled his doubts.
ref: 1906, Stanley J[ohn] Weyman, chapter I, in Chippinge Borough, New York, N.Y.: McClure, Phillips & Co., →OCLC, page 01:
text: The fate of the railway from Ballater to Braemar has been invested with an air of mystery, which has never been completely dispelled. It has been suggested that Queen Victoria was opposed to a railway in the vicinity of Balmoral Castle, and intervened personally to secure the abandonment of the line beyond Ballater.
ref: 1957 January 24, H. A. Vallance, “The Deeside Railway—1”, in Railway Magazine, page 6:
glosses: To remove (fears, doubts, objections etc.) by proving them unjustified.
Derived terms: dispellable
dispeller
dispelment
redispel
undispelled
dispel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: [dɪˈspɛɫ]
rhymes: -ɛl
Forms: form: dispels
Etymology: From Middle English dispelen, from Latin dispellere (“to disperse; to dispel”).
Senses: examples: text: “My dispel didn't work,” she said finally. “He wasn't a blood witch, Sunny,” I said.
ref: 2008, Caitlin Kittredge, Night Life:
glosses: An act or instance of dispelling.
Related terms: dispulsion
disperse
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪˈspɜːs/
ipa: /dɪˈspɝs/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)s
homophone: disburse
Forms: form: disperses
form: dispersing
form: dispersed
form: dispersed
Etymology: From Middle French disperser, from Latin dispersus, past participle of dispergō (“to scatter abroad, disperse”), from dis- (“apart”) + spargō (“to scatter”); see sparse.
Senses: examples: text: The Jews are dispersed among all nations.
text: The lippes of the wiſe diſperſe knowledge: but the heart of the fooliſh, doeth not ſo.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Proverbs 15:7, column 1:
glosses: To scatter in different directions.
synonyms: word: destroy
word: annihilate
word: aerosolize
word: atomize
word: benothing
word: bewreck
word: blot out
word: blotto
word: dash
word: decompose
word: demolish
word: desolate
word: devastate
word: diffuse
word: disintegrate
word: disperse
word: dissolve
word: eliminate
word: eradicate
word: erase
word: exterminate
word: extinguish
word: extirpate
word: fuck
word: harry
word: jazz
word: lay waste
word: level
word: liquidate
word: nuke
word: obliterate
word: pull down
word: pulverize
word: race
word: raze
word: ravage
word: remove
word: ruin
word: stamp out
word: total
word: unbreed
word: unexist
word: unmake
word: uproot
word: waste
word: wipe out
word: wipe off
word: wreck
glosses: To break up and disappear; to dissipate.
glosses: To disseminate.
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: To separate rays of light, etc., according to wavelength; to refract.
glosses: To distribute throughout.
Synonyms: word: besprenge
word: broadcast
word: desparple
word: discuss
word: disgregate
word: disparkle
word: disparple
word: dispel
word: disperple
word: disperse
word: distribute
word: dwindle
word: straggle
word: flurr
word: insperse
word: instrew
word: litter
word: overshake
word: resperse
word: scatter
word: squander
word: sparble
word: sparkle
word: sparse
word: sperse
word: spread
word: springe
word: strew
word: strinkle
word: todrive
word: togo
word: torat
word: whiffle
Hypernyms: word: divide
Hyponyms: word: aerosolise
word: asperse
word: besnow
word: besow
word: blow away
word: disband
word: dissolve
word: diffuse
word: flitter
word: inseminate
word: resolve
word: sow
word: sprinkle
word: stampede
Derived terms: dedisperse
dispersable
dispersant
disperser
dispersingly
dispersity
dispersive
dispersoid
dispersometer
nondispersing
overdisperse
redisperse
undispersing
Related terms: dispersal
dispersible
dispersion
disperse
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪˈspɜːs/
ipa: /dɪˈspɝs/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)s
homophone: disburse
Forms: form: more disperse
form: most disperse
Etymology: From Middle French disperser, from Latin dispersus, past participle of dispergō (“to scatter abroad, disperse”), from dis- (“apart”) + spargō (“to scatter”); see sparse.
Senses: examples: text: Australia itself is a very wide and very disperse country, where the distance problems significantly affect also the "internal" customer-supplier chains.
ref: 1998, James-Yves Roger, Technologies for the Information Society: Developments and Opportunities:
text: In particular, a very crisp quantifier such as “for all,” “there exists,” “at least 50 percent” tend to have less disperse weighting vectors while fuzzier quantifiers such as many tend to have a more disperse weighting vector.
ref: 2014, Didier J. Dubois, Readings in Fuzzy Sets for Intelligent Systems, page 85:
glosses: Scattered or spread out.
Derived terms: bidisperse
disperseness
disperse phase
heterodisperse
isodisperse
monodisperse
nanodisperse
paucidisperse
polydisperse
displease
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪsˈpliːz/
rhymes: -iːz
Forms: form: displeases
form: displeasing
form: displeased
form: displeased
Etymology: English dis- + please, from Middle English displesen, from Anglo-Norman despleisir, desplere, from Old French desplere (des- + plere).
Senses: examples: text: The boy's rudeness displeased me.
text: I felt displeased with the boy.
text: Wilt thou be displeased at us forever: and wilt thou stretch out thy wrath from one generation to another?
ref: 1662, Thomas Cranmer [et al.], compilers, “The Psalms, Sixteenth Day, Evening Prayer”, in The Book of Common-Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments, […], London: […] John Bill, and Christopher Barker, […], →OCLC:
text: How can an operator be, at the same time, top for overall satisfaction and bottom for value for money? I turned to Anthony Smith for the answer, leaning on his 20 years running Transport Focus and its predecessors.
It's commuters, he explained. "You can't please commuters, you can only not displease them."
ref: 2024 October 2, Philip Haigh, “Different types of passengers require different types of fare”, in RAIL, number 1019, page 54:
glosses: To make not pleased; to cause a feeling of disapprobation or dislike in; to be disagreeable to; to vex slightly.
glosses: To give displeasure or offense.
examples: text: I shall displease my ends else.
ref: c. 1608–1611, Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher, “The Maid’s Tragedy”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1679, →OCLC, Act IV, scene i:
glosses: To fail to satisfy; to miss of.
Synonyms: misplease
Derived terms: displeaser
Related terms: displeasure
affront
anger
annoy
chafe
disgust
dissatisfy
offend
provoke
vex
disprove
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: dĭs-pro͞ovʹ
ipa: /dɪsˈpɹuːv/
ipa: /dɪsˈpɹuv/
ipa: /dɪsˈpɹʉːv/
rhymes: -uːv
Forms: form: disproves
form: disproving
form: disproved
form: disproved
form: disproven
Etymology: From Middle English disproven, dispreven, from Old French desprover, from des- + prover, equivalent to dis- + prove.
Senses: examples: text: disprove a theory
text: disprove a hypothesis
text: “The commission is not set up to disprove or to prove President Trump’s claim, nor is it just looking at the 2016 election. We’re looking at all forms of election irregularities, voter fraud, voter registration fraud, voter intimidation, suppression, and looking at the vulnerabilities of the various elections we have in each of the 50 states,” Kobach told “New Day” co-host Chris Cuomo.
ref: 2017 May 15, David Wright, “Kobach: ‘Election integrity’ panel ‘not set up to prove or to disprove’ Trump”, in CNN:
text: While the incumbent Democrats in Michigan are vulnerable, the Trump-endorsed candidates have built their campaigns around the disproved claims of a rigged 2020 election – an issue that may not have much traction among swing voters.
ref: 2022 April 29, Rusty Hills, “Opinion: When will the GOP learn from Trump’s mistakes?”, in CNN:
text: Newly released audio disproves Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy’s claim on CNN that he was misquoted by The Atlantic about the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.
ref: 2023 August 22, Daniel Dale, “Fact check: Audio debunks Vivek Ramaswamy’s false claim that he was misquoted about 9/11”, in CNN:
text: As it worked, the AI-based system found that fingerprints from different fingers of the same person shared strong similarities and was therefore able to tell when the fingerprints belonged to the same individual and when they didn’t, with an accuracy for a single pair peaking at 77% — seemingly disproving that each fingerprint is “unique.”
ref: 2024 January 12, Jacopo Prisco, “Are fingerprints unique? Not really, AI-based study finds”, in CNN:
glosses: To prove to be false or erroneous; to confute; to refute.
Derived terms: disprovability
disprovable
disproval
disprovement
disprover
undisprovable
undisproved
disputation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪsˌpjuːˈteɪʃən/
rhymes: -eɪʃən
Forms: form: disputations
Etymology: English dispute + -ation, from Old French disputation, from Latin disputatio.
Senses: examples: text: And like the battles fought over baptism by sprinkling as opposed to total immersion, these modern-day disputations can be tedious.
ref: 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, page 13:
glosses: The act of disputing; a dispute or argument.
glosses: A rhetorical exercise in which parties reason in opposition to each other over a belief or proposition.
Derived terms: disputationism
Related terms: disputable
disputant
disputatious
dispute
dispute
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪsˈpjuːt/
ipa: /ˈdɪs.pjuːt/
ipa: /ˈdɪs.pjut/
ipa: /dɪsˈpjut/
ipa: /dɪsˈpjʉːt/
ipa: /ˈdɪs.pjʉːt/
ipa: /dɪsˈpjuːt/
rhymes: -uːt
Forms: form: disputes
Etymology: From Middle English disputen, from Old French desputer (French disputer), from Latin disputāre (“to dispute, discuss, examine, compute, estimate”), from dis- (“apart”) + putāre (“to reckon, consider, think, originally make clean, clear up”), related to purus (“pure”). Compare compute, count, impute, repute, amputate, etc.
Senses: examples: text: A "who-does-what" labour dispute at Swindon works during April led to a stoppage of work on the construction of the new 0-6-0 Type 1 diesel-hydraulic locomotives of the D9500 series and work had not been resumed as we closed for press.
ref: 1964 June, “Motive Power Miscellany: BR Workshops”, in Modern Railways, page 432:
glosses: An argument or disagreement, a failure to agree.
examples: text: Addicted more / To contemplation and profound dispute.
ref: 1671, John Milton, “The First Book”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC, page 4:
glosses: Verbal controversy or disagreement; altercation; debate.
Synonyms: word: argument
word: argy-bargy
word: altercation
word: barney
word: bawl out
word: blue
word: bobbery
word: brawl
word: clash
word: conflict
word: controversy
word: debate
word: difference
word: ding-dong
word: disagreement
word: discordance
word: disharmony
word: disputation
word: dispute
word: dissonance
word: disunion
word: dustup
word: face-off
word: falling out
word: feud
word: fight
word: flite
word: hassle
word: quarrel
word: quibble
word: row
word: spat
word: squabble
word: tangle
word: threap
word: tiff
word: wrangle
Derived terms: beyond dispute
counterdispute
disputeless
dispute resolution
domestic dispute
interdispute
predispute
trade dispute
Related terms: word: acquiescence
word: compromise
word: stalemate
word: quarrelsome
word: give curry
word: have an axe to grind
word: have a bone to pick
word: fall out