cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
HIV
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌeɪtʃˌaɪˈviː/
Senses: examples: text: There have been other drugs since reticulose that I became aware of the successes of, some even able to claim "cure," even turning people from HIV-positive to negative.
ref: 1998, Gavin Dillard, In the Flesh: Undressing for Success, page 141:
text: Accordingly, we varied HIV transmission probability per coital act, duration of each HIV stage, frequency of coital acts per HIV stage, duration of partnership, degree of assortativeness, scale parameter in the gamma distribution of the population across the risk groups, and exponent parameter in the power-law function of the distribution of sexual-risk behavior.
ref: 2015 December 31, “Investigating Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision Program Efficiency Gains through Subpopulation Prioritization: Insights from Application to Zambia”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
text: A 2013 study found the HIV rate among injecting IPED users in England and Wales was 1.5 percent, comparable to 1.2 percent among users of psychoactive drugs like heroin and crack.
ref: 2022 June 28, Jamie Millar, “'SARM Goblins': The Young Men Hooked on Steroids”, in VICE, archived from the original on 07 Nov 2023:
topics: biology
microbiology
natural-sciences
virology
synonyms: HIV virus
house in Virginia
;
LAV
glosses: Initialism of human immunodeficiency virus.
topics: engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Initialism of header isolation valve.
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Initialism of helium isolation valve.
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Initialism of hydraulic isolation valve.
Derived terms: HIV-
HIV+
HIV/AIDS
HIV-1
HIV-2
HIV negative
HIV positive
HIV virus
PLWH
Related terms: FIV
SIV
IAAF
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Initialism of International Amateur Athletics Federation (1912–2001).
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Initialism of International Association of Athletics Federations (2001–2019).
Macedonia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌmæs.əˈdəʊ.nɪ.ə/
enpr: măs'ədōʹnēə
ipa: /ˌmæs.əˈdoʊ.ni.ə/
ipa: /ˌmæs.əˈdoʊn.jə/
rhymes: -əʊniə
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Μακεδονία (Makedonía, “Macedonia”), from μακεδονία (makedonía, “highland”), from μακεδνός (makednós, “high, tall”). Doublet of macedoine.
Senses: glosses: A geographic region in Southeast Europe in the Balkans which includes the Republic of North Macedonia, the region of Macedonia in Greece, the Pirin region of Bulgaria, and small parts of Albania and Serbia.
synonyms: Macedon
glosses: An ancient Greek kingdom in Southeast Europe in the Balkans, located to the north of Thessaly, comprising the Greek city of Thessaloniki and its surroundings.
glosses: Former name of North Macedonia: a country in Southeast Europe in the Balkans.
glosses: A geographic region and former administrative region of Greece, comprising the regions of West Macedonia, Central Macedonia and the East Macedonia part of the region of East Macedonia and Thrace.
glosses: A geographic region in southwestern Bulgaria; in full, Pirin Macedonia or Bulgarian Macedonia.
examples: text: But all this took time and delayed the start of the Communist-led uprising in Macedonia until October 11, 1941, that is, almost three months after it began in other parts of Yugoslavia. The CPY only had a few members in Macedonia at the time […]
ref: 2002, Jozo Tomasevich, War and Revolution in Yugoslavia: 1941 - 1945, Stanford University Press, →ISBN, page 166:
glosses: A former constituent republic of Yugoslavia.
glosses: A former province of the Roman Empire.
Synonyms: word: Greater Macedonia
word: Vardaska
word: Macedon
word: former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
word: Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
word: FYROM
word: Macedonia-Skopje
word: Monkeydonia
word: New Macedonia
word: Northern Macedonia
word: North Macedonia
word: Republic of Macedonia
word: Republic of Northern Macedonia
word: Republic of North Macedonia
word: Socialist Republic of Macedonia
word: Vardar Macedonia
word: Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
word: Aegean Macedonia
word: Greek Macedonia
word: Southern Macedonia
word: South Macedonia
word: Bulgarian Macedonia
word: Pirin Macedonia
Derived terms: Aegean Macedonia
Bulgarian Macedonia
Central Macedonia
East Macedonia
East Macedonia and Thrace
former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
FYROM
Greater Macedonia
Greek Macedonia
Macedonian
Macedonia-Skopje
New Macedonia
Northern Macedonia
North Macedonia
Pirin Macedonia
Republic of Macedonia
Republic of Northern Macedonia
Republic of North Macedonia
Socialist Republic of Macedonia
Southern Macedonia
South Macedonia
Vardar Macedonia
West Macedonia
Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Related terms: Countries of the world
Skopje
Northern Marianas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Ellipsis of Northern Mariana Islands.
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /se(ɪ)nt ˈvɪn(t).sənt ən ðə ˈɡɹɛn.əˌdiːnz/
ipa: /- ˌɡɹɛn.əˈdiːnz/
Forms: form: St. Vincent and the Grenadines
form: St Vincent and the Grenadines
form: St. Vincent & the Grenadines
form: St Vincent & the Grenadines
Etymology: After Saint Vincent (sighted by Columbus on St Vincent's Day, 22 January 1498) and the city of Granada in Spain.
Senses: glosses: An archipelago and country in the Caribbean, comprising the islands of Saint Vincent and the island chain of the Grenadines.
Hyponyms: Bequia
Canouan
Mayreau
Mustique
Saint Vincent
Union Island
Related terms: Vincentian
Grenadinese
US Virgin Islands
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the US Virgin Islands
Senses: examples: text: I looked forward to seeing our friends and loved the long, serious conversations at Renaissance. But I needed some rest, and I was eager for the four days we had planned on St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands after New Year’s.
ref: 2003, Hillary Rodham Clinton, “Third Way”, in Living History, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 437:
glosses: Abbreviation of United States Virgin Islands.
Vatican City
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈvæ.tɪ.kən ˈsɪt.i/
rhymes: -ɪti
Forms: form: Vatican City
form: the Vatican City
Etymology: A calque of Italian Città del Vaticano, from Latin Cīvitās Vāticāna (“Vatican City”), referring to the Vatican hill, whose further etymology is unknown.
Senses: examples: text: “The new State, which will be known as the Vatican City, has a tiny territory,” the Pope [Pius XI] said, “but it is the greatest in the world because it contains Bernig’s^([sic]) colonnades, Michelangelo’s dome, treasures of art in the Vatican library, museums and galleries, and because, above all, it contains the tomb of the Prince of the Apostles. No more precious territory exists.”
ref: 1929 February 12, Arnaldo Cortesi, “Pope’s Sovereignty Is Restored by Italo-Vatican Compact”, in The New York Times, volume LXXVIII, number 25,952, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 08 Aug 2025, page 2, column 2:
text: Unlike most other countries in the world, citizenship in Vatican City isn’t solely provided to people that are born in the country. As there are no hospitals in the Vatican State, virtually no one is born in there. Instead, Vatican citizenship is provided on a ‘jus officii’ basis.
ref: 2019 October 3, Ellen Curtin, “Everything You Wanted to Know about Vatican City”, in City Wonders, archived from the original on 13 Jun 2025:
text: The advisory mentions “travel to the Vatican City,” but did not specify if he would meet with the pope.
ref: 2024 May 6, Dana Rubinstein, William K. Rashbaum, “Mayor [Eric] Adams to Meet With Pope Francis in Rome”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 06 May 2024:
synonyms: Vatican
glosses: A city-state in Southern Europe, an enclave within the city of Rome, Italy. Official name: Vatican City State.
Derived terms: english: a person from Vatican City
translation: a person from Vatican City
word: Vaticanian
Related terms: Papal States
Countries of the world
neologisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of neologism
debt-laden
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more debt-laden
form: most debt-laden
Senses: glosses: having a burden of debt
president
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɹɛzɪdənt/
rhymes: -ɛzɪdənt
Forms: form: President
form: praesident
form: præsident
Etymology: From Old French president, from Latin praesidēns (“presiding over; president, leader”) (accusative: praesidentem). The Latin word is the substantivized present active participle of the verb praesideō (“preside over”). The verb is composed from prae (“before”) and sedeō (“sit”). The original meaning of the verb is 'to sit before' in the sense of presiding at a meeting. A secondary meaning of the verb is 'to command, to govern'. So praesidēns means 'the presiding one on a meeting' or 'governor, commander'.
Senses: examples: text: His angels president / In every province.
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:
glosses: Occupying the first rank or chief place; having the highest authority; presiding.
president
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɹɛzɪdənt/
rhymes: -ɛzɪdənt
Forms: form: presidents
form: presidenting
form: presidented
form: presidented
form: President
form: praesident
form: præsident
Etymology: From Old French president, from Latin praesidēns (“presiding over; president, leader”) (accusative: praesidentem). The Latin word is the substantivized present active participle of the verb praesideō (“preside over”). The verb is composed from prae (“before”) and sedeō (“sit”). The original meaning of the verb is 'to sit before' in the sense of presiding at a meeting. A secondary meaning of the verb is 'to command, to govern'. So praesidēns means 'the presiding one on a meeting' or 'governor, commander'.
Senses: glosses: To act as president; to do presidential duties.
presidente
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: presidentes
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish presidente (“president”).
Senses: glosses: A cocktail made from rum, curaçao, dry vermouth, and grenadine that is stirred or shaken with cracked ice.
Security Council
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Security Council
Etymology: security + council
Senses: glosses: Synonym of UN Security Council
synonyms: word: UN Security Council
fuck
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: enpr: fŭk
ipa: /fʌk/
ipa: [fʌk̚]
ipa: /fʊk/
ipa: /fɐk/
ipa: [fäk]
rhymes: -ʌk
rhymes: -ʊk
Forms: form: f##k
form: f#$k
form: f#%k
form: f#*k
form: f#@k
form: f***
form: f**k
form: f*ck
form: f--k
form: f@%k
form: fck
form: fk
form: fsck
form: fu#k
form: fu$k
form: fu*k
form: fu-k
form: fu...k
form: fu@k
form: fu©k
form: fvck
form: f—k
form: f&!k
form: f...k
form: f…k
form: fu…k
form: 4uck
form: fuxk
form: F-bomb
form: F-word
form: fuk
form: fuq
form: phuck
form: uckfay
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *pewǵ-
Proto-Germanic *fukkōną
Old English *fuccian
Middle English *fukken
English fuck
From Middle English *fukken, probably of Germanic origin: either from Old English *fuccian or Old Norse *fukka, both from Proto-Germanic *fukkōną, from Proto-Indo-European *pewǵ- (“to strike, punch, stab”). Compare windfucker and its debated etymology.
Possibly attested in a 772 CE charter that mentions a place called Fuccerham, which may mean "hām (“home”) of the fucker" or "hamm (“pasture”) of the fucker"; a John le Fucker in a record from 1278 may just be a variant of Fulcher; compare Fucher, Foker, etc. The earliest unambiguous use of the word in a clearly sexual context, in any stage of English, appears to be in court documents from Cheshire, England, which mention a man called Roger Fuckebythenavele (possibly tongue-in-cheek or directly suggestive of a depraved sexual act) on 8 December 1310. It was first listed in a dictionary in 1598. Scots fuk or fuck is attested slightly earlier, probably reinforcing the Northern Germanic/Scandinavian origin theory. From 1500 onward, the word has been in continual use, superseding jape and sard and largely displacing swive. See windfucker and fuckwind for more information.
* A range of folk-etymological backronyms, such as fornication under consent of the king and for unlawful carnal knowledge, are all demonstrably false.
* Sense 7 from related sense feck.
Senses: examples: text: Do you censor your swearing? – Fuck no.
synonyms: hell
god
shit
heck
glosses: Used as an intensifier for the words "yes" and "no".
examples: text: Do I want to? Do I fuck!
text: They're your friends, aren't they? – Are they fuck my friends.
synonyms: heck
buggery
glosses: Used after an inverted subject pronoun and auxiliary verb or copula to emphatically negate the verb.
web browser
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwɛbˌbɹaʊ.zə(ɹ)/
Forms: form: web browsers
form: Web browser
form: web-browser
form: Web-browser
Senses: examples: text: A web browser interprets an HTML document to display a web page. Popular web browsers are Internet Explorer and Netscape Navigator.
ref: 2001, Beth Brown, Bruce Presley, Elaine Malfas, A Guide to Web Authoring Using Microsoft FrontPage 2000, Lawrenceville Press, →ISBN:
synonyms: browser
glosses: A computer program used to navigate the World Wide Web, chiefly by viewing web pages and following hyperlinks.
Hypernyms: user agent
thin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /θɪn/
note: th-fronting
ipa: /fɪn/
rhymes: -ɪn
homophone: fin (th-fronting)
Forms: form: thins
Etymology: From Middle English thinne, thünne, thenne, from Old English þynne, from Proto-West Germanic *þunnī, from Proto-Germanic *þunnuz (“thin”) – compare *þanjaną (“to stretch, spread out”) – from Proto-Indo-European *ténh₂us (“thin”), from *ten- (“to stretch”).
Cognate with German dünn, Dutch dun, West Frisian tin, Icelandic þunnur, Danish tynd, Swedish tunn, Latin tenuis, Irish tanaí, Welsh tenau, Latvian tievs, Polish cienki, Russian тонкий (tonkij), Sanskrit तनु (tanú, “thin”), Persian تنگ (tang, “narrow”). Doublet of tenuis. Also related to tenuous.
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
philately
glosses: A loss or tearing of paper from the back of a stamp, although not sufficient to create a complete hole.
examples: chocolate mint thins
potato thins
wheat thins
glosses: Any food produced or served in thin slices.
thin
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /θɪn/
note: th-fronting
ipa: /fɪn/
rhymes: -ɪn
homophone: fin (th-fronting)
Forms: form: thins
form: thinning
form: thinned
form: thinned
Etymology: From Middle English thinne, thünne, thenne, from Old English þynne, from Proto-West Germanic *þunnī, from Proto-Germanic *þunnuz (“thin”) – compare *þanjaną (“to stretch, spread out”) – from Proto-Indo-European *ténh₂us (“thin”), from *ten- (“to stretch”).
Cognate with German dünn, Dutch dun, West Frisian tin, Icelandic þunnur, Danish tynd, Swedish tunn, Latin tenuis, Irish tanaí, Welsh tenau, Latvian tievs, Polish cienki, Russian тонкий (tonkij), Sanskrit तनु (tanú, “thin”), Persian تنگ (tang, “narrow”). Doublet of tenuis. Also related to tenuous.
Senses: examples: text: Exhausted fathers thinned the blood,
You curse the legacy of pain;
Darling of an infected brood,
You feel disaster climb the vein.
ref: 1941, Theodore Roethke, “Feud”, in Open House, New York, N.Y.: Alfred A[braham] Knopf, →OCLC; republished in The Collected Poems of Theodore Roethke, London: Faber and Faber […], 1968, →OCLC, page 4:
glosses: To make thin or thinner.
examples: text: The crowds thinned after the procession had passed: there was nothing more to see.
glosses: To become thin or thinner.
glosses: To dilute.
examples: text: So floriferous are Asian pears, and the tree so laden with young fruit, that as the tree approaches maturity it is worth considering thinning the fruit (I can't quite bring myself to thin the flowers) so as to neither overburden the tree for this year nor tire it for the next. Thinning early in the season, while the fruit is small, is ideal.
ref: 2015 September 5, Mark Diacono, “In praise of the Asian pear”, in The Daily Telegraph (Gardening), archived from the original on 12 Sep 2015, page 3:
glosses: To remove some plants or parts of plants in order to improve the growth of what remains.
Derived terms: thin down
thinner
thin out
thin up
thin
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /θɪn/
note: th-fronting
ipa: /fɪn/
rhymes: -ɪn
homophone: fin (th-fronting)
Forms: form: more thin
form: most thin
Etymology: From Middle English thinne, thünne, thenne, from Old English þynne, from Proto-West Germanic *þunnī, from Proto-Germanic *þunnuz (“thin”) – compare *þanjaną (“to stretch, spread out”) – from Proto-Indo-European *ténh₂us (“thin”), from *ten- (“to stretch”).
Cognate with German dünn, Dutch dun, West Frisian tin, Icelandic þunnur, Danish tynd, Swedish tunn, Latin tenuis, Irish tanaí, Welsh tenau, Latvian tievs, Polish cienki, Russian тонкий (tonkij), Sanskrit तनु (tanú, “thin”), Persian تنگ (tang, “narrow”). Doublet of tenuis. Also related to tenuous.
Senses: examples: text: seed sown thin
text: Spain is a nation thin sown of people.
ref: a. 1627 (date written), Francis [Bacon], “Considerations Touching a Warre with Spaine. […]”, in William Rawley, editor, Certaine Miscellany Works of the Right Honourable Francis Lo. Verulam, Viscount S. Alban. […], London: […] I. Hauiland for Humphrey Robinson, […], published 1629, →OCLC:
glosses: Not thickly or closely; in a scattered state.
ground
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡɹaʊnd/
ipa: /ɡɹʊnd/
rhymes: -aʊnd
Etymology: Inflected form of grind. See also milled.
Senses: examples: text: I ground the coffee up nicely.
glosses: simple past and past participle of grind
ground
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡɹaʊnd/
ipa: /ɡɹʊnd/
rhymes: -aʊnd
Etymology: Inflected form of grind. See also milled.
Senses: examples: text: ground mustard seed
text: Alike, joy and sorrow, hope and fear, seemed ground to finest dust, and powdered, for the time, in the clamped mortar of Ahab's iron soul.
ref: 1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick:
text: The intestinal contents of F. Stellifer seem finely ground in comparison to those of F. catenatus, probably as a result of chewing with the stout pharyngeal molars.
ref: 1969, Tulane Studies in Zoology and Botany, volume 16, page 16:
text: Powder mixing and grinding are complete when the powder is homogenous and grey-black in color, appears finely ground, and feels smooth.
ref: 2018, S Sivakumar, E Zwier, PB Meisenheimer…, “Bulk and Thin Film Synthesis of Compositionally Variant Entropy-stabilized Oxides”, in Journal of Visualized Experiments:
synonyms: milled
glosses: Crushed, or reduced to small particles.
examples: text: lenses of ground glass
text: the traces of wear have the appearance of dull patches that look ground.
ref: 1985, Sergeĭ Aristarkhovich Semenov, Prehistoric Technology: An Experimental Study of the Oldest Tools and Artefacts from Traces of Manufacture and Wear, page 14:
text: The axial perforation, the handle socket and the quern base are all rough and do not appear ground or polished
ref: 2000, Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, page 258:
text: An advantage of such a finishing tool is that, after the machining, the workpiece has high surface quality. The surface which is produced appears finely ground to polished by means of this procedure.
ref: 2018, H Glimpel, HJ Lauffer, A Bremstahler, Finishing Tool, In Particular End Milling Cutter, US Patent App. 15/764,739
glosses: Processed by grinding.
Derived terms: ground beef
ground glass
ground meat
ground pepper
misground
preground
stoneground
unground
data structure
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: data structures
Senses: topics: computer
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
science
sciences
glosses: Any form of storing and organizing data in a computer so that it can be accessed efficiently.
Related terms: abstract data type
database
datafication
datafy
data type
the grass is always greener on the other side
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Forms: form: the grass is always greener
form: the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence
form: the grass is always greener on the other side of the road
Senses: glosses: The circumstances of others seem more desirable than one's own but in reality often are not.
Related terms: familiarity breeds contempt
forbidden fruit is the sweetest
greener pastures
how the other half lives
DNA
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌdiːɛnˈeɪ/
ipa: /ˌdiˌɛnˈeɪ/
Forms: form: DNAs
form: DNAing
form: DNAed
form: DNAed
Etymology: The noun is an initialism of deoxyribonucleic acid. The verb is derived from the noun.
Senses: examples: text: The only way we're gonna know is if we DNA him against the spunk in Karen.
ref: 2002, Matthew Stokoe, High Life, New York, N.Y.: Akashic Books, published 2008, →ISBN, page 261:
text: The barrister went on to say that his client 'remains persecuted and victimised. He has been DNAed; his hair, his blood and his clothes. Nothing. No charges have ever been brought.'
ref: 2004, Michael Sheridan, Death in December: The Story of Sophie Toscan Du Plantier, updated edition, Dublin: O’Brien, →ISBN, page 194:
text: Maybe nothing to do with the break-in, but worth fingerprinting the wrapper and DNAing the gum.
ref: 2020, Julian Mitchell, A Devon Deception, Kibworth Beauchamp, Leicestershire: Matador, →ISBN:
glosses: To examine a sample of (someone's) deoxyribonucleic acid.
DNA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌdiːɛnˈeɪ/
ipa: /ˌdiˌɛnˈeɪ/
Etymology: An initialism of the various terms listed below. The verb sense is derived from noun sense 7.
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Defense Nuclear Agency, an agency of the United States Department of Defense which existed from 1971 to 1996 and has since been reorganized as the Defense Threat Reduction Agency.
DNA
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌdiːɛnˈeɪ/
ipa: /ˌdiˌɛnˈeɪ/
Etymology: An initialism of the various terms listed below. The verb sense is derived from noun sense 7.
Senses: glosses: Did not answer.
glosses: Did not arrive (used when someone fails to keep an appointment).
glosses: Did not attend.
glosses: Do not assume.
glosses: Does not apply.
glosses: Drugs 'n' alcohol.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Do not arm (that is, do not provide with a firearm).
DNA
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌdiːɛnˈeɪ/
ipa: /ˌdiˌɛnˈeɪ/
Forms: form: DNAs
form: DNAing
form: DNAed
form: DNAed
Etymology: An initialism of the various terms listed below. The verb sense is derived from noun sense 7.
Senses: examples: text: She had her weapons back. She wasn't DNA'd anymore. But she didn't use a weapon. That's not how she did it.
ref: 2018, Jeanne Marie Laskas, To Obama, with Love, Joy, Hate and Despair, New York, N.Y.: Random House, →ISBN, page 239:
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: To place (someone) under a DNA (do not arm) order because of mental illness.
close
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: enpr: klōz
ipa: /kləʊz/
enpr: klōz
ipa: /kloʊz/
rhymes: -əʊz
homophone: cloze
homophone: clothes stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn
enpr: klōs
ipa: /kləʊs/
ipa: /kloʊs/
rhymes: -əʊs
enpr: klōz
ipa: /kləʊz/
enpr: klōz
ipa: /kloʊz/
rhymes: -əʊz
homophone: cloze
homophone: clothes stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn
Forms: form: closer
form: closest
Etymology: Borrowed from French clos, from Latin clausum, participle of claudō.
Senses: examples: text: The car behind was following too close and could not brake in time.
text: Please stay close together.
glosses: In a close manner (limited contexts; more often closely).
So as to leave or create little distance or space between objects.
examples: text: Look close at the pictures.
glosses: In a close manner (limited contexts; more often closely).
Carefully, in detail.
examples: text: close-packed, close-knit, close-fitting
glosses: In a close manner (limited contexts; more often closely).
In combination (sometimes potentially ambiguous between adverb and adjective).
close
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: klōz
ipa: /kləʊz/
enpr: klōz
ipa: /kloʊz/
rhymes: -əʊz
homophone: cloze
homophone: clothes stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn
enpr: klōs
ipa: /kləʊs/
ipa: /kloʊs/
rhymes: -əʊs
enpr: klōz
ipa: /kləʊz/
enpr: klōz
ipa: /kloʊz/
rhymes: -əʊz
homophone: cloze
homophone: clothes stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn
Forms: form: closes
Etymology: Borrowed from French clos, from Latin clausum, participle of claudō.
Senses: glosses: An enclosed field, especially a field enclosed around a (usually religious) building.
glosses: A street that ends in a dead end.
glosses: A very narrow alley between two buildings, often overhung by one of the buildings above the ground floor.
examples: text: The woman nodded at a nearby flight of steps. 'This is my close. We can talk in here. Come on.'.
ref: 2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 279:
glosses: The common staircase in a tenement.
examples: text: closes surrounded by the venerable abodes of deans and canons.
ref: 1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter III, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, →OCLC:
glosses: A cathedral close.
topics: law
glosses: The interest which one may have in a piece of ground, even though it is not enclosed
Synonyms: sense: street
word: cul-de-sac
sense: narrow alley
word: alley
Derived terms: up a close
Kropotkinist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Kropotkinists
Etymology: From Kropotkin + -ist.
Senses: topics: anarchism
communism
government
human-sciences
ideology
philosophy
politics
sciences
glosses: An adherent of Peter Kropotkin's anarchist-communism; an anarcho-communist.
picosecond
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpiː.kəʊˌsɛk.ənd/
Forms: form: picoseconds
Etymology: From pico- (“metric prefix”) + second.
Senses: examples: Holonyms: nanosecond < microsecond < millisecond < centisecond < decisecond < second < decasecond < minute < hectosecond < kilosecond < hour < day < week < megasecond < fortnight < month < year < gigasecond < century < kiloannum, kiloyear, millennium < terasecond < mega-annum, megayear < petasecond < giga-annum, gigayear < exasecond < zettasecond < yottasecond < ronnasecond < quettasecond
Meronyms: quectosecond < rontosecond < yoctosecond < zeptosecond < attosecond < femtosecond
topics: metrology
related: word: mul:ps
glosses: An SI unit of time equal to 10⁻¹² seconds. Symbol: ps
Derived terms: subpicosecond
know
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /nəʊ/
ipa: /nɑː/
enpr: nō
ipa: /noʊ/
ipa: [nəʉ]
rhymes: -əʊ
homophone: no
homophone: noh
Forms: form: knaa
form: knowe
Etymology: From Middle English knowen, from Old English cnāwan (“to know, perceive, recognise”), from Proto-West Germanic *knāan, from Proto-Germanic *knēaną (“to know”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- (“to know”).
Cognates
from Indo-European: Latin gnoscō, Latin cognoscō (Spanish conocer, French connaître, Romanian cunoaște, Italian conoscere, Portuguese conhecer), Ancient Greek γνωρίζω (gnōrízō, “I know”) and γνῶσις (gnôsis, “knowledge”), Albanian njoh (“I know, recognise”), Russian знать (znatʹ, “to know”), Lithuanian žinoti (“to know”), and Persian شناختن (šenâxtan, “to know”).
from Proto-Germanic: Scots knaw (“to know, recognise”), Icelandic knega (“to know, know how to, be able”), Old High German knājan (“to know, recognise”), Old Norse kná (“to know how”). Remotely related also Dutch and German kennen, West Frisian kenne (see English ken).
Senses: examples: text: That on the view and know of theſe Contents, […] He ſhould the bearers put to […] death, […]
ref: c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene ii], page 259, column 2:
glosses: Knowledge; the state of knowing.
glosses: Knowledge; the state of knowing. (Now confined to the fixed phrase in the know.)
Derived terms: in the know
know
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /nəʊ/
ipa: /nɑː/
enpr: nō
ipa: /noʊ/
ipa: [nəʉ]
rhymes: -əʊ
homophone: no
homophone: noh
Forms: form: knows
Senses: examples: text: Owing to increasing numbers and consequent want of room for nestage, the old birds drove away the younger ones, who took refuge in their present abode at Fox's Know, where they have been located about six years.
ref: 1868, History of the Berwickshire Naturalists' Club, volumes 4-5, page 223:
glosses: Alternative form of knowe (“hill, knoll”).
know
Language: English
Part of speech: particle
Pronunciation: ipa: /nəʊ/
ipa: /nɑː/
enpr: nō
ipa: /noʊ/
ipa: [nəʉ]
rhymes: -əʊ
homophone: no
homophone: noh
ipa: /noʊ/
ipa: [noː˨˦]
ipa: [ˈno(˧˨)]
ipa: /nəʊ/
ipa: /nɑː/
enpr: nō
ipa: /noʊ/
ipa: [nəʉ]
rhymes: -əʊ
homophone: no
homophone: noh
Etymology: Shortening of you know (sense 4).
Senses: examples: text: Make sure you water the plants, know…
text: I was a naval diver know!
glosses: Used at the end of a sentence to draw attention to information one thinks the listener should keep in mind.
Related terms: word: what
word: lah1–14
word: lor2–3
word: lor1
word: ah6–7
word: leh1–2
word: mah
word: leh3–6
word: one1–3
word: hor1
word: nia
word: only
word: sia
word: hor2
word: ah1–3
word: hah1–3
word: meh
word: ba2
word: leh7–11
word: ba1
word: liao
word: already
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word: Gupta
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word: A. F. (1992)
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word: in
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word: volume 18
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word: number 1
urls: https://doi.org/10.1016%2F0378-2166%2892%2990106-l
word: →DOI
Indian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɪn.dɪ.ən/
ipa: /ˈɪn.di.ən/
ipa: /ˈɪɳ.ɖɪə̯n/
rhymes: -ɪndiən
Forms: form: Indians
Etymology: From Anglo-Norman indien, Middle French indien, corresponding to Ind + -ian or India + -an. Applied to inhabitants of the Americas due to an early misconception that the Americas were the eastern end of Asia / the Indies (hence also the designation of Caribbean islands as the West Indies).
Senses: examples: text: Young Indians looking for work opportunities have made up a sizeable portion of undocumented migrants in the US, many after making the dangerous trek through Latin America to reach the US southern border.
ref: 2025 February 7, Esha Mitra, Aishwarya S Iyer and Ross Adkin, “‘Treated like criminals’: Shackling of Indians aboard 40-hour migrant flight sparks new outrage against Trump”, in CNN:
synonyms: Asian Indian
East Indian
Hindian
Desi
glosses: A person from India.
examples: text: We stigmatize the Indians, also, as cowardly and treacherous, because they use stratagem in warfare in preference to open force; but in this they are fully justified by their rude code of honor.
ref: 1820 July, Geoffrey Crayon [pseudonym; Washington Irving], “Traits of Indian Character”, in The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent., New York, N.Y.: […] C[ornelius] S. Van Winkle, […], →OCLC:
text: High Jack had been drinking too much rum ever since we landed in Boca. You know how an Indian is—the palefaces fixed his clock when they introduced him to firewater.
ref: 1909, O. Henry [pseudonym; William Sydney Porter], “He Also Serves”, in Options:
text: With savage desperation the Indian lunged his horse straight at Hopalong and, knife in hand, leaped for him!
ref: 1951, Louis L'Amour, Rustlers of West Fork:
synonyms: word: Amerindian
word: Native American
word: Red Indian
word: First Nations person
word: American Indian
word: Amerind
word: Amerindian
word: First American
word: Indian
word: Indigenous American
word: Indigenous North American
word: Injun
word: injun
word: Native American
word: NDN
word: Red Indian
word: red man
word: redman
word: redskin
glosses: An American Indian, a member of one of the indigenous peoples of the Americas (generally excluding the Aleut, Inuit, Metis, and Yupik).
glosses: An indigenous inhabitant of Australia, New Zealand or the Pacific islands.
examples: text: Have you ever tried Indian?
glosses: Ellipsis of Indian cuisine.
examples: text: We're going out tonight for an Indian.
glosses: Ellipsis of Indian meal (“meal consisting of Indian cuisine”).
examples: text: We're going down to the Indian for a curry—wanna join us?
glosses: Ellipsis of Indian restaurant (“restaurant serving Indian cuisine”).
glosses: Ellipsis of Mardi Gras Indian.
glosses: A kind of marble (spherical toy) with colored bands on an opaque black base.
Derived terms: honest Indian
Pueblo Indian
Indian
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɪn.dɪ.ən/
ipa: /ˈɪn.di.ən/
ipa: /ˈɪɳ.ɖɪə̯n/
rhymes: -ɪndiən
Etymology: From Anglo-Norman indien, Middle French indien, corresponding to Ind + -ian or India + -an. Applied to inhabitants of the Americas due to an early misconception that the Americas were the eastern end of Asia / the Indies (hence also the designation of Caribbean islands as the West Indies).
Senses: glosses: Any of the (unrelated) languages spoken by American Indians.
examples: text: [They said] 'Mutton can speak Indian', 'Mutton can see Kanchinjunga out of his bedroom window'[.]
ref: 1968, Anne Rider, A hilltop in hazard, page 51:
glosses: Any language spoken by natives of India, especially Hindi.
gismu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡiːs.muː/
rhymes: -iːsmuː
Forms: form: gismu
Etymology: Borrowed from Lojban gismu.
Senses: examples: text: When two gismu are adjacent, the first one modifies the second, and the selbri takes its place structure from the rightmost word.
ref: 1997, John W. Cowan, The Complete Lojban Language, →ISBN:
text: There are over 1,300 root gismu in the Lojban vocabulary, and these structures form a very interesting ontology of their own.
ref: 2005, Brian D. Eubanks, Wicked Cool Java:
text: The main type of word used as a selbri is a gismu, or root-word.
Each gismu is exactly five letters long, and has one of two consonant-vowel patterns:CVCCV or CCVCV (e.g. rafsi or bridi). The gismu are built so as to minimize listening errors in a noisy environment. A gismu has at least two combining forms, known as rafsi. One is the gismu itself; one is the gismu with the final vowel deleted. Certain gismu have additional, shorter rafsi assigned. Up to three of these shorter rafsi may be assigned to a gismu, depending on frequency of usage of the gismu in building complex concepts and on availability of these shorter rafsi. Short rafsi use only certain combinations of letters from the gismu, and are of the forms CCV, CVC, CVV or CV'V.
ref: 2008, Robin Turner, Nick Nicholas, Lojban for Beginners:
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
hypernyms: brivla
coordinate_terms: lujvo
fu'ivla
glosses: A brivla that is a basic Lojban root, rather than being derived through compounding or borrowing.
Related terms: rafsi
mither
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmaɪðə(ɹ)/
rhymes: -aɪðə(ɹ)
Forms: form: mithers
form: mithering
form: mithered
form: mithered
Etymology: Late 17th century, of unknown origin;
* Possibly related to Middle English bemothered (“confused, perplexed”), itself probably related to Old English mēþe (“exhausting, troublesome”), Old Norse móðr (“angry, frustrated”), Middle Dutch moeden (“to tire, exhaust, disturb, trouble”).
* Possibly allied to Welsh moedro (“to worry or bother”), though according to the GPC, the latter is borrowed from English.
* Alternatively, possibly tied to Welsh meidda (“to beg for whey”), from maidd (“whey”).
* Perhaps from Welsh meiddio (“to dare or venture”), a variant of beiddio (“to dare”).
The "dd" in Welsh corresponds in sound to the "th" in mither, and English also has moider and moither.
Senses: examples: text: The European Commission is pondering how to compel phone companies to come up with a universal plug for their chargers. Apple, which uses its own design for its charger cables, is mithering about the change.
ref: 6 February 2020, “The parable of the plug”, in The Economist:
qualifier: especially Manchester
glosses: To make an unnecessary fuss, moan, bother.
examples: text: "Every night after work I'd mither [pester] my dad to take me out into the field and practise. There were definitely times when he didn't want to do it, but he never said no.
ref: 11 June 2019, “Women's World Cup: England v Argentina – Keira Walsh 'inspired' by opponents”, in BBC Sport:
qualifier: especially Manchester
glosses: To pester or irritate someone.
mither
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmaɪðə(ɹ)/
rhymes: -aɪðə(ɹ)
ipa: /ˈmɪðə(ɹ)/
rhymes: -ɪðə(ɹ)
ipa: /ˈmaɪðə(ɹ)/
rhymes: -aɪðə(ɹ)
Forms: form: mithers
Etymology: Variant from Middle English muther, muthir, from Old English mōdor (“mother”). More at mother.
Senses: glosses: mother
Related terms: mithered
create
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /kɹiːˈeɪt/
rhymes: -eɪt
Forms: form: more create
form: most create
form: creäte
Etymology: From Middle English createn, from Latin creātus, the perfect passive participle of creō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix). In this sense, mostly displaced Old English wyrċan (whence Modern English work) and ġesċieppan (whence Modern English shape).
Senses: examples: text: Hearts create of duty and zeal.
ref: 1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii]:
text: Before me things create were none, save things / Eternal, and eternal I endure. / All hope abandon ye who enter here. [Inscription on the gate of Hell.]
ref: 1814, Dante Alighieri, “Canto III”, in H[enry] F[rancis] Cary, transl., The Vision; or, Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise, of Dante Alighieri. […], volume I (Hell), London: […] [J. Barfield] for Taylor and Hessey, […], →OCLC, page 10, lines 7–9:
glosses: Created, resulting from creation.
Aaronical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /æɹ.ɑˈnɪ.kəl/
ipa: /ɛː.ɹɑˈnɪ.kəl/
ipa: /æɹ.ɑˈnɪ.kəl/
ipa: /ɛ.ɹɑˈnɪ.kəl/
Forms: form: more Aaronical
form: most Aaronical
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Aaronic
glosses: Pontifical.
abscissin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæb.sə.sən/
ipa: /æbˈsɪs.ən/
Forms: form: abscissins
form: abscisin
Etymology: From abscission + -in.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A plant hormone controlling the dropping off or abscission of certain plant parts, notably the leaves of trees in autumn or cotton bolls.
maskin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A molecule that binds to CPE (cytoplasmic polyadenylation element) and thus affects the translation of mRNA in dictyate.
insusurration
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪnˌsuːsəˈɹeɪʃən/
rhymes: -eɪʃən
Etymology: From Latin insusurratio, from insusurrare (“to whisper into”).
Senses: glosses: The act of whispering into something.
outdoors
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /aʊtˈdɔː(ɹ)z/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)z
Forms: form: out of doors
Etymology: From out + doors (plural of door), probably as a shortening of out of doors. Alternatively, from outdoor (adjective) + -s (adverbial genitive suffix).
Senses: examples: text: They went outdoors to light up their cigarettes.
synonyms: alfresco#Adverb
withoutdoors
glosses: Not inside a house or under covered structure; unprotected; in the open air.
Related terms: withoutdoors
outdoors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /aʊtˈdɔː(ɹ)z/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)z
Etymology: From out + doors (plural of door), probably as a shortening of out of doors. Alternatively, from outdoor (adjective) + -s (adverbial genitive suffix).
Senses: examples: text: He won't leave his house: he's afraid of the outdoors.
antonyms: indoors
qualifier: often preceded by the
glosses: The environment outside of enclosed structures.
examples: text: She loves the outdoors, for its freedom and fresh air.
synonyms: great outdoors
God's country
qualifier: often preceded by the
glosses: The natural environment in the open air, countryside away from cities and buildings.
Derived terms: great outdoors
outdoorsiness
outdoorsman
outdoorsmanship
outdoorsness
outdoorsperson
outdoors voice
outdoorswoman
outdoorswomanship
outdoorsy
outdoors
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /aʊtˈdɔː(ɹ)z/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)z
Etymology: From outdoor (verb) + -s (third-person singular suffix).
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of outdoor
phillumenist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /fɪˈluːmənɪst/
Forms: form: phillumenists
Etymology: From phil- (“love of”) + Latin lumen (“light”) + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: There is a new and happy breed, the Phillumenists, better known as Match-box Label collectors.
ref: 1948 May, A. J. Cruse, “I am a Phillumenist: Match-Box Labels as a Hobby”, in Chambers's Journal, page 238:
text: To be a real phillumenist, however, requires that one take his assorted books and "shuck" them, "press" them, and then categorize them according to subject, era, size, and maker.
ref: 1984, Stephen Hughes, Pop Culture Mania: Collecting 20th-Century Americana for Fun and Profit, New York: McGraw-Hill, →ISBN, →OL, page 207:
text: This matchbox is a Swedish safety match from the Jönköping match factory. It's manufactured in 1858, just in time for the American Civil War. I like it very much. I guess that makes me something of a phillumenist.
ref: 2012 January 23, Jennifer Johnson, “Kit Nelson” (30:10 from the start), in Alcatraz, season 1, episode 3, spoken by Edwin James (Jonny Coyne):
glosses: A person who collects match-related items, like matchbox labels, matchboxes, matchbooks, or matchbook covers.
Related terms: phillumeny
efficacy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɛf.ɪ.kə.si/
ipa: /ˈef.ɪ.kə.si/
note: cultivated
ipa: [ˈef.ɪ.kə.sɪi]
ipa: /ˈef.ə.kə.si/
Forms: form: efficacies
Etymology: From Old French efficace, from Late Latin efficācia (“efficacy”), from efficāx (“efficacious”); see efficacious.
Senses: examples: text: […]and this hath even made me ſuſpect the efficacy of reliques, to examine the bones, queſtion the habits and appurtenances of Saints, and even of Chriſt himſelf.
ref: 1642, Sir Thomas Browne, “Religio Medici [The Religion of a Doctor]”, in The Works Of the Learned Sr Thomas Brown, Kt., London: Tho. Basset et al., published 1686, page 15:
english: The Religion of a Doctor
translation: The Religion of a Doctor
text: No method of verification known to science is applicable to the efficacy of prayer. […] If, then, the efficacy of prayer eludes the test of science, and if even uncertainty may rest upon the connection between an event asked in prayer, and the prayer that sought it, is there any evidence by which the efficacy of prayer may be tested and known?
ref: 1875, Rev. Professor Wallace, “Prayer in Relation to Natural Law”, in Science and Revelation, Belfast: William Mullan, →ISBN, page 43:
text: 2005, Flay et al. Standards of Evidence: Criteria for Efficacy, Effectiveness and Dissemination DOI: 10.1007/s11121-005-5553-y
Efficacy refers to the beneficial effects of a program or policy under optimal conditions of delivery, whereas effectiveness refers to effects of a program or policy under more real-world conditions.
glosses: The ability to produce a desired effect under ideal testing conditions.
examples: text: Toothbrush with improved efficacy
ref: 1996, Moskovich, Patent application PCT/US1996/003658
glosses: A degree of ability to produce a desired effect; effectiveness.
Synonyms: efficacity
Derived terms: bioefficacy
coefficacy
inefficacy
nonefficacy
self-efficacy
seroefficacy
Related terms: effect
effective
effectiveness
effectivity
effector
effectual
effectuate
efficacious
efficaciously
efficacity
efficiency
efficient
toddick
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: toddicks
form: toll-dish
form: taddle
Etymology: From Scots [Term?].
Senses: glosses: A dish upon which the miller's share was measured as compensation for milling the farmer's meal.
synonyms: word: bit
word: smidgen
word: ace
word: tinge
word: atom
word: trace element
word: aught
word: bissel
word: bit
word: crumb
word: glimpse
word: dab
word: damn
word: dash
word: diddly
word: glint
word: dot
word: spatter
word: drop
word: dusting
word: fleck
word: hint
word: flip
word: flyspeck
word: grain
word: halfpennyworth
word: inch
word: iota
word: jot
word: lick
word: mite
word: modicum
word: molecule
word: morceau
word: morsel
word: mote
word: ooch
word: ounce
word: particle
word: pennyworth
word: piece
word: pinch
word: scantling
word: semblance
word: scent
word: scintilla
word: scooch
word: scrap
word: scruple
word: shred
word: skerrick
word: skoosh
word: skosh
word: sliver
word: smattering
word: smidge
word: smidgen
word: smidget
word: smidgy
word: smitch
word: smithereen
word: soupçon
word: spark
word: speck
word: speckle
word: spot
word: sprinkle
word: sprinkling
word: strain
word: tad
word: tidbit
word: tidge
word: tittle
word: toddick
word: touch
word: trace
word: trifle
word: tuppence worth
word: vestige
word: whiff
word: whit
glosses: A very small quantity of something.
baglo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: baglos
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A two-masted trading boat.
baggala
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: baggalas
form: baghla
form: baghlah
form: baglo
form: buggalow
Etymology: From Arabic بَغْلَة (baḡla, literally “she-mule”).
Senses: examples: text: A baghla was among the largest Arab ocean-going vessels and displayed some traces of European design.
ref: 2020, Sujit Sivasundaram, Waves Across the South, William Collins, published 2021, page 124:
glosses: A traditional two-masted sailing vessel, used in the Arabian Sea and Persian Gulf.
couch potato
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkaʊtʃ pəˌteɪtəʊ/
ipa: [ˈkʰäʊ̯t͡ʃ pʰəˌtʰeɪ̯ɾoʊ̯]
ipa: /ˈkæɔtʃ pəˌtæɪtəʉ/
Forms: form: couch potatoes
Etymology: From couch + potato; coined by Tom Iacino in 1976 as a pun on boob tuber (from boob tube (“television”) and tuber (“potato”)); trademarked by Robert Armstrong from 1976–91.
Senses: examples: text: Being a couch potato won't let you help achieve your goals.
text: Bah! What lesson can a couch potato father teach his kids!
glosses: A person who spends a lot of time sitting or lying down, often watching television, eating snacks or drinking alcohol.
Derived terms: couch-potatoey
desk potato
mouse potato
Related terms: lazy