cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Japanophilia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: jə-păn'ə-filʹĭ-ə
enpr: jə-păn'ō-filʹĭ-ə
ipa: /dʒəˌpanə(ʊ)ˈfɪlɪ.ə/
enpr: jə-păn'ə-filʹē-ə
ipa: /d͡ʒəˌpænəˈfɪli.ə/
rhymes: -ɪliə
Etymology: From Japano- (“Japan”) + -philia.
Senses: synonyms: Nipponophilia
weeabooism
antonyms: Japanophobia
Nipponophobia
glosses: A strong interest in the country, culture, or people of Japan.
Related terms: Japanophile
Japanophilic
MMORPG
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: MMORPGs
Senses: topics: games
gaming
glosses: Initialism of massively multiplayer online role-playing game.
rotate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: rōtāt'
ipa: /ɹəʊˈteɪt/
enpr: rō'tāt
ipa: /ˈɹoʊ.teɪt/
rhymes: -eɪt
note: Indic
ipa: /ɾŏʈ.eʈ/
Forms: form: rotates
form: rotating
form: rotated
form: rotated
form: no-table-tags
form: glossary
form: rotate
form: rotate
form: rotated
form: rotate
form: rotatest
form: rotated
form: rotatedst
form: rotates
form: rotateth
form: rotated
form: rotate
form: rotated
form: rotate
form: rotated
form: rotate
form: -
form: rotating
form: rotated
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin rotātus, perfect passive participle of rotō (“revolve”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from rota (“wheel”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix).
Senses: examples: text: He rotated in his chair to face me.
text: The earth rotates.
glosses: To spin, turn, or revolve.
examples: text: The nurses' shifts rotate each week.
glosses: To advance through a sequence; to take turns.
examples: text: The aircraft rotates at sixty knots.
glosses: To lift the nose during takeoff, just prior to liftoff.
raw_tags: of aircraft
examples: text: Rotate the dial to the left.
glosses: To spin, turn, or revolve something.
examples: text: I've always admired the Japanese point of view that holds it best not to have a great number of objects around at one time but to rotate possessions — and display them with great simplicity.
ref: 1975, “Architectural Digest”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), volume 32, page 112:
glosses: To advance something through a sequence; to allocate or deploy in turns.
examples: text: The supermarket rotates the stock daily so that old foods don't sit around.
glosses: To replace older materials or to place older materials in front of newer ones so that older ones get used first.
glosses: To grow or plant (crops) in a certain order.
Synonyms: sense: to turn
word: revolve
sense: to make turn
word: circumvolve
Derived terms: autorotate
birotate
circumrotate
clinorotating
corotate
counterrotate
derotate
hyperrotate
misrotate
overrotate
pseudorotate
rotatability
rotatable
rotatee
rotation
rotator
superrotate
underrotate
unrotate
Related terms: crop-rotate
rota
rotate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: rōtāt'
ipa: /ɹəʊˈteɪt/
enpr: rō'tāt
ipa: /ˈɹoʊ.teɪt/
rhymes: -eɪt
note: Indic
ipa: /ɾŏʈ.eʈ/
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin rotātus, perfect passive participle of rotō (“revolve”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from rota (“wheel”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix).
Senses: examples: text: a rotate spicule or scale; a rotate corolla
glosses: Having the parts spreading out like a wheel; wheel-shaped.
Derived terms: birotate
medicide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: medicides
Etymology: Blend of medical + suicide. Compare -cide.
Senses: glosses: Medically assisted suicide; suicide accomplished with the assistance of a physician.
Synonyms: PAS
Hypernyms: assisted suicide
gay for the stay
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: synonyms: prison gay
glosses: Engaging in homosexual relationships when segregated from the opposite sex.
raw_tags: of a normally heterosexual person
Related terms: lesbian until graduation
nick-bent
reelection
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reelections
form: re-election
form: reëlection
Etymology: From re- + election.
Senses: examples: text: In November 2024, Kiley won reelection in the district where Folsom is located by about 11 points, though Trumps' victory was closer to 3 points, according to data compiled by analyst Drew Savicki and cited by the Center for Politics at the University of Virginia.
ref: 2025 April 16, Andrew Stanton, “Bernie Sanders Rally Crowd Size Tops 30K in District Trump Won Three Times”, in Newsweek:
glosses: Act of electing to office one previously elected to and serving in office.
glosses: The fact of being reelected.
Related terms: reelect
surge
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: sûrj
ipa: /sɝd͡ʒ/
ipa: /sɜːd͡ʒ/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)dʒ
homophone: serge
Forms: form: surges
form: surging
form: surged
form: surged
Etymology: From Middle English surgen, possibly from Middle French sourgir, from Old French surgir (“to rise, ride near the shore, arrive, land”), from Old Catalan surgir, from Latin surgō, contraction of surrigō, subrigō (“lift up, raise, erect; intransitive rise, arise, get up, spring up, grow, etc.”, transitive verb), from sub (“from below; up”) + regō (“to stretch”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃réǵeti (“to straighten; right”), from the root *h₃reǵ-; see regent. Doublet of source. Doublet of sourd.
Senses: examples: text: Toaster sales surged last year.
text: Carried somehow, somewhither, for some reason, on these surging floods, were these travelers, of errand not wholly obvious to their fellows, yet of such sort as to call into query alike the nature of their errand and their own relations.
ref: 1910, Emerson Hough, chapter II, in The Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
text: Athletes' use of herbal supplements has skyrocketed in the past two decades. At the top of the list of popular herbs are echinacea and ginseng, whereas garlic, St. John's wort, soybean, ephedra and others are also surging in popularity or have been historically prevalent.
ref: 2013 March 24, David S. Senchina, “Athletics and Herbal Supplements”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 2, page 134:
glosses: To rush, flood, or increase suddenly.
examples: text: A ship surges forwards, sways sideways and heaves up.
text: Wales began the second half as they ended the first, closing down Montenegro quickly and the pressure told as Bale surged into the box and pulled the ball back for skipper Ramsey, arriving on cue, to double their lead.
ref: 2011 September 2, “Wales 2-1 Montenegro”, in BBC:
glosses: To accelerate forwards, particularly suddenly.
examples: text: Use of maximum reverse thrust at low speeds can cause the engine to surge from ingesting its own exhaust.
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: To experience a momentary reversal of airflow through the compressor section due to disruption of intake airflow.
raw_tags: of a jet engine
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: To slack off a line.
Related terms: source
surgation
nihilist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnaɪ.(h)ɪl.ɪst/
ipa: /ˈniː.ɪl.ɪst/
ipa: /ˈnaɪ.(h)ɪl.ɪst/
ipa: /ˈni.ɪl.ɪst/
Forms: form: nihilists
Etymology: From Latin nihil (“nothing”) + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: “Promortalists recognize and seek to minimize suffering rather than embrace misanthropy and amorality,” Keneally says, noting that the writings attributed to Bartkus indicate he rejected the “sociopath[ic]” tendencies of nihilists” in a May 2025 forum post. […] According to the ISD report, the disorganized and ever-changing nature of nihilist ideologies makes it harder to understand and counter.
ref: 2025 May 21, Manisha Krishnan, “IVF Clinic Bombing Suspect Was Linked to ‘Anti-Life’ Ideology. Experts Fear Its Growing Influence”, in WIRED, archived from the original on 21 May 2025:
topics: human-sciences
lifestyle
philosophy
religion
sciences
glosses: A person who accepts or champions nihilism.
glosses: An absolute skeptic; a person who believes in the truth of nothing.
Derived terms: antinihilist
nihilistic
murmur
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɜː.mə(ɹ)/
ipa: /ˈmɝ.mɚ/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)mə(ɹ)
Forms: form: murmurs
form: murmuring
form: murmured
form: murmured
Etymology: From Middle English murmur, murmor, murmour, from Old French murmure (modern French murmure), from Latin murmur (“murmur, humming, muttering, roaring, growling, rushing etc.”).
Senses: examples: text: The Iewes then murmured at him because he sayde: I am that breed which is come doune from heaven.
ref: 1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, John vj:[41]:
text: And now, behold thy brothers murmur, saying it is a hard thing which I have required of them; but behold I have not required it of them, but it is a commandment of the Lord.
ref: 1830, The Book of Mormon:
glosses: To grumble; to complain in a low, muttering voice, or express discontent at or against someone or something.
examples: text: I couldn't hear the words; he just murmured a lot.
text: The bees murmured in the forest. The waves murmured on the shore.
text: “Oh yes,” he murmured in a tone of obligatory surprise, as he proceeded to make the kind of 2 which he attributed to Margaret's style of chirography.
ref: 1921, Ben Travers, chapter 7, in A Cuckoo in the Nest, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, published 1925, →OCLC:
glosses: To speak or make low, indistinguishable noise; to mumble, mutter.
examples: text: I […] heard thee murmur tales of iron wars;
ref: c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iii], line 51:
text: Gabriel murmured a confused reply, and hastened on.
ref: 1874, Thomas Hardy, chapter 21, in Far from the Madding Crowd. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Smith, Elder & Co., […], →OCLC:
text: With a husky voice she murmured that he was the very dearest grandfather anyone ever had.
ref: 1942, Lloyd C. Douglas, chapter 7, in The Robe:
text: “[…] Don’t look now,” he murmured, lowering his eyes demurely, “but the most handsome man in Brookfield, Connecticut, has just walked in the room.”
ref: 1978, Andrew Holleran, chapter 4, in Dancer from the Dance, New York: New American Library, published 1986, page 105:
glosses: To say (something) indistinctly, to mutter.
Derived terms: murmuration
murmurer
murmuring
murmuringly
murmurless
murmurous
remurmur
unmurmured
unmurmuring
mirthless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: mûrth'lĭs
enpr: mûrth'lĕs
ipa: /ˈmɝθləs/
ipa: /ˈmɝθlɪs/
Forms: form: more mirthless
form: most mirthless
form: mirthlesse
Etymology: From Middle English myrtheles, equivalent to mirth + -less.
Senses: examples: text: The laughter of man is more terrible than his tears, and takes more forms: hollow, heartless, mirthless, maniacal...
ref: 1958 December 7, James Thurber, The New York Times Magazine:
text: In life, David Lodge was surprisingly mirthless. Luckily, his wife was a hoot [title]
ref: 2025 January 4, Rachel Cooke, “In life, David Lodge was surprisingly mirthless. Luckily, his wife was a hoot”, in The Observer, →ISSN:
synonyms: word: bleak
word: unmirthful
word: cheerless
word: comfortless
word: bleak
word: dark
word: depressing
word: desolate
word: dire
word: disconsolate
word: dismal
word: doleful
word: dolesome
word: drear
word: drearisome
word: dreary
word: dreich
word: forlorn
word: gayless
word: gray
word: gloomsome
word: gloomy
word: grim
word: joyless
word: lack-laughter
word: lugubrious
word: melancholy
word: mirthless
word: miserable
word: no joke
word: saturnine
word: solemn
word: somber
word: sombre
word: spiritless
word: sullen
word: sunless
word: uncheerful
word: uncheery
word: unhappy
word: unmerry
word: wintry
word: woeful
word: funny as a dose of the clap
word: jokeless
word: humorless
word: irrisible
word: laughless
word: mirthless
word: nonhumorous
word: unhilarious
word: unhumorous
word: unhysterical
word: unjocose
word: unjocular
word: unlaughable
word: unmirthful
glosses: Lacking mirth; devoid of joy; sad.
Derived terms: mirthlessly
mirthlessness
dysplasia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: dĭs-plāʹzhə
ipa: /dɪsˈpleɪ.ʒə/
Forms: form: dysplasias
Etymology: From dys- + -plasia.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Abnormal development of cells or tissue, often a precancerous stage of growth.
examples: text: A number of theorists and researchers have independently written about asynchronous development. Gowan (1974) discussed the implications of cognitive capacities which outstrip emotional (affective) development. He referred to asynchronous development as "dysplasia": (...)
ref: 1992 January 24, Martha J. Morelock, “Giftedness: The view from within”, in Understanding Our Gifted, volume 4, number 3, United States, archived from the original on 08 Sep 2025, pages 10-15:
topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
glosses: Term created by John Curtis Gowan in 1974 to define the trauma caused by asynchronous psychological development on children.
Derived terms: acrocephalopolydactylous dysplasia
acrodysplasia
adysplasia
angiodysplasia
arthrodysplasia
boomerang dysplasia
bronchodysplasia
bronchopulmonary dysplasia
chondrodysplasia
dermoodontodysplasia
dysplasia epiphysealis hemimelica
dysplastic
Eiken skeletal dysplasia
epidermodysplasia
epithelial dysplasia
erythrodysplasia
faciodigitogenital dysplasia
fibrodysplasia
fibromuscular dysplasia
fibrous dysplasia
hemidysplasia
hip dysplasia
Lenz dysplasia
Lewandowsky-Lutz dysplasia
mandibuloacral dysplasia
myelodysplasia
omodysplasia
onychodysplasia
opsismodysplasia
osteodysplasia
spondyloenchondrodysplasia
trichodysplasia
dysplastic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪsˈplæs.tɪk/
rhymes: -æstɪk
Etymology: From dysplas(is)- (see dysplasia) + -tic (a formative ending for adjectives in Greek).
Senses: glosses: Relating to or exhibiting dysplasia.
Derived terms: angiodysplastic
chondrodysplastic
nondysplastic
osteodysplastic
predysplastic
spondylodysplastic
dysplastic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪsˈplæs.tɪk/
rhymes: -æstɪk
Forms: form: dysplastics
Etymology: From dysplas(is)- (see dysplasia) + -tic (a formative ending for adjectives in Greek).
Senses: glosses: A person with a disproportionate body shape.
enzymatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈen.zaɪmˌæt.ɪk/
Etymology: From enzyme + -atic.
Senses: examples: text: These results might indicate an enzymatic formation of urea.
ref: 1904 September 1, L. B. Stookey, A. S. Granger, “The formation of urea”, in Experimental Biology and Medicine, volume 3, number 1:
text: The later workers have attempted not only to ascertain the influence of the anion and the cation, but ti explain the reason for such influence upon the catalytic or enzymatic processes.
ref: 1905 June 1, Orville H. Brown, C. Hugh Neilson, “The Influence of Alkaloids and Alkaloidal Salts Upon Catalysis”, in American Journal of Physiology, volume 13, number 5, page 427:
synonyms: enzymic
zymo-
glosses: Of, relating to, or caused by enzymes.
Derived terms: alloenzymatic
antienzymatic
apoenzymatic
bienzymatic
chemoenzymatic
coenzymatic
ectoenzymatic
electroenzymatic
endoenzymatic
enzymatical
enzymatically
enzymatic fuel cell
enzymatic processing
enzymatics
exoenzymatic
extraenzymatic
heteroenzymatic
histoenzymatic
immunoenzymatic
isoenzymatic
isozymatic
mechanoenzymatic
metalloenzymatic
monoenzymatic
multienzymatic
non-enzymatic
nonenzymatic
photoenzymatic
polyenzymatic
proenzymatic
pseudoenzymatic
radioenzymatic
semienzymatic
cellular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɛl.ju.lɚ/
ipa: /ˈsɛl.jə.lɚ/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)
Forms: form: more cellular
form: most cellular
Etymology: From New Latin cellulāris, from cellula (“cell”) + -āris.
Senses: examples: text: The achievement will transform neuroscience and serve as the starting point for asking questions we could not otherwise have answered, just as having the human genome has made it possible to ask new questions about cellular and molecular systems.
ref: 2012 March-April, Terrence J. Sejnowski, “Well-connected Brains”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, archived from the original on 27 Apr 2017, page 171:
glosses: Of, relating to, consisting of, or resembling a cell or cells.
examples: text: a cellular sports shirt
text: for man is born free but everywhere is in cellular underwear
ref: 1963, Jonathan Miller, “The Heat-Death of the Universe”, in Richard Wilmut, editor, The Complete Beyond the Fringe, London: Mandarin, published 1993, page 32:
text: the wind hitting your chest through your cellular blouse as though you had absolutely nothing on
ref: 1988, Clare Morgan, “Losing”, in John Davies, editor, The Green Bridge: Stories from Wales, Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan: Seren, page 262:
glosses: Light to mid-weight, having a regular cell-like construction with small perforations, generally woven; (of a garment) made of cellular fabric.
raw_tags: of a fabric
Derived terms: acellular
adipocellular
aerocellular
autocellular
basocellular
bicellular
biocellular
block cellular automaton
cellular automaton
cellular debris
cellular glass insulation
cellularisation
cellularity
cellularization
cellularize
cellular kite
cellularly
cellular mobile
cellular phone
cellular shade
cellular telephone
cellular therapy
cellular virome
cholangiocellular
chronic cellular dehydration
circumcellular
cylindrocellular
discocellular
ectocellular
elementary cellular automaton
endocellular
epicellular
equicellular
exocellular
extracellular
fibrinocellular
fibrocellular
floating cellular data
gigantocellular
hepatocellular
heterocellular
homocellular
hypercellular
hypocellular
intercellular
intracellular
isocellular
juxtacellular
koniocellular
Life-like cellular automaton
macrocellular
magnocellular
mechanocellular
mesocellular
microcellular
monocellular
mucocellular
multicellular
musculocellular
myocellular
neurocellular
nevocellular
noncellular
normocellular
octocellular
oligocellular
pancellular
paracellular
partitioning cellular automaton
parvicellular
parvocellular
paucicellular
pericellular
picocellular
pleocellular
pluricellular
polycellular
polymorphocellular
precellular
protocellular
quadricellular
serocellular
shellular
soulular
squamocellular
subcellular
supercellular
supracellular
teratocellular
transcellular
tricellular
ultracellular
unicellular
cellular
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɛl.ju.lɚ/
ipa: /ˈsɛl.jə.lɚ/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)
Forms: form: cellulars
Etymology: From New Latin cellulāris, from cellula (“cell”) + -āris.
Senses: examples: text: MULDER: Yeah, Eddie, this is all good stuff. Yeah, see what else you can find on him from the N.C.I.C. and call me back. At, at this number or on my cellular.
ref: 1994, "Red Museum", (episode of The X-Files TV series)
glosses: A cellular phone (mobile phone).
Derived terms: direct-to-cellular
Related terms: cell phone
quena
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈke.na/
Forms: form: quenas
form: kena
Etymology: From Spanish quena.
Senses: examples: text: One song the group performed on Thursday, “La Partida,” featured lovely bell harmonics from the guitars, a shifting pattern of cross‐rhythms on the guitar‐like charango, and a quena lead.
ref: 1978 April 14, “Music: Inti‐Illimani, From the Andes”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
text: As the band’s traditional instrumentalist, Yuri Callisaya, shrilled on the quena, the band’s fans sang along with Mr. Méndez: “Ama sua, ama llulla, ama quella,” which translates as, “Don’t steal, don’t lie, don’t be lazy.”
ref: 2013 December 31, William Neuman, “Headbanging in Bolivia to the Flutes of Yore”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
coordinate_terms: charango
glosses: A traditional flute of the Andes.
Related terms: quenacho
demonic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: dĭmŏ'nĭk
ipa: /dɪˈmɒnɪk/
rhymes: -ɒnɪk
Forms: form: more demonic
form: most demonic
form: daemonic
form: dæmonic
Etymology: From Latin daemonicus, from Ancient Greek δαιμονικός (daimonikós, “possessed by a demon, sent by a demon”), from δαίμων (daímōn), equivalent to demon + -ic. Doublet of daimonic.
Senses: examples: text: Convinced that his uncle was a warlock, he rifled through his attic, looking for demonic artifacts.
text: Once he had grasped the controls, he unleashed a demonic laugh that made his hostages shudder.
glosses: Pertaining to demons or evil spirits; demoniac.
examples: text: Aristotle concedes that the nature of the dream is indeed daemonic [translating dämonischer], but not divine – which might well reveal a profound meaning, if one could hit on the right translation.
ref: 1999, Sigmund Freud, translated by Joyce Crick, The Interpretation of Dreams, section I:
glosses: Pertaining to daemons in ancient Greek thought; concerning supernatural ‘genius’.
examples: text: Lifton goes on to argue that they can commit these demonic acts because they rationalize their behaviour. A whole array of rationalizations justified the murder of innocent men, women and children.
ref: 2009, Peter Fleming, Stelios C. Zyglidopoulos, Charting Corporate Corruption: Agency, Structure and Escalation, page 40:
text: Texts show the star prime time host Tucker Carlson calling Mr. Trump a “demonic force,” […]
ref: 2023 April 1, Jonathan Weisman, quoting Tucker Carlson, “Trump and Fox News, Twin Titans of Politics, Hit With Back-to-Back Rebukes”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: Extremely cruel or evil; abhorrent or repugnant; diabolical.
Synonyms: demonish
demonlike
demonly
Derived terms: antidemonic
counterdemonic
demonically
nondemonic
undemonic
Related terms: demon
demoniac
demoniacal
quilate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quilates
Etymology: From Spanish and Portuguese quilate, from Arabic قِيرَاط (qīrāṭ, “carat”), from Ancient Greek κεράτιον (kerátion, “hornlet, carob seed”). Doublet of carat and ceratium.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of carat in historical Iberian contexts.
synonyms: word: carat in historical Iberian contexts
Coordinate terms: sense: unit of mass
word: grao (1⁄4 quilate)
sense: unit of mass
word: vintem (9⁄16 quilate)
sense: unit of mass
word: escropulo (6 quilates)
sense: unit of mass
word: oitava (18 quilates)
sense: unit of mass
word: onça (144 quilates)
quince
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kwɪns/
rhymes: -ɪns
Forms: form: quinces
Etymology: From Middle English quynce, coince, a variant of coins, coin (“quince”), from Old French cooing (modern coing), from Late Latin cotōneum, from Latin mālum cotōneum, a variant of mālum Cydonium (“Cydonian apple”), translating Ancient Greek μηλοκυδώνιον (mēlokudṓnion).
Senses: glosses: The pear-shaped fruit of a small tree of the rose family, Cydonia oblonga.
glosses: The deciduous tree bearing such fruit, native to Asia.
glosses: A soft yellow colour, like that of a quince.
Hypernyms: fruit
pome
Derived terms: Bengal quince
Cape quince
Chinese quince
flowering quince
Japanese quince
Japan quince
Maule's quince
quince cheese
quince curculio
quince
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kwɪns/
rhymes: -ɪns
ipa: /ˈkiːnseɪ/
ipa: /ˈkɪnseɪ/
ipa: /kwɪns/
rhymes: -ɪns
Forms: form: quinces
Etymology: Clipping of quinceañera.
Senses: examples: text: quince dress
text: She dances with her father. She leans her head on the shoulder of her mother, thanking her for the surprise gift of this mariachi performance, which she had first dreamed of for her quince when she was a little girl.
ref: 2018 March 1, David Montgomery, “Why mariachi music matters in the age of Trump”, in The Washington Post:
text: These days many young Latinxs have chosen to sport trendier dresses rather than ball gowns, combine quince traditions with a sweet sixteen party, or even go on a quince cruise.
ref: 2019 October 24, Cat Cardenas, “How Teenagers Are Using Their Quinceañeras to Boost the Latinx Vote in Texas”, in Texas Monthly:
text: It is now more common to see quinces as celebrations of identity, including for queer and transgender individuals, and quinces that honor more than the transition to adulthood.
ref: 2019 November 12, Walter Thompson-Hernández, “The Quinceañera, Redefined”, in The New York Times:
glosses: Clipping of quinceañera.
partitive case
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: partitive cases
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A noun case used to indicate that an object is affected only partially by the verb, or that the effect is not real. It often corresponds roughly to the English words "some" or "any." It is similar in many ways to the genitive case. Some languages that make use of the partitive case include Finnish and Estonian.
gutta percha
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gutta perchas
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of gutta-percha.
india rubber
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: india rubbers
form: indiarubber
form: india-rubber
form: India rubber
Senses: glosses: The latex obtained from certain trees of several families, especially Hevea brasiliensis, widely cultivated in Asia.
examples: text: An examination showed that one of the india-rubber bands which was round the head of a driving-rod had shrunk so as not quite to fill the socket along which it worked.
ref: 1892, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb:
glosses: The rubber made from this latex.
glosses: An eraser made from this rubber.
Derived terms: india-rubber man
Related terms: rubber tree
fowler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfaʊlə(ɹ)/
homophone: fouler
homophone: Fowler
Forms: form: fowlers
Etymology: From Middle English foulere, voȝelere, fuwelare, fugelere, from Old English fuglere (“fowler”), equivalent to fowl + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are escaped
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Psalms 124:7:
text: Home I vvould go, / But that my Dores are hatefull to my eyes. / Fill'd and damm'd up vvith gaping Creditors, / VVatchfull as Fovvlers vvhen their Game vvill ſpring; […]
ref: 1682, Thomas Otway, Venice Preserv’d, or, A Plot Discover’d. A Tragedy. […], London: […] Jos[eph] Hindmarsh […], →OCLC, Act I, scene i, page 4:
glosses: A hunter of wildfowl.
Derived terms: batfowler
waterfowler
septillionth
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From septillion + -th (ordinal suffix).
Senses: glosses: The ordinal form of the number septillion
septillionth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: septillionths
Etymology: From septillion + -th (ordinal suffix).
Senses: glosses: The person or thing in the septillionth position.
glosses: One of a septillion equal parts of a whole.
blushing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈblʌʃɪŋ/
rhymes: -ʌʃɪŋ
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of blush
blushing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈblʌʃɪŋ/
rhymes: -ʌʃɪŋ
Forms: form: blushings
Senses: examples: text: In observing the phenomena presented in a case of tubercular meningitis or acute hydrocephalus, one will scarce ever fail of noticing the repeated blushings or suffusions of face in the now insensible or lethargic patient.
ref: 1850, Charles Delucena Meigs, Observations on certain of the diseases of young children, page 159:
glosses: The act of one who blushes; a blush.
blushing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈblʌʃɪŋ/
rhymes: -ʌʃɪŋ
Forms: form: more blushing
form: most blushing
Senses: examples: text: the blushing bride
text: The dappled pink and blushing rose.
ref: 1709, Matthew Prior, The Garland:
glosses: Showing blushes; rosy red.
Derived terms: antiblushing
blushingly
unblushing
brushing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɹʌʃ.ɪŋ/
rhymes: -ʌʃɪŋ
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of brush
brushing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɹʌʃ.ɪŋ/
rhymes: -ʌʃɪŋ
Forms: form: brushings
Senses: examples: text: Give your shoes a brushing to get the mud off.
glosses: An instance of brushing.
glosses: Material removed by brushing.
glosses: A fraudulent technique in which an online seller sends out fake orders (such as empty boxes) and contributes positive reviews about those orders, ostensibly from the recipient.
Derived terms: dry brushing
hair brushing
brushing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɹʌʃ.ɪŋ/
rhymes: -ʌʃɪŋ
Forms: form: more brushing
form: most brushing
Senses: examples: text: a brushing gallop
glosses: Brisk; light.
Derived terms: brushingly
loving
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: lŭv′ĭng
ipa: /ˈlʌv.ɪŋ/
ipa: /ˈlɐv.ɪŋ/
ipa: /ˈlɐv.əŋ/
ipa: /ˈləv.ɪŋ/
rhymes: -ʌvɪŋ
Forms: form: lovings
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English lovyng(e) (“love”), inherited from Old English lufung. By surface analysis, love + -ing.
Senses: examples: text: all natural lovings and longings
ref: 1851 November 14, Herman Melville, chapter 132, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC:
glosses: The action of the verb to love.
loving
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: lŭv′ĭng
ipa: /ˈlʌv.ɪŋ/
ipa: /ˈlɐv.ɪŋ/
ipa: /ˈlɐv.əŋ/
ipa: /ˈləv.ɪŋ/
rhymes: -ʌvɪŋ
Forms: form: lovinger
form: more loving
form: lovingest
form: most loving
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English lovyng(e) (“love”), inherited from Old English lufung. By surface analysis, love + -ing.
Senses: examples: text: his loving wife, her loving husband
synonyms: word: adoring
word: affectionate
word: affectionate
word: caring
word: cordial
word: fond
word: friendly
word: goodhearted
word: good-natured
word: heartfelt
word: hearty
word: kind
word: kindhearted
word: kindsome
word: loving
word: softhearted
word: warm
word: warm-hearted
word: tender
word: tenderhearted
glosses: Expressing a large amount of love to other people; affectionate.
examples: text: I want you to have every loving brother’s sister’s cousin’s child downstairs and standing at attention at six o’clock.
ref: 1962, John Oliver Killens, “Part I [1]: The Planting Season — Chapter 2”, in And Then We Heard The Thunder (Books for Young Readers), 1st edition, quoted in Green's Dictionary of Slang, New York City, NY: Alfred A[braham]. Knopf, Inc[orporated]., published 1964, →ISBN, →OL, page 13, lines 25–27:
text: “Anderson,” said Beaupre, “you think we’re going to see any lovin’ Viet Congs today?”
ref: 1966, David Halberstam, one very hot day, quoted in Green's Dictionary of Slang, Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, published 1967, page 51, lines 26–27:
text: “ Eat and drink like a loving pig,” he says, patting the bulge under his parka.
ref: 1977, John Langone, Life at the Bottom: The People of Antarctica, 1st edition, quoted in Green's Dictionary of Slang, Boston—Toronto: Little, Brown and Company, published 1977, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 76, lines 26–27:
text: At long lovin’ last!
ref: 1995, John Sack, Company C: The Real War in Iraq, 1st edition, quoted in Green's Dictionary of Slang, New York City, NY: William Morrow & Company, published 1995, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, →Goodreads, page 151, line 18:
glosses: Euphemistic form of fucking.
Derived terms: boyloving
catloving
everloving
lovingkindness
lovingly
lovingness
motherloving
nonloving
unloving
loving
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: lŭv′ĭng
ipa: /ˈlʌv.ɪŋ/
ipa: /ˈlɐv.ɪŋ/
ipa: /ˈlɐv.əŋ/
ipa: /ˈləv.ɪŋ/
rhymes: -ʌvɪŋ
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English lovyng(e) (“love”), inherited from Old English lufung. By surface analysis, love + -ing.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of love
Derived terms: sense: terms derived from all parts of speech
word: bird-loving
sense: terms derived from all parts of speech
word: ever-loving
sense: terms derived from all parts of speech
word: fun-loving
sense: terms derived from all parts of speech
word: loving cup
sense: terms derived from all parts of speech
word: loving-kindness
sense: terms derived from all parts of speech
word: loving kindness
sense: terms derived from all parts of speech
word: same gender loving
sense: terms derived from all parts of speech
word: same-gender-loving
sense: terms derived from all parts of speech
word: tender loving care
sense: terms derived from all parts of speech
word: water-loving
ducks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dʌks/
rhymes: -ʌks
Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Senses: glosses: plural of duck
ducks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dʌks/
rhymes: -ʌks
Etymology: From the shape of the numeral 2, looking like the profile of a duck.
Senses: topics: card-games
poker
glosses: A pair of twos.
ducks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dʌks/
rhymes: -ʌks
Etymology: From duck (“darling”) + -s (hypocoristic suffix).
Senses: examples: Hello ducks, how are you today?
glosses: Dear (used as a pet name).
raw_tags: used vocatively
Synonyms: sense: pet name
word: dear
sense: pet name
word: duck
sense: pet name
word: ducky
sense: pet name
word: love
ducks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dʌks/
rhymes: -ʌks
Etymology: From duck (“tightly woven cotton fabric”).
Senses: examples: text: His spotless white ducks set tight about the hips, and hang loosely at the bottom, just allowing the tips of a pair of patent-leather pumps to peep out from beneath their ample breadth.
ref: 1856, Charles Nordhoff, Nine Years a Sailor:
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: The light trousers worn by sailors in hot climates.
ducks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /dʌks/
rhymes: -ʌks
Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of duck
buzzing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbʌzɪŋ/
rhymes: -ʌzɪŋ
Forms: form: buzzings
Etymology: From buzz + -ing.
Senses: examples: text: Surely it is an yl miſorder yͭ folk ſhalbe walking vp & down in the ſermon time (as I haue ſene in this place this Lent: & there ſhalbe ſuch huſſyng & buſſyng in the preachers eare, that it maketh hym oftentymes to forget his matter.
ref: 1549 April 22 (Gregorian calendar), Hughe Latymer [i.e., Hugh Latimer], Augustine Bernher, compiler, “[27 Sermons Preached by the Ryght Reuerende Father in God and Constant Matir of Iesus Christe, Maister Hugh Latimer, […].] The Syxte Sermon of Maister Hugh Latymer, whiche He Preached before K. Edward [VI], the XII. Day of Aprill.”, in Certayn Godly Sermons, Made uppon the Lords Prayer, […], London: […] John Day, […], published 1562, →OCLC, folio 73, recto:
glosses: gerund of buzz
examples: text: I can hear buzzing coming from the television.
glosses: The sound produced by something that buzzes.
buzzing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbʌzɪŋ/
rhymes: -ʌzɪŋ
Etymology: From buzz + -ing.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of buzz
buzzing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbʌzɪŋ/
rhymes: -ʌzɪŋ
Forms: form: more buzzing
form: most buzzing
Etymology: From buzz + -ing.
Senses: examples: text: 'She was buzzing, mate, I tell you. She was so funny to listen to. It's the happiest phone call I've had off her in a while.'
ref: 2012 September 1, Rosina Tsang, Tamsin's War, Troubador Publishing Ltd, →ISBN:
text: “Nice one? It's amazing! There's loads like that,” he tells me. “Everyone is raving about you.”
I'm totally buzzing. It's a shame Mum and Granddad aren't here.
ref: 2018 June 14, John Hickman, The Football Trials: Game Changer, Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN, page 15:
text: 'We shall see,' he said. 'But it did go unusually well , I must say.'
You were absolutely buzzing when I met you at Paddington,' said Niall.
ref: 2022 June 9, Nell Hudson, Just For Today, Hachette UK, →ISBN:
text: "I thought we were good first half apart from the goal. I was in the toilet at half-time, I felt sick all morning but fine now, I feel buzzing."
ref: 2023 April 1, Lori Ewing, quoting Jack Grealish, “No Haaland, no problem as Man City thrash Liverpool 4-1 to keep up title chase”, in Reuters:
text: "But I wanted to phone Bobby. Honestly, I felt like Santa. He was absolutely over the moon. It's a strong 21s squad, so he's in good company. I think Davie was more buzzing for Bobby than he was for himself."
ref: 2023 August 1, Derek McInnes, quotee, “'I felt like Santa' - McInnes on Wales' Scotland U21 call-up”, in BBC Sport:
glosses: Very happy; full of joyful excitement.
Derived terms: buzzingly
testes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: In more recent times it is recorded that among the London costermongers of the Victorian age a common oath, probably misunderstood or not understood at all, was, So help me testes!
ref: 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 212:
glosses: plural of testis
glosses: plural of teste
testis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: testes
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin testis.
Senses: examples: text: In the Middle Ages, for instance, a recipe for sex stimulation required the putrefied flesh of a human corpse, together with both human and animal testes and ovaries, pimento, and alcohol.
ref: 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 14:
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: A testicle of a vertebrate.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: An analogous gland in invertebrates such as the hydra.
Derived terms: undescended testis
Related terms: aberratio testis
rete testis
testicle
testicular
testicond
Monica
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: mŏn'ĭ-kə
ipa: /ˈmɒn.ɪ.kə/
ipa: /ˈmɑ.nɪ.kə/
homophone: moniker
homophone: monicker
enpr: mō'nĭ-kä
note: Indic
ipa: /ˈmo.nɪ.kɑ/
Forms: form: Monika
Etymology: From Latin Mŏnĭca, name of the mother of St. Augustine, of uncertain meaning but probably Berber or Phoenician origin.
Senses: examples: text: They named her Monica. Why the name was chosen I have never learnt; but I do not conceive that there was any reason for the choice other than the taste of her parents in the matter of sounds. It is a pleasing enough name, euphoniously considered, and beyond that — as is so commonly the case — no considerations were taken into account. To her, however, at once imaginative and of a feeble and dependent spirit, the name was fateful. St. Monica was made the special object of her devotions in her childhood, and reigned so later when she became a wife.
ref: 1913, Rafael Sabatini, The Strolling Saint, Kessinger Publishing, published 2004, →ISBN, page 3:
text: Similarly, Alcoa (AA)CEO Klaus Kleinfeld has also dropped plans to attend, but the company will participate, said spokeswoman Monica Orbe.
ref: 2014 May 2, Mark Thompson and Aaron Smith, “U.S. presses CEOs to skip Russia’s Davos”, in CNN Business:
glosses: A female given name from Latin.
neath
Language: English
Part of speech: prep
Pronunciation: enpr: nēth
ipa: /niːθ/
rhymes: -iːθ
Forms: form: 'neath
Etymology: From Old English neoþan, from Proto-Germanic *niþanē.
Senses: glosses: Beneath.
excusez-moi
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: /e(k)ˈskjuzəmwɑ/
Etymology: Borrowed from French excusez-moi
Senses: glosses: Synonym of excuse me.
synonyms: word: excuse me
armhole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɑɹmˌhoʊl/
Forms: form: armholes
form: arm hole
form: arm-hole
Etymology: From Middle English arme hole, armehole, arm hole, arm-hole, armhole, arm-hool(e), armole, harmehole; equivalent to arm + hole.
Senses: examples: text: An aposteme gendred in þe purgynge places, þat is to say, of þe brayne vnder þe eres, of þe herte vnder þe arme holes, of þe lyuer in the schares.
ref: c. 1425, Guy de Chauliac, The Grande Chirurgie, page 154:
text: Put these ragges and cloutes vnder thine arme holes.
ref: 1535, Bible (Coverdale Bible), Jer. 38:12
text: Armhole is a variant on armpit in the west and east Midlands.
ref: 2005 September 7, Birmingham Post, page 9:
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: A human armpit.
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Similar structures in other animals.
examples: text: He... violently pull'd off her Riding-Hood, and tore it at the Arm Holes in pulling it off.
ref: 1731 January 15, Proceedings of the Old Bailey, page 13:
topics: fashion
lifestyle
glosses: A hole for an arm in a piece of clothing.
Synonyms: sense: cavity beneath the junction of the arm and shoulder
word: armpit
sense: cavity beneath the junction of the arm and shoulder
word: axilla
sense: cavity beneath the junction of the arm and shoulder
word: oxter
sense: cavity beneath the junction of the arm and shoulder
word: underarm
Boche
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɒʃ/
rhymes: -ɒʃ
homophone: bosh
Forms: form: Boches
form: Boche
form: boche
form: Bosch
form: Bosche
Etymology: Borrowed from French boche.
Senses: synonyms: Fritz
Jerry
Kraut
Hun
glosses: A German.
straight flush
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: straight flushes
Senses: topics: card-games
poker
glosses: A hand that is both straight (the cards are all in sequence) and flush (the cards are all of the same suit).
Related terms: straight
flush
royal flush
'neath
Language: English
Part of speech: prep
Senses: examples: text: Have you ever been south of Monterey? / Barrancas carve the coastline / And the chaparral flows to the sea / ’Neath waves of golden sunshine
ref: 1973, Al Jardine, “California Saga (California)”, in Holland, performed by The Beach Boys:
text: One land and one nation is our cry, / Dignity and peace 'neath Zambia's sky
ref: 1973, “Stand and Sing of Zambia, Strong and Free”:
text: And here in Spain I am a Spaniard / I will be buried with my marionettes / Countess and courtesan / Have fallen 'neath my tender hand / When their husbands were not around
ref: 2002, The Decemberists, “Here I Dreamt I Was an Architect”, in Castaways and Cutouts, performed by The Decemberists, track 1:
glosses: Aphetic form of beneath.
'n
Language: English
Part of speech: conj
Pronunciation: /n/
[n̩]
Etymology: Contraction of and.
Senses: examples: text: fish 'n chips
text: rock 'n roll
text: “Might think we was brother 'n sister, to hear ye, Ma! Damn me to glory, don't ye know thar's fust cousins marryin' every week? And no harm come of it.” […] “Oh, son, not in the face of Pa 'n me that love you, whatever you think! We're only tryin' to figger for your own good.”
ref: 1927, Arthur D[ouglas] Howden Smith, “The Ferryman”, in Commodore Vanderbilt: An Epic of American Achievement, New York, N.Y.: Robert M[edill] McBride & Company, section III, pages 50–51:
glosses: Nonstandard spelling of 'n'.
'n
Language: English
Part of speech: conj
Pronunciation: /n/
[n̩]
Senses: examples: text: The feller took the box again, and took another long, particular look, and give it back to Smiley, and says, very deliberate, "Well, I don't see no p'ints about that frog that's any better'n any other frog."
ref: 1865, Mark Twain, The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County:
text: She says you may laugh 'f you feel so inclined, but there ain't no such big difference between your leg 'n' a dead rat but what it 'll pay you to mark her words. She says 'f it don't do no more 'n eat the skin off it 'll still be pretty hard for you to lay there without no skin 'n' feel the plaster goin' in more 'n' more.
ref: 1969, Anne Warner, Susan Clegg and her friend Mrs. Lathrop, page 87:
text: lock this room up tighter 'n a peanut butter jar at a squirrel convention
ref: 2004, Intelligent Systems, translated by Nintendo of America, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, Nintendo, GameCube, level/area: Glitzville:
text: What I can give ya is this bit o' knowledge: there be things in this world that no one can explain. There are things bigger 'n mountains, bigger 'n oceans, bigger 'n fields an' night skies filled with stars, bigger 'n kings, or queens…
ref: 2010, Arnan Heyden, Daughters of Agendale, page 228:
glosses: Contraction of than.
'n
Language: English
Part of speech: conj
Pronunciation: /n/
[n̩]
Senses: glosses: Contraction of when (As found in if'n.)
'n
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /n/
[n̩]
Forms: form: 'ns
Senses: examples: text: The other said, "Alright, I'm gonna do it like this: you take this'n, I'll take that'n; you take this'n, I'll take that'n; […]
ref: 2009, Mariella Glenn Hartsfield, Tall Betsy and Dunce Baby: South Georgia Folktales, page 104:
text: Which really did turn into a headache when I woke up — a bad'n.
ref: 2012, Liza Cody, Musclebound, page 15:
glosses: Alternative form of 'un (“one, a thing”).
eau-de-vie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: eau-de-vies
form: eaus-de-vie
form: eaux-de-vie
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of eau de vie.
harmful
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhɑːmfl̩/
ipa: /ˈhɑɹmfl̩/
Forms: form: harmfuller
form: more harmful
form: harmfullest
form: most harmful
form: harmfull
Etymology: From Middle English harmful, from Old English *hearmful (suggested by hearmfullīċ (“harmful; hurtful”)), equivalent to harm + -ful.
Cognate with German harmvoll, Danish harmfuld, Swedish harmfull.
Senses: examples: text: Wear a hat to protect your skin from harmful sunlight.
text: Smoking is harmful to the lungs.
text: Burning fossil fuels is harmful to the environment.
glosses: Causing or likely to cause harm or damage; injurious.
Synonyms: word: injurious
word: harmful
word: damaging
word: deleterious
word: detrimental
word: hurtful
word: inimical
word: mischievous
word: nocent
word: nocuous
word: noxious
word: noisome
word: prejudicial
word: scathand
word: scathel
word: sullen
word: venom
Hyponyms: word: baneful
word: pernicious
word: malignant
word: insalubrious
word: unhealthful
word: unhealthy
word: unwholesome
word: poisonous
word: toxic
word: lethal
word: deadly
Derived terms: harmfully
harmfulness
nonharmful
unharmful
Related terms: word: harm
word: disastrous
be there
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: no-table-tags
form: glossary
form: be there
form: am there
form: 'm there
form: was there
form: are there
form: 're there
form: were there
form: is there
form: 's there
form: was there
form: are there
form: 're there
form: were there
form: be there
form: were there
form: be there
form: -
form: being there
form: been there
Senses: examples: text: Job interviews, site inspections, board meetings, client reviews, training sessions and conferences can be conducted online, but ultimately 'being there' matters.
ref: 2023 July 26, Jim Steer, “Where rail can win modal shift”, in RAIL, number 988, page 39:
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see be, there.
examples: text: She knows that I'll always be there for her.
glosses: To be available to provide comfort and support for someone, especially in a period of difficulty.
Related terms: been there
be there and be square
be there or be square
been there, done that
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Etymology: Ellipsis for "I have been there and have done that".
Senses: examples: text: No, I don't wanna go paragliding. Been there, done that. I found it awful.
text: Huntsman feints at being the Snow White retelling no one has ever seen before, but ultimately becomes the “been there, done that” of fairy-tale filmmaking.
ref: 2012 May 31, Tasha Robinson, “Film: Review: Snow White And The Huntsman”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the original on 30 Mar 2013:
text: He looked down at my résumé. “Wow, you interned at The New Yorker. Did you apply there?” ¶ “Nope.” ¶ He looked up. ¶ I gave the line a tug. ¶ “I just felt like, ‘been there, done that,’ you know? Also, I dated a few guys in the office so it would've been awkward.”
ref: 2013, Iris Smyles, Iris Has Free Time, Berkeley, CA: Counterpoint, →ISBN, page 7:
glosses: An assertion that the speaker has personal experience or knowledge of a particular place or topic and is not too keen on revisiting or redoing it again.
Derived terms: been there, done that, bought the T-shirt