cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
knobbing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: knobbings
Senses: examples: text: Consequently, the knobbing is most marked at the costochondral junctions of the ribs, the lower end of the femur , both ends of the fibula and tibia , and the upper end of the humerus .
ref: 1950, Clinical Nutrition, page 454:
text: These swellings or blunt knobbings form the rachitic rosary.
ref: 1981, Lewis A. Barness, Manual of Pediatric Physical Diagnosis, page 111:
text: Also, the degree of knobbing was too great for the size of the shell.
ref: 2005, T.E. Greene, Worlds Spinning Round: Part 1: Discoveries, page 453:
glosses: A pattern of knobs or lumps.
examples: text: The degree of knobbing varies according to the conditions of working and varies between 2 mm . and 8 mm . in circumference .
ref: 1954, The Indian Textile Journal - Volume 65, page 68:
text: This bowl has the same knobbing as the bowls of Group I.
ref: 1981, Zeitschrift des Deutschen Palästina-Vereins, page 25:
glosses: The amount by which a bowl is wider in the middle than at the top and bottom.
examples: text: A knobbing is over before you know it and no harm done to the family but the shame of a dirty photograph can follow a husband into his grave .
ref: 2013, Miles Gibson, Kingdom Swann: The Story of a Photographer, page 8:
text: Even when she was knobbing her fiancé's dad, she seemed to be more depressed than evil (which isn't surprising, as most of the knobbing took place in the gents' toilets in the Queen Vic).
ref: 2014, John Grindrod, Shouting at the Telly:
text: Mark inwardly cringed at the term, especially as their 'knobbing' hadn't been too brilliant, anyway .
ref: 2014, Will Stebbings, Further Off the Mark, page 1:
glosses: A session of penetrative sexual intercourse or the act of sexual penetration.
topics: business
mining
glosses: The process of rough dressing stone; the act of cutting off projecting points from quarried stone.
examples: text: This assertion is only partially true, and the facility with which "knobbing" can be practiced depends upon the kind of tools used and the skill of the operator , and even allowing that "knobbing" did take up more time , it 1 would be a poor argument in defense of cruelty .
ref: 1888, T. Walley, “A Different View of the Dehorning Question”, in Annual Report - Volume 14, page 207:
text: Is this not abundant proof that dishorning is not necessary for the benefit of the animal, or to render it fit for all the legitimate purposes of its owner, and that tipping or knobbing has been found to be, and is, practically sufficient?
ref: 1889, The Law Journal Reports: New Series - Volumes 58-60, page 153:
text: Could those that are a little dangerous be rendered harmless by knobbing?
ref: 1892, Ontario. Commission on the Dehorning of Cattle, Report, page 119:
glosses: The practice of cutting off the sharp tips of the horns of cattle, leaving rounded knobs.
knobbed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of knob
knobbed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: a knobbed chromosome
text: 1774, Oliver Goldsmith, An History of the Earth, and Animated Nature, London: J. Nourse, Volume 4, Chapter 11, The Camelopard, pp. 299-300,
No animal, either from its disposition, or its formation, seems less fitted for a state of natural hostility; its horns are blunt, and even knobbed at the ends; its teeth are made entirely for vegetable pasture […]
text: The chairs […] were railed with white bars across the back and knobbed with gold; neither the railings nor the knobs invited to ease.
ref: 1853, Elizabeth Gaskell, chapter 8, in Cranford:
text: For it's been a hard life, thought Mrs. Dempster. What hadn’t she given to it? Roses; figure; her feet too. (She drew the knobbed lumps beneath her skirt.)
ref: 1925, Virginia Woolf, Mrs. Dalloway:
glosses: Having a knob or knobs.
Derived terms: knobbed whelk
red-knobbed coot
nymphomaniacs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nymphomaniac
solvents
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of solvent
stopgaps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stopgap
stopgaps
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of stopgap
conurbations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of conurbation
degenerating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of degenerate
upstages
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of upstage
upstaging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of upstage
upstaging
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: upstagings
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
theater
glosses: A situation where somebody or something is upstaged; thus:
A stealing of the spotlight, as (or as if) one performer eclipses another in the audience's attention.
topics: medicine
oncology
sciences
surgery
glosses: A situation where somebody or something is upstaged; thus:
An increase in the stage of a case of a disease (usually a cancer), from a less-threatening to a more-threatening stage.
hypernyms: restaging
antonyms: downstaging
upstaged
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of upstage
iwans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of iwan
tabulates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of tabulate
tabulates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: qualifier: pharmacy
glosses: plural of tabulate.
tabulating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of tabulate
peccadillos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: peccadilloes
Senses: glosses: plural of peccadillo
shuffles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shuffle
shuffles
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of shuffle
unlearning
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of unlearn
unlearning
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: unlearnings
Senses: examples: text: In Latin also James had some unlearning to do.
ref: 1977, K.M. Elizabeth Murray, Caught in the Web of Words, Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 22:
glosses: The process by which something is unlearned.
histamines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of histamine
shimmying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of shimmy
shimmying
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shimmyings
Senses: glosses: The motion of one who shimmies; a shimmy.
shimmied
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of shimmy
biters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of biter
pigpens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pigpen
aerostats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aerostat
Europeanizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of Europeanize
Europeanized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of Europeanize
Gasconades
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Gasconade
Gasconades
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of Gasconade
Humvees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Humvee
Lesbians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Lesbian
Wonders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Wonder
darings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of daring
fortississimos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fortississimo
muddying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of muddy
muddying
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: muddyings
Senses: glosses: The process of making something muddy or obscure.
intrapreneurs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of intrapreneur
GIs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of GI
GIs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of GI
GIing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of GI
GIed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of GI
PITAs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of PITA
infarcts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ɪnˈfɑɹkts/
Senses: glosses: plural of infarct
teardrops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of teardrop
trotlines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trotline
takeouts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of takeout
rectifiers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rectifier
ginners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ginner
diploids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of diploid
highballs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of highball
kipes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kipe
kipes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of kipe
kiping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of kipe
kiped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of kipe
hoboys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hoboy
regains
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of regain
regains
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of regain
zoophytes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zoophyte
zonings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zoning
tasers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of taser
tasers
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of taser
tasering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of taser
tasered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of taser
refreezing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of refreeze
quiesces
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of quiesce
quiesced
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of quiesce
brokers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of broker
brokers
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of broker
foreswears
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of foreswear
foreswore
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of foreswear
acquis communautaire
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from French acquis communautaire.
Senses: glosses: The full body of European Union law.
Synonyms: word: acquis
word: Community acquis
decomposers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of decomposer
gazetteers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gazetteer
gazetteers
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of gazetteer
moggies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of moggy
glosses: plural of moggie
taxols
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of taxol
overborne
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of overbear
valetudinarians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of valetudinarian
fids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fid
eikons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of eikon
chansons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: homophone: chanson
enpr: shäɴ-sôɴz′
ipa: /ʃɑ̃ːˈsɔ̃ːz/
ipa: /ʃɑ̃ˈsɔ̃z/
ipa: /ʃɑ̃ˈsɑ̃z/
ipa: /ʃɒ̃ˈsɒ̃z/
ipa: /ʃɑ̃ˈsɒ̃z/
ipa: /ʃɒ̃ˈsɑ̃z/
ipa: /ʃɑ̃ˈsɑ̃z/
ipa: /ʃɐ̃ːˈsõːz/
ipa: /ʃãˈsɔ̃z/
ipa: /ʃãːˈsɔ̃z/
Senses: glosses: plural of chanson
harmonizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of harmonize
harmonized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of harmonize
decathletes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of decathlete
jangled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of jangle
vitrines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vitrine
aorists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aorist
pelmets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pelmet
inducements
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of inducement
fracturing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of fracture
fracturing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fracturings
Senses: examples: text: In her own view, she was most likely predisposed neurophysiologically to schizophrenia in such a way that her psyche could not tolerate the fracturings that others weathered while maintaining a functioning life.
ref: 2013, Mary Elene Wood, Life Writing and Schizophrenia, page 277:
glosses: The act by which something is fractured.
Derived terms: hydraulic fracturing
hydrofracturing
microfracturing
libelers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of libeler
libellers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of libeller
unlading
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of unlade
unlading
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: unladings
Senses: glosses: The removal of cargo from a vessel.
unladed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of unlade
arousals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of arousal
buttes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /bjuːts/
rhymes: -uːts
homophone: beauts
Senses: examples: text: Those multitoned buttes and mesas [of the Grand Canyon], and that incandescent sequence of colorful bands that make one of the natural wonders of the world so grand, can also be found over 100 million miles away [on Mars].
ref: 2013 November 27, John Grotzinger, “The world of Mars [print version: International Herald Tribune Magazine, 2013, p. 36]”, in The New York Times:
glosses: plural of butte
zhooshing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of zhoosh
zhooshed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of zhoosh
categorising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of categorise
bibcocks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bibcock
bobets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bobet
bouffants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bouffant
bourrelets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bourrelet
calades
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of calade
cataphiles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cataphile
chocolatiers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chocolatier
cleeves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cleeve
colporteurs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of colporteur
dessiatinas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dessiatina
choanocytes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of choanocyte
tightropes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tightrope
tightropes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of tightrope
cognovits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cognovit
chingaderas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chingadera
manchettes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of manchette
liements
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of liement
disengages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of disengage
envelopments
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of envelopment
moulinets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of moulinet
ballestras
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ballestra
trompements
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trompement
quillions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of quillion
ricassos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ricasso
sandlappers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sandlapper
hydrofoils
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hydrofoil
hydrofoils
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of hydrofoil
overcoats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of overcoat
bobsleighs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bobsleigh
fardingbags
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fardingbag
fatsuits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fatsuit
bombooras
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bomboora
hacheks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hachek
biotypes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of biotype
oroblancos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of oroblanco
pomelos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pomelo
dekopons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dekopon
grippers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gripper
twittens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of twitten
halfbeaks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of halfbeak
hypallages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hypallage
monoclonals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of monoclonal
turntables
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of turntable
Related terms: turn the tables
kimberlites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kimberlite
fixers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fixer
scrunching
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of scrunch
scrunching
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scrunchings
Senses: examples: text: She was oblivious of all around her, and her facial twistings and scrunchings were droll.
ref: 1984, Theodore R. Sizer, Horace's Compromise: The Dilemma of the American High School:
glosses: The act of something being scrunched.
scrunched
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of scrunch
footholds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of foothold
flunks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /flʌŋks/
rhymes: -ʌŋks
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of flunk
flunking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of flunk
larcenists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of larcenist
lazed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /leɪzd/
rhymes: -eɪzd
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of laze
indicias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of indicia
resitting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: resittings
Senses: examples: text: Some photographers offer resittings to clients who are not satisfied with the original photograph.
topics: arts
hobbies
lifestyle
photography
glosses: A second or subsequent sitting.
resitting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of resit
nanostructures
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nanostructure
noreasterners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of noreasterner
oldsters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of oldster
osteotomes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of osteotome
mineshafts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mineshaft
mouseholes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mousehole
scagging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of scag
scagged
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of scag
auriflammes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of auriflamme
snowcones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of snowcone
inactivates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of inactivate
inactivating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of inactivate
inactivated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of inactivate
Related terms: deactivated
disactivated
unactivated
limnivores
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of limnivore
prepaying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of prepay
zels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zel
brenning
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: brennings
Senses: glosses: burning
brenning
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of bren
brenned
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of bren
MacGyvering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of MacGyver
emulators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of emulator
algorisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of algorism
blacktopping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of blacktop
blacktopped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of blacktop
OAPs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of OAP
resettling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of resettle
resettled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of resettle
disports
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of disport
incases
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of incase
incasing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of incase
incased
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of incase
deallocating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of deallocate
deallocated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of deallocate
reallocating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of reallocate
reallocated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of reallocate
whinging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /ˈ(h)wɪŋɪŋ/
Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of whing
whinging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /ˈ(h)wɪŋɪŋ/
/ˈ(h)wɪnd͡ʒɪŋ/
/ˈ(h)wɪŋɪŋ/
Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of whinge
whinged
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /wɪnɡd/
rhymes: -ɪnɡd
Etymology: See whing.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of whing
whinged
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /wɪnɡd/
rhymes: -ɪnɡd
ipa: /wɪnd͡ʒd/
rhymes: -ɪnd͡ʒd
ipa: /wɪnɡd/
rhymes: -ɪnɡd
Etymology: See whinge.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of whinge
advisements
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of advisement
wallopings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of walloping
afearing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of afear
mousepads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mousepad
interlocks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of interlock
interlocks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of interlock
interlocked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of interlock
valorizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of valorize
valorized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of valorize
incriminated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of incriminate
emulsifying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of emulsify
emulsifying
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: That emulsifies
emulsified
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of emulsify
fibrillating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From fibrillate + -ing.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of fibrillate
fibrillating
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more fibrillating
form: most fibrillating
Etymology: From fibrillate + -ing.
Senses: glosses: Splitting into fibrils or fibres.
examples: text: A publicity plane flew along the Croisette, its pennant fluttering like the trace of a fibrillating heart, unnoticed by the sunbathers stretched in their loungers in the hotel concessions.
ref: 2000, JG Ballard, Super-Cannes, Fourth Estate, published 2011, page 107:
glosses: Of a muscle, especially in the heart: undergoing fibrillation; quivering.
fibrillated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of fibrillate
fibrillated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Having fibrils
Derived terms: nanofibrillated
philosophizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of philosophize
philosophizing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: philosophizings
Senses: examples: text: This application of their philosophizings is perfectly legitimate, and the conclusions drawn from these premises are logically and even morally just.
ref: 1853, New Englander and Yale Review, volume 11, page 281:
glosses: philosophical thought or discussion
philosophized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of philosophize
germinating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of germinate
germinated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of germinate
subdividing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of subdivide
subdividing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subdividings
Senses: glosses: An act or process of subdivision.
sermonizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of sermonize
sermonizing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sermonizings
Senses: glosses: The giving of sermons.
sermonized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of sermonize
restructured
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of restructure
repaving
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of repave
repaving
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: repavings
Senses: examples: text: The street has had three repavings in a decade.
text: Road diets are now an almost automatic part of the process in Kansas City whenever a street is up for repaving.
ref: 2025 April 21, Jeff McMurray, “Trump’s transportation officials buck a long-held practice of using ‘road diets’ to slow speeders”, in AP News:
glosses: The process of replacing paving.
repaved
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of repave
renegotiating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of renegotiate
renegotiated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of renegotiate
antiquating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of antiquate
reformulating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of reformulate
reformulated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of reformulate
remunerating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of remunerate
remunerated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of remunerate
unclogging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of unclog
unclogged
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of unclog
unclogged
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Not clogged; without a blockage or obstruction.
disqualifying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of disqualify
disqualified
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of disqualify
regrowing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of regrow
regrowing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: regrowings
Senses: topics: agriculture
biology
business
ecology
lifestyle
natural-sciences
glosses: The self-cultivation of vegetables by city dwellers, using flower pots and windowsills, growing them from roots, cuttings, and scraps, for recycling and sustainable living.
Derived terms: regrowing vegetable
adynamias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of adynamia
evolutionisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of evolutionism
resinifying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of resinify
resinified
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of resinify
bestrewing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of bestrew
bestrewed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of bestrew
barhopping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of barhop
barhopping
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: barhoppings
Senses: glosses: The act of drinking at a number of bars during a single day or evening.
barhopped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of barhop
barbarizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of barbarize
barbarized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of barbarize
phrensying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of phrensy
phrensied
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of phrensy
perfuses
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of perfuse
perfusing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of perfuse
perfused
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of perfuse
perfused
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Modified by perfusion
Derived terms: hyperperfused
hypoperfused
microperfused
nonperfused
normoperfused
preperfused
unperfused
outboxing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of outbox
outboxed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of outbox
unknotting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of unknot
unknotting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: unknottings
Senses: glosses: The act of untying a knot.
unknotted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -ɒtɪd
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of unknot
unknotted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɒtɪd
Senses: examples: text: He wore an unknotted tie.
glosses: Not knotted.
unlatching
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of unlatch
unlatching
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: unlatchings
Senses: glosses: The act of unfastening a latch.
unlatched
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: "Oh, go to hell!" said Silas, and kicked open his own unlatched door.
ref: 1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019:
glosses: Of a gate, etc., not latched, or that has been unlatched.
unlatched
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of unlatch
Harringtons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Harrington
rigorizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of rigorize
rigorized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of rigorize
handwaving
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhandweɪvɪŋ/
Forms: form: more handwaving
form: most handwaving
Etymology: From hand + waving.
Senses: glosses: Waving the hands.
glosses: Pertaining to empty gesturing, with little substance behind it; vague; not supported by data.
handwaving
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhandweɪvɪŋ/
Forms: form: handwavings
Etymology: From hand + waving.
Senses: examples: text: McClatchy goes on to try and level a damning critique, which amounts to a lot of handwaving about things we already know.
ref: 2009 November 3, “Squid Business”, in The Economist:
text: If one looks today at the logical literature, one finds that there is a great deal of handwaving going on of the same kind as that used by Gödel in his paper. That is, informal arguments are given to show that a formalization of a certain statement is formally provable in a certain theory.
ref: 2017, Torkel Franzén, Inexhaustibility: A Non-Exhaustive Treatment, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 6:
glosses: Alternative form of hand waving (“empty gesturing”).
handwaving
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhandweɪvɪŋ/
Etymology: From hand + waving.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of handwave
Related terms: handwave
hand waving
handwavium
handwavy
wave of the hand
handwaved
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of handwave
remixing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of remix
remixed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of remix
microprogramming
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of microprogram
microprogrammed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of microprogram
unzipping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of unzip
unzipping
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: unzippings
Senses: examples: text: It was impulse, not intention, one of those great unzippings of the superego that lets the id shine through.
ref: 2013, Joyce Thompson, How to Greet Strangers: A Mystery, page 102:
glosses: The act by which something is unzipped.
unzipped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From unzip + -ed.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of unzip
unzipped
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + zip + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: She threw the unzipped backpack outside, and when I ran out to get it, because I was worried about my homework blowing away, she locked and bolted the door.
ref: 2004 April 6, Lisa Tucker, Shout Down the Moon, Pocket Books, →ISBN, page 63:
text: She sees the books from her backpack scattered around her, and suddenly she is in her father’s old bedroom again, putting her books into her backpack when her mother comes to tell her that the cousins have arrived, slinging her backpack on before it is zipped and following her downstairs, and her backpack is unzipped in the hall as they eat Yorkshire pudding and roast beef, and it is unzipped in the hall as they eat Yorkshire pudding and roast beef, and it is unzipped in the car as they drive home, and it is unzipped as she runs through the lobby and crashes to the tiles, but it is only now, as the blood from her nose seeps into the cuff of her sweater and the books lie all around her, that she realizes that it has been unzipped all this time.
ref: 2008 June 17, Elizabeth Hartley Winthrop, December, Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, →ISBN, page 226:
text: Cloudy crawls inside the unzipped backpack.
ref: 2013 December 4, Jasmine Jean-Pierre, It’s Raining Uber, Archway Publishing, →ISBN, page 75:
glosses: Not zipped (closed with a zip fastener).
examples: text: To zip a file or directory with gzip: / […] / 2. gzip zipadeedoodah.tar / Type gzip followed by the name of the file or directory to gzip. The zipped file will replace the unzipped version and will have a new .gz extension. / ✓ Tips / […] / ▪ If you want to keep a copy of the original, unzipped file, try gzip -c filetogzip > compressed.gz.
ref: 2003, Deborah S. Ray, Eric J. Ray, “Chapter 13: Working with Encoded & Compressed Files”, in UNIX: Teach yourself Unix the quick and easy way! This Visual QuickStart Guide uses pictures rather than lengthy explanations. You’ll be up and running in no time!, Peachpit Press, →ISBN, Zipping a File or Directory with gzip, page 288:
text: The function unzip.retrosheet unzips the file and puts the individual event files and roster files in the “unzipped” folder. The function create.csv.file(season) reads the individual team record files into R, merges the files, and writes a new single combined file in csv format in the “unzipped” folder.
ref: 2013 October 29, Max Marchi, Jim Albert, Analyzing Baseball Data with R, CRC Press, →ISBN, page 303:
text: hawkeye: as one of my friends like to say, “How hard is your big drive?” / daisy: lol! / dragon: more importantly, Hawkeye, is it compressed? / daisy: more importantly, is it unzipped? / hawkeye: and how often do you optimize it?
ref: 2016, John R. Suler, Psychology of the Digital Age: Humans Become Electric, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 132:
glosses: Not zipped (compressed into a single and often smaller file, especially a zip file).
unzipped
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + zipped.
Senses: examples: text: New computer-driven postal machinery will speed up the processing of mail that is properly addressed with zip code, but may possibly delay mail that lacks the zip code. […] But woe betide a letter that lacks the zip code! For unzipped mail, the clerk punches a button that shunts the letter aside for later processing by hand.
ref: 1969 November, Arthur Fisher, “Science Newsfront: Last-minute news and notes to keep you up-to-date”, in Popular Science, volume 195, number 5, page 22:
antonyms: zipped
glosses: Lacking a zip code.
raw_tags: of mail
outwent
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of outgo
outgone
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: out-gone
Senses: glosses: past participle of outgo
overdressing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of overdress
outscoring
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of outscore
outscored
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of outscore
outfighting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of outfight
roleplaying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: role-playing
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of roleplay
roleplayed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: role-played
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of roleplay
doomsaid
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of doomsay
shortchanging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of shortchange
shortchanged
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of shortchange
uncrumpling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of uncrumple
uncrumpled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of uncrumple
convolving
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /kənˈvɒlvɪŋ/
ipa: /kənˈvɑlvɪŋ/
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of convolve
convolved
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /kənˈvɒlvd/
ipa: /kənˈvɑlvd/
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of convolve
rereading
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -iːdɪŋ
Forms: form: rereadings
Senses: examples: text: This past summer, in between rereadings of “The Ambassadors” and “The Age of Innocence,” Kazuo Ishiguro’s novel “The Unconsoled” stepped in.
ref: 2007 July 7, Alice Sebold, “Shelf Life”, in New York Times:
synonyms: reread
glosses: A second or subsequent reading.
rereading
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -iːdɪŋ
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of reread
overarched
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of overarch
deodorizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of deodorize
deodorized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of deodorize
depilating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of depilate
depilated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of depilate
chusing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of chuse
initializing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of initialize
initialized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of initialize
underreporting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of underreport
underreporting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: underreportings
Senses: examples: text: He says that there is still a significant amount of underreporting of mental health problems, among trackside workers in particular.
ref: 2020 November 4, Paul Stephen, “Mental health for all”, in Rail, page 65:
glosses: The act, or the result of insufficiently reporting.
containerizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of containerize
conventionalizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of conventionalize
conventionalized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of conventionalize
redistricting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of redistrict
redistricting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: redistrictings
Senses: examples: text: The party that holds the White House historically struggles in midterm elections, and Republicans are defending an especially narrow majority in the House. Those challenges have led Trump to pressure red states across the country to redraw their congressional district boundaries to give his party more of an advantage — a demand that has touched off a national partisan battle over redistricting.
ref: 2025 September 19, Patrick Svitek, Emily Guskin and Scott Clement, “Most Americans critical of Trump on crime, economy and other issues, poll finds”, in The Washington Post, archived from the original on 21 Sep 2025:
coordinate_terms: reapportionment
;
malapportionment
glosses: An instance of adjusting the borders that delineate districts.
redistricted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of redistrict
correlating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of correlate
crosscutting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of crosscut
crosscutting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: crosscuttings
Senses: glosses: Synonym of crosscut.
synonyms: word: crosscut
mistranslating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of mistranslate
mistranslated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of mistranslate
ceratopsians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ceratopsian
unlacing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of unlace
unlaced
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: With laces untied.
examples: text: an unlaced drink
glosses: Not laced (in any sense).
unlaced
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of unlace
undercharging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of undercharge
undercharged
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of undercharge
overcharging
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: overchargings
Etymology: From Middle English overcharging, equivalent to overcharge + -ing.
Senses: glosses: The act or process of charging excessively
overcharging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From overcharge + -ing.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of overcharge
overcharged
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of overcharge
splodging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of splodge
splodged
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of splodge