cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
tick
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɪk/
rhymes: -ɪk
homophone: tic
Forms: form: ticks
Etymology: From Middle English tyke, teke, from Old English ticia (“parasitic animal, tick”), from Proto-West Germanic *tīkō, compare Dutch teek, German Zecke.
Senses: examples: text: Sucking up all you can / Sucking up all you can suck and suck / Working up under my patience like a little tick / Fat little parasite (parasite) / Suck me dry / My fruit is bruised and borrowed / You thieving bastards / You have turned my blood cold and bitter
ref: 2001, “Ticks & Leeches”, in Maynard James Keenan (lyrics), Lateralus, performed by Tool, Track 8:
hypernyms: ectoparasite
arachnid
glosses: A tiny woodland arachnid of the suborder Ixodida.
Derived terms: taxonomic: Ixodes holocyclus
word: Australian paralysis tick
alt: Nycteribia spp.
word: bat tick
taxonomic: Ixodes scapularis
word: black-legged tick
word: blood tick
taxonomic: Ixodes ricinus
word: castor bean tick
word: cattle tick
taxonomic: Ixodes scapularis
word: deer tick
word: detick
taxonomic: Dermacentor variabilis
word: dog tick
word: full as a tick
taxonomic: Ixodidae spp.
word: hard tick
word: Indian tick typhus
taxonomic: Amblyomma triguttatum
word: kangaroo tick
word: Kenya tick typhus
word: lone star tick
taxonomic: Amblyomma americanum
word: Lone Star tick
taxonomic: Haemaphysalis longicornis
word: longhorned tick
taxonomic: Amblyomma americanum
word: northeastern water tick
taxonomic: Ixodes holocyclus
word: paralysis tick
taxonomic: Ixodes ricinus
word: pasture tick
word: seed tick
taxonomic: Ixodes ricinus
word: sheep tick
taxonomic: Argasidae spp.
word: soft tick
word: straw tick
taxonomic: Vicia faba
word: tick bean
word: tick bite
word: tick-bite fever
word: tick-borne
word: tick-borne encephalitis
word: tick fever
word: tickicide
word: tick-induced meat allergy
word: tick meat allergy
word: tick paralysis
word: tick trefoil
word: tick-trefoil
word: tight as a tick
taxonomic: Amblyomma americanum
word: turkey tick
english: Hydracarina
translation: Hydracarina
word: water tick
taxonomic: Dermacentor variabilis
word: wood tick
tick
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɪk/
rhymes: -ɪk
homophone: tic
Forms: form: ticks
form: ticking
form: ticked
form: ticked
Etymology: From Middle English ticken, tiken, probably from Old English *ticcian (“to touch, tap”), from Proto-West Germanic *tikkōn (“to touch, tap”), cognate with German zecken (“to nudge, poke, jab”). Doublet of tig.
Senses: examples: text: As 2020 ticked over into 2021, some 240 worksites were active on HS2's Phase 1 route between London and the West Midlands.
ref: 2021 January 13, Richard Clinnick, “HS2 reaches key milestones and gears up for a busy 2021”, in Rail, page 12:
glosses: To make a clicking noise similar to the movement of the hands of an analog clock.
glosses: To make a tick or checkmark.
examples: text: He took the computer apart to see how it ticked.
text: I wonder what makes her tick.
glosses: To work or operate, especially mechanically.
examples: text: Therefore you Preachers out vvith your ſvvords and ſtrike at the root; ſpeak againſt covetouſneſs, and cry out upon it. Stand not ticking and toying at the branches, nor at the boughs, for then there vvill be nevv boughs and branches ſpring again of them, but ſtrike at the root, […]
ref: 1550, Hugh Latimer, “Sermon XIV. Preached before King Edward the Sixth and His Most Honourable Council, in His Court at Westminster, in the Year 1550.”, in The Sermons of the Right Reverend Father in God, Master Hugh Latimer, Bishop of Worcester. […], volume I, London: […] J. Scott, […], published 1758, →OCLC, page 274:
glosses: To strike gently; to pat.
topics: biology
birdwatching
natural-sciences
ornithology
glosses: To add (a bird) to a list of birds that have been seen (or heard).
Derived terms: box-ticking
clock is ticking
make tick
take a licking and keep on ticking
tick all the boxes
tick a lock
tick a lot of boxes
tick and flick
tick and tie
tick and toy
tick away
tick by
tick down
ticking clock
ticking-off
ticking-over
ticking timebomb
tick off
tick on
tick over
tick past
time is ticking
tick
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɪk/
rhymes: -ɪk
homophone: tic
Forms: form: ticks
Etymology: From Middle English tike, probably from Middle Dutch tike and Middle Low German teke, both ultimately from Latin theca (“cover”). Compare also German Zieche (“duvet, pillowcase”).
Senses: glosses: Ticking.
examples: text: She had an old tick for mattress that she stuffed with dried moss.
ref: 1997, Charles Frazier, Cold Mountain, London: Hodder and Stoughton, page 101:
glosses: A sheet that wraps around a mattress; the cover of a mattress, containing the filling.
Synonyms: ticking
Derived terms: ticking
tick
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɪk/
rhymes: -ɪk
homophone: tic
Etymology: Clipping of ticket.
Senses: examples: text: When he had no funds he went on tick. When he could get no credit he went without, and was almost as happy.
ref: 1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 2, in The History of Pendennis. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1849–1850, →OCLC:
text: Immediately he got any money he would pay his debt; if there was any over he would spend it; if there was not—and there seldom was—he would begin to go on tick again.
ref: 1903, Samuel Butler, chapter 42, in The Way of All Flesh:
text: He paid his mother-in-law rent and, when the baker or the butcher or the grocer wouldn't let her have any more on tick, he paid the bills.
ref: 1974, GB Edwards, The Book of Ebenezer Le Page, New York 2007, page 190:
synonyms: credit
trust
glosses: Credit, trust.
tick
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɪk/
rhymes: -ɪk
homophone: tic
Forms: form: ticks
form: ticking
form: ticked
form: ticked
Etymology: Clipping of ticket.
Senses: glosses: To go on trust, or credit.
glosses: To give tick; to trust.
tick
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɪk/
rhymes: -ɪk
homophone: tic
Forms: form: ticks
Etymology: From Middle English tik-, tic-, tike-, tiken- (in compounds), an unassibilated form of Middle English tiche, tichen (“young goat”), from Old English tiċċen (“young goat; kid”), from Proto-West Germanic *tikkīn (“goatling”), diminutive of Proto-West Germanic *tigā (“goat”). Cognate with regional German Zicke (“nanny goat”), from Ziege (“goat; nanny goat”).
Senses: examples: text: Tickhill, Tickham, Ticknock, Tickenhall Drive, Tickenhill Manor, Tickenhurst
qualifier: place names
glosses: A goat.
copulate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɒp.jʊ.leɪt/
ipa: /ˈkɔ.pjə.leɪt/
rhymes: -ɒpjəleɪt
rhymes: -ɒpjʊleɪt
rhymes: -ɔpjəleɪt
Forms: form: copulates
form: copulating
form: copulated
form: copulated
Etymology: From Latin cōpulātus, perfect passive participle of cōpulō (“to couple, join, connect”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Compare French copuler.
Senses: examples: text: The amorous couple were found copulating inside the car.
glosses: To engage in sexual intercourse.
Synonyms: word: fuck
word: have sex
word: make love
word: screw
word: swive
word: bang
word: sleep together
word: boff
word: approach
word: cohabit
word: company
word: copulate
word: couple
word: engage in sex
word: exchange flesh
word: have intimate relations
word: have marital relations
word: have sexual relations
word: intercourse
word: know
word: know someone in the biblical sense
word: mate
word: share a bed
word: strain
word: bauf
word: beat
word: bone
word: boink
word: bonk
word: bop
word: bounce
word: breed
word: bump nasties
word: bump uglies
word: catch a dick
word: dance
word: discuss Uganda
word: dip one's pen in someone's inkwell
word: do it
word: do the deed
word: do the nasty
word: eff
word: engender
word: expletive deleted
word: feck
word: frack
word: frak
word: frick
word: frig
word: get busy
word: get down
word: get freaky
word: get it
word: get it on
word: get jiggy
word: get laid
word: get lucky
word: get one's dick wet
word: get one's end away
word: get one's freak on
word: get one's groove on
word: get one's leg over
word: get one's oats
word: get physical
word: get some
word: get the dirty water off one's chest
word: graft the forked tree
word: go all the way
word: haul one's ashes
word: have it away
word: have it off
word: hide the salami
word: hide the sausage
word: hide the wienie
word: hike the Appalachian Trail
word: hook up
word: hump
word: jig-jig
word: knock boots
word: lay pipe
word: lay the pipe
word: make it
word: make out
word: make the beast with two backs
word: make whoopee
word: meddle
word: ming
word: Netflix and chill
word: penetrate
word: pipe
word: pipe down
word: play
word: play hide the sausage
word: pound
word: rail
word: ride
word: rock and roll
word: roger
word: roll around
word: root
word: see someone's etchings
word: sex
word: shag
word: shelve
word: show someone one's etchings
word: slap bellies
word: stick
word: tumble
Hypernyms: word: act sexually
Hyponyms: word: fornicate
word: close one's eyes and think of England
word: creep
word: fuck around
word: get around
word: have an affair
word: lose one's virginity
word: procreate
word: prostitute oneself
word: pull a train
word: ride the cock carousel
word: screw around
word: smash and dash
word: starfuck
word: take it to the next level
Derived terms: copulater
copulatingly
pseudocopulate
recopulate
retrocopulate
Related terms: word: copulability
word: copulable
word: copulatee
word: copulation
word: copulator
word: copulin
word: getting any
word: getting enough
word: copulate with
word: Appendix:Roget MICRA thesaurus/Class III § 374a. Sexuality
word: Appendix:Roget MICRA thesaurus/Class I § 43. Junction
copulate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɒp.jʊ.leɪt/
ipa: /ˈkɔ.pjə.leɪt/
rhymes: -ɒpjəleɪt
rhymes: -ɒpjʊleɪt
rhymes: -ɔpjəleɪt
ipa: /ˈkɒp.jʊ.lət/
ipa: /ˈkɔ.pjə.lət/
ipa: /ˈkɒp.jʊ.leɪt/
ipa: /ˈkɔ.pjə.leɪt/
rhymes: -ɒpjəleɪt
rhymes: -ɒpjʊleɪt
rhymes: -ɔpjəleɪt
Etymology: From Latin cōpulātus, the perfect passive participle of cōpulō (“to couple, join, connect”). See -ate (adjective-forming suffix) for more.
Senses: examples: text: the force of custome copulate, and conioyn'd
ref: 1625, Francis [Bacon], “Of Custom and Education”, in The Essayes […], 3rd edition, London: […] Iohn Haviland for Hanna Barret, →OCLC:
glosses: Joined; associated; coupled.
examples: text: Copulate words may be really a simple subject, 1, a repetition of the same notion, often a climax
ref: 1870, Francis March, A Comparative Grammar of the Anglo-Saxon Language:
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Joining subject and predicate; copulative.
shit
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: shĭt
ipa: /ʃɪt/
rhymes: -ɪt
Forms: form: shitter
form: more shit
form: shittest
form: most shit
form: s--t
form: s**t
form: s—t
form: shite
form: sheeyit
form: sheeit
form: sheit
form: shiet
form: shi
form: shii
form: shet
Etymology: From Middle English schit, schyt, from Old English *sċite (“dung”) and sċitte (“diarrhoea”), from Proto-West Germanic *skiti and *skittjā, from Proto-Germanic *skitiz, from Proto-Indo-European *skeyd- (“to split, divide, separate”). Related to Saterland Frisian Skiete, West Frisian skyte, skyt, Dutch schijt, German Low German Schiet, German Scheiße, Danish skidt, Swedish and Norwegian Nynorsk skit, Norwegian Bokmål skitt, Icelandic skítur. Compare shite. Doublet of scheisse.
Senses: examples: text: What a shit film that was!
synonyms: shitty
glosses: Of poor quality; worthless.
examples: text: That was a shit thing to do to him.
synonyms: shitty
glosses: Nasty; despicable.
Related terms: english: see unskilled one sense and contemptible one sense
translation: see unskilled one sense and contemptible one sense
word: shitter
shit
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: shĭt
ipa: /ʃɪt/
rhymes: -ɪt
Forms: form: shits
form: shitting
form: shat
form: shitted
form: shit
form: shat
form: shitted
form: shit
form: shitten
Etymology: From Middle English schiten, shiten, from Old English sċītan, from Proto-West Germanic *skītan, from Proto-Germanic *skītaną, from Proto-Indo-European *skéydt, from *skeyd-, *skeh₁i-d (“to cut”) (compare *skey-).
Cognate with West Frisian skite, Low German schieten, Dutch schijten, German scheißen, Danish skide. More at shed.
Senses: examples: For quotations using this term, see Citations:shit.
synonyms: word: boo-boo
word: cack
word: choke a darkie
word: crap
word: defecate
word: do one's ease
word: ease oneself
word: do a number two
word: do one's easement
word: drite
word: drop a bomb
word: drop a chalupa
word: drop a deuce
word: drop anchor
word: drop the kids off at the pool
word: dung
raw_tags: of animals
word: exrementize
word: feceate
word: have a shit
word: move one's bowels
word: pinch a loaf
word: pinch one off
word: poo
word: pooh
word: poop
word: sharn
word: shart
word: shiss
word: shit
word: shite
word: stool
word: take a dump
word: take a shit
word: take a crap
word: take the Browns to the Super Bowl
word: uncoil
word: void one's bowels
glosses: To defecate.
glosses: To excrete (something) through the anus.
examples: text: I farted so hard I shat myself.
glosses: To defecate on; to soil through defecating.
examples: text: Twelve hundred dollars!? Are you shitting me!?
synonyms: word: shit with
word: abuse
word: counterfeit
word: deceive
word: dissemble
word: dissimulate
word: feign
word: jiff
word: overreach
word: put on
word: spoof
word: sham
word: trick
glosses: To fool or try to fool someone; to be deceitful.
examples: text: I saw red and smashed a plate and a bowl. […] I swept up the mess. I bawled a lot as I swept […] I also thought, I am about to get my period. It absolutely shits me that this should explain anything.
ref: 1983, Helen Garner, Yellow Notebook: Diaries Volume I, Text Publishing, published 2022, page 70:
glosses: To annoy.
Related terms: beshit
some
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Pronunciation: ipa: /sʌm/
ipa: [sɐm]
ipa: /sʊm/
enpr: sŭm
ipa: /sʌm/
ipa: [sɐm]
ipa: /səm/
ipa: /sɐm/
ipa: [säm]
homophone: sum
rhymes: -ʌm
Forms: form: som
form: som'
form: sum
Etymology: From Middle English som, sum, from Old English sum (“some, a certain one”), from Proto-West Germanic *sum, from Proto-Germanic *sumaz (“some, a certain one”), from Proto-Indo-European *sem- (“one, whole”).
Cognate Scots sum, some (“some”), North Frisian som, sam, säm (“some”), West Frisian sommige, somlike (“some”), dialectal Dutch som, saom (“some”), standard Dutch sommige (“some”), Low German somige (“some”), German dialectal summige (“some”), Danish somme (“some”), Swedish somlig (“some”), Norwegian sum, som (“some”), Icelandic sumur (“some”), Gothic 𐍃𐌿𐌼𐍃 (sums, “one, someone”). More at same.
Senses: examples: text: Some enjoy spicy food, others prefer it milder.
text: Hidden behind thickets of acronyms and gorse bushes of detail, a new great game is under way across the globe. Some call it geoeconomics, but it's geopolitics too. The current power play consists of an extraordinary range of countries simultaneously sitting down to negotiate big free trade and investment agreements.
ref: 2013 July 19, Timothy Garton Ash, “Where Dr Pangloss meets Machiavelli”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 6, page 18:
glosses: A certain number, at least two.
examples: text: Can I have some of them?
glosses: An indefinite quantity.
examples: text: Please give me some of the cake.
text: Everyone is wrong some of the time.
glosses: An indefinite amount; a part. Used mostly with abstract and nonliving objects.
examples: text: Euery counseller extolleth counsell; but there is some that counselleth for himselfe.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Ecclesiasticus 37:7:
glosses: Someone, a certain person.
Synonyms: sense: an indefinite quantity
word: a few
some
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /sʌm/
ipa: [sɐm]
ipa: /sʊm/
enpr: sŭm
ipa: /sʌm/
ipa: [sɐm]
ipa: /səm/
ipa: /sɐm/
ipa: [säm]
homophone: sum
rhymes: -ʌm
Forms: form: som
form: som'
form: sum
Etymology: From Middle English som, sum, from Old English sum (“some, a certain one”), from Proto-West Germanic *sum, from Proto-Germanic *sumaz (“some, a certain one”), from Proto-Indo-European *sem- (“one, whole”).
Cognate Scots sum, some (“some”), North Frisian som, sam, säm (“some”), West Frisian sommige, somlike (“some”), dialectal Dutch som, saom (“some”), standard Dutch sommige (“some”), Low German somige (“some”), German dialectal summige (“some”), Danish somme (“some”), Swedish somlig (“some”), Norwegian sum, som (“some”), Icelandic sumur (“some”), Gothic 𐍃𐌿𐌼𐍃 (sums, “one, someone”). More at same.
Senses: examples: text: I guess he must have weighed some 90 kilos.
text: Some 30,000 spectators witnessed the feat.
text: Some 4,000 acres of land were flooded.
synonyms: word: -ish
word: about
word: all but
word: almost
word: approaching
word: around
word: by and large
word: circa
word: close
word: close to
word: essentially
word: for all practical purposes
word: fornigh
word: give or take
word: imprecisely
word: just about
word: kind of
word: loosely
word: more or less
word: nearly
word: near
word: nearabout
word: nigh on
word: odd
word: or so
word: plus or minus
word: roundly
word: roughly
word: say
word: some
word: -some
word: sort of
word: thereabout
word: virtually
word: well-nigh
word: ±
glosses: Of a measurement: approximately, roughly.
examples: text: They walked some and talked some.
ref: 2014, C. R. Scott, Invisible War: Attack the Covenant:
glosses: To a certain extent, or for a certain period.
examples: text: I felt some better and continued taking the preparation through all that day, still ad libitum, and by evening, twenty-four hours after I began its use, felt considerably improved.
ref: 1899, Columbus Medical Journal: A Magazine of Medicine and Surgery, page 108:
text: Have felt some better to-day than yesterday but not quite normal. A little nervous all day. Slept better than previous night, but not so well as usual, for about 7 hrs.
ref: 1912, Mary Theodora Whitley, An Empirical Study of Certain Tests for Individual Differences, page 154:
text: "She's some better," the pilot said, "but it'll be a long convalescence. Pierre's taking real good care of her. Ongola's a rock, as always, and if Joel would only stop yapping about losing so much cargo..."
ref: 2002 February 26, Anne McCaffrey, The Chronicles of Pern: First Fall, Del Rey, →ISBN, page 66:
text: It looked some like Muriel, but not enough to be sure by any manner of means.
ref: 2002 October 15 [????], Raymond Chandler, The Lady in the Lake, The Little Sister, The Long Goodbye, Playback: Introduction by Tom Hiney, Everyman's Library, →ISBN, page 68:
glosses: Somewhat, a little.
Related terms: quantifier
percent
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /pə(ɹ)ˈsɛnt/
note: Indic
ipa: /pə(r)ˈsɛɳʈ/
note: spelling pronunciation
ipa: /ˈpɜ(r)səɳʈ/
rhymes: -ɛnt
Forms: form: %
form: pc
form: pct
form: p.c.
form: p. c.
form: per cent
form: per centum
form: per cent.
Etymology: From New Latin per centum (“by the hundred”).
Senses: examples: text: Diane Watson has had a distinguished career in education and politics, and last year was elected to the House of Representatives, winning 75 percent of the vote in her Congressional district.
ref: 2002 May 8, Leon Jaroff, Time:
text: In Sichuan the rates were much higher. In Kaixian county, a close examination by a team sent by the provincial party committee at the time concluded that in Fengle commune, where 17 per cent of the population had perished in less than a year, up to 65 per cent of the victims had died because they were beaten, punished with food deprivation or forced into committing suicide.
ref: 2011, Frank Dikötter, Mao's Great Famine, Bloomsbury, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, pages 297–298:
text: Twelve percent of the world’s population now relies directly or indirectly on the fisheries industry.
ref: 2016 July 7, Arthur Neslen, “Global fish production approaching sustainable limit, UN warns”, in The Guardian:
text: A 2013 study found the HIV rate among injecting IPED users in England and Wales was 1.5 percent, comparable to 1.2 percent among users of psychoactive drugs like heroin and crack.
ref: 2022 June 28, Jamie Millar, “'SARM Goblins': The Young Men Hooked on Steroids”, in VICE, archived from the original on 07 Nov 2023:
glosses: For every hundred (used with preceding numeral to form a noun phrase expressing a proportion).
Derived terms: 100 percent
51 percent
5 percenter
99 percent
a hundred and ten percent
a hundred percent
any%
cent percent
give a hundred percent
not be 100 percent on something
one hundred percent
one hundred percent American
one-percent milk
percentage
percental
percenter
percentile
percentual
percentwise
tenpercentery
two-percent milk
weight/volume percent
percent
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pə(ɹ)ˈsɛnt/
note: Indic
ipa: /pə(r)ˈsɛɳʈ/
note: spelling pronunciation
ipa: /ˈpɜ(r)səɳʈ/
rhymes: -ɛnt
Forms: form: percent
form: percents
form: %
form: pc
form: pct
form: p.c.
form: p. c.
form: per cent
form: per centum
form: per cent.
Etymology: From New Latin per centum (“by the hundred”).
Senses: examples: text: only a small percent attain the top ranks
glosses: A percentage, a proportion (especially per hundred).
examples: text: And from 1966, under Regulation Q, there was a ceiling of 5.5 per cent on their deposit rates, a quarter of a per cent more than banks were allowed to pay.
ref: 2008, Niall Ferguson, The Ascent of Money, Penguin, page 254:
glosses: One part per hundred; one percent, hundredth.
glosses: The percent sign, %.
examples: text: […]Several stocks in the Three Per Cents and Three Per Cents Reduced to be transferred into the name and to the credit of the prosecutor, without any authority to him (the traverser) to sell, negotiate, transfer or pledge the said 9000l. Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Annuities.
ref: 1848, Edward W. Cox, Esq., of the Middle Temple, Barrister at Law, editor, Reports of Cases in Criminal Law Argued and Determined in All the Courts of England and Ireland: Volume II 1868 to 1848, page 371:
text: Why, from the pleasant and businesslike manner in which the transaction is carried out, it might be a large purchase in the three per cents. Yet what a piece of work a man makes of his first "pop."
ref: 1886, Jerome K. Jerome, “On Being Hard Up”, in Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow:
text: picking up on a phrase that was used as early as 1752, Benjamin Disraeli famously referred to the “sweet simplicity of the three percents in his novel Endymion (1880) because of the reliable dividend this form of investment provided.
ref: 2018, Nancy Henry, Women, Literature and Finance in Victorian Britain: Cultures of Investment, page 33:
glosses: An annuity or security with a certain fixed and guaranteed annual percentage rate of return or percentage dividend.
Derived terms: percent-encode
percent-encoding
percent
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Pronunciation: ipa: /pə(ɹ)ˈsɛnt/
note: Indic
ipa: /pə(r)ˈsɛɳʈ/
note: spelling pronunciation
ipa: /ˈpɜ(r)səɳʈ/
rhymes: -ɛnt
Forms: form: %
form: pc
form: pct
form: p.c.
form: p. c.
form: per cent
form: per centum
form: per cent.
Etymology: From New Latin per centum (“by the hundred”).
Senses: examples: text: By how many percent did the cancer survival rate for breast cancer increase by 2008?
ref: 2014, Alan Tussy, Diane Koenig, Basic Mathematics for College Students with Early Integers, →ISBN, page 637:
glosses: Per hundred.
Related terms: word: per mille
word: permille
word: ‰
word: per myriad
word: ‱
word: ppm
word: ppb
word: ppt
word: ppq
alt: &
word: ampersand
alt: *; ⁂
word: asterisk and asterism
alt: @
word: at sign
alt: \
word: backslash
alt: •
word: bullet
alt: † ‡
word: dagger
alt: °
word: degree symbol
alt: #
word: number sign
alt: ′
word: prime
english: percent
translation: percent
word: tilde
alt: _
word: underscore
alt: |
word: vertical bar
alt: |
word: pipe
sieve
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /sɪv/
rhymes: -ɪv
Forms: form: sieves
Etymology: From Middle English sive, syfe, from Old English sife, from Proto-West Germanic *sibi (“sieve”), from Proto-Indo-European *seyp-, *seyb- (“to pour, sieve, strain, run, drip”). Akin to German Sieb, Dutch zeef, Proto-Slavic *sito (Russian си́то (síto), сев (sev), се́ять (séjatʹ)).
Senses: examples: text: Near-synonyms: sifter, strainer, temse
text: Use the sieve to get the pasta from the water.
coordinate_terms: filter
sile
glosses: A device with a mesh, grate, or otherwise perforated bottom to separate, in a granular material, larger particles from smaller ones, or to separate solid objects from a liquid.
examples: text: Given a list of consecutive numbers starting at 1, the Sieve of Eratosthenes algorithm will find all of the prime numbers.
text: Among, ^([sic]) his other achievements, Matiyasevich and his colleague Boris Stechkin also developed an interesting “visual sieve” for prime numbers, which effectively “crosses out” all the composite numbers, leaving only the primes.
ref: 2010, Luke Mastin, “20TH CENTURY MATHEMATICS - ROBINSON AND MATIYASEVICH”, in www.storyofmathematics.com, retrieved 08 Sep 2013:
glosses: A process, physical or abstract, that arrives at a final result by filtering out unwanted pieces of input from a larger starting set of input.
glosses: A kind of coarse basket.
glosses: A person, or their mind, that cannot remember things or is unable to keep secrets.
examples: text: To be a sieve was to lack clinical judgment, courage, and group loyalty all at once.
ref: 1997, Leo Galland, The Four Pillars of Healing, page 25:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: An intern who lets too many non-serious cases into the emergency room.
topics: category-theory
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A collection of morphisms in a category whose codomain is a certain fixed object of that category, which collection is closed under precomposition by any morphism in the category.
Derived terms: brain like a sieve
Brun sieve
head like a sieve
larger sieve
large sieve
leak like a sieve
memory like a sieve
mind like a sieve
molecular sieve
mole sieve
mol sieve
ranch-sieve
range-sieve
Selberg sieve
sieve cell
sieveless
sievelike
sieve number
sieve of Eratosthenes
sieve plate
sieve set
sieve theory
sieve-tube element
sievish
Turán sieve
Related terms: baleen
sieve
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /sɪv/
rhymes: -ɪv
Forms: form: sieves
form: sieving
form: sieved
form: sieved
Etymology: From Middle English sive, syfe, from Old English sife, from Proto-West Germanic *sibi (“sieve”), from Proto-Indo-European *seyp-, *seyb- (“to pour, sieve, strain, run, drip”). Akin to German Sieb, Dutch zeef, Proto-Slavic *sito (Russian си́то (síto), сев (sev), се́ять (séjatʹ)).
Senses: synonyms: screen
glosses: To strain, sift or sort using a sieve.
examples: text: This was their seventh defeat out of nine finals, including five in a row, and the second half was a chastening experience for the Serie A champions, culminating in them sieving more goals in one match than in the rest of the competition put together.
ref: 2017 June 3, Daniel Taylor, “Real Madrid win Champions League as Cristiano Ronaldo double defeats Juv”, in The Guardian (London):
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: To concede; let in
Derived terms: sieve out
naff
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /næf/
rhymes: -æf
Forms: form: naffer
form: naffest
Etymology: Perhaps from Polari, 1960s. Further etymology unknown; perhaps a conscious corruption of either fanny or eff (off) (see naff off).
Senses: examples: text: That tie is a bit naff, don’t you think?
text: She was an ordinary woman in her dress style; she didn't wear a leather bodice or naff over-knee plastic spiky-heeled boots.
ref: 1998, Robert Llewellyn, The Man on Platform Five, London: Hodder & Stoughton, →ISBN, page 291:
text: I mean ten years ago a bit of charlie was for pop stars or a celebrities birthday bash. It was demonized by Daily Mail Readers getting drunk in naff wine bars.
ref: 2004, J. J. Connolly, Layer Cake, spoken by XXXX (Daniel Craig):
text: Remember, “tacky” means “cheap or glitzy”, whereas “naff” is about stylistic shortcomings which are horrifyingly average and pathetically ordinary. The Jersey Shore is tacky, but The Bachelor is naff.
ref: 2012, Simon Doonan, Gay men don't get fat, New York: Blue Rider Press, →ISBN, page 206:
text: A mere seven years after her tragic death, isn’t it grim and tasteless to send her hologram off on some naff tour?
ref: 2019 February 24, Barbara Ellen, “Amy Winehouse could belt out a tune – her naff hologram can’t”, in The Guardian:
text: Note that last phrase: what actually emerged was a virtual-reality platform called Horizon Worlds, accessible only via naff and clunky Oculus headsets (think an uncomfortable version of Zoom) […]
ref: 2023 May 13, John Naughton, “A moment’s silence, please, for the death of Mark Zuckerberg’s metaverse”, in The Observer, →ISSN:
text: Did you see Elon Musk apologise for some tweets this week? (Please don’t be naff and call them “X posts”.)
ref: 2025 June 13, Marina Hyde, “So social media has broken even Elon Musk. I’m forced to ask: U OK hun?”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: Bad; tasteless, poorly thought out, not workable.
examples: text: The omie was a veritable donkey beneath the waistband, darlings. A donkey! No wonder your boss-palone is so smitten. I've seen my share, dollies, but this old omiepalone was shaken to the core. Such a terrible waste on a naff bloke.
ref: 2004, Pip Granger, Trouble In Paradise:
glosses: Heterosexual.
Derived terms: naff all
naffly
naffness
naff off
Related terms: niff-naff
Polari
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /pəˈlɑːri/
Forms: form: Palare
form: Palari
form: Palarie
form: Parlare
form: Parlary
form: Parlyaree
Etymology: Borrowed from Polari, from Italian parlare (“to talk”). The loss of the first r and the changing vowel quality of the non-stressed vowels is due to the non-rhotic UK accent which reinterpreted the phonemes. The adoption of the infinitive form means that the word probably originated from a Romance-based creole or pidgin like Sabir. First use in English appears c. 1846, in the writings of Lord Chief Baron.
Senses: glosses: A cant used in the London fishmarkets, in the British theatre, and by the gay community in Britain, attested since at least the 19th century and popularised in the 1950s and 1960s by the camp characters Julian and Sandy in the popular BBC radio show Round the Horne.
glosses: A cant used by travelling showmen in Britain.
Related terms: Parlyaree
polari
at
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: ăt
ipa: /æt/
homophone: @
rhymes: -æt
ipa: /ət/
homophone: it stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn
Forms: form: ats
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd
Proto-Germanic *at
Old English æt
Middle English at
English at
From Middle English at, from Old English æt (“at, near, by, toward”), from Proto-Germanic *at (“at, near, to”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd (“near, at”). Cognate with Scots at (“at”), North Frisian äät, äit, et, it (“at”), Danish at (“to”), Swedish åt (“for, toward”), Norwegian åt (“to”), Faroese at (“at, to, toward”), Icelandic að (“to, towards”), Gothic 𐌰𐍄 (at, “at”), Latin ad (“to, near”).
Senses: glosses: The at sign (@).
at
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: ăt
ipa: /æt/
homophone: @
rhymes: -æt
ipa: /ət/
homophone: it stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn
Forms: form: ats
form: atting
form: atted
form: atted
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd
Proto-Germanic *at
Old English æt
Middle English at
English at
From Middle English at, from Old English æt (“at, near, by, toward”), from Proto-Germanic *at (“at, near, to”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd (“near, at”). Cognate with Scots at (“at”), North Frisian äät, äit, et, it (“at”), Danish at (“to”), Swedish åt (“for, toward”), Norwegian åt (“to”), Faroese at (“at, to, toward”), Icelandic að (“to, towards”), Gothic 𐌰𐍄 (at, “at”), Latin ad (“to, near”).
Senses: examples: text: If you have questions or observations on my discussion questions, feel free to reply to this email, at me on Twitter, or comment on the companion post on AMV.
ref: 2022, William Morris, Motley Vision:
glosses: Rare form of @; to reply to or talk to someone, either online or face-to-face. (from the practice of targeting a message or reply to someone online by writing @name)
at
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Pronunciation: enpr: ăt
ipa: /æt/
homophone: @
rhymes: -æt
ipa: /ət/
homophone: it stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn
Senses: examples: text: Tak us t’ foxes, t’ little foxes at spoils t’ veynes: fer our veynes hev tender grapes.
ref: 1860, Robert Gordon Latham, Song of Solomon, as spoken in Durham [by Thomas Moore], in A hand-book of the English language
glosses: Alternative form of 'at (relative pronoun; reduced form of “that” and/or “what”).
at
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: ăt
ipa: /æt/
homophone: @
rhymes: -æt
ipa: /ət/
homophone: it stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn
Forms: form: ats
form: at
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of att (Laos currency unit)
toe
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /təʊ/
rhymes: -əʊ
ipa: /toʊ/
ipa: /təʊ/
note: Dublin
ipa: /tʌo̞/
homophone: tow
Forms: form: toes
form: toeing
form: toed
form: toed
Etymology: From Middle English to, from Old English tā, (Mercian) tāhe, from Proto-West Germanic *taihā, from Proto-Germanic *taihwǭ, from *tīhwaną (“to show, announce”), from Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ- (“to show”).
See also Dutch teen, German Zehe, Danish tå, Swedish tå; also Old English teōn (“to accuse”), German zeihen (“to accuse, blame”); also Hittite [script needed] (tekkuššāi), Latin dīcere (“to say”), digitus (“finger”), Ancient Greek δείκνυμι (deíknumi, “to point out, show”), Sanskrit दिदेष्टि (dídeṣṭi), दिशति (diśáti).
Senses: glosses: To furnish (a stocking, etc.) with a toe.
examples: text: "Here's ten shillings for you, but I'm going to toe your backside first!" said Manna. And the Dane let him kick away; his yellow teeth gleamed in a servile grin and then he clutched at the money.
ref: 1927, Nordahl Grieg, The Ship Sails On, page 153:
text: Just five minutes later the turnaround was complete when Arshavin toed the ball through to Bendtner, who slotted into the left corner from close range just before half-time.
ref: 2010 December 29, Mark Vesty, “Wigan 2 - 2 Arsenal”, in BBC:
glosses: To touch, tap or kick with the toes.
examples: to toe the mark
glosses: To touch or reach with the toes; to come fully up to.
examples: text: The framers toed the irregular pieces into the sill.
topics: business
construction
manufacturing
glosses: To fasten (a piece) by driving a fastener at a near-45-degree angle through the side (of the piece) into the piece to which it is to be fastened.
topics: golf
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: To mishit a golf ball with the toe of the club.
Derived terms: toe the line
toe the plank
toe the rubber
Related terms: hang five
hang ten
tiptoe
TOE
it's
Language: English
Part of speech: contraction
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪts/
rhymes: -ɪts
homophone: its
Forms: form: i's
form: its
form: it'sa
form: 't's
Etymology: Contraction of ‘it is’, ‘it has’ or 'it was'.
Senses: examples: text: it’s too expensive; it’s coming right for us!; it's a free country
text: [...], guided not by his own Will, but by the Medick Science, which dictates, that it's recessary, beneficial, and convenient to alter, mix, and temper this medicine, and fit it to the Disposition, and Constitution of the Patient[.]
ref: 1743, Martin Marley, The Good Confessor, page 307:
text: The dirty secret of the internet is that all this distraction and interruption is immensely profitable. Web companies like to boast about[…]and so on. But the real way to build a successful online business is to be better than your rivals at undermining people's control of their own attention. Partly, this is a result of how online advertising has traditionally worked: advertisers pay for clicks, and a click is a click, however it's obtained.
ref: 2013 June 21, Oliver Burkeman, “The tao of tech”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 2, page 48:
glosses: Contraction of it is.
examples: text: It’s been a long time since I’ve had cheesecake.
glosses: Contraction of it has.
examples: text: It’s the same stoneground flour from this week that we used to make last week's strudel.
text: I guess for you it's the past that had a surprise in store.
ref: 2016, Dominique Roques, Pico Bogue - Volume 4 - Striking the Balance, page 31:
glosses: Contraction of it was
examples: text: it's a fine line between love and hate; it's a package for you by the door
glosses: There's, there is; there're, there are.
Synonyms: sense: it is
word: ’tis
sense: it was
word: ’twas
its
Language: English
Part of speech: det
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪts/
rhymes: -ɪts
homophone: it's
Forms: form: it's
Etymology: Equivalent to it + -s (possessive marker). From the earlier form it's (it + -'s), which is now considered nonstandard. Began to displace his as the possessive of the neuter pronoun in the Middle English period; had fully displaced it by the 1700s.
Senses: examples: text: The manner wherewith our Lawes assay to moderate the foolish and vaine expences of table-cheare and apparell, seemeth contrarie to it's end.
ref: 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 43, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book I, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:
text: since I have been at the Pains to write it, if he consents to it's being published I will follow my Friend's Advice, and chiefly yours.
ref: 1751, G. Burnett, translated by Thomas More, Utopia:
text: That which groweth of its own accord of thy harvest thou shalt not reap, neither gather the grapes of thy vine undressed: for it is a year of rest unto the land. (originally "of it own accord" in the 1611 first edition)
ref: 1763, Authorized King James Version of the Bible, Oxford Standard Text, Leviticus 25:5
text: They descended the hill, crossed the bridge, and drove to the door; and, while examining the nearer aspect of the house, all her apprehensions of meeting its owner returned.
ref: 1813, Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice:
text: The Chinese government is at war with its own people.
ref: 1989 June 5, Jasper Becker, John Gittings, The Guardian:
text: Nara and its deer are so closely associated that the light-brown colored animals are pictured in the city’s tourism ads, on buses, train tickets and more.
ref: 2024 July 23, Lilit Marcus, “Japan may be sick of mass tourism. But the deer in this ancient UNESCO-listed city love it”, in CNN:
glosses: Belonging to it.
Derived terms: itsself
whatsitsname
its
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪts/
rhymes: -ɪts
homophone: it's
Forms: form: it's
Etymology: Equivalent to it + -s (possessive marker). From the earlier form it's (it + -'s), which is now considered nonstandard. Began to displace his as the possessive of the neuter pronoun in the Middle English period; had fully displaced it by the 1700s.
Senses: examples: text: … both Houses have resolved to rob the North of a good friend of its and yours.
ref: 1645, Philip Wharton, 4th Baron Wharton, Letter to Ferdinando Fairfax, 6 February 1645
text: EBay Canada argued in court that the data sought by tax collectors was not its to give.
ref: 2007 October 1, Ian Austen, “Canadian Court Opens Up eBay Data to Tax Agency”, in New York Times:
text: ...the Board of Trade of Chicago can at least feel that it has played its part manfully and patriotically, and that no act of its has stood in the way of National victory.
ref: 1917, Charles Henry Taylor, History of the Board of Trade of the City of Chicago, volume 2, page 1259:
glosses: The one (or ones) belonging to it.
Related terms: their
theirs
its
Language: English
Part of speech: contraction
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪts/
rhymes: -ɪts
homophone: it's
Etymology: Contraction of it is.
Senses: examples: text: As for the main bulk of Palaces, its true ſome have a greatneſs in plainneſs, […]
ref: 1662, Balthazar Gerbier, A Brief Discourse Concerning the Three Chief Principles of Magnificent Building. Viz. Solidity, Conveniency, and Ornament., London, page 37:
text: The Fleſh of man, becauſe its Nouriſhed by purer Blood, is delicater than the fleſh of other Creatures, and prefered before it by Canibals, or Man-Eaters.
ref: 1665, Johannes Riolanus, translated by Nich[olas] Culpeper, “The Division of Mans Body”, in A Sure Guide or, The Best and Nearest Way to Physick and Chirurgery: […] (The Physitian’s Library), London: […] Peter Cole […], →OCLC, page 31:
glosses: Obsolete spelling of it's.
its
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪts/
rhymes: -ɪts
homophone: it's
Etymology: From it + -s (plural suffix).
Senses: glosses: plural of it
el
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɛl/
ipa: [ɛɫ]
rhymes: -ɛl
Forms: form: els
form: L
form: ell
Etymology: From Middle English, from Old English el, from Latin el (the name of the letter L).
Senses: examples: text: The word length, which contains only four sounds l e ng th, is usually spell'd thus, el ee en gee tee aitch.
ref: 1773 October, The Monthly Review Or Literary Journal Enlarged:
glosses: The name of the Latin-script letter L/l.
Derived terms: elpee
el
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɛl/
ipa: [ɛɫ]
rhymes: -ɛl
Forms: form: els
form: L
Etymology: #: < Shortening (Early 20th c.)
Senses: examples: text: The main section of the Sixth Avenue El from Morris Street to Ninth Avenue and 53rd Street shut down on December 4, 1938.
ref: 2012, Roger P. Roess, Gene Sansone, The Wheels That Drove New York, page 294:
glosses: An elevated railway, especially for specific systems such as the metro in Chicago (informal)
el
Language: English
Part of speech: num
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɛl/
ipa: [ɛɫ]
rhymes: -ɛl
Etymology: Shortening of eleven.
Senses: glosses: The cardinal number occurring after dek and before do in a duodecimal system. Written ↋, decimal value 11.
el
Language: English
Part of speech: article
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɛl/
ipa: [ɛɫ]
rhymes: -ɛl
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish el.
Senses: examples: text: "[…] A sister of Joseph Gerard […] was found unconscious on the kitchen floor by the family cook early this morning. […]"
[…] What leads could they have, if the old lady was el zonko?
ref: 2007, Richard Bachman, Blaze, page 125:
glosses: The (sometimes where "the" would not occur in normal English).
Related terms: english: French borrowing
translation: French borrowing
word: le
el
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɛl/
ipa: [ɛɫ]
rhymes: -ɛl
Forms: form: els
Senses: glosses: The name of the Cyrillic script letter Л / л
for
Language: English
Part of speech: conj
Pronunciation: note: strong form
enpr: fôr
ipa: /fɔː(ɹ)/
ipa: /fɔɹ/
ipa: [foːɹ]
ipa: [fɔ(ː)ɹ]
ipa: [fəɹ]
ipa: /foː(ɹ)/
note: Indic
ipa: /fɒː(ɾ)/
note: weak form
enpr: fər
ipa: /fə(ɹ)/
ipa: /fɚ/
ipa: /fɘ(ɹ)/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)
homophone: faugh (non-rhotic)
homophone: faw (non-rhotic)
homophone: fore
homophone: four (horse–hoarse merger)
Etymology: From Middle English for, from Old English for (“for, because of”), from Proto-Germanic *furi (“for”), from Proto-Indo-European *preh₂-.
Cognate with West Frisian foar (“for”), Dutch voor (“for”), German für (“for”), Danish for (“for”), Swedish för (“for”), Norwegian for (“for”), Icelandic fyrir (“for”), Latin per (“by, through, for, by means of”) and Romance language descendants (e.g. Spanish por (“for”)), Ancient Greek περί (perí, “for, about, toward”), Lithuanian per (“by, through, during”), Slovak pre (“for”), Sanskrit परि (pári, “over, around”).
Senses: examples: text: I had to stay with my wicked stepmother, for I had nowhere else to go.
text: […]Dismount thy tuck, be yare in thy preparation, for thy assailant is quick, skillful and deadly.
ref: c. 1601, William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night, act 3, scene 4:
text: […]nor is there found, in sea or on land, a sweeter or pleasanter of gifts than she; for she is prime in comeliness and seemlihead of face and symmetrical shape of perfect grace; her check is ruddy dight, her brow flower white, her teeth gem-bright, her eyes blackest black and whitest white, her hips of heavy weight, her waist slight and her favour exquisite.
ref: 1885, Richard Francis Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night:
text: "By means of the Golden Cap I shall command the Winged Monkeys to carry you to the gates of the Emerald City," said Glinda, "for it would be a shame to deprive the people of so wonderful a ruler."
ref: 1900, L[yman] Frank Baum, chapter 23, in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz:
glosses: Because.
Synonyms: given that
seeing that
because
for
Language: English
Part of speech: particle
Pronunciation: note: strong form
enpr: fôr
ipa: /fɔː(ɹ)/
ipa: /fɔɹ/
ipa: [foːɹ]
ipa: [fɔ(ː)ɹ]
ipa: [fəɹ]
ipa: /foː(ɹ)/
note: Indic
ipa: /fɒː(ɾ)/
note: weak form
enpr: fər
ipa: /fə(ɹ)/
ipa: /fɚ/
ipa: /fɘ(ɹ)/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)
homophone: faugh (non-rhotic)
homophone: faw (non-rhotic)
homophone: fore
homophone: four (horse–hoarse merger)
Etymology: From Middle English for, from Old English for (“for, because of”), from Proto-Germanic *furi (“for”), from Proto-Indo-European *preh₂-.
Cognate with West Frisian foar (“for”), Dutch voor (“for”), German für (“for”), Danish for (“for”), Swedish för (“for”), Norwegian for (“for”), Icelandic fyrir (“for”), Latin per (“by, through, for, by means of”) and Romance language descendants (e.g. Spanish por (“for”)), Ancient Greek περί (perí, “for, about, toward”), Lithuanian per (“by, through, during”), Slovak pre (“for”), Sanskrit परि (pári, “over, around”).
Senses: examples: text: “'Ugh—I'll not be able for get up. Send for M'sieu le Curé—I'll be goin' for die for sure.'
ref: 1896, McClure's magazine, page 270:
text: [It was a] firs rate place for shoot a woodcocks, I tell you. [...] I say [it] wass no use for spen money. [...] An I say in "So wass I. I see lot of sy-pokes fly up an twist off like screw-cork an spit whistle, but I wass'nt able for get aim on him."
ref: 1898 December 17, “Mr. Owens' Experience”, in Forest and Stream, volume 51, page 485:
text: "She say that when nigger people step out o' they place and start for rub shoulders with Bacra, trouble just 'round the corner."
ref: 2007, H. Nigel Thomas, Return to Arcadia: A Novel (Tsar Publications)
qualifier: especially that of black speakers
glosses: To, the particle for marking the following verb as an infinitive.
raw_tags: in representations of dialectal speech
Related terms: for to
an
Language: English
Part of speech: num
Pronunciation: note: stressed form
ipa: /ˈæn/
ipa: [ˈæn]
ipa: [ˈan]
ipa: [ˈeən]
ipa: [ˈɛən]
ipa: [ˈɛən]
ipa: [ˈæ(ː)n]
ipa: /ən/
rhymes: -æn
homophone: and (unstressed form)
homophone: in (unstressed form)
Etymology: From Middle English an, from Old English ān (“a, an”, literally “one”). More at one.
Senses: glosses: one
an
Language: English
Part of speech: conj
Pronunciation: note: stressed form
ipa: /ˈæn/
ipa: [ˈæn]
ipa: [ˈan]
ipa: [ˈeən]
ipa: [ˈɛən]
ipa: [ˈɛən]
ipa: [ˈæ(ː)n]
ipa: /ən/
rhymes: -æn
homophone: and (unstressed form)
homophone: in (unstressed form)
Etymology: From Middle English an (“and, if”). Doublet of and.
Senses: examples: text: […] An the worst fall that ever fell, I hope I shall make shift to go without him.
ref: c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii]:
text: Thereupon, quoth he, "O woman, for sundry days I have seen thee attend the levée sans a word said; so tell me an thou have any requirement I may grant."
ref: 1885–1888, Richard F[rancis] Burton, transl. and editor, Supplemental Nights to the Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night […], Shammar edition, volume (please specify the volume), [London]: […] Burton Club […], →OCLC:
glosses: If
examples: text: An it harm none, do what ye will.
glosses: So long as.
examples: text: At length did cross an Albatross,
 Thorough the Fog it came;
 And an it were a Christian Soul,
 We hail'd it in God's Name.
glosses: As if; as though.
Derived terms: ifs and ans