cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Turk
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɝk/
ipa: /tɜːk/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)k
Forms: form: Türk
form: Túrk
form: Turke
Etymology: From Middle English Turke, Turk, from Old French Turc, from Medieval Latin Turcus, from Byzantine Greek Τοῦρκος (Toûrkos), from Classical Persian تُرْک (turk), from Middle Persian [script needed] (twlk' /⁠turk⁠/), from Old Turkic 𐱅𐰇𐰼𐰜 (t²ür²k̥). See Proto-Turkic *tür(ü)k for more.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Related terms: Brig o' Turk
British
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɹɪtɪʃ/
ipa: /ˈbɹɪtɪʃ/
ipa: [ˈbɹɪɾɪʃ]
ipa: [ˈbɹɪʔɪʃ]
rhymes: -ɪtɪʃ
Forms: form: Brittish
Etymology: From Middle English Brittish, from Old English Brettisċ.
The spelling with single -t- appears in the 13th century under the influence of Medieval Latin Britannicus, but spelling with -tt- persists alongside -t- during the 13th to at least 18th centuries.
In reference to the island of Great Britain from ca. 1400 (Latin natio Anglica sive Britannica, Brittisshe occean 1398, the Britishe nacion 1548).
As a noun, referring to the British people, British soldiers, etc. from ca. 1600.
Senses: synonyms: word: Britons
word: Brits
glosses: The residents or inhabitants of Great Britain.
glosses: The citizens or inhabitants of the United Kingdom.
topics: history
human-sciences
sciences
synonyms: Britons
glosses: The earlier inhabitants of southern Britain, prior to the Anglo-Saxon invasion and subsequent migrations.
glosses: Synonym of Welsh: the Welsh people.
synonyms: word: Welsh
extra: the Welsh people
British
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɹɪtɪʃ/
ipa: /ˈbɹɪtɪʃ/
ipa: [ˈbɹɪɾɪʃ]
ipa: [ˈbɹɪʔɪʃ]
rhymes: -ɪtɪʃ
Forms: form: Brittish
Etymology: From Middle English Brittish, from Old English Brettisċ.
The spelling with single -t- appears in the 13th century under the influence of Medieval Latin Britannicus, but spelling with -tt- persists alongside -t- during the 13th to at least 18th centuries.
In reference to the island of Great Britain from ca. 1400 (Latin natio Anglica sive Britannica, Brittisshe occean 1398, the Britishe nacion 1548).
As a noun, referring to the British people, British soldiers, etc. from ca. 1600.
Senses: glosses: The Celtic language of the ancient Britons; Common Brittonic.
glosses: The British English language.
British
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɹɪtɪʃ/
ipa: /ˈbɹɪtɪʃ/
ipa: [ˈbɹɪɾɪʃ]
ipa: [ˈbɹɪʔɪʃ]
rhymes: -ɪtɪʃ
Forms: form: more British
form: most British
form: Brittish
Etymology: From Middle English Brittish, from Old English Brettisċ.
The spelling with single -t- appears in the 13th century under the influence of Medieval Latin Britannicus, but spelling with -tt- persists alongside -t- during the 13th to at least 18th centuries.
In reference to the island of Great Britain from ca. 1400 (Latin natio Anglica sive Britannica, Brittisshe occean 1398, the Britishe nacion 1548).
As a noun, referring to the British people, British soldiers, etc. from ca. 1600.
Senses: glosses: Of Britain.
glosses: Of the United Kingdom.
glosses: Of the Commonwealth of Nations, or the British Empire.
glosses: Of England; English.
glosses: Of the ancient inhabitants of the southern part of Britain; Brythonic.
glosses: Of the British Isles.
glosses: Of British English.
Derived terms: best of British luck
black British
Black British
British America
British Antarctic Territory
British Columbia
Britisher
Britishification
Britishify
Britishish
British Islands
British Isles
Britishly
British Mandate
British North America
British Open
British Raj
British Togoland
familial British dementia
I'm British
saya
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sayas
Etymology: Borrowed from Tagalog saya, from Spanish saya.
Senses: examples: text: And as she stalked in her long, loose stride toward the dressing-room to readjust her saya, somewhat in distress from the Maestro's last effort, it had suddenly flashed upon him where he had seen her before.
ref: 2022, James Hopper, Caybigan:
glosses: A skirt.
Derived terms: under the saya
hay
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: hā
ipa: /heɪ/
homophone: hey
rhymes: -eɪ
Forms: form: hays
Etymology: From Middle English hey, from Old English hīeġ, from Proto-West Germanic *hawi, from Proto-Germanic *hawją, from *hawwaną (“to hew, cut down”).
Cognate with West Frisian hea (“hay”), Alemannic German Heuw (“hay”), Cimbrian höobe (“hay”), Dutch hooi (“hay”), German Heu (“hay”), Luxembourgish Hee (“hay”), Mòcheno hei (“hay”), Yiddish היי (hey, “hay”), Danish hø (“hay”), Faroese hoyggj (“hay”), Gutnish hoy (“hay”), Icelandic hey (“hay”), Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk høy (“hay”), Swedish hö (“hay”), Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐍅𐌹 (hawi, “grass, hay”). More at hew.
Senses: examples: text: Make hay while sunne shines.
ref: 1605, M. N. [pseudonym; William Camden], Remaines of a Greater Worke, Concerning Britaine, […], London: […] G[eorge] E[ld] for Simon Waterson, →OCLC:
text: Hay may be dried too much as well as too little.
ref: 1857, Charles Louis Flint, Grasses and Forage Plants: A Practical Treatise, […] :
glosses: Grass cut and dried for use as animal fodder.
glosses: Any mix of green leafy plants used for fodder.
examples: text: I would like some of that hay. Enclose $20.
ref: 1947, William Burroughs, letter, 19 Feb 1947
text: Jeff Spicoli, roll me another hay
ref: 1994, “Bug Powder Dust”, performed by Bomb the Bass:
glosses: Cannabis; marijuana.
glosses: A net set around the haunt of an animal, especially a rabbit.
Derived terms: deer-hay
hay-asthma
haybag
hay bag
haybale
hayband
haybarn
hay bed
haybird
haybote
hay-bote
haybox
haycap
haycart
haycation
haycock
hay-cock
hay devil
hayer
hayey
hay fever
hay-fever
hayfever
hayfield
Hayford
hayfork
hayhead
hay is for horses
hay knife
haylage
hayland
hayless
haylift
haylike
hay loft
hayloft
haymaker
haymaking
Haymarket
haymonger
hay moon
haymow
haymower
haynet
hay net
hayrack
hayrake
hayrick
hayricker
hayride
hay ride
hay-scented fern
hayseed
haysel
hayshed
haystack
haystalk
hay tea
haytime
hay wagon
hay wain
haywain
hayward
haywire
hit the hay
lunar hay fever
make hay
make hay while the sun shines
meadow hay
Oxhey
roll in the hay
romp in the hay
salt hay
salt marsh hay
slough hay
that ain't hay
what the hay
hay
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: hā
ipa: /heɪ/
homophone: hey
rhymes: -eɪ
Forms: form: hays
form: haying
form: hayed
form: hayed
Etymology: From Middle English hey, from Old English hīeġ, from Proto-West Germanic *hawi, from Proto-Germanic *hawją, from *hawwaną (“to hew, cut down”).
Cognate with West Frisian hea (“hay”), Alemannic German Heuw (“hay”), Cimbrian höobe (“hay”), Dutch hooi (“hay”), German Heu (“hay”), Luxembourgish Hee (“hay”), Mòcheno hei (“hay”), Yiddish היי (hey, “hay”), Danish hø (“hay”), Faroese hoyggj (“hay”), Gutnish hoy (“hay”), Icelandic hey (“hay”), Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk høy (“hay”), Swedish hö (“hay”), Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐍅𐌹 (hawi, “grass, hay”). More at hew.
Senses: glosses: To cut grasses or herb plants for use as animal fodder.
glosses: To lay snares for rabbits.
Derived terms: unhayed
Related terms: bale
straw
hay
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: hā
ipa: /heɪ/
homophone: hey
rhymes: -eɪ
Forms: form: hays
Etymology: From Middle English haye, heye, a conflation of Old English heġe (“hedge, fence”) and Old English ġehæġ (“an enclosed piece of land”).
Senses: glosses: A hedge.
glosses: A net placed around the lair or burrow of an animal.
glosses: An enclosure, haw.
examples: text: My men like Satyres grazing on the lawnes,
Shall with their Goate feete daunce an antick hay,
ref: 1594, Christopher Marlow[e], The Troublesome Raigne and Lamentable Death of Edward the Second, King of England: […], London: […] [Eliot’s Court Press] for Henry Bell, […], published 1622, →OCLC, (please specify the page):
text: I’ll make one in a dance, or so; or I will play
On the tabour to the Worthies, and let them dance the hay.
ref: c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Loues Labour’s Lost”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i]:
glosses: A circular country dance.
hay
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: hā
ipa: /heɪ/
homophone: hey
rhymes: -eɪ
Forms: form: hays
Etymology: From the sound it represents, by analogy with other letters such as kay and gay. The expected form in English if the h had survived in the Latin name of the letter "h", hā.
Senses: glosses: The letter for the h sound in Pitman shorthand.
Related terms: aitch
the Latin letter for this sound
hay ko
yeet hay
deem
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /diːm/
ipa: /dim/
rhymes: -iːm
Forms: form: deems
Etymology: From Middle English deme, from the verb (see above).
Senses: glosses: An opinion, a judgment, a surmise.
ISP
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ISPs
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Initialism of interstellar polarization.
examples: text: Upon my glorious ISP homepage is a wonderful piece of wisdumb […]
ref: 2008, Allan A. Zarbock, The Emperor is Naked, page 58:
text: Virgin Media, one of the UK's largest ISPs, has agreed to forward British music industry nastygrams to subscribers suspected of illegal file-swapping.
ref: 2008 June 16, Nate Anderson, “Cash, not idealism, behind ISP embrace of music biz”, in Ars Technica, retrieved 10 Feb 2009:
glosses: Initialism of Internet service provider (a company that provides Internet access for a fee)
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: Initialism of interface segregation principle, one of the five SOLID principles of programming.
qualifier: rocket engineering
glosses: Iₛₚ, the specific impulse of a rocket engine
buku
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of beaucoup (lots, a large amount)
buku
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more buku
form: most buku
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of beaucoup (lots of)
buku
Language: English
Part of speech: det
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of beaucoup (many many many)
baru
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A fibrous substance derived from the sugar palm (Arenga pinnata) used as caulk.
hungry
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhʌŋ.ɡɹi/
rhymes: -ʌŋɡɹi
homophone: Hungary stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn
Forms: form: hungrier
form: hungriest
Etymology: From Middle English hungry, from Old English hungriġ, from Proto-West Germanic *hungrug, from Proto-Germanic *hungrugaz (“hungry”); equivalent to hunger + -y. Cognate with West Frisian hongerich (“hungry”), Dutch hongerig (“hungry”), German hungrig (“hungry”), Swedish hungrig (“hungry”), Icelandic hungraður (“hungry”).
Senses: examples: text: My kids go to bed hungry every night because I haven’t got much money for food.
text: He was so hungry he could eat two burgers.
text: I woke up very hungry and made some toast.
synonyms: famished
peckish
starving
glosses: Affected by hunger; having the physical need for food.
examples: text: All this gardening is hungry work.
glosses: Causing hunger.
examples: text: young and hungry
text: the students are hungry to learn
text: Yond Cassius has a lean and hungry look;
ref: 1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Iulius Cæsar”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii]:
text: They rowed her in across the rolling foam, / The cruel, crawling foam, / The cruel, hungry foam, / To her grave beside the sea:
ref: 1850, [Charles Kingsley], chapter V, in Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet. […], volume II, London: Chapman and Hall, […], →OCLC, page 5:
text: It’s an astonishing roll call of future talent from when they were still young and hungry in Manhattan.
ref: 2022 November 23, Hadley Freeman, “Like a cinema virgin: how Madonna went stratospheric making Desperately Seeking Susan”, in The Guardian:
glosses: Eager; having an avid desire or appetite for something.
examples: text: a hungry soil
text: […] What is this? / Your knees to me? to your corrected son? / Then let the pebbles on the hungry beach / Fillip the stars […]
ref: c. 1608–1609 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Coriolanus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene iii]:
glosses: Not rich or fertile; poor; barren; starved.
Synonyms: word: gaunted
word: hungerful
word: hungry
Hypernyms: word: appetited
word: desirous
Hyponyms: word: famished
word: hungry as a hog
word: hungry like the wolf
word: starved
word: starving
word: ravenous
word: voracious
word: peckish
word: hangry
Derived terms: ahungry
anhungry
a hungry man is an angry man
bloodhungry
cumhungry
drungry
go hungry
hangry
horngry
hungries
hungrify
hungrily
hungriness
hungrisome
hungry as a hog
hungry ghost
hungry like the wolf
hungry rice
I'm hungry
money-hungry
nonhungry
overhungry
power-hungry
stay hungry
superhungry
thungry
unhungrily
unhungry
warhungry
Related terms: word: thirsty
word: I am hungry
word: I could eat a brick
word: I could eat a horse
word: eat like a horse
word: eat like a pig
word: money-hungry
word: scarf
word: scarf down
word: wolf
word: wolf down
word: craving
word: greedy
dua
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: duas
Senses: examples: text: ‘My son is not able to find a job. He is suffering a lot. Please say a dua for him.’
ref: 2025, Banu Mushtaq, “The Shroud”, in Deepa Bhasthi, transl., Heart Lamp, And Other Stories, page 171:
glosses: Alternative spelling of du'a'.
kali
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkæli/
ipa: /ˈkeɪli/
Etymology: From Arabic قِلْي (qily). See alkali.
Senses: examples: text: But the kali is principally regarded, on account of its yielding copiously, when burnt, the fixed alkaline salt called soda[…]
ref: 1765, Temple H. Croker, Thomas Williams, Samuel Clarke, The Complete Dictionary of Arts and Sciences: Volume 2:
glosses: The prickly glasswort (Kali turgidum, syn. of Salsola kali).
glosses: Alkali, particularly soda ash or potash.
kali
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkæli/
ipa: /ˈkeɪli/
ipa: /ˈkɑːli/
ipa: /ˈkæli/
ipa: /ˈkeɪli/
Etymology: Uncertain; see arnis#Name at Wikipedia for more.
Senses: synonyms: arnis
eskrima
glosses: Traditional Philippine stick fighting, a martial art.
kali
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkæli/
ipa: /ˈkeɪli/
ipa: /ˈkɑːli/
Etymology: Uncertain; possibly a reference to the appearance of soda ash produced by burning kali (Etymology 1).
Senses: examples: text: [M]any women will be glad to know exactly how to start making sweets so that they will be saleable. [...] Lozenges, comfits, kali, bonbons, etc.
ref: 1928, Kenrayne (pseudonym), “Toffees and Twists”, in The Homestead (South Africa), page 27:
text: The stock is supplied by Sela Traditional Sweet Co., based in Thynne Street, West Bromwich, which has been making a vast range of boiled sweets—sarsaparilla tablets, kali, clove balls, lime juice bricks, rosy apples and the rest—since 1882.
ref: 2005, Christopher Upton, Living Back-to-back, page 152:
text: A positive shower of sherbets. Include fountains, lemons, dibdabs, flying saucers, even jars of Kali.
ref: 2012 June 6, Nigel Slater (@NigelSlater), Twitter:
glosses: A type of British crystalline sweet or candy, similar in appearance to sherbet but made with larger sugar crystals.
usage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈjuːsɪd͡ʒ/
ipa: /ˈjuːzɪd͡ʒ/
Forms: form: usages
form: usuage
Etymology: From Middle English usage, from Anglo-Norman and Old French usage.
Senses: examples: text: [S]everal young people sung sacred music in the churchyard at night, which it seems is an usage here.
ref: 1792, James Boswell, in Danziger & Brady (eds.), Boswell: The Great Biographer (Journals 1789–1795), Yale 1989, p. 170
text: Mrs. Wickam, agreeably to the usage of some ladies in her condition, pursued […] the subject, without any compunction.
ref: 1846 October 1 – 1848 April 1, Charles Dickens, Dombey and Son, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1848, →OCLC:
glosses: Habit, practice.
A custom or established practice.
glosses: Habit, practice.
Custom, tradition.
examples: text: Demand continues to increase, and in 2023-24 recorded usage was higher than pre-COVID, with 384,000 passenger journeys in total (of which 247,000 were at the town location). At the other end of the branch, Truro station had usage of 1.19 million, of which 255,000 were recorded as interchange passengers.
ref: 2025 February 19, 'Industry Insider', “South West boost”, in RAIL, number 1029, page 68, about the Falmouth branch:
glosses: Utilization.
The act of using something; use, employment.
examples: text: In descriptive fact, word senses are established by usage.
glosses: Utilization.
The established custom of using language; the ways and contexts in which spoken and written words are used, especially by a certain group of people or in a certain region.
Prevailing language style: how words are used among a populace.
examples: text: usage prescriptions
text: In prescriptive ideal, writers will optimize their usage.
glosses: Utilization.
The established custom of using language; the ways and contexts in which spoken and written words are used, especially by a certain group of people or in a certain region.
Choice of language style (made by a speaker or writer).
examples: text: Whose sharp provokement them incenst so sore, / That both were bent t'avenge his usage base […]
ref: 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book IV, Canto IV”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
text: Satisfy a child by a constant course of your care and kindness, that you perfectly love him, and he may by degrees be accustom'd to bear very painful and rough usage from you, without flinching or complaining
ref: 1693, [John Locke], “§115”, in Some Thoughts Concerning Education, London: […] A[wnsham] and J[ohn] Churchill, […], →OCLC:
glosses: Utilization.
Action towards someone; treatment, especially in negative sense.
Derived terms: ill-usage
usage dictionary
usage guide
usage label
usage lexicography
usage note
usage panel
usage share
sekali
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈs(ə)kali/
ipa: [ˈska˧.li˦]
Forms: form: sakali
Etymology: Semantic shift from Malay sekali (“once”).
Senses: examples: text: […] the instruction all says to deep fry them, so dared not buy - sekali raw dough, how to eat?
ref: 2004, Bug [pseudonym], soc.culture.singapore (Usenet):
text: […] make sure he’s activated the right ringtone, sekali you, ahem, raise the wrong hopes.
ref: 2004 January 2, Colin Goh, The Sunday Times, Singapore, page L12:
synonyms: word: later
glosses: What if, lest (something problematic or unanticipated happens)
qualifier: at the beginning of a clause
glosses: Suddenly and unexpectedly.
Related terms: somemore
tak
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /tæk/
rhymes: -æk
homophone: tack
Forms: form: taks
form: takkin
form: teuk
form: takken
form: take
form: tyek
Etymology: Dialectal form of take.
Senses: glosses: To take.
weather
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwɛð.ə/
ipa: /ˈwɛð.ɚ/
rhymes: -ɛðə(ɹ)
homophone: wether
homophone: whether (wine–whine merger)
Etymology: From Middle English weder, wedir, from Old English weder, from Proto-West Germanic *wedr, from Proto-Germanic *wedrą, from Proto-Indo-European *wedʰrom (=*we-dʰrom), from *h₂weh₁- (“to blow”).
Cognates
Cognate with Scots wather (“weather”), Saterland Frisian Weeder (“weather”), Cimbrian bèttar (“weather”), Dutch weder, weer (“weather”), German Wetter (“weather”), Low German Weder (“weather”), Luxembourgish Wieder (“weather”), Yiddish וועטער (veter, “weather”), Danish vejr (“weather”), Faroese, Icelandic veður (“weather”), Norwegian Bokmål vær (“weather”), Norwegian Nynorsk veder, vêr (“weather”), Swedish väder (“weather”); also more distantly related to Russian вёдро (vjódro, “fair weather”) and perhaps Albanian vrëndë (“light rain”).
Other cognates include Sanskrit निर्वाण (nirvāṇa, “blown or put out, extinguished”).
Senses: examples: text: weather side, weather helm
text: Let me make a clean breast of it here, and frankly admit that I kept but sorry guard. With the problem of the universe revolving in me, how could I—being left completely to myself at such a thought-engendering altitude—how could I but lightly hold my obligations to observe all whale-ships’ standing orders, “Keep your weather eye open, and sing out every time.”
ref: 1851 November 14, Herman Melville, chapter 35, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC, page 174:
topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
nautical
sailing
transport
glosses: Facing towards the flow of a fluid, usually air.
Synonyms: topics: nautical
transport
word: windward
whether
Language: English
Part of speech: det
Pronunciation: note: r
enpr: wĕthə
ipa: /ˈwɛðə(ɹ)/
note: r
enpr: hwĕthə
ipa: /ˈʍɛðə(ɹ)/
rhymes: -ɛðə(ɹ)
homophone: weather
homophone: wether (wine–whine merger)
Etymology: From Middle English whether, whather, from Old English hweþer, hwæþer, from Proto-West Germanic *hwaþar, from Proto-Germanic *hwaþeraz, comparative form of *hwaz (“who”). Cognate with North Frisian weđer (“if, whether”), German weder (“neither”), Swedish var (“each, every”), Icelandic hvor (“each of two, which of two”).
Senses: examples: text: But to whether side fortune would have been partial could not be determined.
ref: a. 1587, Philippe Sidnei [i.e., Philip Sidney], “(please specify the folio)”, in [Fulke Greville; Matthew Gwinne; John Florio], editors, The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia [The New Arcadia], London: […] [John Windet] for William Ponsonbie, published 1590, →OCLC:
english: The New Arcadia
translation: The New Arcadia
text: Whilst thus the case in doubtfull ballance hong,
Vnsure to whether side it would incline,
ref: 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book IV, Canto III”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
text: In the morning sowe thy seede, and in the euening withhold not thine hand: for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Ecclesiastes 11:6:
text: In vies of favours whether party gains...
ref: [1633], George Herbert, “The Pearl”, in [Nicholas Ferrar], editor, The Temple. Sacred Poems, and Private Ejaculations, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: […] Thomas Buck and Roger Daniel; and are to be sold by Francis Green, […], →OCLC:
glosses: Which of two.
whether
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Pronunciation: note: r
enpr: wĕthə
ipa: /ˈwɛðə(ɹ)/
note: r
enpr: hwĕthə
ipa: /ˈʍɛðə(ɹ)/
rhymes: -ɛðə(ɹ)
homophone: weather
homophone: wether (wine–whine merger)
Etymology: From Middle English whether, whather, from Old English hweþer, hwæþer, from Proto-West Germanic *hwaþar, from Proto-Germanic *hwaþeraz, comparative form of *hwaz (“who”). Cognate with North Frisian weđer (“if, whether”), German weder (“neither”), Swedish var (“each, every”), Icelandic hvor (“each of two, which of two”).
Senses: examples: text: The debite answered and sayde unto them: whether of the twayne will ye that I lett loosse unto you?
ref: 1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, Matthew:
text: Whether of them twain did the will of his father?
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Matthew 21:31:
text: I told them we were in a country where we all knew there was a great deal of gold, and that all the world sent ships thither to get it; that we did not indeed know where it was, and so we might get a great deal, or a little, we did not know whether; […]
ref: 1720, [Daniel Defoe], The Life, Adventures, and Pyracies, of the Famous Captain Singleton, London: […] J[ohn] Brotherton, […], J[ohn] Graves […], A[nne] Dodd, […], and T[homas] Warner, […], →OCLC:
text: On the 17th, we came in full view of a great island, or continent (for we knew not whether;) on the south side whereof was a small neck of land jutting out into the sea, and a creek too shallow to hold a ship of above one hundred tons.
ref: 1726 October 28, [Jonathan Swift], Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. […] [Gulliver’s Travels], volume I, London: […] Benj[amin] Motte, […], →OCLC, part II (A Voyage to Brobdingnag):
text: "Whether is better, the gift or the donor? / Come to me," / Quoth the pine tree, "I am the giver of honor."
ref: 1847, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Woodnotes II:
glosses: Which of two.
surfeit
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɜː.fɪt/
ipa: /ˈsɝː.fɪt/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)fɪt
Forms: form: more surfeit
form: most surfeit
Etymology: From Middle English surfeite, surfet, a borrowing from Anglo-Norman surfet, surfeit and Old French sorfet, sorfait, past participle of surfaire (“to augment, exaggerate, exceed”), from sur- (“over”) + faire (“to do”). The adjective is derived from the noun.
Senses: examples: text: If it proceed from the third occaſion, which is ſurfeit of Meats and Drinks, either natural or unnatural, then the ſigns are theſe ; […]
ref: 1686, Gervase Markham, Markham's Faithful Farrier, London: […] J. Millet for J Deacon, page 7:
text: “We are surfeit with sons of vassals of the king,” the merchant said.
ref: 1959, D. V. S. Jackson, chapter I, in Walk with Peril, New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, page 10:
glosses: Sated; surfeited; filled.
Leon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: note: most senses
ipa: /ˈli.ɑn/
note: New York town
ipa: /ˈliːən/
ipa: /ˈliː.ɒn/
rhymes: -iɑn
rhymes: -iːɒn
Etymology: Ultimately from Latin Leo and leo (“lion”), from Ancient Greek Λέων (Léōn) and λέων (léōn, “lion”), likely ultimately from a non-Indo-European language. Sometimes via other related languages such as French Léon and sometimes as a diminutive of related names such as Leonard and Leonardo.
Senses: glosses: A male given name from Latin or Ancient Greek.
glosses: A surname from Latin.
Derived terms: Leona
Related terms: Leo
Leonard
Leonardo
Lionel
Leon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: note: most senses
ipa: /ˈli.ɑn/
note: New York town
ipa: /ˈliːən/
ipa: /ˈliː.ɒn/
rhymes: -iɑn
rhymes: -iːɒn
Forms: form: León
Etymology: From Spanish León, from Latin legiō (“legion”), named for the Legio VII Gemina, which settled there. In reference to the New York town and Texan river, taken from the former Spanish kingdom. The Texan lake is named for the river. The Floridian county is named for the Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de Leon. The Texan county is named for Martin de Leon, founder of Victoria, Texas. The town in Monroe Co., Wisconsin, was named for the Mexican city. The Iowan town was changed to honor the "Fighting Doctor" of the Mexican–American War David Camden de Leon after it was discovered that Iowa already had a city named Independence. The Kansan town was named for the one in Iowa. Doublet of legion via Old French. The California town was named for the nearby Leon Mine.
Senses: glosses: A city in northwestern Spain, the former capital of the Kingdom of Leon.
glosses: A former polity in the Iberian Peninsula, a kingdom with the city as its capital.
glosses: A province of Castile and León, Spain around the city.
glosses: A historical region of Spain around the province.
glosses: A surname from Spanish.
glosses: A department of Nicaragua.
glosses: Ellipsis of Leon County, a county in Florida around the state capital Tallahassee.
glosses: Ellipsis of Leon County, a county in Texas around Centerville.
glosses: A city in Guanajuato, Mexico.
glosses: A city, the county seat of Decatur County, Iowa, United States.
glosses: A city in Butler County, Kansas, United States.
glosses: A town in Cattaraugus County, New York, United States.
glosses: A town in Love County, Oklahoma, United States.
glosses: A town in Monroe County, Wisconsin, United States.
glosses: A town in Waushara County, Wisconsin, United States.
glosses: A river in Texas, United States.
glosses: A lake in Texas, United States.
glosses: A former town in San Diego County, California, United States.
Derived terms: Leon County
Related terms: de Leon
Leon Kilat
New Leon
Nuevo Leon
San Leon
Leon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: note: most senses
ipa: /ˈli.ɑn/
note: New York town
ipa: /ˈliːən/
ipa: /ˈliː.ɒn/
rhymes: -iɑn
rhymes: -iːɒn
Forms: form: Léon
Etymology: From Breton Leon and French Léon.
Senses: glosses: A former viscounty in Brittany, in northwestern France.
glosses: A cultural region of the department of Finistère, Brittany, France, around the former polity.
glosses: A surname from French.
although
Language: English
Part of speech: conj
Pronunciation: enpr: ôl-thōʹ
ipa: /ɔːlˈðəʊ/
ipa: /ɔlˈðoʊ/
ipa: /ɑlˈðoʊ/
rhymes: -əʊ
Forms: form: altho
form: altho'
form: allthough
Etymology: From Middle English althagh, from Old English compound of eall (“all (emphatic)”) + þēah (“though”). By surface analysis, al(l) + though.
Senses: examples: text: Although it was very muddy, the football game went on.
text: The patients, (al)though getting stronger, will not come off their medications.
text: Although proven, the accusation was ignored by the court.
text: And moreover, much leſs can this poyſonouíneſs be produced from the Lead. For although it being long detained in the Body, and there reſolved, likeunto other Metals, (if it contract any ruſtineſs) it may poſſibly do hurt: but yet neverthleſs, that in this its moment any paſſage through the Body there ſhould be any poyſon imprinted by it upon the Body, this can no waybe.
ref: 1661, Daniel Sennertus, Nicholas Culpeper, Abdiah Cole, “Of the Wounds by Gunshot”, in The Art of Chirurgery (Fifth Book of Of Practical Phyſick), Part IV Chap. 20, page 2695:
text: Although the Celebrity was almost impervious to sarcasm, he was now beginning to exhibit visible signs of uneasiness, the consciousness dawning upon him that his eccentricity was not receiving the ovation it merited.
ref: 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter V, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC, page 78:
text: The story struck the depressingly familiar note with which true stories ring in the tried ears of experienced policemen.[…]The second note, the high alarum, not so familiar and always important since it indicates the paramount sin in Man's private calendar, took most of them by surprise although they had been well prepared.
ref: 1963, Margery Allingham, “Eye Witness”, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC, page 249:
text: With the north London derby to come at the weekend, Spurs boss Harry Redknapp opted to rest many of his key players, although he brought back Aaron Lennon after a month out through injury.
ref: 2011 September 29, Jon Smith, “Tottenham 3-1 Shamrock Rovers”, in BBC Sport:
text: Although there are dozens of different types of gems, among the best known and most important are diamond, ruby and sapphire, emerald and other gem forms of the mineral beryl, chrysoberyl, tanzanite, tsavorite, topaz and jade.
ref: 2012 March 23, Lee A. Groat, “Gemstones”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, archived from the original on 14 Jun 2012, page 128:
glosses: Though, even though, in spite of or despite the fact that: introducing a clause that expresses a concession.
examples: text: It was difficult, although not as difficult as we had expected.
glosses: But, except.
Synonyms: sense: in spite of
english: that
translation: that
word: notwithstanding
word: even if
english: that
translation: that
word: albeit
word: even though
Related terms: though
even though
while
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʍaɪl/
ipa: /waɪl/
ipa: /wæl/
ipa: /wɑl/
rhymes: -aɪl
homophone: wile
Forms: form: whiles
Etymology: From Middle English whyle, from Old English hwīl, from Proto-West Germanic *hwīlu, from Proto-Germanic *hwīlō (compare Dutch wijl, Low German Wiel, German Weile, Danish hvile (“rest”), Norwegian Bokmål hvile (“rest”)), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷyeh₁- (“to rest”). Cognate with Albanian sillë (“breakfast”), Latin tranquillus, Sanskrit चिर (cirá), Persian شاد (šâd).
Senses: examples: text: He lectured for quite a long while.
text: It’s a long while since anyone lived there, so it’s a ruin now.
text: Do the good that's nearest Though it's dull at whiles.
ref: 1857, Charles Kingsley, [Letters and Memories]:
text: There are whiles […] when ye are altogether too canny and Whiggish to be company for a gentleman like me.
ref: 1886, Robert Louis Stevenson, chapter 22, in Kidnapped, page 158:
text: Things were pretty dark for a while — several whiles, actually.
ref: 2017, Anne Thériault, “The Monster Book of Questions and Answers”, in Kelly Jensen, editor, Here We Are: Feminism for the Real World, Algonquin Young Readers, page 27:
synonyms: word: spell
word: space
word: spell
word: throw
word: while
glosses: An uncertain duration of time, a period of time.
synonyms: word: spell
word: space
word: spell
word: throw
word: while
word: age
word: aeon
word: age
word: ages
word: blue moon
word: coon's age
word: crow's age
word: dog's age
word: donkey's years
word: eld
word: eon
word: eternity
word: forever
word: forever and a day
word: interim
word: interlude
word: interval
word: lifetime
word: long haul
word: long run
word: meantime
word: minute
word: month of Sundays
word: spell
word: while
word: years
word: yonks
glosses: An uncertain duration of time, a period of time.
An uncertain long period of time
synonyms: word: spell
word: space
word: spell
word: throw
word: while
word: bit
word: bat of an eye
word: bit
word: blink of an eye
word: crack
word: eyeblink
word: flash
word: glimpse
word: half a mo
word: instant
word: jiff
word: jiffy
word: jot
word: minute
word: mo
word: moment
word: New York minute
word: New York second
word: no time
word: sec
word: second
word: span
word: split-second
word: spurt
word: stound
word: tick
word: trice
word: twink
word: twinkle
word: twinkling
word: while
glosses: An uncertain duration of time, a period of time.
an uncertain short moment
Derived terms: after a while
all the while
awhile
breathing while
even a blind pig can find an acorn once in a while
even a blind squirrel can find a nut once in a while
even a blind squirrel finds an acorn every once in a while
every once in a while
for a while
in a little while
in a while
meanwhile
no while
once in a while
paternoster while
the while
the whole while
wait-a-while
while-ere
whilere
whiles
whilst
worth one's while
worth while
worthwhile
while
Language: English
Part of speech: prep
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʍaɪl/
ipa: /waɪl/
ipa: /wæl/
ipa: /wɑl/
rhymes: -aɪl
homophone: wile
Etymology: From Middle English whyle, from Old English hwīl, from Proto-West Germanic *hwīlu, from Proto-Germanic *hwīlō (compare Dutch wijl, Low German Wiel, German Weile, Danish hvile (“rest”), Norwegian Bokmål hvile (“rest”)), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷyeh₁- (“to rest”). Cognate with Albanian sillë (“breakfast”), Latin tranquillus, Sanskrit चिर (cirá), Persian شاد (šâd).
Senses: examples: text: I may be conveyed into your chamber; I'll lie under your bed while midnight.
ref: c. 1613, Thomas Middleton, William Rowley, “Wit at Several Weapons. A Comedy.”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1647, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
glosses: Until.
Derived terms: nine while five
while
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʍaɪl/
ipa: /waɪl/
ipa: /wæl/
ipa: /wɑl/
rhymes: -aɪl
homophone: wile
Forms: form: whiles
form: whiling
form: whiled
form: whiled
Senses: examples: text: There it lies before me sparkling in the sun, whiling me as it often does from my pen or book to gaze upon its loveliness.
ref: 1842, “Letters from Italy: No. 1 —Nice”, in The Dublin University Magazine, volume 19, page 47:
text: Perhaps the coziness of his seat, and the absence of the sun's rays from the side of the house where he was seated, had some agency in whiling him into a delicious sleep;
ref: 1860, The Knickerbacker - Volume 56, page 593:
text: Upon the shelf before me stands, The Book that lured to distant Lands, That prompt my boyish wish to roam, And whiled me from my childhood's home.
ref: 1880, Ann Bagwill Cuming, Night Thoughts and Day Dreams, page 10:
text: “Do not let us go near them," he says in a cajoling, low voice to Bertha, whiling her away into the sun and the flowers;
ref: 1900, Christian Work: Illustrated Family Newspaper - Volume 68, page 38:
text: He whiled him on to speak farther; but the same cloud was still upon Sir Henry Dacre's mind.
ref: 2020, George Payne Rainsford James, Agincourt: A Romance:
glosses: Alternative spelling or misspelling of wile.
thank you
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: thăngk′ yo͞o′
ipa: /ˈθæŋk ˌju/
ipa: /ˈðæŋk ˌju/
ipa: /ˈθæŋk ˌju/
ipa: [ˈθeɪ̯ŋk ˌju]
ipa: [ˈt̪eɪ̯ŋk ˌju]
ipa: [ˈðeɪ̯ŋk ˌju]
Forms: form: thank yous
Etymology: From Middle English thanke yow; as with thank God, praise be to God, and praise the Lord, it was originally a present subjunctive form but is usually not parsed that way in current usage. It has also sometimes been parsed as a prodrop form of (present indicative) I thank you, a mechanism that may plausibly coexist with the other one (instances being variable).
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of thank-you.
thank you very much
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Forms: form: thankuverymuch
form: thankyouverymuch
Senses: examples: Thank you very much indeed.
glosses: Said to express greater gratitude than would be conveyed by thank you.
examples: text: Mr and Mrs Dursley, of number four, Privet Drive, were proud to say that they were perfectly normal, thank you very much.
ref: 1997 June 26, J. K. Rowling [pseudonym; Joanne Rowling], “The Boy Who Lived”, in Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (Harry Potter; 1), London: Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN:
text: Sonny came round to childsit today. (Not babysit. I’m not a baby any more – thank you very much!)
ref: 2005 June 30, Malorie Blackman, “Callie Rose is 11”, in Checkmate (Noughts & Crosses; 3), London: Corgi Books, published 2006, →ISBN, page 174:
text: “Don’t call me honey bun,” said Mum. “I don’t need any of your Americanisms in this house, thank you very much.”
ref: 2015, Joy Cowley, chapter 13, in The Bakehouse, Wellington: Gecko Press, →ISBN, page 101:
glosses: Expressing indignation that anyone could doubt the preceding statement; thanks a lot.
Synonyms: thank you and Appendix:Deep gratitude
Related terms: thank you all
Port Blair
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after British surveyor Archibald Blair.
Senses: glosses: The capital city of the union territory of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India.
Derived terms: Port Blair Mean Time
Hyderabad
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhaɪdəɹəbɑːd/
Forms: form: Haidarabad
Etymology: Borrowed from Hindi हैदराबाद (haidarābād) / Urdu حَیْدَر آبَاد (haydar ābād), from हैदर (haidar) / حَیْدَر (haydar, “lion”) + -आबाद (-ābād) / آبَاد (ābād, placename suffix). Named in honour of the Caliph Ali Ibn Abi Talib, nicknamed "Haidar" for his lion-like valour in battles.
Senses: glosses: The capital and largest city of Telangana, India.
glosses: A district of Telangana, India.
examples: text: At Indian partition in 1947, the nizam chose to resume Hyderabad's independent status, but India invaded the state (1948) and took control.
ref: 2008, Britannica Concise Encyclopedia, →ISBN, page 916:
text: Maududi was born in 1903 at Aurangabad in Hyderabad, India, into a family with a long religious tradition.
ref: 1995, The Indian Political Science Review, volume 16, page 225:
glosses: A former state, landlocked in south-central India, which was ruled from 1724 until 1948 by a line of nizams.
glosses: A city in Sindh, Pakistan.
Itanagar
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Assamese ইটানগৰ (itanogor). ইটা (ita, “brick”) + নগৰ (nogor, “city”).
Senses: glosses: A city, the state capital of Arunachal Pradesh, India.
Dispur
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city, the state capital of Assam, India.
Patna
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Hindi पटना (paṭnā), also known as पाटलिपुत्र (pāṭliputra) at one time.
Senses: glosses: The capital and largest city of Bihar, India.
glosses: A district of Bihar, India, containing the city of the same name.
Derived terms: Patna Division
Patna rice
Raipur
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: A Brahman, resident in a village near Raipur, stated that he had eaten food (rice and milk) out of the hand of the dead Rajah of Bilaspur.
ref: 1911, James George Frazer, The Golden Bough, volume 9, page 44:
glosses: A city, the state capital of Chhattisgarh, India.
Silvassa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The capital of Dadra and Nagar Haveli district, union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, India.
Daman
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /dəˈmɑːn/
rhymes: -ɑːn
Etymology: The given name derives from the Sanskrit equivalent of Ancient Greek Damian, the brother of Cosmas.
Senses: glosses: The capital of the union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, India.
glosses: A male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
Daman
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /dəˈmɑːn/
rhymes: -ɑːn
Forms: form: Damans
Etymology: Borrowed from Dutch Daman, variant of Damman.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Dutch.
New Delhi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /n(j)uː ˈdɛli/
Etymology: From New + Delhi.
Senses: examples: text: “Here is a case of the top official in Canada very publicly leveling one of the most serious allegations one could make against India, one that relates to an issue that is extremely sensitive for New Delhi,” Kugelman, of the South Asia Institute, said. “It really reinforced this anger in New Delhi that Canada simply doesn’t care about these concerns, and it’s willing to embarrass India.”
ref: 2024 November 29, Lex Harvey, “Clashes erupted outside a Hindu temple near Toronto. They’re the latest sign of Canada and India’s spiraling relations”, in CNN:
glosses: The capital city of India, located in the national capital territory of Delhi.
examples: text: India claimed a diplomatic victory over Pakistan after Islamabad failed to win support for a U.N. resolution on Kashmir that New Delhi said violated its sovereignty. A group of countries led by Pakistan withdrew the resolution, which urged ...
ref: 1995, Asian Bulletin, Volume 20, Issues 1-6, APACL Publications [Asian Peoples' Anti-Communist League], unnumbered page
text: As Russia accords considerable priority to its strategic partnership with India, it has to reckon with the Indian factor and is therefore subject to pressure from New Delhi in its relations with China.
ref: 2004 November 1, Joseph Y.S. Cheng, “Challenges to China's Russian Policy in Early 21st Century”, in Journal of contemporary Asia:
text: In a statement issued on 3 November, New Delhi said that it will study the recommendations on institutional changes outlined in the report of the UN Secretary General's panel that had stopped short of definitive recommendations on new permanent members.
ref: 2005, Foreign Policy Annual, 2001-2009: Events, Gyan Publishing House, →ISBN, page 420:
glosses: The government of India.
Derived terms: New Delhi metallo-beta-lactamase-1
Panaji
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Panjim
form: Ponjim
form: Ponnji
Etymology: From Konkani पणजी (paṇjī).
Senses: glosses: The state capital of Goa, India.
Gandhinagar
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Gujarati ગાંધીનગર (gā̃dhīnagar), Hindi गाँधीनगर (gāndhīnagar); named in honor of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi.
Senses: glosses: A city, the state capital of Gujarat, India.
glosses: A district of Gujarat, India.
hard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: häd
ipa: /hɑːd/
enpr: härd
ipa: /hɑɹd/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)d
Forms: form: hards
Etymology: From Middle English hard, from Old English heard, from Proto-West Germanic *hard(ī), from Proto-Germanic *harduz, from Proto-Indo-European *kort-ús, from *kret- (“strong, powerful”).
Cognates
Cognate with Yola hard (“hard”), West Frisian hurd (“hard”), Alemannic German hert (“hard”), Bavarian hoat (“hard”), Central Franconian haat (“hard”), Dutch hard (“hard”), German hart (“hard”), Luxembourgish haart (“hard”), Danish, Swedish hård (“hard”), Faroese, Icelandic harður (“hard”), Norwegian Bokmål hard (“hard”), Norwegian Nynorsk hard, hard’u (“hard”), Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐍂𐌳𐌿𐍃 (hardus, “hard”), Ancient Greek κρατύς (kratús, “strong, mighty”), Sanskrit क्रतु (krátu, “power, might, ability”), Avestan 𐬑𐬭𐬀𐬙𐬎 (xratu).
Senses: examples: text: The Monastery's ironworks at Sowley were renowned for centuries but declined with the passing of the 'wooden walls' at Buckler's Hard — a great number of these ships having been built with timber from the Beaulieu Woods […]
ref: 1952, Edward John Barrington Douglas-Scott-Montagu Baron Montagu, Beaulieu, the Abbey, Palace House, and Buckler's Hard, page 36:
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A firm or paved beach or slope convenient for hauling vessels out of the water.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
motor-racing
racing
sports
glosses: A tyre whose compound is softer than superhards, and harder than mediums.
topics: drugs
medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: Crack cocaine.
examples: text: The prisoners were sentenced to three years' hard.
glosses: Hard labor.
Derived terms: Bucklers Hard
hard
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: häd
ipa: /hɑːd/
enpr: härd
ipa: /hɑɹd/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)d
Forms: form: hards
form: harding
form: harded
form: harded
Etymology: From Middle English harden, herden, from Old English heardian (“to become hard”) and hierdan (“to make hard”), from Proto-West Germanic *hardēn and *hardijan, from Proto-Germanic *hardijaną.
Cognates
Cognate with Dutch harden (“to harden”), German härten (“to harden”), Danish hærde (“to harden; to temper”), Icelandic herða (“to harden”), Norwegian Bokmål herde (“to harden; to toughen”), Norwegian Nynorsk herda (“to make hard, temper; harden”), Swedish härda (“harden, temper”), Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌷𐌰𐍂𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽 (gahardjan), *𐌷𐌰𐍂𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽 (*hardjan, “to harden”).
Senses: examples: text: He knows vain men: he sees their harts that hard them In Guiles and Wiles, and will not hee regard them?
ref: 1641, original 1618, Guillaume de Saluste Du Bartas, Josuah Sylvester, Du Bartas His Diuine Weekes and Workes:
glosses: To make hard, harden.
leche
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: leches
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of lechwe.
helado
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: helados
Etymology: From Spanish helado.
Senses: examples: text: Soul food, African crafts, and helado sellers line the service streets on either side of the parkway, and traffic halts on all side streets to let the masses promenade.
ref: 1999 October 19, Alexandra Lange, “50 Ways to Love . . . Park Slope (31-40)”, in New York, New York, N.Y.: New York Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 22 Oct 2007:
text: "At my school the Chinese kids go for bubble tea after school, the Puerto Ricans get batidos and the other Latin girls like the helados from the street cart," said Shirley Wong, an eighth grader at a parochial school in Chinatown.
ref: 2006 June 21, Julia Moskin, Kim Severson, “The World’s Cups”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 27 Feb 2021:
text: A medium cup of helado at Pampas Helado Argentina in Aliso Viejo includes two flavors, which can be the chocolate alfajor and banana split.
ref: 2024 August 10, Edwin Goei, “You’re gonna need a bigger cone: 3 new ice cream shops in O.C. worth screaming for”, in Daily Pilot, Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 10 Aug 2024:
glosses: Spanish or Latin American ice cream.