cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Zionist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈzaɪənɪst/
Forms: form: Zionists
Etymology: From Zion + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: More than those who are merely pro-Israel, Zionists (1) see contemporary Israeli society as presenting a challenge to their Jewish life in the Diaspora; (2) believe Israel offers a greater chance of a fulfilling and secure Jewish life; and (3) are confronted with the possibility of settling in Israel and attracted to it. Thus, while most American Jews are pro-Israel, far fewer are Zionists in the classical sense.
ref: 1995, Stephen M. Cohen, “Jewish Continuity Over Jewish Context”, in Robert Seltzer, Norman S. Cohen, editors, The Americanization of the Jews, page 405:
text: These investigations indicate that although a large proportion of American Jews call themselves Zionists, their meanings of Zionism are closer to what some investigators have called pro-Israelism. According to the still common Israeli definition of a Zionist as one who views the Diaspora negatively and considers the settlement of Jews in Israel as essential, the vast majority of American Jews would not be considered Zionists.
ref: 1996, Gal Allon, Allon Gal, Jerold S. Auerbach, Envisioning Israel: The Changing Ideals and Images of North American Jews, page 151:
text: Most Zionists hoped for a state of their own, but early in the 20th century, writers like Hillel Solotaroff and Chaim Zhitlowsky, both Yiddish-speaking immigrant intellectuals in New York, imagined another alternative: a federation of self-governing anarchist communes in Palestine that would defend Jewish life without relying on state power.
ref: 2019 July 15, Greg Afinogenov, “The Jewish Case for Open Borders”, in Jewish Currents, number Summer 2019:
glosses: An advocate of Zionism.
glosses: A believer in the African Zionism religion.
Hyponyms: Herzlian
Derived terms: word: anti-Zionist
word: antizionist
word: non-Zionist
word: pro-Zionist
word: prozionist
word: zioclown
word: ziofag
word: ZioJew
word: Zionistan
word: Zionistic
word: Zionist occupation government
word: ziopig
word: ziotard
word: Zioturd
Related terms: anti-Zionism
anti-Zionistic
antizionistic
Mount Zion
pro-Zionism
pro-Zionistic
prozionistic
Sion
Zio
Zion
Zionism
Zionistically
Zionite
Zionist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈzaɪənɪst/
Forms: form: more Zionist
form: most Zionist
Etymology: From Zion + -ist.
Senses: synonyms: Zionistic
glosses: Of or relating to Zionism.
examples: text: Two, out of millions, who gave their lives and were prepared to sacrifice everything in the fight against fascist and racist Nazi Germany. And I salute you and I pay tribute to you and I think you should be very proud that in the last few weeks you've stood firm and you have refused to be intimidated by the threats of a small bunch of Zionist hoodlums whose behavior is an insult to the stature of Jews all over the world and to their great and heroic record of struggle against fascism and oppression.
ref: 1978 April 3, Vanessa Redgrave, 02:29 from the start, in Vanessa Redgrave Wins Supporting Actress: 1978 Oscars, published 29 July 2011:
glosses: Of or relating to a Zionist or Zionists.
glosses: Of or relating to Israel or Israelis.
glosses: Of or relating to the African Zionism religion.
Derived terms: Zionist entity
Zionist occupation government
mailman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmeɪl.mæn/
ipa: /ˈmeɪl.mən/
Forms: form: mailmen
Etymology: From mail + man.
Senses: examples: text: "What I'm thinking," she said, "is that I'll become a mailman. They're hiring women mailmen now, you know. […]"
ref: 1974, Ella Leffland, Love Out of Season, page 364:
glosses: Someone who delivers mail to, and/or collects mail from, residential or commercial addresses, or from public mailboxes.
Synonyms: letter carrier
mail carrier
mailperson
postal carrier
postie
postman
postperson
Hyponyms: mailwoman
mail lady
postwoman
post lady
tracheotomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tracheotomies
form: tracheostomy
Etymology: From tracheo- + -tomy.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: A surgical procedure in which an incision is made into the trachea, through the neck, and a tube inserted so as to make an artificial opening in order to assist breathing.
aerosol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɛɚ.əˌsɔl/
ipa: /ˈɛɚ.əˌsɑl/
ipa: /ˈɛə.ɹəˌsɒl/
Forms: form: aerosols
Etymology: From aero- + sol (“solution”).
Senses: examples: text: Examples of common aerosols are mist, fog, and smoke.
text: The entire side of the barge chases itself inward, like the steel has become liquid and is running down a deain, and the metal turns bright as shock waves simply turn that thick layer of rust into an aerosol, blast it free from the steel borne on a wave of sound so powerful that it hurts Hiro down inside his chest and makes him feel sick.
ref: 1992, Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash, page 386:
glosses: A mixture of fine solid particles or liquid droplets suspended in a gaseous medium.
glosses: An aerosol can.
glosses: The payload (e.g. insecticide, paint, oil, cosmetics) and propellant contained by an aerosol can.
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A colloidal system in which the dispersed phase is composed of either solid or liquid particles and in which the dispersal medium is some gas, usually air.
Derived terms: aerosol bomb
aerosol cheese
aerosolisation
aerosolise
aerosolization
aerosolize
aerosol string
bioaerosol
microaerosol
nonaerosol
aerosol
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɛɚ.əˌsɔl/
ipa: /ˈɛɚ.əˌsɑl/
ipa: /ˈɛə.ɹəˌsɒl/
Forms: form: aerosols
form: aerosoling
form: aerosolling
form: aerosoled
form: aerosoled
form: aerosolled
form: aerosolled
Etymology: From aero- + sol (“solution”).
Senses: examples: text: The door entrance and space going up the steps was aerosoled just before passengers started to enter. A second spray was given after they were aboard.
ref: 1958, Cooperative Economic Insect Report, page 727:
glosses: To spray with an aerosol.
oleaginous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌəʊ.lɪˈæd͡ʒ.ɪ.nəs/
ipa: /ˌoʊ.liˈæd͡ʒ.ɪ.nəs/
Forms: form: more oleaginous
form: most oleaginous
Etymology: Borrowed from French oléagineux, borrowed from Medieval Latin oleāginōsus (“oily”), from olea (“the olive tree or its fruit”).
Senses: examples: text: […] the use of Linseed-oyl, Tar, or such oleaginous Matter, tends much to their Preservation and Duration.
ref: 1707, J[ohn] Mortimer, The Whole Art of Husbandry; or, The Way of Managing and Improving of Land. […], London: […] J[ohn] H[umphreys] for H[enry] Mortlock […], and J[onathan] Robinson […], →OCLC:
text: Looking back, it seemed to me that a slight oleaginous mist was still hovering round the chair.
ref: 1929, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Disintegration Machine:
text: His once-black hair had faded to the color of used steel wool and now covered his bony skull in a peculiar oleaginous fuzz.
ref: 2000, Joyce Carol Oates, Blonde, page 677:
synonyms: oily
sebaceous
unctuous
glosses: Oily, greasy.
examples: text: The oleaginous salesman convinced me to buy a more expensive car.
text: Cruz was obviously analogizing Bernie Sanders to the Bolsheviks and Hillary Clinton to the Mensheviks. The oleaginous Texan is an erudite slyboots, but his history is off-kilter.
ref: 2015 November 1, Hendrik Hertzberg, “That G.O.P. Debate: Two Footnotes”, in The New Yorker:
text: The oleaginous Mike Pence, with his talent for toadyism and appetite for obsequiousness, could, Trump knew, become America’s most repulsive public figure.
ref: 2018 May 9, George F. Will, “Trump is no longer the worst person in government”, in The Washington Post:
text: She runs a mentoring scholarship programme for women, administered by a tiresome, oleaginous would-be conductor, played by Mark Strong, and there are rumours that this is a source of young women with whom Tár has affairs.
ref: 2023 January 11, Peter Bradshaw, “Tár review – Cate Blanchett is perfect lead in delirious, sensual drama”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
synonyms: fulsome
smarmy
unctuous
glosses: Falsely or affectedly earnest; persuasively suave.
raw_tags: of manner or speech
Derived terms: nonoleaginous
oleaginicity
oleaginously
oleaginousness
dulcify
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdʌlsɪfaɪ/
Forms: form: dulcifies
form: dulcifying
form: dulcified
form: dulcified
Etymology: From Latin dulcificō.
Senses: glosses: To sweeten the taste of.
examples: text: And there was, to dulcify for her the bath of this evening, the yet sharper contrast with the plight she had just come home in, sopped, shivering, clung to by her clothes.
ref: 1911, Max Beerbohm, Zuleika Dobson:
glosses: To make sweeter or more pleasant.
glosses: To neutralise the acidity of.
examples: text: He knew all the things to say to dulcify his mother.
glosses: To mollify or make peaceful.
great room
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: great rooms
form: greatroom
Etymology: From great + room. Compare Middle English grete chaumbre (“greatroom”).
Senses: examples: text: Its homes are tract mansions and starter castles of 4,000 square feet and upward, featuring two-story entrance halls, great rooms, three- or four-car garages, huge kitchens, spa-sized bathrooms, […]
ref: 2008, Paul L. Knox, Metroburbia, USA, page 163:
text: As he crossed the greatroom floor he could smell smoke. It was coming from his bedchamber!
ref: 2015, Robert Pfister, Jester and Zara:
coordinate_terms: great hall
glosses: In many modern homes, a room that combines the roles of several more traditional rooms such as the family room, living room, and study.
Related terms: great house
slow food
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From fast food, popularized by the organization Slow Food.
Senses: examples: text: I had nothing to lose but the chains, and I hoped to find down the county roads Ma in her beanery and Pap over his barbecue pit, both still serving slow food from the same place they did thirty years ago. Where-you-from-buddy restaurants.
ref: 1982, William Least Heat-Moon [pseudonym; William Trogdon], Blue Highways, →ISBN, page 16:
glosses: Food, in contrast to fast food, that is normally a part of a complete meal; especially the traditional cuisine of a region.
wikipedia: Slow Food
Related terms: slow fashion
sebaceous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /səˈbeɪ.ʃəs/
rhymes: -eɪʃəs
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin sebaceus, from Latin sebum, from Proto-Indo-European *seyb- (“to pour out”), which Proto-Germanic *saipǭ ("soap") is also derived from.
Senses: glosses: of or relating to fat, sebum
glosses: oozing fat
examples: a sebaceous plant secretion
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: tallowy, waxy
Derived terms: keratosebaceous
sebaceous adenitis
sebaceous cyst
sebaceous follicle
sebaceous gland
sebaceous nevus syndrome
Related terms: sebacic acid
sebum
ooze
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: o͞oz
ipa: /uːz/
ipa: /ʉːz/
rhymes: -uːz
homophone: oohs
Forms: form: oozes
form: owze
form: ouse
Etymology: * (Noun) Middle English wose (“sap”), from Old English wōs (“sap, froth”), from Proto-Germanic *wōsą (cf. Middle Low German wose (“scum”), Old High German wasal (“rain”), Old Swedish os, oos), from Proto-Indo-European *wóseh₂ (“sap”) (cf. Sanskrit वसा (vásā, “fat”)).
* (Verb) Middle English wosen, from Old English wōsan; see above.
Senses: glosses: Tanning liquor, an aqueous extract of vegetable matter (tanbark, sumac, etc.) in a tanning vat used to tan leather.
glosses: An oozing, gentle flowing, or seepage, as of water through sand or earth.
glosses: Secretion, humour.
glosses: Juice, sap.
Derived terms: ooze leather
primordial ooze
radiolarian ooze
sea ooze
ooze
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: o͞oz
ipa: /uːz/
ipa: /ʉːz/
rhymes: -uːz
homophone: oohs
Forms: form: oozes
form: oozing
form: oozed
form: oozed
form: owze
form: ouse
Etymology: * (Noun) Middle English wose (“sap”), from Old English wōs (“sap, froth”), from Proto-Germanic *wōsą (cf. Middle Low German wose (“scum”), Old High German wasal (“rain”), Old Swedish os, oos), from Proto-Indo-European *wóseh₂ (“sap”) (cf. Sanskrit वसा (vásā, “fat”)).
* (Verb) Middle English wosen, from Old English wōsan; see above.
Senses: examples: text: I promised him I would keep silence, but the story gradually oozed out, and the Cronsons left the country.
ref: 1868, Charlotte Riddell, A Strange Christmas Game:
text: Pale slime oozed through all the surfaces; some of it dripped from the ceiling and burned Dennis as badly as the blazing sparks had done a moment before.
ref: 1988, David Drake, The Sea Hag, Baen Publishing Enterprises, published 2003, →ISBN:
text: He was hard to understand because he spoke softly, and his Vermont accent was as thick as maple syrup oozing down a pile of pancakes.
ref: 1994, Madeleine May Kunin, Living a Political Life, Vintage Books, published 1995, →ISBN:
text: Her heart constricted when she saw thick blood oozing from a wide gash in his forehead.
ref: 2011, Karen Mahoney, The Iron Witch, Flux, →ISBN, page 278:
glosses: To be secreted or slowly leak.
examples: text: […] this room, where misfortune seems to ooze, where speculation lurks in corners, and of which Madame Vauquer inhales the warm, fetid air without being nauseated.
ref: 1878, Henry James, “Honoré de Balzac”, in French Poets and Novelists, London: Macmillan, II, p. 122:
text: "Good servants are so hard to find," Chesna said, oozing arrogance.
ref: 1989, Robert R. McCammon, The Wolf's Hour, Open Road Integrated Media, published 2011, →ISBN:
text: There are no two ways about it: a Berardi dress oozes sex appeal from its very seams.
ref: 1999, Tamsin Blanchard, Antonio Berardi: Sex and Sensibility, Watson-Guptill Publications, →ISBN, page 16:
text: Newcastle had failed to penetrate a typically organised Stoke backline in the opening stages but, once Cabaye and then Cisse breached their defence, Newcastle oozed confidence and controlled the game with a swagger expected of a top-four team.
ref: 2012 April 21, Jonathan Jurejko, “Newcastle 3-0 Stoke”, in BBC Sport:
glosses: To give off a strong sense of (something); to exude.
Derived terms: oozage
oozingly
oozy
woosy
ooze
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: o͞oz
ipa: /uːz/
ipa: /ʉːz/
rhymes: -uːz
homophone: oohs
Forms: form: oozes
Etymology: From Middle English wose, from Old English wāse (“mud, mire”), from Proto-West Germanic *waisā, from Proto-Germanic *waisǭ (compare Dutch waas (“haze, mist; bloom”), (obsolete) German Wasen (“turf, sod”), Old Norse veisa (“slime, stagnant pool”)), from Proto-Indo-European *weys- (“to flow”) (compare Sanskrit विष्यति (viṣyati, “flow, let loose”)). Compare also Saterland Frisian öäzje (“to smear”). More at virus.
Senses: examples: text: my son i' th' ooze is bedded.
ref: 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iii]:
text: It was May before the skunk cabbage began to push up through the ooze of the swamps, before the rhubarb reddened to the back corner of the garden and the spring peepers finally emerged and began abrading the edges of the night with their lovesick vibrato.
ref: 1993, TC Boyle, The Road to Wellville, Penguin, published 1994, page 297:
glosses: Soft mud, slime, or shells especially in the bed of a river or estuary.
examples: text: Seaweed were left on the blackened marble, while the salt ooze defaced the matchless works of art.
ref: 1826, [Mary Shelley], The Last Man. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC:
topics: geography
natural-sciences
oceanography
glosses: A pelagic marine sediment containing a significant amount of the microscopic remains of either calcareous or siliceous planktonic debris organisms.
glosses: A piece of soft, wet, pliable ground.
administrative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ədˈmɪn.ɪ.stɹə.tɪv/
ipa: [ədˈmɪn.ɪ.st̠ɹ̠̊˔ʷə.tʰɪv]
ipa: /ədˈmɪn.əˌstɹeɪ.tɪv/
ipa: [ədˈmɪn.əˌstɹeɪ.ɾɪv]
Forms: form: more administrative
form: most administrative
Etymology: From Latin administrātīvus.
Senses: examples: text: administrative costs
text: administrative delays
text: administrative error
text: administrative issue
text: administrative factors
text: administrative work
text: administrative worker
text: He took on an administrative role within the university.
text: The decision was delayed due to administrative issues.
text: She worked as an administrative assistant for the department.
text: The reform simplified the administrative process of applying for benefits.
glosses: Of or relating to administering or administration.
Derived terms: adminisphere
administrative court
administrative kingship
administrative law
administrative lead time
administrative leave
administrative loading
administratively
administrativeness
administrative region
administrative segregation
administrativia
local administrative unit
medicoadministrative
politico-administrative
subadministrative
Related terms: administer
administerial
administrator
administrivia
minister
bureaucratic
surf kayaking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: The sport of riding waves as a surfer, while seated in a kayak.
horniness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From horny + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: the horniness of a hoof
glosses: Quality of being horny, of having a texture like horn.
examples: text: He was visited on a lunar basis by these great unspecific waves of horniness, whereby all women within a certain age group and figure envelope became immediately and impossibly desirable.
ref: 1963, Thomas Pynchon, V., →ISBN, page 32:
text: Horniness is just a mental state with a physical repercussion.
ref: 2015, Bink Cummings, MC Chronicles, The Diary of Bink Cummings, Vol. 2
text: I'm not thinking we're star-crossed lovers or anything. I've mistaken regular-ass horniness for the cosmic pull of destiny before. And I always ended up worse for it.
ref: 2021 June 15 [2020 March 13], Takako Shimura, translated by Jocelyne Allen, edited by Shannon Fay, Even Though We're Adults, volume 2, Seven Seas Entertainment, →ISBN, page 72:
text: “Less Lonely,” Tom’s solo comedy show about their quest for love, sex and gender confirmation “at the end of the world,” swerves between self-deprecation, vulnerability and shameless horniness.
ref: 2023 December 14, Gina Cherelus, “The Trans Comic Looking for Love ‘at the End of the World’”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
text: I was about to collapse into a ritual of frustrated horniness (fantasy, masturbation, snacks) when a friend urged me to join her and two other women for dinner.
ref: 2025 July 21, Jean Garnett, “The Trouble With Wanting Men”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
synonyms: randiness
glosses: The state, quality, or extent of being horny or sexually excited.
zone
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: zōn
ipa: /zoʊn/
ipa: /zəʊn/
rhymes: -əʊn
Forms: form: zones
form: zoning
form: zoned
form: zoned
Etymology: From Latin zōna, from Ancient Greek ζώνη (zṓnē, “girdle, belt”).
Senses: examples: text: Please zone off our staging area, a section for each group.
text: The high-level process is to shut down the server, unzone the server from Generation 2, zone the server to Gen3, and then define and activate the data-migration (DM) volumes between the Generation 2 and Gen3.
ref: 2018, Bertrand Dufrasne, Christian Burns, Wenzel Kalabza, IBM XIV Storage System Business Continuity Functions, page 331:
glosses: To divide into or assign to sections or areas.
examples: text: This area was zoned for industrial use.
glosses: To define the property use classification of (an area).
examples: text: I must have zoned while he was giving us the directions.
text: Everyone just put their goddamn heads together and zoned. # (transitive, archaic, poetic) To girdle or encircle.
ref: 1996, Byron Coley, liner notes for the album "Piece for Jetsun Dolma" by Thurston Moore)
glosses: To enter a daydream state temporarily, for instance as a result of boredom, fatigue, or intoxication; to doze off.
examples: text: We've zoned each other as friends; we'll never be anything more.
glosses: To assign to a restricted category.
Synonyms: sense: enter a daydream state
word: zone out
english: if also sleeping; See Thesaurus:fall asleep
translation: if also sleeping; See Thesaurus:fall asleep
word: doze off
Derived terms: zonal
zone in
zone in on
zone off
zoner
zoning
Related terms: exclusion zone
friend zone
time zone
zone out
zoning law
zone of employment
zonal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: zōn'əl
ipa: /ˈzəʊnəl/
rhymes: -əʊnəl
Forms: form: more zonal
form: most zonal
Etymology: First attested 1865–70, from zone + -al.
Senses: examples: text: Decisions made at the DfT inevitably reflect a London-centric experience, with a comparison being made with the closure of ticket offices throughout the London Underground network. This is not judged to have been detrimental, but there is a simple zonal fares system that is hardly comparable with the range of ticket types used on the national rail network.
ref: 2023 July 26, 'Industry Insider', “Ticket offices RIP?”, in RAIL, number 988, page 68:
glosses: Divided into zones.
glosses: Related to, associated with, or similar to zones.
antonyms: meridional
glosses: roughly longitudinal (east to west, or west to east)
raw_tags: of air or ocean currents
Derived terms: zonal geranium
zonal kinetic energy
zonal wind
Related terms: zonally
zonary
time zone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: time zones
form: time-zone
form: timezone
Senses: glosses: A range of longitudes where a common standard time is used.
Derived terms: Alaska Standard Time Zone
Alaska Time Zone
Atlantic Standard Time Zone
Central Standard Time Zone
Central Time Zone
Changpai Time Zone
Chungyuan Standard Time Zone
continental time zone
Eastern Standard Time Zone
Eastern Time Zone
Eastern War Time Zone
Hawaii-Aleutian Time Zone
Kansu-Szechuan Time Zone
Kunlun Time Zone
Mountain Standard Time Zone
Mountain Time Zone
Newfoundland Time Zone
Pacific Time Zone
Sinkiang-Tibet Time Zone
time-zone arbitrage
time-zone disease
time-zone fatigue
Yukon Standard Time Zone
Related terms: Greenwich Mean Time
Zulu
upright
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈʌpɹaɪt/
Forms: form: more upright
form: most upright
form: vpright
Etymology: From Middle English upright, uppryght, upriht, from Old English upriht (“upright; erect”), from Proto-Germanic *upprehtaz, equivalent to up- + right. Cognate with Saterland Frisian apgjucht (“upright”), West Frisian oprjocht (“upright”), Dutch oprecht (“upright”), German Low German uprecht (“upright”), German aufrecht (“upright”), Swedish upprätt (“upright”), Icelandic uppréttur (“upright”).
Senses: examples: text: Fab[ell]: What meanes the tolling of this fatall chime, // O what a trembling horror ſtrikes my hart! // My ſtiffned haire ſtands vpright on my head, // As doe the briſtles of a porcupine.
ref: 1608, William Shakespeare, The merry Deuill of Edmonton, introduction, lines 1-4:
text: Supported by pillows, ſhe ſat almoſt upright.
ref: 1782, Fanny Burney, Cecilia; or, Memoirs of an Heiress, volume V, Book X, chapter X: “A Termination”, page 372
text: Another feature new to British Railways is the provision of two-position adjustable seats in the first class compartments. In this design, the seat squab can be pulled out some six inches, the seat back being attached to the seat to give a less upright sitting position.
ref: 1957 August 24, “New Multiple-Unit Stock for Hastings and Watford Services”, in Railway Magazine, page 532:
text: Upright posture evolved well before an enlarged brain in hominids.
ref: 2006, Neil A. Campbell, Biology: concepts & connections, page 404:
glosses: Vertical; erect.
examples: text: My brother didn't get angry when his son knocked over the lamp; he simply called the boy over and helped him set it upright again.
glosses: In its proper orientation; not overturned.
glosses: Greater in height than breadth.
examples: text: There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Job 1:1:
glosses: Of good morals; practicing ethical values.
glosses: Having the head approximately at a right angle with the shaft.
raw_tags: of a golf club
Synonyms: sense: vertical, erect
word: orthograde
sense: vertical, erect
word: surrect
Derived terms: bolt upright
tuppenny upright
upright bass
upright bassist
upright man
upright yellow-sorrel
upright
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈʌpɹaɪt/
Forms: form: more upright
form: most upright
form: vpright
Etymology: From Middle English upright, uppryght, upriht, from Old English upriht (“upright; erect”), from Proto-Germanic *upprehtaz, equivalent to up- + right. Cognate with Saterland Frisian apgjucht (“upright”), West Frisian oprjocht (“upright”), Dutch oprecht (“upright”), German Low German uprecht (“upright”), German aufrecht (“upright”), Swedish upprätt (“upright”), Icelandic uppréttur (“upright”).
Senses: examples: text: I was standing upright, waiting for my orders.
text: Human locomotion had been presumed unique because we walk upright with two legs. When investigators led by Nadia Dominici analyzed the electrical activities produced by walking toddlers, preschoolers, and adults as well as newborns that were held upright and prodded to walk along a surface, however, they saw that we essentially follow the same chain of motor commands as several other animals, including rats, cats, monkeys, and guinea fowl.
ref: 2011 November 17, Hans Villarica, “A Rat's First Steps: How Humans and Other Animals Learn to Walk”, in The Atlantic, archived from the original on 09 Mar 2022:
text: Those up for the ride stand upright on a small platform which shoots a powerful jet of water downwards, sending the attached board – which has in the past carried the likes of Leonardo DiCaprio – up into the air.
ref: 2014 July 15, Will Coldwell, “Ever wanted to walk on water? Five new aquatic sports for thrill seekers”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 29 Jun 2022:
text: For instance, parents were strongly encouraged to delay the introduction of complementary foods to six months when infants were able to sit upright and feed themselves safely.
ref: 2016 September 16, “Choking risk for baby-led weaning no different than spoon-feeding”, in CBC News, archived from the original on 19 Nov 2022:
glosses: In or into an upright position.
upright
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈʌpɹaɪt/
Forms: form: uprights
form: vpright
Etymology: From Middle English upright, uppryght, upriht, from Old English upriht (“upright; erect”), from Proto-Germanic *upprehtaz, equivalent to up- + right. Cognate with Saterland Frisian apgjucht (“upright”), West Frisian oprjocht (“upright”), Dutch oprecht (“upright”), German Low German uprecht (“upright”), German aufrecht (“upright”), Swedish upprätt (“upright”), Icelandic uppréttur (“upright”).
Senses: examples: text: On the change in architectural forms from the pyramidal to the obeliscar, the fires were transferred from the altars, or cubes, to the summits of the typical uprights, or towers; […]
ref: 1942, Reuben Swinburne Clymer, The Philosophy of Fire, page 64:
glosses: Any vertical part of a structure.
examples: text: Chelsea improved, with Salomon Kalou denied by goalkeeper Wayne Hennessey and Didier Drogba hitting the upright.
ref: 2011 January 5, Mark Ashenden, “Wolverhampton 1 - 0 Chelsea”, in BBC:
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Any vertical part of a structure.
A goal post.
glosses: Any vertical part of a structure.
A leg.
glosses: A word clued by the successive initial, middle, or final letters of the cross-lights in a double acrostic or triple acrostic.
glosses: Short for upright piano
examples: text: The video arcade machines are typically in stand up arcade cabinets, although some have been built as tables. The uprights have a monitor and controls in front and players insert coins or tokens into the machines to play the game.
ref: 2013, Jon Peddie, The History of Visual Magic in Computers, page 181:
glosses: Short for upright arcade game cabinet
glosses: Ellipsis of upright vacuum cleaner.
topics: hobbies
hunting
lifestyle
glosses: The tips of the antlers of a young deer.
Related terms: upright piano
upright
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈʌpɹaɪt/
Forms: form: uprights
form: uprighting
form: uprighted
form: uprighted
form: vpright
Etymology: From Middle English upright, uppryght, upriht, from Old English upriht (“upright; erect”), from Proto-Germanic *upprehtaz, equivalent to up- + right. Cognate with Saterland Frisian apgjucht (“upright”), West Frisian oprjocht (“upright”), Dutch oprecht (“upright”), German Low German uprecht (“upright”), German aufrecht (“upright”), Swedish upprätt (“upright”), Icelandic uppréttur (“upright”).
Senses: glosses: To set upright or stand back up (something that has fallen).
indebtedness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪnˈdɛtɪdnəs/
Forms: form: indebtednesses
Etymology: From indebted + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: Near-synonym: debtorship
text: Laws regarding indebtedness and indenture.
ref: 2001, David L. Lieber, Jules Harlow, Etz Hayim: Torah and Commentary, page 738:
glosses: State of owing money; being in debt.
examples: text: Near-synonym: debtorship
text: Strong on administrative competence, the ministers as a group were united in their indebtedness to Fleury and in a collective mistrust of any putative successor from the court.
ref: 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, pages 120–1:
glosses: The state of owing something or being under obligation to someone.
synonyms: debt
obligation
hypernyms: balance
;
burden
glosses: The amount owed.
synonyms: debt
obligation
hypernyms: balance
;
burden
glosses: All debts totalled.
donna
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɒn.ə/
ipa: /ˈdɑ.nə/
rhymes: -ɒnə
rhymes: -ɑnə
Forms: form: donnas
Etymology: From Italian donna. Doublet of dame and domina.
Senses: examples: text: What are the songs of Italy, sung as they are by the donnas of the scenic board, but a replication of squalls and quavers, infinitely more annoying than the gibberish of crones[…]
ref: 1837, Thomas Tod Stoddart, Angling reminiscences, page 65:
text: In Don Giovannis three female characters, the diverse spectrum of womanhood is rendered complete: the great opera seria character of the avenging Donna Anna, the sentimental and spurned Donna' Elvira, and the crafty but sympathetic peasant girl Zerlina.
ref: 2005, Burton D. Fisher, Mozart's Don Giovanni, page 22:
synonyms: lady
madam
mistress
noblewoman
coordinate_terms: don
glosses: A lady, especially a noblewoman; the title given to a lady in Italy.
Related terms: donna angelica
erotic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪˈɹɑtɪk/
ipa: /ɪˈɹɒtɪk/
rhymes: -ɒtɪk
Forms: form: more erotic
form: most erotic
Etymology: From French érotique, from Ancient Greek ἐρωτικός (erōtikós, “related to love”), from ἔρως (érōs, “sexual love”).
Senses: examples: text: erotic entertainment and services
text: I had an erotic dream last night.
text: There's a local cinema that only shows erotic movies.
text: The brain of a calf, sheep, and pig, young and served fresh, is reputedly erotic in its effects.
ref: 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 49:
text: Later ages contributed their own epichorial and distinctive manner to these universal delights in the erotic. In China, The Golden Lotus is an amazing sustained achievement.
ref: 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 88:
synonyms: amatory
arousing
sensual
sexy
glosses: Relating to or tending to arouse sexual desire or excitement.
Synonyms: word: X-rated
word: XXX
word: adult
word: alluring
word: amative
word: amatory
word: anacreontic
word: aphrodisiac
word: carnal
word: concupiscent
word: crude
word: desirable
word: dirty
word: erogenous
word: erotogenic
word: explicit
word: fervid
word: horny
word: hot
word: impassioned
word: indecent
word: kinky
word: lascivious
word: lecherous
word: lewd
word: libidinous
word: licentious
word: lubricious
word: lustful
word: naughty
word: pornographic
word: prurient
word: racy
word: randy
word: raunchy
word: ribald
word: risqué
word: rousing
word: salacious
word: seductive
word: sensual
word: sexual
word: sexy
word: smutty
word: spicy
word: steamy
word: stimulating
word: suggestive
word: tantalizing
word: titillating
word: venereal
word: venereous
word: voluptuous
word: vulgar
Derived terms: erotic bakery
erotic capital
erotic transference
semi-erotic
techno-erotic
Related terms: alloerotic
anal-erotic
antierotic
autoerotic
cybererotic
eroduction
erotica
erotical
erotically
erotic capital
eroticisation
eroticise
eroticize
eroticism
eroticist
eroticization
erotic massage
erotomania
erotosexual
heteroerotic
homoerotic
nonerotic
pseudoerotic
psychoerotic
semierotic
sexuoerotic
supererotic
unerotic
erotic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪˈɹɑtɪk/
ipa: /ɪˈɹɒtɪk/
rhymes: -ɒtɪk
Forms: form: erotics
Etymology: From French érotique, from Ancient Greek ἐρωτικός (erōtikós, “related to love”), from ἔρως (érōs, “sexual love”).
Senses: glosses: An amorous composition or poem.
erotica
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪˈɹɒt.ɪkə/
Forms: form: eroticas
Etymology: From neuter plural of Latin eroticus (“amatory”), from Ancient Greek ἐρωτικός (erōtikós). By surface analysis, erotic + -ica.
Senses: examples: text: There's a fine line between erotica and pornography.
text: In fact, eighteenth-century British erotica has been the subject of unremitting attention for the last two decades.
ref: 2011, Patrick Spedding, James Lambert, “Fanny Hill, Lord Fanny, and the Myth of Metonymy”, in Studies in Philology, volume 108, number 1, page 114:
glosses: Erotic literature, art, decoration, or other such work.
examples: text: Rather a principal avenue of traffic and distribution of eroticas is the social network of age-peers ([…]).
ref: 1970 September, The Report of the Commission on Obscenity and Pornography, page 224:
text: Some films advertised as minor eroticas are so much in demand by the paying public and these have overshadowed the value of a few seminars which seem to draw only the scholars and the film theorists.
ref: 1977, Link: Indian Newsmagazine, volume 19, page 5:
text: Tilson carries work by the late John Lennon, including lithographs, a few signed eroticas and republished drawings.
ref: 1993, Milwaukee Magazine, volume 18, page 66:
text: Though the poetic work of Bhikṣu Padmaśrī, Nāgarasarvasva is an erotica, the writer has not followed Vätsyāyana in his work, rather, he has followed Bharata Muni.
ref: 2001, Sumati Mutatkar, Suṣamā-kalāśrīḥ: Gems of Literature & Arts, Eastern Book Linkers, page 262:
text: His costume dramas (including eroticas) are all imprinted with the hallmark of this spectacular and lyrical “dream factory” of classical China.
ref: 2019, Mia Yinxing Liu, “Introduction”, in Literati Lenses: Wenren Landscape in Chinese Cinema of the Mao Era, Honolulu, Haw.: University of Hawaiʻi Press, →ISBN, page 17:
glosses: A work of erotica.
Derived terms: ASMRotica
autoerotica
cybererotica
erom
heteroerotica
homoerotica
literotica
monster erotica
nonerotica
romantica
speculative erotica
xenobiotic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more xenobiotic
form: most xenobiotic
Etymology: From xeno- + biotic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to xenobiosis.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
synonyms: exogenous
antonyms: endogenous
glosses: Relating to a substance foreign to the body or ecological system.
Related terms: abiotic
antibiotic
gnotobiotic
xenobiotic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: xenobiotics
Etymology: From xeno- + biotic.
Senses: examples: text: This enzyme is characteristic of harmful bacteria species, and it has deconjugative properties that support the transformation of xenobiotics into more toxic substances.
ref: 2016 February 17, “Anthocyanins in Strawberry Polyphenolic Extract Enhance the Beneficial Effects of Diets with Fructooligosaccharides in the Rat Cecal Environment”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Any foreign compound not produced by an organism's metabolism.
Related terms: xenobiosis
WWI
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: WW1
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of World War I.
Related terms: WWII
WWII
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: WW2
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of World War II.
Derived terms: post-WWII
pre-WWII
Related terms: WWI
WWIII
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: WW3
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of World War III.
world war
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: world wars
form: world-war
Senses: examples: text: Their lips met in one long silent kiss, and a moment later he had gone to strike the first blow in the coming world-war, and to bring the beginning of sorrows on the Tyrant of the North.
ref: 1894, George Griffith, The Angel of the Revolution, page 69:
text: […] Armageddon, that world war with which the Second Coming is to be so closely associated.
ref: 1921, Aldous Huxley, chapter 9, in Crome Yellow, London: Chatto & Windus:
glosses: A war involving the major nations of the world.
Derived terms: World War I
World War II
World War III
World War IV
World War Zero
roo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹuː/
ipa: /ˈɹu/
rhymes: -uː
homophone: rue
homophone: roux
Etymology: From Middle English roo, ro, from Old English rō, rōw (“quietness, quiet, rest”), from Proto-Germanic *rōō (“quiet, rest”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁reh₁- (“quiet”). Cognate with Scots ro, ruve (“peace, repose”), German Ruhe (“rest, peace, tranquility”), Danish, Norwegian and Swedish ro (“rest, peace, tranquility”), Icelandic ró (“tranquility, quietness”).
Senses: glosses: Peace; quietness.
glosses: Rest; stillness.
Derived terms: roolie
unruly
roo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹuː/
ipa: /ˈɹu/
rhymes: -uː
homophone: rue
homophone: roux
Forms: form: roos
form: 'roo
Etymology: Aphetic form of kangaroo.
Senses: glosses: Clipping of kangaroo.
Derived terms: a roo loose in the top paddock
roo bar
Cablinasian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /kæblɪˈneɪʒ(i)ən/
rhymes: -eɪʒən
Etymology: Blend of Caucasian + Black + Indian + Asian; coined by Tiger Woods to describe his ethnic background.
Senses: glosses: Caucasian, Black, American Indian and Asian.
raw_tags: of Tiger Woods
Cablinasian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kæblɪˈneɪʒ(i)ən/
rhymes: -eɪʒən
Forms: form: Cablinasians
Etymology: Blend of Caucasian + Black + Indian + Asian; coined by Tiger Woods to describe his ethnic background.
Senses: glosses: A person who is Caucasian, Black, American Indian and Asian.
raw_tags: of Tiger Woods
kazoo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəˈzuː/
rhymes: -uː
Forms: form: kazoos
Etymology: Probably onomatopoeic.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
synonyms: gazooka
glosses: A simple musical instrument (a membranophone) consisting of a pipe with a hole in it, producing a buzzing sound when the player hums into it.
Derived terms: kazooist
kazooer
kazoolike
kazoo
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəˈzuː/
rhymes: -uː
Forms: form: kazoos
form: kazooing
form: kazooed
form: kazooed
Etymology: Probably onomatopoeic.
Senses: glosses: To play the kazoo.
Related terms: wazoo
phono-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Pronunciation: /ˈfoʊnə-/
/ˈfoʊnoʊ-/
/fəˈnɒ-/
/ˌfoʊnə-/
/ˌfoʊnoʊ-/
Etymology: From Ancient Greek φωνή (phōnḗ, “voice, sound”). The word φωνή primarily referred to articulated human or animal sounds. This is in contrast to ἠχή -- from which echo is derived -- which referred to sounds in general.
Senses: examples: text: phonograph
glosses: Relating to sound
Related terms: phone
-phone
phonograph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfəʊnəˌɡɹɑːf/
ipa: /ˈfoʊnəˌɡɹæf/
Forms: form: phonographs
Etymology: From phono- + -graph.
Senses: glosses: A device that captures sound waves onto an engraved archive; a lathe.
glosses: A device that records or plays sound from cylinder records.
examples: text: […]I've knew people that if they got a rag rug on the floor and a kewpie doll lamp on the phonograph they think they're runnin' a parlor house.'
ref: 1937, John Steinbeck, Of Mice and Men, Covici Friede:
glosses: A record player.
glosses: A character or symbol used to represent a sound, especially one used in phonography.
Synonyms: sense: cylinder player
word: talking phonograph
sense: turntable
word: gramophone
sense: turntable
word: record player
Derived terms: kinetophonograph
microphonograph
phonograph record
telephonograph
phonograph
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfəʊnəˌɡɹɑːf/
ipa: /ˈfoʊnəˌɡɹæf/
Forms: form: phonographs
form: phonographing
form: phonographed
form: phonographed
Etymology: From phono- + -graph.
Senses: glosses: To record for playback by phonograph.
glosses: To transcribe into phonographic symbols.
career
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: homophone: chorea
homophone: Korea (in fast non-rhotic speech)
ipa: /kəˈɹɪə/
ipa: /kəˈɹɪɹ/
ipa: /kəˈɹɪ.ɚ/
ipa: /kəˈrɪjə(r)/
homophone: currier (stress neutralized)
note: spelling pronunciation
ipa: /ˈkarɪjə(r)/
homophone: carrier
rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)
Forms: form: careers
form: careering
form: careered
form: careered
Etymology: Mid 16th century, from French carrière (“road; racecourse”), from Italian carriera, from Old Occitan carreira, from Late Latin carrāria based on Latin carrus (“wheeled vehicle”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥sós, from *ḱers- (“to run”); alternatively, from Middle French carriere, from Old Occitan.
Senses: examples: text: The car careered down the road, missed the curve, and went through a hedge.
text: He likens the story of his 20s to “a fully fuelled jumbo jet just reaching take-off point and having to slam on the brakes. You’ve got this enormous bloody thing careering off the end of the runway, through the fence, through the house next door, bursting into flames and me crawling out and scraping my wounds for 10 years. I won't be flying that one again.”
ref: 2003 October 16, Emma Brockes, quoting DBC Pierre, “How did I get here?”, in The Guardian:
text: However, the hosts hit back and hit back hard, first replacement hooker Andrew Hore sliding over, then Williams careering out of his own half and leaving several defenders for dead before flipping the ball to Nonu to finish off a scintillating move.
ref: 2011 September 16, Ben Dirs, “Rugby World Cup 2011: New Zealand 83-7 Japan”, in BBC Sport:
text: This secondary collision, head-on with a closing speed of 142mph, caused the DVT to veer off to the left. Many of the coaches behind it overturned and careered into an adjacent field.
ref: 2021 February 24, Greg Morse, “Great Heck: a tragic chain of events”, in RAIL, number 925, page 39:
synonyms: careen
glosses: To move rapidly straight ahead, especially in an uncontrolled way.
career
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: homophone: chorea
homophone: Korea (in fast non-rhotic speech)
ipa: /kəˈɹɪə/
ipa: /kəˈɹɪɹ/
ipa: /kəˈɹɪ.ɚ/
ipa: /kəˈrɪjə(r)/
homophone: currier (stress neutralized)
note: spelling pronunciation
ipa: /ˈkarɪjə(r)/
homophone: carrier
rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)
Etymology: Mid 16th century, from French carrière (“road; racecourse”), from Italian carriera, from Old Occitan carreira, from Late Latin carrāria based on Latin carrus (“wheeled vehicle”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥sós, from *ḱers- (“to run”); alternatively, from Middle French carriere, from Old Occitan.
Senses: examples: text: a career burglar
text: Studies on homeless income find that the typical “career panhandler” who dedicates his time overwhelmingly to begging can make between $600 and $1,500 a month.
ref: 2012, Arthur Gillard, Homelessness, page 38:
glosses: Doing something professionally, for a living (generally said of something that is not a commonplace job, e.g. criminal activity).
examples: text: a career rapist
glosses: Synonym of serial (“doing something regularly”).
synonyms: word: serial
extra: doing something regularly
ute
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: yo͞ot
ipa: /juːt/
rhymes: -uːt
Forms: form: utes
Etymology: Clipping of utility vehicle, originating from the 1930s term coupé utility
Senses: examples: text: The Reverend John Flynn, a man of simple tastes, was always recognisable in the outback, dressed in a suit, driving an old ute and puffing on a pipe.
ref: 2007, Sheryl Persson, The Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia, Australia: Exisle Publishing, →ISBN, page 40:
text: Still, given the choice between being stuck behind a ute in tropical scenery and spending four to five hours driving through stretches of semi-desert, I′d rather have the ute-plus-heart-attack.
ref: 2008, Penelope Adams, Why Women Are Stupid, Lulu, →ISBN, page 105:
text: A sample body was made in 1933 and the first utilities, or ‘utes’, rolled off the production line next year. Dubbed ‘the Kangaroo Chaser’ by Henry Ford when Bandt displayed two examples in Detroit, United States of America, in 1935, the ute was quickly recognised as the ideal farmers' vehicle.
ref: 2009, Damian Veltri, “Bandt, Louis (Lewis) Thornett (1910–1987)”, in Dianne Lingmore, Darryl Bennet, editors, Australian Dictionary of Biography, volume 17 1981–1990: A–K, →ISBN, page 55:
text: Paramedics rushed Melissa Dennis to the Royal Adelaide hospital with serious injuries after she was hit by a ute at Medindie on Saturday night.
ref: 2023 December 31, Matthew Weaver, “Rohan Dennis charged over death of wife, fellow cyclist Melissa Dennis”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
topics: automotive
transport
vehicles
glosses: A small vehicle based on the same platform as a family car but with a unibody construction and a built-in open tray area for carrying goods; similar but not identical to a pick-up truck.
Derived terms: sport ute
Related terms: bakkie
coupé utility
coupe utility
dual cab
panel van
pick-up truck
pickup truck
station wagon
tilly
pick up truck
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pick up trucks
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of pickup truck.
pickup truck
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pickup trucks
form: pickup
form: pick-up
form: pick up
form: pick up truck
Etymology: Uncertain, but likely related to its intended use to pick up various supplies.
Senses: examples: text: On the same highway, I once absent-mindedly cut in front of this enormous jacked-up pickup truck.
ref: 2024 June 10, Thomas Lake, “17 years later, I still remember this act of kindness from another driver”, in CNN:
hypernyms: truck
<
motor vehicle
<
vehicle
glosses: A light truck with an open cargo bed.
Hyponyms: baht bus
songthaew
Derived terms: sport truck
Related terms: bakkie
ute
bunyips
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bunyip
jettison
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈd͡ʒɛɾəsən/
ipa: /ˈd͡ʒɛtɪsən/
ipa: /ˈd͡ʒɛtɪsn̩/
ipa: /-zn̩/
ipa: /ˈd͡ʒɛtɪsn̩/
ipa: /-zn̩/
Forms: form: jettisons
Etymology: From Anglo-Norman getteson, from Old French getaison, from geter, jeter (modern French: would be *jetaison like pendaison); possibly from a Vulgar Latin *iectātiō, from *iectātus < iectāre, from Latin iactō. Doublet of jetsam.
Senses: synonyms: jetsam ballast
glosses: Items that have been or are about to be ejected from a boat or balloon.
glosses: The action of jettisoning items.