cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
bare
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: bâr
ipa: /bɛə/
ipa: /bɛː/
ipa: /bɛɚ/
ipa: /beː/
ipa: [beː~bɛː]
ipa: /ˈbiːə(r)/
ipa: /bɛː(r)/
note: without the cheer–chair merger
ipa: /beə/
note: New Zealand, cheer–chair merger
ipa: /biə/
ipa: /beɹ/
note: Lancashire, fair–fur merger
ipa: /bɜː(ɹ)/
rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)
homophone: bear
homophone: beer (cheer–chair merger)
homophone: burr (fair–fur merger)
Forms: form: bares
Etymology: From Middle English bare, bar, from Old English bær (“bare, naked, open”), from Proto-West Germanic *baʀ, from Proto-Germanic *bazaz (“bare, naked”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰosós, from *bʰos- (“bare, barefoot”).
Cognate with Scots bare, bair (“bare”), Saterland Frisian bar (“bare”), West Frisian baar (“bare”), Dutch bar (“bare”), German bar (“bare”), Swedish bar (“bare”), Icelandic ber (“bare”), Lithuanian basas (“barefoot, bare”), Polish bosy (“barefoot”).
Senses: examples: text: In sad good earnest, sir, you have toucht the very bare of naked truth [...]
ref: 1599, John Marston, Antonio and Mellida:
text: Vancha clasped the bare of my neck and squeezed amiably.
ref: 2002, Darren Shan, Hunters of the dusk: 7:
qualifier: ‘the bare’
glosses: The surface, the (bare) skin.
examples: text: You have touched the very bare of naked truth.
ref: c. 1599 (date written), I. M. [i.e., John Marston], The History of Antonio and Mellida. The First Part. […], London: […] [Richard Bradock] for Mathewe Lownes, and Thomas Fisher, […], published 1602, →OCLC, (please specify the page):
glosses: Surface; body; substance.
topics: architecture
glosses: That part of a roofing slate, shingle, tile, or metal plate, which is exposed to the weather.
bare
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: bâr
ipa: /bɛə/
ipa: /bɛː/
ipa: /bɛɚ/
ipa: /beː/
ipa: [beː~bɛː]
ipa: /ˈbiːə(r)/
ipa: /bɛː(r)/
note: without the cheer–chair merger
ipa: /beə/
note: New Zealand, cheer–chair merger
ipa: /biə/
ipa: /beɹ/
note: Lancashire, fair–fur merger
ipa: /bɜː(ɹ)/
rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)
homophone: bear
homophone: beer (cheer–chair merger)
homophone: burr (fair–fur merger)
Forms: form: bares
form: baring
form: bared
form: bared
Etymology: From Middle English baren, from Old English barian, from Proto-Germanic *bazōną (“to bare, make bare”).
Senses: examples: text: She bared her teeth at him.
text: The tabloid newspaper promised to bare all.
glosses: To uncover; to reveal.
Synonyms: sense: uncover
word: expose
word: lay bare
word: reveal
word: show
word: uncover
Derived terms: sense: Terms derived from bare (verb)
word: bare all
sense: Terms derived from bare (verb)
word: bare it all
sense: Terms derived from bare (verb)
word: bare one's breast
sense: Terms derived from bare (verb)
word: bare one's heart
sense: Terms derived from bare (verb)
word: bare one's soul
sense: Terms derived from bare (verb)
word: bare one's teeth
sense: Terms derived from bare (verb)
word: unbare
bare
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: bâr
ipa: /bɛə/
ipa: /bɛː/
ipa: /bɛɚ/
ipa: /beː/
ipa: [beː~bɛː]
ipa: /ˈbiːə(r)/
ipa: /bɛː(r)/
note: without the cheer–chair merger
ipa: /beə/
note: New Zealand, cheer–chair merger
ipa: /biə/
ipa: /beɹ/
note: Lancashire, fair–fur merger
ipa: /bɜː(ɹ)/
rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)
homophone: bear
homophone: beer (cheer–chair merger)
homophone: burr (fair–fur merger)
Etymology: Inflected forms.
Senses: examples: text: And the children of the Levites bare the ark of God upon their shoulders with the staves thereon
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Chronicles 15:15:
text: And so I put thee on my shoulder and bare thee back, and here thou art in David's room, and shalt find board and bed with me as long as thou hast mind to
ref: [1898], J[ohn] Meade Falkner, Moonfleet, London; Toronto, Ont.: Jonathan Cape, published 1934, →OCLC:
glosses: simple past of bear
naked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈneɪkɪd/
ipa: /ˈnɛkɪd/
note: nonstandard, influenced by sense 2
ipa: /neɪkt/
ipa: /neɪkt/
ipa: /ˈneɪkɪd/
ipa: /ˈnɛkɪd/
note: nonstandard, influenced by sense 2
ipa: /neɪkt/
Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of nake
ton
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /tʌn/
ipa: /tʊn/
rhymes: -ʌn
ipa: /tɔ̃/
ipa: /tɒn/
ipa: /tʌn/
ipa: /tʊn/
rhymes: -ʌn
Etymology: Borrowed from French ton (“manner”), from Latin tonus. Doublet of tone, tune, and tonus.
Senses: examples: text: A clergyman cannot be high in state or fashion. He must not head mobs, or set the ton in dress.
ref: 1814 May 9, [Jane Austen], chapter IX, in Mansfield Park: […], volume I, London: […] [George Sidney] for T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC, page 191:
text: If our people of ton are selfish, at any rate they show they are selfish.
ref: 1857–1859, W[illiam] M[akepeace] Thackeray, The Virginians. A Tale of the Last Century, volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury & Evans, […], published 1858–1859, →OCLC:
glosses: Fashion, the current style, the vogue.
examples: text: [S]he thought herself incapable of being flattered by the attentions of a man she despised, because he was the reigning idol of the ton […].
ref: 1790, Amelia Opie, chapter 13, in Dangers of Coquetry, volume I:
text: The party might consist of thirty three Of highest caste—the Brahmins of the ton.
ref: 1823 December 17, [Lord Byron], Don Juan. Cantos XII.—XIII.—and XIV., London: […] [C. H. Reynell] for John Hunt, […], →OCLC, canto XIII, (please specify the stanza number):
text: Pen was somewhat older than many of his fellow-students, and there was that about his style and appearance, which, as we have said, was rather haughty and impertinent, that stamped him as a man of ton—very unlike those pale students who were talking law to one another, and those ferocious dandies, in rowing shirts and astonishing pins and waistcoats, who represented the idle part of the little community.
ref: 1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 30, in The History of Pendennis. […], volume I, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1849, →OCLC:
glosses: Fashionable society; those in style.
Derived terms: tonish
Related terms: bon ton
haut ton
ton
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /tʌn/
ipa: /tʊn/
rhymes: -ʌn
ipa: /tɔ̃/
ipa: /tɒn/
Forms: form: tons
Senses: glosses: Synonym of tunny, particularly the common tunny or horse mackerel.
synonyms: word: tunny
word: particularly the common tunny or horse mackerel
Related terms: english: etymologically unrelated
translation: etymologically unrelated
word: pros ton kairon
mph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɛmpiˈeɪt͡ʃ/
rhymes: -eɪtʃ
Forms: form: mph
Senses: examples: text: Toyota spokesman Paul Hogard said the automaker wants speedometers to be easy to read, so there’s value in placing the typical operating speed of American cars, 45 mph to 70 mph, he said, at the top of the speedometer, which is the easiest place on the speedometer for the driver to read.
ref: 2022 September 10, Matt McFarland, “Why your car’s speedometer goes up to 160 mph (even when your car can’t)”, in CNN Business:
related: word: MPH
word: M.P.H.
synonyms: mi/h
mi/hr
coordinate_terms: kph
mul:km/h
km/hr
mul:kmh
glosses: Initialism of mile(s) per hour.
Related terms: speeding
speed limit
speedometer
nudism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /njuː.dɪzəm/
Forms: form: nudisms
Etymology: From French nudisme. By surface analysis, nude + -ism.
Senses: synonyms: naturism
Adamitism
antonyms: clothism
textilism
glosses: The belief in or practice of going nude in social, nonsexualized and frequently mixed-gender groups specifically in cultures where going nude in the social situation is not the norm.
Derived terms: antinudism
Related terms: nude
nudist
au naturel
clothing compulsive
clothing optional
skinny dipping
textile
unclad
nudist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnudɪst/
rhymes: -uːdɪst
Forms: form: nudists
Etymology: From nude + -ist.
Senses: synonyms: naturist
antonyms: clothist
textilist
glosses: A person who practices nudism.
glosses: An artist who makes nudes: nude paintings, sculptures, photographs, etc.
Derived terms: nudist beach
nudist colony
Related terms: nudism
nudist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnudɪst/
rhymes: -uːdɪst
Etymology: From nude + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: nudist beach
text: nudist camp
text: nudist colony
glosses: Relating to, or reserved for, nudists and nudism.
Derived terms: antinudist
naturist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈneɪt͡ʃəɹɪst/
Forms: form: naturists
Etymology: From nature + -ist.
Senses: synonyms: nudist
antonyms: clothist
textilist
glosses: One who follows a philosophical belief in a naked, natural life and prefers to live without clothes, often for reasons of ecology, health, religious belief, and/or ethical concerns.
examples: text: I have thought fit to lay dovvn the tvvo foregoing limitations, […] partly becauſe they contain ſomething, that may be added to vvhat hath been lately repreſented on behalf of the divine providence (as it falls under the naturiſt’s conſideration.)
ref: 1686 (indicated as 1685–1686), Robert Boyle, “A Free Inquiry into the Vulgarly Received Notion of Nature: […]”, in The Works of the Honourable Robert Boyle. […], volume IV, London: […] A[ndrew] Millar, […], published 1744, →OCLC, section V, page 387, column 1:
glosses: One who believes in the doctrine of naturism, which attributes everything to nature.
Synonyms: word: naturist
word: nudist
Related terms: english: not to be confused
translation: not to be confused
word: naturalist
word: naturism
naturist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈneɪt͡ʃəɹɪst/
Forms: form: more naturist
form: most naturist
Etymology: From nature + -ist.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to naturism, the philosophical belief in a naked, natural life and prefers to live without clothes, often for reasons of health, ecology, religious belief, and/or ethical concerns.
glosses: Relating to or believing in the doctrine of naturism, which attributes everything to nature.
Derived terms: anarchist naturist
anarcho-naturist
naturist anarchism
naturist anarchist
naturism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: nāʹchər-ĭz-əm
ipa: /ˈneɪ.t͡ʃəɹˌɪz.əm/
Forms: form: naturisms
Etymology: Borrowed from French naturisme. By surface analysis, natur(e) + -ism.
Senses: synonyms: nudism
Adamitism
antonyms: clothism
textilism
glosses: The belief in or practice of going nude in social settings, often in mixed-gender groups, specifically either in cultures where this is not the norm or for health reasons.
glosses: The worship of the powers of nature.
Derived terms: anarchist naturism
anarcho-naturism
Related terms: english: not to be confused
translation: not to be confused
word: naturalism
word: naturist
word: naturalism
czarina
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: czarinas
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of tsarina.
tzarina
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tzarinas
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of tsarina.
whole
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /həʊl/
ipa: [həʊɫ]
ipa: [hɒʊɫ]
ipa: /hoʊl/
ipa: [hoʊɫ]
ipa: [hoːɫ]
ipa: /hɔːl/
ipa: /hwɔːl/
homophone: hole
rhymes: -əʊl
Forms: form: more whole
form: most whole
form: hole
Etymology: From Middle English hol, hole (“healthy, unhurt, whole”), from Old English hāl (“healthy, safe”), from Proto-West Germanic *hail, from Proto-Germanic *hailaz (“whole, safe, sound”), from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ilos (“healthy, whole”).
The spelling with wh-, introduced in the 15th century, represents a pronunciation with an excrescent /w/ that failed to survive in the standard language (compare one, whore).
Cognates
Compare West Frisian hiel, Low German heel/heil, Dutch heel, German heil, Danish and Norwegian Bokmål hel, Norwegian Nynorsk heil; also Welsh coel (“omen”), Breton kel (“omen, mention”), Old Prussian kails (“healthy”), Old Church Slavonic цѣлъ (cělŭ, “healthy, unhurt”). Related to hale, health, hail, hallow, heal, and holy.
Senses: examples: text: I ate a fish whole!
text: That’s a whole other story.
synonyms: word: absolutely
word: all-out
word: all the way
word: altogether
word: at large
word: at length
word: cap-a-pie
word: categorically
word: completely
word: detailly
word: downright
word: entirely
word: exhaustively
word: finally
word: first and last
word: flat-out
word: flat out
word: from aardvark to zymurgy
word: from A to Z
word: from head to toe
word: from soup to nuts
word: from stem to stern
word: from the rooter to the tooter
word: from top to bottom
word: from top to toe
word: fully
word: handsomely
word: heartily
word: head to foot
word: head to tail
word: head to toe
word: hook
word: line
word: and sinker
word: in detail
word: in full
word: lock
word: stock
word: and barrel
word: one hundred percent
word: out-and-out
word: out and out
word: outright
word: particularly
word: perfectly
word: plumb
word: purely
word: quite
word: right
word: root and branch
word: soundly
word: soup-to-nuts
word: straight up
word: through and through
word: top to tail
word: top to toe
word: totally
word: totes
word: to the bone
word: to the core
word: to the full
word: utterly
word: well and truly
word: whole
word: whole cloth
word: wholly
glosses: In entirety; entirely; wholly.
whole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /həʊl/
ipa: [həʊɫ]
ipa: [hɒʊɫ]
ipa: /hoʊl/
ipa: [hoʊɫ]
ipa: [hoːɫ]
ipa: /hɔːl/
ipa: /hwɔːl/
homophone: hole
rhymes: -əʊl
Forms: form: wholes
form: hole
Etymology: From Middle English hol, hole (“healthy, unhurt, whole”), from Old English hāl (“healthy, safe”), from Proto-West Germanic *hail, from Proto-Germanic *hailaz (“whole, safe, sound”), from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ilos (“healthy, whole”).
The spelling with wh-, introduced in the 15th century, represents a pronunciation with an excrescent /w/ that failed to survive in the standard language (compare one, whore).
Cognates
Compare West Frisian hiel, Low German heel/heil, Dutch heel, German heil, Danish and Norwegian Bokmål hel, Norwegian Nynorsk heil; also Welsh coel (“omen”), Breton kel (“omen, mention”), Old Prussian kails (“healthy”), Old Church Slavonic цѣлъ (cělŭ, “healthy, unhurt”). Related to hale, health, hail, hallow, heal, and holy.
Senses: examples: text: This variety of fascinating details didn't fall together into an enjoyable, coherent whole.
synonyms: word: entireness
word: totality
word: entireness
word: entirety
word: fullness
word: pleroma
word: totality
word: totalness
word: whole
word: wholeness
meronyms: part
glosses: Something complete, without any parts missing.
glosses: An entirety.
Derived terms: 20 whole dollars
an eye for an eye makes the whole world blind
as a whole
a whole 'nother
a whole nother
committee of the whole
double whole
double whole note
go the whole hog
go the whole pile
go whole hog
have one's whole life ahead of one
have the whole bakery
heart-whole
make whole
mean the whole world to
one bad apple can spoil the whole bunch
on the whole
out of whole cloth
part-whole bias
part-whole model
put one's whole pussy into
quadruple whole
quadruple whole note
run the whole show
the whole bang shoot
the whole caboodle
the whole nine yards
the whole shop
the whole while
the whole world
the whole world and his dog
twenty whole dollars
unwholesome
upon the whole
upon the whole matter
whole-ass
whole bag of tricks
whole ball of wax
whole blood
whole-blood coagulation time
whole boiling
whole box of tricks
whole chebang
whole child
whole cloth
whole enchilada
whole food
whole-footed
whole gale
whole-genome duplication
whole-gip
whole gip
whole grain
whole-grain
whole gyp
whole-gyp
whole-handedly
whole-heartedly
whole-heartedness
whole-hearted
wholehearted
whole hog
whole kit and caboodle
whole kit and kaboodle
whole language
whole-length
whole-life
whole life order
whole-life order
whole life tariff
whole lung lavage
wholemeal
whole milk
whole note
whole number
whole package
whole paycheck
Whole Paycheck
whole plate
whole rest
wholesale
wholesaler
whole shebang
whole shitting match
whole shooting match
whole-skinned
whole smash
whole snipe
wholesome
whole-souled
whole step
whole-time
whole-timer
whole tone
whole-tone scale
whole undern
whole-wheat
wholewheat
whole wide world
with whole skin
neger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: negers
Etymology: Perhaps from Middle French nègre, from Spanish negro; or perhaps a variant of nigger.
Senses: examples: text: The Parson still more eager, / Than lustful Turk or Neger, / Took up her lower Garment, / And said there was no harm in't, / According to the Text.
ref: c. 1700, ‘The Saint Turn'd Sinner’ (ballad)
glosses: Synonym of nigger.
synonyms: word: nigger
neu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: The name of this oncogene is abbreviated from a neuroglioblastoma cell line, from which it was originally isolated in rats.
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of neuroglioblastoma cell line.
neu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: The name of this oncogene is abbreviated from a neuroglioblastoma cell line, from which it was originally isolated in rats.
Senses: topics: medicine
oncology
sciences
glosses: Synonym of HER-2.
synonyms: word: HER-2
nymphe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nymphes
form: nymphae
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of nymph.
nur
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nurs
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of knur.
anecdote
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæn.ɪkˌdoʊt/
note: Indic
ipa: /əˈnɛk.ɖoʈ/
Forms: form: anecdotes
form: anecdota
form: anecdoton
form: anecdotum
Etymology: Late 17ᵗʰ c., from French anecdote, from Ancient Greek ἀνέκδοτος (anékdotos, “accounts unpublished”), from ἀν- (an-, “not, un-”) + ἔκδοτος (ékdotos, “published”), from ἐκδίδωμι (ekdídōmi, “I publish”), from ἐκ- (ek-, “out”) + δίδωμι (dídōmi, “I give”).
Virtually identical cognates in other European languages – French anecdote, German Anekdote, Spanish anécdota, among others.
Senses: examples: text: tell an anecdote
text: relate a short anecdote
text: Like all travellers, he is full of anecdote, and has at his command the rarest news of the time. […] Generous, convivial, and full of anecdote, the mercantile agent is a good companion, and his conversation never fails to make glad and jocund the society of that otherwise dullest of places, an English stage coach.
ref: 1839, “Commercial Travellers”, in The Merchants’ Magazine, and Commercial Review, volume I, New York, N.Y.: Freeman Hunt, […], pages 30–31:
glosses: A short account of a real incident or person, often humorous or interesting.
glosses: An account which supports an argument, but which is not supported by scientific or statistical analysis.
glosses: A previously untold secret account of an incident.
Derived terms: word: anecdotage
word: anecdotal
word: anecdotalism
word: anecdotally
word: anecdotard
word: anecdotarian
word: anecdoter
word: anecdotic
word: anecdotical
word: anecdotish
word: anecdotist
word: anecdotive
word: anecdotographer
word: the plural of anecdote is not data
anecdote
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæn.ɪkˌdoʊt/
note: Indic
ipa: /əˈnɛk.ɖoʈ/
Forms: form: anecdotes
form: anecdoting
form: anecdoted
form: anecdoted
form: anecdota
form: anecdoton
form: anecdotum
Etymology: Late 17ᵗʰ c., from French anecdote, from Ancient Greek ἀνέκδοτος (anékdotos, “accounts unpublished”), from ἀν- (an-, “not, un-”) + ἔκδοτος (ékdotos, “published”), from ἐκδίδωμι (ekdídōmi, “I publish”), from ἐκ- (ek-, “out”) + δίδωμι (dídōmi, “I give”).
Virtually identical cognates in other European languages – French anecdote, German Anekdote, Spanish anécdota, among others.
Senses: examples: text: They were all men of the same set, knowing one another intimately, and knowing the same people; so they fell to talking and anecdoting in such pleasant wise that dinner-time approached […]
ref: 1879, Eustace Clare Grenville Murray, That Artful Vicar:
text: Bob anecdoted the circus he and Jimmy had seen that afternoon.
ref: 1986, Elliot L. Gilbert, Best Short Stories from the California Quarterly, 1971-1985, page 101:
glosses: To tell anecdotes (about).
polytonic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌpɑliˈtɑnɪk/
ipa: /ˌpɒliˈtɒnɪk/
rhymes: -ɒnɪk
Etymology: From poly- + tonic.
Senses: glosses: Having several tones.
glosses: Having several tones.
Of or using the Greek system of diacritics which employs the rough and smooth breathings and the grave, acute, and circumflex accents. Replaced by the monotonic system in 1982.
Derived terms: polytonically
polytonicity
value
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: văl'ū
ipa: /ˈvæl.juː/
rhymes: -æljuː
Forms: form: values
form: valuing
form: valued
form: valued
Etymology: From Middle English valew, value, from Old French value, feminine past participle of valoir, from Latin valēre (“be strong, be worth”), from Proto-Italic *walēō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂welh₁- (“to be strong”).
Senses: examples: text: I will have the family jewels valued by a professional.
text: The property has been valued at six million pounds.
text: Economics is a messy discipline: too fluid to be a science, too rigorous to be an art. Perhaps it is fitting that economists’ most-used metric, gross domestic product (GDP), is a tangle too.[…]But as a foundation for analysis it is highly subjective: it rests on difficult decisions about what counts as a territory, what counts as output and how to value it. Indeed, economists are still tweaking it.
ref: 2013 August 3, “Boundary problems”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8847:
synonyms: evaluate
glosses: To determine or estimate the value of; to judge the worth of.
examples: text: Gold was valued highly among the Romans.
text: I value his advice.
glosses: To regard highly; think much of; place importance upon.
examples: text: I value these old photographs.
glosses: To hold dear; to cherish.
Synonyms: appreciate
assess
esteem
prize
rate
respect
treasure
valuate
worthen
Related terms: value system
vehicle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈviː.ɪ.kəl/
ipa: /ˈvɪə̯.kəl/
ipa: /ˈvi.ə.kəl/
ipa: /ˈviˌ(h)ɪ.kəl/
ipa: /ˈvɪː(ə).kəl/
note: Ireland, Indic, Appalachia
ipa: /ˈvɛ.hɪ.kəl/
rhymes: -iːɪkəl
rhymes: -ɪəkəl
rhymes: -iːəkəl
rhymes: -iːɪkəl
rhymes: -iːhɪkəl
rhymes: -ɛhɪkəl
Forms: form: vehicles
form: vehicling
form: vehicled
form: vehicled
Etymology: Borrowed from French véhicule, from Latin vehiculum (“a carriage, conveyance”), from vehere (“to carry”).
Senses: glosses: To transport in a vehicle, or as if in a vehicle.
glosses: To travel in a vehicle.
Persia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɜː(ɹ).ʒə/
ipa: /ˈpɝʒə/
ipa: /ˈpɜː(ɹ)ʃə/
Etymology: From Latin Persia, from Ancient Greek Περσίς (Persís), from Old Persian 𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿 (p-a-r-s /⁠pārsa⁠/).
Senses: glosses: The former term referring to Iran in the West.
glosses: Persia proper (Persis), the land of the ancient Persians, corresponding to modern-day Fars province in southwestern Iran.
glosses: Territories corresponding to either of the two Persian Empires ruled by dynasties from Persis, especially the first of the two.
Synonyms: Persis
Derived terms: Persian
Related terms: peach
Farsi
batman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbæt.mən/
Forms: form: batmen
Etymology: From bat (“packsaddle”) + man. The element bat is from French bât, from Old French bast, from Late Latin bastum, possibly from Ancient Greek βαστάζω (bastázō, “to bear, carry, lift”).
Senses: examples: text: [A]s a rule the chambers were occupied only by Stack, who had been Wilfrid's batman in the war, and had for him one of those sphinx-like habits which wear better than expressed devotions.
ref: 1932, John Galsworthy, chapter III, in Flowering Wilderness […], London: William Heinemann, →OCLC, page 19:
topics: government
military
politics
war
synonyms: orderly
glosses: A servant or valet to a military officer.
examples: text: He became my retainer, my batman, the solution to my ever-growing need for an extra pair of hands.
ref: 2008, Darren Smith, Fade, →ISBN, page 278:
text: Thank you to a special Carer, Thank you for being my nurse, My housemaid, and my cook, My batman and my chauffeur, And my eyes when I forget to look!
ref: 2012, Jeffery Hayton, Just One More Time, →ISBN, page 78:
text: The Quease, as you will have read, thought this a huge cheek and, as is ever the case with her, was not slow to point it out. She further accused me of treating him as my batman.
ref: 2014, Andrew S Cowan, Estate Life, →ISBN, page 186:
glosses: A personal assistant or supporter.
batman
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbæt.mən/
Forms: form: batmans
form: batmanning
form: batmanned
form: batmanned
Etymology: From bat (“packsaddle”) + man. The element bat is from French bât, from Old French bast, from Late Latin bastum, possibly from Ancient Greek βαστάζω (bastázō, “to bear, carry, lift”).
Senses: examples: text: Batmanning was voluntary. McPherson was a bit incensed about the loss of his batman, but he made do with somebody else.
ref: 1985, Chris Vokes, John Philip Maclean, Vokes, my story, page 98:
text: OK, I batmanned. Give me an Xterm.
ref: 2000, Baylor Wetzel, Winter Project, →ISBN, page 96:
text: Yes, well, had I known you were having a row with the loo, I would have batmanned the other direction.
ref: 2014, Andris Bear, Lust:
text: The preservation of the batmanning system in captivity was established through an Anglo-German agreement of 1918, which had allowed one orderly to be allocated to a group of seven imprisoned captains, one to a group of four field officers and one to each general.
ref: 2017, Clare Makepeace, Captives of War, →ISBN:
glosses: To act as a batman, wait on an officer.
Related terms: batter
batty man
batman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbæt.mən/
ipa: /batˈman/
rhymes: -an
ipa: /ˈbæt.mən/
Forms: form: batmans
Etymology: From Ottoman Turkish بطمان (batman). Cognate with Chagatai [script needed] (bātmān).
Senses: qualifier: Turkish units of measure
glosses: A unit of weight established in 1931 equal to 10 kg.
examples: text: Euery bateman [in Bagdad] maketh 7. pound and 5. ounces English waight.
ref: 1583 July 20, J. Newbery, letter in Richard Hakluyt's The Principall Navigations, Voiages, and Discoveries of the English Nation, p. 209
text: A Batman is fiue and fiftie pound weight English.
ref: 1614, Samuel Purchas, Purchas His Pilgrimage, page 544:
text: Their weights [in Khiva] are the great batman equal to 18 lb. russian, and the lesser batman 9¼.
ref: 1753, G. Thompson & al. in Jonas Hanway's Historical Account of the British Trade over the Caspian Sea, Vol. I, p. 351
text: At Smyrna, the cantaro, or kintal, contains 45 okes, or 100 rottoli. The batman is 6 okes, or 2400 drachms; and the oke is 400 drachms, and the rottolo = 180 drachms. The cantaro of 45 okes weighs 123 lbs. 4 oz. avoirdupois; and, therefore, the oke is = 2 lbs. 11 oz. 13 drs. avoirdupois.
ref: 1819, Abraham Rees, The Cyclopaedia, Vol. XXX, s.v. "Rottolo"
text: 6107. Turkish Weights. The Turkish Chequi is 11⅓ ounces avoirdupois...
1 Batman = 6 Okas
1 Oka = 4 Chequi
ref: 1900, William B. Dick, Encyclopedia of Practical Receipts and Processes, page 530:
topics: units-of-measure
glosses: A Turkish unit of weight varying by location, time, and item from 2–8 okas (about 2.5–10 kg).
Synonyms: english: Persian contexts
translation: Persian contexts
alt: من
word: man
english: Indian contexts
translation: Indian contexts
word: maund
Meronyms: sense: subdivisions
word: dirhem
sense: subdivisions
word: dram
sense: subdivisions
word: cheki
sense: subdivisions
word: rottol
sense: subdivisions
word: rotl
sense: subdivisions
word: oka
sense: superdivisions
word: kantar
sense: superdivisions
word: quintal
sense: superdivisions
word: cheki
batman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbæt.mən/
ipa: /batˈman/
rhymes: -an
ipa: /ˈbæt.mæn/
ipa: /ˈbæt.mən/
ipa: /batˈman/
rhymes: -an
Etymology: In reference to the superhero Batman.
Senses: glosses: Coelostathma discopunctana, a moth of Eastern North America.
batman
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbæt.mən/
ipa: /batˈman/
rhymes: -an
ipa: /ˈbæt.mæn/
ipa: /ˈbæt.mən/
ipa: /batˈman/
rhymes: -an
Forms: form: batmans
form: batmanning
form: batmanned
form: batmanned
Etymology: In reference to the superhero Batman.
Senses: examples: text: At 16,200 feet I batmanned madly down the fixed ropes, stopping constantly to catch my breath, not sure how much longer I could continue.
ref: 1993, Steve Roper, Allen Steck, The Best of Ascent: Twenty-Five Years of the Mountaineering Experience:
text: Instead, they batmanned effortlessly hand-over-hand up the rope like kids pulling in perch.
ref: 2005, Alan Hobson, Jamie Clarke, Above All Else: The Everest Dream, →ISBN, page 53:
text: The Germans had left fixed ropes in place, which the Brits unashamedly batmanned up to reach the summit ridge.
ref: 2006, Alpinist - Issue 18; Issue 20, page 36:
text: So without hesitation I “batmanned” the rope, freed it, and we continued.
ref: 2011, Kerry Burns, Cameron Burns, Climb: Tales of Man Versus Boulder, Crag, Wall, and Peak, →ISBN, page 96:
text: When climbers fall they will usually want to return to their high point to resume climbing, and that will either involve batmanning or boinking.
ref: 2018, Nate Fitch, Ron Funderburke, Climbing: From First-Timer to Gym Climber, →ISBN:
topics: climbing
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: To climb up or down a rope free hand (i.e. as Batman does).
outfox
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌaʊtˈfɒks/
ipa: /ˌaʊtˈfɑks/
rhymes: -ɒks
Forms: form: outfoxes
form: outfoxing
form: outfoxed
form: outfoxed
Etymology: From out- + fox.
Senses: examples: text: You can win games in two ways. You either outtalent and outmuscle your opponent because you have all the big, fast studs, or you outfox, outplot, and outmaneuver your opponent because you have a system that your opponents can't prepare for in one week.
ref: 2002, The Football Coaching Bible, page 145:
synonyms: word: outwit
word: outthink
word: outmaneuver
word: outguess
word: outslick
word: overreach
glosses: To beat (someone) in a competition of wits with superior cleverness or cunning; to outsmart.
Derived terms: outfoxer
outwit
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /aʊtˈwɪt/
rhymes: -ɪt
Forms: form: outwits
form: outwitting
form: outwitted
form: outwitted
Etymology: From out- + wit.
Senses: examples: text: But my dear Lady Teazle 'tis your own fault if you suffer it—when a Husband entertains a groundless suspicion of his Wife and withdraws his confidence from her—the original compact is broke and she owes it to the Honour of her sex to endeavour to outwit him—
ref: 1777, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, The School for Scandal, IV.iii:
glosses: To get the better of; to outsmart, to beat in a competition of wits.
Synonyms: outfox
outguess
outsmart
overreach
Derived terms: outwittal
outwitter
outsmart
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /aʊtˈsmɑː(ɹ)t/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)t
Forms: form: outsmarts
form: outsmarting
form: outsmarted
form: outsmarted
Etymology: From out- + smart.
Senses: examples: text: Maldonado, who is in only his second season in Formula 1, won the Spanish Grand Prix after his team outsmarted Ferrari with pit-stop timing.
ref: 2012 May 13, Andrew Benson, “Williams's Pastor Maldonado takes landmark Spanish Grand Prix win”, in BBC Sport:
glosses: To beat in a competition of wits.
Synonyms: outfox
outguess
outwit
Derived terms: outsmarter
INS
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: INSs
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Initialism of isolated neutron star.
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
coordinate_terms: INU
IRU
IRS
glosses: Initialism of inertial navigation system.
INS
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Immigration and Naturalization Service.
topics: government
military
nautical
politics
transport
war
glosses: Initialism of Indian Naval Ship.
Related terms: sense: star
word: RRAT
sense: star
word: AXP
sense: star
word: SGR
sense: star
word: pulsar
sense: star
word: magnetar
topics: naval
navy
military
war
government
politics
word: HMIS
big up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: bigs up
form: bigging up
form: bigged up
form: bigged up
form: big upped
form: big upped
Senses: examples: text: She was bigged up—had a weight-lifter's rippling arms.
ref: 2007, David Handler, The Bright Silver Star: A Berger and Mitry Mystery:
glosses: To increase one's muscle mass.
examples: text: Relatively simple multicellular forms had already existed for a hundred million years when the Cambrian began: the explosion had a long fuse, and during this earlier fizzling life experimented with various ways to big up.
ref: 2012, Caspar Henderson, The Book of Barely Imagined Beings, page 83:
glosses: To become big.
glosses: To behave confidently and proudly.
examples: text: I want to big up my bro on the mic.
text: They're trying to big themselves up to be more than they are.
text: In a keynote speech, attended by over 2,000 people, Steve Jobs spent the first 10 minutes bigging up the move to Intel chips.
ref: 2007, Apple announces new mobile phone, BBC Online, 9 January 2007
text: Some say of me, "There's Adrian again in the media, bigging himself up.
ref: 2017, Daniel Tammet, Every Word is a Bird We Teach to Sing, →ISBN, page 162:
text: Bradshaw bigs up local trades: "Agricultural produce, good cider and perry (which require a little brandy to qualify them), wool, hops, and prime cattle, - the last being a splendid breed, white-faced, with soft reddish-brown coats. [...]."
ref: 2022 August 24, Stephen Roberts, “Bradshaw's Britain: the Cotswold Line”, in RAIL, number 964, page 61:
glosses: To proclaim or exaggerate the importance of; to promote.
Synonyms: sense: become big
word: enlarge
sense: increase one's muscle mass
word: build up
sense: increase one's muscle mass
word: bulk up
sense: increase one's muscle mass
word: pump iron
sense: increase one's muscle mass
word: work out
sense: exaggerate the importance of
word: overemphasize
sense: exaggerate the importance of
word: overplay
sense: exaggerate the importance of
word: play up
sense: exaggerate the importance of
word: sell
big up
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: big ups
Senses: examples: text: I want to give a big up to my bro on the mic.
qualifier: also big ups
glosses: Significant respect or acclaim.
Synonyms: sense: significant respect
word: props
sense: significant respect
word: respect
Related terms: strength training
shout out
word up
Jim
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /d͡ʒɪm/
homophone: gym
rhymes: -ɪm
Forms: form: Jims
Senses: examples: text: Instead, they found the building locked and doors blocked by a plainclothes administrator named Jim Hairfield, who works in the agency’s security and facilities office, according to the education department website.
ref: 2025 February 7, Alex Baumhardt, “Oregon Rep. Bonamici among electeds inexplicably locked out of U.S. Education Department”, in Oregon Capital Chronicle:
glosses: A diminutive of the male given name James.
Synonyms: Jimmie
Jimmy
Derived terms: Jim Hill mustard
Jim Hogg County
Jim Thorpe
Jim Wells County
Related terms: Jaime
James
Jamie
Jimmi
Jimmie
Jimmy
direct
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /daɪˈɹɛkt/
ipa: /dɪˈɹɛkt/
ipa: /dəˈɹɛkt/
ipa: /daɪ̯əˈɹɛkt/
note: Indic
ipa: /ɖa(j)ˈrɛkʈ/
rhymes: -ɛkt
Forms: form: more direct
form: most direct
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin dīrectus, perfect passive participle of dīrigō (“straighten, direct”), from dis- (“asunder, in pieces, apart, in two”) + regō (“make straight, rule”). Compare dress. Doublet of derecho.
For the meaning development compare with Russian напра́вить (naprávitʹ, “to direct, to turn, to aim, to level, to point”), отпра́вить (otprávitʹ, “to send, to dispatch, to forward”) connected with пра́вить (právitʹ, “to govern, to rule, to drive, to steer”).
Senses: examples: text: The walls, which are fixed direct into the ground without a plinth, are made of wattle and plastered with a thin lair of mud or cowdung.
ref: 1912, Central Provinces (India), Central Provinces District Gazetteers, page 96:
text: Presumably Mary is to carry messages that she, Anne, is too delicate to convey direct.
ref: 2009, Hilary Mantel, Wolf Hall, Fourth Estate, published 2010, page 346:
glosses: Directly.
direct
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /daɪˈɹɛkt/
ipa: /dɪˈɹɛkt/
ipa: /dəˈɹɛkt/
ipa: /daɪ̯əˈɹɛkt/
note: Indic
ipa: /ɖa(j)ˈrɛkʈ/
rhymes: -ɛkt
Forms: form: directs
form: directing
form: directed
form: directed
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin dīrectus, perfect passive participle of dīrigō (“straighten, direct”), from dis- (“asunder, in pieces, apart, in two”) + regō (“make straight, rule”). Compare dress. Doublet of derecho.
For the meaning development compare with Russian напра́вить (naprávitʹ, “to direct, to turn, to aim, to level, to point”), отпра́вить (otprávitʹ, “to send, to dispatch, to forward”) connected with пра́вить (právitʹ, “to govern, to rule, to drive, to steer”).
Senses: examples: text: to direct the affairs of a nation or the movements of an army
text: Pent up in Utica he vainly forms
A poor Epitome of Roman Greatneſs,
And, cover’d with Numidian Guards, directs
A feeble Army, and an empty Senate,
Remnants of mighty Battels fought in vain.
ref: 1712 (date written), [Joseph] Addison, Cato, a Tragedy. […], London: […] J[acob] Tonson, […], published 1713, →OCLC, Act I, scene i, page 2:
glosses: To manage, control, steer.
examples: text: They directed their fire towards the men on the wall.
text: He directed his question to the room in general.
glosses: To aim (something) at (something else).
examples: text: He directed me to the left-hand road.
text: the next points to which I will direct your attention
ref: 1882, John Lubbock, Flowers, Fruits and Leaves:
glosses: To point out to or show (somebody) the right course or way; to guide, as by pointing out the way; to refer.
examples: text: She directed them to leave immediately.
text: I'll first direct my men what they shall do.
ref: c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merry Wiues of Windsor”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene ii]:
glosses: To point out to with authority; to instruct as a superior; to order.
examples: text: [A]s I do not know where I shall be, and shall have my letters sent after me as soon as I do know, continue to direct hither.
ref: 1792, Charlotte Smith, Desmond, Broadview, published 2001, page 310:
glosses: To address (a letter) to a particular person or place.
Derived terms: co-direct
codirect
directability
directable
directee
directrix
misdirect
outdirect
overdirect
overdirecting
redirect
redirective
stereodirect
subdirect
underdirect
undirect
Related terms: adroit
direction
directly
director
dirge
dirigible
dress
felon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: fĕlʹən
ipa: /ˈfɛlən/
rhymes: -ɛlən
Forms: form: felons
Etymology: From Middle English feloun, felone (“type of carbuncle or sore with pus; swelling on a hawk’s body”), possibly from Old French *felon, from Latin fel (“bile, gall; bitterness; poison; venom”): see etymology 1.
Senses: examples: text: He hev been away from home for a few days, since he's had that felon upon his finger; for a' said, since I can't work I'll have a hollerday.
ref: 1874, Thomas Hardy, “In the Sun—a Harbinger”, in Far from the Madding Crowd. […], volume II, London: Smith, Elder & Co., […], →OCLC, page 31:
topics: biology
medicine
natural-sciences
pathology
sciences
veterinary
zoology
glosses: A small infected sore; an abscess, a boil; specifically, a whitlow (“infection near or under the cuticle of a fingernail or toenail”).
femur
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfiːmə(ɹ)/
rhymes: -iːmə(ɹ)
Forms: form: femurs
form: femora
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin femur (“thigh”).
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: A thighbone.
topics: biology
entomology
natural-sciences
glosses: The middle segment of the leg of an insect, between the trochanter and the tibia.
topics: arachnology
biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: A segment of the leg of an arachnid.
Derived terms: femoral
femur fibula ulna syndrome
femur head
forefemur
mesofemur
metafemur
prefemur
transfemoral
practical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɹæktɪkəl/
Forms: form: more practical
form: most practical
Etymology: From Middle English practical, practicale, praktycall, from Medieval Latin practicālis.
Senses: examples: text: Jack didn't get an engineering degree, but has practical knowledge of metalworking.
text: Modern engineering applies science to practical problems.
glosses: Relating to, or based on, practice or action rather than theory or hypothesis.
examples: text: Jack's knowledge has the practical benefit of giving us useful prototype parts.
text: Recruits will be taught in-depth electrical and mechanical engineering as well as gaining practical experience in rail maintenance.
ref: 2021 February 24, “Rail industry marks National Apprenticeship Week”, in RAIL, number 925, page 17:
glosses: Being likely to be effective and applicable to a real situation; able to be put to use.
examples: text: All in all, Jack's a very practical chap.
glosses: Of a person, having skills or knowledge that are practical.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
theater
glosses: Of a prop: having some degree of functionality, rather than being a mere imitation.
examples: text: Practical lighting can help sell the illusion that the film is a real situation.
topics: broadcasting
film
media
television
glosses: Light fixtures used for set lighting and seen in the frame of a shot as part of the scenery.
Derived terms: agropractical
empractical
for all practical purposes
nonpractical
practical alchemy
practical completion
practical effect
practicalism
practicalist
practicality
practicalize
practical joke
practical joker
practical light
practically
practicalness
practical number
practical nurse
practical reason
semipractical
theoretico-practical
ultrapractical
unpractical
visuopractical
Related terms: practicable
practice
practise
practitioner
pragmatic
practical
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɹæktɪkəl/
Forms: form: practicals
Etymology: From Middle English practical, practicale, praktycall, from Medieval Latin practicālis.
Senses: glosses: A part of an exam or series of exams in which the candidate has to demonstrate their practical ability
examples: text: Practicals are used onstage as they would be used in real life. If the sound cue is to be from a radio or television, give qualities to the recording that will maintain the sense of the medium.
ref: 2013, Deena Kaye, James LeBrecht, Sound and Music for the Theatre: The Art & Technique of Design:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
theater
glosses: A prop that has some degree of functionality, rather than being a mere imitation.
examples: text: A naturalistic set is normally dressed with all the furnishings and props to be found in a real room. This includes electric light fittings which, when they actually light, are known as practicals.
ref: 2001, Francis Reid, The Stage Lighting Handbook, page 124:
topics: broadcasting
film
media
television
glosses: A light fixture used for set lighting and seen in the frame of a shot as part of the scenery.
glosses: Laboratory experiment, test or investigation
ob
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɒb/
rhymes: -ɒb
Forms: form: obs
Etymology: From Latin ob, abbreviation of obolus.
Senses: glosses: a halfpenny
ob
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɒb/
rhymes: -ɒb
Forms: form: obs
Etymology: Abbreviations.
Senses: glosses: an objection
topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: the obese gene
topics: climatology
meteorology
natural-sciences
glosses: observation
Coordinate terms: sense: objection
word: sol
Related terms: english: etymologically unrelated
translation: etymologically unrelated
word: ob-gyn
chortle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: chôr'təl
ipa: /ˈt͡ʃɔɹtəl/
ipa: [ˈt͡ʃɔɹɾɫ̩]
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)təl
Forms: form: chortles
Etymology: Perhaps a blend of chuckle + snort. Coined by Lewis Carroll in his poem Jabberwocky, completed in 1855 but only introduced to the public in his 1871 novel Through the Looking-Glass.
Senses: examples: text: He frequently interrupted himself with chortles while he told us his favorite joke.
glosses: A joyful, somewhat muffled laugh, rather like a snorting chuckle.
glosses: A similar sounding vocalisation of various birds.
Synonyms: chuckle
chortle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: chôr'təl
ipa: /ˈt͡ʃɔɹtəl/
ipa: [ˈt͡ʃɔɹɾɫ̩]
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)təl
Forms: form: chortles
form: chortling
form: chortled
form: chortled
Etymology: Perhaps a blend of chuckle + snort. Coined by Lewis Carroll in his poem Jabberwocky, completed in 1855 but only introduced to the public in his 1871 novel Through the Looking-Glass.
Senses: examples: text: The old fellow chortled as he recalled his youthful adventures.
text: 'O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy.
ref: 1871, Lewis Carroll, Jabberwocky:
glosses: To laugh with a chortle or chortles.
Synonyms: chuckle
Derived terms: chortler
chortlingly
snortle
mood
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: enpr: mo͞od
ipa: /muːd/
ipa: /mʉd/
rhymes: -uːd
homophone: mooed (except Scotland)
Etymology: From Middle English mood, mode, mod, from Old English mōd (“mind,” in poetry also “heart, spirit, courage”), from Proto-West Germanic *mōd, from Proto-Germanic *mōdaz (“sense, courage, zeal, anger”), from Proto-Indo-European *moh₁-, *meh₁- (“endeavour, will, temper”). Cognate with Scots mude, muid (“mood, courage, spirit, temper, disposition”), Saterland Frisian Moud (“courage”), West Frisian moed (“mind, spirit, courage, will, intention”), Dutch moed (“courage, bravery, heart, valor”), German Low German Mood (“mind, heart, courage”), German Mut (“courage, braveness, heart, spirit”), Danish mod (“courage, heart, bravery”), Swedish mod (“courage, heart, bravery”), Icelandic móður (“wrath, grief, moodiness”), Latin mōs (“will, humour, wont, inclination, mood”), Russian сметь (smetʹ, “to dare, venture”).
Senses: examples: text: ⁠—I am feeling very exhausted today. ⁠—Mood.
text: I mean, mood. Courteney Cox showing Kimmel her completely empty pantry over Zoom while explaining that her family is snacking more than usual is relatable content.
ref: 2020 April 22, Julia Alexander, “The joy of spying on celebrity homes over Zoom and Instagram Live”, in The Verge:
text: Joon posted a video with a stray cat with the caption 'V's tweet was like #mood'.
ref: 2021 June 2, “BTS' Butter makes Billboard history, debuts at number 1 on Hot 100 chart”, in Pinkvilla, archived from the original on 03 Dec 2022:
text: You can't just say Mood and post random unrelated shit!
ref: 2022 January 15, Smrutisnat Jena, “10 Times Bollywood Celebrities Posted Something On Instagram & Desi Internet Just Went 'Hain?'”, in ScoopWhoop:
text: I mean…MOOD!
ref: 2022 June 7, Gretty Garcia, “Princess Charlotte Adorably Corrected Prince George's Posture at the Jubilee Pageant”, in Cosmopolitan:
synonyms: big mood
glosses: Used to express that the speaker finds something very relatable.
mood
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: mo͞od
ipa: /muːd/
ipa: /mʉd/
rhymes: -uːd
homophone: mooed (except Scotland)
Forms: form: moods
head_nr: 1
Etymology: Alteration of mode, from Latin modus.
Senses: examples: text: The mood most frequently encountered in English is the indicative, of which the mood in this sentence is an example.
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
head_nr: 2
synonyms: grammatical mood
mode
glosses: A verb form that depends on how its containing clause relates to the speaker’s or writer’s wish, intent, or assertion about reality.
Derived terms: word: conditional mood
english: subjunctive mood
translation: subjunctive mood
word: conjunctive mood
word: imperative mood
word: indicative mood
Related terms: modal
mode
model
moderate
modern
module
aspect
tense