cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Blind Freddy
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: The use of "Blind Freddy" meaning "anyone can see..." dates to at least 1907
Theories concerning actual persons called Blind Freddy include reference to:
* A blind hawker called Freddy or Freddie who lived in Sydney in the 1920s.
* A police officer, Sir Frederick William Pottinger, who was in charge of the Lachlan district. The success of bushranger Ben Hall in evading capture there in 1862 is claimed to have earned Pottinger the nickname "Blind Freddy". However, no contemporary evidence that Pottinger was so called exists.
Various Australian individuals were known as "Blind Freddy(ie)" from at least 1902, in apparent reference to an actual physical infirmity
Senses: examples: text: “I thought you might have bet on Mart,” Angus said coldly. “Just for old times′ sake.”
“Don't be Uncle Willy,” Jerry admonished him, mildly. “Old Blind Freddy could'a seen Mart was a gonner. Although I admit I had the wind up a couple′a times!” Angus felt the blood rise in his face.
ref: 1965, Leonie Judith Gibson Kramer, editor, Coast to Coast: Australian Stories, 1963-1964, page 80:
text: Mr Cook said ‘Look, blind Freddy would know that was for scaffolding,’ and he said, ‘Yes, of course,’. He did not have to be told, blind Freddy would know it, anybody in the timber trade would know it.
ref: 1973, Council of Law Reporting for New South Wales, New South Wales Law Reports, volume 2, page 54:
text: Blind Freddy could have seen that Danny was being beaten pointless, but Laurie refused to shift him until the last quarter.
ref: 1978, David Williamson, The Club, page 18:
glosses: An imaginary incapacitated person held up as an archetype of incapacity: what blind Freddy can see (understand) must be very obvious.
whisperer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: whisperers
Etymology: From whisper + -er. The extended senses were popularized by the film The Horse Whisperer (1998).
Senses: glosses: Someone who whispers.
glosses: Someone who tells secrets; a gossip.
glosses: Someone who is skilled in taming or training a certain kind of animal, using gentle vocal commands and body language as opposed to physical contact. See horse whisperer.
examples: text: dog whisperer
text: hormone whisperer
text: 'Cause I hear you've been worse than usual this morning and I didn't think that was possible. So I've been dispatched to be the Steve whisperer.
ref: 2015, Aaron Sorkin, Walter Isaacson, Steve Jobs, spoken by John Sculley (Jeff Daniels):
text: Among my coworkers, I'd been developing a reputation as a boss-whisperer, in part due to the success of my unusual negotiation strategy, and as of that week, the unexpected success of the billboard.
ref: 2020, Emily Segal, Mercury Retrograde, New York: Deluge Books, →ISBN:
text: These include Steve Davies, The Boring Company CEO, and Omead Afshar, who once led Tesla's Gigafactory in Austin and is nicknamed “the Elon whisperer”.
ref: 2023 September 30, Hannah Murphy, “The wildest job in Silicon Valley”, in FT Weekend, Life & Arts, page 18:
glosses: Someone who has an uncanny ability to control or manipulate a certain thing or person; an expert or guru in a particular field or subject
Derived terms: AI whisperer
dragon whisperer
horse whisperer
pyramids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pyramid
pyramids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The game of pyramid pool.
pyramids
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of pyramid
yield up the ghost
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: yields up the ghost
form: yielding up the ghost
form: yielded up the ghost
form: yielded up the ghost
form: give up the ghost
form: yield the ghost
Senses: examples: text: Then fell she down straightway at his feet, and yielded up the ghost: and the young men came in, and found her dead, and, carrying her forth, buried her by her husband.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Acts 5:10:
glosses: For a person, to die.
stainer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsteɪnɚ/
rhymes: -eɪnə(ɹ)
Forms: form: stainers
Etymology: From stain + -er.
Senses: glosses: Something that stains.
glosses: One who stains or tarnishes.
glosses: A workman who applies a stain to wood, etc.
Derived terms: cotton stainer
painter-stainer
paper stainer
tooth-stainer
follow in someone's footsteps
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: follows in someone's footsteps
form: following in someone's footsteps
form: followed in someone's footsteps
form: followed in someone's footsteps
form: follow in someone's steps
Senses: synonyms: tread in someone's footsteps
tread in someone's steps
glosses: To follow the same path as someone; to take actions similar to another's.
roulette wheel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: roulette wheels
Senses: topics: gambling
games
glosses: A slotted wheel that rotates horizontally; players bet on which slot the ball will stop in.
Related terms: human roulette wheel
mue
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /mjuː/
ipa: /mju/
homophone: mew
homophone: mu
rhymes: -uː
Forms: form: mues
form: muing
form: mued
form: mued
Etymology: See mew.
Senses: examples: text: Their nakedneſſe with ſackcloth let them hide, / And mue the veſt'ments of their ſilken pride; […]
ref: 1620, Fra[ncis] Quarles, “Sect[ion] 10”, in A Feast for Wormes. Set Forth in a Poeme of the History of Ionah, London: […] Felix Kyngston, for Richard Moore, […], →OCLC, signature H3, recto:
glosses: Alternative spelling of mew (“to moult”).
SLAGIATT
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Initialism of seemed like a good idea at the time.
victory at sea
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Reputed to refer to the wind-blown rolling seas in the movie and television series Victory at Sea.
Senses: examples: text: It is total "Victory at Sea" out there today- 17 to 25 knot onshore winds kicking up big. messy windswell/chop everywhere.
ref: 1995, Tom Tweed, “1/5/95 sd cali. surf 7-8' onshore slop”, in alt.surfing (Usenet):
text: It is extremely fast and comfortable to ride in 2 foot chop like we had in the ocean today. It will still run near 60 in that "victory at sea" if one can hang on.
ref: 1998, Jim Shuck, “Watercraft World Recap”, in rec.sport.jetski (Usenet):
text: 2004, Vans Triple Crown press release 11.16.2004 https://web.archive.org/web/20060321040308/http://www.transworldsurf.com/surf/competition/article/0,19929,783378,00.html
A diminishing swell Saturday led officials to call for a lay day, then a strong on-shore storm system moved through overnight leaving victory at sea conditions yesterday.
text: It's not Maui, but wind swell becoming Victory At Sea conditions on the outside as it goes 4.2.
ref: 2005, Glenn Woodell, “Omaezaki?”, in rec.windsurfing (Usenet):
text: HIGH SURF AND DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS CONTINUE TODAY WITH VICTORY AT SEA CONDITIONS. SOME BEACH EROSION HAS LIKELY OCCURRED OVER IN THE PANHANDLE.
ref: 2011, National Weather Service, Area Forecast Discussion Tallahassee FL 11:28 AM EDT Mon Sep 5 2011:
glosses: Ocean conditions that are very windblown and messy, possibly to the point of being inimical to surfing and other watersports.
wikipedia: Victory at Sea
kook cord
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kook cords
Etymology: See kook (“unskilful boarder”).
Senses: examples: text: As recently as 1971, surf leashes were called "kook cords" by a surfing world that grew up thinking that a surfer must pay for his mistakes by swimming.
ref: 2000, Ben Marcus, surfline.com http://www.surfline.com/surfaz/surfaz.cfm?id=921
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
surfing
glosses: A leg rope.
leggie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: leggies
Etymology: From leg + -ie.
Senses: examples: text: Once when I was trying to make his position a little more comfortable, he said — "Never mind left leggie, mamma; it does not need any care. What would I give if poor right leggie was only like it once more!"
ref: 1870, Nearer to Jesus, memorials of Robert Walter Fergus:
glosses: A leg (limb).
examples: text: I'm still top leggie, says Warne [article title]
ref: 2004 February 12, Chloe Saltau, The Age:
topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A leg spin bowler, i.e. leg spinner.
examples: text: Boon couldn't handle my inswingers, Waugh had no idea with my off-cutters and my leggies were making Taylor dizzy.
ref: 1995, Paul Vautin, Turn It Up!, Sydney: Pan Macmillan Australia, page 7:
topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A leg break delivery.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
surfing
glosses: A leg rope.
all-weather
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: an all-weather tire
text: She is popular with passengers as an all-weather vessel, but rather the reverse with yachtsmen as she has at times proved somewhat unwieldy, and certainly takes up a good deal of space in the narrow channels.
ref: 1956 February, R. C. Riley, “The Lymington Railway and Isle of Wight Ferry”, in Railway Magazine, page 82:
text: For China the Aksai Chin serves as a necessary communications link; an all-weather road system goes through there.
ref: 1987, Steven A. Hoffmann, “Ambiguity and India's claims to the Aksai Chin”, in Central Asian Survey, volume 6, number 3, pages 33–60:
text: It could be argued that many of the counties struggling to run an all-weather service are the same ones already suffering from under-investment, crumbling infrastructure, congestion, and poor reliability.
ref: 2024 September 4, Ben Jones, “Extreme weather: are they coping in Europe?”, in RAIL, number 1017, page 57:
glosses: Not affected by climatic conditions; capable of normal operation regardless of precipitation, wind, sun, etc.
examples: text: an all-weather friend
coordinate_terms: fair-weather
glosses: Always there when needed, reliable, dependable, loyal, faithful.
Derived terms: all-weather tyre
Related terms: through thick and thin
pope's living room
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From the tube (i.e. tubular wave) being a highly desirable place and imagining the Pope has the privilege of going there or being there all the time.
Senses: examples: text: It was the layback, a casual declaration of civil disobedience in the pope's living room, our own aquatic limbo act.
ref: 2001, Jason Borte, surfline.com http://www.surfline.com/surfaz/surfaz.cfm?id=847
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
surfing
glosses: The inside of a tube (i.e. of a wave making a tube).
using
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈjuː.zɪŋ/
ipa: /ˈju.zɪŋ/
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of use
using
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈjuː.zɪŋ/
ipa: /ˈju.zɪŋ/
Forms: form: usings
Senses: examples: text: It brings his payings into close and convenient correspondence with his usings of commodities, and different branches of his expenditure thus become easily comparable.
ref: 1910, Philip H. Wicksteed, The Commonsense of Political Economy:
glosses: use; utilization
bringing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɹɪŋɪŋ/
rhymes: -ɪŋɪŋ
Forms: form: brynging
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of bring
bringing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɹɪŋɪŋ/
rhymes: -ɪŋɪŋ
Forms: form: bringings
form: brynging
Senses: examples: text: Now, it seems intuitively obvious that these indirect bringings about are genuine actions[…]
ref: 1984, Michael J. Zimmerman, An essay on human action, page 93:
glosses: The act by which something is brought.
Derived terms: onbringing
playing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpleɪ.ɪŋ/
note: Indic
ipa: /ˈple.jɪŋ(ɡ)/
Forms: form: playings
Etymology: From Middle English playing; equivalent to play + -ing.
Senses: examples: text: […] the Nielsen figures show that average viewership across all playings fell by only 40 percent and that total viewership of the entire season’s episodes fell by only 20 percent.
ref: 2009 January 19, Edward Wyatt, “‘Big Love’ Gets a Big Tie to Real World”, in New York Times:
glosses: An occasion on which something, such as a song or show, is played.
raw_tags: of play
Derived terms: playing piece
playing time
playing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpleɪ.ɪŋ/
note: Indic
ipa: /ˈple.jɪŋ(ɡ)/
Etymology: From Middle English playing; equivalent to play + -ing.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of play
Related terms: sense: related to noun or verb
word: ball-playing
sense: related to noun or verb
word: cardplaying
sense: related to noun or verb
word: extended playing time
sense: related to noun or verb
word: gameplaying
sense: related to noun or verb
word: hooky-playing
sense: related to noun or verb
word: level playing field
sense: related to noun or verb
word: long-playing
sense: related to noun or verb
word: massively multiplayer online role-playing game
sense: related to noun or verb
word: nonplaying
sense: related to noun or verb
word: non-playing
sense: related to noun or verb
word: playing card
sense: related to noun or verb
word: playing field
sense: related to noun or verb
word: playingly
sense: related to noun or verb
word: postplaying
sense: related to noun or verb
word: role-playing
sense: related to noun or verb
word: role playing game
sense: related to noun or verb
word: role-playing game
sense: related to noun or verb
word: role-playing video game
sense: related to noun or verb
word: roll-playing
sense: related to noun or verb
word: stageplaying
showing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈʃəʊɪŋ/
ipa: /ˈʃoʊɪŋ/
rhymes: -əʊɪŋ
Forms: form: shewing
Etymology: From Middle English schewynge, schewand, schewande, schewende, from Old English sċēawiende, from Proto-West Germanic *skauwōndī, from Proto-Germanic *skawwōndz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *skawwōną (“to look, observe”), equivalent to show + -ing.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of show
showing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈʃəʊɪŋ/
ipa: /ˈʃoʊɪŋ/
rhymes: -əʊɪŋ
Forms: form: showings
form: shewing
Etymology: From Middle English schewyng, schewinge, from Old English sċēawung (“a looking at, contemplation, consideration; respect, regard; survey, examination; a show, appearance, pretense”), from Proto-West Germanic *skauwungu, from Proto-Germanic *skawwungō, equivalent to show + -ing. Cognate with Dutch schouwing (“inspection, survey”), German Schauung (“vision”).
Senses: examples: text: We went to the midnight showing of the new horror movie.
glosses: An occasion when something is shown.
examples: text: He made a poor showing at his first time at bat.
glosses: A result, a judgement.
Derived terms: showing finger
showing off
asking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæskɪŋ/
ipa: /ˈɑːskɪŋ/
ipa: /ˈaskɪŋ/
ipa: /ˈeəskɪŋ/
note: African-American Vernacular
ipa: /ˈæksɪŋ/
Etymology: From Middle English askinge, askande, from Old English āsciende, from Proto-West Germanic *aiskōndī, present participle of Proto-West Germanic *aiskōn (“to ask”), equivalent to ask + -ing.
Senses: glosses: present participle of ask
asking
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæskɪŋ/
ipa: /ˈɑːskɪŋ/
ipa: /ˈaskɪŋ/
ipa: /ˈeəskɪŋ/
note: African-American Vernacular
ipa: /ˈæksɪŋ/
Forms: form: more asking
form: most asking
Etymology: From Middle English askinge, askande, from Old English āsciende, from Proto-West Germanic *aiskōndī, present participle of Proto-West Germanic *aiskōn (“to ask”), equivalent to ask + -ing.
Senses: examples: text: It was as when some great gentle dog brings in a limp and bedraggled prize dug from the yard and, laying it at one’s feet, looks up at one with soft asking eyes.
ref: 1924, Edna Ferber, So Big, New York: Grosset & Dunlap, page 109:
text: […] all of them looked at each other in an asking way.
ref: 1942, Zora Neale Hurston, chapter 12, in Dust Tracks on a Road, New York: Arno Press and The New York Times, published 1969, page 235:
text: He stepped to me while taking purchase on the handrail and looked through me with an asking look; finally he added with a sardonic smile. "I know now that you feel; hatred coming from deep."
ref: 2015, Agnes Toth, The Guardian of Power, page 124:
glosses: That asks; that expresses a question or request.
Derived terms: askingly
asking price
unasking
asking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæskɪŋ/
ipa: /ˈɑːskɪŋ/
ipa: /ˈaskɪŋ/
ipa: /ˈeəskɪŋ/
note: African-American Vernacular
ipa: /ˈæksɪŋ/
Forms: form: askings
Etymology: From Middle English asking, askyng, askynge, from Old English āscung (“asking; question; inquiry”), from Proto-West Germanic *aiskungu, equivalent to ask + -ing.
Senses: examples: text: His asking was greeted with silence.
text: The large eyes sought his own, as if asking for help, and yet unable to do more than look their mute asking.
ref: 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “An Evening Alone”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 303:
text: Form's silent asking, man's loving speech, the mute proclamation of the creature, are all gates leading into the presence of the Word.
ref: 1923, Martin Buber, I and Thou:
text: If someone asks for love he will not get love, because the very asking makes him unlovely, ugly; the very fact of asking becomes the barrier.
ref: 2023, Osho, Meditation: The Art of Ecstasy, page 89:
glosses: The act or process of posing a question or making a request.
examples: text: After many askings, pleadings, and episodes, all leading to nothing, she finally slumped down at the side of a well in a village where she was unknown.
ref: 2005, Beth Miller, The Woman's Book of Resilience: 12 Qualities to Cultivate, page 125:
glosses: A request, or petition.
glosses: The marriage banns.
returning
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹɪˈtɜːnɪŋ/
ipa: /ɹɪˈtɝnɪŋ/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)nɪŋ
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of return
returning
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹɪˈtɜːnɪŋ/
ipa: /ɹɪˈtɝnɪŋ/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)nɪŋ
Forms: form: returnings
Senses: examples: text: It was a time of returnings. Soldiers everywhere returned home to try to piece together the broken fragments of shattered lives.
ref: 2012, Michael Phillips, Land of the Brave and the Free, page 221:
glosses: The act of one who returns; a coming back.
containing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /kənˈteɪnɪŋ/
Senses: examples: text: Similar studies of rats have employed four different intracranial resorbable, slow sustained release systems— […]. Such a slow-release device containing angiogenic factors could be placed on the pia mater covering the cerebral cortex and tested in persons with senile dementia in long term studies.
ref: 2013 May-June, Charles T. Ambrose, “Alzheimer’s Disease”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, page 200:
glosses: present participle and gerund of contain
containing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kənˈteɪnɪŋ/
Forms: form: containings
Senses: examples: text: Any, – all words are thine, Isabel; words and worlds with all their containings, shall be slaves to thee, Isabel.
ref: 1852, Herman Melville, Pierre; or, The Ambiguities:
glosses: contents
increasing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪnˈkɹiːsɪŋ/
rhymes: -iːsɪŋ
Etymology: From increase + -ing (participial suffix).
Senses: examples: text: steadily increasing demand
text: The world’s environmental crises are an increasing concern in international politics. Deforestation of the Amazon was high on the agenda of this week’s G7 meeting in Biarritz, France. In September, world leaders will gather in New York for a climate action summit.
ref: 2019 August 30, Jonathan Watts, “Amazon fires show world heading for point of no return, says UN”, in The Guardian:
glosses: On the increase.
Hyponyms: ever-increasing
Derived terms: increasing function
increasingly
increasing term assurance
monotonic increasing
non-increasing
nonincreasing
strictly increasing
strictly increasing function
superincreasing
unincreasing
increasing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪnˈkɹiːsɪŋ/
rhymes: -iːsɪŋ
Etymology: From increase + -ing (participial suffix).
Senses: examples: text: Here, in the transept and choir, where the service was being held, one was conscious every moment of an increasing brightness; colours glowing vividly beneath the circular chandeliers, and the rows of small lights on the choristers' desks flashed and sparkled in front of the boys' faces, deep linen collars, and red neckbands.
ref: 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter V, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
text: It is time the international community faced the reality: we have an unmanageable, unfair, distortionary global tax regime. It is a tax system that is pivotal in creating the increasing inequality that marks most advanced countries today […].
ref: 2013 June 7, Joseph Stiglitz, “Globalisation is about taxes too”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 19:
glosses: present participle and gerund of increase
increasing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪnˈkɹiːsɪŋ/
rhymes: -iːsɪŋ
Forms: form: increasings
Etymology: From Middle English encresing, equivalent to increase + -ing (gerund suffix).
Senses: examples: text: Now begin the increasings for the chest by making 2 stitches in the fourth stitch; repeat this, increasing in every fourth row, but 1 stitch further each time, so as to form a slanting line, the same as a dress-pleat.
ref: 1864, The Ladies' Companion and Monthly Magazine, page 277:
topics: business
knitting
manufacturing
textiles
glosses: An increase.
providing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɹəˈvaɪdɪŋ/
rhymes: -aɪdɪŋ
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of provide
providing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɹəˈvaɪdɪŋ/
rhymes: -aɪdɪŋ
Forms: form: providings
Senses: examples: text: […] the neglect of domestic duties, on the part of many wives, is, no doubt, attributable to the slovenly tenements, and inadequate providings, and careless neglect of the husbands.
ref: 1869, Justin Dewey Fulton, The true woman, page 108:
glosses: Something provided; a provision.
providing
Language: English
Part of speech: conj
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɹəˈvaɪdɪŋ/
rhymes: -aɪdɪŋ
Senses: glosses: Synonym of provided
synonyms: word: provided
Derived terms: providing that
all-around
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From all- + around, compare all-round.
Senses: examples: text: He is said to be a greater hunter and an all around sport.
ref: 1909, Horace A. Taylor, Tales of Travel All Around the World, page 149:
text: If you want to polish your reputation as an all-around digital photographer, plan on developing at least a modicum of skill with a decent image editing program.
ref: 2004, David D. Busch, Digital Photography All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies, page 15:
text: But it was as an all-around performer that Gill established his reputation.
ref: 2005, Frank Zarnowski, All-around Men: Heroes of a Forgotten Sport, page 98:
synonyms: versatile
glosses: Able to do many or all things well.
examples: text: While Willie Mays's famous catch off the bat of Vic Wertz and Dusty Rhodes's clutch hitting are what fans remember most about the 1954 World Series, Thompson was easily the all-around best in those four games.
ref: 1994, Larry Moffi, Crossing the Line: Black Major Leaguers, 1947-1959, page 18:
text: Children must be given the opportunity to communicate in an all-around way, using language, drawing, music, drama, play, etc. (hence the expression "a child has a hundred languages").
ref: 2009, Ole Fredrik Lillemyr, Taking Play Seriously, page 67:
text: As mentioned above, the construction of modern population culture is an important and difficult task toward realizing the goal of population development for building a well-off society in an all-around way.
ref: 2014, Xueyuan Tian, The Hope of the Country with a Large Population:
synonyms: comprehensive
glosses: Comprehensive in extent.
all-around
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From all- + around, compare all-round.
Senses: examples: text: an all-around better player than me
text: Vacation with pay, annual passes, and all around better working conditions.
ref: 1911, The Railroad Telegrapher, volume 28, page 1730:
text: In addition, be sure to reinforce - as persistently as possible - that addressing questionable behavior makes for an all-around better organization.
ref: 2005, Christopher Bauer, Better Ethics Now: How to Avoid the Ethics Disaster You Never Saw Coming:
text: He graduated from the Police Academy in 1957 winning the Police Commissioner's Trophy for all around highest scores-academically, physically, and for firearm proficiency.
ref: 2010, Anne T. Romano, Italian Americans in Law Enforcement, page 84:
text: Collectively, the three sections in this chapter are intended to add to what has gone before regarding personal behavior and to serve as additional food for thought for those attempting to be all-around better people.
ref: 2013, Holland E. Bynam, On Being a Better You, page 26:
glosses: Generally, broadly.
all-around
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From all- + around, compare all-round.
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A gymnastic event featuring several individual exercises.
Related terms: all-round
all-over
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: allover
Etymology: From Middle English alover. By surface analysis, all + over.
Senses: examples: text: Charing Cross station of the old South-Eastern Railway differed much in appearance from that of today, as it had an arched all-over roof, which collapsed some nine years later and was replaced by the present one.
ref: 1939 June, T. R. Perkins, “My Red-Letter Day - II”, in Railway Magazine, page 399:
glosses: Over the whole area or extent.
Related terms: all over
all-over
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: all-overs
form: allover
Etymology: From Middle English alover. By surface analysis, all + over.
Senses: glosses: A suntan that covers the entire body, as achieved by sunbathing in the nude.
all-round
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: äl′-round′
ipa: /ˈɑlˌɹaʊnd/
Forms: form: all-around
Etymology: From all + round, initially “everywhere” (1728), “versatile” from 1867.
Senses: synonyms: comprehensive
glosses: Having a wide scope, comprehensive.
examples: text: While reaching last year's US Open final showed he possesses an all-round game, Anderson's biggest weapon remains his serve - which he lost in the opening game against Djokovic with a double fault on break point.
ref: 2018 July 15, Jonathan Jurejko, “Novak Djokovic wins fourth Wimbledon by beating Kevin Anderson”, in BBC Sport:
synonyms: word: all-around
word: well-rounded
word: versatile
glosses: Having many skills, versatile.
examples: text: Then we pass through Bebington station, and, entering a cutting, become aware of the usual signs of approach to an urban area—buildings closing in, an all-round increase in smokiness, and the application of brakes.
ref: 1955 January, R. S. McNaught, “From the Severn to the Mersey by Great Western”, in Railway Magazine, page 21:
glosses: All around, in every surrounding place.
Derived terms: all-round education
all-rounder
BCG
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
synonyms: BCGs
glosses: Initialism of birth control glasses, US military or prison issued eyeglasses, often regarded as ugly.
BCG
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: BCGs
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of bacillus of Calmette and Guérin (“Bacille Calmette-Guérin”), a vaccine for tuberculosis developed by Albert Calmette and Camille Guérin.
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Initialism of brightest cluster galaxy.
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Initialism of blue compact galaxy.
Synonyms: sense: blue compact galaxy
word: BCD
BCG
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: BCG's role was more extensive than it had publicly described, according to people familiar with the project[…].
ref: 2025 July 5, Stephen Foley, “BCG modelled relocation plan for Palestinians”, in FT Weekend, page 1:
glosses: Initialism of Boston Consulting Group, a large US management consulting firm.
ANTA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Australian National Training Authority.
ARA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Abbreviation
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Australian Retailers Association.
glosses: Initialism of Automotive Recyclers Association.
glosses: Initialism of Australasian Railway Association.
glosses: Initialism of Aracruz Cellulose S.A..
glosses: Initialism of Applied Research Associates.
glosses: Initialism of Awards and Recognition Association.
ARA
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Abbreviation
Senses: glosses: Initialism of associate of the Royal Academy.
glosses: Initialism of animal rights activist.
ARA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Spanish ARA.
Senses: topics: government
military
nautical
politics
transport
war
glosses: the Argentine Navy (Armada de la República Argentina)
ARA
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Spanish ARA.
Senses: topics: government
military
nautical
politics
transport
war
glosses: ship's prefix for warships of the Argentinian navy.
settled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɛtl̩d/
Forms: form: more settled
form: most settled
Senses: examples: text: It took me a while to feel settled after I moved to this big city.
glosses: Comfortable and at ease, especially after a period of change or unrest.
Derived terms: settled district
well-settled
settled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɛtl̩d/
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of settle
seized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /siːzd/
rhymes: -iːzd
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of seize
gained
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡeɪnd/
rhymes: -eɪnd
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of gain
printed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɹɪn.tɪd/
note: in fast speech
ipa: /ˈpɹɪ.nɪd/
Senses: examples: text: The parliament levied a tax on all printed matter.
text: All printed personal information must be shredded before it leaves this building.
coordinate_terms: published#Adjective
glosses: Put down on paper by a printing press or a computer printer.
raw_tags: of information or a document
examples: text: The output of this sample program is simply some printed lines such as "Hello, World; my name is [Name]."
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Written to a data file.
raw_tags: of information or a document
examples: text: The signature was illegible, but the printed name beneath it clearly said "William Wilson."
synonyms: handprinted#Adjective
hand-printed#Adjective
glosses: Written on paper by hand in noncursive script.
raw_tags: of information or a document
examples: text: Then we take these various printed and machined components and build the assembly.
glosses: Ellipsis of 3D printed
raw_tags: of a physical object
Derived terms: 3D printed
hand-printed
pre-printed
printed circuit
printed circuit board
printed matter
printed press
screen-printed
Related terms: word: print
printed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɹɪn.tɪd/
note: in fast speech
ipa: /ˈpɹɪ.nɪd/
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of print
addressed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈdɹɛst/
rhymes: -ɛst
Forms: form: more addressed
form: most addressed
Senses: examples: a stamped addressed envelope.
glosses: Of a document, marked with an address.
glosses: Having been the audience for an address, speech or presentation.
Derived terms: addressedness
nonaddressed
preaddressed
self-addressed
unaddressed
addressed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈdɹɛst/
rhymes: -ɛst
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of address
connected
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəˈnɛktɪd/
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of connect
committed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəˈmɪtɪd/
ipa: /kəˈmɪtɪd/
ipa: [kəˈmɪɾ.ɪd]
ipa: [kəˈmɪɾ.əd]
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of commit
committed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəˈmɪtɪd/
ipa: /kəˈmɪtɪd/
ipa: [kəˈmɪɾ.ɪd]
ipa: [kəˈmɪɾ.əd]
Forms: form: more committed
form: most committed
Senses: examples: text: I'm committed to walk(ing) at least 7 miles daily.
text: ‹Plan CM, meanwhile, is in motion. Sirleck took the bait, vampire mercenaries he can't call off are incoming... he's committed.›
ref: 2017 April 12, Dan Shive, El Goonish Shive (webcomic), Comic for Wednesday, Apr 12, 2017:
glosses: Obligated or locked in (often, but not necessarily, by a pledge) to some course of action.
glosses: Showing commitment.
glosses: Associated in an exclusive (but not necessarily permanent) sexual relationship.
glosses: Required by logic to endorse the conclusion of an argument.
Hyponyms: fully committed
pot committed
Derived terms: committed dose
committedly
committedness
noncommitted
precommitted
uncommitted
commanded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəˈmændɪd/
ipa: /kəˈmɑːndɪd/
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of command
Derived terms: commandedness
uncommanded
surrounded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /səˈɹaʊndɪd/
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of surround
stated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsteɪtɪd/
rhymes: -eɪtɪd
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of state
stated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsteɪtɪd/
rhymes: -eɪtɪd
Senses: examples: text: Our stated policy of nonalignment has kept us out of any military alliance such as NATO and Warsaw Pact. However, in reality, we have had to concede ground to nations from which we import military hardware.
ref: 2015, Indian Defence Review (volume 30.3)
glosses: Expressed in a statement; uttered or written.
examples: text: […] he had never any stated hours for his dinner, supper, or sleep; because, said he, we ought to attend the calls of nature, and not set our appetites to our meals […]
ref: 1714 August 15 (Gregorian calendar), [Joseph Addison; Richard Steele et al.], “WEDNESDAY, August 4, 1714”, in The Spectator, number 576; republished in Alexander Chalmers, editor, The Spectator; a New Edition, […], volume VI, New York, N.Y.: D[aniel] Appleton & Company, 1853, →OCLC:
glosses: Settled; established; fixed.
examples: text: stated preaching
text: stated business hours
glosses: Recurring at a regular time; not occasional.
Derived terms: stated income
ended
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɛndɪd/
rhymes: -ɛndɪd
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of end
ended
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɛndɪd/
rhymes: -ɛndɪd
Senses: glosses: Having (a specified kind or number of) ends.
Derived terms: double-ended
open-ended
open ended straight draw
unended
Related terms: book-ended
dead-ended
endian
rear-ended
up-ended
introduced
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɪntɹəˈduːst/
ipa: /ˌɪntɹəˈdjuːst/
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of introduce
introduced
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɪntɹəˈduːst/
ipa: /ˌɪntɹəˈdjuːst/
Senses: examples: text: introduced species
text: The prickly pear cactus is an introduced species in Australia.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
coordinate_terms: alien
indigenous
native
foreign
glosses: Not native to a location; brought from another place.
Derived terms: introduced species
unintroduced
directed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪˈɹɛktɪd/
ipa: /daɪˈɹɛktɪd/
Forms: form: more directed
form: most directed
Senses: glosses: In a manner emphasizing one's point of view.
topics: graph-theory
mathematics
sciences
glosses: Having the properties of a directed graph.
topics: mathematics
sciences
set-theory
glosses: Having the properties of a directed set.
Derived terms: antidirected
bidirected
child-directed speech
digraph
digraphoid
directed acyclic graph
directed acyclic word graph
directed edge
directed-energy weapon
directed graph
directed infinity
directedly
directedness
directed panspermia
directed path
directed set
directed verdict
goal-directed
ill-directed
indirected
inner-directed
nondirected
overdirected
self-directed
semidirected
unidirected
voice-directed warehousing
directed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪˈɹɛktɪd/
ipa: /daɪˈɹɛktɪd/
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of direct
composed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəmˈpoʊzd/
ipa: /kəmˈpəʊzd/
Forms: form: more composed
form: most composed
Senses: examples: text: A kiss of reconciliation settled the matter, and Lord Penrhyn again composed himself in his most composing arm-chair.
ref: 1838 (date written), L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter IX, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], published 1842, →OCLC, page 116:
text: Milner and Theo Walcott failed to justify their selection ahead of Aston Villa's Young as they struggled ineffectually in the first half, leaving striker Bent isolated and starved of supply as Switzerland looked the more composed and ordered team.
ref: 2011 June 4, Phil McNulty, “England 2 - 2 Switzerland”, in BBC:
glosses: Showing composure.
Synonyms: tranquil
Derived terms: composedly
composedness
composed salad
incomposed
noncomposed
overcomposed
precomposed
self-composed
uncomposed
composed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəmˈpoʊzd/
ipa: /kəmˈpəʊzd/
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of compose
compelled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəmˈpɛld/
rhymes: -ɛld
Forms: form: more compelled
form: most compelled
Senses: examples: text: I do believe state policymakers are very compelled to address those early years.
ref: 2013, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and the Workforce, Education Research, page 42:
text: I was very compelled by the experience of watching Hamlet and the opening scene that has the ghost of his father on the parapet saying, “Revenge my death.”
ref: 2021, Lew Hunter, Naked Screenwriting:
text: I was the only one who was in a position to do it, and I felt very compelled to do so.
ref: 2021, Liliana Chávez Díaz, Latin American Documentary Narratives, page 223:
glosses: Driven; forced.
Derived terms: compelled speech
uncompelled
compelled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəmˈpɛld/
rhymes: -ɛld
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of compel
approached
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈpɹoʊt͡ʃt/
ipa: /əˈpɹəʊt͡ʃt/
rhymes: -əʊtʃt
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of approach
recognized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹɛkəɡnaɪzd/
Forms: form: more recognized
form: most recognized
form: recognised
Senses: examples: text: ‘I understand that the district was considered a sort of sanctuary,’ the Chief was saying. ‘[…] They tell me there was a recognized swag market down here.’
ref: 1963, Margery Allingham, “Foreword”, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
glosses: Notable; distinguished; honored.
Derived terms: recognized component
recognized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹɛkəɡnaɪzd/
Forms: form: recognised
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of recognize
concerned
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /kənˈsɝnd/
ipa: /kənˈsɜːnd/
Forms: form: more concerned
form: most concerned
Senses: examples: text: There was a concerned expression on her face as I told her the news.
glosses: Showing concern.
examples: text: The people concerned have been punished.
glosses: Involved or responsible.
Derived terms: concernedly
concernedness
nonconcerned
overconcerned
unconcerned
underconcerned
concerned
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /kənˈsɝnd/
ipa: /kənˈsɜːnd/
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of concern
represented
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹɛpɹɪˈzɛntɪd/
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of represent
gluey
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: gluier
form: gluiest
Etymology: From Middle English glewy; equivalent to glue + -y.
Senses: examples: text: The daily diet consisted of a slice of black, gluey bread with tea and one watery soup with a few frozen cabbage leaves in it.
ref: 1984, Herman Carmel, Black days, white nights:
glosses: Viscous and adhesive, as glue.
Synonyms: sticky
gummy
tacky
Derived terms: glueyness
gluily
pork rind
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pork rinds
Senses: glosses: The rind of pork meat.
topics: food
lifestyle
glosses: A snack food made from cured pork skin; pork scratchings.
Related terms: crackling
pork rinds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pork rind
Synonyms: word: pork scratchings
alt: cracklings, cracklin, cracklins
word: crackling
beach break
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: beach breaks
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
surfing
glosses: The place where waves break, at a beach (as distinguished from other types of breaks).
Related terms: point break
reef break
shore break
beachie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: beachies
Etymology: From beach + -ie.
Senses: glosses: A beach break.
ello
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of hello.
lemony
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: lemonier
form: lemoniest
Etymology: From lemon + -y.
Senses: examples: text: The walls were painted a lemony yellow colour.
text: We were served a lemony cheesecake for dessert.
text: […] she guided the spirited little pair along the dusty road, and then in between the long stretches of fir-wood, whence came delicious warm breathings of that lemony aromatic scent of the growing pines brought forth by the mid-day sun.
ref: 1884, George Manville Fenn, chapter 2, in The Rosery Folk, volume I, London: Chapman & Hall, pages 17–18:
text: My class was wearing butter-yellow piqué dresses, and Momma launched out on mine. She smocked the yoke into tiny crisscrossing puckers, then shirred the rest of the bodice. Her dark fingers ducked in and out of the lemony cloth as she embroidered raised daisies around the hem.
ref: 1969, Maya Angelou, chapter 23, in I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, New York: Bantam, published 1971, page 144:
text: “This is the lemoniest cake I’ve ever tasted!” Delores exclaimed, and Hannah could tell that her very proper mother was dangerously close to smacking her lips in appreciation.
ref: 2012, Joanne Fluke, chapter 14, in Cinnamon Roll Murder, New York: Kensington, page 142:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of lemons, especially in terms of aroma, taste or colour.
glosses: Of or pertaining to lemons.
Derived terms: lemoniness
lemony fresh
crossbred
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: cross-bred
form: xbred
Etymology: From cross- + bred.
Senses: antonyms: straightbred
glosses: Produced by breeding from two breeds, varieties or species.
Synonyms: sense: Produced from two breeds, varieties or species
word: mixed-blood
crossbred
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: crossbreds
form: cross-bred
form: xbred
Etymology: From cross- + bred.
Senses: antonyms: straightbred
glosses: Any organism produced by breeding from two breeds, varieties, or species.
crossbred
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: cross-bred
form: xbred
Etymology: From cross- + bred.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of crossbreed
crossbreed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɹɑːsˌbɹiːd/
Forms: form: crossbreeds
form: crossbreeding
form: crossbred
form: crossbred
form: cross-breed
form: xbreed
Etymology: From cross- + breed.
Senses: examples: text: Recalling the crossbreeding of the lakeside daisy, he insists, "If we hadn't polluted that population with Ohio plants it might have vanished.
ref: 1988 April 15, James Krohe Jr., “Where Has All the Flora Gone?”, in Chicago Reader:
glosses: To produce (an organism) by the mating of individuals of different breeds, varieties, or species; hybridize.
glosses: To mate so as to produce a hybrid; interbreed.
glosses: To mate (an organism) with another organism so as to produce a hybrid.
Derived terms: crossbreeder
crossbreed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɹɑːsˌbɹiːd/
Forms: form: crossbreeds
form: cross-breed
form: xbreed
Etymology: From cross- + breed.
Senses: examples: text: When I ask about these dogs, they are described to me as the local mutts, mongrels, pavement specials, crossbreeds.
ref: 2001, Raymond Coppinger, Lorna Coppinger, Dogs, page 69:
glosses: An organism produced by mating of individuals of different varieties or breeds.
crosscheck
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: crosschecks
form: cross check
Senses: coordinate_terms: recheck#Noun
double check#Noun
triple check#Noun
glosses: A verification (of information, data, or calculations) by using an alternative source or method.
topics: hobbies
ice-hockey
lifestyle
skating
sports
glosses: An illegal maneuver where a player strikes another with the shaft of his stick, or the penalty thereby incurred.
topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lacrosse
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A penalty where a player hits another player with the shaft of their lacrosse stick with their hands spread apart.
crosscheck
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: crosschecks
form: crosschecking
form: crosschecked
form: crosschecked
form: cross-check
form: cross check
Senses: coordinate_terms: recheck#Verb
double check#Verb
triple check#Verb
glosses: To verify (information, data, or calculations) by using an alternative source or method.
topics: hobbies
ice-hockey
lifestyle
skating
sports
glosses: To commit the infraction of checking an opponent by using the shaft of one's stick with both hands.
examples: text: He picked up a roughing penalty for crosschecking Montreal’s Andrei Kostitsyn to the ice Tuesday after Kostitsyn hit Boston defenseman Aaron Ward from behind.
ref: 2009 January 16, Dave Caldwell, “Goalie Takes a Long Trip to Reach the N.H.L.”, in New York Times:
topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lacrosse
lifestyle
sports
glosses: To hit another player with the shaft of a lacrosse stick.
Derived terms: crosschecker