cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
long jump
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlɒŋ ˌdʒʌmp/
Forms: form: long jumps
form: long jumping
form: long jumped
form: long jumped
form: long-jump
Senses: examples: text: Then again, if it hadn't been for that unattractive yearbook picture, I wouldn't have realized how crazy I looked long jumping and thus I would not have improved my technique.
ref: 2005, Michelle Kimberly, Reflections of a Tomboy Turned Princess, page 31:
text: I was long jumping and totally turned my ankle over and almost broke it.
ref: 2008, Louise Mead Tricard, American Women's Track and Field, 1981-2000: A History, page 64:
text: For instance, the highest marker in Figure 8.1 (located in the upper right corner) represents an individual who high jumped about 6.3 ft and long jumped slightly more than 20 ft.
ref: 2012, Gloria Rosenthal, James A. Rosenthal, Statistics and Data Interpretation for Social Work, page 108:
glosses: To perform a long jump; to compete in the long jump event.
Derived terms: long jumper
ski jump
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ski jumps
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
skiing
sports
glosses: The ramp used in the sport of ski jumping
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
skiing
sports
glosses: A course prepared for ski jumping.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
skiing
sports
glosses: A jump made in ski jumping.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: The ramp at the prow of an aircraft carrier which uses STOVL or STOBAR aircraft.
Meronyms: sense: course
word: inrun
Derived terms: ski-jump nose
Related terms: ski jumper
ski jumping
hewn
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /hjuːn/
rhymes: -uːn
Forms: form: more hewn
form: most hewn
Etymology: Morphologically hew + -n.
Senses: antonyms: unhewn
glosses: Made or crafted by cutting, whittling down.
glosses: Having been cut or mown down.
Derived terms: unhewn
Related terms: rough-hewn
hewn
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /hjuːn/
rhymes: -uːn
Etymology: Morphologically hew + -n.
Senses: glosses: past participle of hew
Synonyms: hewed
blue-green
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more blue-green
form: most blue-green
Etymology: From blue + green.
* (color): Compare with the color called orange in Modern English, which was called geoluread (“yellow-red”) in Old English and Middle English.
* (politics): from blue representing conservatism and green representing environmentalism
Senses: glosses: Of a color between blue and green; darker shades are called teal, lighter ones are cyan.
topics: government
politics
glosses: Synonym of ecocapitalist; concerning ecocapitalism.
synonyms: word: ecocapitalist
extra: concerning ecocapitalism
Synonyms: sense: of a color between blue and green
word: green-blue
sense: of a color between blue and green
word: turquoise
sense: of a color between blue and green
word: aquamarine
Derived terms: blue-green alga
blue-green bacteria
Related terms: bleen
grue
yellow-green
blue-green
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blue-greens
Etymology: From blue + green.
* (color): Compare with the color called orange in Modern English, which was called geoluread (“yellow-red”) in Old English and Middle English.
* (politics): from blue representing conservatism and green representing environmentalism
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of blue green.
tripler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈtɹɪp.lə(ɹ)/
/ˈtɹɪp.l̩.ə(ɹ)/
Forms: form: triplers
Etymology: From triple + -er.
Senses: examples: text: A frequency tripler can be designed with two multipliers and a summing amplifier without any additional filter by using any one of the following trignometric identities: […]
ref: 2006, L.K. Maheshwari, M.M.S. Anand, Analog Electronics, page 259:
topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The simplest form of frequency multiplier, that has an output frequency of three times the value of the input frequency.
up to no good
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: He acts like an angel when his parents get home, but the rest of the time he's up to no good.
glosses: Misbehaving, being mischievous.
Derived terms: up-to-no-gooder
up to something
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈʌp tuː ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
ipa: /ˈʌp tə ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
Senses: examples: text: He looks like an angel, but I can tell he's up to something.
text: I took my mare and went down to the swamp, for I knew they had been up to something there from the signs I saw.
ref: 1871 October 27, Prince McElhannon (witness), “The Ku-Klux Conspiracy”, in Testimony Taken by the Joint Select Committee to Inquire into the Condition of Affairs in the Late Insurrectionary States. Georgia, volume II, Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, published 1872, →OCLC, page 649:
text: One or another of them will be poking their heads in and see we have been up to something [...]
ref: 1922 February, L. B. Thoburn-Clarke, “Amid the Swamps. A True Story of New Zealand Life in the Early Days.”, in The Boy's Own Paper, volume XXXVIII, part 4, London: "Boy's Own Paper" Office, […], →OCLC, section II, page 212, column 2:
text: One day Chander, who was always up to something, took it into his head to ring up one or two customers in regard to bills long outstanding on them.
ref: 1955 January 22, S. Roberts, “The Man who Made the Grade: A Short Story”, in Ram Singh, A. K. Mukerji, editors, Thought, air edition, volume VII, number 4, New Delhi: Printed on behalf of Siddhartha Publications Ltd., by R. L. Chadha at Naya Hindustan Press, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 10, column 1:
text: If they are doing nothing they are going to be up to something – just send them to prison.
ref: 2005 August 25, Simon Cox, “A 'Neet' Solution”, in BBC News, archived from the original on 08 Jul 2018:
text: Shepard: Last I knew, Kaidan was Alliance. Why is he out in the Terminus Systems?
Illusive Man: Officially, it's an outreach program to improve Alliance relations with the colonies.
Illusive Man: But they're up to something. And if they sent Commander Alenko, it must be big.
ref: 2010, BioWare, Mass Effect 2 (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC:
text: Police knew who they were. They knew they were up to something. All they could do was wait.
ref: 2003 December 13, “Crime scene”, in The Age, Melbourne, Vic.: Nine Publishing, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 18 Sep 2018:
glosses: Doing something mischievous or scheming.
Related terms: up to no good
be up to
under a spell
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: glosses: Bewitched; held (as if) by the power of a magical spell.
under one's wing
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: He took the promising student under his wing.
text: The promising student came under the professor's wing.
text: He remained under the great man's wing after graduation.
text: Now a professor himself he has young students under his wing.
text: By happy accident, Cyril runs into Samantha (Cécile de France), a single hairdresser who takes him under her wing — first to help him find his missing bike and father, and later, on weekends away from the group home.
ref: 2012 March 15, Scott Tobias, “The Kid With A Bike [Review]”, in AV Club, archived from the original on 06 Nov 2019:
glosses: Under one's protection, sponsorship, or tutelage.
crows
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kɹəʊz/
ipa: /kɹoʊz/
rhymes: -əʊz
Senses: glosses: plural of crow
crows
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /kɹəʊz/
ipa: /kɹoʊz/
rhymes: -əʊz
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of crow
assaults
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of assault
assaults
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of assault
Lingala
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /lɪŋˈɡɑːlə/
Etymology: From Lingala lingála (“Lingala”).
Senses: glosses: A Bantu language spoken throughout the northwestern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Congo-Kinshasa) and a large part of the Republic of the Congo (Congo-Brazzaville), as well as to some degree in Angola and the Central African Republic.
Synonyms: Bangala
Related terms: Wiktionary’s coverage of Lingala terms
mariners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mariner
unions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of union
unions
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of union
assures
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of assure
disturbances
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of disturbance
exclamations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of exclamation
feats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of feat
feats
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of feat
villains
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of villain
chests
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /t͡ʃɛsts/
rhymes: -ɛsts
Senses: glosses: plural of chest
chests
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /t͡ʃɛsts/
rhymes: -ɛsts
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of chest
yells
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of yell
yells
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of yell
sentinels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sentinel
miners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of miner
gowns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡaʊnz/
rhymes: -aʊnz
Senses: glosses: plural of gown
gowns
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡaʊnz/
rhymes: -aʊnz
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of gown
trophies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trophy
garlands
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of garland
garlands
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of garland
darkest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of dark: most dark
cloaks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cloak
cloaks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of cloak
recesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of recess
recesses
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of recess
meditations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of meditation
troopers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trooper
troopers
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of trooper
tresses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tress
glosses: a head of hair, particularly when the hair is of length
tresses
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of tress
anxieties
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of anxiety
parcels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of parcel
parcels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: An unusual visitor to Leeds on September 26 was Class 4 4-6-0 No. 75042 (17A), on a Class H goods from York; it soon returned on the 6.30 p.m. Leeds-York parcels.
ref: 1962 December, “Motive Power Miscellany: North Eastern Region”, in Modern Railways, page 425:
topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
glosses: A parcels train, normally carrying nothing but parcels.
parcels
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of parcel
hinges
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhɪnd͡ʒəz/
rhymes: -ɪndʒəz
Senses: glosses: plural of hinge
hinges
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhɪnd͡ʒəz/
rhymes: -ɪndʒəz
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of hinge
partisans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of partisan
disasters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of disaster
superiors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of superior
screams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scream
screams
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of scream
excesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of excess
burghers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of burgher
ballads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ballad
revelations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of revelation
openings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of opening
failures
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfeɪ.ljəz/
ipa: /ˈfeɪ.ljɚz/
Senses: glosses: plural of failure
concessions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of concession
glosses: A concessions stand.
concessions stand
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: concessions stands
form: concession stand
Senses: glosses: A place in a public location where food and drinks are sold.
concessions stands
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of concessions stand
bulls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /bʊlz/
rhymes: -ʊlz
Senses: glosses: plural of bull
bulls
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /bʊlz/
rhymes: -ʊlz
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of bull
defenders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of defender
ferns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fern
hypertonic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hypertonic
form: most hypertonic
Etymology: From hyper- + tonic.
Senses: glosses: Having a greater osmotic pressure than another.
raw_tags: of a solution
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Having a very high muscular tension; spastic.
Derived terms: hypertonicity
nonhypertonic
Related terms: isotonic
ricinus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ricinuses
Senses: synonyms: castor oil plant
glosses: Ricinus communis, the castor oil plant.
presentience
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: presentiences
Etymology: From pre- + sentience.
Senses: glosses: the act of sensing before the event
turn one's back
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: turns one's back
form: turning one's back
form: turned one's back
form: turned one's back
Senses: examples: text: As soon as I turned my back, he started writing on the wall.
glosses: To cease paying attention.
examples: text: He got off to a strong start, only to turn his back on the project two months later.
text: Acting on your best behaviour
Turn your back on Mother Nature
Everybody wants to rule the world
ref: 1985, Roland Orzabal, Ian Stanley, Chris Hughes, “Everybody Wants to Rule the World”, in Songs from the Big Chair, performed by Tears for Fears:
text: In response to questions from RailReview, Royal Mail denied turning its back on rail transport completely, stressing it will continue to use rail, keeping the amount of mail moved by train under regular review.
ref: 2024 October 30, Andy Comfort, “Can the Royal Mail trains keep on running?”, in RAIL, number 1021, page 62:
info_templates: extra_data: words: on
expansion: [with on]
glosses: To forsake, to abandon; to ignore.
glosses: To turn away, as when fleeing or in contempt.
Related terms: tergiversate
turn one's coat
Iroquoian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪrəˈkwɔɪən/
ipa: /ˈɪrəˌkwɔɪən/
Forms: form: more Iroquoian
form: most Iroquoian
Etymology: From Iroquois + -an.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to a Native American language family including the Iroquois and Cherokee.
Iroquoian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪrəˈkwɔɪən/
ipa: /ˈɪrəˌkwɔɪən/
Forms: form: Iroquoians
Etymology: From Iroquois + -an.
Senses: glosses: A member of the Iroquois people.
Liesel
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from German Liesel.
Senses: glosses: A diminutive of the female given name Elisabeth, from German.
unidentified flying objects
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of unidentified flying object
panatela
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɛlə
Forms: form: panatelas
form: panatella
form: panetela
Etymology: From Spanish panatela, the name of a long thin biscuit, from the Italian diminutive panatella, which ultimately derives from Latin pānis (“bread”).
Senses: glosses: A long thin cigar.
fleecy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfliːsi/
Forms: form: fleecier
form: fleeciest
Etymology: From fleece + -y.
Senses: examples: text: Her path was on the briny deep;
Yet no white sail propell'd her course,
Nor measured oar with graceful sweep
Urged her to stem the billow's force;
Self-moved, with fleecy track she past,
Disdaining in her pride
To woo the breeze or shun the blast,
Or wait the rolling tide;...
ref: 1827, Lydia Sigourney, Poems, On the loss of the Steam Boat Ætna, page 96:
text: {...} turning to take a last glance into the valley, whence a light mist mounted and formed a fleecy cloud on the skirts of the blue.
ref: 1847, Emily Brontë, chapter XX, in Wuthering Heights:
text: So this was my future home, I thought![…]Backed by towering hills, the but faintly discernible purple line of the French boundary off to the southwest, a sky of palest Gobelin flecked with fat, fleecy little clouds, it in truth looked a dear little city; the city of one's dreams.
ref: 1908, W[illiam] B[lair] M[orton] Ferguson, chapter IV, in Zollenstein, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:
text: Here the galley paused not at all, but floated easily in the blue of the sky among fleecy clouds tinted with rose.
ref: 1920, H. P. Lovecraft, Celephaïs:
glosses: Resembling or covered in fleece.
Derived terms: fleecily
fleeciness
futanari
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌfuː.təˈnɑː.ɹi/
ipa: /ˌfu.təˈnɑ.ɹi/
rhymes: -ɑːɹi
Forms: form: futanari
form: futanaris
Etymology: From Japanese ふたなり (futanari, “hermaphrodite”), from 二(ふた) (futa, “two”) + 形(なり) (nari, “shape, form”) or 態(なり) (nari).
Senses: topics: lifestyle
media
pornography
sexuality
synonyms: futa
glosses: A genre of Japanese pornography featuring attractive intersex or hermaphroditic characters, usually female characters with a penis and sometimes testicles.
topics: lifestyle
media
pornography
sexuality
synonyms: futa
dickgirl
newhalf
shemale
glosses: An intersex or hermaphroditic character, usually female and with a penis, in such a work.
Derived terms: futa
futadom
futanarization
futanarisation
anhedonic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ænhiːˈdɒnɪk/
ipa: /ænhɪˈdɑnɪk/
ipa: /ænhiˈdɑnɪk/
Forms: form: more anhedonic
form: most anhedonic
Etymology: From anhedon(ia) + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: Briefly, the anhedonic syndrome is manifested, first, by the disappearance or impairment of the appetite for food and drink and by failure to experience the corresponding satisfactions. [...] Thirdly, the appetite or desire for rest and the satisfaction of recuperation are also involved in the anhedonic syndrome.
ref: 1944, Abraham Myerson, Archives of Neurology and Psychiatry, Chicago, Ill.: American Medical Association, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 497, column 1:
text: The anhedonic depressed child creates special problems. He or she is bored most of the time, as he or she does not derive normal levels of pleasure from things, and the breadth of pleasurable events is rduced. The anhedonic youngster seems just to go through the motions of treatment.
ref: 1990, Kevin D. Stark, “Implementation Issues in Treatment”, in Childhood Depression: School-based Intervention (The Guildford School Practitioner Series), New York, N.Y.: Guilford Press, →ISBN, page 104:
text: Students are aware that if they don't attend for weeks on end, and/or they don't produce any work, they will not face meaningful sanction. They typically respond to this freedom not by pursuing projects but by falling into hedonic (or anhedonic) lassitude: the soft narcosis, the comfort food oblivion of Playstation,^([sic]) all-night TV and marijuana.
ref: 2009, Mark Fisher, “Reflexive Impotence, Immobilization and Liberal Communism”, in Capitalist Realism: Is There No Alternative?, Ropley, Hampshire: O Books, John Hunt Publishing, →ISBN, page 23:
text: Longing, officious, anhedonic, pleading. Anna tried to make a list of every mood she'd ever been in but ran out of words before even half of her feelings were named.
ref: 2015, Jill Alexander Essbaum, Hausfrau: A Novel, New York, N.Y.: Random House, →ISBN, page 123:
topics: human-sciences
medicine
psychiatry
psychology
sciences
glosses: Showing anhedonia; having no capacity to feel pleasure.
Derived terms: anhedonically
antianhedonic
Related terms: anhedonia
hedonic
hedonically
hedonics
hedonism
hedonist
hedonistic
hedonistically
nonhedonistic
unhedonistic
anhedonic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ænhiːˈdɒnɪk/
ipa: /ænhɪˈdɑnɪk/
ipa: /ænhiˈdɑnɪk/
Forms: form: anhedonics
Etymology: From anhedon(ia) + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: [P]hysical anhedonics may not pay attention to tone stimuli (and therefore do not give SC [skin conductance] responses) because such subjects are identified on the basis of lacking pleasure and interest in physical events. As such, nonresponding in physical anhedonics may indicate validity for the way physical anhedonia is measured, but may not reflect a factor of etiologic significance.
ref: 1995, Adrian Raine, Todd Lencz, Deana S. Benishay, “Schizotypal Personality and Skin Conductance Orienting”, in Adrian Raine, Todd Lencz, Sarnoff A. Mednick, editors, Schizotypal Personality, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, part III (Assessment), page 231:
text: The anhedonic can still speak about happiness and meaning et al., but she has become incapable of feeling anything in them, of understanding anything about them, of hoping anything about them, or of believing them to exist as anything more than concepts. Everything has become an outline of the thing. Objects become schemata. The world becomes a map of the world. An anhedonic can navigate, but has no location. I.e. the anhedonic becomes, in the lingo of Boston AA, Unable To Identify.
ref: 1996, David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest […], Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN, page 693:
text: An anhedonic who impulsively seeks out social contact with others may be actin in response to his mental condition, but he tends to be less beholden to his condition during the process of actual socialization itself. [...] While an anhedonic will typically be shy and less than the center of any gathering, a manic can often be charming, talkative, and charismatic, with the hallmark that the self-aggrandizement is often tinged with delusions and distortions.
ref: 2014, David Coleman, “1980s–1990s: The Burgeoning Diversity of Depressive Expressionism”, in The Bipolar Express: Manic Depression and the Movies, Lanham, Md.; Plymouth, Devon: Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN, pages 216–217:
topics: human-sciences
medicine
psychiatry
psychology
sciences
glosses: A person who has anhedonia.
yowies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of yowie
chignon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʃɪnˈjɒn/
rhymes: -ɒn
Forms: form: chignons
Etymology: Borrowed from French chignon circa 1780, when the hairstyle was in fashion.
Senses: examples: text: The chignon cannot be confounded with other artificialities which ladies put on and off.
ref: 1867, “Chignonology”, in Living Age, volume 92, page 761:
text: Madame du Barry could not merely be credited with inventing the chignons which bear her name.
ref: 1914 [1878], Madame Du Barry, London: J. Long, translation of La du Barry by Edmond de Goncourt and Jules de Goncourt, page 88:
text: If I close my eyes I can see Marie today as I saw her then. Round, rosy face, snub nose, dark hair piled up in a chignon.
ref: 1977, Agatha Christie, chapter 2, in An Autobiography, part II, London: Collins, →ISBN:
text: The physician should evaluate for a history of tight ponytails, buns, chignons, braids, twists, weaves, cornrows, dreadlocks, sisterlocks, and hair wefts in addition to the usage of religious hair coverings.
ref: 2021, Becky S. Li, Howard I. Maibach, Ethnic Skin and Hair and Other Cultural Considerations, page 154:
synonyms: bun
cock-up
glosses: A roll or twist of hair worn at the nape of the neck; a bun.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A temporary swelling on a neonate's head after a ventouse-assisted delivery.
Derived terms: chignoned
weak-minded
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From weak + minded. Probably related to weak (“mentally or intellectually deficient”).
Senses: examples: text: Jabba the Hutt: I told you not to admit him. / Luke Skywalker: I must be allowed to speak. / Bib Fortuna: He must be allowed to speak. / Jabba the Hutt: You weak-minded fool! He's using an old Jedi mind trick! / Luke Skywalker: You will bring Captain Solo and the wookie to me. / Jabba the Hutt: Your mind powers will not work on me, boy.
ref: 1983 May 25, 23:15 from the start, in Return of the Jedi (Star Wars), episode VI (Science Fiction), Lucasfilm Ltd., →OCLC:
text: Stupid, she told herself. Vain, weak-minded, and stupid.
ref: 2009, J. V. Jones, A Cavern of Black Ice:
text: I have lost count of how many times I have heard that Christianity is a crutch for weak-minded people, who can't make it in life without faith.
ref: 2012, Ray Comfort, Comfort Food, →ISBN:
text: Plato sympathizes with the desire to influence weak-minded people. However, rather than directly controlling the minds of such people by the power of his own will, he uses the power of his thought to construct a myth designed to control the beliefs of the weak-minded by appealing to their imagination.
ref: 2013, Kevin S. Decker, Jason T. Eberl, William Irwin, Star Wars and Philosophy: More Powerful than You Can Possibly Imagine, →ISBN:
text: Biden may be old, but he is far from the debilitated, weak-minded caricature drawn of him by right-wing media.
ref: 2024 March 8, David Horsey, “‘Uncommitted’ voters have to face political reality”, in Seattle Times:
text: But police said he was arrogant and manipulative, while Naiyahmi Yasharahyalah was weak-minded and gullible.
ref: 2024 December 5, Katie Thompson, Annie Delaney, “The fictional kingdom of couple who buried son in garden”, in BBC News:
glosses: Having or exhibiting a mind that lacks steadfastness, resoluteness or especially judgment; not strong-minded.
examples: text: Their mother is insane ; father somewhat weak-minded.
ref: 1899, Alexander Johnson, “Concerning a form of degeneracy”, in Albion W. Small et al., editors, American Journal of Sociology, volume 4, Chicago: University of Chicago, page 331:
text: […] they have been looked upon as unstable and the result has been weak-minded progeny.
ref: 1907, George Henry Savage, The increase of insanity: the Lumleian lectures […] , London: Cassell and Company, Limited, page 37:
text: Altogether thirty-four out of 146 'criminal lunatics' admitted to the asylum between 1852 and 1890 were described as weak-minded or imbecile by the asylum staff.
ref: 2004, William F. Bynum, Roy Porter, Michael Shepherd, The Anatomy of Madness: Essays in the History of Psychiatry, Volume 3, →ISBN, page 279:
glosses: Mentally or intellectually deficient; feeble-minded; half-witted.
Synonyms: word: weak-minded
Hypernyms: word: lacking
Hyponyms: word: foolish
word: stupid
Derived terms: weak-mindedly
weak-mindedness
Related terms: word: ignorant
word: insane
word: mentally deficient person
weaponless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Middle English wepenles, from Old English wǣpenlēas, from Proto-Germanic *wēpnalausaz, equivalent to weapon + -less. Cognate with Saterland Frisian woapenloos (“weaponless”), Dutch wapenloos (“weaponless”), German waffenlos (“weaponless”), Danish våbenløs (“weaponless”), Swedish vapenlös (“weaponless”), Icelandic vopnlaus (“weaponless”).
Senses: examples: text: Summerlee was weaponless, but I was emptying my magazine as quick as I could fire, and on the further flank we heard the continuous cracking of our companion's rifles.
ref: 1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:
synonyms: unarmed
glosses: Lacking a weapon.
Derived terms: weaponlessness
weather-bound
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of weatherbound.
weatherization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: weatherizations
Etymology: From weather + -ization.
Senses: examples: text: Texas’ plant weatherization standards are now the strictest in the country […]
ref: 2024 February 27, Henry Gass, “Lights on, but trust off. Texas tries to rebuild confidence in grid.”, in The Christian Science Monitor:
glosses: The process of weatherizing.
Synonyms: weatherproofing
weatherize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: weatherizes
form: weatherizing
form: weatherized
form: weatherized
form: weatherise
Etymology: From weather + -ize.
Senses: examples: text: We were interested in finding out if we could save money and, given the attention that weatherizing was starting to get, I figured it could also make for good column fodder.
ref: 2009 November 18, David Leonhardt, “A Stimulus That Could Save Money”, in The New York Times:
text: The money will allow Illinois to triple the number of homes it weatherizes: it expects the stimulus money will pay to insulate, seal leaks, and add more energy-efficient equipment to some 26,933 homes of people with low incomes.
ref: 2009 December 21, Michael Cooper, “Inadequate Oversight Cited in Weatherization Program”, in The New York Times:
text: The reality about wind turbines, however, is they regularly operate in frigid conditions and can be weatherized to perform in wintry extremes. That's why they work in places like Sweden, Antarctica, and Iowa (over 40 percent of Iowa's electricity comes from wind).
ref: 2021 February 20, Mark Kaufman, “Why wind turbines thrive in Antarctica and places way colder than Texas”, in Mashable:
text: It’s great fun, not just because it’s an extremely complex topic, but also because the best approach for many people is also the simplest and cheapest: weatherizing their homes.
ref: 2023 October 10, Tim Heffernan, “This Air Purifier Is One of Our All-Time Favorite Wirecutter Picks”, in Wirecutter:
text: State lawmakers replaced the entire ERCOT and PUC leadership in the months after the storm; the Legislature passed a law requiring power plants to weatherize.
ref: 2024 February 27, Henry Gass, “Lights on, but trust off. Texas tries to rebuild confidence in grid.”, in The Christian Science Monitor:
glosses: To protect a structure against damage by the weather.
Synonyms: weatherproof
weatherman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: weathermen
form: weather man
Etymology: From weather + -man.
Senses: examples: text: “Cool and brisk in the morning, warming to the low seventies by afternoon,” Ruby said anticipating the weatherman's words.
ref: 2014, Fern Michaels, Vegas Sunrise, Kensington Books, [https://books.google.com/books?id=dv6nAwAAQBAJ&dq=%22weatherman%22&pg=PT245 page [245]]:
text: We were watching the weather that night. The weather man couldn't even fathom what was about to be the worst flooding that we had ever experienced in our area.
ref: 2012, Derra Byrd, 2 Losses 1 Divine Gift, Bloomington, IN: WestBow Press, page 11:
glosses: A person, especially a male one, who reports the weather conditions or forecasts.
Coordinate terms: weatherwoman
Derived terms: you don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows
weatherperson
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: weatherpersons
form: weatherpeople
Etymology: From weather + person.
Senses: examples: text: According to the weatherperson, spring arrived in Hartford, Conn., on Monday, March 20 at 6:34 p.m. But gay people here didn't need a weatherperson to feel the gust of fresh air at a hearing on the proposed gay rights ordinance before the City Council that night at 7:30.
ref: 1978 April 8, Eric Gordon, “Hartford Hears Testimony on Gay Rights Bill”, in Gay Community News, page 1:
glosses: A weather forecaster.
Synonyms: weatherman
weather forecaster
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: weather forecasters
Senses: synonyms: meteorologist
glosses: A person who forecasts the weather.
weatherproof
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwɛðəpruːf/
Forms: form: more weatherproof
form: most weatherproof
Etymology: From weather + -proof.
Senses: glosses: Capable of resisting damage caused by the weather.
weatherproof
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwɛðəpruːf/
Forms: form: weatherproofs
form: weatherproofing
form: weatherproofed
form: weatherproofed
Etymology: From weather + -proof.
Senses: examples: text: Six stations - Harlesden, Kensal Green, Watford High Street, South Kenton, Headstone Lane and North Wembley - have had their canopies weatherproofed and tactile paving laid on platforms.
ref: 2023 September 20, “Network News: Bakerloo Line back in business”, in RAIL, number 992, page 9:
synonyms: word: weatherize
english: American
translation: American
glosses: To make something resistant to damage caused by the weather.
Derived terms: word: weatherproofer
PRADAN
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Acronym of Professional Assistance for Development Action, an Indian NGO.
weatherstrip
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: weatherstrips
Etymology: From weather + strip.
Senses: glosses: A narrow piece of material used to prevent cold air from entering a building through the edge of a window or a door.
Synonyms: word: draughtproofing
weatherstrip
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: weatherstrips
form: weatherstripping
form: weatherstripped
form: weatherstripped
Etymology: From weather + strip.
Senses: glosses: To apply such a strip.
Synonyms: word: draughtproof
weatherstripping
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: weatherstrippings
Senses: glosses: a piece of weatherstrip material
examples: text: Weatherstripping windows and doors can also create a cooling effect in the summer, as does limiting the use of heat-generating devices and appliances.
ref: 2022 September 25, AlfredCamera, “What is the Normal House Temperature for Babies, Pets, and Everyone Else in the Home?”, in Home Security Expert:
glosses: The act of sealing an opening with weatherstrip.
Synonyms: word: draughtproofing
weatherstripping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of weatherstrip
webfeet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of webfoot
webfoot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: webfoots
form: webfeet
Etymology: Alteration of earlier webbed foot, re-analysed as web + foot.
Senses: examples: text: The Newfoundland dog has webfeet.
synonyms: webbed foot
qualifier: plural "webfeet"
glosses: A foot that has toes connected by folds of skin.
examples: text: The Newfoundland dog is a webfoot.
text: Etta smiled, remembering Cal Albatross back then, patiently helping the webfoots perfect their diving and swimming skills. She watched him stretch his long supple wings in the afternoon sunlight […]
ref: 2004, Beth Yockey, Ross Yockey, Strictly for the Birds (page 7)
synonyms: webfooter
qualifier: plural "webfoots"
glosses: A web-footed animal.
web-footed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: webfooted
Senses: glosses: having webfeet
Derived terms: web-footed gecko
web-footed tenrec
web-toed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: web-footed
weeder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: weeders
Etymology: From weed + -er.
Senses: examples: text: If these plants are young, the weeders do not see them; and in this case, when they grow larger, the land must be again weeded. But the small plants, which are not less prejudicial, such as the wild Fitch, the wild Oat, Darnel, Fennel-flower, Knot-grass, Restharrow, Fox-tail, the several sorts of Bindweed, (Convolvulus) and all the small Poppies, remain in the field.
ref: 1764, Duhamel du Monceau, translated by Philip Miller, The Elements of Agriculture, volume 1, page 265:
text: That strength of body is often equal to the courage of mind implanted in the fair sex, will not be denied by those who have seen the water-women of Plymouth; the female drudges of Ireland, Wales, and Scotland; the fish-women of Billinsgate; the weeders, podders, and hoppers, who swarm the fields; and the lowest beings of the feminine gender wo swagger in the streets of London.
ref: 1778, T. S., “Proposals for raising Female Regiments”, in The Lady's Magazine Or Entertaining Companion for the Fair Sex, volume 9, page 584:
text: Help me to become a pure waterer, weeder, and deadheader of our little plot, to mature from manic bride and bonnarder to the calm, the jen, of deep and ancient garden wifedom.
ref: 2011, Marjorie Sandor, The Late Interiors: A Life Under Construction, →ISBN:
glosses: An agricultural worker who removes weeds.
examples: text: (She told me I must buy a swoe, a long-handled weeder sold by Fiskars, that changed her life.)
ref: 2007 July 26, Anne Raver, “Recognizing Those Who Keep Brooklyn in Bloom”, in The New York Times:
glosses: A tool used to remove weeds.
examples: text: Weeders are often the first barrier to entry into certain professional careers for students. The most famous example is being “weeded-out” of the pre-med track.
ref: 2024 September 16, Opinion Department, “TIAS | It’s Time to Weed Out Weeder Courses”, in The Cornell Daily Sun:
topics: education
glosses: Ellipsis of weeder class or weeder course.
Derived terms: Cape Cod weeder
weeder class
weeder course
weedless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From weed + -less.
Senses: examples: text: Soon oranges were seedless,
The putting green was weedless,
The college boy hatless,
The proper diet, fatless, […]
ref: 1936, Arthur Guiterman, First Dentistry was Painless:
text: I remember the fresh weedless lawns between the school buildings […]
ref: 1960, Rupert Croft-Cooke, The Altar in the Loft, page 210:
glosses: Lacking weeds.
glosses: Having blades that curve backwards, as respects the direction of rotation, so that they draw through the water without accumulating weeds.
raw_tags: of a motorboat propeller
weensy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: weensier
form: weensiest
Senses: glosses: weeny or tiny; very small.
Derived terms: eensy-weensy
teensy-weensy
arboriculture
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɑːɹˈbɔːɹ.ɪˌkʌl.t͡ʃɚ/
ipa: /ɑːˈbɒɹ.ɪˌkʌlt͡ʃə/
Forms: form: arboricultures
Etymology: From Latin arbor (“tree”) + cultūra (“tending”).
Senses: examples: text: Merely external emancipation has made of the modern woman an artificial being, who reminds one of the products of French arboriculture with its arabesque trees and shrubs, pyramids, wheels and wreaths; anything, except the forms which would be reached by the expression of her own inner qualities.
ref: 1906, Emma Goldman, “The Tragedy of Woman’s Emancipation”, in Anarchism and Other Essays, New York: Mother Earth Publishing Association, published 1910, pages 220-221:
text: The small cat of the youngest Bull granddaughter scrambled up a tree, and was too scared to come down. […] The children danced and clapped their hands as the box was raised to the kitten, who sniffed at it, scowled, and turned her head to the study of arboriculture.
ref: 1943, Sinclair Lewis, chapter 32, in Gideon Planish, New York: Random House, pages 415–416:
glosses: The branch of horticulture concerned with the planting, growth, and maintenance of trees.
Derived terms: arboricultural
arboriculturist
weeper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwiːpə/
ipa: /ˈwipɚ/
rhymes: -iːpə(ɹ)
Forms: form: weepers
Etymology: From weep + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Subdued and magnetized into submission, Ursula sat turning her tearful eyes from one uncompromising face to the other; but their attention was soon diverted to another weeper.
ref: 1907, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Human Toll (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published 1980, page 159:
glosses: A person who weeps.
glosses: A hired mourner.
glosses: A pleurant.
glosses: A thing that slowly leaks liquid.
glosses: A weeping tree.
glosses: A white border round the sleeve of a mourning dress.
glosses: A crape hatband.
glosses: A widow's crape veil.
Derived terms: finders keepers, losers weepers
Piccadilly weeper
weepy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwiːpi/
rhymes: -iːpi
homophone: weepie
Forms: form: weepier
form: weepiest
Etymology: From weep + -y.
Senses: glosses: Inclined to weep; tearful or lachrymose.
examples: text: When Tomorrow Comes was probably some sort of weepy love story which always got him laughing like a drain, often leading to his physical removal from the one and nines.
ref: 2013, Tom Davies, Polly Garter's War:
glosses: Of a film or book etc.: full of tragic melodrama.
Derived terms: forty weepy weepy
Related terms: weeper
weeping
weepy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwiːpi/
rhymes: -iːpi
homophone: weepie
Forms: form: weepies
Etymology: From weep + -y.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of weepie.
Derived terms: creepy weepy
weightiness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: weightinesses
Etymology: From weighty + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being weighty.
weightlessly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more weightlessly
form: most weightlessly
Etymology: From weightless + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: The astronaut hung weightlessly in the capsule.
text: Suddenly I saw him, gliding weightlessly down an escalator, looking remarkably grim: the Beast before he gets to kiss Beauty.
ref: 1987, Christina Hardyment, “Picking up Gold and Silver”, in Heidi’s Alp: One Family’s Search for Storybook Europe, Book Club edition, New York, N.Y.: The Atlantic Monthly Press, →OCLC, pages 99–100:
glosses: whilst weightless; without weight
weirdly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwɪə(ɹ)dli/
Forms: form: more weirdly
form: most weirdly
Etymology: From weird + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: The teacher suspected he was on drugs because he was behaving weirdly.
text: She wore a necklace strung with weirdly-shaped pearls.
topics: manner
glosses: In a weird manner.
examples: text: Weirdly, Alice showed up 10 minutes early. She was usually late for everything.
text: The roughness of the wool was weirdly pleasant.
qualifier: evaluative
glosses: Contrary to expectations.
Synonyms: sense: all senses
word: strangely
sense: all senses
word: oddly
sense: contrary to expectations
word: surprisingly
weldable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈwɛldəbl̩/
Forms: form: more weldable
form: most weldable
Etymology: From weld + -able.
Senses: examples: text: it is comparatively soft and tough; it is hammerable and weldable in the red hot state and is called forged iron
ref: 1969, István Náray-Szabó, Inorganic Crystal Chemistry:
glosses: that is able to be welded
Derived terms: bulk weldables
westerner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: westerners
form: Westerner
Etymology: From western + -er.
Senses: examples: text: The dispatches […] also exposed the blatant discrepancy between the west's professed values and actual foreign policies. Having lectured the Arab world about democracy for years, its collusion in suppressing freedom was undeniable as protesters were met by weaponry and tear gas made in the west, employed by a military trained by westerners.
ref: 2013 June 7, Gary Younge, “Hypocrisy lies at heart of Manning prosecution”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 18:
glosses: A native or inhabitant of the west of a region (or of the world as a whole).
A native or inhabitant of the West, of the Western world—Europe and the Americas. (Also written capitalized as Westerner.)
synonyms: word: westoid
glosses: A native or inhabitant of the west of a region (or of the world as a whole).
A native or inhabitant of the Wild West. (Also written capitalized as Westerner.)
westernize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: westernizes
form: westernizing
form: westernized
form: westernized
form: westernise
form: Westernize
Etymology: From western + -ize.
Senses: examples: text: Users on Chinese social media expressed anger that the Netflix adaptation Westernized aspects of the story, and said the show sought to demonize some of the Chinese characters.
ref: 2024 April 1, David Pierson, “The Bizarre Chinese Murder Plot Behind Netflix’s ‘3 Body Problem’”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
antonyms: dewesternize
coordinate_terms: easternize
glosses: To render something western in character.
Derived terms: Westernizer
wetly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more wetly
form: most wetly
Etymology: From wet + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: They lay on one another in heaps, or attempted to crawl about—some itching madly with leprosies—some swollen and gasping with dropsies—some wetly reeking, like hands washed in winter-time.
ref: 1846, Leigh Hunt, “The Journey Through Hell”, in Stories from the Italian Poets, volume I, London: Chapman & Hall, page 134:
text: 1916, Marie Adelaide Belloc Lowndes, The Red Cross Barge, London: Smith, Elder & Co., Part III, Chapter 2, p. 113,
On a rickety low cart, drawn by a decrepit pony, was a large wooden packing-case on which some well-meaning hand had drawn, in black paint which still gleamed wetly in the sun, a rude cross.
text: She looked back just as closely through her little eyes, with the near-blackmailing insolence of her knowledge. Whereupon he kissed her long and wetly.
ref: 1961, Muriel Spark, chapter 4, in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, London: Macmillan:
glosses: In a wet manner.
examples: text: Rupert Frazer reveals the hollowness behind the elder Forsyth's tyrannical bluster, while Geoff Breton does all that is possible to reconcile us to his wetly conventional son.
ref: 2008 October 29, Michael Billington, “Independent Means”, in The Guardian:
text: Hypocrisy is all around us: in supermarkets with their fake green credentials, in a wetly liberal BBC, in publishers now falling over themselves to promote pornography, in a Government that wrings its hands about social problems—sport for children, the erosion of the countryside, gambling, greed—while at the same time busily exploiting and exacerbating them.
ref: 2012 August 27, Terence Blacker, “Fifty years after the satire boom, the country needs it more than ever”, in The Independent:
glosses: Ineffectually, feebly, showing no strength of character.
goatskin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡoʊtˌskɪn/
Forms: form: goatskins
Etymology: From Middle English geet skin; equivalent to goat + skin.
Senses: examples: text: Near-synonym: kidskin
text: The Arabs came out of their goatskin tents, and surrounded the soldiers, asking many questions in the native tongue, for the soldiers were themselves natives.
ref: 1913, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Return of Tarzan, New York: Ballantine Books, published 1963, page 77:
hypernyms: skin#Noun
hide
;
leather#Noun
coordinate_terms: sheepskin#Noun
lambskin#Noun
glosses: The skin of a goat, especially when cured and used as a material for clothing, tents, etc.
glosses: A liquid container (especially for holding wine or water) made from goat leather.
glosses: A bodhran drum.
Related terms: waterskin
wineskin
cordovan
cordwain
morocco
ufos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ufo