cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
thieve
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: thēv
ipa: /θiːv/
rhymes: -iːv
Forms: form: thieves
form: thieving
form: thieved
form: thieved
Etymology: From Middle English *theven [found in Middle English thevinge (“thieving”)], from Old English þēofian, ġeþēofian, ġeþīefian (“to thieve, steal”).
Senses: glosses: To commit theft.
Synonyms: steal
rob
Related terms: theft
theftable
thief
thieve out
thievery
thieving
sea lion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsiː ˈlaɪən/
ipa: /ˈsiːˌlaɪən/
Forms: form: sea lions
form: sea-lion
form: sealion
Etymology: From sea + lion, named from its marine habitat and its lion-like barking roar and mane. Compare Middle English see hound, cee-hound, se hound (“beaver”, literally “sea-hound”).
Senses: examples: text: But Sophia's mother was not the woman to brook defiance. After a few moments' vain remonstrance her husband complied. His manner and appearance were suggestive of a satiated sea-lion.
ref: 1921, Ben Travers, chapter 6, in A Cuckoo in the Nest, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, published 1925, →OCLC:
text: Peek a Boo said, "I'm sorry guys, please tell my father that I'm ok. You see, I'm trying to become the first sea lion to become a Navy Seal.” The Jamaican Shaken Crabs looked at each other and said, “I don't know if your father told you, but you're a sea lion and no sea lion has ever become a Navy Seal."
ref: 2010, Larry Medina, The Adventures of Peek a Boo the Sea Lion, unnumbered page:
text: Sea lion pups are born with baby teeth, but most of these are replaced with permanent adult teeth by the time the pup is four months old. An adult sea lion has a total of 34 to 36 teeth, with 10 incisors in the front (six in the upper jaw and four in the lower jaw) plus two long canines and 10 to 12 cheek teeth on each side. Sea lions do not chew their food.
ref: 2013, Caroline Arnold, Sea Lion, page 28:
text: When people ask me what the circus is really like behind the scenes, I tell them about runaway gypsy wagons, vanished acrobats, desperate ringmasters and recalcitrant sea lions to name a few.
ref: 2013, Paul Binder, Never Quote the Weather to a Sea Lion: And Other Uncommon Tales from the Founder of the Big Apple Circus, page 6:
glosses: A marine mammal of most genera in the family Otariidae (the eared seals).
topics: government
heraldry
hobbies
lifestyle
monarchy
nobility
politics
glosses: A monster consisting of the upper part of a lion combined with the tail of a fish (a lion marined).
glosses: A steamer transporting cattle from the ports of Texas.
glosses: A cow or bull transported by steamer from the ports of Texas.
Derived terms: California sea lion
Galapagos sea lion
Galápagos sea lion
sealion
South American sea lion
Steller sea lion
Related terms: eared seal
otariid
otary
seal
true seal
walrus
sea lion
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsiː ˈlaɪən/
ipa: /ˈsiːˌlaɪən/
Forms: form: sea lions
form: sea lioning
form: sea lioned
form: sea lioned
form: sea-lion
form: sealion
Etymology: From sea + lion, named from its marine habitat and its lion-like barking roar and mane. Compare Middle English see hound, cee-hound, se hound (“beaver”, literally “sea-hound”).
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of sealion (“engage in disingenuous debate”).
sea cucumber
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sea cucumbers
Etymology: From sea + cucumber, named in reference to its appearance. The term first appeared in common use in the 19th century, and is a calque of French concombre de mer according to the Oxford English Dictionary.
Senses: synonyms: word: bêche-de-mer
word: holothurian
word: trepang
word: holothure
glosses: An echinoderm of the class Holothuroidea, with an elongated body and leathery skin.
wikipedia: Oxford English Dictionary
Derived terms: black sea cucumber
pineapple sea cucumber
snake sea cucumber
Related terms: english: 'sea cucumber bay'
translation: 'sea cucumber bay'
word: Haishenwai
english: 'sea cucumber bay'
translation: 'sea cucumber bay'
word: Haishenwei
smith
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /smɪθ/
rhymes: -ɪθ
Forms: form: smiths
form: smithing
form: smithed
form: smithed
Etymology: From Middle English smythen (“to work metal, forge, beat into, torment, refine (of God - to refine his chosen); to create, work as a blacksmith”), from Old English smiþian (“to forge, fabricate”), from Proto-West Germanic *smiþōn, from Proto-Germanic *smiþōną. Compare Dutch smeden, German schmieden.
Senses: examples: text: Sigurd took the very best sword
That the Dwarfs had ever smithed.
ref: 1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume I, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 258:
glosses: To forge, to form, usually on an anvil; by heating and pounding.
rapid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹæpɪd/
rhymes: -æpɪd
Forms: form: more rapid
form: rapider
form: most rapid
form: rapidest
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French rapide and its etymon Latin rapidus.
Senses: examples: text: a rapid stream
text: rapid growth
text: rapid improvement
text: Ascend my Chariot; guide the rapid Wheeles.
ref: 1667, John Milton, “Book VI”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
text: The most rapid and most seductive transition in all human nature is that which attends the palliation of a ravenous appetite. There is something humiliating about it.[…]Can those harmless but refined fellow-diners be the selfish cads whose gluttony and personal appearance so raised your contemptuous wrath on your arrival?
ref: 1921, Ben Travers, chapter 5, in A Cuckoo in the Nest, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, published 1925, →OCLC:
text: Across Japan, technology companies and private investors are racing to install devices that until recently they had little interest in: solar panels. Massive solar parks are popping up as part of a rapid build-up that one developer likened to an "explosion."
ref: 2013 June 21, Chico Harlan, “Japan pockets the subsidy …”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 2, page 30:
glosses: Very swift or quick.
glosses: Steep, changing altitude quickly. (of a slope)
glosses: Needing only a brief exposure time. (of a lens, plate, film, etc.)
glosses: Violent, severe.
glosses: Happy.
Derived terms: bus rapid transit
rapid antigen test
rapid automatized naming
rapid eye movement
rapid fire pistol
rapid fire
rapid-fire
rapidity
rapidly
rapidness
rapid-onset gender dysphoria
rapid response system
rapid response team
rapid transit
rapid unplanned disassembly
rapid unscheduled disassembly
ultrarapid
rapid
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹæpɪd/
rhymes: -æpɪd
Forms: form: more rapid
form: most rapid
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French rapide and its etymon Latin rapidus.
Senses: glosses: Rapidly.
rapid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹæpɪd/
rhymes: -æpɪd
Forms: form: rapids
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French rapide and its etymon Latin rapidus.
Senses: coordinate_terms: riffle
glosses: A rough section of a river or stream which is difficult to navigate due to the swift and turbulent motion of the water.
glosses: A burst of rapid fire.
examples: text: In these rapid games we had just twenty-five minutes each to make all our moves, a far cry from traditional chess, where games can last up to seven hours.
ref: 2010, Garry Kasparov, How Life Imitates Chess, page 41:
text: In order to avoid misunderstanding, I must note that I object to the attempts to displace normal chess with fast play, not rapid or blitz in general. I love them both, and, if I were to choose which to play, classic or rapid, I would choose rapid.
ref: 2015, Mark Dvoretsky, For Friends and Colleagues, volume 2 (Reflections on My Profession):
text: I haven’t played against Wesley So—I’ve played him a bunch online in rapid games, but not in classical rounds.
ref: 2022 September 2, Nitish Pahwa, Magnus Carlsen (quoted), “The World’s Greatest Chess Player Cannot Wait to Battle His Young, Rising Rivals”, in Slate:
topics: board-games
chess
games
glosses: Ellipsis of rapid chess.
Derived terms: Big Rapids
Cedar Rapids
Grand Rapids
Neosho Rapids
Park Rapids
Rapid Ann
Rapidan
Rapid City
Rock Rapids
Wisconsin Rapids
Related terms: rapt
identification
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /aɪˌdɛntɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/
ipa: /ɪˌdɛntɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/
note: in fast speech
ipa: /aɪˌdɛn(t)ɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/
note: in fast speech
ipa: /ɪˌdɛn(t)ɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/
rhymes: -eɪʃən
Forms: form: identifications
Etymology: From French identification.
Senses: examples: text: In many network protocols, identification is complemented by authentication.
coordinate_terms: authentication
authentification
qualifier: strictly
glosses: The act of identifying (i.e., which one, which thing).
examples: text: Much education and experience is required for proper identification of bird species.
glosses: The combination of identifying (which one, which thing) and validating the identity (proving or confirming it); identifying and authenticating viewed as a unitary concept in cognition.
examples: text: The problem's identification was the first step toward dealing with it.
glosses: The state of being identified.
examples: information necessary to make a good identification
glosses: A particular instance of identifying something.
examples: text: The authorities asked for his identification.
synonyms: ID
documents
papers
glosses: A document or documents serving as evidence of a person's identity.
examples: text: identification with the tribe
text: In several actions where FagRaggers were personally involved […] Brill provided sensitive information about our activities to police. Such intervention revealed Brill's identification with authority and his inadequate understanding of how to change the condition of those without power.
ref: 1979 December 22, Shannon Austin, Chris Garten, Mitzel, Mike Riegle, Tom Reeves, Michael Thompson, Charley Shively, Maya Silverthorne, “Questions re Brill's Death and Police Penetration of Our Community”, in Gay Community News, volume 2, number 22, page 5:
text: In the English South and Midlands, identification with Britain ran well ahead of identification with the region; in Yorkshire and the northern England, identification with the region ran about equal to identification with Britain; and in Scotland and Wales (but more especially in Scotland) identification with the region ('Scotland' or 'Wales') ran well ahead of identification with Britain.
ref: 1998, Hugh Berrington, Britain in the nineties, page 192:
glosses: A feeling of support, sympathy, understanding, or belonging towards somebody or something.
Derived terms: bioidentification
deidentification
dental identification
disidentification
hyperidentification
identificational
identification card
identification division
identification friend or foe
identification key
identification map
identification parade
identification space
identificator
identikit
jigsaw identification
misidentification
native-language identification
nonidentification
overidentification
personal identification number
photoidentification
positive material identification
radio-frequency identification
re-identification
reidentification
self-identification
underidentification
unique identification number
vehicle identification number
Related terms: ident
identic
identical
identifier
identify
identity
Eskimo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɛs.kɪ.məʊ/
ipa: /ˈɛs.kɪ.moʊ/
Forms: form: Eskimo
form: Eskimos
form: Eskimoes
form: Eskimau
form: Esquimau
form: Esquimaux
form: Esquimo
Etymology: Attested since 1584, from French Esquimau, ultimately from an Old Montagnais term. Ives Goddard's theory, accepted by most linguists today, is that it derives from Montagnais ayaškimew (“snowshoe-netter”). An older theory, defended by John Steckley due to its greater acceptance in Native oral traditions, but discredited by linguists, is that it derives from a term meaning "eater(s) of raw meat".
Details.
* The theory most accepted among linguists today is that it derives from ayaškimew (“snowshoe-netter”) (compare Montagnais assime·w (“she laces a snowshoe”), Ojibwe ashkime (“s/he nets snowshoes”)), a term applied to the Mi'kmaq and apparently later transferred to the Labrador Inuit.
* An older theory derives it from a term meaning "eaters of raw meat"; compare Cree askamiciw (“s/he eats it raw”) (Inuit are referred to in some Cree texts as askipiw, "eats something raw"). John Steckley argues in favor of this theory because of its greater acceptance in native oral traditions, and because the Huron, historical allies and trading partners of the Montagnais who loan-translated many names, also denote the Inuit using terms (e.g. Lorette Huron ok8ch iechronnon, Wyandot ok8chtronnon, both including -ok8ch- "to be raw") meaning "people of the raw", "people who eat something raw".
In 1978, Montagnais-speaking Quebec anthropologist Jose Mailhot alternatively suggested Eskimo meant "people who speak a different language", but Steckley considers her theory unlikely.
The term may have entered English via Spanish esquimao, esquimal (used by Basque fishermen in Labrador).
Senses: hyponyms: Inuk
Inuit
Yupik
glosses: A member of a group of indigenous peoples inhabiting the Arctic, from Siberia, through Alaska and Northern Canada, to Greenland, including the Inuit and Yupik.
examples: text: Yet many pure-bred, if unregistered, Eskimos are still kept along the Canadian border for use in sled racing.
ref: 1958, Henry P. Davis, The Modern Dog Encyclopedia, page 292:
glosses: A dog of the American Eskimo breed.
glosses: A dog of the Canadian Eskimo breed.
topics: ball-games
football
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A team member of the Canadian Football League's Edmonton Eskimos. (Obsolete as of 2020 with the team dropping this name in favour of Elks in 2021.)
Related terms: english: dog
translation: dog
word: husky
word: the same root as Eskimo
english: an Eskimo person; an Eskimo language
translation: an Eskimo person; an Eskimo language
word: Husky
Eskimo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɛs.kɪ.məʊ/
ipa: /ˈɛs.kɪ.moʊ/
Forms: form: Eskimau
form: Esquimau
form: Esquimaux
form: Esquimo
Etymology: Attested since 1584, from French Esquimau, ultimately from an Old Montagnais term. Ives Goddard's theory, accepted by most linguists today, is that it derives from Montagnais ayaškimew (“snowshoe-netter”). An older theory, defended by John Steckley due to its greater acceptance in Native oral traditions, but discredited by linguists, is that it derives from a term meaning "eater(s) of raw meat".
Details.
* The theory most accepted among linguists today is that it derives from ayaškimew (“snowshoe-netter”) (compare Montagnais assime·w (“she laces a snowshoe”), Ojibwe ashkime (“s/he nets snowshoes”)), a term applied to the Mi'kmaq and apparently later transferred to the Labrador Inuit.
* An older theory derives it from a term meaning "eaters of raw meat"; compare Cree askamiciw (“s/he eats it raw”) (Inuit are referred to in some Cree texts as askipiw, "eats something raw"). John Steckley argues in favor of this theory because of its greater acceptance in native oral traditions, and because the Huron, historical allies and trading partners of the Montagnais who loan-translated many names, also denote the Inuit using terms (e.g. Lorette Huron ok8ch iechronnon, Wyandot ok8chtronnon, both including -ok8ch- "to be raw") meaning "people of the raw", "people who eat something raw".
In 1978, Montagnais-speaking Quebec anthropologist Jose Mailhot alternatively suggested Eskimo meant "people who speak a different language", but Steckley considers her theory unlikely.
The term may have entered English via Spanish esquimao, esquimal (used by Basque fishermen in Labrador).
Senses: glosses: Any of the languages of the Eskimo people.
Eskimo
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɛs.kɪ.məʊ/
ipa: /ˈɛs.kɪ.moʊ/
Forms: form: more Eskimo
form: most Eskimo
form: Eskimau
form: Esquimau
form: Esquimaux
form: Esquimo
Etymology: Attested since 1584, from French Esquimau, ultimately from an Old Montagnais term. Ives Goddard's theory, accepted by most linguists today, is that it derives from Montagnais ayaškimew (“snowshoe-netter”). An older theory, defended by John Steckley due to its greater acceptance in Native oral traditions, but discredited by linguists, is that it derives from a term meaning "eater(s) of raw meat".
Details.
* The theory most accepted among linguists today is that it derives from ayaškimew (“snowshoe-netter”) (compare Montagnais assime·w (“she laces a snowshoe”), Ojibwe ashkime (“s/he nets snowshoes”)), a term applied to the Mi'kmaq and apparently later transferred to the Labrador Inuit.
* An older theory derives it from a term meaning "eaters of raw meat"; compare Cree askamiciw (“s/he eats it raw”) (Inuit are referred to in some Cree texts as askipiw, "eats something raw"). John Steckley argues in favor of this theory because of its greater acceptance in native oral traditions, and because the Huron, historical allies and trading partners of the Montagnais who loan-translated many names, also denote the Inuit using terms (e.g. Lorette Huron ok8ch iechronnon, Wyandot ok8chtronnon, both including -ok8ch- "to be raw") meaning "people of the raw", "people who eat something raw".
In 1978, Montagnais-speaking Quebec anthropologist Jose Mailhot alternatively suggested Eskimo meant "people who speak a different language", but Steckley considers her theory unlikely.
The term may have entered English via Spanish esquimao, esquimal (used by Basque fishermen in Labrador).
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to the Eskimo peoples.
glosses: In, of, or relating to the Eskimo languages.
Derived terms: American Eskimo Dog
baskimo
Canadian Eskimo Dog
Eskaleut
Eskaleutian
Eskaleutic
Eskibeat
Eskie
Eskimo-Aleut
Eskimoan
Eskimo boot
Eskimo brothers
Eskimo curlew
Eskimo dog
Eskimoic
Eskimoid
eskimoite
Eskimoized
Eskimo kiss
Eskimological
Eskimologist
Eskimology
Eskimo Nebula
Eskimoness
Eskimo pie
Eskimo Point
Eskimo potato
Eskimo roll
Greenlandic Eskimo Pidgin
Paleo-Eskimo
Proto-Eskimo
red-headed Eskimo
sell freezers to Eskimos
sell ice to Eskimos
sell snow to Eskimos
'skimo
West Alaska Eskimo
FUBAR
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfuːbɑːɹ/
Forms: form: fubar
Etymology: Originated as slang in the U.S. Army in World War II, presumably from earlier foo, possibly influenced by German furchtbar (“terrible”). It is unclear if FUBAR or foobar was the original form.
Senses: glosses: Acronym of fucked/fouled up beyond all recognition/repair/reason/recovery.
Related terms: bar
foo
foobar
foo fighter
clusterfuck
fugazi
SNAFU
wack
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /wæk/
rhymes: -æk
homophone: whack (wine–whine merger)
Forms: form: wacker
form: wackest
form: whack
Etymology: Back-formation from wacky. Alternatively, possibly a blend of white + black, in the sense that it may appear black on the outside, but it's really white on the inside. Compare oreo.
Senses: examples: text: Every record they ever made was straight-up wack.
text: Ya'll are so wack.
ref: 2003 September 15, Michael Chapman; Matthew Chapman, “Teen Girl Squad Issue #4”, in Homestar Runner, spoken by Strong Bad as Cheerleader (Matthew Chapman):
text: The next day, Phonte gets in, and I let him hear the song, and he goes, 'This dude is wack, but what’s up with that beat though?' And I said, 'It's ours.'
ref: 2011 May 20, 9th Wonder (quoted), Jaeki Cho, “9th Wonder Tells All: The Stories Behind His Classic Records”, in Complex, archived from the original on 16 Nov 2022:
text: When TMZ asked Bieber whether he can listen to The Weeknd’s music, the pop superstar replied, "Hell no I can’t listen to a Weeknd song. That shit's wack."
ref: 2017 January 23, Colin Stutz, “Justin Bieber Says He Can't Listen to The Weeknd's 'Wack' Music”, in Billboard:
text: "No, no, no," James said Wednesday (via ESPN). "That's wack. That's wack. Why? You got to earn your spot to be in the postseason. No consolation for finishing last. That's corny. That’s corny. That's wack. To play for what? What are they playing for?"
ref: 2018 March 21, Des Bieler, “'That's wack': LeBron James doesn't like idea of NBA postseason play-in tournament”, in Washington Post:
text: "He's so wack for that," Jeffryes said of Prescott. "As a black man you should want to speak out against police brutality and racial injustice. You have a black father. One day you will have black children."
ref: 2018 September 19, Chauncey Alcorn, “Dak Prescott takes heat from Dallas Nine protester after Cowboys game arrests: "He's so wack"”, in Mic:
text: While it's not clear what the offending post was that resulted in removal, it is evident that he's not happy about the decision. "I'm done with Instagram this shit is wack,' he wrote.
ref: 2018 October 3, Joe Price, “50 Cent Quits Instagram Over Post Being Taken Down: 'I'm Done'”, in Complex, archived from the original on 16 Nov 2022:
text: Or, just as likely: Bobby thinks that guy is wack and sucks at Fortnite, and he doesn't accept Ryland's friend request. Next game, he'll go for the shotgun.
ref: 2021 June 10, Cecilia D'Anastasio, “How Roblox Became a Playground for Virtual Fascists”, in Wired:
text: […] but if there's somebody out there that's like, 'Oh, his music is wack,' what they're really saying is he's wack... But he's like, 'I don't give a fuck 'cause this isn't even really me.'
ref: 2022 July 20, Logic (quoted), Joshua Espinoza, “Logic Says 6ix9ine Is One of Many Rappers Who Put Up a Facade: 'That's Not Really Who They Are'”, in Complex, archived from the original on 16 Nov 2022:
glosses: Annoyingly or disappointingly bad, in various senses; lousy, corny, cringy, uncool, messed up.
Derived terms: wack out
wack shack
wack
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /wæk/
rhymes: -æk
homophone: whack (wine–whine merger)
Forms: form: wacks
form: whack
Etymology: Back-formation from wacky. Alternatively, possibly a blend of white + black, in the sense that it may appear black on the outside, but it's really white on the inside. Compare oreo.
Senses: glosses: An eccentric; an oddball; a weirdo.
qualifier: 70s drug slang
glosses: PCP, phencyclidine (as also whack).
Synonyms: wackjob
wacko
strange person
Derived terms: wicky-wack
wack
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /wæk/
rhymes: -æk
homophone: whack (wine–whine merger)
Forms: form: wacks
form: whack
Etymology: Clipping of wacker (“a Liverpudlian; a resident of Liverpool, England”)
Senses: examples: text: A few well chosen words such as "Let's be having you wack!", works wonders. The dockers know that they've got a Scouse to deal with. I'm not saying that a Southerner couldn't handle the situation, but the job might well take longer.
ref: 1966, The British Journal of Photography, volume 113, H. Greenwood, page 17:
text: Leading Seaman Hanlon, a tough young man from the Liverpool docks, greeted him with, 'Wot's up with you, wack? Lost yer bleeding maor summat?'
ref: 2011, Douglas Reeman, Torpedo Run, Random House, →ISBN:
text: One of the young men stepped forward to explain. It was obviously an enthusiasm of his. 'Hey, Wack, gerron wiv it, eh?'
ref: 2019, Richard Woodman, Voyage East, Canelo, →ISBN:
synonyms: pal
mate
qualifier: Liverpool
glosses: A friendly term of address.
personal computer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: personal computers
Etymology: Often attributed to Stewart Brand (1974), but in use before (see quotations).
Senses: examples: text: Near-synonyms: desktop computer, microcomputer
text: He is working on an important project on his personal computer.
text: “There is no reason to suppose the average boy or girl cannot be master of a personal computer,” he said.
ref: 1962 November 3, John Mauchly, quotee, “Pocket Computer May Replace Shopping List”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
text: Meanwhile the research center is nifty as ever. Virtuoso Peter Deutsch is working on interactive systems for secretaries. They're part way along on the Dynabook fantasy with a working personal computer the size of a breadbox.
ref: 1974, Stewart Brand, II Cybernetic Frontiers, New York: Random House, →ISBN, page 88:
text: Morse did confirm that the Amiga personal computer will have 128K of random-access memory (RAM) and a single 5¼-inch disk drive with 320K storage.
ref: 1984, InfoWorld, volume 6, number 13, page 13:
synonyms: PC
coordinate_terms: mainframe
minicomputer
workstation
glosses: A computer for use by one person at a time (using a microprocessor).
synonyms: PC
coordinate_terms: mainframe
minicomputer
workstation
glosses: A computer for use by one person at a time (using a microprocessor).
The IBM Personal Computer.
synonyms: PC
PC clone
IBM PC clone
coordinate_terms: mainframe
minicomputer
workstation
glosses: A computer for use by one person at a time (using a microprocessor).
A PC-compatible computer.
rose garden
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rose gardens
form: rosegarden
form: rose-garden
Senses: synonyms: rosarium
rosary
glosses: A garden devoted primarily to roses.
examples: text: I beg your pardon, / I never promised you a rose garden. / Along with the sunshine, / There's gotta be a little rain sometimes
ref: 1969, Joe South, “Rose Garden”:
glosses: A highly desirable situation.
Related terms: Rose Garden rubbish
half-inch
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: half-inches
form: half-inching
form: half-inched
form: half-inched
Senses: examples: text: No cox'n will ever be hanged; he will always have "half-inched" the rope from the hangman first.
ref: 1942 December 9, “Rope”, in Punch, page 501:
glosses: To pinch, to steal.
half-inch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: half-inches
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of half inch.
manticore
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmæntɪˌkɔɹ/
Forms: form: manticores
Etymology: From Latin mantichōras, from Ancient Greek μαρτιχόρας (martikhóras, “man-eater; tiger”), from Old Persian *martyahvārah (“man-eater”), from 𐎶𐎼𐎫𐎡𐎹 (m-r-t-i-y /⁠martyaʰ⁠/, “man”).
Senses: examples: text: Now may I present to you the basilisk?
Please down your goggles if you wish to resist
From the fiery depths of the planet’s core
The never sleeping for want of eating unholy stench of the manticore
ref: 2005, “Circus Maximus”, performed by Clutch:
topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A beast with the body of a lion (usually red), the tail of a scorpion, and the head/face of a man with a mouth filled with multiple rows of sharp teeth (like a shark), said to be able to shoot spikes from its tail or mane to paralyse prey. It may be horned, winged, or both; its voice is described as a mixture of pipes and trumpets.
griffin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡɹɪf.ɪn/
rhymes: -ɪfɪn
Forms: form: griffins
form: grifon
form: gryfon
form: gryphon
form: griffon
Etymology: From Middle English griffoun, from Old French griffon, from Latin gryphus, from Ancient Greek γρύψ (grúps).
Senses: glosses: A mythical beast having the body of a lion and the wings and head of an eagle.
glosses: A griffon vulture, a large vulture (Gyps fulvus) found in the mountainous parts of Southern Europe, North Africa, and Asia Minor, supposed to be the "eagle" of the Bible.
glosses: An English variety of apple.
examples: text: Tables were laid out in the palace, profusely covered with wines and refreshments, in the European style; old hands and griffins, fair sex and civilians, seemed all determined to enjoy themselves[…]
ref: 1842, The Asiatic journal and monthly register, volume 38, page 40:
glosses: A person who has just arrived from Europe.
glosses: A cadet newly arrived in British India: half English, half Indian.
glosses: A watchful guardian, especially a duenna in charge of a young woman.
Derived terms: taxonomic: Gypaetus barbatus
word: bearded griffin
word: griffinage
word: griffiness
word: griffinfly
word: griffinhood
word: griffinish
word: griffinism
word: hippogriff
hymne
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hymnes
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of hymn.
gradian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gradians
Etymology: Some information is available in Wikipedia at gradian § History and name.
Senses: topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
trigonometry
synonyms: gon
grad
grade
coordinate_terms: degree
°
;
radian
mul:rad
glosses: A unit of angle equal to 0.9 degree, so that there are 100 gradians in a right angle.
wikipedia: gradian
Related terms: centigrade
vinculum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈvɪŋ.kjə.ləm/
Forms: form: vincula
form: vinculums
Etymology: From Latin vinculum (“bond, link”), from vinciō (“bind, fetter, tie”) + -ulum.
Senses: glosses: A bond or tie that unifies.
topics: arithmetic
glosses: Any symbol used to group some of the terms in an expression, indicating that that part of the calculation should be done before other parts, or that the Roman numeral underneath should be multiplied by 1,000.
topics: arithmetic
glosses: A horizontal line over the top of some of the terms in an expression, indicating that that part of the calculation is to be done before other parts (in modern mathematical notation confined to use in radicals: √).
topics: arithmetic
glosses: The horizontal line between the numerator and denominator in a fraction.
examples: text: 0.#92;overline#123;3#125;#61;0.333#92;ldots
topics: arithmetic
glosses: A horizontal line placed over one or more digits of a decimal expansion to indicate that those digits repeat indefinitely (the repetend).
examples: text: #92;overline#123;2#43;3i#125;#61;2-3i
topics: complex-analysis
mathematics
sciences
glosses: A horizontal line placed over a complex number or expression to denote its complex conjugate.
examples: text: #92;overline#123;AB#125; is the line segment between points A and B
topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: A horizontal line drawn over two letters to denote the line segment joining them.
examples: text: #92;overline#123;A#125;#61;#92;lnotA
text: #92;overline#123;AB#125;#61;#92;lnot(A#92;landB)
topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
human-sciences
logic
mathematics
natural-sciences
philosophy
physical-sciences
physics
sciences
glosses: A horizontal line placed over a symbol or expression to denote logical negation (complement).
examples: text: #92;log 0.012#61;#92;overline#123;2#125;.07918#61;-1.92082
topics: arithmetic
glosses: A horizontal line placed over the characteristic (integer part) of a common logarithm to indicate that the characteristic is negative while the mantissa (decimal part) remains positive. Historically used to simplify the use of logarithm tables.
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: A ligament that limits the movement of an organ or part.
topics: geography
natural-sciences
surveying
synonyms: brace
glosses: A symbol in the shape of an elongated letter "S" (∫) or pair of hooks (⌠⌡) drawn on plans to join non-contiguous sections of land that are to be treated as a single parcel.
Synonyms: sense: ligament
word: mesotendon
Derived terms: vinculin
Related terms: macron
solidus
virgule
bulk
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: bŭlk
ipa: /bʌlk/
rhymes: -ʌlk
Etymology: From Middle English bulk, bolke (“a heap, cargo, hold; heap; bulge”), borrowed from Old Norse búlki (“the freight or the cargo of a ship”), from Proto-Germanic *bulkô (“beam, pile, heap”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵ- (“beam, pile, prop”). Compare Icelandic búlkast (“to be bulky”), Swedish dialectal bulk (“a bunch”), Danish bulk (“bump, knob”).
Conflated with Middle English bouk (“belly, trunk”).
Senses: glosses: Being large in size, mass, or volume (of goods, etc.).
examples: Bulk fermentation
glosses: Total.
Derived terms: word: bulken
bulk
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: bŭlk
ipa: /bʌlk/
rhymes: -ʌlk
Forms: form: bulks
form: bulking
form: bulked
form: bulked
Etymology: From Middle English bulk, bolke (“a heap, cargo, hold; heap; bulge”), borrowed from Old Norse búlki (“the freight or the cargo of a ship”), from Proto-Germanic *bulkô (“beam, pile, heap”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵ- (“beam, pile, prop”). Compare Icelandic búlkast (“to be bulky”), Swedish dialectal bulk (“a bunch”), Danish bulk (“bump, knob”).
Conflated with Middle English bouk (“belly, trunk”).
Senses: examples: text: The fame of Warburton possibly bulked larger for the moment.
ref: 1878, Leslie Stephen, Samuel Johnson:
text: Last, behold on Juss’s right hand, yon lord that bulks mighty as Hercules yet steppeth lightly as a heifer.
ref: 1922, E[ric] R[ücker] Eddison, The Worm Ouroboros: A Romance, London: Jonathan Cape […], →OCLC, page 6:
glosses: To appear or seem to be, as to bulk or extent.
glosses: To grow in size; to swell or expand.
coordinate_terms: cut
glosses: To gain body mass by means of diet, exercise, etc.
glosses: To put or hold in bulk.
examples: text: Some of the towne dwellers haue ſo large an opinion of their ſetled prouiſion, that if all her Maieſties fleet at once ſhould put into their bay, within twelue dayes warning with ſo much double beere, beefe, fiſh and bisket they would bulke them as they could wallow away with.
ref: 1599, [Thomas] Nashe, Nashes Lenten Stuffe, […], London: […] [Thomas Judson and Valentine Simmes] for N[icholas] L[ing] and C[uthbert] B[urby] […], →OCLC, page 6:
glosses: To add bulk to; to bulk out.
Related terms: bulker
bulkhead
bulk out
bulk up
bulky
in bulk
spanner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: note: r
enpr: spăn'ə
ipa: /ˈspæn.ə(ɹ)/
enpr: spăn'ər
ipa: /ˈspæn.ɚ/
rhymes: -ænə(ɹ)
Forms: form: spanners
Etymology: From span + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Pass me that spanner, Jake; there's just one more bolt to screw in.
synonyms: wrench
hypernyms: hand tool#Noun
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tool#Noun
glosses: A hand tool for adjusting nuts and bolts.
examples: text: The groove in this toolholder is what the spanner grabs onto when you are changing the tool.
synonyms: wrench
hypernyms: hand tool#Noun
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tool#Noun
wrench
<
hand tool#Noun
<
tool#Noun
glosses: A hand tool for adjusting nuts and bolts.
Any of certain types of such a tool that have a pin or hook to engage the driven object.
examples: text: The scheme of the spanner of continents and the desire of the little husbandman hoarding for his loved ones...
ref: 1915, Florence Kiper Frank, The Jew to Jesus: and other poems:
glosses: One who, or that which, spans.
topics: graph-theory
mathematics
sciences
glosses: A (usually sparse) graph whose shortest path distances approximate those in a dense graph or other metric space.
examples: text: The spanner for spanning or winding up the spring of the wheel lock.
ref: 1786, Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, Fig. 10., page xvi:
topics: engineering
government
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
tools
war
weaponry
glosses: A hand tool shaped like a small crank handle, for winding the spring of a wheel lock on a musket.
glosses: A device in early steam engines for moving the valves for the alternate admission and shutting off of the steam.
examples: text: Halfway through the production of Macbeth, the director found that the stage was smaller than he expected. This really threw a spanner in the works.
glosses: A problem, dilemma or obstacle; something unexpected or troublesome (in the phrase spanner in the works)
examples: text: You spanner, Rodney! I wanted some time, not a bunch of thyme!
glosses: A stupid or unintelligent person; one prone to making mistakes, especially in language.
Synonyms: sense: hand tool for nuts and bolts
word: wrench
Derived terms: adjustable spanner
bobbejaan spanner
crescent spanner
dog bone spanner
put a spanner in the works
ring spanner
spanner barb
spanner crab
spannered
spanner in the works
spanner wrench
spider spanner
throw a spanner in the works
throw a spanner into the works
torque spanner
spanner
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: note: r
enpr: spăn'ə
ipa: /ˈspæn.ə(ɹ)/
enpr: spăn'ər
ipa: /ˈspæn.ɚ/
rhymes: -ænə(ɹ)
Forms: form: spanners
form: spannering
form: spannered
form: spannered
Etymology: From span + -er.
Senses: glosses: To use a spanner; to fix with a spanner
wrench
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: rĕnch
ipa: /ɹɛnt͡ʃ/
rhymes: -ɛntʃ
Forms: form: wrenches
form: wrenche
form: wrinche
form: wringe
Etymology: From Middle English wrench, from Old English wrenċ. Compare German Rank (“plot, intrigue”).
Senses: examples: text: With a wrench, which threw his victim back upon the bed as though hurled from a height, he turned and sprang at us.
ref: 1897, Bram Stoker, chapter 21, in Dracula, New York, N.Y.: Modern Library, →OCLC:
glosses: A movement that twists or pulls violently; a tug.
glosses: An injury caused by a violent twisting or pulling of a limb; strain, sprain.
glosses: A trick or artifice.
glosses: Deceit; guile; treachery.
glosses: A turn at an acute angle.
glosses: A winch or windlass.
glosses: A screw.
glosses: A distorting change from the original meaning.
synonyms: spanner
glosses: A hand tool for making rotational adjustments, such as fitting nuts and bolts, or fitting pipes.
glosses: An adjustable spanner used by plumbers.
glosses: A violent emotional change caused by separation.
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: In screw theory, a screw assembled from force and torque vectors arising from application of Newton's laws to a rigid body.
examples: text: But weighing one thing with another he gave Britain for lost; but resolved to make his profit of this business of Britain, as a quarrel for war; and that of Naples, as a wrench and mean for peace
ref: 1622, Francis, Lord Verulam, Viscount St. Alban [i.e. Francis Bacon], The Historie of the Raigne of King Henry the Seventh, […], London: […] W[illiam] Stansby for Matthew Lownes, and William Barret, →OCLC:
glosses: means; contrivance
glosses: In coursing, the act of bringing the hare round at less than a right angle, worth half a point in the recognised code of points for judging.
Derived terms: adjustable wrench
Allen wrench
alligator wrench
bed wrench
bicycle wrench
dog bone wrench
flare-nut wrench
flare nut wrench
hex head wrench
hook wrench
key wrench
monkey-wrench
monkey wrench
monkeywrench
nipple wrench
nut wrench
pipe wrench
plumber wrench
ratchet wrench
ring wrench
screw wrench
smoke wrench
socket wrench
spanner wrench
spider wrench
spoke wrench
Stillson wrench
Swedish wrench
tension wrench
throw a monkey wrench in the works
throw a monkey wrench into the works
throw a wrench in
throw a wrench in the gears
throw a wrench in the works
throw a wrench into the works
torque wrench
torsion wrench
tube wrench
tuning wrench
wrench hammer
wrench in the works
wrenchman
wrench
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: rĕnch
ipa: /ɹɛnt͡ʃ/
rhymes: -ɛntʃ
Forms: form: wrenches
form: wrenching
form: wrenched
form: wrenched
form: wrenche
form: wrinche
form: wringe
Etymology: From Middle English wrenchen, from Old English wrenċan, from Proto-West Germanic *wrankijan, from Proto-Germanic *wrankijaną. Compare German renken.
Senses: examples: text: With a surge of adrenaline, she wrenched the car door off and pulled out the injured man.
glosses: To pull or twist violently.
examples: text: Be careful not to wrench your ankle walking along those loose stones!
glosses: To injure (a joint) by pulling or twisting.
glosses: To distort the original meaning of; to misrepresent.
examples: text: And what actinic, mind-wrenching form could the countermeme take? How could human hands assemble something so devastatingly powerful and hold it steady; what human mind could wield it without exploding from the inside out?
ref: 2019 December 9, qntm, “Wild Light”, in There Is No Antimemetics Division, →ISBN, page 191:
glosses: To rack with pain; to make hurt or distressed.
glosses: To deprive by means of a violent pull or twist.
examples: text: The plumber wrenched the pipes until they came loose.
glosses: To use a wrench; to twist with a wrench.
glosses: To violently move in a turn or writhe.
examples: text: [S]end me that hag hither; she shall avouch what it was that she hath given to the wretch Dryfesdale, or the pilniewinks and thumbikins shall wrench it out of her finger-joints.
ref: 1820, [Walter Scott], chapter V, in The Abbot. […], volume III, Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne & Co.] for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, […]; and for Archibald Constable and Company, and John Ballantyne, […], →OCLC, pages 173–174:
glosses: To tighten with or as if with a winch.
glosses: To thrust (a weapon) in a twisting motion.
topics: fencing
government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
sports
war
glosses: To disarm an opponent by whirling their blade away.
Internet cafe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Internet cafes
form: Internet café
form: internet cafe
form: internet café
Senses: examples: text: The Iranian police have closed down 24 Internet cafes and other coffee shops in as many hours, detaining 23 people, as part of a broad crackdown on immoral behavior, official news media said Sunday.
ref: 2007 December 17, “Police in Iran Shut 24 Internet Cafes”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
synonyms: cybercafé
computer shop
q2
glosses: A place where one can use a computer with Internet access for a fee.
nee
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /neɪ/
rhymes: -eɪ
homophone: nay
homophone: neigh
homophone: né
homophone: Neagh
Etymology: From French née, feminine of né, past participle of naître, to be born.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of née.
nee
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: ipa: /neɪ/
rhymes: -eɪ
homophone: nay
homophone: neigh
homophone: né
homophone: Neagh
ipa: /niː/
rhymes: -iː
homophone: knee
ipa: /neɪ/
rhymes: -eɪ
homophone: nay
homophone: neigh
homophone: né
homophone: Neagh
Etymology: From Old English ne or nā (“no”). Cognate with Standard English no.
Senses: examples: text: Nee way man!
translation: No way
english: No way
text: Thor's nee watter!
translation: There's no water!
english: There's no water!
glosses: no, used to express no as a quantity, i.e. not any, like German kein/Dutch geen/French rien. Compare with na.
Derived terms: nee way
Related terms: nee-naw
nee nor
neen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /niːn/
rhymes: -iːn
Senses: examples: text: And mar her milk, Ise greet out bath my Neen.
ref: 1683, George Meriton, A Yorkshire Dialogue:
glosses: The eyes.
u-ie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: u-ies
Etymology: From u + -ie.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of uey.
statistics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /stəˈtɪstɪks/
Forms: form: statisticks
Etymology: From German Statistik, from New Latin statisticum (“of the state”) and Italian statista (“statesman, politician”), compare English statist. Statistik introduced by Gottfried Achenwall (1749), originally designated the analysis of data about the state.
Senses: examples: text: Statistics is the only mathematical field required for many social sciences.
text: As for statistics, the foundations include, on any interpretation of which I have ever heard, the foundations of probability, as controversial a subject as one could name. As in other sciences, controversies over the foundations of statistics reflect themselves to some extent in everyday practice, nut not nearly so catastrophically as one might imagine.[…]It is hard to judge, however, to what extent the relative calm of modern statistics is due to its domination by a vigorous school relatively well agreed within itself about the foundations.
ref: 1972, Leonard J. Savage, The Foundations of Statistics, Dover, page 1:
text: 2004, David C. LeBlanc, Statistics: Concepts and Applications for Science, Jones and Bartlett Publishers, page 61,
The application of statistics in the process of science can be divided into three parts: (1) obtaining data (experiment and sampling design), (2) summarizing and describing data (exploratory data analysis, descriptive statistics), and (3) using data from samples and experiments to make estimates and test competing hypotheses about the universe (inferential statistics).
text: We live our lives in three dimensions for our threescore and ten allotted years. Yet every branch of contemporary science, from statistics to cosmology, alludes to processes that operate on scales outside of human experience: the millisecond and the nanometer, the eon and the light-year.
ref: 2012 January 24, Robert L. Dorit, “Rereading Darwin”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 1, archived from the original on 14 Nov 2012, page 23:
glosses: A discipline, principally within applied mathematics, concerned with the systematic study of the collection, presentation, analysis, and interpretation of data.
Derived terms: algebraic statistics
applied statistics
astrostatistics
biostatistics
Bose-Einstein statistics
braid statistics
defense-independent pitching statistics
descriptive statistics
Einstein-Bose statistics
ethnostatistics
Fermi-Dirac statistics
F-statistics
geostatistics
inferential statistics
lexicostatistics
mathematical statistics
parastatistics
particle statistics
phonostatistics
photostatistics
statistician
stats
stylostatistics
superstatistics
thermostatistics
vital statistics
statistics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /stəˈtɪstɪks/
Forms: form: statisticks
Senses: examples: text: The statistics from the Census for apportionment are available.
text: Sufficient statistics for a given estimation problem are a collection of statistics or, equivalently, a collection of functions of the random sample, that summarize or represent all of the information in a random sample that is useful for estimating any #92;textbf#123;q#125;(#92;#33;#92;boldsymbol#92;Theta#92;#33;).
ref: 1996, Ron C. Mittelhammer, Mathematical Statistics for Economics and Business, Springer, page 389:
text: “Over the past month, the Department has held three separate meetings with the ACLU to receive feedback and engage the organization in the solutions,” the department said in a statement. “As a result of the meetings, the Department agrees that publishing FIO statistics going forward is necessary, and the Department is working toward personalizing interactions between officers and citizens.”
ref: 2014 October 9, Marina Carver, “Study finds Boston police target African-Americans disproportionately”, in CNN:
synonyms: word: stats
glosses: A systematic collection of data on measurements or observations, often related to demographic information such as population counts, incomes, population counts at different ages, etc.
statistics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /stəˈtɪstɪks/
Forms: form: statisticks
Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Senses: glosses: plural of statistic
statistics
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /stəˈtɪstɪks/
Forms: form: statisticks
Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of statistic
eth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɛð/
ipa: /ɛθ/
rhymes: -ɛð
Forms: form: eths
form: edh
Etymology: The sound /ɛ/ followed by the sound of the letter, by analogy with other letter names, such as those of f, l, and m.
Senses: examples: text: In Old English manuscripts thorn and eth did not have different phonetic values but were used positionally[.]
ref: 1985, Robert Burchfield, The English Language, Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 175:
glosses: A letter (capital Ð, small ð) introduced into Old English to represent its dental fricative, then not distinguished from the letter thorn, no longer used in English but still in modern use in Icelandic, the IPA and other phonetic alphabets to represent the voiced dental fricative "th" sound as in the English word then. The letter is also used in Faroese, but is generally silent in that language.
Related terms: thorn
þorn
þ
wynn
wen
ƿ