cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
reference works
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reference work
epicardia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of epicardium
stegodont
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stegodonts
Etymology: From the genus name †Stegodon, referring to the shape of the molars: from Ancient Greek στέγη (stégē)/στέγος (stégos, “roof”) and ὀδούς (odoús, “tooth”). Doublet of stegodon.
Senses: glosses: A stegodon, an extinct relative of the modern elephants; a member of the taxonomic genus †Stegodon.
deinothere
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: deinotheres
form: dinothere
Etymology: From scientific Latin Deinotherium, Dinotherium (genus names), from Ancient Greek δεινός (deinós, “fearful, terrible”) + θηρίον (thēríon, “wild beast”).
Senses: examples: text: Over the Miocene the European deinotheres became enormous, some reaching weights of 15 tonnes—making them among the largest land mammals ever to have existed.
ref: 2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: The First 100 Million Years, Penguin, published 2019, page 105:
topics: biology
history
human-sciences
natural-sciences
paleontology
sciences
glosses: Any of the genus †Deinotherium of large, extinct proboscidean mammals, a relative of modern elephants.
Synonyms: deinotherium
pyloric sphincters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pyloric sphincter
bloater paste
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A spread (a form of fish paste), made from bloaters, traditionally eaten on toast with afternoon tea
fish paste
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fish pastes
Senses: glosses: Any of several varieties of spread, made from physically processed cooked fish with the addition of some cereal, traditionally eaten on toast.
glosses: A condiment, similar to fish sauce but thicker, made from fermented fish or shellfish and widely used in Southeast Asian cuisine.
Related terms: fish sauce
ring-fingers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ring-finger
antiglobalization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From anti- + globalization.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of anti-globalization.
pinch pennies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: pinches pennies
form: pinching pennies
form: pinched pennies
form: pinched pennies
Senses: glosses: To severely economize.
type collections
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of type collection
feminizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of feminize
feminises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of feminise
cranial orbits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cranial orbit
schmoozed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of schmooze
glosses: simple past and past participle of schmooz
infill
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: infills
form: infilling
form: infilled
form: infilled
Etymology: From in + fill.
Senses: examples: text: Here the original drawing is shown in grey and the infilled tracing in black. The lettering can be further refined and, unlike ink-based artwork, can be rekerned without being redrawn.
ref: 2011, Andrew Haslam, Lettering: A Reference Manual of Techniques:
glosses: To fill in a space, hole or gap.
qualifier: urban studies
glosses: To rededicate land in an urban environment to new construction.
Derived terms: infiller
infill
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: infills
Etymology: From in + fill.
Senses: examples: text: Government needs to provide certainty to the rail freight industry with infill electrification programmes [...]. "First, it's about Government committing to infill electrification so we can do things with the locomotives we already have, and then a rolling plan of electrification."
ref: 2020 July 15, “Rail freight sector demands Government commitment”, in Rail, page 10:
glosses: That which fills in a space, hole or gap.
topics: cosmetics
lifestyle
glosses: The redecoration of a fingernail or toenail after it has grown, to prevent an unsightly gap.
infill
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: infills
Etymology: Clipping.
Senses: examples: text: Hinton and I were briefed at the TOC and received maps of our AO to memorize and mark with codes for the primary and secondary LZs for infill and exfill.
ref: 1991, John Leppelman, Blood on the risers: an airborne soldier's thirty-five months in Vietnam:
text: Pedestrian infill/exfill from Atwater Street
ref: 2011, Brett Newman, Detroit Convention Center: A Design Process and Typological Study:
glosses: Alternative form of infil (“infiltration”).
multiplication tables
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of multiplication table
compactum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: compacta
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A compact topological space.
bps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bps
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of bit per second, a measure of speed of digital communication.
examples: In most digital systems using binary code, 1 Baud = 1 bps. https://newhavendisplay.com/blog/baud-rate/#difference
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: baud rate
topics: business
finance
glosses: Initialism of basis point, ‱.
Synonyms: b/s
bp
Coordinate terms: kbps
Mbps
Gbps
Tbps
Ebps
Pbps
Related terms: Bps
baud
well-order
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: well-orders
form: well order
Senses: examples: 1986, G. Richter, Noetherian semigroup rings with several objects, G. Karpilovsky (editor), Group and Semigroup Rings, Elsevier (North-Holland), page 237,
̲X is well-order enriched iff every morphism set ̲X(X,Y) carries a well-order ≤_(XY) such that
f≨_(XY)g⇒h•f≨_(XY)h•g
for every h:Y→Z.
2001, Robert L. Vaught, Set Theory: An Introduction, Springer (Birkhäuser), 2nd Edition, Softcover, page 71,
Some simple facts and terminology about well-orders were already given in and just before 1.8.4. Here are some more: In a well-order A, every element x is clearly of just one of these three kinds: x is the first element; x is a successor element - i.e., x has an immediate predecessor; or x is a limit element - i.e., x has a predecessor but no immediate predecessor. The structure (∅, ∅) is a well-order.
2014, Abhijit Dasgupta, Set Theory: With an Introduction to Real Point Sets, Springer (Birkhäuser), page 378,
Definition 1226 (Von Neumann Well-Orders). A well-order X is said to be a von Neumann well-order if for every x∈X, we have x=y∈X|y<x (that is x is equal to the set Pred(x) consisting of its predecessors).
Clearly the examples listed by von Neumann above, namely
empty , empty, empty ,empty, empty ,empty,empty ,empty, …
are all von Neumann well-orders if ordered by the membership relation "∈," and the process can be iterated through the transfinite. Our immediate goal is to show that these and only these are the von Neumann well-orders, with exactly one von Neumann well-order for each ordinal (order type of a well-order). This is called the existence and uniqueness result for the von Neumann well-orders.
topics: mathematics
order-theory
sciences
set-theory
glosses: A total order of some set such that every nonempty subset contains a least element.
Synonyms: sense: type of total order
word: well-ordering
Hypernyms: sense: type of total order
word: preorder
sense: type of total order
word: partial order
sense: type of total order
word: total order
well-order
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: well-orders
form: well-ordering
form: well-ordered
form: well-ordered
form: well order
Senses: examples: text: The set of positive integers is well-ordered by the relation ≤.
text: 1950, Frederick Bagemihl (translator), Erich Kamke, Theory of Sets, 2006, Dover (Dover Phoenix), page 111,
Starting from these special well-ordered subsets, it is then possible to well-order the entire set.
text: 1975 [The Williams & Wilkins Company], Dennis Sentilles, A Bridge to Advanced Mathematics, Dover, 2011, page 182,
To carry the analogy a bit further, the axiom of choice implies the ability to well order any set.
text: Then #92;le#95;C is a well defined order on C, and (C,#92;le#95;C) belongs to #92;mathcal#123;X#125; (that is, #92;le#95;C well orders C) and is an upper bound for #92;mathcal#123;C#125;.
ref: 2006, Charalambos D. Aliprantis, Kim C. Border, Infinite Dimensional Analysis: A Hitchhiker's Guide, 3rd edition, Springer, page 18:
topics: mathematics
order-theory
sciences
set-theory
glosses: To impose a well-order on (a set).
Related terms: ordinal number
tree
well-ordering
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: well-orderings
form: wellordering
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Synonym of well-order.
synonyms: word: well-order
well-ordering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: wellordering
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of well-order
dispersement
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of disbursement.
dispursement
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of disbursement.
discretionary spending
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: discretionary spendings
Senses: examples: text: In this scenario discretionary spending is held to a constant share of GDP.
ref: 2000, D. W. Elmendorf et al., “Social Security Reform and National Saving in an Era of Budget Surpluses”, in Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, volume 2000, number 2, page 48:
topics: economics
sciences
glosses: The amount or portion of a person's or group's expenditures which is used for non-essential or voluntary disbursements; the amount or portion of one's expenditures which one may make as one sees fit.
examples: text: Nervous consumers and business executives put off discretionary spending.
ref: 2001 October 29, Michael Elliott, “Don't Worry About Oil”, in Time:
text: If only the Kindle 2 were cheaper! Despite its other shortcomings, Amazon's new and improved digital-book reading device does enough right that it could become the Model T of e-readers, capturing the imagination—and discretionary spending—of the masses.
ref: 2009 March 30, Josh Quittner, “Kindle 2 Will Woo You”, in Time:
glosses: The action of making such expenditures.
examples: text: Perot would cut federal discretionary spending by 15 percent, chopping items that range from the space station to the Rural Electrification Administration.
ref: 1992, Bill Turque AND Ginny Carroll, "Ross Perot's New Tease," Newsweek, 31 Aug.
topics: business
finance
finances
government
glosses: US government expenditures which are subject to annual review and authorization by Congress, as distinct from expenditures authorized by existing laws.
Related terms: disposable income
sphericities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sphericity
disposable income
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: disposable incomes
Senses: examples: text: Perhaps the day is not far off when we witness McDonald's and Burger King fighting it out on the corner of 18th and Castro for our well-publicized “disposable income.”
ref: 1982 July 15, David Craig, “Heck with Haagen-Dasz”, in Bay Area Reporter, volume 12, number 28, page 7:
topics: economics
sciences
glosses: The amount of a person's or group's monetary income which is available to be saved or spent (on either essential or non-essential items), after deducting all taxes and other governmental fees.
Related terms: discretionary spending
net income
four-stroking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: automotive
transport
vehicles
glosses: Abnormal operation of a two-stroke internal combustion engine, such that the cylinder only fires every second cycle (like a four-stroke engine). This occurs when the exhaust scavenging and inlet charging leaves a mixture in the cylinder which does not ignite, but needs a second scavenge/charge to produce an adequate mix.
side valve
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: side valves
Senses: examples: text: Near-synonym: L-head (most side valves are L-heads; precisely hyponymous)
text: This engine has side valves.
text: This engine is a side valve model.
text: This engine is a side valve.
topics: automotive
transport
vehicles
synonyms: flathead
coordinate_terms: overhead valve
OHV
overhead cam
OHC
glosses: A type of valve in an internal combustion engine, and thus also (metonymic) the type of valvetrain design, the type of engine that uses it, or an instance of such an engine; this design has the inlet and exhaust valves in the cylinder block beside the piston. The cylinder head is then a simple dome extending across the valves and piston.
overhead valve
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: overhead valves
Senses: examples: text: This engine has overhead valves.
text: This engine is an overhead valve model.
text: This engine is an overhead valve.
topics: automotive
transport
vehicles
synonyms: OHV
coordinate_terms: overhead cam
OHC
;
side valve
flathead
L-head
glosses: A type of valve in an internal combustion engine, and thus also (metonymic) the type of valvetrain design, the type of engine that uses it, or an instance of such an engine; this design has the inlet and exhaust valves in the cylinder head (and therefore above the piston). The camshaft can be beside the pistons (with pushrods and rockers operating the valves) or above the valves, with the latter usually referred to as overhead cam.
Derived terms: OHV
overhead cam
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: overhead cams
Senses: examples: text: This engine has an overhead cam.
text: This engine is an overhead cam model.
text: This engine is an overhead cam.
topics: automotive
transport
vehicles
synonyms: OHC
coordinate_terms: overhead valve
OHV
;
side valve
flathead
L-head
glosses: A type of cam (and camshaft) in an internal combustion engine, and thus also (metonymic) the type of valvetrain design, the type of engine that uses it, or an instance of such an engine; this design has the inlet and exhaust valves in the cylinder head and has the camshaft(s) up above the valves too.
Derived terms: DOHC
OHC
SOHC
over square
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: over-square
form: oversquare
Senses: examples: text: An over square or short stroke engine occurs when the cylinder bore diameter is greater than its stroke length, giving a bore/stroke ratio greater than 1:1. An over square engine allows for larger valves in the cylinder head because the wider bore creates a broader combustion chamber.
ref: 2012, Donny Peterson, Donny's Unauthorized Technical Guide to Harley-Davidson, 1936 to Present:
topics: automotive
transport
vehicles
glosses: Of an internal combustion engine design, in which the diameter of the piston is greater than its stroke distance.
Coordinate terms: square
under square
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: under-square
form: undersquare
Senses: topics: automotive
transport
vehicles
glosses: Of internal combustion engine designs, having piston diameter less than its stroke distance.
Coordinate terms: square
uptempo
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more uptempo
form: most uptempo
form: up-tempo
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Having a fast tempo.
glosses: Having an aggressive pace.
uptempo
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more uptempo
form: most uptempo
form: up-tempo
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: With a fast tempo.
glosses: With an aggressive pace.
Coordinate terms: midtempo
mithril
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɪθ.ɹɪl/
Etymology: Coined by J. R. R. Tolkien in his constructed language Sindarin as mithril, from mith (“pale grey”) + a derivative of the Primitive Elvish root *ril- (‘brilliant light, glitter’).
Senses: examples: text: In order to get the iron ore, mithril and leather strap, you must do the following.
ref: 1993, David Ladyman, Shay Addams, Quest for Clues: The Manual of Swords, page 124:
text: Open the double doors to the south and get the mithril plate boots and mithril chain leggings.
ref: 1995, Peter Olafson, Thunderscape: The Official Strategy Guide, page 128:
text: Once the elf brought in the mithril chainmail shirt, the mithril bracers and leg guards he handed the items to Lord Kale, he put them in the magical pouch on his side for later use, in his mind he knew he had to die for his friends in the near future.
ref: 2012, Matthew Mackenzie, The History of Valin Sol: the Decay Years: Book 1 Rise of Decay, page 113:
text: A gold dragon's fire could melt iron and steel in seconds, depending on its quality, but this heat only made mithril malleable. Ordin quickly placed a steel rod into the rough mithril sword blank to increase its mass.
ref: 2012, J. Michael Fluck, Dragon Alliance: Rise Against Shadow, page 422:
topics: fantasy
glosses: A fictional silvery metal of great strength and value, primarily in fantasy and role-playing settings.
push one's luck
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: pushes one's luck
form: pushing one's luck
form: pushed one's luck
form: pushed one's luck
Senses: examples: text: The jury had little choice but to free the killer. Sane enough at least not to push his luck, Sledge immediately left the state.
ref: 1967 December 29, “Quick Cure for a Killer”, in Time:
text: I don’t think I really treat you that special / Chase a pretty girl who actually gets you / Brutally honest and for that I applaud you (Skrrt, skrrt) / Boy just give it up, you’re really pushing your luck uh
ref: 2021, City Girl, tiffi, “PACK IT UP BOY”, in C-GIRL, performed by tiffi:
glosses: To take an excessive risk or to attempt some task unlikely to succeed, especially after having already been unexpectedly lucky.
raw_tags: in the negative
Related terms: lucky streak
push it
when you're hot, you're hot
drive someone up the wall
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: drives someone up the wall
form: driving someone up the wall
form: drove someone up the wall
form: driven someone up the wall
Senses: examples: text: Her persistent nagging and constant bickering with me nearly drove me up the wall.
text: There is nothing and no one that's going to shut him up. That's what makes [Chris] Tucker funny. It's also what can drive you up the wall about him.
ref: 1998 September 18, Charles Taylor, “Hong Kong Hollywood”, in Salon, archived from the original on 06 May 2008:
glosses: To make a person very angry or frustrated; to infuriate.
Related terms: drive someone crazy
drive someone to the wall
run on empty
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: runs on empty
form: running on empty
form: ran on empty
form: run on empty
Etymology: An allusion to a vehicle operating with the fuel gauge pointing to empty or near empty, likely to stop running in the very near future.
Senses: examples: text: Near-synonyms: run on fumes, run out of steam
text: He has been running on empty for a while. It's likely the project will be canceled.
text: Doctors and nurses on the front lines are running on empty, under increasing duress as the pandemic surges and hospitals are overrun with patients.
ref: 2020 November 25, Katherine J. Wu, “Covid Combat Fatigue: ‘I Would Come Home With Tears in My Eyes’”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: To be losing enthusiasm or willingness; to lack motivation.
coussinet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coussinets
Etymology: From French.
Senses: examples: text: The intrados of a simple vault is generally formed of the portion of the surface of a cylinder, cylindroid, or sphere, never greater than that of half the solid; and the springing lines of the coussinet, which terminate the walls from which the vault rises, are generally straight lines, parallel to the axis of the cylinder or cylindroid.
ref: 1830, Sir David Brewster, The Edinburgh Encyclopaedia, page 523:
text: It is to be observed that in most of , if not in all , their bridges , the ancients did not increase the dimensions of their voussoirs from the crown towards the springing or coussinet, but made them of an equal thickness throughout; in this they were followed by Palladio, and all the Italian architects.
ref: 1839, Joseph Gwilt, A Treatise on the Equilibrium of Arches, page 79:
text: Investigation by analysis of the pressures and resistances of an arch, 1st . Hypothesis of a plat-band; stability at the springing charge necessary on the coussinet; stability of the plat-band on its piers; thickness of the piers.
ref: 1862, The American Journal of Education - Volume 12, page 212:
topics: architecture
glosses: A stone placed on the impost of a pier for receiving the first stone of an arch or vault.
examples: text: The term balteus is also used by Vitruvius to denote the strap which seems to bind up the coussinet or cushion of the Ionic capital.
ref: 1842, Joseph Gwilt, An Encyclopædia of Architecture, page 929:
text: Many details merely painted on in the Doric order, like the leaves on the molding, the coussinet, etc., are presented plastically in the Ionic.
ref: 2013, Jacob Burckhardt, History of Greek Culture, page 152:
text: It has not only a carved coussinet, little ledge and plinth, but receives both to the right and left a spiral winding, and at the sides a decorative kind of cushion, wfrom which is derivedi ts title of the pulvinated capital.
ref: 2020, G.W.F Hegel, The Philosophy of Fine Art: Volume 3, page 64:
topics: architecture
glosses: Part of the Ionic capital between the abacus and quarter round, which forms the volute.
sponge cakes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sponge cake
centers of lift
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of center of lift
centres of lift
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of centre of lift
house husbands
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of house husband
mirepoix
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /mɪə(ɹ)ˈpwɑː/
/mɪəɹəˈpwɑː/
Forms: form: mirepoix
form: mirepoixs
Etymology: Borrowed from French mirepoix, named after Gaston de Lévis, duc de Mirepoix (1699–1757).
Senses: examples: text: The Mirepoix is from this moment complete.
ref: 1877, Eneas Sweetland Dallas, Kettner's Book of the Table:
text: Trim off superfluous fat, rub over the outside of the meat with salt and flour, and set it upon the mirepoix.
ref: 1910, American Cookery, volume 14:
text: Classic seasoning combinations include mirepoix, matignon, marinades, oignon piqué, and oignon brûlé.
ref: 2011, Modern Batch Cookery, The Culinary Institute of America, page 34:
text: Most European cultures use a patiently chopped, heated and stirred vegetable mixture, such as a mirepoix or soffritto, always including members of the onion family, and Pollan explores the chemistry of these, as well as their adaptive value.
ref: 2013 May 22, Paul Levy, “Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation by Michael Pollan – review”, in The Guardian:
synonyms: soffritto
glosses: A combination of diced onions, carrots, celery and herbs sautéed in oil or butter as used in French cooking.
examples: text: To this mirepoix of contradictory news, add another Pew survey from earlier this month, which found that 54 percent of respondents said they believe that Americans are seeking out more-healthy food than they did 20 years ago—even though they are eating less healthfully than they did in that same timeframe.
ref: 2016 December, Adam Chandler, “What If Consumers Just Want to Buy Junk Food?”, in The Atlantic:
glosses: A mixture.
Related terms: english: leeks, celery, and carrots
translation: leeks, celery, and carrots
word: brunoise
english: ginger, garlic, and scallions
translation: ginger, garlic, and scallions
word: GGS
english: onions, celery, and bell peppers, in Cajun cuisine
translation: onions, celery, and bell peppers, in Cajun cuisine
word: Holy Trinity
freebirthing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The practice of freebirthing — where babies are born without medical assistance at home — is on the rise as women in regional Australia struggle to gain access to midwives amid a national shortage.
ref: 2019 February 18, Jarrod Lucas, Poppy Penny, “Freebirthing health warning for mothers who want to have their child at home”, in ABC News, Australian Broadcasting Corporation:
glosses: gerund of freebirth.
freebirther
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: freebirthers
Etymology: From freebirth + -er.
Senses: examples: text: The vast majority of women, freebirthers believe, could give birth more safely and happily without medical involvement.
ref: 2013 September 14, Joanna Moorhead, “Freebirthing: is giving birth without medical support safe?”, in The Guardian:
glosses: A woman who chooses to give birth without medical assistance or the attendance of a midwife.
Related terms: freebirth
freebirthing
columbary
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: columbaries
Etymology: From Latin columbarium, columba (“a dove”).
Senses: glosses: A pigeon house or dovecot.
draw up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: draws up
form: drawing up
form: drew up
form: drawn up
Senses: examples: text: I asked my lawyer to draw up a new will.
text: Thus, when he drew up instructions in lawyer language, he expressed the important words by an initial, a medial, or a final consonant, and made scratches for all the words between; his clerks, however, understood him very well.
ref: 1892, Walter Besant, “Prologue: Who is Edmund Gray?”, in The Ivory Gate […], New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], →OCLC:
text: Plans were drawn up and things looked promising for a physical connection to be made during a line possession in October 2019.
ref: 2021 November 17, Mark Rand, “Reconnecting rail freight to S&C quarries”, in RAIL, number 944, page 55:
glosses: To compose (a document), especially following a standard form; prepare a plan.
examples: text: Sergeant, please draw the men up in ranks of three.
glosses: To arrange in order or formation.
examples: text: Draw up the carriage just around the corner!
glosses: To cause to come to a halt.
examples: text: The tractor drew up alongside the haystack.
text: As the cab drew up before the address indicated, the fog lifted a little and showed him a dingy street, a gin palace, a low French eating house, a shop for the retail of penny numbers and twopenny salads, many ragged children huddled in the doorways, and many women of many different nationalities passing out, key in hand, to have a morning glass
ref: 1886 January 5, Robert Louis Stevenson, Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., →OCLC:
text: The tide was out, and we drew up amid the strong bracing smell of seaweed, with gulls screeching, wheeling around, and gliding on the wind.
ref: 1947 January and February, O. S. Nock, “"The Aberdonian" in Wartime”, in Railway Magazine, page 8:
text: Melton Mowbray station, ½ mile east of the junction, is an unimposing and cramped structure with up and down platforms only and express trains which call there have to draw up twice because of the short platform lengths.
ref: 1959 June, J. F. Oxley, D. R. Smith, “The Nottingham-Kettering line of the L.M.R.”, in Trains Illustrated, page 320:
glosses: To come to a halt.
examples: 1847, Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre, Chapter XVIII
Ere long a bell tinkled, and the curtain drew up. Within the arch, the bulky figure of Sir George Lynn, whom Mr. Rochester had likewise chosen, was seen enveloped in a white sheet.
glosses: To withdraw upwards.
Synonyms: sense: to compose a document
word: make out
sense: to arrange in order or formation
english: aircraft
translation: aircraft
word: formate
sense: to cause to come to a halt
word: freeze
word: halt
sense: to come to a halt
word: brake
word: desist
sense: to withdraw upwards
word: retract
columbaries
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of columbary
cooptate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /ˌkəʊˈɒp.teɪt/
Forms: form: cooptates
form: cooptating
form: cooptated
form: cooptated
Etymology: First attested in 1623; borrowed from Latin cooptātus, perfect passive participle of cooptō (“to elect”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from co- + optō (“to choose”).
Senses: examples: text: the Gentiles shall be cooptated with the Israelites
ref: 1681, Christopher Jelinger, Sacra Unio:
glosses: To choose; to elect.
coronato
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coronatos
Senses: glosses: An old silver coin of 15th-century Italy, introduced during the reign of Ferdinand I of Aragon.
over-rate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: over-rates
form: over-rating
form: over-rated
form: over-rated
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of overrate.
kontra
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kontras
Senses: glosses: Synonym of bugarija.
synonyms: word: bugarija
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A large instrument, similar to a viola but with three strings and a flat bridge, originating in the traditional music of Transylvania.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: The harmonic and rhythmic part of certain Hungarian folk music, as opposed to the melodic part.
spend time
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: spends time
form: spending time
form: spent time
form: spent time
Senses: examples: text: These days, many people spend time surfing social networking sites.
text: The rebuilt "Merchant Navy" Pacifics have the monopoly of these workings, and Mr. C. K. Dunkley writes that as a result of their reduced water consumption, as compared with the unrebuilt engines, some engine-crews no longer spend time taking water at Southampton Central, the invariable practice previously.
ref: 1957 October 24, Cecil J. Allen, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, in Railway Magazine, page 714:
text: Energy has seldom been found where we need it when we want it. Ancient nomads, wishing to ward off the evening chill and enjoy a meal around a campfire, had to collect wood and then spend time and effort coaxing the heat of friction out from between sticks to kindle a flame.
ref: 2013 July-August, Henry Petroski, “Geothermal Energy”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 4:
glosses: To dedicate time to an activity.
examples: text: It's my day off today - let's spend some time together. Parents should spend more time with their children.
glosses: To accompany someone for leisure; to hang out.
Related terms: take the time
ahead of time
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: He navigated the course adeptly, having trained on it for months ahead of time.
text: In the future, if you know that you're going to be mixing inviteds and uninviteds while out, call them all ahead of time to caution the inviteds against talking about the wedding and to tell the uninviteds about your guest list so they know you didn't forget about them […]
ref: 2011, Sam Scholfield, Awkward.: What to Do When Life Makes You Cringe-A Survival Guide:
glosses: Prior to an expected time; early.
Synonyms: in advance
beforehand
AOT
Coordinate terms: on time
Related terms: ahead of one’s time
before one’s time
Lambda
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Lambda, on the other hand, was practically giddy when she finished crawling through the lander.
ref: 2022, James Breakwell, The Chosen Twelve:
glosses: A female given name.
Omikron
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Omikrons
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of omikron; Alternative spelling of omicron.
marker pen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: marker pens
Senses: glosses: A pen, often with a thick tip made of felt.
Related terms: felt-tip
magic marker
marker
Sigma
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A municipality of Capiz, Philippines.
lose one's mind
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /luːz wʌnz maɪnd/
Forms: form: loses one's mind
form: losing one's mind
form: lost one's mind
form: lost one's mind
Senses: glosses: To become frustrated, angry.
glosses: To become crazy, insane, mad, psychotic.
Synonyms: blow one's top
fly off the handle
go ape
go apeshit
hit the ceiling
hit the fan
hit the roof
lose it
lose one's cool
lose one's head
lose one's marbles
lose one's rag
lose one's temper
lose the plot
Fannie Mae
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From its initialism, FNMA.
Senses: examples: text: The quarterly analysis looks at delinquency rates for five of the largest investor groups: FDIC-insured banks and thrifts, commercial mortgage-backed securities, life insurance companies, and Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
ref: 2023 June 2, Anna Bahney, “Commercial and multifamily mortgage delinquencies rose in the first part of 2023”, in CNN:
topics: business
finance
synonyms: FNMA
hypernyms: GSE
glosses: The Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA), a stockholder-owned corporation sponsored by the US government, established in 1938 and partially privatized in 1968.
Related terms: Freddie Mac
Ginnie Mae
Sallie Mae
blow someone's mind
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: blows someone's mind
form: blowing someone's mind
form: blew someone's mind
form: blown someone's mind
Senses: examples: text: I'll pick up your hand and slowly blow your little mind / Cause I made my mind up you're going to be mine
ref: 1966, Donovan, “Sunshine Superman”:
text: Still I keep loving you / More and more each time / Girl, what am I gonna do / Because you blow my mind
ref: 1974, Barry White, “Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe”:
text: Powers are for the weak. I have no powers. I mean, unless you count the power to blow minds with my weapons-grade philosophical insights.
ref: 2007, Xavier: Renegade Angel, season 1, episode 1, spoken by Xavier (Vernon Chatman):
text: We brought him out of retirement. He is awesome. He's a slow-talking Texan, and he will blow people's minds.
ref: 2020 December 2, Andy Byford talks to Paul Clifton, “I enjoy really big challenges...”, in Rail, page 53:
glosses: To astonish someone; to flabbergast someone.
Related terms: mind-blowing
Freddie Mac
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Modeled after Fannie Mae.
Senses: examples: text: The acting CFO of Freddie Mac has been found dead in his basement, an apparent suicide. He's one of the executive team who has been clashing with regulators over how much to disclose about the ways the government has been running the company for its benefit, rather than that of the shareholders.
ref: 2009 April 22, Megan McArdle, “Freddie Mac CFO Commits Suicide”, in The Atlantic:
text: The quarterly analysis looks at delinquency rates for five of the largest investor groups: FDIC-insured banks and thrifts, commercial mortgage-backed securities, life insurance companies, and Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
ref: 2023 June 2, Anna Bahney, “Commercial and multifamily mortgage delinquencies rose in the first part of 2023”, in CNN:
topics: business
finance
hypernyms: GSE
glosses: The Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (FHLMC), a private, stockholder-owned corporation sponsored by the US government, established in 1968 to provide market competition for the Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA).
Related terms: Fannie Mae
Ginnie Mae
Sallie Mae
Theta
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Thetas
Senses: glosses: A member of the Kappa Alpha Theta sorority.
Kamadeva
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Kama
form: Madan
form: Manmatha
form: Manmathudu
Etymology: Borrowed from Sanskrit कामदेव (kā́ma-deva).
Senses: glosses: The Hindu deity of love, son of the goddess Sri and the incarnation of Pradyumna, Krishna's son.
piaffer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: piaffers
Etymology: From French piaffer.
Senses: glosses: A dressage movement in which a horse trots in a stationary position while using high lifting of the legs.
side effects
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of side effect
bhakti
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bhaktis
Etymology: From Sanskrit भक्ति (bhaktí).
Senses: examples: text: It should be obvious by now that bhakti is not merely pious thoughts of "love" but rather fearless action. Nārada asks nothing less of the bhakta than complete surrender and complete dedication unto the will of Bhagavān. But if at any point one feels himself unable to reach the ideals taught by Nārada, he is not condemned. Lord Kṛṣṇa also says that if we cannot achieve the topmost surrender, then we should do what we can and try to progress gradually.
ref: 1991, A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda, Nārada-bhakti-sūtra, The Secrets of Transcendental Love, page 114:
text: The offering of Bhakti is a specific activity, either mental or physical, through which a devotee can finally attain the knowledge of the Supreme Reality. So, Karma and Jñāna are not antagonistic to the Bhakti Mārga, rather, they are indispensable parts of it.
ref: 2004, Muhammad Sirajul Islam, Sufism and Bhakti, A Comparative Study, page 78:
glosses: devotion to God
Related terms: word: bhakt
word: bhakta
english: patriotism to India
translation: patriotism to India
word: deshbhakti
service mark
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: service marks
Senses: topics: law
glosses: A trademark denoting the source of a service rather than a product.
Derived terms: word: SM
word: ℠
service marks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of service mark
figure-of-eight
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: in the shape of an 8 (eight)
figure-of-eight
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: figure-of-eights
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of figure of eight.
cancel out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: cancels out
form: canceling out
form: cancelling out
form: canceled out
form: canceled out
form: cancelled out
form: cancelled out
Senses: examples: text: We can cancel the aberration out by adding another filter.
text: […] there is every likelihood that the current pattern of increase would eventually cancel out each expensive improvement, as has happened with the ten-car scheme.
ref: 1960 March, “Talking of Trains: The problem of the peak”, in Trains Illustrated, page 130:
text: The lead was cancelled out when Owen nodded in from close range.
ref: 2011 January 29, Ian Hughes, “Southampton 1 - 2 Man Utd”, in BBC:
glosses: To neutralize the effect of.
examples: text: Love and hate cancel out.
glosses: Of two or more things: to neutralize each other's effect.
Synonyms: nullify
Coordinate terms: word: counter
word: counteract
word: counterbalance
word: countervail
word: negate
cameloid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From camel + -oid.
Senses: examples: text: A cameloid cell is an elliptical red blood corpuscle found in mammals only among the camel family (Camelidae).
glosses: Like a camel, or as found in a camel.
cameloid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cameloids
Etymology: From camel + -oid.
Senses: glosses: Any (fictional) animal similar to a camel.
glosses: Misspelling of camelid.
water towers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of water tower
right-abouts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of right-about
capacitive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more capacitive
form: most capacitive
Senses: examples: text: Capacitive touchscreens are all glass and designed for use in ATMs and similar kiosk-type applications.
text: A line voltage detector unit ascertains where the supply is 25 kV. or 6.25 kV. and appropriate connections of the transformer primary winding are made through voltage-sensitive relays fed from a capacitive potential divider.
ref: 1959 June, “The opening of the Colchester-Clacton-Walton electrification”, in Trains Illustrated, page 307:
glosses: Of or pertaining to electrostatic capacitance.
Derived terms: capacitive coupling
capacitively
capacitivity
electrocapacitive
magnetocapacitive
piezocapacitive
pseudocapacitive
supercapacitive
capacitative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more capacitative
form: most capacitative
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of capacitive.
Derived terms: capacitatively
northern lapwing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: northern lapwings
Senses: glosses: A crested plover, Vanellus vanellus.
Synonyms: green plover
lapwing
peewit
pewit
tuit
tew-it
pyewipe
peesweep
peasweep
northern lapwings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of northern lapwing
boppy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈbɒpi/
Forms: form: boppier
form: boppiest
Etymology: From bop + -y.
Senses: examples: text: Panic excursions to tribal Jazz wombs and transfusions
 Heroin nights of birth/ and soaring/ over boppy new ground.
ref: 1965, Bob Kaufman, Walking Parker Home (poem):
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Characteristic of bop or bebop.
livabilities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of livability
wishing wells
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wishing well
childly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: childlier
form: more childly
form: childliest
form: most childly
Etymology: From Middle English childly, childlich, childli, from Old English ċildlīċ (“childly, childlish”), equivalent to child + -ly.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to a young child; childlike
Synonyms: juvenile
kiddish
childlike
Derived terms: childliness
unchildly
storm clouds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of storm cloud
storm doors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of storm door
summoners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of summoner
stripteasers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stripteaser
tape recorders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tape recorder
tape players
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tape player
telephone calls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of telephone call
telephone operators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of telephone operator
telephone lines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -aɪnz
Senses: glosses: plural of telephone line
telephone jacks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of telephone jack
title pages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of title page
esoterism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: esoterisms
Senses: glosses: The inward forms of faith and religion; transcendence, mystic experience, and internal realizations of the Divine.
glosses: Being esoteric.
Related terms: esoteric
esotericism
exoterism
rub salt in someone's wounds
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: rubs salt in someone's wounds
form: rubbing salt in someone's wounds
form: rubbed salt in someone's wounds
form: rubbed salt in someone's wounds
form: rub salt in the wound
Etymology: From the practice of using salt to inhibit infection of open wounds.
Senses: examples: text: John already feels guilty for what he did to you. Don't rub salt into his wounds.
glosses: To make a painful situation even worse (even with the best of intentions).
homeplace
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: homeplaces
form: home-place
form: home place
Etymology: From home + place.
Senses: glosses: The part of a piece of land on which a home is built.
out of commission
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: One pair of handcuffs will put both hands out of commission.
ref: 1909, Mary Roberts Rinehart, “At the Table Next”, in The Man in Lower Ten, New York, N.Y.: Grosset & Dunlap, →OCLC, page 200:
text: At the same time, the valves, pistons, motion and brakegear plus ancillary equipment is overhauled, putting the locomotive out of commission for about 26 to 30 days.
ref: 1962 June, “Diesel economy analysed—a postscript”, in Modern Railways, page 422:
text: A traffic light was out of commission, leaving motorists to sort their way through an occasionally busy intersection.
ref: 2008 July 2, Scot Lehigh, “Making (no) sense of police details”, in Boston Globe:
synonyms: broken
out of order
out of service
glosses: Not operational; not functioning properly.
encunts
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of encunt
encunting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Vaginal penetration.
encunting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of encunt
encunted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of encunt
shuttle diplomacy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shuttle diplomacies
form: shuttlecock diplomacy
Etymology: Popularized by Henry Kissinger during his term as United States Secretary of State.
Senses: examples: text: The White House denied today that it would conduct quiet “shuttle diplomacy” with Chinese diplomats at the United Nations on matters directly involving Washington and Peking.
ref: 1971 November 16, “U.S. Denies Report On China Relations”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
text: Yet the model surfaced again this week, when President Emmanuel Macron of France was asked by a reporter during his shuttle diplomacy in Moscow whether Finlandization was a possibility for Ukraine. He replied, “Yes, it is one of the options on the table.”
ref: 2022 February 9, Jason Horowitz, “Finns Don’t Wish ‘Finlandization’ on Ukraine (or Anyone)”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
text: Shuttle diplomacy appears to be moderating its war plans.
ref: 2023 October 15, Editorial, “The Guardian view on Gaza’s ground invasion: things could spiral out of control”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
topics: government
politics
glosses: Use of a neutral third party to negotiate peace between two groups of people that refuse to directly talk with each other.
I stand corrected
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: text: The Battle of Hastings was fought in 1055.
No it wasn’t! Look in the textbook!
Oh, sorry. I stand corrected—it was fought in 1066.
synonyms: mea culpa
my bad
antonyms: I rest my case
glosses: I was wrong.
Related terms: I tell a lie
mea culpa
my bad
stand corrected
true believer syndrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of true-believer syndrome.
true-believer syndrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Coined by M. Lamar Keene in his 1976 book The Psychic Mafia.
Senses: glosses: A phenomenon in which witnesses to a staged event continue to believe in its authenticity even after it has been debunked.
wikipedia: M. Lamar Keene
Sogdiana
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Latin Sogdiāna, from Ancient Greek Σογδιανή (Sogdianḗ). Compare the Old Persian name of the region 𐎿𐎢𐎦𐎢𐎭 (s-u-gu-u-d /⁠Suguda⁠/). More at Sogdia. By surface analysis, Sogdia + -ana.
Senses: glosses: An ancient Iranian-speaking civilization of what is today eastern Uzbekistan and western Tajikistan.
Related terms: Sogdian
female ejaculation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: female ejaculations
Senses: synonyms: (slang) squirting
gushing
glosses: The forceful expulsion of fluids from the vagina during the female orgasm, possibly originating from the Skene's gland (paraurethral gland) and/or urethra.
disarranged
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of disarrange
play games
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: plays games
form: playing games
form: played games
form: played games
Senses: examples: text: Stop playing games with me and tell me the truth.
text: "Accusing Governor Carey of playing games with taxpayers in his $12.7 billion budget, the Senate majority leader, Warren M. Anderson of Binghamton, said today that it would face rough sledding, in the Republican led State Senate." - New York Times, 1979
glosses: To deceive; to lie about one's intentions.