cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
track down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: tracks down
form: tracking down
form: tracked down
form: tracked down
Senses: examples: text: I need to track down a computer so I can check my e-mails.
text: Baby, I know places we won't be found, and
They'll be chasing their tails trying to track us down
ref: 2014 October 27, Taylor Swift, Ryan Tedder, “I Know Places (Taylor's Version)”, in 1989 (Taylor's Version), performed by Taylor Swift, published 27 October 2023:
glosses: To hunt for or locate; to search for; to find.
examples: text: She'll track him down the mountain and catch him before long.
text: The hurricane tracked down past the cape before blowing east.
text: The cameraman tracked the plane down so we have a recording of the crash.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see track, down.
spin one's wheels
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: spins one's wheels
form: spinning one's wheels
form: spun one's wheels
form: spun one's wheels
Senses: examples: text: I've been spinning my wheels on this problem all week, with nothing to show for it.
glosses: To make no progress despite making an effort; to get nowhere.
Related terms: spin someone's wheels
Juan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʍɑːn/
ipa: /wɑːn/
rhymes: -ɑːn
Senses: glosses: A male given name from Manx or Spanish, equivalent to English John.
Related terms: Juan Fernández
Juan-les-Pins
Monte San Juan
Nuevo Edén de San Juan
San Juan del Gozo
San Juan Nonualco
San Juan Opico
San Juan Talpa
San Juan Tepezontes
Jacques
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʒɑːk/
ipa: /ʒæk/
rhymes: -ɑːk
ipa: /dʒæk/
rhymes: -æk
homophone: Jack
homophone: jack
Senses: glosses: A male given name from French [in turn from Latin, in turn from Ancient Greek, in turn from Biblical Hebrew], feminine equivalent Jacqueline, equivalent to English Jacob.
glosses: A surname from given name.
Derived terms: jacques
replacement
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹɪˈpleɪsmənt/
rhymes: -eɪsmənt
Forms: form: replacements
Etymology: From replace + -ment.
Senses: examples: text: Rovers lost keeper Robinson to a calf problem at half-time and his replacement Mark Bunn, making his Premier League debut, was immediately called into action - pushing away a vicious Peter Odemwingie drive at the near post.
ref: 2010 December 28, Kevin Darlin, “West Brom 1 - 3 Blackburn”, in BBC:
glosses: A person or thing that takes the place of another; a substitute.
examples: text: The replacement of that broken light-bulb will have to wait until I can buy a new one.
glosses: The act of replacing something.
glosses: The removal of an edge of crystal, by one plane or more.
Derived terms: blood replacement
bus replacement service
double-replacement reaction
double replacement reaction
energy replacement time
great replacement
Great Replacement
great replacement theory
hip replacement
hormone-replacement therapy
hormone replacement therapy
language replacement
overreplacement
rail replacement service
replacement character
replacement depot
replacement theology
replacement theory
subreplacement
there is no replacement for displacement
value over replacement player
white replacement theory
Related terms: spare part
documentation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌdɒkjʊmɛnˈteɪʃən/
note: of Canada
ipa: /ˌdɑkjəmɛnˈteɪʃən/
note: of Canada
ipa: /ˌdɑkjəmənˈteɪʃən/
note: of the US
ipa: /ˌdɒkjʊmɛnˈteɪʃən/
ipa: /ˌdɔkjʊmenˈtæɪʃən/
ipa: /ˌdɒkjʊmenˈtæɪʃən/
ipa: [ˌdɔ̟kjʊmenˈtæɪʃən]
rhymes: -eɪʃən
Forms: form: documentations
Etymology: From document + -ation or Medieval Latin documentātio.
Senses: glosses: Something transposed from a thought to a document; the written account of an idea.
glosses: Documentary evidence and sources.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
mechanical
mechanical-engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Documents that explain the operation of a particular machine or software program.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: Comments that explain the usage of individual functions, libraries and blocks of code.
Derived terms: documentational
e-documentation
overdocumentation
photodocumentation
redocumentation
teledocumentation
Related terms: document
documentation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌdɒkjʊmɛnˈteɪʃən/
note: of Canada
ipa: /ˌdɑkjəmɛnˈteɪʃən/
note: of Canada
ipa: /ˌdɑkjəmənˈteɪʃən/
note: of the US
ipa: /ˌdɒkjʊmɛnˈteɪʃən/
ipa: /ˌdɔkjʊmenˈtæɪʃən/
ipa: /ˌdɒkjʊmenˈtæɪʃən/
ipa: [ˌdɔ̟kjʊmenˈtæɪʃən]
rhymes: -eɪʃən
Forms: form: documentations
Etymology: From German Dokumentation.
Senses: examples: text: Yesterday I saw a documentation about Hitler and Stalin and the way Hitler cheated Stalin by suggesting him, he would NOT attack UdSSR but Great Britain. It was a very nice documentation, they showed that the whole bolschevism was just an arranged idea of germans, using Lenin/Stalin for own ideas.
ref: 1997 August 10, mclane, “Chess Analysis Software”, in rec.games.chess.computer (Usenet), retrieved 01 May 2022:
text: Yesterday I watched a documentation about the Dresden fire storm.
ref: 1999 April 8, Friedrich Vystrcil, “The plan to invade Japan”, in soc.history.war.world-war-ii (Usenet), retrieved 01 May 2022:
text: Yesterday, I watched a documentation about the "boss" of a German allot settlement who told other gardeners what plants to grow and what weed to cut. GEEZE! GET A LIVE! I felt tempted paying a visit to them and leave a bunch of knobby tire marks on this sucker's lawn...
ref: 2010 September 16, Volker Bartheld, “This is Germany calling...”, in rec.motorcycles.dirt (Usenet), retrieved 01 May 2022:
qualifier: non-native speakers' English
glosses: A documentary.
experimental
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪkspɛɹəˈmɛntəl/
ipa: /ɪkˌspɛɹəˈmɛntəl/
rhymes: -ɛntəl
Forms: form: more experimental
form: most experimental
Etymology: From experiment + -al.
Senses: examples: text: Chemistry is an experimental science.
glosses: Pertaining to or founded on experiment.
examples: text: Brown-Séquard, noting that Addison's disease involved the failure of the adrenal (or suprarenal) glands near the kidneys, removed them in experimental animals, and thus proved they were necessary for life […].
ref: 1997, Roy Porter, The Greatest Benefit to Mankind, Folio Society, published 2016, page 541:
topics: sciences
glosses: Serving to be experimented upon; used in an experiment.
examples: text: his experimental band
text: an experimental engine
text: In its sixty-year history here, some 4,170 engines of the 4-6-0 type have been constructed. This is the vast sequel of that bold experimental step of the Highland Railway in 1894.
ref: 1954 November, Frank Hewitt, “The First Decade of British 4-6-0 Locomotives—1”, in Railway Magazine, page 747:
text: Numerous experimental tests and other observations have been offered in favor of animal mind reading, and although many scientists are skeptical, others assert that humans are not the only species capable of representing what others do and don’t perceive and know.
ref: 2012 March-April, Colin Allen, “Do I See What You See?”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, archived from the original on 26 Apr 2012, page 168:
glosses: Serving as an experiment; serving to experiment.
examples: text: experimental knowledge
glosses: Experiential, empirical.
Derived terms: experimental aesthetics
experimental design
experimentalise
experimentalism
experimentalist
experimentality
experimentalize
experimentally
experimentalness
experimental probability
interexperimental
intraexperimental
nonexperimental
postexperimental
preexperimental
quasiexperimental
sexperimental
unexperimental
experimental
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪkspɛɹəˈmɛntəl/
ipa: /ɪkˌspɛɹəˈmɛntəl/
rhymes: -ɛntəl
Forms: form: experimentals
Etymology: From experiment + -al.
Senses: glosses: The subject of an experiment.
Related terms: control
survey
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɜːveɪ/
ipa: /sɜːˈveɪ/
enpr: sûrʹvā
enpr: sər-vāʹ
ipa: /ˈsɝˌveɪ/
ipa: /sɚˈveɪ/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)veɪ
ipa: /səˈveɪ/
enpr: sûr′vā
rhymes: -eɪ
Forms: form: surveys
Etymology: From Middle English surveyen, from Old French sourveoir, surveer (“to oversee”), from sour-, sur- (“over”) + veoir, veeir (“to see”), from Latin videre. See sur- and vision. Related to supervision.
Senses: examples: text: Under his proud survey the city lies.
ref: 1642, John Denham, Cooper's Hill:
glosses: The act of surveying; a general view.
examples: text: A survey of the stores of a ship; a survey of roads and bridges; a survey of buildings.
glosses: A particular view; an examination, especially an official examination, of a particular group of items, in order to ascertain the condition, quantity, or quality.
glosses: The operation of finding the contour, dimensions, position, or other particulars of any part of the Earth's surface.
examples: text: The owners of the adjoining plots had conflicting surveys.
glosses: A measured plan and description of any portion of country.
examples: text: The local council conducted a survey of its residents to help it decide whether to go ahead with the roadside waste collection service.
glosses: An examination of the opinions of a group of people.
examples: text: I just filled out that survey on roadside waste pick-up.
glosses: A questionnaire or similar instrument used for examining the opinions of a group of people.
glosses: An auction at which a farm is let for a lease for lives.
glosses: A district for the collection of customs under a particular officer.
Synonyms: sense: act of surveying
word: prospect
sense: act of surveying
word: surveil
sense: particular view
word: review
Derived terms: aerial survey
Domesday survey
language survey
Ordnance Survey
phone survey
survey meter
survey mile
survey monument
time-use survey
trigonometric survey
US survey acre
U.S. survey foot
US survey foot
exclusively
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪkˈskluːsɪvli/
Forms: form: more exclusively
form: most exclusively
Etymology: From Middle English exclusyvely; equivalent to exclusive + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: These new shoes are made exclusively out of recycled cardboard.
text: Every photographer of experience has his own theories and methods of working, but for the last 14 years I have used a Leica exclusively, and have found it best adapted to the somewhat exacting demands of railway photography, which is by no means an easy branch of the art.
ref: 1952 February, H. C. Casserley, “Permanent Wayfarings”, in Railway Magazine, page 78:
text: For instance, the little bush moa fed nearly exclusively on forest vegetation, whereas the heavy-footed moa was a grazer in open vegetation habitats.
ref: 2018 April 4, Hanneke Meijer, The Guardian:
glosses: to the exclusion of anything or anyone else; solely or entirely
Synonyms: See: Thesaurus:solely
Derived terms: nonexclusively
resource
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹɪˈzɔːs/
ipa: /ɹɪˈsɔːs/
ipa: /ˈɹisɔɹs/
ipa: /ɹɪˈzɔɹs/
ipa: /ɹɪˈsɔɹs/
note: rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
ipa: /ˈɹi(ː)so(ː)ɹs/
note: rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
ipa: /ɹɪˈzo(ː)ɹs/
note: rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
ipa: /ɹɪˈso(ː)ɹs/
note: non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
ipa: /ɹɪˈsoəs/
note: non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
ipa: /ɹɪˈzoəs/
note: non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
ipa: /ˈɹiːsoəs/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)s
Forms: form: resources
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French ressource, from Old French resourse, resource (“a source, spring”), from resourdre, from Latin resurgō (“to rise again, spring up anew”). Equivalent to re- + source. See resourd, resurgent, source.
Senses: examples: text: Nevertheless, it is clear that the global energy demand for air-conditioning will grow substantially as nations become more affluent,[…]. This trend will put additional strain not only on global energy resources but also on the environmental prospects of a warming planet.
ref: 2013 September-October, Michael Sivak, “Will AC Put a Chill on the Global Energy Supply?”, in American Scientist, archived from the original on 06 Feb 2014:
text: By French-Style Revolution I don't mean a violent overthrow of the ruling elite as much as a tumultuous reset of how resources and power are distributed. Systems become vulnerable to such resets when they become highly asymmetrical in how they distribute resources and power, and rigid in their defense of the extreme inequality of the distribution.
ref: 2023 December 10, Charles Hugh Smith, Could America Have a French-Style Revolution?:
glosses: Something that one uses to achieve an objective, e.g. raw materials or personnel.
examples: text: a man or woman of resource
text: This time was most dreadful for Lilian. Thrown on her own resources and almost penniless, she maintained herself and paid the rent of a wretched room near the hospital by working as a charwoman, sempstress, anything. In a moment she had dropped to the level of a casual labourer.
ref: 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XVII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
glosses: A person's capacity to deal with difficulty.
glosses: Something that can be used to help achieve an aim, especially a book, equipment, etc. that provides information for teachers and students.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
networking
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Hardware or software that is accessible by a computer, network, or another object connected to a computer.
Derived terms: electronic resource
e-resource
human resource management
human resources
integrating resource
lexical resource
natural resource
resource curse
resource energy
resourceful
resource hog
resource officer
resource pig
school resource officer
subresource
uniform resource identifier
Related terms: source
means
resource
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹɪˈzɔːs/
ipa: /ɹɪˈsɔːs/
ipa: /ˈɹisɔɹs/
ipa: /ɹɪˈzɔɹs/
ipa: /ɹɪˈsɔɹs/
note: rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
ipa: /ˈɹi(ː)so(ː)ɹs/
note: rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
ipa: /ɹɪˈzo(ː)ɹs/
note: rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
ipa: /ɹɪˈso(ː)ɹs/
note: non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
ipa: /ɹɪˈsoəs/
note: non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
ipa: /ɹɪˈzoəs/
note: non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
ipa: /ˈɹiːsoəs/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)s
Forms: form: resources
form: resourcing
form: resourced
form: resourced
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French ressource, from Old French resourse, resource (“a source, spring”), from resourdre, from Latin resurgō (“to rise again, spring up anew”). Equivalent to re- + source. See resourd, resurgent, source.
Senses: examples: text: All children receive it and, for the most part, do so in institutions that are approved by the state and, to a greater or lesser extent, resourced by the state.
ref: 1999, Keith Ballard, Inclusive Education, →ISBN, page 160:
glosses: To supply with resources.
resource
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹɪˈzɔːs/
ipa: /ɹɪˈsɔːs/
ipa: /ˈɹisɔɹs/
ipa: /ɹɪˈzɔɹs/
ipa: /ɹɪˈsɔɹs/
note: rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
ipa: /ˈɹi(ː)so(ː)ɹs/
note: rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
ipa: /ɹɪˈzo(ː)ɹs/
note: rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
ipa: /ɹɪˈso(ː)ɹs/
note: non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
ipa: /ɹɪˈsoəs/
note: non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
ipa: /ɹɪˈzoəs/
note: non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
ipa: /ˈɹiːsoəs/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)s
Forms: form: resources
form: resourcing
form: resourced
form: resourced
Etymology: From re- + source.
Senses: examples: text: European retailers resourcing supplies from domestic to foreign firms generate adjustment pressures in the European Union in the same way that cross-border production unbundling does. Also, more channels with a potential impact on[…]
ref: 2011 December 16, Thiess Buettner, Wolfgang Ochel, The Continuing Evolution of Europe, MIT Press, →ISBN, page 41:
text: [The] army found themselves having problems resourcing supplies for their army. The capture of the fortified city of Maastricht would help alleviate this strategical problem of unreliable sources of supplies and would allow Catholic France to[…]
ref: 2018 May 30, Laura Brennan, The Duke of Monmouth: Life and Rebellion, Pen and Sword, →ISBN:
glosses: To source anew or differently; to find or provide a new source for.
Donald
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɒn.əld/
ipa: /ˈdɑn.əld/
rhymes: -ɒnəld
Forms: form: Donalds
Etymology: Name of Scottish kings and an early saint, from Scottish Gaelic Dòmhnall and reinforced by Medieval Latin Donvaldus ~ Donaldus, from Old Irish Domnall, from Proto-Celtic *Dubnowalos (“prince / chief of the world”). Doublet of Domhnall.
Senses: examples: text: "Country?" replied Cuddie; "ou, the country's weel eneugh, and it werena that dour deevil, Calver'se, ( they ca' him Dundee now) that's stirring about yet in the Highlands, they say, with a' the Donalds, and Duncans, and Dugalds, that ever wore bottomless breeks, driving about wi' him, to set things asteer again, - - -
ref: 1816, Walter Scott, Old Mortality, Samuel H. Parker, published 1836, page 232:
text: My friends call me Terry. My husband always used my full name, Teresa. He said it made him feel like he was married to a foreign woman. And I never called him Don or Donny or Donny Joe. I called him Donald from the first time we met.
ref: 1980, Laura Furman, The Glass House, a Novella and Stories, Viking Press, published 1980, →ISBN, page 76:
text: Donald Duk never liked his name. He hates his name. He is not a duck. He is not a cartoon character. - - - "Only the Chinese are stupid enough to give a kid a stupid name like Donald Duk," Donald Duk says to himself.
ref: 1991, Frank Chin, Donald Duk, Coffee House Press, published 1991, →ISBN, page 1:
text: The death of anti-feminist activist Phyllis Schlafly on Monday brought commiserations from the GOP ticket. Donald Trump tweeted that she was “truly great.” Mike Pence called her “the First Lady of the Conservative Movement.” Pence wasn’t exaggerating.
ref: 2016 September 6, Timothy Stanley, “How Phyllis Schlafly gave us Sarah Palin”, in CNN:
glosses: A male given name from Scottish Gaelic.
glosses: A surname.
glosses: A place name:
An unincorporated community in Long County, Georgia, United States.
glosses: A place name:
An unincorporated community in the town of Pershing, Taylor County, Wisconsin, United States.
glosses: A place name:
A community regarded as a ghost town west of Golden, British Columbia, Canada.
glosses: A place name:
A town in the Shire of Buloke, western Victoria, Australia.
Derived terms: Dolina
Don
Donald Duck
⇒ Donald Trumpesque
⇒ Donald Trumpian
⇒ Donald Trumpish
→⇒ donaldtrumpi
Donald Trump
The Donald
Donalda
Donaldina
Donaldson
Donalds
Donna
Donnie
Donny
Related terms: Donaldson
MacDonald
MacDonnell
McDonald
McDonnell
Donald
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɒn.əld/
ipa: /ˈdɑn.əld/
rhymes: -ɒnəld
Forms: form: Donalds
Etymology: Name of Scottish kings and an early saint, from Scottish Gaelic Dòmhnall and reinforced by Medieval Latin Donvaldus ~ Donaldus, from Old Irish Domnall, from Proto-Celtic *Dubnowalos (“prince / chief of the world”). Doublet of Domhnall.
Senses: examples: text: ‘But I'm overdue for a Donald. You lot squabble amongst yourselves.’ He stole Catherine's newspaper on the way out.
ref: 2018, Mick Herron, London Rules, Baskerville 2022, p. 119
glosses: Abbreviation of Donald Trump (“a dump, an act of defecation”).
explicitly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more explicitly
form: most explicitly
Etymology: From explicit + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: The fifth amendment to the United States constitution provides explicitly for the protection of private property.
text: Descartes's methodism with its regulative criterion leads him to explicitly deny that accidentally true belief qualifies as knowledge.
ref: 1999, Matthew C. Bagger, Religious Experience, Justification, and History, →ISBN, page 62:
glosses: In an explicit manner.
Synonyms: word: expressly
word: unambiguously
word: clearly
word: directly
word: downrightly
word: explicitly
word: expressis verbis
word: patently
word: plainly
word: specifically
word: unequivocally
word: univocally
Hypernyms: word: distinctly
word: obviously
word: overtly
Hyponyms: word: definitively
Related terms: word: bluntly
word: explicit
respond
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹɪˈspɒnd/
ipa: /ɹəˈspɒnd/
ipa: /ɹɪˈspɑnd/
ipa: /ɹəˈspɑnd/
rhymes: -ɒnd
homophone: respawned
Forms: form: responds
form: responding
form: responded
form: responded
Etymology: From Middle English respounden, from Old French respondre, from Late Latin respondō, from Latin respondeō. Cf. Modern French répondre.
Senses: examples: to respond to a question or an argument
glosses: To say something in return; to answer; to reply.
examples: text: As in much of biology, the most satisfying truths in ecology derive from manipulative experimentation. Tinker with nature and quantify how it responds.
ref: 2012 January 24, Robert M. Pringle, “How to Be Manipulative”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 1, archived from the original on 03 Oct 2013, page 31:
glosses: To act in return; to carry out an action or in return to a force or stimulus; to do something in response.
examples: text: For his great deeds respond his speeches great.
ref: 1600, [Torquato Tasso], “(please specify |book=1 to 20)”, in Edward Fairefax [i.e., Edward Fairfax], transl., Godfrey of Bulloigne, or The Recouerie of Ierusalem. […], London: […] Ar[nold] Hatfield, for I[saac] Iaggard and M[atthew] Lownes, →OCLC:
glosses: To correspond with; to suit.
examples: text: The prisoner was held to respond the judgment of the court.
glosses: To satisfy; to answer.
glosses: To be liable for payment.
Synonyms: word: respond
word: answer
word: retort
word: answer back
word: react
word: rejoin
word: counter
word: return
word: reply
Hyponyms: word: disobey
word: obey
Derived terms: responder
responding variable
responsive
respond
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹɪˈspɒnd/
ipa: /ɹəˈspɒnd/
ipa: /ɹɪˈspɑnd/
ipa: /ɹəˈspɑnd/
rhymes: -ɒnd
homophone: respawned
Forms: form: responds
Etymology: From Middle English respounden, from Old French respondre, from Late Latin respondō, from Latin respondeō. Cf. Modern French répondre.
Senses: synonyms: word: answer
word: comeback
word: response
word: retort
word: return
word: account
word: rejoinder
word: rebuttal
word: riposte
word: reaction
glosses: A response.
glosses: A versicle or short anthem chanted at intervals during the reading of a lection.
topics: architecture
glosses: A half-pillar, pilaster, or any corresponding device engaged in a wall to receive the impost of an arch.
Related terms: responsa
response
responsibility
responsible
responsibleness
responsibly
responsive
responsively
responsiveness
react
publisher
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpʌblɪʃɚ/
Forms: form: publishers
Etymology: From publish + -er.
Senses: examples: text: All a publisher has to do is write cheques at intervals, while a lot of deserving and industrious chappies rally round and do the real work.
ref: 1919, P.G. Wodehouse, My Man Jeeves:
synonyms: publishing house
;
pubber
pub#Etymology_5
hypernyms: house
glosses: A person or (especially) a company who publishes, especially books.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: A system or component that allows other components (subscribers) to receive notifications of something, such as an event.
topics: Christianity
glosses: A preacher who is a Jehovah's Witness.
Derived terms: desktop publisher
e-publisher
self-publisher
subsidy publisher
traditional publisher
vanity publisher
Adrian
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈeɪ.dɹiː.ən/
Forms: form: Adrians
Etymology: From Latin Hadrianus (“from the Roman harbor Hadria”) a place name ultimately from Etruscan 𐌇𐌀𐌕𐌓𐌉𐌀 (hatria). Doublet of Hadrian. See Adria.
Senses: examples: text: Which, of he, or Adrian, for a good wager, / Firſt begins to crow ?
ref: 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i]:
text: "My only worth will be in always remembering to do the thing that pleases you; and yet, although I don't really like Adie, it has a more home-like, more whisperable sound than Adrian. Adrian is a grand, heroic sort of a name, yet what a beautiful name it is.
ref: 1874, Bertha de Jongh, The Sisters Lawless, by the author of Rosa Noel, page 245:
text: His baptismal register spoke of him pessimistically as John Henry, but he had left that behind with the other maladies of infancy, and his friends knew him under the front-name of Adrian.
ref: 1912, Saki, Adrian:
text: I'm afraid neither of us was looking where we were going. We Adrians are notoriously abstracted, are we not?
ref: 1991 September, Stephen Fry, chapter 2, in The Liar, London: Heinemann, →ISBN, section I, page 40:
glosses: A male given name from Latin or Etruscan.
glosses: A female given name from Latin (compare Adriana, Adrianna, Adrienne).
glosses: A surname.
glosses: A village in Livada, Satu Mare County, Romania.
glosses: A village in Gurghiu, Mureș County, Romania.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A city in Emanuel County and Johnson County, Georgia.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Rock Creek Township, Hancock County, Illinois.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A city, the county seat of Lenawee County, Michigan.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A city in Nobles County, Minnesota, United States.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A city in Bates County, Missouri.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A hamlet in Steuben County, New York.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Big Spring Township, Seneca County, Ohio.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A city in Malheur County, Oregon.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A city in Oldham County, Texas.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Grant County, Washington.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Upshur County, West Virginia.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town in Monroe County, Wisconsin.
glosses: A neighborhood of Saint John, United States Virgin Islands.
Related terms: sense: pet form
word: Adie
sense: pet form
word: Ade
sense: female given names
word: Adriana
sense: female given names
word: Adrienne
Adrian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈeɪ.dɹiː.ən/
Forms: form: more Adrian
form: most Adrian
Etymology: From Latin Hadrianus (“from the Roman harbor Hadria”) a place name ultimately from Etruscan 𐌇𐌀𐌕𐌓𐌉𐌀 (hatria). Doublet of Hadrian. See Adria.
Senses: examples: Adrian billows
glosses: Relating to the Adriatic Sea.
experimentally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more experimentally
form: most experimentally
Etymology: From experimental + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: The end of the 20th century and the start of the new millennium have bore witness to a remarkable revolution in the way parasite/host biological interactions can be conceptually designed and experimentally studied.
ref: 2006 February 10, Karl F. Hoffman, Jennifer M. Fitzpatrick, “The Application of DNA Microarrays in the Functional Study of Schisostome/Host Biology”, in W. Evan Secor, Daniel G. Colley, editors, Schistosomiasis, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 101:
text: However, before most of this was experimentally and observationally discovered, they were perhaps best known for their “almost unique” ability to squirt ink when harangued, creating a smokescreen before jetting off to safety.
ref: 2017 August 9, Mark Carnall, “Why do cephalopods produce ink? And what's ink made of, anyway?”, in The Guardian:
glosses: In the manner of an experiment.
interstellar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From inter- + stellar.
Senses: examples: text: It can take centuries for light to travel interstellar distances.
glosses: Between the stars.
examples: text: Space is littered with interstellar particles.
text: Approximately 5 billion years ago, our solar nebula was formed as gravitational forces pulled interstellar gas and dust into a swirling mass around out newly formed sun.
ref: 2012, Chinle Miller, In Mesozoic Lands: The Mesozoic Geology of Arches and Canyonlands National Parks, Kindle edition:
glosses: Among the stars.
Synonyms: intersidereal
Derived terms: interstellar cloud
interstellar comet
interstellar extinction
interstellar medium
interstellar planet
interstellar polarization
interstellar ramjet
interstellar space
interstellar wind
Gary
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: gărʹē
ipa: /ˈɡæɹɪ/
rhymes: -æɹi
enpr: gărʹē
note: without the Mary–marry–merry merger
ipa: /ˈɡæɹi/
rhymes: -æɹi
note: Mary–marry–merry merger
ipa: /ˈɡɛɹi/
note: Mary–marry–merry merger
ipa: /ˈɡeɹi/
rhymes: -ɛɹi
Forms: form: Garys
form: Garry
Etymology: Medieval short form of Germanic compound names beginning with gari/geri ("spear"), such as Gerard, Gerald, or Gerbert. Cognate with the Scottish and Irish Gaelic name Garaidh.
* The last-century popularity of the given name is due to the American actor Gary Cooper (1901–1961), whose stage name was invented by his agent, a native of Gary, Indiana.
Senses: examples: text: In Wyoming, a GOP state senator forwarded an FGA draft bill to Secretary of State Chuck Gray that would prohibit sending out unsolicited absentee ballot request forms.
ref: 2024 March 17, Daniel Medina and Bob Ortega, “Emails show how a right-wing group steers GOP leaders on major policy issues”, in CNN:
glosses: A surname from Middle English [in turn originating as a patronymic].
examples: text: Dressed up like a million dollar trooper / Trying hard to look like Gary Cooper
ref: 1930, Irving Berlin, “Puttin' On The Ritz”:
text: "Gary's an awful name. Whatever he's like. It reminds me of a G.I. man with a crew cut, and 'Mom' tattooed on his chest, and lots of pin-up pictures on his wall."
ref: 1964, Anne Tyler, If Morning Ever Comes, Severn House, published 1983, page 52:
text: Call it a brain freeze, another “Aleppo moment,” or a mere campaign stumble, but Gary Johnson has stumbled again in his quixotic presidential campaign.
ref: 2016 September 29, Josh Lederman, Patrick Mairs, “Brain freeze? Gary Johnson can’t name favorite world leader”, in PBS NewsHour, Associated Press, archived from the original on 08 Mar 2018:
glosses: A male given name transferred from the surname, popular from the 1940s to the 1970s.
examples: text: Gary, Indiana!
 What a wonderful name
 Named for Elbert Gary of judiciary fame
 Gary, Indiana, as a Shakespeare would say
 Trips along softly on the tongue this way--
ref: 1957 December 19, Meredith Willson, “Gary, Indiana”, in The Music Man:
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A city in Lake County, Indiana, named after Elbert Henry Gary.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A neighbourhood of Tampa, Florida.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Howard County, Maryland.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A minor city in Norman County, Minnesota, named after Garrett L. Thorpe.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A city in Deuel County, South Dakota.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
Synonym of Gary City, Texas.
synonyms: word: Gary City
word: Texas
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A minor city in McDowell County, West Virginia, named after Elbert Henry Gary, and incorporated in 1971.
Derived terms: Gary City
Gary
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: gărʹē
ipa: /ˈɡæɹɪ/
rhymes: -æɹi
enpr: gărʹē
note: without the Mary–marry–merry merger
ipa: /ˈɡæɹi/
rhymes: -æɹi
note: Mary–marry–merry merger
ipa: /ˈɡɛɹi/
note: Mary–marry–merry merger
ipa: /ˈɡeɹi/
rhymes: -ɛɹi
Forms: form: Garys
form: Garry
Etymology: From Gary Glitter.
Senses: examples: text: He did him up the Gary, he did.
glosses: shortened form of Gary Glitter (“anus”).
Larry
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlæɹ.i/
enpr: lărʹē
note: without the Mary–marry–merry merger
ipa: /ˈlæɹ.i/
note: Mary–marry–merry merger
ipa: /ˈlɛɹ.i/
note: Mary–marry–merry merger
ipa: /ˈleɹ.i/
homophone: lairy stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn
rhymes: -æɹi
Senses: examples: text: No one gets named Larry anymore. It's had it as a name. Think of someone called Larry and you automatically conjure up a guy drinking beer in a sixties rec room.
ref: 1998, Carol Shields, Larry's Party, Penguin, →ISBN, page 254:
text: "Larry, name's Larry." I smiled, it was too ridiculous. He was worried about me calling him Lawrence instead of Larry with a rogue zombie climbing out of the dirt.
ref: 2002, Laurell K. Hamilton, Circus of the Damned, JOVE, →ISBN, page 149:
glosses: A diminutive of the male given name Laurence or Lawrence, popular as a male given name in the U.S. in the 1940s and the 1950s.
Derived terms: happy as Larry
Larry Dooley
Larry
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlæɹ.i/
enpr: lărʹē
note: without the Mary–marry–merry merger
ipa: /ˈlæɹ.i/
note: Mary–marry–merry merger
ipa: /ˈlɛɹ.i/
note: Mary–marry–merry merger
ipa: /ˈleɹ.i/
homophone: lairy stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn
rhymes: -æɹi
Etymology: Blend of Louis + Harry.
Senses: examples: text: "Larry" shippers even make evidence videos on YouTube to try to prove that they are actually a couple, showing a more extreme side of shipping.
ref: 2013, Andrea Flores, "Is Your (Relation)Ship Sailing?", TheBearCat (San Mateo High School), 1 November 2013, page 8
text: Fan platforms often include some type of Larry fan fiction, fan art and detailed explanations of their fan theories.
ref: 2014, Mary Sheehan, "One Direction: Why We Need To Pay Attention", The Edge (Elon University), Fall 2014, page 25
text: Perhaps the most striking example of this intra-fandom antagonism comes in responses to Larry shippers.
ref: 2016, Bethan Jones, “'I Will Throw You off Your Ship and You Will Drown and Die': Death Threats, Intra-Fandom Hate, and the Performance of Fangirling”, in Lucy Bennett, Paul Booth, editors, Seeing Fans: Representations of Fandom in Media and Popular Culture, page 60:
topics: lifestyle
glosses: The real-person fiction ship of Louis Tomlinson and Harry Styles of the band One Direction.
Synonyms: Larry Stylinson
Derived terms: Larrie
Stewart
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈst(j)uɚt/
ipa: /ˈstjuːət/
ipa: /ˈstʃuːət/
ipa: /ˈstʃʉːət/
Forms: form: Stewarts
form: Steward
form: Stuart
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle Scots stewart (“steward”), from Early Scots stewart, from Old English stiġweard.
Senses: glosses: A Scottish surname originating as an occupation.
glosses: A male given name transferred from the surname.
glosses: Historical spelling of Stuart (“royal house regnant in Scotland from 1371 and in England from 1603, until 1714”); the standard spelling until the reign of French-raised Mary, Queen of Scots, in the mid-16th century.
glosses: A placename
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Hale County, Alabama.
glosses: A placename
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Warren County, Indiana.
glosses: A placename
A number of places in the United States:
A minor city in McLeod County, Minnesota.
glosses: A placename
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Lake County, Minnesota.
glosses: A placename
A number of places in the United States:
A census-designated place and unincorporated community in Montgomery County, Mississippi.
glosses: A placename
A number of places in the United States:
An extinct town in Pemiscot County, Missouri.
glosses: A placename
A number of places in the United States:
A township in Barnes County, North Dakota.
glosses: A placename
A number of places in the United States:
A township in Kidder County, North Dakota.
glosses: A placename
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Athens County, Ohio.
glosses: A placename
A number of places in the United States:
A township in Fayette County, Pennsylvania.
glosses: A placename
A number of places in the United States:
A township in Tripp County, South Dakota.
glosses: A placename
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Houston County, Tennessee.
glosses: A placename
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Rusk County, Texas.
glosses: A placename
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Wood County, West Virginia.
glosses: A placename
A number of places in Canada.
A district municipality in north-western British Columbia, Canada.
glosses: A placename
A number of places in Canada.
A township in Unorganized North Nipissing District, in north-eastern Ontario, Canada.
Derived terms: Morgagni-Stewart-Morel syndrome
Newton Stewart
Stewart County
Stewart Island
Stewart-Treves syndrome
Related terms: english: Scots
translation: Scots
word: Stuart
word: Steward
word: patronyms Stewartson
word: Stewardson
sense: given name variant
word: Stuart
sense: diminutives of the given name
word: Stew
sense: diminutives of the given name
word: Stewie
sense: diminutives of the given name
word: Stu
word: Steward
word: Stuard
word: Stuart
interplanetary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From inter- + planetary.
Senses: examples: text: Humans are just beginning to explore interplanetary travel.
text: "Come, Diana [a dog]," said he; "come, my girl! thou whose destiny will be marked in the cynegetic annals; […] thou who art rushing into interplanetary space, and wilt perhaps be the Eve of all Selenite dogs! come, Diana, come here."
ref: 1873, Jules Verne, “Round the Moon: A Sequel to From the Earth to the Moon. Chapter III. Their Place of Shelter.”, in Louis Mercier [i.e., Lewis Page Mercier], Eleanor E[lizabeth] King, transl., From the Earth to the Moon, Direct in Ninety-seven Hours and Twenty Minutes: And a Trip Round It. […], New York, N.Y.: Scribner, Armstrong & Company, published 1874, →OCLC, page 170:
text: Him and me, we kind of got to toasting each others good health. Just for cordial interplanetary relations you understand.
ref: 1956, Cyril Hume, Forbidden Planet, spoken by Cook:
text: Calling occupants of interplanetary craft / Calling occupants of interplanetary / Most extraordinary craft / We've been observing your Earth / And one night we'll make a contact with you
ref: 1976, “Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft”, in 3:47 EST, performed by Klaatu:
text: This is the return of the space cowboy / Interplanetary good vibe zone
ref: 1994, “Space Cowboy”, in The Return of the Space Cowboy, performed by Jamiroquai:
glosses: Existing or occurring between planets.
Derived terms: interplanetary medium
interplanetary space
ballpark
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ballparks
Etymology: From ball + park. Sense 2 related to ballpark figure.
Senses: glosses: A field, stadium or park where ball, especially baseball, is played.
examples: text: Let’s get in the ballpark, then worry about the fine details.
text: Some people say a lie is just a lie / But I say the cross is in the ballpark / Why deny the obvious, child?
ref: 1990, “The Obvious Child””, in The Rhythm of the Saints, performed by Paul Simon, Warner Bros.:
text: But touching his wife's feet and sticking your tongue in the holiest of holies ain't the same fucking ballpark, it ain't the same league, it ain't even the same fucking sport.
ref: 1994, Quentin Tarantino, Roger Avary, Pulp Fiction, spoken by Jules (Samuel L. Jackson):
glosses: The general vicinity; somewhere close; a broad approximation.
Derived terms: all over the ballpark
ballpark estimate
ballpark estimation
ballpark figure
ballpark frank
ballparkish
hit one out of the ballpark
in the ballpark
knock it out of the ballpark
knock one out of the ballpark
ballpark
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From ball + park. Sense 2 related to ballpark figure.
Senses: examples: text: These are ballpark prices: you could give or take a little either way.
ref: 1986, Darrell J. Steffensmeier, The Fence: In the Shadow of Two Worlds, →ISBN, page 104:
glosses: Approximate; close; on the right order of magnitude.
Derived terms: ballpark figure
ballpark estimate
ballpark
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: ballparks
form: ballparking
form: ballparked
form: ballparked
Etymology: From ball + park. Sense 2 related to ballpark figure.
Senses: examples: text: If you don’t have the exact expense total, just ballpark it.
text: Ballpark what you need in each category and average those amounts by 12 months.
ref: 2016, JoAnneh Nagler, How to be an artist without losing your mind, your shirt, or your creative compass, →ISBN, page 47:
text: 8 August 2018, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky in AV Club, Jason Statham fighting a giant shark should be a lot more fun than The Meg
science has deduced the following: that megalodon was the biggest and baddest of all sharks and, less cinematically, that it had a lower intestine not unlike that of some modern shark species. Scientists estimate its length at around 40 to 50 feet, Alten’s novel bumps it up to 65 feet, and the movie ballparks it at “75 to 90 feet.”
glosses: To make a rough estimate of.
surveying
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /sɚˈveɪ.ɪŋ/
ipa: /səˈveɪ.ɪŋ/
rhymes: -eɪɪŋ
Forms: form: surveyings
Etymology: From survey + -ing.
Senses: glosses: The applied science of accurately determining the position of points and the distances between them.
Derived terms: aerial survey
surveying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /sɚˈveɪ.ɪŋ/
ipa: /səˈveɪ.ɪŋ/
rhymes: -eɪɪŋ
Etymology: From survey + -ing.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of survey
Related terms: geodesy
heart to heart
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: heart to hearts
form: heart-to-heart
Senses: examples: text: They sat down and had a long-overdue heart to heart about the future of their relationship.
glosses: A sincere, serious, or personal conversation.
heart to heart
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: heart-to-heart
Senses: examples: a heart-to-heart talk
glosses: Sincere, serious, or personal.
Bhagavad Gita
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɑːɡəvɑːd ˈɡiːtə/
Forms: form: Bhagavad-gita
form: Bhagavad-gītā
Etymology: Transliteration of Sanskrit भगवद्गीता (bhagavadgītā).
Senses: glosses: An epic poem from Mahabharata where Krishna gives Arjuna a discourse on ethics.
heart-to-heart
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: heart-to-hearts
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of heart to heart.
heart-to-heart
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of heart to heart.
take to heart
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: takes to heart
form: taking to heart
form: took to heart
form: taken to heart
Senses: examples: text: He really took it to heart when I asked him to reconsider.
glosses: To take something seriously; to internalize or live according to something (e.g. advice.)
examples: text: Of course, with her weak heart and dropsy one couldn't expect that she could get about with him, but he spent two hours every evening in her room. He might well do what he could, for she has been a rare good friend to him. But that's all over, too. He never goes near her. And she takes it to heart. She is brooding and sulky and drinking, Mr. Holmes—drinking like a fish.
ref: 1927 March 5, Arthur Conan Doyle, “The Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place”, in The Case Book of Sherlock Holmes, New York, N.Y.: A[lbert] L[evi] Burt Company, published June 1927, →OCLC, page 281:
glosses: To feel keenly; be greatly grieved at; be much affected by something.
heavy-hearted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more heavy-hearted
form: most heavy-hearted
Senses: examples: text: The mourners left the funeral heavy-hearted and silent.
text: He gave a heavy-hearted sigh.
synonyms: word: miserable
word: sorrowful
word: atrabiliary
word: atrabilious
word: blitheless
word: dispirited
word: blue
word: bummed out
word: chapfallen
word: cheerless
word: chopfallen
word: crestfallen
word: cut up
word: damp
word: dejected
word: depressed
word: despondent
word: disgruntled
word: disconsolate
word: disheartened
word: dismal
word: doleful
word: dolesome
word: down
word: down in the dumps
word: down in the mouth
word: downcast
word: downhearted
word: downsome
word: dull
word: elegiac
word: elegious
word: forlorn
word: gloomy
word: glum
word: grief-stricken
word: grieving
word: heavy-hearted
word: heartsore
word: heartsick
word: inconsolable
word: infelicitous
word: jawfallen
word: joyless
word: lachrymose
word: lamentful
word: low
word: low-spirited
word: lugubrious
word: lumpish
word: melancholic
word: melancholy
word: miserable
word: moody
word: mopey
word: morose
word: mournful
word: passionate
word: plaintive
word: querulous
word: sad
word: saddened
word: saturnine
word: shattered
word: solemn
word: sombre
word: sorrowful
word: sorrow-ridden
word: sorrowsome
word: spiritless
word: sullen
word: threnetic
word: threnetical
word: triste
word: tristful
word: uncheerful
word: uncheery
word: unconsolable
word: unhappy
word: unlively
word: wistful
word: woe
word: woebegone
word: woeful
word: wretched
glosses: sad, melancholic.
Derived terms: heavy-heartedly
heavy-heartedness
Related terms: heavy heart