cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
phone ahead
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: phones ahead
form: phoning ahead
form: phoned ahead
form: phoned ahead
Senses: glosses: To make a phone call at a destination before arriving there to let people there know one is coming and to make suitable arrangements.
call ahead
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: calls ahead
form: calling ahead
form: called ahead
form: called ahead
Senses: glosses: Synonym of phone ahead.
synonyms: word: phone ahead
plan ahead
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: plans ahead
form: planning ahead
form: planned ahead
form: planned ahead
Senses: glosses: To schedule or plan extensively for problems before it is needed; to come up with solutions before problems occur; to prepare for future situations.
draw ahead
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: draws ahead
form: drawing ahead
form: drew ahead
form: drawn ahead
Senses: glosses: To pass somebody or something going in the same direction; to move into a winning or advantageous position.
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: To shift to blow in the direction a ship is moving.
raw_tags: of a wind
lumber with
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: lumbers with
form: lumbering with
form: lumbered with
form: lumbered with
Senses: glosses: To be required to interact with (someone) despite them being an annoyance, burden or problem.
loom ahead
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: looms ahead
form: looming ahead
form: loomed ahead
form: loomed ahead
Senses: qualifier: confrontation or outcome
glosses: To be likely to occur and to be disastrous; to be foreboding.
raw_tags: of an intimidating problem
settle with
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: settles with
form: settling with
form: settled with
form: settled with
Senses: glosses: To get revenge on (someone); to resolve a grudge with (someone).
have against
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: has against
form: having against
form: had against
form: had against
Senses: glosses: To have (reasons) to dislike or disrespect (someone or something); to have (good cause) to hold a grudge against (someone).
bound ahead
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: bounds ahead
form: bounding ahead
form: bounded ahead
form: bounded ahead
Senses: examples: text: The stock price has been bounding ahead all year.
glosses: To gather momentum; to increase quickly; to increase concerningly quickly.
power ahead
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: powers ahead
form: powering ahead
form: powered ahead
form: powered ahead
Senses: glosses: To become stronger; to gather momentum; to increase in energy; to become more successful.
xeets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of xeet
xeets
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of xeet
brief against
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: briefs against
form: briefing against
form: briefed against
form: briefed against
Senses: glosses: To harm the reputation of (someone or something) by making unfavorable or demeaning comments about (someone or something).
side against
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: sides against
form: siding against
form: sided against
form: sided against
Senses: glosses: To take sides in opposition to (someone or something); to favor or oppose a position in opposition to (someone or something).
orthochess
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɔːθəˈt͡ʃɛs/
ipa: /ˌɔːθəʊ̯ˈt͡ʃɛs/
ipa: /ˌɔɹθəˈt͡ʃɛs/
ipa: /ˌɔɹθoʊ̯ˈt͡ʃɛs/
Etymology: From ortho- + chess, probably as a clipping of orthodox chess.
Senses: examples: text: Problems of this sort have been exhaustively dealt with for orthochess (see A Guide to Fairy Chess, p. 39, for tables of results); Haas here presents 59 positions showing his best results for all possible moves, type A.
ref: 1974, Phillip Cohen, “Chessworld: Magazine Review”, in The Gamesletter, volume 13, number 1/2, Don Miller, page 10:
text: Avalanche chess is the same as orthochess, except that every move consists of two parts: (1) a normal legal chess move; and (2) pushing an opponent's pawn one square straight toward you. That's all there is to it really.
ref: 1992 June 24, Les Roselle, “What is a Nost?”, in Chess Life, volume 47, number 6, US Chess Federation, →ISBN:
text: In consequence, Italian domination of Progressive Chess was for many years comparable to that of Soviet domination of orthochess in times past.
ref: 2007, D. B. Pritchard, “Games using an ordinary board and men”, in The Classified Encyclopedia of Chess Variants, second edition, John Beasley, →ISBN, page 30:
topics: board-games
chess
games
glosses: The conventional game and rules of chess.
close with
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: closes with
form: closing with
form: closed with
form: closed with
Senses: glosses: To fight in a battle with (someone).
leap ahead
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: leaps ahead
form: leaping ahead
form: leaped ahead
form: leaped ahead
form: leapt ahead
form: leapt ahead
Senses: glosses: To make great strides; to advance far in advance of others; to innovate unexpectedly or in an unexpected manner.
nudge ahead
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: nudges ahead
form: nudging ahead
form: nudged ahead
form: nudged ahead
Senses: glosses: To increase slightly; to experience a token increase.
lie ahead
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: lies ahead
form: lying ahead
form: lay ahead
form: lain ahead
Senses: examples: text: Our best days lie ahead.
text: Here, too, there is a marked change in the character of the country, for Tondu lies at the foot of the imposing mass of the central group of Glamorgan mountains, betokening the stiff gradients that lie ahead.
ref: 1955 July, D. S. Barrie, “Railways of the Bridgend District”, in Railway Magazine, page 448:
glosses: To be going to happen in the future; to be in store.
order about
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: orders about
form: ordering about
form: ordered about
form: ordered about
Senses: glosses: To bully (someone); to be bossy toward (someone); to dominate (someone).
come up against
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: comes up against
form: coming up against
form: came up against
form: come up against
Senses: glosses: To face (someone, something) in a match, problem, competition or fight.
hedge about
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: hedges about
form: hedging about
form: hedged about
form: hedged about
Senses: glosses: To encumber an agreement with rules and conditions.
hedge around
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: hedges around
form: hedging around
form: hedged around
form: hedged around
Senses: glosses: Synonym of hedge about.
synonyms: word: hedge about
reason with
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: reasons with
form: reasoning with
form: reasoned with
form: reasoned with
Senses: glosses: To convince (someone) to do (or not do) something using rational arguments; to get (someone) to view something rationally.
brood above
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: broods above
form: brooding above
form: brooded above
form: brooded above
Senses: glosses: To cover or seem to cover a scene; to loom over a scene, as to cast a gloomy pall.
fly apart
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: flies apart
form: flying apart
form: flew apart
form: flown apart
Senses: glosses: To break into many pieces by exploding, literally or figuratively.
break apart
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: breaks apart
form: breaking apart
form: broke apart
form: broken apart
Senses: coordinate_terms: break down
break up
tear down
glosses: To dismantle something into its base components.
coordinate_terms: come undone
break down
break up
fall apart
fall down
glosses: To disintegrate.
rip apart
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: rips apart
form: ripping apart
form: ripped apart
form: ripped apart
Senses: examples: text: Your decisions are ripping this family apart.
glosses: To be destroyed due to the malevolent actions of others.
raw_tags: of a family
blow apart
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: blows apart
form: blowing apart
form: blew apart
form: blown apart
Senses: examples: text: Impera's right below us. I'm pointing her straight down and hitting the gas. There's a military base down there that'll try to blow us apart before we hit. Let's not be here when that happens.
ref: 2014 November [2014 May 28], Mac Walters, Jeremy Barlow, “Mass Effect: Foundation #11”, in Mass Effect: Foundation, volume 3 (Science Fiction), spoken by Zaeed Massani, Dark Horse Comics, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 66:
glosses: To destroy (something) by explosion or figuratively similar disasters (e.g. a scandal for a company).
raw_tags: for an item or group
glosses: To take actions (e.g. adultery) that irresponsibly leads to the collapse of a family, marriage or relationship.
glosses: To cause a project (e.g. band or website) to massively expand its fanbase and stature.
tease apart
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: teases apart
form: teasing apart
form: teased apart
form: teased apart
Senses: glosses: To carefully separate two interlaced or interlocking items; to figuratively separate two opposing or overlapping concepts.
stand apart
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: stands apart
form: standing apart
form: stood apart
form: stood apart
Senses: examples: text: His behavior makes us stand apart from the competition.
qualifier: To distinguish oneselves
leave aside
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: leaves aside
form: leaving aside
form: left aside
form: left aside
Senses: examples: Let's leave that aside for the time being and talk about what matters.
glosses: To not talk about a topic so as to allow full consideration to something else.
push aside
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: pushes aside
form: pushing aside
form: pushed aside
form: pushed aside
Senses: glosses: To ignore, reject or subdue (something).
fly at
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: flies at
form: flying at
form: flew at
form: flown at
Senses: glosses: To viciously and aggressively attack (someone) eihter physically or verbally.
moddest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of mod (“most crazy or insane”): most mod
examples: text: […] the moddest of English bands. Mod and hippie are still fighting it out.
ref: 2012, Tom Streissguth, Getting the Hang of Fashion and Dress Codes: A How-to Guide, page 60:
text: […] the moddest of all possible street dances, set in 1967 London […]
ref: 2020, Derrick Bang, Crime and Spy Jazz on Screen Since 1971, page 188:
glosses: Most characteristic of the mod subculture.
wink at
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: winks at
form: winking at
form: winked at
form: winked at
Senses: glosses: To turn a blind eye to (something); to corruptly ignore (some wrongdoing); to pretend not to have seen (something); to signal one's approval of (illicit activities) while maintaining the ability to plausibly deny knowing about it; to tolerate or tacitly encourage (inappropriate, immoral or illegal behavior).
boil away
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: boils away
form: boiling away
form: boiled away
form: boiled away
Senses: glosses: To boil a liquid until it has turned entirely to steam/vapor.
shordy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shordies
Senses: examples: text: How toronto mans are about to pull up to all the UK shordies moving to canada cuz labour lost
ref: 2019 December 12, @707kam, Twitter, archived from the original on 07 Jun 2024:
text: this guy got 3 shordies on his bed and he watchin naruto
ref: 2022 February 21, @radishhyoung, Twitter, archived from the original on 07 Jun 2024:
text: I'm convinced this shordy isn't a real person or someone is using that account as a troll or something.
ref: 2022 April 21, “Tankie horseshoe theory at its finest”, in Reddit, r/EnoughCommieSpam, archived from the original on 07 Jun 2024:
text: Miss B Nasty, she's an OF shordy who squirts (I mean SQUIRTS, legit water fountains) in her car
ref: 2024 April 5, u/Scrizzy6ix, “No access to heaven”, in Reddit, r/BlackPeopleTwitter, archived from the original on 07 Jun 2024:
glosses: Alternative form of shorty (“a young woman”).
shordies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shordy
look away
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: looks away
form: looking away
form: looked away
form: looked away
Senses: examples: text: It's important not to look away from difficult situations like this.
glosses: To ignore something; to pretend not to have seen or noticed something; to avoid dealing with something.
tick by
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: ticks by
form: ticking by
form: ticked by
form: ticked by
Senses: glosses: Synonym of tick past.
synonyms: word: tick past
bolt down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: bolts down
form: bolting down
form: bolted down
form: bolted down
Senses: glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bolt, down.
glosses: To eat a large amount of food quickly.
buy down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: buys down
form: buying down
form: bought down
form: bought down
Senses: glosses: To reduce a mortgage interest rate by means of a buydown.
clew down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: clews down
form: clewing down
form: clewed down
form: clewed down
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: To secure an unfurled sail.
pop for
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: pops for
form: popping for
form: popped for
form: popped for
Senses: glosses: To pay for (something) as a special treat or a gift; to spring for.
body forth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: bodies forth
form: bodying forth
form: bodied forth
form: bodied forth
Senses: glosses: To shape or give form to something.
book into
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: books into
form: booking into
form: booked into
form: booked into
Senses: glosses: Synonym of book in.
synonyms: word: book in
drag into
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: drags into
form: dragging into
form: dragged into
form: dragged into
Senses: glosses: To involve a reluctant person with a difficult or dangerous situation.
drum into
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: drums into
form: drumming into
form: drummed into
form: drummed into
Senses: glosses: To repeat something to a (person) until they accept, remember or understand it.
let into
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: lets into
form: letting into
form: let into
form: let into
Senses: glosses: To install something in a flat surface such that it does not stick out.
glosses: To attack (someone).
nonlossy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + lossy.
Senses: glosses: Not lossy; lossless.
barge into
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: barges into
form: barging into
form: barged into
form: barged into
Senses: glosses: Synonym of barge in.
synonyms: word: barge in
move into
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: moves into
form: moving into
form: moved into
form: moved into
Senses: glosses: Synonym of move in (To start living or working in a new place)
synonyms: word: move in
extra: To start living or working in a new place
pot on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: pots on
form: potting on
form: potted on
form: potted on
Senses: topics: agriculture
business
horticulture
lifestyle
glosses: To move a potted plant to a larger, more suitable flowerpot.
lip out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: lips out
form: lipping out
form: lipped out
form: lipped out
Senses: topics: golf
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: To touch the rim of a hole but not go in.
raw_tags: of a ball
deck over
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: decks over
form: decking over
form: decked over
form: decked over
Senses: topics: business
manufacturing
shipbuilding
glosses: To complete the upper deck of a vessel.
dig over
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: digs over
form: digging over
form: dug over
form: dug over
Senses: topics: agriculture
business
horticulture
lifestyle
glosses: To dig thoroughly through an area so as to loosen the soil and make it suitable for planting.
hash over
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: hashes over
form: hashing over
form: hashed over
form: hashed over
Senses: glosses: To engage in a long discussion of the details of a (topic).
gain over
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: gains over
form: gaining over
form: gained over
form: gained over
Senses: glosses: To win over (someone); to convince (someone) into joining one's own side in a conflict.
kick over
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: kicks over
form: kicking over
form: kicked over
form: kicked over
Senses: glosses: Synonym of turn over (to start an engine)
synonyms: word: turn over
extra: to start an engine
examples: text: She's going to kick over the project and do something else.
glosses: To reject or abandon (something).
examples: text: We've been kicking over the idea and found some flaws.
glosses: To consider (something).
examples: text: He kicked the proposal over to this department.
glosses: To abandon (something) to another.
nose over
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: noses over
form: nosing over
form: nosed over
form: nosed over
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: To crash by landing such that the nose of the plane hits the ground first, causing the plane to topple forward.
rust through
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: rusts through
form: rusting through
form: rusted through
form: rusted through
Senses: glosses: To develop holes caused by rust.
raw_tags: of a piece of metal
lovesmith
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlʌv.smɪθ/
Forms: form: lovesmiths
Etymology: From love + smith.
Senses: examples: text: Was not Christ a kind of a spiritual lovesmith; and was it not His mission and His mission still, to weld these lovely links together in order to create a true brotherhood of men on earth?
ref: 1907 October, “Thoughts of the Month”, in The Cambrian, volume 27, number 8:
text: Lovesmith divine, may your fiery love purify my life with your compassion as I set out this day.
ref: 2007, Tess Ward, The Celtic Wheel of the Year: Old Celtic and Christian Prayers:
text: We are here to become lovesmiths: to master the art of loving and to live love into existence every single day.
ref: 2016, Laura Berman, Quantum Love:
glosses: One who nurtures and spreads love.
examples: text: The play deals with an affaire du coeur of the famous lovesmith, Casanova who "had 300 sweethearts, and everyone of them a beauty" —so this episode must be accepted merely as a torrid interlude.
ref: 1923, The Haberdasher, volume 78, page 77:
text: […] of the lovesmiths of Ngai .
ref: 1998, James Kinyanjui Ngubiah, The Love Birds, page 7:
text: Actually, however, the play upon the opening title is not completed until the film's final shot, when the hero, spurned by the girl, allows the police to yank him into jail. It is a sardonic reversal. Locks laugh at lovesmiths, after all.
ref: 2010, Gabriella Oldham, Keaton's Silent Shorts: Beyond the Laughter, page 206:
glosses: An accomplished lover.
lovesmiths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lovesmith
thumb through
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: thumbs through
form: thumbing through
form: thumbed through
form: thumbed through
Senses: glosses: To use one's thumb to quickly flip through the pages of a book, magazine, etc., especially without reading them thoroughly or at all.
button through
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: buttons through
form: buttoning through
form: buttoned through
form: buttoned through
Senses: glosses: To fasten a garment with buttons.
clap together
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: claps together
form: clapping together
form: clapped together
form: clapped together
Senses: glosses: To slap something together; to create or make (something) hastily and haphazardly.
cram together
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: crams together
form: cramming together
form: crammed together
form: crammed together
Senses: examples: text: You can't just cram those two pieces together.
text: You're cramming together ideas that don't work together.
glosses: To put things together hastily as though to combine them.
bunch together
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: bunches together
form: bunching together
form: bunched together
form: bunched together
Senses: glosses: To form a tight group or close huddle.
bundle together
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: bundles together
form: bundling together
form: bundled together
form: bundled together
Senses: glosses: Synonym of bundle up (to form into a bundle)
synonyms: word: bundle up
extra: to form into a bundle
count towards
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: counts towards
form: counting towards
form: counted towards
form: counted towards
Senses: examples: text: This test counts towards your grade in the class.
antonyms: count against
glosses: To possess value as part of a requirement for an achievement or goal.
ink up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: inks up
form: inking up
form: inked up
form: inked up
Senses: glosses: To apply or install ink in preparation for printing.
glosses: To apply tattoos or be tattooed.
topics: media
printing
publishing
glosses: To apply ink to a roller in preparation for printing or to coat a roller with a preservative when not in use.
blow through
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: blows through
form: blowing through
form: blew through
form: blown through
Senses: examples: text: The company has already blown through $250,000 on legal fees alone.
glosses: To expend or waste rapidly.
glosses: To quickly leave.
key on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: keys on
form: keying on
form: keyed on
form: keyed on
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: To anticipate a play by watching and analyzing the movements of one's opponent(s).
examples: text: She keyed me on to the plan.
glosses: To instruct or make (someone) aware of (something).
map onto
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: maps onto
form: mapping onto
form: mapped onto
form: mapped onto
Senses: glosses: To identify or demonstrate connections between two things (e.g. data sets); to display (data) onto or connected to something else.
fix on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: fixes on
form: fixing on
form: fixed on
form: fixed on
Senses: glosses: To direct or focus one's attention on (a goal); to decide on (a goal); to fixate on (something).
fix upon
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: fixes upon
form: fixing upon
form: fixed upon
form: fixed upon
Senses: glosses: Synonym of fix on.
synonyms: word: fix on
marry into
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: marries into
form: marrying into
form: married into
form: married into
Senses: examples: text: I married into money, since my wife was the heir of a large estate.
glosses: To become a part of (a family or its property, heritage, memberships, etc.), by marrying a member of it.
tie into
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: ties into
form: tying into
form: tied into
form: tied into
Senses: glosses: To viciously attack.
bid in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: bids in
form: bidding in
form: bid in
form: bid in
Senses: qualifier: auctions
glosses: To bid a higher price on one's own property than anyone else at an auction, in order to either secure the item or to raise the final price.
fly in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: flies in
form: flying in
form: flew in
form: flown in
Senses: glosses: To use a flying switch to switch train cars.
examples: text: Near by is the RAF museum at Duxford Airfield, open at weekends, which has a large display of aircraft. Trapped there is the prototype Concorde, which flew in but can never fly out, because the runway was shortened to make way for a motorway immediately after its arrival.
ref: 1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 233:
glosses: To land at an airfield.
raw_tags: of an aircraft
hoe in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: hoes in
form: hoeing in
form: hoed in
form: hoed in
Senses: glosses: To eat a large volume of food; to begin eating with gusto.
hop into
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: hops into
form: hopping into
form: hopped into
form: hopped into
Senses: glosses: To begin (a task or project).
glosses: To start a fight with (someone).
fly into
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: flies into
form: flying into
form: flew into
form: flown into
Senses: examples: text: He flew into a rage when he saw that.
glosses: To erupt in an emotional outburst.
puppydog
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: puppydogs
Senses: examples: text: Select an upbeat, dog-friendly, people-friendly, fun-and-games, puppydog pet training class to learn the ropes.
ref: 2008, Nancy Campbell, The German Shorthaired Pointer:
text: If stuffed chew toys are reserved especially for times the dog is confined, the puppydog will soon learn to enjoy quiet moments in her doggy den and she will quickly develop a chew-toy habit— a good habit!
ref: 2008, Carolyn Herbel, The Lhasa Apso:
text: Finally the little puppydog spoke so suddenly, Raggedy Andy tumbled backward out of his chair, for neither of the Raggedys knew the puppydog could talk.
ref: 2013, Johnny Gruelle, Raggedy Ann in the Magic Book:
glosses: Alternative form of puppy dog.
puppydogs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of puppydog
grow away from
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: grows away from
form: growing away from
form: grew away from
form: grown away from
Senses: glosses: To gradually have less in common with (someone); to mature out of (activities, interests and/or associates).
let through
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: lets through
form: letting through
form: let through
form: let through
Senses: topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: To allow an amount of voltage to pass through to the attached equipment.
raw_tags: of a surge protector
cue in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: cues in
form: cuing in
form: cueing in
form: cued in
form: cued in
Senses: examples: text: We should cue in the music at the end of this scene.
glosses: To add elements (dialogue, music, special effects) to a specific spot in a script.
examples: text: The conductor cued me in at the wrong time.
glosses: To signal (someone) to join a performance or to begin a task at a particular moment.
examples: text: A good therapist can cue in to even the toughest of clients.
glosses: To identify and understand signals, emotions, body language, subtext, etc.; to connect with someone.
cue in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of clue in.
close round
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: closes round
form: closing round
form: closed round
form: closed round
Senses: glosses: To surround (someone, something); to form a circle.
raw_tags: of a group of people
cast back
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: casts back
form: casting back
form: cast back
form: cast back
Senses: glosses: To think about or imagine to a time in the past; to search or refer to one's memories of the past.
inch away
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: inches away
form: inching away
form: inched away
form: inched away
Senses: examples: text: They're trying to inch away from their policies.
glosses: To begin to change one's position on a topic; to subtly distance oneself from previous associates, ideas, etc.
sally forth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: sallies forth
form: sallying forth
form: sallied forth
form: sallied forth
Senses: glosses: To enthusiastically or excitedly set out; to embark on a journey or adventure; to leave a place of safety to set out on an adventure.
abstract away from
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: abstracts away from
form: abstracting away from
form: abstracted away from
form: abstracted away from
Senses: glosses: To omit the consideration of details regarding (something); to dismiss the details of (something) so as to concern oneself with higher features and more complex/interesting elements.
bang into
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: bangs into
form: banging into
form: banged into
form: banged into
Senses: glosses: To accidentally collide with (something).
glosses: Synonym of bump into.
synonyms: word: bump into
pour into
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: pours into
form: pouring into
form: poured into
form: poured into
Senses: glosses: To continuously pay money or supplies or provide work to an organization, project, movement or effort.
hang to
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: hangs to
form: hanging to
form: hung to
form: hung to
Senses: glosses: To cling to (something); to hold on to (something); to refuse to give up (something).
demandism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From demand + -ism.
Senses: examples: text: […] working to rally malcontent and exacerbated "demandism" under their banner, with the aim of forming a bloc of middle and also working-class strata, under the leadership of well-defined capitalist groups, in die-hard defense of the existing system in the European capitalist countries.
ref: 2008, V. Cesareo, The Thirteenth Italian Report on Migrations 2007, page 31:
text: If the child's needs are not adequately met in this age, the following traits may develop: pessimism, demandism, frustration and jealousy.
ref: 2015, Jyotsna Rao, QRS for BDS 4th Year-Community Dentistry, page 186:
text: Report on reviewing 10 year implementation of Directive No. 11-CT/TU of 20 October 2003 on enhancing education of ethics, life-style, fighting against red-tape, bureaucracy, corruption, irresponsibility, demandism by public officials and civil servants at all government levels; and Resolution No. 09-NQ/TU of 14 April 2004 on continued improvement of administration reform, combating red-tape, bureaucracy and corruption).
ref: 2017, Hai Hong Nguyen, Political Dynamics of Grassroots Democracy in Vietnam, page 241:
glosses: A habitually demanding attitude.
shark up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: sharks up
form: sharking up
form: sharked up
form: sharked up
Senses: qualifier: like sharks
glosses: To gather (something) together; to collect (something).
waft over
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: wafts over
form: wafting over
form: wafted over
form: wafted over
Senses: glosses: To transport across.
cachings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of caching
for one's foams
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Etymology: Referring to being mugged or killed for one's sneakers, also used in image macros of mortally wounded fictional characters, notably Uncle Ben in the 2002 film Spider-Man with the phrase "They got me for my foams".
Senses: examples: text: jack got me for my foams. rt to help me find my mutuals🙏🏼😭
ref: 2020 February 25, @luver4skategirl, Twitter:
text: Killer Bee really ran sasuke for his foams while he was rapping 😭😭😭
ref: 2021 April 16, @MasterMoziah, Twitter:
text: AI got me for my foams smh
ref: 2023 February 3, @fauxfresh, Twitter:
glosses: Totally or in humiliating fashion, in the context of being wronged or defeated.
run in with
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: runs in with
form: running in with
form: ran in with
form: run in with
Senses: glosses: To agree with or comply with something; to come to be in agreement over something.
examples: text: The ship is running in with the shore.
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: To take a course near to; to take a course nearer to.
close in upon
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: closes in upon
form: closing in upon
form: closed in upon
form: closed in upon
Senses: glosses: Synonym of close in on.
synonyms: word: close in on
fetch in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: fetches in
form: fetching in
form: fetched in
form: fetched in
Senses: glosses: To capture (someone) or arrest (someone); to close in upon (someone).
glosses: To bring (someone or something, often an animal) inside.
fetch off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: fetches off
form: fetching off
form: fetched off
form: fetched off
Senses: glosses: To kill or murder (someone).
fie away
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: fies away
form: fying away
form: fied away
form: fied away
Senses: glosses: To be gone; to go away.
find forth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: finds forth
form: finding forth
form: found forth
form: found forth
Senses: glosses: To seek out an encounter with someone; to meet with someone.
for the foreseeable
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: We'll have to make do with this for the foreseeable.
glosses: Ellipsis of for the foreseeable future.
girlfail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: girlfails
Etymology: Compound of girl + fail.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of girlfailure.
synonyms: word: girlfailure
tangential triangle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tangential triangles
Senses: glosses: A triangle formed of line segments tangential to the circumcircle of another triangle ABC at its vertices.
nightingale-wren
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nightingale-wrens
Senses: glosses: Either of two wrens, Microcerculus philomela and Microcerculus marginatus of Central America and northern South America, correspondingly.
apartment house
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: apartment houses
Senses: examples: text: Heritage House is a ten-story apartment house for seniors in the heart of downtown.
glosses: Synonym of apartment building: any building comprising apartments.
synonyms: word: apartment building
extra: any building comprising apartments
examples: text: Armitage House is a stately old home on Main Street; it was built in the 1910s as the private home of a local factory owner, and years later it was converted into a trendy apartment house. [tour bus banter]
coordinate_terms: apartment building
qualifier: strictly
glosses: A house comparable in size to a single-family house but comprising several apartments; typically not more than two or three stories tall and containing a single-digit number of apartments (such as two to six).
apartment houses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of apartment house
embarrassers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of embarrasser
windworn
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more windworn
form: most windworn
form: wind-worn
Etymology: From wind + worn.
Senses: examples: text: windworn rocks
text: One such rock touched by the road, consisted of porphyrite, another of volcanic tuff; the ground is hard, the gravel glassy lava, all more or less windworn. […] the plain, an extremely flat depression, a high-land desert, low, flat, levelled, windworn, weathered and disintegrating rocks, a country swept clear by innumerable storms, a dry, arid and desolate country.
ref: 1917, Sven Anders Hedin, Southern Tibet: Discoveries in Former Times Compared with My Own Researches in 1906-1908, page 337:
text: […] the Józefów gravels are strongly windworn, whereas the sands and gravels at Katarzynów and Działki Niesułkowskie fail to show any such characteristics. Infor- mation , concerning the oldest Würmian deposits i.e. those anterior to the Katarzynów fossil soil II , is[…]
ref: 1961, International Association for Quaternary Research. Congress, Guide-book of Excursion A-E., page 25:
text: The acid smoke has soured the fields, / And browned the few and windworn flowers; […]
ref: 1968(?), George Orwell, "On a Ruined Farm near the His Master's Voice Gramophone Factory" (poem), quoted in 2013, Circles and Diagonals: Penguin Underground Lines: Circle, Metropolitan, East London Line, Waterloo & City (Penguin UK)
glosses: Worn or smoothed by the action of wind erosion.
-abad
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Etymology: From Urdu آباد (-ābād) and Persian ـآباد (-âbâd).
Senses: glosses: used to form the names of cities and towns, especially in Persian- and Urdu-speaking areas
higher grade
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of high-grade: more high-grade
highest grade
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of high-grade: most high-grade
lower grade
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: lower-grade
Senses: glosses: comparative form of low-grade: more low-grade
Naruto ran
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of Naruto run
Naruto running
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle of Naruto run
look like who did it and ran away
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: looks like who did it and ran away
form: looking like who did it and ran away
form: looked like who did it and ran away
form: looked like who did it and ran away
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of look like who did it and ran.
they/them
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈðeɪˌðɛm/
rhymes: -eɪðɛm
Forms: form: they/thems
Etymology: From a common format for specifying gender-neutral pronouns in online profiles.
Senses: examples: text: I've long used videogames as a means to cope with both my disability and my dysphoria, but Baldur's Gate 3 is the first time I've been able to really get into roleplaying a they/them causing mayhem.
ref: 2023 September 10, Nova Smith, “Baldur's Gate 3 is the first game that met me halfway in roleplaying a they/them causing mayhem, and that feels like the future of RPGs”, in PC Gamer:
text: The individual straight cises whom I work with are pretty nice for the most part. Still, people (mostly my boomer coworkers) often misgender other people (mostly the younger they/thems) at my office and bristle when corrected.
ref: 2024 May 1, Emily Gould, quoting Mx. Vanilla, “‘Help! Our DEI Trainer Won’t Stop Talking About Kink’”, in The Cut:
text: In case you were wondering, "Shakespeare's They/Thems" turned out to be Rosalind and Viola. The Folger talk summons these "cross-dressed female protagonists" as evidence that Shakespeare was "comfortable" with "non-binary" and "transgender identity"
ref: 2024, Colby Gordon, quoting Folger Shakespeare Library, Glorious Bodies: Trans Theology and Renaissance Literature, University of Chicago Press, →ISBN, page 18:
glosses: A non-binary person; one who uses gender-neutral pronouns.
they/them
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈðeɪˌðɛm/
rhymes: -eɪðɛm
Forms: form: they/thems
form: they/themming
form: they/themmed
form: they/themmed
form: they/them'd
form: they/them'd
Etymology: From a common format for specifying gender-neutral pronouns in online profiles.
Senses: examples: text: As per the old Jewish joke “ask two Jews, get three opinions”, there’s room on this seven-strong bill (plus [Hannah] Gadsby) for at least that many different perspectives on gender – including some impish scepticism from Canadian comic DeAnne Smith, who complains about “getting they/them’d against my will since 2005”.
ref: 2023 October 13, Brian Logan, “‘We’re all learning’: why Netflix needs Hannah Gadsby’s Gender Agenda”, in The Guardian:
glosses: To refer to (someone) using gender-neutral pronouns.
they/thems
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of they/them
fleamarketing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle of fleamarket
fleamarketed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of fleamarket
marital separation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: marital separations
Senses: glosses: Synonym of divorce from bed and board.
synonyms: word: divorce from bed and board
separation from bed and board
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: separations from bed and board
Senses: glosses: Synonym of divorce from bed and board.
synonyms: word: divorce from bed and board
Nubiology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Nubia + -ology.
Senses: glosses: The scientific study of ancient Nubia.
Althia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A female given name from ?.
ton of TNT
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tons of TNT
Etymology: Explained by the concept of TNT equivalent.
Senses: examples: Holonyms: kiloton < megaton < gigaton < teraton < petaton < exaton (rare) < zettaton (rare) < yottaton (rare)
Meronyms: calorie, Calorie, British thermal unit, BTU
topics: sciences
synonyms: gigacalorie
glosses: A unit of energy that is equivalent to 4.184 gigajoules; it is a convened-upon value representing the energy typically produced by one metric ton of TNT.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see ton, of, TNT.
Related terms: english: a unit of power: energy per time
translation: a unit of power: energy per time
word: ton of refrigeration
tons of TNT
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ton of TNT
vocational education
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: education
glosses: A type of education that prepares people for a skilled craft as an artisan, trade as a tradesperson, or work as a technician.
Edutwitter
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of EduTwitter.
edutwitter
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of EduTwitter.
primordial phallus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: primordial phalluses
form: primordial phalli
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
qualifier: reproductive system
glosses: The clitoris of a female or the penis of a male, particularly during embryonic development of the urinary and reproductive organs, before sexual differentiation is evident.
genital tubercle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: genital tubercles
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
qualifier: reproductive system
glosses: A body of tissue that develops into the penis or clitoris in the reproductive system of amniotes.
genital tubercles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of genital tubercle
primordial phalluses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of primordial phallus
primordial phalli
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of primordial phallus
marital separations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of marital separation
separations from bed and board
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of separation from bed and board
judicial separation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: judicial separations
Senses: glosses: Synonym of legal separation.
synonyms: word: legal separation
separate maintenance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: separate maintenances
Senses: glosses: Synonym of legal separation.
synonyms: word: legal separation
divorce a mensa et thoro
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: divorces a mensa et thoro
Senses: glosses: Synonym of legal separation.
synonyms: word: legal separation
judicial separations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of judicial separation
separate maintenances
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of separate maintenance
divorces a mensa et thoro
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of divorce a mensa et thoro
Coín
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town and municipality in Malaga province, Andalusia, Spain.
Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Herzeg-Bosnia.
synonyms: word: Herzeg-Bosnia
Croatian Community of Herzeg-Bosnia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Herzeg-Bosnia.
synonyms: word: Herzeg-Bosnia
Croat Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Herzeg-Bosnia.
synonyms: word: Herzeg-Bosnia
Croat Community of Herzeg-Bosnia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Herzeg-Bosnia.
synonyms: word: Herzeg-Bosnia
Swiss Alps
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Swiss Alps
Senses: glosses: The Alpine region of Switzerland.
fruit-shop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fruit-shops
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of fruitshop.
bake shop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bake shops
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of bakeshop.
bake shops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bake shop
etorki
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Basque etorki, from etorri (“come”).
Senses: glosses: A sheep milk cheese of Basque origin.
Calke
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A small village and civil parish in South Derbyshire district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK3722).
fruit-shops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fruit-shop
karmaic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of karmic.
moss-draped
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more moss-draped
form: most moss-draped
form: mossdraped
Senses: examples: text: Late one recent Saturday night, one of Savannah’s famously moss-draped squares exploded in gunfire.
ref: 2024 June 7, Patrik Jonsson, “Jail time for leaving gun in an unlocked car? Cities nudge states on firearm laws.”, in The Christian Science Monitor:
glosses: Mossy; covered, draped with moss.
Ingatestone and Fryerning
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A civil parish in Brentwood borough, Essex, England, which includes the named places.
identity broker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: identity brokers
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
networking
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: An intermediary proxy service connecting multiple service providers with multiple identity providers.
topics: criminology
human-sciences
law
sciences
glosses: A service or other intermediary that provides a client with a means of forming or constructing a new identity, usually a false one.
identity provider
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: identity providers
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
networking
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A system entity that creates, maintains, and manages identity information for principals and also provides authentication services to relying applications within a federation or distributed network.
Related terms: identity broker
identity brokers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of identity broker
identity providers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of identity provider