cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
marrow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmæɹəʊ/
enpr: mărʹō
note: without the Mary–marry–merry merger
ipa: /ˈmæɹoʊ/
note: Mary–marry–merry merger
ipa: /ˈmɛ(ə)ɹoʊ/
rhymes: -æɹəʊ
Forms: form: marrows
form: marra
Etymology: From Old Norse margr.
Senses: examples: text: Cheers marrow!
glosses: A friend, pal, buddy, mate.
examples: text: A 'getter' or miner is paid 1½ to 2 cents per hundred weight of Coals excavated, […] but out of this sum, his "marrows" or assistants who do the business of 'putting' and 'hurrying' for him must be paid […]
ref: 1855, Mining Magazine, page 519:
topics: business
mining
glosses: A miner's mate or assistant.
examples: text: The moon’s my constant Mistresse / & the lowlie owle my morrowe. / The flaming Drake and yͤ Nightcrowe make / mee musicke to my sorrowe.
ref: c. 1620, anonymous, “Tom o’ Bedlam’s Song” in Giles Earle his Booke (British Museum, Additional MSS. 24, 665)
text: The dreichest saul could see he had sunlicht in his ee, / And there's no his marrow left in the toun.
ref: [1917, John Buchan, “[Theocritus in Scots.] The Kirn (Idyll vii).”, in Poems: Scots and English (in Scots), London; Edinburgh: T. C. & E. C. Jack, →OCLC, book I (Scots), page 38:
english: The most cheerless soul could see he had sunlight in his eye, / And there's none his equal left in the town.
translation: The most cheerless soul could see he had sunlight in his eye, / And there's none his equal left in the town.
bold_translation_offsets: 85
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glosses: One of a pair; a match; a companion; an intimate associate.
Derived terms: half-marrow
cantankerous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /kænˈtæŋkəɹəs/
ipa: /kənˈtæŋkəɹəs/
Forms: form: more cantankerous
form: most cantankerous
Etymology: Perhaps derived from earlier contenkerous, from contentious + rancorous.
Senses: examples: text: "She is a cantankerous old maid," added another, whom I recognised, by his voice, as a man whose attentions I had put a determined check to not six weeks before: "she is a cantankerous old maid, fretting and snarling over the loss of her beauty."
ref: 1839, “The youth of Julia Howard”, in Fraser's magazine for town and country, volume 20, page 618:
text: Murphy's Law never proved itself more accurate than at the Nov. 18 film benefit for Persephone Press. With problems ranging from a cantankerous projector to blown fuses, the presentations of Jan Oxenberg's films were blurred, disrupted and played with lapses in their soundtracks.
ref: 1978 December 9, Pat M. Kuras, “A Splice of Lesbian Life”, in Gay Community News, volume 6, number 20, page 11:
text: By contrast, cantankerous and churlish people are contemptuously independent of others’ opinions, not caring enough about others and their views.
ref: 1998, Pauline Chazan, The Moral Self, page 80:
text: Nina was thrilled, muttering her cantankerous joy that I was getting out of the house.
ref: 2007, Linda Francis Lee, The Devil in the Junior League, page 44:
text: Unfortunately, as Great-Aunt Bert could be a bit cantankerous, they were having to be creative.
ref: 2010, Clare Vanderpool, Moon Over Manifest, page 169:
synonyms: word: cranky
word: crotchety
word: atrabilious
word: liverish
word: bad-tempered
word: fractious
word: bilious
word: bitchy
word: brainish
word: cantankerous
word: carnaptious
word: crabbit
word: crabby
word: cranky
word: crotchety
word: dyspeptic
word: edgy
word: fantoddish
word: fiery
word: fretful
word: grumpy
word: grotchy
word: grouchy
word: hissy
word: hot-livered
word: hot-tempered
word: hotheaded
word: huffy
word: humpy
word: ill-natured
word: ill-tempered
word: irascible
word: irritable
word: out of sorts
word: ornery (chiefly US)}
word: peevish
word: pettish
word: petulant
word: prickly
word: quick-tempered
word: querulous
word: raspy
word: ratty
word: short-tempered
word: snappish
word: snappy
word: snippety
word: snippish
word: snippy
word: snitchy
word: splenetic
word: stressy
word: surly
word: testy
word: tetchy
word: tetty
word: thin-skinned
word: thorny
word: touchy
word: twitchy
word: umbrageous
word: waspish
glosses: Given to or marked by an ill-tempered, quarrelsome nature; ill-tempered, cranky, crabby.
Derived terms: cantankerosity
cantankerously
cantankerousness
uncantankerous
haemorrhage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhɛməɹɪd͡ʒ/
ipa: /ˈhɛmɹɪd͡ʒ/
Forms: form: haemorrhages
Senses: examples: text: We got news that he died of a haemorrhage!
text: Lan Chengzhang, who worked for the China Trade News, died of an apparent brain haemorrhage after over 20 thugs set upon him and his taxi driver on January 10 at a mine in Hunyuan county, in the northern province of Shanxi.
ref: 2007 January 24, “China's Hu takes up case of dead reporter”, in Reuters, archived from the original on 10 Mar 2023, World News:
text: Relics of the British empire now mostly survive in the interstices of the global economy. They are the major winners from the fiscal haemorrhage that has resulted from financial globalisation.
ref: 2013 August 14, Simon Jenkins, The Guardian:
glosses: British standard spelling of hemorrhage.
haemorrhage
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhɛməɹɪd͡ʒ/
ipa: /ˈhɛmɹɪd͡ʒ/
Forms: form: haemorrhages
form: haemorrhaging
form: haemorrhaged
form: haemorrhaged
Senses: examples: text: It’s haemorrhaging now!
text: The company haemorrhaged money until eventually it went bankrupt.
text: In the early 1980s, the UK was gripped by a recession. A newly elected Conservative government was never going to let BR haemorrhage money if it could help it.
ref: 2021 July 14, Pip Dunn, “Woodhead 40 years on: time to let go”, in RAIL, number 935, page 39:
glosses: British standard spelling of hemorrhage.
Derived terms: autohaemorrhaging
haemorrhagic
microhaemorrhage
lock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /lɒk/
enpr: lŏk
ipa: /lɑk/
rhymes: -ɒk
homophone: Locke
homophone: (Anglicised) loch
homophone: lough
homophone: lakh (one pronunciation)
homophone: lark (non-rhotic)
homophone: lawk (cot–caught merger)
Forms: form: locks
Etymology: From Middle English lok, lokke, from Old English locc (“hair of the head, hair, lock of hair, curl, ringlet”), from Proto-West Germanic *lokk, from Proto-Germanic *lukkaz, from Proto-Indo-European *lugnó-, from Proto-Indo-European *lewg- (“to bend”).
Cognate with Alemannic German lokha (“hair”), Dutch lok (“lock of hair, curl”), German Locke (“lock of hair, curl”), Danish lok (“lock of hair, curl”), Faroese, Icelandic lokkur (“lock of hair, curl”), Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk lokk (“lock of hair, curl”), Swedish lock (“lock of hair, curl”). It has been theorised that the word may be related to the Gothic verb *𐌻𐌿𐌺𐌰𐌽 (*lukan, “to shut”) in its ancient meaning "to curb".
Senses: examples: text: Baſſ. […]Nor is the wide world ignorant of her worth,
 For the foure windes blow in from euery coaſt
 Renowned ſutors, and her ſunny locks
 Hang on her temples like a golden fleece,
 Which makes her ſeat of Belmont Cholchos-'| ſtrond,
 And many Iaſons come in queſt of her.
ref: c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i], page 164:
text: If I consent to burn them, will you promise faithfully neither to send nor receive a letter again, nor a book (for I perceive you have sent him books), nor locks of hair, nor rings, nor playthings?
ref: 1847 December, Ellis Bell [pseudonym; Emily Brontë], Wuthering Heights: […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Thomas Cautley Newby, […], →OCLC:
glosses: A tuft or length of hair, wool, etc.
glosses: A small quantity of straw etc.
qualifier: Scots law
glosses: A quantity of meal, the perquisite of a mill-servant.
Derived terms: daglock
devilock
earlock
elflock
forelock
goldilocks
Goldilocks
hairlock
hindlock
locklet
locky
lovelock
sidelock
soaplock
taglock
underlock
manual
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmæn.j(ʊ)əl/
ipa: /ˈmæn.j(u)əl/
note: Indic
ipa: /ˈmæn(j)ʊwɐl/
rhymes: (UK) -ænjəl
homophone: Manuel (Anglicized pronunciation)
Forms: form: manuals
form: manuall
Etymology: From Middle English manuel, from Old French manuel, from Late Latin manuāle (“handbook, manual”).
Senses: hypernyms: reference book
reference work
glosses: Synonym of handbook.
synonyms: word: handbook
examples: text: The dishwasher isn't working; can you remember where we put the manual?
glosses: A booklet that instructs on the usage of a particular machine or product.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A drill in the use of weapons, etc.
topics: Christianity
glosses: An old office-book like the modern Roman Catholic ritual.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A keyboard on an organ.
Derived terms: instruction manual
love manual
manual of style
owners manual
reference manual
seal manual
sign manual
style manual
user manual
user's manual
manual
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmæn.j(ʊ)əl/
ipa: /ˈmæn.j(u)əl/
note: Indic
ipa: /ˈmæn(j)ʊwɐl/
rhymes: (UK) -ænjəl
homophone: Manuel (Anglicized pronunciation)
Forms: form: more manual
form: most manual
form: manuall
Etymology: From Middle English manuel, from Anglo-Norman manuel, Old French manual, from Latin manuālis, from manus (“hand”).
Senses: examples: text: She gave a wild manual brush to her locks.
ref: 1897 October 16, Henry James, What Maisie Knew, Chicago, Ill.; New York, N.Y.: Herbert S. Stone & Co., →OCLC:
glosses: Performed with the hands.
raw_tags: of an activity
qualifier: device etc.
glosses: Operated by means of the hands.
raw_tags: of a machine
examples: text: The teacher urged the students to do a manual check, because some errors aren't picked up by the spell checker.
glosses: Performed by a human rather than a machine.
Synonyms: handly
Coordinate terms: aural
relating to the ear
the sense of hearing
oral
relating to the mouth
pedal
relating to the foot
Derived terms: automanual
automated manual transmission
bimanual
brachiomanual
clutchless manual transmission
dextromanual
intermanual
mandraulic
manual alphabet
manualette
manual exercise
manualise
manualism
manualist
manualize
manual laborer
manual labor
manual labour
manual labourer
manually
manual reversion
manual scavenging
manual sex
manual transmission
manual work
manumatic
manumation
nonmanual
non-manual marker
oculomanual
oromanual
semimanual
sequential manual gearbox
sinistromanual
unimanual
visuomanual
Related terms: amanuensis
manufacture
manumit
manus
manuscript
manual
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmæn.j(ʊ)əl/
ipa: /ˈmæn.j(u)əl/
note: Indic
ipa: /ˈmæn(j)ʊwɐl/
rhymes: (UK) -ænjəl
homophone: Manuel (Anglicized pronunciation)
Forms: form: manuals
form: manuall
Etymology: From Middle English manuel, from Anglo-Norman manuel, Old French manual, from Latin manuālis, from manus (“hand”).
Senses: examples: text: Tom's transmission shop can fix both manuals and automatics.
topics: automotive
transport
vehicles
glosses: A device that is operated using the hands, or by a human rather than a machine.
A manual transmission; a gearbox, especially of a motorized vehicle, shifted by the operator.
antonyms: automatic
examples: text: I'm not used to automatics; I've always driven manuals.
glosses: A device that is operated using the hands, or by a human rather than a machine.
A vehicle with a manual transmission.
antonyms: automatic
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A device that is operated using the hands, or by a human rather than a machine.
A keyboard for the hands on a harpsichord, organ, or other musical instrument.
glosses: A device that is operated using the hands, or by a human rather than a machine.
A manual typewriter (as contrasted with an electronic one).
examples: text: do a manual
text: give someone a quick manual
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A procedure or operation that is done using the hands, or by a human rather than machine.
Manual measurement of the blood pressure, done with a manual sphygmomanometer.
glosses: A procedure or operation that is done using the hands, or by a human rather than machine.
A bicycle technique whereby the front wheel is held aloft by the rider, without the use of pedal force.
examples: text: In short tutorials, the player learns the basics of skating: reverts, manuals and the ollie – that is, sliding round when coming out of a trick, lifting two wheels off the ground and jumping with the board.
ref: 2007, Friedrich von Borries, Steffen P. Walz, Matthias Boettger, editors, Space Time Play: Computer Games, Architecture and Urbanism: The Next Level, 1st edition, Basel: Birkhauser, published 2007, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 124:
glosses: A procedure or operation that is done using the hands, or by a human rather than machine.
A similar maneuver on a skateboard, lifting the front or back wheels while keeping the tail or nose of the board from touching the ground.
examples: text: Put the controls to manual.
text: Leave the system on manual.
glosses: Manual control or operation.
Synonyms: topics: automotive
vehicles
transport
word: stick shift
topics: automotive
vehicles
transport
word: stick
topics: automotive
vehicles
transport
word: standard transmission
topics: automotive
vehicles
transport
word: standard
Related terms: automatic
semi-automatic
manumatic
Moses
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈməʊzɪs/
ipa: /ˈməʊzɪz/
ipa: /ˈmoʊzəz/
ipa: /ˈmoʊzəs/
rhymes: -əʊzɪz
rhymes: -əʊzɪs
Etymology: From Latin Mōsēs, from Ancient Greek Μωσῆς (Mōsês), from earlier Μωυσῆς (Mōusês), from Biblical Hebrew מֹשֶׁה (mōšê). Further etymology is unclear, but it is sometimes conjectured to derive from Egyptian ms-s (msj, “to give birth to”), a common element in Egyptian names of the form ‘[name of deity] is the one who bore him’; or, alternatively, contains Egyptian N35A (mw, “water”).
Senses: examples: text: And the Lord came downe vpon mount Sinai, on the top of the mount: and the Lord called Moſes vp to the top of the mount, and Moſes went vp.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Exodus 19:20, column 1:
text: Moses supposes his toeses are roses, / But Moses supposes erroneously, / Moses he knowses his toeses aren't roses, / As Moses supposes his toeses to be!
ref: 1952 Singin' in the Rain: Moses supposes (a song)
topics: biblical
lifestyle
religion
glosses: The pharaonic patriarch who led the enslaved Hebrews out of Egypt, the brother of Aaron and Miriam described in the Book of Exodus and the Quran.
examples: text: The family tree boasts an astonishing array of celebrated historical figures from the prophet Isaiah to Sir Isaiah Berlin, from Felix Mendelssohn to Karl Marx and Moses Montefiore. The list also includes Yehudi Menuhin, Helena Rubinstein, the Rothschilds and even Rosenstein himself.
ref: 2004 October 24, Bill Gladstone, “The oldest family in the world”, in Jewish Telegraphic Agency:
glosses: A male given name from Hebrew.
glosses: A surname transferred from the given name.
glosses: A dialect of the Columbia-Wenatchi language
qualifier: African American culture
glosses: pseudonym for Harriet Tubman
Synonyms: Moishe
Moshe
Derived terms: Moses basket
Moses Lake
Moses on a raft
Moses sole
suffering Moses
sweet Moses
sweet mother of Moses
Related terms: Mosaic
Mosaism
Moses
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈməʊzɪs/
ipa: /ˈməʊzɪz/
ipa: /ˈmoʊzəz/
ipa: /ˈmoʊzəs/
rhymes: -əʊzɪz
rhymes: -əʊzɪs
Etymology: From Latin Mōsēs, from Ancient Greek Μωσῆς (Mōsês), from earlier Μωυσῆς (Mōusês), from Biblical Hebrew מֹשֶׁה (mōšê). Further etymology is unclear, but it is sometimes conjectured to derive from Egyptian ms-s (msj, “to give birth to”), a common element in Egyptian names of the form ‘[name of deity] is the one who bore him’; or, alternatively, contains Egyptian N35A (mw, “water”).
Senses: glosses: An exclamation of shock.
Related terms: Moses Gate
married
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmæɹ.ɪd/
note: without the Mary–marry–merry merger
ipa: /ˈmæɹ.id/
note: Mary–marry–merry merger
ipa: /ˈmɛɹ.id/
rhymes: -æɹɪd
rhymes: -æɹid
rhymes: -ɛɹid
Forms: form: marryed
Etymology: From Middle English maried, imaried, mariet, past participle of Middle English marien (“to marry”), equivalent to marry + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: Are you married or single?
text: My mom got married to her childhood sweetheart.
text: Middle-aged, married fathers make up the bulk of those who have gotten vasectomies, with less than two percent of unmarried men relying on vasectomy for contraception, according to one analysis of data between 2002 and 2015 by the Department of Health and Human Services.
ref: 2022 August 12, Alisha Haridasani Gupta, “‘Snip Snip Hooray’: Vasectomies Among the Young and Child-Free May Be Rising”, in The New York Times:
synonyms: autem
wed
wedded
antonyms: single
unmarried
glosses: In a state of marriage; having a wife or a husband.
examples: text: married to one's work
text: married to an idea
text: Yes, I drafted the business proposal, but I'm not married to it, so it's okay if the board doesn't approve it.
glosses: Showing commitment or devotion normally reserved for a spouse; strongly committed or attached to something.
Derived terms: are you married
get married
I'm married
married couple
marriedly
married name
marriedness
married sector
never-married
nonmarried
married
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmæɹ.ɪd/
note: without the Mary–marry–merry merger
ipa: /ˈmæɹ.id/
note: Mary–marry–merry merger
ipa: /ˈmɛɹ.id/
rhymes: -æɹɪd
rhymes: -æɹid
rhymes: -ɛɹid
Forms: form: marryed
Etymology: From Middle English maried, imaried, mariet, past participle of Middle English marien (“to marry”), equivalent to marry + -ed.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of marry
Synonyms: dowried
married
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmæɹ.ɪd/
note: without the Mary–marry–merry merger
ipa: /ˈmæɹ.id/
note: Mary–marry–merry merger
ipa: /ˈmɛɹ.id/
rhymes: -æɹɪd
rhymes: -æɹid
rhymes: -ɛɹid
Forms: form: marrieds
form: marryed
Etymology: From Middle English maried, imaried, mariet, past participle of Middle English marien (“to marry”), equivalent to marry + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: A perfect example is life insurance. Most people starting out don't need it; you should only insure what you can't afford to lose or replace, and singles or young marrieds without a lot of assets frequently don't require coverage.
ref: 2001, Charles A. Jaffe, The Right Way to Hire Financial Help, page 11:
glosses: A married person.
great-granddaughter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: great-granddaughters
form: great granddaughter
form: greatgranddaughter
Etymology: From great- + granddaughter.
Senses: examples: text: Her unluckier daughter and great-granddaughter have been tarred by amour's sloppy brush; but Mrs. Keppel, as her biographer Diana Souhami has written, "turned adultery into an art."
ref: 1999 February 14, Liesl Schillinger, “The Lost Art of the Love Affair”, in The New York Times:
glosses: The daughter of someone's grandchild.
Derived terms: great-great-granddaughter
Related terms: great-grandchild
great-grandfather
great-grandmother
great-grandparent
great-grandson
bridegroom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɹaɪdˌɡɹuːm/
Forms: form: bridegrooms
form: bridegoom
Etymology: From Middle English brydgrome, bridegome, from Old English brȳdguma, from Proto-Germanic *brūdigumô; equivalent to Old English brȳd (“bride”) + guma (“man”). Altered by folk etymology to end with groom, with it re-analyzed as or influenced by grom, grome (“attendant”), as guma was obsolete. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Brüüdicham, Dutch bruidegom, Afrikaans bruidegom, German Low German Brödigam, Brüdigam, Brögam, Brügam, Plautdietsch Briegaum, German Bräutigam, Norwegian Bokmål brudgom, Norwegian Nynorsk brudgom, Danish brudgom, Swedish brudgum, Icelandic brúðgumi, Faroese brúðgómur.
Senses: examples: Coordinate term: bride
synonyms: groom
glosses: A man in the context of his own wedding; one who is going to marry or has just been married.
Derived terms: bridegroomlike
bridegroomy
Related terms: gome
egret
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈiːɡɹɪt/
ipa: /ˈiɡɹɪt/
ipa: /ˈiˌɡɹɛt/
ipa: /iˈɡɹɛt/
ipa: /ˈɛɡɹɪt/
rhymes: -iːɡɹɪt
rhymes: -iːɡɹɛt
rhymes: -ɛt
rhymes: -ɛɡɹɪt
Forms: form: egrets
Etymology: From Middle English, from Anglo-Norman egret, aigrette (“egret”), from Old Occitan aigreta, diminutive of aigron (“heron”), from Medieval Latin hairo, from Frankish *haigro (“heron”). Cognate with Old High German heigaro (“heron”), Old English hrāgra (“heron”). Doublet of aigrette. More at heron.
Senses: examples: text: Egrets picked their way through the grass, attentive and showy as fussy girlfriends at the cows' sides.
ref: 2011, Jesmyn Ward, Salvage the Bones, Bloomsbury (2017), page 64:
glosses: Any of various wading birds of the genera Egretta or Ardea that includes herons, many of which are white or buff, and several of which develop fine plumes during the breeding season.
synonyms: aigrette
glosses: A plume or tuft of feathers worn as a part of a headdress, or anything imitating such an ornament.
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: The flying feathery or hairy crown of seeds or achenes, such as the down of the thistle.
glosses: The crab-eating macaque (Macaca fascicularis)
Derived terms: cattle egret
common egret
egretlike
egretry
great egret
great white egret
intermediate egret
large egret
little egret
median egret
reddish egret
snowy egret
western cattle egret
yellow-billed egret
Related terms: aigrette
heron
hexagon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: hĕk'səgən
ipa: /ˈhɛk.sə.ɡən/
enpr: hĕk'səgŏn
ipa: /ˈhɛk.sə.ɡɑn/
Forms: form: hexagons
Etymology: From Latin hexagōnum, from Ancient Greek ἑξάγωνον (hexágōnon). By surface analysis, hexa- + -gon.
Senses: examples: text: The project was a huge, queen-size quilt made up of 100 hexagon pieces – 50 of them embroidered with a design for every US state and 50 stars. […] Once the designs are all stitched and the hexagons are returned to Downey, they will be assembled into the completed quilt.
ref: 2019 October 25, Konstantin Toropin, “A woman found an unfinished, 20-year-old quilt and complete strangers are helping piece it together”, in CNN:
text: If we just plopped down a dot for every observation we’d end up with an undifferentiated black blob, so the weathergami technique visualizes frequency of temperature pairs: we divide the chart area into a fine hexagonal grid, and then color each hexagon according to how many daily observations fall within it.
ref: 2023 November 9, Christopher Ingram, ““Weathergami” charts paint new portrait of Minnesota climate”, in Minnesota Reformer:
topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: A polygon with six sides and six angles.
Synonyms: 6-gon
sexagon
sexangle
Derived terms: Brianchon hexagon
flexagon
hexagonal
Lemoine hexagon
Pappus's hexagon theorem
pseudohexagon
quasihexagon
Tucker hexagon
arc
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: äk
ipa: /ɑːk/
enpr: ärk
ipa: /ɑɹk/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)k
homophone: ark
Forms: form: arcs
form: arcing
form: arcking
form: arced
form: arced
form: arcked
form: arcked
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English ark, from Old French arc, from Latin arcus (“a bow, arc, arch”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂erkʷos (“bow, arrow”). Doublet of arch, arco, and arrow.
Senses: examples: text: A warring bloodhunter detected it and skillfully arced his sword through its spinal column before it could return to follow through with its attack.
ref: 2008, T. R. Elmore, Blood Ties Series, Volume 1, Tainted, Book 1, page 106:
text: Gatland's side got back to within striking distance when fly-half Jones's clever pass sent centre Jonathan Davies arcing round Shontayne Hape.
ref: 2011 February 4, Gareth Roberts, “Wales 19-26 England”, in BBC:
text: The big wheel in the sky
He arcs o'er miles and miles
ref: 2024, Patricia Taxxon, “Big Wheel”, in Bicycle:
glosses: To move following a curved path.
examples: text: His mother, her eyes raised to heaven, hands arked before her, moving, made real for John that patience, that endurance, that long suffering, which he had read in the Bible and found so hard to image.
ref: 1953, James Baldwin, Go Tell It on the Mountain, New York, N.Y.: Knopf, →OCLC, part 1 (The Seventh Day):
glosses: To shape into an arc; to hold in the form of an arc.
glosses: To form an electrical arc.
Derived terms: arc up
nonarcing
Related terms: arch
plover
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈplʌvɚ/
ipa: /ˈploʊvɚ/
ipa: /ˈplʌvə/
rhymes: -əʊvə(ɹ)
rhymes: -ʌvə(ɹ)
Forms: form: plovers
form: plover
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English plover, from Anglo-Norman plover, plovier, from Medieval Latin plovarius, pluviārius, of disputed origin; perhaps from Latin pluvia (“rain”).
Senses: glosses: Any of various wading birds of the subfamily Charadriinae.
glosses: A masked lapwing (Vanellus miles).
Derived terms: taxonomic: Pluvialis dominica
word: American golden plover
taxonomic: Bartramia longicauda
word: Bartramina plover
taxonomic: Vanellus spp.
word: bastard plover
word: beach plover
taxonomic: Pluvialis squatarola
word: black-bellied plover
taxonomic: Pluvialis apricaria
word: black-breasted plover
taxonomic: Vanellus armatus
word: blacksmith plover
taxonomic: Vanellus melanopterus
word: black-winged plover
taxonomic: Pluvialis squatarola
word: bull-head plover
taxonomic: Arenaria spp.
word: calico plover
taxonomic: Charadrius asiaticus
word: Caspian plover
taxonomic: Charadrius pallidus
word: chestnut-banded plover
taxonomic: Charadrius collaris
word: collared plover
word: crab plover
taxonomic: Dromas ardeola
word: crab-plover
word: double-banded plover
word: Egyptian plover
word: Eurasian golden plover
word: goggle-eyed plover
taxonomic: Pluvialis apricaria
word: golden plover
word: grass plover
word: gray plover
taxonomic: Pluvialis squatarola
word: grey plover
word: green plover
taxonomic: Pluvialis apricaria
word: hill plover
taxonomic: Charadrius alexandrinus
word: Kentish plover
word: lark-plover
word: little ringed plover
word: Magellanic plover
taxonomic: Vanellus miles
word: masked plover
word: Norfolk plover
taxonomic: Charadrius melodus
word: piping plover
word: plovercrest
word: ploverlike
word: ploverness
word: plovery
word: quail-plover
word: ringed plover
taxonomic: Charadrius hiaticula
word: ring plover
word: rock plover
word: sand plover
taxonomic: Pluvialis squatarola
word: sea plover
taxonomic: Charadrius semipalmatus
word: semipalmated plover
word: shore plover
word: snowy plover
word: sociable plover
word: spurwing plover
word: spur-winged plover
word: St Helena plover
word: stone plover
taxonomic: Pluvialis squatarola
word: Swiss plover
word: upland plover
taxonomic: Pluvialis apricaria
word: whistling plover
word: white-crowned plover
word: white-tailed plover
word: Wilson's plover
word: wry-billed plover
taxonomic: Pluvialis apricaria
word: yellow plover
plover
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈplʌvɚ/
ipa: /ˈploʊvɚ/
ipa: /ˈplʌvə/
rhymes: -əʊvə(ɹ)
rhymes: -ʌvə(ɹ)
Forms: form: plovers
form: plovering
form: plovered
form: plovered
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English plover, from Anglo-Norman plover, plovier, from Medieval Latin plovarius, pluviārius, of disputed origin; perhaps from Latin pluvia (“rain”).
Senses: examples: text: Invisible twine plying merchants are unravelling the long grasses and the plovering pull of the long windstrewngrasses pluck the prince in his chest his heart his passion and love as if no tomorrow.
ref: 1997, Barry MacSweeney, The Book of Demons, page 107:
text: I would blanch, I would quail and, maybe in that season, I would have plovered — plovered my head deep into my feathers and plovered away on thin, wading bird's legs.
ref: 2000, Stuart Jeffries, Mrs Slocombe's Pussy: Growing Up in Front of the Telly, page 144:
text: Our Dove's a fat man's tits plovering a T - shirt;
ref: 2002, Calvin Bedient, The Violence of the Morning: Poems, page 42:
glosses: To dote over, or, crowd or nestle with
examples: text: Gentlemen often came from Dublin, and payed me for going into the Channel with them a plovering and fishing, and going aboard of Ships in the Bay; but once among the rest, some of these Chaps came to hire my Smack, to go into the Bay, which I let them have to my Sorrow;
ref: 1769, John Poulter, The Discoveries of John Poulter, Alias Baxter, page 5:
text: There is a handsome prospect from the plains, which render very good shooting in the season of plovering.
ref: 1865, Henry Onderonk, Queens County in Olden Times, page 87:
text: Brisler went Yesterday a plovering with a Party who killed about an hundred.
ref: 1962, Diary and Autobiography of John Adam, page 244:
glosses: To hunt for plover.
examples: text: Men with nothing to do plovered the sand - edge with clam rakes that raked nothing.
ref: 1971, John Ciardi, Lives of X., page 50:
text: Blathwyte indicates the scale of another population of waders through recording an annual crop of 250 Lapwing eggs Vanellus vanellus being taken by 'plovering' gamekeepers.
ref: 2021, Clive Chatters, Heathland:
text: If we can let the plovers do their plovering thing, then perhaps, instead of rejecting our human weirdnesses, we embrace them.
ref: 2021, Jeffrey Cohen, Stephanie Foote, The Cambridge Companion to Environmental Humanities, page 282:
glosses: To wade along the shore, examining the sand like a plover does.
American golden plover
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: American golden plovers
Senses: glosses: A medium-sized, migratory plover of the Americas, Pluvialis dominica.
black-bellied plover
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: black-bellied plovers
Senses: synonyms: grey plover
squatarole
glosses: An Arctic bird, Pluvialis squatarola.
warbler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwɔː(ɹ)blə(ɹ)/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)blə(ɹ)
Forms: form: warblers
Etymology: From warble + -er.
Senses: glosses: Any of various small passerine songbirds, especially of the family Sylviidae (Old World warblers) and Parulidae (New World warblers).
examples: text: In lulling strains the feather'd warblers woo.
ref: a. 1740, Fragment on Hunting, Thomas Tickell:
text: And it looked like at first she was just another pop warbler, and “Girls Just Want to Have Fun” is a great record, but nothing threatening, nothing strange.
ref: 2012, Joe Bonomo, Conversations with Greil Marcus, page 87:
glosses: One who warbles.
examples: text: In electronic telephones, this ringer may be a small electronic warbler rather than a bell.
ref: 2011, Leif Madsen, Jim Van Meggelen, Russell Bryant, Asterisk: The Definitive Guide, page 598:
glosses: A device that makes a warbling sound.
glosses: A hissy fit.
Derived terms: acrocephalid warbler
African warbler
American warbler
aquatic warbler
arctic warbler
Arctic warbler
Asian desert warbler
Audubon's warbler
Bachman's warbler
Balearic warbler
barred warbler
bay-breasted warbler
black and white warbler
Blackburnian warbler
black-capped warbler
black-throated green warbler
blue yellow-backed warbler
Blyth's reed warbler
booted warbler
brush warbler
bush warbler
Calaveras warbler
Canadian warbler
Cape May warbler
cettid warbler
Cetti's warbler
chestnut-sided warbler
cisticolid warbler
Connecticut warbler
creeping warbler
Cuban warbler
Dartford warbler
dusky warbler
eastern Bonelli's warbler
eastern olivaceous warbler
eastern Orphean warbler
fan-tailed warbler
fly-catching warbler
garden warbler
golden-cheeked warbler
golden-crowned warbler
Grace's warbler
grasshopper warbler
grass warbler
great reed warbler
greenish warbler
green warbler
grey warbler
ground warbler
hedge warbler
hermit warbler
Hume's leaf warbler
icterine warbler
Japanese bush warbler
Kennicott's willow warbler
Kentucky warbler
kirkland warbler
Kirtland's warbler
lanceolated warbler
leaf-warbler
leaf warbler
locustellid warbler
MacGillivray's warbler
magnolia warbler
Malagasy warbler
marsh warbler
melodious warbler
Moltoni's warbler
mourning warbler
mouse-warbler
moustached warbler
Nashville warbler
New World warbler
olive warbler
Orphean warbler
ox warbler
paddyfield warbler
pale-footed bush warbler
Pallas's grasshopper warbler
Pallas's leaf warbler
pine warbler
plain leaf warbler
prairie warbler
prothonotary warbler
Radde's warbler
reed warbler
river warbler
rufous warbler
Rüppell's warbler
Sardinian warbler
Savi's warbler
sedge warbler
speckled warbler
spectacled warbler
streaked fantail warbler
streaked scrub warbler
subalpine warbler
superb warbler
Sykes's warbler
sylviid warbler
Tennessee warbler
three-banded warbler
tit-warbler
two-barred warbler
typical bush warbler
warbler-finch
western Bonelli's warbler
western olivaceous warbler
western Orphean warbler
western subalpine warbler
willow warbler
Wilson's warbler
wood warbler
wood-warbler
worm-eating warbler
wren-warbler
yellow-browed warbler
yellow-rumped warbler
yellow-throated warbler
yellow warbler
black and white warbler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: black and white warblers
Senses: glosses: A small North American bird, Mniotilta varia, that winters in Florida and Central America.
prothonotary warbler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: prothonotary warblers
Senses: glosses: A small North American bird, Protonotaria citrea, having a yellow body and blue wings; it breeds in swampland.
collage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kɒˈlɑːʒ/
ipa: /kəˈlɑːʒ/
ipa: /ˈkɒl.ɑːʒ/
enpr: kə-läzh'
enpr: kō-läzh'
ipa: /kəˈlɑʒ/
ipa: /koʊˈlɑʒ/
rhymes: (UK) -ɑːʒ
rhymes: (US) -ɑʒ
Forms: form: collages
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French collage. Doublet of collagen, colloid, and protocol.
Senses: glosses: A picture made by sticking other pictures onto a surface or juxtaposing them digitally in analogous manner.
examples: text: Near-synonyms: bricolage, montage
text: Richard Brautigan's novel So the Wind Won't Blow It All Away is a collage of memories.
glosses: A composite object or collection (abstract or concrete) created by the assemblage of various media; especially for a work of art such as text, film, etc.
examples: Near-synonyms: bricolage, montage
glosses: The technique or method of producing a work of art of this kind.
Derived terms: sense: terms derived from collage (noun)
word: collage film
sense: terms derived from collage (noun)
word: collagelike
sense: terms derived from collage (noun)
word: collage novel
sense: terms derived from collage (noun)
word: collagey
sense: terms derived from collage (noun)
word: collagic
sense: terms derived from collage (noun)
word: collagist
sense: terms derived from collage (noun)
word: collagistic
sense: terms derived from collage (noun)
word: decollage
sense: terms derived from collage (noun)
word: photocollage
Related terms: décollage
montage
papier-mâché
pastiche
decoupage
bricolage
collage
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /kɒˈlɑːʒ/
ipa: /kəˈlɑːʒ/
ipa: /ˈkɒl.ɑːʒ/
enpr: kə-läzh'
enpr: kō-läzh'
ipa: /kəˈlɑʒ/
ipa: /koʊˈlɑʒ/
rhymes: (UK) -ɑːʒ
rhymes: (US) -ɑʒ
Forms: form: collages
form: collaging
form: collaged
form: collaged
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French collage. Doublet of collagen, colloid, and protocol.
Senses: examples: text: collage the picture together.
glosses: To make into a collage.
Derived terms: collager
Allah
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈlɑː/
other: /ˈɑːlɑː/
other: /ˌɑːˈlɑː/
ipa: /ˈæ.lə/
other: /ˈɑːlə/
rhymes: -ɑː
rhymes: -ælə
Etymology: From Arabic اللّٰه (allāh), contraction of اَل (al-, “the”) + إِلَه (ʔilah, “deity”); cognate with the Aramaic אלה (aláh) and אלהא (aláhâ), and Hebrew אֵל (él), אֱלוֹהַּ / אֱלֹהַּ (elóah) and אֱלוֹהִים \ אֱלֹהִים (elohím); ultimately from Proto-Semitic *ʾil-.-.
Senses: examples: text: What is the Shia Islamic view on the attributes of Allah?
text: We are too much men and women; we are yet formed in the image of the Creator, and what can we say of Him with any certainty except that He, whoever He may be—Christ, Yahweh, Allah—He made us, did He not, because even He in His Infinite Perfection could not bear to be alone.
ref: 1998, Anne Rice, The Vampire Armand, New York: Knopf, →ISBN, →OL, page 273:
topics: Islam
lifestyle
religion
glosses: God, in Islamic or Arabic contexts
Derived terms: alhamdulillah
Allahabad
astaghfirullah
ayatollah
Baháʼu'lláh
bismillah
by the Grace of Allah
Hezbollah
inshallah
mashallah
wallahi
priestess
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpriːstɛs/
ipa: /priːˈstɛs/
ipa: /ˈpristɪs/
rhymes: -iːstɛs
rhymes: -ɛs
rhymes: -iːstɪs
Forms: form: priestesses
form: priestessing
form: priestessed
form: priestessed
form: priestress
Etymology: From priest + -ess. Compare Middle English preesteresse (“priestess”).
Senses: examples: text: Ye Ye Ife, a gifted feminist ritualist and priestess of Oshun from San Diego, trained in the Yoruba tradition, designed and priestessed the ritual with me.
ref: 1998, Wendy Hunter Roberts, Celebrating Her: Feminist Ritualizing Comes of Age, page 124:
text: Priestessing the earth is for me personally the only natural response to the awe and deep love this evokes in me.
ref: 2014, Danu Forest, Celtic Tree Magic: Ogham Lore and Druid Mysteries:
text: I priestessed the ceremony. I played Hecate. One time I played Demeter and my daughter played Persephone.
ref: 2014, John C. Sulak, Carl Llewellyn Weschcke, Oberon Zell, The Wizard and the Witch: Seven Decades of Counterculture, Magick & Paganism:
glosses: To oversee (a pagan ceremony, etc.) as priestess.
Related terms: abbatess
abbess
abbotess
adoratrice
domina
Mother
Mother Superior
mother superior
prioress
unmarried
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʌnˈmæɹ.id/
note: without the Mary–marry–merry merger
ipa: /ʌnˈmæɹ.id/
note: Mary–marry–merry merger
ipa: /ʌnˈmɛɹ.id/
Etymology: From un- + married.
Senses: examples: text: Her young parents, who worked in a pottery factory in Rongchang in present-day Chongqing municipality, conceived her while unmarried.
ref: 2014 January 20, Didi Kirsten Tatlow, “‘She. Herself. Naked.': The Art of He Chengyao”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 16 Aug 2023, Sinosphere:
synonyms: single
unhitched
unspoused
unwed
antonyms: married
glosses: Having no husband or wife.
unmarried
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʌnˈmæɹ.id/
note: without the Mary–marry–merry merger
ipa: /ʌnˈmæɹ.id/
note: Mary–marry–merry merger
ipa: /ʌnˈmɛɹ.id/
Forms: form: unmarrieds
Etymology: From un- + married.
Senses: glosses: An unmarried person.
axis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæksɪs/
ipa: /ˈæksəs/
rhymes: -æksɪs
rhymes: -æksəs
Forms: form: axes
form: axiis
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin axis (“axle, axis”) in the 16th century. Via Latin cognate with ala, aisle, atelier. Via Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱs- cognate with inherited English axle and borrowed axo-, axon.
Senses: examples: text: A doorknob of whatever roundish shape is effectively a continuum of levers, with the axis of the latching mechanism—known as the spindle—being the fulcrum about which the turning takes place.
ref: 2012 March 24, Henry Petroski, “Opening Doors”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, pages 112–3:
text: The Earth rotates once a day on its axis
topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: An imaginary line around which an object spins (an axis of rotation) or is symmetrically arranged (an axis of symmetry).
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A fixed one-dimensional figure, such as a line or arc, with an origin and orientation and such that its points are in one-to-one correspondence with a set of numbers; an axis forms part of the basis of a space or is used to position and locate data in a graph (a coordinate axis)
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
synonyms: epistropheus
glosses: The second cervical vertebra of the spine
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: An imaginary, visualized plane separating two morphologically similar parts of an organism
topics: human-sciences
medicine
psychiatry
psychology
sciences
glosses: A form of classification and descriptions of mental disorders or disabilities used in manuals such as the DSM (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders)
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: The main stem or central part about which organs or plant parts such as branches are arranged
examples: text: This Berlin-Rome vertical line is not an obstacle but rather an axis around which can revolve all those European states with a will to collaboration and peace.
ref: 1936, November 1st, Benito Mussolini, Milan Speech
topics: government
military
politics
war
synonyms: pact
compact
league
glosses: An alliance or coalition.
glosses: The centre of attention within a process (e.g. the axis of investigation)
Coordinate terms: sense: cervical vertebra
word: atlas
Derived terms: axi-
axipetal
Axis Age
axis cylinder
axised
axis mundi
axis of evil
axis of resistance
axis of rotation
axis of symmetry
axis of upheaval
Axis progression
cerebrospinal axis
coaxis
conjugate axis
coordinate axis
co-ordinate axis
eigenaxis
figure axis
hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis
imaginary axis
interaxis
major axis
minor axis
multiaxis
neural axis
neuraxis
optical axis
optic axis
ordinate axis
parallel axis theorem
perpendicular axis theorem
polar axis
pseudoaxis
radical axis
real axis
rotational axis
semiaxis
semimajor axis
semi-major axis
semiminor axis
semi-minor axis
visual axis
x-axis
y-axis
z-axis
Related terms: axial
axially
axile
axis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæksɪs/
ipa: /ˈæksəs/
rhymes: -æksɪs
rhymes: -æksəs
Forms: form: axises
Etymology: From Latin, name of an Indian animal mentioned by the Roman senator Pliny.
Senses: synonyms: chital
cheetal
chital deer
spotted deer
axis deer
glosses: A deer native to Asia, of species Axis axis.
Related terms: Axis axis
nutmeg
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnʌt.mɛɡ/
Forms: form: nutmegs
Etymology: From Middle English notemege, notemuge, a partial translation of Medieval Latin nux muga, a variant of Medieval Latin nux muscata (“musky nut”). Compare also Old French nois mugede.
For the term used in various ball sports, see Wikipedia.
Senses: glosses: An evergreen tree (Myristica fragrans) cultivated in the East Indies for its spicy seeds.
glosses: The aromatic seed of this tree, used as a spice.
The powdered seed, ready for use.
glosses: The aromatic seed of this tree, used as a spice.
A whole nutmeg seed.
glosses: A small moth, Hadula trifolii, feeding on plants and native to the Northern Hemisphere.
glosses: A grey-brown colour.
examples: text: The same applied to Loftus-Cheek, who grew into the game after a quiet start and even had the impudence to slip the ball through Marcel Halstenberg’s legs in the first half. Nutmegs aside, Loftus-Cheek also came up with one of England’s best passes of the night, sending Jamie Vardy through the middle at the end of the first half.
ref: 2017 November 10, Daniel Taylor, “Youthful England earn draw with Germany but Lingard rues late miss”, in The Guardian (London):
topics: ball-games
basketball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
soccer
sports
qualifier: field hockey or ice hockey
glosses: The playing of the ball between the legs of an opponent.
Derived terms: African nutmeg
calabash nutmeg
catabash nutmeg
Japanese nutmeg
Natmeg
Nutmegger
nutmeg geranium
nutmeggy
nutmeg liver
nutmeg mannikin
nutmeg melon
nutmeg pigeon
nutmeg pippin
nutmeg psychosis
nutmeg yew
Peruvian nutmeg
plume nutmeg
wooden nutmeg
nutmeg
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnʌt.mɛɡ/
Forms: form: nutmegs
form: nutmegging
form: nutmegged
form: nutmegged
Etymology: From Middle English notemege, notemuge, a partial translation of Medieval Latin nux muga, a variant of Medieval Latin nux muscata (“musky nut”). Compare also Old French nois mugede.
For the term used in various ball sports, see Wikipedia.
Senses: examples: text: She decided the eggnog was lacking in flavor, so she decided to nutmeg it heavily.
glosses: To flavour with nutmeg.
examples: text: Barcelona did not just out play them, they emphatically put them in their place during that opening 45 minutes when Luis Suárez scored twice, Dani Alves struck the crossbar, Lionel Messi nutmegged David Silva and Manuel Pellegrini’s team stumbled to the interval like a side in need of smelling salts rather than half-time oranges.
ref: 2015 February 24, Daniel Taylor, “Luis Suárez strikes twice as Barcelona teach Manchester City a lesson”, in The Guardian (London):
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: To play the ball between the legs of (an opponent).
Derived terms: nutmegger
Related terms: word: myristic
english: spice
translation: spice
word: mace
tuna
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: tyo͞o'nə
ipa: /ˈtjuː.nə/
note: yod-coalescence
enpr: cho͞o'nə
ipa: /ˈtʃuː.nə/
note: yod-coalescence
note: yod-dropping
enpr: to͞o'nə
ipa: /ˈtu.nə/
note: yod-dropping
rhymes: -uːnə
Forms: form: tuna
form: tunas
Etymology: From American Spanish alteration of the Spanish atún, from Arabic اَلتُّنّ (at-tunn, “tuna”) from Latin thunnus, itself from Ancient Greek θύννος (thúnnos). Possibly in the sense of "darter" from thynein "to dart along". Doublet of tonno.
Senses: examples: text: Tuna was carried down by the flood; and when Maui saw him in the net he stretched forth his arm and with a blow of his stone axe smote Tuna and cut off his head, and it and the tail fell into the ocean. ... The head became fish, and the tail became the koiro (ngoiro—conger-eel).
ref: 1887, John White, The Ancient History of the Maori, page 84:
glosses: Any of several species of fish of the genus Thunnus in the family Scombridae.
glosses: The edible flesh of the tuna.
Synonyms: tuna fish
tunny
Derived terms: taxonomic: Thunnus obesus
word: ahi tuna
taxonomic: Thunnus alalunga
word: albacore tuna
taxonomic: Thunnus albacares
word: Allison tuna
taxonomic: Thunnus obesus
word: bigeye tuna
taxonomic: Thunnus atlanticus
word: blackfin tuna
taxonomic: Thunnus spp.
word: bluefin tuna
taxonomic: Auxis rochei
word: bullet tuna
taxonomic: Gymnosarda unicolor
word: dogtooth tuna
taxonomic: Auxis thazard
word: frigate tuna
taxonomic: Thunnus thynnus
word: great tuna
taxonomic: Thunnus thynnus
word: leaping tuna
taxonomic: Euthynnus alletteratus
word: little tuna
word: longfin tuna
taxonomic: Thunnus alalunga
word: long-finned tuna
taxonomic: Auxis thazard
word: mackerel tuna
word: park the beef bus in tuna town
taxonomic: Katsuwonus pelamis
word: skipjack tuna
english: Katsuwonus spp. et al.
translation: Katsuwonus spp. et al.
word: striped tuna
word: tuna casserole
word: tuna crab
word: tuna junkie
word: tuna melt
word: tuna noodle casserole
word: tuna salad
word: tuna taco
taxonomic: Lepidocybium flavobrunneum
word: white tuna
taxonomic: Thunnus albacares
word: yellowfin tuna
taxonomic: Seriola quinqueradiata
word: yellowtail tuna
tuna
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: tyo͞o'nə
ipa: /ˈtjuː.nə/
note: yod-coalescence
enpr: cho͞o'nə
ipa: /ˈtʃuː.nə/
note: yod-coalescence
note: yod-dropping
enpr: to͞o'nə
ipa: /ˈtu.nə/
note: yod-dropping
rhymes: -uːnə
Forms: form: tunas
Etymology: From Taíno.
Senses: glosses: The prickly pear, a type of cactus native to Mexico in the genus Opuntia.
examples: text: THE TUNA OR PRICKLY PEAR AS A FOOD FOR MAN
ref: 1907, Experiment Station Work, volume 3, page 94:
glosses: The fruit of the cactus.
Derived terms: Halimeda tuna
Related terms: xoconostle