cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
startled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈstɑɹt.l̩d/
ipa: /ˈstɑːt.l̩d/
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of startle
conceived
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /kənˈsiːvd/
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of conceive
summoned
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsʌmənd/
Senses: examples: text: The last occasion on which the Kaiser [Wilhelm II] used this train was for an inglorious journey into Holland towards the end of the 1914 war. He spent the night in it at Eysden [Eijsden], while the Queen of the Netherlands and a hastily summoned Cabinet debated what to do with him.
ref: 1945 September and October, C. Hamilton Ellis, “Royal Trains—V”, in Railway Magazine, page 251:
glosses: simple past and past participle of summon
stirred
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /stɜːd/
ipa: /stɜɹd/
ipa: /stɪɹd/
ipa: /støːd/
note: Liverpool, fair–fur merger
ipa: /steːd/
note: Humberside, Teesside, fair–fur merger
ipa: /stɛːd/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)d
homophone: staired
homophone: stared (both fair–fur merger)
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of stir
relieved
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹɪˈliːvd/
Forms: form: more relieved
form: most relieved
Senses: examples: text: She was extremely relieved when the lesson finished.
text: In a single moment Montenegro and their supporters were given fresh impetus and encouragement. Beciraj tested Hart with a low shot before teenager Phil Jones, on his England debut, suffered an anxious moment when Stevan Jovetic went down under his challenge, leaving the youngster clearly relieved to see referee Stark wave away Montenegro's appeals.
ref: 2011, Phil McNulty, Euro 2012: Montenegro 2-2 England:
glosses: Experiencing or exhibiting relief; freed from stress or discomfort.
Derived terms: relievedly
relieved
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹɪˈliːvd/
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of relieve
muttered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmʌtɚd/
ipa: /ˈmʌtəd/
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of mutter
cleared
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /klɪɹd/
ipa: /klɪəd/
rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)d
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of clear
Derived terms: clearedness
immunocleared
noncleared
precleared
uncleared
ruined
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈruː.ɪnd/
ipa: /ˈɹuɪnd/
ipa: /ɹuːnd/
rhymes: -uɪnd
rhymes: -uːnd
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of ruin
ruined
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈruː.ɪnd/
ipa: /ˈɹuɪnd/
ipa: /ɹuːnd/
rhymes: -uɪnd
rhymes: -uːnd
Forms: form: more ruined
form: most ruined
Senses: examples: text: At the west end of the street is the ruined 13th-century hospice, known locally as Pilgrims' Rest.
ref: 1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 261, about Llawhaden:
synonyms: undone
glosses: In a state of ruin; dilapidated.
glosses: Bankrupt.
glosses: incapacitated by drugs or alcohol
Derived terms: rooned
ruined orgasm
vanished
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈvænɪʃt/
rhymes: -ænɪʃt
Senses: examples: text: Madagascar, the Comoros, and the Seychelles have been treated by many naturalists as the surviving fragments of a vanished world, which from a typical branch of its now dispersed fauna has received the name of "Lemuria."
ref: 1890, [Jacques] Élisée Reclus, “The Oceanic Hemisphere”, in A. H. Keane, editor, Oceanica (The Earth and Its Inhabitants; 14), New York: D. Appleton and Company, page 3:
glosses: No longer apparent; not extant; gone.
vanished
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈvænɪʃt/
rhymes: -ænɪʃt
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of vanish
betrayed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɪˈtɹeɪd/
ipa: /bəˈtɹeɪd/
rhymes: -eɪd
Forms: form: more betrayed
form: most betrayed
Senses: glosses: Suffering from betrayal
Derived terms: unbetrayed
betrayed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɪˈtɹeɪd/
ipa: /bəˈtɹeɪd/
rhymes: -eɪd
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of betray
wandered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwɑndɚd/
ipa: /ˈwɒndəd/
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of wander
hesitated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhɛzɪteɪtɪd/
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of hesitate
confessed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /kənˈfɛst/
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of confess
confessed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /kənˈfɛst/
Senses: examples: text: I saw you thought me foolish, and I knew that mamma and papa's plans could not be altered to please my fancy, and that my confessed distaste to them would give pain to both: therefore, I concealed my dislike, […]
ref: 1858, Grace Aguilar, The Mother's Recompense: a Sequel to Home Influence, page 1:
glosses: Which one admits or avows.
Derived terms: confessedly
self-confessed
unconfessed
recalled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹɪˈkɔːld/
enpr: rĭˈkôld
enpr: rēˈkôld
ipa: /ɹɪˈkɔld/
ipa: /ɹiˈkɔld/
ipa: /ɹɪˈkɑld/
ipa: /ɹiˈkɑld/
rhymes: -ɔːld
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of recall
roused
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹaʊzd/
rhymes: -aʊzd
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of rouse
prayed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɹeɪd/
homophone: preyed
rhymes: -eɪd
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of pray
climbed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /klaɪmd/
rhymes: -aɪmd
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of climb
attained
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈteɪnd/
rhymes: -eɪnd
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of attain
attained
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈteɪnd/
rhymes: -eɪnd
Senses: glosses: Having been achieved or reached.
raw_tags: of a goal
Derived terms: unattained
deceived
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪˈsiːvd/
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of deceive
trusted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɹʌstɪd/
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of trust
trusted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɹʌstɪd/
Forms: form: more trusted
form: most trusted
Senses: examples: text: According to a new survey, Robin Roberts is America's most trusted news anchor. And America's least trusted news anchor? Matt Liar!
ref: 2013, Norm Macdonald Live, season 1, episode 8, spoken by Norm Macdonald:
glosses: reliable
Derived terms: tried and trusted
cultivated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkʌltɪveɪtɪd/
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of cultivate
cultivated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkʌltɪveɪtɪd/
Forms: form: more cultivated
form: most cultivated
Senses: examples: text: Attractive, cultivated GWM seeks to share love of music, literature, good times with same.
ref: 1976 December 4, “Personal advertisement”, in Gay Community News, volume 4, number 23, page 14:
glosses: cultured, refined, educated
raw_tags: of a person
glosses: grown by cultivation (not wild)
raw_tags: of a plant
glosses: farmed
raw_tags: of land
Derived terms: cultigen
cultivar
endocultivated
incultivated
microcultivated
monocultivated
noncultivated
overcultivated
precultivated
pseudocultivated
supercultivated
uncultivated
warned
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /wɔɹnd/
ipa: /wɔːnd/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)nd
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of warn
renewed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of renew
judged
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: jŭjd
ipa: /d͡ʒʌd͡ʒd/
rhymes: -ʌdʒd
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of judge
bestowed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɪˈstoʊd/
ipa: /bɪˈstəʊd/
rhymes: -əʊd
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of bestow
searched
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /sɝt͡ʃt/
ipa: /sɜːtʃt/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)tʃt
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of search
ventured
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈvɛn.t͡ʃɚd/
ipa: /ˈvɛn.t͡ʃəd/
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of venture
fancied
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfænsɪd/
Etymology: From fancy (“to have a fancy for, like; to imagine, suppose”) + -ed.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of fancy
pretended
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɹɪˈtɛndɪd/
rhymes: -ɛndɪd
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of pretend
pretended
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɹɪˈtɛndɪd/
rhymes: -ɛndɪd
Senses: examples: text: The room above the bank had been leased to a pretended tradesman.
ref: 1916, Melville Davisson Post, “The Man Hunters”, in The Saturday Evening Post:
glosses: feigned; counterfeit
knocked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /nɒkt/
ipa: /nɑkt/
rhymes: -ɒkt
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of knock
sighed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: sīd
ipa: /saɪd/
rhymes: -aɪd
homophone: side (except Scotland)
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of sigh
locked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /lɒkt/
ipa: /lɑkt/
rhymes: -ɒkt
Etymology: * (drunk): Perhaps from airlocked.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of lock
locked
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /lɒkt/
ipa: /lɑkt/
rhymes: -ɒkt
Etymology: * (drunk): Perhaps from airlocked.
Senses: examples: text: A locked door barred the way.
glosses: Having undergone locking; secured by a lock.
examples: text: You can't delete a locked computer file.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Protected by a mutex or other token restricting access to a resource.
examples: text: 'Drunk. Battered. Ar meisce. In a state of alcohol-induced intoxication.' […] Nadine and I once watched the news and had a shot of absinthe every time someone said unnatural. We were absolutely locked.'
ref: 2021, Samantha Shannon, The Mask Falling, Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN, page 99:
glosses: Very drunk.
topics: communications
electrical-engineering
engineering
mobile-telephony
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
telecommunications
telephony
antonyms: unlocked
glosses: Bound to a carrier.
raw_tags: of a phone
synonyms: loc'd
dreadlocked
glosses: Styled into dreadlocks; wearing dreadlocks.
Synonyms: sense: drunk
word: drunk
sense: bound to a carrier
word: dedicated
Derived terms: geolocked
landlocked
locked and loaded
locked merchandise
locked up
long-locked
multilocked
nonlocked
region-locked
sealocked
wood-locked
ziplocked
reminded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹəˈmaɪndɪd/
ipa: /ɹɪˈmaɪndɪd/
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of remind
indicated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɪndɪkeɪtɪd/
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of indicate
entertained
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɛntɚˈteɪnd/
ipa: /ˌɛntəˈteɪnd/
rhymes: -eɪnd
Forms: form: more entertained
form: most entertained
Senses: examples: text: That is the American way; we are without question the most entertained people in the world .
ref: 2015, A. J. Swoboda, A Glorious Dark:
text: They are far more entertained by films than even we on Earth .
ref: 2018, Lucifer Jeremy White, Book Three of the Five Planets:
text: You must have been very entertained watching us look for her.
ref: 2024, E.M. Scott, The Missing and the Dead:
glosses: Enjoying to having enjoyed entertainments; amused.
Derived terms: overentertained
unentertained
entertained
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɛntɚˈteɪnd/
ipa: /ˌɛntəˈteɪnd/
rhymes: -eɪnd
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of entertain
flashed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /flæʃt/
rhymes: -æʃt
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of flash
counted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkaʊntɪd/
note: in fast speech
ipa: /ˈkaʊnɪd/
ipa: /ˈkuːn.tɪd/
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of count
planted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈplɑːntɪd/
ipa: /ˈplæntɪd/
ipa: /ˈpleəntɪd/
ipa: /ˈplɑːntəd/
ipa: /ˈplæntəd/
Etymology: From Middle English planted, iplaunted, iplanted, from Old English ġeplantod (“planted”), equivalent to plant + -ed.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of plant
yielded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈjiːldɪd/
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of yield
erected
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪˈɹɛktɪd/
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of erect
erected
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪˈɹɛktɪd/
Forms: form: more erected
form: most erected
Senses: examples: text: The clitoris was two inches long [5 cm], and in some instances resembled a common-sized thumb. When viewed at some distance the end appeared round and of a red color, but upon closer examination was found to be more pointed than that of a penis, and having neither prepuce nor perforation; when handled it became erected, and was in that state fully 3 inches long and much thicker than before.
ref: 2000 April 23, Serial #, “20inch biceps or clit”, in alt.amazon-women.admirers (Usenet):
text: The preputial fold disappears as it is applied to the erected penis
ref: 2003, Klaus-Dieter Budras, W. O. Sack, Sabine Rock, Anatomy of the Horse: An Illustrated Text, Schlütersche, →ISBN, page 78:
text: The heat in the room was now more than sufficient; Mark studied her erected nipples. Still cold honey, he asked her?
ref: 2018 May 14, Jason Kondrath, Yes Master: Rise of the Witch, Lulu.com, →ISBN:
topics: medicine
physiology
sciences
glosses: erect
armband
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: armbands
Etymology: From arm + band.
Senses: examples: text: “The big change”, said Fighting Red (who was an 18 year old girl drama student; Red Guards took on new “revolutionary” names) “was when Chairman Mao had the big August 18 rally in T’ien An Men Square and said he was joining the Red Guards and let them put the arm band on him.
ref: [1980, Alan Dures, Katharine Dures, “Chapter Four 1962-1969 The Cultural Revolution”, in Mao Tse-tung, London: Batsford Academic and Educational Limited, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 38, column 2:
text: A sell-out crowd of 10,000 then observed perfectly a period of silence before the team revealed their black armbands, complete with stitched-in poppies, for the match. After Fifa’s about-turn, it must have been a frantic few days for the England kit manufacturer. The on-field challenge was altogether more straightforward.
ref: 2011 November 10, Jeremy Wilson, “England Under 21 5 Iceland Under 21 0: Match Report”, in Tony Gallagher, editor, The Daily Telegraph, London: Telegraph Media Group, →ISSN, →OCLC:
glosses: A band worn around the arm, usually to symbolize mourning or protest.
examples: text: The biggest cheer of the night came shortly afterwards. St James’ Park finally found its voice to welcome back Jonás Gutiérrez into a Newcastle side for the first time since his diagnosis with testicular cancer 17 months ago. Hugged by his friend Coloccini, Gutiérrez was handed the captain’s armband after replacing Ryan Taylor at left-back and promptly collected a booking for fouling Adnan Januzaj – on for a frustrated Angel Di Maria.
ref: 2015 March 4, Louise Taylor, “(please specify the article title)”, in The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC:
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A band worn around the arm of the captain of a team.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
swimming
synonyms: armfloat
floaty
water wing
glosses: One of a pair of inflatable plastic bands, normally worn on the upper arms, to help the wearer (often a child) float in water and learn to swim.
Coordinate terms: wristband
Derived terms: armbanded
hui
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhʉː.iː/
ipa: [ˈhʉ(w)i(ː)]
Forms: form: hui
form: huis
Etymology: Borrowed from Maori hui.
Senses: examples: text: […] accounts of the proceedings of important huis at which Maori leaders took the initiative in discussing their educational and vocational needs […].
ref: 1962, Education, volume 11, page 56:
text: “I even started training as a seminarian. It lasted till I met Hana at an interchurch hui.”
ref: 1983, Keri Hulme, The Bone People, Penguin, published 1986, page 229:
text: [T]ribal leaders […] organised a series of hui in 1950 to celebrate the 600th anniversary of the arrival of the Great Fleet, which by this time had grown to nine canoes.
ref: 2003, Michael King, The Penguin History of Aotearoa New Zealand, Penguin, published 2023, page 33:
glosses: A Māori social gathering or assembly.
examples: text: Shelley's document hadn't mentioned the billionaire at all, and although Mira had said at the hui that Lemoine used the airstrip frequently, she'd seemed to suggest that the farm was his destination, not his point of departure, which would imply that he was living somewhere else.
ref: 2023, Eleanor Catton, Birnam Wood, page 154:
glosses: A meeting to discuss plans held by an organization, especially one that considers itself progressive.
Related terms: english: etymologically unrelated
translation: etymologically unrelated
word: An-hui
air conditioner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɛə kənˌdɪʃn̩ə/
ipa: /ˈɛɹ kənˌdɪʃ(ə)nɚ/
Forms: form: air conditioners
form: air-conditioner
form: airconditioner
Senses: examples: text: She started the air conditioner for three hours.
glosses: A machine that is used to control temperature and humidity in an enclosed space.
Derived terms: A/C
air-con
cassette air conditioner
split-system air conditioner
Related terms: word: air conditioning
word: climate control
english: heating, ventilation and air conditioning
translation: heating, ventilation and air conditioning
word: HVAC
aspirational
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌæspəˈɹeɪʃənəl/
Forms: form: more aspirational
form: most aspirational
Etymology: From aspiration + -al.
Senses: examples: text: In the nineteen-fifties, the height of aspirational style was fine French furniture—F.F.F., as it became known in certain precincts of Fifth Avenue and Palm Beach.
ref: 2022 July 18, Evan Osnos, “The Haves and the Have-Yachts”, in The New Yorker, →ISSN, archived from the original on 30 Jul 2022:
glosses: Being ambitious.
glosses: Desiring success.
topics: law
glosses: Expressing a hope or intention but not creating a legally binding obligation.
Derived terms: aspirationalism
aspirationally
aspirational recycling
nonaspirational
unaspirational
aspirational
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌæspəˈɹeɪʃənəl/
Forms: form: aspirationals
Etymology: From aspiration + -al.
Senses: glosses: A person with aspirations.
mingle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɪŋ.ɡəl/
rhymes: -ɪŋɡəl
Forms: form: mingles
Etymology: From earlier mingil, mengle, from Middle English menglen, equivalent to ming + -le. Cognate with Dutch mengelen (“to mingle, mix”), German mengen (“to mingle, mix”). More at ming.
Senses: examples: text: When speakers engage their audiences before they speak with a quick mingle and keep the engagement going throughout the speech, the access point for fear is cut off because there is no silence.
ref: 2019, Sally Lou Oaks Loveman, Speak: Love Your Story, Your Audience Is Waiting:
glosses: The act of informally meeting numerous people in a group.
glosses: A mixture.
Related terms: among
mongrel
rub elbows with
astounded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of astound
astounded
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more astounded
form: most astounded
Senses: examples: text: […] now they lye
Groveling and prostrate on yon Lake of Fire,
As we erewhile, astounded and amaz’d,
No wonder, fall’n such a pernicious highth.
ref: 1667, John Milton, “Book I”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC, lines 279-282:
text: […] wrapt in Suspense
And Fear I stood, yet knew not what I fear’d;
When straight to my appall’d, astounded Sense
A Man of noble Port and Mien appear’d.
ref: 1774, Thomas Hull, Richard Plantagenet: A Legendary Tale, London: J. Bell, page 13:
text: 1844, Edgar Allan Poe, “The Spectacles” in The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, New York: W.J. Widdleton, Volume 2, p. 327,
Had a thunderbolt fallen at my feet I could not have been more thoroughly astounded […]
text: The housewife was to take a sip of the real juice, watch the interviewer mix the Instant right before her astounded eyes, and then try the result, impressed, possibly, by its quickness and ease […]
ref: 1969, Margaret Atwood, chapter 19, in The Edible Woman, New York: Popular Library, published 1976, page 168:
glosses: Surprised, amazed, astonished or bewildered.
Derived terms: astoundedly
astoundedness
unastounded
auctioneer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɪə(ɹ)
Forms: form: auctioneers
Etymology: From auction + -eer.
Senses: examples: text: The auctioneer, with his fruity, theatrical voice and his gavel, hits a block of wood in precisely the same spot, no matter the day.
ref: 2002, Zadie Smith, The Autograph Man, Penguin Books (2003), page 102:
text: But there are many items that auctioneers sell every day in various garb: industrial equipment, autos and real estate, to name a few.
ref: 2005 June 2, Jeanne Sahadi, “'Do I hear 6 figures? Sold!' Auctioneering can be a lucrative job ... if you know what you're selling.”, in CNN Money:
text: The auctioneer donated the monument to FOLHC and they got to work restoring his plot.
ref: 2021 September 24, Lauren M. Johnson and Christina Zdanowicz, “A gravestone missing for almost 150 years was being used as a marble slab to make fudge”, in CNN:
glosses: An individual who conducts an auction on behalf of a vendor, accepting bids to find the best price for the vendor.
Derived terms: auctioneeress
auctioneer
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -ɪə(ɹ)
Forms: form: auctioneers
form: auctioneering
form: auctioneered
form: auctioneered
Etymology: From auction + -eer.
Senses: glosses: To sell at an auction; to auction.
glosses: To act as an auctioneer.
backdrop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbæk.dɹɒp/
ipa: /ˈbæk.dɹɑp/
ipa: [ˈbæk.dɹɑp]
ipa: [ˈbæk.d͡ʒɹɑp]
Forms: form: backdrops
Etymology: From back + drop.
Senses: glosses: A decorated cloth hung at the back of a stage.
examples: text: The president spoke outside the brick exterior of the firehouse for Ladder Company 10 and Engine Company 10, against the backdrop of a 56-foot-long bronze bas-relief depicting the towers in flames.
ref: 2006 September 11, Sheryl Gay Stolberg, “Bush Mourns 9/11 at Ground Zero as N.Y. Remembers”, in New York Times:
text: Animated, seemingly varied crowd movement will place a game in the early 1990s, while static crowd backdrops and blocky, sprite-based athletes tend to point toward technology used in the 1980s.
ref: 2008, Guy W. Lecky-Thompson, Video Game Design Revealed, page 12:
text: It's not the longest or tallest viaduct in Britain, but the landscape upon which it sits makes for a stunning backdrop.
ref: 2025 October 1, Chris Howe, “Top 10: Britain's most significant rail bridges: Ribblehead Viaduct”, in RAIL, number 1045, page 57:
glosses: An image that serves as a visual background.
examples: text: Blackpool’s aggregate victory ensures Birmingham are now preparing for a potential summer of change. Manager Chris Hughton has been operating against a backdrop of financial uncertainty all season and last night Peter Pannu, the vice-chairman, announced that the club’s accounts would finally be published next week, and that a new investor had been identified.
ref: 2012 May 9, John Percy, “Birmingham City 2 Blackpool 2 (2-3 on agg): match report”, in the Telegraph:
text: Specifically on the question of Article 8 considerations, the Court of Appeal expressed the view that it was difficult to see how a chief constable’s decision to disclose [the applicant’s charges to the employer] could ever be challenged (see paragraph 81 above). The Court observes that the case was decided against the backdrop of a clearly-defined legislative framework (i.e., the 1997 Act, which was in force in England and Wales at the time) which the court took to be in compliance with Article 8 (see paragraph 78 above).
ref: 2012 November 13, European Court of Human Rights, M. M. v. The United Kingdom, number 24029/07, marginal 171:
text: All of this heightened hyper-reaction to criticism plays out against a backdrop of dangerous moves by Israel and its supporters in the US to not only defame and politically punish critics and in some instances to go further by making criticism illegal.
ref: 2016 February 6, James Zogby, “Israel’s prickliness blocks the long quest for peace”, in The National:
glosses: The setting or background of an acted performance.
examples: text: Against a backdrop of falling interest rates, the new savings account is looking less appealing.
text: Against this backdrop, RDG said it needed to "review historic working practices so that the railway can respond to changing passenger needs and enable future growth".
ref: 2021 October 20, Philip Haigh, “RDG lauches voluntary redundancy scheme”, in RAIL, number 942, page 9:
glosses: Any background situation.
backdrop
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbæk.dɹɒp/
ipa: /ˈbæk.dɹɑp/
ipa: [ˈbæk.dɹɑp]
ipa: [ˈbæk.d͡ʒɹɑp]
Forms: form: backdrops
form: backdropping
form: backdropped
form: backdropped
Etymology: From back + drop.
Senses: examples: text: a brilliant sunset backdropping the famous skyline
glosses: To serve as a backdrop for.
renew
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹɪˈnjuː/
ipa: /ɹəˈnjuː/
ipa: /ɹɪˈnu/
rhymes: -uː
Forms: form: renews
Etymology: From Middle English renewen, an alteration (possibly on analogy with Latin renovāre) of earlier anewen (“to renew”), from Old English nīewian (“to restore; renovate; renew”), equivalent to re- + new. Cognate with Old High German giniuwōn (“to renew”), Middle High German geniuwen (“to renew”), Old Norse nýja (“to renew”).
Senses: glosses: Synonym of renewal.
synonyms: word: renewal
Derived terms: urban renew
cunny
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkʌ.ni/
Forms: form: cunnies
Etymology: See cony.
Senses: examples: text: What? shall Philosophie[…]make me like a fearfull cunnie creepe into some lurking-hole, and like a craven to tremble and yeeld?
ref: 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 12, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:
glosses: Obsolete form of cony (“rabbit”).
Related terms: cuniculus
cuniculture
cunny
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkʌ.ni/
Forms: form: cunnies
form: cute and funny
Etymology: From cun(t) + -y.
Senses: glosses: A cunt; a vulva.
topics: anime
broadcasting
comics
film
lifestyle
literature
manga
media
publishing
television
glosses: The vulva or vagina of a child or childlike character (loli).
A child or childlike character, especially when considered sexually attractive; a loli.
topics: anime
broadcasting
comics
film
lifestyle
literature
manga
media
publishing
television
glosses: The vulva or vagina of a child or childlike character (loli).
Lolicon-themed media, especially when erotic (hentai).
Synonyms: vulva
vagina
Derived terms: cunny-warren
cunny-hunter
cunny
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkʌ.ni/
Forms: form: more cunny
form: most cunny
Etymology: From con + -y. Compare English canny.
Senses: examples: text: Nevertheless, she was a "cunny Jamaican woman" who knew 'what side her bread was buttered on.'
ref: 2000, Donna Maxine Weir, Beyond Binaries: Creolized Forms of Resistance in African-American and Caribbean Literatures, page 175:
glosses: Cunning.
baldaquin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: baldaquins
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of baldacchin.
bawl
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: [bɔːɫ]
ipa: /bɔl/
ipa: /bɑl/
homophone: ball
rhymes: -ɔːl
Forms: form: bawls
form: bawling
form: bawled
form: bawled
Etymology: From Middle English baulen, from Old Norse baula (“to bellow”) and/or Medieval Latin baulō (“to bark”), both from Proto-Germanic *bau- (“to roar”), conflated with Proto-Germanic *bellaną, *ballijaną, *buljaną (“to shout, low, roar”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to sound, roar”). Cognate with Faroese belja (“to low”), Icelandic baula (“to moo, low”), Swedish böla (“to bellow, low”). More at bell.
Senses: examples: text: commanders bawling
text: He jumped upon the saddle with another yell as he pushed the machine before him, and the next instant was whirling down the thoroughfare with the rapidity of an express train, bawling for people to "Stand clear!"
ref: 1900, T. Jenkins Hains, Mr. Trunnell, Mate of the Ship "Pirate":
text: "I'm lord of this manor!" he bawled. "I'm Patroon Varick, and I'll do as I please!"
ref: 1902, Robert W. Chambers, The Maid-at-Arms:
text: Spade took two long steps and caught Effie Perine by the shoulders. "She didn't get there?" he bawled into her frightened face
ref: 1930, Dashiell Hammet, The Maltese Falcon, New York, N.Y.; London: Alfred A[braham] Knopf, →OCLC, page 140:
glosses: To shout or utter in a loud and intense manner.
examples: text: children bawling
text: cattle bawling
text: Why did you bawl out just as I was aiming? Who can aim with a fellow bawling in his ear? I've lost the birds through it.
ref: 1859, George Meredith, chapter 5, in The Ordeal of Richard Feverel. A History of Father and Son. […], volume I, London: Chapman and Hall, →OCLC, page 80:
coordinate_terms: word: croon#Verb
english: cattle sense
translation: cattle sense
word: bellow#Verb
word: low#Verb_3
word: moo#Verb
glosses: To wail; to give out a blaring cry.
examples: text: children bawling
text: mourners bawling
glosses: To weep profusely.
Derived terms: bawl-baby
bawler
bawl off
bawl one's eyes out
bawl out
outbawl
bawl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: [bɔːɫ]
ipa: /bɔl/
ipa: /bɑl/
homophone: ball
rhymes: -ɔːl
Forms: form: bawls
Etymology: From Middle English baulen, from Old Norse baula (“to bellow”) and/or Medieval Latin baulō (“to bark”), both from Proto-Germanic *bau- (“to roar”), conflated with Proto-Germanic *bellaną, *ballijaną, *buljaną (“to shout, low, roar”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to sound, roar”). Cognate with Faroese belja (“to low”), Icelandic baula (“to moo, low”), Swedish böla (“to bellow, low”). More at bell.
Senses: examples: text: […] that clear soprano, in nursery, rings out a shower of innocent idiotisms over the half-stripped baby, and suspends the bawl upon its lips.
ref: 1863, Sheridan Le Fanu, The House by the Churchyard:
glosses: A loud, intense shouting or wailing.
beholden
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɪˈhəʊldən/
ipa: /bɪˈhoʊldən/
ipa: /bɪˈhəʉldən/
rhymes: -əʊldən
Forms: form: beholding
Etymology: From Middle English biholden (“beholden, obligated”), past participle of biholden (“to behold, look at”, modern behold), though that verb does not mean "to bind, obligate".
Senses: examples: text: From an early age, I had decided I wanted to be beholden to no one.
text: But musical ancestry aside, the influence to which [Justin] Bieber is most beholden is the current trends in pop music, which means Believe is loaded up with EDM accouterments, seeking a comfortable middle ground where Bieber’s impressively refined pop-R&B croon can rub up on techno blasts and garish dubstep drops (and occasionally grind on some AutoTune, not necessarily because it needs it, but because a certain amount of robo-voice is expected these days).
ref: 2012 June 26, Genevieve Koski, “Music: Reviews: Justin Bieber: Believe”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the original on 06 Aug 2020:
text: There is much to dislike about the proposed constitution, which will keep elected governments beholden to a senate nominated by the junta and to a suite of meddling committees.
ref: 2017 January 14, “Thailand's new king rejects the army's proposed constitution”, in The Economist:
glosses: Obligated to provide, display, or do something for another; indebted, obliged for a bounden duty.
raw_tags: with 'to'
Derived terms: beholdenness
unbeholden
PWH
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Prince of Wales Hospital.
glosses: Initialism of Pee-wee Herman.
blanquette
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /blɒ̃ˈkɛt/
ipa: /blɑ̃ˈkɛt/
ipa: /blɑŋˈkɛt/
rhymes: -ɛt
Forms: form: blanquettes
form: blanquet
Etymology: Borrowed from French blanquette, from Provençal blanqueto, a diminutive of blanc (“white”), derived, through early Medieval Latin blancus, from Frankish *blank (“gleaming, white, blinding”), from Proto-Germanic *blankaz (“white, bright, blinding”), from Proto-Indo-European *bhleg- (“to shine”).
 Compare blanket.
Senses: hypernyms: ragout
stew
glosses: A white meat stew in which neither the meat nor the sauce is browned.
shalt
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʃælt/
rhymes: -ælt
Etymology: From Middle English schalt, from Old English sċealt, from Proto-West Germanic *skalt. Compare wilt.
Senses: examples: text: Thou shalt not kill.
glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of shall
Synonyms: word: shallest
word: shalst
companions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəmˈpænjənz/
Senses: glosses: plural of companion
profits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɹɑfɪts/
ipa: /ˈpɹɒfɪts/
homophone: prophets
Senses: glosses: plural of profit
profits
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɹɑfɪts/
ipa: /ˈpɹɒfɪts/
homophone: prophets
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of profit
bloodlust
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈblʌdˌlʌst/
Forms: form: bloodlusts
Etymology: From blood + lust.
Senses: examples: text: Yet the blood lust was on me now. I found myself on my feet emptying one magazine, then the other, clicking open the breech to re-load, snapping it to again, while cheering and yelling with pure ferocity and joy of slaughter as I did so.
ref: 1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:
glosses: A desire for bloodshed and carnage, often aroused in the heat of battle and leading to uncontrolled slaughter and torture.
Synonyms: ferocity
savagery
barbarism
bloodthirst
Derived terms: bloodlusted
side note
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: side notes
form: sidenote
Senses: glosses: A note or notation made in a side margin.
examples: text: As a side note, I'd like to thank that team for their hard work.
synonyms: sidebar
glosses: A minor related mention, made as an aside, or afterthought.
Related terms: footnote
endnote
headnote
guests
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡɛsts/
rhymes: -ɛsts
Senses: glosses: plural of guest
guests
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡɛsts/
rhymes: -ɛsts
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of guest
cries
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: rhymes: -aɪz
ipa: /kɹaɪ̯z/
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of cry
cries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: rhymes: -aɪz
ipa: /kɹaɪ̯z/
Senses: examples: text: The crowd paid no attention to her cries for help.
glosses: plural of cry
crying
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɹaɪ̯.ɪŋ/
rhymes: -aɪɪŋ
Etymology: From cry + -ing.
Senses: examples: text: The crying child on the street was evidently lost.
glosses: That cries.
examples: text: There is a crying need for more manual workers in this country.
glosses: That demands action or attention; desperate.
examples: text: It is a crying shame that he managed to get away with that!
glosses: That deserves rebuke or censure; deplorable.
Derived terms: asymmetric crying facies
cryingly
uncrying
crying
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɹaɪ̯.ɪŋ/
rhymes: -aɪɪŋ
Forms: form: cryings
Etymology: From cry + -ing.
Senses: examples: text: Their constant cryings kept us awake!
text: […] their breathings, cryings, and excretings would have been damaged […]
ref: 1848, The New Orleans Medical and Surgical Journal:
glosses: The act of one who cries; a weeping or shouting.
Derived terms: crying room
crying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɹaɪ̯.ɪŋ/
rhymes: -aɪɪŋ
Etymology: From cry + -ing.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of cry
remarks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹɪˈmɑɹks/
ipa: /ɹɪˈmɑːks/
ipa: /ˌɹiˈmɑɹks/
ipa: /ˌɹiːˈmɑːks/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)k
Senses: glosses: plural of remark
remarks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹɪˈmɑɹks/
ipa: /ɹɪˈmɑːks/
ipa: /ˌɹiˈmɑɹks/
ipa: /ˌɹiːˈmɑːks/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)k
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of remark
bondsman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɒndzmən/
ipa: /ˈbɑndzmən/
Forms: form: bondsmen
form: bondman
Etymology: From bond + -s- + -man.
Senses: examples: text: To Sleep I give my powers away;
⁠My will is bondsman to the dark; […]
ref: 1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], “Canto IV”, in In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC:
glosses: A male slave.
glosses: A male indentured servant.
glosses: Someone who signs a bond that states that they have taken responsibility for someone else's obligations.
Derived terms: bondsmanship
Related terms: bondswoman
bail bondsman
gates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡeɪts/
rhymes: -eɪts
Senses: glosses: plural of gate
gates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡeɪts/
rhymes: -eɪts
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of gate
nearest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnɪəɹɪst/
ipa: /ˈnɪɹɪst/
Senses: examples: text: Where is the nearest bus stop?
text: I calculated the cost to the nearest 50 dollars.
synonyms: closest
glosses: superlative form of near: most near
Derived terms: nearest and dearest
nearest
Language: English
Part of speech: prep
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnɪəɹɪst/
ipa: /ˈnɪɹɪst/
Senses: examples: text: Mercury is the planet nearest the Sun.
text: Fastening one end of this at that point of the trunk of the tree which was nearest the peg, he unrolled it till it reached the peg and thence further unrolled it, in the direction already established by the two points of the tree and the peg, for the distance of fifty feet[…]
ref: 1843, Edgar Allan Poe, The Gold-Bug:
glosses: Closest to.
borborygmus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /bɔːbəˈɹɪɡməs/
Forms: form: borborygmi
form: borborigmus
Etymology: From New Latin borborygmus, from Ancient Greek βορβορυγμός (borborugmós), of onomatopoeic origin.
Senses: synonyms: borborygm
glosses: A rumbling sound made by the movement of gas in the intestines.
examples: text: Finally, the emotional borborygmus subsiding, she produced, at last, the words: "It is said 'Bonnet.' As the hat which is tied beneath the chin."
ref: 1991, Rebecca Goldstein, The Dark Sister, Penguin Books, published 1993, page 36:
glosses: Something resembling borborygmus.
Derived terms: borborygmic
princes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɹɪnsɪz/
rhymes: -ɪnsɪz
Senses: glosses: plural of prince
princes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɹɪnsɪz/
rhymes: -ɪnsɪz
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of prince
Caesar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsiːzə/
ipa: /ˈkaɪ.zə/
ipa: /ˈkaɪ.sɑː/
ipa: /ˈsizəɹ/
ipa: /ˈkaɪ.zəɹ/
ipa: /ˈkaɪ.sɑɹ/
rhymes: -iːzə(ɹ)
rhymes: -aɪzə(ɹ)
rhymes: -aɪsɑː(ɹ)
homophone: seizer
homophone: (Latinate) Kaiser
Forms: form: Caesars
form: Caesares
form: caesar
form: Cæsar
form: Cesar
Etymology: From Latin Caesar. Displaced Old English cāsere, which would have yielded *caser, *coser, and Middle English keiser, kaiser, from Old Norse and continental Germanic languages. All ultimately from the same Latin root. (See also Kaiser and tsar.)
Senses: examples: text: Constantius Chlorus and Galerius became Caesares in 293; […]
ref: 1889, The Classical Review, volume III, London: David Nutt, […], page 232:
text: Owing to the victories gained in the wars from 295-297, the two Augusti, Diocletian and Maximian, and the two Caesares, Galerius and Constantius Chlorus, took the title of Carpicus Maximus, the last three receiving this title five times after the fighting from 302-303 (see Table 13).
ref: 1976, The Archaeology and History of the Carpi from the Second to the Fourth Century AD, →ISBN, page 171:
text: For within the principia the highest, and focal, point of the whole ensemble is formed by the ‘temple of the standards’, on whose lintel a Latin inscription proudly proclaimed the completion of the work: ‘The Repairers of their world and Propagators of the human race, our Lords Diocletianus and Maximianus, the most unconquered Imperatores, and Constantius and Maximianus (i.e., Galerius), the most noble Caesares, have successfully founded the camp (castra), under the care of Sossianus Hierocles, vir perfectissimus, governor (praeses) of the province, devoted to their numen and maiestas’.
ref: 1993, Fergus Millar, The Roman Near East, 31 BC – AD 337, Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, →ISBN, page 182:
glosses: A title of Roman emperors.
glosses: An absolute ruler; an autocrat.
examples: text: A garlicky Caesar is a nice starter with whole Romaine leaves and crispy sourdough croutons, but most can’t resist the creamy, but very rich, signature lobster soup.
ref: 2010, Cara Goldsbury, The Luxury Guide to Walt Disney World® Resort: How to Get the Most Out of the Best Disney Has to Offer, 3rd edition, Guilford, Conn.: GPP Travel, →ISBN, page 309:
text: I tell her that I would love a Caesar, which happens to be my favorite salad.
ref: 2012, Paul Sunshine Murphy, The Island Caper, 2nd edition, Mustang, Okla.: Tate Publishing & Enterprises, →ISBN, page 48:
glosses: Abbreviation of Caesar salad.
glosses: A Caesar cocktail.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Clipping of Caesarean section.
Derived terms: Caesarism
Caesarize
Caesarship
tradespeople
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tradesperson
craftspeople
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of craftsperson
intoxicated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪnˈtɑksɪkeɪtɪd/
ipa: /ɪnˈtɒksɪkeɪtɪd/
Forms: form: more intoxicated
form: most intoxicated
Senses: examples: text: The bar had two entrances, one on Barrow and another via Bedford, and “86” referred to the address of the door from which intoxicated or unruly guests would be ejected.
ref: 2025 May 16, Edward Helmore, “What does ‘8647’ really mean? Not what Trump’s supporters are saying”, in The Guardian:
glosses: Stupefied by alcohol, drunk.
glosses: Stupefied by any chemical substance.
Derived terms: intexticated
intoxicated-like
intoxicatedly
intoxicatedness
nonintoxicated
unintoxicated
intoxicated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪnˈtɑksɪkeɪtɪd/
ipa: /ɪnˈtɒksɪkeɪtɪd/
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of intoxicate
swishy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ɪʃi
Forms: form: swishier
form: swishiest
Etymology: From swish + -y.
Senses: examples: a long, swishy dress
glosses: Producing a swishing sound.
glosses: Swish; fancy, posh, impressive.
examples: text: And quit flouncing that rifle around like a swishy fag, wiggling the dressed ranks on my parade ground. Hear me, Private Driggers?
ref: 2002, Bill Barry, Honor Clean, page 2:
glosses: Effeminate; gay
raw_tags: of a man
Derived terms: swishily
swishiness
swishing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of swish
swishing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: swishings
Senses: glosses: The sound of fabric or fur moving in the air.
glosses: The movement that produces such a sound.
glosses: A switching; a beating with twigs.
glosses: The mutual exchange of pre-owned clothes, especially at an organised party.
Derived terms: oil swishing
chowry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃaʊəɹi/
Forms: form: chowries
Etymology: Borrowed from Hindi चौंरी (ca͠urī).
Senses: glosses: A flyflap or whisk originally made from the bushy tail of a yak.
Derived terms: chowry-burdar
chiefs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /t͡ʃiːfs/
rhymes: -iːfs
Senses: glosses: plural of chief
chiefs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /t͡ʃiːfs/
rhymes: -iːfs
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of chief
proceeding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɹəˈsiːdɪŋ/
rhymes: -iːdɪŋ
Forms: form: proceding
Etymology: By surface analysis, proceed + -ing.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of proceed