cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
pour
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: pô
ipa: /pɔː/
enpr: pôr
ipa: /poɹ/
note: rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
enpr: pōr
ipa: /po(ː)ɹ/
note: rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
note: non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
ipa: /poə/
enpr: pour
enpr: pouər
ipa: /paʊɹ/
ipa: /paʊəɹ/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)
homophone: pore
homophone: poor (pour–poor merger)
homophone: paw (non-rhotic, horse–hoarse merger)
Forms: form: pours
Etymology: From Middle English pouren (“to pour”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Old Northern French purer (“to sift (grain), pour out (water)”), from Latin pūrō (“to purify”), from pūrus (“pure”). Compare Middle Dutch afpuren (“to pour off, drain”).
To pour displaced several Middle English verbs:
* schenchen, schenken (“to pour”), from Old English sċenċan (“to pour out”) and Old Norse skenkja, from Proto-Germanic *skankijaną. Compare dialectal English shink, skink.
* yeten, from Old English ġēotan (“to pour”), from Proto-Germanic *geutaną.
* birlen (“to pour, serve drink to”), from Old English byrelian (“to pour, serve drink to”).
* hellen (“to pour, pour out”), from Old Norse hella (“to pour out, incline”).
* temen (“to pour out, empty”), from Old Norse tœma (“to pour out, empty”). Compare archaic English teem.
Senses: examples: text: The bartender's inexpert pour left me with a pint of beer that was half foam.
glosses: The act of pouring.
examples: text: Over this time period, the first concrete pour has not only lost workability but has started to set so that it is no longer affected by the action of a vibrator.
ref: 2003, John Brian Newman, B. S. Choo, Advanced concrete technology: Volume 2:
text: HS2 Ltd has completed the first base-slab concrete pour at the western end of Old Oak Common station.
ref: 2023 June 14, “Network News: Concrete for Old Oak Common - and consent for Curzon Street viaduct”, in RAIL, number 985, page 22:
glosses: Something, or an amount, poured.
examples: text: Then, as if to give the lie to the offensive insinuation, he mounted his horse, and rode home ten miles in a pour of rain, without a great coat or umbrella.
ref: 1831, Susan Ferrier, Destiny; or, the Chief's Daughter, page 84:
text: But then one of Mr. Knott's men would have had to put on his coat and hat and turn out, as likely as not in the pitch dark, and in torrents of rain in all probability, and grope his way in the dark in the pours of rain, with the pot of food in his hand, a wretched and ridiculous figure, to where the dog lay.
ref: 1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt, [Paris]: Olympia Press, →OCLC:
glosses: A downpour; a flood of precipitation.
pour
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: pô
ipa: /pɔː/
enpr: pôr
ipa: /poɹ/
note: rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
enpr: pōr
ipa: /po(ː)ɹ/
note: rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
note: non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
ipa: /poə/
enpr: pour
enpr: pouər
ipa: /paʊɹ/
ipa: /paʊəɹ/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)
homophone: pore
homophone: poor (pour–poor merger)
homophone: paw (non-rhotic, horse–hoarse merger)
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of pore.
Related terms: pour encourager les autres
nanori
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nanori
Etymology: From Japanese 名乗り (nanori, literally “name + riding”).
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A Japanese reading of a kanji character that is used for names of people or places, but that is otherwise a non-standard reading for that character.
read-only memory
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: read-only memories
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A computer memory chip that stores values but does not allow updates, in which the values are nonvolatile in that they are retained even when the computer is unpowered.
Synonyms: ROM
Hypernyms: english: memory
translation: memory
word: nonvolatile
Hyponyms: word: mask read-only memory
alt: MROM
word: masked read-only memory
alt: PROM
word: programmable read-only memory
Related terms: random access memory
RAM
flash memory
temporarily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌtɛmpəˈɹɛɹəli/
ipa: /ˈtɛmp(ə)r(ər)ɪli/
ipa: /ˌtɛmp(ə)ˈrɛrɪli/
Etymology: From temporary + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Necromancers were thought to have the power of restoring activity to the dead, either temporarily or permanently[.]
ref: 1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 52:
text: The committee also decided that the remains of President Chiang will be entombed temporarily by Tzu Lake, at Tahsi township of Taoyuan County in northern Taiwan, and will be buried on the mainland after it is recovered.
ref: 1975 April 13, “Late President funeral service set for April 16”, in Free China Weekly, volume XVI, number 14, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 1, column 1:
text: The New York Post also temporarily took down and then revised and republished an article about the Fox reporter’s exchange with White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki on Monday.
ref: 2021 April 27, Daniel Dale, “New York Post temporarily deletes, then edits false story that claimed Harris’ book was given out in migrant ‘welcome kits’”, in CNN:
glosses: For a limited period of time; not permanently.
Synonyms: word: ephemerally
word: fleetingly
word: transiently
word: awhile
word: briefly
word: flickeringly
word: for a minute
word: momentarily
word: momently
word: summarily
word: temporarily
word: transitorily
Derived terms: temporarily able-bodied
temporarily embarrassed millionaire
Related terms: word: ephemeral
word: moment
word: transience
random access memory
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: random access memories
form: random-access memory
Senses: topics: business
computing
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
sciences
synonyms: word: RAM
coordinate_terms: read-only memory
ROM
write-only memory
WOM
flash memory
glosses: Computer memory, usually volatile, that stores program and data values during operation and in which each word of memory may be directly (randomly) accessed.
topics: business
computing
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
sciences
synonyms: word: RAM
coordinate_terms: read-only memory
ROM
write-only memory
WOM
flash memory
glosses: Computer memory, usually volatile, that stores program and data values during operation and in which each word of memory may be directly (randomly) accessed.
Main memory.
Derived terms: dynamic random access memory
non-volatile random access memory
resistive random access memory
static random access memory
Ukrainian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /juːˈkɹeɪ.nɪ.ən/
ipa: /jʊ-/
ipa: /juˈkɹeɪ.ni.ən/
rhymes: -eɪniən
Forms: form: Ukrainians
Etymology: From Ukraine + -ian (suffix meaning ‘from; like; related to’, forming adjectives; or ‘one belonging to, from, like, or relating to’, forming nouns).
Senses: examples: text: In general, it is permitted the ſubjects to utter their complaints and to make a repreſentation of them. Thus, the nobility may ſend deputies: this the Ukrainians have long been accuſtomed to do, as also the Livonians and Eſthonians: […]
ref: 1799, William Tooke, “Section IV. The Form of Government.”, in View of the Russian Empire During the Reign of Catharine the Second and to the Close of the Present Century. […], volume II, London: […] T[homas] N[orton] Longman and O[wen] Rees, […]; and J[ohn] Debrett, […], →OCLC, book V (The Government of the Empire, or the Monarch), page 433:
text: Zavadoffsky, a young Ukrainian, was favoured in private with the smiles of the empress [Catherine the Great].
ref: 1803, Mary Hays, “Catherine II. (Concluded.)”, in Female Biography; or, Memoirs of Illustrious and Celebrated Women, of All Ages and Countries. […], volume III, London: […] Richard Phillips, […] [b]y Thomas Davison, […], →OCLC, page 129:
text: In western Russia, while an antipathy exists between Ukrainians and Poles, the Russian Government, by its harassing interference in religious, educational, and economical matters, has become antagonistic, not only to the Poles, but also to the Ukrainians; printing in Ukrainian is prohibited, and "Russification" is being carried on among Ukrainians by the same means as those employed in Poland.
ref: 1886, W. R. M., “RUSSIA”, in The Encyclopædia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 9th edition, volume XXI, Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, →OCLC, page 80, column 2:
text: My son, a Canada-based IT professional who often travels to Ukraine, told me about the exhilarating atmosphere on those Ukraine-bound trains, bringing home hundreds of the unwilling refugees, mostly women and children (including the babies, born in exile on the way to meet their Ukrainian fighter fathers for the first time). The difference between Ukrainian refugees and other reluctant exiles is that Ukrainians are desperate to return.
ref: 2024 September 4, Vitali Vitaliev, “A salute to Ukraine's 'Second Army'”, in RAIL, number 1017, page 49:
glosses: A citizen of Ukraine or a person of Ukrainian ethnicity.
Synonyms: word: bohunk
word: hunky
word: Cossack
word: Little Russian
word: Malo-Russian
word: Ruthenian
word: Ruthene
word: Uke
word: Ukie
word: Yukie
word: Ukrainer
Derived terms: Red Ukrainian
Ukrainian
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /juːˈkɹeɪ.nɪ.ən/
ipa: /jʊ-/
ipa: /juˈkɹeɪ.ni.ən/
rhymes: -eɪniən
Etymology: From Ukraine + -ian (suffix meaning ‘from; like; related to’, forming adjectives; or ‘one belonging to, from, like, or relating to’, forming nouns).
Senses: examples: text: It [Old Slavonic] is the root of both branches of the living Russian language: of Great Russian, which is the literary and official Russian, as well as of Ukrainian, or Southern Russian. There are, moreover, no popular dialects in our country. The fourteen millions of Ukrainians, settled in the plains of south-west Russia, all speak exactly the same language.
ref: 1888, Stepniak [i.e., Sergey Stepnyak-Kravchinsky], chapter I, in The Russian Peasantry: Their Agrarian Condition, Social Life, and Religion, 2nd edition, volume II, London: Swan Sonnenschein and Co. […], →OCLC, page 573:
glosses: The East Slavic language of Ukrainians, and the official language of Ukraine.
Related terms: Wiktionary’s coverage of Ukrainian terms
vb. n.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Initialism of verbal noun.
verbal noun
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: verbal nouns
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A noun that is morphologically related to a verb and similar to it in meaning; in English, it contrasts with the gerund and the deverbal noun.
Synonyms: word: verbal substantive
sense: in Arabic grammar
word: masdar
word: nomen verbi
Related terms: masdar
phrasal noun
chem.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of chemistry.
chem.
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of chemical.
teen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: tēn
ipa: /tiːn/
rhymes: -iːn
Forms: form: teens
Etymology: Clipping of teenager. For more synonyms see at Thesaurus:teenager.
Senses: examples: text: In the safety alert, the NTSB educates parents on the risks and outlines what they can do to protect their teens against marijuana-impaired driving.
text: Europeans have more success with generational outreach, but they start with younger age groups and provide a greater variety of all-youth activities. Rather than giving up hope, the YCN redirected its focus from teens to twens, particularly ...
ref: 2003, James Woycke, Au Naturel: The History of Nudism in Canada, FCN, →ISBN, page 262:
text: We found that teen drivers and the public largely misunderstand the legal status of cannabis use and do not fully recognize the risks of cannabis-impaired driving.
ref: 2024, NTSB, Intersection Crash Between Passenger Car and Combination Vehicle, Tishomingo, Oklahoma, March 22, 2022:
glosses: Synonym of teenager: a person between 13 and 19 years old.
synonyms: word: teenager
extra: a person between 13 and 19 years old
Derived terms: alternateen
clean teen
LGBTeen
preteen
stepteen
teendom
teen drama
teenhood
teenie
teen-nap
teen
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: tēn
ipa: /tiːn/
rhymes: -iːn
Etymology: Clipping of teenager. For more synonyms see at Thesaurus:teenager.
Senses: examples: text: teen fashion
glosses: Of or having to do with teenagers; teenage
teen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: tēn
ipa: /tiːn/
rhymes: -iːn
Forms: form: teens
Etymology: From Middle English tene, from Old English tēona, tēone, *tēon, from Proto-West Germanic *teun, from Proto-Germanic *teuną.
Senses: examples: text: In which the birds song many a lovely lay / Of Gods high praise, and of their loves sweet teene, / As it an earthly Paradize had beene […]
ref: 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto V”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
text: The Soldan changed hue for grief and teen, / On that sad book his shame and loss he lear'd.
ref: 1600, Edward Fairfax, The Jerusalem Delivered of Tasso, X, xxv
text: Miranda: O my heart bleedes / To thinke oth' teene that I haue turn'd you to, / Which is from my remembrance,[…]
ref: 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii], page 2:
text: Your soul forgot her joys, forgot / Her times of teen; / Yea, this life likewise will you not / Forget
ref: 1866, Algernon Swinburne, Faustine:
text: With public toil and private teen Thou sank'st alone.
ref: 1867, Matthew Arnold, A Southern Night:
text: That City's sombre Patroness and Queen, / In bronze sublimity she gazes forth / Over her Capital of teen and threne
ref: 1874, James Thomson, The City of Dreadful Night, XXI
synonyms: ill-fortune
harm
suffering
glosses: Grief; sorrow; trouble.
glosses: Vexation; anger; hate.
teen
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: tēn
ipa: /tiːn/
rhymes: -iːn
Forms: form: teens
form: teening
form: teened
form: teened
Etymology: From Middle English tenen, from Old English tēonian, tȳnan (“to vex, annoy, provoke”), from Proto-West Germanic *tiunijan, from Proto-Germanic *tiunijaną.
Senses: glosses: To excite; to provoke; to vex; to afflict; to injure.
examples: text: Þenne tened hym theologye · whan he þis tale herde
ref: c. 1385, William Langland, Piers Plowman, section II:
glosses: To become angry or distressed.
teen
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: tēn
ipa: /tiːn/
rhymes: -iːn
Forms: form: teens
form: teening
form: teened
form: teened
Etymology: From Middle English tenen, tinen, from Old English tȳnan (“to fence, inclose, shut, close”), from Proto-West Germanic *tūnijan, from Proto-West Germanic *tūn, from Proto-Germanic *tūną (“fence, enclosure”). Doublet of tine. Cognate with Dutch tuinen, German zäunen. Related to English town.
Senses: examples: text: Hie tho' off […] or th' dur may be teen'd.
ref: 1874 (1879), Waugh, Chim. Corner, 75
text: It is still heard in Devon , especially by older dialect speakers, in such expressions as “I'an't a-teen'd my eyes all night”; “Teen the door, will ' e?”
ref: 1919, Devonshire Association for the Advancement of Science, Literature and Art, Report and Transactions of the Devonshire Association for the Advancement of Science, Literature and Art, page 75:
text: She whimpered and whined about it till, in self-defence, I rose up and teened the candle and got into my breeches.
ref: 1924, Eden Phillpotts, Redcliff, page 244:
glosses: To close, to shut; to enclose, to hedge or fence in.
Related terms: teen patti
pet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɛt/
ipa: [pʰɛt]
ipa: [pʰɛʔ]
ipa: [pʰɛʔt]
rhymes: -ɛt
Forms: form: pets
Etymology: Originally northern dialectal, from Scots pet (“an animal that has been tamed and is kept as a pet; a darling or favourite; a petted or spoiled child”), probably from Scottish Gaelic peata (“pet, tamed animal, spoiled child”), from Middle Irish petta, peta (“pet, lap-dog”), of uncertain origin, possibly from a pre-Indo-European substrate. Compare also peat (“pet, darling, woman”), which is likely not related.
The verb is derived from the noun.
Senses: glosses: An animal kept as a companion or otherwise for pleasure, rather than for some practical benefit or use.
examples: text: Papyrus: This is my brother's pet rock. He always forgets to feed it. As usual, I have to take responsibility.
ref: 2015 September 15, Toby Fox, Undertale, Linux, Microsoft Windows, OS X:
glosses: Something kept as a companion, including inanimate objects (pet rock, pet plant, etc.).
glosses: One who is excessively loyal to a superior and receives preferential treatment.
examples: text: At first she sat silent; but that could not last: she had resolved to make a pet of her little cousin, as she would have him to be; and she commenced stroking his curls, and kissing his cheek, and offering him tea in her saucer, like a baby.
ref: 1847 December, Ellis Bell [pseudonym; Emily Brontë], chapter XIX, in Wuthering Heights: […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Thomas Cautley Newby, […], →OCLC:
text: the love of cronies, pets, and favourites
ref: 1711 January 1 (Gregorian calendar), Isaac Bickerstaff [et al., pseudonyms; Richard Steele et al.], “Thursday, December 21, 1710”, in The Tatler, number 266; republished in [Richard Steele], editor, The Tatler, […], London stereotype edition, volume III, London: I. Walker and Co.; […], 1822, →OCLC:
glosses: Any person or animal especially cherished and indulged; a darling.
Synonyms: companion animal
Derived terms: antipet
crazy as a pet coon
cyberpet
digital pet
housepet
pelfie
petcare
pet carrier
pet cemetery
petcock
pet cone
pet door
pet flap
petfluencer
petfood
pethood
pet hotel
pet humanization
pet insurance
petiquette
petkeeper
petkeeping
petkin
pet lamp-shade
petless
petlike
petling
petnap
petplay
pet play
petship
pet shop
petsit
petsitter
pet stain
pet store
pet tag
pet therapy
pettish
pocket pet
robopet
teacher's pet
tea pet
virtual pet
pet
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɛt/
ipa: [pʰɛt]
ipa: [pʰɛʔ]
ipa: [pʰɛʔt]
rhymes: -ɛt
Forms: form: pets
form: petting
form: pet
form: petted
form: petted
form: pet
Etymology: Originally northern dialectal, from Scots pet (“an animal that has been tamed and is kept as a pet; a darling or favourite; a petted or spoiled child”), probably from Scottish Gaelic peata (“pet, tamed animal, spoiled child”), from Middle Irish petta, peta (“pet, lap-dog”), of uncertain origin, possibly from a pre-Indo-European substrate. Compare also peat (“pet, darling, woman”), which is likely not related.
The verb is derived from the noun.
Senses: examples: text: I really love to pet cute puppies.
glosses: To stroke or fondle (an animal).
examples: text: We started petting each other the moment we were alone.
text: 1970-1975, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure
We kissed & petted for about 15 mins & he still wasn't hard, altho he acted like he was enjoying himself.
glosses: To stroke or fondle (another person) amorously.
examples: text: His daughter was petted and spoiled.
text: […] the American dramatist has had to waste most of his first act elaborately planting the information that his Mister Quex is rich, petted by Society, and altogether more spectacular than the common run of men.
ref: 1919 August, P. G. Wodehouse, “Prohibition and the Drama”, in Vanity Fair, page 21:
glosses: To treat as a pet; to fondle; to indulge.
glosses: To be a pet.
examples: text: He sure is queasie stomach't that must pet, and puke, at such a trivial circumstance
ref: 1623, Owen Feltham, Resolves: Divine, Moral, Political:
glosses: To be peevish; to sulk.
Synonyms: sense: to stroke or fondle an animal
word: pat
sense: to stroke or fondle an animal
word: smooth
sense: to stroke or fondle amorously
word: feel up
word: grope
word: touch up
word: fondle
sense: to treat as a pet
word: coddle
word: cosset
word: pamper
sense: to be peevish
word: mope
sense: to be peevish
word: pout
Derived terms: overpet
pettable
pet the kitty
petting
pet
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɛt/
ipa: [pʰɛt]
ipa: [pʰɛʔ]
ipa: [pʰɛʔt]
rhymes: -ɛt
Etymology: Originally northern dialectal, from Scots pet (“an animal that has been tamed and is kept as a pet; a darling or favourite; a petted or spoiled child”), probably from Scottish Gaelic peata (“pet, tamed animal, spoiled child”), from Middle Irish petta, peta (“pet, lap-dog”), of uncertain origin, possibly from a pre-Indo-European substrate. Compare also peat (“pet, darling, woman”), which is likely not related.
The verb is derived from the noun.
Senses: examples: text: a pet project
text: a pet child
text: The professor seemed offended by the criticism of her pet theory.
text: Some young lady's pet curate.
ref: 1886, Frederic Harrison, The Choice of Books:
text: Major Butler has a pet grievance and a pet aversion, which he forces on the reader in every chapter, and which becomes at last very wearisome.
ref: 1875, William Conant Church, The Galaxy, page 141:
text: In an interview with Flying magazine, Heberding commented that her pet annoyance was "the reluctance of people generally to accept a woman whether as a pilot or a preflight inspector."
ref: 1991, Deborah G. Douglas, United States Women in Aviation, 1940-1985, page 9:
text: Discussing a favourite book, JW Dunne's An Experiment with Time—a 1927 study by an English aeronautical engineer who developed his own pet theories about dreams, perception and reality—he [Gaspar Noé] sounds like an earnest young philosophy student.
ref: 2002 August 2, Geoffrey Macnab, “'The rape had to be disgusting to be useful'”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
text: But these digital currencies[…] have now become a pet project of the US administration and a hot topic in corporate boardrooms.
ref: 2025 July 5, Philip Stafford, Akila Quinio, “Stablecoins begin to enter the mainstream with backing from Trump administration”, in FT Weekend, page 11:
glosses: Favourite; cherished; the focus of one's (usually positive) attention.
examples: text: pet rock
glosses: Kept or treated as a pet.
examples: text: “Now,” said Hands, “look there; there’s a pet bit for to beach a ship in. Fine flat sand, never a cat's paw, trees all around of it, and flowers a-blowing like a garding on that old ship.”
ref: 1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island, London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883, →OCLC:
glosses: Good; ideal.
Derived terms: pet form
pet hate
pet name
pet peeve
pet phrase
pet rock
pet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɛt/
ipa: [pʰɛt]
ipa: [pʰɛʔ]
ipa: [pʰɛʔt]
rhymes: -ɛt
Forms: form: pets
Etymology: Clipping of petulance.
Senses: examples: text: His genius at this time was of a decidedly gloomy cast. He brought his mother a tragedy, in which, though he killed sixteen people before the second act, it made her laugh so, that he thrust the masterpiece into the fire in a pet.
ref: 1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 3, in The History of Pendennis. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1849–1850, →OCLC:
text: There was something ludicrous, even more, unbecoming a gentleman, in leaving a friend's house in a pet, with the host's reproaches sounding in his ears, to be matched only by the bitterness of the guest's sneering retorts.
ref: 1891, Mary Noailles Murfree, In the "Stranger People's" Country, Nebraska, published 2005, page 105:
text: Buck Mulligan sat down in a sudden pet.
ref: 1922 February, James Joyce, “[Episode 1]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company, […], →OCLC:
glosses: A fit of petulance, a sulk, arising from the impression that one has been offended or slighted.
pet
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɛt/
ipa: [pʰɛt]
ipa: [pʰɛʔ]
ipa: [pʰɛʔt]
rhymes: -ɛt
Forms: form: pets
form: petting
form: petted
form: petted
Etymology: Clipping of petulance.
Senses: examples: text: Got suttin' in the glove compartment and I won't pet to use it
ref: 2019, “Going Through It” (track 6), in Ignorance Is Bliss, performed by Skepta:
glosses: To be petulant or upset; to have a problem with.
pet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɛt/
ipa: [pʰɛt]
ipa: [pʰɛʔ]
ipa: [pʰɛʔt]
rhymes: -ɛt
Forms: form: pets
Etymology: Clipping of petition.
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of petition.
pet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɛt/
ipa: [pʰɛt]
ipa: [pʰɛʔ]
ipa: [pʰɛʔt]
rhymes: -ɛt
Forms: form: pets
Etymology: Clipping of petal.
Senses: glosses: A term of endearment usually applied to women and children.
Related terms: english: etymologically unrelated
translation: etymologically unrelated
word: pet coke
english: etymologically unrelated
translation: etymologically unrelated
word: pet-en-l'air
english: etymologically unrelated
translation: etymologically unrelated
word: red vet pet
hyperbola
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: hīpûr'bələ
ipa: /haɪˈpɚ.bə.lə/
Forms: form: hyperbolas
form: hyperbolae
form: hyperbolæ
Etymology: From New Latin hyperbola, from Ancient Greek ὑπερβολή (huperbolḗ). Doublet of hyperbole.
Senses: topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: A conic section formed by the intersection of a cone with a plane that intersects the base of the cone and is not tangent to the cone. The function y(x) = 1/x draws a hyperbola.
Derived terms: equilateral hyperbola
hyperbolic
hyperboliform
hyperboloid
rectangular hyperbola
Related terms: circle
conic section
ellipse
parabola
unit hyperbola
waffle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwɒf.l̩/
ipa: [wɒf.ɫ̩]
ipa: /ˈwɑ.fl̩/
ipa: [ˈwɑ.fɫ̩]
note: some in New England
ipa: /ˈwɔ.fl̩/
note: some in New England
ipa: [ˈwɔ.fɫ̩]
ipa: /ˈwɔf.l̩/
ipa: [ˈwɔf.ɫ̩]
rhymes: -ɒfəl
Forms: form: waffles
Etymology: The noun is borrowed from Dutch wafel (“waffle; wafer”), from Middle Dutch wafel, wafele, wavel, from Old Dutch *wāvila, from Proto-Germanic *wēbilǭ, *wēbilō, possibly related to Proto-Indo-European *webʰ- (“to braid, weave”) (whence Dutch weven (“to weave”) and English weave; compare, from the same verbal root, German Wabe (“honeycomb”), given that the grid pattern of the traditional Dutch lent and holiday pastry strikingly resembles a honeycomb), and possibly reinforced by German Waffel (“waffle; wafer”). The English word is a doublet of wafer and gauffre.
The verb (“to smash”) derives from the manner in which batter is pressed into the shape of a waffle between the two halves of a waffle iron.
Senses: examples: text: The brunch was waffles with strawberries and whipped cream.
text: This takeaway counter serves up some of Hong Kong's best eggettes, the egg-shaped waffles beloved by local children and adults alike.
ref: 2017, Piera Chen, Emily Matchar, Lonely Planet Pocket Hong Kong:
glosses: A flat pastry pressed with a grid pattern, often eaten hot with butter and/or honey or syrup.
glosses: In full potato waffle: a savoury flat potato cake with the same kind of grid pattern.
examples: text: Both joists and slab are cast in place to form a monolithic unit, integral with the supporting beams and columns. The joists form a characteristic waffle pattern on the underside. Structural design of joist construction: one-way or waffle flat slab […]
ref: 1970, Concrete Reinforcing Steel Institute, Manual of Standard Practice:
text: The most widely used type of waffle construction is the waffle flat slab, in which solid portions around column supports are […] These beams may be produced as projections below the waffle, as shown […]
ref: 1993, Harry Parker, James Ambrose, Simplified Engineering for Architects and Builders:
text: In one-way (pan joist) and two-way (waffle) joist construction, a similar layout is usually adopted.
ref: 2008, Edward G. Nawy, Concrete Construction Engineering Handbook, CRC Press, →ISBN, page 9:
topics: business
construction
manufacturing
glosses: A concrete slab used in flooring with a gridlike structure of ribs running at right angles to each other on its underside.
topics: business
manufacturing
textiles
glosses: A type of fabric woven with a honeycomb texture.
Derived terms: word: Belgian waffle
word: blue waffle
word: blue waffle disease
word: bubble waffle
word: croffle
word: egg waffle
word: fawaffle
word: waffle cone
word: waffled
word: waffle fries
word: waffle hole
word: wafflehouse
word: waffle house
word: Waffle House Index
word: waffle iron
word: waffle maker
word: waffle slab
word: waffle stomp
word: waffle-stomp
word: waffle-stomper
word: waffle stomper
word: waffsicle
waffle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwɒf.l̩/
ipa: [wɒf.ɫ̩]
ipa: /ˈwɑ.fl̩/
ipa: [ˈwɑ.fɫ̩]
note: some in New England
ipa: /ˈwɔ.fl̩/
note: some in New England
ipa: [ˈwɔ.fɫ̩]
ipa: /ˈwɔf.l̩/
ipa: [ˈwɔf.ɫ̩]
rhymes: -ɒfəl
Forms: form: waffles
form: waffling
form: waffled
form: waffled
Etymology: The noun is borrowed from Dutch wafel (“waffle; wafer”), from Middle Dutch wafel, wafele, wavel, from Old Dutch *wāvila, from Proto-Germanic *wēbilǭ, *wēbilō, possibly related to Proto-Indo-European *webʰ- (“to braid, weave”) (whence Dutch weven (“to weave”) and English weave; compare, from the same verbal root, German Wabe (“honeycomb”), given that the grid pattern of the traditional Dutch lent and holiday pastry strikingly resembles a honeycomb), and possibly reinforced by German Waffel (“waffle; wafer”). The English word is a doublet of wafer and gauffre.
The verb (“to smash”) derives from the manner in which batter is pressed into the shape of a waffle between the two halves of a waffle iron.
Senses: examples: text: The cab was waffled in between the two, Marsh never having a prayer or even a full comprehension of what happened to him. He was crushed flat, never even hearing the deafening screech of metal.
ref: 1995, Peter Allen David, The Incredible Hulk: What savage beast:
text: These were not the Cowboys who were waffled, 45–14, here at mid-season. They came prepared to play a championship football game, with an ultra-conservative game plan suited to the horrendous turf conditions, and came close to pulling it off …
ref: 1997, Bill Conlin, Kevin Kerrane (editor), "Batting cleanup, Bill Conlin", page 121
text: Then I waffled him and knocked him down. Why I cut myself open with the razor, I'm not completely sure. I was like the idiot in a bar who gets all worked up and smashes a bottle over his head [...]
ref: 2005, Shawn Michaels, with Aaron Feigenbaum, Heartbreak & Triumph: The Shawn Michaels Story, page 47:
text: Bednarik, however, says the play became legendary only because of the circumstances. "I did it [...] to the top honcho. He just happened to be there and the pass was thrown to him. I waffled him cleanly." [...] "He just cold-cocked Frank," said linebacker Bob Pellegrini, whose injury sent Bednarik into the game to play defense.
ref: 2006, Gordon Forbes, Tales from the Eagles Sideline, updated edition, page 2:
glosses: To smash (something).
waffle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwɒf.l̩/
ipa: [wɒf.ɫ̩]
ipa: /ˈwɑ.fl̩/
ipa: [ˈwɑ.fɫ̩]
note: some in New England
ipa: /ˈwɔ.fl̩/
note: some in New England
ipa: [ˈwɔ.fɫ̩]
ipa: /ˈwɔf.l̩/
ipa: [ˈwɔf.ɫ̩]
rhymes: -ɒfəl
Etymology: The verb is borrowed from Scots waffle (“to waver, flap, flutter”), from waff (“to wag, wave; to flap, flutter”) + -le (diminutive or frequentative suffix), from Middle Scots waff (“signal; gust of wind; glimpse; a flapping, waving”), from Northern Middle English wafe, waffe, a variant of waven (“to move to and fro, sway; to stray, wander; (figuratively) to follow a weaving course; (figuratively) to vacillate, waver; to move something to and fro, wave”) (whence wave), from Old English wafian (“to wave”), from Proto-Germanic *wabōną, *wabjaną (“to sway; to wander”), from Proto-Indo-European *webʰ- (“to braid, weave”).
Regarding sense 5 (“to speak or write (something) at length without any clear aim or point”), compare Old English wæflian (“to talk foolishly”), possibly ultimately from Proto-Germanic *babalōną (“to babble, chatter”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰā- (“to say”) and/or Proto-Indo-European *baba- (“to talk vaguely; to mumble”). The Oxford English Dictionary does not derive the English word waffle from this Old English word. Compare also Dutch wauwelen (“to linger, waffle, jabber, gab, chat”).
The noun is derived from the verb.
Senses: examples: text: This interesting point seems to get lost a little within a lot of self-important waffle.
synonyms: word: babble
word: bavardage
word: bibble-babble
word: blab
word: blabber
word: blabbing
word: blather
word: blathering
word: chatter
word: chinwag
word: chit-chat
word: claver
word: clepe
word: gabble
word: hot air
word: mardle
word: natter
word: palaver
word: prate
word: prattle
word: scuttlebutt
word: small talk
word: tattle
word: twaddle
word: waffle
word: yackety-yak
word: yap
word: yatter
glosses: (Often lengthy) speech or writing that is evasive or vague, or pretentious.
waffle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwɒf.l̩/
ipa: [wɒf.ɫ̩]
ipa: /ˈwɑ.fl̩/
ipa: [ˈwɑ.fɫ̩]
note: some in New England
ipa: /ˈwɔ.fl̩/
note: some in New England
ipa: [ˈwɔ.fɫ̩]
ipa: /ˈwɔf.l̩/
ipa: [ˈwɔf.ɫ̩]
rhymes: -ɒfəl
Forms: form: waffles
form: waffling
form: waffled
form: waffled
Etymology: Possibly from waff (“(dialectal) to bark, woof”) (imitative of a dog’s yelp) + -le (diminutive or frequentative suffix).
Senses: glosses: Of a dog: to bark with a high pitch like a puppy, or in muffled manner.
waffle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwɒf.l̩/
ipa: [wɒf.ɫ̩]
ipa: /ˈwɑ.fl̩/
ipa: [ˈwɑ.fɫ̩]
note: some in New England
ipa: /ˈwɔ.fl̩/
note: some in New England
ipa: [ˈwɔ.fɫ̩]
ipa: /ˈwɔf.l̩/
ipa: [ˈwɔf.ɫ̩]
rhymes: -ɒfəl
Forms: form: waffles
Etymology: Possibly from waff (“(dialectal) to bark, woof”) (imitative of a dog’s yelp) + -le (diminutive or frequentative suffix).
Senses: glosses: The high-pitched sound made by a young dog; also, a muffled bark.
Related terms: wuffle
ebb
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: ĕb
ipa: /ɛb/
rhymes: -ɛb
Forms: form: ebbs
form: ebbe
Etymology: From Middle English ebbe, from Old English ebba (“ebb, tide”), from Proto-West Germanic *abbjā, from Proto-Germanic *abjô, *abjǭ, from Proto-Germanic *ab (“off, away”), from Proto-Indo-European *apó.
See also West Frisian ebbe, Dutch eb, German Ebbe, Danish ebbe, Old Norse efja (“countercurrent”), Old English af. More at of, off.
Senses: examples: text: The boats will go out on the ebb.
text: Thou shoreless flood which in thy ebb and flow / Claspest the limits of morality!
ref: 1824, Mary Shelley, Time:
text: Men come from distant parts to admire the tides of Solway, which race in at flood and retreat at ebb with a greater speed than a horse can follow.
ref: 1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide:
glosses: The receding movement of the tide.
examples: text: Thus all the treasure of our flowing years, / Our ebb of life for ever takes away.
ref: 1684, Wentworth Dillon, 4th Earl of Roscommon, Essay on Translated Verse:
text: This reflection thawed my congealing blood, and again the tide of life and love flowed impetuously onward, again to ebb as my busy thoughts changed.
ref: 1826, [Mary Shelley], The Last Man. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC:
text: Industrialism hasn’t been an abiding set of activities in any particular place but rather a dynamic cycle, of takeoff, peak, and ebb.
ref: 2012, James Howard Kunstler, Too Much Magic, page 74:
glosses: A gradual decline.
examples: text: Painting was then at its lowest ebb.
ref: 1695, C[harles] A[lphonse] du Fresnoy, translated by John Dryden, De Arte Graphica. The Art of Painting, […], London: […] J[ohn] Heptinstall for W. Rogers, […], →OCLC:
text: A "lowest ebb" implies something singular and finite, but for many of us, born in the Depression and raised by parents distrustful of fortune, an "ebb" might easily have lasted for years.
ref: 2002, Joyce Carol Oates, The New Yorker, number 22 & 29 April:
text: The 1987 book British Piers was written at a time when Britain's seaside resorts were perhaps at their lowest ebb, with a groundswell of support for rejuvenation and conservation just beginning.
ref: 2020 July 29, Dr Joseph Brennan, “Railways that reach out over the waves”, in Rail, page 51:
glosses: A low state; a state of depression.
raw_tags: in the phrase 'at a low ebb'
glosses: A European bunting, the corn bunting (Emberiza calandra, syns. Emberiza miliaria, Milaria calandra).
Derived terms: at a low ebb
ebb and flow
ebbless
ebb tide
Related terms: neap
tide
ebb
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: ĕb
ipa: /ɛb/
rhymes: -ɛb
Forms: form: ebber
form: ebbest
form: ebbe
Etymology: From Middle English ebbe, from Old English ebba (“ebb, tide”), from Proto-West Germanic *abbjā, from Proto-Germanic *abjô, *abjǭ, from Proto-Germanic *ab (“off, away”), from Proto-Indo-European *apó.
See also West Frisian ebbe, Dutch eb, German Ebbe, Danish ebbe, Old Norse efja (“countercurrent”), Old English af. More at of, off.
Senses: examples: text: All the sea lying betweene, is verie ebbe, full of shallowes and shelves
ref: 1601, C[aius] Plinius Secundus [i.e., Pliny the Elder], “(please specify |book=I to XXXVII)”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Historie of the World. Commonly Called, The Naturall Historie of C. Plinius Secundus. […], (please specify |tome=1 or 2), London: […] Adam Islip, →OCLC:
glosses: low, shallow
ebb
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: ĕb
ipa: /ɛb/
rhymes: -ɛb
Forms: form: ebbs
form: ebbing
form: ebbed
form: ebbed
form: ebbe
Etymology: From Middle English ebben, from Old English ebbian, from Proto-West Germanic *abbjōn (“to ebb”).
Senses: examples: text: The tides ebbed at noon.
synonyms: go out
go down
ooze
reflux
wane
glosses: to flow back or recede
examples: text: The dying man's strength ebbed away.
glosses: to fall away or decline
glosses: to fish with stakes and nets that serve to prevent the fish from getting back into the sea with the ebb
examples: text: Parts of this town do not want a big influx of gay people and are trying to ebb it.
ref: 1977 August 20, Robin Nicholson, quotee, “7 Arrested in Undercover Raid on P'town Bar”, in Gay Community News, volume 5, number 7, page 1:
glosses: To cause to flow back.
Derived terms: unebbing
content
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: kəntĕnt'
ipa: /kənˈtɛnt/
rhymes: -ɛnt
Forms: form: more content
form: contenter
form: most content
form: contentest
Etymology: From Middle English contenten (“to satisfy”), from Latin contentus (“contained; satisfied”), past participle of continēre (“to contain”).
Senses: examples: text: This new-comer was a man who in any company would have seemed striking.[…]He was smooth-faced, and his fresh skin and well-developed figure bespoke the man in good physical condition through active exercise, yet well content with the world's apportionment.
ref: 1910, Emerson Hough, chapter I, in The Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
text: You, Aubrey, are my most complete man. You're brave, compassionate, kind: a content man. That is your secret—contentment; I am 24 and I've never known it. I'm forever in pursuit, and I don't even know what I am chasing.
ref: 1981, Colin Welland, Chariots of Fire, spoken by Harold M. Abrahams:
glosses: Satisfied, pleased, contented.
Derived terms: contentive
contently
contentsome
miscontent
noncontent
uncontent
content
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: kəntĕnt'
ipa: /kənˈtɛnt/
rhymes: -ɛnt
Etymology: From Middle English contenten (“to satisfy”), from Latin contentus (“contained; satisfied”), past participle of continēre (“to contain”).
Senses: examples: text: They were in a state of sleepy content after supper.
text: ‘It is very difficult to […] learn to seek content, instead of happiness.’
ref: 1788, Mary Wollstonecraft, Mary: A Fiction:
text: ‘I understand you—upon every other subject, but the only one, my content requires, you are ready to obey me.’
ref: 1791, Elizabeth Inchbald, A Simple Story, Penguin, published 2009, page 287:
text: Like an empress, I feel great content surrounded by the familiar sounds of laughter, bickering, rattling plates, clicking chopsticks, smacking lips, and noisy sipping of the longevity brew.
ref: 2008, Mingmei Yip, Peach Blossom Pavilion:
text: Such is the fullness of my heart's content.
ref: 1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:
text: Kleph moved slowly from the door and sank upon the chaise longue with a little sigh of content.
ref: 1946, C.L. Moore, Vintage Season:
glosses: Satisfaction, contentment; pleasure.
examples: text: The sense they humbly take upon content.
ref: 1711 May, [Alexander Pope], An Essay on Criticism, London: […] W[illiam] Lewis […]; and sold by W[illiam] Taylor […], T[homas] Osborn[e] […], and J[ohn] Graves […], →OCLC:
glosses: Acquiescence without examination.
examples: text: So will I in England work your grace's full content.
ref: 1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:
glosses: That which contents or satisfies; that which if attained would make one happy.
qualifier: House of Lords
glosses: An expression of assent to a bill or motion; an affirmative vote.
qualifier: House of Lords
glosses: A member who votes in assent.
Derived terms: contentful
contentless
contentment
contentness
discontent
malcontent
miscontent
to one's heart's content
uncontent
content
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: enpr: kəntĕnt'
ipa: /kənˈtɛnt/
rhymes: -ɛnt
Etymology: From Middle English contenten (“to satisfy”), from Latin contentus (“contained; satisfied”), past participle of continēre (“to contain”).
Senses: glosses: Alright, agreed.
content
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: kəntĕnt'
ipa: /kənˈtɛnt/
rhymes: -ɛnt
Forms: form: contents
form: contenting
form: contented
form: contented
Etymology: From Middle English contenten (“to satisfy”), from Latin contentus (“contained; satisfied”), past participle of continēre (“to contain”).
Senses: examples: text: You can't have any more. You'll have to content yourself with what you already have.
text: And so Pilate, willing to content the people, released Barabbas unto them, and delivered Jesus, when he had scourged him, to be crucified.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Mark 15:15:
text: Do not content yourselves with meer Words and Names, lest your laboured Improvements only amass a heap of unintelligible Phrases, and you feed upon Husks instead of Kernels.
ref: 1741, I[saac] Watts, chapter 14, in The Improvement of the Mind: Or, A Supplement to the Art of Logick: […], London: […] James Brackstone, […], →OCLC, page 194:
text: Caz Hildebrand and Jacob Kenedy recommend rigatoni in the Geometry of Pasta, and Christopher Boswell, the chef behind the Rome Sustainable Food project, prefers wholemeal paccheri or rigatoni in his book Pasta, on the basis that “the flavour of the whole grain is strong enough to stand up to the sharp and salty sheep’s milk cheese” (as I can find neither easily, I have to content myself with brown penne instead).
ref: 2016 November 3, Felicity Cloake, “How to make the perfect cacio e pepe”, in The Guardian:
synonyms: word: elate
word: hearten
word: beatify
word: begladden
word: blissen
word: bright
word: cheer
word: cheer up
word: content
word: delight
word: elate
word: enbliss
word: exhilarate
word: fain
word: gay
word: gladden
word: gladden someone's heart
word: gratify
word: happify
word: happy
word: hearten
word: jollify
word: laetificate
word: light up
word: make someone's day
word: perk up
word: please
word: raise someone's spirits
word: rejoice
word: turn the frown upside down
word: upcheer
word: warm someone's heart
word: warm the cockles of someone's heart
glosses: To give contentment or satisfaction to; to satisfy; to make happy.
examples: text: Come the next Sabbath, and I will content you.
ref: c. 1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Richard the Third: […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]:
glosses: To satisfy the expectations of; to pay; to requite.
Derived terms: contentable
content
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: kəntĕnt'
ipa: /kənˈtɛnt/
rhymes: -ɛnt
ipa: /ˈkɒn.tɛnt/
ipa: /ˈkɔn.tɛnt/
enpr: kŏn'tĕnt
ipa: /ˈkɑn.tɛnt/
rhymes: -ɔntɛnt
rhymes: -ɒntɛnt
rhymes: -ɑntɛnt
enpr: kəntĕnt'
ipa: /kənˈtɛnt/
rhymes: -ɛnt
Forms: form: more content
form: most content
Etymology: From Middle English content (plural contentes, contence), from Latin contentus, past participle of continēre (“to hold in, contain”), as Etymology 1, above. English apparently developed a substantive form of the adjective, which is not mirrored in Romance languages.
Senses: glosses: Contained.
attorney
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈtɜː(ɹ)ni/
ipa: /ʔɐˈtoɹ.ni/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)ni
Forms: form: attorneys
form: attornies
form: actorney
Etymology: From Middle English attourne, from Old French atorné, past participle of atorner, atourner, aturner (“to attorn”), in the sense of "one appointed or constituted".
Senses: examples: text: If those attempts are unsuccessful, the attorney requesting the interrogatories may file a motion for sanctions with the court. The sanctions range from attorney fees to prohibiting the nonanswering party from presenting or defending claims.
ref: 2013, James J. Gross, It's Splitsville: Surviving Your Divorce, page 240:
text: “Conflicting out” attorneys is the way a husband will make sure his wife doesn't hire any of the most aggressive lawyers in town.
ref: 2017, Diane Medved, Don't Divorce:
synonyms: lawyer
barrister
solicitor
counsel
counselor
advocate[Appendix:Glossary#narrow|narrower]] distinctions>
hypernyms: person
glosses: A lawyer; one who advises or represents others in legal matters as a profession.
examples: Near-synonyms: agent, proxy, representative
topics: law
glosses: An agent or representative authorized to act on someone else's behalf in accordance with that person's instructions.
coordinate_terms: proctor
solicitor
qualifier: 19th century and earlier
glosses: One such who practised in the courts of the common law.
qualifier: 20th century and later
glosses: A solicitor.
glosses: An honorific given to lawyers and notaries public, or those holders by profession who also do other jobs. Usually capitalized or abbreviated as Atty.
glosses: Clusia spp.
glosses: A prosecutor.
Derived terms: word: attorney-at-law
word: attorney at law
word: attorney-client privilege
word: attorneydom
word: attorney general
word: attorney-general
word: attorney-in-fact
word: attorneyism
word: attorney of record
word: attorney record
word: attorneyship
word: cartooney
word: Crown attorney
word: defense attorney
word: district attorney
word: letter of attorney
word: patent attorney
alt: POA
word: power of attorney
word: prosecuting attorney
word: Scotch attorney
word: subattorney
word: substitution of attorney
word: trade mark attorney
word: United States Attorney
word: warrant of attorney
Related terms: mouthpiece
spokesperson
attorney
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈtɜː(ɹ)ni/
ipa: /ʔɐˈtoɹ.ni/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)ni
Forms: form: attorneys
form: attorneying
form: attorneyed
form: attorneyed
form: actorney
Etymology: From Middle English attourne, from Old French atorné, past participle of atorner, atourner, aturner (“to attorn”), in the sense of "one appointed or constituted".
Senses: glosses: To work as a legal attorney.
glosses: To provide with a legal attorney.