cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
goodbye
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: go͝odbīʹ
ipa: /ɡʊdˈbaɪ/
ipa: /ɡədˈbaɪ/
ipa: /ɡəˈbaɪ/
rhymes: -aɪ
Forms: form: goodbyes
form: good-by
form: goodby
form: good-bye
form: good bye
form: g'bye
form: bye
form: 'bye
Etymology: From earlier goodby, Godby, Godby'e, Godbwye, God b'w'y, God bwy yee, God buy you, God be wi' you, each a progressively shorter contraction of "God be with ye" or "God be with you". Note the change of God to good by confusion with good morning, good night, etc. Modernly analysed as good + bye.
Senses: examples: text: They made their good-byes.
text: We have time for a short goodbye.
glosses: An utterance of goodbye, the wishing of farewell to someone.
goodbye
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: go͝odbīʹ
ipa: /ɡʊdˈbaɪ/
ipa: /ɡədˈbaɪ/
ipa: /ɡəˈbaɪ/
rhymes: -aɪ
Forms: form: goodbyes
form: goodbying
form: goodbyeing
form: goodbyed
form: goodbyed
form: good-by
form: goodby
form: good-bye
form: good bye
form: g'bye
form: bye
form: 'bye
Etymology: From earlier goodby, Godby, Godby'e, Godbwye, God b'w'y, God bwy yee, God buy you, God be wi' you, each a progressively shorter contraction of "God be with ye" or "God be with you". Note the change of God to good by confusion with good morning, good night, etc. Modernly analysed as good + bye.
Senses: glosses: To say goodbye; to wish somebody farewell on parting.
primrose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɹɪm.ɹoʊz/
ipa: /ˈpɹɪm.ɹəʊz/
Forms: form: primroses
Etymology: From Middle English primerose, from Old French primerose, from Medieval Latin prima (“first”) + rosa (“rose”). The reason it was called this might be that some primroses are among the first flowers to bloom in the spring.
Senses: examples: text: A mile or so further on is the intermediate station of Ryhall, smothered with primroses in the season, and at all times a veritable flower garden.
ref: 1946 September and October, D. J. Rowett, “Stamford L.N.E.R.”, in Railway Magazine, page 283:
text: Here is spring were celandine, marsh marigold, wind-flower, primrose, cowslip and dog's violet.
ref: 1977, K.M. Elizabeth Murray, Caught in the Web of Words, Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 13:
glosses: A flowering plant of the genus Primula.
glosses: A flowering plant of the genus Primula.
Specifically, the species Primula acaulis (syn. Primula vulgaris), also called common primrose.
glosses: A plant of the family Primulaceae.
glosses: A plant of the genus Oenothera, better known as an evening primrose.
glosses: A flower of a primrose plant.
glosses: A light yellow colour.
Synonyms: sense: plant
word: primula
sense: plant
word: cowslip
sense: plant
word: oxlip
sense: plant
word: primerole
Derived terms: taxonomic: Primula sinensis
word: Abyssinian primrose
taxonomic: Primula forbesii
word: baby primrose
word: bird's-eye primrose
taxonomic: Streptocarpus spp.
word: Cape primrose
taxonomic: Primula sinensis
word: Chinese primrose
taxonomic: Primula vulgaris
word: English primrose
taxonomic: Oenothera spp.
word: evening primrose
word: evening primrose oil
alt: Primula malacoides or Primula minima
word: fairy primrose
word: Missouri primrose Oenothera macrocarpa)
word: Primrose Hill
word: primrose path
word: primrose peerless
word: primrose-willow
alt: Jussiaea spp.
word: primrose willow
word: primrose yellow
word: primrosy
word: primrosey
taxonomic: Primula scotica
word: Scottish primrose
word: sea primrose
word: spike-primrose
taxonomic: Oenothera biennis
word: tree primrose
alt: Jussiaea spp.
word: water primrose
Related terms: sense: other terms of interest
word: auricula
sense: other terms of interest
word: bear's ear
sense: other terms of interest
word: cowslip
sense: other terms of interest
word: fireweed
sense: other terms of interest
word: loosestrife
sense: other terms of interest
word: marsh marigold
sense: other terms of interest
word: oxlip
sense: other terms of interest
word: pimpernel
sense: other terms of interest
word: polyanthus
sense: other terms of interest
word: primula
sense: other terms of interest
word: shooting star
sense: other terms of interest
word: streptocarpus
sense: other terms of interest
word: sundrops
primrose
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɹɪm.ɹoʊz/
ipa: /ˈpɹɪm.ɹəʊz/
Forms: form: more primrose
form: most primrose
Etymology: From Middle English primerose, from Old French primerose, from Medieval Latin prima (“first”) + rosa (“rose”). The reason it was called this might be that some primroses are among the first flowers to bloom in the spring.
Senses: examples: text: Passenger saloons are tastefully furnished with wood veneer and partitions, mottled grey Vyanide walls, pale primrose ceilings and grey floor.
ref: 1961 February, “New "Mini-Buffets" from Wolverton”, in Trains Illustrated, page 79:
glosses: Of a light yellow colour.
primrose
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɹɪm.ɹoʊz/
ipa: /ˈpɹɪm.ɹəʊz/
Forms: form: primroses
form: primrosing
form: primrosed
form: primrosed
Etymology: From Middle English primerose, from Old French primerose, from Medieval Latin prima (“first”) + rosa (“rose”). The reason it was called this might be that some primroses are among the first flowers to bloom in the spring.
Senses: examples: text: We went primrosing on Sunday and returned with a full basket.
glosses: To pick primroses.
taupe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /təʊp/
ipa: /toʊp/
rhymes: -əʊp
Forms: form: taupes
Etymology: Borrowed from French taupe, from Latin talpa (“mole”). Doublet of talpa.
Senses: glosses: A dark brownish-grey colour, the colour of moleskin.
taupe
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /təʊp/
ipa: /toʊp/
rhymes: -əʊp
Forms: form: more taupe
form: most taupe
Etymology: Borrowed from French taupe, from Latin talpa (“mole”). Doublet of talpa.
Senses: examples: text: At five o'clock the patch of daylight above the red-lighted exit door turned taupe, as though a gray curtain had been flung across it; […]
ref: November 1915, Ben Hecht, “Life”, in The Little Review:
text: In the front room, on an old taupe overstuffed sofa, the head of the house lay in a blanket bathrobe, […]
ref: February 1952, Wallace Earle Stegner, “Pop Goes the Alley Cat”, in Harper's Magazine:
glosses: Of a dark brownish-grey colour.
amber
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈam.bə/
ipa: /ˈæm.bɚ/
rhymes: -æmbə(ɹ)
Forms: form: more amber
form: most amber
Etymology: From Middle English ambre, aumbre, from Old French aumbre, ambre, from Arabic عَنْبَر (ʕanbar, “ambergris”), from Middle Persian 𐭠𐭭𐭡𐭫 (ʾnbl /⁠ambar⁠/, “ambergris”). Compare English lamber, ambergris. Displaced Middle English smulting (from Old English smelting (“amber”)), Old English eolhsand (“amber”), Old English glær (“amber”), and Old English sāp (“amber, resin, pomade”).
* The nucleotide sequence "UAG" is named "amber" for the first person to isolate the amber mutation, California Institute of Technology graduate student Harris Bernstein, whose last name ("Bernstein") is the German word for the resin "amber".
Senses: examples: text: They all moved safely through the first green and then the second, but when the third light turned amber Jack's taxi was the last to cross the intersection.
ref: 2006, Jeffrey Archer, False Impression, page 270:
text: Ahead, a cool breeze swept the pale morning sun across a grassy meadow turned amber by morning's frost.
ref: 2008, Elizabeth Amber, Raine: The Lords of Satyr, page 211:
glosses: Of a brownish yellow colour, like that of most amber.
amber
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈam.bə/
ipa: /ˈæm.bɚ/
rhymes: -æmbə(ɹ)
Forms: form: ambers
form: ambering
form: ambered
form: ambered
Etymology: From Middle English ambre, aumbre, from Old French aumbre, ambre, from Arabic عَنْبَر (ʕanbar, “ambergris”), from Middle Persian 𐭠𐭭𐭡𐭫 (ʾnbl /⁠ambar⁠/, “ambergris”). Compare English lamber, ambergris. Displaced Middle English smulting (from Old English smelting (“amber”)), Old English eolhsand (“amber”), Old English glær (“amber”), and Old English sāp (“amber, resin, pomade”).
* The nucleotide sequence "UAG" is named "amber" for the first person to isolate the amber mutation, California Institute of Technology graduate student Harris Bernstein, whose last name ("Bernstein") is the German word for the resin "amber".
Senses: examples: text: ambered wine, an ambered room
glosses: To perfume or flavour with ambergris.
examples: text: an ambered fly
glosses: To preserve in amber.
examples: text: For purple mountains majesty; for amber waves of grain.
ref: 1885, America the Beautiful:
text: Home to the mosaic of coloured-lit windows in the black and white houses, the fake gas lamps ambering the cobbles, sometimes the scent of applewood smoke.
ref: 2007, Phil Rickman, Fabric of Sin: A Merrily Watkins Mystery:
text: The firelight flickered on her rounded cheeks, ambering the pale skin.
ref: 2008, Jeri Westerson, Veil of Lies: A Medieval Noir:
glosses: To cause to take on the yellow colour of amber.
examples: text: Westward along Lancaster Avenue, among the stone walls and broad driveways of imposing old houses—their lawns dappled with the shade of ambering maples and dusty, bark-peeled sycamores—
ref: 2009, Jack Wennerstrom, Black Coffee, page 19:
text: [T]hough many of the pirates protested against these energetic activities[,] he was only pleasantly tired when the lowering, ambering sun began to bounce needles of gold glare off the waves ahead;
ref: 2011, Tim Powers, On Stranger Tides:
glosses: To take on the yellow colour of amber.
Related terms: electrum
succinic
succinic acid
traffic light
sidewinder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsaɪd.waɪn.dɚ/
Forms: form: sidewinders
Etymology: From side + winder (“one who winds or wends, traveller”), from the sideways, looping manner in which they move.
Senses: glosses: A North American rattlesnake, Crotalus cerastes, that inhabits lowland deserts.
glosses: A person who is untrustworthy and dangerous.
glosses: A heavy swinging blow from the side which disables an adversary.
topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A pitcher who throws sidearm.
glosses: A type of middle-distance deep-sea trawler widely used during the 1960s and 1970s.
glosses: A rollercoaster element where riders enter a half-loop followed by a half-corkscrew, and exit perpendicular to the direction of entry.
Derived terms: Colorado Desert sidewinder
sidewinder
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsaɪd.waɪn.dɚ/
Forms: form: sidewinders
form: sidewindering
form: sidewindered
form: sidewindered
Etymology: From side + winder (“one who winds or wends, traveller”), from the sideways, looping manner in which they move.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of sidewind.
synonyms: word: sidewind
caracal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkæ.ɹəˌkæl/
note: without the Mary–marry–merry merger
ipa: /ˈkæɹ.əˌkæl/
note: General American, Mary–marry–merry merger
ipa: /ˈkeɚ.əˌkæl/
note: General American, Mary–marry–merry merger
ipa: /ˈkɛɚ.əˌkæl/
Forms: form: caracals
Etymology: From French caracal, from Ottoman Turkish قره قولاق (kara kulak, literally “black ear”), a calque of Classical Persian سیاهگوش (siyāh-gōš). Compare modern Turkish karakulak.
Senses: glosses: A type of cat native to Southern Africa, West Asia, and parts of Central and South Asia, Caracal caracal.
Synonyms: word: African lynx
word: Asian lynx
word: Persian lynx
word: Indian lynx
english: varying with location
translation: varying with location
word: desert lynx
english: improper
translation: improper
word: lynx
word: floppa
web-footed gecko
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: web-footed geckos
form: web-footed geckoes
Senses: glosses: A type of gecko, Palmatogecko rangei, from Namibia and adjacent areas, having broad, webbed feet
fennec fox
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fennec foxes
Senses: glosses: A fennec.
honey-pot ant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: honey-pot ants
form: honey pot ant
form: honeypot ant
Etymology: From honeypot + ant.
From its large abdomen resembling a pot of honey, which contains a sweet substance used for colony survival.
Senses: glosses: A type of ant from Australia, known for a class of individuals within the colony which have huge inflated amber-coloured abdomen.
glosses: The class of repletes, individuals of the colony which resemble honeypots.
glosses: An individual ant of the type
glosses: An individual ant of the replete class
Synonyms: honey ant
plerergate
replete
rotund
Related terms: honeypot
honey-pot
honey pot
honey
pot
ant
enough
Language: English
Part of speech: det
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪˈnʌf/
ipa: /ɪˈnʌf/
ipa: /i-/
ipa: /ə-/
rhymes: -ʌf
Forms: form: enow
form: anough
form: aneuch
form: eneuch
form: eneugh
form: 'nough
form: enuff
Etymology: From Middle English ynogh, from Old English ġenōg (“enough”), from Proto-Germanic *ganōgaz (“enough”) (compare Scots eneuch, West Frisian genôch, Dutch genoeg, German genug, Low German (ge)noog, Danish nok, Swedish nog, Icelandic nógur), from *ganuganą 'to suffice' (compare Old English ġeneah), or from *ga- + an unattested *nōgaz, probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eh₂nó(n)ḱe (“he has reached, attained”), perfective of *h₂neḱ- (“to reach”) (compare Old Irish tánaic (“he arrived”), Latin nancisci (“to get”), Albanian kënaq (“to please, satisfy”).).
Senses: examples: text: I've already had enough coffee today.
glosses: Sufficient; all that is required, needed, or appropriate.
Used before a noun in the manner of words like some, a bit of, and so on.
examples: text: There is food enough for us all.
text: How many hired servants of my father's have bread enough and to spare!
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Luke 15:17:
text: But it wasn’t ransom enough.
His captors accepted it all,
But didn’t let go of the king.
ref: 1936, Robert Frost, “The Vindictives”, in A Further Range:
glosses: Sufficient; all that is required, needed, or appropriate.
Used after a noun.
enough
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪˈnʌf/
ipa: /ɪˈnʌf/
ipa: /i-/
ipa: /ə-/
rhymes: -ʌf
Forms: form: enow
form: anough
form: aneuch
form: eneuch
form: eneugh
form: 'nough
form: enuff
Etymology: From Middle English ynogh, from Old English ġenōg (“enough”), from Proto-Germanic *ganōgaz (“enough”) (compare Scots eneuch, West Frisian genôch, Dutch genoeg, German genug, Low German (ge)noog, Danish nok, Swedish nog, Icelandic nógur), from *ganuganą 'to suffice' (compare Old English ġeneah), or from *ga- + an unattested *nōgaz, probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eh₂nó(n)ḱe (“he has reached, attained”), perfective of *h₂neḱ- (“to reach”) (compare Old Irish tánaic (“he arrived”), Latin nancisci (“to get”), Albanian kënaq (“to please, satisfy”).).
Senses: examples: text: I have enough (of it) to keep me going.
text: Enough of you are here to begin the class.
text: Get some more plates. There aren’t enough yet.
text: Not enough is known yet about the causes of the pandemic.
text: I explained enough for her to understand the issue: there wasn't enough of an economic surplus.
glosses: A sufficient or adequate number, amount, etc.
enough
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪˈnʌf/
ipa: /ɪˈnʌf/
ipa: /i-/
ipa: /ə-/
rhymes: -ʌf
Forms: form: enough!
form: enow
form: anough
form: aneuch
form: eneuch
form: eneugh
form: 'nough
form: enuff
Etymology: From Middle English ynogh, from Old English ġenōg (“enough”), from Proto-Germanic *ganōgaz (“enough”) (compare Scots eneuch, West Frisian genôch, Dutch genoeg, German genug, Low German (ge)noog, Danish nok, Swedish nog, Icelandic nógur), from *ganuganą 'to suffice' (compare Old English ġeneah), or from *ga- + an unattested *nōgaz, probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eh₂nó(n)ḱe (“he has reached, attained”), perfective of *h₂neḱ- (“to reach”) (compare Old Irish tánaic (“he arrived”), Latin nancisci (“to get”), Albanian kënaq (“to please, satisfy”).).
Senses: examples: text: I'm sick of you complaining! Enough!
glosses: Stop! Don't do that any more!
computing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəmˈpjuːtɪŋ/
Forms: form: computings
Etymology: By surface analysis, compute + -ing.
Senses: glosses: The process or act of calculation.
examples: text: Home computing includes children accessing information for educational purposes, parents accessing information for recreational purposes, users working from home, retired people 'silver surfers' that use computers for keeping in touch via e-mail, the Internet and through possible on-line clubs and societies.
ref: 2007, Sharon Yull, BTEC First ICT Practitioners:
glosses: The use of a computer or computers.
examples: text: This course will cover several major fields of computing.
glosses: The study of computers and computer programming.
Synonyms: sense: process or act of calculation
word: computation
word: reckoning
word: calculation
Hyponyms: advanced computing
affective computing
biocomputing
burst computing
cloud computing
dew computing
distributed computing
edge computing
fog computing
geocomputing
grid computing
home computing
memcomputing
mesh computing
microcomputing
minicomputing
nanocomputing
neurocomputing
parallel computing
quantum computing
reservoir computing
retrocomputing
scientific computing
supercomputing
telecomputing
thin computing
ubiquitous computing
utility computing
Derived terms: computing language
noncomputing
spatial computing
Related terms: sense: Related terms
word: computable
sense: Related terms
word: computation
sense: Related terms
word: computerize
computing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəmˈpjuːtɪŋ/
Etymology: By surface analysis, compute + -ing.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of compute
computer-aided design
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkəmˈpjuːtəˌeɪˈdɪdˌdɪˈzʌɪn/
Senses: examples: text: The technology seeks to identify the birds' nests on the ground. Details of their location are then fed into computer-aided design drawings and the global positioning systems of machinery working on site, to let operators know when they are working near exclusion zones.
ref: 2020 August 12, “Network News: Drones locate skylark nests”, in Rail, page 23:
synonyms: word: CAD
glosses: The process of using drawings made by using a computer to design machines, buildings, etc.
computer graphics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The representation and manipulation of pictorial data by a computer.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The various technologies used to create and manipulate such pictorial data.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The images so produced.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A sub-field of computer science which studies methods for digitally synthesizing and manipulating visual content.
Related terms: CAD
computer-aided design
pixel
ray tracing
rendering
raster graphics
vector graphics
computer language
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: computer languages
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: A language that is used internally by computers, including programming languages, machine languages, query languages, markup languages, etc.
Synonyms: word: computer language
Hypernyms: word: language
word: constructed language
Hyponyms: command language
configuration language
construction language
description language
machine language
markup language
modeling language
programming language
query language
style sheet language
calculator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkæl.kjə.leɪ.tə(ɹ)/
ipa: /kæl.kjə.leɪ.tɚ/
ipa: [ˈkʰæɫ.kjəˌleɪ̯.ɾɚ]
Forms: form: calculators
Etymology: In the sense of a person, from Middle English calkelatour (“mathematician, astrologer”), borrowed from Latin calculātor, equivalent to calculate + -or. The other meanings arose in Modern English.
Senses: examples: text: electronic calculator;   pocket calculator
text: The calculator on a bookkeeper's desk in the 1950s was an adding machine with mechanical guts.
text: I told him to hand me a calculator and he jokingly placed an adding machine at my side.
hypernyms: device#Noun
machine#Noun
coordinate_terms: abacus
glosses: A mechanical or electronic device that performs mathematical calculations; sometimes, an electronic one specifically.
examples: text: During the war, his grandmother had worked at the Bletchley Park decoding station as a calculator.
text: First, many real-world investors bear little resemblance to the cool calculators of efficient-market theory: they're all too subject to herd behavior, to bouts of irrational exuberance and unwarranted panic.
ref: 2020, Paul Krugman, Arguing with Zombies: Economics, Politics, and the Fight for a Better Future, page 145:
synonyms: computer
reckoner
glosses: A person who performs mathematical calculation.
examples: text: Near-synonyms: schemer, plotter; manipulator
text: He revealed himself to be a cold-blooded calculator out to sabotage his colleagues.
text: Talk not thus, I implore you, Evelyn: do not imagine me the worldly calculator that my enemies deem me.
ref: 1838, [Edward Bulwer-Lytton], chapter X, in Alice or The Mysteries […], volume I, London: Saunders and Otley, […], →OCLC, book I, page 92:
text: You have in the merchant the shrewd calculator of probable contingencies; we shall see that we have in the prophet the absolute proclaimer of necessary and inevitable facts.
ref: 1858, John Cumming, Thy Word is Truth: an apology for Christianity, page 112:
glosses: A person who calculates (in the sense of scheming).
synonyms: ready reckoner
glosses: A set of mathematical tables.
Derived terms: calculatorlike
electronic calculator
graphing calculator
human calculator
mental calculator
minicalculator
pocket calculator
scientific calculator
Related terms: calculate
ready reckoner
slide rule
tables
boss
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɒs/
ipa: /bɔs/
ipa: /bɑs/
rhymes: -ɒs
rhymes: -ɔːs
Forms: form: bosses
form: bossing
form: bossed
form: bossed
Etymology: From Dutch baas, from Middle Dutch baes (“master of a household, friend”), from Old Dutch *baso (“uncle, kinsman”), from Proto-West Germanic *baswō, from Proto-Germanic *baswô (“uncle”), perhaps from Proto-Germanic *ba-, *bō- (“father, older male relative”), source also of the English terms babe, boy, bub, bully. Cognate with Middle Low German bās (“supervisor, foreman”), Old Frisian bas (“master”), hence Saterland Frisian Boas (“boss”), Old High German basa (“father's sister, cousin”), hence German Base (“aunt, cousin”). Originally a term of respect used to address an older relative. Later, in New Amsterdam, it began to mean a person in charge who is not a master. The representation of Dutch -aa- by English -o- is due to the older unrounded pronunciation of this letter, which is still used in North America and parts of Ireland, but was formerly found in some British accents as well. The video game sense is borrowed from Japanese ボス (bosu), in turn from English boss.
Senses: examples: text: By YOU last night’s journey was actually bossed / Without you, I’m certain, we’d all have been lost.
ref: 1931, Robert L. May, Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer, Montgomery Ward (publisher)
text: His sisters bossed him and spoiled him. All their lives he was to go on being their little brother, who could do no wrong, because he was the baby; [...]
ref: 1932, Lorine Pruette, The Parent and the Happy Child, page 76:
text: She bossed him, and he's never gotten over it. She still orders him around, and instead of telling her to go soak her head, he just says 'Yes, ma'am' as weak as a newborn jellyfish [...]
ref: 1967, Pelham Grenville Wodehouse, The purloined paperweight, page 90:
text: For if, on the one hand, I bossed him and showed him what to do and how to do it, [...]
ref: 1980, Jean Toomer, The wayward and the seeking: a collection of writings by Jean Toomer, page 40:
text: Clarke was undoubtedly made to change things and for spells, the Czechs bossed the game. Scotland's midfield was nullified, Dykes struggled to hold the ball up while, barring a small handful of forays by Robertson, there was a distinct lack of width from the Scots.
ref: 2021 June 14, Scott Mullen, “Scotland 0-2 Czech Republic”, in BBC Sport:
synonyms: lord over
boss around
glosses: To exercise authoritative control over; to tell (someone) what to do, often repeatedly.
Derived terms: boss about
boss around
overboss
boss
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɒs/
ipa: /bɔs/
ipa: /bɑs/
rhymes: -ɒs
rhymes: -ɔːs
Forms: form: bosser
form: bossest
Etymology: From Dutch baas, from Middle Dutch baes (“master of a household, friend”), from Old Dutch *baso (“uncle, kinsman”), from Proto-West Germanic *baswō, from Proto-Germanic *baswô (“uncle”), perhaps from Proto-Germanic *ba-, *bō- (“father, older male relative”), source also of the English terms babe, boy, bub, bully. Cognate with Middle Low German bās (“supervisor, foreman”), Old Frisian bas (“master”), hence Saterland Frisian Boas (“boss”), Old High German basa (“father's sister, cousin”), hence German Base (“aunt, cousin”). Originally a term of respect used to address an older relative. Later, in New Amsterdam, it began to mean a person in charge who is not a master. The representation of Dutch -aa- by English -o- is due to the older unrounded pronunciation of this letter, which is still used in North America and parts of Ireland, but was formerly found in some British accents as well. The video game sense is borrowed from Japanese ボス (bosu), in turn from English boss.
Senses: examples: text: That is a boss Zefron poster.
text: Boy 2: He's the neatest looking guy on TV!
Boy 3: I'll say!
Boy 1: He sure is!
Boy 3: Boy, the way he talks is really boss!
ref: 1966 February 17, Dennis Whitcomb, “Zombo” (7:35 from the start), in The Munsters, season 2, episode 22:
qualifier: Liverpool
glosses: Of excellent quality, first-rate.
boss
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɒs/
ipa: /bɔs/
ipa: /bɑs/
rhymes: -ɒs
rhymes: -ɔːs
Forms: form: bosses
Etymology: From Middle English bos, bose, boce, from Old French boce (“lump, bulge, protuberance, knot”), from Frankish *bottja, from Proto-Germanic *bautaną (“to hit, strike, beat”). Doublet of beat; see there for more.
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
coordinate_terms: tuberosity
glosses: A swelling, lump or protuberance in an animal, person or object.
A lump-like mass of rock, especially one projecting through a stratum of different rock.
coordinate_terms: tuberosity
glosses: A swelling, lump or protuberance in an animal, person or object.
A convex protuberance in hammered work, especially the rounded projection in the centre of a shield.
examples: text: The seargent […] screwing a bipod into the threaded boss on the underside of the barrel would kill these animals […]
ref: 1985, Cormac McCarthy, chapter IV, in Blood Meridian […] , →OCLC:
topics: engineering
mechanical-engineering
mechanics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
coordinate_terms: tuberosity
ear
eye
glosses: A swelling, lump or protuberance in an animal, person or object.
A protrusion; frequently a cylinder of material that extends beyond a hole.
topics: architecture
coordinate_terms: tuberosity
glosses: A swelling, lump or protuberance in an animal, person or object.
A knob or projection, usually at the intersection of ribs in a vault.
topics: architecture
coordinate_terms: tuberosity
glosses: A swelling, lump or protuberance in an animal, person or object.
A roughly cut stone set in place for later carving.
topics: archery
government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
sports
war
glosses: A target block, made of foam but historically made of hay bales, to which a target face is attached.
examples: text: Boss, a short trough for holding water, when tiling the roof
ref: 1842, Peter Nicholson, The Mechanic's Companion:
glosses: A wooden vessel for the mortar used in tiling or masonry, hung by a hook from the laths, or from the rounds of a ladder.
glosses: A head or reservoir of water.
Synonyms: word: administrator
word: boss
word: chief
word: commander
word: director
word: governor
word: jefe
word: head
word: head man
word: higher-up
word: honcho
word: leader
word: manager
word: master
word: overseer
word: sachem
word: suit
word: superintendent
word: superior
word: supervisor
Hypernyms: word: person
Hyponyms: word: chief executive officer
word: CEO
word: criminal leader
word: executive
word: executive officer
word: floor manager
word: foreman
word: general manager
word: line manager
word: middle manager
word: provost
word: stage manager
word: straw boss
Derived terms: bosslike
emboss
Related terms: word: officer
word: associate
word: employer
word: important person
word: ruler
boss
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɒs/
ipa: /bɔs/
ipa: /bɑs/
rhymes: -ɒs
rhymes: -ɔːs
Forms: form: bosses
form: bossing
form: bossed
form: bossed
Etymology: From Middle English bos, bose, boce, from Old French boce (“lump, bulge, protuberance, knot”), from Frankish *bottja, from Proto-Germanic *bautaną (“to hit, strike, beat”). Doublet of beat; see there for more.
Senses: glosses: To decorate with bosses; to emboss.
boss
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɒs/
ipa: /bɔs/
ipa: /bɑs/
rhymes: -ɒs
rhymes: -ɔːs
Forms: form: bosses
Etymology: Apparently a corruption of bass.
Senses: examples: text: All were waiting : uncle Charles, who sat far away in the shadow of the window, Dante and Mr Casey, who sat in the easy chairs at either side of the hearth, Stephen, seated on a chair between them, his feet resting on a toasting boss.
ref: 1916, James Joyce, Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Macmillan Press Ltd, paperback, section 36:
glosses: A hassock or small seat, especially made from a bundle of straw.
Synonyms: sense: hassock or footrest
word: footrest
sense: hassock or footrest
word: hassock
word: administrator
word: boss
word: chief
word: commander
word: director
word: governor
word: jefe
word: head
word: head man
word: higher-up
word: honcho
word: leader
word: manager
word: master
word: overseer
word: sachem
word: suit
word: superintendent
word: superior
word: supervisor
Hypernyms: word: person
Hyponyms: word: chief executive officer
word: CEO
word: criminal leader
word: executive
word: executive officer
word: floor manager
word: foreman
word: general manager
word: line manager
word: middle manager
word: provost
word: stage manager
word: straw boss
Related terms: word: officer
word: associate
word: employer
word: important person
word: ruler
tangerine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtæn.d͡ʒəˌɹiːn/
rhymes: -iːn
Forms: form: tangerines
Etymology: From French Tanger + -ine, after Tangier, Morocco.
Senses: examples: text: As Hiro approaches, Vitaly watches his sword uncertainly. Vitaly's eyes are dry and red, and on his lower lip he is sporting a chancre the size of a tangerine.
ref: 1992, Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash, page 97:
glosses: A slightly ovoid, orange-coloured citrus fruit with a rough peel and a sour-sweet taste which is larger than a clementine and sometimes classed as a variety of mandarin orange.
examples: text: The sun was beginning to set, and under the tangerine sky, Reese tugged his undershirt over his head.
ref: 2020, Brit Bennett, The Vanishing Half, Dialogue Books, page 343:
glosses: A deep yellowish-orange colour, like that of a tangerine fruit.
synonyms: Citrus tangerina
hypernyms: mandarin orange
glosses: A tree that produces tangerines.
Derived terms: atomic tangerine
honey tangerine
tangelo
tangerine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtæn.d͡ʒəˌɹiːn/
rhymes: -iːn
Etymology: From French Tanger + -ine, after Tangier, Morocco.
Senses: glosses: Of a deep yellowish-orange colour.
Related terms: clementine
mandarine
minneola
nartjie
ortanique
satsuma
ugli
ugli fruit
Van der Hum
civic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɪvɪk/
rhymes: -ɪvɪk
Forms: form: more civic
form: most civic
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin cīvicus (“pertaining to a city or citizens”).
Senses: examples: text: Thousands of people came to the Civic Center to show off their civic pride.
glosses: Of, relating to, or belonging to a city, a citizen, or citizenship; municipal or civil.
examples: text: civic duty
glosses: Of or relating to the citizen, or of good citizenship and its rights and duties.
Derived terms: anticivic
civically
civic center
civic centre
civic crown
civic duty
civic garland
civic hacker
civicism
civicize
civic-minded
civic nationalism
civic nationalist
civics
civic society
civnat
extracivic
intercivic
Related terms: civil
civics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɪvɪks/
Forms: form: civics
Etymology: From Latin civicus (“having to do with citizens or a town or city”).
Senses: glosses: The study of good citizenship and proper membership in a community.
Related terms: civic
civilian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /sɪˈvɪljən/
Forms: form: civilians
Etymology: From Middle English cyvylien, from Old French civilien. Equivalent to civil + -ian.
Senses: examples: text: An army never can be commanded or controlled by civilians.
ref: 1858, Prince George, letter to Sir Colin Campbell
text: Three civilians were apprehended by the soldiers and taken away in a military vehicle.
glosses: A person following the pursuits of civil life, especially one who is not an active member of the armed forces.
examples: text: I have this vision one day that I'll walk amongst you a regular civilian.
ref: 2013, Eminem, “The Monster”, in The Marshall Mathers LP 2:
text: The bathroom was for employees only, so civilians weren't allowed to use it.
glosses: A person who does not belong to a particular group or engage in a particular activity, an outsider.
examples: text: Ancient civilians and writers upon government.
ref: 1724, Jonathan Swift, “Drapier's Letters”, in 4:
glosses: One skilled in civil law.
examples: text: although he kept his name in the college books, and changed his commoner gown to that of a civilian, yet he had now, I believe, no thoughts of proceeding to any degree; and seldom resided in college any more
ref: 1788, Richard Graves, Recollection of Some Particulars in the Life of the Late William Shenstone:
glosses: A student of civil law at a university or college.
glosses: An employee of the civil service.
civilian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /sɪˈvɪljən/
Etymology: From Middle English cyvylien, from Old French civilien. Equivalent to civil + -ian.
Senses: examples: text: The three detainees were actually army defectors wearing civilian clothing.
text: He worked as a civilian journalist for ten years before being employed by the public broadcaster.
glosses: Not related to the military, police or other governmental professions.
Derived terms: civilianise
civilianism
civilianization
civilianize
civilianness
civilian service
civilian time
noncivilian
clergy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈklɜːdʒi/
ipa: /ˈklɝd͡ʒi/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)dʒi
Forms: form: clergies
Etymology: From Middle English clergie (attested in the 13th century), from Old French clergie (“learned men”), from Late Latin clēricātus, from Latin clēricus (“one ordained for religious services”), from Ancient Greek κληρικός (klērikós, “of the clergy”). Equivalent to cleric + -ate.
Senses: examples: text: Today we brought together clergy from the Anglican, Catholic, Orthodox, and Reformed traditions for ecumenical dialogue.
text: Then everybody once more knelt, and soon the blessing was pronounced. The choir and the clergy trooped out slowly, […], down the nave to the western door. […] At a seemingly immense distance the surpliced group stopped to say the last prayer.
ref: 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter V, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
text: After years of debate, hundreds of United Methodists from all over the world gathered in St. Louis last week to settle the denomination’s stance on LGBT clergy and same-sex weddings.
ref: 2019 March 3, Dakin Andone, “Fractured after vote against LGBT clergy, weddings, United Methodists face possible split”, in CNN:
glosses: Body of persons, such as priests, who are trained and ordained for religious service.
Derived terms: anticlergy
benefit of clergy
black clergy
clergical
clergyable
clergyism
clergylike
clergyman
clergyperson
clergywoman
nonclergy
secular clergy
Related terms: cleric
clerical
clerisy
clerk
minister
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɪn.əˌstɚ/
ipa: /ˈmɪn.ɪ-/
ipa: /ˈmɪn.ɪs.tə/
ipa: /ˈmɪn.ə.stɚ/
note: Dublin
ipa: /ˈmɪn.ə.stɐ/
note: Dublin
ipa: /ˈmɪn.ə.stɚ/
note: Indic
ipa: /mɪˈnɪsʈə(ɾ)/
Forms: form: ministers
Etymology: From Middle English ministre, from Old French ministre, from Latin minister (“an attendant, servant, assistant, a priest's assistant or other under official”), from minor (“less”) + -ter; see minor. Doublet of Minorite.
Senses: examples: text: The minister said a prayer on behalf of the entire congregation.
topics: Christianity
Protestantism
hypernyms: cleric
glosses: A person who is trained to preach, to perform religious ceremonies, and to afford pastoral care at a Protestant church.
topics: Catholicism
Christianity
Roman-Catholicism
glosses: A person (either a layperson or an ordained clergy member) who is commissioned to perform some act on behalf of the Catholic Church.
examples: text: He was newly appointed to be Minister of the Interior.
text: Ministers to kings, whose eyes, ears, and hands they are, must be answerable to God and man.
ref: 1661 (first printed), Francis Bacon, A Letter of Advice to the Duke of Buckingham:
topics: government
synonyms: word: minister
word: government minister
hypernyms: provost
glosses: A politician who heads a ministry
glosses: In diplomacy, the rank of diplomat directly below ambassador.
examples: text: […], I choſe / Camillo for the miniſter, to poyſon / My friend Polixenes: […]
ref: c. 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Winters Tale”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii], page 287, column 2:
text: And Moſes roſe vp, and his miniſter Ioſhua: and Moſes went vp into the mount of God.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Exodus 24:13, column 1:
glosses: A servant; a subordinate; an officer or assistant of inferior rank; hence, an agent, an instrument.
Derived terms: cabinet minister
catechetical minister
chief minister
deputy first minister
ecclesial minister
e-minister
Eucharistic minister
ex-minister
extraordinary minister
first minister
foreign minister
interior minister
junior minister
lay minister
liturgical minister
ministerer
ministerless
ministerlike
ministerly
minister of justice
minister of state
minister-president
ministership
minister without portfolio
ministration
ministress
ordinary minister
prime minister
resident minister
shadow minister
stickit minister
subminister
superminister
underminister
unministerlike
Related terms: ministerial
ministerium
ministrix
ministry
cleric
father
parson
pastor
priest
vicar
minister
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɪn.əˌstɚ/
ipa: /ˈmɪn.ɪ-/
ipa: /ˈmɪn.ɪs.tə/
ipa: /ˈmɪn.ə.stɚ/
note: Dublin
ipa: /ˈmɪn.ə.stɐ/
note: Dublin
ipa: /ˈmɪn.ə.stɚ/
note: Indic
ipa: /mɪˈnɪsʈə(ɾ)/
Forms: form: ministers
form: ministering
form: ministered
form: ministered
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English mynystren, from Middle French ministrer, from Old French menistrer, ministrer and Latin ministrō, from minister.
Senses: glosses: To attend to (the needs of); to tend; to take care (of); to give aid; to give service.
raw_tags: used with "to"
glosses: To function as a clergyman or as the officiant in church worship.
examples: text: I do vvell beleeue your Highneſſe, and did it to miniſter occaſion to theſe Gentlemen, […]
ref: 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i], page 7, column 2:
text: ([…] Now he that miniſtreth ſeede to the ſower, both miniſter bread for your foode, and multiply your ſeede ſowen, and encreaſe the fruites of your righteouſneſſe)
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 2 Corinthians 9:10, column 2:
text: We minister to God reason to suspect us.
ref: 1651–1653, Jer[emy] Taylor, ΕΝΙΑΥΤΟΣ [Eniautos]. A Course of Sermons for All the Sundays of the Year. […], 2nd edition, London: […] Richard Royston […], published 1655, →OCLC:
glosses: To afford, to give, to supply.
Derived terms: unministered
priest
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɹiːst/
ipa: [ˈpɹ̥iːst]
rhymes: -iːst
Forms: form: priests
Etymology: From Middle English prest, preest, from Old English prēost (“priest”), from Late Latin presbyter, from Ancient Greek πρεσβύτερος (presbúteros), from πρέσβυς (présbus, “elder, older”). Reinforced in Middle English by Old French prestre, also from Latin presbyter. Doublet of presbyter and prester.
Senses: examples: text: The priest at the Catholic church heard his confession.
text: The Shinto priest burnt incense for his ancestors.
text: The Israelite priests were descended from Moses' brother Aaron.
text: It was a joy to snatch some brief respite, and find himself in the rectory drawing–room. Listening here was as pleasant as talking; just to watch was pleasant. The young priests who lived here wore cassocks and birettas; their faces were fine and mild, yet really strong, like the rector's face; and in their intercourse with him and his wife they seemed to be brothers.
ref: 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter X, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
hypernyms: cleric
glosses: A religious clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson) who is trained to perform services or sacrifices at a church or temple.
examples: text: They flop and struggle, but she unhooks them swiftly, stunning them with a small brass priest.
ref: 1983, Keri Hulme, The Bone People, Penguin, published 1986, page 212:
glosses: A blunt tool, used for quickly stunning and killing fish.
glosses: The highest office in the Aaronic priesthood.
Coordinate terms: topics: Islam
religion
lifestyle
word: imam
word: guru
word: mahant
word: pujari
alt: cohen
word: kohen
word: rabbi
topics: Buddhism
religion
lifestyle
word: bhikkhu
topics: paganism
religion
lifestyle
word: godi
english: Slavic paganism
translation: Slavic paganism
word: volkhv
topics: Zoroastrianism
religion
lifestyle
word: mobad
Derived terms: a dumb priest never got a parish
antipriest
archpriest
archpriesthood
astronomer-priest
brown priest
chief priest
choke-priest
die roaring for a priest
fetish priest
head priest
hedge priest
highpriest
high priest
high priestess
highpriesthood
highpriestly
highpriestship
hypepriest
kill-priest
mass priest
parish priest
priestal
priestcap
priestcraft
priest-doctor
priestdom
priestery
priestess
Priestfield
priest hole
priesthood
priestianity
priestish
priestism
priest-king
priestless
priestlet
priestlike
priestliness
priestling
priestly
priest-monk
priestress
priest-ridden
priestship
priestx
protopriest
proto-priest
religious priest
supply priest
underpriest
unpriest
worker-priest
priest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɹiːst/
ipa: [ˈpɹ̥iːst]
rhymes: -iːst
Forms: form: priests
form: priesting
form: priested
form: priested
Etymology: From Middle English prest, preest, from Old English prēost (“priest”), from Late Latin presbyter, from Ancient Greek πρεσβύτερος (presbúteros), from πρέσβυς (présbus, “elder, older”). Reinforced in Middle English by Old French prestre, also from Latin presbyter. Doublet of presbyter and prester.
Senses: examples: text: If there bee any lasie fellow, any that cannot away with worke, any that would wallow in pleasures, hee is hastie to be priested. And when hee is made one, and has gotten a benefice, he consorts with his neighbour priests, who are altogether given to pleasures; and then both hee, and they, live, not like Christians, but like epicures; drinking, eating, feasting, and revelling, till the cow come home, as the saying is.
ref: 1610, Alexander Cooke, Pope Joane, in William Oldys, editor, The Harleian Miscellany: or, A Collection of Scarce, Curious, and Entertaining Pamphlets and Tracts, as well in Manuscript as in Print, Found in the Late Earl of Oxford's Library: Interspersed with Historical, Political, and Critical Notes: With a Table of the Contents, and an Alphabetical Index, volume IV, London: Printed for T[homas] Osborne, in Gray's-Inn, 1744, OCLC 5325177; republished as John Maltham, editor, The Harleian Miscellany; or, A Collection of Scarce, Curious, and Entertaining Pamphlets and Tracts, as well in Manuscript as in Print, Found in the Late Earl of Oxford's Library, Interspersed with Historical, Political, and Critical Notes, volume IV, London: Printed for R. Dutton, 1808–1811, OCLC 30776079, page 95
glosses: To ordain as a priest.
Related terms: archbishop
archimandrite
bishop
brother
cardinal
clergy
clergyman
clergyperson
clergywoman
cleric
dean
father
metropolitan
monk
monsignor
nun
patriarch
pope
popess
prelate
vicar
Yahweh
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈjɑː(h)weɪ/
ipa: /ˈjɑ(h)weɪ/
ipa: [ˈjɑːʍeɪ̯]
ipa: [ˈjɑːweɪ̯]
Forms: form: Jahaveh
form: Jahve
form: Jahveh
form: Jahwe
form: Jahweh
form: Yahve
form: Yahveh
form: Yahwe
Etymology: The usual form of the ancient West Semitic (Hebrew) יהוה used in scholarship.
Used especially in discussions of the religion of the ancient kingdoms of Israel and Judah.
The spelling Jahweh was used in German since the 1850s. The spelling Yahweh in English (ensuring the pronunciation of the initial consonant as /j/) first appears in the 1860s, e.g. in the Herald of the Kingdom and Age to Come edited by John Thomas, founder of the Antipas Christadelphians (vol. X. no. 1, Westchester, NY, January 1860). First appeared in English Bible translations for the Tetragrammaton in the 1902 Emphasized Bible (EBR).
Senses: examples: 1985 "At the time when Yahweh God made earth and heaven" (New Jerusalem Bible, Genesis 2:4)
topics: lifestyle
religion
glosses: YHWH, the deity worshiped in Abrahamic religions.
Synonyms: word: Yahuwah
word: Jah
word: Jehovah
roman: YHWH
word: יהוה
Derived terms: Yahwism
Yahwist
Related terms: hallelujah
Tetragrammaton
Jehovah