cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
netted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more netted
form: most netted
Senses: glosses: Synonym of reticulated (“formed like a grid or network”).
synonyms: word: reticulated
extra: formed like a grid or network
Derived terms: netted chainfern
netted olive
unnetted
lo-fi
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more lo-fi
form: most lo-fi
form: lofi
form: low-fi
Etymology: Shortened form of low fidelity.
Senses: qualifier: sound
glosses: Having an old-fashioned quality.
examples: text: cute-sounding lo-fi drum beats
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Having a rough quality, not musically smooth and refined.
glosses: Recorded at home with makeshift tools.
lo-fi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lofi
form: low-fi
Etymology: Shortened form of low fidelity.
Senses: examples: text: The drum beats in lo-fi music sound so cute!
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A subgenre of hip-hop that includes traditional jazz elements and drum machine samples.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A subgenre of rock music characterized by minimal production, giving a raw and unsophisticated sound.
recompensed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of recompense
recompenses
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of recompense
recompensing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹɛkəmpɛnsɪŋ/
Forms: form: more recompensing
form: most recompensing
Senses: examples: text: And such the recompensing Heav'n of those, / The happy few, who truly great of soul / Are masters of themselves [...].
ref: c. 1761, William Julius Mickle, A Night Piece:
text: If the needy helper require regular protection, the recompensing employer must claim regular service [...].
ref: 1814, Fanny Burney, The Wanderer:
text: The lack of explicit reference to God as the subject of the recompensing activity is not crucial in this instance.
ref: 1999, Kent L Yiger, Paul, Judaism, and Judgment According to Deeds, page 210:
glosses: That provides recompense; rewarding, compensatory.
recompensing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹɛkəmpɛnsɪŋ/
Forms: form: recompensings
Senses: examples: text: He bringeth counsellors also to a foolish end, when they do anything good even, with no good purpose, but are going after the recompensing of a temporal reward.
ref: 1845, Oxford translation of Pope Gregory I, Morals on the Book of Job, III.11
text: But that it was by no means absent is shown by the numerous instances in Acts of the punishment of evildoers and the recompensing of the righteous.
ref: 2010, Herbert McLachlan, St. Luke, the Man and his Work, page 250:
glosses: The act of rewarding or compensating; reward, compensation.
recompensing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹɛkəmpɛnsɪŋ/
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of recompense
volcan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: volcans
Etymology: From Middle French volcan and its etymon Spanish volcán.
Senses: examples: text: Now as I gazed the light began to creep down the sides of the volcans, revealing the forests on their flanks.
ref: 1893, H. Rider Haggard, Montezuma's Daughter:
glosses: Archaic form of volcano.
river bank
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: river banks
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of riverbank.
on the trot
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: We played five gigs on the trot.
text: But they came up against an impressive force in Bayern, who extended their run to 10 wins on the trot, having scored 28 goals in the process and conceding none.
ref: 2011 September 27, Alistair Magowan, “Bayern Munich 2 - 0 Man City”, in BBC Sport:
synonyms: in a row
on the spin
on the bounce
glosses: Successively, in succession; one after the other.
examples: text: I've been on the trot all day.
glosses: Continually busy.
examples: text: 2001, 26 July, Liverpool Echo, "Man is jailed for '80s killing"
The former South London publican admitted at the Old Bailey that he "went on the trot" on Christmas Day, 1986 following a brawl at a party […]
text: It seemed the two POs were happy enough with the situation; if Cain went on the trot they would be in the clear with two grand each […]
ref: 2014, Martina Cole, The Good Life:
glosses: on the run; fleeing
in a row
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: After making losses four years in a row, the manager knew she had to sack someone.
text: I dreamt of my dead husband, who asked me for a cozonac, adding, 'It's important that you prepare it yourself.' I had this dream three nights in a row until I finally baked it.
ref: 2010, someone quoted in W. Gordon Lawrence's The Creativity of Social Dreaming, page 88
text: If you choose to drink again the best way to avoid another instance of withdrawal is to avoid drinking two days in a row.
ref: 2010, Kenneth Anderson, How to Change Your Drinking: a Harm Reduction Guide to Alcohol, page 59:
text: Monza was the seventh race in a row at which Leclerc had out-qualified Vettel.
ref: 2019 September 8, Andrew Benson, BBC Sport:
synonyms: together
on the trot
on the spin
on the bounce
glosses: successively, one after the other, in succession; together.
examples: text: Bottles of every type of alcohol they had were lined up in a row behind the bar.
glosses: Placed in a straight line.
Derived terms: get one's ducks in a row
have one's ducks in a row
put one's ducks in a row
tracklisting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tracklistings
form: track listing
Etymology: From track + listing.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A list of tracks appearing on an album, EP, LP etc.
Related terms: playlist
MOBO
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An award at the MOBO Awards
award ceremony
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: award ceremonies
form: awards ceremony
Senses: glosses: A ceremony, with a theme, at which awards are given out.
awards ceremony
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: awards ceremonies
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of award ceremony.
hit the rocks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: hits the rocks
form: hitting the rocks
form: hit the rocks
form: hit the rocks
Senses: glosses: To reach a low point in one's pursuits.
Related terms: hit the rock
hit rock bottom
second-degree murder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: second-degree murders
Senses: topics: law
glosses: The criminal offence of murder in a form defined as less serious than first-degree murder; the precise distinction may vary by jurisdiction but typically involves second-degree murder being intentional but not premeditated.
topics: law
glosses: An act that constitutes the crime of second-degree murder.
Related terms: first-degree murder
pearl necklace
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pearl necklaces
form: pearl-necklace
Senses: examples: text: Silks, laces, ear-rings, pearl-necklace, gold watch, in short, all the trinkets and articles of dress were lavishly heap'd upon me
ref: 1749, [John Cleland], “(Please specify the letter or volume)”, in Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure [Fanny Hill], London: […] [Thomas Parker] for G. Fenton [i.e., Fenton and Ralph Griffiths] […], →OCLC:
english: Fanny Hill
translation: Fanny Hill
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pearl, necklace.
examples: text: Actually, we're talking about the other kind of pearl necklace. You know, when a guy decorates your neck.
ref: 2002 August 4, Julie Rottenberg, Elisa Zuritsky, “Luck Be an Old Lady”, in Sex and the City, season 5, episode 3, spoken by Samantha:
text: I decided not to push it and pulled things back a smidge by positioning her on her back next to the sink and drilling her like a fucking jackhammer until I felt that telling tingle and it was time to give her eyes a pearl necklace.
ref: 2012, Gavin McInnes, How to Piss in Public: From Teenage Rebellion to the Hangover of Adulthood, page 149:
text: “So, like, do you mean he hasn't come in your mouth? Is he more of a pearl necklace kind of guy? ... “You know what a pearl necklace is, right?”
ref: 2016, Helena Hunting, Jessica Royer Ocken, Pucked Over:
text: He whispered in her ear, “Good morning, slave. I love morning sex. This morning, I'm going to fuck these amazing tits and give you a lovely pearl necklace.”
ref: 2017, Gemma Stone, The Sessions:
glosses: A sexual act whereby semen is ejaculated onto a partner's upper chest, breasts and/or throat.
cannon bone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cannon bones
Senses: glosses: A bone resulting from the fusion of metacarpals or metatarsals in some artiodactyls.
glosses: The metacarpal of a horse.
glosses: The metatarsal of a horse.
overthrowing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of overthrow
grovelling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: groveling
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of grovel
grovelling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: grovellings
form: groveling
Senses: glosses: The act of one who grovels.
eddying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of eddy
eddying
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: eddyings
Senses: examples: text: If you question a seaman on the subject, whether mere coaster or circumnavigator, he will tell you that in a snow-storm, because of its constant eddyings and gyrations, frequent trimming of sails is more necessary than in any other gale[…]
ref: 1881, Symon's monthly meteorological magazine, page 59:
text: At last, more from the natural eddying of the crowd than by his own effort, he found himself flung out into the open.
ref: 1934, George Orwell, chapter 22, in Burmese Days:
glosses: The motion of an eddy.
scoffing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of scoff
scoffing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scoffings
Senses: glosses: The act of one who scoffs; derision; mockery.
Derived terms: scoffing-stock
purporting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of purport
combating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of combatting: present participle and gerund of combat
prophesying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of prophesy
prophesying
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: prophesyings
Senses: examples: text: He had not the writings nor prophesyings of any going before, nor yet the concurrence of any church or people to strengthen him; and yet his faith in the word, by which he contradicted the whole world, saved him and his house.
ref: 1831, Robert Barclay, George Keith, Truth triumphant through the spiritual warfare, Christian labours, and writings of that able and faithful servant of Jesus Christ, Robert Barclay:
glosses: A prophecy.
glosses: A religious meeting to discuss parts of Scripture and their possible use in sermons.
crooning
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈkɹuːnɪŋ/
Forms: form: croonings
Etymology: From Middle English cronyng.
Senses: glosses: The act of creating a croon.
crooning
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /ˈkɹuːnɪŋ/
Etymology: From Middle English cronyng.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of croon
scenting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of scent
scenting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scentings
Senses: examples: text: The first scenting period is the most important, so large quantities of flowers are used, but the amount is reduced during subsequent scentings.
ref: 2007, Mary Lou Heiss, Robert J. Heiss, The Story of Tea:
glosses: The act or process by which something is scented.
dilating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of dilate
detaching
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of detach
detaches
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of detach
cessing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of cess
banqueting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: banquetting
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of banquet
banqueting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: banquetings
form: banquetting
Senses: examples: text: Come, come, Therſites help to trim my tent?
This night in banquetting muſt al be ſpent, away Patroclus.
ref: c. 1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, The Famous Historie of Troylus and Cresseid. […] (First Quarto), London: […] G[eorge] Eld for R[ichard] Bonian and H[enry] Walley, […], published 1609, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i], signature K, verso:
text: Foꝛ the time paſt of our life may ſuffice vs to haue wꝛought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in laſciuiouſnes, luſts, exceſſe of wine, reuellings, banquetings, and abhominable idolatries.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Peter 4:3, signature [Y4], verso, column 1:
text: Tis not to sit In place of worship at the royal masques, Their pastimes, plays, and Whitehall banquetings, For none of these, Nor yet to be seen whispering with some great one, Do I affect the favours of the court.
ref: 1818, Charles and Mary Lamb, “John Woodvil: A Tragedy”, in The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb IV:
text: It is no proof of generosity (say the objectors) to take the bread of the laborer, to lavish it in banquetings on the rich.
ref: 1836, American Anti-Slavery Society, The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Omnibus:
text: Huludao’s Xingcheng county and two districts have ordered entertainment venues such as theatres and cinemas to close, while restaurants are not to offer banqueting services or cater for large gatherings.
ref: 2022 February 10, Zhuang Pinghui, “Omicron cases crash in ‘vital window’ for China city Baise’s outbreak battle”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 10 Feb 2022, Science:
glosses: The act of holding or participating in a banquet.
duelling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: dueling
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of duel
duelling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: duellings
form: dueling
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of dueling.
Derived terms: antiduelling
Related terms: dualling
slouched
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -aʊtʃt
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of slouch
disapproving
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of disapprove
disapproving
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more disapproving
form: most disapproving
Senses: examples: text: The word "lazy", when used to describe a person's unwillingness to work, is a disapproving word.
glosses: Expressing or conveying disapproval.
Derived terms: disapprovingly
disobeyed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of disobey
gaped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡeɪpt/
rhymes: -eɪpt
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of gape
clanking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of clank
clanking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: clankings
Senses: examples: text: My course happened to lead me to the river, and I saw a steamer lying there, and from the bustle on her decks and the clankings from her engine room, I concluded that she was making preparations for a start somewhere.
ref: 1861, E. J. Guerin, Mountain Charley, page 21:
text: Smalling’s challenge was weak and, when Lucas buried his shot, the night air was filled with the clanking of thousands of red plastic seats being emptied.
ref: 2018 August 27, Daniel Taylor, “Lucas Moura double for Spurs deepens gloom at Manchester United”, in The Guardian (London):
glosses: A noise that clanks.
floor plan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: floor plans
form: floorplan
form: floor-plan
Senses: examples: text: Show visitors use the showguide (with floor-plan and ads) to pre-plan their limited visiting time […]
ref: 1985, Walter S. Kelley, Henry G. Lord, Walter Bradford Guild, Textile World, volume 135, page 57:
topics: architecture
glosses: A diagram, usually to scale, showing the layout of a building.
topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A layout representation of where the major functional blocks of an integrated circuit will be physically placed.
Related terms: floorplanning
floor plan lending
caterpillar skiing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A skiing practice where the off-piste downhill skiers are transported to their starting point with a snowcat instead of a ski lift or a helicopter as in heli-skiing.
wriggled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of wriggle
silhouetted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: Standing silhouetted in the doorwat through which they had entered the vault was the man who wasn't pleased to see them.
ref: 1995, Douglas Adams, The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy: a Trilogy in Five Parts, →ISBN, page 263:
glosses: simple past and past participle of silhouette
pinning
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɪnɪŋ/
homophone: penning (pin–pen merger)
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of pin
pinning
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɪnɪŋ/
homophone: penning (pin–pen merger)
Forms: form: pinnings
Senses: glosses: The action of the verb pin in any sense.
examples: text: There were a variety of informal traditional activities that occurred in recognition of events such as birthdays, pinnings (when a member gave his fraternity pin to his girlfriend to acknowledge preengagement), and engagements.
ref: 2003, James A. Schnell, Case Studies in Culture and Communication: A Group Perspective:
glosses: A ceremony in which a pin badge is given.
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The establishment of the definite quantum state of a particle, or of the occupation number of a system of particles
Derived terms: depinning
postpinning
quasipinning
Zener pinning
pin the tail on the donkey
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: games
glosses: A children's game involving pinning a piece of material on a specified spot while blindfolded.
examples: text: Without it, you may as well be playing pin the tail on the donkey with your marketing efforts.
ref: 2001, David F. D'Alessandro, Brand Warfare: 10 Rules for Building the Killer Brand, McGraw-Hill Professional, →ISBN, page 35:
glosses: Any attempt to aim something somewhere while handicapped in doing so.
kneaded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈniːdɪd/
homophone: needed
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of knead
Derived terms: kneaded eraser
quavered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of quaver
toying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of toy
toying
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: toyings
Senses: examples: 1844-45, George William M. Reynolds, The Mysteries of London
The imagination of the young maiden grew inflamed, as the toyings of her lover became bolder; and half-raising her in his arms, he supported her across the room to a door which opened to his touch at the farther end.
glosses: The act of one who toys.
fussing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfʌsɪŋ/
rhymes: -ʌsɪŋ
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of fuss
Derived terms: unfussing
fussing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfʌsɪŋ/
rhymes: -ʌsɪŋ
Forms: form: fussings
Senses: examples: text: She was peeved and irritable, for she had spent the last hour searching for Titus, who had outgrown the fussings of her love.
ref: 1950, Mervyn Peake, Gormenghast, London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, →OCLC:
glosses: Excessive care; act of one who fusses.
ravaging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of ravage
ravaging
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ravagings
Senses: examples: text: I […] had seen how the most flourishing provinces of Germany were reduced to the most miserable condition that ever any country in the world was, by the ravagings of soldiers […]
ref: 1720, Daniel Defoe, Memoirs of a Cavalier:
glosses: The act by which something is ravaged.
obscuring
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of obscure
Derived terms: obscuringly
obscuring
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: obscurings
Senses: glosses: The process of making obscure; a concealing or darkening.
Melchior
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈmɛl.ki.ɔː(ɹ)/
Forms: form: Melchiors
Etymology: From Latin Melchior, from Hebrew מלכיאור (“king of light”), from מלך (“king”) + אור (“light”).
Senses: glosses: A very large wine bottle (named after the King) with the capacity of about 18 liters, equivalent to 24 standard bottles.
Melchior
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈmɛl.ki.ɔː(ɹ)/
Etymology: From Latin Melchior, from Hebrew מלכיאור (“king of light”), from מלך (“king”) + אור (“light”).
Senses: glosses: One of the Magi according to medieval Christian legend.
examples: text: So twin boys, our fathers, were born in the USA. Melchior and Peregrine. What names, eh? What delusions of grandeur went into the naming of them? If you shorten them to 'Mel' and 'Perry', they've got a democratically twentieth-century and transatlantic ring to them.
ref: 1991, Angela Carter, Wise Children, Chatto & Windus, →ISBN, page 16:
qualifier: rather rare
glosses: A male given name from Hebrew.
tappit hens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tappit hen
bookstall
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bookstalls
Etymology: From book + stall.
Senses: glosses: A table with enclosed sides, for displaying books for sale.
conservation law
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: conservation laws
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Legal aspects of protection of biodiversity, the environment, and natural resources.
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Any of several laws that hold that some physical property remains constant in a closed system regardless of other changes that take place.
calèche
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /kəˈlɛʃ/
Forms: form: calèches
form: calash
form: caleche
Etymology: Borrowed from French calèche, from Slavic diminutive of ‘wheel’ (compare Russian коляска (koljaska), Polish kolasa).
Senses: examples: text: Francesca promised, and the Queen advancing towards the calèche, hastily followed her. The carriage drove off; though not till Anne had given Voiture a most gracious smile, and bid him remember the verses.
ref: 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XXI, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 251:
text: He laughed merrily, showing his compact row of teeth, and drawing his cap over the bald patch, went out and got into the calèche.
ref: 1918, Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina, tr. Louise & Aylmer Maude (Oxford 1998, p. 179)
text: All that she knew--and this was comforting--was that soon they would all be starting for home: not in a crowded, jostling old coche, but in a calèche. What a wonderful man Bibi was: so grand and powerful and rich, that he had a calèche of his own and could come and go as he pleased.
ref: 1927, Emma Orczy, Sir Percy Hits Back:
coordinate_terms: berlin
landau
glosses: A type of carriage with low wheels, especially pulled by horses.
desyatina
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: desyatinas
form: desyatiny
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of dessiatina.
sazhen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈsæʒɛn/
Forms: form: sazhens
form: sazheni
form: sagene
form: sajene
Etymology: From Russian саже́нь /са́жень (sažénʹ).
Senses: examples: text: For how if he were to end by getting drowned? True, the river’s normal level lay four sazheni down—the remembrance of that (for he had often descended thither to draw water) comforted him for a moment; […]
ref: 1929, Ivan Nazhivin, translated by C[harles] J[ames] Hogarth, Rasputin (Continental Fiction), volume 1, New York, N.Y.; London: Alfred A[braham] Knopf, page 169:
text: Although in his diary he listed its intended dimensions as 200 by 100 sazheni (1400 x 700 ft.), the resulting structure probably measured only 818.75 x 425.75 feet (230 x 130m).
ref: 1978, David R. Jones, editor, The Military-Naval Encyclopedia of Russia and the Soviet Union, volume 3, Academic International Press, →ISBN, page 75:
text: 1995: And it will not yield more than ten sazhens of wood to the desyatina…and he is paying me at the rate of two hundred roubles. — Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina, tr. Louise & Aylmer Maude (Oxford 1998, p. 166)
text: In 1883, peasant representatives from two villages in Voronezh Province petitioned the governor, detailing their hardships. In 1863 they had chosen to receive gratuitous allotments that amounted to a minuscule 2,080 sazheni (86.7 percent of one desiatina) per soul; since then, however, population growth had reduced their allotment size by more than one-half, to eight hundred sazheni per soul.
ref: 2024, Peter Kolchin, Emancipation: The Abolition and Aftermath of American Slavery and Russian Serfdom, New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, →ISBN:
glosses: A unit of length formerly used in Russia, equal to seven feet (just over two meters).
staunching
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of staunch
staunching
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: staunchings
Senses: glosses: The act by which something is staunched or stopped.
glosses: A stanchion.
nanobattery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nanobatteries
Etymology: From nano- + battery.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Any electrical battery fabricated on a nanoscale.
gigapixel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gigapixels
Etymology: From giga- + pixel.
Senses: glosses: A unit of graphic resolution equivalent to 10⁹ pixels.
underarticulation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: rhymes: -eɪʃən
Etymology: From under- + articulation.
Senses: glosses: Deliberately leaving an utterance indistinct or unarticulated.
Related terms: overarticulation
hyperarticulation
interarticulation
inarticulations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of inarticulation
mimetics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: head_nr: 1
glosses: plural of mimetic
Derived terms: biomimetics
preprogram
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: preprograms
form: preprogramming
form: preprograming
form: preprogrammed
form: preprogrammed
form: preprogramed
form: preprogramed
form: preprogramme
Etymology: From pre- + program.
Senses: glosses: To program something in advance.
examples: text: hard-wired behavior, or behavior that a dog's genetics have preprogrammed him to do
text: But while Lois getting it that the entire cottage was a no-go area might mean that she was preprogrammed by thousands of years of dragons raising their dragonlets in dens, I wondered if that was all it was.
ref: 2007, Robin McKinley, Dragonhaven, G. P. Putnam’s Sons, →ISBN, page 149:
glosses: To predispose to certain thoughts or behaviours.
genu varum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A bowleg.
peephole optimization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: peephole optimizations
Etymology: Coined by computer scientist William Marshall McKeeman in 1965, from peephole + optimization.
Senses: examples: text: The loop was more than twice as fast after I had applied peephole optimization.
text: The method of peephole optimization was described by McKeeman (1965). A simple code generator is replaced by one where short instruction sequences are replaced by ones which are shorter or faster.
ref: 1979, P. J. Brown, editor, Software Portability: An Advanced Course, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 149:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
software-compilation
glosses: An optimization that works by eliminating redundant instructions from a small area of source code.
disanimation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌdɪsænɪˈmeɪʃən/
rhymes: -eɪʃən
Etymology: From dis- + animation.
Senses: glosses: loss of animation; loss of vigor, courage, or zeal.
Related terms: reanimation
deanimation
postnoun
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˌpoʊstˈnaʊn/
/ˈpoʊstnaʊn/
Forms: form: post-noun
Etymology: From post- + noun.
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
synonyms: postnominal
glosses: Following a noun.
postnoun
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌpoʊstˈnaʊn/
/ˈpoʊstnaʊn/
Forms: form: postnouns
form: post-noun
Etymology: From post- + noun.
Senses: qualifier: Korean linguistics
glosses: a particle which follows a noun.
Related terms: prenoun
adnoun
postnouns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of postnoun
out of town
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Forms: form: out-of-town
Senses: examples: text: They are out of town this week.
glosses: Away from home; out of one's town of residence.
raw_tags: of a person
examples: text: They look like they are from out of town.
text: It's the kind of Manhattan place you take your relatives when they come from out of town.
text: Oh, I ain't gotta ask I can tell you ain't from here-here-here-here / […] / If you know, you know I like that / Out of town girl, girl, girl, yeah, yeah, yeah
ref: 2012, “Out of Town Girl”, in Believe, performed by Justin Bieber:
glosses: From a different place.
raw_tags: of a person
Derived terms: get out of town
out-of-towner
out-of-townish
waitron
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: waitrons
Etymology: Coined as a gender-neutral substitute for waiter and waitress, this is one of the few words with the gender-neutral suffix -ron to have seen much use, probably re-inforced by rhyming with patron. (Some references instead analyse it as using the same "machinelike" suffix -tron as waitron (“mechanical waiter”), but more likely it uses -ron like laundron and like waiter and waitress use -er/-ress not *-ter/*-tress.)
Senses: examples: text: With adolescent perversity, he turned up his nose at all of the elegant French items on the Closerie's menu and scandalized the waitron by demanding corned-beef hash—fried extra crisp—with poached eggs, a slice of fresh papaya with lime, banana-walnut bread, and a pitcher of Mexican chocolate.
ref: 1992, Julian May, Jack the Bodiless, Knopf, →ISBN, →OL:
text: Table Service is the combined interaction between the guest and the waitron whilst seated at a table in the establishment's restaurant.
ref: 2004 September 28, Tracey Dalton, The Food and Beverage Handbook, Lansdowne: Juta and Company Ltd., →ISBN, →OL, page 48:
text: If your wine waitron smells the cork, s/he's probably a beginner at this game because you can tell absolutely nothing by smelling the cork.
ref: 2008 February 1, Jenny Ratcliffe-Wright, Spit Or Swallow: A Guide for the Wine Virgin, Lansdowne: Double Storey, →ISBN, →OL, page 89:
text: Come back here with your cut glass, posh English accent and waitrons everywhere will melt at your feet.
ref: 2010 May 10, Sam Cowen, “Jo'burg and London, relatively speaking”, in Daily Telegraph, →ISSN:
glosses: A waiter or waitress.
Synonyms: word: waitperson
word: waitstaff
word: server
waitron
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: waitrons
Etymology: From waiter + -tron.
Senses: topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: A robotic or mechanical waiter.
one way
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of one-way.
selfism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: selfisms
Etymology: From self + -ism.
Senses: glosses: The practice of focusing concern and effort on the needs of the self.
glosses: An ethical system prescribing such focus.
nonvoting
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + voting.
Senses: examples: text: Nonvoting members of the association, in addition to not having their vote counted, also cannot participate in debates on motions.
glosses: Lacking the right to vote.
nonvoter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /nɒnˈvəʊtə/
rhymes: -əʊtə(ɹ)
Forms: form: nonvoters
form: non-voter
Etymology: From non- + voter.
Senses: examples: text: Non-voters were deemed fanatics less dangerous than the Birney and Hale men, who chose at first between the two great debauched parties.
ref: 1891, Josiah Bushnell Grinnell, Men and Events of Forty Years:
text: But as well as those who were firmly in team Trump or team Clinton, there’s another group to think about: the non-voters.
ref: 2016 November 15, Sarah Marsh, The Guardian:
glosses: Someone who does not, or is not eligible to, vote.
Related terms: nonvote
nonvolatile
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + volatile.
Senses: examples: text: The chemical is nonvolatile so it will not evaporate.
text: His nonvolatile demeanor was tested by the constant pestering.
text: The hard drive is nonvolatile, but the RAM is volatile.
text: A nonvolatile variable may misbehave if accessed from multiple threads at once.
glosses: Not volatile (in any sense).
red-letter
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Particularly significant or positive.
red-letter
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: red-letters
form: red-lettering
form: red-lettered
form: red-lettered
Senses: glosses: To mark or strike with red letters (a person or an object) for particular attention.
Related terms: red letter
Red-Letter Christian
red letter day
rubric
refuter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: refuters
Etymology: From refute + -er.
Senses: glosses: A person who refutes with an argument or example.
glosses: An argument or example that refutes.
regularization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: regularizations
form: regularisation
Etymology: From regular + -ization.
Senses: examples: text: The history of the regularization of rivers, both in Russia and in Western Europe, hardly shows us anything but failures.
ref: 1881, S. Janicki, A. Pasqueau, L. Jacquet, translated by William Emery Merrill, Improvement of Non-tidal Rivers: Memoirs, Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office, →OCLC, page 17:
glosses: The act of making regular, of regularizing.
examples: text: A large regularization parameter may over-smoothen the solution, while a small regularization parameter may lose the ability to stabilize the solution.
ref: 2020 March 30, Ratinan Boonklurb, Ampol Duangpan, Phansphitcha Gugaew, “Numerical Solution of Direct and Inverse Problems for Time-Dependent Volterra Integro-Differential Equation Using Finite Integration Method with Shifted Chebyshev Polynomials”, in Symmetry, volume 12, number 4, →DOI:
topics: business
computer
computing
engineering
finance
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
science
sciences
glosses: a process that simplifies results, often used to obtain results for ill-posed problems or to prevent overfitting.
Derived terms: Hadamard regularization
Tikhonov regularization
regularize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹɛɡjəlɚaɪz/
Forms: form: regularizes
form: regularizing
form: regularized
form: regularized
form: regularise
Etymology: From regular + -ize.
Senses: examples: text: Regularizing spelling was an important step in the advancement of literary society.
antonyms: irregularize
glosses: To make regular.
siluri
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of silurus
fast Fourier transform
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fast Fourier transforms
Senses: glosses: A member of a certain family of algorithms for efficiently computing the discrete Fourier transform of data.
glosses: An instance of performing one of these algorithms.
Synonyms: word: FFT
Related terms: Fourier transform
discrete Fourier transform
inverse Fourier transform
delink
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /diˈlɪŋk/
Forms: form: delinks
form: delinking
form: delinked
form: delinked
Etymology: From de- + link.
Senses: glosses: To unlink, or remove a link from.
examples: text: I live my life at 140
Get money and fast flow just taught me
Keep pushing, soon they'll support me
Until then
Same paper, same pen
Me, I'm tryna make ends
And delink all my fake friends
ref: 2008, “Hungry” (track 3), in Chip (lyrics), Guess Who?:
glosses: To discontinue meeting or maintaining social relations with, to disassociate from.
Derived terms: delinkable
delinker
regularizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of regularization
triple O
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Phonetic rendition of Australia′s emergency services telephone number, 000.
Synonyms: triple zero
Related terms: sense: emergency services phone number
word: 000
sense: emergency services phone number
word: 112
sense: emergency services phone number
word: 911
sense: emergency services phone number
word: 999
triple O
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: triple O's
Senses: examples: text: Fight sequences fall into one of three categories: “MAMs” (many against many), “OHMs” (one hits many), and “triple O′s” (one on one). Group fights — MAMs and OHMs — are more difficult to choreograph than triple O′s, and TV shows that included well-choreographed MAMs and OHMs received higher marks than those devoid of mass attacks.
ref: 1994 February, Black Belt, page 42:
text: The triple O′s (One On One fights) are all between women (the scenes where the Bride fights Budd and Bill are too short to count as fights as one strike does it in both cases) who in Asian action fashion politely complement^([sic]) each others′ skills.
ref: 2007, Rikke Schubart, Super Bitches and Action Babes: The Female Hero in Popular Cinema, 1970-2006, page 308:
text: “On the other hand,” Jen grinned wickedly, “you might have another triple-O.”
ref: 2007, Susan Lyons, She′s On Top, page 20:
glosses: A one-on-one.
not yet
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: That which is blackish is not yet black. He who is being enriched is not yet rich. The preparation for a supper is not yet supping.
ref: 1858, Joseph Augustus Seiss, The Baptist System Examined, the Church Vindicated, and Sectarianism Rebuked, page 46:
text: Guy is French, and in the context that Arthur is operating, he is not yet white.
ref: 1980, Revista/review Interamericana - Volume 10, Issues 1-3, page 328:
text: The rubric in Exhibit 3.2 provides criteria for exemplary, acceptable, and not yet acceptable work.
ref: 2011, Margery B. Ginsberg, Transformative Professional Learning, page 43:
text: [Rural solar plant] schemes are of little help to industry or other heavy users of electricity. Nor is solar power yet as cheap as the grid. For all that, the rapid arrival of electric light to Indian villages is long overdue. When the national grid suffers its next huge outage, as it did in July 2012 when hundreds of millions were left in the dark, look for specks of light in the villages.
ref: 2013 July 20, “Out of the gloom”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8845:
glosses: Not for the moment, though expected later.
examples: text: These things, to me, are some evidences that England is not yet utterly forsaken of the Lord its God, though the land be full of sin.
ref: 1851, John Owen, William H. Goold, The Works of John Owen, D.D., page 136:
text: Below the figure Dutch verses are engraved, which are thus translated: “No better dress than this; I am warm and not yet miserable; come on all those who have anything against me; I do not want any one's help;
ref: 1873, Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, page 522:
text: Although the principle of moral freedom of choice is not impotent to perform legal acts , individual good acts are not yet decisive of the total worth of man, because conversely only a good fundamental disposition imparts true worth to acts.
ref: 1896, Isaak August Dorner, A System of Christian Doctrine - Volume 3, page 68:
text: Having the right condiment or prepared sauce on the table can save the meal for family members not yet ecstatic about new dishes.
ref: 1997, John A. McDougall, Mary McDougall, The New McDougall Cookbook:
glosses: Not quite; not exactly.
Related terms: already
not anymore
no longer
not yet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: not yets
Senses: examples: text: If you also have students count problems incorrect, calling them “not yets,” or “learning opportunities,” or […]
ref: 2013, Julie Vargas, Behavior Analysis for Effective Teaching:
topics: education
glosses: A skill that one is learning but has not yet acquired.
Triple-O
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of triple O.
ball bearing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ball bearings
form: ballbearing
Senses: topics: engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
hypernyms: roller bearing
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bearing
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component#Noun
part#Noun
coordinate_terms: roller bearing
glosses: A bearing assembly which uses spherical bearing balls as the rolling elements.
synonyms: ball
bearing ball
glosses: An individual spherical ball, usually made of steel or other hard material, suitable for use in a ball-based rolling element bearing.
Derived terms: ball bearing retainer
caged ball bearing
twerk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /twɜɹk/
ipa: [tʰw̥ɝk]
ipa: /twɜːk/
ipa: [tw̥ɜːk]
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)k
Forms: form: twerks
Etymology: Blend of twitch + jerk. The "sexually-provocative dance" sense was particularly popularized since c. 2000 by hip-hop from the United States of America, and again in 2013 by singer Miley Cyrus.
Senses: examples: text: It was the twerk that bounced around the world in less than a day. Sound bites from reporters said, “Miley Cyrus’s JAW-DROPPING TWERK-a-thon,” the “twerk-tacular,” “twerk-and-tongue work,” in the “twerk seen ’round the world!”
ref: 2016, Jacqueline Warwick, Allison Adrian, editors, Voicing Girlhood in Popular Music, Routledge, →ISBN:
glosses: Synonym of twerking (“a sexually-provocative dance, involving the performer thrusting their hips back from a low squatting stance while shaking their buttocks”).
synonyms: word: twerking
extra: a sexually-provocative dance, involving the performer thrusting their hips back from a low squatting stance while shaking their buttocks
examples: text: "Not so the Freycineti, who looked me over critically, elevated his head crest, and giving his tail an odd little twerk, proceeded to hop deliberately up the limb like a sap-sucker..."
ref: 1898, William Brigham, “Director's Report”, in Occasional Papers of the Bernice Pauahi Museum, volume 1, number 1, page 42:
text: "I hardly realize it yet that you are my really truly coz," and she gave the girl's long, brown braids a familiar twerk.
ref: 1920, Lilian C. McNamara Garis, The Girl Scouts at Sea Crest: Or, The Wig Wag Rescue, page 86:
text: With a quick twerk at her shift, the girl lifted it to her rounded belly, and squatted nakedly on his lap.
ref: 1950, Robert S. Close, Love Me Sailor, page 86:
qualifier: original sense
glosses: A fitful movement similar to a twitch or jerk.
twerk
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /twɜɹk/
ipa: [tʰw̥ɝk]
ipa: /twɜːk/
ipa: [tw̥ɜːk]
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)k
Forms: form: twerks
form: twerking
form: twerked
form: twerked
Etymology: Blend of twitch + jerk. The "sexually-provocative dance" sense was particularly popularized since c. 2000 by hip-hop from the United States of America, and again in 2013 by singer Miley Cyrus.
Senses: examples: text: Gaea then stood up over me and turned so that her butt was facing me. She then had the nerve to start twerking.
ref: 2005, Euftis Emery, Off the Chain, →ISBN, page 73:
text: "Shortie really knows how to twerk it don't she?" Marcus boasted, while still recording.
ref: 2006, Lawrence Christopher, Ghettoway Weekend, →ISBN, page 96:
text: Let me see what ya twerkin with / Look at those hips
ref: 2006, “SexyBack”, in FutureSex/LoveSounds, performed by Justin Timberlake ft. Timbaland:
text: Twerking, as it is known in the hip-hop community, is a hard-hitting, rump-shaking dance move that celebrities including Beyonce and Miley Cyrus have been known to bust out, but it has also gotten a group of San Diego high school students suspended.
ref: 2013, Nichole Smith, “High School Students Suspended for Twerking”, in ABC News:
glosses: To dance in a sexually-provocative way using hip thrusts in a low squatting stance while shaking the buttocks; to take part in twerking.
examples: text: […] in the language of the unsophisticated Port Melbourne suburbanite a bed was still something primarily intended for love-making – all the eyebrow-raising and moustache-twerking in Jo'burg couldn't alter that.
ref: 1985, Criena Rohan, Down by the Docks, page 151:
text: He twerked an eyebrow at his wife.
ref: 2005, Florence Hall Abssi, The Call, page 613:
qualifier: original sense
glosses: To twitch or jerk.
Derived terms: dwerk
twerkalicious
twerkathon
twerker
twerktastic
twerk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /twɜɹk/
ipa: [tʰw̥ɝk]
ipa: /twɜːk/
ipa: [tw̥ɜːk]
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)k
Forms: form: twerks
Etymology: Blend of twerp + jerk, found primarily in the 1930s-era works of Walter Dumaux Edmonds.
Senses: examples: text: "'...but when they load a pack onto you, what'll you do? A little twerk like you?'"
ref: 1930, Walter Dumaux Edmonds, The Big Barn, page 207:
text: "But even then the poor twerk's whiskers and little eyes looked kind of wistful as if the clothes had got him and was taking him somewhere..."
ref: 1932, Forum and Century, volume 87:
text: You don't need those twerks who walk in off the street.
ref: 2003, Bernard Kamoroff, Small Time Operator, →ISBN, page 19:
glosses: A puny or insignificant person, generally male; a twerp.
twerk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /twɜɹk/
ipa: [tʰw̥ɝk]
ipa: /twɜːk/
ipa: [tw̥ɜːk]
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)k
Forms: form: twerks
Etymology: Onomatopoeic, possibly coined by Roger Tory Peterson.
Senses: examples: text: Note of male on territory, a loud kurr or twerk.
ref: 1961, Roger Tory Peterson, A Field Guide to Western Birds, page 67:
glosses: An abrupt call, such as that made by the California quail.
Biak
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈbi.ək/
/ˈbi.ɑk/
Etymology: From Indonesian (bahasa) Biak (“Biak language”), from Biak wós Vyak. Also known in Biak as wós kovedi (“our language”).
Senses: glosses: A small island north of New Guinea.
glosses: A language spoken on this island and others near it.
Derived terms: Biak whistler
ball bearings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ball bearing
nonvoters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonvoter
selfisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of selfism
waitrons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of waitron
poo poo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /puːpu/
Forms: form: poo poos
form: booboo
form: boo-boo
Senses: glosses: (A piece of) excrement.
examples: text: Daddy, I need to take a poo poo.
glosses: Defecation.
Synonyms: doo-doo
poo poo
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /puːpu/
Forms: form: poo poos
form: poo pooing
form: poo pooed
form: poo pooed
form: booboo
form: boo-boo
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of pooh-pooh.