cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Boyes Hot Springs
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in Sonoma County, California, United States.
Roseland
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹoʊz.lənd/
ipa: /-lænd/
Forms: form: Roselands
Etymology: Americanized form of Norwegian Røysland.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Norwegian.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A neighbourhood of Santa Rosa, Sonoma County, California, previously a census-designated place outside the city.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A census-designated place in Indian River County, Florida.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
One of 77 community areas in Chicago, Illinois.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town in Clay Township, St. Joseph County, Indiana.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A minor city in Cherokee County, Kansas.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town in Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A township and unincorporated community in Kandiyohi County, Minnesota.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Henry County, Missouri.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A township and village therein, in Adams County, Nebraska.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A borough in Essex County, New Jersey.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A census-designated place in Madison Township, Richland County, Ohio.
glosses: A historical district in the Rural Municipality of Whitehead and Rural Municipality of Cornwallis, Saskatchewan, Canada.
glosses: A neighbourhood of the city of Windsor, Ontario, Canada.
Guerneville
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in Sonoma County, California, United States.
Fetters Hot Springs-Agua Caliente
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in Sonoma County, California, United States.
El Verano
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in Sonoma County, California, United States.
Forestville
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in Sonoma County, California, United States.
glosses: A township and ghost town therein, in Fillmore County, Minnesota, United States.
Penngrove
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in Sonoma County, California, United States.
Graton
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹeɪtən/
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in Sonoma County, California, United States.
Temelec
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in Sonoma County, California, United States.
Sea Ranch
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in Sonoma County, California, United States.
Monte Rio
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɑnə ˈɹioʊ/
Etymology: From Spanish monte (“mountain”) + río (“river”).
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in Sonoma County, California, United States.
megalomartyr
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: megalomartyrs
Etymology: From Ancient Greek μεγαλομάρτυς (megalomártus), equivalent to megalo- + martyr.
Senses: qualifier: Eastern Orthodoxy
glosses: Synonym of great martyr (“A saint who was martyred after suffering great torture”).
synonyms: word: great martyr
extra: A saint who was martyred after suffering great torture
Kenwood
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in Sonoma County, California, United States.
Geyserville
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in Sonoma County, California, United States.
Glen Ellen
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in Sonoma County, California, United States.
Cazadero
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in Sonoma County, California, United States.
Timber Cove
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in Sonoma County, California, United States.
Valley Ford
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in Sonoma County, California, United States.
Sereno del Mar
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in Sonoma County, California, United States.
Salmon Creek
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in Sonoma County, California, United States.
Carmet
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in Sonoma County, California, United States.
guizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of guising.
Pleasant Hill
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city in Contra Costa County, California, United States.
Bay Point
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in Contra Costa County, California, United States.
Orinda
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city in Contra Costa County, California, United States.
Discovery Bay
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in Contra Costa County, California, United States.
examples: text: Matthew Poole, a pilot with Cathay Pacific Airways, lived in a high-rise apartment in Discovery Bay when he first moved to Hong Kong.
ref: 2006 September 29, Alex Frew McMillan, “Hong Kong: Beating towering buildings - Properties - International Herald Tribune”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 11 Jun 2024:
text: Students from a school in Discovery Bay were among protesters to descend on Hong Kong Disneyland on Sunday to demand outstanding severance and social security pay for workers at a Guangdong factory that manufactured Disney Japan toys.
ref: 2015 September 14, Ryan Ho Kilpatrick, “Discovery Bay students join mainland factory workers in Disneyland protest”, in Hong Kong Free Press, archived from the original on 07 Apr 2016:
text: If Hong Kong is a special part of China, Discovery Bay is a special part of Hong Kong. The tranquil, leafy, suburb-by-the-sea, with low-rise housing and low-density population, offers its middle-class residents a welcome escape from city life.
ref: 2018 November 29, Cliff Buddle, “Save Discovery Bay! Residents fear their expat haven is turning into a Chinese tourist trap”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 01 Jan 2020, Opinion:
glosses: A neighbourhood of Islands district, Lantau Island, Hong Kong.
Synonyms: sense: neighbourhood of Hong Kong
word: DBay
sense: neighbourhood of Hong Kong
word: Disco Bay
El Sobrante
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in Contra Costa County, California, United States.
glosses: A census-designated place in Riverside County, California, United States.
Rodeo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in Contra Costa County, California, United States.
Tara Hills
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in Contra Costa County, California, United States.
Vine Hill
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in Contra Costa County, California, United States.
North Richmond
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in Contra Costa County, California, United States.
East Richmond Heights
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in Contra Costa County, California, United States.
Reliez Valley
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in Contra Costa County, California, United States.
Rollingwood
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in Contra Costa County, California, United States.
Montalvin Manor
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in Contra Costa County, California, United States.
Camino Tassajara
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in Contra Costa County, California, United States.
Bethel Island
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in Contra Costa County, California, United States.
Bayview
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in Contra Costa County, California, United States.
glosses: A census-designated place in Humboldt County, California, United States.
Castle Hill
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in Contra Costa County, California, United States.
glosses: A neighborhood of the Bronx, New York City.
glosses: A suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
glosses: A place in England, including:
A locality in Rotherfield parish, Wealden district, East Sussex (OS grid ref TQ5528).
glosses: A place in England, including:
A locality in Bredbury, Metropolitan Borough of Stockport, Greater Manchester (OS grid ref SJ9293).
glosses: A place in England, including:
A hamlet in Brenchley and Matfield parish, Tunbridge Wells borough, Kent (OS grid ref TQ6942).
glosses: A place in England, including:
A northern suburb of Ipswich, Suffolk (OS grid ref TM1547).
glosses: A place in England, including:
A hamlet in Wichenford parish, Malvern Hills district, Worcestershire (OS grid ref SO7759).
Acalanes Ridge
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in Contra Costa County, California, United States.
Shell Ridge
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in Contra Costa County, California, United States.
Norris Canyon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in Contra Costa County, California, United States.
Alhambra Valley
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in Contra Costa County, California, United States.
North Gate
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in Contra Costa County, California, United States.
Daly City
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Like Bennie, she came from nowhere, but a different type of nowhere – his was the urban nowhere of Daly City, California, where his parents had worked to a point of total absence while a weary grandmother raised Bennie and his four sisters.
ref: 2010, Jennifer Egan, A Visit from the Goon Squad, Corsair (2011), page 118:
glosses: A city in San Mateo County, California, United States.
South San Francisco
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city in San Mateo County, California, United States.
Pacifica
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /pəˈsɪfɪkə/
Senses: glosses: A city in San Mateo County, California, United States.
Foster City
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after T. Jack Foster, a real estate magnate who owned much of the land comprising the city and who was instrumental in its initial design.
Senses: glosses: A city in San Mateo County, California, United States.
East Palo Alto
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city in San Mateo County, California, United States.
Millbrae
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From the surname Mills + brae (“hill slope”). The surname was taken from American banker and philanthropist Darius Ogden Mills.
Senses: glosses: A city in San Mateo County, California, United States.
North Fair Oaks
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in San Mateo County, California, United States.
Half Moon Bay
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Maybe I could convince her to take a trip to Half Moon Bay with me.
ref: 2020, Yaa Gyasi, Transcendent Kingdom, Viking (2021), page 239:
glosses: A city in San Mateo County, California, United States.
El Granada
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in San Mateo County, California, United States.
Portola Valley
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town in San Mateo County, California, United States.
Emerald Lake Hills
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in San Mateo County, California, United States.
Broadmoor
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From broad + moor.
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in San Mateo County, California, United States.
examples: text: Unusually for a Broadmoor patient, he traveled with another patient being transferred from the same prison, a gentleman called Edmund Dainty, who had killed a fellow patient in the Surrey Asylum.
ref: 2012, Terry Trainor, Bedlam. St. Mary of Bethlehem:
glosses: A high-security psychiatric hospital in Crowthorne, Berkshire, England.
Highlands-Baywood Park
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in San Mateo County, California, United States.
West Menlo Park
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in San Mateo County, California, United States.
Moss Beach
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in San Mateo County, California, United States.
Montara
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in San Mateo County, California, United States.
Derived terms: Montara manzanita
Ladera
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Spanish ladera.
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in San Mateo County, California, United States.
La Honda
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in San Mateo County, California, United States.
Pescadero
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in San Mateo County, California, United States.
Loma Mar
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in San Mateo County, California, United States.
California Pines
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in Modoc County, California, United States.
Cedarville
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in Modoc County, California, United States.
Canby
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in Modoc County, California, United States.
Derived terms: Canby paxistima
Daphnedale Park
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in Modoc County, California, United States.
Fort Bidwell
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in Modoc County, California, United States.
New Pine Creek
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in Modoc County, California, United States.
glosses: A census-designated place in Lake County, Oregon, United States.
Lookout
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in Modoc County, California, United States.
Likely
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Likelys
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: A census-designated place in Modoc County, California, United States.
Eagleville
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in Modoc County, California, United States.
Watsonville
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city in Santa Cruz County, California, United States.
Scotts Valley
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city in Santa Cruz County, California, United States.
Capitola
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city in Santa Cruz County, California, United States.
Soquel
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in Santa Cruz County, California, United States.
Rio del Mar
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in Santa Cruz County, California, United States.
Ben Lomond
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A mountain in Stirling council area, Scotland, on the east side of Loch Lomond (OS grid ref NN3602).
glosses: A village on the Northern Tablelands in New South Wales, Australia.
glosses: A census-designated place in Santa Cruz County, California, United States.
Aptos
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Ohlone, meaning "the people".
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in Santa Cruz County, California, United States.
Pleasure Point
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in Santa Cruz County, California, United States.
Boulder Creek
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in Santa Cruz County, California, United States.
Twin Lakes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in Santa Cruz County, California, United States.
glosses: Three townships in the United States, listed under Twin Lakes Township.
Amesti
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in Santa Cruz County, California, United States.
Day Valley
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in Santa Cruz County, California, United States.
Seacliff
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in Santa Cruz County, California, United States.
Freedom
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A census-designated place in Santa Cruz County, California.
examples: text: The people in Freedom include a range of professionals from doctors to real estate agents. Still, the group needs to build roads and establish running water and electricity before it can start building homes.
ref: 2020 September 30, Ashley Schwartz-Lavares and Steve Osunsami, “Black Americans are leaving their homes to start their own all-Black communities”, in ABC News:
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A settlement in Wilkinson County, Georgia.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in both Caribou County, Idaho and Lincoln County, Wyoming.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Franklin Township, Owen County, Indiana.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Russell County, Kentucky.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town in Waldo County, Maine.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A township and unincorporated community therein, in Washtenaw County, Michigan.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Osage County, Missouri.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town in Carroll County, New Hampshire.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Frontier County, Nebraska.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town in Cattaraugus County, New York.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town in Woods County, Oklahoma.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A borough in Beaver County, Pennsylvania.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Sanpete County, Utah.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town in Forest County, Wisconsin.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town and unincorporated community therein, in Outagamie County, Wisconsin.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town in Sauk County, Wisconsin.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A number of other townships, listed under Freedom Township.
glosses: A barangay of Cabanglasan, Bukidnon, Philippines.
glosses: Former name of the International Space Station.
La Selva Beach
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in Santa Cruz County, California, United States.
Bonny Doon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in Santa Cruz County, California, United States.
Aptos Hills-Larkin Valley
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in Santa Cruz County, California, United States.
Corralitos
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in Santa Cruz County, California, United States.
Brookdale
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in Santa Cruz County, California, United States.
Lompico
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in Santa Cruz County, California, United States.
Pasatiempo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in Santa Cruz County, California, United States.
Mount Hermon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in Santa Cruz County, California, United States.
Paradise Park
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in Santa Cruz County, California, United States.
Pajaro Dunes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in Santa Cruz County, California, United States.
Rio Oso
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in Sutter County, California, United States.
East Nicolaus
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in Sutter County, California, United States.
Ione
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /aɪˈoʊn/
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of Joan.
glosses: A city in Amador County, California, United States.
Sutter Creek
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: -iːk
Etymology: From the nearby stream, Sutter Creek, which was named after John Sutter.
Senses: glosses: A city in Amador County, California, United States.
wikipedia: John Sutter
Buckhorn
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A place in the United States:
A census-designated place in Amador County, California.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A locality in Ventura County, California.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A township and unincorporated community in Brown County, Illinois.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A minor city in Perry County, Kentucky.
glosses: A place in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Royalton Township, Berrien County, Michigan.
glosses: A place in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Madison County, Missouri.
glosses: A place in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Pulaski County, Missouri.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A township in Harnett County, North Carolina.
glosses: A place in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Orange County, North Carolina.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A township in Wake County, North Carolina.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A census-designated place in Hemlock Township, Columbia County, Pennsylvania.
glosses: A hamlet in Trent Lakes municipality and Selwyn township, Peterborough County, Ontario, Canada.
glosses: A hamlet in Ashwater parish, Torridge district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX3799).
Derived terms: Buckhorn Weston
Pine Grove
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in Amador County, California, United States.
Red Corral
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in Amador County, California, United States.
Camanche North Shore
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in Amador County, California, United States.
Camanche Village
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in Amador County, California, United States.
River Pines
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in Amador County, California, United States.
Fiddletown
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in Amador County, California, United States.
Amador City
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city in Amador County, California, United States.
Drytown
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in Amador County, California, United States.
Volcano
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in Amador County, California, United States.
Mesa Vista
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in Alpine County, California, United States.
Bear Valley
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in Alpine County, California, United States.
examples: Former name: Haydenville.
glosses: A census-designated place in Mariposa County, California, United States.
Alpine Village
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in Alpine County, California, United States.
Silver Peak
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in Esmeralda County, Nevada, United States.
Crescent Valley
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in Eureka County, Nevada, United States.
Walker Lake
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after Joseph R. Walker (1798–1876), a mountain man, by John C. Frémont, who scouted the area with him in the 1840s.
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in Mineral County, Nevada, United States.
wikipedia: John C. Frémont
pick slide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pick slides
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: An electric guitar playing technique in which the edge of the pick (plectrum) is scraped across two strings down the neck towards the nut, creating a descending scratching sound.
pick slides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pick slide
pick scrape
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pick scrapes
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A pick slide.
pick scrapes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pick scrape
sea-girl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sea-girls
Senses: glosses: A youthful mermaid.
sea-girls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sea-girl
palaeoprecipitations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of palaeoprecipitation
palamatine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of palmatine.
take office
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: takes office
form: taking office
form: took office
form: taken office
Senses: glosses: To start working at an official appointment to some office.
Related terms: swear in
Saguenean
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Saguenean
form: most Saguenean
Etymology: * Saguenay + -ean
Senses: glosses: Pertaining to the Saguenay
Saguenean
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Sagueneans
Etymology: * Saguenay + -ean
Senses: glosses: A native or inhabitant of the Saguenay
Hyponyms: english: male Saguenean
translation: male Saguenean
word: Sagueneen
english: male Saguenean
translation: male Saguenean
word: Saguenéen
english: female Saguenean
translation: female Saguenean
word: Sagueneenne
english: female Saguenean
translation: female Saguenean
word: Saguenéenne
Sagueneans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Saguenean
Sagueneen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Sagueneens
form: Saguenéen
Etymology: From French Saguenéen.
Senses: glosses: masculine of Saguenean; A male Saguenaean, a male native or inhabitant of the Saguenay
Hypernyms: Saguenean
Related terms: english: female Saguenean
translation: female Saguenean
word: Sagueneenne
Sagueneenne
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Sagueneennes
form: Saguenéenne
Etymology: From French Saguenéenne.
Senses: hypernyms: Saguenean
glosses: Female equivalent of Saguenean: a female Saguenaean, a female native or inhabitant of the Saguenay.
Related terms: english: male Saguenean
translation: male Saguenean
word: Sagueneen
Sagueneens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Saguenéens
Senses: glosses: plural of Sagueneen; masculine plural of Saguenean
Sagueneennes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Saguenéennes
Senses: glosses: plural of Sagueneenne; feminine plural of Saguenean
bind hand and foot
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: binds hand and foot
form: binding hand and foot
form: bound hand and foot
form: bound hand and foot
Senses: examples: text: My kidnappers had bound me hand and foot so any attempt at escaping was of no avail.
glosses: To tie up (someone’s) hands and feet.
examples: text: bound hand and foot
synonyms: tie hand and foot
glosses: To prevent (someone) from doing what they wish, to firmly constrain.
Related terms: hand and foot
wait on hand and foot
tie hand and foot
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: ties hand and foot
form: tying hand and foot
form: tied hand and foot
form: tied hand and foot
Senses: glosses: Synonym of bind hand and foot.
synonyms: word: bind hand and foot
Sherbrookian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Sherbrookian
form: most Sherbrookian
Etymology: From Sherbrooke + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Pertaining to Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada.
Sherbrookian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Sherbrookians
Etymology: From Sherbrooke + -ian.
Senses: glosses: An inhabitant or native of Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
Hyponyms: english: male Sherbrookian
translation: male Sherbrookian
word: Sherbrookois
english: female Sherbrookian
translation: female Sherbrookian
word: Sherbrookoise
for the best
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Pronunciation: ipa: /fə(ɹ)ðə ˈbɛst/
ipa: /ˌfɔ(ɹ)ðə ˈbɛst/
Senses: examples: text: It's all for the best.
text: I really don’t know what to do for the best.
glosses: Having the best possible outcome eventually.
Related terms: for the better
hope for the best
blessing in disguise
Raurimu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ɹaʊˈɹiːmuː/
Etymology: Borrowed from Maori.
Senses: glosses: A settlement in Ruapehu district, Manawatū-Whanganui, in the centre of the North Island, New Zealand, and the location of the Raurimu railway spiral.
for the better
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: to change for the better
text: to take a turn for the better
glosses: Resulting in or showing improvement.
Related terms: for the best
for better or for worse
great martyress
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: great martyresses
Senses: glosses: A female great martyr.
protomartyress
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From protomartyr + -ess.
Senses: examples: text: It even Greek martyrologies the protomartyress, complained to the lord of the field , and but the book called The Acts of Paul and prayed him to cut it down .
ref: 1892, Ebenezer Cobham Brewer, Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama:
glosses: A female protomartyr.
Related terms: martyress
put a lid on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: puts a lid on
form: putting a lid on
form: put a lid on
form: put a lid on
form: put the lid on
Senses: synonyms: put the kibosh on
put a stop to
put an end to
put paid to
put a block on
glosses: To get under control, to prevent (something) from increasing or becoming more of a problem.
Derived terms: put a lid on it
Related terms: keep a lid on
asphytic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of asphyctic.
Karnak
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Arabic قرية and نَقِ (naqi) meaning fortified city.
Senses: glosses: A temple complex in Egypt, located on the site of the ancient Thebes.
National Park
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A small town situated near Tongariro National Park in Ruapehu district, Manawatū-Whanganui, in the centre of the North Island, New Zealand.
glosses: A borough in Gloucester County, New Jersey, United States.
glosses: A rural locality in Central Highlands and Derwent Valley council areas, Tasmania, Australia.
lay down arms
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: lays down arms
form: laying down arms
form: laid down arms
form: laid down arms
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of lay down one's arms.
Keinton Mandeville
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in Somerset, England, previously in South Somerset district (OS grid ref ST5430).
bantersaurus rex
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bantersaurus rexes
Senses: examples: text: If I was a dinosaur, I'd be a bantersaurus rex.
ref: 2013, Ross O'Carroll-Kelly, Downturn Abbey, Penguin, →ISBN, page 144:
text: The guvnor that served up my chicken was a right bantersaurus rex, and we were chatting shit like we were in marbs.
ref: 2015 July 14, Tom Warren, “I just got a cheeky Nando's and rode the banter bus with Apple Pay”, in The Verge:
text: Swann – perhaps muted by the fact that this is all taking place in the middle of the night – is less of the bantersaurus rex that we find on Test Match Special and shows off instead the analytical side of his game.
ref: 2016 November 6, Alan Tyers, “BT Sport cricket coverage looks young and fresh with KP, Ricky Ponting and Michael Vaughan”, in The Telegraph:
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Bantersaurus Rex.
kick one's feet up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: kicks one's feet up
form: kicking one's feet up
form: kicked one's feet up
form: kicked one's feet up
Senses: glosses: Synonym of put one's feet up.
synonyms: word: put one's feet up
Charlton Mackrell
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village in The Charltons parish, Somerset, England, previously in South Somerset district (OS grid ref ST5228).
in all fairness
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: The latter is an example of intermediate time adjustments although it must in all fairness be added that there has been no overall increase in the journey times of certain of the trains concerned.
ref: 1961 October, “The Winter Timetables of British Railways: London Midland Region”, in Trains Illustrated, page 592:
glosses: Alternative form of in fairness.
Denio
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Denios
Etymology: Altered form of the French surname Daignault.
Senses: glosses: A surname from French.
glosses: A census-designated place in Humboldt County, Nevada, United States.
Fort McDermitt
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in Humboldt County, Nevada, United States.
McDermitt
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: McDermitts
Etymology: Variant of McDermott.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Irish.
glosses: A census-designated place in Humboldt County, Nevada, United States.
Orovada
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Spanish oro (“gold”) + Nevada.
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in Humboldt County, Nevada, United States.
Paradise Valley
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in Humboldt County, Nevada, United States.
Valmy
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in Humboldt County, Nevada, United States.
in the heat of the moment
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: antonyms: in the cold light of day
glosses: As the hasty result of strong, passionate feelings and without thoughtful consideration.
Related terms: spur of the moment
put a block on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: puts a block on
form: putting a block on
form: put a block on
form: put a block on
form: put the blocks on
Senses: synonyms: put a hold on
put the kibosh on
put a lid on
glosses: to stop something.
get a line on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: gets a line on
form: getting a line on
form: got a line on
form: gotten a line on
Senses: glosses: To obtain information about someone or something.
Mandeville North
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village in Waimakariri district, Canterbury, New Zealand.
wikipedia: Mandeville, New Zealand
rooted to the spot
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: De Gea was rooted to the spot for Gundogan's opener then went down desperately slowly for the second, late to react to a volley that was not cleanly hit and even bounced in front of the Spaniard twice before he belatedly got a hand to it.
ref: 2023 June 3, Phil McNulty, “Manchester City 2-1 Manchester United”, in BBC Sport, Wembley Stadium:
synonyms: riveted to the spot
rooted to the floor
rooted to the ground
glosses: Not moving or flinching due to surprise.
lift the lid
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: lifts the lid
form: lifting the lid
form: lifted the lid
form: lifted the lid
Senses: examples: text: In the 10 months since the Romanian revolution lifted the lid off Transylvania's ancient national rivalries, the Romanians and Hungarians who have shared this land for centuries have been living in a state of tense alert, ready for the next spark to fly.
ref: 1990 November 12, Celestine Bohlen, “Ethnic Rivalries Revive in East Europe”, in The New York Times, section A, page 1:
text: One of the darkest aspects of Myanmar’s political transition is a surge in religious intolerance, especially toward Muslims. Liberalization has lifted the lid on many pent-up grievances, and old-timers in the government and the monkhood are stoking these sentiments.
ref: 2014 June 6, Min Zin, “The People vs. The Monks”, in The New York Times:
info_templates: extra_data: words: on
off
expansion: [with on or off]
synonyms: take the lid off
blow the lid off
lift the veil on
lift the curtain on
lift the lid on
glosses: (chiefly UK, informal, figuratively) To reveal or expose something, especially information.
lift the bar
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -ɑː(ɹ)
Forms: form: lifts the bar
form: lifting the bar
form: lifted the bar
form: lifted the bar
Senses: glosses: Synonym of raise the bar.
synonyms: word: raise the bar
lay down one's weapons
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: lays down one's weapons
form: laying down one's weapons
form: laid down one's weapons
form: laid down one's weapons
Senses: glosses: Synonym of lay down one's arms.
synonyms: word: lay down one's arms
Havelock North
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town in Hastings district, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand, named after Henry Havelock.
wikipedia: Havelock, New Zealand
lower the bar
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: lowers the bar
form: lowering the bar
form: lowered the bar
form: lowered the bar
Senses: antonyms: raise the bar
lift the bar
glosses: to lower the standards of quality that are expected of or required for something.
Related terms: set the bar
profession of faith
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: professions of faith
Senses: topics: lifestyle
religion
glosses: A creed; a (typically formulaic) statement of the beliefs of one's religion, often recited during public prayers or liturgies.
topics: Christianity
lifestyle
religion
glosses: A formulaic declaration asserting the orthodoxy of one's beliefs, usually made at baptism, entry into a particular Church, or upon the acceptance of an ecclesial office, and typically including the recitation of a creed.
Related terms: creed
statement of faith
declaration of faith
act of faith
article of faith
know the drill
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: knows the drill
form: knowing the drill
form: knew the drill
form: known the drill
Senses: examples: text: By the time of my third, five months ago, I was a right bossy cow about what I wanted because I knew the drill. For reasons I shan’t bore you with, I got them to induce me at 39 weeks, at 10am, with the epidural going in first, and it was all a dream.
ref: 2014 December 5, Marina Hyde, “Childbirth is as awful as it is magical, thanks to our postnatal ‘care’”, in The Guardian:
glosses: To be acquainted with the normal process or procedure of a given activity or situation; to be familiar with how something is done.
Related terms: know the score
sport the oak
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: sports the oak
form: sporting the oak
form: sported the oak
form: sported the oak
Senses: examples: text: In England, to sport the oak is considered an act eminently proper and commendable; but we seem to think it is a habit destructive of our college freedom. If a visitor obtains no response to his tenth kick, cannot he take the hint that his company is not desirable at present and move off quietly, without informing the occupant of the said room that he knows he is there, and that he cannot see the reason why he is refused admittance.
ref: 1871 December 8, Auspex [pseudonym], “Sporting the Oak”, in The Harvard Advocate, volume XII, number V, Cambridge, Mass.: Editors of The Harvard Advocate, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 71:
text: "Goodness gracious," I exclaimed, "why didn't we sport the oak? Perhaps it is your father. But surely he would hardly come at this time of day! Go at once into my bedroom."
ref: 1873–1884 (date written), Samuel Butler, chapter LXX, in R[ichard] A[lexander] Streatfeild, editor, The Way of All Flesh, London: Grant Richards, published 1903, →OCLC, page 317:
text: [H]e recreated something like Balliol on the prairies. He brewed tea each afternoon on his "spirit lamp" (sold at the student co-op as an alcohol burner), kept Scotch-type whisky in his cupboard, "tutored" with a Jewish boy from Brooklyn (actually the boy ghosted all his science and math work), and "sported the oak" when, as Clem conjectured later, he required a session of masturbation to the tune of Beardsley illustrations.
ref: 1961, R[onald] V[erlin] Cassill, chapter 4, in Clem Anderson, New York, N.Y.: Simon and Schuster, →OCLC, page 123:
text: Mrs. Biggs let herself into Zipser's room and sported the oak. She had no intention of being disturbed.
ref: 1974, Tom Sharpe, chapter 9, in Porterhouse Blue, 1st American edition, Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, →ISBN, page 95:
text: We were turned at a slight angle to each other, our shoulders touching and I put my hand on his crotch. Miles seemed to be expecting it. He chuckled, took a pair of compasses and jammed them into the door above the latch. This was called ‘sporting the oak’ and was the recognized way of locking oneself in. Over the next eighteen months we sported our oaks with great frequency.
ref: 1984, Hallam Tennyson, “Needful Parts”, in The Haunted Mind: An Autobiography, London: André Deutsch, →ISBN, page 46:
glosses: Alternative form of sport one's oak.
Loyalton
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city in Sierra County, California, United States.
Sierra Brooks
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in Sierra County, California, United States.
Sierra City
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in Sierra County, California, United States.
Calpine
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Blend of California + alpine.
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in Sierra County, California, United States.
windsurf board
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: windsurf boards
Senses: glosses: Synonym of sailboard.
synonyms: word: sailboard
Sierraville
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in Sierra County, California, United States.
Goodyears Bar
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in Sierra County, California, United States.
Sattley
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in Sierra County, California, United States.
thrifallow
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: thrifallows
form: thrifallowing
form: thrifallowed
form: thrifallowed
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of trifallow.
beat one's chest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: beats one's chest
form: beating one's chest
form: beat one's chest
form: beaten one's chest
form: beat one's chest
Etymology: The bragging sense may have come from, and certainly connotatively evokes, the theme of gorillas beating their chests in displays of dominance, aggression, defense, or otherwise.
Senses: examples: text: beating his chest about his accomplishments
glosses: To brag ostentatiously.
glosses: Synonym of beat one's breast (“lament”).
synonyms: word: beat one's breast
extra: lament
Related terms: chest-beating
chest-thumping
pick the wrong horse
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: picks the wrong horse
form: picking the wrong horse
form: picked the wrong horse
form: picked the wrong horse
Senses: glosses: Synonym of back the wrong horse.
synonyms: word: back the wrong horse
Stoke Canon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in East Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX9398).
save one's neck
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: saves one's neck
form: saving one's neck
form: saved one's neck
form: saved one's neck
Senses: glosses: Synonym of save one's skin.
synonyms: word: save one's skin
Burlescombe
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in Mid Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref ST0716).
disimperialism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From dis- + imperialism.
Senses: examples: text: After the war the process of disimperialism in the Middle East accelerated under UN auspices or was spurred on by its actions.
ref: 1965, Norman Judson Padelford, Leland Matthew Goodrich, The United Nations in the Balance: Accomplishments and Prospects:
text: Nationalism succeeded much more rapidly than was foreseen because of the combination of its own potent domestic appeal, the radical disintegration of European strength in maintaining authority, and the new gospel of both the Russians and the Americans favoring "disimperialism."
ref: 1969, The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, page 3:
text: Despite the disimperialism of the postwar decades, the prevalent mode of thought about the non-Western world has remained thoroughly developmental and thoroughly Western in both the Middle East and the West.
ref: 2018, Robert D. Lee, Overcoming Tradition And Modernity:
glosses: A dismantling of or movement away from imperialism.
Sampford Peverell
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in Mid Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref ST0314).
disimplicate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: disimplicates
form: disimplicating
form: disimplicated
form: disimplicated
Etymology: From dis- + implicate.
Senses: examples: text: And it is moreover an essential condition, enabling us to disimplicate elements which had been essentially implicated in the act of cognition itself.
ref: 1873, George Grote, Alexander Bain, The Minor Works of George Grote, page 351:
text: To infer syllogistically, in the widest sense of the process, is to disimplicate from certain interrelated premisses such conclusions as the said premisses collectively necessitate.
ref: 1908, William Ralph Boyce Gibson, Augusta Klein, The Problem of Logic, page 216:
text: Though her trial carried the ugly connotations of a perverse contagion in the body politic, her unwavering loyalty to the French king, despite his delivery of her over to the English), allowed royalist, nationalist, Catholic partisans to disimplicate themselves from the historical record of civil and theological injustice.
ref: 1999, Emily Apter, Continental Drift: From National Characters to Virtual Subjects, page 54:
glosses: To change the status of (someone or something) that is implicated into one where it is not implicated; to disprove or call into question an implication concerning.
disimplicates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of disimplicate