cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
autopsy
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: ôʹtŏpsē
ipa: /ˈɔːtɒpsiː/
ipa: /ˈɔtɑpsi/
ipa: /ˈɑtɑpsi/
Forms: form: autopsies
form: autopsying
form: autopsied
form: autopsied
form: autopsia
Etymology: From New Latin autopsia, from Ancient Greek αὐτοψῐ́ᾱ (autopsĭ́ā, “seeing with one's own eyes”). By surface analysis, auto- + -opsy.
Senses: glosses: To perform an autopsy on.
examples: text: The user may define his own errors, and use DUMPAL to autopsy the system for him.
ref: 1977, National Science Foundation (U.S.), Washington State University. Computer Science Dept, Proceedings of Conference on Computers in the Undergraduate Curricula (issue 8)
glosses: To perform an after-the-fact analysis of, especially of a failure.
Derived terms: autopsier
great
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: enpr: grāt
ipa: /ˈɡɹeɪt/
ipa: /ˈɡɹæɪt/
ipa: [ˈɡɹeːt]
note: Ottawa Valley
ipa: [ˈɡɹeːt]
note: Ottawa Valley
ipa: [ˈɡɹɛːt]
homophone: grate
rhymes: -eɪt
enpr: grĕt
ipa: /ˈɡɹɛt/
note: 18ᵗʰ century
enpr: grīt
ipa: /ɡɹiːt/
note: 18ᵗʰ century
note: Early Modern English; 16ᵗʰ–17ᵗʰ centuries
ipa: /ɡɹɛːt/
note: Early Modern English; 16ᵗʰ–17ᵗʰ centuries
other: /ɡɹɛt/
Forms: form: gert
form: girt
form: gurt
Etymology: From Middle English greet (“great, large”), from Old English grēat (“big, thick, coarse, massive”), from Proto-West Germanic *graut, from Proto-Germanic *grautaz (“big in size, coarse, coarse grained”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrewd-, *gʰer- (“to rub, grind, remove”).
Cognate with Scots graat, great, greet, greit (“coarse in grain or texture, thick, great”), North Frisian grat, grut, gurt (“big, great, large”), Saterland Frisian groot (“big, large”), West Frisian grut (“large, great”), Dutch groot (“large, stour”), German gross, groß (“large”), Luxembourgish grouss (“big, great, large”), Old English grēot (“earth, sand, grit”). Related to grit. Doublet of gross.
The modern pronunciation shows an irregular change of Early Modern English /ɛː/ to /eɪ/ in the standard language; contrast this with the development of other words such as beat and heat.
Senses: examples: text: Great! Thanks for the wonderful work.
text: —I am in my new apartment! —Great!
ref: 2016, VOA Learning English (public domain)
glosses: Expression of gladness and content about something.
examples: text: Oh, great! I just dumped all 500 sheets of the manuscript all over and now I have to put them back in order.
glosses: A sarcastic inversion thereof.
great
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: grāt
ipa: /ˈɡɹeɪt/
ipa: /ˈɡɹæɪt/
ipa: [ˈɡɹeːt]
note: Ottawa Valley
ipa: [ˈɡɹeːt]
note: Ottawa Valley
ipa: [ˈɡɹɛːt]
homophone: grate
rhymes: -eɪt
enpr: grĕt
ipa: /ˈɡɹɛt/
note: 18ᵗʰ century
enpr: grīt
ipa: /ɡɹiːt/
note: 18ᵗʰ century
note: Early Modern English; 16ᵗʰ–17ᵗʰ centuries
ipa: /ɡɹɛːt/
note: Early Modern English; 16ᵗʰ–17ᵗʰ centuries
other: /ɡɹɛt/
Forms: form: greats
form: gert
form: girt
form: gurt
Etymology: From Middle English greet (“great, large”), from Old English grēat (“big, thick, coarse, massive”), from Proto-West Germanic *graut, from Proto-Germanic *grautaz (“big in size, coarse, coarse grained”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrewd-, *gʰer- (“to rub, grind, remove”).
Cognate with Scots graat, great, greet, greit (“coarse in grain or texture, thick, great”), North Frisian grat, grut, gurt (“big, great, large”), Saterland Frisian groot (“big, large”), West Frisian grut (“large, great”), Dutch groot (“large, stour”), German gross, groß (“large”), Luxembourgish grouss (“big, great, large”), Old English grēot (“earth, sand, grit”). Related to grit. Doublet of gross.
The modern pronunciation shows an irregular change of Early Modern English /ɛː/ to /eɪ/ in the standard language; contrast this with the development of other words such as beat and heat.
Senses: examples: text: Newton and Einstein are two of the greats of the history of science.
text: Sadio Mané wasted a glorious chance in the first half and, late on, Mohamed Salah turned his shot against a post after a goal-line clearance had spun his way. That, in a nutshell, perhaps sums up the difference between Messi and the players on the next rung below – the ones who can be described as great footballers without necessarily being football greats.
ref: 2019 May 1, Daniel Taylor, The Guardian:
glosses: A person of major significance, accomplishment or acclaim.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: The main division in a pipe organ, usually the loudest division.
examples: text: My three-greats grandmother.
qualifier: "three-greats" etc.
glosses: An instance of the word "great" signifying an additional generation in phrases expressing family relationships.
raw_tags: in combinations such as "two-greats"
great
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: enpr: grāt
ipa: /ˈɡɹeɪt/
ipa: /ˈɡɹæɪt/
ipa: [ˈɡɹeːt]
note: Ottawa Valley
ipa: [ˈɡɹeːt]
note: Ottawa Valley
ipa: [ˈɡɹɛːt]
homophone: grate
rhymes: -eɪt
enpr: grĕt
ipa: /ˈɡɹɛt/
note: 18ᵗʰ century
enpr: grīt
ipa: /ɡɹiːt/
note: 18ᵗʰ century
note: Early Modern English; 16ᵗʰ–17ᵗʰ centuries
ipa: /ɡɹɛːt/
note: Early Modern English; 16ᵗʰ–17ᵗʰ centuries
other: /ɡɹɛt/
Forms: form: gert
form: girt
form: gurt
Etymology: From Middle English greet (“great, large”), from Old English grēat (“big, thick, coarse, massive”), from Proto-West Germanic *graut, from Proto-Germanic *grautaz (“big in size, coarse, coarse grained”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrewd-, *gʰer- (“to rub, grind, remove”).
Cognate with Scots graat, great, greet, greit (“coarse in grain or texture, thick, great”), North Frisian grat, grut, gurt (“big, great, large”), Saterland Frisian groot (“big, large”), West Frisian grut (“large, great”), Dutch groot (“large, stour”), German gross, groß (“large”), Luxembourgish grouss (“big, great, large”), Old English grēot (“earth, sand, grit”). Related to grit. Doublet of gross.
The modern pronunciation shows an irregular change of Early Modern English /ɛː/ to /eɪ/ in the standard language; contrast this with the development of other words such as beat and heat.
Senses: examples: text: Those mechanical colored pencils work great because they don’t have to be sharpened.
glosses: Very well (in a very satisfactory manner).
grate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: grāt
ipa: /ɡɹeɪt/
rhymes: -eɪt
homophone: great
Forms: form: grates
Etymology: From Middle English grate, from a Medieval Latin crāta, from a Latin word for a hurdle; or Italian grata, from Latin cratis.
Senses: examples: text: The grate stopped the sheep from escaping from their field.
text: a secret grate of iron bars
ref: 1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Sixt”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iv]:
glosses: A horizontal metal grill through which liquid, ash, or small objects can fall, while larger objects cannot.
glosses: A frame or bed, or kind of basket, of iron bars, for holding fuel while burning.
examples: text: Lances (only shown at Stoke D'Abernon) were commonly made of ash, about 13 feet long. A ring of metal (grate or grapper) was fastened to the shaft and during a fight[…]
ref: 1969, Herbert Walter Macklin, Monumental Brasses:
text: […] and a heavy metal ring, called the grate or graper, fastened to the shaft below the grip. The grate rested against the knight's breastplate and relieved the hand and arm of the full shock of contact. The metallic head (or socket) of the war lance was usually leaf shaped, while that of the tilting lance, at least from[…]
ref: 1980, The Encyclopedia Americana, volume 16, page 683:
glosses: A grapper, a metal ring on a lance behind the grip.
Synonyms: grill
Derived terms: firegrate
fire-grate
fire grate
grateless
gratewise
register grate
rocking grate
step grate
grate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: grāt
ipa: /ɡɹeɪt/
rhymes: -eɪt
homophone: great
Forms: form: grates
form: grating
form: grated
form: grated
Etymology: From Middle English grate, from a Medieval Latin crāta, from a Latin word for a hurdle; or Italian grata, from Latin cratis.
Senses: examples: text: to grate a window
glosses: To furnish with grates; to protect with a grating or crossbars.
grate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: grāt
ipa: /ɡɹeɪt/
rhymes: -eɪt
homophone: great
Forms: form: grates
form: grating
form: grated
form: grated
Etymology: From Middle English graten, from Old French grater (“to scrape”) ( > French gratter), from Frankish *krattōn, from Proto-Germanic *krattōną. Cognate with Old High German krazzon ( > German kratzen (“to scrawl”) > Danish kradse), Icelandic krassa (“to scrawl”) and Danish kratte.
Senses: examples: text: I need to grate the cheese before the potato is cooked.
topics: cooking
food
lifestyle
glosses: To shred (things, usually foodstuffs), by rubbing across a grater.
examples: text: 1856, Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary, Part 3 Chapter X, translated by Eleanor Marx-Aveling
The gate suddenly grated. It was Lestiboudois; he came to fetch his spade, that he had forgotten. He recognised Justin climbing over the wall, and at last knew who was the culprit who stole his potatoes.
text: The turmoil went on—no rest, no peace. […] It was nearly eleven o'clock now, and he strolled out again. In the little fair created by the costers' barrows the evening only seemed beginning; and the naphtha flares made one's eyes ache, the men's voices grated harshly, and the girls' faces saddened one.
ref: 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter VII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
text: Listening to his teeth grate all day long drives me mad.
text: The chalk grated against the board.
glosses: To make an unpleasant rasping sound, often as the result of rubbing against something.
examples: text: She’s nice enough, but she can begin to grate if there is no-one else to talk to.
glosses: To get on one's nerves; to irritate, annoy.
examples: text: 2015, Art Levy in Florida Trend, Roland Martin is a Florida 'Icon'
one of the issues that's kind of grating me a little bit is weed control.
text: News, my good lord Rome […] grates me.
ref: c. 1606–1607 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:
glosses: To annoy.
Derived terms: grateable
grater
grate upon
grating
gratings
grate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: grāt
ipa: /ɡɹeɪt/
rhymes: -eɪt
homophone: great
Forms: form: more grate
form: most grate
Etymology: From Latin grātus (“agreeable”).
Senses: examples: text: Coho or Coffee[…]however ingrate or insapory it seems at first, it becomes grate and delicious enough by custom.
ref: 1677, Sir Thomas Herbert, Some Yeares Travels into Africa and Asia the Great:
glosses: Serving to gratify; agreeable.
Derived terms: grateful
grate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: grāt
ipa: /ɡɹeɪt/
rhymes: -eɪt
homophone: great
Forms: form: more grate
form: most grate
Senses: examples: c. 1815, Mary Woody, A true account of Nayomy Wise
He promisd her a grate reward
glosses: Obsolete spelling of great.
grater
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: grāt'ə
ipa: /ˈɡɹeɪtə/
enpr: grāt'ər
ipa: /ˈɡɹeɪtɚ/
rhymes: -eɪtə(ɹ)
homophone: greater
Forms: form: graters
Etymology: From Old French grateor. See grate.
By surface analysis, grate (“to scrape, etc.”) + -er.
Senses: examples: text: I'm making coleslaw; do you know where the grater is?
text: As she ran on her numerous errands Jessamy found that if she did not stop to think, she knew all kinds of odd little things that the other Jessamy must have learned, such as where the nutmeg grater lived, and which was the potato peeling knife.
ref: 1967, Barbara Sleigh, Jessamy, Sevenoaks, Kent: Bloomsbury, published 1993, →ISBN, page 115:
glosses: a tool with which one grates, especially foods such as cheese, to facilitate getting small particles or shreds off a solid lump
Derived terms: cheese grater
coconut grater
grater cake
Related terms: surform
zester
greater
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: note: ɹ
enpr: grā'tə
ipa: /ˈɡɹeɪtə/
ipa: /ˈɡɹeɪtɚ/
ipa: [ˈɡɹeɪɾɚ]
rhymes: -eɪtə(ɹ)
homophone: grater
Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Senses: examples: text: The San Juan market is Mexico City's most famous deli of exotic meats, where an adventurous shopper can hunt down hard-to-find critters such as ostrich, wild boar and crocodile. Only the city zoo offers greater species diversity.
ref: 2013 July 26, Nick Miroff, “Mexico gets a taste for eating insects as chefs put bugs back on the menu”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 7, page 32:
glosses: comparative form of great: more great
more
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Pronunciation: enpr: mô
ipa: /mɔː(ɹ)/
enpr: môr
ipa: /mɔɹ/
note: rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
enpr: mōr
ipa: /mo(ː)ɹ/
note: rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
note: non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
ipa: /moə/
note: non-rhotic, dough-door merger, African-American Vernacular
ipa: /moʊ/
homophone: moor
homophone: Moor
homophone: Moore (pour–poor merger)
homophone: maw (non-rhotic, horse–hoarse merger)
homophone: mow (non-rhotic, dough–door merger)
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)
Forms: form: mo
form: mo'
form: moar
Etymology: From Middle English more, from Old English māra (“more”), from Proto-West Germanic *maiʀō, from Proto-Germanic *maizô (“more”), from Proto-Indo-European *mē- (“many”).
Cognate with Scots mair (“more”), Saterland Frisian moor (“more”), West Frisian mear (“more”), Dutch meer (“more”), Low German mehr (“more”), German mehr (“more”), Danish mere (“more”), Swedish mera (“more”), Norwegian Bokmål mer (“more”), Norwegian Nynorsk meir (“more”), Icelandic meiri, meira (“more”).
Senses: examples: text: We’re running out of napkins. I should have bought more.
text: There isn’t enough salt in this. You need to add more.
text: I'd love to see more of Bob and Linda.
glosses: A greater number or quantity (of something).
examples: text: There aren’t many people here yet, but more should be arriving soon.
text: Speaking about Canada, where I teach, while the canon remains the raison d’etre of the discipline, some changes have come about and more are in the offing.
ref: 2016, Arun P. Mukherjee, “English Studies in Contemporary India”, in M. Sridhar, Sunita Mishra, editors, Language Policy and Education in India: Documents, Contexts and Debates, page 254:
glosses: An extra or additional quantity (of something).
Derived terms: sense: Terms derived from more (pronoun)
word: less is more
sense: Terms derived from more (pronoun)
word: more's the pity
sense: Terms derived from more (pronoun)
word: more than one bargained for
sense: Terms derived from more (pronoun)
word: say no more
sense: Terms derived from more (pronoun)
word: the more the merrier
more
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: mô
ipa: /mɔː(ɹ)/
enpr: môr
ipa: /mɔɹ/
note: rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
enpr: mōr
ipa: /mo(ː)ɹ/
note: rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
note: non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
ipa: /moə/
note: non-rhotic, dough-door merger, African-American Vernacular
ipa: /moʊ/
homophone: moor
homophone: Moor
homophone: Moore (pour–poor merger)
homophone: maw (non-rhotic, horse–hoarse merger)
homophone: mow (non-rhotic, dough–door merger)
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)
Forms: form: mo
form: mo'
form: moar
Etymology: From Middle English more, from Old English māra (“more”), from Proto-West Germanic *maiʀō, from Proto-Germanic *maizô (“more”), from Proto-Indo-European *mē- (“many”).
Cognate with Scots mair (“more”), Saterland Frisian moor (“more”), West Frisian mear (“more”), Dutch meer (“more”), Low German mehr (“more”), German mehr (“more”), Danish mere (“more”), Swedish mera (“more”), Norwegian Bokmål mer (“more”), Norwegian Nynorsk meir (“more”), Icelandic meiri, meira (“more”).
Senses: examples: text: Last year’s applications received from new and returning students were more than each of the previous four years.
glosses: comparative degree of many: in greater number. (Used for a discrete quantity.)
glosses: comparative degree of much: in greater quantity, amount, or proportion. (Used for a continuous quantity.)
Related terms: most
more
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: mô
ipa: /mɔː(ɹ)/
enpr: môr
ipa: /mɔɹ/
note: rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
enpr: mōr
ipa: /mo(ː)ɹ/
note: rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
note: non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
ipa: /moə/
note: non-rhotic, dough-door merger, African-American Vernacular
ipa: /moʊ/
homophone: moor
homophone: Moor
homophone: Moore (pour–poor merger)
homophone: maw (non-rhotic, horse–hoarse merger)
homophone: mow (non-rhotic, dough–door merger)
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)
Forms: form: mores
form: moor
Etymology: From Middle English more, moore (“root”), from Old English more, moru (“carrot, parsnip”) from Proto-West Germanic *morhā, from Proto-Germanic *murhǭ (“carrot”), from Proto-Indo-European *merk- (“edible herb, tuber”).
Akin to Old Saxon moraha (“carrot”), Old High German morha, moraha (“root of a plant or tree”) (German Möhre (“carrot”), Morchel (“mushroom, morel”)). More at morel.
Senses: glosses: A carrot; a parsnip.
glosses: A root; stock.
glosses: A plant; flower; shrub.
more
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: mô
ipa: /mɔː(ɹ)/
enpr: môr
ipa: /mɔɹ/
note: rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
enpr: mōr
ipa: /mo(ː)ɹ/
note: rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
note: non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
ipa: /moə/
note: non-rhotic, dough-door merger, African-American Vernacular
ipa: /moʊ/
homophone: moor
homophone: Moor
homophone: Moore (pour–poor merger)
homophone: maw (non-rhotic, horse–hoarse merger)
homophone: mow (non-rhotic, dough–door merger)
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)
Forms: form: mores
form: moring
form: mored
form: mored
Etymology: From Middle English moren, from the noun. See above.
Senses: glosses: To root up.
kitsch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: kĭch
ipa: /kɪt͡ʃ/
rhymes: -ɪtʃ
homophone: Kizh
Forms: form: kitsches
Etymology: From German Kitsch, from dialectal kitschen (“to coat, to smear”); the word and concept were popularized in the 1930s by several critics who contrasted it with avant garde art.
Senses: examples: text: Because it can be turned out mechanically, kitsch has become an integral part of our productive system in a way in which true culture could never be, except accidentally.
ref: 1939, Clement Greenberg, “Avant Garde and Kitsch”, in The Partisan Review, archived from the original on 13 Oct 2007:
glosses: Art, decorative objects, and other forms of representation of questionable artistic or aesthetic value; a representation that is excessively sentimental, overdone, or vulgar.
Synonyms: camp
Derived terms: Holo-kitsch
kitschify
kitschly
kitschness
kitschy
kitsch
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: kĭch
ipa: /kɪt͡ʃ/
rhymes: -ɪtʃ
homophone: Kizh
Forms: form: kitscher
form: more kitsch
form: kitschest
form: most kitsch
Etymology: From German Kitsch, from dialectal kitschen (“to coat, to smear”); the word and concept were popularized in the 1930s by several critics who contrasted it with avant garde art.
Senses: examples: text: […] a picture of lemur-eyed children of the sort one sees in the kitscher sort of Italian restaurant […]
ref: 1989, Graham Greene, Yours etc: Letters to the Press 1945-1989, →ISBN, page 243:
text: Abe Lincoln, Paul Bunyan and kitsch souvenir coconut heads come across as icons of masculinity.
ref: June/July 1996, Robert Silberman, “The stuff of art: Judy Onofrio”, in American Craft, pages 40–45:
text: I recognized her at once even though she wasn't wearing the tweed hunting outfit and the kitsch headwear.
ref: spring 2005, Ronald Frame, “Critical Paranoia”, in Michigan Quarterly Review, page 285:
glosses: Of art and decor: of questionable aesthetic value; excessively sentimental, overdone or vulgar.
Synonyms: corny
nude
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: n(y)o͞od
ipa: /n(j)uːd/
rhymes: -uːd
Forms: form: nuder
form: nudest
Etymology: Entered English 1493 as a legal term, meaning "unsupported, not formally attested," from Middle English nud, from Latin nūdus (“naked, bare”).
Senses: examples: text: Why do you act so prudish whenever you see nude people?
text: 2019 December 19, Elaine McCahill, “I said no to 'Game of Thrones' nude scene, says 'Charlie' actress Sinead Watters”, Irish Independent: Charlie's breakout star Sinead Watters has revealed that she said no to a nude role in Game of Thrones.
glosses: Without clothing or other covering of the skin; without clothing on the genitals or female nipples.
examples: text: Vanessa always wore the same color on both her hands and feet—Hitchcock Blonde—a barely-there nude color with a dash of pink that was only two shades away from clear topcoat. It was the sort of thing you would imagine Grace Kelly in […]
ref: 2007, Brenda Janowitz, Scot On The Rocks, →ISBN, page 113:
text: It gave me a lovely, natural, but juicy color. To correct the shape of my mouth, I lined my lips with a nude color like MAC's Spice mixed with Mochaberry Automatic Lip Liner, blending the liner very carefully to make sure there was no hard edge.
ref: 2010, Raquel Welch, Raquel: Beyond the Cleavage, →ISBN, page 143:
text: Do not, under any circumstances (even if grunge is back in), wear a white or black bra under light-coloured clothing – only a nude bra will do.
ref: 2012, Dilvin Yasa, Things My Daughter Needs to Know, →ISBN:
ref: 2016 June 2, “Company releases nude chest binder line for different skin tones”, in Washington Blade:
qualifier: makeup
glosses: Of a color (such as beige or tan) that evokes bare flesh.
raw_tags: of clothing
examples: text: A void sale is that which can never take effect; in which the articles opposed to each other, or one of them, not bearing any legal value the contract is nude.
ref: 1825, Sir William Hay Macnaghten, Principles and Precedents of Moohummudan Law:
topics: law
glosses: Not valid; void.
Synonyms: sense: skin-colored
word: flesh-colored
sense: skin-colored
word: skin-colored
sense: skin-colored
word: carnation
Derived terms: canuding
nelfie
never-nude
nonnude
non-nude
nude beach
nudely
nudeness
nude number
nude pact
nude run
nudey
nudie
nudish
nudy
Rowett nude rat
seminude
semi-nude
subnude
Related terms: denude
nudism
nudist
nudity
nude
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: n(y)o͞od
ipa: /n(j)uːd/
rhymes: -uːd
Forms: form: nudes
Etymology: Entered English 1493 as a legal term, meaning "unsupported, not formally attested," from Middle English nud, from Latin nūdus (“naked, bare”).
Senses: examples: text: Michelangelo's David is a well-known standing male nude; Michelangelo also created several other nudes.
text: Lexa sent me a nude last week.
glosses: A painting, sculpture, photograph or other artwork or mass-media-reproduced image depicting one or more human figure(s) in a state of near or total undress.
examples: text: she caught him in the nude
qualifier: "the nude"
glosses: The state of total nudity.
raw_tags: with article
examples: text: What eye shadow looks best on my eye color? Brown eyes – Off whites, nudes, peaches, and purples.
ref: 2013, Debra, How to be a Man Magnet:
glosses: A color that resembles or evokes bare flesh; a paint, dye, etc. of such color.
Related terms: naturism
skinny dipping
birthday suit
fig leaf
putt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: pŭt
ipa: /pʌt/
ipa: [pʰat]
ipa: [pʰʌt]
ipa: [pʰət]
ipa: [pʰɐt]
ipa: /pʊt/
ipa: [pʰʊt]
homophone: put (without the foot-strut split)
rhymes: -ʌt
Forms: form: putts
Etymology: Borrowed from Scots putt (“to put”). Compare Middle Dutch putten (“to dig a pit”). The Old English putian (“to push; thrust; put; place”) derivation is commonly assumed, although no longer valid. In Dutch, the word is instanced in a description of golf in an early seventeenth-century edition of Pieter van Afferden's Tyrocinium linguae latinae. All derive from Proto-Germanic *putōną.
Senses: topics: golf
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: The act of tapping a golf ball lightly on a putting green.
putt
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: pŭt
ipa: /pʌt/
ipa: [pʰat]
ipa: [pʰʌt]
ipa: [pʰət]
ipa: [pʰɐt]
ipa: /pʊt/
ipa: [pʰʊt]
homophone: put (without the foot-strut split)
rhymes: -ʌt
Forms: form: putts
form: putting
form: putted
form: putted
Etymology: Borrowed from Scots putt (“to put”). Compare Middle Dutch putten (“to dig a pit”). The Old English putian (“to push; thrust; put; place”) derivation is commonly assumed, although no longer valid. In Dutch, the word is instanced in a description of golf in an early seventeenth-century edition of Pieter van Afferden's Tyrocinium linguae latinae. All derive from Proto-Germanic *putōną.
Senses: examples: text: There were the golfers. Was it possible that they were going on with their game? Yes, there was a fellow driving off from a tee, and that other group upon the green were surely putting for the hole.
ref: 1913, Arthur Conan Doyle, “(please specify the page)”, in The Poison Belt […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:
topics: golf
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: To lightly strike a golf ball with a putter.
Related terms: mini-putt
pitch and putt
putt from the rough
putter
putting green
putt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: pŭt
ipa: /pʌt/
ipa: [pʰat]
ipa: [pʰʌt]
ipa: [pʰət]
ipa: [pʰɐt]
ipa: /pʊt/
ipa: [pʰʊt]
homophone: put (without the foot-strut split)
rhymes: -ʌt
Forms: form: putts
Etymology: Onomatopoeic, from putt-putt.
Senses: glosses: A regular sound characterized by the sound of "putt putt putt putt...", such as made by some slowly stroking internal combustion engines.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
motorcycling
glosses: A motorcycle.
putt
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: pŭt
ipa: /pʌt/
ipa: [pʰat]
ipa: [pʰʌt]
ipa: [pʰət]
ipa: [pʰɐt]
ipa: /pʊt/
ipa: [pʰʊt]
homophone: put (without the foot-strut split)
rhymes: -ʌt
Forms: form: putts
form: putting
form: putted
form: putted
Etymology: Onomatopoeic, from putt-putt.
Senses: glosses: To make a putting sound.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
motorcycling
glosses: To ride one's motorcycle, to go for a motorcycle ride.
glosses: To move along slowly.
putt
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: pŭt
ipa: /pʌt/
ipa: [pʰat]
ipa: [pʰʌt]
ipa: [pʰət]
ipa: [pʰɐt]
ipa: /pʊt/
ipa: [pʰʊt]
homophone: put (without the foot-strut split)
rhymes: -ʌt
Forms: form: putts
form: putting
form: putt
form: putt
Senses: examples: text: We have a custome, that when one sneezes, every one els putts off his hatt, and bowes, and cries God bless ye Sir.
ref: c. 1691, John Aubrey, Naturall Historie of Wiltshire:
glosses: Obsolete form of put.
pabulary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more pabulary
form: most pabulary
Etymology: From pabulum + -ary.
Senses: examples: text: The remainder of the farm's budget was set aside for pabulary concerns.
text: [headword only present in title]
ref: 1834, J.S. Forsyth, A dictionary on diet : being a practical treatise on all pabulary and nutritive substances, soild and fluid, with compounds used as food, 2nd edition, John Churchill, page i:
text: I can scarcely describe in fitting words the transition from the pabulary mortification of the last six or seven days to the luxurious abundance we were destined for a few short hours to enjoy here.
ref: 1856, Colburn's United Service Magazine and Naval and Military Journal Part II, Hurst and Blackett, page 219:
glosses: Of or pertaining to pabulum or fodder.
log
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /lɒɡ/
ipa: /lɔɡ/
ipa: /lɑɡ/
rhymes: -ɒɡ
rhymes: -ɔːɡ
Forms: form: logs
form: logging
form: logged
form: logged
form: logg
form: logge
Etymology: From Middle English logge, logg (first recorded in Anglo-Latin as loggum), of uncertain origin, but probably from Old Norse lóg, lág (“felled tree, log”), derived from Old Norse liggja (“to lie”). If so, then cognate with Norwegian låg (“fallen tree”), Dutch loog (“wood, timber, lumber”).
Alternatively, directly from Norwegian låg (“fallen tree”), which could have been borrowed through the Norwegian timber trade. However the Old Norse/Middle Norwegian vowel is long while Middle English vowel is short.
Senses: glosses: To cut trees into logs.
examples: text: Since the mid-1980s, when Indonesia first began to clear its bountiful forests on an industrial scale in favour of lucrative palm-oil plantations, “haze” has become an almost annual occurrence in South-East Asia. The cheapest way to clear logged woodland is to burn it, producing an acrid cloud of foul white smoke that, carried by the wind, can cover hundreds, or even thousands, of square miles.
ref: 2013 June 29, “Unspontaneous combustion”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8842, page 29:
glosses: To cut down (trees).
glosses: To cut down trees in an area, harvesting and transporting the logs as wood.
Derived terms: logger
logging
log
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /lɒɡ/
ipa: /lɔɡ/
ipa: /lɑɡ/
rhymes: -ɒɡ
rhymes: -ɔːɡ
Forms: form: logs
form: logg
form: logge
Etymology: Clipping of logbook, itself from log (etymology 1) + book, from a wooden float (chip log) used to measure speed.
Senses: examples: text: The captain sat down to his log, and here is the beginning of the entry:...
ref: 1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island, London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883, →OCLC:
text: The scientific instruments of the day recorded rapid fluctuations in the Earth's magnetic field, as powerful electrical currents flowed through the upper atmosphere. Ships' logs noted observations of the northern lights as far south as the Caribbean, and telegraph systems across the world were disrupted as electrical currents were induced in the copper lines.
ref: 2023 November 15, Prof. Jim Wild, “This train was delayed because of bad weather in space”, in RAIL, number 996, page 30:
glosses: A logbook, or journal of a vessel's (or aircraft's) progress.
glosses: A chronological record of actions, performances, computer/network usage, etc.
topics: computer
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
science
sciences
glosses: Specifically, an append-only sequential record of events written to a file, display, or other data stream.
Derived terms: changelog
chatlog
datalog
devlog
key log
lifelog
linklog
logboard
logfile
logline
logpoint
log pot
logsheet
log slate
log spam
log-structured
photolog
syntelog
tracer log
tracklog
tumblelog
weblog
worklog
write-ahead log
log
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /lɒɡ/
ipa: /lɔɡ/
ipa: /lɑɡ/
rhymes: -ɒɡ
rhymes: -ɔːɡ
Forms: form: logs
form: logging
form: logged
form: logged
form: logg
form: logge
Etymology: Clipping of logbook, itself from log (etymology 1) + book, from a wooden float (chip log) used to measure speed.
Senses: examples: text: to log the miles travelled by a ship
glosses: To make, to add an entry (or more) in a log or logbook.
glosses: To travel (a distance) as shown in a logbook.
glosses: To travel at a specified speed, as ascertained by a chip log.
Derived terms: loggable
log in
log into
log off
log on
log onto
log out
mislog
waterlog
log
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /lɒɡ/
ipa: /lɔɡ/
ipa: /lɑɡ/
rhymes: -ɒɡ
rhymes: -ɔːɡ
Forms: form: logs
form: logging
form: logged
form: logged
form: logg
form: logge
Etymology: Ellipsis of log out, itself from Etymology 2.
Senses: examples: text: You only won that game because your last opponent logged. That's no fair!
topics: video-games
glosses: To log out; to disconnect from an online video game.
Derived terms: combat log
PvP log
log
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /lɒɡ/
ipa: /lɔɡ/
ipa: /lɑɡ/
rhymes: -ɒɡ
rhymes: -ɔːɡ
Forms: form: logs
form: logging
form: logged
form: logged
form: logg
form: logge
Senses: glosses: To move to and fro; to rock.
log
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /lɒɡ/
ipa: /lɔɡ/
ipa: /lɑɡ/
rhymes: -ɒɡ
rhymes: -ɔːɡ
Forms: form: logs
form: logg
form: logge
Etymology: From Hebrew לֹג.
Senses: examples: text: ...and one log of oil...
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Leviticus 14:10:
text: In the Hebrew system the log (Lev. xiv. 10) corresponds to the mina. Since the Hellenistic writers equate the log with the Græco-Roman sextarius, whatever these writers say on the relation of the sextarius to other measures applies also to the relation of these measures to the log. The log and the sextarius, however, are not equal in capacity. The sextarius is estimated at .547 liter, while there is no reason to regard the log as larger than the Babylonian mina, especially as other references of the Greek metrologists support the assumption that the log was equal to the mina. The fact that in the Old Testament the log is mentioned only as a fluid measure may be merely accidental, for the dry measures, which are distinguished in all other cases from the liquid measures, also have the log as their unit. The corresponding dry measure may, however, have been known under a different name.
ref: 1902, Jewish Encyclopedia, s.v. "Weights and Measures"
topics: units-of-measure
glosses: A Hebrew unit of liquid volume (about ¹⁄₃ liter).
Meronyms: cab
kab (4 logs)
hin (12 logs)
bath (72 logs)
cor
kor
homer
chomer (720 logs)
log
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /lɒɡ/
ipa: /lɔɡ/
ipa: /lɑɡ/
rhymes: -ɒɡ
rhymes: -ɔːɡ
Forms: form: logs
form: logg
form: logge
Etymology: A clipping of logarithm.
Senses: examples: text: To multiply two numbers, add their logs.
glosses: Synonym of logarithm.
synonyms: word: logarithm
examples: text: During the first 24 hr, however, titers of the lightly piliated organisms in the kidney increased by 4 logs, whereas the heavily piliated P. mirabilis were virtually all eliminated.
ref: 1978, F. J. Silverblatt, I. Ofek, “Influence of Pili on the Virulence of Proteus mirabilis in Experimental Hematogenous Pyelonephritis”, in The Journal of Infectious Diseases, volume 138, number 5, →DOI:
topics: sciences
glosses: A difference of one in the logarithm, usually in base 10; an order of magnitude.
Derived terms: common log
lin-log
loglike
loglikelihood
log-lin
log-linear
log-log
log-logistic
log-log paper
lognormal
log-normal distribution
logscale
logspace
natural log
polylog
semilog
semi-log paper
skew-T log-P diagram
Related terms: bandar log
pachinko
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: pə-chĭng'kō
ipa: /pəˈt͡ʃɪŋkəʊ/
rhymes: -ɪŋkəʊ
Forms: form: pachinkos
form: pachinco
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese パチンコ (pachinko), from ぱちん (pachin, onomatopoeic sound of the machines) + こ (ko, diminutive). Compare etymology of gacha, from Japanese ガシャポン.
Senses: examples: text: Two teen-age boys, after selling their personal belongings to play pachinko, sold their blood to "gamble.”
ref: 1952 October 12, Ray Falk, “Pinball Panic Over Japan: ‘Pachinko’ is a zany game; its havoc is nation-wide”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 28 Aug 2025:
text: The rain kept up, falling along Harajuku, beading on her plastic jacket, the children of Tokyo trooping past the famous boutiques in white loafers and clingwrap capes, until she'd stood with him in the midnight clatter of a pachinko parlor and held his hand like a child.
ref: 1984, William Gibson, Neuromancer (Sprawl; book 1), New York, N.Y.: Ace Books, →ISBN, page 8:
text: Snow filled her mouth. She caromed off things she never saw, tumbling through a cluttered canyon like a steel marble falling through pins in a pachinko machine.
ref: 2012 December 26, John Branch, “Snow Fall: The Avalanche at Tunnel Creek”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 14 Nov 2013:
glosses: A mechanical ball-dropping game similar to pinball, popular in Japan.
Derived terms: word: pachinko allocation
word: pachislo
word: pachislot
word: pachisuro
word: pachinko machine
pachinko
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: pə-chĭng'kō
ipa: /pəˈt͡ʃɪŋkəʊ/
rhymes: -ɪŋkəʊ
Forms: form: pachinkos
form: pachinkoing
form: pachinkoed
form: pachinkoed
form: pachinco
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese パチンコ (pachinko), from ぱちん (pachin, onomatopoeic sound of the machines) + こ (ko, diminutive). Compare etymology of gacha, from Japanese ガシャポン.
Senses: examples: text: She drizzled them in slowly and listened to the susurration of the bolts pachinkoing their way through the refrigerators and fax machines, on their way to some illegal dump.
ref: 2016, Alex Livingston, Glitch Rain:
glosses: To tumble down through a series of obstacles.
Related terms: bagatelle
pinball
lug
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: lŭg
ipa: /lʌɡ/
rhymes: -ʌɡ
Forms: form: lugs
Etymology: From Middle English luggen, possibly from Scandinavian source, (compare Swedish lugga, Norwegian lugge); also in English dialectal as lig (“to lug”). Noun is via Scots lugge, probably from Old Norse (compare Norwegian and Swedish lugg). Probably related to slug (“lazy, slow-moving”), which may be from similar source(s).
Senses: examples: text: a hard lug
glosses: The act of hauling or dragging.
examples: text: The pack is a heavy lug.
glosses: That which is hauled or dragged.
examples: text: whereof the one is quick of cast, trick, and trim both for pleasure and profit: the other is a lug
ref: 1545, Roger Ascham, Toxophilus, the Schole of Shootinge […], London: […] Edouardi Whytchurch, →OCLC:
glosses: Anything that moves slowly.
topics: automotive
transport
vehicles
glosses: A lug nut.
topics: business
electrical
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A device for terminating an electrical conductor to facilitate the mechanical connection; to the conductor it may be crimped to form a cold weld, soldered or have pressure from a screw.
glosses: A part of something which sticks out, used as a handle or support.
synonyms: big lug
glosses: A large, clumsy, awkward man; a fool.
examples: text: While shaving, the poor sod had a fit and cut part of a lug off.
glosses: An ear or ear lobe.
glosses: A wood box used for transporting fruit or vegetables.
examples: text: They put the lug on him at the courthouse.
glosses: A request for money, as for political purposes.
glosses: A lugworm.
examples: text: He took another long lug on his cigarette before continuing quietly, 'I've seen too much and it was seriously screwing me up. […]
ref: 2013, Paul Burke, The Man Who Fell In Love With His Wife:
glosses: A pull or drag on a cigarette.
Derived terms: sense: protruding support
word: launch lug
word: lug bolt
word: lughole
word: lugmark
lug
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: lŭg
ipa: /lʌɡ/
rhymes: -ʌɡ
Forms: form: lugs
form: lugging
form: lugged
form: lugged
Etymology: From Middle English luggen, possibly from Scandinavian source, (compare Swedish lugga, Norwegian lugge); also in English dialectal as lig (“to lug”). Noun is via Scots lugge, probably from Old Norse (compare Norwegian and Swedish lugg). Probably related to slug (“lazy, slow-moving”), which may be from similar source(s).
Senses: examples: text: Why do you always lug around so many books?
text: They must divide the image among them, and so lug off every one his share.
ref: c. 1700, Jeremy Collier, A Thought:
text: As a rule, you see, I'm not lugged into Family Rows. On the occasions when Aunt is calling to Aunt like mastodons bellowing across primeval swamps and Uncle James's letter about Cousin Mabel's peculiar behaviour is being shot round the family circle... the clan has a tendency to ignore me.
ref: 1923, P. G. Wodehouse, The Inimitable Jeeves:
text: Luggage areas need to be within sight, rather than at the end of carriages, despite the inconvenience of lugging cases further into a carriage.
ref: 2021 July 14, Anthony Lambert, “Grand designs on superior interiors”, in RAIL, number 935, page 48:
glosses: To haul or drag along (especially something heavy); to carry; to pull.
examples: text: When driving up a hill, choose a lower gear so you don't lug the engine.
glosses: To run at too slow a speed.
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: To carry an excessive amount of sail for the conditions prevailing.
topics: hobbies
horse-racing
horseracing
horses
lifestyle
pets
racing
sports
glosses: To pull toward the inside rail ("lugging in") or the outside rail ("lugging out") during a race.
Derived terms: fustilug
luggable
luggage
lugger
lug in
lug out
tolug
underlug
lug
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: lŭg
ipa: /lʌɡ/
rhymes: -ʌɡ
Forms: form: lugs
Etymology: From Middle English lugge (“pole, stick, staff”).
Senses: examples: text: And from the bodies [of pines and oaks] the boughes and loftie lugges they beare.
ref: 1567, George Turberville, Epitome:
glosses: A rod or pole.
examples: text: eight lugs of grownd; / Into the which returning backe, he fell
ref: 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto X”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 11:
synonyms: rod
glosses: A measure of length equal to 16+¹⁄₂ feet.
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A lugsail.
qualifier: harness
glosses: The leather loop or ear by which a shaft is held up.
glosses: A loop (or protuberance) found on both arms of a hinge, featuring a hole for the axis of the hinge.
glosses: A ridge or other protuberance on the surface of a body to increase traction or provide a hold for holding and moving it.
luggage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: lŭg'ĭj
ipa: /ˈlʌɡɪd͡ʒ/
note: Indic
ipa: /laˈɡeːd͡ʒ/
rhymes: -ʌɡɪdʒ
Forms: form: luggages
Etymology: 1590s, lug (“to drag”) + -age, literally “that which is lugged, dragged around”. Duplicate -g- is to clarify pronunciation of the vowel ‘u’ (which is pronounced unchanged from lug). Compare baggage.
Senses: examples: August 4, 1726, Jonathan Swift, letter to Alexander Pope
I am gathering up my luggage, and preparing for my journey.
glosses: The bags and other containers that hold a traveller's belongings.
glosses: The contents of such containers.
examples: text: I assisted some time ago in cutting up a tree, that made tolerably good turns or luggage for nineteen or twenty persons, which could be procured for about two dollars at the stump.
ref: 1858, “Letter from Rev. George L. Seymour”, in The African Repository and Colonial Journal, volume 34, page 13:
text: The passengers injured who could not get out were removed out by the railway staff, and then taking part of the luggage the train started back for Burdwan.
ref: 1875, W. G. Willson, Report of the Midnapore and Burdwan Cyclone of the 15th and 16th of October 1874:
text: Namely, leaving my luggages at the Government hostel, to go straight out by taxi (oh, so slow, compared with our sleek Lagos limousines!) to the famous central Piccadilly Tube station where I took a onestop ticket, went down on the escalator, and then ran up the same steps in the wrong direction.
ref: 1964 [1957], Colin MacInnes, City of Spades, London: Penguin Books, page 15:
glosses: A specific bag or container holding a traveller's belongings.
Synonyms: baggage
Derived terms: cabin luggage
carry-on luggage
checked luggage
hand luggage
hold luggage
left luggage
left-luggage office
luggage barrow
luggage car
luggage cart
luggaged
luggage hold
luggageless
luggage rack
luggage trolley
luggage van
paginate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: păj'ən-āt
ipa: /ˈpæd͡ʒəneɪt/
Forms: form: paginates
form: paginating
form: paginated
form: paginated
Etymology: From Medieval Latin paginare, from Latin pagina.
Senses: examples: text: Each table is now paginated. That makes it straightforward if you wish to print a few pages of a long table by entering the page numbers required into the printer file.
ref: 2022 January 26, Barry Doe, “Fabrik offers an end to hard times”, in RAIL, number 949, page 38:
glosses: To number the pages of (a book or other document); to foliate.
examples: text: Word-processing applications are designed to automatically paginate a continuous flow of text, and this require additional capabilities such as page breaks and image-positioning for some control over page layout. However, this makes tasks such as laying out a double- page magazine spread very difficult.
ref: 2016, Jefferson D. Pooley, Eric W. Rothenbuhler, editor, The International Encyclopedia of Communication Theory and Philosophy, volume 4, page 943:
glosses: To divide (a continuous stream of text) into pages.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: To separate (data) into batches, so that it can be retrieved with a number of smaller requests.
Derived terms: paginator
repaginate
Related terms: pagination
pagination
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: păj'ən-ā"shən
ipa: /ˌpæd͡ʒəˈneɪʃən/
rhymes: -eɪʃən
Forms: form: paginations
Etymology: from French pagination
Senses: glosses: The act of creating pages for a document, book, etc., or determining when to truncate text on the pages.
glosses: The act of numbering pages for a document, book, etc.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The separation of data into batches, so that it can be retrieved with a number of smaller requests.
Derived terms: mispagination
Related terms: page numbering
special
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: spĕʹshəl
ipa: /ˈspɛʃ.l̩/
ipa: [ˈspɛʃ.ɫ̩]
rhymes: -ɛʃəl
Forms: form: specials
form: specialing
form: specialling
form: specialed
form: specialed
form: specialled
form: specialled
Etymology: From Middle English *special, especial, especiall, from Old French especial (whence also French spécial), from Latin speciālis (from speciēs). In this sense displaced native Old English synderlīċ. Doublet of especial.
Senses: examples: text: We have not sent our pupils out on private duty except a very few times, but they have an unusual amount of specialing to do inside.
ref: 1905, Shadyside Hospital (Pittsburgh, Pa.), Annual Report, page 27:
text: Participant three described their personal interest in mental health care: “I have an interest in mental health but I have found that other staff on the surgical ward who have been there for a while… often say I hate specialling these patients…”
ref: 2015 July 7, Jo-Ann Giandinoto, Karen-leigh Edward, “The phenomenon of co-morbid physical and mental illness in acute medical care: the lived experience of Australian health professionals”, in BMC Research Notes, volume 8, →DOI:
qualifier: nursing
glosses: To supervise a patient one-on-one.
recent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: rē'sənt
ipa: /ˈɹiːsənt/
rhymes: -iːsənt
Forms: form: more recent
form: most recent
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin recēns (genitive recentis).
Senses: examples: text: Bats host many high-profile viruses that can infect humans, including severe acute respiratory syndrome and Ebola. A recent study explored the ecological variables that may contribute to bats’ propensity to harbor such zoonotic diseases by comparing them with another order of common reservoir hosts: rodents.
ref: 2013 May-June, Katie L. Burke, “In the News”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, archived from the original on 22 Feb 2016, page 193:
synonyms: word: nudiustertian
glosses: Having happened a short while ago.
glosses: Up-to-date; not old-fashioned or dated.
examples: text: The cause has several hundred recent donors.
text: I met three recent graduates at the conference.
glosses: Having done something a short while ago that distinguishes them as what they are called.
examples: text: Finding it now means it was produced in more recent times, in astronomical terms.
ref: 2020 October 4, Evan Gough, “We Now Have Proof a Supernova Exploded Perilously Close to Earth 2.5 Million Years Ago”, in Science Alert:
topics: sciences
glosses: Particularly in geology, palaeontology, and astronomy: having occurred a relatively short time ago, but still potentially thousands or even millions of years ago.
Derived terms: non-recent
nonrecent
Recent
recently
recent memory
in recent memory