cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
wrestling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹɛs.l̩.ɪŋ/
ipa: /ˈɹɛs.lɪŋ/
rhymes: -ɛslɪŋ
Etymology: From late Old English wræstlung.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of wrestle
Derived terms: all-in wrestling
arm wrestling
arm-wrestling
Cornish wrestling
Devon wrestling
e-wrestling
fantasy wrestling
finger wrestling
freestyle wrestling
Graeco-Roman wrestling
Greco-Roman wrestling
Lancashire wrestling
Mexican wrestling
mud wrestling
pro wrestling
rasslin'
shoot wrestling
tag wrestling
wrestling ring
Related terms: clench
counter
hold
kanjin-sumo
on the canvas
on the mat
on the ropes
ring
sumo
vaudeville
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈvɔ.d(ə).vɪl/
ipa: /ˈvoʊd.vɪl/
ipa: /ˈvɔː.də.vɪl/
Forms: form: vaudevilles
Etymology: Borrowed from French vaudeville.
Senses: examples: text: Mr. Sterling was born in Baltimore on June 24, 1915, to Jack Sexton and Edna Cable, veteran performers in vaudeville, showboats and stock companies.
ref: 1990 November 2, Peter B. Flint, “Jack Sterling, 75, Host on Radio For 18 Years in New York, Dies”, in The New York Times:
glosses: A style of multi-act theatrical entertainment which originated from France and flourished in Europe and North America from the 1880s through the 1920s.
examples: text: “Me, Myself and I,” directed by Emily Mann and engagingly acted by a cast that includes the invaluable Albee veteran Brian Murray, is in the tradition of Mr. Albee’s mid- and late-career works like “The Marriage Play” and “The Play About the Baby”: fragmented philosophical vaudevilles that turn the most fundamental questions of identity into verbal soft-shoes.
ref: 2008 January 28, Ben Brantley, “Ta-ta! Give ’Em the Old Existential Soft-Shoe”, in The New York Times:
glosses: An entertainment in this style.
Synonyms: word: music hall
Coordinate terms: burlesque
Derived terms: word: vaudeville blues
english: noun/adjective
translation: noun/adjective
word: vaudevillian
flourish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈflʌɹ.ɪʃ/
note: without the hurry–furry merger
ipa: /ˈflʌɹ.ɪʃ/
ipa: /ˈflɝ.ɪʃ/
note: US, hypercorrection
ipa: /ˈflʊɹ.ɪʃ/
ipa: /ˈflɐɹ.ɪʃ/
ipa: /ˈflɐɹ.əʃ/
rhymes: -ʌɹɪʃ
rhymes: (hypercorrection) -ʊɹɪʃ
Forms: form: flourishes
form: florysh
form: floryshe
Etymology: From Middle English floryschen, from Old French florir (via the arrhizotonic stem floriss-), from Late Latin flōrīre, from Latin flōrēre, from Latin flōrem (“flower”, noun). Corresponds to flower + -ish.
Senses: examples: text: With many flourishes of the captured banner, they marched down the avenue.
text: This is my substitute for pistol and ball. With a philosophical flourish Cato throws himself upon his sword; I quietly take to the ship.
ref: 1851 November 14, Herman Melville, chapter 1, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC, page 1:
text: Gabriel Jesus' solo goal - as a stunned United pushed for an equaliser - was a flourish that eased any late nerves.
ref: 2023 September 3, Phil McNulty, “Declan Rice: The game-changing midfielder Arsenal need for title challenge”, in BBC Sport:
glosses: A dramatic gesture such as the waving of a flag.
examples: text: His signature ended with a flourish.
text: [B]revity is the soul of wit,
And tediousness the limbs and outward flourishes[.]
ref: c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii]:
glosses: An ornamentation.
examples: text: The trumpets blew a flourish as they entered the church.
text: [I]f he is a soldier in command, successes will be amplified, and the results of his campaigns announced with a flourish of trumpets.
ref: 1872, Publius Cornelius Tacitus, Percival Frost, The Annals of Tacitus with a Commentary by the Rev. Percival Frost, M.A, London: Whittaker & Co.; George Bell, Life of Tacitus:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A ceremonious passage such as a fanfare.
topics: architecture
glosses: A decorative embellishment on a building.
amend
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈmɛnd/
rhymes: -ɛnd
Forms: form: amends
Etymology: From Middle English amenden, from Old French amender, from Latin ēmendō (“free from faults”), from ex (“from, out of”) + mendum (“fault”). Compare aphetic mend. Doublet of emend.
Senses: examples: text: Thus by the code of the Visigoths, it was forbidden to all strangers to take their subjects under a penalty of one hundred lashes and an amend in gold.
ref: 1813, John Elihu Hall, “Of Mariners”, in The American Law Journal, volume 4:
text: It was her offer of surrender as an amend that, persuading him of her shining honesty, had aroused in him something akin to worship and had made an end of that cynical spirit in which for worldly ends he had aimed at marrying her.
ref: 2008, Raphael Sabatini, Chivalry, page 114:
text: Did I owe him an amend? Probably not, but I did owe myself an amend. I did this by ceasing to resent.
ref: 2011, Bill Fifield, Sandy Fifield, Dig Deep in One Place: A Couple's Journey to a Spiritual Life, page 100:
text: The point was, I wasn't really willing to make the amend, to make it right. But the point of an amend, as I understand it now, is to make it right for the person who was wringed, to the best of our ability, and in so doing, making it right for ourselves.
ref: 2013, M. T., A Sponsorship Guide for 12-Step Programs, page 120:
glosses: An act of righting a wrong; compensation.
examples: text: I've sent over a new version of the doc with some amends.
glosses: Clipping of amendment (“alteration or change for the better”).
raw_tags: of a document
Derived terms: make amends
L10n
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: L10N
Etymology: A numeronym representing localization as "L" followed by 10 more letters, followed by "n".
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
software
glosses: Abbreviation of localization.
Related terms: a11y
g11n
i18n
p13n
Afrophobia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Afro- + -phobia.
Senses: examples: text: Individuals who suffer from Afrophobia often avoid facing this fear by ignoring Africa, its culture, and its people.
ref: 1986, Carlton W. Molette, Barbara J. Molette, Black Theatre: premise and presentation, page 35:
text: 1998 (Mar 30), Christopher Ogden, "Good Will Bill", Time 151 (13) https://web.archive.org/web/20000816215306/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/1998/int/980330/africa.good_will_bill.at20.html
The Somalia debacle prompted a fresh bout of Afrophobia in Washington.
glosses: Fear, hate, or dislike of Africans and African descendants.
Related terms: Afrophilia
Negrophobia
Scott
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /skɒt/
rhymes: -ɒt
homophone: scot
homophone: Scot
Forms: form: Scotts
form: Scot
form: Scottie
form: Scotty
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
philately
glosses: The Scott catalogue of postage stamps.
Scott
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: ipa: /skɒt/
rhymes: -ɒt
homophone: scot
homophone: Scot
Forms: form: Scot
form: Scottie
form: Scotty
Senses: examples: text: “Why, I have to find work for the thirty thousand that comes out of the coal, haven't I?”
“Scott, what a head! I never thought of that. How are you getting along? Where have you arrived?”
ref: 1903, Mark Twain, The $30,000 Bequest:
glosses: Alternative form of great Scott.
Related terms: Scot
Scotus
incorrect
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɪn.kəˈɹɛkt/
ipa: /ˌɪn.kəˈɹekt/
rhymes: -ɛkt
Forms: form: more incorrect
form: most incorrect
Etymology: From Middle French incorrect. By surface analysis, in- + correct.
Senses: examples: text: He gave an incorrect answer to a simple question.
glosses: Not correct; erroneous or wrong.
examples: text: The computer crashed due to incorrect programming.
glosses: Faulty or defective.
glosses: Inappropriate or improper.
Derived terms: incorrection
incorrectly
incorrectness
politically incorrect
incorrect
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɪn.kəˈɹɛkt/
ipa: /ˌɪn.kəˈɹekt/
rhymes: -ɛkt
Forms: form: incorrects
Etymology: From Middle French incorrect. By surface analysis, in- + correct.
Senses: examples: text: Having each day's rates of corrects and incorrects written next to the graph also makes it easier for you to check the ... If you also have students count problems incorrect, calling them “not yets,” or “learning opportunities,” or ...
ref: 2013, Julie Vargas, Behavior Analysis for Effective Teaching:
glosses: An item or response that is incorrect.
Francis
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɹænsɪs/
ipa: /ˈfɹɑːnsɪs/
Etymology: From Medieval Latin Franciscus (“French(man)”) (from Francia (“France”), originally a nickname of Saint Francis of Assisi. Doublet of Francisco and Franz.
Senses: examples: text: Francis is one of the pleasantest names in use. It has a fine open air with it, - a sound correspondent to its sense.
ref: 1820 February 9, Leigh Hunt, “Names”, in The Indicator, number XVIII:
text: Francis had never been 'Frank' or 'Fran', he had always been called by his full name. It had lent him a certain dignity that he had possibly never earned.
ref: 2006, Kate Atkinson, One Good Turn, Black Swan, published 2007, →ISBN, page 454:
text: Under former President Donald Trump, USCIS was led by a string of acting officials after L. Francis Cissna left in 2019 – most notably immigration hardliner Ken Cuccinelli who gained attention for his push for Trump policies and frequent press engagements.
ref: 2021 July 30, Priscilla Alvarez, “Senate confirms Biden’s pick to serve as US Citizenship and Immigration Services director”, in CNN:
text: Francis riled conservative cardinals with his compassion for migrants and refugees, openness towards LGBTQ+ Catholics and demands for action on the climate crisis.
ref: 2025 May 8, Angela Giuffrida and Harriet Sherwood, “White smoke from Sistine Chapel chimney signals election of new pope”, in The Guardian:
glosses: A male given name from Latin.
glosses: A female given name from Latin, alternative spelling of Frances.
glosses: A surname originating as a patronymic.
glosses: A placename
A rural municipality (Rural Municipality of Francis No. 127) in south-east Saskatchewan, Canada.
glosses: A placename
A town in Saskatchewan within the rural municipality.
glosses: A placename
A ghost town in Wheeler County, Nebraska, United States.
glosses: A placename
A township in Holt County, Nebraska.
glosses: A placename
A town in Pontotoc County, Oklahoma.
glosses: A placename
A town in Summit County, Utah, United States.
Derived terms: Lake Saint Francis
Lake St. Francis
Sir Francis Drake Channel
St. Francis
St. Francisville
Related terms: France
Frances
Frank
Frauncis
erroneous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪˈɹəʊ.nɪ.əs/
ipa: /ɛɹˈəʊ.nɪ.əs/
ipa: /ɛɹˈoʊ.ni.əs/
ipa: /ɪˈɹoʊ.ni.əs/
Forms: form: more erroneous
form: most erroneous
Etymology: From late Middle English erroneous, from Middle French erroneux, from Latin erroneus.
Senses: examples: text: His answer to the sum was erroneous.
text: An erroneous early Fox News report about the New Orleans terror attack is warping the political dialogue in the aftermath of the deadly rampage.
ref: 2025 January 2, Brian Stelter, “Trump falsely links New Orleans terror attack to migrants after erroneous Fox News report”, in CNN:
glosses: Containing an error; inaccurate.
examples: text: His conclusion was erroneous, since it was based on a false assumption.
glosses: Derived from an error.
examples: text: Her choice at the line-up proved to be erroneous, as she had only seen the mugger for an instant.
glosses: Mistaken.
glosses: Wandering; erratic.
examples: text: If, while having the power to act, one commits error in the exercise of that power, he acts erroneously.
topics: law
glosses: Deviating from the requirements of the law, but without a lack of legal authority, thus not illegal.
Synonyms: word: errorful
sense: containing an error
word: inaccurate
sense: containing an error
word: incorrect
sense: containing an error
word: wrong
sense: derived from an error
word: fallacious
sense: derived from an error
word: false
sense: derived from an error
word: faulty
sense: derived from an error
word: flawed
sense: mistaken
word: mistaken
sense: mistaken
word: wrong
Derived terms: erroneity
erroneously
erroneousness
nonerroneous
unerroneous
Related terms: errant
erratic
fallacious
correctness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: correctnesses
Etymology: From correct + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: As a demonstration, we first establish the correctness of the Jacobian matrices for kinetic models of hydrogen, methane, ethylene, and isopentanol oxidation, then demonstrate the performance achievable on CPUs and GPUs using pyJac via matrix evaluation timing comparisons..
ref: 2016, Kyle E. Niemeyer, Nicholas J. Curtis, Chih-Jen Sung, “pyJac: analytical Jacobian generator for chemical kinetics”, in arXiv:
glosses: Freedom from error.
glosses: Conformity to the truth or to fact.
examples: text: I mean, people who talk about political correctness as being a kind of thought police have no idea of what a thought police is. But political correctness does have the same mentality. It means that intellectual argument is doomed. Objective truth simply becomes a thing to jeer at, because obviously there's no such thing as objectivity—unless of course you're politically okay, in which case you can be objective. Any child can see through that, but many adults can't.
ref: 2002 October 24, Christopher Hitchens, “The Power of Facing”, in The Atlantic:
glosses: Conformity to recognized standards.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The state of an algorithm that correctly mirrors its specification.
Derived terms: conservative correctness
const correctness
hyper-correctness
patriotic correctness
political correctness
politically correctness
pseudocorrectness
Related terms: correctedness
RFID chip
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: RFID chips
Senses: glosses: An electronic chip used to tag an object or merchandise in order to recognize it electronically from a short distance.
Synonyms: RFID tag
far-flung
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌfɑːˈflʌŋ/
ipa: /ˌfɑɹˈflʌŋ/
Forms: form: more far-flung
form: further-flung
form: farther-flung
form: most far-flung
form: furthest-flung
form: farthest-flung
Etymology: From far + flung (“thrown”), suggesting something which has been thrown a long distance away from oneself.
Senses: examples: text: God of our fathers, known of old, / Lord of our far-flung battle-line, / […] / Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet, / Lest we forget—lest we forget!
ref: 1897 July 17, Rudyard Kipling, “[Service Songs] Recessional”, in The Five Nations, London: Methuen and Co. […], published September 1903, →OCLC, page 214:
text: Introduced in the 1960s, Motorail was successful at a time when long-distance travel by car was a time-consuming process because of a lack of motorways. Services, both during the day and at night, ran to such far-flung places on the map as Penzance, Fishguard, Inverness and Fort William.
ref: 2020 March 11, Daniel Puddicombe, “Analysis: Little Prospect of Bringing Back Motorail … for Now”, in Rail, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire: Bauer Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 32:
synonyms: word: far-off
word: outlying
word: distant
word: far
word: far-flung
word: far-off
word: faraway
word: outlandish
word: outlying
word: out of the way
word: remote
antonyms: word: distant
glosses: Distant or remote in relationship, space, or time.
examples: text: In the spacious laboratories and offices […] are provided not only centralised chemical research facilities for the far-flung London area, but also accommodation for the national headquarters of the B.R. Chemical Services, […]
ref: 1960 June, “Talking of Trains: New B.R. Research Laboratory”, in Trains Illustrated, London: Ian Allan Publishing, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 328:
text: In her introductory essay, editor Carole Vance acknowledges the problem of women's status as an "understudied group." She invites both careful and far-flung conversation about sex and difference, and urges s to resist making generalizations based on an incomplete dialogue.
ref: 1985 February 2, Janice Irvine, Sue Hyde, “The Discourse and the Action”, in Gay Community News, volume 12, number 28, page 8:
synonyms: word: common
word: ubiquitous
word: common
word: disseminated
word: far-flung
word: extensive
word: pervasive
word: predominant
word: prevailing
word: prevalent
word: regnant
word: rife
word: spread out
word: systemic
word: ubiquitous
word: universal
word: widespread
glosses: Widely distributed, wide-ranging, or widespread.
synonyms: scattered
dispersed
glosses: Widely but sparsely distributed.
Derived terms: far-flungness
synamphoteron
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek συναμφότεροι (sunamphóteroi, “both together”).
Senses: glosses: A composite.
Synonyms: compromise
Min Nan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Mǐn Nán
form: Minnan
form: Min-nan
Etymology: Borrowed from Mandarin 閩南 /闽南 (Mǐnnán).
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Southern Min.
synonyms: word: Southern Min
God botherer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: God botherers
form: God-botherer
Etymology: Fom God + botherer.
Senses: glosses: A person who persistently promotes religious beliefs to others, even when unwelcome.
synonyms: Bible basher
Bible thumper
glosses: An excessively pious person.
glosses: A religious preacher who visits homes to promote his or her beliefs.
topics: government
military
politics
war
synonyms: sky pilot
glosses: A military chaplain.
Related terms: God-bothering
choice theory
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: choice theories
Senses: topics: human-sciences
sciences
social-science
sociology
glosses: Any of various models of group behavior (such as economic behavior, criminal behavior, or consumer behavior) as the cumulative result of rational choices made by individuals expressing on their preferences and/or meeting their needs.
glosses: A body of work, originating with Dr. William Glasser in 1995, an extension of his 'reality therapy' that posits and explains human behavior as living organisms' satisfying genetic needs for survival, connecting and belonging, power, freedom and fun.
Chuvash
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /t͡ʃʊˈvɑːʃ/
rhymes: -ɑːʃ
Etymology: Borrowed from Russian чуваш (čuvaš), see there for more.
Senses: glosses: From, or pertaining to, Chuvashia
Chuvash
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /t͡ʃʊˈvɑːʃ/
rhymes: -ɑːʃ
Forms: form: Chuvashes
Etymology: Borrowed from Russian чуваш (čuvaš), see there for more.
Senses: glosses: Someone from, or pertaining to Chuvashia
Chuvash
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /t͡ʃʊˈvɑːʃ/
rhymes: -ɑːʃ
Etymology: Borrowed from Russian чуваш (čuvaš), see there for more.
Senses: glosses: An agglutinative language of the Bolgar branch of the Turkic language family and is spoken west of the Ural mountains in central Russia. Chuvash is the native language of the Chuvash people and an official language of Chuvashia. It is spoken by about two million people.
Related terms: urls: https://iso639-3.sil.org/code/chv
word: cv
alt: SIL
urls: https://iso639-3.sil.org/code/chv
word: chv
word: chv ⁠
word: Wiktionary’s coverage of Chuvash terms
dependent clause
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dependent clauses
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A subordinate clause.
subclass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsʌbklæs/
ipa: /ˈsʌbklɑːs/
Forms: form: subclasses
form: sub-class
Etymology: From sub- + class.
Senses: examples: text: 1959, "Steam's Finest Hour" edited by David P. Morgan, Kalmbach Publishing Co., referring to the R-1 Mountain class loco.
These 4-8-2's, of which B&M eventually purchased 18 in various subclasses, could almost haul the tonnage of a T and more than made up for the slight deficiency by raising the maximum speed limit from 45 to 70 miles per hour, thanks to 73-inch drivers.
text: Goffin is a prose text interspersed with short lists of typical terms exemplifying certain sub-classes of Indian English lexis.
ref: 2014, James Lambert, “Diachronic stability in Indian English lexis”, in World Englishes, page 116:
glosses: A secondary class within a main class.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
taxonomy
glosses: A rank directly below class.
qualifier: object-oriented programming
glosses: An object class derived from another class (its superclass) from which it inherits a base set of properties and methods.
Synonyms: word: subset
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
sciences
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: child class
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
sciences
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: derived class
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
sciences
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: heir class
Hypernyms: class
subclass
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsʌbklæs/
ipa: /ˈsʌbklɑːs/
Forms: form: subclasses
form: subclassing
form: subclassed
form: subclassed
form: sub-class
Etymology: From sub- + class.
Senses: examples: text: I subclassed the Button class to create a more specialised FancyButton class for my user interface.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: (in object-oriented programming) To create a subclass of (some class).
examples: text: Since Windows knows about these events, your application should be able to know about them as well. In order to accomplish this, subclass the window of a form or control, intercepting all of its events.
ref: 2000, James D. Foxall, MCSD in a Nutshell: The Visual Basic Exams, page 93:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: To cause (an object) to act as an instance of a subclass (by creating the desired subclass and instantiating an object of this subclass).
Derived terms: subclassable
unsubclass
cybernetic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌsaɪbə(ɹ)ˈnɛtɪk/
ipa: /ˌsaɪbɚˈnɛtɪk/
rhymes: -ɛtɪk
Forms: form: more cybernetic
form: most cybernetic
Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek κυβερνητικός (kubernētikós, “good at steering, good pilot”), from κυβερνητική τέχνη (kubernētikḗ tékhnē, “the pilot’s art”), from Ancient Greek κυβερνισμός (kubernismós), κυβέρνησις (kubérnēsis, “steering, pilotage, guiding”), from κυβερνάω (kubernáō, “to steer, to drive, to guide, to act as a pilot”) (which is also ultimately the root of govern). The term first recorded in English in 1948.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to cybernetics—the mathematical study of communication and control in living organisms or machines.
glosses: Of or relating to computers and the Internet.
Derived terms: biocybernetic
cyber-
cyber
cyberman
cybernation
cybernetically
cybernetic engineering
cyberneticism
cyberneticist
cybernetician
cyberneticize
cybernetic organism
cybernetics
cyborg
Lubarsky's law of cybernetic entomology
neurocybernetic
sociocybernetic
taxonomic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌtæksəˈnɒmɪk/
Etymology: From taxonomy + -ic, after French taxonomique.
Senses: examples: text: With fresh material, taxonomic conclusions are leavened by recognition that the material examined reflects the site it occupied; a herbarium packet gives one only a small fraction of the data desirable for sound conclusions. Herbarium material does not, indeed, allow one to extrapolate safely: what you see is what you get[…]
ref: 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page vii:
glosses: Of or relating to taxonomy.
Derived terms: chemotaxonomic
cybertaxonomic
cytotaxonomic
hypothetical taxonomic unit
ichnotaxonomic
macrotaxonomic
metataxonomic
microtaxonomic
morphotaxonomic
multitaxonomic
nontaxonomic
operational taxonomic unit
parataxonomic
phytotaxonomic
pseudotaxonomic
syntaxonomic
taxonomical
taxonomically
taxonomic inflation
taxonomic name
taxonomic synonym
taxonomic system
zootaxonomic
taxon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtæksɒn/
ipa: /ˈtæksən/
ipa: /ˈtæksɑn/
Forms: form: taxa
form: taxons
Etymology: Back-formation from taxonomy. By surface analysis, taxo- + -on.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
taxonomy
glosses: A group of one or more populations of an organism or organisms seen by taxonomists to form a unit.
Synonyms: word: taxon
Hyponyms: word: adelphotaxon
word: Elvis taxon
word: eutaxon
word: form taxon
word: ichnotaxon
word: intertaxon
word: intrataxon
word: Lazarus taxon
word: morphotaxon
word: multitaxon
word: nothotaxon
word: ootaxon
word: orthotaxon
word: palynotaxon
word: parataxon
word: subtaxon
word: supertaxon
word: wastebasket taxon
word: domain
word: kingdom
word: phylum
word: class
word: order
word: family
word: genus
word: species
word: subdomain
word: realm
word: subrealm
word: hyperkingdom
word: superkingdom
word: subkingdom
word: infrakingdom
word: parvkingdom
word: superphylum
word: subphylum
word: infraphylum
word: microphylum
word: superclass
word: subclass
word: infraclass
word: subterclass
word: parvclass
word: superdivision
word: division
word: subdivision
word: infradivision
word: superlegion
word: legion
word: sublegion
word: infralegion
word: supercohort
word: cohort
word: subcohort
word: infracohort
word: gigaorder
word: magnorder
word: grandorder
word: mirorder
word: superorder
word: series
word: parvorder
word: nanorder
word: hypoorder
word: minorder
word: suborder
word: infraorder
word: section
word: subsection
word: gigafamily
word: megafamily
word: grandfamily
word: hyperfamily
word: superfamily
word: epifamily
word: group
word: subfamily
word: infrafamily
word: supertribe
word: tribe
word: subtribe
word: infratribe
word: supergenus
word: subgenus
word: subseries
word: species complex
word: subspecies
word: variety
word: subvariety
word: form
word: oofamily
word: oogenus
word: oospecies
Meronyms: word: organism
Derived terms: adelphotaxon
daughter taxon
Elvis taxon
eutaxon
form taxon
ichnotaxon
intertaxon
intrataxon
Lazarus taxon
morphotaxon
multitaxon
nothotaxon
ootaxon
orthotaxon
palynotaxon
parataxon
parent taxon
subtaxon
supertaxon
taxonic
taxonically
taxonicity
taxonify
wastebasket taxon
zombie taxon
Related terms: word: clade
word: rank
word: hierarchy
word: nomenclature
word: taxonomy
word: biology
word: :Category:en:Taxonomy
word: :Category:mul:Taxonomic names
word: Appendix:Taxonomic names
cybernetics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌsaɪ.bə(ɹ)ˈnɛ.tɪks/
Etymology: From Ancient Greek κυβερνήτης (kubernḗtēs, “steersman”), from κυβερνάω (kubernáō, “I steer, drive, guide, act as a pilot”) (whence English govern). The term is attested since at least 1948 in the book Cybernetics by Norbert Wiener, influenced by the cognate term and doublet governor, the name of an early control device proposed by James Clerk Maxwell in 1868. Note also the 1830s French cybernétique (“the art of governing”). Also doublet of Kubernetes.
Senses: glosses: The theory/science of communication and control in living organisms or machines.
glosses: The art/study of governing, controlling automatic processes and communication.
glosses: Technology related to computers and Internet.
Derived terms: anthropocybernetics
biocybernetics
economic cybernetics
management cybernetics
medical cybernetics
neuro cybernetics
neurocybernetics
neuro-cybernetics
quantum cybernetics
second order cybernetics
sociocybernetics
technical cybernetics
Related terms: cyber
cyber-
cybercafe
cybernetic
cybernetically
cybernetician
cyberneticist
cyberpunk
cyberspace
cyborg
governance
governor
Kubernetes
connectionism
decision theory
information theory
systems science
Bacchus
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbækəs/
rhymes: -ækəs
Etymology: From the Latin Bacchus, from the Ancient Greek Βάκχος (Bákkhos).
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Dionysus, the Greek god of wine and vivid social gatherings.
Derived terms: bacchian
Bacchic
Bacchus-like
Bacchus Marsh
Related terms: bacchanal
Bacchanalia
superfamily
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: superfamilies
Etymology: From super- + family.
Senses: examples: text: There is no reason to deny a natural sequence or to split off genera only to have to attempt later to re-insert them into the whole by means of subordos and superfamilies.
ref: 1967, Zoologische Verhandelingen, page 32:
text: The genus Saipanetta has been suggested to be a surviving relict of the metacopidan superfamily Healdiacea because of its muscle scar pattern and narrow duplicature; nevertheless, it differs from the Metacopida in its more complex hingement, lack of a distinct contact groove, exaggerated domiciliar asymmetry, and lack of posterior ridges or angulations.
ref: 1978, Philip D. Gingerich, New Condylarthra (Mammalia) from the Paleocene and Early Eocene of North America, page 289:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
taxonomy
glosses: A taxonomic category above family and below order (and its subdivisions).
qualifier: molecular biology
glosses: A large group of related proteins or other molecules.
transmission
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: trănsmĭ'shən
enpr: trănzmĭ'shən
ipa: /tɹænsˈmɪʃən/
ipa: /tɹænzˈmɪʃən/
rhymes: -ɪʃən
Forms: form: transmissions
form: trans
form: xmission
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin transmissionem (accusative of transmissio), from transmittere.
Senses: glosses: The act of transmitting, e.g. data (signals) or electric power.
glosses: The fact of being transmitted.
glosses: Something that is transmitted, such as a message, picture, or a disease; the sending of such a thing.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: The passage of a nerve impulse across synapses.
examples: text: Any vehicle with an internal combustion engine needs a transmission that can alter the gear ratio (engine RPM to wheel RPM) as the vehicle's speed changes.
topics: automotive
transport
vehicles
synonyms: gearbox[Appendix:Glossary#metonym|metonymically]]>
tranny
qualifier: trucking; heavy equipment; trucking; heavy equipment
glosses: A device, usually an assembly of gears (gearbox) plus a clutch or torque converter, through which power is sent from the engine to the driveshaft in an automobile (motor car or motor truck).
topics: law
glosses: The right possessed by an heir or legatee of transmitting to his successor(s) any inheritance, legacy, right, or privilege, to which he is entitled, even if he should die without enjoying or exercising it.
topics: biology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: The passing of a pathogen or communicable disease from an infected host individual or group to a conspecific individual or group.
Synonyms: sense: several senses
word: outsending
Derived terms: automated manual transmission
automatic transmission
clutchless manual transmission
continuously variable transmission
cotransmission
cross-transmission
cryo-transmission
cryo-transmission electron micrograph
cryo-transmission electron microscope
cryo-transmission electron microscopy
electric power transmission
extraordinary optical transmission
gliotransmission
heterotransmission
high-voltage transmission line
intertransmission
manual transmission
mechanotransmission
monochromated scanning transmission electron microscope
multitransmission
neurotransmission
nontransmission
overtransmission
power transmission line
pretransmission
retransmission
scanning transmission electron microscope
semi-automatic transmission
standard transmission
synchronized transmission
teletransmission
transaxle
transflection
Transmission Control Protocol
transmissioned
transmission electron diffraction
transmission electron microscope
transmission electron microscopy
transmission fluid
transmission function
transmissionism
transmissionist
transmissionless
transmission line
transmission medium
transmission mount
transmission oil
transmission time
transmission tower
xenotransmission
Related terms: transmissible
transmissive
tardis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tardises
Senses: examples: text: The photograph 'the romance of the auto/biographer's desk' is a tardis; when I enter the photograph I can move through time, move through a variety of times indeed.
ref: 1995, Liz Stanley, The Auto/Biographical I: The Theory and Practice of Feminist Auto-Biography, page 54:
text: This small paperback book is a veritable tardis of tips on how to preserve the harvest glut. It covers 51 types of fruit and vegetables, including herbs.
ref: 1999, The Organic Way, numbers 157-174, page 53:
text: 10 Downing Street is a tardis of a property. Behind its famous black door lies a maze of corridors, offices and reception rooms. In one such room, decorated with oak panelling and oil paintings […]
ref: 2009, Dominic Varadi, The Credit Crunch Conspiracy, page 214:
glosses: Alternative form of Tardis.
concurrent
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəŋˈkʌɹənt/
ipa: /kɒŋˈkʌɹənt/
ipa: /kəŋˈkɝɹənt/
Forms: form: concurrents
Etymology: From Middle English concurrent, from Old French concurrent, from Latin concurrēns, present active participle of concurrō (“happen at the same time”), from con- (“with”) + currō (“run”).
Senses: examples: text: To all affairs of importance there are three necessary concurrents […] time, industry, and faculties.
ref: 1667, attributed to Richard Allestree, The Causes of the Decay of Christian Piety. […], London: […] R. Norton for T. Garthwait, […], →OCLC:
glosses: One who, or that which, concurs; a joint or contributory cause.
examples: text: Menander […] had no concurrent in his time that came neere vnto him
ref: 1601, C[aius] Plinius Secundus [i.e., Pliny the Elder], “(please specify |book=I to XXXVII)”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Historie of the World. Commonly Called, The Naturall Historie of C. Plinius Secundus. […], (please specify |tome=1 or 2), London: […] Adam Islip, →OCLC:
glosses: One pursuing the same course, or seeking the same objects; hence, a rival; an opponent.
glosses: One of the supernumerary days of the year over fifty-two complete weeks; so called because they concur with the solar cycle, the course of which they follow.
glosses: One who accompanies a sheriff's officer as witness.
twitch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /twɪt͡ʃ/
ipa: [tʰw̥ɪt͡ʃ]
rhymes: -ɪtʃ
Forms: form: twitches
Etymology: From Middle English twicchen, from Old English *twiċċan, from Proto-West Germanic *twikkijan (“to nail, pin, fasten, clasp, pinch”).
Cognate with English tweak, Low German twikken, German Low German twicken (“to pinch, pinch off”), zweckōn and gizwickan (> German zwicken (“to pinch”)).
Senses: examples: text: I saw a little twitch in the man's face, and knew he was lying.
glosses: A brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again; a spasm.
glosses: Action of spotting or seeking out a bird, especially a rare one.
examples: text: THE TWITCH is a short stick of strong ash, about the size of a mopstick, with a hole pierced near the end, through which is passed a piece of strong but small cord, and tied in a loop large enough to admit the open hand freely.
ref: 1861, John Henry Walsh, The Horse in the Stable and in the Field:
topics: farriery
hobbies
horses
lifestyle
pets
sports
synonyms: barnacle
glosses: A stick with a hole in one end through which passes a loop, which can be drawn tightly over the upper lip or an ear of a horse and twisted to keep the animal quiet during minor surgery.
topics: medicine
physiology
sciences
glosses: A brief, contractile response of a skeletal muscle elicited by a single maximal volley of impulses in the neurons supplying it.
topics: business
mining
glosses: The sudden narrowing almost to nothing of a vein of ore.
topics: biology
birdwatching
natural-sciences
ornithology
glosses: A trip taken in order to observe a rare bird.
Derived terms: fast-twitch
nervous twitch
sleep twitch
slow-twitch
twitch fire
twitch game
twitch gameplay
twitch grass
twitch
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /twɪt͡ʃ/
ipa: [tʰw̥ɪt͡ʃ]
rhymes: -ɪtʃ
Forms: form: twitches
form: twitching
form: twitched
form: twitched
Etymology: From Middle English twicchen, from Old English *twiċċan, from Proto-West Germanic *twikkijan (“to nail, pin, fasten, clasp, pinch”).
Cognate with English tweak, Low German twikken, German Low German twicken (“to pinch, pinch off”), zweckōn and gizwickan (> German zwicken (“to pinch”)).
Senses: examples: text: His fingers were nervously twitching.
glosses: To perform a twitch; spasm.
examples: text: Their feet padded softly on the ground, and they crept quite close to him, twitching their noses...
ref: 1921 June, Margery Williams, “The Velveteen Rabbit: Or How Toys Become Real”, in Harper’s Bazar, volume LVI, number 6 (2504 overall), New York, N.Y.: International Magazine Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:
glosses: To cause to twitch; spasm.
examples: text: to twitch somebody's sleeve for attention
text: Thrice they twitched the diamond in her ear.
ref: 1714, Alexander Pope, “The Rape of the Lock”, in The Works of Mr. Alexander Pope, volume I, London: […] W[illiam] Bowyer, for Bernard Lintot, […], published 1717, →OCLC, canto III:
glosses: To jerk sharply and briefly.
glosses: To exert oneself.
examples: text: "The Birdwatchers Handbook ... will be a clear asset to those who 'twitch' in Europe."
ref: 1995, Quarterly Review of Biology, volume 70, page 348:
text: "But the key revelation from twitching that wonderful Iceland Gull on 10 March 1974 wasn't its eroticism. It was the sheer innocence of it."
ref: 2003, Mark Cocker, Birders: Tales of a Tribe, →ISBN, page 52:
text: "I hadn't seen John since I went to Adelaide to (unsuccessfully) twitch the '87 Northern Shoveler, when I was a skinny, eighteen-year-old kid. "
ref: 2005, Sean Dooley, The Big Twitch: One Man, One Continent, a Race Against Time, →ISBN, page 119:
glosses: To spot or seek out a bird, especially a rare one.
Derived terms: atwitch
twitchable
twitcher
twitching
untwitchable
twitch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /twɪt͡ʃ/
ipa: [tʰw̥ɪt͡ʃ]
rhymes: -ɪtʃ
Etymology: alternate of quitch
Senses: glosses: couch grass (Elymus repens; a species of grass, often considered as a weed)
primates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɹaɪmeɪts/
Senses: glosses: plural of primate
iso-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Pronunciation: ipa: /aɪsə-/
ipa: /aɪsəʊ-/
ipa: /aɪˈsɒ-/
ipa: /aɪsə-/
ipa: /aɪsoʊ-/
ipa: /aɪˈsɑ-/
ipa: /aɪˈsɔ-/
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἴσος (ísos, “equal”).
Senses: examples: isoeffect, isointense
glosses: Same, identical.
examples: isorhythm
glosses: Equal; equivalent.
examples: text: Isomethadone is an isomer of methadone.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Isomer.
examples: isohexane
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: (of an aliphatic compound, especially a fatty acid) Having a branch on the penultimate carbon atom of a chain.
examples: isotherm, isochrone
topics: climatology
geography
meteorology
natural-sciences
glosses: Forms terms for specific kinds of isolines.
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Isomorphism.
Synonyms: sense: identical
word: homo-
sense: identical
word: syn-
sense: identical
word: sym-
sense: identical
word: ipsi-
sense: equivalent
word: equi-
sense: equivalent
word: pari-
Derived terms: anteiso-
isohilbert space
isoinner product
isolatitude
isolocal
isomanifold
isosymmetry
isotransformation
Related terms: sense: similar
word: homeo-
considering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /kənˈsɪdəɹɪŋ/
Senses: examples: text: Considering they are newcomers, they've accomplished a lot.
glosses: present participle and gerund of consider
Derived terms: consideringly
unconsidering
considering
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kənˈsɪdəɹɪŋ/
Forms: form: considerings
Senses: examples: text: This respite shook / The bosom of my conscience, enter'd me, / Yea, with a splitting power, and made to tremble / The region of my breast; which forced such way, / That many mazed considerings did throng / And press'd in with this caution.
ref: 1613 (date written), William Shakespeare, [John Fletcher], “The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eight”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
glosses: Consideration.
considering
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /kənˈsɪdəɹɪŋ/
Forms: form: more considering
form: most considering
Senses: examples: text: Your wound doesn't look that bad, considering.
glosses: Given the circumstances; all in all; all things considered.
considering
Language: English
Part of speech: prep
Pronunciation: ipa: /kənˈsɪdəɹɪŋ/
Senses: examples: text: Considering the extent of his crimes, he was given a surprisingly short sentence.
glosses: Taking into account.
Synonyms: in view of
considers
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /kənˈsɪdɚz/
ipa: /kənˈsɪdəz/
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of consider
stig
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /stɪɡ/
rhymes: -ɪɡ
Forms: form: stigs
Etymology: From the eponymous character in the book Stig of the Dump (Clive King, Puffin, 1963, →ISBN.
Senses: synonyms: chav
glosses: Someone from a poor background, with poor dress sense.
stig
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /stɪɡ/
rhymes: -ɪɡ
Forms: form: stigs
Senses: glosses: An electronic cigarette or vape.
stig
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /stɪɡ/
rhymes: -ɪɡ
Forms: form: stigs
form: stigging
form: stigged
form: stigged
Senses: glosses: To vape.
citizen's arrest
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: citizen's arrests
form: citizens' arrests
Senses: topics: law
glosses: An arrest made by a person who is not acting as a sworn law enforcement official to detain a suspected criminal until the police can be summoned.
Xenophanes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /zɛˈnɒfəniːz/
Etymology: From Ancient Greek Ξενοφάνης (Xenophánēs). The name means “of foreign appearance” and is composed of ξένος (xénos, “foreign”) + φαίνω (phaínō, “appear”).
Senses: glosses: A Greek given name.
examples: text: Lucretius was the Xenophanes of Roman culture, a great theorist (visionary), an ardent disciple of Universal Nature, an enemy of all superstition, false gods, and false fear of death, […]
ref: 1931, Hermann Schneider, Margaret Minna Green, The History of World Civilization, volume 2, page 614:
text: No Xenophanes arose amongst the Jews to rebuke them for ascribing to Jahweh acts which would be accounted a shame and a disgrace amongst men; […]
ref: 1970, John Arthur Passmore, The Perfectibility of Man, page 77:
text: Euthyphro is no Xenophanes but as a religious and thinking man he can turn to great teachers; […]
ref: 1985, Michael Despland, The Education of Desire, page 33:
glosses: The pre-Socratic philosopher Xenophanes of Colophon; by extension or reference, any profound or transformative religious thinker.
Derived terms: Xenophanean
Xenophanic
subphylum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subphylums
form: subphyla
Etymology: From sub- + phylum.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
taxonomy
glosses: A taxonomic category below phylum and above class
recumbent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more recumbent
form: most recumbent
Etymology: From Latin present participle recumbēns, from recumbō (“I recline”).
Senses: glosses: Lying down.
glosses: Inactive; idle.
Synonyms: word: lying down
word: recumbent
Hyponyms: word: prone
word: prostrate
word: reclining
word: supine
Derived terms: recumbent bicycle
recumbent stone circle
Related terms: word: resting
word: spread-eagled
word: fetal position
word: take lying down
word: sleep
word: Human positions on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
recumbent
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: recumbents
Etymology: From Latin present participle recumbēns, from recumbō (“I recline”).
Senses: synonyms: recumbent bicycle
glosses: A bicycle or tricycle that places the rider in a reclined posture.
topics: archaeology
history
human-sciences
sciences
glosses: A large rectangular monolith lying on its side, typically flanked by two large upright stones, the flankers; found in recumbent stone circles of Aberdeenshire, Scotland, and the counties of Cork and Kerry in south-west of Ireland.
Derived terms: recumbence
recumbency
recumbently
unrecumbent
Related terms: accumbent
decumbent
diamond frame
prone
prostrate
supine
Diogenes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /daɪˈɒdʒəniːz/
Etymology: From Latin Diogenēs, from Ancient Greek Διογένης (Diogénēs).
Senses: glosses: A transliteration of the Ancient Greek male given name Διογένης (Diogénēs).
glosses: Diogenes of Sinope, an Ancient Greek philosopher (c.412-c.323 BC), the most famous of Cynic philosophers.
Derived terms: Diogenes crab
Diogenes syndrome
glad rags
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gladrags
Etymology: US origin, late 19th c.
Senses: examples: text: 1896, Henry M. Blossom, Jr., Checkers: A Hard-luck Story, Grosset & Dunlap, page 39,
“But say, you wouldn’t have known me if you’d seen me here with my wife that time—my glad rags on, a stove-pipe lid, patent leather kicks and a stone on my front. […]
text: 1897 April, W. H. Carruth and Paul Wilkinson, "Dialect Word-List.—No. 4", in Kansas University Quarterly, Series B:—Philology and History, Volume VI, Number 2, University of Kansas, page 88,
glad rags: “Sunday-go-to-meeting” clothes.—General.
text: 1920, Helen Reimensnyder Martin, The Schoolmaster of Hessville, Doubleday, page 285,
“[…] Or she’ll say, ‘Well, I must go now and put on my glad rags.’ Glad rags yet, John! Yes, that’s what she calls her best frock! Ain’t it funny? […]”
text: ‘I bet you are busy,’ he said. He paused at the door: ‘I shall need some money for glad rags.’ ¶ ‘Glad rags?’ ¶ ‘White tie and the rest of it.’
ref: 1935, Graham Greene, England Made Me, Penguin Classics (1992), page 83
text: 1959, Shelagh Delaney, A Taste of Honey, Grove Press, →ISBN, page 30,
Helen: Help yourself to a drink, Peter, and I'll go and put my glad rags on. [Exit.]
text: 2007, Brett Atkinson, Central Europe, Lonely Planet Publications, →ISBN, page 143,
Brno has an excellent theater and classical music, and you’re expected to put your glad rags on.
synonyms: Sunday best
glosses: Formal attire, dress clothes.
examples: 1969, Iceberg Slim, Mama Black Widow: A Story of the South’s Black Underworld, Holloway House Publishing (2004), →ISBN, page 183,
Lock Jaw said, “Bessie, how would you like to get dressed up in a grand worth of glad rags and go to a fancy blowout with me?”
2002, Judith Clarke, Wolf on the Fold, Front Street, →ISBN, pages 41–42,
‘She might forget,’ said Clightie. ‘You know how she does. While she's in there putting her glad rags on; she might come out, all dressed up, and not remember what she’s dressed up for.’
2007, Anthony Ham and Alison Bing, Morocco, Lonely Planet Publications, →ISBN, page 85,
Put on your glad rags and git down with the in-crowd at Casablanca’s hip Boulevard de la Corniche (p101)
glosses: Stylish clothing.
covering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkʌvəɹɪŋ/
Etymology: Present participle or participial adjective from cover (verb) + -ing; or, from Middle English participle form of coveren, keveren (“to cover”).
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of cover