cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Flanders
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈflɑːn.dəz/
ipa: /ˈflæn.dɚz/
rhymes: (Received Pronunciation) -ɑːndə(ɹ)z
rhymes: (General American) -ændə(ɹ)z
Forms: form: Flanderses
Etymology: From Middle English Flaunders, Flaundress, flawndirs, from Old French Flandres, from Middle Dutch Vlâendren pl, from Vlander, from Old Frisian, from Proto-Germanic *flaumdrą (“waterlogged land”), from *flaumaz (“flowing, current (water)”) (compare Old High German weraltfloum (“transitoriness of life”), Old Norse flaumr (“eddy”)), from Proto-Indo-European *plow-m- (“flow”) (compare Ancient Greek πλῠ́μα (plŭ́ma, “dishwater, washing water”)). More at flow. "Waterlogged" refers to the mudflats and salt marshes common to coastal Flanders.
Senses: examples: text: But Wallonian legislators are blocking the changes, fearing that their power is eroding, that the Flemish are doing some legal ethnic cleansing and that a divided Belgium will end the subsidies that flow south from richer Flanders.
ref: 2008 May 14, Steven Erlanger, “Seams of Belgium’s Quilt Threaten to Burst”, in The New York Times:
glosses: A cultural region in the north of Belgium.
examples: text: When you went / Ambassador to the Emperor, you made bold / To carry into Flanders the great seal.
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, [Act III, scene ii]:
glosses: A historical county of Western Europe; in full, County of Flanders.
glosses: A region of Belgium. Official name: Flemish Region.
glosses: A community of Belgium. Official name: Flemish Community.
examples: Ellipsis of West Flanders: a province of Flanders, Belgium.
Ellipsis of East Flanders: a province of Flanders, Belgium.
glosses: Two provinces in Belgian Flanders, West Flanders and East Flanders.
glosses: Ellipsis of French Flanders: a former province of France.
glosses: Ellipsis of French Flanders: a region of France.
glosses: Ellipsis of Zeelandic Flanders: a region of Zeeland, the Netherlands.
glosses: The principal railway station in Lille, capital of the above.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Mount Olive, Morris County, New Jersey, United States.
glosses: A surname.
Related terms: East-Flanders
Flanderization
Flandrian
Flemish
French Flanders
Imperial Flanders
West-Flanders
Zeelandic Flanders
Belgium
Brussels
Wallonia
Brussels
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɹʌsəlz/
ipa: /ˈbɹʊsəlz/
rhymes: -ʌsəlz
Etymology: From Dutch Brussel and French Bruxelles, from Proto-Germanic, composed of the words *brōk (“marsh”) + *sali (“building, room”). The metonymic meaning of Brussels as the European Union stems from the fact that the EU headquarters is based in Brussels.
Senses: glosses: The capital city of Belgium. Official name: City of Brussels.
examples: text: Buying bread from a man in Brussels / He was 6'4", and full of muscle
ref: 1981, Men At Work, “Down Under”, in Business as Usual:
glosses: A region of Belgium. Official name: Brussels-Capital Region.
glosses: The administrative apparatus of the European Union.
glosses: A historical district of the German Reich. Official name: District of Brussels.
glosses: A historical republic of Western Europe; in full, Calvinist Republic of Brussels.
glosses: A historical county of Western Europe; in full, County of Brussels.
Derived terms: Brussels carpet
Brussels effect
Brussels-English
Brussels English
Brussels ground
Brussels lace
Brussels net
Brussels point
Brussels sprout
Brussels wire ground
Brussels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɹʌsəlz/
ipa: /ˈbɹʊsəlz/
rhymes: -ʌsəlz
Forms: form: Brussels
Etymology: From Dutch Brussel and French Bruxelles, from Proto-Germanic, composed of the words *brōk (“marsh”) + *sali (“building, room”). The metonymic meaning of Brussels as the European Union stems from the fact that the EU headquarters is based in Brussels.
Senses: examples: text: If the same design be produced in a Brussels and in a Tapestry it will be found that the Brussels shows sharp, clean-cut outlines, where the Tapestry gives ragged, uneven effects, […]
ref: 1911, Dry Goods Economist, volume 65, number 3, page 51:
glosses: A Brussels carpet.
examples: text: We cooked a big Christmas dinner with turkey, stuffing, Brussels, and parsnips.
glosses: A Brussels sprout.
Leuven
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Dutch Leuven.
Senses: glosses: The largest city and provincial capital of Flemish Brabant, Flanders, Belgium
synthesizer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɪn.θəˌsaɪ.zə(ɹ)/
ipa: /ˈsɪn.θəˌsaɪ.zɚ/
Forms: form: synthesizers
form: synthesiser
Etymology: From synthesize + -er.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: An electronic musical instrument that creates its sounds with electronics and generally is played via a keyboard.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: An electronic instrument consisting of a module, or a set of modules, that creates its sounds with electronics and does not have any keyboard.
topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: An electronic circuit that generates an electronic signal oscillation with accurate timing from a reference oscillator.
topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: An electronic device that generates electronic signal patterns to test an electronic circuit.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
software
glosses: A software program that allows a computer to be used as a musical instrument – virtual instrument
Derived terms: synthesist
voice synthesizer
peen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /piːn/
rhymes: -iːn
Forms: form: peens
form: pane
form: pean
form: pein
form: piend
Etymology: Probably from a North Germanic source, compare dialectal Norwegian penn (“peen”), Danish pind (“peg”), German Pinne (“the peen of a hammer”), Old Swedish pæna (“to pound iron with a hammer”).
Senses: glosses: The (often spherical) end of the head of a hammer opposite the main hammering end.
Derived terms: ball-peen hammer
cross peen hammer
straight peen hammer
peen
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /piːn/
rhymes: -iːn
Forms: form: peens
form: peening
form: peened
form: peened
form: pane
form: pean
form: pein
form: piend
Etymology: Probably from a North Germanic source, compare dialectal Norwegian penn (“peen”), Danish pind (“peg”), German Pinne (“the peen of a hammer”), Old Swedish pæna (“to pound iron with a hammer”).
Senses: glosses: To shape metal by striking it, especially with a peen.
Derived terms: chisel peen
cross peen
peen over
point peen
Related terms: Ball-peen hammer
Shot peening
Peening
peen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /piːn/
rhymes: -iːn
Forms: form: peens
Etymology: Clipping of penis, with the spelling changed to maintain the original pronunciation.
Senses: examples: text: With all due respect (and that may be very little), the real truth is that being a dad is sometimes an imposition of pain far worse than any up-the-peen catheter could ever deliver.
ref: 2009, Danny Evans, Rage Against the Meshugenah: Why it Takes Balls to Go Nuts, New American Library, published 2009, →ISBN:
text: Where to touch a man that will drive him wild every time (Hint: It's probably his peen.)
ref: 2010, Andrea Lavinthal, Jessica Rozler, Your So-Called Life: A Guide to Boys, Body Issues, and Other Big-Girl Drama You Thought You Would Have Figured Out By Now, Harper, published 2010, →ISBN, page 32:
text: It's so quiet you could hear a peen go soft.
ref: 2012, Fanny Merkin, Andrew Shaffer, Fifty Shames of Earl Grey: A Parody, Da Capo Press, published 2012, →ISBN, page 49:
text: “Guillermo, you will now take Colin Robinson's peen and scrotum and crush it in your hand.” “What?” “Good idea.” “No.” “Yeah.” “He's gonna do it.” “I'm afraid I can't, Master. As much as I would love to, something compels me not to.”
ref: 2021 September 2, Paul Simms, “The Prisoner” (2058: from the start), in What We Do in the Shadows, season 3, episode 1, spoken by Nadja of Antipaxos (Natasia Demetriou):
glosses: Penis.
Derived terms: epeen
hemipeen
postulate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: pŏsʹtyo͝o-lət
ipa: /ˈpɒstjʊlət/
enpr: pŏsʹchə-lət
enpr: pŏsʹchə-lāt'
ipa: /ˈpɑst͡ʃələt/
ipa: /ˈpɑst͡ʃəˌleɪt/
enpr: pŏsʹtyo͝o-lət
ipa: /ˈpɒstjʊlət/
enpr: pŏsʹchə-lət
enpr: pŏsʹchə-lāt'
ipa: /ˈpɑst͡ʃələt/
ipa: /ˈpɑst͡ʃəˌleɪt/
Forms: form: postulates
Etymology: From Latin postulātus or Latin postulātum. Alternatively, a substantivation of Latin postulātus, perfect passive participle of postulō (“to request”), see -ate (noun-forming suffix) for more. Compare French postulat.
Senses: glosses: Something assumed without proof as being self-evident or generally accepted, especially when used as a basis for an argument. Sometimes distinguished from axioms as being relevant to a particular science or context, rather than universally true, and following from other axioms rather than being an absolute assumption.
glosses: A fundamental element; a basic principle.
topics: human-sciences
logic
mathematics
philosophy
sciences
glosses: An axiom.
glosses: A requirement; a prerequisite.
Derived terms: Bertrand's postulate
Hebb's postulate
Koch's postulate
parallel postulate
universal postulate
postulate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: pŏsʹtyo͝o-lāt
ipa: /ˈpɒstjʊleɪt/
enpr: pŏsʹchə-lāt'
ipa: /ˈpɑst͡ʃəˌleɪt/
enpr: pŏsʹchə-lāt'
ipa: /ˈpɔst͡ʃəlæɪt/
enpr: pŏsʹchə-lāt'
ipa: /ˈpɒst͡ʃəlæɪt/
ipa: [ˈpɔ̟st͡ʃəlæɪt]
enpr: pŏsʹtyo͝o-lāt
ipa: /ˈpɒstjʊleɪt/
enpr: pŏsʹchə-lāt'
ipa: /ˈpɑst͡ʃəˌleɪt/
enpr: pŏsʹchə-lāt'
ipa: /ˈpɔst͡ʃəlæɪt/
enpr: pŏsʹchə-lāt'
ipa: /ˈpɒst͡ʃəlæɪt/
ipa: [ˈpɔ̟st͡ʃəlæɪt]
Forms: form: postulates
form: postulating
form: postulated
form: postulated
Etymology: From Latin postulātus, perfect passive participle of postulō (“request”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix) for more. Compare French postuler.
Senses: examples: text: 1883, Benedictus de Spinoza, translated by R. H. M. Elwes, Ethics, Part 3, Prop. XXII,
But this pleasure or pain is postulated to come to us accompanied by the idea of an external cause; […]
text: [T]he attempt to arrive at a physical explanation of existence led the Ionian thinkers to postulate various primal elements or simply the infinite τὸ ἀπειρον.
ref: 1911, Infinite, Encyclopædia Britannica:
glosses: To assume as a truthful or accurate premise or axiom, especially as a basis of an argument.
examples: text: [A]lthough Douglas was postulated to it [the Abbacy of Arbroath], and signed letters and papers under this designation his nomination […] was never completed.
ref: 1874, John Small, editor, The Poetical Works of Gavin Douglas, Bishop of Dunkeld, volume 1, page xvi:
topics: Christianity
glosses: To appoint or request one's appointment to an ecclesiastical office.
glosses: To request, demand or claim for oneself.
Derived terms: postulation
postulational
repostulate
unpostulated
postulate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: pŏsʹtyo͝o-lət
ipa: /ˈpɒstjʊlət/
enpr: pŏsʹchə-lət
ipa: /ˈpɑst͡ʃələt/
enpr: pŏsʹtyo͝o-lət
ipa: /ˈpɒstjʊlət/
enpr: pŏsʹchə-lət
ipa: /ˈpɑst͡ʃələt/
Etymology: From Latin postulātus, perfect passive participle of postulō (“request”), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) for more.
Senses: examples: text: postulate Illation
ref: 1662 (indicated as 1663), [Samuel Butler], “[The First Part of Hudibras]”, in Hudibras. The First and Second Parts. […], London: […] John Martyn and Henry Herringman, […], published 1678; republished in A[lfred] R[ayney] Waller, editor, Hudibras: Written in the Time of the Late Wars, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: University Press, 1905, →OCLC:
glosses: Postulated.
-ably
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Pronunciation: ipa: /əbli/
Forms: form: -ibly
form: -bly
Etymology: From -able + -ly.
Senses: examples: suitably
glosses: Used to form adverbs corresponding to adjectives that end in -able.
ifere
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of yfere
igasuric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: See igasurine, + -ic.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Pertaining to, or obtained from, nux vomica or Saint Ignatius's bean; as, igasuric acid
igasurine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: igasurines
Etymology: Borrowed from Malay igasura (“the nux vomica”) + -ine.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An alkaloid found in nux vomica, and extracted as a white crystalline substance.
igloo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɪɡ.luː/
Forms: form: igloos
Etymology: From Inuktitut ᐃᒡᓗ (iclo, “house, building (of any kind)”), from Proto-Inuit *ǝɣlu, from Proto-Eskimo *ǝŋlu.
Senses: glosses: A dome-shaped Inuit shelter, constructed of blocks cut from snow.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: A cavity, or excavation, made in the snow by a seal, over its breathing hole in the sea ice.
examples: text: General James Walsh signalled Strategic Air Command that the B-47 tore apart the igloo and knocked about 3 mark sixes.
ref: 2011, Robert Hutchinson, Weapons of Mass Destruction:
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A reinforced bunker for the storage of nuclear weapons.
examples: text: Since most major airlines have interline agreements, if your cargo is in an igloo or container, it can be moved as is […]
ref: 1978, Made in Mexico:
qualifier: logistics
glosses: A kind of airfreight cargo container.
Derived terms: iglooless
igloolike
pigloo
twigloo
Related terms: word: twigloo
sense: traditional Native American dwellings
alt: used by the Navajo in the southwestern United States
word: hogan
sense: traditional Native American dwellings
english: used in the Great Plains
translation: used in the Great Plains
word: teepee
sense: traditional Native American dwellings
english: used by the Inuit during the summer
translation: used by the Inuit during the summer
word: tupik
sense: traditional Native American dwellings
alt: used by the Wampanoag in the northeastern United States
word: wetu
sense: traditional Native American dwellings
english: used in the southwestern and western United States
translation: used in the southwestern and western United States
word: wickiup
sense: traditional Native American dwellings
english: used in the northeastern United States
translation: used in the northeastern United States
word: wigwam
word: quinzhee
word: snow fort
St Ignatius' bean
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: St Ignatius' beans
Senses: glosses: A seed of a tree of species Strychnos ignatii, with similar properties to nux vomica.
lies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /laɪz/
rhymes: -aɪz
Forms: form: lyes
Senses: glosses: plural of lie
lies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /laɪz/
rhymes: -aɪz
Forms: form: lyes
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of lie
lies
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /laɪz/
rhymes: -aɪz
Forms: form: lyes
Senses: examples: text: That kebab was lies!
glosses: Great, wonderful
panier
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paniers
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of pannier.
wier
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wiers
Senses: examples: text: The wier of this fishery is very large, and consists of a dam, ten or twelve feet high […]
ref: 1819, James Dugdale, The New British Traveller: Or, Modern Panorama of England and Wales:
glosses: Archaic form of weir.
alert
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈlɜːt/
enpr: ə-lûrtʹ
ipa: /əˈlɝt/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)t
Forms: form: more alert
form: most alert
Etymology: From French alerte (“alert”), from the phrase à l'erte (“on the watch”), from Italian all'erta (“to the height”), from erta (“lookout, tower”).
Senses: synonyms: wakeful
glosses: Attentive; awake; on guard.
examples: text: I saw an alert young fellow that cocked his hat upon a friend of his who entered just at the same time with myself
ref: 1712 June 23 (Gregorian calendar), [Joseph Addison; Richard Steele et al.], “THURSDAY, June 12, 1712”, in The Spectator, number 408; republished in Alexander Chalmers, editor, The Spectator; a New Edition, […], volume V, New York, N.Y.: D[aniel] Appleton & Company, 1853, →OCLC:
glosses: brisk; nimble; moving with celerity.
Derived terms: alertless
alertly
alertness
hyperalert
overalert
superalert
unalert
alert
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈlɜːt/
enpr: ə-lûrtʹ
ipa: /əˈlɝt/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)t
Forms: form: alerts
Etymology: From French alerte (“alert”), from the phrase à l'erte (“on the watch”), from Italian all'erta (“to the height”), from erta (“lookout, tower”).
Senses: glosses: An alarm.
glosses: A notification of higher importance than an advisory.
examples: text: an airborne alert; ground alert
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A state of readiness for potential combat.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Synonym of bell (“bell character”).
synonyms: word: bell
extra: bell character
Derived terms: alert fatigue
alert five
amber alert
drink alert
e-alert
medical alert jewelry
on alert
on the alert
red alert
silver alert
spew alert
spoiler alert
alert
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈlɜːt/
enpr: ə-lûrtʹ
ipa: /əˈlɝt/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)t
Forms: form: alerts
form: alerting
form: alerted
form: alerted
Etymology: Formed within English by conversion, from alert (adjective). Compare French alerter.
Senses: glosses: To give warning to.
Derived terms: alertable
polyglottous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: See polyglot
Senses: examples: The polyglottous tribes of America — Max Müller
glosses: Speaking many languages; polyglot.
polygonaceous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -eɪʃəs
Forms: form: more polygonaceous
form: most polygonaceous
Etymology: Polygonaceae + -ous
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to a family of apetalous plants, Polygonaceae, of which the knotweeds of the genus Polygonum are the type, and which includes also the docks of the genus Rumex, the buckwheat, rhubarb, sea grape of the genus Coccoloba, and several other genera.
polygoneutic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From poly- + Ancient Greek γονεύω (goneúō, “to produce offspring”) + -tic, from γονεύς (goneús, “parent”).
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Having two or more broods in a season.
Coordinate terms: monogoneutic
digoneutic
polygonometry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polygonometries
Etymology: From polygon + -metry.
Senses: glosses: The mensuration of polygons
polygonous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From polygon + -ous.
Senses: glosses: polygonal
polygonum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polygonums
form: polygona
Etymology: From translingual Polygonum, from Ancient Greek πολύγονον (polúgonon, “knotweed”), from πολύς (polús, “many”) + γόνυ (gónu, “knee”), so called in allusion to the numerous joints, or neuter of πολύγονος (polúgonos, “prolific”), from πολύς (polús, “many”) + γόνος (gónos, “offspring”). Related to polygon (from γωνία (gōnía, “corner, angle”), a derivative of γόνυ (gónu)).
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Any of many plants, of the family Polygonaceae, embracing a large number of species, including bistort, knotweed, smartweed, etc.
polygony
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polygonies
Etymology: From Latin polygonium, from Ancient Greek πολύγονον (polúgonon).
Senses: examples: text: There, whether it diuine Tobacco were, / Or Panachæa, or Polygony, / She found, and brought it to her patient deare [...].
ref: 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto V”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
glosses: Any plant of the genus Polygonum, especially knotgrass.
aa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɑː.ɑː/
ipa: [ˈɑː.ʔɑː]
enpr: äʹä
ipa: /ˈɑ.ɑ/
ipa: [ˈɑ.ʔɑ]
Forms: form: a'a
form: 'a'a
form: 'a'ā
form: a-a
form: a aa
form: a-aa
Etymology: From Hawaiian ʻaʻā.
Senses: examples: text: We...saw ‘pahoihoi’ or solid lava forming, and also ‘aa’ or clinkers.
ref: 1859, R. C. Haskell, American journal of science and arts, series XXVIII:
text: Cooling and solidification frequently takes a different course [...] in lava flows, producing the clinker-like ‘aa’ lava.
ref: 1944, Charles A. Cotton, Volcanoes as landscape forms:
text: Both pahoehoe and aa lava flows are common on the upper slopes of Mauna Loa with a preponderance of aa flows found at the lower elevations.
ref: 1981, Hilo Lava Flood Control: Environmental Impact Statement, page 194:
topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
volcanology
glosses: A form of lava flow associated with Hawaiian-type volcanoes, consisting of basaltic rock, usually dark-colored with a jagged and loose, clinkery surface. Compare pahoehoe.
aa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɑː.ɑː/
ipa: [ˈɑː.ʔɑː]
enpr: äʹä
ipa: /ˈɑ.ɑ/
ipa: [ˈɑ.ʔɑ]
Etymology: Abbreviation.
Senses: glosses: Initialism of acetic acid.
glosses: Initialism of acting age.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of alveolar-arterial.
glosses: Initialism of aminoacetone.
glosses: Initialism of amino acid.
glosses: Initialism of approximate absolute.
glosses: Initialism of arachidonic acid.
glosses: Initialism of armature accelerator.
glosses: Initialism of ascending aorta.
glosses: Initialism of atomic absorption.
glosses: Initialism of author's alteration.
glosses: Initialism of average audience.
aa
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɑː.ɑː/
ipa: [ˈɑː.ʔɑː]
enpr: äʹä
ipa: /ˈɑ.ɑ/
ipa: [ˈɑ.ʔɑ]
Etymology: Abbreviation.
Senses: glosses: Initialism of arctic-alpine.
glosses: Initialism of always afloat.
aa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɑː.ɑː/
ipa: [ˈɑː.ʔɑː]
enpr: äʹä
ipa: /ˈɑ.ɑ/
ipa: [ˈɑ.ʔɑ]
Etymology: Compare pp.
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of adjectives.
glosses: Abbreviation of arteries.
aa
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɑː.ɑː/
ipa: [ˈɑː.ʔɑː]
enpr: äʹä
ipa: /ˈɑ.ɑ/
ipa: [ˈɑ.ʔɑ]
Etymology: Contraction.
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of ana (“of each, equal parts”).
aa
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɑː.ɑː/
ipa: [ˈɑː.ʔɑː]
enpr: äʹä
ipa: /ˈɑ.ɑ/
ipa: [ˈɑ.ʔɑ]
Senses: glosses: I.
kuzu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkuːzu/
rhymes: -uːzu
Etymology: From Japanese 葛(くず) (kuzu).
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of kudzu.
pomme
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɑm/
other: /pɔm/
Forms: form: pommes
form: pommeis
form: pomey
Etymology: Borrowed from French pomme (“apple”), ultimately from Latin poma. Doublet of pome.
Senses: topics: government
heraldry
hobbies
lifestyle
monarchy
nobility
politics
glosses: A roundel vert (green circular spot), resembling or representing an apple.
Related terms: pomme blanche
pommee
pomme puree
wee
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: wē
ipa: /wiː/
rhymes: -iː
homophone: oui
homophone: we
homophone: Wii
homophone: whee (wine–whine merger)
Forms: form: weer
form: weest
Etymology: From Middle English wey, weygh, wegh, weȝe, wæȝe (“little bit”), from Old English wǣġ, wǣġe (“weight”), from Proto-West Germanic *wāgu, from Proto-Germanic *wēgō (“scales, weight”) and *wēgǭ (“weight”), related to Middle English weġan (“to move, weigh”) (15c).
Senses: examples: text: You looked a little cold, so I lit a wee fire.
text: The beat of its wee heart held against her own, sent her intense maternity surging like the spring sap in a young tree.
ref: 1907, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Human Toll (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published 1980, page 275:
text: I had not seen a wee boy do it like that before. He was weer than me and his swimming was just like splashing about.
ref: 2008, James Kelman, Kieron Smith, Boy, Penguin, published 2009, page 73:
qualifier: Ottawa Valley
glosses: Small, little.
Derived terms: wee folk
Wee Free
wee heavy
wee hour
wee hours
wee small hour
wee small hours
wee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: wē
ipa: /wiː/
rhymes: -iː
homophone: oui
homophone: we
homophone: Wii
homophone: whee (wine–whine merger)
Etymology: From Middle English wey, weygh, wegh, weȝe, wæȝe (“little bit”), from Old English wǣġ, wǣġe (“weight”), from Proto-West Germanic *wāgu, from Proto-Germanic *wēgō (“scales, weight”) and *wēgǭ (“weight”), related to Middle English weġan (“to move, weigh”) (15c).
Senses: glosses: A short time or short distance.
wee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: wē
ipa: /wiː/
rhymes: -iː
homophone: oui
homophone: we
homophone: Wii
homophone: whee (wine–whine merger)
Forms: form: wees
Etymology: Onomatopoeic for the sound of urination. The noun derives from the verb.
Senses: glosses: Urine.
examples: I need to have a wee.
glosses: An act of urination.
Synonyms: sense: all senses
word: wee-wee
sense: urine
word: urine
sense: urination
word: urination
wee
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: wē
ipa: /wiː/
rhymes: -iː
homophone: oui
homophone: we
homophone: Wii
homophone: whee (wine–whine merger)
Forms: form: wees
form: weeing
form: weed
form: weed
Etymology: Onomatopoeic for the sound of urination. The noun derives from the verb.
Senses: examples: text: I need to wee! I can't hold it any longer!
text: When I was young, I was up every night until the wee hours. Now I'm up every hour at night to wee.
ref: 2011 March 15, Tom Armstrong, Marvin (comic):
glosses: To urinate.
Synonyms: wee-wee
urinate
Derived terms: bush wee
wee-wee
wild wee
wee
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Pronunciation: enpr: wē
ipa: /wiː/
rhymes: -iː
homophone: oui
homophone: we
homophone: Wii
homophone: whee (wine–whine merger)
Etymology: * see we
Senses: examples: text: Yet lest wee should be Capernaitans, as wee are told there that the flesh profiteth nothing, so wee are told heer, if we be not as deaf as adders, that this union of the flesh proceeds from the union of a fit help and solace.
ref: 1645, John Milton, Tetrachordon:
glosses: obsolete emphatic of we
Related terms: sense: etymologically unrelated terms containing the word "wee"
word: ooh-wee
sense: etymologically unrelated terms containing the word "wee"
word: peewee
sense: etymologically unrelated terms containing the word "wee"
word: wee juggler
sense: etymologically unrelated terms containing the word "wee"
word: wee woo
handsel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhænd.səl/
ipa: /ˈhæn.səl/
rhymes: -ændsəl
rhymes: -ænsəl
Forms: form: handsels
form: handsale
form: handsell
form: hansel
Etymology: From Middle English handsell, hanselle, from Old English handselen and/or Old Norse handsal (literally “hand-gift”). Cognate with Scots hansel, Danish handsel.
Senses: glosses: A lucky omen.
examples: text: their first good handsel of breath in this world
ref: 1655, Thomas Fuller, The Church-history of Britain; […], London: […] Iohn Williams […], →OCLC, (please specify |book=I to XI):
text: Our present tears here, not our present laughter, / Are but the handsels of our joys hereafter.
ref: 1648, Robert Herrick, Hesperides:
glosses: A gift given at New Year, or at the start of some enterprise or new situation, meant to ensure good luck.
examples: text: "I see the first handsel that God gives them on their voyage to the Land of Promise; thirst and bitterness."
(From Contemplations, Book Five, Contemplation 1, The Waters of Marah (Found in volume 1 of The Works of Joseph
Hall, edited by Peter Hall, published by Talboys, Oxford, 1837, page 88))
ref: 1612, Joseph Hall, Contemplations on the Historical Passages of the Old Testament:
text: That whoso hardy hand on her doth lay ,
It dearly shall abye and death for handsel pay
ref: 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book VI, Canto XI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
glosses: Price, payment; especially the first installment of a series.
Derived terms: Handsel Monday
the first Monday of the new year
when handsels
presents are given to servants
children
handsel
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhænd.səl/
ipa: /ˈhæn.səl/
rhymes: -ændsəl
rhymes: -ænsəl
Forms: form: handsels
form: handseling
form: handselling
form: handseled
form: handseled
form: handselled
form: handselled
form: handsale
form: handsell
form: hansel
Etymology: From Middle English handsell, hanselle, from Old English handselen and/or Old Norse handsal (literally “hand-gift”). Cognate with Scots hansel, Danish handsel.
Senses: examples: text: She would leave a gold guinea to hansel the baby.
ref: 2002, Joseph O'Connor, Star of the Sea, Vintage, published 2003, page 55:
glosses: To give a handsel to.
examples: text: And it is better undecently to faile in hanseling the nuptiall bed, full of agitation and fits, by waiting for some or other fitter occasion, and more private opportunitie, lest sudden and alarmed, than to fall into a perpetuall miserie, by apprehending an astonishment and desperation of the first refusall.
ref: , Folio Society, 2006, vol.1, p.86
glosses: To inaugurate by means of some ceremony; to break in.
examples: text: Indeed there is no contrivance of our body, but some good man in Scripture hath hanselled it with prayer.
ref: 1647, Thomas Fuller, Good Thoughts in Worse Times:
text: […]the success of the one did not handsel usurpation[…]of the other's.
ref: 1994, Michael Brodsky, ***, Four Walls Eight Windows, →ISBN, page 38:
glosses: To use or do for the first time, especially so as to make fortunate or unfortunate; to try experimentally.
Derived terms: unhandseled
handspike
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: handspikes
form: hand-spike
Etymology: From hand + spike.
Senses: examples: text: I would not take a rood of land from Frederic to be appointed to a man-of-war to-morrow morning, for I looked on it as his (God grant it may be long ere he touch it!) ever since I was the height of a handspike.
ref: 1838 (date written), L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XXIII, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], published 1842, →OCLC, page 292:
text: “Man the capstan! Blood and thunder!—jump!”—was the next command, and the crew sprang for the handspikes.
ref: 1851 November 14, Herman Melville, “chapter 22”, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC:
text: Then he rapped on the door with a bit of stick like a handspike that he carried...
ref: 1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island, London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883, →OCLC:
glosses: A bar or lever, generally of wood, used in a windlass or capstan, for heaving anchor, and, in modified forms, for various purposes.
handspring
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: handsprings
form: hand-spring
Etymology: From hand + spring.
Senses: glosses: A somersault made with the assistance of the hands placed upon the ground.
Derived terms: back handspring
front handspring
rising handspring
hand-tight
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: As tight as can be made by the strength of one's hand wielding a standard tool: that is, without special equipment or leverage.
Related terms: finger-tight
handwheel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: handwheels
form: hand wheel
Etymology: From hand + wheel.
Senses: examples: text: Front damper doors on each hopper and the back damper door of the centre hopper are opened and closed by screw gear worked from a handwheel on the fireman's side of the cab.
ref: 1954 July, “British Railways Prototype Class "8" Express Passenger Locomotive”, in Railway Magazine, page 491:
text: When the large handwheel seen in the illustration of a 68000 class cab is moved from "stop" to "run", the traction circuit contactors are closed and the locomotive moves off with the diesel engine running at idling speed.
ref: 1964 May, “Automation in the cab—latest SNCF developments”, in Modern Railways, page 336:
topics: engineering
mechanical-engineering
mechanics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any wheel worked by hand, whether used to allow leverage, as of a valve or a handbrake, or to allow fine adjustment, as of a set screw.
aggression
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈɡɹɛʃən/
Forms: form: aggressions
Etymology: From Middle French aggression, from Latin aggressio, from aggressus, past participle of aggredior (“to approach, address, attack”).
Senses: examples: text: Control, dispossession, violence, and tyranny are not “defensive”: they are part of an organized, ongoing aggression.
ref: 2019 April 28, Hagai El-Ad, “What kind of democracy deports human rights workers?”, in Yoni Molad, transl., +972 Magazine:
glosses: The act of initiating hostilities or invasion.
glosses: The practice or habit of launching attacks.
examples: text: The decision to impose a steel and aluminum tariff is an act of aggression which makes trade war between the two pillars of the West a grim possibility.
ref: 2018, Michael Cottakis – LSE, “Colliding worlds: Donald Trump and the European Union”, in LSE's blog:
glosses: Hostile or destructive behavior or actions.
glosses: The initiation or threat of conflict; coercion.
Derived terms: aggressionism
aggressionist
antiaggression
autoaggression
counteraggression
cute aggression
cyberaggression
hyperaggression
macroaggression
microaggression
nanoaggression
non-aggression axiom
non-aggression principle
overaggression
passive-aggression
unaggression
war of aggression
Related terms: aggress
aggressive
aggressiveness
aggressor
appassionato
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From Italian appassionato.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: (to be played) passionately
Ardhamagadhi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Transliteration of Sanskrit अर्धमागधी (ardhamāgadhī).
Senses: glosses: Ardhamagadhi Prakrit
asinine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæs.ɪ.naɪn/
ipa: /ˈæs.ə.naɪn/
Forms: form: more asinine
form: most asinine
Etymology: From Latin asinīnus (“of a donkey or ass”).
Senses: examples: text: They danced on silently, softly. Their feet played tricks to the beat of the tireless measure, that exquisitely asinine blare which is England's punishment for having lost America.
ref: 1922, Michael Arlen, “2/2/2”, in “Piracy”: A Romantic Chronicle of These Days:
text: “Look at this festive assembly. All of us, gathered here together, chuckling at jokes and silliness.” [laughter] “And jackanapery.” [rim shots] “I guess there's only one thing left to say. What is this shit?” [rim shot] [laughter] “[laughs] Very good.” “You call yourselves vampires? Bah. This entire evening has been nothing but a pageant of insipid nonsense.” “[laughing] Yes.” “Worshipping at the altar of your own mediocre frivolity. A jester's hollow dance. And who is laughing?” “Yeah! [whoops] [grunts]” “Vampires are supposed to have blood orgies and slaughter circles. Gah! You have all gone soft. You even invited humans to this asinine affair.”
ref: 2023 August 24, Sarah Naftalis & Lauren Wells, “The Roast” (8:36 from the start), in What We Do in the Shadows, season 5, episode 8, spoken by Baron Afanas (Doug Jones):
synonyms: foolish
obstinate
glosses: Very foolish; failing to exercise intelligence or judgement or rationality.
examples: text: Philo Vance is an asinine jerk - a rude, Nietzschean snob who holds most of the people he meets and the things he sees in utter disdain. He's an insufferable smarty-pants, always convinced he's right and that everyone else is wrong. Of course, he is right, but that doesn't make him any less of a jerk.
ref: 2017 February 10, Tim DeForest, Radio by the Book: Adaptations of Literature and Fiction on the Airwaves, McFarland, →ISBN, page 63:
glosses: Characteristic of an ass (an asshole): objectionably inconsiderate or jerky.
examples: text: Don Quixote had put himself but a little way ayont the village of Don Diego, when he encountered two apparent priests, or students, and two husbandmen, who came mounted on four asinine beasts.
ref: 1881, Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, The Ingenious Knight: Don Quixote de la Mancha, page 84:
synonyms: donkeyish
glosses: Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of donkeys.
Synonyms: word: asinary
word: assy
Derived terms: asininely
asinineness
asininity
Related terms: asinicide
astral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæstɹəl/
rhymes: -æstɹəl
Forms: form: more astral
form: most astral
Etymology: From Late Latin astralis, from Latin astrum (“star”), from Ancient Greek ἄστρον (ástron, “star”).
Senses: examples: text: Some Aſtral forms I muſt invoke by prayer, / Fram'd of all pureſt Atoms of the Air; [...]
ref: 1669 June (first performance), John Dryden, Tyrannick Love, or, The Royal Martyr. […], London: […] H[enry] Herringman, […], published 1670, →OCLC, Act IV, scene i, page 29:
glosses: Relating to or resembling the stars; starry.
examples: text: astral rays
text: astral sphere
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Relating to an aster.
examples: text: In the case of an inanimate body, […] when the physical object was broken the astral counterpart would also be divided; but it would not be possible to break an astral counterpart, and in that way to affect the physical object. In other words the act of fraction must begin on the physical plane. One could of course move a purely astral object by means of an astral hand if one wished, but not the astral counterpart of a physical object. In order to perform this latter feat it would be necessary to materialize a hand and move the physical object, when the astral counterpart would of course accompany it.
ref: 1911, Charles Webster Leadbeater, Theosophical Talks at Adyar, page 194:
text: "[I could] see her astral form sitting on the edge of her bed. She was waiting for me."
ref: 2005 03, Harry Highstreet, The OOBE File, Harry, →ISBN, page 123:
text: [He could] see her astral projection; she looked like a celestial being, holding her hand out to him. With relief rushing through his body, he called out to her, "I've got you angel, and I'm coming!" Hammering the gas the car took off[…]
ref: 2011 October 11, Kristi O'Toole, Under the Moon, PublishAmerica, →ISBN:
text: [Other actions], such as the moving of solid articles, either by an astral hand projected to draw them towards her, or by using an Elemental; others by reading in the Astral Light, and so on. But the proof of the reality of her mission from those whom she spoke of as Masters lay not in these[…]
ref: 2021 January 1, Annie Besant, Annie Besant, An Autobiography: Annie Besant, An Autobiography by Annie Besant: The Autobiography of Annie Besant, Prabhat Prakashan:
topics: fantasy
parapsychology
pseudoscience
coordinate_terms: spectral
glosses: Composed of ethereal material or non-physical (sometimes supersensible), and capable of sometimes separating from the physical body (as an astral body) to travel to other places or to other realms of existence (in or via the astral plane).
Synonyms: sense: relating to stars
word: starly
Derived terms: anastral
astral body
astral crown
astral jelly
astral lamp
astrally
astral plane
astral-project
astral projection
astral spirit
interastral
monoastral
periastral
subastral
Related terms: astrologist
astrology
astrometry
astronomer
astronomical
astronomically
astronomy
astrophysics
astral
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæstɹəl/
rhymes: -æstɹəl
Forms: form: astrals
Etymology: From Late Latin astralis, from Latin astrum (“star”), from Ancient Greek ἄστρον (ástron, “star”).
Senses: examples: text: Now both of you sit there and wait for any guides to come to you, any astrals or people from that life to make themselves known to you.
ref: 2009, David Wells, David Wells's Psychic Secrets, page 112:
topics: parapsychology
pseudoscience
glosses: A supernatural being from the astral plane.
Corsican
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɔː(ɹ)sɪkən/
ipa: /ˈkɔɹsəkən/
Forms: form: more Corsican
form: most Corsican
Etymology: From Corsica + -an.
Senses: glosses: Of, from or relating to Corsica, France or the Corsican language.
Derived terms: Corsican broom
Corsican moss
Corsican nuthatch
Corsican pine
Corsican
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɔː(ɹ)sɪkən/
ipa: /ˈkɔɹsəkən/
Forms: form: Corsicans
Etymology: From Corsica + -an.
Senses: glosses: A native or inhabitant of Corsica, France.
Corsican
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɔː(ɹ)sɪkən/
ipa: /ˈkɔɹsəkən/
Etymology: From Corsica + -an.
Senses: glosses: The language of the Corsican people.
Related terms: Wiktionary’s coverage of Corsican terms
ballroom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɔːlɹuːm/
ipa: /ˈbɔːlɹʊm/
rhymes: -ɔːlɹuːm
rhymes: -ɔːlɹʊm
Forms: form: ballrooms
form: ball-room
Etymology: From ball + room.
Senses: examples: text: The boy became volubly friendly and bubbling over with unexpected humour and high spirits. He tried to persuade Cicely to stay away from the ball-room for a fourth dance. Nobody would miss them, he explained.
ref: 1909, Archibald Marshall [pseudonym; Arthur Hammond Marshall], chapter I, in The Squire’s Daughter, New York, N.Y.: Dodd, Mead and Company, published 1919, →OCLC:
glosses: A large room used for dancing and banquets.
glosses: A type of elegant dance.
Hypernyms: room
Derived terms: ballroom dance
ballroom dancing
ballroomy
ballroom
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɔːlɹuːm/
ipa: /ˈbɔːlɹʊm/
rhymes: -ɔːlɹuːm
rhymes: -ɔːlɹʊm
Forms: form: ballrooms
form: ballrooming
form: ballroomed
form: ballroomed
form: ball-room
Etymology: From ball + room.
Senses: glosses: To take part in ballroom dancing.
brat
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: brăt
ipa: /bɹæt/
rhymes: -æt
Forms: form: brats
form: bratting
form: bratted
form: bratted
Etymology: Early Modern English (c. 1500) slang term meaning "beggar's child". Possibly from Scots bratchet (“bitch, hound”). Another possibility is that it was originally a dialectal word, from northern and western England and the Midlands, for a "makeshift or ragged garment," from Old English bratt (“cloak”), which is from a Celtic source (Old Irish brat (“cloak, cloth”)). In the sense "characteristic of a confident and assertive woman", coined by English singer and songwriter Charli XCX in her 2024 album Brat.
Senses: examples: text: Ruthie was Ed's own submissive, a short, pretty, feisty ash-blonde New York City native who combined her submission to Ed with a good deal of mischievous bratting and a lot of sharp, intelligent conversation […]
ref: 2021, Ardie Stallard, Switch: A Tale of Spanking, BDSM & Romance:
text: Rather, Ana moves between playful bratting and a type of “conquer me” wantedness that good Dominants would respond to with increased control and correction.
ref: 2020, Jessica M. Kratzer, Communication in Kink, page 43:
topics: BDSM
lifestyle
sexuality
glosses: To act in a bratty manner as the submissive.
brat
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: brăt
ipa: /bɹæt/
rhymes: -æt
Forms: form: more brat
form: most brat
Etymology: Early Modern English (c. 1500) slang term meaning "beggar's child". Possibly from Scots bratchet (“bitch, hound”). Another possibility is that it was originally a dialectal word, from northern and western England and the Midlands, for a "makeshift or ragged garment," from Old English bratt (“cloak”), which is from a Celtic source (Old Irish brat (“cloak, cloth”)). In the sense "characteristic of a confident and assertive woman", coined by English singer and songwriter Charli XCX in her 2024 album Brat.
Senses: examples: text: kamala IS brat
ref: 2024 July 21, @charli_xcx [Charli XCX], Twitter, archived from the original on 24 Jul 2024:
text: Starmer's Tory predecessors Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss were identified as brat by 15 percent each of those asked.
ref: 2024 August 13, Noah Keate, “It's official: Boris Johnson is brat”, in Politico, archived from the original on 15 Aug 2024:
text: Kamala Harris herself was anointed as "brat" the moment that Joe Biden stepped down, but already Harris's mother – who had Indian heritage and raised Harris as a single parent – has been declared the uberbrat, more brat than even her daughter.
ref: 2024 August 26, Nesrine Malik, “'Brat' Kamala or 'dragon mother' Pelosi? This meme machine is a risky strategy in a high-stakes election”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 27 Aug 2024:
text: [see title]
ref: 2025 May, Austin Ulmer, Ideology Is Brat: Popular Music As Discourse in the 2024 US Presidential Election:
glosses: Characteristic of a confident and assertive woman.
Related terms: brat green
brat summer
brat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: brăt
ipa: /bɹæt/
rhymes: -æt
enpr: brŏt
ipa: /bɹɑt/
rhymes: -ɒt
enpr: brăt
ipa: /bɹæt/
rhymes: -æt
Forms: form: brats
Etymology: Clipping of bratwurst, from German Bratwurst.
Senses: examples: text: There are many people loitering, eating ice cream, talking, eating brats.
ref: 2020, Brandon Taylor, Real Life, Daunt Books Originals, page 267:
qualifier: Upper Midwestern US
glosses: Bratwurst.
brat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: brăt
ipa: /bɹæt/
rhymes: -æt
enpr: brŏt
ipa: /bɹɑt/
rhymes: -ɒt
Forms: form: brats
Senses: topics: business
mining
glosses: A thin bed of coal mixed with pyrites or carbonate of lime.
change of venue
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: changes of venue
Senses: examples: text: The defense moved for a change of venue, as the media coverage had made selecting an impartial jury from the small town impossible.
topics: law
glosses: The relocation of a trial to a locale other than that in which the case was first brought before a court.
beefcake
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbiːfˌkeɪk/
rhymes: -iːfkeɪk
Forms: form: beefcakes
form: beef-cake
Etymology: From beef + cake. In sense 1, by analogy with cheesecake (“an image of a sexy young woman”).
Senses: examples: text: No look at gay related calendars would be complete without at least a mention of those beefcake spreads. GCN only received one such calendar, the rather disappointing Men of Venice Beach.
ref: 1982 December 25, J. Grainger, “Gay-by-Gay Calendars at a Glance”, in Gay Community News, volume 10, number 23, page 9:
coordinate_terms: cheesecake
glosses: Imagery of one or more muscular, well-built men.
examples: text: The audience goes bugshit. The security beefcakes separate them and the host gets between them, talking in a voice that is soothing on top, inciteful beneath.
ref: 2014, Stephen King, Mr. Mercedes: A Novel, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN:
synonyms: lady-killer
hunk
adonis
glosses: Such a male, especially as seen as physically desirable.
examples: text: Beefcake with Burgundy Mushroom Cream
ref: 1998, Jessie Tirsch, McGuire's Irish Pub Cookbook, Pelican, page 145:
glosses: A patty made of beef.
Derived terms: beefcakey
Related terms: beefy
centennial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /sɛnˈtɛnɪəl/
Etymology: From Late Latin centennis (“100-year”) + -al.
Senses: examples: text: a centennial ode
glosses: Relating to, or associated with, the commemoration of an event that happened a hundred years before.
examples: text: a centennial jubilee    a centennial celebration
glosses: Happening once in a hundred years.
examples: text: In her grand villa, half-way up the hill, / O'erlooking Florence, but retired and still; / With iron gates, that opened through long lines / Of sacred ilex and centennial pines, […]
ref: 1863 November 23, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, “The Student’s Tale. The Falcon of Ser Federigo.”, in Tales of a Wayside Inn, Boston, Mass.: Ticknor and Fields, →OCLC, page 34:
glosses: Lasting or aged a hundred years.
Synonyms: hundred-year-old
centenary
Derived terms: demisesquicentennial
intercentennial