cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
rock the boat
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: rocks the boat
form: rocking the boat
form: rocked the boat
form: rocked the boat
Senses: examples: text: I'd just jump in and fix it, but that's not my job, and I don't want to rock the boat.
text: A lot of gay people I know, female and male, are conservative — perhaps even more conservative than they would be if they were non-gay because they've had such a hard struggle in life, they don't want to rock any boats.
ref: 1978 August 19, Tim Cwiek, Karen DeCrow, “Interview: Former NOW President DeCrow Talks About Gay Issues”, in Gay Community News, volume 6, number 5, page 7:
text: Just when I'm asking myself if it's worth it to rock the boat and wondering if I should compromise, something will happen to keep me going. Like one year I got an award from a women's group for, "exposing the jockocratic values of society.
ref: 1984, Jim Bouton, Ball Four Plus Ball, page 410:
text: But they're [Rupture] quite the opposite- they're very respectful of other people. They say offensive things to rock the boat and cause some turmoil in the world of safe, homogenized P.C. punk rock.
ref: 1994, Chris Dodge, quotee, “Slap a Ham Records”, in Chaotic Noise, number 3, Roanoke, Va., [https://archive.org/details/chaotic_noise_3/page/n43/mode/2up page [44]]:
glosses: To disturb the status quo or go against rules or conventions, as in an effort to get attention.
Synonyms: make waves
nonconform
through and through
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: through-and-through
Senses: examples: text: He moved from Cincinnati to San Francisco, but he's still a Cincinnati Bengals fan, through and through.
text: Thus, sitting where I was, I lit my candle once more, and then clambered across that great coffin which, for two hours or more, had been a mid-wall of partition between me and danger. But to get out of the niche was harder than to get in; for now that I had a candle to light me, I saw that the coffin, though sound enough to outer view, was wormed through and through, and little better than a rotten shell. So it was that I had some ado to get over it, not daring either to kneel upon it or to bring much weight to bear with my hand, lest it should go through.
ref: [1898], J[ohn] Meade Falkner, Moonfleet, London; Toronto, Ont.: Jonathan Cape, published 1934, →OCLC:
glosses: Completely; entirely; fundamentally.
Related terms: out-and-out
through and through
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: through and throughs
form: through-and-through
Senses: glosses: A bullet wound in which the bullet passes through the body.
go native
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: goes native
form: going native
form: went native
form: gone native
Senses: examples: text: […]for St. Xavier's looks down on boys who ‘go native all-together.’ One must never forget that one is a Sahib, and that some day, when examinations are passed, one will command natives.
ref: 1900 December – 1901 October, Rudyard Kipling, chapter VII, in Kim, London: Macmillan and Co., published 1901, →OCLC, page 177:
text: He was an extraordinary figure, with his red beard and matted hair, and his great hairy chest. His feet were horny and scarred, so that I knew he went always bare foot. He had gone native with a vengeance.
ref: 1919, W[illiam] Somerset Maugham, chapter 53, in The Moon and Sixpence, [New York, N.Y.]: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers […], →OCLC:
text: Yet while Gauguin went native, taking teenage mistresses, wearing local costumes and building his own wooden hut, his ultimate purpose was to impress the art world back home.
ref: 2003 October 14, Alan Riding, “The Colors of Paradise As Imagined by Gauguin”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
text: In the case of diplomats, the State Department has had to wrestle with criticisms that regional specialists—say, those who concentrate on the Arab world and speak Arabic—will suffer from “clientitis”: the disease of “going native,” of developing such sympathy for the people and culture of a given region that one begins to represent its interest to America rather than vice versa.
ref: 2011, John Lenczowski, Full Spectrum Diplomacy and Grand Strategy: Reforming the Structure and Culture of U.S. Foreign Policy, Lexington Books, →ISBN, page 108:
text: Although I have tried to avoid bias, I may have failed. For example, I may have "gone native," a visitor seduced by the charms of a new exotic world.
ref: 2018, Robin Hanson, The Age of Em, page 49:
synonyms: acculturate
assimilate
integrate
glosses: To adopt the lifestyle or outlook of local inhabitants, especially when dwelling in a colonial region.
examples: text: […] we had to stop putting job-hunting colonels in charge of AFPRO detachments in the plants. It almost always happened that they went native and began to represent the contractor rather than the government.
ref: 1989, Arthur Ernest Fitzgerald, The Pentagonists, page 204:
glosses: Of a contractor or consultant, to begin working directly as an employee for a company and cease to work through a contracting firm or agency.
Related terms: clientitis
up front
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: I will be up front with you: what you are asking may be costly and difficult.
text: Warning online ticket retailers to be "up front" about fees, the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) has written to seven of the 19 third-party ticket retailers (TPRs) which did not include their fees in the upfront price. Threatening to take action about hidden charges (known as 'drip pricing'), where an initial price is shown but additional elements are revealed later in the sales process, the ORR reviewed the prices of 19 TPRs.
ref: 2023 December 27, Mel Holley, “Network News: Regulator to crack down on hidden ticket charges”, in RAIL, number 999, page 6:
glosses: Open, honest; tending to disclose information; truthful.
up front
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: If we settle on the terms of the deal up front there will be much less arguing later.
glosses: At the beginning; before anything begins.
examples: text: If you don't have anything to do up front, help organize the boxes in back.
glosses: At the front.
examples: text: But, rather than make a change up front, Hughes shuffled his defence for this match, replacing Carlos Salcido with Baird, in a move which few would have predicted would prove decisive.
ref: 2010 December 28, Marc Vesty, “Stoke 0 - 2 Fulham”, in BBC:
text: TIn front of a record women's rugby crowd of 81,885, the Red Roses, who had lost the previous two finals to New Zealand, laid that ghost to rest with an assured display built on their power up front and ferocious defence.
ref: 2025 September 27, Alastair Telfer, “England overpower Canada to win Women's World Cup”, in BBC Sport:
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: In attacking positions.
uptick
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈʌptɪk/
Forms: form: upticks
Etymology: From up- + tick.
Senses: glosses: A small increase or upward change in something that has been steady or declining.
topics: business
finance
glosses: A stock market transaction or quote at a price above a preceding one.
Derived terms: uptick trade
scare the pants off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: scares the pants off
form: scaring the pants off
form: scared the pants off
form: scared the pants off
Senses: examples: text: He liked the water rides, but the big roller-coaster scared the pants off him.
glosses: To scare or startle someone thoroughly.
Synonyms: scare someone's pants off
sunken
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsʌŋkən/
rhymes: -ʌŋkən
Senses: glosses: past participle of sink
sunken
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsʌŋkən/
rhymes: -ʌŋkən
Senses: examples: text: The sunken ship lay at a depth of 100 feet
glosses: caused, by natural or unnatural means, to be depressed (lower than the surrounding area) or submerged
examples: text: She looked old and thin with sunken cheeks and hollow eyes.
text: The heartbreak will take some getting over; the sunken forms of the players at the full-time whistle said as much.
ref: 2023 July 20, Suzanne Wrack, “Spain win Women’s World Cup as Olga Carmona strike breaks England hearts”, in The Guardian:
glosses: Seeming to have fallen deeper back into the face due to tiredness, illness, or old age.
raw_tags: of eyes or cheeks
Derived terms: sunken-eyed
sunken lane
zeusophobia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Ancient Greek Ζεύς (Zeús) + -phobia.
Senses: glosses: The fear of Zeus.
amorphic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌəˈmɔːɹfɪk/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)fɪk
Forms: form: more amorphic
form: most amorphic
Senses: glosses: Having no defined shape, lacking form; amorphous.
topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: Causing a complete loss of gene function.
raw_tags: of a mutation
Synonyms: sense: having no defined shape
word: formless
word: shapeless
word: amorphous
Derived terms: amorphicity
micromorph
micromorphic
polyamorphic
Related terms: topics: genetics
biology
medicine
sciences
natural-sciences
word: amorph
xenoglossophobia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From xeno- + glosso- + -phobia.
Senses: glosses: An aversion to foreign languages.
xerophobia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -əʊbiə
Etymology: From xero- + -phobia.
Senses: glosses: A fear of dryness.
xylophobia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From xylo- + -phobia.
Senses: examples: text: Related to dendrophobia but less well known are hylophobia (fear of forests), nyctohylophobia (fear of dark wooded areas or forests at night) and xylophobia (fear of wooden objects).
ref: 2013, Peter Young, Oak, Reaktion Books, →ISBN, page 118:
glosses: A fear of wooden objects.
glosses: A fear of forests.
archiving
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of archive
archiving
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: archivings
Senses: glosses: The process of storing inactive or historical data in a secure location for long-term retention.
Derived terms: self-archiving
archived
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of archive
archived
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Having been placed into an archive.
Derived terms: nonarchived
unarchived
invaded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪnˈveɪdɪd/
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of invade
negotiations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /nɪˌɡoʊʃiˈeɪʃənz/
ipa: /nɪˌɡəʊʃiˈeɪʃənz/
Senses: glosses: plural of negotiation
initiated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of initiate
highways
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of highway
dozens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dozen
dozens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: […] black communities, this “snap” or example of the “dozens” (the clever form of insult also known as signifying and dissin') appears: “Your father's so black that when he falls down, people hop over him for fear of falling in.”
ref: 2013, Lewis R. Gordon, Existentia Africana: Understanding Africana Existential Thought, page 34:
hyponyms: dirty dozens
qualifier: African-American Vernacular
glosses: A verbal game in which two or more people exchange witty insults.
pairs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɛəz/
enpr: pârz
ipa: /pɛɹz/
ipa: /peːz/
note: without the cheer–chair merger
ipa: /peəz/
note: New Zealand, cheer–chair merger
ipa: /piəz/
ipa: /peɹz/
note: Lancashire, fair–fur merger
ipa: /pɜː(ɹ)z/
rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)z
homophone: pares
homophone: pears
homophone: purrs (fair–fur merger)
homophone: peers
homophone: piers
homophone: Piers (all cheer–chair merger)
Senses: glosses: plural of pair
glosses: Synonym of pelmanism (“memory card game”).
synonyms: word: pelmanism
extra: memory card game
pairs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɛəz/
enpr: pârz
ipa: /pɛɹz/
ipa: /peːz/
note: without the cheer–chair merger
ipa: /peəz/
note: New Zealand, cheer–chair merger
ipa: /piəz/
ipa: /peɹz/
note: Lancashire, fair–fur merger
ipa: /pɜː(ɹ)z/
rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)z
homophone: pares
homophone: pears
homophone: purrs (fair–fur merger)
homophone: peers
homophone: piers
homophone: Piers (all cheer–chair merger)
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of pair
signing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈsaɪnɪŋ/
Forms: form: signings
Senses: examples: text: In basketball signings, Maryland added depth to its frontcourt by signing 6-foot-9 forward-center Joe Smith of Maury High in Norfolk […]
ref: 1992 November 12, Frank Hughes, “Prep Baseball Stars Lambert, Yankosky Take Spotlight With Early Signings”, in Washington Post, archived from the original on 30 Jun 2013, page B5:
glosses: The act of concluding a contract, especially by an athlete or entertainer with a company.
examples: text: Early goals from summer signings Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Andre Santos proved enough to give Arsenal a narrow win over Olympiakos.
ref: 2011 September 28, Tom Rostance, “Arsenal 2 - 1 Olympiakos”, in BBC Sport:
glosses: A player signed by a sporting organization.
glosses: An event held in a bookshop etc. where copies of a book are signed by the author.
glosses: The use of sign language; skill at using a sign language.
Derived terms: book signing
code signing
robo-signing
self-signing
signing bonus
test-signing
signing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /ˈsaɪnɪŋ/
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of sign
portrayed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: purtraid
form: purtrayd
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of portray
redirected
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of redirect
sentenced
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɛntənst/
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of sentence
knots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /nɒts/
ipa: /nɑts/
homophone: nots
homophone: naughts (cot–caught merger)
rhymes: -ɒts
Senses: glosses: plural of knot
knots
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /nɒts/
ipa: /nɑts/
homophone: nots
homophone: naughts (cot–caught merger)
rhymes: -ɒts
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of knot
townships
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of township
courses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: kôsʹĭz
ipa: /ˈkɔːsɪz/
enpr: kôrsʹĭz
ipa: /ˈkɔɹsɪz/
note: rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
enpr: kōrsʹĭz
ipa: /ˈko(ː)ɹsɪz/
note: rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
note: non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
ipa: /ˈkoəsɪz/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)sɪz
rhymes: (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) -oːɹsɪz
rhymes: (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) -oəsɪz
Senses: glosses: plural of course
courses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: kôsʹĭz
ipa: /ˈkɔːsɪz/
enpr: kôrsʹĭz
ipa: /ˈkɔɹsɪz/
note: rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
enpr: kōrsʹĭz
ipa: /ˈko(ː)ɹsɪz/
note: rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
note: non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
ipa: /ˈkoəsɪz/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)sɪz
rhymes: (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) -oːɹsɪz
rhymes: (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) -oəsɪz
Senses: examples: text: Nep [catnip] is generally used for women to procure their courses, being taken inwardly or outwardly, either alone or with other convenient herbs in a decoction to bathe them, of sit over the hot fumes thereof.
ref: 1653, Nicholas Culpeper, The English Physician Enlarged, Folio, published 2007, page 201:
text: Nicholas Culpeper similarly reports in seventeenth century that “the garden chervil doth moderately warm the stomach . . . it is good to provoke urine, or expel the stone in the kidneys, to send down women's courses and to help the pleurisy and prickling of the sides.”
ref: 2008, Jack Staub, quoting Nicholas Culpeper, 75 Exceptional Herbs for Your Garden, Gibbs Smith, →ISBN, page 51:
glosses: Menses.
courses
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: kôsʹĭz
ipa: /ˈkɔːsɪz/
enpr: kôrsʹĭz
ipa: /ˈkɔɹsɪz/
note: rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
enpr: kōrsʹĭz
ipa: /ˈko(ː)ɹsɪz/
note: rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
note: non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
ipa: /ˈkoəsɪz/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)sɪz
rhymes: (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) -oːɹsɪz
rhymes: (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) -oəsɪz
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of course
signals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: sĭgʹnəlz
ipa: /ˈsɪɡnəlz/
Senses: glosses: plural of signal
signals
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: sĭgʹnəlz
ipa: /ˈsɪɡnəlz/
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of signal
reflects
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of reflect
indicating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɪndɪkeɪtɪŋ/
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of indicate
senators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɛn.ə.tɚz/
ipa: /ˈsɛn.ə.təz/
Forms: form: Sens.
Senses: glosses: plural of senator
matches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmæt͡ʃɪz/
rhymes: -ætʃɪz
Senses: glosses: plural of match
matches
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmæt͡ʃɪz/
rhymes: -ætʃɪz
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of match
labels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈleɪ.bəlz/
ipa: [ˈleɪ.bɫ̩z]
rhymes: -eɪbəlz
Senses: glosses: plural of label
labels
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈleɪ.bəlz/
ipa: [ˈleɪ.bɫ̩z]
rhymes: -eɪbəlz
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of label
passengers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpæsənd͡ʒɚz/
ipa: /ˈpæsənd͡ʒəz/
Senses: glosses: plural of passenger
extends
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɛkˈstɛndz/
rhymes: -ɛndz
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of extend
procedures
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɹəˈsiːd͡ʒəz/
ipa: /pɹəˈsid͡ʒɚz/
Senses: glosses: plural of procedure
researchers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of researcher
productions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɹəˈdʌkʃənz/
Senses: glosses: plural of production
composers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of composer
worlds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /wɝldz/
ipa: /wɜːldz/
Senses: glosses: plural of world
examples: text: The boat designs (with their fiberglass construction-the “Plastic Fantastics”) showed great speed in a breeze in the Worlds, but suffered in lighter airs.
ref: 1986, Motorboating, volume 158, number 1, page 90:
glosses: Abbreviation of world championships.
Derived terms: worlds apart
worlds
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /wɝldz/
ipa: /wɜːldz/
Senses: examples: text: The show understands that implied nudity is worlds funnier than actual nudity, and goes to delightful lengths to keep Marge and Homer’s unmentionables out of view.
ref: 2016 January 24, Les Chappell, “TV: Review: The Simpsons (Classic), “Natural Born Kissers” (season nine, episode 25, originally aired 05/17/1998)”, in The Onion AV Club:
glosses: To a great extent; much; far.
worlds
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /wɝldz/
ipa: /wɜːldz/
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of world
suburbs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsʌbɝbz/
ipa: /ˈsʌbɜːbz/
Senses: qualifier: urban studies
glosses: The populated area surrounding a city.
glosses: plural of suburb
philosophers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /fəˈlɑsəfɚz/
ipa: /fɪˈlɒsəfəz/
Senses: glosses: plural of philosopher
trials
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈtɹaɪəlz/
Senses: glosses: plural of trial
trials
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /ˈtɹaɪəlz/
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of trial
receives
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹɪˈsiːvz/
rhymes: -iːvz
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of receive
receives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹɪˈsiːvz/
rhymes: -iːvz
Senses: glosses: plural of receive
assigning
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of assign
derives
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -aɪvz
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of derive
mistakes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɪˈsteɪks/
rhymes: -eɪks
Senses: glosses: plural of mistake
mistakes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɪˈsteɪks/
rhymes: -eɪks
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of mistake
reforms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹɪˈfɔɹmz/
ipa: /ɹɪˈfɔːmz/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)mz
Senses: glosses: plural of reform
reforms
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹɪˈfɔɹmz/
ipa: /ɹɪˈfɔːmz/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)mz
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of reform
options
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of option
options
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of option
heroes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhɪəɹəʊz/
ipa: /ˈhɪɹoʊz/
ipa: /ˈhiɹoʊz/
Senses: glosses: plural of hero
solutions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of solution
solutions
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of solution
insects
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɪnsɛkts/
Senses: glosses: plural of insect
populations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of population
spaces
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈspeɪsɪz/
rhymes: -eɪsɪz
Senses: glosses: plural of space
spaces
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈspeɪsɪz/
rhymes: -eɪsɪz
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of space
prices
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: prīʹsĭz
ipa: /ˈpɹaɪsɪz/
rhymes: -aɪsɪz
Senses: glosses: plural of price
prices
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: prīʹsĭz
ipa: /ˈpɹaɪsɪz/
rhymes: -aɪsɪz
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of price
responded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹɪˈspɒndɪd/
ipa: /ɹəˈspɒndɪd/
ipa: /ɹɪˈspɑndɪd/
ipa: /ɹəˈspɑndɪd/
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of respond
reaches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹiːt͡ʃɪz/
rhymes: -iːtʃɪz
rhymes: -ɪz
Senses: glosses: plural of reach
reaches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹiːt͡ʃɪz/
rhymes: -iːtʃɪz
rhymes: -ɪz
Senses: examples: text: If we look to the nether reaches of the list, we find some anomalies.
glosses: The extreme limits
reaches
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹiːt͡ʃɪz/
rhymes: -iːtʃɪz
rhymes: -ɪz
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of reach
defines
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -aɪnz
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of define
reporting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹəˈpɔɹtɪŋ/
Forms: form: reportings
Senses: examples: text: The best thing about this database software is how much it automates the reporting.
glosses: The creation of reports.
Such creation in business, government, or other kinds of administration.
examples: text: Holonym: journalism
text: Our reporters do some of the best reporting you'll find anywhere, and some have won Pulitzer prizes.
glosses: The creation of reports.
Such creation in journalism, as contrasted with other aspects such as analysis and opinion.
Derived terms: mobile reporting
NATO reporting name
reporting point
reporting verb
self-reporting
Related terms: reporter
reporting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹəˈpɔɹtɪŋ/
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of report
Derived terms: reporting mark
defining
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of define
defining
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more defining
form: most defining
Senses: examples: text: The ability to reproduce is a defining characteristic of living organisms.
glosses: Serving to define or distinguish.
Derived terms: definingly
defining moment
defining relative clause
nondefining
reverting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of revert
governing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡʌvɚnɪŋ/
ipa: /ˈɡʌvənɪŋ/
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of govern
Derived terms: governingly
nongoverning
self-governing
ungoverning
attacking
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈtækɪŋ/
rhymes: -ækɪŋ
Etymology: From attack + -ing.
Senses: glosses: Carrying out an attack.
Derived terms: nonattacking
attacking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈtækɪŋ/
rhymes: -ækɪŋ
Etymology: From attack + -ing.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of attack
gardens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: gärʹdənz
ipa: /ˈɡɑɹdn̩z/
enpr: gärʹdənz
ipa: /ˈɡɑːdn̩z/
Senses: glosses: plural of garden
gardens
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: gärʹdənz
ipa: /ˈɡɑɹdn̩z/
enpr: gärʹdənz
ipa: /ˈɡɑːdn̩z/
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of garden
campaigns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kæmˈpeɪnz/
ipa: /kəmˈpeɪnz/
rhymes: -eɪnz
Senses: glosses: plural of campaign
campaigns
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /kæmˈpeɪnz/
ipa: /kəmˈpeɪnz/
rhymes: -eɪnz
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of campaign
credits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɹɛdɪts/
rhymes: -ɛdɪts
Senses: glosses: plural of credit
credits
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɹɛdɪts/
rhymes: -ɛdɪts
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of credit
settlers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɛt.lɚz/
ipa: /ˈsɛt.l̩.ɚz/
ipa: /ˈsɛt.ləz/
ipa: /ˈsɛt.l̩.əz/
Senses: glosses: plural of settler
counts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kaʊnts/
ipa: /kuːnts/
rhymes: -aʊnts
Senses: glosses: plural of count
counts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kaʊnts/
ipa: /kuːnts/
rhymes: -aʊnts
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
statistics
glosses: To be enumerated rather than represented as a proportion or percentage.
raw_tags: of a statistic
counts
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /kaʊnts/
ipa: /kuːnts/
rhymes: -aʊnts
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of count
demands
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪˈmændz/
ipa: /dɪˈmɑːndz/
rhymes: (General American) -ændz
Senses: glosses: plural of demand
demands
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪˈmændz/
ipa: /dɪˈmɑːndz/
rhymes: (General American) -ændz
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of demand
kids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kɪdz/
note: African-American Vernacular
ipa: /kɪ(d)z/
rhymes: -ɪdz
Senses: glosses: plural of kid
kids
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /kɪdz/
note: African-American Vernacular
ipa: /kɪ(d)z/
rhymes: -ɪdz
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of kid
magazines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /mæɡəˈziːnz/
ipa: /ˈmæɡəziːnz/
rhymes: -iːnz
Senses: glosses: plural of magazine
heights
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /haɪts/
rhymes: -aɪts
Senses: glosses: plural of height
heights
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /haɪts/
rhymes: -aɪts
Senses: glosses: A neighborhood or other development built on a hill or mountain.
Derived terms: Angelino Heights
Austin Heights
Balboa Heights
Berkeley Heights
Cahokia Heights
Garfield Heights
Glendale Heights
Hasbrouck Heights
hts.
Hts
hts
Hts.
Huber Heights
Inver Grove Heights
Loyola Heights
Maple Heights
Pulkovo Heights
Richmond Heights
Rosary Heights I
Rosary Heights II
Rosary Heights III
Rosary Heights IV
Rosary Heights IX
Rosary Heights V
Rosary Heights VI
Rosary Heights VII
Rosary Heights VIII
Rosary Heights X
Rosary Heights XI
Rosary Heights XII
Rosary Heights XIII
Santa Mesa Heights
Shaker Heights
Valley Heights
maintaining
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /meɪnˈteɪnɪŋ/
ipa: /mənˈteɪnɪŋ/
rhymes: -eɪnɪŋ
Senses: glosses: The act of doing maintenance.
maintaining
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /meɪnˈteɪnɪŋ/
ipa: /mənˈteɪnɪŋ/
rhymes: -eɪnɪŋ
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of maintain
expanding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -ændɪŋ
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of expand
checking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈt͡ʃɛkɪŋ/
rhymes: -ɛkɪŋ
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of check
checking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈt͡ʃɛkɪŋ/
rhymes: -ɛkɪŋ
Forms: form: checkings
Senses: topics: hobbies
ice-hockey
lifestyle
skating
sports
glosses: The act of physically keeping an opposing player in check.
examples: text: Withdraw $5000 from checking and put it into savings.
topics: business
finance
glosses: A checking account.
examples: text: The gin had a delayed reaction. Its effect didn't become felt until Valerie had, after a wearisome walk and numerous checkings of her map, reached the flat.
ref: 1991, Kathleen Conlon, Unfinished Business, →ISBN:
glosses: An act whereby one checks something or someone (in any sense).
examples: text: One must reckon to solve at least three of the Playfair clues independently before cracking the code and getting checking to help with solving the fourth.
ref: 1977, Games & Puzzles:
text: What about the corpus of Ximenes - Azed specials? In 'Printer's Devilry' checking is normal but the clues are special.
ref: 1977, Games & Puzzles:
text: An added complication is that double definition answers are often very short, typically between four and six letters long, so there are lots of possibilities even when you have checking letters.
ref: 2020 August 20, Telegraph Media Group Ltd, The Telegraph: How To Solve a Cryptic Crossword: Mastering cryptic crosswords made easy, Hachette UK, →ISBN:
qualifier: crosswording
glosses: The crossing of solutions in a grid.
Derived terms: checking account
extended static checking
fact checking
fact-checking
nonchecking
typechecking
studios
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of studio
teachers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtiːt͡ʃəz/
ipa: /ˈtit͡ʃɚz/
rhymes: -iːtʃə(ɹ)z
Senses: glosses: plural of teacher
airlines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of airline
manufacturers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌmænjəˈfækt͡ʃəɹɚz/
ipa: /ˌmænjʊˈfæktʃəɹəz/
Senses: glosses: plural of manufacturer
differently
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɪfɹəntli/
ipa: /ˈdɪfəɹəntli/
Forms: form: more differently
form: most differently
Etymology: From Middle English differently; equivalent to different + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Things turned out differently from what I'd envisaged.
text: I was (says Mr. Highmore) forcibly struck with the violence of its pulsation, so much so, that, if it had been differently situated, I should have considered it an aneurism of considerable magnitude.
ref: 1815, “Critical Analysis of Recent Publications”, in The Medical and Physical Journal, volume 34:
text: "You see, gentlemen, I couldn't bear the look of him, there was something in him ignoble, impudent, trampling on everything sacred, something sneering and irreverent, loathsome, loathsome. But now that he's dead, I feel differently."
"How do you mean?"
"I don't feel differently, but I wish I hadn't hated him so."
"You feel penitent?"
"No, not penitent, don't write that. I'm not much good myself; I'm not very beautiful, so I had no right to consider him repulsive. That's what I mean. Write that down, if you like."
ref: 1912, Fyodor Dostoevsky, translated by Constance Garnett, The Brothers Karamazov:
text: Recent research in the field of sociolinguistics and related fields has shown that women and men speak differently.
ref: 2007, Vanessa Leonardi, Gender and Ideology in Translation: Do Women and Men Translate Differently?:
topics: manner
glosses: In a different way.
Synonyms: word: differently
word: elsewise
word: othergates
word: otherly
word: otherways
word: otherwhence
word: otherwise
word: serely
Hyponyms: word: contrarily
word: dissimilarly
word: vice versa
Derived terms: differently able
differently abled
applications
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌæplɪˈkeɪʃənz/
Senses: glosses: plural of application
aspects
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæspɛkts/
Senses: glosses: plural of aspect
ancestors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: ănʹsĕs-təz
ipa: /ˈæn.sɛs.təz/
enpr: ănʹsĕs-tərz
ipa: /ˈæn.sɛs.tɚz/
Senses: glosses: plural of ancestor
Synonyms: forefathers
ancestors
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: ănʹsĕs-təz
ipa: /ˈæn.sɛs.təz/
enpr: ănʹsĕs-tərz
ipa: /ˈæn.sɛs.tɚz/
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of ancestor
affections
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈfɛkʃənz/
Senses: glosses: plural of affection
affections
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈfɛkʃənz/
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of affection
afflicted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈflɪktɪd/
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of afflict
afflicted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈflɪktɪd/
Forms: form: more afflicted
form: most afflicted
Senses: glosses: Suffering from an affliction, or suffering from pain, distress or disability.
Derived terms: afflictedly
afflictedness
unafflicted
articulated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of articulate
articulated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Constructed with one or more pivoted joints which allow bending of an otherwise rigid structure.
examples: text: The trains are a fixed formation of four articulated vehicles, and are fitted with large vestibules, wide aisles, open gangways and air-conditioning.
ref: 2019 October 23, “Testing begins as Merseyrail moves closer to new '777s'”, in Rail, page 29:
glosses: Of a vehicle, composed of component parts each with its own wheels and chassis, e.g. an articulated lorry, articulated bus, or certain kinds of streetcars and trains.
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Qualified by an article
Derived terms: articulated skeleton
biarticulated
hyperarticulated
inarticulated
pseudoarticulated
semiarticulated
underarticulated
articulated
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: articulateds
Senses: examples: text: The leading engine was one of the Class Y6 2-8-8-2 compound articulateds, [...] The stack noise of one of these great brutes slogging up a grade was quite unforgettable.
ref: 1961 July, J. Geoffrey Todd, “Impressions of railroading in the United States: Part Two”, in Trains Illustrated, page 419:
synonyms: artic
glosses: An articulated vehicle, such as a locomotive.
adorned
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈdɔɹnd/
ipa: /əˈdɔːnd/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)nd
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of adorn
adorned
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈdɔɹnd/
ipa: /əˈdɔːnd/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)nd
Forms: form: more adorned
form: most adorned
Senses: examples: text: Sit downe by her: adorned with my Crowne,
As if thou wert the Empreſſe of the world.
ref: c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act III, scene iii:
glosses: Having been decorated or embellished through applied items or alterations (adornments).
Hyponyms: festooned
Derived terms: unadorned
arising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈɹaɪzɪŋ/
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of arise
arising
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈɹaɪzɪŋ/
Forms: form: arisings
Senses: examples: text: If one can discern the arising and ceasing of the four elements innumerable times in one day alone, the changes, arisings, and ceasings of the derivative material qualities are also discerned.
ref: 2017, Ven Ledi Sayadaw, The Manual of Insight and the Noble Eightfold Path and Its Factors Explained:
glosses: The process by which something arises; origination; occurrence.
answering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɑːn.sə.ɹɪŋ/
ipa: /ˈæn.sɚ.ɪŋ/
ipa: [ˈɛən.sɚ.ɪŋ]
Etymology: From Middle English answerynge; equivalent to answer + -ing.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of answer
answering
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɑːn.sə.ɹɪŋ/
ipa: /ˈæn.sɚ.ɪŋ/
ipa: [ˈɛən.sɚ.ɪŋ]
Forms: form: answerings
Etymology: From Middle English answerynge; equivalent to answer + -ing.
Senses: examples: text: An answer that comes out of the whirlwind is, logically, no answer at all: it belongs to a world above that of logical answerings.
ref: 1923, John Cann Bailey, The Continuity of Letters, page 107:
glosses: The act of giving an answer.
Derived terms: answeringly
answering pennant
nonanswering
unanswering
altering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: This skirt needs altering.
glosses: present participle and gerund of alter
altering
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: alterings
Senses: examples: text: And stand steadfast in the unchangeable life and seed of God, which was before changings and alterings were; and which will remain when they all are gone.
ref: 1654, George Fox, epistle LXXVI:
glosses: alteration
conditioning
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kənˈdɪʃənɪŋ/
Forms: form: conditionings
Senses: glosses: The process of modifying a person or animal's behaviour.
examples: text: England's superior conditioning began to show in the final quarter and as the game began to break up, their three-quarters began to stamp their authority on the game. And when Foden went on a mazy run from inside his own 22 and put Ashton in for a long-range try, any threat of an upset was when and truly snuffed out.
ref: 2011 September 18, Ben Dirs, “Rugby World Cup 2011: England 41-10 Georgia”, in BBC Sport:
glosses: Any preparation or training, especially athletic training of the body.
glosses: The storage of a material specimen under specified temperature, humidity for a specified time prior to testing.
Derived terms: air-conditioning
air conditioning
classical conditioning
conditioning house
conditioning time
counterconditioning
operant conditioning
Pavlovian conditioning
postconditioning
pseudoconditioning
social conditioning
conditioning
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /kənˈdɪʃənɪŋ/
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of condition
complaining
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəmˈpleɪnɪŋ/
Senses: synonyms: word: latrant
glosses: present participle and gerund of complain
complaining
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəmˈpleɪnɪŋ/
Forms: form: complainings
Senses: examples: text: Elizabeth […] wished he were beside her, and was so glad to think he would soon be beside her always, with all his humours and weaknesses, all his little crossnesses and complainings[…]
ref: 1863, Dinah Maria Craik, Mistress and maid:
glosses: The act by which someone complains; a complaint.
clearer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈklɪəɹə/
ipa: /ˈklɪɹɚ/
note: without the mirror–nearer merger
ipa: /ˈklɪəɹə(ɹ)/
note: without the mirror–nearer merger
ipa: /ˈkliɹə(ɹ)/
ipa: /ˈkliəɹə/
ipa: /ˈkliɹəɹ/
note: East Anglia, cheer–chair merger
ipa: /ˈklɛːɹə/
rhymes: -ɪəɹə(ɹ)
Forms: form: clearers
Etymology: From clear (verb) + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Gold is a wonderful clearer of the understanding.
ref: 1711 December 15 (Gregorian calendar), [Joseph Addison; Richard Steele et al.], “TUESDAY, December 4, 1711”, in The Spectator, number 239; republished in Alexander Chalmers, editor, The Spectator; a New Edition, […], volume III, New York, N.Y.: D[aniel] Appleton & Company, 1853, →OCLC:
glosses: Someone who or something which clears.
topics: business
mining
glosses: Someone who or something which clears.
An unskilled labourer who clears away the rubbish etc.
glosses: A tool by which the hemp for lines and twines, used by sailmakers, is finished.
Derived terms: land clearer
clearer
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈklɪəɹə/
ipa: /ˈklɪɹɚ/
note: without the mirror–nearer merger
ipa: /ˈklɪəɹə(ɹ)/
note: without the mirror–nearer merger
ipa: /ˈkliɹə(ɹ)/
ipa: /ˈkliəɹə/
ipa: /ˈkliɹəɹ/
note: East Anglia, cheer–chair merger
ipa: /ˈklɛːɹə/
rhymes: -ɪəɹə(ɹ)
Etymology: From clear (adjective) + -er.
Senses: glosses: comparative form of clear: more clear
attacks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈtæks/
rhymes: -æks
Senses: glosses: plural of attack