cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
pawn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɔːn/
ipa: /pɔn/
ipa: /pɑn/
ipa: /pɑɒn/
homophone: porn (non-rhotic)
rhymes: -ɔːn
Forms: form: pawns
Etymology: From Middle English pown, from Anglo-Norman poun, paun (“footman”), from Late Latin pedōnem (“pedestrian”), derived from Latin ped- (“foot”). Doublet of peon.
Senses: examples: text: The pawn may move forward to the square immediately in front of it on the same file, provided that this square is unoccupied […] Consequently, in the initial position the white pieces and pawns are placed on the first and second ranks; the black pieces and pawns on the eighth and seventh ranks.
ref: 2022, “2023 Laws of Chess”, in FIDE, pages 5, 21:
topics: board-games
chess
games
hypernyms: chess piece
chessman
<
piece#Noun
object#Noun
glosses: The most numerous chess piece, or a similar piece in a similar game. In chess, each side starts with eight; moves are only forward, and attacks are only diagonally or en passant.
examples: text: Near-synonym: chess piece
text: Though a pawn of the gods, her departure is the precipitating cause of the Trojan War.
text: He delivered a broadside to the RMT leadership, saying: "This response to a significantly enhanced offer exposes their true priority - using the British public and NR workers as pawns in a fight with the Government.
ref: 2022 December 14, Mel Holley, “Network News: Strikes go on as RMT rejects RDG's "detrimental" offer”, in RAIL, number 972, page 9:
hypernyms: manipulee#Noun
<
person#Noun
glosses: A person being manipulated by another, being used to some end.
Synonyms: word: pawn
Hypernyms: word: chess piece
Hyponyms: word: queen's pawn
word: king's pawn
word: rook's pawn
word: knight's pawn
word: bishop's pawn
word: central pawn
word: queen's rook's pawn
word: queen's knight's pawn
word: queen's bishop's pawn
word: king's rook's pawn
word: king's knight's pawn
word: king's bishop's pawn
word: a-pawn
word: b-pawn
word: c-pawn
word: d-pawn
word: e-pawn
word: f-pawn
word: g-pawn
word: h-pawn
word: advanced pawn
word: backward pawn
word: connected pawn
word: doubled pawn
word: tripled pawn
word: isolated pawn
word: isolani
word: poisoned pawn
word: passed pawn
word: passer
word: outside passed pawn
word: remote passed pawn
word: wrong rook pawn
Derived terms: advanced pawn
backward pawn
bishop's pawn
centipawn
central pawn
connected pawn
doubled pawn
hexapawn
isolated pawn
king's bishop's pawn
king's knight's pawn
king's pawn
king's rook's pawn
knight's pawn
millipawn
octopawn
outside passed pawn
passed pawn
pawn break
pawn chain
pawn cube
pawn grabbing
pawn island
pawnless
pawnlike
pawn race
pawn storm
poisoned pawn
queen's bishop's pawn
queen's knight's pawn
queen's pawn
queen's rook's pawn
remote passed pawn
rook's pawn
tall pawn
tripled pawn
wrong rook pawn
Related terms: word: ♙
word: ♟
word: en passant
word: promotion
word: underpromotion
word: pawn race
word: pawn storm
word: push
word: centipawn
word: open file
word: half-open file
word: closed file
word: hole
word: Appendix:Chess pieces
pawn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɔːn/
ipa: /pɔn/
ipa: /pɑn/
ipa: /pɑɒn/
homophone: porn (non-rhotic)
rhymes: -ɔːn
Forms: form: pawns
Senses: examples: text: A tray filled with pawns, prepared with the usual ingredients, as lime cuttie (a bitter gum), betel-nut, tobacco, spices, &c.
ref: 1832, Meer Hassan Ali, Observations on the Mussulmauns of India:
text: To our English taste, pawn is very offensive; but the natives of India relish it, and regard it as a necessity. It is much eaten by Mohammedans of both sexes, and by the natives of Bengal.
ref: 1892, Chambers's Journal, volume 69, page 320:
glosses: Alternative form of paan.
Synonyms: word: pawn
Hypernyms: word: chess piece
Hyponyms: word: queen's pawn
word: king's pawn
word: rook's pawn
word: knight's pawn
word: bishop's pawn
word: central pawn
word: queen's rook's pawn
word: queen's knight's pawn
word: queen's bishop's pawn
word: king's rook's pawn
word: king's knight's pawn
word: king's bishop's pawn
word: a-pawn
word: b-pawn
word: c-pawn
word: d-pawn
word: e-pawn
word: f-pawn
word: g-pawn
word: h-pawn
word: advanced pawn
word: backward pawn
word: connected pawn
word: doubled pawn
word: tripled pawn
word: isolated pawn
word: isolani
word: poisoned pawn
word: passed pawn
word: passer
word: outside passed pawn
word: remote passed pawn
word: wrong rook pawn
Related terms: word: en passant
word: promotion
word: underpromotion
word: pawn race
word: pawn storm
word: push
word: centipawn
word: open file
word: half-open file
word: closed file
word: hole
word: Appendix:Chess pieces
pawn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɔːn/
ipa: /pɔn/
ipa: /pɑn/
ipa: /pɑɒn/
homophone: porn (non-rhotic)
rhymes: -ɔːn
Forms: form: pawns
Senses: glosses: A gallery.
Synonyms: word: pawn
Hypernyms: word: chess piece
Hyponyms: word: queen's pawn
word: king's pawn
word: rook's pawn
word: knight's pawn
word: bishop's pawn
word: central pawn
word: queen's rook's pawn
word: queen's knight's pawn
word: queen's bishop's pawn
word: king's rook's pawn
word: king's knight's pawn
word: king's bishop's pawn
word: a-pawn
word: b-pawn
word: c-pawn
word: d-pawn
word: e-pawn
word: f-pawn
word: g-pawn
word: h-pawn
word: advanced pawn
word: backward pawn
word: connected pawn
word: doubled pawn
word: tripled pawn
word: isolated pawn
word: isolani
word: poisoned pawn
word: passed pawn
word: passer
word: outside passed pawn
word: remote passed pawn
word: wrong rook pawn
Related terms: word: en passant
word: promotion
word: underpromotion
word: pawn race
word: pawn storm
word: push
word: centipawn
word: open file
word: half-open file
word: closed file
word: hole
word: Appendix:Chess pieces
pawn
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɔːn/
ipa: /pɔn/
ipa: /pɑn/
ipa: /pɑɒn/
homophone: porn (non-rhotic)
rhymes: -ɔːn
Forms: form: pawns
form: pawning
form: pawned
form: pawned
Senses: topics: video-games
glosses: Alternative form of pwn.
dialogue
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdaɪəlɒɡ/
note: US, lot–cloth split
ipa: /ˈdaɪəˌlɔɡ/
note: of Canada
ipa: /ˈdaɪəˌlɑɡ/
note: of the US
ipa: /ˈdaɪəlɒɡ/
ipa: /ˈdɑeəlɔɡ/
ipa: /ˈdaɪəlɒɡ/
ipa: [ˈdɑe̯əlɔ̟ɡ]
note: Indic
ipa: /ɖaj(ɵ)lɔɡ/
Forms: form: dialogues
form: dialog
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English dialog, from Old French dialoge (French dialogue), from Late Latin dialogus, from Ancient Greek διάλογος (diálogos, “conversation, discourse”), from διά (diá, “through, inter”) + λόγος (lógos, “speech, oration, discourse”), from διαλέγομαι (dialégomai, “to converse”), from διά (diá) + λέγειν (légein, “to speak”), equivalent to dia- (“between”) + -logue. Also analyzable as di- (“two”) + -alogue.
Senses: examples: text: Melinda and Bill maintained a dialogue via email over the course of their long-distance relationship.
text: Start up a dialogue
text: Guido and Francesca exchanged looks; for the attention with which both had listened had enabled them to comprehend with tolerable accuracy the preceding dialogue.
ref: 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XVII, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 200:
text: The hours of dialogue with Winfrey, which culminated in a choked-up moment on Friday night as he discussed the impact of his cheating on his family, appear to have failed to give Armstrong the redemption that he craves.
ref: 2013 January 19, Paul Harris, The Guardian:
glosses: A conversation or other form of discourse between two or more individuals.
examples: text: The movie had great special effects, but the dialogue was lackluster.
text: In 1936, Anstey had co-directed Housing Problems, which featured direct dialogue recording - allowing the subjects of the film to speak for themselves. As Anstey said: "At the time nobody had done it, and we gave slum dwellers a chance to make their own films."
ref: 2021 March 10, Greg Morse, “Telling the railway's story on film”, in RAIL, number 926, page 42:
topics: authorship
broadcasting
communications
film
journalism
literature
media
publishing
television
writing
glosses: In a dramatic or literary presentation, the verbal parts of the script or text; the verbalizations of the actors or characters.
examples: text: A literary historian, she specialized in the dialogues of ancient Greek philosophers.
topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A literary form, where the presentation resembles a conversation.
examples: text: Once the My Computer dialogue opens, select Local Disk (C:), then right click and scroll down.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Nonstandard form of dialog (“dialog box”).
Derived terms: civilogue
dialogic
dialogise
dialogism
dialogist
dialogize
dialogual
dialogue balloon
dialogue box
dialogueless
dialogue tag
dialoguist
diavlog
halfalogue
megalogue
nondialogue
Platonic dialogue
punch dialogue
Related terms: dialect
dialectic
dialectical
dialectically
dialogical
dialogicality
dialogically
dialogistic
dialogistical
dialogistically
epistolary
introspection
monologue
multilogue
quadralogue
trialogue
dialogue
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdaɪəlɒɡ/
note: US, lot–cloth split
ipa: /ˈdaɪəˌlɔɡ/
note: of Canada
ipa: /ˈdaɪəˌlɑɡ/
note: of the US
ipa: /ˈdaɪəlɒɡ/
ipa: /ˈdɑeəlɔɡ/
ipa: /ˈdaɪəlɒɡ/
ipa: [ˈdɑe̯əlɔ̟ɡ]
note: Indic
ipa: /ɖaj(ɵ)lɔɡ/
Forms: form: dialogues
form: dialoguing
form: dialogued
form: dialogued
form: dialog
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English dialog, from Old French dialoge (French dialogue), from Late Latin dialogus, from Ancient Greek διάλογος (diálogos, “conversation, discourse”), from διά (diá, “through, inter”) + λόγος (lógos, “speech, oration, discourse”), from διαλέγομαι (dialégomai, “to converse”), from διά (diá) + λέγειν (légein, “to speak”), equivalent to dia- (“between”) + -logue. Also analyzable as di- (“two”) + -alogue.
Senses: examples: text: Pearson wanted to dialogue with his overseas counterparts about the new reporting requirements.
topics: business
glosses: To discuss or negotiate so that all parties can reach an understanding.
glosses: To put into dialogue form.
examples: text: Dost [thou] dialogue with thy shadow?
ref: c. 1605–1608 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Tymon of Athens”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii], page [55]:
glosses: To take part in a dialogue; to dialogize.
logic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: lŏj'ĭk
ipa: /ˈlɒd͡ʒ.ɪk/
enpr: lŏ'jĭk
ipa: /ˈlɑ.d͡ʒɪk/
enpr: lŏj'ĭk
ipa: /ˈlɔd͡ʒ.ɪk/
rhymes: -ɒdʒɪk
Forms: form: logick
Etymology: From Middle English logike, from Old French and Latin logicus, from Ancient Greek λογῐκός (logĭkós).
Senses: glosses: logical
logic
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: lŏj'ĭk
ipa: /ˈlɒd͡ʒ.ɪk/
enpr: lŏ'jĭk
ipa: /ˈlɑ.d͡ʒɪk/
enpr: lŏj'ĭk
ipa: /ˈlɔd͡ʒ.ɪk/
rhymes: -ɒdʒɪk
Forms: form: logics
form: logicking
form: logicked
form: logicked
form: logick
Etymology: From Middle English logik, from Old French logike, from Latin logica, from Ancient Greek λογική (logikḗ, “logic”), from feminine of λογικός (logikós, “of or pertaining to speech or reason or reasoning, rational, reasonable”), from λόγος (lógos, “speech, reason”). Displaced native Old English flitcræft (literally “art of arguing”).
Senses: examples: text: Nay, is not the author himself "logicking" against logic, from the beginning of his book to the end ?
ref: 1884, Orestes Augustus Brownson, Controversy, page 21:
glosses: To engage in excessive or inappropriate application of logic.
examples: text: He logicked that one out. He snuck into Haiti and scored herbs to rev him and calm him.
ref: 2010, James Ellroy, Blood's a Rover, page 90:
glosses: To apply logical reasoning to.
examples: text: If things had gone as usual this night, if Kit had not logicked her into agreement, then she probably would have opened the door tonight.
ref: 2010, Jade Lee, Wicked Surrender:
glosses: To overcome by logical argument.
checkmate
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈt͡ʃɛkmeɪt/
Forms: form: check and mate
Etymology: From Middle English chekmat, from Old French eschec mat, from Arabic شَاه مَاتَ (šāh māta), from Classical Persian شاه مات (šāh māt, “the king [is] amazed”).
Senses: topics: board-games
chess
games
glosses: Word called out by the victor when making a move that wins the game.
glosses: Said when one has placed a person in a losing situation with no escape.
Synonyms: topics: chess
board-games
games
word: mate
checkmate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈt͡ʃɛkmeɪt/
Forms: form: checkmates
Etymology: From Middle English chekmat, from Old French eschec mat, from Arabic شَاه مَاتَ (šāh māta), from Classical Persian شاه مات (šāh māt, “the king [is] amazed”).
Senses: examples: text: This immediately ends the game, provided that the move producing the checkmate position was in accordance with Article 3 and Articles 4.2 – 4.7.
ref: 2022, “2023 Laws of Chess”, in FIDE, page 10:
topics: board-games
chess
games
glosses: The conclusive victory in a game of chess that occurs when an opponent's king is threatened with unavoidable capture.
glosses: Any losing situation with no escape; utter defeat.
Hyponyms: topics: chess
board-games
games
word: double checkmate
Related terms: stalemate
checkmate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈt͡ʃɛkmeɪt/
Forms: form: checkmates
form: checkmating
form: checkmated
form: checkmated
Etymology: From Middle English chekmat, from Old French eschec mat, from Arabic شَاه مَاتَ (šāh māta), from Classical Persian شاه مات (šāh māt, “the king [is] amazed”).
Senses: examples: text: My opponent checkmated me in four moves!
text: The game is won by the player who has checkmated his/her opponent’s king.
ref: 2022, “2023 Laws of Chess”, in FIDE, page 10:
topics: board-games
chess
games
glosses: To put the king of an opponent into checkmate.
examples: text: Where is it? What does SCP-3125 look like? Its motivation, its origins, its modus operandi— how much of that can be known? Does it have to be known, to solve the problem? Does it matter how intelligent the intelligence is, once it's inside the box, once it's checkmated?
ref: 2019 December 9, qntm, “Wild Light”, in There Is No Antimemetics Division, →ISBN, page 191:
glosses: To place in a losing situation that has no escape.
Derived terms: checkmater
capture
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkæp.ʃə/
ipa: /ˈkæp.t͡ʃə/
ipa: /ˈkæp.ʃɚ/
ipa: /ˈkæp.t͡ʃɚ/
rhymes: -æpʃə(ɹ)
rhymes: -æptʃə(ɹ)
Forms: form: captures
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French capture (noun), from Latin captūra. Displaced native Old English fenġ (noun) and ġefōn (verb).
Senses: examples: text: even with regard to captures made at sea
ref: 1765–1769, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England, (please specify |book=I to IV), Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Clarendon Press, →OCLC:
glosses: An act of capturing; a seizing by force or stratagem.
examples: text: the capture of a lover’s heart
glosses: The securing of an object of strife or desire, as by the power of some attraction.
glosses: Something that has been captured; a captive.
examples: text: video capture
glosses: The recording or storage of something for later playback.
examples: text: After the match […], the text matched within the named capture is available via the Match object's Groups(name) property.
ref: 2006, Jeffrey Friedl, Mastering Regular Expressions, page 409:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
qualifier: regular expressions
glosses: A particular match found for a pattern in a text string.
expletive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪkˈspliːtɪv/
ipa: /ˈɛksplətɪv/
Forms: form: more expletive
form: most expletive
Etymology: From Late Latin explētīvus (“serving to fill out”), from Latin explētus, the perfect passive participle of expleō (“fill out”), itself from ex (“out, completely”) + *pleō (“fill”).
Senses: examples: text: No one entered more fully than Shakespeare into the character of this species of poetry, which admits of no expletive imagery, no merely ornamental line.
ref: 1839, Henry Hallam, Introduction to the Literature of Europe, volume 3, London: John Murray, →OCLC, page 501:
text: deprecating being taken for ſerious, or to be underſtood that he meaneth any thing by them; but only that he uſeth them as expletive phraſes ... to plump his ſpeech, and fill up ſentences.
ref: 1683, Isaac Barrow, The Works of the Learned Isaac Barrow, London: M. Flesher for B. Aylmer, →OCLC, Against vain and raſh Swearing:
synonyms: expletory
glosses: Serving to fill up, merely for effect, otherwise redundant.
glosses: Marked by expletives (phrase-fillers).
Derived terms: expletive infixation
expletively
expletiveness
sexpletive
expletive
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪkˈspliːtɪv/
ipa: /ˈɛksplətɪv/
Forms: form: expletives
Etymology: From Late Latin explētīvus (“serving to fill out”), from Latin explētus, the perfect passive participle of expleō (“fill out”), itself from ex (“out, completely”) + *pleō (“fill”).
Senses: examples: text: If we don't take advantage of any [expletive] in any way, then it's our loss.
synonyms: swear word
bad word
oath
glosses: A profane, vulgar term, notably a curse or obscene oath.
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A word without meaning added to fill a syntactic position.
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
synonyms: intensifier
glosses: A word that adds to the strength of a phrase without affecting its meaning (such as fuckin in "there's no fuckin way he's gonna get away with it").
hypernyms: interjection#Noun
glosses: An obscene or otherwise offensive interjection (such as shit, fuck, or damn it).
Derived terms: expletive deleted
syntactic expletive
Related terms: explicative
dark
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: därk
ipa: /dɑːk/
enpr: därk
ipa: /dɑɹk/
homophone: doc
homophone: dock (non-rhotic, father-bother merger)
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)k
Forms: form: darks
form: darking
form: darked
form: darked
Etymology: From Middle English derken, from Old English deorcian, from Proto-West Germanic *derkōn.
Senses: glosses: To grow or become dark, darken.
examples: text: To dark is still used in Swaledale (Yorkshire) in the sense of to lie hid, as, 'Te rattens [rats] mun ha bin darkin whel nu [till now]; we hannot heerd tem tis last fortnith'.
ref: 1873, Richard Morris, Walter William Skeat, “Glossarial Index”, in Specimens of Early English, volumes II: From Robert of Gloucester to Gower, A.D. 1298—A.D. 1393, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 490:
glosses: To remain in the dark, lurk, lie hidden or concealed.
glosses: To make dark, darken; to obscure.
Related terms: black
shadow
dead
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: enpr: dĕd
ipa: /dɛd/
rhymes: -ɛd
ipa: /diːd/
Etymology: From Middle English ded, deed, from Old English dēad, from Proto-West Germanic *daud, from Proto-Germanic *daudaz. Compare West Frisian dead, dea, Dutch dood, German tot, Danish, Norwegian død, Norwegian Nynorsk daud.
Senses: examples: text: dead right; dead level; dead flat; dead straight; dead left
text: He hit the target dead in the centre.
text: Across the region known as the Landes, this stretch of line is almost dead level, and the only curve is one of 2¼ miles radius through the station of Labouheyre.
ref: 1955 June, 'Mercury', “Over 200 Miles Per Hour”, in Railway Magazine, page 379:
text: Independent tests later confirmed [the figures] to be accurate, with Car & Driver seeing 159mph (254kph), 0.60 in five seconds dead, and an amazingly high 0.97g.
ref: 2003 December 1, Brian Long, RX-7 Mazda’s Rotary Engine Sports Car: Updated & Enlarged Edition, Veloce Publishing Ltd, →ISBN, page 145:
text: And because the tunnel is dead straight, it's perfect for reaching high speeds.
ref: 2023 November 29, Peter Plisner, “The winds of change in Catesby Tunnel”, in RAIL, number 997, page 56:
qualifier: degree
glosses: Exactly.
examples: text: dead wrong; dead set; dead serious; dead drunk; dead broke; dead earnest; dead certain; dead slow; dead sure; dead simple; dead honest; dead accurate; dead easy; dead scared; dead solid; dead black; dead white; dead empty
text: I knew once a Scotch sailmaker who was certain, dead sure, there were people in Mars.
ref: 1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part I, page 216:
qualifier: degree
glosses: Very, absolutely, extremely.
examples: text: He stopped dead.
glosses: Suddenly and completely.
examples: text: dead tired; dead quiet; dead asleep; dead pale; dead cold; dead still
text: I was tired of reading, and dead sleepy.
ref: 1849 May – 1850 November, Charles Dickens, chapter 2, in The Personal History of David Copperfield, London: Bradbury & Evans, […], published 1850, →OCLC:
glosses: As if dead.
dead
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: dĕd
ipa: /dɛd/
rhymes: -ɛd
ipa: /diːd/
Etymology: From Middle English ded, deed, from Old English dēad, from Proto-West Germanic *daud, from Proto-Germanic *daudaz. Compare West Frisian dead, dea, Dutch dood, German tot, Danish, Norwegian død, Norwegian Nynorsk daud.
Senses: examples: text: Near-synonym: nadir
text: the dead of night
text: the dead of winter
glosses: Time when coldness, darkness, or stillness is most intense.
examples: text: the quick and the dead
text: Will the dead rise again?
text: He will come again to judge the living and the dead.
synonyms: deceased#Noun
departed#Noun
antonyms: word: living#Noun
word: ;
word: quick#Noun
glosses: Those who have died: dead people.
dead
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: dĕd
ipa: /dɛd/
rhymes: -ɛd
ipa: /diːd/
Forms: form: deads
Etymology: From Middle English ded, deed, from Old English dēad, from Proto-West Germanic *daud, from Proto-Germanic *daudaz. Compare West Frisian dead, dea, Dutch dood, German tot, Danish, Norwegian død, Norwegian Nynorsk daud.
Senses: glosses: (usually in the plural) Sterile mining waste, often present as many large rocks stacked inside the workings.
topics: bodybuilding
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Clipping of deadlift.
if
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: ĭf
ipa: /ɪf/
rhymes: -ɪf
Forms: form: ifs
Etymology: From Middle English if, yif, yef, from Old English ġif (“if”), from Proto-West Germanic *jabu, *jabē, from Proto-Germanic *jabai (“when, if”). Cognate with Scots gif (“if, whether”), Saterland Frisian af, of (“if, whether”), West Frisian oft (“whether”), Dutch of (“or, whether, but”), Middle Low German ef, if, af, of ("if; whether"; > German Low German of), German ob (“if, whether”), Icelandic ef (“if”).
Senses: examples: text: The board can't approve this project; there are too many ifs.
text: 1709, Susannah Centlivre, The Busy Body, Act III, in John Bell (ed.), British Theater, J. Bell (1791), page 59,
Sir Fran. Nay, but Chargy, if——— ¶ Miran. Nay, Gardy, no Ifs.——Have I refus'd three northern lords, two British peers, and half a score knights, to have put in your Ifs?
text: Well might Bergman add, (in his Sciographia,), “if the compariſon that has been made, &c. be juſt.” The preſent writer makes no ifs about the matter, and has ſuperadded a little inaccuracy of his own, […]
ref: 1791 January, “Richardſon’s Chemical Principles of the Metallic Arts”, in The Monthly Review, R. Griffiths, page 176:
text: Even if they managed to strike Japan, the United States or South Korea with nuclear weapons — a big if, given that they do not have a reliable delivery system — they could not save themselves from ultimate defeat.
ref: 2013 April 9, Andrei Lankov, “Stay Cool. Call North Korea’s Bluff.”, in New York Times:
glosses: An uncertainty, possibility, condition, doubt etc.
Derived terms: big if
ifs and ans
ifs and buts
no ifs, ands, or buts
small if
Related terms: and
else
false
or
then
true
whether
true
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: enpr: trōō
ipa: /tɹuː/
ipa: [t̠ɹ̠̊˔ʷu̠ː]
ipa: /tɹjuː/
ipa: /tɹɪʊ̯/
rhymes: -uː
Forms: form: trew
form: trewe
form: troo
form: tr00
Etymology: From Middle English trewe, from Old English trīewe, (Mercian) trēowe (“trusty, faithful”), from Proto-Germanic *triwwiz (compare Saterland Frisian trjou (“honest”), Dutch getrouw and trouw, German treu, Norwegian and Swedish trygg (“safe, secure’”)), from pre-Germanic *drewh₂yos, from Proto-Indo-European *drewh₂- (“steady, firm”) (compare Irish dearbh (“sure”), Old Prussian druwis (“faith”), Ancient Greek δροόν (droón, “firm”)), extension of *dóru (“tree”) (possibly also Proto-Slavic *sъdorvъ (“healthy”) from the same root). More at tree. For the semantic development, compare Latin robustus (“tough”) from robur (“red oak”).
Senses: examples: text: This gun shoots true.
text: If the tyre doesn't run true (it wobbles as you spin the wheel), re-seat it by letting most of the air out and pulling the tyre away from the bead.
ref: 2013, Guy Andrews, Complete Road Bike Maintenance, first edition, London: Bloomsbury, →ISBN, page 81:
text: Plant breeding is always a numbers game.[…]The wild species we use are rich in genetic variation, and individual plants are highly heterozygous and do not breed true. In addition, we are looking for rare alleles, so the more plants we try, the better.
ref: 2013 May-June, David Van Tassel, Lee DeHaan, “Wild Plants to the Rescue”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3:
qualifier: throwing etc
glosses: Accurately; in alignment.
raw_tags: of shooting
examples: text: I tel you true my hart is ſwolne with wrath,
On this ſame theeuish villain Tamburlain.
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 II, scene ii:
glosses: Truthfully.
true
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: trōō
ipa: /tɹuː/
ipa: [t̠ɹ̠̊˔ʷu̠ː]
ipa: /tɹjuː/
ipa: /tɹɪʊ̯/
rhymes: -uː
Forms: form: trues
form: trew
form: trewe
form: troo
form: tr00
Etymology: From Middle English trewe, from Old English trīewe, (Mercian) trēowe (“trusty, faithful”), from Proto-Germanic *triwwiz (compare Saterland Frisian trjou (“honest”), Dutch getrouw and trouw, German treu, Norwegian and Swedish trygg (“safe, secure’”)), from pre-Germanic *drewh₂yos, from Proto-Indo-European *drewh₂- (“steady, firm”) (compare Irish dearbh (“sure”), Old Prussian druwis (“faith”), Ancient Greek δροόν (droón, “firm”)), extension of *dóru (“tree”) (possibly also Proto-Slavic *sъdorvъ (“healthy”) from the same root). More at tree. For the semantic development, compare Latin robustus (“tough”) from robur (“red oak”).
Senses: examples: text: Some toolmakers are very careless when drilling the first hole through work that is to be bored, claiming that if the drilled hole comes out of true somewhat it can be brought true with the boring tool.
ref: 1904, Lester Gray French, Machinery, volume 10:
text: She clapped her hands happily, and he thought how pretty she was really, that is, the upper part of her face—from the bridge of the nose down she was somewhat out of true.
ref: 1922, F[rancis] Scott Fitzgerald, “(please specify the page)”, in Tales of the Jazz Age, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, →OCLC:
text: The crate shifted on its pallet, out of sync now. As the lift withdrew, the crate skidded with it, dragged by friction and gravity, skewing farther and farther from true.
ref: 1988, Lois McMaster Bujold, Falling Free, Baen Publishing,, →ISBN, page 96:
text: The strength and number of blows depends on how far out of true the shafts are.
ref: 1994, Bruce Palmer, How to Restore Your Harley-Davidson:
glosses: The state of being in alignment.
glosses: Truth.
glosses: A pledge or truce.
Derived terms: in true
out of true
true
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: trōō
ipa: /tɹuː/
ipa: [t̠ɹ̠̊˔ʷu̠ː]
ipa: /tɹjuː/
ipa: /tɹɪʊ̯/
rhymes: -uː
Forms: form: trues
form: trueing
form: truing
form: trued
form: trued
form: trew
form: trewe
form: troo
form: tr00
Etymology: From Middle English trewe, from Old English trīewe, (Mercian) trēowe (“trusty, faithful”), from Proto-Germanic *triwwiz (compare Saterland Frisian trjou (“honest”), Dutch getrouw and trouw, German treu, Norwegian and Swedish trygg (“safe, secure’”)), from pre-Germanic *drewh₂yos, from Proto-Indo-European *drewh₂- (“steady, firm”) (compare Irish dearbh (“sure”), Old Prussian druwis (“faith”), Ancient Greek δροόν (droón, “firm”)), extension of *dóru (“tree”) (possibly also Proto-Slavic *sъdorvъ (“healthy”) from the same root). More at tree. For the semantic development, compare Latin robustus (“tough”) from robur (“red oak”).
Senses: examples: text: He trued the spokes of the bicycle wheel.
text: Don't attempt to true a wheel until you've a good idea what is causing the buckle.
ref: 2013, Guy Andrews, Complete Road Bike Maintenance, first edition, London: Bloomsbury, →ISBN, page 54:
glosses: To straighten (something that is supposed to be straight).
examples: text: We spent all night truing up the report.
glosses: To make even, level, symmetrical, or accurate, align; adjust (often followed by up).
Derived terms: true-up
else
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɛls/
ipa: /ɛlts/
rhymes: -ɛls
Etymology: From Middle English ells, elles, from Old English elles (“other, otherwise, different”), from Proto-West Germanic *alljas, from Proto-Germanic *aljas (“of another, of something else”), genitive of *aljaz (“other”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élyos, from *h₂el- (“other”).
Cognate with Old Frisian elles (“other”), Old High German elles, ellies (“other”), Danish eller (“or”), Danish ellers (“otherwise”), Swedish eljes, eljest (“or else, otherwise”), Norwegian elles (“else, otherwise”), Gothic 𐌰𐌻𐌾𐌹𐍃 (aljis, “other”), Latin alius (“other, another”), Ancient Greek ἄλλος (állos), Arcadocypriot αἶλος (aîlos), modern Greek αλλιώς (alliós, “otherwise, else”), Proto-Slavic *olni.
Senses: examples: text: How else (= in what other way) can it be done?
text: I'm busy Friday; when else (= what other time) works for you?
text: The crust of ice on the else rippling brook was so transparent, and so thin in texture, that the lively water might of its own free will have stopped—in Tom’s glad mind it had—to look upon the lovely morning.
ref: 1842 December – 1844 July, Charles Dickens, The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1844, →OCLC:
qualifier: usually follows interrogative adverbs
glosses: Otherwise, if not.
Synonyms: otherwise
Derived terms: or else
else
Language: English
Part of speech: conj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɛls/
ipa: /ɛlts/
rhymes: -ɛls
Etymology: From Middle English ells, elles, from Old English elles (“other, otherwise, different”), from Proto-West Germanic *alljas, from Proto-Germanic *aljas (“of another, of something else”), genitive of *aljaz (“other”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élyos, from *h₂el- (“other”).
Cognate with Old Frisian elles (“other”), Old High German elles, ellies (“other”), Danish eller (“or”), Danish ellers (“otherwise”), Swedish eljes, eljest (“or else, otherwise”), Norwegian elles (“else, otherwise”), Gothic 𐌰𐌻𐌾𐌹𐍃 (aljis, “other”), Latin alius (“other, another”), Ancient Greek ἄλλος (állos), Arcadocypriot αἶλος (aîlos), modern Greek αλλιώς (alliós, “otherwise, else”), Proto-Slavic *olni.
Senses: examples: text: Then the Wronskian of f and g must be nonzero, else they could not be linearly independent.
text: He had never seen dogs fight as these wolfish creatures fought, and his first experience taught him an unforgetable lesson. It is true, it was a vicarious experience, else he would not have lived to profit by it.
ref: 1903 July, Jack London, “The Law of Club and Fang”, in The Call of the Wild, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., →OCLC, page 44:
glosses: For otherwise; or else.
Derived terms: if-then-else
dangling else
Related terms: and
if
not
or
then
join
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: join
ipa: /ˈd͡ʒɔɪn/
rhymes: -ɔɪn
Forms: form: joins
form: joyn
form: joyne
form: joyen
Etymology: From Middle English joinen, joynen, joignen, from Old French joindre, juindre, jungre, from Latin iungō (“join, yoke”, verb), from Proto-Indo-European *yewg- (“to join, unite”). Cognate with Old English iucian, iugian, ġeocian, ġyċċan (“to join; yoke”). More at yoke.
Senses: examples: text: We found 217 putative interchromosomal joins. Only one of these joins (in the paternal assembly of HG02080) was located in a euchromatic, non-acrocentric region and was manually confirmed to be a misassembly.
ref: 2023 May 11, Wen-Wei Liao, Mobin Asri, Jana Ebler, et al., “A draft human pangenome reference”, in Nature, volume 617, →DOI, page 313:
glosses: An act of joining or the state of being joined; a junction or joining.
glosses: An intersection of piping or wiring; an interconnect.
topics: computing
databases
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: An intersection of data in two or more database tables.
examples: text: The offline domain join is a three-step process described subsequently: […]
ref: 2010, Dustin Hannifin, Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Administrator's Reference:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The act of joining something, such as a network.
topics: algebra
mathematics
sciences
antonyms: meet
glosses: The lowest upper bound, an operation between pairs of elements in a lattice, denoted by the symbol ∨.
Hyponyms: ANSI join
antijoin
autojoin
cross join
equijoin
explicit join
full join
hash join
implicit join
inner join
left join
natural join
outer join
right join
self join
semijoin
straight join
theta join
Derived terms: disjoin
full outer join
Jacob's join
join point
left outer join
misjoin
right outer join
self-join
danger
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdeɪn.d͡ʒə(ɹ)/
ipa: /ˈdeɪn.d͡ʒɚ/
rhymes: -eɪndʒə(ɹ)
Forms: form: dangers
form: dangering
form: dangered
form: dangered
Etymology: From Middle English daunger (“power, dominion, peril”), from Anglo-Norman dangier, from Old French dangier, alteration of Old French dongier (due to association with Latin damnum (“damage”)) from Vulgar Latin *dominārium (“authority, power”) from Latin dominus (“lord, master”). Displaced native Old English frēcennes.
Senses: glosses: To claim liability.
examples: text: The sides o'th' world may danger. Much is breeding
ref: c. 1606–1607 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii]:
glosses: To imperil; to endanger.
glosses: To run the risk.
Related terms: at danger
dame
dangerous
domain
dungeon
endanger
SPAD
jewel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈd͡ʒuːəl/
ipa: /ˈd͡ʒuːl/
ipa: /ˈd͡ʒʊəl/
ipa: /d͡ʒul/
ipa: /ˈd͡ʒu.əl/
ipa: /d͡ʒʉl/
ipa: /d͡ʒʉ.əl/
note: Indic
ipa: /dʒ(ɪ~ʊ)ˈwɛl/
rhymes: -uːl
rhymes: -ʊəl
homophone: joule
homophone: duel
homophone: dual (yod-coalescence)
Forms: form: jewels
Etymology: From Middle English juel, jewel, juwel, jeuel, jowel, from Anglo-Norman juel, from Old French jouel, joel, joïel, hence French joyau, of uncertain origin. Perhaps based ultimately on Latin gaudium (“joy”), or on Latin iocus (“joke; jest”), or according to Pihan, from Arabic جَوْهَر (jawhar). Compare Medieval Latin jocale.
Senses: glosses: A precious or semi-precious stone; gem, gemstone.
examples: text: Iachimo: 'Tis plate of rare device, and jewels / Of rich and exquisite form, their values great.
ref: 1611 April (first recorded performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Cymbeline”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene vi], lines 188–9:
glosses: A valuable object used for personal ornamentation, especially one made of precious metals and stones; a piece of jewellery.
examples: text: Galveston was the jewel of Texas prior to the hurricane.
text: Wel, wel (Meander) thou art deepely read:
And hauing thee, I haue a iewell ſure:
Go on my Lord, and giue your charge I ſay,
Thy wit wil make vs Conquerors to day.
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 II, scene ii:
text: Had our prince,—
Jewel of children,—seen this hour, he had pair'd
Well with this lord: there was not full a month
Between their births.
ref: c. 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Winters Tale”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i]:
glosses: Anything precious or valuable.
topics: hobbies
horology
lifestyle
glosses: A bearing for a pivot in a watch, formed of a crystal or precious stone.
glosses: Any of various lycaenid butterflies of the genus Hypochrysops.
examples: text: The area between her eyebrows wrinkled with the increasing circular motions her two fingers made on her jewel.
ref: 2008, Another Time, Another Place: Five Novellas:
glosses: The clitoris.
Derived terms: bejewel
crown jewel
ditch jewel
eight-jewel
enjewel
jewel anemone
jewel-babbler
jewel bearing
jewel beetle
jewel block
jewel box
jewel bug
jewel case
jewel cichlid
jewelcrafting
jewel crafting
jeweler
jeweller
jewelfish
jewelfront
jewelhouse
jewel in the crown
jewel in the Liberal crown
jewelled
jewellery
jewelry
jewelless
jewellike
jewelly
jewel-neck
jewel salad
jewelsmith
jewel tone
jewelweed
jewel-weed
jewel yam
jewie
unjewel
jewel
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈd͡ʒuːəl/
ipa: /ˈd͡ʒuːl/
ipa: /ˈd͡ʒʊəl/
ipa: /d͡ʒul/
ipa: /ˈd͡ʒu.əl/
ipa: /d͡ʒʉl/
ipa: /d͡ʒʉ.əl/
note: Indic
ipa: /dʒ(ɪ~ʊ)ˈwɛl/
rhymes: -uːl
rhymes: -ʊəl
homophone: joule
homophone: duel
homophone: dual (yod-coalescence)
Forms: form: jewels
form: jeweling
form: jewelling
form: jeweled
form: jeweled
form: jewelled
form: jewelled
Etymology: From Middle English juel, jewel, juwel, jeuel, jowel, from Anglo-Norman juel, from Old French jouel, joel, joïel, hence French joyau, of uncertain origin. Perhaps based ultimately on Latin gaudium (“joy”), or on Latin iocus (“joke; jest”), or according to Pihan, from Arabic جَوْهَر (jawhar). Compare Medieval Latin jocale.
Senses: glosses: To bejewel; to decorate or bedeck with jewels or gems.
judge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: jŭj
ipa: /d͡ʒʌd͡ʒ/
rhymes: -ʌdʒ
Forms: form: judges
form: judg
form: iudge
Etymology: From Middle English juge, jugge, from Old French juge, from Latin iūdex. Displaced native Middle English deme (from Old English dēma (“judge”)) and demere (from Old English dēmere (“judge”)), see also deemer, deemster.
Senses: examples: text: The parts of a judge in hearing are four: to direct the evidence; to moderate length, repetition, or impertinency of speech; to recapitulate, select, and collate the material points of that which hath been said; and to give the rule or sentence.
ref: 1625, Francis [Bacon], “Of Judicature”, in The Essayes […], 3rd edition, London: […] Iohn Haviland for Hanna Barret, →OCLC:
glosses: A public official whose duty it is to administer the law, especially by presiding over trials and rendering judgments; a justice.
glosses: A person who decides the fate of someone or something that has been called into question.
examples: text: At a boxing match, the decision of the judges is final.
glosses: A person officiating at a sports event, a contest, or similar; referee.
examples: text: She is a good judge of wine.
text: They say he is a poor judge of character considering all the unreliable friends he has made.
glosses: A person who evaluates something or forms an opinion.
topics: biblical
lifestyle
religion
glosses: A shophet, a temporary leader appointed in times of crisis in ancient Israel.
Synonyms: sense: one who judges in an official capacity
word: magistrate
raw_tags: of low rank
sense: one who judges in an official capacity
word: justice
raw_tags: of high rank
sense: one who judges in an official capacity
word: justiciar
sense: one who judges in an official capacity
english: of high rank
translation: of high rank
word: justiciary
sense: one who judges in an official capacity
word: chief justice
sense: one who judges in an official capacity
word: Chief Justiciar
sense: one who judges in an official capacity
word: Capital Justiciary
sense: one who judges in an official capacity
word: Chief Justiciary
sense: one who judges in an official capacity
english: of the highest rank
translation: of the highest rank
word: justiciary
sense: one who judges in an official capacity
word: justicer
sense: one who judges in an official capacity
word: sheriff
sense: one who judges in an official capacity
word: bailiff
sense: one who judges in an official capacity
word: reeve
sense: one who judges in an official capacity
word: doomsman
sense: one who judges generally
word: deemer
sense: one who judges generally
word: deemster
Derived terms: activist judge
chief judge
fighting little judge
the East German judge
goal judge
grave as a judge
hanging judge
interjudge
intrajudge
judge advocate
judgecraft
judgedom
judgeful
judge, jury and executioner
judgeless
judgelike
judgeling
judgely
judge-made
judge-made law
judge of fact
judge-rapporteur
judgeship
judgess
judgy
Judgy McJudgerson
lay judge
line judge
multijudge
nonjudge
no one should be judge in his own cause
postjudge
purple judge
red judge
sober as a judge
sub-judge
tell it to the judge
touch judge
list
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: lĭst
ipa: /lɪst/
rhymes: -ɪst
homophone: Liszt
Forms: form: lists
form: listing
form: list
form: list
Etymology: From Middle English listen, from Old English hlystan (“to listen”), from hlyst (“hearing”), from Proto-West Germanic *hlusti, from Proto-Germanic *hlustiz (“hearing”).
Senses: examples: text: 2 [Soldier] Peace, what noiſe? / 1 [Soldier] Liſt liſt. / 2 Hearke. / 1 Music i' th' Ayre.
ref: c. 1606–1607 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iii], page 359, column 1:
text: We list to the trumpings that herald the storm, / To the roll of the drum, and the order to form!
ref: 1860–1861, “What of the Night?”, in Frank Moore, editor, The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events, with Documents, Narratives, Illustrative Incidents, Poetry, etc., volume II, New York, N.Y.: G[eorge] P[almer] Putnam, […], published 1862, →OCLC, page 96, column 1:
text: Be of good cheer, and list to what I speak.
ref: 1865, Sophocles, “Philoctetes”, in E[dward] H[ayes] Plumptre, transl., The Tragedies of Sophocles: A New Translation, with a Biographical Essay, volume II, London; New York, N.Y.: Alexander Strahan, publisher, →OCLC, page 247, line 1267:
glosses: To listen.
examples: text: Then way what loſſe your honor may ſuſtaine / If with too credent eare you liſt his ſongs / Or looſe your hart, or your chaſt treaſure open / To his vnmaſtred importunity.
ref: c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, The Tragicall Historie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke: […] (Second Quarto), London: […] I[ames] R[oberts] for N[icholas] L[ing] […], published 1604, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iii]:
glosses: To listen to.
list
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: lĭst
ipa: /lɪst/
rhymes: -ɪst
homophone: Liszt
Forms: form: lists
Etymology: Uncertain; possibly from tilting on lists in jousts, or from Etymology 4 in the sense of inclining towards what one desires.
Senses: topics: architecture
glosses: A tilt to a building.
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A careening or tilting to one side, usually not intentionally or under a vessel's own power.
Synonyms: word: list
Hyponyms: word: access control list
word: adjacency list
word: alist
word: A-list
word: A list
word: allowlist
word: association list
word: backlist
word: bigot list
word: bill
word: binnacle list
word: blacklist
word: B-list
word: blocklist
word: booklist
word: bucket list
word: buddy list
word: bullet list
word: bulleted list
word: catalog
word: catalogue
word: checklist
word: Christmas list
word: civil list
word: class list
word: C-list
word: clout list
word: codelist
word: concordance
word: controlled vocabulary
word: dean's list
word: decklist
word: definition list
word: denylist
word: directory
word: disabled list
word: display list
word: distribution list
word: D-list
word: dream list
word: dropdown list
word: drop-down list
word: droplist
word: edge list
word: e-list
word: email list
word: enumeration
word: fair list
word: finderlist
word: flag list
word: free list
word: frequency list
word: friends list
word: frontlist
word: graylist
word: greylist
word: grocery list
word: guestlist
word: handlist
word: hit list
word: honey do list
word: honeydew list
word: hotlist
word: index
word: itemization
word: inventory
word: jump list
word: laundry list
word: law list
word: life list
word: linked list
word: linklist
word: listicle
word: litany
word: longlist
word: mailing list
word: manifest
word: menu
word: multilist
word: muster roll
word: naughty list
word: navy list
word: netlist
word: no fly list
word: nodelist
word: numbered list
word: offlist
word: off-list
word: party list
word: picklist
word: playlist
word: price list
word: prize list
word: pull list
word: punch list
word: reading list
word: roll
word: Red List
word: reference list
word: register
word: registry
word: reserved list
word: retired list
word: roster
word: schedule
word: set list
word: setlist
word: shit list
word: shitlist
word: shopping list
word: short list
word: shortlist
word: shot list
word: shotlist
word: sick list
word: skip list
word: snagging list
word: stock list
word: stocklist
word: stop list
word: superlist
word: Swadesh list
word: swaplist
word: tasklist
word: thesaurus
word: tier list
word: to-do list
word: toplist
word: tracklist
word: transfer list
word: unfair list
word: userlist
word: Verlet list
word: waiting list
word: waitlist
word: wait-list
word: want list
word: wanted list
word: watch list
word: watchlist
word: white list
word: whitelist
word: wine list
word: winelist
word: wish list
word: wishlist
word: word list
word: wordlist
word: worklist
word: Z-list
Meronyms: word: bullet point
word: item
word: listing
Related terms: word: enumerated articles
word: listed company
word: listee
word: lister
word: listmaker
word: scheduled territory
word: tick off
word: enlist
list
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: lĭst
ipa: /lɪst/
rhymes: -ɪst
homophone: Liszt
Forms: form: lists
form: listing
form: listed
form: listed
Etymology: Uncertain; possibly from tilting on lists in jousts, or from Etymology 4 in the sense of inclining towards what one desires.
Senses: examples: text: the steady wind listed the ship
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: To cause (something) to tilt to one side.
examples: text: the ship listed to port
text: Even a small camber one way caused the whole outfit to list alarmingly.
ref: 2000, Bob Foster, Birdum or Bust!, Henley Beach, SA: Seaview Press, page 173:
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: To tilt to one side.