cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
stale
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: stāl
ipa: /steɪl/
rhymes: -eɪl
Forms: form: stales
form: staling
form: staled
form: staled
Etymology: From Middle English stale, from Old French estal (“fixed position, place”), but probably originally from Proto-Germanic *stāną (“to stand”): compare West Flemish stel in the same sense for ‘beer’ and ‘urine’.
Senses: examples: text: Stalyn, or make stale drynke, defeco.
ref: c. 1440, Promp. Parv., 472 1:
text: A stock of old porter should be kept, sufficient for staling the consumption of twelve months.
ref: 1826, Art of Brewing, second edition, 106:
glosses: To make stale; to age in order to clear and strengthen (a drink, especially beer).
raw_tags: of alcohol
examples: text: Ile goe tell all the Argument of his Play aforehand, and so stale his Inuention to the Auditory before it come foorth.
ref: 1601, Ben Jonson, Fountaine of Self-love, section 36:
text: Not content To stale himselfe in all societies, He makes my house as common as a Mart.
ref: 1598, Beniamin Ionson [i.e., Ben Jonson], “Euery Man in His Humour. A Comœdie. […]”, in The Workes of Beniamin Ionson (First Folio), London: […] Will[iam] Stansby, published 1616, →OCLC, Act I, scene iv:
text: Age cannot wither her, nor custome stale Her infinite variety.
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 II, scene ii], line 241:
text: Pictures and statues have been staled by copy and description.
ref: 1863, W. W. Story, Roba di Roma, I i 7:
glosses: To make stale; to cause to go out of fashion or currency; to diminish the novelty or interest of, particularly by excessive exposure or consumption.
examples: text: They have got so much of Christ as to be staled of his company.
ref: 1717, E. Erskine, Serm. in Wks., 50 1:
text: Philanthropy was beginning to stale.
ref: 1893, “Q”, in Delectable Duchy, section 325:
text: Vi's penchant for puns had struck him as cute when he first met her, but it had staled somewhat over the years.
ref: 1990, Stephen King, The Moving Finger:
glosses: To become stale; to grow odious from excessive exposure or consumption.
examples: text: The Drink from that Time flattens and stales.
ref: 1742, W. Ellis, London & Country Brewer, 4th edition, I 64:
qualifier: alcoholic beverages
glosses: To become stale; to grow unpleasant from age.
Derived terms: antistaling
stale
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: stāl
ipa: /steɪl/
rhymes: -eɪl
Forms: form: stales
form: staling
form: staled
form: staled
Etymology: From Middle English stale, from Old English stalu, from Proto-Germanic *stal-; compare English stell from this root. The development was paralleled by the ablaut which became English steal, from Middle English stele, from Old English stela, from Proto-Germanic *stel-. Both are from the same Proto-Indo-European root *stel-, *stol- (“to place, establish”), whence also Ancient Greek στελεός (steleós, “handle”). See also English stele.
Senses: examples: text: For stalyng of the ladders of the Churche xx d.
ref: 1492, Archæol. Cant., XVI 304:
glosses: To make a ladder by joining rungs ("stales") between the posts.
stale
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: stāl
ipa: /steɪl/
rhymes: -eɪl
Forms: form: stales
Etymology: From Middle English stale, from Old French estal (“place, something placed”) (compare French étal), from Frankish stal, from Proto-Germanic *stallaz, earlier *staþlaz. Related to stall and stand.
Senses: examples: text: Wherefore they had a great avauntage, but in coclusion thie french menne were slayne, and their horses taken, and so the lyght horsement came wyth their catail, nere to the embushment, and the frenchimen folowed, that seyng the englyshmen that kept the stale, came in al hast & rescued their light horsemen, and draue the frenchemen backe, & then made returne to their beastes
ref: 1550, Edward Halle, The Vnion of the Two Noble and Illustre Famelies of Lancastre and Yorke:
text: All these in great hast came to Newnam bridge, where they found other Englishmen that had woone the bridge of the Frenchmen, and so all togither set foward to assaile the Frenchmen that kept the stale, and tarie till the residue of their companie which were gone a forraging vnto Calis walles were come: for the other that had spoiled the marishes were returned with a great bootie.
ref: 1808, Raphael Holinshed, Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland, page 580:
text: You cannot take the queen without giving a stale, therefore you lose the game.
ref: 1818, William Stopford Kenny, Practical Chess Exercises, page 205:
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A fixed position, particularly a soldier's in a battle-line.
examples: text: They stand at a stay; Like a Stale at Chesse, where it is no Mate, but yet the Game cannot stirre.
ref: 1625, Francis Bacon, Essays, section 65:
topics: board-games
chess
games
glosses: A stalemate; a stalemated game.
examples: text: It is a stelling place and sovir harbry, Quhar ost in staill or embuschment may ly.
ref: 1513, Virgil, translated by G. Douglas, Æneid, XI x 96:
text: The erle of Essex...with .ii. C. speares was layde in a stale, if the Frenchmen had come neerer.
ref: 1577, R. Holinshed, Chron, II 1479 2:
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: An ambush.
examples: text: The staill past throw the wod with sic noyis...yat all the bestis wer rasit fra thair dennys.
ref: c. 1540, H. Boece, translated by J. Bellenden, Hyst. & Cron. Scotl., XII xvi 184:
text: The Lard of Drunlanrig lying al thys while in ambush...forbare to breake out to gyue anye charge vppon his enimies, doubting least the Earle of Lennox hadde kept a stale behynde.
ref: 1577, R. Holinshed, Hist. Scotl., 471 2 in Chron., I
glosses: A band of armed men or hunters.
examples: text: Neveryeles I knaw asweill by Englisemen as Scottishmen that their stale was no les then thre thowsand men.
ref: 1532, State Papers Henry VIII, published 1836, IV 626:
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: The main force of an army.
Derived terms: flying stale
hold one's stale
in stale
stale
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: stāl
ipa: /steɪl/
rhymes: -eɪl
Etymology: From Middle English stale, from Old French estal (“place, something placed”) (compare French étal), from Frankish stal, from Proto-Germanic *stallaz, earlier *staþlaz. Related to stall and stand.
Senses: examples: text: Then drawith he & is stale.
ref: c. 1470, Ashmolean MS 344, 21
topics: board-games
chess
games
glosses: At a standstill; stalemated.
stale
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: stāl
ipa: /steɪl/
rhymes: -eɪl
Forms: form: stales
form: staling
form: staled
form: staled
Etymology: From Middle English stale, from Old French estal (“place, something placed”) (compare French étal), from Frankish stal, from Proto-Germanic *stallaz, earlier *staþlaz. Related to stall and stand.
Senses: examples: text: He shall stale þe black kyng in the pointe þer the crosse standith.
ref: c. 1470, Ashmole MS 344, 7
text: In China, however, a player who stales his opponent's King, wins the game.
ref: 1903, H. J. R. Murray, Brit. Chess. Mag., section 283:
topics: board-games
chess
games
glosses: To stalemate.
examples: text: For vnder cuire I got sik check, that I micht neither muife nor neck, bot ather stale or mait.
ref: 1597, A. Montgomerie, Cherrie & Slae, section 202:
topics: board-games
chess
games
glosses: To be stalemated.
stale
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: stāl
ipa: /steɪl/
rhymes: -eɪl
Etymology: Noun from Middle English stale, from Anglo-Norman estal (“urine”), from Middle Dutch stal (“urine”). Cognate with Middle Low German stal (“horse urine; bowel movement”). Verb from Middle English stalen, from Old French estaler (“urinate”), related to Middle High German stallen (“to piss”).
Senses: examples: text: […]That they be not compelled to eate their owne donge, and drinke their owne stale with you?
ref: 1535, the Bible, translated by Miles Coverdale, Isaiah, XXXVI.100:
text: The stale of Camels and Goats[…]is good for them that have the dropsie.
ref: 1548, Robert Record, Vrinal of Physick, XI.89:
text: Or annoint thy selfe with the stale of a mule.
ref: 1583, B. Melbancke, Philotimus:
text: Those of Crotta being hardly besieged by Metellus, were reduced to so hard a pinch, and strait necessitie of all manner of other beverage, that they were forced to drinke the stale or urine of their horses.
ref: 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 48, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book I, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:
text: Thou did'st drinke The stale of Horses.
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 iv], line 62:
text: Mice and Weasels by their poysonous Stale infect the Trees so, that they produce Worms.
ref: 1698, J. Fryer, New Acct. E.-India & Persia, page 242:
text: Sheep, whose Dung and Stale is of most Virtue in the Nourishment of all Trees.
ref: 1733, W. Ellis, Chiltern & Vale Farming, page 122:
qualifier: livestock
glosses: Urine, especially used of horses and cattle.
Hypernyms: urine
Derived terms: blood-stale
stale-foul
to have a rod in stale
stale
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: stāl
ipa: /steɪl/
rhymes: -eɪl
Forms: form: stales
form: staling
form: staled
form: staled
Etymology: Noun from Middle English stale, from Anglo-Norman estal (“urine”), from Middle Dutch stal (“urine”). Cognate with Middle Low German stal (“horse urine; bowel movement”). Verb from Middle English stalen, from Old French estaler (“urinate”), related to Middle High German stallen (“to piss”).
Senses: examples: text: Gif ony stal in the yet of the gilde...he sall gif iiijd. to the mendis.
ref: 15th century, Lawis Gild, X in Ancient Laws and Customs of the Burghs of Scotland, 68
text: Tary a whyle, your hors wyll staale.
ref: 1530, John Palsgrave, L'éclaircissement de la langue française, 732 1:
text: Why a pox o' your boxe, once againe: let your little wife stale in it, and she will.
ref: 1614 November 10 (first performance; Gregorian calendar), Beniamin Iohnson [i.e., Ben Jonson], Bartholmew Fayre: A Comedie, […], London: […] I[ohn] B[eale] for Robert Allot, […], published 1631, →OCLC, Act I, scene iv, page 8:
text: I wonder [the knight's son] doth not go on all four too, and hold up his Leg when he stales.
ref: 1663, T. Killigrew, Parson's Wedding, I iii:
text: Cattle-dung where fuel failed; Water where the mules had staled; And sackcloth for their raiment.
ref: 1903, Rudyard Kipling, Five Nations, section 150:
text: You stale like a mare
And fart as you stale
ref: c. 1920, Aleister Crowley, Leigh Sublime:
text: A mile or two before we got to the meet he stopped at an inn, where he put our horses into the stable for twenty minutes, ‘to give them a chance to stale’.
ref: 1928, Siegfried Sassoon, Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man, Penguin, published 2013, page 35:
qualifier: livestock
glosses: To urinate, especially used of horses and cattle.
Hypernyms: urinate
Related terms: word: piss like a racehorse
stale
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: stāl
ipa: /steɪl/
rhymes: -eɪl
Forms: form: stales
form: staling
form: staled
form: staled
Etymology: From Middle English stale (“bird used as a decoy”), probably from uncommon Anglo-Norman estale (“pigeon used to lure hawks”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic, probably *standaną (“to stand”). Compare Old English stælhran (“decoy reindeer”) and Northumbrian stællo (“catching fish”).
Senses: examples: text: The eye...Doth serue to stale her here and there where she doth come and go.
ref: 1557, Tottel's Misc., section 198:
glosses: To serve as a decoy, to lure.
phishing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɪʃɪŋ/
homophone: fishing
rhymes: -ɪʃɪŋ
Etymology: Respelling of fishing (“trying to find”). In Usenet newsgroups, cracker and pirate groups used variant spellings of phish and warez (i.e. wares) to evade scans and filters by mainstream servers policing the ARPAnet/Internet. Compare other respelling slang like phat and phreak.
Senses: examples: text: Holonym: social engineering
text: A growing number of U.S. cities are alerting residents to a widespread phishing scam involving fraudulent text messages about unpaid parking violations.
ref: 2025 March 11, Sunny Yadav, “US Cities Warn of Surge in Unpaid Parking Phishing Text Scams”, in eSecurity Planet:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
hypernyms: spoofing
;
cybercrime
;
scam
fraud
glosses: The malicious act of keeping a false website or sending a false e-mail with the intent of masquerading as a trustworthy entity in order to acquire sensitive information, such as usernames, passwords, and credit card details.
glosses: The act of circumventing security with an alias.
Derived terms: antiphishing
quishing
Related terms: phish
phisher
spearphishing
phishing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɪʃɪŋ/
homophone: fishing
rhymes: -ɪʃɪŋ
Etymology: Respelling of fishing (“trying to find”). In Usenet newsgroups, cracker and pirate groups used variant spellings of phish and warez (i.e. wares) to evade scans and filters by mainstream servers policing the ARPAnet/Internet. Compare other respelling slang like phat and phreak.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of phish
unemployed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌʌnɪmˈplɔɪd/
rhymes: -ɔɪd
Etymology: From un- + employed.
Senses: examples: text: The government announced a new initiative to help the unemployed.
text: The number of unemployed keeps rising steadily.
text: Several special types of unemployed workers are described. These include nonmodal workers, threshold workers, "the unemployables", and the physically handicapped.
ref: 1934, United States. Bureau of Employment Security, Employment Security Review, volumes 2-5, page 15:
synonyms: jobless
workless
antonyms: employed
working
glosses: Having no job despite being able and willing to work.
examples: text: England's attacking impetus was limited to one shot from Lampard that was comfortably collected by keeper Iker Casillas, but for all Spain's domination of the ball his England counterpart Joe Hart was unemployed.
ref: 2011 November 12, “International friendly: England 1-0 Spain”, in BBC Sport:
synonyms: word: disused
word: idle
word: abeyant
word: at rest
word: cessant
word: dormant
word: dull
word: fallow
word: idle
word: inactive
word: inert
word: languid
word: latent
word: nonactive
word: quiescent
word: silent
word: sedent
word: sedentary
word: slow
word: suspended
word: torpid
word: unactive
word: unbusy
word: unemployed
word: unoccupied
word: anachronistic
word: antediluvial
word: antediluvian
word: antiquated
word: antique
word: archaic
word: backward
word: backwards
word: behind the times
word: cobwebbed
word: cobwebby
word: dated
word: defunct
word: discontinued
word: disused
word: dootsie
word: elderly
word: extinct
word: expired
word: fossilized
word: Havishamesque
word: idle
word: Miss Havishamesque
word: obsolete
word: old
word: oldfangled
word: old-fashioned
word: old school
word: outdated
word: outmoded
word: out of date
word: out of fashion
word: outworn
word: parachronistic
word: passé
word: superannuated
word: superseded
word: unemployed
word: unoccupied
word: venerable
word: workless
antonyms: employed
in use
glosses: Having no use, not doing work
Synonyms: word: between jobs
word: employmentally challenged
word: idle
word: jobless
word: nonemployed
word: occupationless
word: on the wallaby
word: on the wallaby track
word: out of a job
word: out of work
word: resting
word: unbusied
word: unemployed
word: workless
Hypernyms: word: lacking
Hyponyms: word: funemployed
word: laid-off
word: Withnailesque
Derived terms: funemployed
shake hands with the unemployed
Related terms: word: unemployment
word: lay off
unemployed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌʌnɪmˈplɔɪd/
rhymes: -ɔɪd
Etymology: From un- + employed.
Senses: glosses: The unemployed people of a society or the world, taken collectively.
raw_tags: with the
intro
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɪntɹoʊ/
Forms: form: intros
Etymology: Clipping of introduction, from Latin intrōductiō (“lead-in, introduction”) – the abbreviation removes the second part of the compound; the first part ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁énteros (“inner, what is inside”). The demoscene sense comes from the fact that they were originally prepended to pirated copies of computer games.
Senses: glosses: An introduction.
antonyms: extro
outro
glosses: The opening sequence at beginning of a film, television program, etc.
examples: text: If the rules specify that the DLLs' size will be added to the 64K limit, there's not a lot of space to code an intro.
ref: 1999, brainpower / digital artists, “Win32 demos”, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.demos (Usenet):
text: Are there any sites that have original copies of games? (ie: Summer/Winter/World Games with Fast Loading). Just looking for games without the trainers/intros.
ref: 2001, LJames4728, “Good C64 Game Sites?”, in alt.c64 (Usenet):
text: Games, demos, intros. They were the same, this was the scene. The trend was that you cracked and made demos and intros.
ref: 2005, Tamás Polgár, Freax: the brief history of the demoscene: Volume 1:
topics: computing
demoscene
engineering
lifestyle
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A small demo produced to promote one's demogroup or for a competition.
Derived terms: BBStro
dentro
intromercial
introscan
intro
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɪntɹoʊ/
Forms: form: intros
form: introing
form: introed
form: introed
Etymology: Clipping of introduction, from Latin intrōductiō (“lead-in, introduction”) – the abbreviation removes the second part of the compound; the first part ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁énteros (“inner, what is inside”). The demoscene sense comes from the fact that they were originally prepended to pirated copies of computer games.
Senses: glosses: To introduce.
liaison
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /liˈeɪˌzɒ̃/
ipa: /-ˌzɒn/
ipa: /-z(ə)n/
ipa: /laɪˈeɪˌzɒn/
ipa: /-zən/
ipa: /liˈeɪˌzɑn/
ipa: /-ˌsɑn/
ipa: /ˈlaɪ.ə.sən/
rhymes: -eɪzɒn
rhymes: -eɪzən
Forms: form: liaisons
Etymology: Borrowed from French liaison (“binding”), from Latin ligātiō (stem ligātiōn-; whence the English doublet ligation), derived from ligō (“I bind”), from Proto-Indo-European *leyǵ- (“to bind”).
Senses: examples: text: […]prepare a liaison, or four or five yolks of eggs and some cream […]
ref: 1759, William Verral, “XV. Des perdreaux au celery blanc. Partridges with celery sauce white.”, in A Complete System of Cookery. […], London: Printed for the author, and sold by him; as also by Edward Verral bookseller, […]; and by John Rivington […], page 92:
topics: cooking
food
lifestyle
glosses: A thickening for sauces, typically based on egg yolks.
glosses: Communication between two parties or groups.
glosses: Cooperation, working together.
glosses: A relayer of information between two forces in an army or during war.
examples: text: As a community liaison, I work to make sure the general public knows about our organization's work.
synonyms: go-between
mediator
glosses: Any person who relays information between two groups or organizations.
glosses: A tryst; a romantic meeting.
examples: text: ostriches in breeding season are relentlessly promiscuous, with both males and females seeking liaisons with multiple partners.
ref: 2020 August 4, Richard Conniff, “They may look goofy, but ostriches are nobody’s fool”, in National Geographic Magazine:
glosses: An illicit sexual relationship or affair.
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonology
sciences
hypernyms: sandhi
intrusion
linking
glosses: Fusion of two consecutive words and the manner in which this occurs.
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonology
sciences
hypernyms: sandhi
intrusion
linking
glosses: Fusion of two consecutive words and the manner in which this occurs.
The pronunciation of a normally silent final consonant when the next word begins with a vowel.
Derived terms: liaison aircraft
liaison officer
Related terms: liaise
ligation
liaison
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /liˈeɪˌzɒ̃/
ipa: /-ˌzɒn/
ipa: /-z(ə)n/
ipa: /laɪˈeɪˌzɒn/
ipa: /-zən/
ipa: /liˈeɪˌzɑn/
ipa: /-ˌsɑn/
ipa: /ˈlaɪ.ə.sən/
rhymes: -eɪzɒn
rhymes: -eɪzən
Forms: form: liaisons
form: liaisoning
form: liaisoned
form: liaisoned
Etymology: Borrowed from French liaison (“binding”), from Latin ligātiō (stem ligātiōn-; whence the English doublet ligation), derived from ligō (“I bind”), from Proto-Indo-European *leyǵ- (“to bind”).
Senses: glosses: To liaise.
liason
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of liaison.
snug
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: snŭg
ipa: /snʌɡ/
rhymes: -ʌɡ
Forms: form: snugs
Etymology: From dialectal English snug (“tight, handsome”), perhaps from Old Norse snøggr, from Proto-Germanic *snawwuz (“short, quick, fast”). Compare Icelandic snöggur (“smooth”), Danish snög (“neat”), Swedish snygg (“handsome, nice-looking”).
Senses: glosses: A small, comfortable back room in a pub.
topics: engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A lug.
Related terms: lounge bar
public bar
saloon bar
vault
snug
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: snŭg
ipa: /snʌɡ/
rhymes: -ʌɡ
Forms: form: snugs
form: snugging
form: snugged
form: snugged
Etymology: From dialectal English snug (“tight, handsome”), perhaps from Old Norse snøggr, from Proto-Germanic *snawwuz (“short, quick, fast”). Compare Icelandic snöggur (“smooth”), Danish snög (“neat”), Swedish snygg (“handsome, nice-looking”).
Senses: examples: text: He snugged his Gun into its tunic holster, checked the scope on his Follower and left the room.
ref: 1967 May, William F. Nolan, George Clayton Johnson, Logan's Run, Bantam, published 1976, →ISBN, page 15:
glosses: To make secure or snug.
glosses: To snuggle or nestle.
glosses: To make smooth.
Derived terms: snug down
escape
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪˈskeɪp/
ipa: /ɪk-/
ipa: /ɪˈskeɪp/
ipa: /ə-/
ipa: /ɛ-/
ipa: /ɛk-/
rhymes: -eɪp
Forms: form: escapes
Etymology: From Middle English escapen, from Anglo-Norman and Old Northern French escaper ( = Old French eschaper, modern French échapper), from Vulgar Latin *excappāre (“to escape a garment, get out of one's clothing”, literally “to free oneself from one's cape”), from Latin ex- (“out”) + Late Latin cappa (“cape, cloak”). Cognate with escapade. Also doublet of scape.
Senses: examples: text: The prisoners made their escape by digging a tunnel.
glosses: The act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation.
glosses: Leakage or outflow, as of steam or a liquid, or an electric current through defective insulation.
examples: text: But what about the flocks of Waxbills? Are they escapes gone feral, or are they spreading from Africa?
ref: 2000, Bill Oddie, Gripping Yarns, page 124:
glosses: Something that has escaped; an escapee.
glosses: A holiday, viewed as time away from the vicissitudes of life.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: escape key
examples: text: You forgot to insert an escape in the datastream.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: The text character represented by 27 (decimal) or 1B (hexadecimal).
topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
snooker
sports
glosses: A successful shot from a snooker position.
topics: business
manufacturing
glosses: A defective product that is allowed to leave a manufacturing facility.
examples: text: I should have been more accurate, corrected all those former escapes.
ref: 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC:
glosses: That which escapes attention or restraint; a mistake, oversight, or transgression.
examples: text: thousand escapes of wit
ref: c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Measure for Measure”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i]:
glosses: A sally.
topics: architecture
glosses: An apophyge.
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: A cultivated plant found growing as though wild, dispersed by some agency.
Derived terms: garden escape
administrator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ədˈmɪnɪstɹeɪtə/
ipa: /ədˈmɪnɪstɹeɪtɚ/
Forms: form: administrators
form: administratour
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin administrātor (literally “he that is near to attend”). Doublet of administrador.
Senses: examples: text: Kraft Heinz said the new products will be available nationwide to all school administrators to procure and offer to students either for purchase in the lunchroom – though the company did not disclose the cost to schools – or for free through the National School Lunch Program (NSLP).
ref: 2023 March 13, Parija Kavilanz, “Lunchables are going to be rolled out directly to students. Here’s what’s in them”, in CNN:
text: Amy Gleason is the acting administrator of the US DOGE Service, the agency that houses the temporary Department of Government Efficiency, a White House official told CNN on Tuesday.
ref: 2025 February 25, Kaitlan Collins and Tierney Sneed, “White House reveals who DOGE acting administrator is”, in CNN:
glosses: One who administers affairs; one who directs, manages, executes, or dispenses, whether in civil, judicial, political, or ecclesiastical affairs; a manager.
topics: law
glosses: A person who manages or settles the estate of an intestate, or of a testator when there is no competent executor; one to whom the right of administration has been committed by competent authority
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: One who is responsible for software installation, management, information and maintenance of a computer or network.
Synonyms: sense: one who administers affairs
word: chief
sense: one who administers affairs
word: head
sense: one who administers affairs
word: head man
sense: one who administers affairs
word: controller
sense: one who administers affairs
word: comptroller
sense: one who administers affairs
word: foreman
sense: one who administers affairs
word: organizer
sense: one who administers affairs
word: overseer
sense: one who administers affairs
word: superintendent
sense: one who administers affairs
word: supervisor
word: admin
Derived terms: administratorship
administratress
city administrator
co-administrator
coadministrator
database administrator
maladministrator
nonadministrator
subadministrator
superadministrator
sysadmin
system administrator
Related terms: administer
administration
administrative
admirable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæd.məɹ.ə.bəl/
ipa: /ædˈmaɪ.ɹə.bəl/
Forms: form: more admirable
form: most admirable
Etymology: From Middle English admyrable, partly from Middle French admirable and partly from its etymon, Latin admirābilis. By surface analysis, admire + -able.
Senses: examples: text: It's admirable that Shelley overcame her handicap and excelled in her work.
text: The admirable smoothness of the riding also reflected the greatest credit on those who, despite the difficulties caused by the shortage of men and materials, have succeeded in maintaining the track in such first-class order.
ref: 1946 July and August, Cecil J. Allen, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, in Railway Magazine, page 213:
glosses: Deserving of the highest esteem or admiration; estimable.
examples: text: The act of putting out the burning fires was admirable.
glosses: Good or heroic.
Derived terms: admirable grasshopper
admirableness
admirably
red admirable
superadmirable
unadmirable
admirably
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæd.mə.ɹə.bli/
ipa: /ˈæd.mɪɹ.ə.bli/
Forms: form: more admirably
form: most admirably
Etymology: From admirable + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Near-synonym: laudably
text: He succeeded admirably in drawing fire away from the troop transports.
text: Admirably, he went down with his ship after the surviving crew got away in lifeboats.
text: ...yet more than all I had heard of it, now strongly informed me I was to expect that supreme pleasure which she had placed in the meeting of those parts so admirably fitted for each other.
ref: 1749, [John Cleland], “(Please specify the letter or volume)”, in Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure [Fanny Hill], London: […] [Thomas Parker] for G. Fenton [i.e., Fenton and Ralph Griffiths] […], →OCLC:
english: Fanny Hill
translation: Fanny Hill
glosses: In a way worthy of admiration.
examples: text: They have made admirably great improvements in quality.
text: Naturally, odd pairs of engines and solitary examples lend themselves admirably to nicknames: for example, the Great Eastern 0-10-0 tank "Decapod", and the Lickey Incline banker, "Big Bertha", recently withdrawn from service.
ref: 1956 October, R. S. McNaught, “Locomotive Nicknames”, in Railway Magazine, pages 698-699:
glosses: To an admirable degree.
Related terms: admire
admiringly
admiralty
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæd.mɪ.ɹəl.ti/
Forms: form: admiralties
Etymology: From French amirauté, for an older amiralté (“office of admiral”), from Late Latin admīrālitās. See admiral. Analyzable as admiral + -ty.
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: The office or jurisdiction of an admiral.
topics: government
military
politics
war
coordinate_terms: headquarters
general staff
air staff
staff
glosses: The department or officers having authority over naval affairs generally.
topics: law
glosses: The court which has jurisdiction of maritime questions and offenses.
topics: law
glosses: The system of jurisprudence of admiralty courts.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: The building in which the lords of the admiralty, in England, transact business.
Derived terms: Admiralties
Admiralty
admiralty brass
Admiralty Inlet
Admiralty Island
Admiralty Islands
droit of admiralty
price of admiralty
vice-admiralty
Related terms: admiralty law
admire
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ədˈmaɪə/
ipa: /ədˈmaɪɹ/
note: Canada, idle-idol split
ipa: /ədˈmʌɪɹ/
rhymes: -aɪə(ɹ)
Forms: form: admires
form: admiring
form: admired
form: admired
Etymology: From Middle English admyren, borrowed from Middle French admirer, from Latin admīror, from ad + mīror (“wonder at”).
Senses: examples: text: The poor fellow, admiring how he came there, was served in state all day long […].
ref: 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition II, section 2, member 4:
text: examples rather to be admired than imitated
ref: 1640, Thomas Fuller, The Holy State:
glosses: To be amazed at; to view with surprise; to marvel at.
examples: text: kings ſhall crouch vnto our conquering ſwords,
And hoſtes of Souldiers ſtand amazd at vs,
When with their fearfull tongues they ſhall confeſſe
Theſe are the men that al the world admires,
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 I, scene ii:
glosses: To regard with wonder and delight.
glosses: To look upon with an elevated feeling of pleasure, as something which calls out approbation, esteem, love or reverence.
examples: text: to admire a person of high moral worth
text: to admire a landscape
text: He'd always been (very) much admired by his colleagues.
text: I'm so sick and tired of bein' admired. That I wish that I would just die or get fired.
ref: 2000, Marshall Mathers (Eminem), “The Way I Am”, in The Marshall Mathers LP:
glosses: To estimate or value highly; to hold in high esteem.
examples: text: I'm not sayin' she's touched the Devil, now, but I'd admire to know what books she reads and why she hides them — she'll not answer me, y' see.
ref: 1953, Arthur Miller, The Crucible:
text: And I'd admire seeing this creek become a sort of stopping place for geese of one sort and another.
ref: 1976, Field & Stream, page 10:
text: “I hope you do. I'd admire seeing a lot of you.” They made camp down at the creek. Will spread her blanket not too far from his. “Well, aren't you a lady's man.” “Why do you say that?”
ref: 2002, Jack Jones, Iron Spur, →ISBN, page 37:
glosses: To be enthusiastic about (doing something); to want or like (to do something). (Sometimes followed by to.)
Derived terms: admirable
admirate
admiration
admirative
admiredly
admiree
admirer
unadmired
Related terms: admirably
admiratively
mirate
miration
mirative
mirativity
admired
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ədˈmaɪɹd/
ipa: /ədˈmaɪəd/
rhymes: -aɪə(ɹ)d
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of admire
admiring
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ædˈmaɪ.ɚ.ɪŋ/
rhymes: -aɪəɹɪŋ
Forms: form: more admiring
form: most admiring
Senses: glosses: Feeling or showing admiration.
Derived terms: admiringly
'mirin
nonadmiring
unadmiring
admiring
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ædˈmaɪ.ɚ.ɪŋ/
rhymes: -aɪəɹɪŋ
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of admire
admiring
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ædˈmaɪ.ɚ.ɪŋ/
rhymes: -aɪəɹɪŋ
Forms: form: admirings
Senses: examples: text: What more palpable confutation can there be of human vanity and arrogance, of all lofty imaginations, all presumptuous confidences, all turgid humours, all fond self-pleasings and self-admirings, than is that tragical cross […]
ref: a. 1678 (date written), Isaac Barrow, “(please specify the chapter name or sermon number). The Passion of our Blessed Saviour”, in The Works of Dr. Isaac Barrow. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: A[braham] J[ohn] Valpy, […], published 1830–1831, →OCLC:
text: We must keep up a constant worship of God in our families, and in our closets; we must be frequent in holy adorings and admirings of God.
ref: 1847, Matthew Henry, James Hamilton, Daily communion with God:
glosses: admiration
admirer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ədˈmaɪ.ɹə/
ipa: /ædˈmaɪ.ɹɚ/
rhymes: -aɪəɹə(ɹ)
Forms: form: admirers
Etymology: From admire + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Deven is an enthusiastic admirer of The Beatles.
glosses: One who admires.
examples: text: Although he has a number of admirers, he prefers to remain single.
glosses: One who is romantically attracted to someone.
Derived terms: nonadmirer
secret admirer
admission
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ædˈmɪʃ.ən/
rhymes: -ɪʃən
Forms: form: admissions
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin admissio, admissionis; compare French admission. See admit.
Senses: examples: text: The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have ended months of intense speculation by announcing they are expecting their first child, but were forced to share their news earlier than hoped because of the Duchess's admission to hospital on Monday.
ref: 2012 December 3, Caroline Davies, “Duke and Duchess of Cambridge announce they are expecting first baby”, in The Guardian:
glosses: The act or practice of admitting.
examples: text: I request admission for two adults.
text: UK cinema admissions are set to hit their lowest level since records began almost a century ago, with the impact of the coronavirus pandemic wiping almost £1bn from box office sales.
ref: 2020 October 12, Mark Sweney, “UK cinema admissions on course to be lowest since records began”, in The Guardian:
glosses: Permission to enter, or the entrance itself; admittance; entrance; access
glosses: The granting of an argument or position not fully proved; the act of acknowledging something asserted; acknowledgement; concession.
topics: law
glosses: Acquiescence or concurrence in a statement made by another, and distinguishable from a confession in that an admission presupposes prior inquiry by another, but a confession may be made without such inquiry.
glosses: A fact, point, or statement admitted; as, admission made out of court are received in evidence
topics: ecclesiastical
law
lifestyle
religion
glosses: Declaration of the bishop that he approves of the presentee as a fit person to serve the cure of the church to which he is presented.
examples: text: There is no way he has seen that show, the admission is more than he makes in a week.
glosses: The cost or fee associated with attendance or entry.
Synonyms: admittance
concession
acknowledgment
concurrence
allowance
Derived terms: legacy admission
nonadmission
open admission
postadmission
preadmission
readmission
request for admission
admitted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ədˈmɪtɪd/
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of admit
admitting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ədˈmɪtɪŋ/
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of admit
admitting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ədˈmɪtɪŋ/
Forms: form: admittings
Senses: examples: text: Other parts of the ceremony have their unpleasantnesses; for there is great difficulty in admittings and omittings of guests to the festivities.
ref: 1811, The Literary Panorama, and National Register, volume 9, page 871:
glosses: An act of admission; an allowing to enter.
admonish
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ədˈmɒn.ɪʃ/
ipa: /ædˈmɑn.ɪʃ/
Forms: form: admonishes
form: admonishing
form: admonished
form: admonished
form: no-table-tags
form: glossary
form: admonish
form: admonish
form: admonished
form: admonish
form: admonishest
form: admonished
form: admonishedst
form: admonishes
form: admonisheth
form: admonished
form: admonish
form: admonished
form: admonish
form: admonished
form: admonish
form: -
form: admonishing
form: admonished
Etymology: From Middle English admonesten, admonissen, from Old French amonester (modern French admonester), from an unattested Late Latin or Vulgar Latin *admonestrāre, from Latin admoneō (“remind, warn”), from ad + moneō (“warn, advise”). See premonition.
Senses: examples: text: Better is a poore and a wise child, then an old and foolish king who will no more be admonished.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Ecclesiastes 4:13:
text: And further, by these, my sonne, be admonished: of making many bookes there is no end, and much studie is a wearinesse of the flesh.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Ecclesiastes 12:12:
text: Well, that's because he daren't trust you. But in his heart he is not a loyal brother. We know that well. So we watch him and we wait for the time to admonish him.
ref: 1914 September – 1915 May, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Valley of Fear: A Sherlock Holmes Novel, New York, N.Y.: George H[enry] Doran Company, published 27 February 1915, →OCLC:
text: […] But then things take a turn, the men starting to keel over as Walder seems to admonish them for leaving certain threads hanging. […]
ref: 2017 July 16, Brandon Nowalk, “Chickens and dragons come home to roost on Game Of Thrones (newbies)”, in The Onion AV Club:
synonyms: reprimand
chide
glosses: To inform or notify of a fault; to rebuke in a serious tone; to tell off.
examples: text: “You needn’t stray off too far in doin’ it,” his partner admonished. “If that pack ever starts to jump you, them three cartridges’d be wuth no more’n three whoops in hell. Them animals is damn hungry, an’ once they start in, they’ll sure get you, Bill.”
ref: 1906 May–October, Jack London, chapter II, in White Fang, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., published October 1906, →OCLC, part 1 (The Wild):
synonyms: word: caution
word: admonish
word: advise
word: advocate
word: counsel
word: encourage
word: urge
word: exhort
word: prompt
word: recommend
word: suggest
word: tip
word: warn
qualifier: with of or against
glosses: To advise against wrongdoing; to caution; to warn against danger or an offense.
synonyms: inform
notify
glosses: To instruct or direct.
Derived terms: admonishable
admonisher
admonishing
admonishingly
admonishment
foreadmonish
preadmonish
unadmonished
Related terms: admonition
admonitory
monitor
premonition
ado
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈduː/
rhymes: -uː
Etymology: From Northern Middle English at do (“to do”), infinitive of do, don (“to do”), see do. Influenced by an Old Norse practice of marking the infinitive by using the preposition at, att (compare Danish at gå (“to go”)). More at at, do.
Senses: examples: text: Antonio:In sooth, I know not why I am so sad.
It wearies me; you say it wearies you;
But how I caught it, found it, or came by it,
What stuff 'tis made of, whereof it is born,
I am to learn;
And such a wantwit sadness makes of me,
That I have much ado to know myself.
ref: c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:
text: Probably a crab would be filled with a sense of personal outrage if it could hear us class it without ado or apology as a crustacean, and thus dispose of it. “I am no such thing,” it would say; “I am myself, myself alone.”
ref: 1902, William James, The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature […] , New York, N.Y.; London: Longmans, Green, and Co. […], →OCLC:
synonyms: word: ado
word: argy-bargy
word: bangarang
word: bobbery
word: brouhaha
word: bunfight
word: bustle
word: bust-up
word: chaos
word: clamour
word: clatter
word: commotion
word: disruption
word: disturbance
word: flap
word: foofaraw
word: fracas
word: furor
word: fuss
word: hobbleshaw
word: hoo-ha
word: hoo-hah
word: hubbub
word: hullabaloo
word: hurly-burly
word: kerfuffle
word: mayhem
word: merry hell
word: outcry
word: palaver
word: pandemonium
word: pother
word: quarrel
word: riot
word: rowdydow
word: ruckus
word: rumpus
word: shemozzle
word: shindy
word: splatterdash
word: stir
word: stooshie
word: three-ring circus
word: to-do
word: tomfoolery
word: trouble
word: tumult
word: turmoil
word: unrest
word: uproar
word: upstir
glosses: trouble; troublesome business; fuss, commotion
wikipedia: Old Norse
Related terms: à deux
adieu
bundle of joy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bundles of joy
Senses: examples: text: Nature took its course, and Marie did give birth to a bundle of joy, but she soon discovered that motherhood was not all bliss.
ref: 2005, Judyth Reichenberg-Ullman, Robert W. Ullman, Rage-Free Kids, Picnic Point Press, →ISBN, page 132:
glosses: A newborn baby.
glosses: A child.
glosses: A pet.
apatheist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: apatheists
Etymology: Blend of apathy + atheist
Senses: topics: lifestyle
religion
glosses: A person who does not care about the existence of a God or gods; a supporter of apatheism.
Related terms: apatheism
magnifico
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: magnificos
form: magnificoes
Etymology: From Italian magnifico. Doublet of magnific.
Senses: examples: text: For be ſure of this, / That the Magnifico is much beloued, / And hath in his effect, a voyce potentiall, / As double as the Dukes, he will diuorce you, / Or put vpon you what reſtraint, and greeuance, That law with all his might to inforce it on, / Weele giue him cable.
ref: c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, The Tragœdy of Othello, the Moore of Venice. […] (First Quarto), London: […] N[icholas] O[kes] for Thomas Walkley, […], published 1622, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii], pages 6–7:
glosses: A grandee or nobleman of Venice.
glosses: A rector of a German university.
mezzo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɛtsoʊ/
ipa: /ˈmɛdzoʊ/
ipa: /ˈmɛtsəʊ/
ipa: /ˈmɛdzəʊ/
Forms: form: mezzos
Etymology: (music): Clipping of mezzo-soprano
Senses: examples: text: Emily Golden, a mezzo who was adept in an especially wide range of roles;
ref: 1983 January 2, John Rockwell, “New Opera May Have a Future After All”, in The New York Times:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: mezzo-soprano
Derived terms: mezzolike
Related terms: mezzo forte
mezzo-rilievo
mezzo
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɛtsoʊ/
ipa: /ˈmɛdzoʊ/
ipa: /ˈmɛtsəʊ/
ipa: /ˈmɛdzəʊ/
Etymology: (music): Clipping of mezzo-soprano
Senses: examples: text: mezzo social work
glosses: At a middle level or scale, between micro and macro.
indefinite
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪnˈdɛfɪnɪt/
Forms: form: more indefinite
form: most indefinite
Etymology: From Late Latin indēfīnītus.
Morphologically in- + definite.
Senses: examples: text: Your account will be suspended for an indefinite period of time.
text: A federal judge on Wednesday blocked the government from enforcing a controversial statute about the indefinite detention without trial of terrorism suspects.
ref: 2012 September 12, Charlie Savage, “Judge Rules Against Law on Indefinite Detention”, in The New York Times:
glosses: Without limit; forever, or until further notice; not definite.
examples: text: She gave an indefinite answer which nobody really understood.
glosses: Vague or unclear.
examples: text: I'm still indefinite about what I'm going to study at college.
glosses: Undecided or uncertain.
examples: text: Don't forget to m the +C when calculating indefinite integrals.
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Being an integral without specified limits.
examples: text: the indefinite article
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Designating an unspecified or unidentified person or thing or group of persons or things.
Synonyms: sense: without limit
word: unlimited
sense: without limit
word: unrestricted
sense: vague or unclear
word: hazy
word: indistinct
word: vague
sense: undecided or uncertain
word: indeterminate
sense: undecided or uncertain
word: unsettled
sense: undecided or uncertain
word: indecisive
sense: undecided or uncertain
word: unsure
Derived terms: indef
indeffed
indefinite adjective
indefinite article
indefinite call sign
indefinite integral
indefinitely
indefiniteness
indefinite pronoun
indefinity
present indefinite
Related terms: indeterminate
indefinite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪnˈdɛfɪnɪt/
Forms: form: indefinites
Etymology: From Late Latin indēfīnītus.
Morphologically in- + definite.
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A word or phrase that designates an unspecified or unidentified person or thing or group of persons or things.