cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Bushman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Bushmen
Senses: glosses: A person who lives in the bush, especially a member of a community or ethnic group who lives in the bush.
glosses: A member of one of the foraging ethnic groups native to southwestern Africa, mostly the Kalahari.
Synonyms: Bosjesman
San
ethnics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ethnic
assimilates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of assimilate
cream of the crop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: They hoped to hire only the cream of the crop for the new project team.
synonyms: crème de la crème
glosses: The best or most desirable among some selection.
Derived terms: word: cream the crop
Related terms: cream of wheat
high on the hog
pick of the litter
upper crust
ethnically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From ethnic + -ally.
Senses: examples: text: But the row highlighted the fall from grace of the ethnically diverse women Sarkozy once promoted but later cast aside, who are now rebelling. The former young sports minister, Rama Yade, outspoken and hugely popular, has not only quit the government: she has left Sarkozy's party.
ref: 2011 December 14, Angelique Chrisafis, “Rachida Dati accuses French PM of sexism and elitism”, in The Guardian:
text: London has one of the most ethnically diverse populations in the world. It absorbs more than half of all immigrants to Britain.
ref: 2013 September 28, Kenan Malik, “London Is Special, but Not That Special”, in The New York Times, retrieved 28 Sep 2013:
text: Domestic extremists are motivated by a range of ideologies which “reflects an increasingly complex threat landscape, including racially or ethnically motivated threats and antigovernment or antiauthority threats,” the report says.
ref: 2021 April 13, Katie Bo Williams and Zachary Cohen, “US intelligence community warns of devastating long-term impact of coronavirus pandemic”, in CNN:
glosses: Of or pertaining to ethnicity.
Derived terms: ethnically challenged
not have a leg to stand on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: ‘You see?’ said Mrs Gowan, turning the palms of her hands towards Mr Meagles, as if she were Justice herself, representing to him that he had better confess, for he had not a leg to stand on.
ref: 1857, Charles Dickens, chapter 8, in Little Dorrit, volume 2:
text: "But Mr. Elwell's lawyers apparently did not take your view, since I suppose the suit was withdrawn by their advice." "Oh, yes, they knew he hadn't a leg to stand on."
ref: 1910, Edith Wharton, “Afterward”, in Tales of Men and Ghosts:
text: It was borne in upon Elizabeth that she hadn't got a leg to stand upon and she sat down.
ref: 1931, E. F. Benson, chapter 4, in Mapp and Lucia:
text: If his word and image are consistently proven to be false, he doesn't have a leg to stand on.
ref: 2003 October 3, Charlie LeDuff, Dean E. Murphy, “The California Recall: Sexual Accusations Prompt an Apology By Schwarzenegger”, in New York Times:
glosses: To lack support, as in an argument, debate, or negotiation.
Related terms: on one's last legs
ethnicities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ethnicity
ethnic groups
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ethnic group
ineptly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more ineptly
form: most ineptly
Etymology: From inept + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Quite possibly the worst aspect of this is the role of the train operating companies and their representative body, the ineptly named Rail Delivery Group (RDG). Ostensibly, the plan has come from them. In reality, this has been driven entirely by Government, which asked each train operator to draw up plans for its area.
ref: 2023 July 26, Christian Wolmar, “Closing ticket offices to lead to 'catch-22' for passengers”, in RAIL, number 988, page 42:
glosses: In an inept or incompetent manner.
haemolymph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: haemolymphs
Etymology: From haemo- + lymph.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of hemolymph.
HTTPd
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Initialism; see HTTP.
Senses: glosses: Initialism of HyperText Transfer Protocol daemon, a Unix web server that is able to handle HTTP and HTTPS requests.
stymied
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of stymie
loosed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of loose
detested
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more detested
form: most detested
Senses: glosses: hated
Derived terms: undetested
detested
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of detest
crashing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɹæʃɪŋ/
rhymes: -æʃɪŋ
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of crash
crashing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɹæʃɪŋ/
rhymes: -æʃɪŋ
Forms: form: crashings
Senses: examples: the ceaseless crashings of waves on the beach
glosses: The sound or action of something that crashes.
crashing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɹæʃɪŋ/
rhymes: -æʃɪŋ
Senses: examples: text: Advances were brought to crashing halts, and whole areas became impassable.
ref: 2016, Simon R. Green, Deathstalker War:
text: That the debut of the play on 20 April 1842 was a crashing failure is apparent from a letter from Charles […]
ref: 2020, Donald J. Lange, The Life and Poetry of George Darley, page 114:
glosses: Severe; drastic.
Derived terms: crashingly
party-crashing
Related terms: crashing bore
denies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of deny
pitying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of pity
pitying
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pityings
Senses: examples: text: Oh! the unspeakable privilege to have Him for our Father, who is the Father of mercies and compassions, and those not barren, fruitless pityings, for He is withal the God of all consolations.
ref: 1849, Robert Leighton (Archbishop of Glasgow), A practical commentary upon the first Epistle of St. Peter (page 47)
glosses: The act of one who pities.
collapsed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of collapse
uniting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of unite
uniting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: unitings
Senses: examples: text: There are no unions, only unitings and separations and reunitings.
ref: 2008, James S. Wolfe, A Song of Faith, page 1:
glosses: The act by which things are united; the formation of a union.
triumphed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of triumph
refrained
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of refrain
prettily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more prettily
form: most prettily
Etymology: From Middle English pratily, prately, pratyly, pratylych; equivalent to pretty + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: And thus they were all begging for pancakes, the one more prettily than the other, because they were so hungry, and such good little children.
ref: 1881, P. Chr. Asbjörnsen [i.e., Peter Christen Asbjørnsen], “The Pancake”, in H. L. Brækstad, transl., Round the Yule Log. Norwegian Folk and Fairy Tales, London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, →OCLC, page 62:
text: St. Lawrence Station is very prettily situated, high cliffs on the left, and the lush vegetation of the Undercliff sloping down to the sea on the right.
ref: 1946 July and August, K. Westcott Jones, “Isle of Wight Central Railway—2”, in Railway Magazine, page 244:
text: The air was clear and scented, the breeze flitted lightly through the tall grass around his cave, the birds were chirruping at each other, the butterflies were flitting about prettily, and the whole of nature seemed to be conspiring to be as pleasant as it possibly could.
ref: 1982 August, Douglas Adams, chapter 2, in Life, the Universe and Everything (The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy; 3), London: Pan Books, →ISBN, page 12:
glosses: In a pretty manner.
examples: text: “Indeed!” replied he. “Then, my dear Isabella, it is the most extraordinary sort of thing in the world, for in general every thing does give you cold. Walk home!—you are prettily shod for walking home, I dare say. It will be bad enough for the horses.”
ref: 1815 December (indicated as 1816), [Jane Austen], chapter XV, in Emma: […], volume I, London: […] [Charles Roworth and James Moyes] for John Murray, →OCLC, pages 270–271:
glosses: Very badly; terribly.
exposing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more exposing
form: most exposing
Senses: examples: text: "Notwithstanding the apparent facilities that are offered of success, the amusement of duck-shooting," says Dr. Sharpless, heretofore quoted, "is probably one of the most exposing to cold and wet; and those who undertake its enjoyment without a courage 'screwed to the sticking-point,' will soon discover that 'to one good a thousand ills oppose.' […]"
ref: 1861, Daniel Sidney Appleton, Appleton's Illustrated Hand-book of American Travel, page 216:
text: Leading and teaching on such a programme can feel very exposing – the programme is very public, the 'students' are articulate adults, they are also one's colleagues, and the subject matter of the course is also the means through which it is being taught – one's own teaching is very much on display.
ref: 2004, David Baume, Peter Kahn, Enhancing Staff and Educational Development, page 67:
text: But you must note that the deaf were not a sexual minority in the real sense but were grouped together with us because they were a minority of the population that was having indiscriminate, very exposing sex and thus making them a vulnerable group.
ref: 2014, Mbugũa wa-Muñgai, “Prescript—Out of the Closet: Waridi's Joys and Struggles”, in George Gona, Mbugũa wa-Muñgai, editor, (Re)membering Kenya Vol 2: Interrogating Marginalization and Governance, page 44:
glosses: Leading to increased exposure.
Derived terms: exposingly
exposing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of expose
disfigured
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more disfigured
form: most disfigured
Senses: examples: text: Ponder secondly, how that as soone as that Blessed soule entred againe into that body which was more disfigured then any body euer was, it transformed it into a far more excellent shape then it had in the mount Thabor, & made it a thousand times more beautifull & refplendent then the Sunne.
ref: 1618, A Manuall of Deuout Meditations and Exercises, page 449:
text: She had once been very beautiful, and now she was very disfigured and angry.
ref: 2006, Helena Carvalho, Grant Me A Cloud, page 49:
text: Timmy was very disfigured with basel cell sarcoma and he hated to have his blood drawn.
ref: 2008, Mary O'Brien, Spirituality in Nursing: Standing on Holy Ground, page 124:
glosses: Having a damaged appearance or form; defaced or deformed.
Derived terms: nondisfigured
undisfigured
disfigured
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of disfigure
plotting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of plot
plotting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: plottings
Senses: glosses: The act of scheming or making plots; machination.
Derived terms: monoplotting
plottingly
plotting room
hauling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of haul
hauling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: haulings
Senses: examples: text: We have used electrics for city and suburban deliveries, as well as for short heavy haulings from terminals, docks and warehouses.
ref: 1920, Stanley A. Phillips, Power Wagon Reference Book:
glosses: haulage
Derived terms: long-hauling
smatter-hauling
adopting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of adopt
succeeds
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of succeed
splendidly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more splendidly
form: most splendidly
Etymology: From splendid + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: “Well,” I answered, at first with uncertainty, then with inspiration, “he would do splendidly to lead your cotillon, if you think of having one.” ¶ “So you do not dance, Mr. Crocker?” ¶ I was somewhat set back by her perspicuity.
ref: 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter IV, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC, page 51:
text: "Despite restrictions I did manage to talk a couple of colleagues into doing a sponsored walk [...]. Due to COVID-19 we had to organise this ourselves, but it went off splendidly and the three of us walked 12 miles along the Basing Canal on the River Wey and Thames. [...]."
ref: 2020 November 18, “Stop & Examine”, in Rail, page 71:
glosses: In a splendid manner.
gloriously
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more gloriously
form: most gloriously
Etymology: From Middle English gloriously, equivalent to glorious + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: […] Tanee was accosted by certain good fellows, friends and boon companions, who condoled with him on his misfortunes—railed against the queen, and finally dragged him away to an illicit vender of spirits, in whose house the party got gloriously mellow.
ref: 1847 March 30, Herman Melville, “Queen Pomaree”, in Omoo: A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas; […], London: John Murray, […], →OCLC, page 309:
text: 'With love shall life roll gloriously on from year to year, like the voice of some great music that hath power to hold the hearer's heart poised on eagles' wings above the sordid shame and folly of the earth.'
ref: 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:
text: That year when he came to Korea, he was already thirty-one years old. Once while carrying out an emergency repair of a bridge, he volunteered to climb barehanded up a seventeen meter high isolated steel beam. He did so and brought down some materials. In addition, he paid no heed to danger during the flooding and set up floating bridges three times, victoriously completing his mission. To everyone's sorrow, on May 15th, 1952, our hero, while repairing the Qingchuan River Bridge, was gloriously martyred. His company was named the "Yang Liandi Company".
ref: 1989 April 4 [1987 August], Dezhi Yang, “Regulations”, in Leo Kanner Associates, transl., For Peace [Weile Heping], Foreign Technology Division, →OCLC, page 113:
english: Weile Heping
translation: Weile Heping
text: The elimination of [Roger] Federer after [Rafael] Nadal's loss to Lukas Rosol would have created mild panic among the fans of these gloriously gifted but now clearly vulnerable geniuses.
ref: 2012 June 29, Kevin Mitchell, “Roger Federer back from Wimbledon 2012 brink to beat Julien Benneteau”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 15 Nov 2016:
glosses: In a glorious manner.
ascertaining
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of ascertain
consigned
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of consign
soaring
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of soar
soaring
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: soarings
Senses: glosses: The act of mounting on the wing, or of towering in thought or mind; intellectual flight.
soaring
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more soaring
form: most soaring
Senses: examples: Soaring fuel prices make U.S. energy policy one of the hottest issues of the presidential campaign https://web.archive.org/web/20090207211354/http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/election/s_574218.html.
glosses: assurgent, ascending
straggling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of straggle
straggling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stragglings
Senses: glosses: A movement or arrangement that straggles; disorder.
sustaining
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: Tony's face expressed relief, and Nettie sat silent for a moment until the vicar said “It was a generous impulse, but it may have been a momentary one, while in the case of monk and crusader there must have been a sustaining purpose, and possibly a great abnegation, a leaving of lands and possessions.”
ref: 1907 January, Harold Bindloss, chapter 20, in The Dust of Conflict, 1st Canadian edition, Toronto, Ont.: McLeod & Allen, →OCLC:
glosses: present participle and gerund of sustain
sustaining
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sustainings
Senses: examples: text: Beginnings are very different from sustainings; the irregular, often violent, and improvised actions of the founder hero must be succeeded by the regular election of leaders according to law.
ref: 2012, Alan Ryan, On Politics:
glosses: The process by which something is sustained or upheld.
sustaining
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more sustaining
form: most sustaining
Senses: examples: text: […] eternall life, the end of all our wearisome labours, and all our sustaining hopes.
ref: 1641, John Milton, Of Prelatical Episcopacy, London: Thomas Underhill, page 24:
text: 1771, Elizabeth Griffith, The History of Lady Barton, London: T. Davies & T. Cadell, Volume 2, Letter 31, p. 21,
I turned quick to look for him, and saw him coming towards me, with another gentleman—But I saw no more, my senses forsook me; in spite of Maria’s sustaining arm, I fell motionless on the ground.
text: Sometimes, I had proceeded restlessly from place to place, stopping nowhere; sometimes, I had lingered long in one spot. I had had no purpose, no sustaining soul within me, anywhere.
ref: 1849 May – 1850 November, Charles Dickens, chapter 58, in The Personal History of David Copperfield, London: Bradbury & Evans, […], published 1850, →OCLC:
text: They laughed and chattered, and passed each other sustaining bits of chocolate in torn silver paper.
ref: 1929, Josephine Tey, chapter 1, in The Man in the Queue, New York: Pocket Book, published 1977, page 5:
text: […] I was thirsty & went to sit in the shade of the tea-terrace. The tea, served impractically in a glass, was refreshing, somehow muddy & more sustaining than tea I am used to.
ref: 1988, Alan Hollinghurst, chapter 8, in The Swimming-Pool Library, paperback edition, London: Penguin Books, →ISBN:
glosses: That sustains, supports or provides sustenance.
Derived terms: sustaining program
sustaining programme
imitating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /ˈɪməteɪtɪŋ/
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of imitate
imitating
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈɪməteɪtɪŋ/
Forms: form: imitatings
Senses: examples: text: According to Stoddard, a little group at one time during this period headed by Taylor delighted to meet on certain ambrosial nights to dissipate in poetic composition, in deliberate burlesquings and parodyings and imitatings of the various poets […]
ref: 1923, Fred Lewis Pattee, Development of the American Short Story: An Historical Survey:
glosses: An instance of imitation.
revolted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of revolt
rallied
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of rally
volunteered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of volunteer
creaking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɹiːkɪŋ/
rhymes: -iːkɪŋ
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of creak
creaking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɹiːkɪŋ/
rhymes: -iːkɪŋ
Forms: form: creakings
Senses: glosses: A noise that creaks.
paler
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -eɪlə(ɹ)
Senses: glosses: comparative form of pale: more pale
peacably
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of peaceably.
mournfully
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɔɹnfəli/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)nfəli
Forms: form: more mournfully
form: most mournfully
Etymology: From mournful + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: 1836, Hans Christian Andersen (translated into English by Mrs. H. B. Paull in 1872), The Little Mermaid
"Why have not we an immortal soul?" asked the little mermaid mournfully; "I would give gladly all the hundreds of years that I have to live, to be a human being only for one day, and to have the hope of knowing the happiness of that glorious world above the stars."
text: The steamer itself had vanished, but the great scroll of smoke still hung in the air and drooped like a flag mournfully in valediction.
ref: 1927 May, Virginia Woolf, chapter 10, in To the Lighthouse (Uniform Edition of the Works of Virginia Woolf), new edition, London: Leonard and Virginia Woolf at the Hogarth Press, […], published 1930, →OCLC:
text: So she dared not tell anyone how she felt, but went about mournfully, with a heavy heart.
ref: 1956 [1880], Johanna Spyri, Heidi, translation of original by Eileen Hall, page 104:
glosses: In a mournful manner; as if in mourning for something.
Synonyms: sorrowfully
ruefully
Hypernyms: sadly
harrassed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of harrass
insensibly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more insensibly
form: most insensibly
Etymology: From insensible + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: St. Peters ſeldom anſvvers Expectation at firſt entering it, but enlarges it ſelf on all Sides inſenſibly, and mends upon the Eye every Moment.
ref: 1705, J[oseph] Addison, “From Rome to Naples”, in Remarks on Several Parts of Italy, &c. in the Years 1701, 1702, 1703, London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, page 174:
glosses: In an insensible manner; without feeling or noticing something.
strangest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of strange: most strange
Synonyms: most strange
invoked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of invoke
flushing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈflʌʃɪŋ/
rhymes: -ʌʃɪŋ
Forms: form: flushings
Etymology: From Middle English flusshyng, flusshynge, equivalent to flush + -ing.
Senses: examples: text: We tried to repair the toilet, but it broke again after two or three flushings.
glosses: The act by which something is flushed.
glosses: Rushing of blood to the skin's surface, especially on the face, as happens under various physiological circumstances (e.g., in embarrassment or stress or during menopause).
Derived terms: flushing time
flushing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈflʌʃɪŋ/
rhymes: -ʌʃɪŋ
Forms: form: flushings
Etymology: Named after the dated anglicized Dutch city name Flushing (“Vlissingen”) where the wool was made, from Dutch Vlissingen, further etymology is uncertain.
Senses: glosses: A heavy, coarse cloth manufactured from shoddy.
glosses: A surface formed of floating threads.
flushing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈflʌʃɪŋ/
rhymes: -ʌʃɪŋ
Etymology: From flush + -ing.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of flush
Derived terms: flushingly
fleeing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfliːɪŋ/
rhymes: -iːɪŋ
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of flee
fleeing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfliːɪŋ/
rhymes: -iːɪŋ
Forms: form: fleeings
Senses: examples: text: Until the year 211, "Adamantius" taught, studied, prayed, and fasted amidst disturbance, martyrdoms, and fleeings from house to house[…]
ref: 1865, The Dublin Review, page 58:
glosses: The act of one who flees.
encircled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of encircle
consoled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of console
troubling
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more troubling
form: most troubling
Senses: glosses: distressing, worrying
Synonyms: alarming
worrisome
Derived terms: troublingly
troubling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of trouble
troubling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: troublings
Senses: examples: text: The Popes censures and troublings of the Emperour [Chapter title]
ref: 1681, Henry Foulis, The History of Romish Treasons and Usurpations:
text: From all troublings of covetousness and ambition
ref: 1882, Philip Bennett Power, Litanies of daily life:
glosses: The infliction of trouble or distress.
deposed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of depose
softening
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From Middle English softenynge, softynand, equivalent to soften + -ing.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of soften
softening
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: softenings
Etymology: From Middle English softenyng, softenynge, equivalent to soften + -ing.
Senses: glosses: The process of making something soft.
glosses: The process of becoming soft.
Derived terms: water softening
attracting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of attract
confessing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /kənˈfɛsɪŋ/
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of confess
confessing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /kənˈfɛsɪŋ/
Forms: form: confessings
Senses: examples: text: He further urged the advantage of keeping alive in the hearts of the people the necessity for appeasing the divine wrath by prayers in the churches, processions, frequent confessings […]
ref: 1871, William Gilbert, The Struggle in Ferrara: A Story of the Reformation in Italy, page 100:
glosses: The act of making a confession.
shipped
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʃɪpt/
rhymes: -ɪpt
Senses: examples: text: The company will not be responsible for the loss of shipped goods in transit.
glosses: Aboard a ship or other conveyance, as part of the cargo.
examples: text: I hope, the king is not yet shipped for Ireland
ref: 1595 December 9 (first known performance), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Richard the Second”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act 2, scene 2]:
glosses: on board a ship, as a passenger
glosses: Furnished with a ship or ships.
shipped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʃɪpt/
rhymes: -ɪpt
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of ship
clutching
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈklʌ.t͡ʃɪŋ/
rhymes: -ʌtʃɪŋ
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of clutch
Derived terms: clutchingly
clutching
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈklʌ.t͡ʃɪŋ/
rhymes: -ʌtʃɪŋ
Forms: form: clutchings
Senses: examples: text: At sight of it there commenced a series of laryngeal spasms, with clutchings at his throat, far more violent than any I had heretofore seen.
ref: 1871, Journal of Psychological Medicine, volume 5, page 83:
glosses: The act of one who clutches.
breathes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɹiːðz/
rhymes: -iːðz
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of breathe
blending
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈblɛndɪŋ/
rhymes: -ɛndɪŋ
Etymology: From Middle English blendinge, equivalent to blend + -ing.
Senses: examples: text: Earless ghost swift moths become “invisible” to echolocating bats by forming mating clusters close (less than half a meter) above vegetation and effectively blending into the clutter of echoes that the bat receives from the leaves and stems around them.
ref: 2013 May-June, William E. Conner, “An Acoustic Arms Race”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, pages 206–7:
glosses: present participle and gerund of blend
Derived terms: blendingly
blending
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈblɛndɪŋ/
rhymes: -ɛndɪŋ
Forms: form: blendings
Etymology: From blend + -ing. Cognate with Faroese blending (“mixture, crossing”).
Senses: examples: text: blendings of old and new
text: Light and dark grounds are used indiscriminately, and indeed there is such a blending of the two styles that on some of the vases it would be difficult to say whether the design was light on dark, or dark on light.
ref: 1907, Ronald M. Burrows, The Discoveries In Crete, page 60:
glosses: The act or result of something being blended.
Derived terms: alpha blending
blending inheritance
deblending
acquiesced
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of acquiesce
asserting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of assert
asserting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: assertings
Senses: examples: text: From this perspective, when one evaluates assertions one is primarily evaluating assertings performances on the part of asserters, and the evaluations of what is said in those assertings in some way depend upon these prior evaluations.
ref: 2009, James Tartaglia, Richard Rorty: Mind, language and truth:
glosses: The act of making assertions.
conspirators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of conspirator
choicest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃɔɪsəst/
Forms: form: choycest
Senses: glosses: superlative form of choice: most choice
torments
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -ɑːns
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of torment
torments
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɑːns
Senses: glosses: plural of torment
occurrences
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of occurrence
descends
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of descend
shutters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shutter
wistfully
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more wistfully
form: most wistfully
Etymology: From wistful + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a wistful manner.
presided
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of preside
marshes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of marsh
hues
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /hjuːz/
homophone: hews
rhymes: -uːz
Senses: glosses: plural of hue
unfolded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of unfold
unfolded
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: The campaigners main requests are to have a dedicated space for unfolded prams on trains, with a reservation system for that space.
ref: 2022 February 9, Paul Clifton, “Network News: Scorecard developed to rate family-friendly operators”, in RAIL, number 950, page 23:
glosses: Not folded.
towered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of tower
towered
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Equipped with a tower.
Related terms: ivory-towered
spied
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -aɪd
Forms: form: spyed
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of spy
proffered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of proffer
hovered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of hover
grievously
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more grievously
form: most grievously
Etymology: From Middle English grevously; equivalent to grievous + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Thoſe Chriſtian Captiues, which you keepe as ſlaues, […]
when they chance to reſt or breath a ſpace,
Are puniſht with Baſtones so grieuouſly,
That they lie panting on the Gallies ſide.
ref: c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act III, scene iii:
text: That's why this failure of the super committee represents a reckless, irresponsible gamble by our "leaders" in Washington. It's difficult to remember a Congress that has put the nation so much at risk in the service of ideology and to hold onto office. Partisans on both sides are grievously failing the country.
ref: 2011 November 21, David Gergen, “Have they gone nuts in Washington?”, in CNN.com:
glosses: In a grievous manner, severely.
gayly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡeɪli/
rhymes: -eɪli
homophone: Gaely
homophone: Gæly
Forms: form: more gayly
form: most gayly
Etymology: From gay + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Gayly to bourgeon and broadly to grow.
ref: 1810, Walter Scott, “(please specify the canto number or page)”, in The Lady of the Lake; […], Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for John Ballantyne and Co.; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, and William Miller, →OCLC, (please specify the stanza number):
text: He was much over-dressed, in a gaudy vest of many colors, a blue neckerchief, bedropped gayly with yellow spots, and arranged with a flaunting tie, quite in keeping with the general air of the man.
ref: 1851 June – 1852 April, Harriet Beecher Stowe, chapter 1, in Uncle Tom’s Cabin; or, Life among the Lowly, volume I, Boston, Mass.: John P[unchard] Jewett & Company; Cleveland, Oh.: Jewett, Proctor & Worthington, published 20 March 1852, →OCLC, page 13:
text: In the lightness of my heart I sang catches of songs as my horse gayly bore me along the well-remembered road.
ref: 1852, Mrs M.A. Thompson, “The Tutor's Daughter”, in Graham's American Monthly Magazine of Literature, Art, and Fashion, page 266:
text: Gayly-dressed mavournins and blaring bands stepped lively along Fifth Avenue.
ref: 1958, Printers' Ink, volume 262, page 28:
synonyms: word: joyously
word: mirthfully
word: blessedly
word: bubblingly
word: chearfully
word: cheerfully
word: cheerily
word: cheerly
word: eudaemonically
word: eupeptically
word: gaily
word: gayly
word: genially
word: gladly
word: happily
word: joyfully
word: joyously
word: lightheartedly
word: merrily
word: mirthfully
glosses: Cheerfully; in a gay manner.
familiarly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /fəˈmɪl.jɚ.li/
ipa: /fəˈmɪl.i.ɚ.li/
Forms: form: more familiarly
form: most familiarly
Etymology: From Middle English familierly, equivalent to familiar + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: He spoke familiarly to the hotel porter.
glosses: With a lack of formality:
In a casual or informal manner, as with a close acquaintance; especially when such behavior may be considered inappropriate.
glosses: With a lack of formality:
In a casual or informal manner, as with a close acquaintance; especially when such behavior may be considered inappropriate.
In an inappropriately sexual or romantic manner.
examples: text: The giant panda, familiarly known as a "panda bear", is not actually a bear at all.
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: With a lack of formality:
Colloquially; of common or vernacular speech, as opposed to scholarly language.
examples: text: The voice from downstairs sounded familiarly like a foghorn, and right away he knew that Uncle Fred had arrived.
glosses: With knowledge or experience:
In a manner prompting recognition or recollection.
examples: text: The instructor spoke familiarly about the dangerous conditions on the mountain during the winter.
glosses: With knowledge or experience:
In a manner expressing comprehensive or intimate knowledge.
avenging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of avenge
avenging
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: avengings
Senses: glosses: The act by which somebody is avenged.
faltering
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more faltering
form: most faltering
form: faultering
Etymology: From falter + -ing.
Senses: glosses: hesitant, halting
Derived terms: falteringly
unfaltering
faltering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: faultering
Etymology: From falter + -ing.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of falter
faltering
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: falterings
form: faultering
Etymology: From falter + -ing.
Senses: examples: text: But it is the doubt thrown on the prospect of arrival, the falterings of purpose and belief, the renewals of hope that give the novel its drive and energy.
ref: 2009 March 29, Barry Unsworth, “Never Far From Despair”, in New York Times:
glosses: hesitancy
ruffled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of ruffle
ruffled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: It would have slid easily across the floor if not for the ruffled undersurface causing friction.
glosses: Having ruffles.
glosses: Puffed up like a bird's feathers.
glosses: Bothered.
Derived terms: unruffled
whiter
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -aɪtə(ɹ)
Senses: glosses: comparative form of white: more white
warmest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwɔɹm.ɪst/
ipa: /ˈwɔːm.ɪst/
Senses: glosses: superlative form of warm: most warm
warmest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwɔɹm.ɪst/
ipa: /ˈwɔːm.ɪst/
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of warm
hindered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of hinder
tinged
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɪnd͡ʒd/
rhymes: -ɪnd͡ʒd
Etymology: See tinge.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of tinge
tinged
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɪnd͡ʒd/
rhymes: -ɪnd͡ʒd
ipa: /tɪŋd/
rhymes: -ɪŋd
ipa: /tɪnd͡ʒd/
rhymes: -ɪnd͡ʒd
Etymology: See ting.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of ting
suspecting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of suspect
raving
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹeɪvɪŋ/
rhymes: -eɪvɪŋ
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of rave
raving
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹeɪvɪŋ/
rhymes: -eɪvɪŋ
Forms: form: ravings
Senses: examples: text: A production without design would resemble more the ravings of a madman, than the sober efforts of genius and learning.
ref: 1748, David Hume, Enquiry concerning Human Understanding, Section 3. § 5:
text: Those words appearing to be merely the ravings of superannuation, they were not regarded; but when no other traces of Mary could be found, old Andrew went up to consult this crazy dame once more, but he was not able to bring any such thing to her recollection.
ref: 1828, James Hogg, Mary Burnet:
glosses: Wild, incoherent, or irrational talk.
raving
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹeɪvɪŋ/
rhymes: -eɪvɪŋ
Forms: form: more raving
form: most raving
Senses: examples: text: Oh, what an extraordinary idea! I have served 11 governments in the past 30 years. If I'd believed in all their policies, [proceeds to describe contradictory policies by different parties], but above all, I would have been a stark-staring raving schizophrenic! (laugh track).
ref: 1980 March 3, Antony Jay, Jonathan Lynn, “The Whisky Priest”, in Yes, Minister, season 3, episode 20, spoken by Humphrey Appleby (Nigel Hawthorne):
glosses: Talking wildly.
examples: text: She was not considered a raving beauty.
glosses: Causing excitement or wild praise.
raving
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹeɪvɪŋ/
rhymes: -eɪvɪŋ
Forms: form: more raving
form: most raving
Senses: examples: text: He went stark, raving mad.
glosses: Incoherently
subscribed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of subscribe
strangled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of strangle
splashed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -æʃt
Forms: form: more splashed
form: most splashed
Senses: glosses: Very drunk.
splashed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -æʃt
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of splash
snapping
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: snappings
Senses: examples: text: Snappings, audible or palpable, were noted in 45 cases (77 per cent). They were either heard in the course of the examination (about half), or were mentioned in the anamnesis.
ref: 1947, Karl August Boman, Temporomandibular joint arthrosis and its treatment by extirpation of the disk:
glosses: The sound or action of a snap.
examples: text: There is a snaky gleam in her hard grey eye, as of anticipated rounds of buttered toast, relays of hot chops, worryings and quellings of young children, sharp snappings at poor Berry, and all the other delights of her Ogress's castle.
ref: 1846 October 1 – 1848 April 1, Charles Dickens, “Retribution”, in Dombey and Son, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1848, →OCLC, page 594:
glosses: The act of snapping at, or speaking sharply to, somebody.
snapping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of snap
Derived terms: finger-snapping
genuinely
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more genuinely
form: most genuinely
Etymology: From genuine + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: I thought they were joking at first, but it seemed they were genuinely interested in the talk about glaciers.
text: This was an emphatic performance and victory, the hosts controlling affairs from pretty much first to last in a display that suggested they are genuinely moving forward once again.
ref: 2022 October 1, Phil McNulty, “Arsenal 3-1 Tottenham: Gunners show identity & direction in outstanding derby win”, in BBC Sport:
glosses: In a genuine manner; truthfully, truly.
reviving
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of revive
reviving
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: revivings
Senses: examples: text: I believe I may venture to say that I am not [mistaken] that where the divine life is implanted by the Spirit of the living God, that life admits of decrease and increase, admits of dreadful decays, and also of some blessed revivings.
ref: a. 1770, George Whitefield, Memoirs:
glosses: A revival; a bringing back to life.
rebuked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of rebuke
practising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of practise
practising
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: practisings
Senses: glosses: The act of one who practises.
practising
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Related to the practise of law by a legal practitioner.
examples: You really should seek advice from a practising solicitor.
topics: law
glosses: Specifically related to a legal practitioner's status of being currently certified to practise.
persevering
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: perseverings
Senses: glosses: perseverance
persevering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of persevere
persevering
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more persevering
form: most persevering
Senses: glosses: Tending to persevere.
Derived terms: perseveringly
perseveringness
responding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of respond
responding
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: respondings
Senses: examples: text: Nor were their ardent hopes disappointed; for in a short time the usual quietness of the day, with us, was broken in upon by the shout of success from the pursuing boats, followed by vehement respondings from the contiguous ship.
ref: 1835, William Scoresby, Memorials of the Sea, page 59:
glosses: response
rebelled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of rebel
affording
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: synonyms: affordant
glosses: present participle and gerund of afford
reviewed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of review
Derived terms: peer-reviewed
patted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpatɪd/
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of pat
panes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /peɪnz/
rhymes: -eɪnz
homophone: pains
Senses: glosses: plural of pane
presiding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -aɪdɪŋ
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of preside
presiding
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -aɪdɪŋ
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Having authority over; vested with the authority to preside over.
murdering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of murder
murdering
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: murderings
Senses: examples: text: the speedy perpetration of these licensed murderings
ref: 1826, James Silk Buckingham, The Oriental Herald and Journal of General Literature:
glosses: The act of committing murder.
Derived terms: murderingly
mistaking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of mistake
Derived terms: mistakingly
mistaking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mistakings
Senses: examples: text: I prithee,
Remember, I have done thee worthy service;
Told thee no lies, made thee no mistakings, served
Without grudge or grumblings: […]
ref: 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii]:
text: Now, that you may escape general mistaking in the election of your Bow, I will giue you some Rules and Notions, which if you forget not, shall preuent many mistakings.
ref: 1634, Gervase Markham, chapter 7, in The Art of Archerie, London: Ben Fisher, page 52:
text: The way to find out the Truth is by others mistakings: For if I was to go to such a place, and one had gone before me on the Right-hand, and he was out; another had gone on the Left-hand, and he was out; this would direct me to keep the middle way, that peradventure would bring me to the place I desir’d to go.
ref: 1689, John Selden, “Truth”, in Table-Talk, London: Jacob Tonson, published 1696, page 177:
glosses: A mistake.
keenest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of keen: most keen
disclosing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of disclose
disclosing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: disclosings
Senses: examples: text: The undulation, that is, was within the disclosings, not something separate which disclosed them from without by being directed upon them.
ref: 2011, Arthur Melnick, Phenomenology and the Physical Reality of Consciousness, page 47:
glosses: An act of disclosure.
Derived terms: disclosing tablet
lured
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -ɜː(ɹ)d
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of lure
lounging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of lounge