cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
accord
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈkɔːd/
ipa: /əˈkɔɹd/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)d
Forms: form: accords
Etymology: From Middle English accord, from Old French acort, from acorder (see verb below).
Senses: examples: text: These all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication, with the women, and Mary the mother of Iesus, and with his brethen.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Acts 1:14:
text: a mediator of an accord and peace between them
ref: 1622, Francis, Lord Verulam, Viscount St. Alban [i.e. Francis Bacon], The Historie of the Raigne of King Henry the Seventh, […], London: […] W[illiam] Stansby for Matthew Lownes, and William Barret, →OCLC:
glosses: Agreement or concurrence of opinion, will, or action.
examples: text: Those sweet accords are even the angels' lays.
ref: 17th century, Sir John Davies, The Self-Subsistence of the Soul:
glosses: A harmony in sound, pitch and tone; concord.
examples: text: the accord of light and shade in painting
glosses: Agreement or harmony of things in general.
examples: text: Oriental fragrances often incorporate an accord referred to as amber. It is a perfumery accord using vanilla, olibanum, balsamic resins, and citrus to varying degrees.
ref: 2010, Daphna Havkin-Frenkel, Faith C. Belanger, Handbook of Vanilla Science and Technology, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN:
text: Fougères are built on an accord between lavender and coumarin, with every conceivable variation and elaboration.
ref: 2010, Luca Turin, Tania Sanchez, Perfumes: The A–Z Guide, Profile Books, →ISBN, page 22:
text: Accord is the perfumer's word for a perfume formulation that can be incorporated into any perfume calling for a particular note.
ref: 2016, Valerie Ann Worwood, The Complete Book of Essential Oils and Aromatherapy […] , New World Library, →ISBN, page 450:
qualifier: perfumery
glosses: A distinctive mixture of fragrances or the odor thereof.
examples: text: Accord is a satisfaction agreed upon between the party injuring and the party injured ; which , when performed , is a bar of all actions upon this account
ref: 1765–1769, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England, (please specify |book=I to IV), Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Clarendon Press, →OCLC:
topics: law
glosses: An agreement between parties in controversy, by which satisfaction for an injury is stipulated, and which, when executed, prevents a lawsuit.
examples: text: The Geneva Accord of 1954 ended the French-Indochinese War.
qualifier: international law
glosses: An international agreement.
examples: text: Nobody told me to do it. I did it of my own accord.
text: That which groweth of its own accord of thy harvest thou shalt not reap.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Leviticus 25:5:
glosses: Voluntary or spontaneous impulse to act.
Synonyms: sense: concurrence of opinion
word: consent
sense: concurrence of opinion
word: assent
sense: international agreement
word: treaty
Derived terms: in accord
of one's own accord
with one accord
Related terms: bon-accord
chord
wolf
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: wo͝olf
ipa: /wʊlf/
ipa: /wʊlf/
ipa: [wʊɫf]
ipa: [wɵɫf]
ipa: [wʟ̩ːf]
ipa: /wʊlf/
ipa: [wʊwf]
ipa: /wʉlf/
enpr: wo͝of
ipa: /wʊf/
enpr: wŭlf
ipa: /wʌlf/
rhymes: -ʊlf
Forms: form: wolfs
form: wolfing
form: wolfed
form: wolfed
form: wolve
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English wolf, from Old English wulf, ƿulf, from Proto-West Germanic *wulf, from Proto-Germanic *wulfaz, from Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kʷos. See also Saterland Frisian Wulf, West Frisian and Dutch wolf, German Wolf, Norwegian and Danish ulv; also Sanskrit वृक (vṛ́ka), Persian گرگ (gorg), Lithuanian vilkas, Russian волк (volk), Albanian ujk, Latin lupus, Greek λύκος (lýkos), Tocharian B walkwe. Doublet of lobo and lupus.
Senses: examples: text: "Here's these legal ferrets has got our Puddin' in their clutches, and here's us, spellbound with anguish, watchin' them wolfin' it."
ref: 1918, Norman Lindsay, The Magic Pudding, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 150:
text: After a wolfed burger dinner, I called the night number at Administrative Vice and inquired about known lesbian gathering places.
ref: 1987, James Ellroy, The Black Dahlia:
text: Vicars seated himself and began wolfing a sandwich.
ref: 2013, Neil Martin, Collected Stories of the Sea:
glosses: To devour; to gobble; to eat (something) voraciously.
examples: text: [1940s Chicago punk:] ‘I’ve seen a thing or two in my time,’ he still liked to boast, ‘that was how I found out the best place for wolfin’ ain’t the taverns. It ain’t in dance halls ’r on North Clark on Saturday night. It’s in the front row in Sunday school on Sunday mornin’. Oh yeh, I know a thing or two, I been around.’
ref: 1949, Nelson Algren, The Man with the Golden Arm:
glosses: To make amorous advances to many women; to hit on women; to cruise for sex.
glosses: To hunt for wolves.
Synonyms: sense: devour, gobble
word: gulp down
sense: devour, gobble
word: wolf down
craggy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɹæɡ.i/
rhymes: -æɡi
Forms: form: craggier
form: craggiest
Etymology: From crag + -y.
Senses: examples: text: The goat climbed up the craggy rocks.
text: The old man had craggy, uncultured features, but had bright, intelligent eyes.
text: Meete with the foole, and rid your royall ſhoulders
Of ſuch a burden, as outweighs the ſands
And all the craggie rockes of Caſpea.
ref: c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act II, scene iii:
text: Where Willow was thunderous and craggy, a sort of Makepeace Watermaster without a secret, Murgo writhed inside his habit like a ferret roped into a bag. Where Willow's fearless gaze was unruffled by knowledge, Murgo's signalled the lonely anguish of the cell.
ref: 1986, John le Carré, A Perfect Spy:
text: Jones’ sad eyes betray a pervasive pain his purposefully spare dialogue only hints at, while the perfectly cast Brolin conveys hints of playfulness and warmth while staying true to the craggy stoicism at the character’s core.
ref: 2012 May 24, Nathan Rabin, “Film: Reviews: Men In Black 3”, in The Onion AV Club:
glosses: Characterized by rugged, sharp, or coarse features.
Related terms: crag
cragged
craggedness
craggily
cragginess
sky
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: skī
ipa: /skaɪ/
homophone: Sky
homophone: Skye
rhymes: -aɪ
Forms: form: skies
Etymology: From Volsci (“a tribe who opposed the Romans”).
Senses: qualifier: Westminster School
glosses: A disagreeable person; an enemy.
obfuscate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɒbfəskeɪt/
note: of Canada
ipa: /ˈɑbfəskeɪt/
note: of the US
ipa: /ˈɒbfəskeɪt/
ipa: /ˈɔbfəskæɪt/
ipa: /ˈɒbfəskæɪt/
ipa: [ˈɔ̟bfəskæɪt]
Forms: form: obfuscates
form: obfuscating
form: obfuscated
form: obfuscated
form: no-table-tags
form: glossary
form: obfuscate
form: obfuscate
form: obfuscated
form: obfuscate
form: obfuscatest
form: obfuscated
form: obfuscatedst
form: obfuscates
form: obfuscateth
form: obfuscated
form: obfuscate
form: obfuscated
form: obfuscate
form: obfuscated
form: obfuscate
form: -
form: obfuscating
form: obfuscated
Etymology: The adjective is first attested in 1487, in Middle English, the verb in 1536; either borrowed from Middle French obfusquer, offusquer, from Old French offusquer, or directly from Late Latin obfuscātus, offuscātus, the perfect passive participle of obfuscō, offuscō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from Latin ob- + fuscō (“to darken”). Doublet of dusken (“to darken, make obscure”).
Senses: glosses: To make dark; to overshadow.
examples: text: obfuscate facts
text: Can weakness be really obfuscated?
text: Before leaving the scene, the murderer set a fire in order to obfuscate any evidence of his identity.
text: When asked if Kelly could have been more transparent or truthful, that official wrote: “In this White House, it’s simply not in our DNA. Truthful and transparent is great, but we don’t even have a coherent strategy to obfuscate.”
ref: 2018 February 13, Anonymous White House Official, “White House reels as FBI director contradicts official claims about alleged abuser”, in Washington Post:
glosses: To deliberately make more confusing in order to conceal the truth.
examples: text: We need to obfuscate these classes before we ship the final release.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: To alter code while preserving its behavior but concealing its structure and intent.
Synonyms: sense: to make dark
word: darken
sense: to make dark
word: eclipse
sense: to make dark
word: overshadow
sense: to deliberately make more confusing
word: confuse
sense: to deliberately make more confusing
word: muddle
sense: to deliberately make more confusing
word: obscure
Derived terms: deobfuscate
obfuscatable
obfuscator
unobfuscatable
Related terms: obfuscation
obfuscatory
obfuscous
obfuscate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɒbfəskeɪt/
note: of Canada
ipa: /ˈɑbfəskeɪt/
note: of the US
ipa: /ˈɒbfəskeɪt/
ipa: /ˈɔbfəskæɪt/
ipa: /ˈɒbfəskæɪt/
ipa: [ˈɔ̟bfəskæɪt]
Forms: form: more obfuscate
form: most obfuscate
Etymology: The adjective is first attested in 1487, in Middle English, the verb in 1536; either borrowed from Middle French obfusquer, offusquer, from Old French offusquer, or directly from Late Latin obfuscātus, offuscātus, the perfect passive participle of obfuscō, offuscō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from Latin ob- + fuscō (“to darken”). Doublet of dusken (“to darken, make obscure”).
Senses: examples: text: Also the vertues beynge in a cruell persone be nat only obfuscate or hyd : But also lyke wyse as norysshynge meates and drynkes in an sycke body
ref: 1531, Thomas Elyot, The Boke Named the Governour […], London: […] Tho[mas] Bertheleti, →OCLC:
glosses: Obfuscated; darkened; obscured.
can
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: /t/
[kæn(ʔ)]
/kɛn/
Forms: form: canne
form: kin
Etymology: From Middle English can, first and third person singular of connen, cunnen (“to be able, know how”), from Old English can(n), first and third person singular of cunnan (“to know how”), from Proto-West Germanic *kunnan, from Proto-Germanic *kunnaną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- (whence also know). Doublet of con. See also: canny, cunning.
Senses: glosses: OK, sure; indicates approval or acknowledgment.
glosses: Used to convey reassurance.
raw_tags: with falling or rising-falling pitch
can
Language: English
Part of speech: particle
Pronunciation: /t/
[kæn(ʔ)]
/kɛn/
Forms: form: canne
form: kin
Etymology: From Middle English can, first and third person singular of connen, cunnen (“to be able, know how”), from Old English can(n), first and third person singular of cunnan (“to know how”), from Proto-West Germanic *kunnan, from Proto-Germanic *kunnaną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- (whence also know). Doublet of con. See also: canny, cunning.
Senses: examples: text: I cut this wire, can?
translation: I’ll cut this wire, OK?
english: I’ll cut this wire, OK?
text: Can you go collect them or not? The shop is at Jalan Sultan. I’m not free, otherwise I’ll do it myself. Can?
ref: 1989, Eleanor Wong, Jackson on a Jaunt, or, Mistaken Identities, page 8, lines 1–3:
text: It feels like a cheap gimmick to attract environmentalist types, when I don’t see any concrete policies to address that. If you don’t care, then don’t pretend to care leh. If you care, then make sure you got details to back you up, can?
ref: 2020 June 29, Poh Yong Han, “A Regular Singaporean’s Guide To Each Party’s Vision For The Economy”, in ricemedia.co, archived from the original on 23 May 2024:
glosses: OK(?); used at the end of a question when seeking approval or acknowledgment.
can
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: other: /t/
other: [kæn(ʔ)]
other: /kɛn/
enpr: kăn
ipa: /ˈkæn/
rhymes: -æn
ipa: /ˈkæːn/
ipa: [ˈkeən]
other: /t/
other: [kæn(ʔ)]
other: /kɛn/
Forms: form: cans
form: canning
form: canned
form: canned
form: no-table-tags
form: glossary
form: can
form: can
form: canned
form: can
form: canned
form: cans
form: canned
form: can
form: canned
form: can
form: canned
form: can
form: -
form: canning
form: canned
Etymology: From Middle English canne, from Old English canne (“glass, container, cup, jar”), from Proto-Germanic *kannǭ (“can, tankard, mug, cup”).
Senses: examples: text: They canned air to sell as a novelty to tourists.
glosses: To seal in a can.
examples: text: They spent August canning fruit and vegetables.
glosses: To preserve by heating and sealing in a jar or can.
examples: text: He canned the whole project because he thought it would fail.
text: My next stop is Oxford, which has also grown with the addition of new platforms to accommodate the Chiltern Railways service to London via Bicester - although, short sightedly, the planned electrification from Paddington was canned. Evidence of the volte-face can be seen along the line at places such as Radley, where mast piles are already sunk or lie discarded at the lineside.
ref: 2020 December 2, Paul Bigland, “My weirdest and wackiest Rover yet”, in Rail, pages 67–68:
glosses: To discard, scrap or terminate (an idea, project, etc.).
examples: text: Can your gob.
text: Maurrant: Aw, can all that talk! You been listenin’ to them bolshevikis, that’s the trouble.
ref: 1929, Elmer Rice, Street Scene, New York City: Samuel French, Act II, page 146:
glosses: To shut up.
examples: text: The boss canned him for speaking out.
text: As a result of his refusal, the employee was subsequently canned in 2015 on the basis of "professional inadequacy" and failing to embody the "party" atmosphere that the consultancy was trying to cultivate.
ref: 2022 November 25, B. Cost, “Man wins legal right to be 'boring' at work, gets $3K from company”, in New York Post, NYP Holdings, retrieved 27 Nov 2022:
glosses: To fire or dismiss an employee.
examples: text: I thought I had canned it, but it just missed, and I tapped in the second one for a par.
ref: 1958, Dick Mayer, How to Think and Swing Like a Golf Champion, page 186:
topics: golf
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: To hole the ball.
glosses: To cover (the fuel element in a nuclear reactor) with a protective cover.
Synonyms: sense: discard
word: bin
word: dump
word: scrap
word: junk
sense: shut up
word: can it
word: stifle
word: stop talking
word: make silent
sense: dismiss an employee
word: axe
word: let go
word: sack
word: lay off
Derived terms: cannable
canner
canning
decan
recan
uncan
Related terms: cancan
can-can
Obamacan
Obama-can
o
Language: English
Part of speech: character
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈəʊ/
ipa: /ˈoʊ/
homophone: oh
homophone: owe
rhymes: -əʊ
Forms: form: O
form: os
form: o's
Senses: glosses: The fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, called o and written in the Latin script.
examples: text: The system's Bayer designation is o Persei.
glosses: Alternative form of ο, the fifteenth letter of the Classical and Modern Greek alphabets, called omicron and (astronomy) used as an abbreviation of omicron in star names.
Related terms: word: letter
word: A
word: a
word: B
word: b
word: C
word: c
word: D
word: d
word: E
word: e
word: F
word: f
word: G
word: g
word: H
word: h
word: I
word: i
word: J
word: j
word: K
word: k
word: L
word: l
word: M
word: m
word: N
word: n
word: O
word: o
word: P
word: p
word: Q
word: q
word: R
word: r
word: S
word: s
word: T
word: t
word: U
word: u
word: V
word: v
word: W
word: w
word: X
word: x
word: Y
word: y
word: Z
word: z
o
Language: English
Part of speech: num
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈəʊ/
ipa: /ˈoʊ/
homophone: oh
homophone: owe
rhymes: -əʊ
Forms: form: O
Senses: glosses: The ordinal number fifteenth, derived from this letter of the English alphabet, called o and written in the Latin script.
raw_tags: number
o
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈəʊ/
ipa: /ˈoʊ/
homophone: oh
homophone: owe
rhymes: -əʊ
Forms: form: oes
form: oh
Senses: glosses: The name of the Latin-script letter O/o.
examples: text: It is currently two-o-five in the afternoon (2:05 PM).
text: The first permanent English settlement in America was in Jamestown in sixteen-o-seven (1607).
glosses: A zero (used in reading out numbers).
Derived terms: closed o
kayo
o-dark-thirty
okay
open o
Related terms: word: letter
word: a
word: bee
word: cee
word: dee
word: e
word: ef
word: gee
word: aitch
word: i
word: jay
word: kay
word: el
word: em
word: en
word: pee
word: cue
word: ar
word: ess
word: tee
word: u
word: vee
word: double-u
word: ex
word: wye
word: zee
word: zed
word: oh
o
Language: English
Part of speech: particle
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈəʊ/
ipa: /ˈoʊ/
homophone: oh
homophone: owe
rhymes: -əʊ
Senses: examples: text: I lift my soule to thee o Lord
mee, o Iehovah, heare
In thee, o Lord, I put my trust
ref: 2007, The Bay Psalm Book, Cosimo Classics, published 1640, p.37, 41 & 46:
glosses: alternative form of O (vocative particle)
o
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈəʊ/
ipa: /ˈoʊ/
homophone: oh
homophone: owe
rhymes: -əʊ
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of oh.
o
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈəʊ/
ipa: /ˈoʊ/
homophone: oh
homophone: owe
rhymes: -əʊ
Senses: topics: IRC
glosses: Operator
glosses: Object, see SVO
o
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈəʊ/
ipa: /ˈoʊ/
homophone: oh
homophone: owe
rhymes: -əʊ
Senses: glosses: Clipping of over.
o
Language: English
Part of speech: prep
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈəʊ/
ipa: /ˈoʊ/
homophone: oh
homophone: owe
rhymes: -əʊ
Etymology: See o'.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of of.
ppl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Here's my promised posting of internetwork mailing.. There was a HUGE amount of mail in response to the original posting.. ppl are really interested in this... It took me 3 days to sort out all the mail... 8-)
ref: 1985 November 25, Steve Wall, “internet mailing summary”, in net.general (Usenet):
text: I have the serving bowls, and they're so durable and cute (ppl ask where they're from literally all the time).
ref: 2024 May 10, Hannah Oh, Daisy Maldonado, “50 College Graduation Gifts That Say, “I’m So Effing Proud of You!””, in Cosmopolitan:
glosses: Abbreviation of people.
glosses: Initialism of parts per litre.
ppl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ppls
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of participle.
zero
Language: English
Part of speech: det
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈzɪəɹəʊ/
enpr: zĭʹrō
enpr: zēʹrō
ipa: /ˈzɪɹoʊ/
ipa: /ˈziɹoʊ/
ipa: /ˈzɪə.ɹəʉ/
ipa: /ˈzɪə.ɹaʉ/
rhymes: -ɪəɹəʊ
rhymes: -ɪɹəʊ
rhymes: -iːɹəʊ
Etymology: Collectively borrowed from Early Modern Spanish zero, Middle French zero, and (their etymon) Old Italian zero, from Medieval Latin zēphirum, from Arabic صِفْر (ṣifr, “nothing; cipher”), itself calqued from Sanskrit शून्य (śūnyá, “void; nothingness”). Doublet of cipher and chiffre. Cognate with Spanish cero and French zéro.
Senses: examples: text: She showed zero respect.
text: You have to salute Gerrard's bravery in accepting the challenge of trying to turn Rangers around given that he has zero experience in senior management. Immortality beckons if he does it.
ref: 2018 May 4, Tom English, “Steven Gerrard: A 'seriously clever or recklessly stupid' Rangers appointment”, in BBC Sport:
glosses: Synonym of no.
synonyms: word: no.
zero
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈzɪəɹəʊ/
enpr: zĭʹrō
enpr: zēʹrō
ipa: /ˈzɪɹoʊ/
ipa: /ˈziɹoʊ/
ipa: /ˈzɪə.ɹəʉ/
ipa: /ˈzɪə.ɹaʉ/
rhymes: -ɪəɹəʊ
rhymes: -ɪɹəʊ
rhymes: -iːɹəʊ
Etymology: Collectively borrowed from Early Modern Spanish zero, Middle French zero, and (their etymon) Old Italian zero, from Medieval Latin zēphirum, from Arabic صِفْر (ṣifr, “nothing; cipher”), itself calqued from Sanskrit शून्य (śūnyá, “void; nothingness”). Doublet of cipher and chiffre. Cognate with Spanish cero and French zéro.
Senses: topics: climatology
meteorology
natural-sciences
glosses: Of a cloud ceiling, limiting vision to 50 feet (15 meters) or less.
topics: climatology
meteorology
natural-sciences
glosses: Of horizontal visibility, limited to 165 feet (50.3 meters) or less.
examples: text: The stem of "kobieta" with the zero ending is "kobiet".
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Present at an abstract level, but not realized in the surface form.
glosses: Used in the names of foodstuffs, especially beverages, to indicate a version with no calories
Synonyms: sense: informal: virtually none
word: no
Derived terms: zero growth
zero tolerance
zero
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈzɪəɹəʊ/
enpr: zĭʹrō
enpr: zēʹrō
ipa: /ˈzɪɹoʊ/
ipa: /ˈziɹoʊ/
ipa: /ˈzɪə.ɹəʉ/
ipa: /ˈzɪə.ɹaʉ/
rhymes: -ɪəɹəʊ
rhymes: -ɪɹəʊ
rhymes: -iːɹəʊ
Forms: form: zeroes
form: zeros
form: zeroing
form: zeroed
form: zeroed
Etymology: Collectively borrowed from Early Modern Spanish zero, Middle French zero, and (their etymon) Old Italian zero, from Medieval Latin zēphirum, from Arabic صِفْر (ṣifr, “nothing; cipher”), itself calqued from Sanskrit शून्य (śūnyá, “void; nothingness”). Doublet of cipher and chiffre. Cognate with Spanish cero and French zéro.
Senses: examples: text: They tried to zero the budget by the end of the quarter.
text: The bill was over $400, but the server zeroed it out as a gesture of gratitude.
text: Results were inconsistent because an array wasn’t zeroed during initialization.
text: Zero the fluorometer with the same solvent used in extraction.
text: George parked in space 34, zeroed the trip meter, closed and locked his car, then went back to the guard shack.
glosses: To set some amount to be zero.
examples: text: Traffic on the encrypted channels used by senior Iraqi generals had peaked and zeroed, then peaked again, and zeroed again.
ref: 1997, Tom Clancy, Executive Orders, page 340:
text: They discovered the object code for the simulator that was DON, and zeroed it. DON — or his creator — was clever and had planted many copies,
ref: 2001, Mark Pesce, “True Magic”, in James Frenkel, editor, True Names by Vernor Vinge and the Opening of the Cyberspace Frontier:
text: If I zeroed Jack, I'd get by So I'd erased him, pretended the last few months had never happened.
ref: 2004, Anna Maxted, Being Committed, page 358:
glosses: To disappear or make something disappear.
examples: text: The soldier took his gun to the shooting range to zero its aim.
glosses: To adjust until the variance is reduced to an acceptably low amount.
Synonyms: sense: to set to zero
word: tare
sense: to cause to be zero
word: zero out
Derived terms: zero in
zero in on
zero out
number
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: nŭmʹbər
ipa: /ˈnʌmbər/
ipa: [ˈnɐmbə(ɹ)]
ipa: [ˈnʌ̟mbɚ(ɹ)]
ipa: [ˈnɐmbɐ(ɹ)]
rhymes: -ʌmbə(ɹ)
enpr: nŭm'ə
ipa: /ˈnʌmə/
enpr: nŭm'ər
ipa: /ˈnʌmɚ/
enpr: nŭmʹbər
ipa: /ˈnʌmbər/
ipa: [ˈnɐmbə(ɹ)]
ipa: [ˈnʌ̟mbɚ(ɹ)]
ipa: [ˈnɐmbɐ(ɹ)]
rhymes: -ʌmbə(ɹ)
Forms: form: nummer
form: numbre
Etymology: From numb + -er.
Senses: glosses: comparative form of numb: more numb
count noun
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: count nouns
Senses: synonyms: countable noun
antonyms: mass noun
non-count noun
uncountable noun
glosses: A noun which refers to something that can be counted.
Related terms: collective noun
mass noun
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mass nouns
Senses: synonyms: material noun
non-count noun
uncountable noun
antonyms: countable noun
count noun
glosses: A noun that normally cannot be counted.
Related terms: word: collective noun
word: of assemblage
word: of multitude
word: singulare tantum
oxymoron
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɒksɪˈmɔːɹɒn/
enpr: äk-sē-môrʹ-än
enpr: äk-sĭ-môrʹ-än
ipa: /ˌɑksiˈmɔɹɑn/
ipa: /ɑksɪˈmɔɹɑn/
Forms: form: oxymorons
form: oxymora
Etymology: First attested in the 17th century, noun use of 5th century Latin oxymōrum (adjective), neut. nom. form of oxymōrus (adjective), from Ancient Greek ὀξύμωρος (oxúmōros), compound of ὀξύς (oxús, “sharp, keen, pointed”) (English oxy-, as in oxygen) + μωρός (mōrós, “dull, stupid, foolish”) (English moron (“stupid person”)). Literally "sharp-dull", "keen-stupid", or "pointed-foolish" – itself an oxymoron, hence autological; compare sophomore (literally “wise fool”), influenced by similar analysis. The compound form ὀξύμωρον (oxúmōron) is not found in the extant Ancient Greek sources.
Senses: examples: text: In Oxymoron jarring phrases join
And terms opposed in harmony combine.
ref: 1835, L[arret] Langley, “[Rhetorical Figures.] Oxymoron.”, in A Manual of the Figures of Rhetoric, […], Doncaster, South Yorkshire: […] C. White, […], →OCLC, page 35:
text: For Theodor Adorno and his colleagues at the Frankfurt School who coined the term, "culture industry" was an oxymoron, intended to set up a critical contrast between the exploitative, repetitive mode of industrial mass production under capitalism and the associations of transformative power and aesthetico-moral transcendence that the concept of culture carried in the 1940s, when it still meant "high" culture.
ref: 1996, John Sinclair, “Culture and Trade: Some Theoretical and Practical Considerations”, in Emile G. McAnany, Kenton T. Wilkinson, editors, Mass Media and Free Trade: NAFTA and the Cultural Industries, University of Texas Press:
glosses: A figure of speech in which two words or phrases with opposing meanings are used together intentionally for effect.
examples: text: During the past few years, some 200 class-action suits have been filed against food manufacturers, charging them with misuse of the adjective in marketing such edible oxymorons as “natural” Cheetos Puffs, “all-natural” Sun Chips, “all-natural” Naked Juice, “100 percent all-natural” Tyson chicken nuggets and so forth.
ref: 2015 April 28, Michael Pollan, “Why ‘Natural’ Doesn’t Mean Anything Anymore”, in The New York Times Magazine:
text: “Stable inflation is an oxymoron because it means it’s not stable,” Shelton told CNN in a recent interview.
ref: 2024 October 31, Matt Egan, “Trump’s former pick to join the Federal Reserve has proposed a radical solution to solve inflation”, in CNN:
glosses: A contradiction in terms.
Derived terms: oxymoronic
oxymoronically
oxymoronicity
oxymoronicness
Related terms: moron
oxalic
oxy-
paradox
paroxysm
sophomore
contranym
numeral
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: nyo͞oʹm(ə)rəl
ipa: /ˈnjuːməɹəl/
ipa: /ˈnjuːmɹəl/
enpr: no͞oʹm(ə)rəl
ipa: /ˈnuməɹəl/
ipa: /ˈnumɹəl/
Forms: form: numerals
Etymology: As an adjective, from Middle English numeral, numerall, from Latin numerālis (“pertaining to a number”), from numerus (“a number”).
As a noun, via Middle French numeral.
Senses: glosses: A symbol that is not a word and represents a number, such as the Arabic numerals 1, 2, 3 or the Roman numerals I, V, X, L.
examples: text: Compare the numeral for the product with the original decimal numeral.
ref: 1966, Robert Lee Morton, Modern Mathematics Through Discovery, page 97:
glosses: A representation of a number composed of such symbols.
examples: text: We use the term numeral for linguistic expressions and number for meanings. For example, five is a numeral expressing the number "5" - and fifteen hundred and one thousand five hundred are different numerals expressing the same number, "1,500".
ref: 2002, Laurie Bauer, Rodney Huddleston, “Lexical word-formation”, in The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language, page 1715:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
hyponyms: cardinal numeral
ordinal numeral
distributive numeral
multiplicative numeral
multiplier
collective numeral
glosses: A number word, a simple or compound word for a number often having particular grammatical attributes depending on the language.
examples: text: Jacks, queens, and kings are not numerals.
topics: card-games
games
glosses: A card whose rank is a number (usually including the ace as 1).
Derived terms: Arabic numeral
binary numeral system
Chinese numeral
Church numeral
collective numeral
Cyrillic numeral
denumeral
Devanagari numeral
Greek numeral
Hindu-Arabic numeral
Hindu numeral
Indo-Arabic numeral
innumeral
nonnumeral
numeraled
numerally
pronumeral
rod numeral
Roman numeral
supernumerary
Suzhou numeral
tesseral
transnumeral
Related terms: digit
numeral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: nyo͞oʹm(ə)rəl
ipa: /ˈnjuːməɹəl/
ipa: /ˈnjuːmɹəl/
enpr: no͞oʹm(ə)rəl
ipa: /ˈnuməɹəl/
ipa: /ˈnumɹəl/
Etymology: As an adjective, from Middle English numeral, numerall, from Latin numerālis (“pertaining to a number”), from numerus (“a number”).
As a noun, via Middle French numeral.
Senses: examples: text: A long train of numeral progressions.
ref: 1689 (indicated as 1690), [John Locke], An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding. […], London: […] Eliz[abeth] Holt, for Thomas Basset, […], →OCLC:
glosses: Of or relating to numbers; numerical.
Synonyms: sense: of or relating to numbers
word: numeric
word: numerical
Derived terms: numeral system
ASCII
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæski/
rhymes: -iː
Forms: form: ascii
Senses: examples: text: Thus, to translate an EBCDIC message into an ASCII one we need a table with 256 one-byte entries. In each position we put the ASCII code that corresponds to that EBCDIC entry.
ref: 1989, D. Russell, The Principles of Computer Networking, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 218:
text: In 1960 American Standard Code for Information Exchange (ASCII) was developed from telegraphic codes.
ref: 2021, Claire Cock-Starkey, Hyphens & Hashtags, Bodleian Library, page 127:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
synonyms: US-ASCII
glosses: Acronym of American Standard Code for Information Interchange.
Derived terms: ArmSCII
ASCII armor
ASCII art
ASCIIbetical
ASCIIfication
ASCIIfy
ATASCII
extended ASCII
PETSCII
pure ASCII text
US-ASCII
Related terms: extended ASCII
7-bit
EBCDIC
Unicode
UTF-7
UTF-8
UTF-16
LDP
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɛldiˈpi/
Forms: form: LDPs
Senses: topics: automotive
transport
vehicles
glosses: Initialism of limited driving privilege.
LDP
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɛldiˈpi/
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of Linux Documentation Project.
examples: text: Japan's keiretsu—or families of firms in large scratch-each-other's back networks—supported this or that faction in the LDP, producing a highly successful, structurally corrupt model of economic development that showed remarkable resilience through Japan's high growth economic period.
ref: 2011 August 1, Steve Clemons, “China's Internal Pluralism Is Nothing to Cheer About”, in The Atlantic, archived from the original on 11 Apr 2021:
text: Major parties have long relied on large-scale campaign contributions, and the LDP was only recently mired in an illegal fundraising scandal. Sanseito drew its support from smaller, individual donations.
ref: 2025 July 24, Ned Temko, “In Japan, too, voters want their country to be ‘great again’”, in The Christian Science Monitor, archived from the original on 27 Jul 2025:
topics: government
politics
glosses: Initialism of Liberal Democratic Party.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
networking
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of Label Distribution Protocol.
glosses: Initialism of Lingwa de planeta, a constructed international auxiliary language.
bureaucrat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbjʊəɹəkɹæt/
ipa: /ˈbjʊɹəkɹæt/
Forms: form: bureaucrats
Etymology: From French bureaucrate, equivalent to bureau + -crat.
Senses: examples: text: Coristine, who had signed onto the telemeeting using a non-government email address, gave the bureaucrats swift marching orders, telling them he needed access to the federal department’s contract and payment systems before reportedly making them justify their jobs at the $1 billion-budget administration.
ref: 2025 February 7, Josie Ensor, “Meet Elon Musk’s ‘baby-faced assassins’ leading Doge takeover”, in The Times:
text: At the Oval Office signing ceremony, Musk responded to critiques that he’s become the very thing he claims to be fighting — an unelected bureaucrat with enormous power — by pointing to the 2024 results: “You couldn’t ask for a stronger mandate from the public.”
ref: 2025 February 14, Marshall Cohen, “The almighty Musk: How the world’s richest man became Washington’s most powerful bureaucrat”, in CNN:
glosses: An official who is part of a bureaucracy.
examples: text: One of three major processes is generally used: a bureaucrat review, a broader community review, or an approvals group review. As only local bureaucrats or Wikimedia stewards can grant the bot flag necessary to operate an authorized bot, the simplest method is to appeal directly to these individuals.
ref: 2014, Pnina Fichman, Noriko Hara, editors, Global Wikipedia: International and Cross-Cultural Issues in Online Collaboration, Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN, page 18:
qualifier: wiki jargon
glosses: A user on a wiki with the right to change user access levels.
Synonyms: word: administrator
word: bureaucrat
word: clerk
word: mandarin
word: paper-pusher
word: pen-pusher
word: pencil pusher
Hypernyms: word: official
word: person
Hyponyms: word: apparatchik
word: appointee
word: civil servant
word: functionary
word: jack guardant
word: jack-in-office
word: minister
word: public servant
word: red-tapist
word: shiny bum
word: Sir Humphrey
Derived terms: antibureaucrat
bureaucratese
bureaucratess
bureaucratic
bureaucratically
bureaucratism
bureaucratist
bureaucratistic
bureaucratitis
bureaucratization
bureaucratspeak
businesscrat
educrat
Eurocrat
faceless bureaucrat
femocrat
nonbureaucrat
superbureaucrat
technobureaucrat
Related terms: word: bureaucracy
word: dull functionary
word: faceless bureaucrat
alphabet
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæl.fəˌbɛt/
ipa: /ˈæl.fə.bɪt/
note: "alpha-bet"
ipa: /ˈalfɑ.bɛʈ/
note: "alpha-bet"
ipa: /ˈɑlfɑ.bɛʈ/
note: "alpha-bet"
ipa: /əlˈfɑ.bɛʈ/
Forms: form: alphabets
form: alphabeting
form: alphabeted
form: alphabeted
Etymology: From Middle English alphabete, borrowed from Classical Latin alphabētum, from Ancient Greek ἀλφάβητος (alphábētos), from ἄλφα (álpha) and βῆτα (bêta), the names of the first two letters of the Greek alphabet, Α (A) and Β (B), lowercase forms α and β. The Greek names derived from aleph, the name of the Phoenician letter 𐤀 (ʾ, “ox”) and beth, the name of the letter 𐤁 (b, “house”), so called because they were pictograms of those objects, having developed from the Egyptian hieroglyphs F1 (𓃾) and pr (𓉐).
 Doublet of alfabeto.
Senses: glosses: To designate by the letters of the alphabet; to arrange alphabetically.
Synonyms: alphabetize
Achilles tendon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Achilles tendons
form: Achilles' tendon
form: tendon of Achilles
Etymology: Calque of New Latin tendo Achillis, in reference to the mythological account of Achilles being held by the heel when dipped in the River Styx. Its coinage has been attributed to Dutch anatomist Philip Verheyden in 1693, but the term is first attested in 1684.
Senses: examples: text: Superstar quarterback Aaron Rodgers, who ruptured his left Achilles tendon just four snaps into his New York Jets career, has written off this season as a “lost year,” though he feels he can “play more years” in the NFL.
ref: 2023 December 20, Sam Joseph, “Aaron Rodgers writes off this season as ‘lost year,’ but quarterback says he feels ‘I can play more years’ in NFL”, in CNN:
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: The strong tendon formed of the united tendons of the large muscles in the calf of the leg, and inserted into the bone of the heel.
wikipedia: Philip Verheyden
Styx
Synonyms: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
word: calcaneal tendon
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
word: tendo Achillis
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
word: tendo calcaneus
Derived terms: Achilles tendon reflex time
Related terms: Achilles jerk
Achilles reflex
achronic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /eɪˈkɹɒnɪk/
Forms: form: more achronic
form: most achronic
Etymology: From a- + chronic.
Senses: examples: text: Enlightenment quarrels between pro-Frankish and pro-Gaulish factions were now a political curio, and only ancient Rome and Greece – so far removed in time and space that they seemed both utopian and achronic – provided any sort of positive historical referent.
ref: 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin 2003, page 522:
glosses: Timeless.
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Happening at sunset (of the rise or fall of a star; opposed to cosmic).
Synonyms: sense: timeless
word: atemporal
word: timeless
Derived terms: achronicity
achroous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /eɪˈkɹoʊ.əs/
ipa: /eɪˈkɹəʊ.əs/
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἄχροος (ákhroos) (from ἀ- (a-, “not”) + χρώς (khrṓs, “color”)) + -ous.
Senses: glosses: Colorless; achromatic.
achylous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From a- + chyle + -ous.
Senses: topics: medicine
physiology
sciences
glosses: Without chyle
achymous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From a- + chyme + -ous.
Senses: topics: medicine
physiology
sciences
glosses: Without chyme.
acicula
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɪkjʊlə
Forms: form: aciculas
form: aciculae
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Latin acicula (“pin for a head-dress”)
Senses: synonyms: acicle
glosses: One of the needlelike or bristlelike spines or prickles of some animals and plants; also, a needlelike crystal.
Related terms: acicular
tachygraphy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /tæˈkɪɡɹəfi/
ipa: /tə-/
Etymology: Derived from Ancient Greek ταχυγράφος (takhugráphos). By surface analysis, tachy- (“fast”) + -graphy (“writing”).
Senses: glosses: The art and practice of rapid writing.
examples: text: Tiro, the favourite freedman of Cicero, greatly increased the number, and brought this sort of tachygraphy to its greatest perfection among the Romans.
ref: 1827, John Colin Dunlop, History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age, volume II:
coordinate_terms: calligraphy
stenography
glosses: Stenography or shorthand as done in ancient and medieval times.
Derived terms: tachygrapher
tachygraphic
Related terms: tachograph
polytheistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌpɒlɪθiːˈɪstɪk/
Forms: form: more polytheistic
form: most polytheistic
Etymology: From poly- + theistic.
Senses: examples: text: The mystic is one to whom the unitive, pantheistic, or at least the panentheistic, aspects of the divinity are as congenial as the deistic, polytheistic, and anthropomorphic aspects are to the institutional mind.
ref: 1909, The Quarterly Review, page 124:
text: The horse stood still till he had finished the hymn, which Jude repeated under the sway of a polytheistic fancy that he would never have thought of humouring in broad daylight.
ref: 1895, Thomas Hardy, Jude the Obscure:
coordinate_terms: monotheistic
glosses: Of or relating to polytheism.
Derived terms: nonpolytheistic
polytheistically
lightspeed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lightspeeds
form: light speed
Etymology: From light + speed.
Senses: examples: text: If we're going to a world a hundred light-years from here at near lightspeed, we spend according to our own perceptions, only a few minutes doing so and arrive only a few minutes older.
ref: 1994, Ursula K. Le Guin, A Fisherman of the Inland Sea, Victor Gollancz (UK), published 1996, →ISBN, page 7:
text: He paused, then finished, “with the drive from the Linz, he can do over 500 lightspeeds to meet us.
ref: 2005, W. Strawn Douglas, Oracle And Other Stories, page 134:
glosses: The speed of light (in vacuum unless another medium is specified).
examples: text: In recent years, other activist terms have followed light-speed trajectories. The term “Latinx” overtook academic institutions and briefly became fashionable in the media, still prevalent in some influential publications, like The New Yorker, even though only 3 percent of Hispanics (or Latinos, if you prefer) use it.
ref: 2022 October 23, Pamela Paul, “Let’s Say Gay”, in The New York Times:
glosses: An extremely fast speed.
Derived terms: lightspeed lag
Trekkie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɹɛki/
rhymes: -ɛki
Forms: form: Trekkies
form: trekkie
form: Trekky
form: trekky
Etymology: From Trek + -ie.
From Star Trek, as in groupie. (1970).
Senses: examples: text: Not all Trekkies go around speaking Klingon and making endless references to the original Star Trek series.
text: 1992 StarTrek VI is a fast-moving, vigorous book that will not disappoint the legions of Trekkies who avidly follow the adventure of their heroes. — Review of Star Trek - The Undiscovered Country in Amiga User International, author unknown, December 1992, HHL Publishing (UK), page 90.
text: 2002 I have a major confession to make which will probably incur the wrath of all Trekkies out there. — Trek & Treat, article in The Daily Mirror (UK), Jessica Mellor, Saturday, August 10, 2002, page 44.
topics: lifestyle
glosses: A (usually major) fan of the TV science fiction series Star Trek.
wikipedia: en:Star Trek
Synonyms: Trekfan
Trekker
teleport
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɛləpɔː(ɹ)t/
Forms: form: teleports
form: teleporting
form: teleported
form: teleported
Etymology: Back-formation from teleportation.
Senses: examples: text: I teleported home one night
With Ron and Sid and Meg.
Ron stole Meggie's heart away
And I got Sidney's leg.
ref: 1980 October, Douglas Adams, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe, London: Pan Books, →ISBN, page 170:
glosses: To travel, often instantaneously, from one point to another without physically crossing the distance between the two points.
glosses: To move (an object) in this fashion, as by telekinesis.
Synonyms: word: teletransport
sense: to travel from one point to another without physically crossing the distance
word: beam up
sense: to travel from one point to another without physically crossing the distance
word: transport
sense: to travel from one point to another without physically crossing the distance
word: jump
Related terms: teleportation
teleporter
unteleported
teleport
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɛləpɔː(ɹ)t/
Forms: form: teleports
Etymology: Back-formation from teleportation.
Senses: topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: Synonym of teleporter (“science fiction device”).
synonyms: word: teleporter
extra: science fiction device
teleport
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɛləpɔː(ɹ)t/
Forms: form: teleports
Etymology: From tele- + port.
Senses: examples: text: Teleports provide access to multiple satellites and other media as well. Independently owned teleports may also provide competitive access to different satellite systems.
ref: 2004, D. K. Sachdev, Business Strategies For Satellite Systems, page 131:
topics: communications
electrical-engineering
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
telecommunications
glosses: A satellite ground station.
quarter
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈk(w)ɔː.tə/
ipa: /ˈk(w)ɔɹ.tɚ/
ipa: [ˈk(w)ɔɹ.ɾɚ]
ipa: /ˈk(w)oː.tɘ/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)tə(ɹ)
Etymology: From Middle English quarter, from Anglo-Norman quarter, from Latin quartarius, from quartus. Compare Spanish cuarto (“room, quarters; quarter”). Doublet of quartier.
Senses: glosses: Pertaining to an aspect of a quarter.
examples: text: a quarter hour; a quarter century; a quarter note; a quarter pound
glosses: Consisting of a fourth part, a quarter (¹⁄₄, 25%).
examples: text: A quarter day is one terminating a quarter of the year.
text: A quarter session is one held quarterly at the end of a quarter.
glosses: Related to a three-month term, a quarter of a year.
Derived terms: quarter blanket
quarter bottle
quarter century
quarter crack
quarter day
quarter final
quarter horse
quarter-hour
quarter-mile
quarter-miler
quarter moon
quarter note
quarter pole
quarter pound
quarter seam
quarter session
quarter sovereign
quarter waiter
quarter year
quarter
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈk(w)ɔː.tə/
ipa: /ˈk(w)ɔɹ.tɚ/
ipa: [ˈk(w)ɔɹ.ɾɚ]
ipa: /ˈk(w)oː.tɘ/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)tə(ɹ)
Forms: form: quarters
form: quartering
form: quartered
form: quartered
Etymology: From Middle English quarter, from Anglo-Norman quarter, from Latin quartarius, from quartus. Compare Spanish cuarto (“room, quarters; quarter”). Doublet of quartier.
Senses: glosses: To divide into quarters; to divide by four.
examples: text: Quarter the horses in the third stable.
glosses: To provide housing for military personnel or other equipment.
glosses: To lodge; to have a temporary residence.
examples: text: But there is, as in other woods, a great deal of difference between this and the quartered timber.
ref: 1758, Thomas Hale, A Compleat Body Of Husbandry, page 333:
glosses: To quartersaw.
glosses: To execute (someone) by tying each limb to a different animal (such as a horse) and driving them in different directions.
examples: text: It [the Central London Railway] assumed a modest and entirely heraldic device, quartering the arms of the City of London, the parishes of St. George's, Holborn (St. George and the dragon) and St. Marylebone (the Virgin and Child between two lilies […]), and the county of Middlesex, surmounted by the dragon's wing from the City's crest.
ref: 1950 June, Michael Robbins, “Heraldry of London Underground Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 382:
topics: government
heraldry
hobbies
lifestyle
monarchy
nobility
politics
glosses: To display different coats of arms in the quarters of a shield.
glosses: To range to and fro over an area; to move from point to point.
Synonyms: sense: to have a temporary residence
word: stay over
word: stop
Related terms: draw and quarter
quarter
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈk(w)ɔː.tə/
ipa: /ˈk(w)ɔɹ.tɚ/
ipa: [ˈk(w)ɔɹ.ɾɚ]
ipa: /ˈk(w)oː.tɘ/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)tə(ɹ)
Forms: form: quarters
form: quartering
form: quartered
form: quartered
Etymology: Borrowed from French cartayer.
Senses: examples: text: Every creature that met us would rely upon us for quartering
ref: 1821 September–October, [Thomas De Quincey], “(please specify the page)”, in Confessions of an English Opium-Eater, 2nd edition, London: […] [J. Moyes] for Taylor and Hessey, […], published 1823, →OCLC:
glosses: To drive a carriage so as to prevent the wheels from going into the ruts, or so that a rut shall be between the wheels.
NAFTA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnæftə/
rhymes: -æftə
Senses: examples: text: But given the size of the three countries’ economies, and the fact that NAFTA already eliminated most tariffs and trade barriers between them, “the impact of the agreement on the US economy is likely to be moderate,” the ITC report said.
ref: 2019 April 18, Katie Lobosco and Haley Byrd, “Trump’s NAFTA replacement would have modest but positive impact, report finds”, in CNN:
text: The Brits have been uniquely incompetent in wallowing in narcissistic irrelevance ever since the Brexit vote. They’ve refused to admit that the only path forward for them is a crippling deal with the United States that will give them access to the NAFTA system but at the cost of any kind of economic sovereignty.
ref: 2023 November 23, Peter Zeihan, “Ireland Needs a New Game Plan || Peter Zeihan”, in Zeihan on Geopolitics, sourced from YouTube, 2:55–3:14:
glosses: Acronym of North American Free Trade Agreement
Coordinate terms: FTA
USMCA
Derived terms: english: used in British press, not used in North America
translation: used in British press, not used in North America
word: Nafta
Related terms: english: Free Trade Agreement of the Americas
translation: Free Trade Agreement of the Americas
word: FTAA
english: Canada-Europe Trade Agreement
translation: Canada-Europe Trade Agreement
word: CETA
english: Trans-Pacific Partnership
translation: Trans-Pacific Partnership
word: TPP
english: General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
translation: General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
word: GATT
english: World Trade Organization
translation: World Trade Organization
word: WTO