cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
outward
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: enpr: out'wərd
ipa: /ˈaʊt.wɚd/
enpr: out'wəd
ipa: /ˈaʊt.wəd/
Forms: form: more outward
form: most outward
Etymology: From Middle English outward, from Old English ūtweard, equivalent to out + -ward.
Senses: examples: text: We are outward bound.
text: The wrong side may be turned outward.
ref: c. 1601–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Twelfe Night, or What You Will”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene i]:
glosses: Towards the outside; away from the centre.
examples: text: ANd thenne the quene lete make a preuy dyner in london vnto the knyȝtes of the round table / and al was for to shewe outward that she had as grete Ioye in al other knyghtes of the table round as she had in sir launcelot / al only at that dyner she had sir Gawayne and his bretheren
ref: 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, “iij”, in Le Morte Darthur, book XVIII:
glosses: Outwardly, in outer appearances; publicly.
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: Away from home.
Synonyms: outwards
Derived terms: outward-looking
outwardness
outward
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: out'wərd
ipa: /ˈaʊt.wɚd/
enpr: out'wəd
ipa: /ˈaʊt.wəd/
ipa: /aʊtˈwɔɹd/
ipa: /aʊtˈwɔːd/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)d
enpr: out'wərd
ipa: /ˈaʊt.wɚd/
enpr: out'wəd
ipa: /ˈaʊt.wəd/
Forms: form: outwards
form: outwarding
form: outwarded
form: outwarded
Etymology: From out- + ward.
Senses: examples: text: Ne any armour could his dint out-ward; / But wheresoever it did light, it throughly shard.
ref: 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book V, Canto I”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
glosses: To ward off; to keep out.
outward
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: out'wərd
ipa: /ˈaʊt.wɚd/
enpr: out'wəd
ipa: /ˈaʊt.wəd/
ipa: /aʊtˈwɔɹd/
ipa: /aʊtˈwɔːd/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)d
Forms: form: outwards
Senses: glosses: A ward in a detached building connected with a hospital.
outwardly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈaʊtwədli/
ipa: /ˈaʊtwɚdli/
Etymology: From Middle English outwardly, outwardli, utwardliche, equivalent to outward + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: The terrorist was outwardly a bank clerk.
text: If only she would wake and close her mouth, mentally prayed the outwardly unflinching girl. Later the doctor came, and sheltered by his presence the sick woman's husband stood in the doorway.
ref: 1907, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Human Toll (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published 1980, page 208:
glosses: Externally or on the outside, or on the surface.
glosses: Toward the outside
Synonyms: sense: externally
word: apparently
word: superficially
word: to all appearances
word: ostensibly
ovary
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈəʊvəɹi/
ipa: /ˈoʊvəɹi/
Forms: form: ovaries
Etymology: From New Latin ovarium, from Medieval Latin ovaria (“bird ovary”), from Latin ovum (“egg”). Doublet of ovarium.
Senses: examples: text: The male testicles are homologous to the female ovaries.
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: A female reproductive organ, often paired, that produces ova in most animals, and in mammals, secretes the hormones estrogen and progesterone.
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: The lower part of a pistil or carpel that bears ovules and ripens into fruit.
Synonyms: ovarium
Hypernyms: internal genitalia
Derived terms: Chinese hamster ovary cell
-gov-
ovarial
ovarialgia
ovarian
ovariectomy
ovaried
ovariole
ovaritis
ovaryless
periovary
polycystic ovary syndrome
ovum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈəʊ.vəm/
ipa: /ˈoʊ.vəm/
Forms: form: ova
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin ōvum (“egg”). Doublet of egg, ey, huevo, and oeuf.
Senses: examples: Coordinate term: spermatozoon
topics: biology
cytology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
synonyms: egg cell
egg
megagamete
hypernyms: gamete
glosses: The female gamete in animals; the egg cell.
Derived terms: ovigerous
ovism
ovist
ovo-
ovulite
pseudovum
spermatovum
Related terms: oval
Ovaltine
ovary
ovate
oviparous
ovoid
ovo-lacto-vegetarian
ovulate
oocyte
ovia
ovation
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: [ə(ʊ)ˈveɪ.ʃn̩]
ipa: /oʊˈveɪ.ʃən/
ipa: [oʊˈveɪ.ʃn̩]
ipa: /əʉˈvæɪ.ʃn̩/
rhymes: -eɪʃən
Forms: form: ovations
form: ovationing
form: ovationed
form: ovationed
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin ovātiōnem.
Senses: synonyms: word: ovate
glosses: To give (someone) an ovation (prolonged enthusiastic applause).
ovation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: [ə(ʊ)ˈveɪ.ʃn̩]
ipa: /oʊˈveɪ.ʃən/
ipa: [oʊˈveɪ.ʃn̩]
ipa: /əʉˈvæɪ.ʃn̩/
rhymes: -eɪʃən
Etymology: From Late Latin ovatio (“egg-laying”) + English -ion (suffix indicating an action or process, or the result of an action or process). Ovatio is derived from ovāre (“to lay eggs”), from Latin ōvum (“egg”) (possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew- (“dress; to be dressed, clothe oneself”)) + -āre.
Senses: examples: text: [The ichneumon wasp] drops an egg. She next seeks out a small green caterpillar inhabiting the leaves of the cabbage-plant, which she punctures with her sting, yet so slightly and delicately as not to kill it; she then rolls it up into a circle, and places it in the sandy nest, immediately over the egg. She continues the same labour till she has counted twelve, and deposited twelve caterpillars, one over another; and thus repeats the process of ovation and supply, till she has exhausted herself of her entire stock of eggs.
ref: 1825 November, John Mason Good, “Art. I.—On Instinct.”, in Roderick MacLeod, John Bacot, editors, The London Medical and Physical Journal. […], volume LIV, number 4, London: Printed for the proprietors, by J. and C. Adlard, […]; published by J. Souter, […], →OCLC, page 363:
text: Having considered their animal nature, and their primary formation, as involving the question of spontaneous generation, he described generally the methods of reproduction adopted in this class of animals, and adduced the explanations and opinions offered by the best authorities on the subject, but particularly those of Bremner, [René] Lænnec, and Owen, by which acephalocystic reproduction is referred to imperfect ovation or generation.
ref: 1842 February 28, Evory Kennedy, “February 28, Rev. Humphrey Lloyd, D.D., Vice-President, in the Chair. [Paper by Evory Kennedy on the system of generation and habits of certain Acephalocysts.]”, in Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, volume II, number 33, Dublin: Printed by M[ichael] H[enry] Gill, printer to the [Royal Irish] Academy, published 1844, →ISSN, →OCLC, pages 221–222:
text: Parthenogenetic reproduction, as a rule, takes place in the summer months, as seen in the Aphides, Crustacea (Daphnia), and Cecidomyiæ, where we see the asexual reproduction taking place during the summer, and at the approach of cold weather the process of ovation taking its place.
ref: 1892, Fred[erick] V[incent] Theobald, “The Chironomidæ, or Midges”, in An Account of British Flies (Diptera), volume I, London: Elliot Stock, […], →OCLC, page 203:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: The act of laying eggs.
overt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ə(ʊ)ˈvɜːt/
ipa: /ˈə(ʊ)ˌvɜːt/
ipa: /oʊˈvɚt/
ipa: /ˈoʊvɚt/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)t
Forms: form: overts
Etymology: From Middle English overt, uverte (“open, uncovered; unfastened; accessible, unobstructed; clear, manifest”), from Anglo-Norman overt, Middle French ouvert, Old French overt, ouvert, uvert (“opened”) (modern French ouvert), past participle of Anglo-Norman, Old French ovrir, ouvrir, uvrir (“to open”), from Late Latin operire, variant of Latin aperīre (“to open”), from aperiō (“to open, uncover”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó (“away; from”) + *h₂wer- (“to cover, shut”). The English word is a doublet of apert and ouvert.
Senses: examples: text: Scientologists are sure that the person must have “overts” against Scientology, therefore nothing a former member says can be trusted.
ref: 1990, Jon Atack, A Piece of Blue Sky: Scientology, Dianetics and L. Ron Hubbard Exposed, →ISBN, page 148:
text: Masturbation is an overt—strictly forbidden in Scientology, as Hubbard believed that it can slow one’s process to enlightenment.
ref: 2006 February 23, Janet Reitman, “Inside Scientology”, in Rolling Stone:
text: Anyone who leaves has committed “overts” (harmful acts) against the church and is withholding them. The church is obligated to make such people come clean, Hubbard said, because withholding overts against Scientology can lead to suicide or death by disease.
ref: 2019 October 17, Thomas C. Tobin, Joe Childs, “Part 1 — Scientology: The Truth Rundown”, in Tampa Bay Times:
topics: Scientology
lifestyle
religion
glosses: An action or condition said to be detrimental to one’s own survival and thus unethical; the consciousness of such behaviour.
Derived terms: O/W
ovulate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɒvjʊleɪt/
ipa: /ˈɒvjʊlət/
Forms: form: ovulates
form: ovulating
form: ovulated
form: ovulated
Etymology: From ovul(e) + -ate (verb-forming suffix). Compare French ovuler.
Senses: examples: text: Other studies have shown that women living near the equator have a marked tendency to ovulate during the full moon.
ref: 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 96:
glosses: To produce eggs or ova.
Derived terms: nonovulating
ovulation
ovulator
ovulatory
superovulate
unovulated
ovulate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɒvjʊleɪt/
ipa: /ˈɒvjʊlət/
Etymology: From ovul(e) + -ate (adjective-forming suffix).
Senses: examples: text: Ovulate flowers are usually isolated by enclosing them individually or in clusters in pollenproof bags […]
ref: 1948, W. C. Cumming, Francis Irving Righter, Methods Used to Control Pollination of Pines in the Sierra Nevada of California, page 3:
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Containing, or bearing, an ovule.
Derived terms: multiovulate
triovulate
uniovulate
ovule
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɒvjuːl/
Forms: form: ovules
Etymology: Borrowed from French ovule (“ovum”), from Latin ōvum (“egg”). Doublet of ovolo.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: The structure in a plant that develops into a seed after fertilization; the megasporangium of a seed plant with its enclosing integuments.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: An immature ovum in mammals.
Derived terms: ovulary
ovulate
ovuliferous
ovulist
pluriovulate
owing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈəʊ.ɪŋ/
ipa: /ˈoʊ.ɪŋ/
rhymes: -əʊɪŋ
Senses: examples: text: These seven subscriptions remain owing.
glosses: Still to be paid; owed as a debt.
Derived terms: nonowing
owing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈəʊ.ɪŋ/
ipa: /ˈoʊ.ɪŋ/
rhymes: -əʊɪŋ
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of owe
Related terms: owing to
owings
owing to
Language: English
Part of speech: prep
Senses: examples: text: I gave up my job as a typist owing to repetitive strain injury.
text: It’s all owing to your precious caution that they got hold of it. If you had let me burn it, and taken my word that it was gone, it would have been a heap of ashes behind the fire, instead of being whole and sound, inside of my great-coat.
ref: 1839, Charles Dickens, Nicholas Nickleby:
text: Owing to the TB I connected breathing with joy, and owing to the gloom of the ward I connected joy with light, and owing to my irrationality I related light on the walls to light inside me.
ref: 1976 September, Saul Bellow, Humboldt’s Gift, New York, N.Y.: Avon Books, →ISBN, page 62:
text: "Owing to the ongoing conflict, all rail services are subject to change on a short notice," warns the European Rail Timetable at the end of its short entry on the general state of Ukraine's railways.
ref: 2024 September 4, Vitali Vitaliev, “A salute to Ukraine's 'Second Army'”, in RAIL, number 1017, page 49:
glosses: Because of, on account of.
Synonyms: as a consequence of
as a result of
because of
due to
thanks to
on account of
owlish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈaʊlɪʃ/
Forms: form: more owlish
form: most owlish
Etymology: From owl + -ish.
Senses: examples: text: 1914, Theodore Dreiser, The Titan, Chapter 26, http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks/fr100299.txt
"You're very right," he said, with owlish smugness, adjusting a waistcoat button that had come loose, and smoothing his cuffs.
text: He feebly wanted to get out of this, away from clucking nurses and Dr. Crittenham's owlish peering and the horrible scrambled eggs and cold toast.
ref: 1951, Sinclair Lewis, chapter 2, in World So Wide:
text: This owl imitated Trumpkin’s voice rather well, and there were sounds of owlish laughter all round.
ref: 1953, C. S. Lewis, chapter 4, in The Silver Chair, Collins, published 1998:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of an owl.
examples: text: […] their large black eyes scanned the drawings with the owlish look of wisdom peculiar to connoisseurs.
ref: 1880, R. M. Ballantyne, Blown to Bits or, The Lonely Man of Rakata:
glosses: Wise and solemn.
glosses: Stupid; dull-looking.
Synonyms: sense: like an owl
word: owllike
sense: like an owl
word: owly
sense: like an owl
word: strigine
Derived terms: owlishly
owlishness
own up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: owns up
form: owning up
form: owned up
form: owned up
Senses: examples: text: I'll own up: I glued your mouse to its mat.
text: If you own up to breaking the glass, you'll be forgiven.
text: Those teenage hopes who have tears in their eyes
Too scared to own up to one little lie
ref: 2007, Sally Seltmann, Feist, “1234”, in The Reminder, performed by Feist:
info_templates: extra_data: words: to
expansion: [with to]
synonyms: fess up
come clean
glosses: To acknowledge, confess, or admit guilt or responsibility.
oxidize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɒksɪdaɪz/
Forms: form: oxidizes
form: oxidizing
form: oxidized
form: oxidized
form: oxidise
form: oxydize
Etymology: From oxide + -ize.
Senses: examples: text: Oxygen levels on Earth skyrocketed 2.4 billion years ago, when cyanobacteria evolved photosynthesis:[…]. The evolutionary precursor of photosynthesis is still under debate, and a new study sheds light. The critical component of the photosynthetic system is the “water-oxidizing complex”, made up of manganese atoms and a calcium atom.
ref: 2013 September-October, Katie L. Burke, “In the News”, in American Scientist:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: To combine with oxygen or otherwise make an oxide.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: To increase the valence (or the positive charge) of an element by removing electrons.
glosses: To coat something with an oxide.
glosses: To become oxidized.
Derived terms: deoxidize
electrooxidize
hyperoxidize
oxidizement
oxidizer
photooxidize
reoxidize
sesquioxidize
underoxidize
Related terms: oxidizable
oxidization
corrode
rust
oxtail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oxtails
Etymology: From Middle English ox tayll, from Old English oxan tæġl (literally “ox's tail”), equivalent to ox + tail.
Senses: glosses: The tail of an ox or cow.
glosses: A cut of meat taken from the tail of a cow or calf; it requires long, slow braising, and is used to prepare oxtail soup.
keenness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: keennesses
Etymology: From keen + -ness.
Senses: glosses: sharpness or cutting ability
glosses: astuteness or sagacity
glosses: eagerness or enthusiasm
Ballydavid
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Village on the Dingle peninsula in northwest County Kerry, Ireland.
Castlegregory
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˌkæsəlˈɡɹɛɡəɹi/
Senses: glosses: A village in Dingle, in northwest County Kerry, Ireland.
Ventry
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village on the Dingle peninsula in northwest County Kerry, Ireland.
glosses: A community in Southgate, Grey County, Ontario, Canada.
glosses: A surname.
-mobile
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Pronunciation: enpr: mə-bēl
ipa: /məbiːl/
Etymology: Back-formation from automobile.
Senses: glosses: Used to form nouns meaning a particular type of vehicle, particularly one to transport the person or thing described by the word to which the suffix is attached.
Bridget
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɹɪd͡ʒɪt/
rhymes: -ɪdʒɪt
Etymology: English form of the Irish saints' name Brighid, Brigid. Doublet of Bride.
Senses: examples: text: And when Miſtreſſe Briget loſt the handle of her Fan, I took't vpon mine honour thou hadſt it not.
ref: c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merry Wiues of Windsor”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii], page 45:
text: Of all the beautiful Christian names of women which were in use a century or two ago Brighid (Breed), under the ugly form of Bridget, or still worse, Biddy, and Eiblin under the form of Eveleen, and perhaps Norah, seem to be the only survivals, and they are becoming rarer.
ref: 2000, David Pierce, Irish Writing in the Twentieth Century: A Reader, Cork University Press., →ISBN, pages 8–9:
glosses: A female given name from Irish.
Bridget
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɹɪd͡ʒɪt/
rhymes: -ɪdʒɪt
Forms: form: Bridgets
Etymology: English form of the Irish saints' name Brighid, Brigid. Doublet of Bride.
Senses: examples: text: So long as any Bridget just landed (even before she has learned to walk comfortably in American shoes) can be sure of four dollars a week and her board and prequisites, it is the Bridgets who are really mistress of the situation.
ref: 1891, Ellen Battelle Dietrick, Good Housekeeping:
text: My nurse, my Bridget, has gone back North. She said she wouldn’t stay another day down here among the ‘naygurs’ as she calls them.
ref: 1936 June 30, Margaret Mitchell, Gone with the Wind, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company, →OCLC; republished New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company, 1944, →OCLC, part IV, page 671:
text: Beggar lads, emigrants, mowers, slaves, rustics, Malays, Bridgets, and porters peopled her work […]
ref: 2009, Aife Murray, Maid as Muse: How Servants Changed Emily Dickinson's Life and Language:
glosses: An Irish housemaid.
spicy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈspaɪsi/
rhymes: -aɪsi
Forms: form: spicier
form: spiciest
form: spicey
Etymology: From spice + -y, attested since the 16th century.
Senses: examples: text: He prepared a spicy casserole.
glosses: Of, pertaining to, or containing spice.
examples: text: This curry is too spicy for me. I can't eat it.
text: This place is actually known for serving the Donkatsu of Death, aka the Drop-Dead Donkatsu, by far the spiciest dish I’ve ever endured.
ref: 2015 August 31, Jiyeon Lee and Sol Han, “7 super spicy South Korean dishes – and tips for eating them”, in CNN:
text: That’s why we knew we had to get our hands on Truff’s latest launch: White Hotter. It’s an even spicier take on the fan-favorite (and perhaps our favorite), White Truffle Hot Sauce.
ref: 2021 September 17, Noelle Ike, “Truff’s new white truffle hot sauce is even hotter, and perfect for amping up mealtime”, in CNN:
text: “I think we are going to see a lot more of this,” said Lyons Wyatt. “There is a push now and we do see both unit and dollar growth of spicy and swicy products.”
ref: 2024 June 2, Parija Kavilanz, “‘Swicy’ is the hottest trend in food right now”, in CNN:
glosses: Provoking a burning sensation due to the presence of capsaicin.
raw_tags: of flavors
examples: text: She breathed in the strong, spicy aroma.
text: The breath of the mountain heifer was fragrant as the gales of Sirendiep, by feeding on ſpicy herbs.
ref: 1769, Firishta, translated by Alexander Dow, Tales translated from the Persian of Inatulla of Delhi, volume I, Dublin: P. and W. Wilson et al., page iv:
qualifier: flavors; or odors; flavors; or odors
glosses: Tangy, zesty, or pungent.
raw_tags: of foods
examples: text: He is known for his spicy political commentary.
glosses: Vigorous; colorful; stimulating.
raw_tags: of expression or behavior
examples: text: When one side or the other had written any particularly spicy dispatch, news of it was sure to slip out.
ref: 1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair […], London: Bradbury and Evans […], published 1848, →OCLC:
glosses: Scandalous.
examples: text: Look at the little wildcub! That's one spicy ball of fur.
glosses: Risky; mildly aggressive or dangerous.
examples: text: I don't want my children to see the spicy images on this web site.
glosses: Risqué, sexy, racy; mildly pornographic.
Synonyms: sense: provoking a burning sensation
word: hot
sense: provoking a burning sensation
word: spicy-hot
sense: provoking a burning sensation
word: piquant
word: pungent
word: spicy
word: tangy
word: zesty
Hypernyms: word: gustable
word: burning
word: caustic
Hyponyms: word: pepperlike
word: peppery
Derived terms: neurospicy
spicily
spiciness
spicy cough
spicy pillow
spicy tooth
Related terms: word: spiciness
quantum spin liquid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quantum spin liquids
Senses: qualifier: quantum mechanics
glosses: A solid in which small magnetic moments have a fluctuating random orientation, even at low temperature.
keep an eye on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: keeps an eye on
form: keeping an eye on
form: kept an eye on
form: kept an eye on
Senses: examples: text: I must keep an eye on this sauce in case it curdles.
text: "[...] We are making sure that a firm eye is kept on this."
ref: 2022 November 16, Philip Haigh, “Network News: TPE under fire over "unacceptable" cancellations”, in RAIL, number 970, page 7:
synonyms: monitor
track
observe
watch
glosses: To watch and pay attention to, in case of misbehaviour or mishap.
Related terms: keep an eye out for
have an eye to
with an eye to
keep a close watch on
keep in mind
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: keeps in mind
form: keeping in mind
form: kept in mind
form: kept in mind
Senses: examples: text: Keep in mind that he does not hear too well, so you may have to speak loudly.
text: In replanning the timetable, the operating authorities have tried as far as possible to keep departure and arrival times at Liverpool Street close to those prevailing formerly, to avoid disrupting the travelling habits of regular passengers, but at the same time they have kept in mind the aim of turn-rounds in the terminus.
ref: 1961 January, “The North-East London electrification of the Great Eastern Line”, in Trains Illustrated, page 18:
glosses: Synonym of bear in mind.
synonyms: word: bear in mind
bear in mind
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: bâr′ ĭn mīnd′
ipa: /ˌbɛə̯ ɪn ˈmaɪ̯nd/
ipa: /ˌbɛː-/
ipa: /ˌbeɹ ɪn ˈmaɪ̯nd/
ipa: /ˌbɛɹ-/
ipa: /ˌbɛɹ ɪn ˈmaɪ̯nd/
ipa: /-ˈmʌɪ̯nd/
ipa: /ˌbeː ɪn ˈmɑe̯nd/
ipa: /ˌbiə̯ ən ˈmaɪ̯nd/
ipa: /ˌbeə̯-/
ipa: /ˌbeɹ ɪn ˈmaɪ̯nd/
ipa: /-ˈmʌi̯nd/
ipa: /-ˈməi̯nd/
ipa: /ˌbɛːʳ ɪn ˈmajnd/
Forms: form: bears in mind
form: bearing in mind
form: bore in mind
form: borne in mind
Etymology: From bear (“to carry; to hold”) + in mind. First attested in the first half of 1500s.
Senses: examples: text: Bear in mind that I’m not as young as I was, so I can’t walk as fast as you.
text: For quotations using this term, see Citations:bear in mind.
synonyms: word: keep in mind
word: bear in mind
word: bethink
word: keep in mind
word: mind
word: recall
word: recollect
word: remember
word: retrieve
word: think back
word: umbethink
glosses: To hold (something) in the memory; to remember; also, to be mindful of or pay attention to (something); to consider; to note.
Related terms: have in mind
put someone in mind of
bawcock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bawcocks
Etymology: From Old French baud (“bold, gay”) + cock.
Senses: examples: text: Abate thy rage, abate thy manly rage; / Abate thy rage, great duke. / Good bawcock, bate thy rage. Use lenity, sweet chuck.
ref: 1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]:
text: The King's a Bawcock, and a Heart of Gold, / a Lad of Life, an Impe of Fame, / of Parents good, of Fist most valiant:
ref: 1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i]:
glosses: A fine fellow.
keep quiet
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: keeps quiet
form: keeping quiet
form: kept quiet
form: kept quiet
Senses: examples: text: Granny is asleep, so keep quiet while you play.
glosses: To remain silent.
examples: text: Remember it's a surprise party, so keep quiet about it. — Okay. I'll keep it still
text: I'm quitting my job by the end of the month, but my boss doesn't know. Please keep it quiet.
glosses: To refrain from talking about something; to keep a secret.
sewage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsuː.ɪd͡ʒ/
ipa: /ˈsu.ɪd͡ʒ/
rhymes: -uːɪdʒ
Forms: form: sewages
Etymology: From sewer (“system of pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage”) + -age or from sew (“to drain or draw off water”) + -age.
Senses: examples: text: Untreated sewage can pollute rivers.
text: The city invested in a modern sewage system.
glosses: A suspension of water and solid waste, transported by sewers to be disposed of or processed.
glosses: sewerage.
Synonyms: wastewater
Derived terms: raw sewage
sewage fungus
sewage plant
Related terms: slop
sludge
sewer system
sewage treatment
waste management
SUT
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: SUTs
Senses: topics: computer
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
science
sciences
software
qualifier: software testing
glosses: Initialism of system under test.
sectility
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From sectile + -ity.
Senses: glosses: The property of being able to be cut; examples of materials with this property include wood, metal, and paper.
salt shaker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɔltˌʃeɪkɚ/
rhymes: -eɪkə(ɹ)
Forms: form: salt shakers
Senses: examples: text: Near-synonym: salt cellar
text: So she cut the crusts from a pair of chicken sandwiches and set them on a tray along with a saltshaker, a white peach, and a King James bible, and I climbed the stairs to his room.
ref: 1995, Michael Chabon, Wonder Boys, Ch.1, at p.4
related: word: saltshaker
synonyms: Lot's wife
hypernyms: shaker#Noun
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dispenser#Noun
coordinate_terms: pepper shaker#Noun
glosses: A small container designed to hold salt and facilitate sprinkling it on food for seasoning purposes.
Related terms: salt substitute
table salt
prehensile
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɹɪˈhɛn.saɪl/
ipa: /pɹiːˈhɛn.saɪl/
ipa: /pɹiˈhɛnsəl/
Etymology: Borrowed from French préhensile, from Latin perfect passive participle prehēnsus, from prehendō (“grasp, seize”) + adjective suffix -ile, from Latin -ilis.
Senses: examples: text: Some monkeys have prehensile tails which they use to pick things up.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Able to take hold of and clasp objects; adapted for grasping especially by wrapping around an object.
Derived terms: nonprehensile
prehensilely
prehensility
subprehensile
Related terms: prehensive
hanky-panky
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌhæŋkɪˈpæŋki/
Forms: form: hanky panky
Etymology: Possibly a corruption of the Romani expression hakk'ni panki ("great trick", "big con" and hence "shady dealings").
Senses: examples: text: I think there was some hanky-panky with the last election.
text: Are you sickened by the idea of more and more CIA hankypanky in Central America?
ref: 1984 April 21, Sue Hyde, “Got Those Intervention Blues, Friend?”, in Gay Community News, page 2:
glosses: Mischievous behaviour, dishonest or shady activity.
examples: text: I don't wanna cry / I just wanna hanky panky / Nothing like a good spanky
ref: 1990, “Hanky Panky”, in I'm Breathless, performed by Madonna:
text: You're my doll, rock and roll, feel the glamor in pink / Kiss me here, touch me there, hanky-panky
ref: 1997, “Barbie Girl”, in Aquarium, performed by Aqua:
synonyms: word: roll in the hay
word: aphrodisia
word: carnal knowledge
word: coitus
word: coition
word: commerce
word: commixtion
word: congress
word: conjunction
word: connection
word: consummation
word: conversation
word: copulation
word: coupling
word: intercourse
word: intimacy
word: intimate relations
word: intromission
word: joining
word: lovemaking
word: lustmaking
word: marital embrace
word: mating
word: mounting
raw_tags: for animals
word: pareunia
word: penetration
word: relations
word: sex
word: sexual congress
word: sexual intercourse
word: sexual relation
word: sexual union
word: swiving
word: union
word: the beast with two backs
word: the birds and the bees
word: boom-boom
word: chesterfield rugby
word: horizontal dancing
word: horizontal hula
word: horizontal jogging
word: horizontal mambo
word: horizontal refreshments
word: how's your father
word: love
word: Netflix and chill
word: physical love
word: roll in the hay
word: Ugandan affairs
word: Ugandan discussions
word: action
word: ass
word: bang
word: barney-mugging
word: beef injection
word: bonking
word: cuntfuck
word: fucking
word: frig
word: fucky-fucky
word: hot beef injection
word: hump
word: humpa humpa
word: jig-jig
word: jiggy-jiggy
word: lay
word: legover
word: meat injection
word: nookie
word: old hat
word: pipe
word: plow
word: plough
word: poon
word: poontang
word: punani
word: pussy
word: ride
word: root
word: rumpo
word: rumpy-pumpy
word: seeing-to
word: sexy time
word: sexy times
word: screw
word: screwing
word: shag
word: skin
word: snu snu
word: tang
word: trim
word: hanky-panky
word: funny business
word: making whoopee
word: jiggery-pokery
word: monkey business
word: fooling about
word: fooling around
word: playing around
glosses: Amorous behaviour, smooching, making out, necking, sex or other sexual activity, especially if illicit.
glosses: A debaucherous act; a sexual act that is considered inappropriate.
sweeper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈswipɚ/
Forms: form: sweepers
Etymology: From Middle English swepere, swepare, equivalent to sweep + -er. Cognate with Middle Low German swēpære, swēper (“broom for sweeping up debris”).
Senses: glosses: One who sweeps.
glosses: One who sweeps floors or chimneys.
glosses: A detector for mines.
glosses: Any of the small, tropical marine perciform fishes of the family Pempheridae, typically with deeply keeled, compressed bodies and large eyes.
topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
soccer
sports
synonyms: libero
glosses: A defender who is the last line of defence before the goalkeeper.
topics: ball-games
curling
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A person who sweeps the ice ahead of the rock in play.
topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A batsman who plays sweep shots.
topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A fielding position along the boundary; a fielder in this position.
examples: text: ..tree will be hanging over the water about canoe level (a sweeper)..
ref: 2007, Basic Essentials Canoe Paddling, 3rd - Page 62
text: So named because they can sweep passengers from a boat, they can also capsize a canoe, especially when paddlers lean too far away from the sweeper..
ref: 1975, Verne Huser, River Running: Canoeing, Kayaking, Rowing, Rafting - Page 102
glosses: A tree that has fallen over a river with branches extending into the water.
glosses: A carpet sweeper.
qualifier: including Ohio; Indiana and Western Pennsylvania; including Ohio; Indiana and Western Pennsylvania
glosses: A vacuum cleaner.
glosses: A group of students tasked at cleaning the homeroom after class dismissal.
qualifier: hiking
glosses: The last person in the line of hikers that is responsible for ensuring no one gets separated from the group.
topics: video-games
glosses: A character designed or capable of knocking out multiple enemies in succession, usually due to a combination of high offense and high speed.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
motor-racing
racing
sports
glosses: A large-radius, or high/medium speed corner in a racing circuit, named as such because of the ability of someone to trace the corner profile via "sweeping" motion of the arm.
Derived terms: carpet sweeper
chimney sweeper
crossing-sweeper
minesweeper
street sweeper
sweeper-keeper
trench sweeper
chicken out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: chickens out
form: chickening out
form: chickened out
form: chickened out
Senses: examples: text: We almost convinced his dad to ride the roller coaster, but he chickened out when he saw how high it went.
text: I dismiss Reporters Without Borders. Completely nonsensical. We invited them in for a select committee hearing, and in the true heritage of free speech, they chickened out.
ref: 2022 June 29, K Shanmugam, “Hard Talk: K. Shanmugam: Will Singapore have to choose between the US and China?”, in BBC:
glosses: To shy away from a daring task; to decline, refuse, or avoid something due to fear or uncertainty.
Synonyms: word: bottle out
word: wuss out
word: wimp out
english: back out, avoid the challenge
translation: back out, avoid the challenge
word: bottle it
eat one's heart out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: eats one's heart out
form: eating one's heart out
form: ate one's heart out
form: eaten one's heart out
Etymology: Disputed. Three schools of thought exist:
* From "This will eat your heart out.", suggesting that the recipient of the taunt will have their heart, the core of their being, eaten out with desire, bitterness, or pain.
* From the 16th century "to eat one's own heart" (to suffer in silence from anguish or grief), possibly from the Bible "to eat one's own flesh" (to be lazy). The phrase "to eat one's heart out" appears as a formulaic phrase in the Iliad, meaning to experience extreme grief. (For instance, Iliad.24.128, and many other locations.)
* When used as the taunt "Eat your heart out, [someone]!" a suggestion that the recipient of the taunt "eat up" as much as they like. Figuratively more akin to "experience me besting you."
Senses: examples: text: The Serbians are eating their hearts out over their defeat by Brazil in the World Cup.
text: Eat your heart out, pal! We won the title!
glosses: To feel overwhelming sorrow, jealousy, or longing; to grieve.
the shits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: "I feel bad we're havin' this nice bonding moment while we both got the shits." "Could be worse. We could be trying to use the toilet simultaneously."
ref: 2020, Jeph Jacques, Questionable Content (webcomic), 4187: When It Comes Up:
synonyms: the runs
the squirts
the squits
the trots
glosses: Diarrhoea.
Derived terms: give someone the shits
Related terms: the shit
desperate
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɛsp(ə)ɹət/
Forms: form: more desperate
form: most desperate
Etymology: From Middle English desperat(e) (“desperate”), borrowed from Latin dēspērātus, perfect passive participle of dēspērō (“to be without hope”), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix). The noun is derived from the adjective or from the Latin source through substantivization, see -ate (noun-forming suffix).
Senses: glosses: Desperately.
desperate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɛsp(ə)ɹət/
Forms: form: desperates
Etymology: From Middle English desperat(e) (“desperate”), borrowed from Latin dēspērātus, perfect passive participle of dēspērō (“to be without hope”), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix). The noun is derived from the adjective or from the Latin source through substantivization, see -ate (noun-forming suffix).
Senses: glosses: A person in desperate circumstances or who is at the point of desperation, such as a down-and-outer, addict, etc.
Related terms: english: not to be confused
translation: not to be confused
word: disparate
keep on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: keeps on
form: keeping on
form: kept on
form: kept on
Senses: examples: text: Keep on trucking!
text: Mum, Jimmy keeps on poking me!
text: The young woman kept on down Front Street, Warwick maintaining his distance a few rods behind her.
ref: 1900, Charles W[addell] Chesnutt, chapter I, in The House Behind the Cedars, Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: Houghton, Mifflin and Company […], →OCLC:
synonyms: continue
go on
glosses: To persist or continue.
examples: text: For goodness sake, will you stop keeping on about it!
glosses: To persist in talking about a subject to the annoyance of the listener.
examples: text: The new boss would like to keep the present secretary on.
text: The charge against Zagallo then is not so much that he started Ronaldo, but that when it should surely have been clear that the player was in no fit state to take part he kept him on.
ref: 2010, Brian Glanville, The Story of the World Cup: The Essential Companion to South Africa 2010, London: Faber and Faber, →ISBN, page 361:
glosses: To cause or allow to remain in an existing position.
examples: text: Should I turn off this light or keep it on?
text: Should I shut off this water or keep it on?
glosses: To cause or allow to remain in an existing position.
To cause or allow to remain in the on or open position.
synonyms: leave on
antonyms: turn off
shut off
coordinate_terms: turn on
Derived terms: keep on keeping on
Damascus
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /dəˈmæskəs/
ipa: /dəˈmɑːskəs/
Etymology: From Latin Dāmascus, from Ancient Greek Δαμασκός (Damaskós), from a Semitic form akin to Hebrew דַּמֶּשֶׂק. Doublet of Dimashq.
The etymology of the ancient name Damascus is uncertain. It is attested as Imerišú (𒀲𒋙) in Akkadian, T-m-ś-q (𓍘𓄟𓊃𓈎𓅱) in Egyptian, Dammaśq (𐡃𐡌𐡔𐡒) in Old Aramaic and Dammeśeq (דַּמֶּשֶׂק) in Biblical Hebrew. A number of Akkadian spellings are found in the Amarna letters, from the 14th century BC: Dimasqa (𒁲𒈦𒋡), Dimàsqì (𒁲𒈦𒀸𒄀), and Dimàsqa (𒁲𒈦𒀸𒋡).
Senses: synonyms: Dimashq
glosses: The capital city of Syria; an ancient settlement, the ancient capital of various polities, most notably the Umayyad Caliphate from 661 to 744 CE and Aram-Damascus, existing from the 12th to 8th centuries BCE.
Derived terms: Damascene
damascus
Damascus blade
Damascus iron
Damascus rose
Damascus steel
Damascus twist
damask
damson
Beirut
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: bā-ro͞otʹ
ipa: /beɪˈɹuːt/
rhymes: -uːt
Forms: form: Beyrout
Etymology: From Ottoman Turkish بیروت (beyrût), from Arabic بَيْرُوت (bayrūt), ultimately from Phoenician 𐤁𐤓𐤕 (brt /⁠bērūt⁠/), from Proto-West Semitic *biʾrāt- (“wells”). Doublet of Berytus and Beeroth.
Senses: examples: text: An Israeli airstrike rocked southern Beirut on Sunday soon after the military issued an evacuation warning for the Lebanese capital.
ref: 2025 April 27, Oren Liebermann, Charbel Mallo, Michael Rios, Eyad Kourdi and Dana Karni, “Israeli airstrike rocks southern Beirut after military issues evacuation warning”, in CNN:
glosses: The capital and largest city of Lebanon.
glosses: The drinking game of beer pong.
Related terms: Beiruti
Berytus
gasp
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡɑːsp/
ipa: /ɡasp/
ipa: /ɡæsp/
rhymes: -æsp
Forms: form: gasps
form: gasping
form: gasped
form: gasped
Etymology: From Middle English gaspen, gayspen (“to gape, outbreathe”), related to and likely derived from Old Norse geispa (“to yawn”) or its descendant Danish gispe, which may be related to gapa (“to gape”).
Senses: examples: text: The audience gasped as the magician disappeared.
glosses: To draw in the breath suddenly, as if from a shock.
examples: text: We were all gasping when we reached the summit.
text: c. 1761-1764, Robert Lloyd, An Epistle to C. Churchill, Author of the Rosicad
She gasps and struggles hard for life.
glosses: To breathe quickly or in a labored manner, as after exertion; to respire with heaving of the breast; to pant.
examples: text: The old man gasped his last few words.
glosses: To speak in a breathless manner.
examples: text: I'm gasping for a cup of tea.
text: Quenching the gasping furrows' thirst with rain.
ref: 1579, Immeritô [pseudonym; Edmund Spenser], “Aprill. Aegloga Quarta.”, in The Shepheardes Calender: […], London: […] Iohn Wolfe for Iohn Harrison the yonger, […], →OCLC:
glosses: To pant with eagerness or excitement; to show vehement desire.
gasp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡɑːsp/
ipa: /ɡasp/
ipa: /ɡæsp/
rhymes: -æsp
Forms: form: gasps
Etymology: From Middle English gaspen, gayspen (“to gape, outbreathe”), related to and likely derived from Old Norse geispa (“to yawn”) or its descendant Danish gispe, which may be related to gapa (“to gape”).
Senses: examples: text: The audience gave a gasp of astonishment
glosses: A short, sudden intake of breath.
examples: text: I'm popping out for a gasp.
glosses: A draw or drag on a cigarette (or gasper).
Derived terms: agasp
dying gasp
gaspy
last gasp
gasp
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡɑːsp/
ipa: /ɡasp/
ipa: /ɡæsp/
rhymes: -æsp
Etymology: From Middle English gaspen, gayspen (“to gape, outbreathe”), related to and likely derived from Old Norse geispa (“to yawn”) or its descendant Danish gispe, which may be related to gapa (“to gape”).
Senses: examples: text: Gasp! What will happen next?
glosses: The sound of a gasp.
overture
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈəʊvətjʊə/
ipa: /ˈəʊvətʃ(ʊ)ə/
ipa: /ˈoʊvəɹt͡ʃəɹ/
Forms: form: overtures
Etymology: From Middle English overture, from Anglo-Norman, Middle French overture, from Old French overture. Doublet of aperture.
Senses: examples: c. 1612', George Chapman, A Hymne to Hermes
the cave's inmost overture
glosses: An opening; a recess or chamber.
examples: text: It was he
 That made the overture of thy treasons to us.
ref: c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene vii]:
glosses: Disclosure; discovery; revelation.
examples: text: overture of friendship
text: Shortly afterwards the North Eastern Railway made overtures for the purchase of the Blyth & Tyne system, and the directors of the latter were then disposed to sell, but, in view of their excellent dividend record, stood out for a good price.
ref: 1943 May and June, Charles E. Lee, “The Blyth & Tyne Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 138:
text: Sarkozy gave a defiant speech, going on the offensive and betraying no hint of having been beaten. He styled the result as a "crisis" vote, by a French population which was "suffering". In a clear overture to Le Pen's voters, and the extreme-right motto of loving France, he said: "I call on all French people who put love of their country above partisan considerations, to unite and join me."
ref: 2012 April 23, Angelique Chrisafis, “François Hollande on top but far right scores record result in French election”, in the Guardian:
text: My mother had no choice; one did not turn down such an overture from the regent.
ref: 1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela, London: Abacus, published 2010, page 20:
glosses: An approach or proposal made to initiate communication, establish a relationship etc.
glosses: A motion placed before a legislative body, such as the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland.
examples: text: The overture was almost at a close; and silence being now more effective than any thing that he could urge in favour of the play, Courtenaye went behind the scenes:...
ref: 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “A First Night”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 66:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A musical introduction to a longer piece of music or a dramatic work (such as a play, an opera, or a motion picture).
examples: text: The paradoxical use of an overture at the end of a concert occasionally gave rise to satire in the musical press.
ref: 2017 April 27, Steven Vande Moortele, The Romantic Overture and Musical Form from Rossini to Wagner, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 24:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A medley of themes from a larger work, such as an opera or musical, typically played at the beginning but sometimes played at any part of the work or performed as a standalone piece.
Related terms: overt
overture
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈəʊvətjʊə/
ipa: /ˈəʊvətʃ(ʊ)ə/
ipa: /ˈoʊvəɹt͡ʃəɹ/
Forms: form: overtures
form: overturing
form: overtured
form: overtured
Etymology: From Middle English overture, from Anglo-Norman, Middle French overture, from Old French overture. Doublet of aperture.
Senses: examples: text: For a partner setting a table in a game of “house,” an overturing child might assume the role of the father returning home from work at dinnertime rather than overturing by throwing a ball toward the child and yelling “catch.”
ref: 2012, K.H. Rubin, H.S. Ross, Peer Relationships and Social Skills in Childhood, page 44:
glosses: To make overtures; to approach with a proposal.
overture
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈəʊvətjʊə/
ipa: /ˈəʊvətʃ(ʊ)ə/
ipa: /ˈoʊvəɹt͡ʃəɹ/
Etymology: From Middle English overture, from Anglo-Norman, Middle French overture, from Old French overture. Doublet of aperture.
Senses: examples: text: Crest : A falcon, wings overture.
ref: 1887, Edmund Farrer, The Church Heraldry of Norfolk, page 74:
text: It may be with wings close, i.e. closed, or it may be with its wings elevated, or it may be with wings disclosed, i.e. somewhat open, but inverted, and pointing downwards (and this is practically the same as the expression overt, written sometimes overture). [...]
Argent, an eagle recursant wings overture sable - BACK.
Argent, an eagle rising, wings overt inverted gules, standing on a baston raguly in bend vert - William PORTER.
ref: 1894, Henry Gough, James Parker, A Glossary of Terms Used in Heraldry, page 215:
text: [...] charged with a cross patty gules, and perched thereon a bird contourne reguardant, its wings overture, of the second; […]
ref: 1992, Donald R. Mandich, Joseph Anthony Placek, Russian Heraldry and Nobility, Dramco:
topics: government
heraldry
hobbies
lifestyle
monarchy
nobility
politics
glosses: Overt, that is, disclosed.
aide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /eɪd/
homophone: aid
rhymes: -eɪd
Forms: form: aides
form: aid
Etymology: Borrowed from French aide ("aid; assistant", as in aide-de-camp (“field assistant”)). More at aid.
Senses: examples: text: The aide rides, along with the president's physician, in the “control car,” third in line in the motorcade.
ref: 1994, Herbert L. Abrams, The President Has Been Shot: Confusion, Disability, and the 25th Amendment, Stanford University Press, →ISBN, page 126:
text: Weiner and his aides dismissed such talk as idle political insiderism […]
ref: 2009 January 13, Michael Barbaro, Raymond Hernandez, “Sounding Like a Rival, Weiner Attacks Bloomberg”, in The New York Times:
glosses: An assistant.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: An officer who acts as assistant to a more senior one; an aide-de-camp.
Derived terms: metro aide
teacher's aide