cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Davy Jones's locker
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Davy Jones' locker
form: Davy Jones locker
form: Davey Jones's locker
form: Davey Jones' locker
form: Davey Jones locker
form: Davie Jones's locker
form: Davie Jones' locker
form: Davie Jones locker
form: Davy's locker
form: Davey's locker
form: Davie's locker
Etymology: There has been much speculation about the origin of this term, but none has been substantiated. See more at Davy Jones' Locker on Wikipedia.
Senses: examples: text: "Damn my eyes," says he, "they are gone to Davy Jones's locker."
NOTE: Partridge erroneously refers to this as from the journal of Richard rather than Nicholas Cresswell.
ref: 1774, Nicholas Cresswell, The Journal of Nicholas Cresswell, 1774-7:
text: ... are discovered singing a melancholy duet, bewailing the loss of an honest tar, whom they suppose (to use the burthen of the song) "is in Davy Jones's locker."
ref: 1781 August, Isaac Kimber, Edward Kimber, “The Summer Theatre”, in The London Magazine, or, Gentleman's Monthly Intelligencer, volume 50, page 360:
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: The bottom of the sea, seen as a grave for sailors and the resting-place of anything that goes overboard and is lost.
wikipedia: Davy Jones' Locker#History
Related terms: seabed
seabottom
sleep with the fishes
the captain goes down with the ship
high-tech
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /haɪ tɛk/
ipa: [haɪ̯ tʰɛk]
Senses: examples: text: The ability to shift profits to low-tax countries by locating intellectual property in them, which is then licensed to related businesses in high-tax countries, is often assumed to be the preserve of high-tech companies.
ref: 2013 June 22, “T time”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8841, page 68:
glosses: Alternative spelling of hi-tech.
Derived terms: high-techness
Related terms: high tech
high tech
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: high technology; the most advanced technology available.
topics: architecture
glosses: A Late Modern architectural style incorporating elements of high-technology industry and seeking to communicate the underlying structure and function of a building.
Derived terms: high-tech savvy
Related terms: high-tech
hi-tech
slick-tech
connoisseurship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: connoisseurships
Etymology: From connoisseur + -ship.
Senses: examples: text: Reluctantly Bradly unrolled the canvas, which the trooper took from him to hold at arm's length, shutting one eye and crocking his neck sideways in a severe exercise of connoisseurship. Not satisfied with that system of inspecting a view, he had Cooley hold it against a biscuit tin, which required Cooley to cock an eye sideways to inspect it.
ref: 1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 155:
text: In an economy where niche markets multiply as rapidly as Internet spam, the capacity for new, competitive connoisseurship is endless. Is that bread artisanal and part of the slow-food movement?
ref: 2002 October 20, Bob Morris, “Connoisseurship Runneth Over”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: The state or act of being a connoisseur.
connectionist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: connectionists
Etymology: From connection + -ist.
Senses: glosses: An advocate of connectionism.
connectionist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From connection + -ist.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to connectionism.
connectionism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From connection + -ism.
Senses: examples: text: What accounts for the cool reaction to the emergence of connectionism in the 1980s on the part of people who study language for a living? […] It is clear that many linguists view connectionism as a revival of the radical empiricist approach that dominated the dark ages in psychology—the behaviourist era.
ref: 1992, Steven Davis, Connectionism: Theory and Practice, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 84:
qualifier: cognitive science
glosses: Any of several fields of psychology that model brain processes in terms of interconnected networks.
Related terms: connectionist
conjunct
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɑn.dʒʌŋkt/
ipa: /kənˈdʒʌŋkt/
rhymes: -ʌŋkt
Forms: form: conjuncts
Etymology: From Latin conjunctus, the perfect past participle of conjungō. Doublet of conjoint. See conjoin.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
logic
mathematics
philosophy
sciences
synonyms: coordinand
glosses: Either term of a conjunction.
examples: text: In English, linking elements are the conjunction and, the disjunction or and the adversative linker but, collectively called COORDINATORS. The units that are coordinated will be called COORDINANDS in this article (CONJUNCTS, when linked by conjunction, DISJUNCTS, when linked by the disjunctive connector).
ref: 2019, Roberto Zamparelli, “Coordination”, in De Gruyter, Mouton, pages 135-170:
text: Asserting a conjunction would be irrational if the epistemic grounds for one conjunct defeat those for the other, for example when the two conjuncts are logically inconsistent.
ref: 2007 July 14, Timothy Chan, “Belief, assertion and Moore’s Paradox”, in Philosophical Studies, volume 139, number 3, →DOI:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Either term of a conjunctive conjunction.
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: An adjunct that supplements a sentence with information, connecting the sentence with previous parts of the discourse. Not considered to be an essential part of the propositional content.
conjunct
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɑn.dʒʌŋkt/
ipa: /kənˈdʒʌŋkt/
rhymes: -ʌŋkt
Etymology: From Latin conjunctus, the perfect past participle of conjungō. Doublet of conjoint. See conjoin.
Senses: examples: text: Set A is conjunct with set B.
synonyms: conjunctive
antonyms: disjunct#Adjective
disjunctive
glosses: Conjoined.
glosses: Acting together; collaborative.
Derived terms: conjunctly
confines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɑnfaɪnz/
ipa: /ˈkɒnfaɪnz/
Senses: examples: text: It has not been used for many years, and although it was impracticable to photograph the engine in the small confines of the shed it was possible to obtain a picture of the plate which it still carries showing the former ownership.
ref: 1952 February, H. C. Casserley, “Permanent Wayfarings”, in Railway Magazine, page 77:
glosses: The borders or limits of an area.
examples: text: "I think that there comes a point where people begin to get bored within their own confines, so there is definitely an opportunity to encourage travel - even though it will be a different sort of arrangement than we've been used to in the past.
ref: 2020 December 2, Mark Phillips, “Rebuilding Rail in the 2020s”, in RAIL, page 46:
glosses: Elements that restrain someone.
glosses: The scope or range of a subject.
confines
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /kənˈfaɪnz/
rhymes: -aɪnz
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of confine
concomitantly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more concomitantly
form: most concomitantly
Etymology: From concomitant + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: The focus of lexicographers of Indian English has to date been on nativised lexis and borrowings, that is, Indianisms. Concomitantly, their focus has been entirely off all other lexis.
ref: 2012, James Lambert, “Beyond Hobson-Jobson: A new lexicography for Indian English”, in World Englishes, page 306:
glosses: At the same time as something else.
glosses: Incidentally to something else.
ALU
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: computer-hardware
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: arithmetic logic unit.
glosses: Abbreviated Line-Up.
glosses: aluminium.
humanities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /hjuˈmæn.ɪ.tiz/
Senses: glosses: plural of humanity
Synonyms: word: humanistic discipline
word: humanities
Hypernyms: word: study
Meronyms: word: arts
word: philosophy
word: philology
word: history
word: musicology
word: theater studies
Related terms: word: mind
word: culture
word: humanities scholar
word: :Category:en:Humanities
word: Appendix:Roget MICRA thesaurus/Class IV § 560. Language
humanities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /hjuˈmæn.ɪ.tiz/
Senses: glosses: Synonym of classical studies: the study of Ancient Greek and Latin, their literature, etc.
synonyms: word: classical studies
extra: the study of Ancient Greek and Latin, their literature, etc
examples: text: The Old Church is one of nearly 240 recipients of grants awarded by NEH for humanities projects in support of the preservation of historic collections, humanities documentaries and exhibitions, scholarly books and research, and educational opportunities for teachers, according to the agency’s website.
ref: 2021 August 17, Artemis Moshtaghian, “Church made famous by Paul Revere reckons with its ties to slavery”, in CNN:
synonyms: word: belles-lettres
word: arts
glosses: The study of language, literature, the arts, history, and philosophy, sometimes including religion.
Synonyms: word: humanistic discipline
word: humanities
Hypernyms: word: study
Meronyms: word: arts
word: philosophy
word: philology
word: history
word: musicology
word: theater studies
Derived terms: digital humanities
Related terms: word: humanism
word: humanist
word: humanistic
word: humanity
word: mind
word: culture
word: humanities scholar
word: :Category:en:Humanities
word: Appendix:Roget MICRA thesaurus/Class IV § 560. Language
apologetics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Late Latin apologia, from Ancient Greek ἀπολογία (apología, “a speech in defense”), from ἀπολογοῦμαι (apologoûmai, “I speak in one's defense”), from ἀπόλογος (apólogos, “an account, story”), from ἀπό (apó, “from, off”) (see apo-) + λόγος (lógos, “speech”) + -ics.
Senses: hypernyms: rhetoric
glosses: The field of study concerned with the systematic defense of a position, or of religious or occult doctrines.
Derived terms: counter-apologetics
Related terms: apologetic
apologeticism
apologia
apologist
apologize
apology
loon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈluːn/
rhymes: -uːn
Forms: form: loons
Etymology: From Middle English louen, lowen (“rascal; rogue”), probably of Middle Dutch or Middle Low German origin. Compare Dutch loen (“simpleton”). Or, related to etymology 2, due to the bird's loud cry. Folk etymology associates it slang-wise with lunatic, though the latter may have influenced it; see loony.
Senses: examples: text: An electric fire came next, followed by an umbrella and then a colander. "This bowl will carry no water," he muttered. "Some loon hath pierced it with holes."
ref: 1971, Richard Carpenter, Catweazle and the Magic Zodiac, Harmondsworth: Puffin Books, page 67:
text: What's it like to be a loon? / I liken it to a balloon
ref: 1971, Marc Bolan, “Cosmic Dancer”, in Electric Warrior, performed by T. Rex:
glosses: A crazy or deranged person; a lunatic.
examples: text: The diuell damne thee blacke, thou cream-fac'd Loone: Where got'ſt thou that Gooſe-looke.
ref: c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene iii], page 149:
glosses: An idler, a lout.
glosses: A boy, a lad.
glosses: A harlot; mistress.
glosses: A simpleton.
glosses: An English soldier of an expeditionary army in Ireland.
topics: engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
traffic
transport
glosses: A round area of pavement that protrudes from one side of a road to accommodate turning vehicles with a wide turning circle.
Synonyms: sense: crazy person
word: lunatic
sense: crazy person
word: psycho
sense: crazy person
word: wacko
sense: round area of pavement
word: bulb-out
Derived terms: conservaloon
gunloon
loon pants
loons
loonsome
Related terms: looney
loony
loonie
loon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈluːn/
rhymes: -uːn
Forms: form: loons
Etymology: Of North Germanic origin, from Old Norse lómr (“loon”), ultimately imitative of the bird's cry, particularly when it's in danger. Distantly related to lament, probably sharing Proto-Indo-European *leh₂- (expressive root).
Senses: examples: text: The Loone is an ill ſhap'd thing like a Cormorant; but that he can neyther goe nor flye; he maketh a noiſe ſometimes like a Sovvgelders horne.
ref: 1634, William Wood, “Of the Birds and Fowles both of Land and Water”, in New Englands Prospect. A True, Lively, and Experimentall Description of that Part of America, Commonly Called New England; […], London: […] Tho[mas] Cotes, for Iohn Bellamie, […], →OCLC, 1st part, page 31:
text: [O]h, yes! the loon does shriek dreadfully - particularly when there's fine rain […]
ref: 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H. L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 286:
text: He came again to her and she said: ‘Run swifter than the deer, be more cunning than the beaver, dive deeper than the loon.’
ref: 1903, Zane Grey, Betty Zane, New York, N.Y.: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, →OCLC:
text: And I listened for a voice;— / But my heart was all I heard; / Not a screech-owl, not a loon, / Not a tree-toad said a word.
ref: 1921, Edna St. Vincent Millay, “The Blue-Flag in the Bog”, in Second April:
glosses: Any of various birds, of the order Gaviiformes, of North America and Europe that dive for fish and have a short tail, webbed feet and a yodeling cry.
Synonyms: sense: bird of order Gaviiformes
word: diver
Derived terms: word: Arctic loon
taxonomic: Gavia arctica
word: black-throated loon
word: great northern loon
taxonomic: Gavia immer
word: common loon
word: loonie
taxonomic: Gavia pacifica
word: Pacific loon
taxonomic: Gavia stellata
word: red-throated loon
taxonomic: Gavia adamsii
word: yellow-billed loon
parastatal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /paɹəˈsteɪtəl/
ipa: /ˌpæɹəˈsteɪdəl/
Forms: form: parastatals
Etymology: From para- + statal.
Senses: glosses: A company, agency, or intergovernmental organization that possesses political clout and is separate from the government, but whose activities serve the state, either directly or indirectly.
Synonyms: quango
parastatal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /paɹəˈsteɪtəl/
ipa: /ˌpæɹəˈsteɪdəl/
Etymology: From para- + statal.
Senses: examples: text: ‘Parastatal’ organizations – local councils, representatives of business, the Red Cross – had been increasingly filling the gap left by the government’s maladministration [...].
ref: 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity: The First Three Thousand Years, Penguin, published 2010, page 918:
glosses: Pertaining to such a company or group.
zoophagous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /zəʊˈɒfəɡəs/
/zuːˈɒfəɡəs/
Etymology: zoo- + -phagous.
Senses: examples: text: A zoophagous insect.
text: My homicidal maniac is of a peculiar kind. I shall have to invent a new classification for him, and call him a zoöphagous (life-eating) maniac; what he desires is to absorb as many lives as he can, and he has laid himself out to achieve it in a cumulative way.
ref: 1897, Bram Stoker, chapter VI, in Dracula, New York: Grosset & Dunlap, page 67:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: carnivorous
Related terms: zoophagia
personage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɝsənɪd͡ʒ/
ipa: /ˈpɜːsənɪd͡ʒ/
Forms: form: personages
Etymology: From Middle French personnage, from Old French personage; by surface analysis, person + -age (compare French suffix -age).
Senses: examples: text: I can only say they have been in pretty close conversation several times of late, and, if I dared to think it of so very calm and dignified a personage, I should say that her color was a little heightened after one or more of these interviews.
ref: 1872, Oliver Wendell Holmes [Sr.], The Poet at the Breakfast-Table, page 230:
text: The Matchmaking Festival provided social events for these lonely-hearted pilgrims, and allowed local personages to keep undesirables away from their daughters.
ref: 2014, Lonely Planet, Best Place to be Today: 365 Things to do & the Perfect Day to do Them, →ISBN:
coordinate_terms: very important person
glosses: A person, especially one who is famous or important.
glosses: A character (in a film, book, play, etc).
glosses: The creation of corporate persons named after living people.
examples: text: But tell me, that haſt ſeene him, Menaphon,
What ſtature wields he, and what perſonage?
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 i:
glosses: Character represented; external appearance; persona.
ice cream soda
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ice cream sodas
form: ice-cream soda
form: icecream soda
Etymology: From ice cream + soda.
Senses: glosses: A beverage made by adding ice cream to a soft drink.
Related terms: cream soda
flexural
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From flexure + -al.
Senses: glosses: of, or relating to, flexure
Derived terms: nonflexural
postflexural
preflexural
there's no I in team
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Senses: examples: text: As Mr. Sloan always says, there is no "I" in "team", but there is an "I" in "pie". And there's an "I" in "meat pie". Anagram of "meat" is "team"… I don't know what he's talking about.
ref: 2004, Simon Pegg, Edgar Wright, Shaun of the Dead, spoken by Shaun (Simon Pegg):
glosses: Teamwork should focus on the needs of the team, not on the individual.
Related terms: take one for the team
cardinal adjective
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cardinal adjectives
Senses: glosses: A cardinal number used as an adjective.
Related terms: ordinal adjective
ordinal adjective
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ordinal adjectives
Senses: glosses: An ordinal number used as an adjective.
Related terms: cardinal adjective
BBC English
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A form of received pronunciation formerly used in British broadcasting.
′
Language: English
Part of speech: symbol
Senses: topics: human-sciences
lexicography
linguistics
sciences
glosses: marks stress.
wikipedia: primary stress
reduced vowel
cockade
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kɒkˈeɪd/
ipa: /kɑˈkeɪd/
rhymes: -eɪd
Forms: form: cockades
form: cocarde
Etymology: Partial calque of French cocarde.
Senses: examples: text: […] and Nature had moreover wrote GENTLEMAN with so fair a hand in every line of his countenance, that even his tarnish’d gold-laced hat and huge cockade of flimsy taffeta became him; […]
ref: 1761, [Laurence Sterne], chapter LXI, in The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, volume IV, London: […] R[obert] and J[ames] Dodsley […], →OCLC:
text: The escort were two mounted patriots in red caps and tri-coloured cockades, armed with national muskets and sabres, who rode one on either side of him.
ref: 1859, Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities, London: Chapman and Hall, […], →OCLC:
text: Through the park railings these glances beheld men and women riding in the Row, […] solitary horsemen looking unsociable, and solitary women followed at a long distance by a groom with a cockade to his hat and a leather belt over his tight-fitting coat.
ref: 1906 January–October, Joseph Conrad, chapter II, in The Secret Agent: A Simple Tale, London: Methuen & Co., […], published September 1907, →OCLC:
glosses: A rosette or knot of ribbon worn in a hat, especially as an office or party badge.
examples: text: On the bank of the river in French territory lies a wrecked plane bearing the cockade of the French service.
ref: 1920, “Nerve-Strain”, in James Norman Hall, Charles Nordhoff, editors, The Lafayette Flying Corps, volume 2, Houghton Mifflin Company, page 103:
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
synonyms: roundel
glosses: An emblem of concentric circles of different colours, identifying the country to which an aircraft belongs.
Derived terms: cockaded
century egg
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: century eggs
Senses: examples: text: Almonds, parched watermelon seeds—esteemed as a great delicacy—spareribs covered with a mixture of molasses sugar, fried fish, chicken livers and century eggs were put on the table at once.
ref: 1912 November 15, “Chop suey hoax exposed”, in The Mixer & Server, volume 21, number 11, page 35:
text: More or less is heard about the Chinese "century eggs." These are duck eggs which have been preserved by a coating of mud, rice hulls, lime and wood ashes.
ref: 1922 December 20, E. C. Heinsohn, “Eggs and Poultry in China”, in The Egg Reporter, page 28:
text: In the middle of the platter were century eggs, eggs which have been left in lime for a long, long time until the yolk has become dark and the white gelatinous.
ref: 1953, Dorothy Snapp McCammon, We tried to stay, page 95:
text: There are many varieties of congee but the most common is this salted pork with century egg.
ref: 2015, Deborah Lowe Kwok Yun, The Little Cantonese Cookbook:
text: King Chef (2F Main Mall, 0932 323 1871) serves healthy food and authentic Cantonese cuisine in a fine dining setup. For Father's Day, treat the whole family to its dim sum platters! It has a roasted platter which includes soyed chicken, roast duck, barbecued pork asado, fried five-spice roll, and soyed cucumber with century egg. Another option is the steamed dim sum platter, where you can devour a spread of hakaw, pork & shrimp siomai, Japanese siomai, beancurd roll, and Taosi spareribs.
ref: 2022 June 18, “Go on a Binondo food trip this Father's Day at Lucky Chinatown”, in Manila Bulletin, Manila: Manila Bulletin Publishing Corporation, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 22 Jun 2022:
synonyms: preserved egg
hundred-year egg
thousand-year egg
thousand-year-old egg
millennium egg
pidan
songhuadan
pei daan
glosses: A Chinese delicacy made by preserving a duck, chicken or quail egg in a mixture of clay, ash, salt, quicklime and rice hulls for several weeks to several months, depending on the method of processing.
catch air
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: catches air
form: catching air
form: caught air
form: caught air
Senses: qualifier: board sports
glosses: To make a jump.
Derived terms: catch big air
catch big air
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: catches big air
form: catching big air
form: caught big air
form: caught big air
Senses: glosses: (Extreme sports) Superlative of catch air; make a big jump high off the ground
Baltic Sea
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: bäl′-tĭk sē′
ipa: /ˈbɑl.tɪk ˈsi/
rhymes: -iː
Forms: form: the Baltic Sea
Senses: glosses: A sea in Northern Europe, an arm of the Atlantic enclosed by Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia and Sweden.
cook-off
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cook-offs
Etymology: From cook + -off.
Senses: glosses: A cooking contest.
Related terms: bake-off
cook-off
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cook-offs
Etymology: Deverbal from cook off.
Senses: topics: chemistry
government
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
war
glosses: The accidental detonation of explosives as the result of excessive heat.
hinting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhɪntɪŋ/
rhymes: -ɪntɪŋ
Forms: form: hintings
Senses: examples: text: Risa herself was questioned, as she expected, but the ladies took their cue from Marie and appeared content with her somewhat short answers, even when she only turned her gaze downward and blushed at the hintings at her betrothal.
ref: 2009, Sarah Zettel, In Camelot's Shadow:
glosses: The act of giving a hint or suggestion.
topics: media
publishing
typography
glosses: The process of adding hints to a computer-based font in order to align the glyphs to a rasterized grid at specific sizes in a visually appealing manner.
Derived terms: type hinting
Related terms: antialiasing
hinting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhɪntɪŋ/
rhymes: -ɪntɪŋ
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of hint
yume
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: yumes
Etymology: Possibly borrowed from Japanese 夢(ゆめ) (yume).
Senses: topics: lifestyle
glosses: Synonym of selfshipper.
synonyms: word: selfshipper
yume
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: yumes
form: yumeing
form: yume'd
form: yume'd
Etymology: Possibly borrowed from Japanese 夢(ゆめ) (yume).
Senses: topics: lifestyle
glosses: Synonym of selfship.
synonyms: word: selfship
Related terms: fictional other
Aremark
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A municipality of Østfold, Norway.
Fredrikstad
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Norwegian Fredrikstad.
Senses: glosses: A city and municipality of Viken, Eastern Norway, Norway.
Sarpsborg
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Norwegian Sarpsborg.
Senses: glosses: A city in Østfold, Norway.
BAF
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: British Allergy Foundation
glosses: Bangladesh Air Force
gramercy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡɹəˈmɝ.si/
ipa: /ˈɡɹæm.ɚ.si/
ipa: /ɡɹəˈmɜː.si/
ipa: /ˈɡɹæm.ə.si/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)si
Forms: form: gramercies
form: gra'mercy
form: gra-mercy
form: grand mercy
Etymology: From Middle English gramerci, from Old French grant merci (“great thanks”). Still in use in south of France's Provençal language as 'gramerci'.
Senses: glosses: Thanks.
brotherhood
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɹʌð.ɚˌhʊd/
ipa: /ˈbɹʌð.əˌhʊd/
ipa: /ˈbɹʊð.əˌhʊd/
note: Northern England, H-dropping
ipa: /ˈbɹʊð.əˌɹʊd/
Forms: form: brotherhoods
Etymology: From Middle English brotherhod, equivalent to brother + -hood, from earlier brotherhede, alteration (influenced by suffixes in -hood, -head) of Early Middle English brotherrede (“brotherhood, fraternity”), from Old English brōþorrǣden (“brotherhood, fellowship”), equivalent to brother + -red (see brotherred). More at brother, -red.
Senses: examples: text: brotherdom
text: "Read lips: Without gas or without you? Without you. Without light or without you? Without you. Without water or without you? Without you. Without food or without you? Without you.
"Cold, hunger, darkness and thirst are not as terrible and deadly for us as your "friendship and brotherhood."
ref: 2022 September 11, Scott McDonald, quoting President Volodymyr Zelensky, “Cold, Hunger and Darkness in Ukraine 'Not as Terrible' as Russia: Zelensky”, in Newsweek, archived from the original on 12 Sep 2022:
glosses: The state of being brothers or a brother (also figuratively).
examples: text: James formed a kind of brotherhood for ex-pats who were working in Valencia.
glosses: An association of people for any purpose, such as a society of monks; a fraternity.
examples: text: the legal brotherhood
text: the medical brotherhood
glosses: All the people engaged in the same business, especially those of the same profession
examples: text: a brotherhood of venerable trees
ref: 1800, William Wordsworth, Degenerate Douglas:
glosses: People, or (poetically) things, of the same kind.
Synonyms: word: fraternity
word: association
word: fellowship
word: sodality
word: brethren
word: brolationship
word: brotherhood
word: brotherness
word: brothership
word: confraternity
Hypernyms: topics: state
word: siblinghood
word: kinship
word: relationship
Hyponyms: word: stepbrotherhood
word: sisterhood
word: sistership
word: sorority
Derived terms: blackhood
blood brotherhood
brotherhood-in-arms
Related terms: word: sisterhood
word: friendship
monopode
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: monopodes
Etymology: From mono- + -pode.
Senses: glosses: Someone or something with one foot.
Derived terms: monopodous
ant-eater
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ant-eaters
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of anteater.
TDA
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: banking
business
glosses: Initialism of time deposit account.
qualifier: criminal law
glosses: Initialism of taking and driving away.
TDA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: The Administration’s request of $12 million will allow TDA to conduct an orderly closeout of the agency beginning in 2018, which includes sufficient funding for personnel, rent, program, and other closeout costs.
ref: 2017 May 23, Gregory Krieg and Will Mullery, “Trump’s budget by the numbers: What gets cut and why”, in CNN:
glosses: Initialism of Trade and Development Agency.
examples: text: Homeland Security officials began working to compile the data on TDA this spring after they saw a spike in crime by gang members in New York and other cities across the U.S.
ref: 2024 October 23, Julia Ainsley, “DHS is seeking more than 600 migrants for possible ties to Venezuelan gang”, in NBC News:
related: word: TdA
glosses: Initialism of Tren de Aragua.
cruciverbalist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌkɹuːsɪˈvɜː(ɹ)bəlɪst/
Forms: form: cruciverbalists
Etymology: From cruci- (“cross”) + verbal (“words”) + -ist (“agent, person”), from Latin roots crux (“cross”) and verbum (“word”).
Senses: glosses: A person who constructs or solves crosswords.
Related terms: cruciverbalism
cruciverbalism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: 1990, cruci- (“cross”) + verbal (“words”) + -ism (“pertaining to”), from Latin roots crux (“cross”) and verbum (“word”).
Cognate to Italian cruciverba.
Senses: glosses: The construction of crosswords.
Related terms: crucify
crucifix
cruciform
cruciverbalist
bandileer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bandileers
Senses: examples: text: Fig. 7. A set of bandileers, with powder flask, and bullet bag.
ref: 1786, Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page xvi:
glosses: Obsolete form of bandoleer.
svcs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of services.
defamiliarisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /diːfəˌmɪljəɹaɪˈzeɪʃən/
Forms: form: defamiliarisations
form: defamiliarization
Etymology: From de- + familiar + -isation; possibly a calque of Russian остранение (ostranenije) as used by Russian critic Viktor Shklovsky.
Senses: examples: text: It therefore works via a process of ‘defamiliarisation’ (ostranenie) (Shklovsky instances defamiliarisation as an effect to be found in riddles with their play on words, and in euphemistic references to erotic subjects).
ref: 1991, Antony Easthope, Literary Into Cultural Studies:
text: Fourth, and finally, while postmodernist works like Lodge’s Changing Places and Small World give the impression of being satires, because of their self-conscious and rather thick use of parody as a means to defamiliarisation, along with their presentation of a humorous world, the satirical attack is actually deflected or blunted by the parody.
ref: 1991, Brian A. Connery, “Inside Jokes: Familiarity and Contempt in Academic Satire”, in David Bevan, editor, University Fiction:
text: The fact that defamiliarisation need not be understood solely in linguistic terms is evident in all kinds of aesthetic experience: for example, a painting or a piece of music can also be understood as ‘defamiliarising’ habitual perceptions.
ref: 1997, Andrew Bowie, From Romanticism to Critical Theory:
topics: art
arts
synonyms: ostranenie
coordinate_terms: Verfremdungseffekt
glosses: The representation of objects anew, in a way that we do not recognize, or that changes our reading of them.
wikipedia: Viktor Shklovsky
credible
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɹɛdəbəl/
Forms: form: more credible
form: most credible
Etymology: From Middle English credible, borrowed from Middle French credible, from Latin crēdibilis (“worthy of belief”), from crēdō (“believe”); see credit.
Senses: examples: text: credible alibi
text: think up a credible excuse
text: While WMRE makes clear that electrification is the only credible option to decarbonise, it says that bi-mode trains could be used in the interim.
ref: 2022 December 28, Philip Haigh, “Building the case for West Midlands rail improvements”, in RAIL, number 973, page 25:
text: What society classifies as “credible” is almost always a product of whichever social demographic happens to be economically dominant at the time of the classification.
ref: 2022, Chuck Klosterman, The Nineties, New York: Penguin Press, →ISBN:
glosses: Believable or plausible.
examples: text: credible sources
glosses: Dependable, trustworthy, or reliable.
examples: text: credible acting
glosses: Authentic or convincing.
Derived terms: credibleness
credibly
discredible
Related terms: credibility
credit
credence
credential
street cred
Germans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈd͡ʒɜːmənz/
ipa: /ˈd͡ʒɝmənz/
Senses: glosses: plural of German
Wahhabis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Wahhabi
aardvarks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aardvark
abandonments
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of abandonment
abandons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of abandon
abandons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abandoned children; foundlings.
glosses: Prostitutes.
abandons
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of abandon
abatements
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of abatement
abbreviators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of abbreviator
yarak
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈja.ɹak/
Etymology: From Persian یارکی (yâraki, “power, strength, ability, boldness”).
Senses: examples: text: Kay began walking off in the wrong direction, raging in his heart because he knew that he had flown the bird when he was not properly in yarak, and the Wart had to shout after him the right way.
ref: 1958, T[erence] H[anbury] White, chapter II, in The Once and Future King, New York, N.Y.: G. P. Putnam's Sons, →ISBN, book I (The Sword in the Stone):
topics: falconry
hobbies
hunting
lifestyle
glosses: A super-alert state where the bird is hungry, but not weak, in a trance-like state of alertness and ready to hunt.
aerodynamic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: âr′-ō-dī-nă′-mĭk
ipa: /ˌɛɹ.oʊ.daɪˈnæ.mɪk/
rhymes: -æmɪk
Forms: form: more aerodynamic
form: most aerodynamic
Etymology: From aero- + dynamic.
Senses: examples: text: The faster an F1 car goes, the more turbulent the aerodynamic wake it leaves behind it.
ref: 2024 April 3, Joe Holding, Rebecca Braybrook, “What do DRS, black and white flag, porpoising and more mean? F1 terms explained”, in Autosport:
glosses: Of, or relating to the science of aerodynamics.
examples: text: aerodynamic plane
text: aerodynamic vehicle
text: aerodynamic wings
glosses: Having a shape that reduces drag when moving through the air.
Derived terms: aerodynamical
aerodynamically
aerodynamicist
aerodynamicity
aerodynamicness
electroaerodynamic
nonaerodynamic
superaerodynamic
rotating
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: rotating machinery
glosses: undergoing physical rotation
examples: text: a rotating presidency
glosses: that proceeds in sequence or in turns
Derived terms: non-rotating
nonrotating
rotating beacon
rotating chair
rotatingly
rotating magnetic field
rotating radio transient
rotating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of rotate
Lasa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: läʹsäʹ
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 拉薩／拉萨 (Lāsà).
Senses: examples: text: The head of the Buddhist religion for the Mongols is Dalai Lama who dwells in Lasa, Tibet. They believe that whatever comes from Tibet is holy and the Tibetan priests take full advantage of this faith of the Mongol people to enrich themselves. The Mongols in great caravans make pilgrimages to this holy city, Lasa, though they must pass through deserts with drifting sands and through rivers and over mountains and are plundered by robbers, and many fall by the way.
ref: 1940, “The Mongolia Field”, in O. C. Grauer, editor, Fifty Wonderful Years: Missionary Service in Foreign Lands, Chicago: Scandinavian Alliance Mission, →OCLC, page 236:
text: Lhasa (Lasa) is Tibet's capital and largest town, with a population of close to 140,000 in 1977. It lies north of the Brahmaputra River near the eastern end of the valley region. The city is dominated by the Potala, a monumental structure that was the spiritual and temporal center of traditional Tibet. Shigatse (Rikazi), to the west of Lhasa, is a second major town, with a population of about 40,000.
ref: 1979, Frederic M. Kaplan, Julian M. Sobin, Stephen Andors, “Land and Population”, in Encyclopedia of China Today, Eurasia Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 40, column 1:
text: In the Qaidam Basin, a 1,100-kilometer pipeline is being completed to Lhasa (Lasa), clearly for military use. This one line alone represents 19 percent of China’s total oil pipeline kilometerage and 16 percent of its total oil and gas pipelines (Table 5.5).
ref: 1982, A. A. Meyerhoff, “China's Petroleum Industry: Geology, Reserves, Technology, and Policies”, in David C. Buxbaum, Cassondra E. Joseph, Paul D. Reynolds, editors, China Trade: Prospects and Perspectives, Praeger Publishers, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 102:
glosses: Alternative form of Lhasa (capital city of Tibet): the Mandarin Chinese-derived name.
incentivize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪnˈsɛntɪvaɪz/
Forms: form: incentivizes
form: incentivizing
form: incentivized
form: incentivized
form: incentivise
Etymology: From incentive + -ize.
Senses: examples: text: The US government seeks to incentivize home ownership through a favorable tax system.
text: City staff are recommending ways Toronto can incentivize the construction of 20,000 purpose-built rental homes.
ref: 2024 October 30, Ethan Lang, “Toronto council to consider rental development incentives”, in CBC.ca:
topics: business
economics
sciences
glosses: To provide incentives for; to encourage.
examples: text: They effectively incentivized people to overinvest in home ownership.
topics: business
economics
sciences
glosses: To provide incentives to.
Derived terms: deincentivize
incentivization
incentivizer
nonincentivized
reincentivize
unincentivized
Related terms: incent
psychotropic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌsaɪkəˈtɹɒpɪk/
rhymes: -ɒpɪk
Forms: form: more psychotropic
form: most psychotropic
Etymology: From psycho- + -tropic.
Senses: examples: text: “Medication can be part of a psychotropic arsenal,” he said, discussing one therapist who urged him to stop taking Xanax so he could address his anxiety directly and not mask the physical symptoms.
ref: 2014 January 28, Kat Kinsman, “10 things we learned about surviving anxiety”, in CNN:
topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
synonyms: psychoactive
mind-altering
glosses: Affecting the mind or mental processes.
psychotropic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌsaɪkəˈtɹɒpɪk/
rhymes: -ɒpɪk
Forms: form: psychotropics
Etymology: From psycho- + -tropic.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A psychotropic drug or agent.
Related terms: psychotropism
brown bear
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: brown bears
Senses: glosses: A species of bears native to northern America, Europe and Asia having brownish fur. (Ursus arctos)
Hyponyms: grizzly bear
Kodiak bear
Derived terms: East Siberian brown bear
Eurasian brown bear
Kamchatka brown bear
Related terms: bruin
Emerson
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɛmə.sən/
ipa: /ˈɛmɚ.sən/
Forms: form: Emmerson
Etymology: From Emery + -son.
Senses: glosses: A surname originating as a patronymic.
glosses: A male given name transferred from the surname.
glosses: A female given name transferred from the surname.
glosses: Ralph Waldo Emerson, American writer.
glosses: A city in Georgia, Bartow County, United States.
glosses: A city in Mills County, Iowa.
glosses: A town in Manitoba.
glosses: A village in Nebraska.
glosses: A borough of Bergen County, New Jersey.
Derived terms: Emerson effect
Emerson Park
Emersons Green
Fleming
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈflɛmɪŋ/
Forms: form: Flemings
Etymology: From Middle English flameng, from late Old Norse Flæmingi, from Old Norse Flǽmingr, Middle Dutch Vlaminc, Vleminc, from Old Frisian (unattested) (compare West Frisian Flaming), from Proto-Germanic *flaumaz (“flowing, current (water)”) and the patronymic suffix *-ingaz (“belonging to, descended from”). More at Flanders.
Senses: examples: , Episode 12, The Cyclops
--And our eyes are on Europe, says the citizen. We had our trade with Spain and the French and with the Flemings before those mongrels were pupped, Spanish ale in Galway, the winebark on the winedark waterway.
glosses: A native or inhabitant of Flanders in Belgium.
Related terms: Flemish
Fleming
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈflɛmɪŋ/
Etymology: From Middle English flameng, from late Old Norse Flæmingi, from Old Norse Flǽmingr, Middle Dutch Vlaminc, Vleminc, from Old Frisian (unattested) (compare West Frisian Flaming), from Proto-Germanic *flaumaz (“flowing, current (water)”) and the patronymic suffix *-ingaz (“belonging to, descended from”). More at Flanders.
Senses: examples: Ian Fleming, English writer.
Sir Alexander Fleming, Scottish bacteriologist.
glosses: An English surname transferred from the nickname [in turn originating as an ethnonym].
glosses: A male given name transferred from the surname.
glosses: A town and locality in the Northern Territory, Australia.
glosses: A town in Saskatchewan, Canada.
glosses: A neighbourhood of Alexandria, Egypt.
glosses: A neighbourhood of Rome, Italy.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A statutory town in Logan County, Colorado.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Liberty County, Georgia.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Redding Township, Jackson County, Indiana.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Crawford County, Kansas.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A tiny city in Ray County, Missouri; a suburb of Kansas City.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town and hamlet in Cayuga County, New York.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A small unincorporated community in Washington County, Ohio.
Derived terms: Bratton Fleming
Fleming County
Flemingsburg
Fleming's right-hand rule
Flemington
Kirkpatrick-Fleming
Stoke Fleming
Related terms: Walloon
foolhardy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfuːlhɑːdi/
ipa: /ˈfulˌhɑɹdi/
Forms: form: foolhardier
form: more foolhardy
form: foolhardiest
form: most foolhardy
form: fool-hardy
Etymology: From Middle English folehardy, foolhardi, folherdi, from Old French fol hardi (“foolishly bold”), from Old French fol (“foolish, silly; insane, mad”) (from Latin follis (“bellows; purse, sack; inflated ball; belly, paunch”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵʰ- (“to swell”)) + Old French hardi (“durable, hardy, tough”) (past tense of hardir (“to harden”), from the unattested Frankish *hartjan, from Proto-Germanic *harduz (“hard; brave”)), equivalent to fool + hardy. Compare fool-bold, fool-large, etc.
Senses: examples: text: The master's pulse stood still, and he stared helplessly. The buzz of study ceased. The pupils wondered if this fool-hardy boy had lost his mind.
ref: 1876, Mark Twain [pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], chapter VI, in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Hartford, Conn.: The American Publishing Company, →OCLC, page 68:
text: In the middle distance several foolhardy souls in wet suits were surfing toward some foamy outbursts on the rocky headland; nearer in, a scattering of paddlers was being continually and, it seemed, happily engulfed by explosive waves.
ref: 2000, Bill Bryson, chapter 1, in In a Sunburned Country, 1st US edition, New York, N.Y.: Broadway Books, →ISBN, page 14:
text: It is a reckless, foolhardy leap into the unknown and the prelude, perhaps, to what the existentialist writer Albert Camus described in La chute – a fall from grace, in every conceivable sense.
ref: 2017 March 26, “The Observer view on triggering article 50: As Britain hurtles towards the precipice, truth and democracy are in short supply”, in The Observer, London, archived from the original on 30 Aug 2017:
glosses: Marked by unthinking recklessness with disregard for danger; boldly rash; hotheaded.
Synonyms: bold
daring
foolish
irresponsible
rash
reckless
Derived terms: word: foolhardice
word: foolhardihood
word: foolhardily
word: foolhardiness
foolhardy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfuːlhɑːdi/
ipa: /ˈfulˌhɑɹdi/
Forms: form: foolhardies
form: fool-hardy
Etymology: From Middle English folehardy, foolhardi, folherdi, from Old French fol hardi (“foolishly bold”), from Old French fol (“foolish, silly; insane, mad”) (from Latin follis (“bellows; purse, sack; inflated ball; belly, paunch”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵʰ- (“to swell”)) + Old French hardi (“durable, hardy, tough”) (past tense of hardir (“to harden”), from the unattested Frankish *hartjan, from Proto-Germanic *harduz (“hard; brave”)), equivalent to fool + hardy. Compare fool-bold, fool-large, etc.
Senses: examples: text: Resentful of the saddle-fast stranger, eight foolhardies return for more adventure.
ref: 1977, Rolf R. Mueller, Festival and Fiction in Heinrich Wittenwiler's Ring, page 26:
text: Some foolhardies in the schoolhouse laughed at him then and Griff stuck their heads into toilets, one by one over the next week.
ref: 2019, Colson Whitehead, The Nickel Boys:
glosses: A person who is foolhardy.
fire at will
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: text: All cruisers, fire at will! Burn their mongrel hides!
ref: 2007 September 25, Bungie, Halo 3, spoken by Rtas 'Vadum (Robert Davi), Microsoft Game Studios, Xbox 360, level/area: The Ark:
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Fire when ready. A command that allows troops to use weapons at their discretion and choose their own targets, allowing the individual soldier a greater freedom of timing the shot with target movement and similar.
firepower
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: firepowers
Etymology: From fire + power.
Senses: glosses: The capacity of a weapon to deliver fire onto a target.
glosses: The ability to deliver fire.
examples: text: He'd have to be on every one of his toes, because Larry Cohen, the insurance company's lawyer, would protect the doctor with every bit of legal firepower at his disposal.
ref: 2009, James Scott Bell, No Legal Grounds, page 18:
text: United's stature is such that one result must not bring the immediate announcement of a shift in the balance of power in Manchester - but the swathes of empty seats around Old Trafford and the wave of attacks pouring towards David de Gea's goal in the second half emphasised that City quite simply have greater firepower and talent in their squad at present.
ref: 2011 October 23, Phil McNulty, “Man Utd 1 - 6 Man City”, in BBC Sport:
text: It was not as if the Knicks were short on firepower, at least. Derrick Rose scored a season-high 30 points. He played like the point guard the Knicks surely hoped they had acquired in June.
ref: 2016 November 28, Mike Vorkunov, “Despite Flash of Rose’s Prime, Knicks Are Dazed by Westbrook and Thunder”, in The New York Times:
glosses: The ability and resources to dominate.
Derived terms: firepower kill