cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
nihilistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more nihilistic
form: most nihilistic
Etymology: From nihilist + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: Some of his gloomy judgments have tempted critics to the conclusion that Kazantzakis was even more nihilistic than Nietzsche, and this book can support that view.
ref: 1965 August 13, “Books: Last Testament”, in Time:
text: The bombing comes over a week after ISD released a report about how nihilistic worldviews are fueling violence in the US and Europe.
ref: 2025 May 21, Manisha Krishnan, “IVF Clinic Bombing Suspect Was Linked to ‘Anti-Life’ Ideology. Experts Fear Its Growing Influence”, in WIRED, archived from the original on 21 May 2025:
glosses: Of or relating to nihilism.
Derived terms: antinihilistic
nihilistically
unnihilistic
naive
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: nī-ēv′
enpr: nä-ēv′
ipa: /naɪˈiːv/
ipa: /nɑːˈiːv/
note: Indic
ipa: /naˈjiv/
rhymes: -iːv
Forms: form: naives
form: naïve
Etymology: Borrowed from French naïve, feminine form of naïf, from Latin nātīvus (“native, natural”). Doublet of native.
Senses: examples: text: As a seasoned woman—of nineteen—I felt it was my place to tell each of these naïves that such plans were easier made than followed.
ref: 2010, Daphne Oz, The Dorm Room Diet:
text: In other words, they'd buy securities from these naives for 55 and sell them similar securities for 65. In plain English, they'd pay $550 per $1,000 bond and turn right around and sell them similar stuff for $650.
ref: 2018, King Midas, Stupid Brokers - Stupid Clients:
glosses: A naive person; a greenhorn.
macao
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: macaos
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of macaw (“parrot”).
bend over backwards
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: bends over backwards
form: bending over backwards
form: bent over backwards
form: bent over backwards
form: bend over backward
Senses: examples: text: They bent over backwards to make sure everything was just right for the visit.
text: The police were plainly on his side. Lawyers helped, too, with a letter he used to justify his strategy. And of course the government of the day bent over backwards to ensure nothing would stand in the way of the media baron's ambitions.
ref: 2011 July 27, Jon Henley, “Rupert Murdoch and the battle of Wapping: 25 years on”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
synonyms: lean over backwards
glosses: To make a great effort; to take extraordinary care; to go to great lengths.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bend over, backwards.
Synonyms: go to great lengths
go to the ends of the earth
jump through hoops
move heaven and earth
spare no effort
book worm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: book worms
Senses: qualifier: perhaps archaic
glosses: Alternative form of bookworm.
asking price
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: asking prices
Senses: topics: business
finance
synonyms: ask price
antonyms: bidding price
bid price
glosses: The list price or sticker price of an item; the price without any discounts or incentives.
hear through the grapevine
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: hears through the grapevine
form: hearing through the grapevine
form: heard through the grapevine
form: heard through the grapevine
Etymology: From the Grapevine, a telegraph line that ran from Placerville, California, to Virginia City, Nevada, beginning in 1859, and that was loosely strung from trees so that it curled like the vines of California grapes. In 1861 it was replaced by the Pacific Telegraph, which was strung from poles, and during the American Civil War "grapevine telegraph" became proverbialized to refer to poor and rumor-prone communications in areas cut off by the war.
Senses: examples: text: I heard through the grapevine that she likes him.
text: I heard it through the grapevine / Not much longer would you be mine
ref: 1966, Norman Whitfield, Barrett Strong, I Heard It Through the Grapevine:
glosses: To hear rumors; to learn through hearsay.
Synonyms: hear on the grapevine
hear on the bush telegraph
let on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: lets on
form: letting on
form: let on
form: let on
Senses: examples: text: The bus is full now. I can't let any more people on.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see let, on.
examples: text: I tried not to let on that I had already guessed the answer.
text: He's more self-centered than he lets on.
glosses: to reveal or indicate, especially unintentionally or against one's wishes
Synonyms: disclose
divulge
give away
have the hots for
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: has the hots for
form: having the hots for
form: had the hots for
form: had the hots for
Senses: examples: text: Whoa. Wait a minute, Doc. Are you trying to tell me that my mother has got the hots for me?
ref: 1985, Robert Zemeckis, Bob Gale, Back to the Future, spoken by Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox):
text: I met this chick and she just moved right up the block from me / And uh, she got the hots for me
ref: 2002, “Dilemma”, in Nellyville, performed by Nelly ft. Kelly Rowland:
text: “How was Hubertus? Bernard thought he might have the hots for you, to put it bluntly.”
ref: 2003, William Gibson, Pattern Recognition (Bigend cycle; book 1), New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, →ISBN, page 87:
glosses: To be attracted (sexually or romantically) to (someone); to fancy someone.
ahead of the curve
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: glosses: Changing before competitors.
glosses: Above average; generally performing well.
behest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɪˈhɛst/
ipa: /bɪˈhɛst/
ipa: /biˈhɛst/
ipa: /bɪˈhest/
ipa: /biˈhest/
rhymes: -ɛst
Forms: form: behests
form: behesting
form: behested
form: behested
Etymology: From Middle English biheste, from Old English behǣs (“vow, promise”), from Proto-West Germanic *bihaisi, from *bi- (“be-”) + *haisi (“command”), from Proto-Germanic *haisiz, from *haitaną (“to command”). Final -t by analogy with other similar words in -t. Related to Old English behātan (“to command, promise”), Middle Low German beheit, behēt (“a promise”). Compare also hest (“command”), hight.
Senses: glosses: To promise; vow.
all one's eggs in one basket
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From put all one's eggs in one basket.
Senses: examples: text: The stock market decline wouldn’t have hurt him so badly if he hadn’t had all his eggs in one basket.
glosses: The state of having invested heavily in just one area.
examples: text: At his age, he won't get another shot; he really has all his eggs in this one basket.
text: We have 72% of our income from fares. That can work in good times. But COVID has exposed that we had all our eggs in one basket, dangerously over-reliant on one source of funding that is subject to the whims of the economy... or viruses.
ref: 2020 December 2, Andy Byford talks to Paul Clifton, “I enjoy really big challenges...”, in Rail, page 50:
glosses: The state of having devoted all of one’s resources to one thing.
full of it
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more full of it
form: most full of it
Senses: examples: text: Do you believe him? I think he's full of it.
glosses: Minced oath of full of shit.
Related terms: full of hot air
full of oneself
baloney
talk through one's hat
at a moment's notice
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: The soldiers were ready at a moment's notice.
glosses: Immediately; instantaneously; without need of warning.
Related terms: at the drop of a hat
talk a mile a minute
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: talks a mile a minute
form: talking a mile a minute
form: talked a mile a minute
form: talked a mile a minute
Senses: examples: text: They spent the whole visit talking a mile a minute, and then went home and phoned each other!
text: He talks a mile a minute in wildly over-egged adjectives and mainly looks after the business side of BrewDog: money, marketing, strategy.
ref: 2016 March 24, Jon Henley, “The aggressive, outrageous, infuriating (and ingenious) rise of BrewDog”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: To speak quickly or excessively.
Related terms: mile a minute
all things being equal
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: So, all things being equal, who would you like to date?
glosses: Without considering or being affected by external factors.
Synonyms: all else being equal
all else the same
all other things being equal
ceteris paribus
other things being equal
above and beyond
Language: English
Part of speech: prep
Etymology: Shortened from the phrase above and beyond the call of duty, referring to heroic behavior during a military operation (“conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of life above and beyond the call of duty”), traditionally used in citations of awards of a U.S. Medal of Honor.
Senses: examples: text: The hospital staff often go above and beyond what is required of them.
text: Putting in overtime with no pay is above and beyond the call of duty.
text: And what incredible access we were given (and thus passed on via the magic of television to a potentially huge audience), because of the work put in by the production team and TfL staff going above and beyond the call of duty.
ref: 2021 June 30, Tim Dunn, “How we made... Secrets of the London Underground”, in RAIL, number 934, page 49:
glosses: Further than; doing more than is expected or required.
above and beyond
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: Shortened from the phrase above and beyond the call of duty, referring to heroic behavior during a military operation (“conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of life above and beyond the call of duty”), traditionally used in citations of awards of a U.S. Medal of Honor.
Senses: examples: text: Boy, they sure went above and beyond when they were planning this party!
glosses: Doing more than is expected or required.
Related terms: extraordinary
supererogation
superlative
another nail in someone's coffin
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Forms: form: nail in one's coffin
form: another nail in the coffin
Senses: examples: text: Following the divorce and the lawsuit, bankruptcy is just another nail in his coffin.
glosses: An event that increases the likelihood of or causes further failure.
Related terms: final nail in the coffin
back to square one
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Probably from a metaphorical use of the children’s games snakes and ladders.
Senses: examples: text: After spending six hours on the intake we realized that there was nothing wrong with it, so we are back to square one.
text: Withal he has the problem of maintaining the interest of the reader who is always being sent back to square one in a sort of intellectual game of snakes and ladders.
ref: 1952, Edward Maurice Hugh-Jones, “The American Economy, 1860-1940. by A. J. Youngson Brown”, in The Economic Journal, page 411:
glosses: Located back at the start, as after a dead end or failure.
back to square one
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: Probably from a metaphorical use of the children’s games snakes and ladders.
Senses: examples: text: After spending six hours on the intake we realized that there was nothing wrong with it, so we went back to square one.
glosses: Back to the start, as after a dead end or failure.
Related terms: back to the drawing board
chum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /t͡ʃʌm/
rhymes: -ʌm
Forms: form: chums
form: choom
Etymology: 1675–85; of uncertain origin, possibly from cham, shortening of chambermate, or from comrade. Less likely from Welsh cymrawd (“fellow”), compare brawd (“brother”).
Senses: examples: text: He looked down upon the girl beside him—a daughter of the desert walking across the face of a dead world with a son of the jungle. He smiled at the thought. He wished that he had had a sister, and that she had been like this girl. What a bully chum she would have been!
ref: 1913 June–December, Edgar Rice Burroughs, “Through the Valley of the Shadow”, in The Return of Tarzan, New York, N.Y.: A[lbert] L[evi] Burt Company, […], published March 1915, →OCLC, page 137:
text: That made Thad think of Mark Twain, and he wondered whether the illustrious Tom Sawyer and his chum, Huckleberry Finn, had ever arranged a more fetching reception committee than this one[…]
ref: 1919, Donald Ferguson, chapter 13, in The Chums of Scranton High, or Hugh Morgan's Uphill Fight, Cleveland; New York: The World Syndicate Publishing Co., page 114:
text: Looking at the backgrounds of the leading personalities in the Brexit drama, it is hard not to conclude that Britain has been led into crisis in large part by a bunch of old chums who spent the last year holed up in a political hall of mirrors, plotting with and scheming against one another.
ref: 2016 July 7, Sarah Lyall, “British Politics Gives a Sense of Government by Old School Chums”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
synonyms: word: babber
word: billy
word: bredrin
word: bruv
word: bud
word: buddo
word: buddy
word: butty
word: chaver
word: china
word: chuck
word: chum
word: cock
word: cocker
word: cobber
word: compadre
word: comrade
word: companion
word: cove
word: crony
word: dawg
word: dude
word: duck
word: fam
word: fettler
word: friend
word: geez
word: geezer
word: gink
word: good old boy
word: homeskillet
word: homie
word: kith
word: lover
word: marrow
word: mate
word: matey
word: mucker
word: old bean
word: pal
word: pardner
word: peeps
word: shag
word: sport
word: surry
word: tovarish
word: wantok
glosses: A friend; a pal.
examples: text: Field had a 'chum,' or room-mate, whose visage was suggestive to the 'Sophs;' it invited experiment; it held out opportunity for their peculiar deviltry.
ref: 1856 February, Paul Siogvolk, “Schediasms: My College Friend, Bosworth Field”, in The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine, volume 47, number 2, page 161:
glosses: A roommate, especially in a college or university.
Derived terms: bum chum
chum in
chummage
chummery
chumming
chummo
chummy
chumocracy
chumship
chum up
dumb chum
new chum
Spec-chum
chum
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /t͡ʃʌm/
rhymes: -ʌm
Forms: form: chums
form: chumming
form: chummed
form: chummed
form: choom
Etymology: 1675–85; of uncertain origin, possibly from cham, shortening of chambermate, or from comrade. Less likely from Welsh cymrawd (“fellow”), compare brawd (“brother”).
Senses: examples: text: Henry Wotton and John Donne began to be friends when, as boys, they chummed together at Oxford, where Donne had gone at the age of twelve years.
ref: 1899, Clyde Bowman Furst, A Group of Old Authors:
text: A chap named Eleazir Kendrick and I had chummed in together the summer afore and built a fish-weir and shanty at Setuckit Point, down Orham way. For a spell we done pretty well.
ref: 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter I, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:
glosses: To share rooms with someone; to live together.
glosses: To lodge (somebody) with another person or people.
examples: text: I was not surprised to see somebody sitting aft, on the deck, with his legs dangling over the mud. You see I rather chummed with the few mechanics there were in that station, whom the other pilgrims naturally despised—on account of their imperfect manners, I suppose.
ref: 1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part I:
text: "You'll make yourself disliked on board!"
"By von Heumann merely."
"But is that wise when he's the man we've got to diddle?"
"The wisest thing I ever did. To have chummed up with him would have been fatal -- the common dodge."
ref: 1902, Ernest William Hornung, The Amateur Cracksman:
synonyms: chum up
glosses: To make friends; to socialize.
examples: text: I'll chum you down to the shops.
glosses: To accompany.
chum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /t͡ʃʌm/
rhymes: -ʌm
rhymes: -ʌm
ipa: /t͡ʃʌm/
rhymes: -ʌm
Etymology: Originally American English, from the 1850s. Perhaps from Powhatan.
Senses: examples: text: Near-synonym: shark bait
text: The whale’s floating body also forms a chum slick on the surface—a trail of blood, oil, and chunks of fat and flesh that might stretch for miles across the water. […] This chum slick is what attracts sharks from afar. Seabirds are drawn to it too.
ref: 2021 March 18, Sarah Zhang, “A Gruesome Feeding Frenzy in the Atlantic Ocean”, in The Atlantic:
text: Most of us have seen the movie “Jaws”. Sheriff Brody is complaining about being the lucky one in charge of creating a chum line out of the back of the boat. The bucket is full of an awful combination of fish parts and blood. As he ladles scoop after scoop into the ocean, clearly, it was ^([sic]) working…
ref: 2020, “The Best Methods to Go Chumming”, in Bait Binder, Coastal Baits, LLC, archived from the original on 27 Sep 2020:
topics: fishing
hobbies
lifestyle
glosses: A mixture of (frequently rancid) fish parts and blood, dumped into the water as groundbait to attract predator fish, such as sharks.
Derived terms: chumbox
chumbucket
chum in the water
chumsicle
Related terms: blood in the water
shark attack
chum
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /t͡ʃʌm/
rhymes: -ʌm
rhymes: -ʌm
ipa: /t͡ʃʌm/
rhymes: -ʌm
Forms: form: chums
form: chumming
form: chummed
form: chummed
Etymology: Originally American English, from the 1850s. Perhaps from Powhatan.
Senses: examples: text: He began to chum for sharks, using whale oil and chopped whale meat.
ref: 1983, Richard Ellis, The Book of Sharks, Knopf, →ISBN, page 176:
text: Small live baitfish are effective, and they will take bits of fresh cut fish when chummed strongly.
ref: 1996, Frank Sargeant, The Reef Fishing Book: A Complete Anglers Guide:
topics: fishing
hobbies
lifestyle
glosses: To cast chum into the water to attract fish.
Derived terms: chummer
chum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /t͡ʃʌm/
rhymes: -ʌm
rhymes: -ʌm
rhymes: -ʌm
ipa: /t͡ʃʌm/
rhymes: -ʌm
rhymes: -ʌm
Forms: form: chums
Senses: examples: text: ...self-supporting chum within the mould normally of corresponding and almost the same but lesser contour, whereby a space is provided between the chum and mould for the introduction of the powdered material and means for expanding the chum'.
ref: 1915, The Pottery & Glass Salesman, volume 11, O'Gorman Publishing Company.:
text: He uses a round slab of clay, which he places on top of the chum and commences to thump down around the sides.
ref: 1920, The South African Journal of Industries, volume 3, part 2, p. 820:
text: 1921, A Survey and Analysis of the Pottery Industry, bulletin no. 67, trade and industrial series no. 20, Washington: Federal Board for Vocational Training.
Chum,—A mold used on the whirler to hold ware for scraping and finishing.
text: Now that shapes were more uniform this was usually done on a horizontal lathe with the bowl automatically centred on a wooden chum
This is a more useful method: it is used in making oval casseroles. The liner is made by spreading a bat and tehn forming it over a felt-covered chum, oval in shape.
Chum or chuck: Lathe attachment for holding pots during turning process.
ref: 1972, Neal French, Industrial Ceramics—Tableware, Oxford University Press:
qualifier: pottery
glosses: A coarse mould for holding the clay while being worked on a whirler, lathe or manually.
chum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /t͡ʃʌm/
rhymes: -ʌm
rhymes: -ʌm
rhymes: -ʌm
rhymes: -ʌm
ipa: /t͡ʃʌm/
rhymes: -ʌm
rhymes: -ʌm
rhymes: -ʌm
Forms: form: chums
Etymology: From Chinook Jargon tzum (“spotted, marked”), from Chinook.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of chum salmon.
synonyms: word: chum salmon
chum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /t͡ʃʌm/
rhymes: -ʌm
rhymes: -ʌm
rhymes: -ʌm
rhymes: -ʌm
ipa: /t͡ʃuːm/
rhymes: -uːm
ipa: /t͡ʃʌm/
rhymes: -ʌm
rhymes: -ʌm
rhymes: -ʌm
rhymes: -ʌm
Forms: form: chums
Etymology: From Russian чум (čum), from Komi-Zyrian чум (ćum) and/or Udmurt чум (ćum, “tent, shelter”).
Senses: glosses: A temporary dwelling used by the nomadic Uralic reindeer herders of northwestern Siberia.
heft
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /hɛft/
ipa: /heft/
rhymes: -ɛft
Etymology: From heave + -t (suffix forming the past and/or past participle forms of verbs).
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of heave
heft
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /hɛft/
ipa: /heft/
rhymes: -ɛft
Forms: form: hefts
form: haft
Etymology: The noun is borrowed from Scots heft, haft (“pasture which sheep are familiar with; attachment of sheep to a pasture; number of sheep grazing on such a pasture; (obsolete) place of residence; situation”), probably from Old Norse hefð (“occupation; possession; prescriptive right”), from hafa (“to have; to keep, retain”), from Proto-Germanic *habjaną (“to have; to hold”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kap-, *keh₂p- (“to hold; to seize”).
The verb is borrowed from Scots heft (“to cause (cattle or sheep) to become familiar with a pasture; of animals: to become familiar with a pasture; (figurative) of a person: to become settled in an occupation or place”), probably from Old Norse hefða (“to acquire prescriptive rights”), from hefð (noun): see above.
Both the noun and verb may have been influenced by Scots heft (“(noun) handle of an implement, haft; (verb) to fit (an implement) with a handle”).
Senses: examples: text: [S]he came to fetch her [bairn] out of ill haft and waur guiding.
ref: 1818 July 25, Jedediah Cleishbotham [pseudonym; Walter Scott], chapter VI, in Tales of My Landlord, Second Series, […] (The Heart of Mid-Lothian), volume II, Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for Archibald Constable and Company, →OCLC, page 147:
topics: agriculture
business
lifestyle
glosses: A piece of pastureland which farm animals (chiefly cattle or sheep) have become accustomed to.
topics: agriculture
business
lifestyle
glosses: A flock or group of farm animals (chiefly cattle or sheep) which have become accustomed to a particular piece of pastureland.
heft
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /hɛft/
ipa: /heft/
rhymes: -ɛft
Forms: form: hefts
form: hefting
form: hefted
form: hefted
Etymology: Borrowed from Scots heft, from Old Norse hepta (“to bind; to hinder, impede; to hold back, restrain”), from Proto-Germanic *haftijaną (“to bind; to secure”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kap- (“to hold, seize”).
Senses: examples: text: You also see the impropriety of hefting or holding the milk in cows until the udder is distended much beyond its ordinary size, for the sake of shewing its utmost capacity for holding milk, a device which all cow-dealers, and indeed every one who has a cow for sale in a market, scrupulously uses. […] [E]very farmer is surely aware, or ought to be aware, that the person who purchases a hefted cow on account of the magnitude of its udder exhibited in the market, gains nothing by the device; because, when the cow comes into his possession, she will never be hefted, and, of course, never shew the greatest magnitude of udder, and never, of course, confer the benefit for which she was bought in preference to others with udders in a more natural state. If, then, purchasers derive no benefit from hefting, because they do not allow hefting, why do they encourage so cruel and afterwards injurious practice in dealers?
ref: 1844, Henry Stephens, “Of Cows Calving, and of Calves”, in The Book of the Farm, […], volume II, Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and Sons, →OCLC, paragraph 2106, page 460:
text: The heavy udders of hefted cows trailed on the ground, dripping milk on the greensward. Stray cattle ate the rich grass.
ref: 1922, Patrick MacGill, “The Inaugural Dinner”, in Lanty Hanlon: A Comedy of Irish Life, Dingle, Co. Kerry, Ireland: Brandon Book Publishers, published 1983, →ISBN, section III, page 259:
topics: agriculture
business
lifestyle
glosses: To cause (milk) to be held in a cow's udder until the latter becomes hard and swollen, either by not milking the cow or by stopping up the teats, to make the cow look healthy; also, to cause (a cow) to have an udder in this condition.
topics: agriculture
business
lifestyle
glosses: To cause (urine) to be held in a person's bladder.
heft
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /hɛft/
ipa: /heft/
rhymes: -ɛft
Forms: form: hefts
Etymology: Borrowed from German Heft (“issue of a serial publication, number; magazine; notebook; notepad”), a back-formation from heften (“to fasten”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *haftijaną (“to bind; to secure”): see further at etymology 4.
Senses: topics: agriculture
business
lifestyle
glosses: A number of sheets of paper fastened together, as to form a book or a notebook.
examples: text: Such an organ is now to be published by the house of J[oseph] Ricker, in Giessen, Ephemeris für Semitische Epigraphik, edited by Dr. Mark Lidzbarki.^([sic]) […] The size of the "hefts" will depend on the material requiring attention, and the annual volume is to cost about 15 marks.
ref: 1900 January 25, “Notes”, in The Nation, volume 70, number 1804, New York, N.Y.: Nation Associates, →ISSN, →OCLC, page LXX, column 1:
topics: agriculture
business
lifestyle
glosses: A part of a serial publication; a fascicle, an issue, a number.
hefty
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhɛfti/
rhymes: -ɛfti
Forms: form: heftier
form: heftiest
Etymology: 19th century. From heft (“weight”) + -y.
The similarity with German heftig (“vigorous, violent, intense”) is apparently coincidental. From the German are Dutch, Danish, Norwegian heftig, Swedish häftig.
Senses: examples: text: He can throw a hefty punch.
text: The Remove dormitory echoed to the old, familiar sound of Bunter's hefty snore.
ref: 1934, Frank Richards, The Magnet, Kidnapped from the Air:
text: Fill up on some of the heftiest burritos in captivity, fashioned around grilled beef, chicken, greasy and indulgent barbecued pork al pastor, carnitas and the more exotic [things].
ref: 1998, The Best of San Francisco and Northern California, Gault Millau, →ISBN, page 75:
text: […] on Sunday four more violinists, a second violist and a harpsichordist were added to give the ripieno sections of the fast movements a heftier punch than the smaller group delivered.
ref: 2009 January 20, Allan Kozinn, “Shafts of Sun in Winter From the Italian Baroque”, in The New York Times:
glosses: With heft; heavy, strong, vigorous, mighty, impressive
examples: text: They use some hefty bolts to hold up road signs.
glosses: Strong; bulky.
examples: text: He was a tall, hefty man.
glosses: Possessing physical strength and weight; rugged and powerful; powerfully or heavily built.
raw_tags: of a person
examples: text: She carries a hefty backpack full of books.
glosses: Heavy, weighing a lot.
examples: text: That's going to cost you a hefty sum.
text: a hefty fine
glosses: Large, healthy.
raw_tags: of a number or amount
Derived terms: heftily
heftiness
unhefty
popularise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɒpjʊləɹaɪz/
Forms: form: popularises
form: popularising
form: popularised
form: popularised
form: popularize
Etymology: From popular + -ise.
Senses: examples: text: Homer Simpson popularised the term "d'oh".
text: Towards the end of August, the Southern Railway decided to adopt a novel form of publicity to popularise the services. Sandwich board men were employed at Charing Cross and Cannon Street to display placards, and distribute leaflet timetables, calling attention to the vacant seats on the services via Nunhead.
ref: 1946 November and December, “Additional London-Dartford Services”, in Railway Magazine, page 386:
text: Special cheap day return facilities have been introduced to popularise the railbuses.
ref: 1959 March, “Talking of Trains: Railbuses on the W.R.”, in Trains Illustrated, page 121:
glosses: To make something popular.
topics: communication
communications
glosses: To present information in a form less difficult for the general public to understand or enjoy, especially by excluding details and jargon found in technical or academic publications.
Derived terms: repopularise
unpopularise
monocle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɑnəkəl/
Forms: form: monocles
Etymology: 1886, borrowed from French monocle, from Late Latin monoculus (“one-eyed”), from mono- (“single”) + oculus (“eye”).
Senses: glosses: A single lens, usually in a wire frame, and used to correct vision for only one eye.
glosses: A one-eyed animal.
Derived terms: bemonocled
monocled
Related terms: glasses
spectacles
catch some z's
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: catches some z's
form: catching some z's
form: caught some z's
form: caught some z's
form: catch some Z's
form: catch some zs
form: catch some Zs
form: grab some z's
form: grab some Z's
form: grab some Zs
form: catch z's
form: catch Z's
Etymology: From the typical use of Zs in speech bubbles to represent the sounds a person makes when sleeping (especially snoring).
Senses: examples: text: His boss found him catching some z's at his desk yesterday.
synonyms: word: crash
word: doze
word: repose
word: rest
word: saw logs
word: catch some z's
word: sleep
word: sleep a wink
word: slumber
word: snooze
glosses: To sleep.
Related terms: zzz
PDA
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: PDAs
Senses: examples: text: Despite the fast pace of innovation in PDAs, particularly this year, a number of standards have emerged allowing software makers the security needed to invest in developing extensive software for three platforms: the PalmPilot made by 3Com, the Psion Series 5 by Psion and Windows CE devices made by a group of companies including Philips, Sharp Electronics, Casio Corp. and Hewlett Packard Corp.
ref: 1998 November 16, Paul Floren, “Digital Assistants Get Sophisticated”, in International Herald Tribune, →ISSN:
topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Initialism of personal digital assistant.
examples: text: I was still pretty firmly anti-PDA, but when David kissed me—quickly, but firmly—I decided that every once in a while, it wasn’t so bad.
ref: 2015 April, Rachel Hawkins, chapter 7, in Miss Mayhem, →ISBN:
text: Argh! Jail! I agree, but in-flight PDA while clothed isn’t illegal, although a man was convicted of a criminal offence in 2007, after arguing with cabin crew who tried to stop him and his girlfriend “embracing, kissing and acting in a manner that made other passengers uncomfortable”, according to the indictment.
ref: 2024 April 9, “In-flight canoodling: is it ever acceptable to spoon at 40,000ft?”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
text: Living legend Miley Cyrus and songwriter/producer/drummer Maxx Morando have recently ratcheted up their PDA, and if you're new here ("here" being their relationship), don't worry about it. We put together a timeline just for you—yw!
ref: 2024 July 12, Mehera Bonner, “Serena Williams's Daughter Olympia Made an Adorable Appearance on the ESPYS Red Carpet!”, in Cosmopolitan:
glosses: Initialism of public display of affection.
topics: computing
computing-theory
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of pushdown automaton.
glosses: Initialism of property damage accident.
glosses: Initialism of pathological demand avoidance.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of patent ductus arteriosus.
topics: business
manufacturing
glosses: Initialism of production data acquisition.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of peridural anesthesia.
topics: business
cryptocurrencies
cryptocurrency
finance
glosses: Initialism of program derived address.
FWIW
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: Supposidly,^([sic]) SVR3 was developed on the 400 line, and ports to the 3B5/15 line are not due out until early next year. FWIW.
ref: 1986 August 27, Marc A. Ries, “Re: UNIX v.3 Query”, in net.unix (Usenet), retrieved 02 Jul 2016, message-ID <1267@trwrb.UUCP>:
text: Anyway, the PD libraries for "strings" and "ndir" were the saving grace, once "job control" was conditionally compiled out. FWIW.
ref: 1986 November 26, Marc A. Ries, “Re: Berkely Unix ported to NCR Tower32”, in comp.unix.wizards (Usenet), retrieved 21 Jul 2020, message-ID <1441@trwrb.UUCP>:
text: I spoke with a person that was a crew member of a P3-ORION out of Moffett. Although the Navy will not admit or deny the presence of nuclear depth-charges...he said that they routinely carry them during training...in case the training turns into the REAL thing while they are in the air. FWIW, --Bi// (For What It Is Worth)
ref: 1987 January 6, William Daul, “B-52's don't fly out of Moffett Naval Air Station”, in mod.politics.arms-d (Usenet), retrieved 02 Jul 2016, message-ID <8701070354.AA12777@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU>:
related: word: fwiw
glosses: Initialism of for what it's worth.
set in stone
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: The decision won't be set in stone until we release the documents.
text: So what is it that makes SBB (Swiss national railways) tick? In my humble opinion, two things. Firstly, a comprehensive and set-in-stone integrated timetable (incorporating trains, ferries, cable cars and buses, including the world-famous yellow 'post-autos'), compiled four years in advance and which gets tested twice before it becomes operational.
ref: 2025 October 15, Vitali Vitaliev, “The recipe for Swiss bliss”, in RAIL, number 1046, page 68:
synonyms: carved in stone
written in stone
glosses: Permanent; certain; firm.
set in stone
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: sets in stone
form: setting in stone
form: set in stone
form: set in stone
Senses: examples: text: The plan looks good, but don't set it in stone until we have discussed it a bit more.
glosses: To render something permanent, certain, or firm.
nauseating
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more nauseating
form: most nauseating
Senses: examples: text: But in the mean time […] it looks all ſo like ſubterfuge and inveagling; it is ſo nauſeating and teadious a task, that no man thinks he ovvs the Author ſo much ſervice as to find out the reaſon of his ovvn Categoricalneſs for him.
ref: 1672, [Andrew Marvell], The Rehearsal Transpros’d: Or, Animadversions upon a Late Book, Entituled, A Preface, Shewing what Grounds there are of Fears and Jealousies of Popery, London: [s.n.], →OCLC, pages 57–58:
text: They gathered soberly in the farthest recess of the ward and gossiped about him in malicious, offended undertones, rebelling against his presence as a ghastly imposition and resenting him malevolently for the nauseating truth of which he was bright reminder.
ref: 1961 November 10, Joseph Heller, “The Soldier in White”, in Catch-22 […], New York, N.Y.: Simon and Schuster, →OCLC, page 169:
synonyms: nauseous
glosses: Causing a feeling of nausea; disgusting and revolting.
Derived terms: nauseatingly
nauseatingness
unnauseating
Related terms: nauseated
nauseating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of nauseate
strictly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈstɹɪktli/
Forms: form: strictlier
form: more strictly
form: strictliest
form: most strictly
Etymology: From strict + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: He adhered strictly to the diet his doctor prescribed.
text: “If any pupil considers it acceptable to bring a pet into this school, let me tell you it is forbidden. Strictly forbidden!” pronounced the headmaster from the front of the class.
ref: 2012, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Ratburger, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN:
glosses: In a strict manner.
examples: text: This work was strictly voluntary, but any animal who absented himself from it would have his rations reduced by half.
ref: 1943 November – 1944 February (date written; published 1945 August 17), George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], Animal Farm […], London: Secker & Warburg, published May 1962, →OCLC:
glosses: In a limited manner; only
examples: text: That term refers strictly to smaller birds.
text: Scientific naming conventions are such that technically, ammonites are ammonoidean, ammonitidan, and sometimes strictly ammonitinan cephalopods.
ref: 2017 June 14, Mark Carnall, “The ancient mystery of St Hilda's 'snake stones': what do ammonites really look like?”, in The Guardian:
glosses: In a narrow or limited sense.
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: In a manner that applies to every member of a set or every interval of a function
Derived terms: strictly better
strictly decreasing
strictly decreasing function
strictly dickly
strictly full
strictly increasing
strictly increasing function
strictly proper
strictly speaking
environmental
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ɛntəl
ipa: /ɪnˌvaɪ.ɹə(n)ˈmɛn.təl/
ipa: /ənˌvaɪ.ɚnˈmɛn.təl/
Etymology: From environment + -al.
Senses: examples: text: That worries the government, which fears that environmental activism could become the foundation for more general political opposition.
ref: 2013 August 10, “Can China clean up fast enough?”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8848:
glosses: Pertaining to the environment.
examples: text: Because consumers who are buying such productss cannot fully internalize the external utility of their purchase, prices for environmental products and other environmental innovations may be insufficiently high to cover their costs ( Kaas, 1993; Cleff and Rennings, 1999).
ref: 2000, Henk Folmer, H. Landis Gabel, Principles of Environmental and Resource Economics, page 365:
glosses: Environmentally friendly.
Derived terms: agro-environmental
antienvironmental
bioenvironmental
coenvironmental
environmental assessment
environmental audit
environmental dependency syndrome
environmental DNA
environmental ethics
environmental impact statement
environmentalism
environmentalist
environmentally
environmental migrant
environmental protection
environmental racism
environmental refugee
environmental science
environmental scientist
geoenvironmental
hydroenvironmental
macroenvironmental
microenvironmental
multienvironmental
nonenvironmental
palaeoenvironmental
paleoenvironmental
proenvironmental
socioenvironmental
environmental
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ɛntəl
ipa: /ɪnˌvaɪ.ɹə(n)ˈmɛn.təl/
ipa: /ənˌvaɪ.ɚnˈmɛn.təl/
Forms: form: environmentals
Etymology: From environment + -al.
Senses: examples: text: The process to enable migration from the vendor-supplied configuration to a new architecture depends on many system environmentals.
ref: 2014, Kenneth Barrett, Stephen Norris, Running Mainframe z on Distributed Platforms, page 136:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Any factor relating to the physical environment in which hardware is operated, such as the room temperature or the number of racks used to hold equipment.
maxim
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmæk.sɪm/
ipa: /ˈmæk.sɪm/
ipa: /ˈmæk.səm/
Forms: form: maxims
Etymology: From Anglo-Norman maxime and Middle French maxime, from Late Latin maxima (“axiom”), noun use of the feminine singular form of Latin maximus (apparently as used in the phrase prōpositiō maxima (“greatest premise”)). Doublet of maxima.
Senses: glosses: A self-evident axiom or premise; a pithy expression of a general principle or rule.
examples: text: In every age and country of the world men must have attended to the characters, designs, and actions of one another, and many reputable rules and maxims for the conduct of human life, must have been laid down and approved of by common consent.
ref: 1776, Wealth of Nations, archived from the original on 26 Jun 2008, page 768:
text: It was impossible to imagine anything more cold or comfortless, while it was a task of no small dexterity to thread your way through the labyrinth of trunks, bandboxes, &c.; for it had of late years become a maxim with Lady Anne that nothing ought to be thrown or given away:...
ref: 1838 (date written), L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter V, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], published 1842, →OCLC, page 42:
text: Those maxims lurch through my head like rivers of lava. Those smarmy, know-it-all maxims. Trivia disguised as deeply held wisdom.
ref: 2024 May 6, Lt Flops, “Pursuing Ghosts, Part II”, in SCP Foundation, archived from the original on 02 Jun 2024:
glosses: A precept; a succinct statement or observation of a rule of conduct or moral teaching.
Synonyms: sense: precept, succinct statement
word: Synonym: aphorism
word: cliche
word: enthymeme
word: proverb
word: saying
Derived terms: maxim worker
Shannon's maxim
Skinner's maxim
submaxim
supermaxim
Related terms: adage
aphorism
apophthegm
maxim
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmæk.sɪm/
ipa: /ˈmæk.sɪm/
ipa: /ˈmæk.səm/
Forms: form: maxims
Etymology: From Sir Hiram Maxim.
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Maxim.
environmentally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more environmentally
form: most environmentally
Etymology: From environmental + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: "HS2's London tunnels will help ensure many homes and habitats in the capital remain undisturbed. This is a key part of our commitment to deliver Britain's new high-speed railway in the most environmentally friendly way and minimising disruption to our neighbours," said HS2 Ltd Client Director Malcolm Codling.
ref: 2020 October 21, “Network News: London tunnel contracts awarded with work to start in 2022”, in Rail, pages 12–13:
glosses: In a manner affecting the environment.
Derived terms: environmentally friendly
encouraging
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪnˈkʌɹɪd͡ʒɪŋ/
ipa: /ɪnˈkɝɹɪd͡ʒɪŋ/
Forms: form: more encouraging
form: most encouraging
Senses: examples: text: Although there is no cure for the disease yet, the research results are encouraging.
text: There are some encouraging signs of economic recovery.
synonyms: promising
glosses: Giving courage, confidence or hope; auspicious.
examples: text: Your encouraging words inspired me to persevere.
glosses: Supporting by giving encouragement: positively.
Derived terms: encouragingly
encouragingness
unencouraging
encouraging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪnˈkʌɹɪd͡ʒɪŋ/
ipa: /ɪnˈkɝɹɪd͡ʒɪŋ/
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of encourage
encouraging
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪnˈkʌɹɪd͡ʒɪŋ/
ipa: /ɪnˈkɝɹɪd͡ʒɪŋ/
Forms: form: encouragings
Senses: examples: text: […] the thousand little ties of sympathy and mutual hopes and fears, comfortings and encouragings.
ref: 1853, The Living Age, volume 37, page 58:
glosses: encouragement
strictly proper
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: of a transfer function, where the degree of the numerator is less than that of the denominator
numerator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: no͞oʹ-mər-ā'-tər
ipa: /ˈnuː.məɹˌeɪ̯.təɹ/
rhymes: -uːməɹeɪtə(ɹ)
Forms: form: numerators
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Late Latin numerātor.
Senses: topics: arithmetic
synonyms: word: nominator
coordinate_terms: denominator
glosses: The number or expression written above the line in a fraction (such as 1 in ½).
glosses: An enumerator; someone who counts.
Related terms: word: successor
sense: addition, summation
english: addend; total
translation: addend; total
alt: augend
word: + =
sense: addition, summation
english: sum
translation: sum
alt: summand
word: + +... =
sense: subtraction
roman: subtrahend
english: difference
translation: difference
word: − =
sense: multiplication, factorization; multiplier
roman: multiplicand
english: product
translation: product
word: × =
sense: multiplication, factorization; factor
english: factor; factor; product
translation: factor; factor; product
word: × ×... =
sense: division; dividend
roman: quotient
word: ÷ =
sense: numerator) / (denominator) = (quotient
english: with remaining
translation: with remaining
alt: quotient
word: Or sometimes
sense: exponentiation; base
english: power
translation: power
alt: exponent
word: =
sense: root extraction; degree
roman: radicand
word: √ =
sense: logarithmization
english: logarithm
translation: logarithm
alt: antilogarithm
word: log(base) =
denominator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪˈnɒmɪneɪtə(ɹ)/
Forms: form: denominators
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Late Latin dēnōminātor (“that which names”).
Senses: examples: text: common denominator
text: lowest common denominator
topics: arithmetic
coordinate_terms: numerator
glosses: The number or expression written below the line in a fraction (such as 2 in ½).
glosses: One who gives a name to something.
Related terms: word: successor
sense: addition, summation
english: addend; total
translation: addend; total
alt: augend
word: + =
sense: addition, summation
english: sum
translation: sum
alt: summand
word: + +... =
sense: subtraction
roman: subtrahend
english: difference
translation: difference
word: − =
sense: multiplication, factorization; multiplier
roman: multiplicand
english: product
translation: product
word: × =
sense: multiplication, factorization; factor
english: factor; factor; product
translation: factor; factor; product
word: × ×... =
sense: division; dividend
roman: quotient
word: ÷ =
sense: numerator) / (denominator) = (quotient
english: with remaining
translation: with remaining
alt: quotient
word: Or sometimes
sense: exponentiation; base
english: power
translation: power
alt: exponent
word: =
sense: root extraction; degree
roman: radicand
word: √ =
sense: logarithmization
english: logarithm
translation: logarithm
alt: antilogarithm
word: log(base) =
parte
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of part.
Related terms: ex parte
pro parte
pensione
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pensiones
form: pensioni
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian pensione.
Senses: examples: Andrew Scott as Tom Ripley (2024), Ripley, season 1, episode 7: “I'm staying at a little pensione on Via dei Coronari.”
glosses: An Italian boarding house.
neuk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /njuːk/
rhymes: -uːk
homophone: nuke
Forms: form: neuks
Etymology: See nook.
Senses: glosses: A corner; a nook. A fairy fiddler frae the neuk, [nook] - "Robert Burns", by William Allan Neilson (1917)
glosses: A bend (e.g. in a coast) …the fleet, after exploring the harbours, had doubled the East Neuk, passed safely through St Andrews Bay, and entered the Firth of Tay. --Chronicles of Strathearn (1896) - Rev. John Hunter.
sunshine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsʌnʃaɪn/
Forms: form: sun-shine
Etymology: In the Coverdale Bible in 1535, in Genesis and Exodus about 1250 as Middle English sunnesine; synchronically sun + shine. Compare isolated Old English sunsċīn (“mirror”).
Senses: examples: text: Because of the sunshine law, we could go to the planning meeting.
glosses: Open to and permitting public access, especially with regard to activities that were previously closed-door or back-room meetings.
Derived terms: sense: permitting public access
word: sunshine agenda
sense: permitting public access
word: sunshine law
Luas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Irish luas (“speed”).
Senses: glosses: a light railway in Dublin, Ireland
sizeable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more sizeable
form: most sizeable
Senses: examples: text: City look stronger, fitter and more motivated than last season and even at this early stage the gap feels like a sizeable advantage.
ref: 2015 August 16, Daniel Taylor, The Guardian:
glosses: Standard spelling of sizable.
Derived terms: sizeableness
sizeably
unsizeable