cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
brief
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: brēf
ipa: /bɹiːf/
rhymes: -iːf
Forms: form: briefs
form: briefing
form: briefed
form: briefed
Etymology: From Middle English breef, breve, bref, from Old French brief, bref, from Latin brevis (“short”), from Proto-Indo-European *mréǵʰus (“short, brief”). Doublet of breve and merry.
Senses: examples: text: The U.S. president was briefed on the military coup and its implications on African stability.
text: It is being briefed that Southeastern operations will return to the private sector, and that use of the Operator of Last Resort team will be a temporary arrangement.
ref: 2021 October 20, Industry Insider, “The wheels turn slowly”, in RAIL, number 942, page 68:
glosses: To summarize a recent development to some person with decision-making power.
topics: law
glosses: To write a legal argument and submit it to a court.
Derived terms: briefable
brief against
debrief
misbrief
rebrief
brief
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: enpr: brēf
ipa: /bɹiːf/
rhymes: -iːf
Forms: form: more brief
form: most brief
Etymology: From Middle English breef, breve, bref, from Old French brief, bref, from Latin brevis (“short”), from Proto-Indo-European *mréǵʰus (“short, brief”). Doublet of breve and merry.
Senses: examples: text: Whence Adam faultring long, thus anſwer’d brief.
ref: 1667, John Milton, “Book IX”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC, line 115:
glosses: Briefly.
examples: text: But that a ioy paſt ioy, calls out on me, / It were a griefe, to briefe to part with thee : / Farewell.
ref: c. 1591–1595 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iii], lines 173–175:
glosses: Soon; quickly.
Related terms: briefing
brevity
together
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /tʊˈɡɛð.ə(ɹ)/
ipa: /təˈɡɛð.ə(ɹ)/
ipa: /tʊˈɡɛðɚ/
ipa: /təˈɡɛðɚ/
rhymes: -ɛðə(ɹ)
Forms: form: more together
form: most together
form: togither
Etymology: From Late Middle English together, from earlier togedere, togadere, from Old English tōgædere (“together”), from Proto-West Germanic *tōgadura, *tegadura, from Proto-Germanic *tō (“to”) + *gadar (“together”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰedʰ- (“to unite, keep”), equivalent to to-₂ + gather. Cognate with Scots thegither (“together”), Old Frisian togadera (whence West Frisian togearre (“together”)), Dutch tegader (“together”), Middle Low German tōgāder (“together”), Middle High German zegater (“together”). Compare also Old English ætgædere (“together”), Old English ġeador (“together”). More at gather.
Senses: examples: text: He’s really together.
text: Youthful, former fashion model & dancer needs to find a serious, together individual to call his own.
ref: 1991 April 19, Russell T. Hartsaw, “Personal advertisement”, in Gay Community News, page 14:
antonyms: disorganized
incoherent
untogether
glosses: Coherent; well-organized.
Derived terms: untogether
why
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /wæ/
enpr: hwī
enpr: wī
ipa: /waɪ/
ipa: /ʍaɪ/
rhymes: -aɪ
homophone: wye
homophone: Y
homophone: y (wine–whine merger)
Etymology: From Middle English why, from Old English hwȳ (“why”), from Proto-Germanic *hwī (“by what, how”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷey, instrumental case of *kʷís (“who”), *kʷid (“what”).
Cognate with Old Saxon hwī (“why”), hwiu (“how; why”), Middle High German wiu (“how, why”), archaic Danish and Norwegian Bokmål hvi (“why”), Norwegian Nynorsk kvi (“why”), Swedish vi (“why”), Faroese and Icelandic hví (“why”), Latin quī (“why”), Doric Greek πεῖ (peî, “where”), Ukrainian чи (čy, “if”), Polish czy, Czech či (“or”), Serbo-Croatian či (“if”). Compare Old English þȳ (“because, since, on that account, therefore, then”, literally “by that, for that”). See thy.
Senses: examples: text: Why is the sky blue?
text: Why did you do that?
text: I don’t know why he did that
text: Tell me why the moon changes phase.
text: Why do you have a map of the world?
ref: 2016, VOA Learning English (public domain)
glosses: For what cause, reason, or purpose.
Introducing a complete question.
examples: Why don't you ask her out for dinner?
glosses: For what cause, reason, or purpose.
Introducing a complete question.
With a negative, used rhetorically to make a suggestion.
examples: text: Why spend money on something you already get for free?
text: Why not tell him how you feel?
glosses: For what cause, reason, or purpose.
Introducing a verb phrase (bare infinitive clause).
examples: text: Why him? Why not someone taller?
glosses: For what cause, reason, or purpose.
Introducing a noun or other phrase.
examples: text: That's the reason why I did that.
glosses: For which cause, reason, or purpose.
examples: text: That is why the sky is blue.
text: Plastics are energy-rich substances, which is why many of them burn so readily. Any organism that could unlock and use that energy would do well in the Anthropocene. Terrestrial bacteria and fungi which can manage this trick are already familiar to experts in the field.
ref: 2013 July 20, “Welcome to the plastisphere”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8845:
qualifier: fused relative
glosses: The cause, reason, or purpose for which.
Synonyms: word: how come
word: wherefore
word: to what end
word: what for
word: why so
word: for why
why
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /wæ/
enpr: hwī
enpr: wī
ipa: /waɪ/
ipa: /ʍaɪ/
rhymes: -aɪ
homophone: wye
homophone: Y
homophone: y (wine–whine merger)
Forms: form: whys
form: why's
form: whies
Etymology: From Middle English why, from Old English hwȳ (“why”), from Proto-Germanic *hwī (“by what, how”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷey, instrumental case of *kʷís (“who”), *kʷid (“what”).
Cognate with Old Saxon hwī (“why”), hwiu (“how; why”), Middle High German wiu (“how, why”), archaic Danish and Norwegian Bokmål hvi (“why”), Norwegian Nynorsk kvi (“why”), Swedish vi (“why”), Faroese and Icelandic hví (“why”), Latin quī (“why”), Doric Greek πεῖ (peî, “where”), Ukrainian чи (čy, “if”), Polish czy, Czech či (“or”), Serbo-Croatian či (“if”). Compare Old English þȳ (“because, since, on that account, therefore, then”, literally “by that, for that”). See thy.
Senses: examples: text: A good article will cover the who, the what, the when, the where, the why and the how.
text: Within months of leaving, she became the new owner of Dream Body Recovery in Miami, which has three rooms that can accommodate up to six clients. “Being a part of this journey with other ladies, knowing how it changed my life, that’s my why,” she told me.
ref: 2022 May 11, Sandra E. Garcia, “Butt Lifts Are Booming. Healing Is No Joke.”, in The New York Times Magazine:
glosses: Reason.
Synonyms: wherefore
why
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /wæ/
enpr: hwī
enpr: wī
ipa: /waɪ/
ipa: /ʍaɪ/
rhymes: -aɪ
homophone: wye
homophone: Y
homophone: y (wine–whine merger)
Forms: form: whys
form: whies
form: whying
form: whyed
form: whyed
form: whied
form: whied
Etymology: From Middle English why, from Old English hwȳ (“why”), from Proto-Germanic *hwī (“by what, how”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷey, instrumental case of *kʷís (“who”), *kʷid (“what”).
Cognate with Old Saxon hwī (“why”), hwiu (“how; why”), Middle High German wiu (“how, why”), archaic Danish and Norwegian Bokmål hvi (“why”), Norwegian Nynorsk kvi (“why”), Swedish vi (“why”), Faroese and Icelandic hví (“why”), Latin quī (“why”), Doric Greek πεῖ (peî, “where”), Ukrainian чи (čy, “if”), Polish czy, Czech či (“or”), Serbo-Croatian či (“if”). Compare Old English þȳ (“because, since, on that account, therefore, then”, literally “by that, for that”). See thy.
Senses: examples: text: Why indeed? But once you start whying, there's no end to it.
ref: 1930, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, Assorted Articles, London: Martin Secker, page 11:
glosses: To ask (someone) the question "why?".
Derived terms: word: whying
why
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /wæ/
enpr: hwī
enpr: wī
ipa: /waɪ/
ipa: /ʍaɪ/
rhymes: -aɪ
homophone: wye
homophone: Y
homophone: y (wine–whine merger)
Forms: form: whies
Senses: examples: text: At two years old, also, the HEIFERS - provincially, “whies,” are generally put to the bull.
ref: 1796, William Marshall, The Rural Economy of Yorkshire:
glosses: A young heifer.
why
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /wæ/
enpr: hwī
enpr: wī
ipa: /waɪ/
ipa: /ʍaɪ/
rhymes: -aɪ
homophone: wye
homophone: Y
homophone: y (wine–whine merger)
Senses: examples: text: ee, why, ee, ess, eyes
ref: 1881 April, J. B. Rundell, “The Irregularities of English Spelling: what they Cost and what they are Worth”, in The Spelling Reformer, and Journal of the English Spelling Reform Association, volume I, number 10, London, page 147:
text: eff you see kay why oh you.
ref: 1996, Sycamore Review, volume 8, page 116:
text: I hear you. But hear me out, all right? Because I mean what I’m about to say. Eff-you-see-kay-why-oh-you. Fuck you.
ref: 2009, Eric Barnes, Shimmer, Denver, Colo.: Unbridled Books, →ISBN, page 91:
text: Like many folks do when taking medicine past its expiration date, Jerry had questioned its effectiveness. The pill had answered with a resounding why ee ess, and Jerry couldn’t tell between the Custom Costume in his pocket and himself.
ref: 2016, Daniel DiPrinzio, “Come Quickly”, in The Great Stone Robbery or A Parade of Idiots, →ISBN, page 184:
text: Miss said, “Love your outfit, bee-tee-double-u.” It took me a second to realize she meant “btw.” “Is it vintage?” / I looked down at my school uniform. Fudgsicles. “Tee-why,” said Jahna, for “ty.” “And why-ee-ess yes!”
ref: 2016, Rachel Cohn, David Levithan, The Twelve Days of Dash & Lily, Electric Monkey, →ISBN, page 73:
glosses: Alternative form of wye; the name of the Latin-script letter Y/y.
Derived terms: eff why eye
when
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Pronunciation: enpr: hwĕn
enpr: wĕn
ipa: /ʍɛn/
ipa: /wɛn/
ipa: /ʍɪn/
ipa: /wɪn/
enpr: hwĕn
ipa: /ʍɛn/
enpr: wĕn
ipa: /wɛn/
rhymes: -ɛn
homophone: wen (wine–whine merger)
homophone: win (wine–whine merger, pin–pen merger)
Forms: form: wen
Etymology: From Middle English when(ne), whan(ne), from Old English hwonne, from Proto-West Germanic *hwannē, from Proto-West Germanic *hwan, from Proto-Germanic *hwan (“at what time, when”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷís (interrogative base).
Cognate with Scots whan (“when”), Dutch wanneer (“when”), wan (“when”) and wen (“when, if”), Low German wannehr (“when”), wann (“when”) and wenn (“if, when”), German wann (“when”) and wenn (“when, if”), Gothic 𐍈𐌰𐌽 (ƕan, “when, how”), Latin quandō (“when”). More at who.
Interjection sense: a playful misunderstanding of "say when" (i.e. say something / speak up when you want me to stop) as "say [the word] when".
Senses: examples: text: Since when do I need your permission?
text: [...] ſhortly [...] I'le reſolue you [...] / Theſe happend accidents: till when, be cheerefull [...]
ref: 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i], page 18, column 2:
text: Homer, to whom the Muses did carouse
A great deep cup with heav'nly nectar fill'd,
The greatest, deepest cup in Jove's great house,
(For Jove himself had so expressly will'd)
He drank off all, nor let one drop be spill'd;
Since when, his brain that had before been dry,
Became the well-spring of all poetry.
ref: 1831 (published), John Davies, Orchestra Or, a Poem of Dancing, in Robert Southey, Select Works of the British Poets: From Chaucer to Jonson, with Biographical Sketches, page 706
text: [This] we imagined might have been owing to some accidental condition of the system, or perhaps idiosyncracy; this led us to a second trial, but we experienced the same inconveniences, since when, we have altogether abandoned their use.
ref: 1833, William Potts Dewees, A Treatise on the Diseases of Females, page 495::
text: So we combined the Kocher-Langenbeck and iliofemoral approach until 1965, since when we have combined the ilioinguinal and Kocher-Langenbeck approaches.
ref: 2012, Emile Letournel, Robert Judet, Fractures of the Acetabulum, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 385:
glosses: What time; which time.
when
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: hwĕn
enpr: wĕn
ipa: /ʍɛn/
ipa: /wɛn/
ipa: /ʍɪn/
ipa: /wɪn/
enpr: hwĕn
ipa: /ʍɛn/
enpr: wĕn
ipa: /wɛn/
rhymes: -ɛn
homophone: wen (wine–whine merger)
homophone: win (wine–whine merger, pin–pen merger)
Forms: form: whens
form: wen
Etymology: From Middle English when(ne), whan(ne), from Old English hwonne, from Proto-West Germanic *hwannē, from Proto-West Germanic *hwan, from Proto-Germanic *hwan (“at what time, when”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷís (interrogative base).
Cognate with Scots whan (“when”), Dutch wanneer (“when”), wan (“when”) and wen (“when, if”), Low German wannehr (“when”), wann (“when”) and wenn (“if, when”), German wann (“when”) and wenn (“when, if”), Gothic 𐍈𐌰𐌽 (ƕan, “when, how”), Latin quandō (“when”). More at who.
Interjection sense: a playful misunderstanding of "say when" (i.e. say something / speak up when you want me to stop) as "say [the word] when".
Senses: examples: text: A good article will cover the who, the what, the when, the where, the why and the how.
text: For the moment, suffice it to say that the stories told through the whens and hows of building a scene differentiate individual desires and needs more clearly than shared speech was up to then able to communicate.
ref: 2008, Paolo Aite, Lanscapes of the Psyche, Ipoc Press, →ISBN, page 151:
glosses: The time at which something happens.
where
Language: English
Part of speech: conj
Pronunciation: enpr: wâr
enpr: hwâr
ipa: /wɛə/
ipa: /ʍɛə/
enpr: wâr
enpr: hwâr
ipa: /wɛəɹ/
ipa: /ʍɛəɹ/
ipa: [weːɹ]
ipa: [ʍeːɹ]
ipa: /weː/
note: without the cheer–chair merger
ipa: /weə/
note: New Zealand, cheer–chair merger
ipa: /wiə/
ipa: /ʍeɹ/
note: Lancashire, fair–fur merger
ipa: /wɜː(ɹ)/
homophone: ware
homophone: wear (both wine–whine merger)
homophone: weir
homophone: we're (both cheer–chair merger, wine–whine merger)
homophone: whir (fair–fur merger)
homophone: were (fair–fur merger, wine–whine merger)
rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)
Forms: form: quhair
form: quhar
form: quher
form: quhere
Etymology: From Middle English wher, from Old English hwǣr (“where”, literally “at what place”), from Proto-West Germanic *hwār, from Proto-Germanic *hwar (“where”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷo- (interrogative pronoun).
Senses: examples: text: And flight and die is death destroying death; Where fearing dying pays death servile breath.
ref: 1595 December 9 (first known performance), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Richard the Second”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]:
text: July 18 2012, Scott Tobias, AV Club The Dark Knight Riseshttp://www.avclub.com/articles/the-dark-knight-rises-review-batman,82624/
Where the Joker preys on our fears of random, irrational acts of terror, Bane has an all-consuming, dictatorial agenda that’s more stable and permanent, a New World Order that’s been planned out with the precision of a military coup.
text: Now we are liberal with our innermost secrets, spraying them into the public ether with a generosity our forebears could not have imagined. Where we once sent love letters in a sealed envelope, or stuck photographs of our children in a family album, now such private material is despatched to servers and clouds operated by people we don't know and will never meet.
ref: 2013 June 14, Jonathan Freedland, “Obama's once hip brand is now tainted”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 1, page 18:
text: Where Susy has trouble coloring inside the lines, Johnny has already mastered shading.
glosses: While on the contrary; although; whereas.
examples: text: I read where they caught the guy.
glosses: That.
where
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Pronunciation: enpr: wâr
enpr: hwâr
ipa: /wɛə/
ipa: /ʍɛə/
enpr: wâr
enpr: hwâr
ipa: /wɛəɹ/
ipa: /ʍɛəɹ/
ipa: [weːɹ]
ipa: [ʍeːɹ]
ipa: /weː/
note: without the cheer–chair merger
ipa: /weə/
note: New Zealand, cheer–chair merger
ipa: /wiə/
ipa: /ʍeɹ/
note: Lancashire, fair–fur merger
ipa: /wɜː(ɹ)/
homophone: ware
homophone: wear (both wine–whine merger)
homophone: weir
homophone: we're (both cheer–chair merger, wine–whine merger)
homophone: whir (fair–fur merger)
homophone: were (fair–fur merger, wine–whine merger)
rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)
Forms: form: quhair
form: quhar
form: quher
form: quhere
Etymology: From Middle English wher, from Old English hwǣr (“where”, literally “at what place”), from Proto-West Germanic *hwār, from Proto-Germanic *hwar (“where”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷo- (interrogative pronoun).
Senses: examples: text: Where did you come from?
text: Where are you at?
text: Where are you off to?
raw_tags: informal, 'be' verb omitted
text: Where you off to?
text: Do you know where you came from?
glosses: What place.
pinnate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɪnˈneɪt/
rhymes: -eɪt
Forms: form: more pinnate
form: most pinnate
Etymology: From Latin pinnātus (“feathered”), from pinna (“feather”).
Senses: glosses: Resembling a feather.
examples: text: Mimosa is a tree with pinnate leaves.
text: The trunk is unbranched, often much shortened, and bears a crown of feathery or pinnate fronds.
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Having two rows of branches, lobes, leaflets, or veins arranged on each side of a common axis
examples: the pinnate grouse, or prairie chicken
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Having a winglike tuft of long feathers on each side of the neck.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Having wings or fins.
Synonyms: pinnated
Derived terms: abruptly-pinnate
bipinnate
even-pinnate
imparipinnate
multipinnate
nonpinnate
odd-pinnate
paripinnate
pluripinnate
quadripinnate
subpinnate
ternate-pinnate
tripinnate
tripinnated
unipinnate
Related terms: pinnately
palmate
mow
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /məʊ/
ipa: /moʊ/
rhymes: -əʊ
Forms: form: mows
form: mowing
form: mowed
form: mowed
form: mown
Etymology: From Middle English mowen (participle mowen), from Old English māwan (past tense mēow, past participle māwen), from Proto-West Germanic *māan, from Proto-Germanic *mēaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂meh₁- (“to mow, reap”).
Cognate with Saterland Frisian mjo (“to mow”), Dutch maaien (“to mow”), German mähen (“to mow”), Luxembourgish méien (“to mow”), Danish meje (“to mow”), Swedish meja (“to mow”); see also Hittite [script needed] (ḫamešḫa, “spring/early summer”, literally “mowing time”), Latin metō (“I harvest, mow”), Ancient Greek ἀμάω (amáō, “I mow”).
Senses: examples: text: He mowed the lawn every few weeks in the summer.
glosses: To cut down grass or crops.
examples: text: In the afternoon they attacked again, in close formation: our artillery mowed them, but they came on and on, […]
ref: 1915, Captain Robert Palmer, Letters from Mesopotamia:
text: On the one hand, we had a scenario where, effectively, the American admiral just went "You know what, all the destroyers attack", at which point they mowed through the Japanese destroyers like a Grim Reaper through a harvest of very, very dead gorn, especially with the Brooklyns in support.
ref: 2019 March 6, Drachinifel, 25:58 from the start, in The Battle of Samar (Alternate History) - Bring on the Battleships!, archived from the original on 04 Jul 2022:
glosses: To cut down or slaughter in great numbers.
raw_tags: with through
Derived terms: mowable
mow down
mower
mowyer
push-mow
remow
unmowed
Related terms: aftermath
math
mead
meadow
mow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /məʊ/
ipa: /moʊ/
rhymes: -əʊ
Forms: form: mows
Etymology: From Middle English mowen (participle mowen), from Old English māwan (past tense mēow, past participle māwen), from Proto-West Germanic *māan, from Proto-Germanic *mēaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂meh₁- (“to mow, reap”).
Cognate with Saterland Frisian mjo (“to mow”), Dutch maaien (“to mow”), German mähen (“to mow”), Luxembourgish méien (“to mow”), Danish meje (“to mow”), Swedish meja (“to mow”); see also Hittite [script needed] (ḫamešḫa, “spring/early summer”, literally “mowing time”), Latin metō (“I harvest, mow”), Ancient Greek ἀμάω (amáō, “I mow”).
Senses: examples: text: The lawn hasn't had a mow for a couple of months, so it's like a jungle out there!
glosses: The act of mowing (a garden, grass, etc.).
examples: text: I consider it would engender a stiff, tame, cautious mode of play, with only now and then a mow, or a chopping hit.
ref: 1828, Sporting Magazine (volume 21? 71? page 10)
text: At times, they seemed to be playing an especially orgiastic version of Stick Cricket, all computerised mows over midwicket and 30 off the over.
ref: 2015, Lawrence Booth, The Shorter Wisden 2015:
topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A shot played with a sweeping or scythe-like motion.
Derived terms: haymow
mowburn
mowburning
mowburnt
mow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /məʊ/
ipa: /moʊ/
rhymes: -əʊ
rhymes: -əʊ
ipa: /məʊ/
ipa: /moʊ/
rhymes: -əʊ
Forms: form: mows
Etymology: From Middle English mowe, from Old French moe (“grimace”), from Frankish *mauwa (“pout, protruding lip”), from Proto-Germanic *mawwō (“muff, sleeve”). Akin to Middle Dutch mouwe (“protruding lip”). Doublet of moue ("pout").
Senses: examples: text: Those that paint them dying […] delineate the prisoners spitting in their executioners faces, and making mowes at them.
ref: , Folio Society, 2006, vol.1, p.212
text: Make mows at him.
ref: c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii]:
glosses: A scornful grimace; a wry face.
mow
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /məʊ/
ipa: /moʊ/
rhymes: -əʊ
rhymes: -əʊ
ipa: /məʊ/
ipa: /moʊ/
rhymes: -əʊ
Forms: form: mows
form: mowing
form: mowed
form: mowed
Etymology: From Middle English mowe, from Old French moe (“grimace”), from Frankish *mauwa (“pout, protruding lip”), from Proto-Germanic *mawwō (“muff, sleeve”). Akin to Middle Dutch mouwe (“protruding lip”). Doublet of moue ("pout").
Senses: examples: text: For every trifle are they set upon me: / Sometime like apes that mow and chatter at me, / And after bite me;
ref: 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii]:
text: Nodding, becking, and mowing.
ref: 1848, William Tyndale, edited by Henry Walter, Doctrinal Treatises and Introductions to Different Portions of the Holy Scriptures:
text: He mowed at me, and, bowing with ironical politeness, pointed to the house.
ref: 1894, Stanley J. Weyman, “Chapter III”, in Under the Red Robe:
glosses: To make grimaces, mock.
Derived terms: bemow
mow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /məʊ/
ipa: /moʊ/
rhymes: -əʊ
rhymes: -əʊ
ipa: /maʊ̯/
rhymes: -aʊ
ipa: /məʊ/
ipa: /moʊ/
rhymes: -əʊ
rhymes: -əʊ
Forms: form: mows
Etymology: From Middle English mowe, form Old English mūga, mūha, from Proto-West Germanic *mūgō, *mūhō, from Proto-Germanic *mūgô, *mūhō; perhaps connected to Ancient Greek μύκων (múkōn, “heap”). Cognate with Norwegian muge (“heap, crowd, flock”).
Senses: glosses: A stack of hay, corn, beans or a barn for the storage of hay, corn, beans.
glosses: The place in a barn where hay or grain in the sheaf is stowed.
mow
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /məʊ/
ipa: /moʊ/
rhymes: -əʊ
rhymes: -əʊ
ipa: /maʊ̯/
rhymes: -aʊ
ipa: /məʊ/
ipa: /moʊ/
rhymes: -əʊ
rhymes: -əʊ
Forms: form: mows
form: mowing
form: mowed
form: mowed
Etymology: From Middle English mowe, form Old English mūga, mūha, from Proto-West Germanic *mūgō, *mūhō, from Proto-Germanic *mūgô, *mūhō; perhaps connected to Ancient Greek μύκων (múkōn, “heap”). Cognate with Norwegian muge (“heap, crowd, flock”).
Senses: topics: agriculture
business
lifestyle
glosses: To put into mows.
mow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /məʊ/
ipa: /moʊ/
rhymes: -əʊ
rhymes: -əʊ
ipa: /maʊ̯/
rhymes: -aʊ
Forms: form: mows
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of mew (a seagull)
Related terms: Mow in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
outbid
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /aʊtˈbɪd/
rhymes: -ɪd
Forms: form: outbids
form: outbidding
form: outbid
form: outbidded
form: outbid
form: outbidded
form: outbidden
Etymology: From out- + bid.
Senses: examples: text: Bengal outbidded those of Delhi; instead of searching for khalifahs for obtaining recognition, Sultan Sikandar Shah himself took the title .of Imam ul-Azam and Khalifat-ul-Muazzam.
ref: 1985, Abdul Karim, Social History of the Muslims in Bengal: Down to A.D. 1538, page 65:
text: You must understand that there are people who strive and save their whole lives to acquire something, and when they are simply outbidded or outfoxed by me, it is not taken with a delicate smile.
ref: 2008, Michael Marra, A Host of Suspects, page 139:
glosses: To bid more than (somebody else) in an auction.
Derived terms: outbidder
bra
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: brä
ipa: /bɹɑː/
ipa: [bɹɐ̞]
note: Ireland, Ottawa Valley
ipa: /bɹæ/
rhymes: -ɑː
Forms: form: bras
form: brassiere
form: brassière
Etymology: Clipping of brassiere, borrowed from French brassière, from Old French braciere (originally a lining inside armor to protect the arm, but later a garment), from Old French brace (“arm”), from Latin bracchia, plural of Latin bracchium (“forearm”), from Ancient Greek βραχίων (brakhíōn, “forearm”), from Proto-Hellenic *brəkʰús (“short”) (because the forearm is shorter than the upper arm), inherited from Proto-Indo-European *mréǵʰus.
Senses: examples: text: Her housecoat had fallen open. She was wearing only panties and bra, which did nothing to make her scrawny, wrinkled body appealing.
ref: 1968, Carl Ruhen, The Key Club, Sydney: Scripts, page 12:
glosses: An item of clothing, usually underwear worn to support the breasts.
Derived terms: balconette bra
balcony bra
bra burner
bra-burning
bra chain
bra insert
bra-ket
braless
bralette
brami
bullet bra
cage bra
cantilever bra
car bra
cold as a witch's tit in a brass bra
demibra
handbra
jog bra
jogging bra
long-line bra
maternity bra
nursing bra
peek-a-boo bra
peekaboo bra
plunge bra
pocket bra
push-up bra
shelf bra
sports bra
starter bra
trainer bra
training bra
T-shirt bra
underwired bra
Wonderbra
wonderbra
bra
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: brä
ipa: /bɹɑː/
ipa: [bɹɐ̞]
note: Ireland, Ottawa Valley
ipa: /bɹæ/
rhymes: -ɑː
Forms: form: bras
form: brassiere
form: brassière
Etymology: From bracket, referring to the notation introduced in 1939 by Paul Dirac.
Senses: topics: linear-algebra
mathematics
sciences
qualifier: quantum mechanics
glosses: One of the two vectors in the standard notation for describing quantum states in quantum mechanics, the row vector; the other (column) vector being its complex conjugate, the ket.
Derived terms: eigenbra
Related terms: bra-ket
ket-bra
bra
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: brä
ipa: /bɹɑː/
ipa: [bɹɐ̞]
note: Ireland, Ottawa Valley
ipa: /bɹæ/
rhymes: -ɑː
Forms: form: bras
form: brassiere
form: brassière
Etymology: Representing a different pronunciation of bro (“brother”).
Senses: examples: text: Take it easy, bra!
text: “Famalam, I ain't even gon lie to ya man, I am super happy to be finally maxing out on parole my real. This violation was definitely a reality check Bra!” Influence replied to his comrade.
ref: 2009, Todd Johnson, Influence:
glosses: Alternative form of bro; friend, mate
upburst
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: upbursts
Etymology: From up- + burst.
Senses: examples: an upburst of molten matter
glosses: The act of bursting upwards
upcaught
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From up- + caught.
Senses: examples: text: In ev'ry mouth / She [Scylla] bears upcaught a mariner away.
ref: 1791, Homer, “[The Odyssey.] Book XII.”, in W[illiam] Cowper, transl., The Iliad and Odyssey of Homer, Translated into Blank Verse, […], volume II, London: […] J[oseph] Johnson, […], →OCLC, page 279, lines 117–118:
glosses: Seized or caught up.
upcheer
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: upcheers
form: upcheering
form: upcheered
form: upcheered
Etymology: From up- + cheer.
Senses: examples: text: The sad Briana which all this beheld ;
Who comming forth yet full of late affray Sir Calidore upcheard
ref: 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book VI, Canto I”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
synonyms: word: elate
word: happify
word: beatify
word: begladden
word: blissen
word: bright
word: cheer
word: cheer up
word: content
word: delight
word: elate
word: enbliss
word: exhilarate
word: fain
word: gay
word: gladden
word: gladden someone's heart
word: gratify
word: happify
word: happy
word: hearten
word: jollify
word: laetificate
word: light up
word: make someone's day
word: perk up
word: please
word: raise someone's spirits
word: rejoice
word: turn the frown upside down
word: upcheer
word: warm someone's heart
word: warm the cockles of someone's heart
glosses: To cheer up.
abaxile
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of abaxial.
ducat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdʌkət/
rhymes: -ʌkət
Forms: form: ducats
form: ducket
Etymology: From Middle French ducat, late Old French ducat, from Old Italian ducato, from Medieval Latin ducatus, from oblique stem of dux (“duke; leader”). Doublet of duchy.
Senses: examples: text: Shylock: "My daughter! O my ducats! Fled with a Christian! O my Christian ducats! Justice! the law! my ducats, and my daughter!..."
ref: c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene viii]:
text: But when the innkeeper saw what kind of goat the lad had, he thought this was a goat worth having, so when the lad had fallen asleep, he took another goat which couldn't make any golden ducats, and put that in its place.
ref: 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 166:
glosses: A gold coin minted by various European nations.
glosses: A coin of the major denomination (dollar, euro, etc.); money in general.
examples: text: Ned Beaumont said, "Well, I've got a ducat that reads to there, anyway.
ref: 1972 [1931], Dashiell Hammett, “IV. The Dog House”, in The Glass Key, Vintage Books, page 73:
text: Customers are usually enticed in with a "ducat", or pass for one free dance.
ref: 1946, George Johnston, Skyscrapers in the Mist, page 88:
text: […] the lines at the box office since ducats went on sale publicly Wednesday […]
ref: 1949 June 11, Billboard:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
theater
transport
glosses: A ticket.
goiter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡɔɪtə/
ipa: /ˈɡɔɪtɚ/
ipa: [ˈɡɔɪɾɚ]
rhymes: -ɔɪtə(ɹ)
Forms: form: goiters
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of goitre.
Derived terms: German goiter
goiter belt
goiterism
Milwaukee goiter
tenderfoot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tenderfeet
form: tenderfoots
Etymology: From tender + foot. Refers to the delicate feet of newcomers to ranching or mining areas. First attested 1866.
Senses: synonyms: word: abecedarian
word: alphabetarian
word: apprentice
word: amateur
word: beginner
word: bun
word: colt
word: first-timer
word: fledgling
word: fresh meat
word: freshman
word: greenhorn
word: greenie
word: greener
word: homo novus
word: inceptor
word: initiate
word: Johnny-come-lately
word: learner
word: neophyte
word: newbie
word: newb
word: newbro
word: new chum
word: newcomer
word: newling
word: noob
word: n00b
word: novice
word: novitiate
word: nozzer
word: nub
word: nubcake
word: puny
word: pup
word: probationer
word: probationist
word: probie
word: recruit
word: stranger
word: rookie
word: tenderfoot
word: trainee
word: tyro
word: younker
word: blow-in
word: come-here
word: comeling
word: entrant
word: FOB
word: fresh meat
word: freshie
word: greener
word: incomer
word: Johnny-come-lately
word: Johnny Raw
word: new chum
word: newcomer
word: newbie
word: newling
word: offcomer
word: outcomeling
word: stranger
glosses: An inexperienced person; a novice.
examples: text: Watson had risen so hurriedly that he had not been careful about his “tarp” and water had run into his bed. But that wouldn’t disconcert anybody but a tenderfoot.
ref: 1914, Elinore Pruitt Stewart, Letters of a Woman Homesteader, Houghton Mifflin Company, page 173:
text: "Lavender Cowboy," a pseudo folk song, is a tale of futility. It tells of a tenderfoot "with only two hairs on his chest," whose heroic attempt to prove his manhood results in his death.
ref: 1991 August 31, Rudy Grillo, “Color Me Gay”, in Gay Community News, volume 19, number 7, page 10:
glosses: A newcomer or arriviste to the region in the American frontier (Old West and Wild West).
glosses: A Boy Scout of the lowest rank.
Derived terms: tenderfootish
Related terms: tenderfooted
cheechako
greenhorn
newbie
redhanded
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more redhanded
form: most redhanded
Senses: examples: text: Never seen 'im but onct—mought be a redhanded 'sass'n—ur a thief—ur—ur—ur anythin'!
ref: 1913, Edwin Carlile Litsey, A Maid of the Kentucky Hills, →ISBN:
text: ...the prosecuting attorney referred to the defendant as a “murderer” in one instance, and in another as a “redhanded murderer.”
ref: 1936, Reports of cases argued and determined in the Supreme Court of the territory of Arizona, Volume 47, page 239:
text: No, Yellow Hat had stupidly, I'm sure, jailed me in Fate's main vault!; he'd put a redhanded thief rover adrift but jailed in a warehouse of his main desire.
ref: 1993, Steven Culbert, The Beautiful Woman Without Mercy &, The King of Scarecrows, →ISBN, page 54:
glosses: Alternative spelling of red-handed.
blud
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: blŭd
ipa: /blʌd/
homophone: blood
rhymes: -ʌd
Forms: form: bluds
Etymology: Created in Multicultural London English, of Jamaican origin. Has since spread around England, and thence Anglosphere and online. Claimed to be, via eye dialect spelling, from Caribbean Creole blood (“family relation, close friend”) (compare blood brother). Possibly derived or reinforced from brother; compare bro, bruh, brudder etc.
Senses: examples: text: –Yeh, blud, safe, goes Ravi.
ref: 2006, Gautam Malkani, Londonstani, HarperCollins, →ISBN, page 5:
text: Nowadays all of my shows sold out
 Headline tour, yeah blud, sold out
ref: 2015, “Shut Up”, performed by Stormzy:
text: I heard your mixtape, blud it was garbage […] Blud, I don't know why you mentioned my name
ref: 2016, “Punk (Chipmunk Diss)”, performed by Yungen:
glosses: Informal address to a man.
blud
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Pronunciation: enpr: blŭd
ipa: /blʌd/
homophone: blood
rhymes: -ʌd
Etymology: Created in Multicultural London English, of Jamaican origin. Has since spread around England, and thence Anglosphere and online. Claimed to be, via eye dialect spelling, from Caribbean Creole blood (“family relation, close friend”) (compare blood brother). Possibly derived or reinforced from brother; compare bro, bruh, brudder etc.
Senses: examples: text: what is blud waffling about
ref: 2023 February 3, maddy🍋 (@fyridk), Twitter:
text: who invited blud
ref: 2023 February 11, 🔴 (@TenHag_Szn), Twitter:
text: Blud was lost
ref: 2023 February 2, Dom2K (@Dom_2k), Twitter:
text: What is wrong with blud 😂😂🙌🙌
ref: 2023 February 11, Åmplė  Cålm (@ample_calm), Twitter:
text: What’s blud tryna say here
ref: 2023 February 2, MN1F🇬🇧 (@Wuwakia90), Twitter:
glosses: he or him
Related terms: bled
blud
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: blŭd
ipa: /blʌd/
homophone: blood
rhymes: -ʌd
Forms: form: bluds
Senses: examples: text: The yronmongers find a Carayge good
how Iesu dyed on yͤ Rode
and shed for vs his precyus blud
the find it in fere
ref: 1539–1540, Late Banns BL Harl 2150, The Records of Early English Drama, Cheshire Including Chester, Volume 1, Lawrence M. Clopper, Elizabeth Baldwin, David Mills: University of Toronto Press, 1 January 2007, page 84, line 33–36
glosses: Obsolete spelling of blood.
shoe polish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shoe polishes
form: shoepolish
Senses: synonyms: blacking
glosses: A product rubbed onto shoes to make them shine.
Related terms: shoe brush
shoe-leather
shoeshine
shoeshine boy
shoeshine girl
chemical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: kĕm'ĭk-əl
ipa: /ˈkɛm.ɪ.kəl/
rhymes: -ɛmɪkəl
Etymology: From chemic (“alchemy”) + -al (“related to”).
Senses: examples: text: chemical experiments
text: the chemical properties of iron
text: Pentalene has chemical formula C₈H₆
text: The physiology of matter in the abstract is dynamical, that of mineral species is both dynamical and chemical, while that of organized forms is at once dynamical, chemical, and biotical.
ref: 1883, Science, volumes 1-2, page 279:
text: We pinpoint all essential ingredients of intelligence found in spatio-temporal dynamics of nonlinear chemical systems, and show outlines of future designs and protypes of chemical intelligent "gooware".
ref: 2006, Andrew Adamatzky, “Reaction-Diffusion Reactive Wetware”, in Tamio Arai, editor, Intelligent Autonomous Systems 9, IOS Press, page 3:
glosses: Of or relating to chemistry.
glosses: Of or relating to a material or processes not commonly found in nature or in a particular product.
glosses: Of or relating to alchemy.
addition
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈdɪʃ.ən/
ipa: [əˈdɪʃ.n̩]
homophone: edition (weak vowel merger)
rhymes: -ɪʃən
Forms: form: additions
Etymology: Sense of “what is added” dates from 14th century, from Middle English addicioun, addition, from Old French adition, from Latin additiōnem, accusative singular of additiō, from addō (“add, put”).
Senses: examples: text: The addition of five more items to the agenda will make the meeting unbearably long.
glosses: The act of adding anything.
glosses: Anything that is added.
topics: arithmetic
glosses: The arithmetic operation of adding.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A dot at the right side of a note as an indication that its sound is to be lengthened one half.
examples: text: […]They clip vs drunkards, and with Swiniſh phraſe / Soyle our addition, and indeede it takes / From our atchieuements, though perform’d at height / The pith and marrow of our attribute[…]
ref: c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, The Tragicall Historie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke: […] (Second Quarto), London: […] I[ames] R[oberts] for N[icholas] L[ing] […], published 1604, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iv]:
topics: law
glosses: A title annexed to a person's name to identify him or her more precisely.
topics: government
heraldry
hobbies
lifestyle
monarchy
nobility
politics
antonyms: abatement
glosses: Something added to a coat of arms, as a mark of honour.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: an organic reaction where two or more molecules combine to form a larger one (the adduct).
Synonyms: sense: act of adding
word: adding
sense: act of adding
word: annexation
sense: act of adding
word: inclusion
sense: thing added
word: extra
word: supplement
word: addition
Coordinate terms: succession
multiplication
exponentiation
tetration
pentation
hexation
Derived terms: additional
additionary
additionist
addition polymerisation
addition polymerization
addition reaction
addition sign
coaddition
cycloaddition
digitaddition
gyroaddition
heteroaddition
in addition
in addition to
isoaddition
Michael addition
misaddition
nonaddition
photoaddition
polyaddition
readdition
retroaddition
spike addition
superaddition
Related terms: word: add
word: adder
word: additive
alt: +
word: plus sign
english: summation: +
translation: summation: +
alt: summand
word: + = + =
sense: subtraction
roman: subtrahend
english: difference, remainder
translation: difference, remainder
word: − =
sense: multiplication; multiplier, multiplicator
roman: multiplicand
english: factor; factor; product
translation: factor; factor; product
word: × = × =
sense: division; dividend
roman: quotient
word: ÷ =
sense: division
word: remainder left over if divisor does not divide dividend
among
Language: English
Part of speech: prep
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈmʌŋ/
ipa: /əˈmɒŋ/
rhymes: -ʌŋ
Forms: form: amonge
form: amoung
Etymology: Etymology tree
Old English on
Proto-Indo-European *ḱe-
Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm
Proto-Germanic *ga-
Proto-West Germanic *ga-
Old English ġe-
Old English mang
Old English ġemang
Old English onġemang
Old English amang
Middle English among
English among
From Middle English among, amang, amonge, amange, from Old English amang, onġemang, equivalent to a- + mong (“crowd; group; throng”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian monk, monken (“among”), West Frisian mank (“among”), Dutch mank, maank (“among”), German Low German mank, manken (“among”), dialectal German mang (“among”).
Senses: examples: text: How can you speak with authority about their customs when you have never lived among them?
glosses: Denotes a mingling or intermixing with distinct or separable objects. (See Usage Note at amidst.)
examples: text: He is among the few who completely understand the subject.
text: All this has led to an explosion of protest across China, including among a middle class that has discovered nimbyism.
ref: 2013 August 10, “Can China clean up fast enough?”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8848:
glosses: Denotes a belonging of a person or a thing to a group.
examples: text: Lactose intolerance is common among people of Asian heritage.
text: Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us […]
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Luke 1:1:
glosses: Denotes a sharing of a common feature in a group.
Synonyms: english: variant of among, slightly dated
translation: variant of among, slightly dated
word: amongst
word: amidst
word: amid
Derived terms: among other things
fall among
first among equals
hereamong
honor among thieves
honour among thieves
man among men
put the cat among the pigeons
set the cat among the pigeons
thereamong
there is no honor among thieves
whereamong
woman among women
Related terms: between
within
attack
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈtæk/
rhymes: -æk
Etymology: Borrowed from French attaque, derived from the verb attaquer, from Italian attaccare (“to join, attach”) (used in attaccare battaglia (“to join battle”)), from Frankish *stakkijan (“to stick, stick to, attach”). Doublet of attach. Displaced native Middle English onresen, from Old English onrǣsan (“to attack”); and Middle English resinge (“an assault, attack”) (compare Old English onrǣs (“an attack”)).
Senses: examples: attack dog, attack ad
glosses: Designed or kept for the purpose of confrontation.
outdo
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /aʊtˈdu/
rhymes: -uː
Forms: form: outdoes
form: outdoing
form: outdid
form: outdone
form: out-do
Etymology: From out- + do.
Senses: examples: text: You've outdone yourself—another personal best!
glosses: To excel; go beyond in performance; surpass.
Synonyms: sense: to surpass
word: to outperform
sense: to surpass
word: to outrival
sense: to surpass
word: improve on
sense: to surpass
word: overtake
Derived terms: outdoer
outdid
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /aʊtˈdɪd/
rhymes: -ɪd
Senses: glosses: simple past of outdo
outdone
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /aʊtˈdʌn/
rhymes: -ʌn
Senses: glosses: past participle of outdo
attempt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈtɛmpt/
rhymes: -ɛmpt
Forms: form: attempts
Etymology: Late 14th century, as Middle English attempten, from Old French atempter, from Latin attemptō (“I try, solicit”), from ad (“to”) + temptare, more correctly tentare (“to try”); see tempt.
The noun is from the 1530s, the sense "an assault on somebody's life, assassination attempt" (French attentat) is from 1580.
Senses: examples: text: We made an attempt to cross the stream, but didn’t manage.
text: This poem is much better than the feeble attempt of mine.
text: It was worth the attempt.
text: No matter how many failed attempts we made, we maintained a positive attitude and tried again and again until we succeeded.
text: But was it responsible governance to pass the Longitude Act without other efforts to protect British seamen? Or might it have been subterfuge—a disingenuous attempt to shift attention away from the realities of their life at sea
ref: 2012 March 23, William E. Carter, Merri Sue Carter, “The British Longitude Act Reconsidered”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, page 87:
glosses: The action of trying at something.
examples: text: No man can charge us of any attempt against the realm.
ref: 1584, Allen’s Defence Of English Catholics, cited after Edinburgh Review 1883, page 378
glosses: An assault or attack, especially an assassination attempt.
examples: text: Whoever voluntarily abandons the further commission of the offence or prevents its completion incurs no penalty for attempt.
ref: 2021, “German Criminal Code”, in gesetze-im-internet.de:
qualifier: criminal law
glosses: A substantial but unsuccessful effort (to commit a crime).
examples: text: Her attempt was not successful, and resulted in her being hospitalized.
glosses: An act of trying to commit suicide
Synonyms: effort
try
bid
Derived terms: attemptless
nonattempt
reattempt
outgrow
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌaʊtˈɡɹəʊ/
ipa: /ˌɑʊtˈɡɹoʊ/
rhymes: -əʊ
Forms: form: outgrows
form: outgrowing
form: outgrew
form: outgrown
Etymology: From out- + grow.
Senses: examples: text: Poorer children often have to wear whatever an older sibling has outgrown.
text: I used to have allergies but I outgrew all of them.
text: Some people blame God for their troubles, but one must outgrow such notions.
text: […]Most persons are collectors at some periods of their lives. Some outgrow the habit; with others it becomes a mania; and with still others it is a lasting habit intelligently planned as one aspect of a study of a particular subject.
ref: 1941 January, “Railway Literature”, in Railway Magazine, page 48:
text: “I think you've outgrown Bonnie,” he said as he drove. […] “Bonnie and I have known each other forever,” I said simply. “Doesn't mean you have to be friends forever.”
ref: 2022, Ling Ma, “G”, in Bliss Montage, New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, →ISBN:
synonyms: grow out of
glosses: To become too big in size or too mature in age or outlook to continue to want, need, use, experience, or accept some object, practice, condition, belief, etc.
examples: text: The best adapted plant varieties tend to outgrow those less adapted.
glosses: To grow faster or larger than.
Derived terms: outgrowth
outgrew
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /aʊtˈɡɹuː/
rhymes: -uː
Senses: glosses: simple past of outgrow
outgrown
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /aʊtˈɡɹoʊn/
rhymes: -əʊn
Senses: glosses: past participle of outgrow
Derived terms: unoutgrown