cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
grue
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: gro͞o
ipa: /ɡɹuː/
rhymes: -uː
homophone: grew
Etymology: Blend of green + blue. The philosophy sense was coined by American philosopher Nelson Goodman in 1955 to illustrate concepts in the philosophy of science. The linguistic sense was coined by American linguist Paul Kay in 1975 as a translation from languages such as Welsh that have a basic cover term that covers both the hues called "green" and "blue" in English.
Senses: examples: text: The grue property is defined as: x is grue if and only if x is green and is observed before the year 2000, or x is blue and is not observed before the year 2000.
ref: 1965, Nelson Goodman, Fact, Fiction and Forecast:
text: The unexamined emeralds cannot be both green and grue, since if they are grue and unexamined they are blue.
ref: 2007, Michael Clark, Paradoxes from A to Z:
topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Of an object, green when first observed before a specified time or blue when first observed after that time.
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Of a single color inclusive of both green and blue as different shades, used in translations from languages such as Old Welsh and Old Chinese that lacked a distinction between green and blue.
Coordinate terms: topics: philosophy
human-sciences
sciences
word: bleen
Related terms: aquamarine
bleen
blue-green
cyan
turquoise
grue
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: gro͞o
ipa: /ɡɹuː/
rhymes: -uː
homophone: grew
Senses: glosses: Nutraloaf, a bland mixture of foods served in prisons.
XXX
Language: English
Part of speech: symbol
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌʔɛks.ʔɛksˈʔɛks/
ipa: /ˈtɹɪpəlˈʔɛks/
ipa: /ɛ.ksɛ.ksɛks/
ipa: /ˈtɹɪpəlˈɛks/
Etymology: 1969 (see quotations). Reduplication of X (“an age rating denoting content suitable for adults”), in reference to the X rating introduced by the Motion Picture Association of America on 1 November 1968 for films containing extreme violence, heavily implied (originally softcore) sex and obscene language. Film posters began to include multiple exes (but skipping two) in order to imply even more extreme, hardcore content, particularly in relation to pornography (although many actually contained the same content as X-rated films). Compare XXXX. The original X rating was superseded by NC-17 in 1990; see also R-18.
Senses: examples: text: [bottom right] XXX
SO ADULT ONE 'X' ISN'T ENOUGH!
ref: 1969, Starlet! (film poster), Entertainment Ventures:
glosses: Denotes extreme or hardcore pornography.
Related terms: porn
smut
XXX
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌʔɛks.ʔɛksˈʔɛks/
ipa: /ˈtɹɪpəlˈʔɛks/
ipa: /ɛ.ksɛ.ksɛks/
ipa: /ˈtɹɪpəlˈɛks/
Forms: form: more XXX
form: most XXX
Etymology: 1969 (see quotations). Reduplication of X (“an age rating denoting content suitable for adults”), in reference to the X rating introduced by the Motion Picture Association of America on 1 November 1968 for films containing extreme violence, heavily implied (originally softcore) sex and obscene language. Film posters began to include multiple exes (but skipping two) in order to imply even more extreme, hardcore content, particularly in relation to pornography (although many actually contained the same content as X-rated films). Compare XXXX. The original X rating was superseded by NC-17 in 1990; see also R-18.
Senses: examples: text: Pornography—or "porno," to use the hip term—is intended primarily to sexually arouse the viewer, or reader, or maybe listener. Porno films enjoy graphic realism. These are the XXX films.
ref: 1973, William Rotsler, Contemporary Erotic Cinema, Penthouse/Ballantine, page 26:
text: The pornography industry, like all industries, is in the business of making money. Pornography makes a lot of money-from Playboy magazine to XXX videos. This industry would obviously produce, and capitalize upon, pornography for women as well, if a demand existed.
ref: 1995, Paul R. Abramson, Steven D. Pinkerton, With Pleasure: Thoughts on the Nature of Human Sexuality, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, pages 72–73:
text: Other global taboos, such as sex and suicide, manifest themselves widely online, with websites offering suicide guides and Hot XXX Action seconds away at the click of a button. The UK government will come under pressure to block access to pornographic websites this year when a committee of MPs publishes its report on protecting children online.
ref: 2012 April 19, Josh Halliday, “Free speech haven or lawless cesspool – can the internet be civilised?”, in The Guardian:
glosses: Extreme or hardcore pornography; or, less strictly, any pornographic content.
Synonyms: pornographic
18+
adult
dirty
NSFW
vulgar
X-rated
Derived terms: word: XXXer
word: XXXtreme
XXX
Language: English
Part of speech: symbol
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌʔɛks.ʔɛksˈʔɛks/
ipa: /ˈtɹɪpəlˈʔɛks/
ipa: /ɛ.ksɛ.ksɛks/
ipa: /ˈtɹɪpəlˈɛks/
Forms: form: XXX.
Etymology: Unknown. Possibly from X, a graphic derivative of the skull and crossbones (“indicator of death”). For other possible explanations, see Beer measurement § Saltire marks on WikipediaWikipedia.
Senses: examples: text: "God bless you, madam!" he said, fervently, "and all like you that keep a bright face through the darkest day. But come, madam, step in a moment, and taste a glass of the XXX ale, and a slice of l'eg's cake; it's yet early."
ref: 1847, William Howitt, Mary Howitt, “The Flint and Hart Matronship”, in Howitt's Journal of Literature and Popular Progress, volume 1, published by William Lovett, page 13:
text: Squash almost without stint! What is squash? Why, squash is squash! Squash in "Poplar" language stood for beer. Not XXX. beer, or Burton beer, but beer for all that. Table beer—school beer—beer of which a great deal might be taken without producing intoxication.
ref: 1882, Frederick Sherlock, More Than Conquerors, Home Words Publishing Office, page 79:
text: It is wonderful how quickly a beer drinker, if he was to get XXX. beer for XXXX. beer, would be able to tell you the difference. Some publicans go in for more profit than others, some will buy the XXX. beer, and perhaps his next neighbour will buy the XXXX. beer; but the man who sells the XXXX. beer gets the business.
ref: 1898 June 9, George Harston, Report and Minutes of Evidence Taken Before the Departmental Comm. on Beer Materials, House of Commons of the United Kingdom, page 231:
glosses: Extra strong alcohol, particularly ale or (later) any beer.
glosses: Extra strong alcohol, particularly ale or (later) any beer.
Alcohol.
qualifier: euphemistic or stylistic
XXX
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌʔɛks.ʔɛksˈʔɛks/
ipa: /ˈtɹɪpəlˈʔɛks/
ipa: /ɛ.ksɛ.ksɛks/
ipa: /ˈtɹɪpəlˈɛks/
Forms: form: more XXX
form: most XXX
Etymology: Unknown. Possibly from X, a graphic derivative of the skull and crossbones (“indicator of death”). For other possible explanations, see Beer measurement § Saltire marks on WikipediaWikipedia.
Senses: glosses: Extra strong; very high quality.
XXX
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌʔɛks.ʔɛksˈʔɛks/
ipa: /ˈtɹɪpəlˈʔɛks/
ipa: /ɛ.ksɛ.ksɛks/
ipa: /ˈtɹɪpəlˈɛks/
Forms: form: XXXes
form: XXXing
form: XXXed
form: XXXed
Etymology: Unknown, but compare ex (“to delete; to cross out”, verb).
Senses: glosses: To delete; to cross out, especially to conceal or suggest vulgar language.
Related terms: grawlix
XXX
Language: English
Part of speech: symbol
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌʔɛks.ʔɛksˈʔɛks/
ipa: /ˈtɹɪpəlˈʔɛks/
ipa: /ɛ.ksɛ.ksɛks/
ipa: /ˈtɹɪpəlˈɛks/
Etymology: Perhaps from sXe.
Senses: qualifier: hardcore punk
glosses: Straight edge (lifestyle and subculture).
Related terms: xVx
XXX
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌʔɛks.ʔɛksˈʔɛks/
ipa: /ˈtɹɪpəlˈʔɛks/
ipa: /ɛ.ksɛ.ksɛks/
ipa: /ˈtɹɪpəlˈɛks/
Etymology: From having three X chromosomes (and no Y), or as a clipping of XXX syndrome.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Triple X syndrome.
Synonyms: 47, XXX
triple X syndrome
trisomy X
XXX syndrome
XXX
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌʔɛks.ʔɛksˈʔɛks/
ipa: /ˈtɹɪpəlˈʔɛks/
ipa: /ɛ.ksɛ.ksɛks/
ipa: /ˈtɹɪpəlˈɛks/
Forms: form: XXXs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of xxx (“an abbreviation for kisses”).
XXX
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌʔɛks.ʔɛksˈʔɛks/
ipa: /ˈtɹɪpəlˈʔɛks/
ipa: /ɛ.ksɛ.ksɛks/
ipa: /ˈtɹɪpəlˈɛks/
Forms: form: XXXs
Etymology: Adopted by the International Radiotelegraph Convention in 1927.
Senses: glosses: The conventional Morse code call made when in an urgent situation but not in immediate distress.
Related terms: SOS
mayday
pan-pan
XXX
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌʔɛks.ʔɛksˈʔɛks/
ipa: /ˈtɹɪpəlˈʔɛks/
ipa: /ɛ.ksɛ.ksɛks/
ipa: /ˈtɹɪpəlˈɛks/
Senses: qualifier: on government documents
glosses: Unknown eye or hair color.
synonyms: BAL
qualifier: on government documents
glosses: Bald.
AAA
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: AAAs
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of abdominal aortic aneurysm.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Initialism of aromatic amino acid.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of anti-aircraft artillery.
topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
glosses: Initialism of animal-assisted activity.
glosses: Initialism of adult album alternative.
glosses: Initialism of advanced acoustic array.
glosses: Initialism of Access Approval Authority.
glosses: Initialism of accumulated adjustments account, in US Federal Income Tax.
glosses: Initialism of adaptive array antenna.
glosses: Initialism of airborne assault area.
glosses: Initialism of aircraft alert area.
glosses: Initialism of airport airspace analysis.
glosses: Initialism of angle angle angle, a geometric proof.
glosses: Initialism of arrival and assembly area.
glosses: Initialism of astronaut-actuated abort.
glosses: Initialism of attitude, awareness and accountability, a ski safety program.
examples: text: Additionally, the IT staff must implement an authentication, authorization, and accounting (AAA) server. The AAA server (commonly pronounced "tripple A" server) will keep the usernames and passwords, and when the user supplies that information, it is the AAA server that determines if what the user typed was correct or not.
ref: 2016, Wendell Odom, CCNA Routing and Switching ICND2 200-105:
glosses: Initialism of authentication, authorization and accounting.
glosses: Initialism of automated airlift analysis.
glosses: Initialism of administration, authorization, and authentication, in software security.
glosses: Initialism of AEGIS acquisition agent.
glosses: Initialism of aerospace engineering, applied mechanics, and aviation.
glosses: Initialism of air avenue of approach.
glosses: Initialism of airborne array aperture.
glosses: Initialism of allocations, assessments, and analysis.
glosses: Initialism of alternate assembly area.
glosses: Initialism of authorization accounting activity; authorized accounting activity.
glosses: Initialism of Acquisition Approval Authority.
AAA
Language: English
Part of speech: symbol
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: The highest level of minor league baseball, often used by extension in other sports to indicate the highest level of minor league play in that sport as well.
glosses: A very narrow shoe size.
topics: business
finance
glosses: The highest credit rating given by debt analysis agencies such as Standard & Poor's, Moody's, and A.M. Best.
topics: video-games
glosses: A high-quality video game expected to sell well, typically with a large development budget.
AAA
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Initialism of awaiting aircraft availability.
Related terms: triple A
fuel
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfjuːəl/
ipa: /ˈfjuːl/
ipa: [ˈfjuwəɫ]
rhymes: -uːəl
rhymes: -uːl
Forms: form: fuels
form: fueling
form: fuelling
form: fueled
form: fueled
form: fuelled
form: fuelled
Etymology: From Middle English fewell, from Old French fouaille, feuaille (“firewood, kindling”), from feu (“fire”), from Late Latin focus (“fire”), from Latin focus (“hearth”). Cognate with Spanish fuego (“fire”), and Portuguese fogo (“fire”). Doublet of focus.
Senses: examples: text: […] Lieutenant Hirsch appeared with a sheaf of signals in his hand. He took these from the young man and read them through. Mostly they dealt with routine matters of the fuelling and victualling, but one from the Third Naval Member’s office was unexpected.
ref: 1957, Neville Shute, chapter 2, in On the Beach, New York: William Morrow & Co:
text: The workings now employ ten twin-units, which are fuelled at Hornsey but return to Cambridge diesel depot for their weekly maintenance; [...].
ref: 1959 May, “Talking of Trains: By diesel m.u. to Moorgate”, in Trains Illustrated, page 235:
text: "Well, we do need to keep some of it on hand, donchaknow. For fueling the cookfires and all that rot."
ref: 2005, Harry Turtledove, Alternate Generals III, unnumbered page:
glosses: To provide with fuel.
examples: text: There were times, during the first two years of the Biden presidency, when I came close to forgetting about it all: the taunts and the provocations; the incitements and the resentments; the disorchestrated reasoning; the verbal incontinence; the press conferences fueled by megalomania, vengeance, and a soupçon of hydroxychloroquine.
ref: 2023 December 8, Jennifer Senior, “What Will Happen to the American Psyche If Trump Is Reelected?”, in The Atlantic:
glosses: To exacerbate, to cause to grow or become greater.
Derived terms: refuel
petroleum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pəˈtɹoʊliəm/
Forms: form: petroleums
form: petrolea
form: petrolaeum
form: petrolæum
Etymology: From Medieval Latin petroleum, from petra (“rock”) + oleum (“oil”). Doublet of petrol.
Senses: examples: text: petroleum-based products
text: Coal and petroleum do not occur hap-hazard in nature, but the aggregate occurrence of each product in any region forms a definite, limited horizon, which, in its continuance, is independent of the bedding plane.
ref: 1940, William Plotts, Isogeotherm, Or Monist Theory of Stratified Mineral Occurrence and Origin, page 7:
synonyms: crude oil
oil
glosses: A flammable liquid ranging in color from clear to very dark brown and black, consisting mainly of hydrocarbons, occurring naturally in deposits under the Earth's surface.
Synonyms: word: black gold
word: dino juice
word: dino oil
word: dinosaur juice
word: dinosaur oil
word: gas
word: gasoline
word: juice
word: oil
word: petrol
word: petroleum
word: Texas tea
Derived terms: antipetroleum
biopetroleum
liquefied petroleum gas
nonpetroleum
packaged petroleum product
petrol
petroleum coke
Petroleum County
petroleum ether
petroleum fly
petroleum jelly
petroleum reservoir
petroleum spirit
petronoia
postpetroleum
Related terms: sense: not a synonym
english: gasoline, gas
translation: gasoline, gas
word: petrol
word: linoleum
Ashkenazi
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌæʃkɪˈnɑːzi/
ipa: /ˌæʃkɪnəˈziː/
ipa: /ˌɑːʃkɪˈnɑːzi/
ipa: /ˌɑːʃkɪnəˈziː/
Forms: form: more Ashkenazi
form: most Ashkenazi
Etymology: Borrowed from Hebrew אַשְׁכְּנַזִּי ('ashk'nazí), from Biblical Hebrew אַשְׁכְּנַז (ʾaškənaz). The biblical Ashkenaz was the son of Gomer, the grandson of Japheth, and the great-grandson of Noah. Ashkenaz's descendants were identified with the Germans by medieval Jewish tradition. Ashkenaz was also the name used for the Rhine river, which was the starting point of central and eastern European settlement by Jews, who are thought to have arrived in the region from Italy, and then spread east as they fled violent oppression and followed more favorable ownership laws.
Senses: synonyms: Ashkenazic
hypernyms: Jewish
glosses: Of or relating to Jews of Central European, particularly of German and Polish origin, and their traditions, customs, and rituals.
Ashkenazi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌæʃkɪˈnɑːzi/
ipa: /ˌæʃkɪnəˈziː/
ipa: /ˌɑːʃkɪˈnɑːzi/
ipa: /ˌɑːʃkɪnəˈziː/
Forms: form: Ashkenazim
form: Ashkenazis
form: Ashkenazi
Etymology: Borrowed from Hebrew אַשְׁכְּנַזִּי ('ashk'nazí), from Biblical Hebrew אַשְׁכְּנַז (ʾaškənaz). The biblical Ashkenaz was the son of Gomer, the grandson of Japheth, and the great-grandson of Noah. Ashkenaz's descendants were identified with the Germans by medieval Jewish tradition. Ashkenaz was also the name used for the Rhine river, which was the starting point of central and eastern European settlement by Jews, who are thought to have arrived in the region from Italy, and then spread east as they fled violent oppression and followed more favorable ownership laws.
Senses: hypernyms: Jew
glosses: An Ashkenazi Jew.
Ashkenazi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌæʃkɪˈnɑːzi/
ipa: /ˌæʃkɪnəˈziː/
ipa: /ˌɑːʃkɪˈnɑːzi/
ipa: /ˌɑːʃkɪnəˈziː/
Forms: form: Ashkenazis
Etymology: Borrowed from Hebrew אַשְׁכְּנַזִּי ('ashk'nazí), from Biblical Hebrew אַשְׁכְּנַז (ʾaškənaz). The biblical Ashkenaz was the son of Gomer, the grandson of Japheth, and the great-grandson of Noah. Ashkenaz's descendants were identified with the Germans by medieval Jewish tradition. Ashkenaz was also the name used for the Rhine river, which was the starting point of central and eastern European settlement by Jews, who are thought to have arrived in the region from Italy, and then spread east as they fled violent oppression and followed more favorable ownership laws.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Hebrew.
Derived terms: Ashke-Nazi
Ashkenazic
Ashkenazism
Ashkenazize
Ashkenormative
Ashkenormativity
Ashkephardi
Feder
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Feders
Etymology: Borrowed from German Feder.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German, equivalent to English Feather.
crazy
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɹeɪ.zi/
ipa: /ˈkɹæɪ.zi/
rhymes: -eɪzi
Forms: form: more crazy
form: most crazy
Etymology: From craze (“to crush”) + -y, akin to being "crazed up". Compare cracked up (“suffered a mental breakdown; be insane”).
Senses: examples: text: That trick was crazy good.
text: I'm flat out. It's crazy stupid here, Kim.
ref: 2002, Gina Riley, Jane Turner, That's Unusual: Scripts from Kath and Kim, Series 2, page 67:
glosses: Very, extremely.
crazy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɹeɪ.zi/
ipa: /ˈkɹæɪ.zi/
rhymes: -eɪzi
Forms: form: crazies
Etymology: From craze (“to crush”) + -y, akin to being "crazed up". Compare cracked up (“suffered a mental breakdown; be insane”).
Senses: examples: text: Now drink up, you knuckleheads! Have a blast! It's our night, you crazies! Chloe, where are you?
ref: 2011, “Pilot”, in Allen Gregory, season 1, episode 1:
synonyms: word: basket case
word: basket weaver
word: crack
word: crackpot
word: crazy
word: crazyhead
word: dingbat
word: eccentric
word: fruit and nut case
word: fruit cake
word: fruit loop
word: fruitloop
word: head case
word: kook
word: loony
word: loony tune
word: lunatic
word: madcap
word: madhead
word: mental case
word: nut
word: nut ball
word: nutbar
word: nutburger
word: nutcase
word: nutjob
word: nutter
word: psycho
word: psychoceramic
word: schizo
word: screwball
word: space cadet
word: space pilot
word: unconventional
word: wackadoo
word: wackadoodle
word: wacko
word: whackjob
word: whacko
word: weirdo
word: wingnut
word: space case
glosses: An insane or eccentric person; a crackpot.
examples: text: Then again, her whole evening was full of crazy, and she didn't know what else to do.
ref: 2013, Douglas Schwartz, Checkered Scissors, page 211:
glosses: Eccentric behaviour; lunacy; craziness.
corrupt
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəˈɹʌpt/
rhymes: -ʌpt
Forms: form: more corrupt
form: most corrupt
form: corrumpt
form: corrump
form: corroupt
Etymology: From Middle English corrupten, derived from Latin corruptus, past participle of corrumpō (“to destroy, ruin, injure, spoil, corrupt, bribe”), from com- (“together”) + rumpō (“to break in pieces”).
Senses: glosses: Willing to act dishonestly for personal gain; accepting bribes.
examples: text: The government here is corrupt, so we'll emigrate to escape them.
text: The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 6:11:
text: At what ease
Might corrupt minds procure knaves as corrupt
To swear against you.
ref: 1613 (date written), William Shakespeare, [John Fletcher], “The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eight”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i]:
glosses: In a depraved state; debased; perverted; morally degenerate; weak in morals.
examples: text: The text of the manuscript is corrupt.
text: It turned out that the program was corrupt - that's why it wouldn't open.
glosses: Abounding in errors; not genuine or correct; in an invalid state.
examples: text: with such corrupt and pestilent bread to feed them.
ref: 1603, Richard Knolles, The Generall Historie of the Turkes, […], London: […] Adam Islip, →OCLC:
glosses: In a putrid state; spoiled; tainted; vitiated; unsound.
Synonyms: corrupted
Derived terms: corruptician
corruptless
corruptly
corruptness
corruptocracy
corrupt practice
incorrupt
noncorrupt
uncorrupt
subway
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsʌbˌweɪ/
ipa: [ˈsʌbˌweɪ̯]
rhymes: -ʌbweɪ
Forms: form: subways
Etymology: From sub- + way.
Senses: examples: text: He is going to Westminster by subway.
text: In 1884 Greathead was part of a syndicate that obtained powers for another subway – 'The City of London & Southwark Subway'. The term 'subway' sounded more sophisticated than 'underground railway', which was associated with the sulphurous Metropolitan, and it would be adopted by New York for its own electric metro when work started on that in 1904.
ref: 2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books, →ISBN, page 98:
glosses: An underground railway, especially for mass transit of people in urban areas.
examples: text: Just before you leave, the subway comes. You get on. It stops at the next station.
ref: 1981 April 29, Russel Baker, “And Only Sixty Cents”, in The New York Times:
glosses: A train that runs on such an underground railway.
glosses: A rapid transit system, regardless of the elevation of its right of way; a metro system.
examples: text: At Nairobi the mail waits an hour-and-a-half. The station has three long platforms, mostly covered in awnings, the island connected with the main platform (which is used by the mails in both directions) by a subway.
ref: 1950 April, Timothy H. Cobb, “The Kenya-Uganda Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 265:
text: Heading beneath the tracks via the subway to the immediate north of the station takes us to the Didcot Railway Centre.
ref: 2021 December 29, Stephen Roberts, “Stories and facts behind railway plaques: Didcot (1932)”, in RAIL, number 947, page 60:
glosses: An underground walkway, tunnel for pedestrians (called pedestrian underpass in US).
glosses: An underground route for pipes, sewers, etc.
glosses: An underground route for creatures (e.g. bats).
Synonyms: word: metro
word: Métro
word: tube
word: Tube
word: underground
word: underground railway
word: rapid transit
word: underpass
subway
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsʌbˌweɪ/
ipa: [ˈsʌbˌweɪ̯]
rhymes: -ʌbweɪ
Forms: form: subways
form: subwaying
form: subwayed
form: subwayed
Etymology: From sub- + way.
Senses: examples: text: I suppose I could have subwayed around town in search of froufrou French pastry shops.
ref: 2008 February 13, Melissa Clark, “From Paris, With Hustle”, in New York Times:
glosses: To travel by underground railway.
Derived terms: subway car
Subway Cave
subwayer
subway series
subway-surface
subway tile
that and a nickel will get you on the subway
that and a token will get you on the subway
nerven
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /ˈnɜː(ɹ)vən/
Forms: form: nervens
form: nervening
form: nervened
form: nervened
Etymology: From nerve + -en.
Senses: examples: text: […] if I give them such serving as I can as to money it is impossible for me to raise it as this alarm has stopt^([sic]) all my channels and if I can't get matters on such a footing as to raise my credit again which is entirely knocked down, I must and am nervened to give up.
ref: 1944, Magazine Antiques, volume 45, page 261:
text: Grover was a pilot of nervened skill and the Mustang was an airplane of precise machinery. He always missed the running figures in rubber suits by fifty feet, placing his .50 caliber machine gun bullets harmlessly in rubble and dust.
ref: 1964, Explorations in Education, volumes 1-12, page 93:
text: […] Circling like cats
around a possibility that might,
nervened, we touch together almost quite.
ref: 1987, Jane Sillars, Kasia Boddy, Original prints: new writing from Scottish women, page 39:
glosses: To innerve.
ADA
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ADAs
form: assistant DA
form: assistant D.A.
form: assistant D. A.
form: A.D.A.
form: A. D. A.
Senses: glosses: Initialism of adenosine deaminase, the enzyme that specifically affects RNA. See ADAR.
glosses: Initialism of assistant district attorney.
glosses: Acronym of anti-doping agency.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of azodicarbonamide.
topics: art
arts
glosses: Initialism of autodestructive art.
Derived terms: sense: assistant district attorney
english: executive assistant district attorney
translation: executive assistant district attorney
word: EADA
sense: assistant district attorney
english: executive assistant district attorney
translation: executive assistant district attorney
word: E.A.D.A.
sense: assistant district attorney
english: executive assistant district attorney
translation: executive assistant district attorney
word: E. A. D. A.
sense: anti-doping agency
word: WADA
sense: anti-doping agency
word: USADA
sense: anti-doping agency
word: RUSADA
sense: anti-doping agency
word: NADA
Related terms: sense: assistant district attorney
english: district attorney
translation: district attorney
word: DA
sense: assistant district attorney
english: district attorney
translation: district attorney
word: D.A.
sense: assistant district attorney
english: district attorney
translation: district attorney
word: D. A.
ADA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: A.D.A.
form: A. D. A.
Senses: glosses: Initialism of American Dental Association.
topics: government
politics
glosses: Initialism of Americans for Democratic Action.
topics: government
politics
glosses: Initialism of Americans with Disabilities Act.
glosses: Initialism of American Diabetes Association.
glosses: Initialism of Air Defense Artillery.
glosses: Initialism of Association of Drainage Authorities.
examples: text: This information supplements (and should be read with) general guidance issued by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) for administering an agency shutdown of operations due to a lapse in appropriations, consistent with the Antideficiency Act (ADA) (31 U.S.C. 1341-1342) and the pay, leave, and other relevant statutory authorities that apply to lapse-affected employees. […] “Excepted employees” may perform activities legally permitted as an exception to the ADA’s prohibitions on performing work during a lapse in appropriations, but may not be paid for that work until after the lapse is over.
ref: 2025, “Special Instructions for Agencies Affected by a Possible Lapse in Appropriations Starting on October 1, 2025”, in Office of Personnel Management, archived from the original on 30 Sep 2025, page 1:
glosses: Initialism of Antideficiency Act.
CDA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Canadian Dental Association.
glosses: Initialism of Copper Development Association.
glosses: Initialism of Capital Development Authority.
qualifier: Idaho
glosses: Initialism of Coeur d'Alene.
glosses: Initialism of Cooperative Development Authority.
examples: text: The Communications Decency Act (CDA) came into being as part of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, and was intended to address "obscene, lewd, lascivious, filthy, or indecent" materials. […] Under the CDA, telecommunications facilities could face criminal charges if they failed to take "good faith, reasonable, effective, and appropriate actions" to stop minors from seeing indecent content. The law faced a First Amendment challenge, and the U.S. Supreme Court in late 1997 struck down many of the decency provisions entirely.
ref: 2019 July 29, Elizabeth Nolan Brown, “Section 230 Is the Internet's First Amendment. Now Both Republicans and Democrats Want To Take It Away.”, in Reason:
glosses: Initialism of Communications Decency Act.
CDA
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: CDAs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of clean, dry air.
glosses: Initialism of compact disk audio.
topics: law
glosses: Initialism of criminal defense attorney.
glosses: Initialism of Continuous Descent Approach.
glosses: Initialism of critical discourse analysis.
WB
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
glosses: Initialism of Warner Brothers: U.S. motion picture producer, television producer, and recording company.
glosses: Initialism of West Bengal: a state of India.
WB
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: WBs
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of whole blood.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
coordinate_terms: WR
PB
SB
OB
glosses: Initialism of world's best.
WB
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: coordinate_terms: NB
EB
SB
glosses: Initialism of westbound.
WB
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: coordinate_terms: NB
EB
SB
glosses: Initialism of westbound.
WB
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Initialism of welcome back.
TM
Language: English
Part of speech: symbol
Forms: form: ™
Senses: examples: text: SuperAcme™ is a trademark of Acme Incorporated.
glosses: trademark
TM
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: TMs
Senses: coordinate_terms: TF
TW
glosses: Initialism of trans man or trans male.
examples: text: I communicate at MD-level these days. Prolonged sobriety and TM have given me a direct line to Pat.
ref: 1993, Tristan Hawkins, Pepper, London: Flamingo, →ISBN, page 226:
glosses: Initialism of transcendental meditation.
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
translation-studies
glosses: Initialism of translation memory.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of Turing machine.
topics: communications
electrical-engineering
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
telecommunications
glosses: Initialism of telephone manager.
glosses: Initialism of transverse myelitis.
TM
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Their Majesties.
Related terms: HIM
HM
TIM
SM
Language: English
Part of speech: symbol
Senses: glosses: service mark
SM
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: SMs
Senses: topics: aerospace
astronautics
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Initialism of service module.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Initialism of short meter.
topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: Initialism of space marine.
examples: text: Obtain contact information for the people you will be working with directly: director, production manager, stage manager (SM), soundboard operator (SO), and dance and fight choreographers. […] Early in the process is the time to ask the stage manager their preference for labeling music cues (numerically or alphabetically). The SM will have a system for calling cues: […].
ref: 2022 December 24, Richard Jennings, “Music for Plays, a Step-by-Step Guide”, in American Theatre:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
theater
glosses: Initialism of stage manager.
examples: text: Transmission of HPV between female partners is possible and has been documented. There exists a higher proportion of current or former smokers among sexual minority (SM) women, a known risk factor for cervical cancer.
ref: 2016, Kristen Eckstrand, Jesse M. Ehrenfeld, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Healthcare: A Clinical Guide to Preventive, Primary, and Specialist Care, Springer, →ISBN, page 99:
glosses: Initialism of sexual minority (“non-heterosexual”) (Also used attributively.)
examples: text: SM is not the sharing of power, it is merely a depressing replay of the old and destructive dominant/subordinate mode of human relating and one-sided power.
ref: 1980 April 12, Audre Lorde, “On The Erotic”, in Gay Community News, page 4:
glosses: Alternative form of S&M (“sadomasochism”).
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Abbreviation of standard missile.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of standoff missile.
topics: business
glosses: Initialism of senior management.
SM
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Initialism of Standard Model.
topics: lifestyle
glosses: Initialism of Pokémon Sun and Moon.
glosses: SM Supermalls (a chain of shopping malls)
Synonyms: sense: SuMo
word: Pokémon
Coordinate terms: sense: service module
word: LM
sense: service module
word: LEM
sense: service module
word: CM
sense: service module
word: OM
sense: sexual minority
word: GM
sense: sexual minority
word: SGM
ave.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aves.
form: ave
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of ave: avenue
rd
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rd.
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of road.
examples: Near-synonym: cGy (same physical quantity)
glosses: Symbol for rad (unit of measure for absorbed dose of radiation).
topics: business
engineering
firearms
government
knitting
manufacturing
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
textiles
tools
war
weaponry
glosses: Abbreviation of round.
st.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sts.
Senses: examples: text: N. E. and N. W. cors. of Hinsdale and Newport sts.
 Lawrence ave. from Gravesend ave. to 47th st.
ref: 1916, Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.). Office of Brooklyn Borough President, Report of the Hon. ..., President of the Borough of Brooklyn for the Year Ending ..., page 210:
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of St., abbreviation of street.
mt.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mts.
form: mt's
form: Mt
form: Mt.
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of mount.
glosses: Abbreviation of metre.
Related terms: mtn
mtn.
pt.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pt.
pt.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Abbreviation of part.
ft.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of ft (“foot (unit of length)”).
ft.
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: feat.
Senses: examples: text: Track 1: "A Song Title" by Johnny Vocalist ft. Rick Singer & the Other Performers
glosses: Abbreviation of featuring; used to introduce guest performer(s) on a musical recording.
ft.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of fort.
ln
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ln.
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of lane.
NYC
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Co-owner Peter Ryan learned his craft in the bagelries of NYC, and most of his bosses weren't Jewish either, so he has no qualms about offering such un[-]kosher concoctions as ham and Swiss with mayo and sprouts on a whole-wheat bagel.
ref: 1990, Kathryn Robinson, Stephanie Irving, editors, Seattle Cheap Eats: 300 Terrific Bargain Eateries, Sasquatch Books, →ISBN, page 23:
text: For some DSA grandees, like NYC chapter co-chair Bianca Cunningham, socialism means a planned economy that replaces market capitalism.
ref: 2019 March 3, Simon van Zuylen-Wood, “When Did Everyone Become a Socialist?”, in New York Magazine, archived from the original on 16 Mar 2019:
glosses: Initialism of New York City: a city in New York, United States.
glosses: Initialism of National Youth Commision.
Related terms: NYS
NY
métro
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: métros
Senses: examples: text: “Where are we going, Jean-Michel?” He answered jokingly, “To the métro. It’s often much better to take the métro than it is to drive, but we need to hurry. After 7:00 p.m. there are fewer métros that come through the Pont Marie station.”
ref: 2005, Gini Anding, Witness on the Quay, iUniverse, Inc., →ISBN, page 45:
text: On a crisp fall day, traveling by your lonesome during rush hour, the métro is surely your best option. Inflexibly refusing to take the métro because of social cachet or personal inconvenience is just bad policy, when you will have to spend ten times as much at triple the time to get to a specific destination in a taxi.
ref: 2008, Conrad Lucas II, William D. Norgard, “Upon Arrival: The Essentials”, in Europe Beyond Your Means: The Paris Edition, New York, N.Y.; Bloomington, Ind.: iUniverse, Inc., →ISBN, page 45:
text: On Day Five, take the métro to Opéra to visit the stunning Opéra Garnier with its mural by Marc Chagall.
ref: 2009, Cheryl A. Pientka, “Following an Itinerary”, in Paris for Dummies (Frommer’s), 5th edition, Wiley Publishing, Inc., part IV (Exploring Paris), page 275:
text: And so we can conclude from all this that when Maigret does take the métro, it’s always for a practical purpose, never for the pleasure of the voyage, a pleasure he can find in slumping in the seat of a taxi, or in smoking his pipe on the platform of a bus, while regarding the spectacle of the teeming streets of “his” city[…].
ref: 2017, Murielle Wenger, Stephen Trussel, “Transportation”, in Maigret’s World: A Reader’s Companion to Simenon’s Famous Detective, Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, →ISBN, part II (The Policeman at Work), page 153:
text: Vary your strolling by taking the métro each day to a new neighborhood, even inauspiciously bourgeois ones like the 15th or the 16th arrondissements, and begin your wandering.
ref: 2019, Eric Maisel, “Pure Flâneur”, in A Writer’s Paris: A Guided Journey for the Creative Soul, Mineola, N.Y.: Ixia Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 14:
glosses: Alternative form of metro, used for a system in a French-speaking city.
hwy.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hwy
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of highway.
Related terms: english: expressway
translation: expressway
word: ewy
english: freeway
translation: freeway
word: fwy.
CC
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Initialism of Creative Commons.
CC
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: CCs
form: CCing
form: CCed
form: CCed
Senses: examples: text: Please email the file to me and CC it to my manager.
text: Please email me a summary and CC my manager too.
related: word: cc
glosses: Initialism of carbon copy.
CC
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: engineering
fasteners
mechanical-engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Initialism of cement-coated.
examples: text: EFT was found to be more effective in reducing interpersonal problems than either Client-Centered (CC) or Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy (CBT), in promoting more change in symptoms than the CC treatment, and […]
ref: 2017 September 19, Herman de Mönnink, The Social Workers' Toolbox: Sustainable Multimethod Social Work, Routledge, →ISBN:
topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
qualifier: social work
glosses: Initialism of client-centered.
megameter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɛˈɡɐˌmɪtə/
ipa: /mɛˈɡɐˌmɪtəɹ/
ipa: [mɛˈɡɐˌmɪɾɚ]
Forms: form: megameters
Etymology: From French mégamètre.
Senses: glosses: An instrument for determining longitude by observation of the stars.
glosses: A micrometer.
megameter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɛˈɡɐˌmɪtə/
ipa: /mɛˈɡɐˌmɪtəɹ/
ipa: [mɛˈɡɐˌmɪɾɚ]
ipa: /ˈmɛɡəˌmiːtəɹ/
ipa: /mɛˈɡɐˌmɪtə/
ipa: /mɛˈɡɐˌmɪtəɹ/
ipa: [mɛˈɡɐˌmɪɾɚ]
Forms: form: megameters
Etymology: From mega- (“one million”) + meter.
Senses: examples: text: Common numbers like distances would never be expressed in megameters or nanomiles — it would bring us too close to the Dilbertian world of pocket protectors and calculator holsters.
ref: 2009, J. Scott Turner, The Extended Organism: The Physiology of Animal-Built Structures, page 15:
glosses: US spelling of megametre.
megametre
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: megametres
Etymology: From mega- + metre.
Senses: examples: Holonyms: gigametre < terametre < petametre
Meronyms: picometre < nanometre < micrometre < millimetre < centimetre < decimetre < metre < kilometre
related: word: mul:Mm
word: megameter
glosses: A distance of 1,000 km.
gigameter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gigameters
Etymology: From giga- + meter.
Senses: glosses: US spelling of gigametre.
gigametre
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gigametres
Etymology: From giga- + metre.
Senses: examples: Holonyms: terametre < petametre
Meronyms: picometre < nanometre < micrometre < millimetre < centimetre < decimetre < metre < kilometre < megametre
related: word: mul:Gm
word: gigameter
glosses: A distance of 1,000,000 kilometres.
hecato-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Forms: form: hecto-
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἑκατόν (hekatón, “hundred”). Doublet of hecto- and centi-.
Senses: glosses: One hundred; one hundred times.
Related terms: hecatologue
hecatophyllous
hecatomped
hecatontarchy
hecatontome
kilo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: kē′lō
rhymes: -iːləʊ
ipa: /ˈkiːləʊ/
ipa: /ˈkiloʊ/
enpr: kĭlō
note: Indic
ipa: /kɪl.o/
Forms: form: kilos
Senses: examples: text: The San Juan market is Mexico City's most famous deli of exotic meats, where an adventurous shopper can hunt down hard-to-find critters […]. But the priciest items in the market aren't the armadillo steaks or even the bluefin tuna. That would be the frozen chicatanas – giant winged ants – at around $500 a kilo.
ref: 2013 July 26, Nick Miroff, “Mexico gets a taste for eating insects […] ”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 7, page 32:
glosses: Clipping of kilogram.
qualifier: international standards
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Kilo from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet.
Derived terms: kiloware
Related terms: kilo-
gr
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of grain, a unit of mass.
glosses: Abbreviation of gram; the standard symbol for gram since the International System of Units was introduced in 1960 is g.
mg
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mgs
Senses: examples: text: The Ger. zurück-weisen has just the same mgs.
ref: 1888, Charles Rockwell Lanman, “Vocabulary”, in A Sanskrit Reader, volume I, section II, page 148:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of meaning.
dag
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dæɡ/
rhymes: -æɡ
homophone: DAG
Forms: form: dags
Etymology: From Middle English dagge, of uncertain (probably Germanic) origin, cognate with (Middle) Dutch dag, dagge, dagh. The sense "dangling lock of wool, matted with dung" (originally from the dialect of Kent) is also termed "daglock" (derived from the "hanging end" sense of "dag") or "daggle-lock" and some sources consider the sense a shortening of that longer word rather than a mere evolution of the "hanging end" sense.
Senses: glosses: A hanging end or shred, in particular a long pointed strip of cloth at the edge of a piece of clothing, or one of a row of decorative strips of cloth that may ornament a tent, booth or fairground.
examples: text: To see the dunged folds of dag-tayled sheepe.
ref: 1597-98 1597–8, Joseph_Hall_(bishop) Joseph Hall Satires, Book 5, number 1
text: 1859-1865, Hensleigh Wedgwood, A Dictionary of English Etymology
Daglocks, clotted locks hanging in dags or jags at a sheep's tail.
text: He was one of the first significant private buyers of wool in New Zealand, playing a major part in bringing respectability to what at first was a very diverse group. He pioneered the pelletising of dag waste.
ref: 1998, Wool: Volume 8, Issue 10, as published by the Massey Wool Association
text: The development of dags first requires some faeces to adhere to wool, but this is only the initial step in accumulation.
ref: 1999, G. C. Waghorn, N. G. Gregory, S. E. Todd, and R. Wesselink, Dags in sheep; a look at faeces and reasons for dag formation, published in the Proceedings of the New Zealand Grassland Association 61, on pages 43–49
text: [...] and the use of tanniferous forages may affect faecal consistency, reducing the formation of dag (faeces-coated wool).
ref: 2004, Mette Vaarst, Animal health and welfare in organic agriculture, page 323:
text: [Researchers] note that free pellets are characteristic of healthy sheep and that if sheep consistently produced free pellets, wool staining and dag formation would not occur.
ref: 2006, in the compilation of the Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture, volume 46, issues 1-5, published by the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (Australia), on page 7
glosses: A dangling lock of sheep’s wool matted with dung.
Synonyms: daglock
taglock
daggings
dung tag
Derived terms: daggy
dag
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /dæɡ/
rhymes: -æɡ
homophone: DAG
Forms: form: dags
form: dagging
form: dagged
form: dagged
Etymology: From Middle English dagge, of uncertain (probably Germanic) origin, cognate with (Middle) Dutch dag, dagge, dagh. The sense "dangling lock of wool, matted with dung" (originally from the dialect of Kent) is also termed "daglock" (derived from the "hanging end" sense of "dag") or "daggle-lock" and some sources consider the sense a shortening of that longer word rather than a mere evolution of the "hanging end" sense.
Senses: examples: text: Blade shearers could shear, crutch, mules or dag sheep anywhere they were needed.
ref: 2007, Graeme R. Quick, Remarkable Australian Farm Machines: Ingenuity on the Land:
text: After learning how to crutch at 13, he could dag 400 sheep in a day by the spring of 1965 and earned himself more than just a bit of pocket money.
ref: 2010 January 29, Emma Partridge, “Richie Foster a cut above the rest”, in Stock Journal:
glosses: To shear the hindquarters of a sheep in order to remove dags or prevent their formation.
glosses: To cut or slash the edge of a garment into dags
examples: text: Vexing the baths with his dagg'd rout.
ref: a. 1661, B. Holyday, Juvenal's Satires:
glosses: To sully; to make dirty; to bemire.
Derived terms: dag out