cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
fisher
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɪʃə/
ipa: /ˈfɪʃɚ/
homophone: fissure
homophone: phisher
rhymes: -ɪʃə(ɹ)
Forms: form: fishers
Etymology: From French fichet (“polecat pelt”), probably from Dutch visse (“nasty”); modified by folk etymology to resemble Etymology 1.
Senses: examples: text: In many ways the fisher resembles the pine marten, possessing many of the marten's tricks and manners.
ref: 1969, Rutherford George Montgomery, The Living Wilderness, page 13:
text: In the southeastern United States, Krohn et al. (1994) hypothesize that the inverse relationship between captures of fishers and martens by commercial trappers may result from an interaction between competitive displacement of marten by fisher and the avoidance of areas with deep and frequent snowfalls by fishers but not martens.
ref: 1998, Thomas E. Kucera, American Marten, Fisher, Lynx, and Wolverine: Survey Methods for Their Detection, page 62:
text: The term "forest carnivores" denotes a smaller group of four species - the marten, fisher, lynx, and wolverine - and is only marginally descriptive, inasmuch as it excludes many carnivores that live in forests, and includes the wolverine, which can thrive in the complete absence of trees.
ref: 2003, Cynthia J. Zabel, Robert G. Anthony, Mammal Community Dynamics, page 207:
glosses: A North American marten-like mammal (Pekania pennanti, syn. Martes pennanti), that has thick brown fur.
glosses: Fur of specimens of species Pekania pennanti.
Synonyms: pekan
fisher cat
black cat
fisher marten
big marten
black fox
Derived terms: fisher cat
fisher marten
Spartans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Spartan
perxenate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: perxenates
Etymology: From perxenic + -ate (“derivative”).
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The anion XeO₆⁴⁻ formally derived from perxenic acid; any salt containing this anion.
Derived terms: barium perxenate
potassium perxenate
sodium perxenate
Related terms: perxenic
perxenic acid
xenate
xenic
xenic acid
xenon
HDVI
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of high-definition vector imaging.
northwesterner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: northwesterners
form: north-westerner
Etymology: From northwestern + -er.
Senses: glosses: a person from the northwest part of a geographic region
happy slap
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: happy slaps
Senses: glosses: An instance of happy slapping.
Related terms: happy slapper
knee slapper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: knee slappers
form: knee-slapper
Senses: glosses: A joke, especially one which strikes the listener or reader as particularly humorous.
Synonyms: thigh-slapper
Related terms: toe-tapper
Belarusians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Belarusian
templates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of template
templates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of template
fistnote
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fistnotes
Etymology: From fist + note.
Senses: glosses: A printed note (as in a book) preceded by the fist symbol, depicting a fist with pointed index finger.
Related terms: n.b.
nota bene
icepick
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: icepicks
form: ice pick
form: ice-pick
Senses: glosses: A pointed tool, shaped like an awl, used for breaking ice.
hypernyms: atrophic scar
glosses: A type of narrow and deep atrophic (indented) acne scar that resembles a puncture in the skin.
raw_tags: followed by "scar"
Derived terms: ice-pick lobotomy
ice-pick headache
icepick
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: icepicks
form: icepicking
form: icepicked
form: icepicked
form: ice pick
form: ice-pick
Senses: glosses: To break or stab with an icepick.
fistnotes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fistnote
wangs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wang
euros
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of euro
depot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɛpəʊ/
ipa: /ˈdiːpoʊ/
other: /ˈdɛpoʊ/
ipa: /ˈdepɐʉ/
rhymes: -ɛpəʊ
Forms: form: depots
form: dépôt
Etymology: From French dépôt, from Old French depost, from Medieval Latin dēpositum, from Latin, participle of dēpōnō, dēpōnere. Doublet of deposit.
Senses: examples: text: Near-synonyms: depository, repository
text: Similar studies of rats have employed four different intracranial resorbable, slow sustained release systems—surgical foam, a thermal gel depot, a microcapsule or biodegradable polymer beads.
ref: 2013 May-June, Charles T. Ambrose, “Alzheimer’s Disease”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, page 200:
glosses: A storage facility, in particular, a warehouse.
coordinate_terms: truckyard
glosses: A storage space for public transport and other vehicles where they can be maintained and from which they are dispatched for service.
glosses: A bus station or railway station.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A place where recruits are assembled before being sent to active units.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A place for the storage, servicing, or upgrade of military hardware.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: The portion of a regiment that remains at home when the rest go on foreign service.
examples: text: depot injection
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A bolus of medication that remains sequestered in some particular site within the body, often intradermally, from which it is gradually absorbed.
topics: card-games
games
glosses: The tableau: the area where cards can be arranged in solitaire or patience games.
Derived terms: accountable depot
dumpling-depot
motive power depot
NADEP
nondepot
replacement depot
repo depot
sub-depot
subdepot
supply depot
Susquehanna Depot
Related terms: deposit
entrepôt
entrepot
posit
position
reposit
negligée
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnɛɡlɪʒeɪ/
Forms: form: negligées
Senses: examples: text: '[H]er luggage contained only a chiffon negligée so elaborate as to be more a tea gown than a dressing-gown.'
ref: 1934, Agatha Christie, chapter 9, in Murder on the Orient Express, London: HarperCollins, published 2017, page 269:
glosses: Alternative form of négligée.
ales
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /eɪlz/
rhymes: -eɪlz
homophone: ails
Senses: glosses: plural of ale
leering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -ɪəɹɪŋ
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of leer
rognon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rognons
Etymology: Likely from an extended sense of the French word.
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: A nunatak rounded by glacial erosion.
Kenyans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Kenyan
ikura
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Japanese イクラ (ikura). Doublet of ikra.
Senses: examples: text: About 20 years ago, a few people, mostly children, got food poisoning after eating ikura, and markets all over Japan pulled ikura from the shelves.
ref: 2005, Dave Lowry, “Ikura: Salmon Roe”, in The Connoisseur’s Guide to Sushi: Everything You Need to Know About Sushi Varieties and Accompaniments, Etiquette and Dining Tips, and More, Boston, Mass.: The Harvard Common Press, →ISBN, part II (Fish and Other Toppings: An A-to-Z Guide), page 102:
text: This focus on fresh roe has had a mixed effect on the ikura makers, with the greatest benefit seen in the reduced supply of roe available for the production of ikura. Even with the possibility of an overall reduction in the supply of marinated ikura, the biggest problem for the makers is the retailer marketing strategy.
ref: 2006, Bill Atkinson, “Salmon”, in Pacific Fishing, volume XXVII, Seattle, Wash.: Pacific Fishing Partnership, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 15, column 1:
text: Cut the roll in half and then slice each half into 4 even pieces. Top each piece with a drop of ikura.
ref: 2015, Oyamada Yasuto, “Grouper Tempura Roll”, in Sushi Specials: More than 50 Recipes for the Perfect Presentation, Watertown, Mass.: Imagine, Charlesbridge, →ISBN, “Special Fusion Rolls” section, page 60:
topics: cuisine
food
lifestyle
glosses: Synonym of red caviar.
synonyms: word: red caviar
protractor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɹəˈtɹæktə(ɹ)/
rhymes: -æktə(ɹ)
Forms: form: protractors
Etymology: From protract + -or.
Senses: glosses: One who, or that which, protracts, or causes protraction.
glosses: A circular or semicircular tool for drawing or measuring angles.
topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: An instrument formerly used in extracting foreign or offensive matter from a wound.
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: A muscle that extends an organ or part; opposed to retractor.
glosses: An adjustable pattern used by tailors.
Synonyms: sense: measuring tool
english: for semicircular shape
translation: for semicircular shape
word: semicircle
Hypernyms: word: goniometer
word: angle measurer
ministers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of minister
ministers
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of minister
cricketers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cricketer
varieties
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: və-rīʹĭ-tēz
ipa: /vəˈɹaɪ.ɪ.tiz/
Senses: examples: text: In America alone, people spent $170 billion on “direct marketing”—junk mail of both the physical and electronic varieties—last year. Yet of those who received unsolicited adverts through the post, only 3% bought anything as a result.
ref: 2013 May 25, “No hiding place”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8837, page 74:
glosses: plural of variety.
transmitting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of transmit
transmitting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A process of transmission.
separating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /ˈsɛpəɹeɪtɪŋ/
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of separate
separating
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈsɛpəɹeɪtɪŋ/
Forms: form: separatings
Senses: glosses: An instance of separating.
Derived terms: separating disc
separating funnel
separating
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈsɛpəɹeɪtɪŋ/
Senses: qualifier: zipper
glosses: Capable of being opened and having its two sided completely detached from one another rather than just being opened for most of its length.
stocks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /stɒks/
ipa: /stɑks/
rhymes: -ɒks
Senses: glosses: plural of stock
stocks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /stɒks/
ipa: /stɑks/
rhymes: -ɒks
Senses: examples: text: Opposite the almshouses is the bow-fronted post office and shop, while near by, beneath the trees on the green, is the old whipping post and stocks, the latter pierced by five holes.
ref: 1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 54:
glosses: A device, similar to a pillory, formerly used for public humiliation and punishment.
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: The frame upon which a ship is built, and from which it is launched.
stocks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /stɒks/
ipa: /stɑks/
rhymes: -ɒks
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of stock
results
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹɪˈzʌlts/
Senses: glosses: plural of result
results
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹɪˈzʌlts/
Senses: examples: Aldrichimica Acta Volume 30 No 4 (pdf) from Sigma-Aldrich
Decomposition of 4 in the presence of cis-piperylene at room temperature results in the stereocontrolled formation of trans-cycloheptadiene 27 in 90% ee (96% ee at −78 °C).
glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of result
renounce
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹɪˈnaʊns/
rhymes: -aʊns
Forms: form: renounces
Etymology: From Old French renoncier (French renoncer), from Latin renūntiō.
Senses: topics: card-games
games
glosses: An act of renouncing.
Related terms: renunciation
renounce
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹɪˈnaʊns/
rhymes: -aʊns
Forms: form: renounces
form: renouncing
form: renounced
form: renounced
Etymology: From Old French renoncier (French renoncer), from Latin renūntiō.
Senses: examples: text: to renounce a title to land or to a throne
text: It is terrible to think of the power of the world even in a redeemed soul. Here was a maid who had drunk of the well of grace and tasted of God's mercies, and yet there were moments when she was ready to renounce her hope.
ref: 1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide:
synonyms: word: atsake
glosses: To give up, resign, surrender.
examples: text: This world I do renounce, and in your sights
Shake patiently my great affliction off.
ref: c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene vi]:
glosses: To cast off, repudiate.
synonyms: word: disown
word: repudiate
word: abjure
word: deny
word: disavow
word: disclaim
word: disown
word: forsay
word: forswear
word: renounce
word: repudiate
word: wash one's hands of
glosses: To decline further association with someone or something, disown.
examples: text: […] some families renounced the use of a certain praenomen which had been disgraced by one of their name […]
ref: 1945, E[lizabeth] G[idley] Withycombe, “Introduction”, in The Oxford Dictionary of English Christian Names, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page xv:
text: His son Sidhartha had renounced material life and gone forth in search of enlightment. He received enlightment under a Bodhi tree at Gaya and became Buddha. Ashoka visited Gaya along with Upagupta and had darshan of Sambodhi.
ref: 2012 May 18, Sri B. G. Ramesh, translated by Sri M. N. Suresh Kumar, Ashoka, Bangalore: Sapna Book House (P) Ltd., →ISBN, page 14:
text: Time is running out, so I renounce a spin on a Class 387 for a fast run to Paddington on another Class 800 - a shame as the weather was perfect for pictures. Even so, it's enjoyable - boy, can those trains shift under the wires.
ref: 2020 December 2, Paul Bigland, “My weirdest and wackiest Rover yet”, in Rail, page 68:
glosses: To abandon, forsake, discontinue (an action, habit, intention, etc), sometimes by open declaration.
examples: text: He of my sons who fails to make it good, / By one rebellious act renounces to my blood.
ref: 1687, [John Dryden], “(please specify the page number)”, in The Hind and the Panther. A Poem, in Three Parts, 2nd edition, London: […] Jacob Tonson […], →OCLC:
glosses: To make a renunciation of something.
examples: text: Dryden died without a will, and his widow having renounced, his son Charles administered on June 10.
ref: 1870, William Dougal Christie, Memoir of John Dryden:
glosses: To surrender formally some right or trust.
topics: card-games
games
glosses: To fail to follow suit; playing a card of a different suit when having no card of the suit led.
Synonyms: forsay
forswear
Derived terms: renounce the world
renounceable
renouncement
renouncer
Related terms: announce
denounce
pronounce
reducing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹɪˈdjuːsɪŋ/
ipa: /ɹɪˈdusɪŋ/
rhymes: -uːsɪŋ
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of reduce
reducing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹɪˈdjuːsɪŋ/
ipa: /ɹɪˈdusɪŋ/
rhymes: -uːsɪŋ
Forms: form: more reducing
form: most reducing
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: That causes reduction.
records
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹɛkɚdz/
ipa: /ˈɹɛkɔːdz/
Senses: glosses: plural of record
records
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹəˈkɔɹdz/
ipa: /ɹəˈkɔːdz/
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of record
reasons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹiːzənz/
Senses: glosses: plural of reason
examples: text: The appellants sought at the hearing of the appeal, for the first time, to file the reasons of the Federal High Court of Nigeria for dismissing the respondent's motion to strike. Although the reasons were released February 2, 2015 and the motion before Perell J. was heard March 2, 2015, the reasons were not before the motion judge.
ref: 2015 November 17, Jean L. MacFarland, “James Bay Resources Limited v. Mak Mera Nigeria Limited, 2015 ONCA 781”, in CanLII, retrieved 05 Jun 2024:
topics: law
glosses: A written judgment or ruling by a judge or similar decision maker.
Derived terms: for XYZ reasons
reasons
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹiːzənz/
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of reason
owned
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /əʊnd/
ipa: /oʊnd/
rhymes: -əʊnd
rhymes: -oʊnd
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of own
owned
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /əʊnd/
ipa: /oʊnd/
rhymes: -əʊnd
rhymes: -oʊnd
Senses: examples: text: black-owned; veteran-owned; woman-owned
text: Since PG&E is an investor-owned utility, this is good news for its shareholders. But not so much for its customers whose costs keep rising and whose electricity is shut off when there are high winds or extreme heat.
ref: 2024 May 11, Jeffrey Cummins, “PG&E enjoys a near monopoly on energy. So why must its customers pay such high rates?”, in The Fresno Bee:
text: Do it Best is a member-owned wholesaler that sells hardware, lumber and other home goods to independent stores.
ref: 2024 October 14, Jordan Valinsky, “True Value declares bankruptcy and sells itself to a hardware rival”, in CNN:
glosses: Having an owner who is part of a specified group.
Derived terms: community owned
foreowned
government-owned and controlled corporation
nonowned
ownedness
pre-owned
real estate owned
state-owned
state owned enterprise
state-owned enterprise
unowned
overwhelming
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌəʊvəˈ(h)wɛlmɪŋ/
ipa: /ˌoʊvɚˈ(h)wɛlmɪŋ/
ipa: [ˌoːʋaˈwɛlmɪŋ]
ipa: [ˌoʋəˈʋʱɛlmɪŋ]
Etymology: By surface analysis, overwhelm + -ing.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of overwhelm
overwhelming
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌəʊvəˈ(h)wɛlmɪŋ/
ipa: /ˌoʊvɚˈ(h)wɛlmɪŋ/
ipa: [ˌoːʋaˈwɛlmɪŋ]
ipa: [ˌoʋəˈʋʱɛlmɪŋ]
Forms: form: more overwhelming
form: most overwhelming
Etymology: By surface analysis, overwhelm + -ing.
Senses: examples: text: The vote was taken at once, and it was agreed by an overwhelming majority that rats were comrades.
ref: 1943 November – 1944 February (date written; published 1945 August 17), George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], Animal Farm […], London: Secker & Warburg, published May 1962, →OCLC:
text: It is this stretch which provides what is perhaps the most staggering scenic prospect of all; the impression made on the mind by the overwhelming height of the Eiger, towering over the train, is almost impossible to describe.
ref: 1960 December, Voyageur, “The Mountain Railways of the Bernese Oberland”, in Trains Illustrated, page 754:
text: God is an overwhelming responsibility.
ref: 1972, “Thick As A Brick”, Ian Anderson (lyrics), performed by Jethro Tull:
text: “What makes a eugenicist is this overwhelming faith that everything in human nature is determined by your genes,” he says.
ref: 2018 October 16, John Blake, “When Americans tried to breed a better race: How a genetic fitness ‘crusade’ marches on”, in CNN:
glosses: Overpowering, staggering, or irresistibly strong.
glosses: Very great or intense.
glosses: Extreme.
Synonyms: ravishing
sweeping
Derived terms: overwhelmingly
overwhelmingness
superoverwhelming
overwhelming
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌəʊvəˈ(h)wɛlmɪŋ/
ipa: /ˌoʊvɚˈ(h)wɛlmɪŋ/
ipa: [ˌoːʋaˈwɛlmɪŋ]
ipa: [ˌoʋəˈʋʱɛlmɪŋ]
Forms: form: overwhelmings
Etymology: By surface analysis, overwhelm + -ing.
Senses: examples: text: They have centuries of premodern experience in coping with being overwhelmed in multiple ways—not only by God, but also by other overwhelmings that have always been part of the human condition, such as disease, famine, war […]
ref: 2013, David Ford, Theology: A Very Short Introduction, page 9:
glosses: A situation of being overwhelmed.
methods
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɛθədz/
Senses: glosses: plural of method
methods
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɛθədz/
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of method
limits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlɪmɪts/
Senses: glosses: plural of limit
limits
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlɪmɪts/
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of limit
leaders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈliː.dəz/
ipa: /ˈli.dɚz/
Senses: glosses: plural of leader
locality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /loʊˈkæl.ɪ.ti/
ipa: /ləʊˈkæl.ɪ.ti/
rhymes: -ælɪti
Forms: form: localities
Etymology: From French localité, from Late Latin localitas, equivalent to local + -ity.
Senses: examples: text: It is thought that the soul and angels are devoid of quantity and dimension, and that they have nothing to do with grosser locality.
ref: 1665, Joseph Glanvill, Scepsis Scientifica: Or, Confest Ignorance, the Way to Science; […], London: […] E. C[otes] for Henry Eversden […], →OCLC:
glosses: The fact or quality of having a position in space.
examples: text: a rural locality
glosses: The features or surroundings of a particular place.
examples: text: This shows temporal locality of reference in action because the CPU accesses i at three points in a short time period. This program also exhibits spatial locality of reference.
ref: 2004, Randall Hyde, Write Great Code, Volume 1: Understanding the Machine, page 154:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The condition of being local.
glosses: The situation or position of an object.
glosses: An area or district considered as the site of certain activities; a neighbourhood.
examples: text: locality of trial
ref: 1765–1769, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England, (please specify |book=I to IV), Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Clarendon Press, →OCLC:
text: The locality of trial required by the common law seems a consequence of the antient locality of jurisdiction. All over the world, actions transitory follow the person of the defendant, territorial suits must be discussed in the territorial tribunal. I may sue a Frenchman here for a debt contracted abroad; but lands lying in France must be sued for there, and English lands must be sued for in the kingdom of England.
ref: 1768, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England: 3:349--67, 370--81, 383--85:
glosses: Limitation to a county, district, or place.
topics: geography
natural-sciences
glosses: A built-up area, i.e. a city, town or village
topics: human-sciences
medicine
phrenology
psychology
sciences
glosses: The perceptive faculty concerned with the ability to remember the relative positions of places.
Derived terms: equilocality
illocality
microlocality
neolocality
principle of locality
pseudolocality
sublocality
translocality
type locality
ultralocality
virilocality
imagined
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪˈmæd͡ʒɪnd/
Senses: examples: text: Never return evil for evil that's either real or imagined.
glosses: Conceived or envisioned in the mind.
examples: text: Bring them, I pray thee, with imagin'd ſpeed
 […]
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 III, scene iv], page 177:
glosses: Only conceivable in one's mind.
examples: text: Thus with imagin'd wing our ſwift Scene flyes,
 […]
ref: 1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II (III), prologue], page 77:
glosses: Imaginational.
Derived terms: underimagined
unimagined
imagined
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪˈmæd͡ʒɪnd/
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of imagin
glosses: simple past and past participle of imagine
grows
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡɹəʊz/
ipa: [ɡɹəʊ̯z]
ipa: /ɡɹoʊz/
ipa: [ɡɹoʊ̯z]
rhymes: -əʊz
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of grow
editions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪˈdɪʃənz/
note: weak vowel merger
ipa: /əˈdɪʃənz/
homophone: additions (weak vowel merger)
Senses: glosses: plural of edition
earliest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɝ.li.ɪst/
enpr: ûr′lēĭst
ipa: /ˈɜː.li.ɪst/
enpr: ûr′lēĭst
Senses: examples: text: The earliest I can get there is Monday, at around midday at the earliest.
text: One of the earliest (and biggest) space weather events on record occurred in September 1859, when a massive solar eruption crashed into the Earth's magnetosphere, triggering a geomagnetic storm that lasted for days.
ref: 2023 November 15, Prof. Jim Wild, “This train was delayed because of bad weather in space”, in RAIL, number 996, page 30:
glosses: superlative form of early: most early
Derived terms: at the earliest
earliest
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɝ.li.ɪst/
enpr: ûr′lēĭst
ipa: /ˈɜː.li.ɪst/
enpr: ûr′lēĭst
Senses: glosses: superlative form of early: most early
dissolved
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪˈzɑlvd/
ipa: /dɪˈzɒlvd/
Forms: form: more dissolved
form: most dissolved
Senses: glosses: that has been disintegrated in a solvent
Derived terms: nondissolved
predissolved
undissolved
dissolved
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪˈzɑlvd/
ipa: /dɪˈzɒlvd/
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of dissolve
forgiveness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /fəˈɡɪvnəs/
ipa: /fɚˈɡɪvnəs/
Forms: form: forgivenesses
Etymology: From Middle English forgiveness, forgifnes, from Old English forġiefnes, equivalent to forgive + -ness. Cognate with Dutch vergiffenis.
Senses: examples: text: He begged for forgiveness after being caught stealing from the shop.
text: At the end of a week, she could bear the suspense no longer, and so went humbly to her old home and sought forgiveness.
ref: 1850, T. S. Arthur, “Happy on a Little”, in Sketches of Life and Character, Philadelphia: J. W. Bradley, →OCLC, page 89:
text: It was not a war party, so it surely was men who came to ask for peace and forgiveness.
ref: 1907, Albert Ernest Jenks, Ba-Long-Long, The Igorot Boy, page 108:
text: But Oh! what anguish can more poignant be
Than of the heart which vainly longs to plead
Forgiveness from the dead? Shall the dead heed?
ref: 1913 January 24, G. E. Reece, “"The Bookman" Prize Competitions § Results of Competitions for December § Forgive!”, in The Bookman, volume XLIII, number 256:
text: Some devout Christians are among the most fervent advocates of the death penalty, contradicting Jesus Christ and misinterpreting Holy Scriptures and numerous examples of mercy. We remember God’s forgiveness of Cain, who killed Abel, and the adulterer King David, who arranged the killing of Uriah, the husband of Bathsheba, his lover.
ref: 2014, Jimmy Carter, “Full Prisons and Legal Killing”, in A Call to Action: Women, Religion, Violence, and Power, Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 39:
text: If the incident in question causes you continued distress and negatively impacts your life, that’s where the f-word — forgiveness — may have a role to play, said psychologist Robert Enright, a pioneer in the field of forgiveness science and professor of educational psychology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
ref: 2023 December 10, Andrea Kane, “5 tips to help you flex your forgiveness muscle”, in CNN:
glosses: The action of forgiving.
examples: text: If thou, Lord, shouldest marke iniquities: O Lord, who shal stand? But there is forgiuenesse with thee: that thou mayest be feared.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Psalms 130:3–4:
text: The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.
ref: 1931, Mahatma Gandhi, Young India:
glosses: A readiness to forgive.
Synonyms: sense: action of forgiving
word: remission
sense: readiness to forgive
word: mercy
word: forgiveness
Derived terms: it's better to ask forgiveness than permission
it's easier to ask forgiveness than to get permission
preforgiveness
unforgiveness
Related terms: word: pardon
word: grace
word: remission
word: absolution
word: amnesty
word: oblivion
word: indulgence
word: reprieve
word: reconciliation
word: revenge
funds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /fʌndz/
ipa: /fʌndz/
ipa: [fəndz]
rhymes: -ʌndz
Senses: glosses: plural of fund
funds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /fʌndz/
ipa: /fʌndz/
ipa: [fəndz]
rhymes: -ʌndz
Senses: examples: text: I don’t know if I have the funds for this.
glosses: Financial resources.
glosses: Permanent debts due by a government and paying interest.
Derived terms: loanable funds
in funds
public funds
funds
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /fʌndz/
ipa: /fʌndz/
ipa: [fəndz]
rhymes: -ʌndz
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of fund
displayed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪsˈpleɪd/
rhymes: -eɪd
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of display
displayed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪsˈpleɪd/
rhymes: -eɪd
Forms: form: more displayed
form: most displayed
Senses: examples: text: They threw him round the displayed roots of the beeches, leapt when a puddle of water lay across the trail.
ref: 1955, William Golding, The Inheritors, Faber and Faber, published 2005, page 11:
glosses: Spread out; unfurled.
glosses: Spread open to view; shown off.
topics: government
heraldry
hobbies
lifestyle
monarchy
nobility
politics
glosses: With wings unfurled.
topics: media
publishing
typography
glosses: Set with lines of prominent type interspersed, to catch the eye.
depths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɛpθs/
rhymes: -ɛpθs
Senses: glosses: plural of depth
depths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɛpθs/
rhymes: -ɛpθs
Senses: examples: text: The burning ship finally sank into the depths.
glosses: The deepest part. (Usually of a body of water.)
examples: text: Into the depths of the jungle...
text: In the depths of the night,
glosses: A very remote part.
examples: text: to plumb the depths of despair
text: to stir someone to his depths
qualifier: mystery
glosses: The lowest point, all-time low, nadir.
raw_tags: of an emotion
examples: text: in the depths of the crisis
text: in the depths of winter
glosses: The most severe or involved period.
Derived terms: ocean depths
denied
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪˈnaɪd/
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of deny
defeated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪˈfiːtəd/
Forms: form: more defeated
form: most defeated
Etymology: From defeat + -ed.
Senses: glosses: Subjugated, beaten, overcome.
Derived terms: defeatedly
defeatedness
undefeated
defeated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪˈfiːtəd/
Etymology: From defeat + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: The soldiers were defeated then captured
glosses: simple past and past participle of defeat
contains
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /kənˈteɪnz/
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of contain
connecting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /kəˈnɛktɪŋ/
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of connect
Derived terms: conrod
concluded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /kənˈkluː.dɪd/
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of conclude
compared
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəmˈpɛɹd/
ipa: /kəmˈpɛəd/
ipa: /kəmˈpeːd/
note: without the cheer–chair merger
ipa: /kəmˈpeəd/
note: New Zealand, cheer–chair merger
ipa: /kəmˈpiəd/
ipa: /kəmˈpeɹd/
note: Lancashire, fair–fur merger
ipa: /kəmˈpɜː(ɹ)d/
rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)d
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of compare
portly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɔːtli/
ipa: /ˈpɔɹtli/
ipa: /ˈpoʊɹtli/
ipa: /ˈpoːtliː/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)tli
Forms: form: portlier
form: portliest
Etymology: From an archaic sense of port (“manner in which a person carries himself; bearing; deportment; carriage”) + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Indeed, the poor man has grown ten times as nervous as ever, since he has discovered, on such good authority, who the stout gentleman was. . . . He has anxiously endeavored to call up a recollection of what he saw of that portly personage; and has ever since kept a curious eye on all gentlemen of more than ordinary dimensions.
ref: 1824, Geoffrey Crayon [pseudonym; Washington Irving], “Introduction”, in Tales of a Traveller, part 1 (Strange Stories. […]), Philadelphia, Pa.: H[enry] C[harles] Carey & I[saac] Lea, […], →OCLC:
text: In the length he attains, and in his baleen, the Fin-back resembles the right whale, but is of a less portly girth, and a lighter colour, approaching to olive.
ref: 1851 November 14, Herman Melville, chapter 32, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC, page 151:
text: His portly middle section, rising beyond like a small hill, heaved rhythmically.
ref: 1913, P. G. Wodehouse, chapter 14, in The Little Nugget:
text: In Heavyweights, Tony Perkis (Ben Stiller) is a fitness guru who installs himself as the über-buff leader of Camp Hope, with the goal of helping portly youngsters shed their saggy stomachs and thunder thighs.
ref: 2011 July 6, Nick Carbone, “Top 10 Worst Fictional Camp Counselors”, in Time, retrieved 08 May 2014:
glosses: Somewhat fat, pudgy, overweight.
examples: text: He ſends this Souldans daughter rich and braue,
To be my Queene and portly Empereſſe, […]
ref: c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act I, scene ii:
text: Portly his person was, and much increast
Through his Heroicke grace and honourable gest.
ref: 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto II”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
text: Be studious well to imitate
My portly motion, mien, and gait
ref: 1728, Jonathan Swift, A Dialogue between Mad Mullinix and Timothy:
glosses: Having a dignified bearing; handsome, imposing.
Derived terms: portlily
portliness
unportly
Related terms: urls: https://www.onelook.com/?w=portly&ls=a
word: in .
correspondent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌkɒɹ.ɪˈspɒn.dənt/
ipa: /ˌkɔɹ.ɪˈspɑn.dənt/
ipa: /ˌkɔɹ.ɪˈspɔn.dənt/
note: Indic
ipa: /kərəsˈpɔɳɖəɳʈ/
Forms: form: more correspondent
form: most correspondent
Etymology: From Latin, via Middle French or directly, from Medieval Latin correspondēns, present participle of correspondeō.
Senses: examples: text: Action correspondent or repugnant unto the law.
ref: 1594–1597, Richard Hooker, edited by J[ohn] S[penser], Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie, […], London: […] Will[iam] Stansby [for Matthew Lownes], published 1611, →OCLC, (please specify the page):
text: [VV]e are able with playne demonſtration to proue, and vvith reaſon to perſvvade that in tymes paſt our fayth vvas alike, that then vve preached thinges correſpondent vnto the forme of faith already published of vs, ſo that none in this behalfe can repyne or gaynesay vs.
ref: 1577, “Constantinus the Emperour Summoneth the Nicene Councell”, in Meredith Hanmer, transl., The Avncient Ecclesiasticall Histories of the First Six Hundred Yeares after Christ, translation of original by Eusebius Pamphilus, page 225:
text: […]and he exhibited a picture of mental stupor and abstraction, dreadful for Oriana to contemplate! producing in her, as from magnetic attraction, correspondent emotions, which with the utmost difficulty she restrained.
ref: 1838, [Letitia Elizabeth] Landon (indicated as editor), chapter XII, in Duty and Inclination: […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 170:
glosses: Corresponding; suitable; adapted; congruous.
examples: text: ARIEL: Pardon, master: / I will be correspondent to command, / And do my spriting gently.
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 I, scene ii]:
glosses: Conforming; obedient.
raw_tags: with to or with
Synonyms: word: correspondent
word: equivalent
word: indistinguishable
word: tantamount
Related terms: word: great minds think alike
word: agreeable
word: dependent
word: simultaneous
correspondent
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌkɒɹ.ɪˈspɒn.dənt/
ipa: /ˌkɔɹ.ɪˈspɑn.dənt/
ipa: /ˌkɔɹ.ɪˈspɔn.dənt/
note: Indic
ipa: /kərəsˈpɔɳɖəɳʈ/
Forms: form: correspondents
Etymology: From Latin, via Middle French or directly, from Medieval Latin correspondēns, present participle of correspondeō.
Senses: examples: text: Both kála and kalánka have widespread correspondents in the western Mediterranean Romance languages.
ref: 2025, Cid Swanenvleugel, The Pre-Roman Elements of the Sardinian Lexicon, page 442:
glosses: Something which corresponds with something else; counterpart.
glosses: Someone who communicates with another person, or a publication, by writing.
glosses: A journalist who sends reports back to a newspaper or radio or television station from a distant or overseas location.
Hyponyms: stringer
Derived terms: correspondential
correspondently
correspondentship
discorrespondent
foreign correspondent
lobby correspondent
news correspondent
noncorrespondent
tapespondent
uncorrespondent
war correspondent
Related terms: corespondent
companionship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəmˈpænjənʃɪp/
Forms: form: companionships
Etymology: From companion + -ship.
Senses: examples: text: seek companionship
text: mutual companionship
text: offer companionship
text: The dog provided comfort and companionship.
text: He valued the companionship of his old friends.
glosses: The state of having or being a companion.
examples: text: a companionship of printers
glosses: An association, a fellowship.
glosses: The state of being a journeyman.
glosses: An organized group of people.
piss pot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: piss pots
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pisspot (“chamber pot”).
piss-poor
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more piss-poor
form: most piss-poor
form: piss poor
Senses: examples: text: The tennis squad will taking a seven-match winning streak to Lehigh this afternoon. It is concerned with Lehigh? Fourth-seeded Doug Pollock answered this in two words, "They stink!" He described them further: "As a matter of fact, they have been piss-poor for several years now."
ref: 1971 May 12, Barry Lessin, “Lion netters revive with aid of Cathrall”, in Penn State Daily Collegian, US, retrieved 02 Apr 2009, page 4:
text: Rod Pritchard, who owns a farm equipment business in Eastern Ontario, says the Liberal government has done a “piss poor” job explaining the harmonized tax.
ref: 2009 April 1, Lee Greenberg, “Harmonized tax sparks confusion and anger in Ontario”, in Ottawa Citizen, Canada, retrieved 02 Apr 2009:
glosses: Reflecting a low standard of workmanship or achievement; very inferior.
Related terms: not have a pot to piss in
grand larceny
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: grand larcenies
Senses: qualifier: criminal law
glosses: The larceny of property whose value is greater than an amount set by law to distinguish it from petty larceny.
sandshoe crusher
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sandshoe crushers
Etymology: The term refers to the ball crushing the foot of the batsman, if not played with their bat. Sandshoe is not literal though: batsmen wear sturdy boots, not sandshoes, when batting.
Senses: examples: text: Tony Greig was Australia's main stumbling block to victory. 'Thommo' worked out a solution to the problem, dismissing Greig in the 2nd innings with his famous 'sandshoe crusher'!
ref: 2002, “Cricket in the 70s”, in ABC TV, archived from the original on 10 Dec 2003:
topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
synonyms: toe-crusher
glosses: A yorker bowled at the batsman's feet.
pickaninny
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɪkənɪni/
Forms: form: pickaninnies
form: piccaninny
form: picaninny
form: picinniny
form: pikinini
form: pickaninnie
form: pickininnie
form: pickininny
form: piccanin
form: pickny
Etymology: Probably from a Portuguese pidgin, from Portuguese pequenino (“boy, child”), noun use of pequenino (“tiny”), from pequeno (“small”). In South African uses probably partly after Afrikaans pikenien.
Senses: examples: text: A small white donkey glimmered into sight, and behind it a milk cart, rattling its cans, and behind that ran a small and ragged piccaninny, a child of perhaps seven years, whose teeth were rattling so loudly they sounded like falling pebbles even across the width of the garden.
ref: 1952, Doris Lessing, Martha Quest, Panther, published 1974, page 134:
text: What a relief it must be for Blair to get out of England. It is said that the Queen has come to love the Commonwealth, partly because it supplies her with regular cheering crowds of flag-waving piccaninnies
ref: 2002 January 10, Boris Johnson, “If Blair's so good at running the Congo, let him stay there”, in The Daily Telegraph:
text: The pickaninny was an imagined, subhuman black juvenile who was typically depicted outdoors, merrily accepting (or even inviting) violence. The word (alternatively spelled “picaninny” or “piccaninny”) dates to the seventeenth century, […]
ref: 2011, Robin Bernstein, Racial Innocence, NYU Press, →ISBN, page 34:
glosses: A black child.
Derived terms: pickaninny Christmas
pickney
pickaninny
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɪkənɪni/
Forms: form: piccaninny
form: picaninny
form: picinniny
form: pikinini
form: pickaninnie
form: pickininnie
form: pickininny
form: piccanin
form: pickny
Etymology: Probably from a Portuguese pidgin, from Portuguese pequenino (“boy, child”), noun use of pequenino (“tiny”), from pequeno (“small”). In South African uses probably partly after Afrikaans pikenien.
Senses: examples: For quotations using this term, see Citations:pickaninny.
glosses: Little, small.
tombstone engineering
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: “As pilots in the USAF, we used the term ‘Tombstone Engineering’ to describe a known potential catastrophic flight event that could have been avoided through additional design and funding, but ended in the death of pilots and/or aircrews, thus forcing that design change/aircraft modification. Emergency procedures, especially the warnings, in our flight manuals are literally written in blood…,” Coffindaffer said.
ref: 2024 March 19, Mary Baily, “Digital Access”, in Sand Mountain Reporter:
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The practice of letting accidents or failures (perhaps occasioning death, but not necessarily) identify engineering problems.
tombstone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtuːmstəʊn/
ipa: /ˈtuːmstoʊn/
rhymes: -uːmstəʊn
Forms: form: tombstones
form: tomb-stone
Etymology: From tomb + stone.
Senses: examples: text: True, there's no harm in crying for one's husband, and the tombstone, though plain, was a solid piece of work, and on summer's days when the widow brought her boys to stand there one felt kindly towards her.
ref: 1922, Virginia Woolf, chapter 2, in Jacob's Room:
synonyms: headstone
gravestone
grave marker
glosses: A grave marker, a stone slab or similar object marking a person's grave.
topics: mathematics
sciences
synonyms: halmos
glosses: The symbol "∎" marking the end of a proof.
examples: text: If you attempt to restore a backup that is older than the tombstone lifetime, it may introduce objects that were deleted […]
ref: 2008, Laura E. Hunter, Robbie Allen, Active Directory Cookbook, page 739:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
qualifier: Microsoft Windows
glosses: A marker that takes the place of deleted data, allowing for replication of the deletion across servers etc.
examples: text: This actually results in a crash dump, which is written to the log and to a tombstone file.
ref: 2014, Joshua J. Drake, Zach Lanier, Collin Mulliner, Android Hacker's Handbook, page 186:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A crashdump.
topics: cardiology
medicine
sciences
glosses: An unusual morphological feature on an electrocardiogram indicative of acute myocardial infarction, characterized by a massive ST elevation.
topics: journalism
media
glosses: A printed advertisement in a newspaper or magazine, typically having unadorned centered text in black and white, enclosed in a simple box.
examples: text: The last bit of information on each tombstone is an accession number—an alphanumeric block that is assigned when an object is added (accessioned) to the museums’ collections.
ref: 2015, Harvard Art Museum, Writing on the Wall:
topics: art
arts
glosses: A museum plaque or caption displaying information about a work of art or exhibited object.
examples: text: "[…] Pity we're not both same size, or I'd steal one of your shirts, for I buried the last of mine yesterday, and here's the tombstone," producing a pawnbroker's duplicate.
ref: 1862, W. H. Watts, My Private Note-Book; or, Recollections of an old reporter, page 123:
glosses: A pawnbroker's ticket.
Derived terms: tombstone engineering
tombstoning
Related terms: through-stone
tombstone
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtuːmstəʊn/
ipa: /ˈtuːmstoʊn/
rhymes: -uːmstəʊn
Forms: form: tombstones
form: tombstoning
form: tombstoned
form: tombstoned
form: tomb-stone
Etymology: From tomb + stone.
Senses: glosses: To take part in tombstoning: to jump into the sea, etc. from a cliff or other high point so as to enter the water vertically straight.
examples: text: Before the contest even started, Slater went down hard in a warmup session. He took a two-wave hold-down in the semifinals, his board tombstoning eerily for all to see, […]
ref: 2005, Bruce Jenkins, Surfer magazine, (referring to Kelly Slater) http://surfermag.com/features/events/mav05/
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
surfing
glosses: For a surfboard to stand upright half-submerged in the water (like a tombstone, above) because the surfer is underwater with his or her legrope pulled tight. Often this indicates a surfer in difficulty, either held down by the power of a wave or unconscious and unable to get to the surface.
examples: text: One of the many improvements in Windows 2000 WINS (and NT4 SP4) is the capability to selectively delete or tombstone records.
ref: 2000, William Boswell, Inside Windows 2000 Server, page 211:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
qualifier: Microsoft Windows
glosses: To replace (an object or data) with a tombstone marker.