cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
lagging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: rhymes: -æɡɪŋ
Etymology: from lag
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of lag
Related terms: laggard
electrolysis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪlɛkˈtɹɒləsɪs/
rhymes: -ɒlɪsɪs
Forms: form: electrolyses
Etymology: Coined by English polymath William Whewell in 1834 for Michael Faraday. From electro- + -lysis (“a loosening”). Originally of tumors, later (1909) of hair removal.
Senses: examples: text: But current leakage in a Tube tunnel can cause electrolysis to occur in steel retaining walls, which in turn causes them to rust; it could also damage the foundations of nearby buildings.
ref: 2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books, →ISBN, page 136:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The chemical change produced by passing an electric current through a conducting solution or a molten salt.
glosses: The destruction of hair roots by means of an electric current.
Derived terms: cycloelectrolysis
photoelectrolysis
Related terms: electrolytic
electrolyze
electroplating
miserable
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɪz(ə)ɹəbəl/
Forms: form: miserables
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French miserable, from Old French, from Latin miserabilis, equivalent to miser + -able.
Senses: examples: text: Dona Carmen repaired to the balcony to chat and jest with, and at, these miserables, who stopped before the door to rest in their progress. All pretended poverty while literally groaning under the weight of their riches.
ref: 1838, The Foreign Quarterly Review, volume 21, page 181:
text: The charge that those who played Jesus in these representations were treated badly by the plays' Jews and Romans left one commissioner cold: in his view, these miserables were beaten much less severely by the players than they were by their actual lords or curacas.
ref: 2003, Richard C. Trexler, Reliving Golgotha: The Passion Play of Iztapalapa, pages 46–47:
glosses: A miserable person; a wretch.
examples: text: By 3:00 P.M. both DeeDee and Sandra's pants were thoroughly soaked, and this unhappy circumstance gave DeeDee a bad case of the miserables.
ref: 1984, Barbara Wernecke Durkin, Oh, You Dundalk Girls, Can't You Dance the Polka?, page 10:
glosses: A state of misery or melancholy.
ASPI
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of Advanced SCSI Peripheral Interface.
lesion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈliːʒən/
rhymes: -iːʒən
Forms: form: lesions
form: læsion
Etymology: From Middle English lesioun, from Old French lesion, from Latin laesiō (“injury”), itself from laesus, perfect passive participle of laedō (“I injure, hurt”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: A wound or injury.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: An infected or otherwise injured or diseased organ or part, especially such on a patch of skin.
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any compound formed from damage to a nucleic acid.
topics: law
glosses: Injury or an unfair imbalance in a commutative contract wherein the consideration is less than half of the market value, which then serves as a basis for the injured party to sue to rescind the agreement.
Derived terms: cryolesion
hemilesion
immunolesion
indolent lesion of epithelial origin
interlesion
ipsilesional
lesional
lesionectomy
lesionless
lesionlike
microlesion
multilesion
nonlesion
Olney's lesions
perilesion
photolesion
postlesion
prelesion
pseudolesion
radiolesion
translesion
Related terms: lese majesty
lèse majesté
lesion
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈliːʒən/
rhymes: -iːʒən
Forms: form: lesions
form: lesioning
form: lesioned
form: lesioned
form: læsion
Etymology: From Middle English lesioun, from Old French lesion, from Latin laesiō (“injury”), itself from laesus, perfect passive participle of laedō (“I injure, hurt”).
Senses: glosses: To wound or injure, especially in an experiment or other controlled procedure.
Derived terms: microlesioned
nonlesioned
unlesioned
seiche
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /seɪʃ/
ipa: /seɪʃ/
ipa: /sit͡ʃ/
rhymes: -eɪʃ
Forms: form: seiches
Etymology: From Swiss French seiche, perhaps from German Seiche (“sinking”).
Senses: examples: text: In September 2023, we detected the start of a 9-day-long, global . . . very-long-period seismic signal, originating from East Greenland. . . .this event started with a glacial thinning-induced rock-ice avalanche of 25 million cubic meters plunging into Dickson Fjord, triggering a 200-meter-high tsunami. Simulations show that the tsunami stabilized into a 7-meter-high long-duration seiche with a frequency. . .and slow amplitude decay that were nearly identical to the seismic signal. An oscillating, fjord-transverse single force . . . reproduced the seismic amplitudes and their radiation pattern relative to the fjord, demonstrating how a seiche directly caused the 9-day-long seismic signal.
ref: 2024 A rockslide-generated tsunami in a Greenland fjord rang Earth for 9 days. Science 2024 Vol 385, DOI: 10.1126/science.adm9247
topics: geography
hydrology
natural-sciences
glosses: A short-term standing wave oscillation of the water level in a lake, or other confined body of water such as a fjord, characteristic of its geometry.
plumber block
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: plumber blocks
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of plummer block
plumbery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: plumberies
Etymology: French plomberie.
Senses: glosses: The business of a plumber; plumbing
glosses: A place where plumbing is carried out
austrine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Latin austrinus, from auster (“south”).
Senses: glosses: Southern; southerly; austral.
Austro-Hungarian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɒs.trəʊ.hʌŋˈɡɛəɹi.ən/
ipa: /ˌɔs.troʊ.hʌŋˈɡɛɹi.ən/
ipa: /ˌɑs.troʊ.hʌŋˈɡɛɹi.ən/
rhymes: -ɛəɹiən
Etymology: From Austro- + Hungarian, after Austria-Hungary.
Senses: glosses: Of, from or pertaining to Austria-Hungary.
Austro-Hungarian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɒs.trəʊ.hʌŋˈɡɛəɹi.ən/
ipa: /ˌɔs.troʊ.hʌŋˈɡɛɹi.ən/
ipa: /ˌɑs.troʊ.hʌŋˈɡɛɹi.ən/
rhymes: -ɛəɹiən
Forms: form: Austro-Hungarians
Etymology: From Austro- + Hungarian, after Austria-Hungary.
Senses: glosses: A person from Austria-Hungary.
Related terms: Austria
Croatia
Czech Republic
Hungary
Slovakia
Slovenia
balm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɑːm/
ipa: /bɑm/
ipa: /bɔm/
ipa: /bɑlm/
ipa: /bɔlm/
ipa: /bæm/
rhymes: -ɑːm
rhymes: -ɑːlm
homophone: bomb
homophone: BOM (for many speakers with the father-bother merger)
Forms: form: balms
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English bawme, borrowed from Anglo-Norman and Middle French baume, from Old French basme, from Latin balsamum, itself from Ancient Greek βάλσαμον (bálsamon). Spelling modified 16th c. to conform to Latin etymology. Doublet of balsam and desman.
Senses: synonyms: balsam
balm
glosses: Any of various aromatic resins exuded from certain plants, especially trees of the genus Commiphora of Africa, Arabia and India and Myroxylon of South America.
glosses: An aromatic preparation for embalming the dead.
synonyms: balsam
glosses: A plant or tree yielding such substance.
synonyms: balsam
glosses: Any soothing oil or lotion, especially an aromatic one.
examples: text: Classical music is a sweet balm for our sorrows.
text: BEAT on, proud billows; Boreas blow; / Swell, curled waves, high as Jove's roof; / Your incivility doth ſhow, / That innocence is tempeſt proof; / Though ſurly Nereus frown, my thoughts are calm; / Then ſtrike, Affliction, for thy wounds are balm. [Attributed to Roger L'Estrange (1616–1704).]
ref: 1781, [Mostyn John Armstrong], History and Antiquities of the County of Norfolk. Volume IX. Containing the Hundreds of Smithdon, Taverham, Tunstead, Walsham, and Wayland, volume IX, Norwich: Printed by J. Crouse, for M. Booth, bookseller, →OCLC, page 51:
synonyms: balsam
glosses: Something soothing.
glosses: The lemon balm, Melissa officinalis.
glosses: Any of a number of other aromatic herbs with a similar citrus-like scent, such as bee balm and horsebalm.
Derived terms: Balmer
balmless
balmlike
balm of Gilead
balm of Judea
balm of Mecca
balm tea
balmy
balmyard
basil balm
beard balm
embalm
heart balm
heart-balm
lip balm
spotted bee balm
tiger balm
Vietnamese balm
balm
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɑːm/
ipa: /bɑm/
ipa: /bɔm/
ipa: /bɑlm/
ipa: /bɔlm/
ipa: /bæm/
rhymes: -ɑːm
rhymes: -ɑːlm
homophone: bomb
homophone: BOM (for many speakers with the father-bother merger)
Forms: form: balms
form: balming
form: balmed
form: balmed
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English bawme, borrowed from Anglo-Norman and Middle French baume, from Old French basme, from Latin balsamum, itself from Ancient Greek βάλσαμον (bálsamon). Spelling modified 16th c. to conform to Latin etymology. Doublet of balsam and desman.
Senses: examples: text: Shrouded in cloth of state, balmed and entreasured / With full bags of spices!
ref: c. 1607–1608, William Shakespeare, George] [Wilkins, Pericles, Prince of Tyre, act 3, scene 2, lines 63–64:
glosses: To anoint with balm, or with anything medicinal.
examples: text: This rest might yet have balmed thy broken sinews
ref: c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, King Lear, act 3, scene 6, line 96:
glosses: To soothe; to mitigate.
Related terms: lotion
ointment
unguent
garnet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡɑː(ɹ).nət/
Forms: form: garnets
Etymology: From Middle English gernet, granate, from Old French grenate, from grenat (“pomegranate red”). Doublet of grenade.
Senses: examples: text: How many needles Betty Flanders had lost there! and her garnet brooch.
ref: 1922, Virginia Woolf, Jacob's Room, Vintage Classics, page 127:
text: Although there are dozens of different types of gems, among the best known and most important are […] . (Common gem materials not addressed in this article include amber, amethyst, chalcedony, garnet, lazurite, malachite, opals, peridot, rhodonite, spinel, tourmaline, turquoise and zircon.)
ref: 2012 March 24, Lee A. Groat, “Gemstones”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, archived from the original on 14 Jun 2012, page 128:
topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A hard transparent mineral that is often used as gemstones and abrasives.
glosses: A dark red color, like that of the gemstone.
Derived terms: common garnet
cross-garnet
demantoid garnet
garnetberry
garnet brown
garnetiferous
garnet-throated hummingbird
garnet yam
garnierite
gooseberry garnet
hydrogarnet
mandarin garnet
rose garnet
tsavorite garnet
YAG
yttrium iron garnet
Related terms: word: grenade
word: pomegranate
sense: mineral
word: allochroite
sense: mineral
word: almandine
sense: mineral
word: andradite
sense: mineral
word: carbuncle
sense: mineral
word: cinnamon stone
sense: mineral
word: Colorado ruby
sense: mineral
word: demantoid
sense: mineral
word: essonite
sense: mineral
word: grossularite
sense: mineral
word: hessonite
sense: mineral
word: melanite
sense: mineral
word: ouvarovite
sense: mineral
word: pyrope
sense: mineral
word: rhodolite
sense: mineral
word: spessartine
sense: mineral
word: topazolite
sense: mineral
word: tsavorite
sense: mineral
word: uvarovite
garnet
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡɑː(ɹ).nət/
Etymology: From Middle English gernet, granate, from Old French grenate, from grenat (“pomegranate red”). Doublet of grenade.
Senses: glosses: Of a dark red colour.
garnet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡɑː(ɹ).nət/
Forms: form: garnets
Senses: examples: text: Using a garnet for the lower-deck guns on the lower deck: Lash the centre of the yard to the mast, and hook both burtons to support the yard.
ref: 1893, Charles Bushell, The Rigger's Guide and Seaman's Assistant:
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A tackle for hoisting cargo in or out of a vessel.
Derived terms: clew-garnet
garnet
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡɑː(ɹ).nət/
Forms: form: garnets
form: garneting
form: garneted
form: garneted
Senses: glosses: To shred (twisted wool fiber, rags, etc.) so that it can be reused.
Derived terms: garneter
cyborg
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsaɪ.bɔː(ɹ)ɡ/
ipa: /ˈsaɪ.boɹɡ/
Forms: form: cyborgs
Etymology: Blend of cybernetic + organism. Coined by Austrian neuroscientist Manfred Clynes in 1960.
Senses: examples: text: I would not classify the Tin Woodman as magical robot, but more of a magical cyborg, if anything.
ref: 1981, Teri (Pettit at PARC-MAXC), fa.sf-lovers newsgroup, "Re: SF-LOVERS Digest V3 #122", May 15
text: Prof. Clynes is a published poet and author of five books. He coined the word "cyborg". He also coined the word "sentics" to describe a new science entirely of his own devising.
ref: 1991, Timothy K. Smith, "Manfred Clynes Sees A Pattern in Love -- He's Got the Printouts", The Wall Street Journal, September 24, front page
text: ... Kevin Warwick, professor of cybernetics at Reading University. Warwick is no stranger to publicity. His autobiography, I, Cyborg, which came out last month (Century, £16.99), meticulously catalogues his very many newspaper, magazine, radio and TV appearances. With commendable honesty, he also acknowledges the amount of (unfair, obviously) criticism he has received for being greedy for media attention. That isn't the main thrust of the book, though, which is rather an account of why he is turning himself into a cyborg.
ref: 2002 September 19, “Short Cuts”, in London Review of Books, volume 24, number 18, Thomas Jones:
text: The cyborg subject, with its pacemakers, drug regimes and artificial limbs, is usually also the first world middle to upper-class economic subject with a conscious incentive to preserve life for as long as possible under the best possible conditions.
ref: 2003, David Simpson, "Are we still tragic?", guardian.co.uk (exclusive from London Review of Books Vol. 25 No. 7, April 3), April 1
text: On the track of John and Kate is the T-X (Kristanna Loken), a blond female cyborg so metallically single-minded, and so impervious to blandishment and punishment alike, that, from where I was sitting, she looked to be our best hope of getting a woman into the Oval Office.
ref: 2003 July 14, Anthony Lane, “The Current Cinema -- Metal Guru”, in The New Yorker:
text: Opposite of natural monsters there are technological monsters such as terminators, cyborgs, and robocops—all of which undermine dichotomies between the artificial and the organic, the prosthetic and the natural.
ref: 2010, Tyson E. Lewis, Richard Kahn, Education Out of Bounds, page 1:
topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: A being which is part machine and part organic.
glosses: A human, animal or other being with electronic or bionic prostheses.
Synonyms: bion
cybernetic organism
cyberman
Derived terms: cyborgian
cyborglike
eyeborg
fyborg
Related terms: borg
cyborg
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsaɪ.bɔː(ɹ)ɡ/
ipa: /ˈsaɪ.boɹɡ/
Forms: form: cyborgs
form: cyborging
form: cyborged
form: cyborged
Etymology: Blend of cybernetic + organism. Coined by Austrian neuroscientist Manfred Clynes in 1960.
Senses: topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
synonyms: cyborgize
glosses: To convert (something) into a cyborg.
beryl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɛɹ.əl/
rhymes: -ɛɹəl
Forms: form: beryls
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English beryl, from Old French beril, from Latin bērillus, bēryllus, from Ancient Greek βήρυλλος (bḗrullos, “beryl”), in turn borrowed from Middle Indic forms like Pali veḷuriya or Prakrit 𑀯𑁂𑀭𑀼𑀮𑀺𑀅 (verulia), from Dravidian, probably named after Velur (modern day Belur) in southern India.
Senses: examples: text: The sunset had been magnificent, and the Thames was floating in dark radiance; the waves wearing that transparent clearness, which gives more the idea of melted beryl, than aught else: every little circle in the water had that trembling light which characterises precious stones.
ref: 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “The Fête”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 57:
text: Although there are dozens of different types of gems, among the best known and most important are diamond, ruby and sapphire, emerald and other gem forms of the mineral beryl, chrysoberyl, tanzanite, tsavorite, topaz and jade.
ref: 2012 March 24, Lee A. Groat, “Gemstones”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, archived from the original on 14 Jun 2012, page 128:
topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A mineral of pegmatite deposits, often used as a gemstone (molecular formula Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈).
examples: text: The crown was set with six beryls of excellent size and color.
text: The appearance of the wheels and their work was like unto the colour of a beryl […]
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Ezekiel 1:16:
text: His buskins were laced with gold, and from his belt hung a sword, narrow of blade and keen, the hilt rough with beryls and black diamonds.
ref: 1922, E[ric] R[ücker] Eddison, The Worm Ouroboros: A Romance, London: Jonathan Cape […], →OCLC, page 5:
glosses: An example (a stone) of the mineral beryl.
glosses: A dull blueish green color.
Derived terms: beryllate
berylline
beryl-spangled tanager
blue beryl
beryl
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɛɹ.əl/
rhymes: -ɛɹəl
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English beryl, from Old French beril, from Latin bērillus, bēryllus, from Ancient Greek βήρυλλος (bḗrullos, “beryl”), in turn borrowed from Middle Indic forms like Pali veḷuriya or Prakrit 𑀯𑁂𑀭𑀼𑀮𑀺𑀅 (verulia), from Dravidian, probably named after Velur (modern day Belur) in southern India.
Senses: glosses: Of a dull bluish green colour.
Derived terms: beryl-spangled tanager
beryllium
beryllium oxide
chrysoberyl
Related terms: chrysoprase
brilliant
aquamarine
emerald
heliodor
Madagascar aquamarine
morganite
excuse
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: ĭkskyo͞oz'
ipa: /ɪkˈskjuːz/
ipa: /ɛksˈkjuːz/
enpr: ĭkskyo͞oz'
ipa: /ɪksˈkjuz/
ipa: /ɛksˈkjuz/
rhymes: -uːz
Forms: form: excuses
form: excusing
form: excused
form: excused
Etymology: From Middle English excusen (verb) and excuse (noun), borrowed from Old French escuser (verb) and excuse (noun), from Latin excūsō, excūsāre (“to excuse, allege in excuse, literally, free from a charge”), from ex (“out”) + causa (“a charge”); see cause, accuse and recuse. Displaced native Old English lād (“an excuse”) and lādian (“to excuse”).
Senses: examples: text: I excused him his transgressions.
text: Yet his Nature / In that’s no Changeling, and I muſt excuſe / What cannot be amended.
ref: c. 1608–1609 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Coriolanus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene vii], page 25, column 1:
text: If they say that he did sin in doing this, then they must at the same time acknowledge that a man's persuasion that a thing is a duty will not excuse him from guilt in practising it
ref: c. 1685, John Sharp, A Discourse of Conscience:
glosses: To forgive; to pardon; to overlook.
examples: text: May I be excused from the table?
text: I excused myself from the proceedings to think over what I'd heard.
glosses: To allow to leave, or release from any obligation.
examples: text: You know he shouldn't have done it, so don't try to excuse his behavior!
text: They cannot be excusyd
By reason nor by law; […]
ref: c. 1503–1512, John Skelton, Ware the Hauke; republished in John Scattergood, editor, John Skelton: The Complete English Poems, 1983, →OCLC, page 62, lines 6–7:
glosses: To provide an excuse for; to justify.
examples: text: Agayne / thynke ye that we excuſe oure ſelves? we ſpeake in Chriſt in the ſight of God. But we do all thyngꝭ dearly beloved for youre edifyinge.
ref: 1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, 2 Corinthians xij:[19], folio ccxlvj, verso:
text: It were more meet that thou didst accuse thy self, and excusedst thy Brother.
ref: 1705, Thomas à Kempis (unknown translator), The Christian’s Pattern: or, A Treatise of the Imitation of Jesus Christ, London: T. C. Hansard, […], published 1831, page 54:
glosses: To relieve of an imputation by apology or defense; to make apology for as not seriously evil; to ask pardon or indulgence for.
Synonyms: sense: to release from guilt, shame, or punishment
word: forgive
sense: to release from guilt, shame, or punishment
word: let off the hook
sense: to release from guilt, shame, or punishment
word: let pass
sense: to release from guilt, shame, or punishment
word: pardon
sense: to release from guilt, shame, or punishment
word: unguilt
sense: justify
word: plead
sense: justify
word: adduce
Derived terms: blind excuse
excusability
excuse me
excuse my français
excuse my French
excuse you
excusingly
please excuse my dear Aunt Sally
'scuse
unexcused
unexcusing
XQs
brisance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈbɹiːzɑ̃s/
Forms: form: brisances
Etymology: From French brisant, present participle of briser (“to break”).
Senses: examples: text: He thought he knew being aflame. But this was sustained explosion, reaching now and then a quite unendurable brisance.
ref: 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 985:
glosses: The shattering effect of the energy released in an explosion.
Related terms: brisant
bion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bions
Etymology: Back-formation from bionic.
Senses: topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: A cyborg or robot.
Related terms: bionic
bion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bions
Etymology: From bio- + -on.
Senses: glosses: The smallest microscopic unit of orgone.
bionic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɪˌɒn.ɪk/
rhymes: -ɒnɪk
Forms: form: more bionic
form: most bionic
Etymology: Blend of bio- + electronic. The superhuman sense is attributed to the TV shows The Six Million Dollar Man (1973–1978) and The Bionic Woman (1976–1978).
Senses: glosses: Related to bionics.
glosses: Having been enhanced by electronic, mechanical, or mechatronical parts; cyborg.
raw_tags: of a biological organism
examples: text: Now baby, don't you know that our rhymes are so bionic / Don't listen too hard, don't be supersonic
ref: 1988, “Supersonic”, performed by J. J. Fad:
text: Entering womanhood is awesome, but the learning, growing, and obstacle facing are not going to stop. As you grow into womanhood, it's going to seem as if the world wants you to be bionic—be stronger, faster, and smarter.
ref: 2007, Yasmin Shiraz, The Blueprint for My Girls: How to Build a Life Full of Courage, ...:
text: But to hear the presidential physician tell it, Trump is bionic. In a news conference, Rear Adm. Ronny Jackson hailed Trump's health as "excellent" eight times.
ref: 2018 January 21, Virginia Heffernan, “Trump's jargon is infectious”, in Los Angeles Times:
text: Before leaving the factory, May met Delma Käthner, a local woman, who told her she was “bionic”. / “She’s coped with so much,” Käthner said. “She has a terrible job. Just look at the way her shoulders are hunched. She has the whole weight of Brexit on her.”
ref: 2018 July 20, Lisa O'Carroll, “Ireland open to new proposal on Brexit border”, in The Guardian:
glosses: Superhuman.
Derived terms: bionically
bionic ear
lesbionic
optobionic
photobionic
Related terms: bion
balrog
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɔːl.ɹɒɡ/
ipa: /ˈbal.ɹɒɡ/
ipa: /ˈbɔl.ɹɑɡ/
ipa: /ˈbɑl.ɹɑɡ/
ipa: /ˈbæl.ɹɑɡ/
Forms: form: balrogs
Etymology: From Sindarin, a fictional language created by J.R.R. Tolkien, meaning something akin to "mighty demon".
Senses: examples: text: The Balrog made no answer. The fire in it seemed to die, but the darkness grew. It stepped forward slowly on to the bridge, and suddenly it drew itself up to a great height, and its wings were spread from wall to wall […]
ref: 1954, J. R. R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring:
text: What was released was a demon, a balrog of pure sexual energy which had been denied for too long.
ref: 2004, post on newsgroup, alt.sex.bondage:
text: […] is just a big goofy Balrog as far as I'm concerned, he might make a "Green Dot" poster scared; the big dweeb.
ref: 2004, post on newsgroup, rec.skiing.alpine:
text: [And now, a warp-drive round of Confirm or Deny.][...]
Gandalf the Grey was cooler than Gandalf the White.
Hmm, that’s a tough one. I think in some ways he was cooler, but he kind of needed to defeat the Balrog in order to become a better wizard, I guess, and play a bigger role in defeating Sauron. But he was definitely more chill as Gandalf the Grey and had a better sense of humor.
ref: 2020 July 25, Maureen Dowd, Elon Musk, “Elon Musk, Blasting Off in Domestic Bliss”, in New York Times, archived from the original on 25 Jul 2020:
topics: fantasy
glosses: A fiery demonic creature.
often
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɒfən/
ipa: /ˈɒftən/
ipa: /ˈɔːfən/
ipa: /ˈɔːftən/
ipa: /ˈɔfən/
ipa: /ˈɔftən/
ipa: /ˈɑfən/
ipa: /ˈɑftən/
ipa: /ˈɒfən/
ipa: /ˈɒftən/
other: /t/
other: /t/
other: /t/
homophone: orphan (non-rhotic, lot–cloth split)
rhymes: -ɒfən
rhymes: -ɒftən
Forms: form: more often
form: most often
Etymology: From Middle English often, alteration (with final -n added due to analogy with Middle English selden (“seldom”)) of Middle English ofte, oft, from Old English oft (“often”), from Proto-Germanic *ufta, *uftō (“often”).
Cognates
Cognate with Scots affen, aften, af'en, oaffen, oaften, oftin (“often”), North Frisian aaft, oftem, oofting (“often”), Saterland Frisian oafte (“often”), German, Luxembourgish and Pennsylvania German oft (“often”), Yiddish אָפֿט (oft, “often”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk ofte (“often”), Faroese, Swedish ofta (“often”), Icelandic oft (“often”), Gothic 𐌿𐍆𐍄𐌰 (ufta, “often”).
Senses: examples: text: […] it is a melancholy of mine own, compounded of many simples, extracted from many objects, and, indeed, the sundry contemplation of my travels; in which my often rumination wraps me in a most humorous sadness.
ref: c. 1598–1600 (date written), William Shakespeare, “As You Like It”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i]:
text: 1618, Anthony Munday (translator), The Third Booke of Amadis de Gaule by Nicolas de Herberay des Essarts (1542), London, Chapter 2, p. 18,
Then came the Ladies to visite him, and the Queene gaue him most gracious welcome, desiring him to be of good cheere: For heere is my Daughter (quoth she) right skilfull in the Art of Chirurgerie, that meanes to bee your often visitant.
text: The Shew-bread by an often remove, and renewing, was continually to stand before the Lord in his House […]
ref: 1656, John Bunyan, chapter 48, in Solomon’s Temple Spiritualiz’d, London: George Larkin, published 1688, page 113:
glosses: Frequent.
Related terms: frequency
double cousin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: double cousins
Senses: glosses: A cousin who is related on both sides of a family. A relative with four common grandparents.
Derived terms: double first cousin
gollumish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more gollumish
form: most gollumish
Etymology: From Gollum + -ish.
Senses: examples: 2003: "I do feel a bit Gollumish about it…" —alt.support.low-carb, 12 Nov 2003
2004: "With the gollumish Tony Blair never far away, urging him on, George W Bush doggedly climbed his own Mt Doom and thrust the Coalition of the Willing into the fire – along with a few thousand apparently expendable human lives." —The New Zealand Listener, Vol 191, "2003 reloaded", 27 Jan 2004
glosses: Having similar traits to the fictional character Gollum, including obsessiveness, sinisterness or talking in an unusual manner often punctuated by hissing sounds.
peccary
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɛk.ə.ɹi/
Forms: form: peccaries
Etymology: From Kari'na pakira (“collared peccary”), from Proto-Cariban *pakira.
Senses: examples: text: He says he drank rainwater collected in his shoes and ate worms and insects while hiding from jaguars and peccaries, a type of pig-like mammal.
ref: 2023 March 1, “Amazon jungle: Man survives 31 days by eating worms”, in BBC News:
glosses: Any of the family Tayassuidae of mammals from the Americas, related to pigs.
Synonyms: word: bush hog
english: Southwest US, from Mexican Spanish 'jabalina'
translation: Southwest US, from Mexican Spanish 'jabalina'
word: javelina
word: tayassuid
Derived terms: alt: Parachoerus wagneri
word: Chacoan peccary
alt: Dicotyles tajacu
word: collared peccary
taxonomic: Tayassu pecari
word: white-lipped peccary
alt: Dicotyles maximus
word: giant peccary
hormone
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhɔːməʊn/
ipa: /ˈhoɹmoʊn/
Forms: form: hormones
form: hormoning
form: hormoned
form: hormoned
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ὁρμῶν (hormôn), present participle of ὁρμάω (hormáō, “to set in motion, to urge on”), from ὁρμή (hormḗ, “rapid motion forwards, onrush, onset, assault, impulse to do a thing, effort”).
Senses: glosses: To treat with hormones.
spy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /spaɪ/
rhymes: -aɪ
Forms: form: spies
Etymology: From Middle English spien, aphetic variant of earlier espien (“to espy”), from Old French espier (“to spy”), from Frankish *spehōn (“to spy”), from Proto-Germanic *spehōną (“to see, look”), from Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- (“to look”). Akin to German spähen (“to spy”), Dutch spieden (“to spy”).
The noun displaced native Old English sċēawere (literally “watcher”), which was also the word for "mirror." In this sense, the verb displaced Old English sċēawian, which was also the word for "to watch" and became the Modern English word show.
Distant cognate vie PIE with Latin speculātor, Ancient Greek κατάσκοπος (katáskopos).
Compare typologically Russian согляда́тай (sogljadátaj) (akin to гляде́ть (gljadétʹ)).
Senses: examples: text: The dead leap at the throat, destroy
The meaning of the day; dark forms
Have scaled your walls, and spies betray
Old secrets to amorphous swarms.
ref: 1941, Theodore Roethke, “Feud”, in Open House, New York, N.Y.: Alfred A[braham] Knopf, →OCLC; republished in The Collected Poems of Theodore Roethke, London: Faber and Faber […], 1968, →OCLC, page 4:
text: Even without hovering drones, a lurking assassin, a thumping score and a denouement, the real-life story of Edward Snowden, a rogue spy on the run, could be straight out of the cinema. But, as with Hollywood, the subplots and exotic locations may distract from the real message: America’s discomfort and its foes’ glee.
ref: 2013 June 29, “Travels and travails”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8842, page 55:
topics: espionage
government
military
politics
war
synonyms: word: espy
word: intelligencer
glosses: A person who secretly watches and examines the actions of other individuals or organizations and gathers information on them (usually to gain an advantage).
topics: American-football
ball-games
football
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A defensive player assigned to cover an offensive backfield player man-to-man when they are expected to engage in a running play, but the offensive player does not run with the ball immediately.
Synonyms: word: espial
word: espy
word: ghost
word: intelligencer
word: secret agent
word: spook
word: spy
word: undie
Hypernyms: word: intelligence asset
word: person
Hyponyms: word: counterspy
word: double agent
word: honeypot
word: informant
word: mole
word: molehunter
word: pavement artist
word: sleeper agent
word: triple agent
word: wheel artist
word: wiretapper
Derived terms: antispy
bespy
co-spy
counterspy
cyberspy
spyboat
spybot
spycam
spycatcher
spycatching
spy cop
spycore
spycraft
spydom
spy dust
spyess
spy-fi
Spygate
spyhole
spy-hop
spy-hopping
spyism
spyless
spylike
spymaster
spymistress
spy money
spyplane
spyproof
spy ring
spy satellite
spyship
spywork
superspy
spy
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /spaɪ/
rhymes: -aɪ
Forms: form: spies
form: spying
form: spied
form: spied
Etymology: From Middle English spien, aphetic variant of earlier espien (“to espy”), from Old French espier (“to spy”), from Frankish *spehōn (“to spy”), from Proto-Germanic *spehōną (“to see, look”), from Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- (“to look”). Akin to German spähen (“to spy”), Dutch spieden (“to spy”).
The noun displaced native Old English sċēawere (literally “watcher”), which was also the word for "mirror." In this sense, the verb displaced Old English sċēawian, which was also the word for "to watch" and became the Modern English word show.
Distant cognate vie PIE with Latin speculātor, Ancient Greek κατάσκοπος (katáskopos).
Compare typologically Russian согляда́тай (sogljadátaj) (akin to гляде́ть (gljadétʹ)).
Senses: examples: text: During the Cold War, Russia and America would each spy on each other for recon.
glosses: To act as a spy.
examples: text: I think I can spy that hot guy coming over here.
text: VVherefore lift up your heads, brethren, and look about vvith your eyes, ſpy vvhat things are to be reformed in the Church of England.
ref: 1536 June 16 (Gregorian calendar), Hugh Latimer, “Sermon II. Master Latimer’s Discourse on the Same Day in the Afternoon [Preached to the Convocation of the Clergy, before the Parliament Began, the Sixth Day of June, the Twenty Eighth Year of the Reign of the Late King Henry VIII].”, in The Sermons of the Right Reverend Father in God, Master Hugh Latimer, Bishop of Worcester. […], volume I, London: […] J. Scott, […], published 1758, →OCLC, page 32:
text: One in reading, skipped over all sentences where he spied a note of admiration.
ref: 1720, Jonathan Swift, A Letter to a Young Clergyman:
text: Child, I see thee! Child, I spy thee!
ref: 1818, John Keats, A Prophecy:
text: The next person they spied was a Bandicoot carrying a watermelon.
ref: 1918, Norman Lindsay, The Magic Pudding, page 68:
glosses: To spot; to catch sight of; to espy.
examples: text: (As I confeſſe it is my Natures plague / To ſpy into Abuſes, and of my iealouſie / Shapes faults that are not)
ref: c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iii], page 324:
glosses: To search narrowly; to scrutinize.
glosses: To explore; to see; to view; inspect and examine secretly, as a country.
Derived terms: hi-spy-hi
I spy
I spy with my little eye
outspy
spier
spyhop
spy on
spy out
Related terms: spyglass
spyware
PITI payment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: PITI payments
Senses: examples: text: You can't afford this house. Your PITI payment would be too high for your income.
topics: banking
business
glosses: The amount paid per month in Principal, Interest, Taxes and Insurance for a given property. Used in determining the debt/income ratio.
Related terms: insurance
interest
payment
principal
tax
mortgage
debt
income ratio
stengah
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈstɛŋ.(ɡ)ə/
Forms: form: stengahs
Etymology: From Malay se tengah (“one half”).
Senses: examples: text: “Push the boat out, Adams,” said Hart. “Stengah for me.”
ref: 1956, Anthony Burgess, Time for a Tiger (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 77:
text: "It gives you the Tuan touch. You learn to clap your hands to summon your coloured servants, instead of yelling...to drink stengahs, instead of plain whisky, to speak of lunch as tiffin...God help us!" He chuckled deeply.
ref: 1975, Xavier Herbert, Poor Fellow My Country, Sydney: Collins Publishers, published 1988, page 129:
glosses: A drink of whisky and soda.
relax
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹɪˈlæks/
rhymes: -æks
Forms: form: relaxes
form: relaxing
form: relaxed
form: relaxed
Etymology: From Middle English relaxen, from Old French relaxer, from Latin relaxāre (“relax, loosen, open”), from re- (“back”) + laxāre (“loosen”), from laxus (“loose, free”).
Senses: examples: text: to relax a rope or cord
text: to relax the muscles or sinews
text: Horror […] all his joynts relax'd.
ref: 1667, John Milton, “Book VIII”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
glosses: To make something loose.
examples: text: An aperient relaxes the bowels.
glosses: To make something loose.
To relieve from constipation; to loosen; to open.
synonyms: expand
glosses: To become loose.
examples: text: Amusement relaxes the mind.
glosses: To relieve (someone or someone's mind) of stress; to enable to rest; to calm down.
examples: text: I like to relax by listening to music.
text: I relax in the living room.
ref: 2016, “Let's Learn English level 1”, in VOA Learning English, archived from the original on 30 Sep 2017, Lesson 5: Where Are You?, public domain:
synonyms: chill out
unwind
glosses: To rest and become relieved of stress.
examples: text: to relax discipline
text: to relax one's attention or endeavours
glosses: To make something less severe or tense.
examples: text: Tensions between the two countries have relaxed somewhat in recent weeks.
glosses: To become less severe or tense.
examples: text: The statute of mortmain[…] was at several times relaxed by the legislature.
ref: 1713, Jonathan Swift, A Preface to Bishop Burnet's Introduction:
text: The Court rejected the contention that the doctrine of sovereign immunity should be relaxed as inapplicable to suits for specific relief as distinguished from damage suits, saying: "The Government, as representative of the community as a whole, cannot be stopped in its tracks by any plaintiff who presents a disputed question of property or contract right."
ref: 1953, “Section 2. Jurisdiction”, in Edward Samuel Corwin, editor, The Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation, page 589:
glosses: To make something (such as codes and regulations) more lenient.
glosses: To become more lenient.
raw_tags: of codes and regulations
Derived terms: relaxable
overrelax
underrelax
Related terms: relaxation
presentation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌpɹɛzn̩ˈteɪʃn̩/
ipa: /ˌpɹizn̩ˈteɪʃn̩/
ipa: /pɹisɛnˈteɪʃən/
rhymes: -eɪʃən
Forms: form: presentations
form: præsentation
Etymology: From Old French presentation (French présentation), from Latin praesentātiōnem, accusative singular of praesentātiō (“representation, exhibition”). Morphologically present + -ation.
Senses: examples: text: Prayers are sometimes a presentation of mere desires.
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):
glosses: The act of presenting, or something presented.
glosses: A dramatic performance.
glosses: An award given to someone on a special occasion.
glosses: Money given as a wedding gift.
glosses: A lecture or speech given in front of an audience.
glosses: A slideshow created on a computer.
examples: text: The presentation of the thirty-four-year-old male in the emergency room was slight fever, dilated pupils, and marked disorientation.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The symptoms and other possible indications of disease, trauma, etc., that are exhibited by a patient who has sought, or has otherwise come to, the attention of a physician.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The position of the foetus in the uterus at birth.
topics: LGBT
lifestyle
sexuality
glosses: Gender presentation; gender expression.
topics: fencing
government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
sports
war
glosses: Offering one's blade for engagement by the opponent.
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: The specification of a group by generators and relators.
examples: text: If the bishop admits the patron's presentation, the clerk so admitted is next to be instituted by him.
ref: 1765–1769, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England, (please specify |book=I to IV), Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Clarendon Press, →OCLC:
glosses: The act or right of offering a clergyman to the bishop or ordinary for institution in a benefice.
topics: immunology
medicine
sciences
glosses: The preparation of antigen fragments during the immune response.
Derived terms: case presentation
interpresentation
malpresentation
nonpresentation
postpresentation
presentation box
presentation copy
presentationism
presentationist
presentation logic
presentation software
representation
re-presentation
self-presentation
Related terms: presentational
presentationally
claim
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kleɪm/
rhymes: -eɪm
Forms: form: claims
form: claym
Etymology: From Middle English claimen, borrowed from Old French clamer (“to call, name, send for”), from Latin clāmō, clāmāre (“to call, cry out”), from Proto-Italic *klāmāō, from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁- (“to shout”), which is imitative.
See also Lithuanian kalba (“language”), Old English hlōwan (“to low, make a noise like a cow”), Old High German halan (“to call”), Ancient Greek καλέω (kaléō, “to call, convoke”), κλέδον (klédon, “report, fame”), κέλαδος (kélados, “noise”), Middle Irish cailech (“cock”), Latin calō (“to call out, announce solemnly”), Sanskrit उषःकल (uṣaḥkala, “cock”, literally “dawn-calling”). Cognate with Spanish llamar and clamar.
Senses: examples: text: a claim of ownership
text: a claim of victory
glosses: A demand of ownership made for something.
glosses: The thing claimed.
examples: text: You don't have any claim on my time, since I'm no longer your employee.
glosses: The right or ground of demanding.
examples: text: The company's share price dropped amid claims of accounting fraud.
text: Bailey, in using accents, felt that he was 'directing to their proper pronuntiation' and showing 'the Orthoepia of the English Tongue' (title page, Dictionarium Britannicum, 1730 edition). The claim is ridiculous.
ref: 1946, Esther K. Sheldon, “Pronouncing Systems in Eighteenth-Century Dictionaries”, in Language, volume 22, number 1, Linguistic Society of America, →DOI, page 28:
text: The thing is, we've even had formal confirmation from Government itself that the crucial research required to make such sweeping claims hasn't been done!
ref: 2022 January 12, Nigel Harris, “Comment: Unhappy start to 2022”, in RAIL, number 948, page 3:
glosses: A new statement of something one believes to be the truth, usually when the statement has yet to be verified or without valid evidence provided.
examples: text: Miners had to stake their claims during the gold rush.
glosses: A demand of ownership for previously unowned land.
topics: law
glosses: A legal demand for compensation or damages.
Derived terms: ambit claim
baggage claim
Beauregard claim
claim form
claim jumper
claim-jumping
claimless
claim shanty
claimstaker
claim to fame
clamatory
contingent claim
counterclaim
crossclaim
extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence
face claim
foreclaim
healthcare claim
inclamation
Jepson claim
jump a claim
lay claim
Markush claim
misclaim
multiclaim
nonclaim
quit claim deed
stake a claim
statement of claim
subclaim
third-party claim
claim
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /kleɪm/
rhymes: -eɪm
Forms: form: claims
form: claiming
form: claimed
form: claimed
form: no-table-tags
form: glossary
form: claim
form: claim
form: claimed
form: claim
form: claimest
form: claimed
form: claimedst
form: claims
form: claimeth
form: claimed
form: claim
form: claimed
form: claim
form: claimed
form: claim
form: -
form: claiming
form: claimed
form: claym
Etymology: From Middle English claimen, borrowed from Old French clamer (“to call, name, send for”), from Latin clāmō, clāmāre (“to call, cry out”), from Proto-Italic *klāmāō, from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁- (“to shout”), which is imitative.
See also Lithuanian kalba (“language”), Old English hlōwan (“to low, make a noise like a cow”), Old High German halan (“to call”), Ancient Greek καλέω (kaléō, “to call, convoke”), κλέδον (klédon, “report, fame”), κέλαδος (kélados, “noise”), Middle Irish cailech (“cock”), Latin calō (“to call out, announce solemnly”), Sanskrit उषःकल (uṣaḥkala, “cock”, literally “dawn-calling”). Cognate with Spanish llamar and clamar.
Senses: examples: text: Jeffrey Chuang, an economics student at University College London, said: "I am for independence. I do not think China has any right to claim Taiwan. We have confidence in our country and we know that China is not capable of doing anything to us."
ref: 1996 March 15, Leyla Linton, “London students sing their defiance”, in The Times, number 65,528, →ISSN, →OCLC, Overseas News, page 14, columns 1, 2:
glosses: To demand ownership of.
glosses: To state a new fact, typically without providing evidence to prove it is true.
glosses: To demand ownership or right to use for land.
topics: law
glosses: To demand compensation or damages through the courts.
examples: text: We must know how the first ruler, from whom any one claims, came by his authority, upon what ground any one has empire
ref: 1689 December (indicated as 1690), [John Locke], chapter 1, in Two Treatises of Government: […], London: […] Awnsham Churchill, […], →OCLC:
glosses: To be entitled to anything; to deduce a right or title; to have a claim.
examples: text: The attacks claimed the lives of five people.
text: A fire claimed two homes.
glosses: To cause the loss of.
examples: text: He claimed $100 after winning the top spot.
glosses: To win as a prize in a sport or competition.
glosses: To proclaim.
examples: text: Nor all, that else through all the world is named[…] / Might like to this be clamed.
ref: 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book IV, Canto X”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
glosses: To call or name.
Derived terms: and I claim my five pounds
claimability
claimee
claiming bite
claiming mark
claim someone's lifeclaiming race
counterclaim
crossclaim
fakeclaim
foreclaim
misclaim
overclaim
unclaim
underclaim
Related terms: claimable
claimant
claimer
disclaim
disclaimer
repeat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹɪˈpiːt/
ipa: /ɹɪˈpit/
ipa: /ɹɪˈpit/
ipa: /ˈɹi.pit/
ipa: /ɹɪˈpiːt/
rhymes: -iːt
Forms: form: repeats
Etymology: From Middle English repeten, from Old French repeter, from Latin repetō, repetere, from the prefix re- (“again”) + peto (“attack, beseech”).
Senses: examples: text: We gave up after the third repeat because it got boring.
glosses: An iteration; a repetition.
glosses: A television program shown after its initial presentation; a rerun.
topics: medicine
sciences
qualifier: pharmacy
glosses: A refill of a prescription.
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
genetics
medicine
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A pattern of nucleic acids that occur in multiple copies throughout a genome (or of amino acids in a protein).
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A mark in music notation directing a part to be repeated.
Synonyms: sense: iteration; repetition
word: reiteration
word: reoccurrence
Derived terms: decarepeat
homorepeat
direct repeat
Related terms: redundant
wordsmithing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwɜːdsmɪθɪŋ/
ipa: /ˈwɝdˌsmɪθɪŋ/
Etymology: From wordsmith (verb) + -ing.
Senses: examples: text: We’ve drafted an agreement, but there’s still a bit of wordsmithing left to do.
synonyms: wordsmithery
antonyms: word salad
hypernyms: rewording#Noun
glosses: gerund of wordsmith: The work of a wordsmith; skilful use of words; the making of changes to a text to improve clarity and style, as opposed to content.