cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
scum
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /skʌm/
rhymes: -ʌm
Forms: form: scums
form: scumming
form: scummed
form: scummed
form: skum
Etymology: From Middle English scum, scome, skum, skome, scumme, from Middle Low German or Middle Dutch schūme (“foam”), from Old Dutch *scūm, from Frankish *skūm, from Proto-Germanic *skūmaz (“froth, foam”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewH- (“to cover, conceal”).
Cognate with Dutch schuim (“foam”), West Frisian skuum, German Schaum (“foam”), Danish and Swedish skum (“foam”). Compare also French écume (“scum”), Italian schiuma (“foam”), Saterland Frisian Skuum, Sicilian scuma (“foam”), Walloon schome (“scum, foam”), Lithuanian šamas (“catfish”) and skanus (“tasty”) from the same Germanic source. Related to skim.
Senses: glosses: To remove the layer of scum from (a liquid etc.).
examples: text: Some scumd the drosse, that from the metall came; / Some stird the molten owre with ladles great[…].
ref: 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto VII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
glosses: To remove (something) as scum.
examples: text: Take the smallest Cucumbers you can get, and as free from Spots as possible, put them into a strong Salt and Water for nine or ten Days, or 'till they are quite Yellow, and stir them twice a Day at least, or they will scum over, and grow soft
ref: 1769, Elizabeth Raffald, The Experienced English House-keeper, pages 321–322:
glosses: To become covered with scum.
examples: text: SOo by Merlyns aduys ther were sente fore rydars to skumme the Countreye / & they mette with the fore rydars of the north / and made hem to telle whiche wey the hooste cam / and thenne they told it to Arthur / and by kyng Ban and Bors counceill they lete brenne and destroye alle the contrey afore them there they shold ryde
ref: 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, “xiij”, in Le Morte Darthur, book I:
text: Wandering up and down without certain seat, they lived by scumming those seas and shores as pirates.
ref: 1670, John Milton, “(please specify the page)”, in The History of Britain, that Part Especially now Call’d England. […], London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for James Allestry, […] , →OCLC:
glosses: To scour (the land, sea, etc.).
examples: text: A great majority of the members are scummed together from the Jacobinical dregs of former periods of the revolution.
ref: 1815, Rudolf Ackerman, Frederic Shoberl, The Repository of Arts, Literature, Commerce, Manufactures, Fashions and Politics:
glosses: To gather together, as scum.
topics: video-games
glosses: To startscum or savescum.
membrane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɛm.bɹeɪn/
rhymes: -ɛmbɹeɪn
Forms: form: membranes
Etymology: Late Middle English, borrowed from Latin membrāna (“skin or membrane that covers parts of the body”), from membrum (“a limb or member of the body”) + -āna. Doublet of membrana.
Senses: topics: anatomy
biology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
zoology
zootomy
glosses: A flexible enclosing or separating tissue forming a plane or film and separating two environments.
A mechanical, thin, flat flexible part that can deform or vibrate when excited by an external force.
examples: text: Then they backed the membrane with a gel matrix containing a perfluorocarbon (PFC) propellant and fluorescent "nanobullets" about a micron wide, and hit it with ultrasound.
ref: 2016 January 14, Jessica Hall, “Nanoengineers build 'microcannons' that fire light-up bullets filled with drugs”, in ExtremeTech:
topics: anatomy
biology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
zoology
zootomy
glosses: A flexible enclosing or separating tissue forming a plane or film and separating two environments.
A flexible or semiflexible covering or waterproofing whose primary function is to exclude water.
topics: anatomy
biology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
zoology
zootomy
glosses: A flexible enclosing or separating tissue forming a plane or film and separating two environments.
A microscopic double layer of lipids and proteins forming the boundary of cells or organelles.
glosses: A piece of parchment forming part of a roll.
Derived terms: biomembrane
Bruch's membrane
cell membrane
complement membrane attack complex
cytomembrane
cytoplasmic membrane
demembranated
endomembrane
exomembrane
extramembrane
geomembrane
hemimembrane
hyaline membrane disease
ice dam membrane
insane in the membrane
integral membrane protein
intermembrane
intramembrane
juxtamembrane
membranaceous
membranal
membranate
membrane attack complex
membrane-bone
membrane bone
membranectomy
membraned
membrane distillation
membrane filtration
membrane keyboard
membraneless
membranelike
membrane mimetic chemistry
membraneous
membrane potential
membrane protein
membrane separation
membranic
membraniferous
membraniform
membranized
membranoid
membranology
membranome
membranopathy
membranophone
membranosome
membranotropic
membranotropism
membranous
micromembrane
monomembrane
multimembrane
mycomembrane
nanomembrane
neomembrane
neuromembrane
nonmembrane
perimembrane
peripheral membrane protein
premembrane
protected membrane roof
pseudomembrane
rupture of membranes
submembrane
supermembrane
supramembrane
thyrohyoid membrane
transmembrane
gel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: jĕl
ipa: /d͡ʒɛl/
ipa: [d͡ʒɛɫ]
rhymes: -ɛl
homophone: jel
homophone: jell
Forms: form: gels
Etymology: Coined by Thomas Graham in the mid 19th century as a clipping of gelatin, from French gélatine, from Italian gelatina, diminutive form of gelata (“iced”), from Latin gelata, past participle of gelo (“to freeze”), from gelu (“frost”), from Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“cold”). For the meaning development compare with Russian сту́день (stúdenʹ, “aspic, jelly, gel”) related to студёный (studjónyj, “cold”).
Senses: examples: 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 semi-solid to almost solid colloid of a solid and a liquid, such as jelly, cheese or opal.
glosses: Any gel intended for a particular cosmetic use, such as for styling the hair.
glosses: A film of flexible transparent plastic (such as acetate, celluloid, or cellophane) suitable for making superimpositions or diapositives (image to overlay on other images, especially for overhead projectors); a digital virtual equivalent of this.
Derived terms: aerogel
alcogel
biogel
chalcogel
cryogel
energy gel
ferrogel
gel bracelet
gelcoat
gel electrophoresis
gelless
gel pen
hair gel
hand gel
hydrogel
incendigel
ionogel
light gel
macrogel
microgel
minigel
mucigel
nanogel
organogel
pepper gel
piping gel
pseudogel
semenogelin
shaving gel
shower gel
silica gel
softgel
sol-gel
sonogel
thermal gel
thermogel
tightening gel
xerogel
gel
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: jĕl
ipa: /d͡ʒɛl/
ipa: [d͡ʒɛɫ]
rhymes: -ɛl
homophone: jel
homophone: jell
Forms: form: gels
form: gelling
form: gelled
form: gelled
Etymology: Coined by Thomas Graham in the mid 19th century as a clipping of gelatin, from French gélatine, from Italian gelatina, diminutive form of gelata (“iced”), from Latin gelata, past participle of gelo (“to freeze”), from gelu (“frost”), from Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“cold”). For the meaning development compare with Russian сту́день (stúdenʹ, “aspic, jelly, gel”) related to студёный (studjónyj, “cold”).
Senses: examples: text: It ended, as it so often does, with that familiar smile. Cristiano Ronaldo – gelled hair, dazzling teeth, magic in his boots – will never forget the night he scored the 600th goal of an almost implausible career.
ref: 2017 June 3, Daniel Taylor, “Real Madrid win Champions League as Cristiano Ronaldo double defeats Juv”, in The Guardian (London):
glosses: To apply (cosmetic) gel to (the hair, etc).
glosses: To become a gel.
examples: text: He was a nice guy, and I got on OK with his friends, but the two of us never really gelled.
glosses: To develop a rapport.
examples: text: We put our ideas together and they eventually gelled into a saleable product.
glosses: To come together to form something; to cohere.
Derived terms: nongelling
thermogelling
Related terms: aerosol
colloid
emulsion
foam
sol
gel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: jĕl
ipa: /d͡ʒɛl/
ipa: [d͡ʒɛɫ]
rhymes: -ɛl
homophone: jel
homophone: jell
enpr: gĕl
ipa: /ɡɛl/
enpr: jĕl
ipa: /d͡ʒɛl/
ipa: [d͡ʒɛɫ]
rhymes: -ɛl
homophone: jel
homophone: jell
Forms: form: gels
Etymology: Imitative of upper-class British pronunciation of girl.
Senses: examples: text: "Now pray don't be troublesome, my dear gel," said Uncle Andrew.
ref: 1955, C[live] S[taples] Lewis, The Magician’s Nephew, London: The Bodley Head, →OCLC:
glosses: A girl.
jam
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈd͡ʒæm/
ipa: [ˈd͡ʒeəm]
ipa: /ˈdʒæːm/
homophone: jamb
rhymes: -æm
Forms: form: jams
Etymology: From Persian or Hindi, meaning "garment, robe;" see جامه (“garment”). Related to pajamas.
Senses: glosses: A kind of frock for children.
jam
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈd͡ʒæm/
ipa: [ˈd͡ʒeəm]
ipa: /ˈdʒæːm/
homophone: jamb
rhymes: -æm
Forms: form: jams
Senses: topics: business
mining
glosses: Alternative form of jamb.
Related terms: Ram-jam
swig
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /swɪɡ/
rhymes: -ɪɡ
Forms: form: swigs
form: swigging
form: swigged
form: swigged
Etymology: Unknown, mid 16th c. Perhaps connected with Old English swelgan (“to swallow”).
Senses: examples: text: That sailor can swig whisky with the best of 'em.
synonyms: chug
gulp
guzzle
quaff
glosses: To drink (usually by gulping or in a greedy or unrefined manner); to quaff.
examples: text: As sucking Colts leap when they swig the Teat
ref: 1684, Thomas Creech, Idylliums of Theocritus:
glosses: To suck.
topics: nautical
transport
synonyms: sweating
glosses: To take up the last bit of slack in rigging by taking a single turn around a cleat, then hauling on the line above and below the cleat while keeping tension on the line.
swig
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /swɪɡ/
rhymes: -ɪɡ
Forms: form: swigs
Etymology: Unknown, mid 16th c. Perhaps connected with Old English swelgan (“to swallow”).
Senses: glosses: Drink, liquor.
examples: text: take a swig of whisky
text: Jerry put his brandy bottle at the side of his pillow,—kindly informing him that he would have an opportunity of taking a few more swigs before he went down, for the water was only up to her bends at present.
ref: 1830, [Frederick Marryat], chapter XII, in The King’s Own. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 183:
text: He looked up, however, at my coming, knocked the neck off the bottle like a man who had done the same thing often, and took a good swig, with his favourite toast of "Here's luck!"
ref: 1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, “Israel Hands”, in Treasure Island, London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883, →OCLC, part V (My Sea Adventure), pages 219–220:
text: And he took the last swig out of the pint.
ref: 1922 February, James Joyce, “[Episode 12: The Cyclops]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company, […], →OCLC:
text: Next, he opens up the cupboard over the sink and slams that shut too, only to open another cabinet door that houses what he's looking for, a glass. He pours it full of OJ and takes a huge swig, swallows, and repeats.
ref: 2014, Michael Griffo, Starfall (The Darkborn Legacy), New York, NY: Kensington Publishing Corporation, →ISBN, page 26:
synonyms: draught
sip
swill
glosses: A long draught from a drink.
glosses: A person who drinks deeply.
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A tackle with ropes which are not parallel.
glosses: Warm beer flavoured with spices, lemon, etc.
dandy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdæn.di/
rhymes: -ændi
Forms: form: dandier
form: dandiest
Etymology: Borrowed from Scots dandy (“a fop; one who is well-dressed”). Of uncertain origin.
Possibly from Dandy, a diminutive of Andrew, yet the Scots word is used also in reference to women. Alternatively, possibly a back-formation of Scots dandilly, dandillie (“one who is spoiled or pampered; a "pet"”). Compare English dandle and dander.
Senses: synonyms: word: beauish
word: buckish
word: coxcombical
word: dandiacal
word: dandified
word: dandy
word: dandyish
word: dandyistic
word: dudish
word: foppish
word: foppy
word: Jemmy-Jessamy
word: lily-handed
word: macaronic
word: swellish
word: Woosterian
glosses: Like a dandy, foppish.
examples: text: That's all fine and dandy, but how much does it cost?
synonyms: all very well
well and good
glosses: Very good; better than expected but not as good as could be.
examples: text: What a dandy little laptop you have.
text: Grip Sures are dandy shoes for anything that comes along. Hiking, climbing, canoeing, around camp or in the gym — you can't have anything better.
ref: 1924, Boys' Life, page 27:
text: Its gonna be just dandy / The day I take my Candy / And make him mine all mine
ref: 1945, Mack David, Alex C Kramer, Joan Whitney, “Candy”, performed by Nat King Cole:
text: A perfectly dandy cartoon feature, “The Jungle Book,” scooted into local theaters yesterday just ahead of the big day, and it's ideal for the children.
ref: 1967 December 23, “Disney ‘Jungle Book’ Arrives Just in Time”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
synonyms: word: ace
word: admirable
word: awe-inspiring
word: awesome
word: bang on
word: bang-up
word: based
word: beneship
word: bitching
word: bomb
word: brilliant
word: bully
word: cher
word: choice
word: chronic
word: chur
word: cock on
word: cool
word: copacetic
word: crackerjack
word: cushty
word: dank
word: def
word: dope
word: excellent
word: exceptional
word: fab
word: fabulous
word: fantabulosa
word: fantastic
word: finger-lickin' good
word: fire
word: fireball
word: first-rate
word: fly
word: frabjous
word: gnarly
word: goated
word: great
word: grouse
word: kicking
word: killer
word: lash
word: lautitious
word: lit
word: marvelous
word: nang
word: outstanding
word: out of sight
word: phat
word: peng
word: phenomenal
word: pukka
word: quality
word: rad
word: radical
word: rum
word: sick
word: slap-up
word: slick
word: spiffing
word: splendid
word: sterling
word: super
word: superb
word: superior
word: sweet
word: swell
word: terrific
word: tight
word: top
word: top-drawer
word: top-hole
word: top-notch
word: top-of-the-range
word: top-shelf
word: topping
word: tubular
word: wicked
word: wicked pissah
word: wonderful
word: worldie
glosses: Excellent; first-rate.
Derived terms: dandily
dandiness
dandy as candy
dandy-horse
dandy horse
dandy roll
dandy-roll
dandy-roller
dandy shandy
dandy stick
dandy up
fine and dandy
fine and dandy like sour candy
handy dandy
handy-dandy
jack-a-dandy
jim dandy
jim-dandy
dandy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdæn.di/
rhymes: -ændi
Forms: form: dandies
form: dandi
form: dandie
form: dandee
Etymology: From Hindi डंडी (ḍaṇḍī, “rod, pole”), from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀟𑀁𑀟𑀺𑀕𑀸 (ḍaṃḍigā), from Sanskrit दण्डिका (daṇḍikā), from दण्ड (daṇḍa) + -इका (-ikā).
Senses: examples: text: Our Dandees (or boatmen) boyled their rice.
ref: 1685 January 6, William Hedges, Diary, Vol. I, p. 175
glosses: A boatman, a rower.
examples: text: ...the Dandis, distinguished by carrying a small dand or wand...
ref: 1862, Henry Beveridge, A Comprehensive History of India..., volume II, page 74:
glosses: A Shaiva mendicant who carries a small rod.
examples: text: 1870, Constance Frederica Gordon-Cumming, Good Words, p. 135:
text: As the darkness closed in... I had to give up the attempt to use the dandy, and struggle on on foot.
text: Major Battye and Captain Urmston joined the rear and placed the wounded man in a dandy.
ref: 1888 July 2, Times, page 5:
glosses: An open sedan chair formed by suspending a rudimentary frame or strong cloth from a pole or set of poles.
Synonyms: sense: open sedan chair
word: andor
sense: open sedan chair
word: jampan
word: barbermonger
word: beau
word: blade
word: blood
word: buck
word: carpet knight
word: cockscomb
word: dandy
word: dike
word: dood
word: dude
word: dudelet
word: exquisite
word: fashionable
word: fast man
word: fine gentleman
word: fop
word: foretop
word: fribble
word: gallant
word: go
word: jack-a-dandy
word: Jemmy-Jessamy
word: jetter
word: macaroni
word: masher
word: metrosexual
word: mignon
word: petit maître
word: popinjay
word: pretty boy
word: prig
word: puss-gentleman
word: smart
word: spark
word: spiff
word: swell
word: tippy
word: toff
Hypernyms: word: effeminate man
word: fashionable person
word: man
Hyponyms: word: dandyling
word: dapperling
word: fopling
word: peacock
word: turkeycock
Coordinate terms: word: dandyess
Related terms: word: dandy-wallah
english: probably not etymologically related
translation: probably not etymologically related
word: randy-dandy
word: beautiful man
word: flirt
word: sensualist
word: foppish
word: idler
fop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /fɒp/
ipa: /fɑp/
rhymes: -ɒp
Forms: form: fops
Etymology: From Middle English foppe, fobbe (“fop, fool”). Akin to German foppen (“to jeer”).
Senses: examples: text: And she nearly started a fight between two young fops in plumed hats and flouncy collars: "Clay-brained coxcomb!" "Mewling milk-livered maggot!"
ref: 2010, Pseudonymous Bosch, This Isn't What It Looks Like:
synonyms: word: dude
word: dood
word: macaroni
word: masher
word: popinjay
word: barbermonger
word: beau
word: blade
word: blood
word: buck
word: carpet knight
word: cockscomb
word: dandy
word: dike
word: dood
word: dude
word: dudelet
word: exquisite
word: fashionable
word: fast man
word: fine gentleman
word: fop
word: foretop
word: fribble
word: gallant
word: go
word: jack-a-dandy
word: Jemmy-Jessamy
word: jetter
word: macaroni
word: masher
word: metrosexual
word: mignon
word: petit maître
word: popinjay
word: pretty boy
word: prig
word: puss-gentleman
word: smart
word: spark
word: spiff
word: swell
word: tippy
word: toff
glosses: A vain man; a dandy.
Derived terms: word: fopdoodle
word: fopling
word: foppery
word: foppish
word: foppism
word: foppy
sleeve
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /sliːv/
rhymes: -iːv
Forms: form: sleeves
form: sleeving
form: sleeved
form: sleeved
Etymology: From Middle English sleve, slefe, from Old English slīef and slīefe (“sleeve”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Sleeuwe (“sleeve”), West Frisian slúf, Dutch sloof (“apron”), Low German sluve, dialectal German Schlaube.
The Canadian sense of “measure smaller than a pint” is due to a former conflict between federal law and provincial law in British Columbia. According to federal law, a pint must be 20 imperial ounces (~568 ml), but according to provincial law at the time, the maximum individual serving size was 500 ml, so an individual portion could not be called a “pint” in British Columbia, and required a different term. The provincial law has been changed, allowing servings of up to 24 oz (~682 ml), but the term remains in use. The term sleeve itself for a cylindrical glass of beer is also found in the UK and Australia (as sleever), and may be due to stacked glasses resembling a sleeve.
Senses: glosses: To fit and attach a sleeve to an upper garment (e.g. to a shirt, blouse, sweater, jacket, coat, etc.) or to a folder.
examples: text: There are certain types of sleeving that are difficult to perform with the shirt sleeves down, and it is difficult and risky to attempt sleeving while wearing a shirt with "French" cuffs.
ref: 2006, J. B. Bobo, Modern Coin Magic, →ISBN, page 99:
qualifier: magic tricks
glosses: To hide something up one's sleeve.
Related terms: pantleg
raglan
thimble
workout
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwɜːk.aʊ̯t/
ipa: /ˈwɝk.aʊ̯t/
Forms: form: workouts
Etymology: Deverbal from work out.
Senses: examples: text: The following guidelines for smart weekly scheduling can simplify this piece of the planning: Swim three or four workouts each week.
ref: 2008, Jim Montgomery, Mo Chambers, Mastering Swimming, page 157:
text: Whether you need to recover from a stressful day, a strenuous workout or even an injury or surgery, restorative yoga may be just the thing for you.
ref: 2017 February 17, Dana Santas, “Recovering from surgery or stress? Yoga can help”, in CNN:
text: More extroverted people, for example, prefer high-intensity training sessions with others, such as team sports, while people who scored highly on “neuroticism,” a metric that measures someone’s emotional instability, preferred private workouts without people watching them and punctuated by short breaks.
ref: 2025 July 8, Issy Ronald, “Matching your workouts to your personality could make exercise more enjoyable and give better results”, in CNN:
glosses: An exercise session; a period of physical exercise.
examples: text: If athletes do too much too soon, they will be stiff and sore 24 to 48 hours after a new workout.
ref: 2007, Peter Twist, Complete Conditioning for Hockey, page 170:
text: I read in another magazine about a workout that can put a whole inch on your arms in just one day!
ref: 2010, Mark Alvisi (quote from a reader), "Mark of a Champion", Muscular Development 47(1): 350
glosses: A schedule or program of specific exercises, especially one intended to achieve a particular goal.
examples: text: Cynthia's phone got a workout, as well. In approximately three days since the news had hit the street, a total of five bridal showers had been booked, not to mention a luncheon at Esther Cunningham's and tea at Olivia Harper's.
ref: 2001, Jan Karon, A Common Life: The Wedding Story, page 41:
text: After the camera pans around and we welcome back a lot of familiar faces (Edmure Tully! Yara Greyjoy! Brienne!), the themes of opposition to fate, emotional appeals, and ethical duty get an even better workout.
ref: 2019 May 19, Alex McLevy, “The final Game Of Thrones brings a pensive but simple meditation about stories (newbies)”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the original on 22 May 2019:
glosses: Any activity that requires much physical or mental effort, or produces strain.
Derived terms: street workout
vacuum workout
workout day
workout warrior
spout
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /spaʊt/
ipa: /spʌʊt/
rhymes: -aʊt
Forms: form: spouts
form: spouting
form: spouted
form: spouted
Etymology: From Middle English spouten, from Middle Dutch spoiten, spouten (> Dutch spuiten (“to spout”)), from Old Dutch *spūten, *spīuten, *spīwetten, from Proto-West Germanic *spīwattjan, from Proto-Germanic *spīwatjaną. Compare Swedish spruta (“squirt, syringe”). See also spit, spew.
Senses: examples: text: Water spouts from a hole.
glosses: To gush forth in a jet or stream
examples: text: The whale spouted.
text: The mighty whale […] spouts the tide.
ref: 1697, Thomas Creech, The Whale:
glosses: To eject water or liquid in a jet.
glosses: To speak tediously or pompously.
examples: text: Pray, spout some French, son.
ref: c. 1608–1610, Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher, “The Coxcomb”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1647, →OCLC, Act IV, scene iv:
glosses: To utter magniloquently; to recite in an oratorical or pompous manner.
examples: text: to spout a watch
glosses: To pawn; to pledge.
Derived terms: spout off
spout out
sprout
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /spɹaʊt/
ipa: /spɹʌʊt/
rhymes: -aʊt
rhymes: -əʊt
Forms: form: sprouts
Etymology: From Middle English sproute, either from Middle English sprouten (“to sprout”) (see below); or from Middle Dutch sprute or Middle Low German sprûte (“sprout”), all related to Proto-West Germanic *spreutan. Doublet of spruit.
Senses: glosses: A new growth of or on a plant, whether from seed or other parts.
examples: Near-synonyms: seedling, chit
glosses: A germinated seed, an incipient young plant.
glosses: A germinated seed, an incipient young plant.
An edible variety of such, grown and intended as food; examples include bean, alfalfa, kale, and others.
glosses: A germinated seed, an incipient young plant.
An edible variety of such, grown and intended as food; examples include bean, alfalfa, kale, and others.
A bean sprout.
examples: text: Oh my, how your sprouts have grown!
glosses: A child.
examples: text: In our family we only eat sprouts once a year, at Christmas.
glosses: A Brussels sprout.
Derived terms: coconut sprout
Related terms: malt
malted
sprout
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /spɹaʊt/
ipa: /spɹʌʊt/
rhymes: -aʊt
rhymes: -əʊt
Forms: form: sprouts
form: sprouting
form: sprouted
form: sprouted
Etymology: From Middle English sprouten, spruten, from Old English sprūtan, from Proto-West Germanic *spreutan, from Proto-Germanic *spreutaną.
Senses: examples: text: The crocuses should be sprouting after 2 months, provided they're well tended.
topics: agriculture
business
horticulture
lifestyle
glosses: To grow from seed; to germinate.
examples: text: I sprouted beans and radishes and put them in my salad.
glosses: To cause to grow from a seed.
examples: text: to sprout potatoes
glosses: To deprive of sprouts.
glosses: To emerge from the ground as sprouts.
examples: text: Whiskers sprouted from the old man's chin.
glosses: To emerge haphazardly from a surface.
examples: text: A lot of coffee shops have sprouted up in this neighbourhood since the block of flats was put up.
text: In those early years of the 1830s and 1840s, railways were sprouting up all over the country in a haphazard way.
ref: 2023 August 23, David E Norris, “Joseph Locke: a railway injustice...”, in RAIL, number 990, page 56:
glosses: To emerge or appear haphazardly.
Synonyms: english: Chester
translation: Chester
word: ackerspyre
Derived terms: sprout up
Related terms: unsprouted
brussel sprout
serif
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɛɹɪf/
ipa: /səˈɹiːf/
rhymes: -ɛɹɪf
rhymes: -iːf
homophone: seraph
Forms: form: serifs
Etymology: From earlier ceriph, ceref, of obscure derivation. There are two (not directly interrelated) candidates for a possible Dutch origin: 1.) the noun schreef (“stroke”, now also “serif” as a semantic loan), related with schrapen (“to scrape”); and 2.) the verb schrafferen (“to provide with horizontal lines, to shade”), from Italian sgraffiare. For the latter, compare German Schraffe (“serif”), although this again may be a semantic loan based on the English word rather than original to it. Alternatively, from Late Latin cerificus (“waxen”), from Latin cera (“wax”), after the ruled lines used in writing on wax tablets.
Senses: examples: text: It is generally believed, by those who study such things, that serif typefaces are easier to read when reading a lot of words. The hickeys (serifs) on each letter tend to push our eye toward the next letter.
ref: 2018, Paul W. Ross, Revival: The Handbook of Software for Engineers and Scientists:
topics: media
publishing
typography
glosses: A short line added to the end of a stroke in traditional typefaces, such as Times New Roman.
Derived terms: sans serif
slab serif
square serif
serif
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɛɹɪf/
ipa: /səˈɹiːf/
rhymes: -ɛɹɪf
rhymes: -iːf
homophone: seraph
Etymology: From earlier ceriph, ceref, of obscure derivation. There are two (not directly interrelated) candidates for a possible Dutch origin: 1.) the noun schreef (“stroke”, now also “serif” as a semantic loan), related with schrapen (“to scrape”); and 2.) the verb schrafferen (“to provide with horizontal lines, to shade”), from Italian sgraffiare. For the latter, compare German Schraffe (“serif”), although this again may be a semantic loan based on the English word rather than original to it. Alternatively, from Late Latin cerificus (“waxen”), from Latin cera (“wax”), after the ruled lines used in writing on wax tablets.
Senses: examples: text: It is generally believed, by those who study such things, that serif typefaces are easier to read when reading a lot of words. The hickeys (serifs) on each letter tend to push our eye toward the next letter.
ref: 2018, Paul W. Ross, Revival: The Handbook of Software for Engineers and Scientists:
topics: media
publishing
typography
antonyms: sans serif
glosses: Of a typeface, provided with serifs.
rhotic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: rōʹtĭk
rhymes: -əʊtɪk
ipa: /ˈɹəʊ.tɪk/
ipa: [ˈɹəʊ̯.tʰɪk]
ipa: /ˈɹoʊ.tɪk/
ipa: [ˈɹoʊ̯.ɾɪk]
note: Indic
ipa: /ˈrʱoʈɪk/
enpr: rŏʹtĭk
rhymes: -ɒtɪk
note: Indic, less commonly
ipa: /ˈrʱɔʈɪk/
Forms: form: rhotics
Etymology: Back-formation from rhotacism, coined in 1968 by John C. Wells.
Senses: examples: text: It is well known that the phonetic realization of rhotics varies considerably from language to language, even from dialect to dialect. Rhotics can be realized as flaps, taps, trills (uvular, coronal or bilabial), or as assibilated or fricative variants.
ref: 1997, Eulàlia Bonet, Joan Mascarò, “On the representation of contrasting rhotics”, in Fernando Martínez-Gil, Alfonso Morales-Front, editors, Issues in the Phonology and Morphology of the Major Iberian Languages, Georgetown University Press, page 103:
text: 2012, Rebeka Campos-Astorkiza, 5: The Phonemes of Spanish, José Ignacio Hualde, Antxon Olarrea, Erin O'Rourke (editors), The Handbook of Hispanic Linguistics, John Wiley & Sons (Wiley-Blackwell), page 100,
Spanish also has two rhotics, a tap /ɾ/(vibrante simple) and a trill /r/(vibrante múltiple).
text: Phonetic transcription of rhotics differs depending on whether the rhotic is a steady-state or dynamic vowel.
ref: 2018, Kathy J. Jakielski, Christina E. Gildersleeve-Neumann, Phonetic Science for Clinical Practice, Plural Publishing, page 83:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonetics
phonology
sciences
glosses: A rhotic consonant or rhotic vowel (R-coloured vowel).
Hyponyms: sense: rhotic phoneme
word: R-coloured vowel
non-rhotic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /nɒnˈɹəʊtɪk/
Forms: form: nonrhotic
Etymology: From non- + rhotic.
Senses: examples: text: In a non-rhotic accent, the word 'sort' can be pronounced like the word 'sought'.
glosses: Of an accent, most often one of English: not pronouncing the written letter "r" unless it is followed by a vowel, as in Received Pronunciation, most other accents of England, the Boston accent, traditional NYC English, many accents of southern Louisiana, Australian English, etc.
Related terms: non-prevocalic
postvocalic
r-less
r-dropping
incubus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɪŋ.kjʊ.bəs/
ipa: /ˈɪn.kjə.bəs/
homophone: incubous
Forms: form: incubi
form: incubuses
Etymology: From Late Latin incubus, from Latin incubō (“nightmare, one who lies down on the sleeper”), from incubō (“to lie upon, to hatch”, from in- (“on”) + cubō (“to lie down”)).
Senses: coordinate_terms: succubus
hypernyms: evil spirit
spirit
qualifier: mediaeval folklore
glosses: An evil spirit supposed to oppress people while asleep, especially to have sex with women as they sleep.
examples: text: it increaseth fearful dreams, incubus, night-walking, crying out, and much unquietness […] .
ref: Burton with W.H. Gass, The Anatomy of Melancholy, NYRB Classics ser. (New York: New York Review Books, 2001, orig. 1932), vol. 1, p. 249
synonyms: nightmare
glosses: A feeling of oppression during sleep, sleep paralysis; night terrors, a nightmare.
examples: text: Again he felt the impulse of flight: but his body was a dry dead incubus that refused to obey his volition.
ref: August 1935, Clark Ashton Smith, Weird Tales, "The Treader of the Dust"
text: Ahead of us the lowering smoke-screen of Leeds and her gloomy satellites hung like an incubus over the land.
ref: 1949 March and April, F. G. Roe, “I Saw Three Englands–2”, in Railway Magazine, page 82:
text: Notions of civic virtue were at that moment changing, in ways which would make of Louis's alleged vices an incubus on the back of the monarchy.
ref: 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, pages 132–3:
glosses: Any oppressive thing or person; a burden.
topics: biology
entomology
natural-sciences
glosses: One of various of parasitic insects, especially subfamily Aphidiinae.
Related terms: incubous
succubus
succubus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsʌk.jʊ.bəs/
ipa: /ˈsʌk.jə.bəs/
homophone: succubous
Forms: form: succubi
form: succubuses
Etymology: Alteration in Middle English (based on incubus m) of Late Latin succuba (“strumpet, especially a mythological fiend in female form who has intercourse with men in their sleep”), from Latin succubo (“to lie under”), from sub- (“under”) + cubare (“to lie down”).
Senses: examples: 1977 Italo Calvino, The Castle of Crossed Destinies, Part 2, Chapter 5, 1969. Translated from Italian by William Weaver.
When the Sabbath is caught by the first ray of the rising sun, all the witches and the vampires, incubi and succubi, take flight, some transforming themselves into noctules, some into other bats, some into still other species of Chiroptera.
coordinate_terms: incubus
qualifier: mediaeval folklore
glosses: A female demon which comes to men, especially monks, in their dreams to seduce them and have sexual intercourse, drawing energy from the men to sustain themselves, often until the point of exhaustion or death.
glosses: A strumpet, whore or prostitute.
Related terms: succubous
incubus
portal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɔːtl̩/
ipa: /ˈpɔːɹtl̩/
ipa: [ˈpʰɔːɹɾɫ̩]
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)təl
Forms: form: portals
Etymology: From Middle English portal, porttol, from Old French portal and Medieval Latin portāle, from porta.
Senses: examples: text: The local library, a portal of knowledge.
text: Last, but very much not least, are the portals of the Ffestiniog Railway's Moelwyn Tunnel. The tunnel's story itself is well told - it was part of the preservationists' deviation required to get around a reservoir that had flooded the earlier route. But the reason for its inclusion here is that it is probably the most recently constructed, properly architected tunnel portal in Britain.
ref: 2020 August 26, Tim Dunn, “Great railway bores of our time!”, in Rail, pages 48–49:
glosses: An entrance, entry point, or means of entry.
glosses: An entrance, entry point, or means of entry.
A large primary adit as the main entrance to a mine.
examples: text: The new medical portal has dozens of topical categories containing links to hundreds of sites.
glosses: A website or page that acts as an entrance to other websites or pages on the Internet.
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: A short vein that carries blood into the liver.
topics: fantasy
literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: A magical or technological aperture leading to another location; period in time or dimension.
topics: architecture
glosses: A lesser gate, where there are two of different dimensions.
topics: architecture
glosses: Formerly, a small square corner in a room separated from the rest of an apartment by wainscoting, forming a short passage to another apartment.
examples: text: Thick with sparkling orient gems / The portal shone.
ref: 1667, John Milton, “Book III”, 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:
coordinate_terms: gate#Noun
glosses: A grandiose and often lavish entrance.
qualifier: bridge-building
glosses: The space, at one end, between opposite trusses when these are terminated by inclined braces.
glosses: A prayer book or breviary; a portass.
qualifier: US college sports
glosses: The NCAA transfer portal, a database and compliance tool designed to facilitate student-athletes who wish to change schools.
topics: computer-graphics
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A connecting window between volumes, in portal rendering.
Hyponyms: sense: elevated corridor permitting access to a plane from an airport
word: jet bridge
topics: fantasy
word: teleportal
Derived terms: antiportal
captive portal
ePortal
geoportal
hepatic portal vein
intraportal
megaportal
porous portal
portal hypertension
portalization
portal rendering
portal site
portal-to-portal
portal venous
portlet
teleportal
vortal
Wikiportal
portal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɔːtl̩/
ipa: /ˈpɔːɹtl̩/
ipa: [ˈpʰɔːɹɾɫ̩]
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)təl
Etymology: From Middle English portal, porttol, from Old French portal and Medieval Latin portāle, from porta.
Senses: examples: text: the portal vein
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Of or relating to a porta, especially the porta of the liver.
Derived terms: arterioportal
biportal
hepatoportal
mesentericoportal
nonportal
periportal
portal triad
portal vein
portoportal
uniportal
portal
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɔːtl̩/
ipa: /ˈpɔːɹtl̩/
ipa: [ˈpʰɔːɹɾɫ̩]
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)təl
Forms: form: portals
form: portaling
form: portalling
form: portaled
form: portaled
form: portalled
form: portalled
Etymology: From Middle English portal, porttol, from Old French portal and Medieval Latin portāle, from porta.
Senses: topics: fantasy
literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: To use a portal (magical or technological doorway).
Related terms: porch
port
porthole
Tanakh
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /tɑˈnɑx/
/tɑˈnɑk/
/tə-/
Forms: form: the Tanakh
form: Tanach
Etymology: Borrowed from Hebrew תנ״ך (TaNaKh). Acronym of Torah, Neviim and Ketuvim.
Senses: examples: Meronyms: Torah, Neviim, Ketuvim
topics: biblical
lifestyle
religion
synonyms: word: Hebrew Bible
word: Jewish Bible
word: Bible
english: in Judaism also
translation: in Judaism also
coordinate_terms: Old Testament
glosses: The body of Jewish scripture comprising the Torah, the Neviim (prophets) and the Ketuvim (writings); corresponding to the Christian Old Testament (or roughly so, depending on the denomination).
pie-eater
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pie-eaters
Senses: examples: text: Wiganers do like pies, but the term Pie-eaters is actually an insult, dating back to a pit strike when Wigan miners were starved back to work before their St Helens counterparts, thereby eating humble pie.
ref: 2005, The Observer, "Get past the pies and there's a football team", 7 Aug 2005
glosses: A person from Wigan in northern England or the surrounding area.
jelly
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈd͡ʒɛl.i/
rhymes: -ɛli
Forms: form: jellies
form: jellying
form: jellied
form: jellied
form: gelly
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *gel-
Latin gelū
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti
Proto-Italic *-āō
Latin -ō
Latin gelō
Latin -ātus
Latin -āta
Early Medieval Latin gelātabor.
Old French geleebor.
Middle English gele
English jelly
Inherited from Middle English gele, borrowed from Old French gelee, borrowed from Early Medieval Latin gelāta, from Latin gelō + -āta.
 Doublet of gelee.
Senses: glosses: To make into jelly.
glosses: To preserve in jelly.
glosses: To wiggle like jelly.
jelly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈd͡ʒɛl.i/
rhymes: -ɛli
Forms: form: more jelly
form: most jelly
form: gelly
Etymology: Clipping of jealous + -y (informal adjective ending).
Senses: examples: text: If the guy wants to party and bang porn stars, and he's not hurting anyone who really cares?
I think a lot of guys are just jelly! :-)
ref: 2011 February 28, Abby Normal [username], “Re: OT VERY FUNNY: MY NEW HERO CHARLIE SHEEN”, in rec.games.pinball (Usenet):
text: "I think other people make rude comments because they're jelly [jealous] bro," Schroer said. "We're just showing our love to other people."
ref: 2011, "Exchange smiles, not saliva", The Banner (Grand Blanc High School), Volume 47, Issue 2, December 2011, page 17
text: Shame on all you haters out there! You’re all just jelly!
ref: 2012 January 10, pussykatt [username], “BLIND GOSSIP 01/09/12 **BLIND ITEM 2**”, in alt.gossip.celebrities (Usenet):
text: “It's fine. I hate the beach anyway. Everyone's so jelly of my thigh gap.”
ref: 2025 March 2, Tom Kauffman, “Training Wheels Day” (6:12 from the start), in Grimsburg, season 2, episode 3, spoken by Mr. Flesh (Alan Tudyk):
glosses: Jealous.
jelly
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈd͡ʒɛl.i/
rhymes: -ɛli
Forms: form: gelly
Senses: examples: text: Under pinning with jelly in chunam — one square.
ref: 1862, Notes on Building and Road-making, with Rules for Estimating Repairs to Tanks and Channels, page 143:
glosses: Vitrified brick refuse used as metal in building roads.
marmalade
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɑː.mə.leɪd/
ipa: /ˈmɑɹ.mə.leɪd/
Forms: form: marmalades
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French marmelade, from Portuguese marmelada (“quince jam”), from marmelo (“quince”), from Latin melimēlum (“sweet apple”), from Ancient Greek μελίμηλον (melímēlon), from μέλι (méli, “honey”) + μῆλον (mêlon, “apple”). A false folk etymology claims that this comes from the French phrase “Marie est malade” (“Mary is ill”), referring to Mary, Queen of Scots, falling ill and being given marmalade to feel better.
Senses: examples: text: lime marmalade
text: thick cut marmalade
glosses: A kind of jam made with citrus fruit, distinguished by being made slightly bitter by the addition of the peel and by partial caramelisation during manufacture. Most commonly made with Seville oranges, and usually qualified by the name of the fruit when made with other types of fruit.
glosses: Quince jam.
examples: text: We breed our marmalades for a modern taste. Gingers can be tiger-striped, splotched, or all one shade in a choice of spicy colors; […]
ref: 2005, Lilian Jackson Braun, The Cat who Went Bananas, page 201:
glosses: A cat having orange- or ginger-colored fur.
Hypernyms: jam
Derived terms: marmalade box
marmalade dropper
marmalade tree
marmaladey
marmalady
marmalize
marmalade
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɑː.mə.leɪd/
ipa: /ˈmɑɹ.mə.leɪd/
Forms: form: marmalades
form: marmalading
form: marmaladed
form: marmaladed
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French marmelade, from Portuguese marmelada (“quince jam”), from marmelo (“quince”), from Latin melimēlum (“sweet apple”), from Ancient Greek μελίμηλον (melímēlon), from μέλι (méli, “honey”) + μῆλον (mêlon, “apple”). A false folk etymology claims that this comes from the French phrase “Marie est malade” (“Mary is ill”), referring to Mary, Queen of Scots, falling ill and being given marmalade to feel better.
Senses: glosses: To spread marmalade on.
Derived terms: marmalader
marmalading
pie-faced
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more pie-faced
form: most pie-faced
Senses: examples: text: She is already up to feeling sorry for the pie-faced wife and children in the oak frames on his filing cabinet, the small cluster of people who have Jon Folan in every one of their days.
ref: 1997, Carol Anshaw, Seven Moves:
text: Jolene was a pie-faced, heavy girl and I always thought she looked the type to have gone and found trouble just to show you didn't have to be a cheerleader to be fast.
ref: 1998, Barbara Kingsolver, The Bean Trees: A Novel:
text: He glanced across her at the jawless, pie-faced woman soon to be her mother-in-law, whose owlish eyes were fixed askance upon their hands.
ref: 2001, Roger Ladd Memott, The Gypsy Lover:
glosses: Having a round, unblemished face.
Synonyms: moon-faced
pejorative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɪˈd͡ʒɒɹətɪv/
ipa: /pɪˈd͡ʒoɹətɪv/
ipa: /pɪˈd͡ʒɑɹ.ə.tɪv/
note: weak vowel merger
ipa: /pəˈd͡ʒoɹətəv/
Forms: form: more pejorative
form: most pejorative
Etymology: From Late Latin peiōrātus (past participle of peiōrāre (“make worse”), from Latin peior (“worse”)) + -ive. Compare French péjoratif (“depreciative, disparaging”). By surface analysis, pejorate + -ive.
Senses: glosses: Disparaging, belittling or derogatory.
Synonyms: derogatory
dyslogistic
disrespectful
Derived terms: nonpejorative
pejoratively
pejorativeness
pejorativization
unpejorative
pejorative
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɪˈd͡ʒɒɹətɪv/
ipa: /pɪˈd͡ʒoɹətɪv/
ipa: /pɪˈd͡ʒɑɹ.ə.tɪv/
note: weak vowel merger
ipa: /pəˈd͡ʒoɹətəv/
Forms: form: pejoratives
Etymology: From Late Latin peiōrātus (past participle of peiōrāre (“make worse”), from Latin peior (“worse”)) + -ive. Compare French péjoratif (“depreciative, disparaging”). By surface analysis, pejorate + -ive.
Senses: examples: text: “Get away from me, freak.” “Actually, my designation is Logic-y. I take issue with the pejorative when I am simply a product of your self-inflicted bifurcation.”
ref: 2023 October 12, Edgar Momplaisir, “A Few Badgeys More” (15:59 from the start), in Star Trek: Lower Decks, season 4, episode 7, spoken by Logic-y (Jack McBrayer):
glosses: A disparaging, belittling, or derogatory word or expression.
Synonyms: dyslogism
dysphemism
frost
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /fɹɒst/
ipa: /fɹɔst/
ipa: /fɹɑst/
rhymes: -ɒst
rhymes: -ɔːst
Forms: form: frosts
form: frosting
form: frosted
form: frosted
form: froste
Etymology: From Middle English frost, from an unmetathesized variant of Old English forst (“frost”), from Proto-Germanic *frustaz (“frost”), from Proto-Indo-European *prews- (“to freeze; frost”).
Cognate with Saterland Frisian Froast, Fröäst (“frost”), West Frisian froast (“frost”), Cimbrian bròst, vrost, vròst (“frost”), Dutch vorst (“frost”), German Frost (“frost”), Luxembourgish Frascht (“frost”), Vilamovian fröst (“frost”), Danish, Faroese, Icelandic, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, Swedish frost (“frost”), Latin pruīna (“hoarfrost, frost, rime, snow”). Related to freeze.
Senses: glosses: To cover with frost.
examples: text: “The weather is pleasant while it frosted a little at night.”
ref: 1975, Brian W. Blouet, Merlin P. Lawson, editors, Images of the Plains: The Role of Human Nature in Settlement, University of Nebraska Press, page 142:
glosses: To become covered with frost.
glosses: To coat (something, e.g. a cake) with icing to resemble frost.
examples: text: I think the boss's decision frosted him a bit.
glosses: To anger or annoy.
glosses: To sharpen (the points of a horse's shoe) to prevent it from slipping on ice.
glosses: To bleach individual strands of hair while leaving adjacent strands untouched.
Derived terms: froster
frosting
mince pie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mince pies
Senses: synonyms: word: Christmas pie
word: mincemeat pie
word: shred pie
word: twelfth pie
word: Twelfth Night pie
glosses: A pie, traditionally served around Christmas time, having a filling of mincemeat (now usually in the sweet sense) and sometimes also containing alcohol or other ingredients.
examples: text: Gorblimey, guvnor, I couldn't believe me mince pies!
glosses: An eye.
Related terms: fruitcake
vocab
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: vōʹ-kăb
ipa: [ˈvəʊ.kab]
ipa: [ˈvoʊ.kæb]
ipa: [ˈvəʉ.kæb]
rhymes: -əʊkæb
Forms: form: vocabs
Etymology: Clipping of vocabulary.
Senses: examples: text: Shaggy: Please! This time don't say "Split up!"
Fred: Fine! Divide into two groups!
Shaggy: Changing the vocab! Should have seen that coming!
Scooby: Jerk move, Jones!
ref: 2018, “World of Witchcraft”, in Be Cool, Scooby-Doo!:
glosses: Vocabulary, especially that acquired while learning a language.
jamjar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jamjars
Senses: examples: text: On the windowsill glowed the blue Mercator globe, and wild flowers were scattered in jamjars on the sills and all about the room. […] My mother named these flowers for me as we walked, and sometimes we stopped and picked them for the jamjars.
ref: 2005, John McGahern, All Will Be Well: A Memoir, New York, N.Y.: Alfred A. Knopf, published 2006, →ISBN, pages 6–7:
glosses: Alternative form of jam jar.