cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
then
Language: English
Part of speech: conj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ðɛn/
ipa: /ðen/
rhymes: -ɛn
Forms: form: den
Etymology: From Middle English then(ne), than(ne), from Old English þonne, þanne, þænne (“then, at that time”), from Proto-West Germanic *þan, from Proto-Germanic *þan (“at that (time), then”), from earlier *þam, from Proto-Indo-European *tóm, accusative masculine of *só (“demonstrative pronoun, that”).
Cognate with Dutch dan (“then”), German dann (“then”), Swedish då (“then”), Icelandic þá (“then”). Doublet of than.
Senses: examples: text: […]his hand, more ſad [i.e., heavy, hard] then lomp of lead,[…]
ref: 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto VIII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 30, page 299:
text: And as a Pible caſt into a Spring, / Wee ſee a ſort of trembling cirkles riſe, / One forming other in theyr iſſuing / Till ouer all the Fount they circulize, / So this perpetuall-motion-making kiſſe, / Is propagate through all my faculties, / And makes my breaſt an endleſſe Fount of bliſſe, / Of which, if Gods could drink, theyr matchleſſe fare / Would make them much more bleſſed then they are.
ref: 1595, Ouids Banquet of Sence. A Coronet for his Miſtreſſe Philoſophie, and his amorous Zodiacke. VVith a tranſlation of a Latine coppie, written by a Fryer, Anno Dom. 1400, London: I. R. for Richard Smith:
text: Clow[ne]. O they haue lyud long on the almſbaſket of wordes. I maruaile thy M.hath not eaten thee for a worde, for thou art not ſo long by the head as honorificabilitudinitatibus: Thou art eaſier ſwallowed then a flapdragon.
ref: c. 1595–1596 (date written), W. Shakespere [i.e., William Shakespeare], A Pleasant Conceited Comedie Called, Loues Labors Lost. […] (First Quarto), London: […] W[illiam] W[hite] for Cut[h]bert Burby, published 1598, →OCLC; republished as Shakspere’s Loves Labours Lost (Shakspere-Quarto Facsimiles; no. 5), London: W[illiam] Griggs, […], [1880], →OCLC, [Act V, scene i]:
text: To ſet the minde on the racke of long meditation (you ſay) is a torment: to follow the ſwift foote of your hound alday long, hath no wearineſſe: what would you ſay of him that finds better game in his ſtudie, then you in the fielde, and would account your diſport his puniſhment? ſuch there are, though you doubt and wonder.
ref: 1611, Joseph Hall, “Epistle VIII. To E.B. Dedicated to Sir George Goring.”, in Epistles […], volume III, London: […] [William Stansby and William Jaggard] for Samuell Macham, […], →OCLC, 5th decade, pages 95–96:
glosses: Obsolete spelling of than.
glosses: Misspelling of than.
Derived terms: and then everyone clapped
and then everyone on the bus clapped
and then some
back then
but then
but then again
even a blind squirrel finds an acorn every now and then
every now and then
go on then
if-then-else
if-then
if-then statement
just then
life's a bitch and then you die
now and then
now then
other then
sell in May then go away
that was then and this is now
that was then, this is now
then again
then and in that event
then-and-now
then and now
then and there
there and then
who's a pretty boy then
weight
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: wāt
ipa: /weɪt/
rhymes: -eɪt
homophone: wait
Forms: form: weights
form: weighting
form: weighted
form: weighted
form: waight
Etymology: From Middle English weight, weiȝte, weght, wight, from Old English wiht, ġewiht (“weight”), from Proto-Germanic *wihtiz ("weight"; compare *weganą (“to move”)), from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ- (“to move; pull; draw; drive”). Equivalent to weigh + -t (abstract nominal suffix).
Cognate with Scots wecht, weicht (“weight”), Saterland Frisian Wächte (“scale”), Gewicht (“weight”), West Frisian gewicht (“weight”), Dutch gewicht (“weight”), German Low German Wicht, Gewicht (“weight”), German Wucht (“massiveness, force”), Gewicht (“weight”).
Senses: glosses: To add weight to something; to make something heavier.
topics: business
dyeing
manufacturing
textiles
glosses: To add weight to something; to make something heavier.
To load (fabrics) with barite, etc. to increase the weight.
glosses: To load, burden or oppress someone.
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: To assign weights to individual statistics.
examples: text: The criteria governing the choice of candidate were heavily weighted in his favor.
text: The U.K. economy is heavily weighted towards the service sector and the coronavirus pandemic could lead to a 10% fall in gross domestic product in the second quarter, according to economists at Jefferies.
ref: 2020 March 19, Marcus Ashworth, “Cheap Sterling Has Reasons to Be Cheaper”, in The Washington Post:
glosses: To bias something; to slant.
topics: hobbies
horse-racing
horseracing
horses
lifestyle
pets
racing
sports
glosses: To handicap a horse with a specified weight.
examples: text: With good peripheral vision he spots his teammate, Ray Evans, lurking in the scoring zone and sweeps a perfectly weighted pass to him.
ref: 2008, Tom Valenta, Remember Me, Mrs V?: Caring for My Wife: Her Alzheimer's and Others' Stories, ReadHowYouWant:
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: To give a certain amount of force to a throw, kick, hit, etc.
pledge
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /plɛd͡ʒ/
rhymes: -ɛdʒ
Forms: form: pledges
form: pledging
form: pledged
form: pledged
Etymology: From Middle English plege, from Anglo-Norman plege, from Old French plege (Modern French pleige) from Medieval Latin plevium, plebium, from plebiō (“I pledge”), from Frankish *plehan (“to pledge; to support; to guarantee”). Akin to Old High German pflegan (“to take care of, be accustomed to”), Old Saxon plegan (“to vouch for”), Old English plēon (“to risk, endanger”). More at plight.
Senses: examples: text: pledge allegiance to the flag
synonyms: undertake
glosses: To make a solemn promise (to do something).
glosses: To deposit something as a security; to pawn.
examples: text: HARDCASTLE [Taking the cup.] I hope you'll find it to your mind. I have prepared it with my own hands, and I believe you'll own the ingredients are tolerable. Will you be so good as to pledge me, sir? Here, Mr. Marlow, here is to our better acquaintance. [Drinks.]
ref: 1773, Oliver Goldsmith, She Stoops to Conquer:
text: Reach me my golden cup that stands by thee,
And pledge me in it first for courtesy.
ref: 1852, Matthew Arnold, Tristram and Iseult:
glosses: To give assurance of friendship by the act of drinking; to drink to one's health.
Derived terms: antipledging
mispledge
pledgable
pledgeability
repledge
unpledged
pledge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /plɛd͡ʒ/
rhymes: -ɛdʒ
Forms: form: pledges
Etymology: From Middle English plege, from Anglo-Norman plege, from Old French plege (Modern French pleige) from Medieval Latin plevium, plebium, from plebiō (“I pledge”), from Frankish *plehan (“to pledge; to support; to guarantee”). Akin to Old High German pflegan (“to take care of, be accustomed to”), Old Saxon plegan (“to vouch for”), Old English plēon (“to risk, endanger”). More at plight.
Senses: examples: text: Mr. Biden unveiled the pledge at a White House climate summit for world leaders, declaring that the United States is ready to reclaim a leadership role on climate change.
ref: 2021 April 22, Brad Plumer, Nadja Popovich, “The U.S. Has a New Climate Goal. How Does It Stack Up Globally?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
synonyms: commitment
undertaking
glosses: A solemn promise to do something.
synonyms: commitment
undertaking
glosses: A solemn promise to do something.
A promise to abstain from drinking alcohol.
raw_tags: with the
examples: text: Iacke Straw. […] I haue his wife and children pledges, for his ſpeedie returne from the King, to whom he is gone with our meſſage.
Tom Miller. Let him take heede hee bring a wiſe anſwere to our worships, or els his pledges goes to the pot.
ref: 1593, anonymous author, The Life and Death of Iacke Straw […], Act I:
glosses: An asset or person temporarily handed over to guarantee the fulfilment of something promised, under threat of permanent loss of the thing handed over; surety, security, hostage.
topics: law
glosses: A bailment of personal property to secure payment of a debt without transfer of title.
topics: law
glosses: A bailment of personal property to secure payment of a debt without transfer of title.
The personal property so pledged, to be kept until the debt is paid.
synonyms: collateral
qualifier: university slang
glosses: A person who has taken a pledge of allegiance to a college fraternity, but is not yet formally approved.
glosses: A drinking toast.
Derived terms: antipledge
antipledging
dead pledge
depledge
frankpledge
impledge
interpledge
negative pledge
pledgee
pledgeless
pledgeling
pledgemaster
pledge of allegiance
Pledge of Allegiance
pledger
pledgeship
pledgor
propledge
purity pledge
put in pledge
safe pledge
take the pledge
virginity pledge
Related terms: oath
vow
industrial output
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: industrial outputs
Senses: topics: accounting
business
economics
finance
sciences
glosses: What an industry produces, as a national total.
though
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: enpr: thō
ipa: /ðəʊ/
enpr: thō
ipa: /ðoʊ/
rhymes: -əʊ
Forms: form: tho
form: tho’
form: thô
form: thogh
form: thot
form: thou
Etymology: From Middle English though, thogh, from Old Norse *þóh (later þó). Superseded (in most dialects) Middle English thegh, from Old English þēah (“though, although, even if, that, however, nevertheless, yet, still; whether”). Both the Old Norse and Old English are from Proto-Germanic *þauh (“though”), from Proto-Indo-European *to-, suffixed with Proto-Germanic *-hw < Proto-Indo-European *-kʷe (“and”).
Akin to Scots tho (“though”), Saterland Frisian dach (“though”), West Frisian dôch, dochs (“though”), Dutch doch (“though”), German doch (“though”), Danish dog (“though, however”), Swedish dock (“however, still”), Icelandic þó (“though”). More at that.
Senses: examples: text: I'm not paid to do all this paperwork for you. I will do it this once, though.
text: Whether modern, industrial man is less or more warlike than his hunter-gatherer ancestors is impossible to determine.[…]One thing that is true, though, is that murder rates have fallen over the centuries, as policing has spread and the routine carrying of weapons has diminished. Modern society may not have done anything about war. But peace is a lot more peaceful.
ref: 2013 July 20, “Old soldiers?”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8845:
glosses: Despite that; however.
examples: text: "Man, it's hot in here." — "Isn't it, though?"
qualifier: degree
glosses: Used to intensify statements or questions; indeed.
Synonyms: sense: despite that
word: all the same
word: anyhow
word: anyway
word: even so
word: in any case
word: nevertheless
word: nonetheless
word: still
word: yet
though
Language: English
Part of speech: conj
Pronunciation: enpr: thō
ipa: /ðəʊ/
enpr: thō
ipa: /ðoʊ/
rhymes: -əʊ
Forms: form: tho
form: tho’
form: thô
form: thogh
form: thot
form: thou
Etymology: From Middle English though, thogh, from Old Norse *þóh (later þó). Superseded (in most dialects) Middle English thegh, from Old English þēah (“though, although, even if, that, however, nevertheless, yet, still; whether”). Both the Old Norse and Old English are from Proto-Germanic *þauh (“though”), from Proto-Indo-European *to-, suffixed with Proto-Germanic *-hw < Proto-Indo-European *-kʷe (“and”).
Akin to Scots tho (“though”), Saterland Frisian dach (“though”), West Frisian dôch, dochs (“though”), Dutch doch (“though”), German doch (“though”), Danish dog (“though, however”), Swedish dock (“however, still”), Icelandic þó (“though”). More at that.
Senses: examples: text: Though it is risky, it is worth taking the chance.
text: Astute businessman though he was, my brother was capable of extreme recklessness.
text: Actual perpetrators though they were, the criminals never admitted it in court.
text: Orion hit a rabbit once; but though sore wounded it got to the bury, and, struggling in, the arrow caught the side of the hole and was drawn out. Indeed, a nail filed sharp is not of much avail as an arrowhead; you must have it barbed, and that was a little beyond our skill.
ref: 1879, R[ichard] J[efferies], chapter II, in The Amateur Poacher, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], →OCLC:
glosses: Despite the fact that; although.
examples: text: We shall be not sorry though the man die tonight.
text: And hee said vnto him, If they heare not Moses and the Prophets, neither will they be perswaded, though one rose from the dead.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Luke 16:31:
text: "Though we called your friend from his bed this night, he could not speak for you, / "For the race is run by one and one and never by two and two."
ref: 1919, Rudyard Kipling, Tomlinson:
text: Walk on through the wind, / Walk on through the rain, / Though your dreams be tossed and blown.
ref: 1945, Oscar Hammerstein II, “You’ll Never Walk Alone” (song), in Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II, Carousel (musical)
glosses: If, that, even if.
Synonyms: sense: although
word: although
word: even though
Derived terms: although
even though
though but
though I say it who should not
though I say it who should not say it
though I say so myself
welcome-home-husband-though-never-so-drunk
what though
though
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: thō
ipa: /ðəʊ/
enpr: thō
ipa: /ðoʊ/
rhymes: -əʊ
Forms: form: tho
form: tho’
form: thô
form: thogh
form: thot
form: thou
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of thought.
thing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: thĭng
ipa: /θɪŋ/
ipa: /θiŋ/
note: /æ/ raising
ipa: [θeɪŋ]
ipa: /tɪŋ/
note: Local Dublin
ipa: /tɪn/
ipa: /θɪŋ(ɡ)/
ipa: /θiːŋ(ɡ)/
rhymes: -ɪŋ
Forms: form: things
form: thinging
form: thinged
form: thinged
form: thang
raw_tags: used to denote a known fad or popular activity
form: thin'
form: thinge
form: thynge
form: ting
Etymology: From Middle English thing, from Old English þing, from Proto-West Germanic *þing, from Proto-Germanic *þingą.
Cognate with Saterland Frisian Ding (“thing”), West Frisian ting, ding (“thing”), Dutch ding (“thing”), German Low German Ding (“thing”), German Ding (“thing”), Swedish, Danish and Norwegian ting (“thing”), Faroese ting (“parliament, assembly”), Icelandic þing (“congress, assembly”).
The word originally meant "assembly", then came to mean a specific issue discussed at such an assembly, and ultimately came to mean most broadly "an object". Compare Latin rēs, also meaning "legal matter", and same transition from Latin causa (“legal matter”) to "thing" in Romance languages. Modern use to refer to a Germanic assembly is likely influenced by cognates (from the same Proto-Germanic root) like Old Norse þing (“thing”), Danish ting, Swedish ting, and Old High German ding with this meaning.
Senses: glosses: To express as a thing; to reify.
simple
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɪm.pəl/
ipa: [ˈsɪm.pl̩]
note: Indic
ipa: /ˈsɪmpɪl/
note: Tanglish, Kerala, intervocalic voicing
ipa: /ˈsɪmbɪɭ/
homophone: symbol
rhymes: -ɪmpəl
Forms: form: simples
form: simpling
form: simpled
form: simpled
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English symple, simple, from Old French and French simple, from Latin simplex (“simple”, literally “onefold”) (as opposed to duplex (“double”, literally “twofold”)), from semel (“the same”) + plicō (“I fold”). See same and fold. Compare single, singular, simultaneous, etc.
Partially displaced native English onefold.
Senses: glosses: To gather simples, i.e. medicinal herbs.
Derived terms: simpler
simplify
simplist
self
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Pronunciation: ipa: /sɛlf/
note: Southern US, African-American Vernacular, dated
ipa: /sɛf/
ipa: /sɛl/
rhymes: -ɛlf
Forms: form: selves
form: selfe
form: silf
form: silfe
Etymology: From Middle English self, silf, sulf, from Old English self, seolf, sylf, from Proto-Germanic *selbaz. Cognates include Gothic 𐍃𐌹𐌻𐌱𐌰 (silba), German selbst and Dutch zelf.
Senses: examples: text: This argument was put forward by the defendant self.
text: Now that I put on my glasses I could see that the hut was empty but for our two selves; that it must have been absolutely empty till we entered.
ref: 1898 July 18, The Leader, Melbourne, page 34, column 1:
glosses: Himself, herself, itself, themself, themselves; that specific (person mentioned).
examples: text: I made out a cheque, payable to self, which cheered me up somewhat.
topics: business
commerce
commercial
glosses: Myself.
self
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /sɛlf/
note: Southern US, African-American Vernacular, dated
ipa: /sɛf/
ipa: /sɛl/
rhymes: -ɛlf
Forms: form: selfs
form: selfing
form: selfed
form: selfed
form: selfe
form: silf
form: silfe
Etymology: From Middle English self, silf, sulf, from Old English self, seolf, sylf, from Proto-Germanic *selbaz. Cognates include Gothic 𐍃𐌹𐌻𐌱𐌰 (silba), German selbst and Dutch zelf.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: To fertilize by the same individual; to self-fertilize or self-pollinate.
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: To fertilize by the same strain; to inbreed.
self-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Pronunciation: ipa: /sɛlf/
Etymology: From Middle English self-, silf-, seolf-, from Old English self-, sylf-, seolf-, from Proto-Germanic *selba-, from Proto-Germanic *selbaz (“self”). Cognate with Dutch zelf- (“self-”), German Low German sülvst- (“self-”), German selbst- (“self-”), Swedish själv- (“self-”), Icelandic sjálf- (“self-”). More at self.
Senses: glosses: of, by, in or with oneself or itself
glosses: automatic
Synonyms: sense: of, by, in or with oneself or itself
word: auto-
sense: of, by, in or with oneself or itself
word: ipsi-
Derived terms: self-adjointness
self-centeredness
self-confidently
self-consciously
self-drilling screw
self-finished
self-finishing
self-fulfilling prophecy
self-injured
self-injures
self-injuring
self-raising flour
self-referential meaning
self-tapping screw
one's self
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Pronunciation: -ɛlf
Senses: examples: text: One can teach one's self to do this.
glosses: Alternative spelling of oneself.
herself
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Pronunciation: ipa: /hɜːˈsɛlf/
ipa: /əsɛlf/
ipa: /æˈsɛl/
ipa: /ɐˈsɛl/
ipa: /hɝˈsɛlf/
ipa: /ɚsɛlf/
rhymes: -ɛlf
Forms: form: she
form: himself
form: itself
form: themself
form: themselves
form: themselves
form: Herself
Etymology: From Middle English. Equivalent to her + -self.
Senses: examples: text: She injured herself.
text: This time was most dreadful for Lilian. Thrown on her own resources and almost penniless, she maintained herself and paid the rent of a wretched room near the hospital by working as a charwoman, sempstress, anything. In a moment she had dropped to the level of a casual labourer.
ref: 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XVII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
text: Lizzo, who is known for messages of self-love and wider acceptance, has recently said as much as she shared that she is encouraging a stance of body neutrality for herself and others.
ref: 2023 May 29, Madeline Holcombe, “Lizzo is teaching us about body neutrality. Here is what it means and how to get there”, in CNN:
glosses: Her; the female object of a verb or preposition that also appears as the subject.
examples: text: She was injured herself.
glosses: She; an intensifier of the female subject or object, often used to indicate the directness or exclusiveness of that person .
examples: text: What's herself up to this time?
text: Have you seen herself yet this morning?
glosses: The subject or non-reflexive object of a predicate; she (used of upper-class ladies, or sarcastically, of women who imagine themselves to be more important than others)
Derived terms: every woman for herself
Related terms: word: Ime
word: me
word: myselfmemysen
word: mine
word: mymineme
word: we
word: us
word: ourselvesourselfoursen
word: oursourn
word: our
word: you
word: yourselfyoursen
word: yoursyourn
word: your
word: thou
word: thee
word: thyselftheeselfthysen
word: thine
word: thythine
word: youye
word: yourselves
word: you ally'all you guys
word: y'allselves
word: all yours y'all's you guys' your guys'
word: all your y'all's your all's you guys' your guys'
word: he
word: him
word: himselfhisselfhissen
word: hishisn
word: his
word: she
word: her
word: herselfhersen
word: hershern
word: ithit
word: itselfhitself
word: itshis
word: itshishits
word: they
word: them
word: themself
word: themselves
word: theirs
word: their
word: one
word: oneself
word: –
word: one's
word: themhem
word: 'em
word: themselvestheirsen
word: theirstheirn
word: The following table shows a list of English personal pronoun
word: including archaic and dialectal forms. Dialectal and obsolete
word: archaic forms are in italics. 1 See Appendix:English third-person singular pronouns for attested neopronoun.
boat
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: bōt
ipa: /bəʊt/
rhymes: -əʊt
enpr: bōt
ipa: /boʊt/
Forms: form: boats
form: boating
form: boated
form: boated
Etymology: From Middle English bot, boot, boet, boyt (“boat”), from Old English bāt (“boat”), from Proto-West Germanic *bait, from Proto-Germanic *baitaz, *baitą (“boat, small ship”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- (“to break, split”) (whence also fissure via Latin). Cognate with Old Norse beit (“boat”), Middle Dutch beitel (“little boat”).
Old Norse bátr (whence Icelandic bátur, Norwegian båt, Danish båd), Dutch boot, German Boot, Occitan batèl and French bateau are all ultimately borrowings from the Old English word.
Compare typologically ship << Proto-Indo-European *skey-; Russian долблёнка (dolbljónka) (< долби́ть (dolbítʹ)), Russian чёлн (čoln) (akin to коло́ть (kolótʹ)).
Senses: glosses: To travel by boat.
examples: text: to boat goods
glosses: To transport in a boat.
examples: text: Troy was 'boated' for seven years after being found guilty of burglary and robbery.
ref: 2021, Graham Seal, Condemned, page 120:
glosses: To transport (deport to a penal colony).
examples: text: to boat oars
glosses: To place in a boat.
body
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɒd.i/
ipa: /ˈbɑ.di/
ipa: [ˈbɑ.ɾi]
homophone: bawdy (cot–caught merger)
rhymes: -ɒdi
Forms: form: bodies
form: bodying
form: bodied
form: bodied
form: bodie
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *bʰewdʰ-
Proto-West Germanic *bodag
Old English bodiġ
Middle English bodi
English body
From Middle English body, bodi, bodiȝ, from Old English bodiġ, bodeġ (“body, trunk, chest, torso, height, stature”), from Proto-West Germanic *bodag (“body, trunk”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewdʰ- (“to be awake, observe”). Cognate with Old High German botah (“body, corpse, trunk, torso”) (whence Swabian Bottich (“body, torso”), Bavarian Bottich (“body, torso, carcass; lower part of a shirt or jacket”)).
Senses: examples: text: And as imagination bodies forth / The forms of things unknown, the poet’s pen / Turns them to shapes and gives to airy nothing / A local habitation and a name.
ref: c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “A Midsommer Nights Dreame”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
text: [A]s you stand on the steps of the Castle Green in this strange place, you feel quite floaty. This you are told is the scene of the Merthyr riots; and you feel still floatier as you body forth before your eyes a picture like the following— […]
ref: 1851 March 22, “The Foreign Country at Home. IV. Abergavenny to Swansea.”, in Leigh Hunt, editor, Leigh Hunt’s Journal; a Miscellany for the Cultivation of the Memorable, the Progressive, and the Beautiful, volume I, number 16, London: […] Stewart & Murray, […], →OCLC, page 255:
text: The drama of the storehouse on earth has its counterpart in Heaven, and if we accept the insights of both Jacobsen and von Dechend, we can see that the myth is bodying forth a principle which will later be expressed in the Hermetic axiom, “As above, so below.” In fact, it is precisely this relationship between above and below that the myth explores.
ref: 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 175:
glosses: To give body or shape to something.
raw_tags: with forth
glosses: To construct the bodywork of a car.
examples: text: I don’t say, one bodies the other / One’s spiritual truth; / But I do say it’s hard to lose either, / When you have both.
ref: 1955, Philip Larkin, Toads:
glosses: To embody.
qualifier: African-American Vernacular
glosses: To murder someone.
examples: text: I keep getting bodied by kids half my age.
ref: 2023, “Gaming at 24”, in hyperx (comic):
qualifier: African-American Vernacular
glosses: To murder someone.
To utterly defeat someone.
button
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbʌt.n̩/
ipa: [ˈbʌʔ.n̩]
ipa: [ˈbʌʔ.tən]
ipa: [ˈbʌʔ.tⁿn̩]
ipa: [ˈbʌt.n̩]
ipa: /bʌˈt̪ən̪/
ipa: /bʊˈt̪oːn̪/
ipa: /bɔˈt̪oːn̪/
ipa: /ˈbʌːʔtən/
rhymes: -ʌtən
Forms: form: buttons
form: buttoning
form: buttoned
form: buttoned
Etymology: From Middle English butonen, botonen, from the noun (see above).
Senses: examples: text: He was a tall, fat, long-bodied man, buttoned up to the throat in a tight green coat.
ref: 1838 March – 1839 October, Charles Dickens, chapter 50, in The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1839, →OCLC:
glosses: To fasten with a button.
examples: text: The coat will not button.
glosses: To be fastened by a button or buttons.
glosses: To stop talking.
Derived terms: buttonable
button-down
buttoner
button it
button one's lip
button through
button up
misbutton
rebutton
unbutton
chance
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /t͡ʃæns/
ipa: [t͡ʃʰæns]
ipa: [t͡ʃʰɛəns]
ipa: [t͡ʃʰeəns]
ipa: [t͡ʃʰæns]
ipa: [t͡ʃʰans]
ipa: [t͡ʃʰæːns]
ipa: [t͡ʃʰɛːns]
ipa: /t͡ʃɑːns/
ipa: [t͡ʃʰɑːns]
note: Cultivated Australian, New Zealand
ipa: [t͡ʃʰäːns]
note: Cultivated Australian, New Zealand
ipa: [t͡ʃʰɐːns]
ipa: [t͡ʃɑːns]
rhymes: -ɑːns
rhymes: -æns
Forms: form: chaunce
Etymology: From Middle English chance, cheance, chaunce, cheaunce, a borrowing from Old French cheance (“accident, chance, luck”), from Vulgar Latin *cadentia (“falling”), from Latin cadere (“to fall, to die, to happen, occur”). Doublet of cadence and cadenza.
Senses: examples: text: No crowd was about the door; no people were discernible at any of the many windows; not even a chance passer-by was in the street. An unnatural silence and desertion reigned there.
ref: 1859, Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities, London: Chapman and Hall, […], →OCLC:
text: Heaven knows what pains the author has been at, what bitter experiences he has endured and what heartache suffered, to give some chance reader a few hours' relaxation or to while away the tedium of a journey.
ref: 1919, W[illiam] Somerset Maugham, chapter II, in The Moon and Sixpence, [New York, N.Y.]: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers […], →OCLC:
glosses: Happening by chance, casual.
chance
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /t͡ʃæns/
ipa: [t͡ʃʰæns]
ipa: [t͡ʃʰɛəns]
ipa: [t͡ʃʰeəns]
ipa: [t͡ʃʰæns]
ipa: [t͡ʃʰans]
ipa: [t͡ʃʰæːns]
ipa: [t͡ʃʰɛːns]
ipa: /t͡ʃɑːns/
ipa: [t͡ʃʰɑːns]
note: Cultivated Australian, New Zealand
ipa: [t͡ʃʰäːns]
note: Cultivated Australian, New Zealand
ipa: [t͡ʃʰɐːns]
ipa: [t͡ʃɑːns]
rhymes: -ɑːns
rhymes: -æns
Forms: form: chaunce
Etymology: From Middle English chance, cheance, chaunce, cheaunce, a borrowing from Old French cheance (“accident, chance, luck”), from Vulgar Latin *cadentia (“falling”), from Latin cadere (“to fall, to die, to happen, occur”). Doublet of cadence and cadenza.
Senses: glosses: Perchance; perhaps.
bread
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: brĕd
ipa: /bɹɛd/
ipa: /brɛd/
ipa: /brɛːd/
rhymes: -ɛd
homophone: bred
Forms: form: breads
form: breading
form: breaded
form: breaded
Etymology: From Middle English bred, breed, from Old English brēad (“fragment, bit, morsel, crumb", also "bread”), from Proto-West Germanic *braud, from Proto-Germanic *braudą (“cooked food, leavened bread”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerw-, *bʰrew- (“to boil, seethe”) (see brew). Alternatively, from Proto-Germanic *braudaz, *brauþaz (“broken piece, fragment”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰera- (“to split, beat, hew, struggle”) (see brittle). Perhaps a conflation of the two. Possibly a doublet of broa.
Cognate with Scots breid (“bread”), North Frisian bruad, Bruar, brüüdj (“bread”), Saterland Frisian Brood (“bread”), West Frisian brea (“bread”), Cimbrian proat, pròat (“bread”), Dutch brood (“bread”), German Brot (“bread”), Luxembourgish Brout (“bread”), Mòcheno proat (“bread”), Vilamovian brūt (“bread; loaf”), Yiddish ברויט (broyt, “bread”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk brød (“bread”), Elfdalian broð (“bread”), Faroese breyð (“bread”), Icelandic brauð (“bread”), Swedish bröd (“bread”), Crimean Gothic broe (“bread”), Albanian brydh (“I make crumbly, friable, soft”), Latin frustum (“crumb”). Eclipsed non-native Middle English payn (“bread”), borrowed from Old French pain (“bread”). In this sense, mostly replaced loaf, which had been the more common term in Old English (see hlaf), a process which similarly occured in other languages such as German.
Senses: examples: text: breaded fish
glosses: To coat with breadcrumbs.
Derived terms: word: breaded
word: breading
Related terms: loaf
bread
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: brĕd
ipa: /bɹɛd/
ipa: /brɛd/
ipa: /brɛːd/
rhymes: -ɛd
homophone: bred
Forms: form: breads
Etymology: From Middle English brede (“breadth, width, extent”), from Old English brǣdu (“breadth, width, extent”), from Proto-Germanic *braidį̄ (“breadth”). Cognate with Scots brede, breid (“breadth”), Dutch breedte (“breadth”), German Breite (“breadth”), Swedish bredd (“breadth”), Icelandic breidd (“breadth”).
Senses: glosses: Breadth.
Derived terms: waybread
bread
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: brĕd
ipa: /bɹɛd/
ipa: /brɛd/
ipa: /brɛːd/
rhymes: -ɛd
homophone: bred
Forms: form: breads
form: breading
form: breaded
form: breaded
form: breathe
form: brede
Etymology: Variant of braid, from Middle English breden, from Old English brēdan, breġdan (“to braid”).
Senses: glosses: To form in meshes; net.
bread
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: brĕd
ipa: /bɹɛd/
ipa: /brɛd/
ipa: /brɛːd/
rhymes: -ɛd
homophone: bred
Forms: form: breads
form: breathe
form: brede
Etymology: Variant of braid, from Middle English breden, from Old English brēdan, breġdan (“to braid”).
Senses: glosses: A piece of embroidery; a braid.
before
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: enpr: bĭfôʹ
ipa: /bɪˈfɔː/
enpr: bĭfôrʹ
enpr: bēfôrʹ
enpr: bəfôrʹ
ipa: /bɪˈfɔɹ/
ipa: /biˈfɔɹ/
ipa: /bəˈfɔɹ/
note: rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
enpr: bĭfōrʹ
ipa: /bɪˈfo(ː)ɹ/
note: rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
note: non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
ipa: /bɪˈfoə/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)
Forms: form: befo
form: befo'
form: b4
form: be4
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English before /bifore, from Old English beforan, from be- + foran (“before”), from fore, from Proto-Germanic *furai, from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“front”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian befoar (“before”), German Low German bevör (“before”), German bevor (“before”).
Senses: examples: text: I've never done this before.
text: This achievement far exceeded anything that had come before.
text: All this was extraordinarily distasteful to Churchill. It was ugly, gross. Never before had he felt such repulsion when the vicar displayed his characteristic bluntness or coarseness of speech. In the present connexion—or rather as a transition from the subject that started their conversation—such talk had been distressingly out of place.
ref: 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
synonyms: previously
antonyms: after
glosses: At an earlier time.
examples: text: We walked behind while they went before.
synonyms: ahead
glosses: In advance in position or sequence; ahead.
examples: text: When people call this beast to mind,
They marvel more and more
At such a little tail behind,
So LARGE a trunk before.
ref: 1896, Hilaire Belloc, “The Elephant”, in The Bad Child’s Book of Beasts:
synonyms: in front
antonyms: behind
glosses: At the front end.
before
Language: English
Part of speech: conj
Pronunciation: enpr: bĭfôʹ
ipa: /bɪˈfɔː/
enpr: bĭfôrʹ
enpr: bēfôrʹ
enpr: bəfôrʹ
ipa: /bɪˈfɔɹ/
ipa: /biˈfɔɹ/
ipa: /bəˈfɔɹ/
note: rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
enpr: bĭfōrʹ
ipa: /bɪˈfo(ː)ɹ/
note: rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
note: non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
ipa: /bɪˈfoə/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)
Forms: form: befo
form: befo'
form: b4
form: be4
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English before /bifore, from Old English beforan, from be- + foran (“before”), from fore, from Proto-Germanic *furai, from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“front”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian befoar (“before”), German Low German bevör (“before”), German bevor (“before”).
Senses: examples: text: Brush your teeth before you go to bed.
text: But before this elaborate treatise can become of universal use and ornament to my native country, two points[…] are absolutely necessary.
ref: 1731 (date written), Simon Wagstaff [pseudonym; Jonathan Swift], “An Introduction to the Following Treatise”, in A Complete Collection of Genteel and Ingenious Conversation, […], London: […] B[enjamin] Motte […], published 1738, →OCLC, page xiv:
text: Stephen Ward then had to time his tackle excellently to deny Tarmo Kink as the Wolves winger slid the ball out of play before the Estonian could attempt to beat Given.
ref: 2011 November 11, Rory Houston, “Estonia 0-4 Republic of Ireland”, in RTE Sport:
glosses: In advance of the time when.
examples: text: I'll die before I('ll) tell you anything about it.
synonyms: lest
glosses: Rather or sooner than.
chalk
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: chôk
rhymes: -ɔːk
ipa: /t͡ʃɔːk/
enpr: chŏk
ipa: /t͡ʃɒk/
note: cot–caught merger and father-bother merger
enpr: chäk
ipa: /t͡ʃɑːk/
Forms: form: chalks
form: chalking
form: chalked
form: chalked
form: chaulk
Etymology: From Middle English chalk, chalke, from Old English ċealc, from Proto-West Germanic *kalk, borrowed from Latin calx (“limestone”), again borrowed from Ancient Greek χάλιξ (khálix, “pebble”). Doublet of calx and cauk.
Senses: examples: text: chalk your hands before climbing
text: After a leg stretch, we set off again at 11:30 hours in charge of U.S.A. No. 1736 (Miss Ohio had been chalked on her), a 2-8-0 utility engine.
ref: 1944 January and February, Major J. C. F. Lloyd Williamson, “Ambulance Trains in Algeria and Tunisia”, in Railway Magazine, page 6:
glosses: To apply chalk to anything, such as the tip of a billiard cue.
glosses: To record something, as on a blackboard, using chalk.
glosses: To use powdered chalk to mark the lines on a playing field.
examples: text: This Book it chaulketh out before thine eyes / The man that ſeeks the everlaſting Prize: / It ſhevvs you vvhence he comes, vvhither he goes, / VVhat he leaves undone; alſo vvhat he does: / It alſo ſhovvs you hovv he runs, and runs, / Till he unto the Gate of Glory comes.
ref: 1678, John Bunyan, “The Author’s Apology for His Book”, in The Pilgrim’s Progress from This World, to That which is to Come: […], London: […] Nath[aniel] Ponder […], →OCLC:
glosses: To record a score or event, as if on a chalkboard.
examples: text: Land that is chalked
ref: 1707, J[ohn] Mortimer, The Whole Art of Husbandry; or, The Way of Managing and Improving of Land. […], London: […] J[ohn] H[umphreys] for H[enry] Mortlock […], and J[onathan] Robinson […], →OCLC:
text: I then chalked the land at an expense of 4l. per acre, and planted potatoes, about ten bushels to the acre […]
ref: 1821, Royal Society of Arts (Great Britain), Transactions, volume 39, page 11:
glosses: To manure (land) with chalk.
examples: text: Fear Stared in her eyes, and chalked her face
ref: 1847, Alfred Tennyson, “(please specify the page number, or |part=Prologue, I to VII, or conclusion)”, in The Princess: A Medley, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC:
text: Let a bleak paleness chalk the door.
ref: [1633], George Herbert, edited by [Nicholas Ferrar], The Temple. Sacred Poems, and Private Ejaculations, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: […] Thomas Buck and Roger Daniel; and are to be sold by Francis Green, […], →OCLC:
glosses: To make white, as if with chalk; to make pale; to bleach.
Derived terms: chalk against
chalk down
chalk it down
chalk off
chalk out
chalk something up to experience
chalk up
chalk up to
basket
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: bäsʹkĭt
ipa: /ˈbɑːskɪt/
ipa: /ˈbaskɪt/
ipa: /ˈbaskɛt/
enpr: băsʹkĭt
ipa: /ˈbæskɪt/
note: weak vowel merger
ipa: /ˈbæskət/
enpr: bäsʹkət
ipa: /ˈbaːskət/
rhymes: -æskɪt
rhymes: -ɑːskɪt
Forms: form: baskets
form: basketing
form: basketed
form: basketed
Etymology: From Middle English basket, from Anglo-Norman baschet, basket, bascat, of obscure origin.
One theory is that it derives from Late Latin bascauda (“kettle, table-vessel”), from Proto-Brythonic (in Breton baskodenn), from Proto-Celtic *baskis (“bundle, load”), from purported Proto-Indo-European *bʰask- (“bundle”), but this is now widely viewed as a substrate word for phonetic reasons. Related to Latin fascis (“bundle, package, load”) (whence English fasces), Albanian bokshe (“bundle”), Breton bac'h (“bundle, load”), Ancient Greek φάκελος (phákelos) and βάσκιοι (báskioi) (“bundle (of sticks)”); see also faggot (“(originally) bundle of sticks”).
Senses: glosses: To place in a basket or baskets.
examples: text: Foreign language paperback, serial and book club would be basketed together in a 50/50 subsidiary rights clause.
ref: 1974, Publishers Weekly, volume 206, numbers 1-14, page 70:
text: It may very well be that such "basketing" of hardcover, paperback, movie, and other rights within the divisions of […]
ref: 1981, Thomas Whiteside, The Blockbuster Complex:
topics: media
publishing
glosses: To cross-collateralize the royalty advances for multiple works so that the creator is not paid until all of those works have achieved a certain level of success.
complex
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: complexes
form: complexing
form: complexed
form: complexed
Etymology: From French complexe, from Latin complexus, past participle of complector (“I entwine, encircle, compass, infold”), from com- (“together”) and plectere (“to weave, braid”). May be analyzed as com- + -plex. See complect. Doublet of complexus.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: To form a complex with another substance.
glosses: To complicate.
cruel
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: kro͞oəl
ipa: /ˈkɹuːəl/
ipa: /kɹuːl/
ipa: /kɹʊəl/
ipa: /ˈkɹʉul/
note: Dublin
ipa: /ˈkɹʲuːl/
rhymes: -uːəl
rhymes: -uːl
rhymes: -ʊəl
Forms: form: crueler
form: crueller
form: more cruel
form: cruelest
form: cruellest
form: most cruel
form: cruell
Etymology: From Middle English cruel, borrowed from Old French cruel, from Latin crūdēlis (“hard, severe, cruel”), akin to crūdus (“raw, crude”); see crude.
Senses: examples: text: The supervisor was very cruel to Josh, as he would always give Josh the hardest, most degrading work he could find.
synonyms: sadistic
antonyms: merciful
glosses: Intentionally causing or reveling in pain and suffering; merciless, heartless.
examples: text: We're certainly having quite a cruel winter this year.
text: The thought that something might befall him that would leave her entirely at the mercy of this beast caused him greater anxiety than the probability that almost certain death awaited her should she be left entirely alone upon the outskirts of the cruel forest.
ref: 1913, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Return of Tarzan, New York: Ballantine Books, published 1963, page 193:
text: You may be sure they watched the cliffs on their left eagerly for any sign of a break or any place where they could climb them; but those cliffs remained cruel.
ref: 1951, C. S. Lewis, Prince Caspian: The Return to Narnia:
text: He was physically the toughest of us and wore five layers of polar clothing, but the cold was cruel and wore us down hour after hour.
ref: 2013, Ranulph Fiennes, Cold: Extreme Adventures at the Lowest Temperatures on Earth:
synonyms: brutal
glosses: Harsh; severe.
glosses: Cool; awesome; neat.
Derived terms: be cruel to be kind
cruel-hearted
cruelize
cruelly
cruel mistress
cruelness
cruelsome
goodbye, cruel world
over-cruel
overcruel
uncruel
Related terms: crude
cruelty
cruel
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: enpr: kro͞oəl
ipa: /ˈkɹuːəl/
ipa: /kɹuːl/
ipa: /kɹʊəl/
ipa: /ˈkɹʉul/
note: Dublin
ipa: /ˈkɹʲuːl/
rhymes: -uːəl
rhymes: -uːl
rhymes: -ʊəl
Forms: form: cruell
Etymology: From Middle English cruel, borrowed from Old French cruel, from Latin crūdēlis (“hard, severe, cruel”), akin to crūdus (“raw, crude”); see crude.
Senses: examples: text: "But I've served 'im ten years, and I'm fond of 'im, and, mind you, 'e's a great man, when all's said an' done, and it's an honor to serve 'im. But 'e does try one cruel at times."
ref: 1913, Arthur Conan Doyle, “(please specify the page)”, in The Poison Belt […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:
text: 'I've never got arthritis, though my old dad had it something cruel.'
ref: 2016, Kerry Greenwood, Murder and Mendelssohn, Sydney: Allen and Unwin, page 219:
glosses: To a great degree; terribly.
cruel
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: kro͞oəl
ipa: /ˈkɹuːəl/
ipa: /kɹuːl/
ipa: /kɹʊəl/
ipa: /ˈkɹʉul/
note: Dublin
ipa: /ˈkɹʲuːl/
rhymes: -uːəl
rhymes: -uːl
rhymes: -ʊəl
Forms: form: cruels
form: crueling
form: cruelling
form: crueled
form: crueled
form: cruelled
form: cruelled
form: cruell
Etymology: From Middle English cruel, borrowed from Old French cruel, from Latin crūdēlis (“hard, severe, cruel”), akin to crūdus (“raw, crude”); see crude.
Senses: examples: text: What cruelled him was that Imperial Hotel contract.
ref: 1937, Vance Palmer, Legend for Sanderson, Sydney: Angus & Robertson, page 226:
text: He was on the fringes of Test selection last year before a shoulder injury cruelled his chances.
ref: 2014 April 1, The Sydney Morning Herald:
text: A shortage of berth space for mega container ships will restrict capacity at Melbourne's port, cruelling Labor's attempts to get maximum value from its privatisation, a leading shipping expert has warned.
ref: 2015 September 8, The Age:
glosses: To spoil or ruin (one's chance of success)
examples: text: Violence is apparently introduced early by the practice of "cruelling": children even in their first months are physically punished and then encouraged to seek retribution by punishing the punisher.
ref: 2007, Stewart Motha, “Reconciliation as Domination”, in Scott Veitch, editor, Law and the Politics of Reconciliation, Routledge, published 2016, page 83:
text: 2009, Mark Colvin, ABC, "Peter Sutton discusses the politics of suffering in Aboriginal communities," 2 July, 2009, http://www.abc.net.au/pm/content/2008/s2615274.htm
[…] I was referring to the area where you were talking about this practice of cruelling; the pinching of babies, sometimes so hard that their skin breaks and may go septic.
glosses: To violently provoke (a child) in the belief that this will make them more assertive.
cruel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: kro͞oəl
ipa: /ˈkɹuːəl/
ipa: /kɹuːl/
ipa: /kɹʊəl/
ipa: /ˈkɹʉul/
note: Dublin
ipa: /ˈkɹʲuːl/
rhymes: -uːəl
rhymes: -uːl
rhymes: -ʊəl
Forms: form: cruels
form: cruell
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of crewel.
butter
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: bŭʹtər
ipa: /ˈbʌt.əɹ/
ipa: /ˈbʌ.tə/
ipa: [ˈbɐt.ʰə]
ipa: /ˈbʌ.tɚ/
ipa: [ˈbʌ.ɾɚ]
ipa: /ˈba.tə/
ipa: [ˈba.ɾə]
ipa: /ˈbʌ.tɚ/
ipa: [ˈbʌ.ʔɚ]
ipa: /ˈbʊtə/
note: Local Dublin
ipa: /ˈbʊhɐ/
rhymes: -ʌtə(ɹ)
Forms: form: butters
form: buttering
form: buttered
form: buttered
Etymology: PIE word
 *gʷṓws
From Middle English buter, butter, from Old English butere, from Proto-West Germanic *buterā, from Latin būtȳrum, from Ancient Greek βούτῡρον (boútūron, “cow cheese”), compound of βοῦς (boûs, “ox, cow”) and τῡρός (tūrós, “cheese”).
Senses: examples: text: Butter the toast.
glosses: To spread butter on.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
skiing
snowboarding
sports
glosses: To move one's weight backwards or forwards onto the tips or tails of one's skis or snowboard so only the tip or tail is in contact with the snow. Similar to applying butter to bread with the end of a knife.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
skiing
snowboarding
sports
glosses: To move one's weight backwards or forwards onto the tips or tails of one's skis or snowboard so only the tip or tail is in contact with the snow. Similar to applying butter to bread with the end of a knife.
To spin on skis or a snowboard using only the tips or tails being in contact with the snow
glosses: To increase (stakes) at every throw of dice, or every game.
Derived terms: sense: Terms derived from butter (verb)
word: butter down
sense: Terms derived from butter (verb)
word: buttered
sense: Terms derived from butter (verb)
word: buttering
sense: Terms derived from butter (verb)
word: butter my butt and call it a biscuit
sense: Terms derived from butter (verb)
word: butter my butt and call me a biscuit
sense: Terms derived from butter (verb)
word: butter one's bread on both sides
sense: Terms derived from butter (verb)
word: butter out
sense: Terms derived from butter (verb)
word: butter someone's biscuit
sense: Terms derived from butter (verb)
word: butter the cony
sense: Terms derived from butter (verb)
word: butter up
sense: Terms derived from butter (verb)
word: fine words butter no parsnips
sense: Terms derived from butter (verb)
word: have one's bread buttered for life
sense: Terms derived from butter (verb)
word: know which side one's bread is buttered on
sense: Terms derived from butter (verb)
word: nosebutter
sense: Terms derived from butter (verb)
word: nosebuttered
sense: Terms derived from butter (verb)
word: nosebuttering
sense: Terms derived from butter (verb)
word: tailbutter
sense: Terms derived from butter (verb)
word: tailbuttered
sense: Terms derived from butter (verb)
word: tailbuttering
sense: Terms derived from butter (verb)
word: whatever butters your biscuit
sense: Terms derived from butter (verb)
word: whatever butters your biscuits
sense: Terms derived from butter (verb)
word: whatever butters your bread
sense: Terms derived from butter (verb)
word: whatever butters your muffin
sense: Terms derived from butter (verb)
word: whatever butters your toast
Related terms: butyraceous
ghee
butter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: bŭʹtər
ipa: /ˈbʌt.əɹ/
ipa: /ˈbʌ.tə/
ipa: [ˈbɐt.ʰə]
ipa: /ˈbʌ.tɚ/
ipa: [ˈbʌ.ɾɚ]
ipa: /ˈba.tə/
ipa: [ˈba.ɾə]
ipa: /ˈbʌ.tɚ/
ipa: [ˈbʌ.ʔɚ]
ipa: /ˈbʊtə/
note: Local Dublin
ipa: /ˈbʊhɐ/
rhymes: -ʌtə(ɹ)
Forms: form: butters
Etymology: From butt + -er.
Senses: examples: text: […] these animals lacked self-correcting mechanisms of the kind seen in modern head-butters such as goats and big-horn sheep that would have kept the tremendous forces aligned with the rest of the skeleton.
ref: 2005, David E. Fastovsky, David B. Weishampel, The Evolution and Extinction of the Dinosaurs, page 156:
glosses: Someone or something that butts.
glosses: Someone or something that butts in; a busybody.