cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
double up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: doubles up
form: doubling up
form: doubled up
form: doubled up
Senses: examples: text: I'm going to double up my enlistment.
glosses: To double the quantity, amount or duration of something
topics: card-games
poker
glosses: To double one's amount of chips by winning an all-in pot.
examples: text: Near-synonym: double over
text: "It is well, then that we should be frank," said the other. "We both think more than we have said; let us make a clean breast. This masked figure that you saw, did you recognise it?" / "Well, sir, it went so quick, and the creature was so doubled up, that I could hardly swear to that," was the answer. "But if you mean, was it Mr. Hyde?--why, yes, I think it was!"
ref: 1886 January 5, Robert Louis Stevenson, Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., →OCLC:
text: If I could jump high enough out of the water to wedge my doubled-up fist in that crack I could hang by it. If I opened my hand I'd slide right back in the water, but if I could keep my fist closed […]
ref: 1970, Louis L'Amour, Galloway, new edition, Bantam Books, published 1974, →ISBN, page 43:
glosses: To bend, bend over; to fold; to stoop.
raw_tags: of a person
examples: text: I doubled him up with a swift punch to the stomach.
glosses: To cause (someone) to bend over; to beat up (someone).
examples: text: This unfolding sofa doubles up as a bed.
text: A little fearfully now, Pollyanna felt her way to these bags, selected a nice fat soft one (it contained Miss Polly's sealskin coat) for a bed; and a thinner one to be doubled up for a pillow, and still another (which was so thin it seemed almost empty) for a covering.
ref: 1913, Eleanor H. Porter, chapter 7, in Pollyanna, L.C. Page, →OCLC:
text: Fikayo Tomori, the Chelsea defender, sang “championes, championes” with his winners’ medal swaying from side to side. For Joshua Onomah and Ainsley Maitland-Niles, England banners doubled up as celebratory bandanas.
ref: 2017 June 11, Ben Fisher, “England seal Under-20 World Cup glory as Dominic Calvert-Lewin strikes”, in the Guardian:
synonyms: double
glosses: To have a secondary use.
examples: text: Jones snared the liner and then stepped on the bag to double up the runner.
topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: To get the second out in a double play, typically referring to getting an out by beating a runner back to a base (often by throwing) after a fly ball has been caught
examples: text: Tactically smart, Leeds' work-rate was also admirable, their players often doubling up on Everton's main threats like Marouane Fellaini, while Victor Anichibe found he had unwelcome, unstinting company throughout.
ref: 2012, Ben Smith, Leeds United 2-1 Everton:
glosses: To employ double the usual resources for a particular purpose; to work in pairs.
glosses: To marry or live with someone; to share a living space.
bonk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɒŋk/
ipa: /bɑŋk/
ipa: /bɔŋk/
rhymes: -ɒŋk
Forms: form: bonks
Etymology: Of imitative origin. Compare English bang, bounce, bump.
Senses: glosses: A bump on the head.
glosses: Any minor collision or blow.
examples: text: “[…] It’s not like I’m just looking for a bonk, is it? This is something a bit different.” ¶ “Quite,” said Nick—though bonk was a troublingly casual way of referring to something which preoccupied him so much.
ref: 2004, Alan Hollinghurst, chapter 2, in The Line of Beauty […], London: Picador, →ISBN:
glosses: An act of sexual intercourse.
glosses: A condition of sudden, severe fatigue in an endurance sports event caused by glycogen depletion.
glosses: An animal call resembling "bonk", such as the call of the pobblebonk.
Derived terms: bonkable
bonk bag
bonk ban
bonkbuster
bonkbusting
bonker
bonk-on
nose bonk
bowleg
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈbəʊlɛɡ/
Forms: form: bowlegs
form: bow leg
Etymology: From bow + leg.
Senses: glosses: A leg that curves outward at the knee.
Synonyms: genu varum
tibia vara
valgus deformity
Derived terms: bow-legged
bow-legged
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more bow-legged
form: most bow-legged
form: bowlegged
Senses: glosses: Having bowed legs, having legs bent noticeably outward at the knee.
Synonyms: word: bandy
word: bandy-legged
word: genu varum
word: couldn't stop a pig in a passage
Coordinate terms: bow-legged wi' brass
knock-kneed
baseball mitt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: baseball mitts
Etymology: From baseball + mitt.
Senses: synonyms: baseball glove
glosses: A glove used when playing baseball to protect the hand and enhance catching ability.
Derived terms: baseball-mitted
baseball glove
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: baseball gloves
Etymology: From baseball + glove.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of baseball mitt.
synonyms: word: baseball mitt
systems analysis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: systems analyses
Senses: glosses: The scientific analysis of systems, and the interactions within them.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A range of techniques used especially in commercial computing in which the needs of a company or its staff are analysed and translated into a technical description of the necessary software - which is then created by programmers.
Related terms: systems design
systems engineering
systems theory
systems science
snaffle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsnæfəl/
rhymes: -æfəl
Forms: form: snaffles
Etymology: Apparently from Dutch snavel, from Middle Dutch snavel, snabel (“snout”), diminutive of Middle Dutch snabbe, snebbe (“bird's bill, neb”). Akin to Old Frisian snavel (“mouth”), Middle Low German snabbe (“neb, beak”), Old English nebb (“beak, bill, nose, face”). More at neb.
Senses: examples: text: Captain went out in the cab all the morning. Harry came in after school to feed me and give me water. In the afternoon I was put into the cab. Jerry took as much pains to see if the collar and bridle fitted comfortably, as if he had been John Manly over again. When the crupper was let out a hole or two, it all fitted well. There was no bearing rein—no curb—nothing but a plain ring snaffle. What a blessing that was!
ref: [1877], Anna Sewell, “A London Cab Horse”, in Black Beauty: […], London: Jarrold and Sons, […], →OCLC, part III, page 158:
text: “I shall have to take the mare to-morrow,” said the Tertium Quid, “and she will stand nothing heavier than a snaffle.”
ref: 1889, Rudyard Kipling, “At the Pit's Mouth”, in Under the Deodars, Boston: The Greenock Press, published 1899, page 54:
glosses: A broad-mouthed, loose-ringed bit (metal in a horse's mouth). It brings pressure to bear on the tongue and the corners of the mouth, and is often used as a training bit.
examples: text: Sunning himself on the board steps, I saw for the first time Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke.[…]A silver snaffle on a heavy leather watch guard which connected the pockets of his corduroy waistcoat, together with a huge gold stirrup in his Ascot tie, sufficiently proclaimed his tastes.
ref: 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter II, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:
glosses: Decorative wear that looks like a snaffle.
Synonyms: bradoon
snaffle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsnæfəl/
rhymes: -æfəl
Forms: form: snaffles
form: snaffling
form: snaffled
form: snaffled
Etymology: Apparently from Dutch snavel, from Middle Dutch snavel, snabel (“snout”), diminutive of Middle Dutch snabbe, snebbe (“bird's bill, neb”). Akin to Old Frisian snavel (“mouth”), Middle Low German snabbe (“neb, beak”), Old English nebb (“beak, bill, nose, face”). More at neb.
Senses: glosses: To put a snaffle on, or control with a snaffle.
glosses: To clutch by the bridle.
glosses: To grab or seize; to snap up.
examples: text: […] the Master at Arms, the senior member of the lower deck and chief policeman, was found to be drunk; he must have snaffled some of the crew's rum ration always kept closely guarded in a special locker […]
ref: 2014, Geoffrey Bennett, The Battles of Coronel and the Falklands, 1914:
glosses: To purloin, or obtain by devious means.
examples: text: In Norfolk, "jaffle" is used in the sense of idle discourse, of an indecent or malicious character; and a prating busybody is said to be "always a snaffling and jafflin about what don't concern him."
ref: 1855, Notes and Queries, volume 11, page 391:
glosses: To talk foolishly.
Derived terms: foresnaffle
snaffle up
martingale
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: martingales
form: martingal
Etymology: From Middle French martingale, from Occitan martegalo, feminine form of martegal, an inhabitant of Martigues, which is from Latin maritima. Alternatively from Spanish almártaga.
The meaning in gambling may come from an old usage of "à la martingale" to mean absurdly, foolishly.https://people.math.harvard.edu/~ctm/home/text/class/sem/html/home/notes/martingales/martingales.pdf
Senses: glosses: A piece of harness used on a horse to keep it from raising its head above a desired point.
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A spar, or piece of rigging that strengthens the bowsprit.
examples: text: If a gambler plays a fair game repeatedly, his payoff over time is a martingale.
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A stochastic process for which the conditional expectation of future values given the sequence of all prior values is equal to the current value.
glosses: A gambling strategy in which one doubles the stake after each loss.
topics: fencing
government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
sports
war
glosses: A strap attached to the sword handle, preventing a sword being dropped if disarmed.
Synonyms: sense: piece of harness
word: tie-down
Derived terms: anti-martingale
martingality
semimartingale
submartingale
supermartingale
martingale
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: martingales
form: martingaling
form: martingaled
form: martingaled
form: martingal
Etymology: From Middle French martingale, from Occitan martegalo, feminine form of martegal, an inhabitant of Martigues, which is from Latin maritima. Alternatively from Spanish almártaga.
The meaning in gambling may come from an old usage of "à la martingale" to mean absurdly, foolishly.https://people.math.harvard.edu/~ctm/home/text/class/sem/html/home/notes/martingales/martingales.pdf
Senses: examples: text: The Russians were both martingaling it—doubling their bets when they lost.
ref: 2012, Frank Scoblete, Casino Conquest:
glosses: To employ the martingale strategy in gambling.
pelham
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pelhams
Senses: glosses: A type of bit used on the bridle of a horse, consisting of a mouthpiece, a shank, and two rings on each side.
exedra
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: exedras
form: exedrae
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἐξ (ex, “out of”) + ἕδρα (hédra, “seat”).
Senses: topics: architecture
glosses: A semicircular recess, with stone benches, used as a place for discussion.
glosses: A curved bench with a high back.
Tailtiu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Tailte
form: Tailltiu
form: Talti
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A presumed goddess who was the survivor of the invasion of Tuatha Dé Danann and was the foster mother of Lugh.
glosses: The town in County Meath that was named after her.
Lugh
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Lug
form: Lú
Etymology: Borrowed from Irish Lugh, from Old Irish Lug, from Primitive Irish ᚂᚒᚌᚐ (luga), from Proto-Celtic *Lugus.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A pre-Christian Irish deity represented in mythological texts as a hero and High King of the distant past: the son of Cian and Ethniu.
Related terms: english: long hand
translation: long hand
word: Lámhfhada ()
english: Summer-multi-talented; skilled in many arts
translation: Summer-multi-talented; skilled in many arts
word: Samh-ildánach ()
english: sword-shouter
translation: sword-shouter
word: Lonnbeimnech ()
english: boy hero
translation: boy hero
word: Macnia ()
english: son of Ethliu
translation: son of Ethliu
word: mac Ethlenn
english: son of Ethniu
translation: son of Ethniu
word: mac Ethnenn
Midir
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Mider
form: Midhir
Etymology: Old Irish.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The son of the Dagda of the Tuatha Dé Danann who fell in love with Étaín, receiving Aengus's help to make her his new bride.
Étaín
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Edain
form: Etain
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The lover of Midir whose rejected first wife Fuamnach became jealous and cast three spells on her, turning her into a pool of water, then into a worm, and then into a fly.
Fuamnach
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Midir's rejected first wife, who became jealous of Midir's lover Étaín, casting three spells on Étain, turning her into a pool of water, then into a worm, and then into a fly.
blown save
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blown saves
Senses: examples: text: Our bullpen has too many blown saves.
topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A failure to convert a save opportunity to a save.
dressage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɹɛs.ɑːʒ/
rhymes: -ɑːʒ
Forms: form: dressages
Etymology: Borrowed from French dressage (“training”).
Senses: glosses: The schooling of a horse.
glosses: An equestrian sport in which the horse and rider perform a test of specific movements in an arena, and are judged on the horse's obedience, acceptance of the bridle and of the rider's aids, gaits, impulsion, and the harmony between horse and rider.
examples: text: I'm competing in two dressages and a jumping show this weekend.
glosses: An event or competition of the sport of dressage.
Synonyms: sense: the training of a horse
word: flatwork
sense: the training of a horse
word: training
sense: the training of a horse
english: high school
translation: high school
word: haute ecole
sense: the training of a horse
word: classical dressage
sense: the training of a horse; poetically
word: ballet on horseback
Derived terms: para-dressage
matriculate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /məˈtɹɪkjəˌleɪt/
ipa: /məˈtɹɪkjʊˌleɪt/
Forms: form: matriculates
form: matriculating
form: matriculated
form: matriculated
Etymology: The adjective is first attested in 1487, in Middle English, the verb in 1557; borrowed from Latin mātrīculātus, perfect passive participle of mātrīculō (“to register”) (see -ate (etymology 1, 2 and 3)), from mātrīcula (“public register”), a diminutive of Latin mātrīx (“list”).
Senses: glosses: To enroll as a member of a body, especially of a college or university.
examples: text: As LGBTQ and ally-identified students matriculate to the workforce, many will come with an understanding of the importance of honoring personal pronouns and allowing for gender-inclusive pronouns such as "they, them, theirs."
ref: 2024 November 30 (last accessed), “Talking About Pronouns in the Workplace”, in HRC Foundation, archived from the original on 29 Nov 2024:
glosses: To join or enter (a group, body, category of people, etc.).
raw_tags: with to
glosses: To be enrolled as a member of a body, especially of a college or university.
examples: text: [...] fewer than 100 indigenous Namibians have matriculated (graduated) annually from secondary school. In 1982 the number fell to 20.
ref: 2004 May 13, Robert I. Rotberg, Ending Autocracy, Enabling Democracy: The Tribulations of Southern Africa, 1960-2000, Brookings Institution Press, →ISBN, page 151:
text: One of six distinguished brothers who matriculated from the school, he had enlisted together with two of his brothers, Christian and Gustav (or Gus).
ref: 2014 November 14, Barry Gough, From Classroom to Battlefield: Victoria High School and the First World War, Heritage House Publishing Co, →ISBN:
text: ... matriculated from their nearby, isolated farming villages to come to the larger and more prosperous town. In the first year of West, Czechs founded both a Catholic parish and a Moravian Brethren church. By 1910, Czech businesses were[…]
ref: 2017 October 12, Philip D. Smith, From Praha to Prague: Czechs in an Oklahoma Farm Town, University of Oklahoma Press, →ISBN, page 80:
text: It was soon after matriculating (graduating from high school), that these words would ring true for Mervyn. He and one of his classmates returned to Mr. Meyer and were excited to inform him that they had passed their final high school examinations[…]
ref: 2024 July 5, Mervyn Coetzee, Sivakumar Sivasubramaniam, Trauma, Injustice and Identity: Investigating an Egalitarian and Autoethnographic Approach to Analysing Students’ Personal Language Narratives, Ethics International Press, →ISBN, page 195:
glosses: To graduate (from a school or course of study).
Derived terms: matriculator
nonmatriculated
rematriculate
unmatriculated
Related terms: matriculant
matriculation
matrix
matriculate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: The adjective is first attested in 1487, in Middle English, the verb in 1557; borrowed from Latin mātrīculātus, perfect passive participle of mātrīculō (“to register”) (see -ate (etymology 1, 2 and 3)), from mātrīcula (“public register”), a diminutive of Latin mātrīx (“list”).
Senses: examples: text: The fame matryculate Of poetes laureate.
ref: c. 1528, John Skelton, A Replycacion Agaynst Certayne Yong Scolers Abjured of Late, Etc.; republished in John Scattergood, editor, John Skelton: The Complete English Poems, 1983, →OCLC:
qualifier: later chiefly Scotland
glosses: Matriculated.
matriculate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /məˈtɹɪkjəlɪt/
ipa: /məˈtɹɪkjʊlɪt/
rhymes: -ɪkjʊlɪt
rhymes: -ɪkjʊleɪt
Forms: form: matriculates
Etymology: The adjective is first attested in 1487, in Middle English, the verb in 1557; borrowed from Latin mātrīculātus, perfect passive participle of mātrīculō (“to register”) (see -ate (etymology 1, 2 and 3)), from mātrīcula (“public register”), a diminutive of Latin mātrīx (“list”).
Senses: synonyms: matriculant
glosses: A person admitted to membership in a society or college.
webbing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwɛbɪŋ/
rhymes: -ɛbɪŋ
Forms: form: webbings
Senses: examples: text: The webbing of the lawn chair made marks on his thigh.
glosses: A sturdy woven fabric.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A belt and shoulder harness with attached pouches used to carry a soldier's equipment, water, ammunition, etc.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: The webs of the digits.
examples: text: He caught the ball in the webbing.
topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: The part of a baseball mitt between the forefinger and thumb; the web.
topics: media
printing
publishing
glosses: Tapes conducting webs of paper in a printing machine.
Synonyms: topics: military
war
government
politics
word: web gear
topics: military
war
government
politics
word: web belt
Derived terms: webbing clothes moth
webbing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwɛbɪŋ/
rhymes: -ɛbɪŋ
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of web
empty base
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: empty bases
Senses: examples: text: They have to pitch to the slugger because there are no empty bases.
topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A base without a runner on it.
batty rider
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: batty riders
Senses: glosses: extremely short shorts worn by women, so as to expose part of the buttocks
PAP
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: @Gary, are you a PAP agent? ... =) trying to incite rebellion and revolution on this site so that the govt will have an excuse to take down this site?
ref: Paragraph 4, Public Prosecutor v Yue Mun Yew Gary [2012] SGHC 188
qualifier: Singaporean politics
glosses: Initialism of People's Action Party.
qualifier: Singaporean politics
glosses: Pay And Pay (nickname for the People's Action Party)
glosses: Initialism of People's Armed Police.
PAP
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: PAPs
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: polyfluoroalkyl phosphate ester
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
networking
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of password authentication protocol.
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of past active participle.
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of present active participle.
topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Initialism of principle of alternate possibilities.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of prostatic acid phosphatase.
topics: astronomy
cosmology
epistemology
human-sciences
natural-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Initialism of participatory anthropic principle.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Acronym of positive airway pressure.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Acronym of positive airway pressure.
A positive airway pressure machine, a PAP device.
Hypernyms: english: non-invasive ventilation
translation: non-invasive ventilation
word: NIV
english: non-invasive positive pressure ventilation
translation: non-invasive positive pressure ventilation
word: NPPV
english: non-invasive positive pressure ventilation
translation: non-invasive positive pressure ventilation
word: NIPPV
english: positive pressure ventilation
translation: positive pressure ventilation
word: PPV
Hyponyms: english: continuous positive airway pressure
translation: continuous positive airway pressure
word: CPAP
english: bilevel positive airway pressure
translation: bilevel positive airway pressure
word: BiPAP
english: inhalation positive airway pressure
translation: inhalation positive airway pressure
word: IPAP
english: exhalation positive airway pressure
translation: exhalation positive airway pressure
word: EPAP
Derived terms: english: continuous positive airway pressure
translation: continuous positive airway pressure
word: CPAP
english: bilevel positive airway pressure
translation: bilevel positive airway pressure
word: BiPAP
english: inhalation positive airway pressure
translation: inhalation positive airway pressure
word: IPAP
english: exhalation positive airway pressure
translation: exhalation positive airway pressure
word: EPAP
PAP
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: pap
Senses: glosses: Post a picture.
intentional walk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: intentional walks
Senses: examples: text: Jones was given an intentional walk in order to face Smith.
topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: The intentional pitching of four balls (bad pitches), or of a fourth ball, in order to give the batter a walk (for example, so as to avoid the risk of a home run).
Synonyms: intentional base on balls
intentional walk
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: intentional walks
form: intentional walking
form: intentional walked
form: intentional walked
Senses: topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: To intentionally walk; to give a batter an intentional walk.
intentional pass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: intentional passes
Senses: examples: text: Jones was issued an intentional pass in order to face Smith.
topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: An intentional walk.
Derived terms: word: intentionally walk
abbreuvoir
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of abreuvoir.
free pass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: free passes
Senses: examples: text: As a railwayman put it to me: "When I saw chums of mine took their families down there by car, I could see the writing on the wall. We all had free passes, yet they got the car out!"
ref: 2022 February 23, Benedict le Vay, “Part of rail's past... present... and future”, in RAIL, number 951, pages 53–54:
glosses: A document entitling the bearer to free transportation.
examples: text: At the same time, however, no one is entitled to a free pass to the nation's highest court.
ref: 2009 May 27, “Sottomayor deserves Senate's respect”, in The Star-Ledger, Newark, NJ:
text: “A tiny elite appear to have a free pass to pollute,” said Nafkote Dabi, climate policy lead at Oxfam, which commissioned the study by the Institute for European Environmental Policy (IEEP) and the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI).
ref: 2021 November 5, Phoebe Weston, quoting Nafkote Dabi, “‘Luxury carbon consumption’ of top 1% threatens 1.5C global heating limit”, in The Guardian:
synonyms: exemption
get out of jail free card
immunity
glosses: An exemption from normal processes.
examples: text: Smith was issued a free pass after Jones' double.
topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: An intentional walk.
full count
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: full counts
Etymology: Since the maximum number of balls before a walk is three, and the maximum number of strikes before a strikeout is two, neither number can increase without ending the at-bat.
Senses: examples: text: Full count, two outs, bottom of the ninth, the bags are jammed, 2-2 tie…
topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: An at-bat with a count of three balls and two strikes.
virtual private network
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: virtual private networks
Senses: examples: text: Most Chinese users watch HBO through virtual private networks, or VPNs.
ref: 2018 June 25, Lily Kuo, The Guardian:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A network set up for use by a limited number of individuals, such as employees of a company, operating over a large area. The network typically uses encryption to keep information secure.
Related terms: VPN
thumbpad
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thumbpads
Etymology: From thumb + pad.
Senses: examples: text: […] the Q will feature a full QWERTY thumbpad […]
ref: 2005, ZDNet Australia:
glosses: A keyboard that can be operated using only the thumbs.
first base
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: first bases
Senses: examples: text: The runner took his lead off first base.
topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: The base after home plate in a counter-clockwise path around a baseball infield.
glosses: Completion of the first phase of an activity.
examples: text: I got to first base with Danny, and hope to get him naked this weekend.
text: Every time I got to the part about her out with Stradlater in that damn Ed Banky's car, it almost drove me crazy. I knew she wouldn’t let him get to first base with her, but it drove me crazy anyway.
ref: 1951 July 16, J[erome] D[avid] Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye, Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown and Company, →OCLC, page 104:
glosses: Kissing, regarded as the first phase of a sexual relationship.
topics: blackjack
games
glosses: The betting spot located immediately to the left of the dealer, which is first to receive cards and first to act.
Hypernyms: base
Derived terms: first baseman
first basing
Related terms: second base
third base
home run
score
second base
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The runner slid into second base with a double.
topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: The base opposite home plate in a baseball infield.
examples: text: How about this? French kissing. Seven minutes in heaven, culminating in second base.
ref: 2011 November 3, “The Isolation Permutation”, in The Big Bang Theory, season 5, episode 8, spoken by Amy Farrah Fowler (Mayim Bialik):
glosses: Touching a partner under his or her clothes, without having sex.
Related terms: second baseman
first base
third base
home run
score
third base
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The runner reached third base with a stand-up triple.
topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: The base after second base in a counter-clockwise path around a baseball infield.
topics: blackjack
games
glosses: The betting spot located immediately to the right of the dealer, which is last to act.
topics: lifestyle
sex
sexuality
glosses: Touching another person’s genitals in a sexual manner; mutual masturbation.
Hypernyms: topics: baseball
ball-games
games
sports
hobbies
lifestyle
word: base
Related terms: first base
second base
home run
score
Urd
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Urds
form: Urth
Etymology: From Old Norse Urðr, from Proto-Germanic *wurdiz (“fate, destiny”), Proto-Indo-European *wert- (“to turn, wind”). Cognate with English weird.
Senses: glosses: One of the three Norns; the Norn of those who were.
Derived terms: Well of Urd
Related terms: weird
Verdandi
Skuld
LV
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: L.V.
form: L. V.
Senses: glosses: A placename
Initialism of Las Vegas: a city in Nevada, United States.
glosses: A placename
Initialism of Lehigh Valley.
topics: fashion
lifestyle
coordinate_terms: LVMH
glosses: Initialism of Louis Vuitton.
glosses: Initialism of LabVIEW.
glosses: Initialism of LaserVision.
examples: text: As we have said before, never accept an AA increase – if you phone up and threaten to leave they will, in our experience, drop it back to the previous price. Or better still, just keep switching provider each year. LV’s cover is a good alternative.
ref: 2020 January 1, Miles Brignall, “Sit back, do nothing and the AA will double your bill”, in The Guardian:
glosses: Initialism of Liverpool Victoria: a British insurance company; also LV=.
LV
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: LVs
form: L.V.
form: L. V.
Senses: coordinate_terms: RV
glosses: Initialism of launch vehicle.
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of left ventricle.
topics: mathematics
sciences
statistics
glosses: Initialism of latent variable.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of logical volume.
topics: arts
hobbies
lifestyle
photography
glosses: Initialism of light value.
topics: government
politics
glosses: Initialism of likely voter.
topics: video-games
glosses: Abbreviation of level.
Hyponyms: sense: launch vehicle
word: ELV
sense: launch vehicle
word: HLLV
sense: launch vehicle
word: RLV
Derived terms: LV-ROM
Related terms: sense: left ventricle
word: LA
sense: left ventricle
word: RA
sense: left ventricle
word: RV
LV
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Forms: form: L.V.
form: L. V.
Senses: glosses: Initialism of length varies.
LV
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: L.V.
form: L. V.
Senses: topics: entertainment
handbells
lifestyle
music
glosses: Abbreviation of laissez vibrer/let vibrate.
Lv
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Leviticus.
Lv
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Lvs
form: Lv.
form: lv.
form: lv
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of level.
Synonyms: L.
L
l.
l
Lv
lv
LVL
Lvl.
Lvl
lvl.
lvl
Lv
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Lu
form: Lü
Etymology: From a modified form of the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 呂 /吕 (Lǚ); connected with the practice of using the letter v as a substitute for ü in pinyin keyboard input schemes.
Senses: examples: text: The development in tourism industry also promoted regional economic transformation and development. Located in Qinling-Bashan Mountains, Ningshaan County in Ankang has 28 tourism projects under construction at present with total investment of RMB 38 billion yuan. “In the past decade, the proportion of tourism revenue to GDP in Ningqiang County has increased from less than 3% to more than 20% and tourism industry has become a pillar industry.” said Lv Xuanqiang, Director of Tourism Administration of NingShaan County.
ref: 2017 May 12, “Shaanxi “Happiness Industry” as a New Way to Enrich the People and Develop the Province”, in The Government Website of Shaanxi Province, archived from the original on 08 Sep 2022:
text: Vice president & chief risk officer Lv Tianjun shall perform duties of president until new president appointed
ref: 2017 October 27, “Harbin Bank Co says Zhang Qiguang resigns as president and CFO”, in Reuters, archived from the original on 06 Oct 2024, Markets:
glosses: A surname.
fiver
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfaɪvɚ/
rhymes: -aɪvə(ɹ)
Forms: form: fivers
Etymology: From five + -er (measurement suffix) or + -er (“supporter”).
Senses: examples: text: Do you have a fiver I could borrow? I can pay you back tomorrow.
text: […]a gesture that had a sort of self-parodying wit about it: it was like trying to borrow a fiver, getting turned down, and asking to borrow fifty quid instead.
ref: 1995, Nick Hornby, High Fidelity, London: Victor Gollancz, →ISBN, page 15:
glosses: A banknote with a value of five units of currency.
examples: text: I bought the chocolates; they were only a fiver.
glosses: The value in money that this represents.
synonyms: bunch of fives
glosses: A clenched fist.
glosses: A mathematical puzzle played on a 5 × 5 grid.
topics: Islam
lifestyle
religion
glosses: A Zaydi Shiite Muslim, who disagrees with the majority of Shiites on the identity of the Fifth Imam.
topics: lifestyle
religion
glosses: A person who gives five percent of their income or five hours a week of their time to charity (a reduction of ten percent tithing).
Related terms: nine-to-fiver
tenner
modus ponens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Latin modus ponendo ponens (roughly, “mode where affirming affirms”).
Senses: examples: 1. If P, then Q.
2. P.
3. Therefore, Q.
topics: human-sciences
logic
mathematics
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A valid form of argument in which the antecedent of a conditional proposition is affirmed, thereby entailing the affirmation of the consequent. Modus ponens has the form
Hypernyms: inference rule
Related terms: modus tollens
tetragonal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɛˈtɹæɡənəl/
rhymes: -æɡənəl
Etymology: From tetragon + -al.
Senses: synonyms: quadrilateral
glosses: Having four sides, like a tetragon.
examples: text: The eight normals of the tetragonal scalenohedron may carry the eight faces of a semiform in other ways than asymmetrically as regards the systematic planes.
ref: 1895, Nevil Story-Maskelyne, Crystallography: A Treatise on the Morphology of Crystals, page 255:
topics: chemistry
crystallography
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Having two equal axes and one unequal, and all angles 90°.
Coordinate terms: triclinic
monoclinic
orthorhombic
hexagonal
rhombohedral
cubic
Derived terms: ditetragonal
tetragonal disphenoid
Tetra Pak
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈtɛtɹəˌpæk/
Forms: form: Tetra Paks
form: tetra pak
Etymology: Originally a trademark, itself from tetra-, clipping of tetrahedron, and a stylized spelling of pack.
Senses: glosses: A type of plasticized carton for milk, juice and other drinks, originally in the form of a tetrahedron but now primarily in the form of a rectangular cuboid.
tetri
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tetri
Etymology: From Georgian თეთრი (tetri).
Senses: glosses: A unit of currency in Georgia, one hundredth of a lari.
lari
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lari
form: laris
Etymology: Borrowed from Georgian ლარი (lari, “lari”).
Senses: glosses: The national currency of Georgia, divided into 100 tetri.
lari
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lari
form: laris
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of laari (“currency of Maldives”).
lari
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of larin
Tetris
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɛtɹɪs/
Etymology: From Russian Те́трис (Tétris), coined by the creator of the game, Alexey Pajitnov, from the Russian numerical prefix тетра- (tetra-, “tetra-”) (as all of the game's pieces contain four segments) and те́ннис (ténnis, “tennis”), his favourite sport.
Senses: examples: text: There is one nice moment in the music, but it's not the moment identified by the owner of the system, and one idiot goes so far as to gush, "This is better than Tetris!"
ref: 2001, Matt O'Keefe, You Think You Hear, page 25:
text: From the kitchen the guy said, "I write science fiction. Or I'm trying to write. I've been staring at that screen for three days. You just interrupted a one-hour Tetris marathon. I need to talk to a real human being."
ref: 2007, David Skibbins, The Star: A Tarot Card Mystery, page 147:
text: […]there were some other guys there who were into cosplay—that's costume play—and their thing was, they were dressed as Tetris blocks.
ref: 2008, Daniel Radosh, Rapture Ready!: Adventures in the Parallel Universe of Christian Pop Culture, page 213:
text: Prior to this, DAS and Hypertapping were the two standards for Tetris pros, but Rolling allows for a high amount of button presses per second without the "superhuman finger speeds" needed for Hypertapping, modified controllers, or any gloves - which also makes it is perfectly legal for tournament play.
ref: 2021 April 28, Adam Bankhurst, “NES Tetris Players Are Using a Special Technique Called Rolling to Set New World Records”, in IGN:
glosses: A puzzle video game in which falling tetrominoes must be manipulated to form complete lines, which are then cleared from the grid.
examples: text: Then I looked at the furniture. It was all a bit unimaginative, so I rearranged everything at a jaunty angle. When I returned to the cellar I was still playing Tetris with the cooker in my head.
ref: 2004, Clare Sudbery, The dying of delight:
text: While I worked out a Tetris-like arrangement to get all of the leftovers into the oven, Phil's curiosity got the better of him.
ref: 2005, Jack Leonard, Bad Altitude:
text: When people spoke to me, the sounds of their words were Tetris shapes, falling. All I had to do was put each one in its bright, satisfying place.
ref: 2005, Rachel DeWoskin, Foreign Babes in Beijing: Behind the Scenes of a New China, page 134:
text: The tetris method does have some shortcomings, however. In placements produced by Feng Shui, the cells are closely packed.
ref: 2007, David Chinnery, Kurt William Keutzer, Closing the Power Gap between ASIC & custom, page 234:
glosses: An endeavor involving rearranging things of different shape into a physical space.
Derived terms: inventory Tetris
Tetris algorithm
Tetris effect
Tetris-like
Tetris
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɛtɹɪs/
Forms: form: Tetrises
Etymology: From Russian Те́трис (Tétris), coined by the creator of the game, Alexey Pajitnov, from the Russian numerical prefix тетра- (tetra-, “tetra-”) (as all of the game's pieces contain four segments) and те́ннис (ténnis, “tennis”), his favourite sport.
Senses: examples: text: For some it's staying low on the play field, steadily advancing through the levels, for others its ^([sic]) trying to clear the board entirely or scoring an unprecedented number of tetrises.
ref: 1990, Et cetera, Volumes 47-48:
text: See figure 3 for an example of a logical decision tree that indicates whether there is a possibility to score a tetris.
ref: 1995, Kurt Driessens, “Relational Reinforcement Learning”, in Recent Trends in Data Type Specification, page 276:
text: Maximizing the number of tetrises (the number of times that four rows are cleared in a Tetris game) is NP-complete.
ref: 2003, Tandy Warnow, Binhai Zhu, Computing and combinatorics: 9th annual international conference:
text: Score two Tetrises in two drops playing Marathon.
ref: 2007, Barbara Smith, Chad Yancey, Video Game Achievements and Unlockables:
topics: video-games
glosses: The act of clearing four lines at once (the maximum possible) in Tetris.
Related terms: tetromino
tetromino
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɛˈtɹɒmɪnəʊ/
ipa: /tɛˈtɹɑːmɪnoʊ/
Forms: form: tetrominoes
Etymology: From tetra- + polyomino.
Senses: topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: A polyomino made up of four squares connected edge to edge.
Synonyms: 4-omino
Related terms: Tetris
polyomino
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polyominos
form: polyominoes
Etymology: poly- + (d)omino, as if the d were for di-, two, a domino being made up of two squares
Senses: topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: A plane polyform made by joining one or more squares edge to edge in various arrangements; a similar polyform made from triangles or hexagons (or any polygon that can tile a plane)
Synonyms: n-omino
Related terms: english: made from triangles
translation: made from triangles
word: polyiamond
word: polyform
urls: http://mathworld.wolfram.com/Polyomino.html
word: Mathworld article on polyominoes
textual
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɛks.tju.əl/
ipa: /ˈtɛks.tʃu.əl/
ipa: /ˈtɛks.tʃəl/
Forms: form: more textual
form: most textual
form: textuall
Etymology: From Middle English textewell, textueel, textuel, textuele, tixtuel (“learned in texts, bookish”), possibly from Latin textuālis; also compare Middle French textuele; or perhaps a coinage by Chaucer from Latin textus and Middle English -el. English spelling conformed to Latin from late 15c. By surface analysis, text + -ual.
Senses: examples: text: On any given Friday night at the Claremont Colleges, between 15 and 20 Jewish students gather to sing wordless melodies, dive into textual study of Talmud or James Baldwin, or hold workshops on antisemitism.
ref: 2019 July 3, Jess Schwalb, “Red Line Rebellion”, in Jewish Currents:
glosses: Of or pertaining to text.
Of or pertaining to textuality.
coordinate_terms: paratextual
peritextual
epitextual
contextual
subtextual
examples: I see that the editor revised the document's metadata, headers, and images, but I don't see any textual changes.
glosses: Of or pertaining to text.
Of or pertaining to text as opposed to other document elements.
glosses: Pertaining to text messages, by analogy with sexual: textual harassment, textual intercourse; compare sexting.
Derived terms: antitextual
atextual
cotextual
countertextual
extratextual
intertextual
intratextual
metatextual
peritextual
polytextual
textual criticism
textualism
textuality
textualize
textually
untextual
Related terms: contextual
textuary
textualism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: textualisms
Etymology: From textual + -ism.
Senses: examples: text: First, building on the earlier work of philologists, historians, orientalists, and biblical scholars we have noted already, the late 19th and early 20th centuries witness growth and development of textualism, in which words are seen—no, revered—as the referential embodiment of meaning and truth.
ref: 2021, Christopher Hancock, Christianity and Confucianism: Culture, Faith and Politics, Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN, page 328:
glosses: Strict adherence to a text, especially to the Bible.
examples: text: And this is the upshot of textualism: textualists do not want judges to make the law. This, at least, is the official doctrine, and it sounds very democratic.
ref: 2007, Andrei Marmor, Law in the Age of Pluralism, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 198:
text: The Supreme Court’s conservative majority is generally committed to textualism, a judicial approach that focuses on the words of the law as written rather than its larger purpose or the intentions of its drafters. In a 2015 appearance at Harvard Law School, Justice Kagan said that textualism had triumphed across the ideological spectrum. “We’re all textualists now,” she said then.
ref: 2022 June 30, Adam Liptak, “Supreme Court Limits E.P.A.’s Ability to Restrict Power Plant Emissions”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
topics: law
glosses: A formalist legal theory that interprets based on the ordinary meaning of the legal text.
glosses: Textual criticism, especially that of the Bible.
Coordinate terms: constructionism
contextualism
intentionalism
literalism
originalism
Related terms: textualist
textualist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: textualists
Etymology: From textual + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: In a 2015 appearance at Harvard Law School, Justice Kagan said that textualism had triumphed across the ideological spectrum. “We’re all textualists now,” she said then.
ref: 2022 June 30, Adam Liptak, quoting Elena Kagan, “Supreme Court Limits E.P.A.’s Ability to Restrict Power Plant Emissions”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: A practitioner or adherent of textualism.
textualist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more textualist
form: most textualist
Etymology: From textual + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: The textualist school on the other hand, by virtue of its very principles, cannot take any thesis seriously that concerns the nature of things.
ref: 1992, Vincent Descombes, Proust: Philosophy of the Novel, Stanford University Press, →ISBN, page 78:
glosses: Relating to textualism.
thallogen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thallogens
Etymology: From thallo- + -gen.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Any of a large number of plants that consist of a thallus only, with no flower, leaves etc.
Synonyms: thallophyte
thallus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈθæl.əs/
rhymes: -æləs
Forms: form: thalluses
form: thalli
Etymology: From Ancient Greek θαλλός (thallós, “young shoot, twig”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰelh₁- (“to bloom”).
Senses: examples: text: As it flows it takes the forms of sappy leaves or vines, making heaps of pulpy sprays a foot or more in depth, and resembling, as you look down on them, the laciniated, lobed, and imbricated thalluses of some lichens; […]
ref: 1854 August 9, Henry D[avid] Thoreau, “Spring”, in Walden; or, Life in the Woods, Boston, Mass.: Ticknor and Fields, →OCLC:
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: An undifferentiated plant body, such as in algae.
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Any plant body lacking vascular tissue.
Derived terms: Abrothallus
Chrysothallus
Cryptothallus
Didymothallus
Geothallus
Greeneothallus
Himantothallus
Makednothallus
Phaeothallus
Rhizothallus
Sandeothallus
Xenothallus
Related terms: Phyllothallia
thalliform
thalline
thallium
Thallobionta
thallodal
thalloid
Thallophyta
thallophyte
thallose