cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
outrun
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ʌn
ipa: /ˈaʊtɹʌn/
Forms: form: outruns
form: outrunning
form: outran
form: outrun
Etymology: From out- + run.
Senses: examples: text: Can a tiger outrun a lion?
text: I don't need to outrun the bear; I just need to outrun you.
text: Once it became obvious that Extra 3119 West was out of control, the VAN engineer took matters into his own hands. Hearing the engineer of Extra 3119 West repeatedly report his speed as being 80 mph, the VAN engineer believed the other train had reached maximum speed and that he could outrun it. Had he been instructed to do this earlier by the dispatcher, he might have succeeded in staying ahead of the runaway.
ref: 1981 August 18, National Transportation Safety Board, “Role of Dispatcher”, in Railroad Accident Report: Rear-End Collision of Union Pacific Railroad Company Freight Trains Extra 3119 West and Extra 8044 West, Near Kelso, California, November 17, 1980, archived from the original on 29 Mar 2022, pages 30–31:
glosses: To run faster than.
examples: text: They will take care not to outrun their income. They will never be distressed for money.
ref: 1813 January 27, [Jane Austen], Pride and Prejudice: […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: […] [George Sidney] for T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC:
text: […] as I levelled my glance towards the taffrail, foreboding shivers ran over me. Reality outran apprehension; Captain Ahab stood upon his quarter-deck.
ref: 1851 November 14, Herman Melville, chapter 28, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC:
glosses: To exceed or overextend.
Derived terms: outrun the constable
you can't outrun your fork
outrun
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ʌn
ipa: /ˈaʊtɹʌn/
Forms: form: outruns
Etymology: From out- + run.
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
skiing
sports
coordinate_terms: inrun
glosses: In ski jumping, the flat or uphill area past the landing point, where the skier can slow down.
topics: dogs
lifestyle
pets
sheepdog-trials
glosses: The sheepdog's initial run towards the sheep, done in a curving motion so as not to startle them.
qualifier: farming
glosses: A piece of outlying grazing land on an arable farm.
outran
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: out-răn′
ipa: /ˌaʊtˈɹæn/
rhymes: -æn
Senses: glosses: simple past of outrun
outsell
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɑʊtˈsɛl/
Forms: form: outsells
form: outselling
form: outsold
form: outsold
Etymology: From out- + sell.
Senses: examples: text: The new smartphone is expected to outsell its competitors.
text: Her latest book has already outsold her previous works.
text: The company plans to outsell last year’s revenue with the new product.
glosses: To sell more than; to surpass in sales.
glosses: To sell at a higher price (than)
outsold
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɑʊtˈsɔld/
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of outsell
overcast
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: ōʹvə-käst'
ipa: /ˈəʊvəˌkɑːst/
enpr: ōʹvər-kăst'
ipa: /ˈoʊvɚ.kæst/
Forms: form: overcasts
Etymology: From Middle English overcasten, equivalent to over- + cast. Compare Swedish överkast.
Senses: glosses: A cloud covering all of the sky from horizon to horizon.
glosses: An outcast.
topics: business
mining
glosses: A place where one roadway crosses another, specifically where an airway was built across the top of another airway for ventilation purposes.
overcast
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: ōʹvə-käst'
ipa: /ˈəʊvəˌkɑːst/
enpr: ōʹvər-kăst'
ipa: /ˈoʊvɚ.kæst/
Forms: form: more overcast
form: most overcast
Etymology: From Middle English overcasten, equivalent to over- + cast. Compare Swedish överkast.
Senses: examples: text: The Dawn is over-caſt, the Morning low’rs,
And heavily in Clouds brings on the Day, […]
ref: 1712 (date written), [Joseph] Addison, Cato, a Tragedy. […], London: […] J[acob] Tonson, […], published 1713, →OCLC, Act I, scene i, page 1:
glosses: Covered with clouds; overshadowed; darkened; (meteorology) more than 90% covered by clouds.
glosses: In a state of depression; gloomy; melancholy.
Derived terms: overcastness
overcast
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: ōʹvə-käst'
ipa: /ˈəʊvəˌkɑːst/
enpr: ōʹvər-kăst'
ipa: /ˈoʊvɚ.kæst/
enpr: ō'və-kästʹ
ipa: /ˌəʊvəˈkɑːst/
enpr: ō'vər-kăstʹ
ipa: /ˌoʊvɚˈkæst/
rhymes: -ɑːst
Forms: form: overcasts
form: overcasting
form: overcast
form: overcast
form: overcasted
form: overcasted
Etymology: From Middle English overcasten, equivalent to over- + cast. Compare Swedish överkast.
Senses: glosses: To overthrow.
glosses: To cover with cloud; to overshadow; to darken.
glosses: To make gloomy; to depress.
glosses: To be or become cloudy.
glosses: To transform.
topics: arts
bookbinding
crafts
hobbies
lifestyle
glosses: To fasten (sheets) by overcast stitching or by folding one edge over another.
Derived terms: overcaster
overcastness
overcome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: ō′vər-kŭm′
ipa: /ˌəʊ.vəˈkʌm/
ipa: /ˌoʊ.vəɹˈkʌm/
ipa: /ˌəʉ.vəˈkɐm/
ipa: /ˌɐʉ.vɐˈkɐm/
ipa: /ˌo.vəɹˈkʌm/
ipa: /ˌoː.vəʳˈkəm/
rhymes: -ʌm
Forms: form: overcomes
form: o'ercome
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English overcomen, inherited from Old English ofercuman (“to overcome, subdue, compel, conquer, obtain, attain, reach, overtake”). By surface analysis, over- + come. Cognate with Dutch overkomen, German überkommen, Danish overkomme, Swedish överkomma.
Senses: glosses: The burden or recurring theme in a song.
glosses: A surplus.
overcome
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: ō′vər-kŭm′
ipa: /ˌəʊ.vəˈkʌm/
ipa: /ˌoʊ.vəɹˈkʌm/
ipa: /ˌəʉ.vəˈkɐm/
ipa: /ˌɐʉ.vɐˈkɐm/
ipa: /ˌo.vəɹˈkʌm/
ipa: /ˌoː.vəʳˈkəm/
rhymes: -ʌm
Forms: form: o'ercome
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English overcomen, inherited from Old English ofercuman (“to overcome, subdue, compel, conquer, obtain, attain, reach, overtake”). By surface analysis, over- + come. Cognate with Dutch overkomen, German überkommen, Danish overkomme, Swedish överkomma.
Senses: glosses: That has been overcome, prevailed over.
overcame
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: ō′vər-kām′
ipa: /ˌəʊ.vəˈkeɪm/
ipa: /ˌoʊ.vɚˈkeɪm/
rhymes: -eɪm
Senses: glosses: simple past of overcome
examples: text: Had he been merely Man, he could never have overcame thoſe infinite Afflictions he ſo patiently endured.
ref: 1738, The New Week's Preparation for a Worthy Receiving of the Lord's Supper […] , Edward Wicksteed, page 44:
text: […]not because his faith has overcame the supreme being, but because it has overcame the sinner's will, and brought him where the Lord promised to pardon.
ref: 1845, Elijah Goodwin, “Justification by Faith No. IV.”, in The Christian Record, volume 3, J.M. Mathes, page 169:
text: However the latest generation of HIV-1 derived vectors (see below) have overcame the need for the presence of the accessory genes and Tat, and thus the HIV-1 derived vectors are now comparable to the non-primate vectors.
ref: 2008 February 23, Antonia Follenzi, Elza Vigna, “Lentiviral Vectors for Cancer Gene Therapy”, in Kevin J. Harrington, Richard G. Vile, Hardev S. Pandha, editors, Viral Therapy of Cancer, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 83:
glosses: past participle of overcome
overdone
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: ō′vər-dŭn′
ipa: /ˌəʊ.vəˈdʌn/
ipa: /ˌoʊ.vɚˈdʌn/
rhymes: -ʌn
Forms: form: more overdone
form: most overdone
Etymology: From Middle English overdon, from Old English oferdōn, equivalent to over- + done.
Senses: glosses: Cooked too much.
examples: text: There are lots of pauses and little detours, hitchings-up of their smocks, inspection of the soles of their feet, some rather overdone limping.
ref: 1997, Lawrence Norfolk, The Pope's Rhinoceros:
glosses: Exaggerated; overwrought.
glosses: Repeated too often; hackneyed.
Derived terms: overdoneness
overdone
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: ō′vər-dŭn′
ipa: /ˌəʊ.vəˈdʌn/
ipa: /ˌoʊ.vɚˈdʌn/
rhymes: -ʌn
Etymology: From Middle English overdon, from Old English oferdōn, equivalent to over- + done.
Senses: glosses: past participle of overdo
Dutch auction
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌdʌtʃ ˈɔːk.ʃən/
Forms: form: Dutch auctions
Senses: glosses: An auction where many of the same items are sold.
glosses: A reverse auction that starts at a high price that is gradually reduced by the auctioneer until someone is willing to buy.
claque
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈklæk/
homophone: clack
rhymes: -æk
Forms: form: claques
Etymology: Borrowed from French claque (“group of people hired to applaud or boo, claque”, literally “a slap; a clap”).
Senses: examples: text: The most popular singers have been obliged to give free tickets and even to donate cash, lest the claque retaliate by frantic applause at the wrong moment.
ref: 1930 February 23, “Theatre claqueurs in Vienna form union; now get two Wienerwursts for simple applause, six with beer for special ovations”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 28 Jul 2021, page 4, column 1:
text: The claque isn't paid. In fact, claqueurs pay to get in. The inducement is that they can buy standing room for half price, without waiting in line.
ref: 1957 December 22, John Briggs, “What every young claqueur should know”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 28 Jul 2021, page 53, columns 4–7:
glosses: A group of people hired to attend a performance and to either applaud or boo.
examples: text: The most obvious gay connection to opera is the cult of the diva. Stauncher even than the fans of Garland of Striesand, the claques of Maria Callas and Joan Sutherland (among others) have been fanatical in their devotion. Going beyond the usual "appreciation stage" the fans glorify and deify their stars: Callas was "La Divina," Sutherland "La Stupenda."
ref: 1981 December 5, Michael Bronski, “Coming (Out) to Opera”, in Gay Community News, volume 9, number 20, page 6:
glosses: A group of fawning admirers.
glosses: A group of people who pre-arrange among themselves to express strong support for an idea, so as to give the false impression of a wider consensus.
Related terms: word: claqueur
english: another type of ingroup with biased interests
translation: another type of ingroup with biased interests
word: clique
word: astroturf
leet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /liːt/
rhymes: -iːt
homophone: Leith (th-stopping)
Forms: form: leets
Etymology: From Scots leet, leit, of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Old French lite, litte, variant of liste (“list”); or from Old Norse leiti, hleyti (“a share, portion”) (compare Old English hlēt (“share, lot”)); or an aphaeretic shortening of French élite.
Senses: glosses: A portion or list, especially a list of candidates for an office; also the candidates themselves.
Derived terms: long leet
short leet
leet
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /liːt/
rhymes: -iːt
homophone: Leith (th-stopping)
Etymology: From Old English lēt, past tense of lǣtan (“to let”).
Senses: glosses: simple past of let
leet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /liːt/
rhymes: -iːt
homophone: Leith (th-stopping)
Forms: form: leets
Etymology: Originated 1400–50 from late Middle English lete (“meeting”), from Anglo-Norman lete and Medieval Latin leta (Anglo-Latin), possibly from Old English ġelǣte (“crossroads”).
Senses: glosses: A regular court, more specifically a court-leet, in which certain lords had jurisdiction over local disputes, or the physical area of this jurisdiction.
Derived terms: leetman
leet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /liːt/
rhymes: -iːt
homophone: Leith (th-stopping)
Forms: form: leets
Etymology: Jamieson mentions the alternative spellings lyth, lythe, laid, and laith, and connects it to a verb lythe (“to shelter”), as it "is frequently caught ... in deep holes among the rocks".
Senses: examples: text: The whiting pollock sometimes, par excellence is styled pollock only. On the Yorkshire coast it is called a leet, and in Scotland a lythe.
ref: 1854, William Hughes, A Practical Treatise on the Choice and Cookery of Fish, Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, page 27:
glosses: The European pollock.
leet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /liːt/
rhymes: -iːt
homophone: Leith (th-stopping)
Forms: form: leets
Etymology: From Middle English lete, from Old English ġelǣt, ġelǣte, from Proto-Germanic *galētą, *lētą. More at leat.
Senses: glosses: A place where roads meet or cross; intersection
glosses: Alternative form of leat (“watercourse”).
leet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /liːt/
rhymes: -iːt
homophone: Leith (th-stopping)
Forms: form: 1337
form: eleet
form: el337
form: l33t
form: 31337
form: 3l33t
Etymology: An aphetic form of elite, respelled according to leetspeak conventions.
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of leetspeak.
leet
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /liːt/
rhymes: -iːt
homophone: Leith (th-stopping)
Forms: form: leeter
form: leetest
form: 1337
form: eleet
form: el337
form: l33t
form: 31337
form: 3l33t
Etymology: An aphetic form of elite, respelled according to leetspeak conventions.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to leetspeak.
glosses: Possessing outstanding skill in a field; expert, masterful.
glosses: Having superior social rank over others; upper class, elite.
examples: text: Powered by leetness! You can have the leetest hardware imaginable in your gaming rig, but it won't matter if you run it with a cheap power supply.
ref: 2006, Maximum PC (Autumn, page 26)
glosses: Awesome, typically to describe a feat of skill; cool, sweet.
Derived terms: leetman
leetness
Related terms: roman: yaminjeong'eum
word: 야민정음
word: Yaminjeongeum
word: ギャル文字
word: gyaru-moji
shrike
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʃɹaɪk/
rhymes: -aɪk
Forms: form: shrikes
head_nr: 2
Etymology: From Middle English *schrike, *schryke, from Old English sċrīc (“shrike, thrush”), from the same root as shriek and screech, named after the bird's cry. Compare Icelandic skríkja (“shrieker, shrike”), Swedish skrika (“jay”).
Senses: head_nr: 2
glosses: Any of various passerine birds of the family Laniidae which are known for their habit of catching other birds and small animals and impaling the uneaten portions of their bodies on thorns.
Synonyms: butcherbird
Derived terms: African long-tailed shrike
antshrike
brown shrike
bush shrike
chatshrike
crow-shrike
cuckoo shrike
cuckooshrike
drongo shrike
en
flycatcher-shrike
great grey shrike
great northern shrike
helmetshrike
isabelline shrike
lesser grey shrike
loggerhead shrike
long-tailed shrike
magpie shrike
masked shrike
mountain shrike
northern shrike
peppershrike
piping shrike
red-backed shrike
red-tailed shrike
shrike-babbler
shrikebill
shrike-flycatcher
shrikelike
shrike-tanager
shrikethrush
shriketit
shrike tit
shrike-vireo
swallow shrike
toddy shrike
white-crowned shrike
white-tailed shrike
woodchat shrike
woodshrike
ourself
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Pronunciation: ipa: /(ˌ)aʊə(ɹ)ˈsɛlf/
ipa: /(ˌ)ɑː(ɹ)ˈsɛlf/
ipa: /wɐˈsɛl/
ipa: /wəˈsɛl/
rhymes: -ɛlf
Forms: form: of we
Etymology: From Middle English oure-selfe; equivalent to our + -self.
Senses: examples: text: In the present study, we will limit ourself to the simplest of cases.
text: Without in any way committing ourself upon this point, we have merely to observe, that we are ready to receive sealed offers containing a full specification of age, temper, appearance, and condition[…]
ref: 1838, Charles Dickens, Sketches of Young Gentlemen:
text: He then offered to guide us down to see for ourself, but one look down that dark hole to the water about 60 feet below completely dampened our speluncean ardor.
ref: 1962, Princeton Alumni Weekly, volume 63, page 24:
glosses: The reflexive of the royal or editorial we: myself (as used by one who is a monarch, writer or speaker when referring to oneself as we).
examples: text: We should love our neighbor as ourself.
glosses: The reflexive of the generic we: oneself.
examples: text: Hello Mrs Miggins. Did we manage to wash ourself this morning?
raw_tags: emphatic use
text: Well done Timmy! Did we make that model ourself?
glosses: Reflexive of "we" referring to an individual person being addressed, especially a person in the speaker's care.
qualifier: African-American Vernacular
glosses: The reflexive of we: ourselves.
Coordinate terms: word: ourselves
word: myself
word: myselves
ourselves
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Pronunciation: ipa: /aʊəˈsɛlvz/
ipa: /ɑːˈsɛlvz/
ipa: /wɐˈsɛlz/
ipa: /wəˈsɛlz/
ipa: /aʊɚˈsɛlvz/
ipa: /ɑɹˈsɛlvz/
rhymes: -ɛlvz
Forms: form: case of we
Etymology: Morphologically our + -selves.
Senses: examples: text: We should keep this for ourselves.
text: Let's not beat ourselves up over this.
glosses: Us; the group including the speaker as the object of a verb or preposition when that group also is the subject.
examples: text: We did it ourselves.
glosses: Intensifies the subject as the group including the speaker, especially to indicate that no one else satisfies the predicate or needs to be included.
examples: text: Come on everyone! Let's get ourselves up and out of bed, please.
text: Now then children, I'm not going to help you with the next problem. We should be able to work this one out ourselves.
glosses: Referring to everyone being addressed.
examples: text: Coordinate term: nurse's we
text: Hello Mrs Miggins. Did we manage to wash ourselves this morning?
text: Well done Timmy! Did we make that model ourselves?
qualifier: may seem patronising
glosses: Referring to an individual person being addressed, especially a person in the speaker's care; also ourself.
Synonyms: word: usself
word: weself
Coordinate terms: english: we; for the singular
translation: we; for the singular
word: ourself
Derived terms: between ourselves
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.
y'all
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Pronunciation: ipa: /jɔːl/
ipa: /jɔl/
ipa: /jɑl/
rhymes: -ɔːl
homophone: yawl
Forms: form: y'all's
form: y'all's
form: y'allselves
form: ya’ll
form: yall
form: yo'll
form: yoll
form: you-all
form: you all
Etymology: Contraction of you all, and/or from Scots ye aw. Attested since at least 1631.
Compare Dutch jullie (originally jij lui (literally “you people”)) for a similar development of a new plural pronoun out of Proto-Germanic *jīz that originally was already plural.
Senses: examples: text: [...] and this y'all know is true, [...]
ref: 1631, William Lisle, The Faire Æthiopian:
text: Much later, after dozens of the men had come up to me to shake my hand (with both of theirs) and say "Y'all come back soon, hear? ...
ref: 1987, Judson D. Hale, The education of a Yankee: an American memoir, page 3:
text: People in the South do indeed seem to be addressing a single person as "y'all." For instance, a restaurant patron might ask a waiter, "What y'all got for dessert tonight?" In that case, "y'all" refers collectively to the people who run the restaurant.
ref: 2007, Roy Blount, Long time leaving: dispatches from up South, page 117:
qualifier: African-American Vernacular; New York Latino English; Indian South African English; Newfoundland and Labrador; African-American Vernacular; New York Latino English; Indian South African English; Newfoundland and Labrador
glosses: You (plural).
examples: text: Hey y'all!
qualifier: African-American Vernacular
glosses: Everyone; everybody.
raw_tags: in greetings
examples: text: I made this for both y'all and your wife to enjoy.
text: You alla sudden gettin’ human with yo’ N-word and now a US Grant. Y’all becomin’ a rare white boy, ain’t ya?
ref: 2023, Argent Amos, “Job One”, in California Roll: A Paranormal Journey, Bublish, →ISBN:
glosses: You (singular).
Derived terms: fuck y'all
y'all means all
Y'all Qaeda
Related terms: english: definitely plural
translation: definitely plural
word: all y'all
word: allyou
word: d'y'all
word: ya
word: ya'll
word: y'all's
word: y'all two
word: y'all three
word: etc
word: y'awl
y'all
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /jɔːl/
ipa: /jɔl/
ipa: /jɑl/
rhymes: -ɔːl
homophone: yawl
Forms: form: y'alls
form: y'alling
form: y'alled
form: y'alled
form: ya’ll
form: yall
form: yo'll
form: yoll
form: you-all
form: you all
Etymology: Contraction of you all, and/or from Scots ye aw. Attested since at least 1631.
Compare Dutch jullie (originally jij lui (literally “you people”)) for a similar development of a new plural pronoun out of Proto-Germanic *jīz that originally was already plural.
Senses: examples: text: She blithely maintained that she could have smiled magnolias and "y'alled" her way out of any tight spots.
ref: 1971, Frank Deford, There she is: the life and times of Miss America:
text: With his swarthy complexion and jet black, straight hair, Louis was actually quite dashing. He wore his expensively cut clothes and heavy rings well, too. Besides his short stature, his most noticeable peculiarity was that he had a voice like Lytton Strachey's, which moved alarmingly, in the middle of a sentence, or sometimes halfway through a word, from a booming bass to the high-pitched, almost whistling soprano of a boy whose voice has not yet broken. As he y'alled and drawled ...
ref: 1990, Paul Levy, Finger lickin' good: a Kentucky childhood:
text: Indeed, non-Southerners may feel themselves "y'alled" to death down here, yet even the most stony- faced New Englander will be charmed by the warmth of the Cloister's staff. The tradition of service is simply better and more deeply entrenched in the South than in any other region of the United States.
ref: 1997, Terence Sieg, Golf travel's guide to the world's greatest golf destinations: the ultimate resource for the discriminating golfer:
glosses: To use the pronoun "y'all" (to).
y'all
Language: English
Part of speech: det
Pronunciation: ipa: /jɔːl/
ipa: /jɔl/
ipa: /jɑl/
rhymes: -ɔːl
homophone: yawl
Forms: form: ya’ll
form: yall
form: yo'll
form: yoll
form: you-all
form: you all
Etymology: Contraction of you all, and/or from Scots ye aw. Attested since at least 1631.
Compare Dutch jullie (originally jij lui (literally “you people”)) for a similar development of a new plural pronoun out of Proto-Germanic *jīz that originally was already plural.
Senses: examples: text: Have y'all ladies finished eating?
glosses: The group spoken or written to.
examples: text: I need y'all help for a minute.
qualifier: especially African-American Vernacular
glosses: Your pl; y'all's
verbal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈvɜː.bəl/
ipa: [ˈvɜː.bɫ̩]
enpr: vûrʹ-bəl
ipa: /ˈvɝ.bəl/
ipa: [ˈvɝ.bɫ̩]
enpr: vûrʹ-bəl
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)bəl
Etymology: From Old French verbal, from Late Latin verbālis (“belonging to a word”). Equivalent to verb + -al.
Senses: synonyms: wordish
glosses: Of or relating to words.
antonyms: substantive
glosses: Concerned with the words, rather than the substance of a text.
examples: text: We subjoin an engraving […] which will give the reader a far better notion of the structure than any verbal description could convey to the mind.
ref: 1864, Henry Mayhew, German Life and Manners as Seen in Saxony at the Present:
text: It was not a verbal remark, but a proceeding in dumb-show
ref: 1861, Charles Dickens, Great Expectations:
glosses: Consisting of words only.
examples: text: a verbal contract
text: a verbal testimony
text: You can't have verbal communication with a man in New South Wales, you know.
ref: 1861, Charles Dickens, Great Expectations:
text: I am not speaking of the verbal use of the term 'Fascist'. I am speaking of what I have seen in print.
ref: 1944, George Orwell, “What is Fascism?”, in Tribune:
glosses: Expressly spoken rather than written; oral.
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
synonyms: rhematic
glosses: Derived from, or having the nature of a verb.
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Used to form a verb.
examples: text: How do these language problems affect the behaviour of verbal children?
ref: 2005, Avril V. Brereton, Bruce J. Tonge, Pre-schoolers with autism, page 55:
antonyms: preverbal
non-verbal
glosses: Capable of speech.
examples: text: a verbal translation
synonyms: literal
verbatim
glosses: Word for word.
examples: text: You put me to forget a lady’s manners
By being so verbal; and learn now, for all,
That I, which know my heart, do here pronounce
By th’ very truth of it, I care not for you
ref: 1611 April (first recorded performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Cymbeline”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iii]:
glosses: Abounding with words; verbose.
Synonyms: sense: of or relating to speech or words
word: lectic
Derived terms: anteverbal
antiverbal
averbal
biverbal
coverbal
cruciverbal
extraverbal
hyperverbal
interverbal
intraverbal
monoverbal
nonverbal
non-verbal leak
paraverbal
postverbal
pseudoverbal
subverbal
triverbal
univerbal
verbal assault
verbal authority
verbal communication
verbal complement
verbal constipation
verbal diarrhea
verbal diarrhoea
verbal humiliation
verbalist
verbalistic
verbally
verbalness
verbal note
verbal noun
verbal overshadowing
verbal participle
verbal regency
verbal substantive
verbal warning
visuoverbal
Related terms: verbalism
verbality
verbiage
verbal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈvɜː.bəl/
ipa: [ˈvɜː.bɫ̩]
enpr: vûrʹ-bəl
ipa: /ˈvɝ.bəl/
ipa: [ˈvɝ.bɫ̩]
enpr: vûrʹ-bəl
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)bəl
Forms: form: verbals
Etymology: From Old French verbal, from Late Latin verbālis (“belonging to a word”). Equivalent to verb + -al.
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
synonyms: non-finite verb
glosses: A verb form which does not function as a predicate, or a word derived from a verb. In English, infinitives, participles and gerunds are verbals.
examples: text: They were convicted on the evidence of an agent provocateur named Richard Seary, backed up by police verbals from three police officers who gave evidence of six verbals in which the three accused were supposed to have admitted their guilt.
ref: 1982, New South Wales. Parliament, Parliamentary Debates, page 2496:
glosses: A spoken confession given to police.
examples: text: We'd give him a bit of verbal, out would come the bouncers, chucking their weight about, and it would all end in a right tear-up.
ref: 2013, Lenny McLean, The Guv'nor:
glosses: Talk; speech, especially banter or scolding.
verbal
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈvɜː.bəl/
ipa: [ˈvɜː.bɫ̩]
enpr: vûrʹ-bəl
ipa: /ˈvɝ.bəl/
ipa: [ˈvɝ.bɫ̩]
enpr: vûrʹ-bəl
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)bəl
Forms: form: verbals
form: verbaling
form: verballing
form: verbaled
form: verbaled
form: verballed
form: verballed
Etymology: From Old French verbal, from Late Latin verbālis (“belonging to a word”). Equivalent to verb + -al.
Senses: examples: text: The problem of 'verballing' is unlikely to disappear, whatever the legal status of the person detained.
ref: 1982, John A. Andrews, Human Rights in Criminal Procedure: A Comparative Study, BRILL, →ISBN, page 128:
text: Condren had always claimed that he was assaulted and verballed by police over the murder he had supposedly confessed to committing. Specifically, Condren claimed that he had been subjected to assault and intimidation prior to making a police record of interview, that the record of interview was largely fabricated by police, and that the oral admissions which police claimed he had made prior to the record of interview were also fabricated.
ref: 2001, Chris Cunneen, Conflict, Politics and Crime: Aboriginal Communities and the Police, Allen & Unwin, →ISBN, page 116:
text: "Moreover, given the risk of verballing, it is by no means apparent that it is in the interests of justice that the prosecution have the benefit of admissions that are made on occasions when recordings are impracticable."
ref: 2004, Jeremy Gans, Andrew Palmer, Australian Principles of Evidence, Routledge Cavendish, →ISBN, page 504:
text: Kelvin Condren maintained his innocence, claiming that he was 'verballed' in his police record of interview (so they were someone else's words not his).
ref: 2019, Kate Burridge, Tonya N. Stebbins, For the love of language: An Introduction to Linguistics, page 305:
text: As the necessary ingredient of an intention to commit an offence usually came from the mouth of the suspect himself, it was not difficult to make an arrest if the suspect was 'verballed'. A 'verbal' consisted of an unequivocal oral admission of guilt made to a police officer on the street, which, later on, the police officer transcribed into his notebook. It is called a 'verbal' if the suspect later denies making the incriminating remark.
ref: 2020, Inigo Bing, Populism on Trial: What Happens When Trust in Law Breaks Down:
glosses: To allege (usually falsely) that someone has made an oral admission.
boot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: bo͞ot
ipa: /buːt/
ipa: /bʏːt/
ipa: /but/
ipa: /bʉːt/
rhymes: -uːt
Forms: form: boots
Etymology: From Middle English boote, bote, bot, from Old English bōt (“help, relief, advantage”), from Proto-West Germanic *bōtu, from Proto-Germanic *bōtō (“atonement, improvement”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰed- (“good”).
Akin to Old Norse bót (“bettering, remedy”) (Danish bod), Gothic 𐌱𐍉𐍄𐌰 (bōta), German Buße. Doublet of bote (a borrowing from Middle English).
Senses: examples: text: Thou art boot for many a bruise / And healest many a wound.
ref: 1814 July 7, [Walter Scott], Waverley; or, ’Tis Sixty Years Since. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, →OCLC:
text: next her Son, our soul's best boot
ref: 1820, William Wordsworth, The Prioress' Tale (from Chaucer):
glosses: Remedy, amends.
glosses: Profit, plunder.
examples: text: I'll give you boot, I'll give you three for one.
ref: c. 1602, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene v]:
text: If mortgaged property is transferred, the amount of the mortgage is part of the boot. If both parties to the transaction transfer mortgages to each other, the party giving up the larger debt treats the excess as taxable boot.
ref: 2008, Jeffrey H. Rattiner, Financial Planning Answer Book 2009, pages 6–43:
text: If the target retains the boot and uses it for, say, paying its debt, there is taxation on the boot.
ref: 2021, Eli Amir, Marco Ghitti, Financial Analysis of Mergers and Acquisitions, page 117:
glosses: That which is given to make an exchange equal, or to make up for the deficiency of value in one of the things exchanged; compensation; recompense.
examples: text: Then talk no more of flight, it is no boot.
ref: 1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Sixt”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iv]:
glosses: Profit; gain; advantage; use.
glosses: Repair work; the act of fixing structures or buildings.
glosses: A medicinal cure or remedy.
Derived terms: bootless
to boot
boot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: bo͞ot
ipa: /buːt/
ipa: /bʏːt/
ipa: /but/
ipa: /bʉːt/
rhymes: -uːt
Forms: form: boots
Etymology: Clipping of bootstrap.
Senses: examples: text: It took three boots, but I finally got the application installed.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The act or process of bootstrapping; the starting or re-starting of a computing device.
Derived terms: sense: terms derived from boot (computing)
word: autoboot
sense: terms derived from boot (computing)
word: bootability
sense: terms derived from boot (computing)
word: bootable
sense: terms derived from boot (computing)
word: boot block
sense: terms derived from boot (computing)
word: bootblock
sense: terms derived from boot (computing)
word: boot disk
sense: terms derived from boot (computing)
word: booter
sense: terms derived from boot (computing)
word: bootflash
sense: terms derived from boot (computing)
word: bootkit
sense: terms derived from boot (computing)
word: bootload
sense: terms derived from boot (computing)
word: boot loader
sense: terms derived from boot (computing)
word: bootloader
sense: terms derived from boot (computing)
word: boot loop
sense: terms derived from boot (computing)
word: Bootnik
sense: terms derived from boot (computing)
word: bootROM
sense: terms derived from boot (computing)
word: bootscan
sense: terms derived from boot (computing)
word: boot sector
sense: terms derived from boot (computing)
word: bootsector
sense: terms derived from boot (computing)
word: bootsplash
sense: terms derived from boot (computing)
word: boot time
sense: terms derived from boot (computing)
word: bootup
sense: terms derived from boot (computing)
word: cold boot
sense: terms derived from boot (computing)
word: dual boot
sense: terms derived from boot (computing)
word: hot boot
sense: terms derived from boot (computing)
word: master boot record
sense: terms derived from boot (computing)
word: multiboot
sense: terms derived from boot (computing)
word: netboot
sense: terms derived from boot (computing)
word: preboot
sense: terms derived from boot (computing)
word: reboot
sense: terms derived from boot (computing)
word: warm boot
boot
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: bo͞ot
ipa: /buːt/
ipa: /bʏːt/
ipa: /but/
ipa: /bʉːt/
rhymes: -uːt
Forms: form: boots
form: booting
form: booted
form: booted
Etymology: Clipping of bootstrap.
Senses: examples: text: When arriving at the office, the first thing I do is boot my machine.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
synonyms: bootstrap
boot up
start
antonyms: shut down
stop
turn off
glosses: To bootstrap; to start a system, e.g. a computer, by invoking its boot process or bootstrap.
Derived terms: reboot
boot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: bo͞ot
ipa: /buːt/
ipa: /bʏːt/
ipa: /but/
ipa: /bʉːt/
rhymes: -uːt
Forms: form: boots
Etymology: From bootleg (“to make or sell illegally”), by shortening.
Senses: examples: text: I am looking to trade Iron Maiden boots. I have many Iron Maiden bootlegs. I have lots of Metallica. I trade CDR's, tapes and videos.
ref: 1999, Tom Fletcher, “Looking for Iron Maiden boot traders”, in alt.music.bootlegs (Usenet):
glosses: A bootleg recording.
chronology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kɹəˈnɒl.ə.d͡ʒi/
ipa: /kɹəˈnɑl.ə.d͡ʒi/
Forms: form: chronologies
Etymology: From chrono- (“relating to time”) + -logy (“study of, account of”), after New Latin chronologia from Ancient Greek χρόνος (khrónos, “time”) + λόγος (lógos, “reason, explanation”). Literally "time reason" in Modern Greek.
Senses: glosses: The science of determining the order in which events occurred.
examples: text: The film's chronology is not entirely obvious, but can be worked out by the clothes the characters are wearing in the scenes.
glosses: An arrangement of events into chronological order; called a timeline when involving graphical elements.
Coordinate terms: horology
Derived terms: astrochronology
biochronology
cementochronology
chronologic
chronological
chronologically
chronologicity
chronologick
chronologist
chronologize
cosmochronology
dendrochronology
geochronology
glottochronology
gyrochronology
lepidochronology
magnetochronology
mensiochronology
nucleocosmochronology
palaeochronology
paleochronology
ptilochronology
radiochronology
sclerochronology
skeletochronology
synchronology
tephrochronology
thermochronology
typochronology
Related terms: chronicle
which see for more
chronograph
metaphor
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɛ.tə.fə/
ipa: /ˈmɛt.ə.fɔː/
ipa: /ˈmɛt.ə.foɹ/
ipa: /ˈmɛ.tə.fɚ/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)
Forms: form: metaphors
form: metaphoring
form: metaphored
form: metaphored
Etymology: From Middle French métaphore, from Latin metaphora, from Ancient Greek μεταφορά (metaphorá), from μεταφέρω (metaphérō, “I transfer, apply”), from μετά (metá, “with, across, after”) + φέρω (phérō, “I bear, carry”).
Senses: glosses: To use a metaphor.
glosses: To describe by means of a metaphor.
simile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɪməli/
ipa: /ˈsəməli/
Forms: form: similes
form: similia
Etymology: From Latin simile (“comparison, likeness, parallel”) (first attested 1393), originally from simile, neuter form of similis (“like, similar, resembling”). Compare English similar.
Senses: examples: text: He made a simile of George the third to Nebuchadnezzar, and of the prince regent to Belshazzar, and insisted that the prince represented the latter in not paying much attention to what had happened to kings […]
ref: 1826, Thomas Bayly Howell, A Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High Treason and Other Crimes and Misdemeanours, volume 33:
text: What follows should be prefaced with some simile—the simile of a powder-mine, a thunderbolt, an earthquake—for it blew Philip up in the air and flattened him on the ground and swallowed him up in the depths.
ref: 1905, E[dward] M[organ] Forster, chapter 2, in Where Angels Fear to Tread, Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and Sons, →OCLC, page 57:
text: My father is a quiet man / With sober, steady ways; / For simile, a folded fan; / His nights are like his days.
ref: 1925, Countee Cullen, Fruit of the Flower:
antonyms: dissimile
hypernyms: figure of speech
coordinate_terms: metaphor
analogy
glosses: A figure of speech in which one thing is explicitly compared to another, using e.g. like or as.
glosses: Similarity or resemblance to something else; likeness, similitude.
glosses: Something similar that's not a clone.
Derived terms: Homeric simile
Related terms: metaphor
figure of speech
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: figures of speech
Senses: qualifier: stylistic
glosses: A word or phrase that intentionally deviates from ordinary language use to produce a rhetorical effect.
examples: text: I hope you didn't take it the wrong way, that was a figure of speech.
glosses: A turn of phrase that is not intended to be interpreted literally, but is used solely as a rhetorical device for the purpose of facilitating effective and nuanced communication.
Synonyms: word: figure of speech
word: turn of phrase
Hyponyms: word: adynaton
word: antithesis
word: apostrophe
word: epizeuxis
word: euphemism
word: hendiadys
word: hyperbole
word: laconism
word: meiosis
word: metaphor
word: metonym
word: oxymoron
word: paradiastole
word: parallelism
word: personification
word: pleonasm
word: ploce
word: prosopopeia
word: simile
word: synecdoche
word: trope
Related terms: word: figurative
word: idiom
word: in a manner of speaking
word: metaphor
word: so to speak
word: trope
word: :Category:en:Figures of speech
pronominal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɹəʊˈnɒmɪnəl/
Forms: form: more pronominal
form: most pronominal
Etymology: From Late Latin prōnōminālis, from Latin prōnōmen, prōnōminis. By surface analysis, pro- + nominal.
Senses: examples: text: Neither of these pronominal compounds was found in current sources.
ref: 2014, James Lambert, “Diachronic stability in Indian English lexis”, in World Englishes, page 120:
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Of, pertaining to, resembling, or functioning as a pronoun.
Derived terms: pronominal adverb
pronominalize
pronominally
pronominal phrase
pronominal state
pronominal verb
pronominal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɹəʊˈnɒmɪnəl/
Forms: form: pronominals
Etymology: From Late Latin prōnōminālis, from Latin prōnōmen, prōnōminis. By surface analysis, pro- + nominal.
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A phrase that acts as a pronoun.
neologism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /niːˈɒləd͡ʒɪzəm/
ipa: /niˈɑləˌd͡ʒɪzəm/
Forms: form: neologisms
Etymology: From French néologisme, from Ancient Greek νέος (néos, “new”) + λόγος (lógos, “word”) + -ism.
Senses: examples: text: These neologisms demonstrate the cumulative quality of language, in which we use the known to describe the unknown.
ref: 2015 July 15, Roc Morin, “How to Say Everything in a Hundred-Word Language”, in The Atlantic, archived from the original on 03 Feb 2017:
topics: human-sciences
lexicography
linguistics
sciences
synonyms: coinage
neoterism
glosses: A word or phrase which has recently been coined; a new word or phrase.
topics: human-sciences
lexicography
linguistics
sciences
glosses: An existing word or phrase which has gained a new meaning.
examples: text: Neologizing, the practice of coining new words, may seem to be an arcane, specialized activity, but it's everywhere -- and the skillful employment of neologism is what gives English much of its verve.
ref: 2002 August 25, Erin McKean, “THE WAY WE LIVE NOW: 8-25-02: ON LANGUAGE; Neologist”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 23 Mar 2021:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: The act or instance of coining, or uttering a new word.
topics: human-sciences
medicine
psychiatry
psychology
sciences
glosses: The newly coined, meaningless words or phrases of someone with a psychosis, usually schizophrenia.
topics: lifestyle
religion
theology
glosses: Synonym of neology.
synonyms: word: neology
Derived terms: neologistic
pseudoneologism
Related terms: neologize
neologizer
neology
protologism
vogue word
let's
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /lɛts/
rhymes: -ɛts
Forms: form: let’s
form: let us
Etymology: Contraction of let us. Compare non-contracted Dutch laat ons, German lass uns (speaker with one other person) / lasst uns (speaker with more other persons) and Swedish låt oss.
Senses: examples: text: Let’s eat lunch sometime, shall we?
text: I say let’s dance.
text: Let's buy a bottle of champagne if Mom comes, we’ll wait and see.)
text: Let's go for a walk, shall we? -Sure, let’s.
text: Let’s get coffee!
ref: 2016, VOA Learning English (public domain)
glosses: Used to form the cohortative of verbs, equivalent of the first-person plural imperative in some other languages.
examples: text: Let’s make sure we don’t forget proper punctuation, let's not let those mistakes happen again.
text: Hey guys, let’s check to make sure that we proofread.
text: Y’all, let’s stop talking please, y’all are driving me up the wall!
glosses: Used to form the hortative of verbs, equivalent of the second-person plural imperative in some other languages, chiefly instructional
Derived terms: let's be having you
let's dance
let's get the party started
let's get this circus on the road
let's get this party started
let's go
let's have it
let's hear it for someone
let's know
let's not and say we did
let's play
let's roll
let's say
let's see
distend
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪˈstɛnd/
rhymes: -ɛnd
Forms: form: distends
form: distending
form: distended
form: distended
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin distendō.
Senses: examples: text: Then came the arrowy flight and form of the hurricane itself—its actual bulk—its imbodied power, pressing along through the forest in a gyratory progress, not fifty yards wide, never distending in width, yet capriciously winding from right to left and left to right.
ref: 1835, William Gilmore Simms, The Partisan, Harper, Chapter XIV, page 180:
text: I begin to hate the theater, the feeling wickedly distended by histrionics, all the old gestures, clutchings, tears, and applications.
ref: 1976 September, Saul Bellow, Humboldt’s Gift, New York, N.Y.: Avon Books, →ISBN, page 147:
glosses: To extend or expand, as from internal pressure; to swell
examples: text: These impure and frail matters are conteined within the angust concave of the Lunar Orb, above which with uninterrupted Series the things Celestial distend themselves.
ref: 1661, Thomas Salusbury, System of the World in Four Dialogues, translation of Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems by Galileo Galilei, Dialogue II, page 241:
text: But say, what mean those coloured streaks in heaven / Distended as the brow of God appeased?
ref: 1667, John Milton, “Book IX”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
glosses: To extend; to stretch out; to spread out.
glosses: To cause to swell.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: To cause gravidity.
Derived terms: distendable
distender
distensible
distensive
scissors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɪzəz/
enpr: sĭzʹərz
ipa: /ˈsɪzɚz/
rhymes: -ɪzə(ɹ)z
Forms: form: cizars
form: cizers
form: scissars
form: sissors
Etymology: From Middle English sisours (attested since 1350–1400), from Old French cisoirs, from Late Latin cīsōria, plural of cīsōrium (“cutting tool”); from Latin word root -cīsus (compare excise) or caesus, past participle of caedō (“to cut”). Partially displaced native Old English sċēara (“scissors, shears”), whence shears. Doublet of chisel.
The current spelling, from the 16th century, is due to association with Medieval Latin scissor (“tailor”), from Latin carrying the meaning “carver, cutter”, from scindō (“to split”).
Senses: glosses: plural of scissor
scissors
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɪzəz/
enpr: sĭzʹərz
ipa: /ˈsɪzɚz/
rhymes: -ɪzə(ɹ)z
Forms: form: scissorses
form: scissorsing
form: scissorsed
form: scissorsed
form: cizars
form: cizers
form: scissars
form: sissors
Etymology: From Middle English sisours (attested since 1350–1400), from Old French cisoirs, from Late Latin cīsōria, plural of cīsōrium (“cutting tool”); from Latin word root -cīsus (compare excise) or caesus, past participle of caedō (“to cut”). Partially displaced native Old English sċēara (“scissors, shears”), whence shears. Doublet of chisel.
The current spelling, from the 16th century, is due to association with Medieval Latin scissor (“tailor”), from Latin carrying the meaning “carver, cutter”, from scindō (“to split”).
Senses: examples: text: She found her in the dining-room with Ann Foster, the little dressmaker, who was endeavouring to scissors through the right side of her underlip with her teeth as proof that the compiling of a list of requisites was no tax to her.
ref: 1907, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Human Toll (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published 1980, page 175:
glosses: Rare form of scissor (“to cut using, or as if using, scissors”).