cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Patag
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A barangay of Calubian, Leyte, Philippines.
glosses: A barangay of Ormoc, Leyte, Philippines.
Manlilinao
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A barangay of Ormoc, Leyte, Philippines.
Magaswi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A barangay of Ormoc, Leyte, Philippines.
Macabug
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A barangay of Ormoc, Leyte, Philippines.
Licuma
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A barangay of Ormoc, Leyte, Philippines.
Leondoni
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A barangay of Ormoc, Leyte, Philippines.
Kadaohan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A barangay of Ormoc, Leyte, Philippines.
Juaton
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A barangay of Ormoc, Leyte, Philippines.
Hugpa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A barangay of Ormoc, Leyte, Philippines.
Derived terms: Hugpa East
Hugpa West
Hibunawon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A barangay of Ormoc, Leyte, Philippines.
Donghol
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A barangay of Ormoc, Leyte, Philippines.
Domonar
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A barangay of Ormoc, Leyte, Philippines.
Dayhagan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A barangay of Ormoc, Leyte, Philippines.
Danhug
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A barangay of Ormoc, Leyte, Philippines.
Curva
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A barangay of Ormoc, Leyte, Philippines.
Punta
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A barangay of Ormoc, Leyte, Philippines.
Related terms: Cerro de Punta
Cerro Punta
Punta Arena
Punta Cana
Punta Chueca
Punta del Este
Punta Gallinas
Punta Gorda
Punta Princesa
Quezon, Jr.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A barangay of Ormoc, Leyte, Philippines.
Camp Downes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A barangay of Ormoc, Leyte, Philippines.
Don Felipe Larrazabal
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A barangay of Ormoc, Leyte, Philippines.
Don Potenciano Larrazabal
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A barangay of Ormoc, Leyte, Philippines.
Doña Feliza Z. Mejia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A barangay of Ormoc, Leyte, Philippines.
Cogon Combado
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A barangay of Ormoc, Leyte, Philippines.
Can-untog
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A barangay of Ormoc, Leyte, Philippines.
Can-adieng
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A barangay of Ormoc, Leyte, Philippines.
Cabaon-an
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A barangay of Ormoc, Leyte, Philippines.
Bagong Buhay
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A barangay of Ormoc, Leyte, Philippines.
Alta Vista
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A barangay of Ormoc, Leyte, Philippines.
Sabang Bao
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A barangay of Ormoc, Leyte, Philippines.
Rufina M. Tan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A barangay of Ormoc, Leyte, Philippines.
Nueva Vista
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A barangay of Ormoc, Leyte, Philippines.
Nueva Sociedad
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A barangay of Ormoc, Leyte, Philippines.
Matica-a
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A barangay of Ormoc, Leyte, Philippines.
Mas-in
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A barangay of Ormoc, Leyte, Philippines.
Guintigui-an
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A barangay of Ormoc, Leyte, Philippines.
District II
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A barangay of Benito Soliven, Isabela, Philippines.
glosses: A barangay of Cauayan, Isabela, Philippines.
glosses: A barangay of Cuyapo, Nueva Ecija, Philippines.
glosses: A barangay of Jaro, Leyte, Philippines.
glosses: A barangay of San Jacinto, Masbate, Philippines.
District I
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A barangay of Benito Soliven, Isabela, Philippines.
glosses: A barangay of Cauayan, Isabela, Philippines.
glosses: A barangay of Cuyapo, Nueva Ecija, Philippines.
glosses: A barangay of Jaro, Leyte, Philippines.
glosses: A barangay of San Jacinto, Masbate, Philippines.
District IV
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A barangay of Benito Soliven, Isabela, Philippines.
glosses: A barangay of Cuyapo, Nueva Ecija, Philippines.
glosses: A barangay of Jaro, Leyte, Philippines.
glosses: A barangay of San Jacinto, Masbate, Philippines.
Benito Soliven
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A municipality of Isabela, Philippines.
San Agustin II
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A barangay of Bacarra, Ilocos Norte, Philippines.
glosses: A barangay of Dasmariñas, Cavite, Philippines.
glosses: A barangay of Naujan, Oriental Mindoro, Philippines.
San Agustin I
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A barangay of Bacarra, Ilocos Norte, Philippines.
glosses: A barangay of Dasmariñas, Cavite, Philippines.
glosses: A barangay of Naujan, Oriental Mindoro, Philippines.
hippopotamine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hippopotamine
form: most hippopotamine
Etymology: From hippopotamus + -ine.
Senses: examples: text: The baby animal trotted cheerfully around the grassy enclosure, adorable in her hippopotamine rotundness.
text: It is thus evident that about thirty years is the extreme limit of Hippopotamine existence...
ref: 1883 January 11, Nature, volume XXVII, number 689, Notes, page 247:
text: Meanwhile, the wonderful series of hippopotamine remains from the Val d'Arno was attracting more attention...
ref: 1920, Sidney H. Reynolds, “A Monograph on the British Pleistocene Mammalia”, in Palæontographical Society 1920, volume III, London: Palæontographical Society, I. Hippopotamus, page 2:
text: Away on a hilltop sat combing her hair/His fair Hippopotamine maid...
ref: 2001 [1957], Michael Flanders, “The Hippopotamus Song”, in John Foster, editor, I've Got a Poem for You, Oxford University Press, page 11:
text: But most important, a dinner of hippopotamine dimensions, portions you can wallow in, can be had, if you're cautious, for $9.50...
ref: 1972 May 29, Linda Wolfe, New York Magazine, Restaurants, page 76:
text: Fragmentary remains of a relatively small hippopotamine species referred to as imaguncula have been reported from the Western Rift of Uganda...
ref: 2010, Lars Werdelin, William J. Sanders, Cenozoic Mammals of Africa, Berkeley: University of California Press, page 863:
text: Taweret was a protector of women during pregnancy and childbirth, and of young children. This hippopotamine association derived from the well-known phenomenon of fearless female hippopotamuses protecting their young.
ref: 2017, Edgar Williams, Hippopotamus, Reaktion Books, pages 60, 61:
glosses: Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of hippopotamuses; large, rotund, indulgent.
wikipedia: Century Dictionary
James Murray (lexicographer)
Oxford English Dictionary
William Dwight Whitney
Related terms: elephantine
rhinocerotine
rhinocerine
Santa Filomena I
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A barangay of Bacarra, Ilocos Norte, Philippines.
Santa Filomena II
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A barangay of Bacarra, Ilocos Norte, Philippines.
Santo Cristo I
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A barangay of Bacarra, Ilocos Norte, Philippines.
Santo Cristo II
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A barangay of Bacarra, Ilocos Norte, Philippines.
San Simon II
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A barangay of Bacarra, Ilocos Norte, Philippines.
San Simon I
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A barangay of Bacarra, Ilocos Norte, Philippines.
San Roque I
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A barangay of Bacarra, Ilocos Norte, Philippines.
San Roque II
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A barangay of Bacarra, Ilocos Norte, Philippines.
San Andres I
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A barangay of Bacarra, Ilocos Norte, Philippines.
glosses: A barangay of Dasmariñas, Cavite, Philippines.
San Andres II
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A barangay of Bacarra, Ilocos Norte, Philippines.
glosses: A barangay of Dasmariñas, Cavite, Philippines.
San Gabriel I
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A barangay of Bacarra, Ilocos Norte, Philippines.
San Gabriel II
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A barangay of Bacarra, Ilocos Norte, Philippines.
FYR
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: synonyms: FYI
glosses: Initialism of for your reference.
Pipias
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A barangay of Bacarra, Ilocos Norte, Philippines.
Pasiocan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A barangay of Bacarra, Ilocos Norte, Philippines.
Paninaan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A barangay of Bacarra, Ilocos Norte, Philippines.
Macupit
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A barangay of Bacarra, Ilocos Norte, Philippines.
Nambaran
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A barangay of Bacarra, Ilocos Norte, Philippines.
Natba
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A barangay of Bacarra, Ilocos Norte, Philippines.
Cabulalaan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A barangay of Bacarra, Ilocos Norte, Philippines.
Ganagan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A barangay of Bacarra, Ilocos Norte, Philippines.
Duripes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A barangay of Bacarra, Ilocos Norte, Philippines.
Corocor
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A barangay of Bacarra, Ilocos Norte, Philippines.
Cabusligan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A barangay of Bacarra, Ilocos Norte, Philippines.
Cadaratan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A barangay of Bacarra, Ilocos Norte, Philippines.
Casilian
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A barangay of Bacarra, Ilocos Norte, Philippines.
Bani
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A barangay of Bacarra, Ilocos Norte, Philippines.
Buyon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A barangay of Bacarra, Ilocos Norte, Philippines.
Cabaruan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A barangay of Bacarra, Ilocos Norte, Philippines.
Calioet-Libong
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A barangay of Bacarra, Ilocos Norte, Philippines.
Tubburan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A barangay of Bacarra, Ilocos Norte, Philippines.
Teppang
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A barangay of Bacarra, Ilocos Norte, Philippines.
Tambidao
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A barangay of Bacarra, Ilocos Norte, Philippines.
Sangil
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A barangay of Bacarra, Ilocos Norte, Philippines.
Pungto
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A barangay of Bacarra, Ilocos Norte, Philippines.
Pulangi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A barangay of Bacarra, Ilocos Norte, Philippines.
Pasngal
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A barangay of Bacarra, Ilocos Norte, Philippines.
glored
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of glore
gloring
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle of glore
rhinocerine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more rhinocerine
form: most rhinocerine
Etymology: From rhinoceros + -ine.
Senses: examples: text: Regarding us warily, the creature turned its rhinocerine head in our direction.
text: The above appear to have been the only Rhinocerine remains discovered at Oreston...
ref: 1870 April 27, “Proceedings of the Geological Society”, in The Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London, page 458:
text: The old Irish pig had long legs, large, erect ears, an attenuated snout and a light body; he was a roaming, restless brute, with porcupine bristles on his back, a hide of rhinocerine thickness and an aspect grim as a wolf.
ref: 1890, “Glimpses of Irish Industries”, in Donahoe's Monthly Magazine, volume XXIII, number 3, page 248:
text: Luckily the saddlebum, following the dictates of his wit if not his predilection, snatched a fan out of his gun belt, leaned forward simpering, and tapped the enraged woman on her rhinocerine upper arm.
ref: 2006 [1966], Robert Sheckley, Mindswap, New York: Tom Doherty Associates, page 108:
text: ...to modern eyes, it is startling to see both Megalosaurus and Iguanodon depicted as extremely massive quadrupeds and the latter genus with a sharp, nasal horn. These errors were not unreasonable; rhinocerine lizards were well known to Owen (and indeed, several genera of rhinocerine dinosaurs were discovered subsequently), whereas there were no living parallels to what was, in truth, Iguanodon's spike-like thumb.
ref: 1997, William A. S. Sarjeant, “Crystal Palace”, in Philip J. Currie, Kevin Padian, editors, Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs, Elsevier, page 162:
text: Robert Bakker first challenged the conventional view that ceratopsians' front limbs sprawled, with his own idea that their front limbs had an elephantine or rhinocerine posture.
ref: 2002, Allen A. Debus, Diane E. Debus, Dinosaur Memories, Authors Choice Press, page 256:
glosses: Of, pertaining to, resembling, or characteristic of rhinoceroses.
wikipedia: Century Dictionary
Oxford English Dictionary
William Craigie
William Dwight Whitney
Synonyms: rhinocerotic
rhinocerotine
Related terms: elephantine
hippopotamine
Charteris
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
unabdicated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of unabdicate
unabdicating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle of unabdicate
unabdicates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of unabdicate
elachura
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: elachuras
Senses: glosses: Any bird of the genus Elachura, of which the spotted elachura (Elachura formosa) is the only specimen.
elachuras
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of elachura
leafworker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: leafworkers
Senses: glosses: A bird of species Phyllergates cucullatus.
uterus bicornis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: anatomy
embryology
medicine
sciences
glosses: Synonym of bicornuate uterus.
synonyms: word: bicornuate uterus
greytail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: greytails
Senses: glosses: Any birds of the genus Xenerpestes.
Derived terms: taxonomic: Xenerpestes minlosi
word: double-banded greytail
taxonomic: Xenerpestes singularis
word: equatorial greytail
graytail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: graytails
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of greytail.
greytails
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of greytail
leafworkers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of leafworker
graytails
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of graytail
woollyneck
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: woollynecks
Etymology: woolly + neck
Senses: glosses: Any of the genus Ciconia of storks.
Derived terms: African woollyneck
Asian woollyneck
woollynecks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of woollyneck
penor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: penors
form: peenor
form: p3n0r
Etymology: Modification of penis with -or.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of penis.
synonyms: word: penis
p3n0r
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: p3n0rs
Etymology: Modification of penis with -0r.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of penor.
peenor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: peenors
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of penor.
Ranworth
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A small village near Ranworth Broad in Woodbastwick parish, Broadland district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG3514).
Mienchih
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Mandarin 澠池 /渑池 (Miǎnchí), Wade–Giles romanization: Mien³-chʻih².
Senses: examples: text: The many new discoveries and definite stratigraphic evidence of the Sanmen Gorge sites clarify the basic characteristics of these two cultures and dispel the confusion caused by J. G. Andersson of Sweden who, in excavating the Neolithic site at the we of Yangshao, Mienchih County, Honan Province (some 50 kilometres to the east of Gorge), indiscriminately assigned relics of the Yangshao and Lungshan cultures and East Chou periods which he found there to the Yangshao culture.
ref: 1959 February 10, An Chih-ming, “Finds at the Sanmen Gorge”, in Peking Review, volume II, number 6, →OCLC, page 21, column 3:
text: Because this painted pottery culture was first discovered at Yangshao village in Mienchih county, Honan province, it is called Yangshao culture.
ref: 1973 June, Hsia Nai, “600,000 Years of Labor and Struggle — Exhibition of Archaeological Finds in New China”, in China Reconstructs, volume XXII, number 6, China Welfare Institute, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 21, column 1:
text: Recently the Loyang Prefectural CCP Committee held a summing-up and assessment meeting in Mienchih County for the prefectural organs' work teams on learning from Tachai, in order to implement the spirit of the Second National Conference on Learning From Tachai in Agriculture and to expose and criticize the "gang of four."
ref: 1977 January 24 [1977 January 22], “Loyang Prefecture, Honan, Asseses Tachai Work Teams”, in Daily Report: People's Republic of China, volume I, number 15, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Chengchow Honan Provincial Service, translation of original in Mandarin, →ISSN, →OCLC, People's Republic of China: Central-South Region, page H 3:
glosses: Alternative form of Mianchi.
Jinxian
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 進賢 /进贤.
Senses: examples: text: Song said she always knew that Zhang was no murderer and should be freed. So his acquittal last Tuesday from the highest court in the eastern Chinese province of Jiangxi did not come as a surprise. Instead, it was more mission accomplished and time to move on after almost three very long decades.
In October 1993, in a village in Jinxian county, the bodies of two boys, aged six and four, were found in a reservoir. The police determined that they had been “murdered”. Zhang, a carpenter from the same village, was taken away by the police.
ref: 2020 August 10, Guo Rui, “Family of Chinese man cleared of murder exhausted by media glare and accusations”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 10 Aug 2020, China/People & Culture:
glosses: A county of Nanchang, Jiangxi, China.
double foolscap
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: double foolscaps
Senses: glosses: A paper size that measures 17 in x 28 in (432 mm x 711 mm).
Related terms: foolscap
double foolscaps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of double foolscap
coal burning
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The act or habit of a nonblack person, usually a woman, who has sexual relationships with black people, usually men.
Related terms: burn coal
coal burner
pole-guard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pole-guards
form: pole guard
Senses: glosses: A device that protects a worker from accidentally touching a bare conductor.
glosses: A device that protects a pole-mounted transformer from wildlife.
glosses: A plate that is attached to the base of a pole to protect it from vehicular damage.
pole guard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pole guards
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pole-guard.
pole hook
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pole hooks
form: pole-hook
Senses: topics: fishing
hobbies
lifestyle
glosses: A hook that is attached to a pole and used to suspend or hold an object.
glosses: Of a carriage, a steel or iron hook attached to a pole-crab, used to hold the whippletrees when four horses are employed.
glosses: Synonym of boathook.
synonyms: word: boathook
pole-hook
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pole-hooks
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pole hook.
Woodbastwick
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in Broadland district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG3315).
pole-hound
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pole-hounds
form: pole hound
Senses: glosses: Of a wagon, one of the two hounds attached to the back end of a drop-tongue, or pole.
pole hound
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pole hounds
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pole-hound.
pole-pad
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pole-pads
Senses: topics: ball-games
basketball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A protective pad that is installed on the pole of basketball hoop to keep a player safe during gameplay.
glosses: A stuffed leather pad that is fastened on the end of the pole of a field-carriage to prevent injury to a horse.
pole-pads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pole-pad
pole piece
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pole pieces
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of polepiece.
pole-screen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pole-screens
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of polescreen.
pole-screens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pole-screen
pole-strap
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pole-straps
Senses: glosses: Synonym of polepiece (“a heavy strap which attaches the end of a carriage pole to the collar of a draught animal”).
synonyms: word: polepiece
extra: a heavy strap which attaches the end of a carriage pole to the collar of a draught animal
Qingshanhu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 青山湖.
Senses: glosses: A district of Nanchang, Jiangxi, China.
Qingyunpu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 青雲譜 /青云谱.
Senses: glosses: A district of Nanchang, Jiangxi, China.
Horninghold
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A small village and civil parish (without a council) in Harborough district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SP8097).
Donghu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: do͝ongʹho͞oʹ
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 東湖 /东湖.
Senses: glosses: A district of Nanchang, Jiangxi, China.
Honggutan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ho͝ongʹgo͞oʹtänʹ
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 紅谷灘 /红谷滩.
Senses: glosses: A district of Nanchang, Jiangxi, China.
Xinjian
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: shǐnʹjyěnʹ
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 新建 (Xīnjiàn).
Senses: glosses: A district of Nanchang, Jiangxi, China.
Anyi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: änʹyēʹ
Etymology: From Mandarin 安義 /安义.
Senses: glosses: A county of Nanchang, Jiangxi, China.
Garden of England
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Garden of England
Senses: examples: text: Sail-like, the oast-house towers of Horsmonden seem almost to plough the rich soil of their Kentish hopfield like graceful yachts on a gently rolling sea. And sail-like, their wind vanes turn the angled cowls with the breeze to create a vacuum inside that draws up hot air to dry the hops on their slatted floor below. This is the Garden of England, and the village is surrounded by orchards and pastures, as well as hopfields - […].
ref: 1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 227, photo caption:
glosses: Nickname for Kent: a county in southeast England.
Giuoco Pianos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Giuoco Piano
mangwas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mangwa
sail-like
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sail + -like.
Senses: examples: text: Sail-like, the oast-house towers of Horsmonden seem almost to plough the rich soil of their Kentish hopfield like graceful yachts on a gently rolling sea. And sail-like, their wind vanes turn the angled cowls with the breeze to create a vacuum inside that draws up hot air to dry the hops on their slatted floor below. This is the Garden of England, and the village is surrounded by orchards and pastures, as well as hopfields - […].
ref: 1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 227, photo caption:
glosses: Alternative form of saillike.
Hoxne
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in Mid Suffolk district, Suffolk, England, on the border with Norfolk (OS grid ref TM1877).
Cross Street
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A small village in Hoxne parish, Mid Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TM1876).
tany-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Etymology: From Ancient Greek τανύω (tanúō, “stretch”).
Senses: glosses: Stretch.
for all money
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Etymology: From betting, suggesting that something would be at very short odds and that few would bet against it happening.
Senses: examples: text: Sydney, meanwhile, looked gone for all money against Geelong but a freak Nick Davis goal in the last minute, plucking the ball out of a crowded ruck, got them through to a preliminary final with St Kilda, which Sydney won comfortably.
ref: 2010 November 1, Ben Cousins, Ben Cousins: My Life Story, Macmillan Publishers Aus., →ISBN, page 175:
text: In Adelaide in the second Test, England batted first and reached 551 for six[…] Australia managed 513 in reply – a draw, then, for all money.
ref: 2018 July 12, Simon Barnes, Epic: In Search of the Soul of Sport and Why It Matters, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN:
text: Nicko looked in fine fettle with not one drop of sweat. Thankfully, Stilts was dripping profusely and looked for all money like he was about to faint. At least I'm not alone.
ref: 2024 November 28, Peter Dickson, The Embedded Lie, BookLocker.com, Inc., →ISBN:
glosses: Very probably; almost certainly; in all likelihood.
Matale
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Tamil மாத்தளை (māttaḷai) or Sinhalese මාතලේ (mātalē).
Senses: glosses: A city in Sri Lanka
waits upon hand and foot
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of wait upon hand and foot
waiting upon hand and foot
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of wait upon hand and foot
waited upon hand and foot
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of wait upon hand and foot
waits on hand, foot and finger
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of wait on hand, foot and finger
waiting on hand, foot and finger
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of wait on hand, foot and finger
waited on hand, foot and finger
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of wait on hand, foot and finger
sets the wheels in motion
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of set the wheels in motion
setting the wheels in motion
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of set the wheels in motion
Naptown
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈnæpˌtaʊn/
Etymology: From Indianapolis+town.
Senses: examples: text: Arrow pledge Kathleen Berhman is wearing a siyma nu pin from Naptown.
ref: 1936, “In Indianapolis”, in The Bored Walk, volume 7, Indiana University, page 13:
text: The same friends who teased me about being a kept man also delighted in pointing out the provincial reputation of the city where I’d be moving. Indianapolis? they asked. Some of them even referred to it as “Naptown.”
ref: 2001 October 24, Don Gomes, “I Did It Her Way”, in Indianapolis Monthly, volume 25, number 2, Emmis Communications, →ISSN, page 78:
ref: 2022 May 23, David Humphrey, Indianapolis: The City Known as Naptown, Fonthill Media LLc, →ISBN:
glosses: Nickname for the city of Indianapolis, Indiana
Ranihar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /rɑː.niː.hɑːr/
Forms: form: Ranihars
Etymology: Borrowed from Hindi रानी हार (rānī hār)
Senses: examples: text: Even Lakha Ram chastised her on the loss of Rani-Haar, a very costly necklace...
ref: 1990, Bacinta Kaura, Draupdi, Enkay Publishers, page 24:
text: ‘Wear a sari’, said Renoir, so I got out a Benares silk sari and the rani haar or queen’s necklace that Bikki—my husband Tikki’s brother—had given me.
ref: 2010, Leela Naidu, Jerry Pinto, Leela: A Patchwork Life, Penguin Books India, page 50:
text: Plate No. 20 showing Ranihar
ref: 2023 September 29, Ramanjit Kaur Bajwa, Traditional Costumes of India, Abhishek Publications, →ISBN, page 30:
text: Jewellery such as tanmani, bormal, Ranihar, kolhapuri saaj, thushi are worn on the neck;…
ref: 2024 January 1, Wikipedia contributors, “Culture of Maharashtra”, in English Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation:
glosses: A traditional Indian necklace typically made of gold or silver and often adorned with precious stones like diamonds, rubies, and emeralds. It translates to "Queen's Necklace" in Hindi.
snatches victory from the jaws of defeat
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of snatch victory from the jaws of defeat
snatching victory from the jaws of defeat
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of snatch victory from the jaws of defeat
tips the scale
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of tip the scale
tipping the scale
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of tip the scale
tipped the scale
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of tip the scale
does someone's head in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of do someone's head in
doing someone's head in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of do someone's head in
did someone's head in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of do someone's head in
done someone's head in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of do someone's head in
kicks some tires
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of kick some tires
kicking some tires
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of kick some tires
kicked some tires
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of kick some tires
kicks the tires
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of kick the tires
kicking the tires
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of kick the tires
kicked the tires
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of kick the tires
gets out while the getting's good
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of get out while the getting's good
getting out while the getting's good
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of get out while the getting's good
got out while the getting's good
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of get out while the getting's good
gotten out while the getting's good
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of get out while the getting's good
saves one's breath
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of save one's breath
saving one's breath
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of save one's breath
saved one's breath
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of save one's breath
bursts out laughing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of burst out laughing
bursting out laughing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of burst out laughing
Hurstbourne Tarrant
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Manorial affix from Tarrant Abbey in Dorset.
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in Test Valley district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU3853).
wikipedia: Tarrant Abbey
Related terms: Hurstbourne Priors
everyboy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: everyboys
Etymology: From every + boy, modelled on earlier everyman.
Senses: examples: text: Ralph Williams, honest, baffled middle-America, was fine as Johnny, the everyboy who feels that shooting people is wrong.
ref: 1973, The New York Times Theater Reviews, 1920–:
glosses: An archetypical ordinary boy.
Related terms: everyman
everygirl
everywoman
everyboys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of everyboy
Nursling and Rownhams
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A civil parish in Test Valley district, Hampshire, England, that includes the named places.
wikipedia: Nursling
Rownhams
rules the school
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of rule the school
ruling the school
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of rule the school
ruled the school
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of rule the school
loosens the purse strings
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of loosen the purse strings
loosening the purse strings
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of loosen the purse strings
loosened the purse strings
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of loosen the purse strings
loosens the apron strings
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of loosen the apron strings
loosening the apron strings
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of loosen the apron strings
loosened the apron strings
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of loosen the apron strings
does well by doing good
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of do well by doing good
doing well by doing good
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of do well by doing good
did well by doing good
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of do well by doing good
done well by doing good
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of do well by doing good
puts the plug in the jug
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of put the plug in the jug
putting the plug in the jug
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of put the plug in the jug
thinks with one's little head
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of think with one's little head
thought with one's little head
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of think with one's little head
sets in motion
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of set in motion
setting in motion
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of set in motion
lending itself to
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of lend itself to
lent itself to
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of lend itself to
God doesn't give with both hands
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Senses: examples: text: "Here's the thing: pretty and funny and a good actress—that's a hard combination," says casting director Lisa Miller Katz (Everybody Loves Raymond). 'God doesn't give with both hands' is the saying."
ref: 2005, Rob Kendt, How They Cast it: An Insider's Look at Film and Television Casting, Lone Eagle Publishing Company, LLC:
text: Cameron Tucker: Laugh at his jokes.
Lily Tucker-Pritchett: What if they aren't funny?
Cameron Tucker: Oh, honey, the cute ones rarely are. God doesn't give with both hands.
ref: 2016 January 6, Jeffrey Richman, “Playdates”, in Modern Family, season 7, episode 10:
text: That was Kirihara Takuto. They say God doesn't give with both hands, but this guy was handsome, charismatic, and good at everything he tried—top stats across the board.
ref: 2020 December 10, Kaoru Shinozaki, Failure Frame: I Became the Strongest and Annihilated Everything With Low-Level Spells (Light Novel) Vol. 1, Seven Seas Entertainment, →ISBN:
glosses: Nobody is gifted or lucky in all areas; someone who has talents of one kind will have flaws of another.
yields the ghost
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of yield the ghost
yielding the ghost
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of yield the ghost
yielded the ghost
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of yield the ghost
hits below one's weight
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of hit below one's weight
hitting below one's weight
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of hit below one's weight
punches below one's weight
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of punch below one's weight
punching below one's weight
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of punch below one's weight
punched below one's weight
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of punch below one's weight
ruling the roost
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of rule the roost
Hutton-le-Hole
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Ryedale district (OS grid ref SE7090).
Related terms: Hetton-le-Hole
lives a lie
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of live a lie
living a lie
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of live a lie
lived a lie
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of live a lie
makes a silk purse of a sow's ear
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of make a silk purse of a sow's ear
making a silk purse of a sow's ear
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of make a silk purse of a sow's ear
made a silk purse of a sow's ear
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of make a silk purse of a sow's ear
takes something as read
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of take something as read
taking something as read
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of take something as read
took something as read
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of take something as read
taken something as read
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of take something as read
plays both sides against the middle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of play both sides against the middle
playing both sides against the middle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of play both sides against the middle
played both sides against the middle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of play both sides against the middle
lets oneself go
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of let oneself go
letting oneself go
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of let oneself go
uses one's noggin
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of use one's noggin
using one's noggin
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of use one's noggin
used one's noggin
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of use one's noggin
uses one's head
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of use one's head
using one's head
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of use one's head
used one's head
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of use one's head
takes a load off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of take a load off
taking a load off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of take a load off
took a load off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of take a load off
taken a load off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of take a load off
paints the wagon
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of paint the wagon
painting the wagon
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of paint the wagon
painted the wagon
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of paint the wagon
puts one's ass on the line
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of put one's ass on the line
putting one's ass on the line
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of put one's ass on the line
gives what for
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of give what for
giving what for
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of give what for
gave what for
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of give what for
given what for
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of give what for
pub-crawling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of pub-crawl
pub-crawled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of pub-crawl
rotary converter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rotary converters
Senses: examples: text: It was decided therefore to change over from 25-cycle rotary converters to remotely-controlled substations supplied at 50 cycles, in conformity with the outer area electrification.
ref: 1954 April, “Southern Region Power Supply”, in Railway Magazine, pages 221-222:
topics: business
electrical
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A machine which converts alternating current to direct current, or vice versa.
election day
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: election days
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Election Day.
Election Days
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Election Day
election days
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of election day
ceiling bird
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ceiling birds
Senses: glosses: Synonym of smoke detector.
synonyms: word: smoke detector
ceiling birds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ceiling bird
old broad
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: old broads
Senses: glosses: A female old fart.
old broads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of old broad
rotary converters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rotary converter
Oriental dormouse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Oriental dormice
Senses: glosses: Any of the family Platacanthomyidae of rodents, of south Asia, southern China and adjacent Vietnam.
Synonyms: platacanthomyid
Oriental dormice
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Oriental dormouse
pre-historic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more pre-historic
form: most pre-historic
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of prehistoric.
bank bill
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bank bills
Senses: glosses: Synonym of bill (“a writing that binds the signer or signers to pay a certain sum at a future day or on demand”).
synonyms: word: bill
extra: a writing that binds the signer or signers to pay a certain sum at a future day or on demand
banker's bill
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: banker's bills
Senses: glosses: Synonym of bill (“a writing that binds the signer or signers to pay a certain sum at a future day or on demand”).
synonyms: word: bill
extra: a writing that binds the signer or signers to pay a certain sum at a future day or on demand
Federal Reserve note
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Federal Reserve notes
Senses: glosses: Synonym of bill (“a writing that binds the signer or signers to pay a certain sum at a future day or on demand”).
synonyms: word: bill
extra: a writing that binds the signer or signers to pay a certain sum at a future day or on demand
government note
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: government notes
Senses: glosses: Synonym of bill (“a writing that binds the signer or signers to pay a certain sum at a future day or on demand”).
synonyms: word: bill
extra: a writing that binds the signer or signers to pay a certain sum at a future day or on demand
belly sweetbread
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: belly sweetbreads
Senses: glosses: Synonym of sweetbread (“of the pancreas”).
synonyms: word: sweetbread
extra: of the pancreas
heart sweetbread
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: heart sweetbreads
Senses: glosses: Synonym of sweetbread (“of the pancreas”).
synonyms: word: sweetbread
extra: of the pancreas
stomach sweetbread
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stomach sweetbreads
Senses: glosses: Synonym of sweetbread (“of the pancreas”).
synonyms: word: sweetbread
extra: of the pancreas