cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
something
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: sŭmʹthĭng
ipa: /ˈsʌm.θɪŋ/
ipa: [ˈsɐm̥(p)θɪŋ]
ipa: [ˈsʌm̥(p)θɪŋ]
ipa: [ˈsʌn̪̥θɪŋ]
ipa: /ˈsʊm.t̪ɪŋ/
note: Dublin
ipa: /ˈsʊm.tɪn/
note: Dublin
ipa: /ˈsʊm.tɪŋ/
rhymes: -ɪŋ
Forms: form: somethings
form: somthing
form: sumthing
form: sumn
form: sumting
form: sumthang
form: sumfink
form: sth
form: sth.
form: sthg
form: smtg
form: smth
form: smtn
Etymology: From Middle English somþyng, some-thing, som thing, sum thinge, sum þinge, from Old English sum þing (literally “some thing”), equivalent to some + thing. Compare Old English āwiht (“something”, literally “some thing, any thing”), Swedish någonting (“something”, literally “some thing, any thing”).
Senses: examples: text: Yea, ’t is true; I ’d know thee by thine eyen, that are gray, and thoughtful, and dark with a something that lies behind the colour of them,—and shining by the light of a lamp lit somewhere within.
ref: 1903, Florence Converse, Long Will: A Romance, Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: Houghton, Mifflin and Company; Cambridge, Mass.: The Riverside Press, page 138:
text: From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look like much.[…] But viewed from high up in one of the growing number of skyscrapers in Sri Lanka’s capital, it is clear that something extraordinary is happening: China is creating a shipping hub just 200 miles from India’s southern tip.
ref: 2013 June 8, “The new masters and commanders”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8839, page 52:
glosses: An object whose nature is yet to be defined.
examples: text: What was the something the pilot saw, the something worth killing for?
ref: 1999, Nicholas Clapp, The Road to Ubar http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&vid=ISBN0395957869&id=3ikdzDKkQ04C&pg=PA104&lpg=PA104&sig=UNimtwdgeC_w_wqGXfa4LsCDik8
text: 2004, Theron Q Dumont, The Master Mind http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&vid=ISBN0766185435&id=-n_jW7BVfawC&pg=PA26&lpg=PA26&sig=ou-CrIyWbKyZQ0s3q0uaJTiHdsI
Moreover, in all of our experience with these sense impressions, we never lose sight of the fact that they are but incidental facts of our mental existence, and that there is a Something Within which is really the Subject of these sense reports—a Something to which these reports are presented, and which receives them.
text: 2004, Ira Levin, The Stepford Wives http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&vid=ISBN0060738197&id=rKeKLf7LeXAC&pg=PA151&lpg=PA151&sig=uAeyLuj-HYk1dLAme_rokCWQITc
She wiped something with a cloth, wiped at the wall shelf, and put the something on it, clinking glass.
glosses: An object whose name is forgotten by, unknown or unimportant to the user, e.g., from words of a song. Also used to refer to an object earlier indefinitely referred to as 'something' (pronoun sense).
lips
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: lĭps
ipa: /lɪps/
rhymes: -ɪps
Senses: glosses: plural of lip
Derived terms: bushlips
chickenlips
cuntlips
dicksucking lips
fish lips
hot lips
inner lips
loosen someone's lips
my lips are sealed
niggerlips
outer lips
pussy lips
read my lips
read somebody's lips
sugar lips
sweetlips
tight lips
vertical lips
wet my lips
lips
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: lĭps
ipa: /lɪps/
rhymes: -ɪps
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of lip
lips
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: lĭps
ipa: /lɪps/
rhymes: -ɪps
Forms: form: lipses
form: lipsing
form: lipsed
form: lipsed
Senses: examples: text: Nah, that's not me / Act like a wasteman? That's not me / Sex any girl? Nah, that's not me / Lips any girl? Nah, that's not me
ref: 2014, Skepta, Jme, “That's Not Me” (track 10), in Konnichiwa, performed by Skepta featuring Jme:
glosses: To kiss (passionately), to smooch.
labia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: lā'bē-ə
ipa: /ˈleɪ.bi.ə/
rhymes: -eɪbiə
Forms: form: labium
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Latin labia (“lips”), plural of labium (“lip”).
Senses: examples: text: She wiped the warm wax on the left side of Ola’s outer labia and placed a white strip on the last tuft of hair.
ref: 2023, Yomi Adegoke, The List, 4th Estate, page 168:
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
hypernyms: genitals
glosses: The folds of tissue of the vulva, at either side of the vagina.
Synonyms: word: beef curtains
word: beef flaps
word: cunt lips
word: fanny flaps
word: labes
word: lips
word: lower lips
word: meat curtains
word: meat flaps
word: mud flaps
word: netherlips
word: petals
word: piss flaps
word: pussy lips
word: vertical lips
word: wizard sleeve
Derived terms: labia majora
labia minora
labiaplasty
labia vulvae
labia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: lā'bē-ə
ipa: /ˈleɪ.bi.ə/
rhymes: -eɪbiə
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Latin labia (“lips”), plural of labium (“lip”).
Senses: glosses: plural of labium
Synonyms: word: beef curtains
word: beef flaps
word: cunt lips
word: fanny flaps
word: labes
word: lips
word: lower lips
word: meat curtains
word: meat flaps
word: mud flaps
word: netherlips
word: petals
word: piss flaps
word: pussy lips
word: vertical lips
word: wizard sleeve
Related terms: labial
labium
Balkanize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: Balkanizes
form: Balkanizing
form: Balkanized
form: Balkanized
form: Balkanise
form: balkanise
form: balkanize
Etymology: From Balkan + -ize.
Senses: examples: text: The Pentagon and the CIA were being Balkanized, partially dismantled, and a Congressional investigation had focused on Screaming Fist.
ref: 1984, William Gibson, Neuromancer (Sprawl; book 1), New York, N.Y.: Ace Books, →ISBN, page 83:
glosses: To break up into small, mutually-hostile units, especially on a political basis.
Related terms: Balkan
Balkans
Balkanization
Balkanisation
sedition
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /səˈdɪʃən/
rhymes: -ɪʃən
Forms: form: seditions
Etymology: From Old French sedicion, from Latin sēditiō (“sedition, discord”), from sēd- (“apart”) (an alternative form of sē-) + itiō (“going”).
Senses: examples: text: That search may be made in the book of the records of thy fathers: so shalt thou find in the book of the records, and know that this city is a rebellious city, and hurtful unto kings and provinces, and that they have moved sedition within the same of old time: for which cause was this city destroyed.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Ezra 4:15:
text: But there are also strong objections to such a plan. It is not to be doubted, that a single man of prudence and good sense is better fitted, in delicate conjunctures, to balance the motives which may plead for and against the remission of the punishment, than any numerous body whatever. It deserves particular attention, that treason will often be connected with seditions which embrace a large proportion of the community; as lately happened in Massachusetts.
ref: 1788, Publius [pseudonym; Alexander Hamilton], “Number LXXIII”, in The Federalist: A Collection of Essays, Written in Favour of the New Constitution, […] , volume II, New York, N.Y.: […] J. and A. M‘Lean, […], →OCLC:
text: The prejudice against Indian settlers outside India is showing itself in a variety of ways: Under the impudent suggestion of sedition the Fiji Government has deported Mr. Manilal Doctor who with his brave and cultured wife has been rendering assistance to the poor indentured Indians of Fiji in a variety of ways.
ref: 1922, Mohandas K. Gandhi, Freedom's Battle, Treatment of Indians Abroad:
glosses: Organized incitement of rebellion or civil disorder against authority or the state, usually by speech or writing.
glosses: Insurrection or rebellion.
Derived terms: seditionary
seditionist
seditious conspiracy
Related terms: seditious
mutiny
against the grain
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈɡɛnst ðə ɡɹeɪn/
Senses: topics: arts
business
carpentry
construction
crafts
hobbies
lifestyle
manufacturing
woodworking
glosses: Preventing a smooth, level surface from being formed by raising the nap of the wood or causing larger splinters to form ahead of the cutting tool below the cutting surface.
raw_tags: of sanding or planing a piece of wood
examples: text: By going against the grain and going to work nude, you've made yourself a laughing stock.
text: Get the thinkers out into the open like Vidal and Buckley, a really radical idea, against the grain.
ref: 2015 August 1, Ed Vulliamy, quoting Robert Gordon, “‘Don’t call me a crypto-Nazi!’ The lost heart of political debate”, in The Guardian:
text: For Nabiullina, the developments unpick almost a decade of work going against the grain of Putin’s increasing global isolation by opening up the economy.
ref: 2022 March 5, Richard Partington, “Russia’s central bank head ‘is mourning for her economy’”, in The Guardian:
glosses: Contrary to what is expected; especially, of behavior different from what society expects.
examples: text: It went much against the grain with him.
text: Say, you chose him / More after our commandment than as guided / By your own true affections, and that your minds, / Preoccupied with what you rather must do / Than what you should, made you against the grain / To voice him consul: lay the fault on us.
ref: c. 1608–1609 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Coriolanus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
glosses: Unwillingly, reluctantly; contrary to one's nature.
examples: text: In all ordinary processes of grinding, the friction of the rapidly revolving millstones against the grain, or even of the stones against each other, develops a large amount of heat, so that the crushed wheat comes from the stones quite hot
ref: 1879, R. C. Kedzie, “The Adulteration and Deterioration of Food”, in Annual Report of the National Board of Health, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 138:
text: There simply was not enough grain in each elevator to satisfy the known claims against the grain.
ref: 1983, US Congress, Grain Elevator Bankruptcy, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 134:
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see against, the, grain.
Related terms: go against the grain
turn the tide
TBA
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Initialism of to be announced.
glosses: Initialism of to be arranged.
glosses: Initialism of to be advised.
glosses: Initialism of to be aired.
glosses: Initialism of to be affirmed.
glosses: Initialism of to be answered.
glosses: Initialism of to be assigned.
glosses: Initialism of to be assessed.
glosses: Initialism of to be added.
Related terms: TBC
TBD
TBA
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: TBAs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of tracheobronchial amyloidosis.
glosses: Initialism of tert-butyl alcohol.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of traditional birth attendant.
TBC
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: broadcasting
media
glosses: Initialism of timebase correction.
TBC
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Initialism of to be continued.
glosses: Initialism of to be confirmed.
glosses: Initialism of to be concluded.
Related terms: TBA
TBD
n/a
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: N/A
form: n.a.
Etymology: From Latin non + applicabilis, from applicō (“join to, attach, apply”).
Senses: glosses: not applicable
glosses: not available
glosses: not assigned, no assignment
glosses: non-assessable
glosses: not attested
glosses: not approved
glosses: nonalcoholic (used in the restaurant industry)
n/a
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: N/A
form: n.a.
Etymology: From Latin non + applicabilis, from applicō (“join to, attach, apply”).
Senses: glosses: Initialism of no answer.
glosses: Initialism of nothing added.
bight
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /baɪt/
rhymes: -aɪt
homophone: bite
homophone: by't
homophone: byte
Forms: form: bights
Etymology: From Middle English bight, biȝt, byȝt (also bought, bowght, bouȝt; see bought), from Old English byht (“bend, angle, corner; bay, bight”), from Proto-West Germanic *buhti, from Proto-Germanic *buhtiz (“bend, curve”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰūgʰ- (“to bend”).
Cognate with Scots bicht (“bight”), Dutch bocht (“bend, curve”), Low German Bucht (“bend, bay”), German Bucht (“bay, bight”), Danish bugt (“bay”), Icelandic bugða (“curve”), Albanian butë (“soft, flabby”).
Senses: examples: text: the bight of a horse's knee
text: the bight of an elbow
text: I spied a bight of meadow some way below the roadway in an angle of the river.
ref: 1905, Robert Louis Stevenson, Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes, page 166:
glosses: A corner, bend, or angle; a hollow
topics: geography
natural-sciences
glosses: An area of sea lying between two promontories, larger than a bay, wider than a gulf.
topics: geography
natural-sciences
glosses: A bend or curve in a coastline, river, or other geographical feature.
examples: text: I could see every rib, the joints of their limbs were like knots in a rope; each had an iron collar on his neck, and all were connected together with a chain whose bights swung between them, rhythmically clinking.
ref: 1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part I:
glosses: A curve in a rope.
Related terms: Bight of Benin
Bight of Biafra
German Bight
Great Australian Bight
New York Bight
bight
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /baɪt/
rhymes: -aɪt
homophone: bite
homophone: by't
homophone: byte
Forms: form: bights
form: bighting
form: bighted
form: bighted
Etymology: From Middle English bight, biȝt, byȝt (also bought, bowght, bouȝt; see bought), from Old English byht (“bend, angle, corner; bay, bight”), from Proto-West Germanic *buhti, from Proto-Germanic *buhtiz (“bend, curve”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰūgʰ- (“to bend”).
Cognate with Scots bicht (“bight”), Dutch bocht (“bend, curve”), Low German Bucht (“bend, bay”), German Bucht (“bay, bight”), Danish bugt (“bay”), Icelandic bugða (“curve”), Albanian butë (“soft, flabby”).
Senses: glosses: To arrange or fasten (a rope) in bights.
antelope
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæn.tɪ.ləʊp/
ipa: /ˈæn.tɪ.loʊp/
note: weak vowel merger
ipa: /ˈæn.tə.loʊp/
Forms: form: antelope
form: antelopes
Etymology: From Middle English antelope, from Old French antelop, from Medieval Latin antilops, from Byzantine Greek ἀνθόλοψ (anthólops), which is of obscure origin.
Senses: glosses: Any of several African mammals of the family Bovidae distinguished by hollow horns, which, unlike deer, they do not shed.
examples: text: Rarely antelopes are seen, but wolves, rabbits, and sundry ground squirrels abound.
ref: 1895, J[ohn] W[esley] Powell, chapter I, in Canyons of the Colorado, Meadville, PA: Flood & Vincent; republished as The Exploration of the Colorado River and Its Canyons, New York: Dover, 1961, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 24:
text: "It reminds me of when I was hunting antelope in Colorado," he said to her.
ref: 1881, John W. Forney, The New Nobility, page 80:
glosses: The pronghorn, Antilocapra americana.
topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A fierce legendary creature said to live on the banks of the Euphrates, having long serrated horns and being hard to catch.
Derived terms: antelabbit
antelope brush
antelope bush
Antelope County
antelope jackrabbit
antelopelike
Antelope Mesa
antelope squirrel
blue antelope
bush antelope
goat antelope
goat-antelope
harnessed antelope
jackalope
mountain antelope
roan antelope
royal antelope
sable antelope
saiga antelope
screwhorn antelope
Speke's antelope
springer antelope
Tibetan antelope
white antelope
zebra antelope
Related terms: word: bontebok
word: dik-dik
word: eland
word: gazelle
word: gemsbock
word: hartebeest
word: herd
word: klipspringer
word: kudu
word: oryx
word: roan
word: springbok
word: topi
word: waterbuck
word: wildebeest
sense: Appendix
word: Animals
gazelle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡəˈzɛl/
rhymes: -ɛl
Forms: form: gazelles
form: gazelle
form: gazel
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Middle French gazelle, from Old French gazel, from Arabic غَزَال (ḡazāl).
Senses: examples: text: “One does not judge the gazelle by the lions that attack it,” replied Tarzan.
ref: 1913 June–December, Edgar Rice Burroughs, “Forging Bonds of Hate and ——?”, in The Return of Tarzan, New York, N.Y.: A[lbert] L[evi] Burt Company, […], published March 1915, →OCLC, page 26:
glosses: An antelope of either of the genera Gazella (mostly native to Africa), Procapra (native to Asia), Eudorcas, or Nanger, capable of running at high speeds for long periods.
Derived terms: taxonomic: Nanger dama
word: addra gazelle
taxonomic: Gazella arabica
word: Arabian gazelle
taxonomic: Gazella marica
word: Arabian sand gazelle
taxonomic: Gazella dorcas
word: ariel gazelle
taxonomic: Gazella subgutturosa
word: black-tailed gazelle
taxonomic: Ammodorcas clarkei
word: Clarke's gazelle
taxonomic: Gazella cuvieri
word: Cuvier's gazelle
taxonomic: Nanger dama
word: dama gazelle
taxonomic: Gazella dorcas
word: dorcas gazelle
taxonomic: Eudorcas tilonura
word: Eritrean gazelle
taxonomic: Gazella erlangeri
word: Erlanger's gazelle
word: gazelle in the garden
word: gazelle on the lawn
word: gazellelike
taxonomic: Litocranius walleri
word: giraffe gazelle
taxonomic: Gazella subgutturosa
word: goitered gazelle
taxonomic: Nanger granti
word: Grant's gazelle
taxonomic: Eudorcas tilonura
word: Heuglin's gazelle
taxonomic: Gazella bennettii
word: Indian gazelle
taxonomic: Nanger dama
word: mhorr gazelle
taxonomic: Eudorcas albonotata
word: Mongalla gazelle
taxonomic: Procapra gutturosa
word: Mongolian gazelle
taxonomic: Gazella gazella
word: mountain gazelle
taxonomic: Gazella erlangeri
word: Neumann's gazelle
taxonomic: Gazella gazella
word: Palestine mountain gazelle
taxonomic: Procapra przewalskii
word: Przewalski's gazelle
taxonomic: Eudorcas rufifrons
word: red-fronted gazelle
taxonomic: Gazella leptoceros
word: rhim gazelle
taxonomic: Nanger granti robertsi
word: Robert's gazelle
taxonomic: Gazella leptoceros
word: sand gazelle
taxonomic: Gazella leptoceros
word: slender-horned gazelle
taxonomic: Nanger soemmerringi
word: Soemmerring's gazelle
taxonomic: Gazella spekei
word: Speke's gazelle
taxonomic: Eudorcas thomsonii
word: Thomson's gazelle
taxonomic: Procapra picticaudata
word: Tibetan gazelle
taxonomic: Gazella gazella
word: true gazelle
taxonomic: Litocranius walleri
word: Waller's gazelle
oryx
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɔɹ.ɪks/
ipa: /ˈoʊɹ.ɪks/
Forms: form: oryxes
form: oryx
form: oryges
Etymology: From Latin, from Ancient Greek ὄρυξ (órux, “a pickax; an oryx (the antelope)”).
Senses: glosses: Any of several antelopes, of the genus Oryx, native to Africa, which have long, straight horns
Synonyms: sabre antelope
Derived terms: Arabian oryx
scimitar-horned oryx
Related terms: orygine
wildebeest
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwɪldəbist/
enpr: wĭlʹdə-bēst
Forms: form: wildebeest
form: wildebeests
form: wildebeesten
Etymology: Borrowed in the early 19th century from early Afrikaans wildebeest, modern wildebees (literally “wild ox”), with influence from beast.
Senses: examples: text: Dassoud […] stepped forward with a lash composed of the caudal appendages of half a dozen wildebeests.
ref: 1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin, published 2006, page 3:
text: Later that morning, they wrapped Ian in a wildebeest skin and buried him near a shepherd tree.
ref: 2013, Eleanor Morse, White Dog Fell From the Sky:
text: A group of wildebeest is called a confusion.
ref: 2019 June 6, “A gaggle, a confusion and a conspiracy - bizarre animal collective group names”, in BBC:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
coordinate_terms: hartebeest
glosses: The gnu.
Derived terms: black wildebeest
blue wildebeest
flamingo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /fləˈmɪŋɡoʊ/
rhymes: -ɪŋɡəʊ
Forms: form: flamingos
form: flamingoes
Etymology: From Portuguese flamengo (“flamingo”) and Spanish flamenco (“flamingo”), which were adapted from Catalan flamenc (“flamingo”), of disputed ultimate origin in this sense. All three forms are used adjectivally as an ethnonym meaning 'Flemish' (of Germanic origin, cognate to English Fleming); Spanish flamenco refers also to a dance type. Compare also French flamant (“flamingo”).
*The bird's name may derive from the ethnonym by an association of a ruddy complexion or hair color with the Flemings; this etymology is supported by Corominas. (In Spanish, flamenco can be used colloquially as an adjective meaning "robust, healthy-looking".)
* Alternatively, either the dance flamenco, the bird name or both come from attaching the same Germanic-derived ending found in the ethnonym to the distinct root of Latin flamma (“flame”): i.e. Catalan flamenc has been analyzed as flama (“flame”) + -enc. Compare also Portuguese -engo.
Senses: examples: text: After Nakuru the light remains only long enough to see the Lake Nakuru, away to the south, with its fringe of pink flamingos, and as the darkness falls the old main line to Kisumu branches to the left.
ref: 1950 April, Timothy H. Cobb, “The Kenya-Uganda Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 266:
glosses: A wading bird of the family Phoenicopteridae of the order Phoenicopteriformes.
glosses: A deep pink color tinged with orange, like that of a flamingo.
Synonyms: sense: bird
word: phenicopter
Derived terms: American flamingo
Andean flamingo
Cajun flamingo
Caribbean flamingo
Chilean flamingo
flamingo flower
flamingo shot
flamingo squat
flamingo tongue
Fourchon flamingo
James's flamingo
lesser flamingo
flamingo
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /fləˈmɪŋɡoʊ/
rhymes: -ɪŋɡəʊ
Etymology: From Portuguese flamengo (“flamingo”) and Spanish flamenco (“flamingo”), which were adapted from Catalan flamenc (“flamingo”), of disputed ultimate origin in this sense. All three forms are used adjectivally as an ethnonym meaning 'Flemish' (of Germanic origin, cognate to English Fleming); Spanish flamenco refers also to a dance type. Compare also French flamant (“flamingo”).
*The bird's name may derive from the ethnonym by an association of a ruddy complexion or hair color with the Flemings; this etymology is supported by Corominas. (In Spanish, flamenco can be used colloquially as an adjective meaning "robust, healthy-looking".)
* Alternatively, either the dance flamenco, the bird name or both come from attaching the same Germanic-derived ending found in the ethnonym to the distinct root of Latin flamma (“flame”): i.e. Catalan flamenc has been analyzed as flama (“flame”) + -enc. Compare also Portuguese -engo.
Senses: glosses: Of a deep pink color tinged with orange, like that of a flamingo.
cheetah
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈt͡ʃiːtə/
ipa: /ˈt͡ʃiːtɑ/
rhymes: -iːtə
homophone: Chita
homophone: cheater (non-rhotic)
Forms: form: cheetahs
form: chetah
form: cheeta
Etymology: Borrowed from Hindi चीता (cītā, “leopard, panther”), ultimately from Sanskrit चित्र (citra, “multicolored, speckled”) (akin to Old High German haitar (“bright”) > German heiter; Old Norse heiðr (“bright”)) + Sanskrit काय (kāya, “body”), thus “having a spotted body”.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: A distinctive member (Acinonyx jubatus) of the cat family, slightly smaller than the leopard, but with proportionately longer limbs and a smaller head; native to Africa and southeast Asia (where it is nearly extinct) and also credited with being the fastest terrestrial animal.
Synonyms: word: guepard
word: hunting cat
word: hunting leopard
Derived terms: alt: †Miracinonyx trumanii
word: American cheetah
word: cheetahlike
word: do cheetah flips
word: king cheetah
word: giant cheetah
Related terms: Acinonyx jubatus
hyena
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: hī-ēʹnə
ipa: /haɪˈiːnə/
Forms: form: hyenas
form: hyena
form: hyenae
form: hyaena
form: hyæna
form: hyen
Etymology: From Middle English hiena, variant of hyene, from Old French hiene, from Medieval Latin hyēna, from Latin hyaena, from Ancient Greek ὕαινα (húaina). Displaced native Old English nihtgenġe (literally “night walker”).
Senses: examples: text: The udder of the hyena, tied on the left arm, enticed the affection of any desired woman.
ref: 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 60:
text: I took no systematic data on the costs to cheetahs and hyenas, but some anecdotes suggest that both parties took numerical advantage and hunger into account.
ref: 1994, T. M. Caro, Cheetahs of the Serengeti Plains: Group Living in an Asocial Species, page 283:
text: Hyenas are scavengers, which means they eat food left behind by other animals and people.
ref: 2002, Maskew Miller Longman, Find Out about African Animals, page 28:
text: Hyena biologists often think of spotted hyenas (Crocuta crocuta) as baboons with big teeth and relatively small brains.
ref: 2003, Anne Engh, Kay E. Holekamp, “Case Study 5A: Maternal Rank "Inheritance" in the Spotted Hyena”, in Frans B. M. De Waal, Peter L Tyack, editors, Animal Social Complexity: Intelligence, Culture, and Individualized Societies, page 149:
glosses: Any of the medium-sized to large feliform carnivores of the family Hyaenidae, native to Africa and Asia and noted for the sound similar to laughter which they can make if excited.
examples: see Citations:hyena
qualifier: Subsaharan Africa
glosses: A man that performs ritualized sex acts with recently widowed women and menarchal girls.
Synonyms: hyaenid
Derived terms: alt: Parahyaena brunnea
word: brown hyena
alt: †Crocuta crocuta spelaea
word: cave hyena
alt: †Pachycrocuta spp.
word: giant hyena
taxonomic: Lycaon pictus
word: hyena dog
word: hyenalike
word: hyenic
word: hyenine
word: hyenoid
word: hyote
alt: = spotted hyena
word: laughing hyena
word: laugh like a hyena
alt: †Chasmaporthetes spp.
word: running hyena
taxonomic: Crocuta crocuta
word: spotted hyena
word: striped hyena Hyaena hyaena
word: werehyena
Related terms: taxonomic: Proteles cristatus
word: aardwolf
jackal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈd͡ʒækəl/
rhymes: -ækəl
Forms: form: jackals
form: jackall
Etymology: From French chacal, chacale, checale, schakal, ciacale, from Turkish çakal, from Persian شغال (šaġâl), borrowed from Sanskrit शृगाल (śṛgāla, “jackal”).
Senses: examples: text: In passing, it also mentions how the jackal and the tiger acquired their reddish spots. All of the animals referred to, except the deer, have tricksterlike personalities, both in this tale and in other story contexts. But the jackal is the most renowned of all for roguishness.
ref: 1987, Brenda E. F. Beck, Peter J. Claus, Praphulladatta Goswami, Jawaharlal Handoo, editors, Folktales of India, page 289:
text: Until recently, scientists thought Ethiopian wolves were a type of jackal. They gave Ethiopian wolves names like Semien jackal, Simenian jackal, or Ethiopian jackal.
ref: 2002, Fred H. Harrington, The Ethiopian Wolf, page 6:
text: As we will see, the jackal is usually associated in the Indic context with death and impurity, and would therefore sit squarely at the bottom of Dumont's social hierarchy.
ref: 2007, McComas Taylor, The Fall of the Indigo Jackal: The Discourse of Division and Pūrnabhadra's Pañcatantra, page 52:
glosses: Any of certain wild canids of the genera Lupulella and Canis, native to the tropical Old World and smaller than a wolf.
examples: text: A nephew of hers, after receiving some learning at her ladyship's expence, got a commission, and fell upon the field of Waterloo; another is still at her heels, as a sort of jackall to fetch and carry when required.
ref: 1819 July 1, “The Political Vis——ss”, in [John Mitford], editor, The New Bon Ton Magazine; or, Telescope of the Times, volume III, number 15, London: […] J[oseph] Johnson, […], →OCLC, page 179:
glosses: A person who performs menial or routine tasks; a dogsbody.
glosses: A person who behaves in an opportunistic way; especially a base collaborator.
glosses: A jack (the playing card).
qualifier: rugby union
glosses: A player who steals the ball at the tackle.
Hypernyms: sense: any of certain wild canids of genus Canis
word: canid
sense: any of certain wild canids of genus Canis
word: dog
Hyponyms: sense: any of certain wild canids of genus Canis
taxonomic: Canis aureus
word: golden jackal
sense: any of certain wild canids of genus Canis
taxonomic: Canis mesomelas
alt: Cape jackal, East African jackal
word: black-backed jackal
sense: any of certain wild canids of genus Canis
taxonomic: Canis adustus
word: side-striped jackal
Derived terms: english: coyote
translation: coyote
word: American jackal
word: jackalberry
word: jackal buzzard
word: maanhaar-jackal
word: red jackal
english: Ethiopian wolf
translation: Ethiopian wolf
word: Simien jackal
word: son of a jackal
word: werejackal
jackal
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈd͡ʒækəl/
rhymes: -ækəl
Forms: form: jackals
form: jackaling
form: jackalling
form: jackaled
form: jackaled
form: jackalled
form: jackalled
Etymology: From French chacal, chacale, checale, schakal, ciacale, from Turkish çakal, from Persian شغال (šaġâl), borrowed from Sanskrit शृगाल (śṛgāla, “jackal”).
Senses: examples: text: They have jackalled for the great beast, to pick in turns the bones of each other; they have subserved those above, to oppress and defraud those below; and they are suffering, and, so far as classes can, justly suffering their purgation.
ref: 1800, Pamphlets on British Taxation:
glosses: To perform menial or routine tasks
lion
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: lī'ən
ipa: /ˈlaɪən/
rhymes: -aɪən
Forms: form: lyon
Etymology: From Middle English lyoun, lion, leon, borrowed from Old French lion, from Latin leō, (accusative: leōnem), from Ancient Greek λέων (léōn), of unclear origin. Doublet of Leo, leu, lev, and Lyon. Displaced Old English lēo, from the same Latin source.
Senses: glosses: Of the light brown color that resembles the fur of a lion.
Related terms: Panthera leo
Kiswahili
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Swahili Kiswahili.
Senses: examples: text: The national language of the Republic is Kiswahili.
ref: 2010, Parliament of Kenya, “Chapter 2, Article 7(1)”, in Constitution of Kenya, 2010, page 14:
glosses: Swahili, an agglutinative Bantu language widely spoken in East Africa.
Synonyms: Swahili
hippopotamus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌhɪp.əˈpɒt.ə.məs/
ipa: /ˌhɪp.əˈpɑ.tə.məs/
ipa: [ˌhɪp.əˈpɑ.ɾə.məs]
ipa: /hɪ.poˈpo.ta.mʊs/
ipa: /hɪ.po.poˈta.mʊs/
note: Ghana
ipa: /ˌhi.po̞.po̞ˈte̞ː.mo̞s/
ipa: /ˌhi.poˈpo.te.mɔs/
Forms: form: hippopotami
form: hippopotamuses
form: hippopotamus
form: hippopotamos
form: hippotamus
Etymology: From Latin and New Latin hippopotamus, from Ancient Greek ἱπποπόταμος (hippopótamos), from ἵππος (híppos, “horse”) (English hippo-) + ποταμός (potamós, “river”). Displaced nicker, from Old English nicor.
Senses: synonyms: hippo
hippopotamid
river horse
glosses: A semi-aquatic, herbivorous, African hoofed mammal of the family Hippopotamidae.
examples: text: These were the first hippopotami that we had ever seen, and, to judge by their insatiable curiosity, I should judge that we were the first white men that they had ever seen.
ref: 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:
glosses: The common hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius)
Derived terms: word: common hippopotamus
word: dependapotamus
word: hippo
word: hippopotamic
word: hippopotamoid
word: Hippopotamus Defence
word: hippopotamuslike
taxonomic: Choeropsis liberiensis
word: pygmy hippopotamus
word: woolly hippopotamus
Related terms: word: hippo-
word: hippopotamine
word: Mesopotamia
word: potamic
sense: Similar-looking but unrelated terms, not to be confused with the above
word: hypotenuse
sense: Similar-looking but unrelated terms, not to be confused with the above
word: hypothalamus
hyrax
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhaɪ.ɹæks/
Forms: form: hyraxes
form: hyraces
Etymology: From New Latin, from Ancient Greek ὕραξ (húrax, “shrewmouse”).
Senses: glosses: Any of several small, paenungulate herbivorous mammals of the family Procaviidae from the order Hyracoidea, with a bulky frame and fang-like incisors, native to Africa and the Middle East.
Synonyms: sense: mammal
word: ashkoko
sense: mammal
word: coney
sense: mammal
word: daman
sense: mammal
word: dassie
sense: mammal
word: procaviid
Hyponyms: sense: mammal
word: bush hyrax
sense: mammal
word: cirogrille
sense: mammal
word: klipdachs
sense: mammal
word: rock hyrax
sense: mammal
word: tree hyrax
Derived terms: Cape hyrax
Cape rock hyrax
hyracine
dassie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdæs.i/
ipa: /ˈdɑs.i/
Forms: form: dassies
Etymology: Borrowed from Afrikaans dassie, from Dutch das (“badger”).
Senses: examples: text: The dassie is the closest living relative to the elephant.
glosses: A small, herbivorous mammal in the order Hyracoidea, the rock hyrax.
Synonyms: hyrax
Derived terms: dassie rat
Related terms: boomdas
dassiepis
warthog
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwɔːtˌhɒɡ/
ipa: /ˈwɔɹtˌhɔɡ/
ipa: /-hɑɡ/
Forms: form: warthogs
Etymology: From wart + hog.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: A wild pig of the genus Phacochoerus, native to Africa.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A nickname for the A-10 Thunderbolt II air support warplane
Hyponyms: sense: wild pig
word: Phacochoerus aethiopicus
sense: wild pig
word: Phacochoerus africanus
Derived terms: taxonomic: Phacochoerus aethiopicus aethiopicus
word: Cape warthog
taxonomic: Phacochoerus africanus
word: common warthog
taxonomic: Phacochoerus aethiopicus
word: desert warthog
taxonomic: Phacochoerus aethiopicus delamerei
word: Somali warthog
water buffalo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwɑtɚˌbʌfəloʊ/
ipa: [ˈwɑɾɚˌbʌfəloʊ]
Forms: form: water buffalos
form: water buffaloes
form: water buffalo
Senses: glosses: A large ungulate, widely used as a domestic animal in Asia, South America. North Africa and Europe: Bubalus bubalis.
glosses: A water tank mounted on a trailer to be towed by a motor vehicle.
Coordinate terms: sense: large ungulate in Bubalus
word: anoa
sense: large ungulate in Bubalus
word: carabao
Related terms: sense: large ungulate
english: wild species
translation: wild species
word: Bubalus arnee
flag
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /flæɡ/
rhymes: -æɡ
rhymes: -eɪɡ
Forms: form: flags
form: flagging
form: flagged
form: flagged
Etymology: Perhaps from a variant of flack (“to hang loose”), from Middle English flacken; or perhaps from Old Norse. Compare Middle Dutch flaggheren, vlaggheren (“to droop, flag”).
Senses: examples: text: His strength flagged toward the end of the race.
text: He now sees a spirit has been raised against him, and he only watches till it begin to flag.
ref: 1724, Jonathan Swift, “Drapier's Letters”, in 2:
text: About half way to Wamphray, they met Mitchell's engine. Her speed was flagging badly. Steam was low, and the fire nearly out.
ref: 1950 January, David L. Smith, “A Runaway at Beattock”, in Railway Magazine, page 54:
text: The sides took it in turns to err and excite before Newcastle flagged and Arsenal signalled their top-four credentials by blowing the visitors away.
ref: 2012 December 29, Paul Doyle, “Arsenal's Theo Walcott hits hat-trick in thrilling victory over Newcastle”, in The Guardian:
glosses: To weaken, become feeble.
examples: text: as loose it [the sail] flagged around the mast
ref: 1817, Thomas Moore, Lalla Rookh […] , London: Longman […] :
glosses: To hang loose without stiffness; to bend down, as flexible bodies; to be loose, yielding, limp.
examples: text: The Thousand Loves , that arm thy potent Eye , Must drop their Quivers , flag their Wings
ref: 1709, Mat[thew] Prior, “An Ode”, in Poems on Several Occasions, London: […] Jacob Tonson […], →OCLC:
glosses: To let droop; to suffer to fall, or let fall, into feebleness.
examples: text: there is nothing that flags the Spirits, disorders the Blood, and enfeebles the whole Body of Man, as intense Studies.
ref: 1670, John Eachard, The Ground and Occasions of the Contempt of the Clergy:
glosses: To enervate; to exhaust the vigour or elasticity of.
flag
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /flæɡ/
rhymes: -æɡ
rhymes: -eɪɡ
Forms: form: flags
Etymology: From Middle English flagge, of uncertain origin, perhaps from North Germanic; compare Danish flæg (“yellow iris”). Or, possibly from sense 1, referring to its motion in the wind. Compare also Dutch vlag.
Senses: examples: text: [T]he ebbed man, ne'er loved till ne'er worth love,
Comes deared by being lacked. This common body,
Like to a vagabond flag upon the stream,
Goes to and back, lackeying the varying tide,
To rot itself with motion.
ref: c. 1606–1607 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iii]:
text: Can the rush grow up without mire? can the flag grow without water?
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Job 8:11:
text: And laden barges float
By banks of myosote;
And scented flag and golden flower-de-lys
Delay the loitering boat.
ref: before 1899, Robert Seymour Bridges, There is a Hill
glosses: Any of various plants with sword-shaped leaves, especially irises; specifically, Iris pseudacorus.
Derived terms: sweet flag
yellow flag
flag
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /flæɡ/
rhymes: -æɡ
rhymes: -eɪɡ
Forms: form: flags
Etymology: From Middle English flag, flagge, probably of Scandinavian/North Germanic origin; compare Icelandic flag.
Senses: qualifier: obsolete except in dialects
glosses: A slice of turf; a sod.
examples: text: On market days the farmers would come in before going home - Tysons and Lindsays and Birketts and Longmires and Boows and Dawsons - and their dogs would lie in heaps on the flags while they themselves supped Gerald's ale.
ref: 1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 60:
glosses: A slab of stone; a flagstone, a flat piece of stone used for paving.
topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: Any hard, evenly stratified sandstone, which splits into layers suitable for flagstones.
flag
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /flæɡ/
rhymes: -æɡ
rhymes: -eɪɡ
Forms: form: flags
form: flagging
form: flagged
form: flagged
Etymology: From Middle English flag, flagge, probably of Scandinavian/North Germanic origin; compare Icelandic flag.
Senses: examples: text: Fred is planning to flag his patio this weekend.
glosses: To pave with flagstones.
flag
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /flæɡ/
rhymes: -æɡ
rhymes: -eɪɡ
Forms: form: flags
Senses: glosses: A group of feathers on the lower part of the legs of certain hawks, owls, etc.
glosses: A group of elongated wing feathers in certain hawks.
glosses: The bushy tail of a dog such as a setter.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A hook attached to the stem of a written note that assigns its rhythmic value
Luddite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: lŭdʹīt
ipa: /ˈlʌ.daɪt/
ipa: [ˈlʌ.ɾaɪt]
ipa: [ˈlʌ.ɾʌit]
Forms: form: Luddites
form: luddite
Etymology: Named after Ned Ludd, a legendary 18th century example, + -ite. The surname is uncommon and of uncertain origin, but compare Old English hlud (“loud, famous”).
Senses: examples: text: For instance, the Luddites, so maligned as technology-fearing machine breakers, were a highly sophisticated insurrectionary movement, composed of small, well-disciplined groups who used disguises and watchwords, raised funds and gathered arms, terrorized their opponents, and carried out well-planned, targeted attacks. (And, while it is true the Luddite movement ultimately failed, it was only after Parliament had mobilized twelve thousand troops to put it down – more troops than had fought in the Peninsular War.)
ref: 2022, R. F. Kuang, Babel, HarperVoyager, page 482 (footnote):
glosses: Any of a group of early-19th-century English textile workers who destroyed machinery because it would harm their livelihood.
examples: text: [Benjamin Friedman] added, "How long does it take the Luddites to be wrong — a few years, a decade, a couple of decades?" Perhaps just as important, what happens to the workers who happen to be living during a time when the Luddite argument has some truth to it?
ref: 2012 October 24, David Leonhardt, “Standard of Living Is in the Shadows as Election Issue”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
synonyms: neo-Luddite
glosses: Someone who opposes technological change.
glosses: One who lives among nature, forsaking technology.
Derived terms: neo-Luddism
neo-Luddite
dynamic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /daɪˈnæm.ɪk/
ipa: /dɑɪˈnæm.ɪk/
note: Indic
ipa: /ɖajˈnamɪk/
note: Indic
ipa: /ˈɖajnəmɪk/
Forms: form: dynamics
form: dynamical
form: dynamick
Etymology: From French dynamique, from Ancient Greek δυναμικός (dunamikós, “powerful”), from δύναμις (dúnamis, “power”), from δύναμαι (dúnamai, “I am able”).
Senses: examples: text: Watch the dynamic between the husband and wife when they disagree.
text: One of the under-reported dynamics during the coronavirus pandemic has been the collapse of One Nation’s vote.
ref: 2021 February 2, Katharine Murphy, The Guardian:
glosses: A characteristic or manner of an interaction; a behavior.
examples: text: The study of fluid dynamics quantifies turbulent and laminar flows.
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A moving force.
examples: text: If you pay attention to the dynamics as you play, it's a very moving piece.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: The varying loudness or volume of a song or the markings that indicate the loudness.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A symbol in a musical score that indicates the desired level of volume.
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A verb that indicates continued or progressive action on the part of the subject.
Synonyms: sense: a characteristic or manner of an interaction, a behavior
word: apparatus
sense: a characteristic or manner of an interaction, a behavior
word: course of action
sense: a characteristic or manner of an interaction, a behavior
word: design
sense: a characteristic or manner of an interaction, a behavior
word: effect
sense: a characteristic or manner of an interaction, a behavior
word: function
sense: a characteristic or manner of an interaction, a behavior
word: functioning
sense: a characteristic or manner of an interaction, a behavior
word: implementation
sense: a characteristic or manner of an interaction, a behavior
word: interchange
sense: a characteristic or manner of an interaction, a behavior
word: interplay
sense: a characteristic or manner of an interaction, a behavior
word: mechanism
sense: a characteristic or manner of an interaction, a behavior
word: method
sense: a characteristic or manner of an interaction, a behavior
word: modus operandi
sense: a characteristic or manner of an interaction, a behavior
word: motif
sense: a characteristic or manner of an interaction, a behavior
word: nature
sense: a characteristic or manner of an interaction, a behavior
word: operation
sense: a characteristic or manner of an interaction, a behavior
word: pattern
sense: a characteristic or manner of an interaction, a behavior
word: process
sense: a characteristic or manner of an interaction, a behavior
word: regimen
sense: a characteristic or manner of an interaction, a behavior
word: workings
Related terms: dynamics
static
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈstæt.ɪk/
ipa: /ˈstæt.ɪk/
ipa: [ˈstæɾ.ɪk]
rhymes: -ætɪk
Forms: form: statics
form: statick
Etymology: Modern Latin staticus, from Ancient Greek στατικός (statikós), from ἵστημι (hístēmi, “to make stand”). By surface analysis, stasis + -tic.
Senses: examples: text: Near-synonyms: shash, snow
text: The World Series was on, but there was so much static that we could barely even follow the action.
text: The FCC says it decided to attempt standardization of VHF receivers after getting "thousands of complaints" from disgruntled boatmen who found their sets brought in mostly a lot of garble and static.
ref: 1976, Boating (volume 40, numbers 1-2, page 152)
text: The girls don't seem to care tonight / As long as the mood is right / No static at all (no static, no static at all) / FM (no static at all)
ref: 1978, Walter Becker, Donald Fagen, “FM (No Static at All)”, in FM (soundtrack), performed by Steely Dan:
text: Damaged Hologram: --alled Reapers. [static]... the Citadel... [static] ...overwhelmed... [static] ...only hope... [static]...
Damaged Hologram: --[static] act of desperation... [static] ... the Conduit... [static] ... all is lost [static]
Damaged Hologram: ...cannot be stopped... [static] ...cannot be stopped... [static]
ref: 2008, BioWare, Mass Effect, Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Ilos:
glosses: Interference on a broadcast signal caused by atmospheric disturbances; heard as crackles on radio, or seen as random specks on television.
examples: text: I was getting a lot of static from the bean counters whenever I tried to proceed.
coordinate_terms: runaround
glosses: Interference or obstruction from people.
examples: text: Near-synonym: flak
text: Don't you be giving me any static over it. You know the rules.
text: You want to start some static?
ref: 1984, Daniel Petrie Jr., Beverly Hills Cop, spoken by Axel Foley (Eddie Murphy), Paramount Pictures:
text: And then she heads for the clinic and she gets some static walkin' through the doors / They call her a killer, and they call her a sinner, and they call her a whore
ref: 1998, “What It's Like”, performed by Everlast:
glosses: Verbal abuse.
examples: text: This stupid carpet is always giving me a shock from the static.
glosses: Static electricity.
glosses: A static caravan.
examples: text: Some compilers will allow statics to be inlined, but then incorrectly create multiple instances of the inlined variable at run-time.
ref: 2000, Dov Bulka, David Mayhew, Efficient C++: Performance Programming Techniques, page 149:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: A static variable.
Related terms: statics
agglutinative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈɡluːtɪnətɪv/
ipa: [əˈɡɫut̚nəɾɪv]
Forms: form: more agglutinative
form: most agglutinative
Etymology: From agglutinate + -ive.
Senses: synonyms: word: claggy
word: tenacious
word: adherent
word: adhesive
word: agglutinative
word: claggy
word: clidgy
word: clingsome
word: clingy
word: puggy
word: stickable
word: sticky
word: tenacious
glosses: Sticky, tacky, adhesive.
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Having words derived by combining parts, each with a separate meaning.
Derived terms: agglutinatively
agglutinativeness
agglutinativity
nonagglutinative
Related terms: agglutinant
agglutinate
agglutination
agglutinative
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈɡluːtɪnətɪv/
ipa: [əˈɡɫut̚nəɾɪv]
Forms: form: agglutinatives
Etymology: From agglutinate + -ive.
Senses: glosses: A sticky material; an adhesive.
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A word formed from the combination of parts, each with a separate meaning.
somatize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /ˈsəʊmətaɪz/
Forms: form: somatizes
form: somatizing
form: somatized
form: somatized
form: somatise
Etymology: From somatic + -ize.
Senses: examples: text: “[…] I don’t feel anything, naturally, since I’ve somatized the anxiety.”
ref: 1988, Edmund White, chapter 6, in The Beautiful Room is Empty, New York: Vintage International, published 1994:
glosses: To express (a psychological process) through physical symptoms such as pain or anxiety; to have a psychosomatic reaction to (e.g. a situation).