cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
alternation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɒl.tə(ɹ)ˌneɪ.ʃən/
ipa: /ˈɔl.tɚˌneɪ.ʃən/
ipa: /ˈɑl.tɚˌneɪ.ʃən/
rhymes: -eɪʃən
Forms: form: alternations
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin alternatio; compare French alternation. By surface analysis, alternate + -ion.
Senses: examples: text: the alternation of day and night
text: alternation of summer and winter
text: alternation between night shifts and day shifts
text: alternation of feelings between hope and fear
glosses: The reciprocal succession of (normally two) things in time or place; the act of following and being followed by turns; alternate succession, performance, or occurrence
examples: text: There are Anthems to be found amongst them , where every syllable has its just length ; each part of a sentence its proper pause : where the words are not confused by perplexing alternations, or rendered tedious by unnecessary repetitions
ref: 1795, William Mason, Essays, Historical and Critical, on English Church Music:
topics: lifestyle
religion
glosses: The response of the congregation speaking alternately with the minister.
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonology
sciences
glosses: Ablaut.
examples: text: dative alternation; locative alternation
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A pattern by which more than one construct is possible, as with "Alice cooked Bob dinner" and "Alice cooked dinner for Bob".
topics: human-sciences
logic
mathematics
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The "inclusive or" truth function.
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A sequence that alternates between positive and negative values.
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A permutation.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A construct in a regular expression that can match any of several specified subexpressions.
examples: 1932, Harold Scott Macdonald Coxeter, The densities of the regular polytopes, part 2, reprinted in 1995, F. Arthur Sherk, Peter Mcmullen, Anthony C. Thompson, Asia Ivić Weiss (editors), Kaleidoscopes: Selected Writings of H. S. M. Coxeter, page 54,
This case suggests that the alternation of a polyhedron should be bounded by actual vertex figures and alternated faces. The case of the cube is in agreement with this notion, since the alternated square is nothing.
topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: A type of partial truncation of a polygon, polyhedron or tiling in which alternate vertices are removed.
Derived terms: alternational
alternation of generations
dative alternation
grammatical alternation
nonalternation
Verner alternation
altogether
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɔːl.tʊˈɡɛð.ə(ɹ)/
ipa: /ɔː.tuːˈɡɛð.ə(ɹ)/
ipa: /ɔːl.təˈɡɛð.ə/
ipa: /ɔl.tuˈɡɛð.ɚ/
ipa: /ˈɔl.təˌɡɛð.ɚ/
ipa: /ɑl.tuˈɡɛð.ɚ/
ipa: /ˈɑl.təˌɡɛð.ɚ/
rhymes: -ɛðə(ɹ)
Forms: form: altogethers
Etymology: From Middle English altogeder, altogedere, equivalent to al- (“all”) + together. Cognate with Scots awthegither (“altogether”), Middle High German alzegater (“altogether”), Dutch altegaar. Compare also Old English ealġeador, eallġeador (“altogether”), West Frisian allegearre (“altogether”). More at together.
The noun sense (nakedness): was popularized in George du Maurier's 1894 novel Trilby.
Senses: examples: text: And she objects, too, to the "altogether." Her gowns will never be cut more décolleté than those seen in the boxes of the Metropolitan Opera House of New York city.
ref: 1896, The Quartier Latin, volume 1, number 1:
text: Hearing that his wife was posing in the altogether for the great Spanish satirist, the Duke of Alba swore that he would paint Goya's picture in Goya's blood.
ref: 1930 August 4, “Prix de Rome”, in Time:
text: Last week, a Cleveland news anchor, Sharon Reed, was caught on camera stripping nude and joining a gaggle of other people in the altogether.
ref: 2004 November 25, David Carr, “When a TV Talking Head Becomes a Talking Body”, in New York Times, retrieved 16 Sep 2008:
glosses: A state of nakedness. (Especially in the phrase in the altogether)
raw_tags: with the
superficial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌsuː.pəˈfɪʃ.əl/
ipa: /ˌsu.pɚˈfɪʃ.əl/
ipa: /ˌsʉː.pəˈfɪʃ.əl/
rhymes: -ɪʃəl
Forms: form: more superficial
form: most superficial
Etymology: Borrowing from Late Latin superficiālis (“of or belonging to the surface”), from superficiēs (“top, surface”) + -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix).
Senses: synonyms: surficial
glosses: Existing, occurring, or located on the surface.
examples: text: superficial muscles
text: The epidermis is superficial to the subcutis.
text: The superficial fascia surrounds the body and includes subcutaneous fat; the deep fascia surrounds the musculoskeletal system; the meningeal fascia surrounds the nervous system; the visceral fascia surrounds body cavities and organs.
ref: 2018 November 8, Dr. Melina Jampolis, “The real science behind fascia ailments”, in CNN:
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
synonyms: surficial
glosses: Existing, occurring, or located on the surface.
Closer to the surface of the body; especially, situated or occurring on the skin or immediately beneath it.
antonyms: deep
raw_tags: with to
synonyms: external
glosses: Appearing to be true or real only until examined more closely.
examples: text: Secondly, I continue to base my concepts on intensive study of a limited suite of collections, rather than superficial study of every packet that comes to hand.
ref: 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page vii:
synonyms: cursory
facile
glib
skin-deep
smattering
surface-level
antonyms: in-depth
thorough
glosses: Not thorough, deep, or complete; concerned only with the obvious or apparent.
examples: text: These infamous little green men appeared during the decisive seizures or buildings and facilities, only to disappear when associated militias and local troops arrived to consolidate the gains. In this way they provided a measure of deniability—however superficial or implausible—for Moscow.⁴⁰
ref: 2014, "Little Green Men": A Primer on Modern Russian Unconventional Warfare, Ukraine 2013–2014, Fort Bragg, North Carolina: The United States Army Special Operations Command, page 43:
synonyms: cursory
facile
glib
skin-deep
smattering
surface-level
shallow
antonyms: in-depth
thorough
substantive
glosses: Not thorough, deep, or complete; concerned only with the obvious or apparent.
Lacking depth of character or understanding; lacking substance or significance.
glosses: Two-dimensional; drawn on a flat surface.
examples: text: one superficial foot
topics: architecture
synonyms: square
glosses: Denoting a quantity of a material expressed in terms of area covered rather than linear dimension or volume.
Derived terms: nonsuperficial
superficial fascia
superficialism
superficialist
superficiality
superficialize
superficialise
superficially
superficialness
superficial temporal artery
Related terms: word: superficiary
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
word: topical
superficial
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌsuː.pəˈfɪʃ.əl/
ipa: /ˌsu.pɚˈfɪʃ.əl/
ipa: /ˌsʉː.pəˈfɪʃ.əl/
rhymes: -ɪʃəl
Forms: form: superficials
Etymology: Borrowing from Late Latin superficiālis (“of or belonging to the surface”), from superficiēs (“top, surface”) + -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix).
Senses: examples: text: He always concentrates on the superficials and fails to see the real issue.
glosses: A surface detail.
Related terms: word: superfice
sundial
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsʌnˌdaɪ.əl/
Forms: form: sundials
Etymology: From sun + dial, a clarification of dial after it was used for other objects as well.
Senses: examples: text: The birdbath includes a small gnomon that acts as a sundial with markings on the basin if it's aligned correctly with the sun.
text: Elbows almost touching they leaned at ease, idly reading the almost obliterated lines engraved there.
"I never understood it," she observed, lightly scornful. "What occult meaning has a sun-dial for the spooney? I'm sure I don't want to read riddles in a strange gentleman's optics."
ref: 1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter VIII, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:
text: The shop carries more than a dozen sundials, mostly of bronze, plus an astrolabe ($650) of wrought iron.
ref: 1985 April 4, Daryln Brewer, “HELPFUL HARDWARE; AN ARRAY OF SUNDIALS”, in The New York Times:
text: It was Oxford now—the matriculation photograph, posed in the stony front quad at Corpus, the pelican on top of the sundial appearing to sit on the head of the lanky, begowned chemist at the centre of the back row.
ref: 1988, Alan Hollinghurst, chapter 3, in The Swimming-Pool Library, paperback edition, London: Penguin Books, →ISBN, page 60:
glosses: A device measuring the time of day by the position of a shadow cast by a pole or plate (gnomon) upon an engraved series of marks.
Synonyms: word: dial
word: horologe
word: horologium
Hyponyms: sense: on churches
word: mass dial
sense: on churches
word: tide dial
sense: on churches
word: scratch dial
Coordinate terms: word: sciatheric
word: gnomon
word: style
english: marker
translation: marker
word: cock
Tucson
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtuːsɒn/
ipa: /ˈtusɑn/
note: locally
ipa: /tuˈsɑn/
rhymes: -ɒn
Etymology: From the Mexican Spanish Tucsón [tuɣ̞ˈson], from the O'odham Cuk Ṣon (literally “[at the base of the] black mountain”) [tʃʊk ʂɔːn], referring to Sentinel Peak (colloquially known as '"A" Mountain') visible in the west of Tucson’s downtown area.
Senses: glosses: A city, the county seat of Pima County, Arizona, in the southwestern United States.
wikipedia: Sentinel Peak (Arizona)
cacophony
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəˈkɒfəni/
ipa: /kəˈkɑfəni/
Forms: form: cacophonies
Etymology: From French cacophonie, from Ancient Greek κακοφωνία (kakophōnía), from κακός (kakós, “bad”) + φωνή (phōnḗ, “sound”), equivalent to caco- + -phony.
Senses: examples: text: 1921-1922, H. P. Lovecraft, Herbert West: Reanimator,
Not more unutterable could have been the chaos of hellish sound if the pit itself had opened to release the agony of the damned, for in one inconceivable cacophony was centered all the supernal terror and unnatural despair of animate nature.
text: The Japanese got their attack in first. About ten minutes after passing the U.S. aircraft, they spotted Hornet (local weather patterns temporarily concealing Enterprise). Things had improved a little bit compared to the Eastern Solomons, and three dozen F4F Wildcats on combat air patrol were vectored onto the oncoming hostiles, but once that initial task was accomplished, things began to collapse back into the cacophony and chaos that was all too familiar to those aboard the Enterprise, meaning that the end result was round about the same[…]
ref: 2021 February 3, Drachinifel, 10:55 from the start, in Guadalcanal Campaign - Santa Cruz (IJN 2 : 2 USN), archived from the original on 04 Dec 2022:
text: A blistering start from the Scots served to steady the ship amid a cacophony that defied the quarter-full national stadium.
ref: 2021 June 14, Scott Mullen, “Scotland 0-2 Czech Republic”, in BBC Sport:
glosses: A mix of discordant sounds; dissonance.
Synonyms: word: cacophony
word: caterwauling
word: discord
word: discordance
word: discordancy
word: dyscrasy
word: disharmony
word: dissonance
word: dissonancy
word: ear rape
word: inharmony
Hypernyms: word: disorder
word: sound
Derived terms: cacophonic
cacophonical
cacophonous
castrophony
Related terms: word: anthropophony
word: cacophonous
word: dissonance
word: harmony
word: harshness
word: din
migratory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmaɪ.ɡɹəˌtɔɹ.i/
ipa: /ˌmaɪˈɡɹeɪ.tə.ɹi/
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin migrātōrius or migrate + -ory.
Senses: examples: text: To cope with daily variation of environmental parameters, talitrids evolved a migratory behaviour, synchronized with tidal and nictemeral cycles, that enable them to locate the suitable patches of habitat on the shore (Pardi and Ercolini 1986).
ref: 2012, F.M. Faranda, Mediterranean Ecosystems: Structures and Processes, page 392:
text: Even among migratory species, only a few (Aglaura hemistoma, Abylopsis tetragona eudoxids, Beroe sp., Thalia democratica, Salpa fusiformis) crossed the thermocline and reached the bottom layer.
ref: 2015 December 5, “Diel Vertical Dynamics of Gelatinous Zooplankton (Cnidaria, Ctenophora and Thaliacea) in a Subtropical Stratified Ecosystem (South Brazilian Bight)”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
qualifier: etc
glosses: Migrating.
raw_tags: of birds
examples: text: migratory habits; a migratory life
glosses: Roving; wandering; nomadic.
Derived terms: antimigratory
comigratory
electromigratory
endomigratory
hypermigratory
migratorily
migratory bird
migratory divorce
migratory grasshopper
migratory locust
migratory restlessness
migratory thrush
nonmigratory
non-migratory
postmigratory
premigratory
promigratory
Wartenberg's migratory sensory neuropathy
Related terms: migration
migrate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /maɪˈɡɹeɪt/
ipa: /ˈmaɪ.ɡɹeɪt/
rhymes: -eɪt
rhymes: -aɪɡɹeɪt
Forms: form: migrates
form: migrating
form: migrated
form: migrated
Etymology: First attested in 1623; borrowed from Latin migrātus, perfect passive participle of migrō (“to migrate, change, transport”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Senses: examples: text: Twice a year the geese migrate — from Florida to Canada and back again.
text: Twice a year the Minnesotans migrate from their state to the Gulf of Mexico.
glosses: To relocate periodically from one region to another, usually according to the seasons.
examples: text: Many groups had migrated to western Europe from the plains of eastern Europe.
glosses: To change one's geographic pattern of habitation.
examples: text: To escape persecution, they migrated to a neutral country.
text: Little is more extraordinary than the decision to migrate, little more extraordinary than the accumulation of emotions and thoughts which finally leads a family to say farewell to a community where it has lived for centuries, to abandon old ties and familiar landmarks, and to sail across dark seas to a strange land.
ref: 1964, John F. Kennedy, “Why They Came”, in A Nation of Immigrants, Revised and Enlarged edition, Harper & Row, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 4:
glosses: To change habitations across a border; to move from one country or political region to another.
examples: text: Once the hosts started bickering in the kitchens, the guests began to migrate towards the living room.
glosses: To move slowly towards, usually in groups.
examples: text: Oil was able to migrate from the accessory gearbox into the magneto housing through the improperly installed gland seals.
text: It is very common for the position of the placenta to change as the uterus stretches and grows. An anterior placenta can migrate toward the top, sides, or back of the uterus as the weeks go on.
ref: 2022 August 13, Donna Murray, “What Is an Anterior Placenta? How placenta placement affects pregnancy, labor, and delivery”, in verywellfamily:
glosses: To move gradually, especially from an intended to an unintended position.
examples: text: They had finished migrating all of the affected code to the production server by 2:00am, three hours later than expected.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: To move computer code or files from one computer or network to another.
examples: text: We were hoping to migrate the customers of the "C" series to the "E" series and the "E" customers to the "S" series.
topics: business
marketing
glosses: To induce customers to shift purchases from one set of a company's related products to another.
Derived terms: abmigrate
comigrate
demigrate
electromigrated
emigrate
immigrate
migratable
migration
migrative
migrator
migratory
mismigrate
mismigrated
nonmigrated
nonmigrating
outmigrate
overmigrate
remigrate
transmigrate
unmigrate
unmigrated
Related terms: migrant
migration
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /maɪˈɡɹeɪʃ(ə)n/
rhymes: -eɪʃən
Forms: form: migrations
Etymology: From Middle French migration and its source, Latin migrātiō, from the participle stem of migrō (“I migrate”). Morphologically migrate + -ion.
Senses: glosses: An instance of moving to live in another place for a while.
examples: text: Many of these classic methods are still used, with some modern improvements. For example, with the aid of special microphones and automated sound detection software, ornithologists recently reported […] that pine siskins (Spinus pinus) undergo an irregular, nomadic type of nocturnal migration.
ref: 2013 January 1, Paul Bartel, Ashli Moore, “Avian Migration: The Ultimate Red-Eye Flight”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 1, archived from the original on 05 Mar 2016, pages 47–48:
glosses: Seasonal moving of animals, as mammals, birds or fish, especially between breeding and non-breeding areas.
examples: text: The migration of lead from a can to the food inside it can cause lead poisoning.
glosses: Movement in general.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Instance of changing a platform from an environment to another one.
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The movement of cells in particular directions to specific locations.
Derived terms: abmigration
antimigration
chain migration
chemomigration
climigration
comigration
countermigration
cybermigration
ecomigration
eco-migration
electromigration
e-migration
endomigration
hypermigration
intermigration
internal migration
interregional migration
intraregional migration
Lessepsian migration
loop migration
mass migration
migrational
migrationism
migrationist
mismigration
neuromigration
nonmigration
overmigration
palaeomigration
postmigration
premigration
relay migration
remigration
stepwise migration
time migration
Related terms: emigration
immigration
inmigration
in-migration
migrant
migrate
migratory
outmigration
out-migration
porting
minivet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: minivets
Etymology: 1862. Unknown
Senses: glosses: Any of about 13 species of passerine birds in the genus Pericrocotus of the cuckooshrike family of southern and eastern Asia.
Derived terms: ashy minivet
brown-rumped minivet
fiery minivet
Flores minivet
grey-chinned minivet
little minivet
long-tailed minivet
rosy minivet
Ryukyu minivet
scarlet minivet
short-billed minivet
small minivet
Sunda minivet
Swinhoe's minivet
white-bellied minivet
valuable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈvælju(ə)bl̩/
ipa: /ˈvæljəbl̩/
Forms: form: more valuable
form: most valuable
Etymology: From value + -able.
Senses: examples: text: valuable gemstones
synonyms: worthy
antonyms: word: worthless
word: valuable
word: precious
word: invaluable
word: priceless
glosses: Having a great value.
examples: text: a valuable friend; a valuable companion
text: Truly valuable things have no price and cannot be bought.
glosses: Estimable; deserving esteem.
Synonyms: word: valuable
word: worthy
word: worthly
word: prizable
word: treasurous
word: worth every penny
Derived terms: most valuable player
valuable consideration
valuably
Related terms: word: high-value
word: precious
word: priceless
word: invaluable
word: inestimable
word: very valuable
word: extremely valuable
word: of great value
word: beyond price
word: without price
word: unpriced
word: worth one's weight in gold
word: cherished
word: treasured
word: appreciated
word: dear
word: beloved
word: expensive
word: worthwhile
word: necessary
word: productive
word: useful
word: instrumental
word: helpful
word: beneficial
word: purposeful
word: meaningful
word: significant
word: usable
word: profitable
word: fertile
word: venerable
word: crucial
word: vital
word: marketable
word: fit for purpose
word: worth
word: value
word: price
word: use
word: utility
word: benefit
word: profit
word: quality
word: excellence
word: treasure
word: gold
word: silver
word: bronze
word: platinum
word: diamond
word: jewel
word: gem
word: money
word: capital
word: asset
word: all the tea in China
word: important person
word: expert
word: genius
word: Appendix:Roget MICRA thesaurus/Class V § 812a. Value
valuable
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈvælju(ə)bl̩/
ipa: /ˈvæljəbl̩/
Forms: form: valuables
Etymology: From value + -able.
Senses: examples: text: One particular valuable is a gemstone mosaic.
glosses: A personal possession such as jewellery, of relatively great monetary value.
dial
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdaɪ.əl/
ipa: [ˈdaɪ.əɫ]
rhymes: -aɪəl
Forms: form: dials
Etymology: The original meaning was 'sundial' and/or 'clock dial'; from Middle English diall, from Middle French dyal, from Latin diālis (“daily, concerning the day”), because of its use in telling the time of day, from Latin diēs (“day”). Compare Spanish dial and día (“day”).
Senses: examples: text: Holonyms: (often holonymous) instrument, gauge
text: The dial on the dashboard showed the car was nearly out of gas.
glosses: A graduated, circular scale over which a needle moves to show a measurement (such as speed).
glosses: A graduated, circular scale over which a needle moves to show a measurement (such as speed).
Such a field as part of a clock face; (metonymic) the entire clock face.
related: word: hour hand
word: little hand
word: ;
word: minute hand
word: big hand
word: ;
word: second hand
glosses: A sundial.
examples: text: Turn the dial to Radio 4: my favourite show is on!
glosses: A panel on a radio etc showing wavelengths or channels; a knob that is turned to change the wavelength etc.
examples: text: His hands were too fat to operate the dial on the telephone.
glosses: A disk with finger holes on a telephone; used to select the number to be called.
examples: text: “Well, all I can say is that if yer don't take yer dial outer the road I'll bloomin' well take an' bounce a gibber off yer crust.”
ref: 1918, Norman Lindsay, The Magic Pudding, page 90:
text: At the sound of the old familiar voice he spun around with something of the agility of a cat on hot bricks, and I saw that his dial, usually cheerful, was contorted with anguish, as if he had swallowed a bad oyster.
ref: 1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter IX, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, →OCLC:
text: Old Mona Lisa would have looked like a sour lemon beside Angel Day on the rare days she put a smile on her dial, laughing with her friends when some new man was in town.
ref: 2006, Alexis Wright, Carpentaria, Giramondo, published 2012, page 137:
glosses: A person's face.
glosses: A miner's compass.
shark
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʃɑːk/
ipa: /ʃɑɹk/
homophone: shock (non-rhotic, father-bother merger)
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)k
Forms: form: sharks
form: sharking
form: sharked
form: sharked
Etymology: From Middle English shark (used by Thomas Beckington in 1442 to refer to a kind of fish), of uncertain origin. Most likely from a semantic extension of the German-derived shark (“scoundrel”), see below. The fish was originally called a dogfish or haye in English and Middle English.
alternative theories
Some older dictionaries derived the word from Latin c(h)archarias, c(h)acharus (from Ancient Greek), but admit that "the requisite [Old French] forms intermediate between E. shark and L. carcharus are not found, and it is not certain that the name [shark] was orig. applied to the fish; it may have been first used of a greedy man".
Other older authorities speculated that the word might derive from Yucatec Maya xok (“fish”) (/ʃok/), as John Hawkins brought a specimen from the area where Mayan was spoken to England in the 1560s. However, the 1442 use rules out a New World origin for the word.
Senses: glosses: To fish for sharks.
qualifier: university slang
glosses: Of a university student who is not a fresher (first-year undergraduate), and especially towards the start of the academic year:
To engage in sexual activity with a fresher.
qualifier: university slang
glosses: Of a university student who is not a fresher (first-year undergraduate), and especially towards the start of the academic year:
To cruise for casual sex with a fresher at a bar or club.
Related terms: barracuda
dogfish
hammerhead
porbeagle
smooth hound
thresher
white pointer
wobbegong
shark
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʃɑːk/
ipa: /ʃɑɹk/
homophone: shock (non-rhotic, father-bother merger)
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)k
Forms: form: sharks
Etymology: From German Schurke (“scoundrel”); compare Dutch schurk.
Senses: examples: text: “[…] Churchill, my dear fellow, we have such greedy sharks, and wolves in lamb's clothing. Oh, dear, there's so much to tell you, so many warnings to give you, but all that must be postponed for the moment.”
ref: 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC, page 85:
text: “Look after her, Mr. Hastings. My poor Emily. They’re a lot of sharks—all of them. Oh, I know what I’m talking about. There isn’t one of them that’s not hard up and trying to get money out of her. I’ve protected her as much as I could. Now I’m out of the way, they’ll impose upon her.”
ref: 1920, Agatha Christie, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, London: Pan Books, published 1954, page 15:
glosses: Someone who exploits others, for example by trickery, lies, usury, extortion.
glosses: A sleazy and amoral lawyer.
glosses: An ambulance chaser.
examples: text: In the event they lacked a proper midfield bolt, with Toni Kroos and Sami Khedira huffing around in pursuit of the whizzing green machine. The centre-backs looked flustered, left to deal with three on two as Mexico broke. Löw’s 4-2-3-1 seemed antiquated and creaky, with the old World Cup shark Thomas Müller flat-footed in a wide position.
ref: 2018 June 17, Barney Ronay, “Mexico’s Hirving Lozano stuns world champions Germany for brilliant win”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 05 Aug 2019:
glosses: A relentless and resolute person or group, especially in business.
glosses: A person that excels in a particular field.
glosses: A person that excels in a particular field.
A very good poker or pool player. Compare fish (a bad poker player).
topics: games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A person who feigns ineptitude to win money from others.
Synonyms: sense: player who feigns ineptitude to win money
word: hustler
Derived terms: cardshark
card shark
loan shark
pool shark
shark bait
sharkette
shark
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʃɑːk/
ipa: /ʃɑɹk/
homophone: shock (non-rhotic, father-bother merger)
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)k
Forms: form: sharks
form: sharking
form: sharked
form: sharked
Etymology: From German Schurke (“scoundrel”); compare Dutch schurk.
Senses: glosses: To steal or obtain through fraud.
examples: text: Neither sharks for a cup or a reckoning.
ref: 1628, John Earle, Microcosmography:
glosses: To play the petty thief; to practice fraud or trickery; to swindle.
examples: text: Ah Captaine, lay not all the fault upon Officers you know you can ſhark though you be out of action, witneſſe Montague.
ref: 1612–1613, Nathan Field, John Fletcher, Philip Massinger, “The Honest Mans Fortune”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1647, →OCLC, Act III, scene i, pages 161–162:
text: But a good man ſhall be ſatisfied from himſelf] For he hath a ſpring vvithin his ovvn breaſt, he needs not ſharke abroad: he hath an autarkie, a ſelf-ſufficiency, 1 Tim[othy] 6.6.
ref: 1650, John Trapp, “A Commentary or Exposition upon the Proverbs of Solomon. [Chapter XIV.]”, in Solomonis Πανάρετος: Or, A Commentarie upon the Books of Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and the Song of Songs. […], London: […] T[homas] R[atcliffe] and E[dward] M[ottershead] for John Bellamie, […], →OCLC, page 147:
glosses: To live by shifts and stratagems.
Derived terms: shirk
shark
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʃɑːk/
ipa: /ʃɑɹk/
homophone: shock (non-rhotic, father-bother merger)
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)k
Forms: form: sharks
form: sharking
form: sharked
form: sharked
Etymology: Probably from the "steal" senses above, but perhaps related to shear. Compare shirk.
Senses: examples: text: Fortenbraſſe […] Hath […] Sharkt vp a ſight of lawleſſe Reſolutes […]
ref: c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shake-speare, The Tragicall Historie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke: […] (First Quarto), London: […] [Valentine Simmes] for N[icholas] L[ing] and Iohn Trundell, published 1603, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:
glosses: To pick or gather indiscriminately or covertly.
whale
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: wāl
ipa: /weɪl/
note: without the wine–whine merger
enpr: hwāl
ipa: /ʍeɪl/
note: without the wine–whine merger
rhymes: -eɪl
homophone: wail
homophone: wale (wine–whine merger)
Forms: form: whales
form: whaling
form: whaled
form: whaled
Etymology: From Middle English whal, whale, from Old English hwæl (“whale”), from Proto-West Germanic *hwal, from Proto-Germanic *hwalaz (“whale”) (compare German Wal, Swedish val, Danish and Norwegian Bokmål hval, Norwegian Nynorsk kval; compare also Dutch walvis, West Frisian walfisk, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kʷálos (“sheatfish”) (compare German Wels, Latin squalus (“big sea fish”), Old Prussian kalis, Ancient Greek ἄσπαλος (áspalos), Avestan 𐬐𐬀𐬭𐬀 (kara, “kind of fish”)).
Senses: glosses: To hunt for whales.
Derived terms: whale away
whale
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: wāl
ipa: /weɪl/
note: without the wine–whine merger
enpr: hwāl
ipa: /ʍeɪl/
note: without the wine–whine merger
rhymes: -eɪl
homophone: wail
homophone: wale (wine–whine merger)
Forms: form: whales
form: whaling
form: whaled
form: whaled
Etymology: Uncertain. Perhaps a variant of wale influenced by whack, whap, etc.
Senses: examples: text: Brought him back, put him in the stall—low stable—got out of his reach, and then begun to whale him. Then he kicked up agin; […]
ref: 1852, Thomas Chandler Haliburton, Why Mr Sellum disposed of the horse (chapter XIV in Works, volume 22)
text: "I wouldn't let him. When you were a boy in your part of the country, and other boys told tales about you, what did you do with them?" "Whaled 'em like time, Captin'," answered the man; "and if ye'll only shet yer eyes to 't, I'll whale him." "I can't allow such things in the prison," said the Captain; "and besides, the fellow will be lame for a fortnight, and wouldn't be a match for you in that condition. Let him get limber, and then, if you don't whale him, I'll make you walk the ladder for a month." The result was, the conscript officer received a sound thrashing; and did not commit another act worthy of punishment for a week.
ref: 1865 May, “Three Days at Camp Douglass”, in Our Young Folks: An Illustrated Magazine for Boys and Girls, volume I, number V, page 296:
text: They beat him down and kept whaling him after he was flat.
ref: 2004, Steve Frazee, Voices in the Hill, →ISBN:
text: For quotations using this term, see Citations:whale.
glosses: To thrash, to flog, to beat vigorously or soundly.
Derived terms: whale on
glutton
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡlʌtn̩/
rhymes: -ʌtən
Forms: form: more glutton
form: most glutton
Etymology: From Middle English glotoun, from Old French gloton, gluton, from Latin gluttō, gluttōnis (“glutton”).
The use for the wolverine is a semantic loan from German Vielfraß, itself a folk etymology for Old Norse *fjallfress (literally “mountain cat”). The popular belief that the wolverine is particularly voracious only developed because of this name. See the German for more.
Senses: examples: text: A glutton monastery in former ages makes a hungry ministry in our days.
ref: 1655, Thomas Fuller, The Church-history of Britain; […], London: […] Iohn Williams […], →OCLC, (please specify |book=I to XI):
text: So, so, thou common dog, didst thou disgorge
Thy glutton bosom of the royal Richard?
ref: 1597, William Shakespeare, 2 Henry IV i 3:
glosses: Gluttonous; greedy; gormandizing.
glutton
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡlʌtn̩/
rhymes: -ʌtən
Forms: form: gluttons
Etymology: From Middle English glotoun, from Old French gloton, gluton, from Latin gluttō, gluttōnis (“glutton”).
The use for the wolverine is a semantic loan from German Vielfraß, itself a folk etymology for Old Norse *fjallfress (literally “mountain cat”). The popular belief that the wolverine is particularly voracious only developed because of this name. See the German for more.
Senses: examples: text: Such a glutton would eat until his belly hurts.
glosses: One who eats voraciously, obsessively, or to excess; a gormandizer.
examples: text: "Gluttons in murder, wanton to destroy."
ref: 1705, George Granville, The British Enchanters:
text: "A good few indeed, my man," replied the captain. "Yes, you may make away with a deal of money and be neither drunkard nor glutton."
ref: 1878, Thomas Hardy, The Return of the Native:
text: Hope is a subtle glutton; / He feeds upon the fair;
ref: a. 1887 (date written), Emily Dickinson, “Hope is a subtle glutton”, in M[abel] L[oomis] Todd, editors, Poems, Third Series, Boston, Mass.: Roberts Brothers, published 1896, page 15:
glosses: One who consumes anything voraciously, obsessively, or to excess.
examples: text: [A] civil establishment […] is the animal called a glutton, which falling from a tree (in which it generally conceals itself) upon some noble animal, immediately begins to tear it, and suck its blood […].
ref: 1791, Joseph Priestley, Letters to Burke, section VII:
glosses: The wolverine, Gulo gulo.
glosses: A giant petrel.
Synonyms: word: belly-god
word: buzgut
word: cormorant
word: epicure
word: gannet
word: glutton
word: gorger
word: gourmand
word: gormandizer
word: greedyguts
word: guttle
word: hog
word: Homer Simpson
word: helluo
word: pig
word: slow belly
word: trencherman
Hypernyms: word: bon vivant
word: epicurean
word: gastronome
word: gastronomer
word: gastronomist
word: person
word: sensualist
Related terms: word: glut
word: glutton for punishment
word: gluttonous
word: drunkard
word: libertine
word: greed
word: greedy
word: voracious
glutton
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡlʌtn̩/
rhymes: -ʌtən
Forms: form: gluttons
form: gluttoning
form: gluttoned
form: gluttoned
Etymology: From Middle English glotoun, from Old French gloton, gluton, from Latin gluttō, gluttōnis (“glutton”).
The use for the wolverine is a semantic loan from German Vielfraß, itself a folk etymology for Old Norse *fjallfress (literally “mountain cat”). The popular belief that the wolverine is particularly voracious only developed because of this name. See the German for more.
Senses: examples: text: Glutton'd at last, return at home to pine.
ref: a. 1657, Richard Lovelace, On Sanazar's Hundred Duckets by hte Clarissimi of Venice:
text: In some cities their [local branches] have become gluttoned with success, and in their misguided overzealous ambition they are 'killing the goose that lays the golden egg.'
ref: 1915, Journeyman Barber, Hairdresser, Cosmetologist and Proprietor:
glosses: To glut; to satisfy (especially an appetite) by filling to capacity.
examples: text: Whereon in Egypt gluttoning they fed.
ref: 1604, Michael Drayton, Moses in a Map of his Miracles:
text: Thus do I pine and surfeit day by day, / Or gluttoning on all, or all away.
ref: 1598, William Shakespeare, Sonnet 75:
glosses: To glut; to eat voraciously.
Related terms: gluttoness
gluttonise
gluttonish
gluttonism
gluttonize
gluttonous
gluttonously
gluttony
Teresa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /təˈɹiː.sə/
ipa: /təˈɹiː.zə/
rhymes: -iːsə
rhymes: -iːzə
Forms: form: Theresa
Etymology: First recorded as the name of a fourth-century Spanish saint. Of obscure origin; suggestions include Therasia or Thera, ancient name of the Greek island Thira.
Senses: examples: text: My friends call me Terry. My husband always used my full name, Teresa. He said it made him feel like he was married to a foreign woman.
ref: 1980, Laura Furman, The Glass House, a Novella and Stories., Viking Press, →ISBN, page 76:
text: Cynthia and Melinda, reduced to Cindy and Mindy, as Carella had dreaded would happen from the moment she named them. Her older daughter had fared better. Tess, modern and sleek for Teresa, which conjured up cobblestoned streets in a mountain village in Potenza.
ref: 1999, Ed McBain, The Big Bad City, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 139:
glosses: A female given name from Ancient Greek, the Spanish and Italian form of Theresa.
glosses: A municipality of Rizal, Philippines.
Related terms: word: Terri
word: Terry
word: Tess
word: Tessa
word: Tessy
word: Tracy
fine-structure constant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: synonyms: Sommerfeld's constant
electromagnetic coupling constant
qualifier: electrodynamics
glosses: The fundamental physical value α, presumed to be constant, that characterizes the strength of the electromagnetic force. Equal to about 1/137 = 0.0072973525.
pays
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /peɪz/
rhymes: -eɪz
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of pay
pays
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /peɪz/
rhymes: -eɪz
Senses: glosses: plural of pay
Strasburg
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.
glosses: A census-designated place in Adams County and Arapahoe County, Colorado.
glosses: A village in Shelby County, Illinois.
glosses: A tiny city in Cass County, Missouri.
glosses: A tiny city in Emmons County, North Dakota.
glosses: A village in Tuscarawas County, Ohio.
glosses: A borough and township in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, named after Strasbourg, France.
glosses: A town in Shenandoah County, Virginia.
examples: text: Some fine day we may have the country raised, and the gendarmes down upon us from Strasburg, and all owing to your pretty doll, with her cunning ways of coming over you.
ref: 1861, Elizabeth Gaskell, The Grey Woman:
glosses: Obsolete form of Strasbourg (“French city”).
Related terms: Strasbourg
SSBM
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: video-games
glosses: Initialism of Super Smash Bros. Melee.
isochronal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἴσος (ísos, “equal”) + χρόνος (khrónos, “time”) + -al.
Senses: glosses: Having the same duration.
glosses: Happening at regular periods; isochronous, periodic.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Time-dependent.
raw_tags: of data
Synonyms: isochronic
isochronical
Derived terms: isochronally
Related terms: isochrone
isochrony
amass
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈmæs/
rhymes: -æs
Forms: form: amasses
form: amassing
form: amassed
form: amassed
Etymology: From Middle English *amassen (found only as Middle English massen (“to amass”)), from Anglo-Norman amasser, from Medieval Latin amassāre, from ad + massa (“lump, mass”). See mass.
Senses: glosses: To collect into a mass or heap.
examples: text: to amass a treasure or a fortune
text: to amass words or phrases
text: […] he reluctantly returned to the old Nevada mines, there to recruit his health and to amass money enough to allow him to pursue his object without privation.
ref: 1887, Arthur Conan Doyle, chapter V, in A Study in Scarlet Part II, page 123:
glosses: to gather a great quantity of; to accumulate.
glosses: To accumulate; to assemble.
Synonyms: sense: collect into a mass
word: heap up
word: mound
word: pile
word: pile up
word: stack up
sense: gather a great quantity of
word: accumulate
word: amound
word: collect
word: gather
word: hoard
word: amass
word: engross
word: get up
word: intreasure
word: niggard
word: packrat
word: rathole
word: squirrel away
word: uphoard
Hypernyms: word: round up
Derived terms: amassable
amasser
amassment
reamass
Related terms: word: accumulate
word: lot
amass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈmæs/
rhymes: -æs
Forms: form: amasses
Etymology: From Middle English *amassen (found only as Middle English massen (“to amass”)), from Anglo-Norman amasser, from Medieval Latin amassāre, from ad + massa (“lump, mass”). See mass.
Senses: examples: text: [T]his Pillar [the "Compounded Order"] is nothing in effect, but a Medlie, or an Amaſſe of all the precedent Ornaments, making a nevv kinde, by ſtealth, and though the moſt richly tricked, yet the pooreſt in this, that he is a borrovver of all his Beautie.
ref: 1624, Henry Wotton, “The Seate, and the Worke”, in The Elements of Architecture, […], London: […] Iohn Bill, →OCLC, I. part, page 38:
text: […] others are drawn, not as portraits, not strict copies of these most essential characteristic parts, but filled up afterwards from memory, and a general idea of an amass of arms, without the specific one of a trophæal amass, which is the fact of these bas-relieves.
ref: 1788, Thomas Pownall, Notices and Descriptions of Antiquities of the Provincia Romana of Gaul, London: John Nichols, page 22:
synonyms: mass
heap
pile
glosses: A large number of things collected or piled together.
examples: text: He [the general] must neuer permit the Captaines to depart from the place, where he made the Amasse and collection of the Companies, with their bands out of order or disseuered, although they should depart to some place neere adioyning, vnlesse he were forced by some occasion of great necessity and importance:
ref: 1591, William Garrard, The Arte of Warre Book 6, London: Roger Warde, page 339:
glosses: The act of amassing.
amateur
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæ.mə.tə/
ipa: /ˈæ.mə.t͡ʃɚ/
ipa: /ˈæ.mə.t͡ʃʊɚ/
ipa: /ˈæ.mə.tɚ/
Forms: form: amateurs
Etymology: Borrowed from French amateur, from Latin amātor (“lover”), from amāre (“to love”).
Senses: examples: text: he conducted extensive correspondence on wines with European suppliers, employing a wine vocabulary familiar to any modern amateur of wines.
ref: 2006, John Hailman, Thomas Jefferson on Wine, University of Mississippi, published 2006, page x:
glosses: A lover of something.
examples: text: The contest is only open to amateurs.
glosses: A person attached to a particular pursuit, study, science, or art (such as music or painting), especially one who cultivates any study, interest, taste, or attachment without engaging in it professionally.
examples: text: The entire thing was built by some amateurs with screwdrivers and plywood.
glosses: Someone who is unqualified or insufficiently skillful.
Synonyms: sense: person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally
word: hobbyist
sense: someone unqualified
word: dabbler
sense: someone unqualified
word: dilettante
sense: someone unqualified
word: punk
Derived terms: amateurish
amateurism
amateurization
amateurize
amateurship
Ammie
radio amateur
shamateur
Related terms: word: amateuse
word: amatrice
sense: someone unqualified or insufficiently qualified
word: layperson
sense: someone unqualified or insufficiently qualified
word: nonexpert
sense: someone unqualified or insufficiently qualified
word: nonspecialist
sense: someone unqualified or insufficiently qualified
word: newbie
amateur
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæ.mə.tə/
ipa: /ˈæ.mə.t͡ʃɚ/
ipa: /ˈæ.mə.t͡ʃʊɚ/
ipa: /ˈæ.mə.tɚ/
Forms: form: more amateur
form: most amateur
Etymology: Borrowed from French amateur, from Latin amātor (“lover”), from amāre (“to love”).
Senses: glosses: Non-professional.
examples: text: amateur sports
glosses: Created, done, or populated by amateurs or non-professionals.
examples: text: Duct tape is a sure sign of amateur workmanship.
glosses: Showing a lack of professionalism, experience or talent.
Derived terms: amateur press association
amateur radio
amateurly
amateur hour
amateur night
amazement
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈmeɪz.mənt/
rhymes: -eɪzmənt
Forms: form: amazements
Etymology: From amaze + -ment.
Senses: examples: text: Eustace gaped at him in amazement. When his urbanity dropped away from him, as now, he had an innocence of expression which was almost infantile. It was as if the world had never touched him at all.
ref: 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 9, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
glosses: The condition of being amazed; a state of overwhelming wonder, as from surprise or sudden fear, horror, or admiration; astonishment.
examples: text: Were believers thoroughly persuaded of what God meaneth, by these things, they would not be so liable to those frights and amazements which distract and disturb them.
ref: 1682, Samuel Willard, The fiery tryal no strange thing, Boston: Samuel Sewell, page 16:
text: In the midst of ill rumours and amazements, his countenance changeth not.
ref: 1791, “Character of the faithful Man”, in Aphorisms concerning the Assurance of Faith, Philadelphia: W. Young, page 60:
text: Certain points, crises, certain feelings, joys, griefs and amazements, when reviewed, must strike us as things wildered and whirling.
ref: 1853, Charlotte Bronte, chapter 41, in Villette:
glosses: A particular feeling of wonder, surprise, fear, or horror.
examples: text: So impossible did it seem that such an amazement of horse-flesh could ever be hers.
ref: 1913, Jack London, chapter 21, in The Valley of the Moon:
text: I believe the Urchin showed more enthusiasm over the stone and the robin than over any of the amazements that succeeded them.
ref: 1918, Christopher Morley, “The Urchin at the Zoo,”, in Mince Pie:
glosses: Something which amazes.
glosses: Madness, frenzy.
amazingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈmeɪzɪŋli/
Forms: form: more amazingly
form: most amazingly
Etymology: From amazing + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: That violin solo was played amazingly.
text: While at first in the U.S.A. it may have been a matter of high-pressure salesmanship—and it has undoubtely been the irresistible enterprise of the General Motors Corporation, through its Electro-Motive subsidiary, that has set in motion this amazingly rapid transformation of American railway motive power, and has caused all the steam locomotive builders in the U.S.A. to follow suit or be left out in the cold—it seems now beyond dispute that, so far as the U.S.A. is concerned, the economics of the power question can be solved no other way.
ref: 1950 January, Cecil J. Allen, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, in Railway Magazine, pages 12–13:
glosses: In an amazing manner; in a way that causes amazement; wonderfully.
examples: text: Amazingly, no one was injured in the crash.
text: Signalman Bridges was killed by the blast, as was fireman Nightall. Amazingly, driver Gimbert came round some 200 yards away, on the grass outside the Station Hotel where he had been flung.
ref: 2022 January 12, Benedict le Vay, “The heroes of Soham...”, in RAIL, number 948, page 43:
glosses: Difficult to believe; strange but true.
examples: text: The car has amazingly low fuel consumption.
text: The disease AIDS is wiping out a significant portion of the Gay Community and concerns about it are well-justified. But there is another disease that strikes an amazingly high percentage in our community. This disease is Chemical Dependency.
ref: 1984 April 7, N.B., “Chemical Dependency in the Gay Community”, in Gay Community News, page 5:
glosses: To a wonder-inspiring extent.