cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
charioteer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌt͡ʃɛ.ɹi.əˈtɪɹ/
rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)
rhymes: -ɪɹ
Forms: form: charioteers
form: charioter
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English charioter, from Old French charioteur (“charioteer”) and charretier (“coachman”). By surface analysis, chariot + -eer.
Senses: glosses: A person who drives a chariot.
Derived terms: charioteeress
charioteership
charioteer
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌt͡ʃɛ.ɹi.əˈtɪɹ/
rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)
rhymes: -ɪɹ
Forms: form: charioteers
form: charioteering
form: charioteered
form: charioteered
form: charioter
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English charioter, from Old French charioteur (“charioteer”) and charretier (“coachman”). By surface analysis, chariot + -eer.
Senses: glosses: To drive a chariot.
glosses: To drive someone in a chariot.
Ara
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈeɪ.ɹə/
/ˈɛɹ.ə/
Etymology: From Latin āra (“altar”).
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: A constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble an altar.
glosses: A barangay of Benito Soliven, Isabela, Philippines.
Derived terms: Arae
Arid
Ara
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈeɪ.ɹə/
/ˈɛɹ.ə/
Etymology: From Armenian Արա (Ara).
Senses: glosses: A male given name from Armenian.
Ara
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈeɪ.ɹə/
/ˈɛɹ.ə/
Forms: form: Aras
Senses: glosses: A surname.
harlequin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhɑːlɪkwɪn/
ipa: /ˈhɑɹlɪkwɪn/
Forms: form: harlequins
Etymology: From earlier Harlicken, from Middle French Harlequin (in Italian Arlecchino, the name of a popular servant character in commedia dell'arte plays), from Old French Harlequin, Halequin, Herlequin, Hellequin, Hierlekin, Hellekin (a demon, malevolent spirit), probably of Germanic origin, connected to the Old English figure of *Herla Cyning (“King Herla”, a mythical figure identified with Woden) or possibly to Old Frisian helle kin, Old English helle cyn, Old Norse heljar kyn (“the kindred of Hell”). Related to Middle English Hurlewain (“a mischievous sprite or goblin”).
Senses: examples: text: […] were certainly the worst and dullest company into which an audience was ever introduced; and (which was a secret known to few) were actually intended so to be, in order to contrast the comic part of the entertainment, and to display the tricks of harlequin to the better advantage.
ref: 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling:
text: Motives are like harlequins—there is always a second dress beneath their first.
ref: 1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XX, in Romance and Reality. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 241:
glosses: A pantomime fool, typically dressed in colorful checkered clothes, used as a stock character in commedia dell'arte and other genres.
glosses: A greenish-chartreuse color.
glosses: A harlequin duck.
topics: biology
entomology
natural-sciences
glosses: Any of various riodinid butterflies of the genera Taxila and Praetaxila.
Derived terms: harlequin annual lupine
harlequin baby
harlequin bug
harlequin darter
harlequinic
harlequin ichthyosis
harlequinism
harlequinize
harlequin lady beetle
harlequin ladybird
harlequin ladybug
harlequin mantis shrimp
harlequin-type ichthyosis
harlequin
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhɑːlɪkwɪn/
ipa: /ˈhɑɹlɪkwɪn/
Etymology: From earlier Harlicken, from Middle French Harlequin (in Italian Arlecchino, the name of a popular servant character in commedia dell'arte plays), from Old French Harlequin, Halequin, Herlequin, Hellequin, Hierlekin, Hellekin (a demon, malevolent spirit), probably of Germanic origin, connected to the Old English figure of *Herla Cyning (“King Herla”, a mythical figure identified with Woden) or possibly to Old Frisian helle kin, Old English helle cyn, Old Norse heljar kyn (“the kindred of Hell”). Related to Middle English Hurlewain (“a mischievous sprite or goblin”).
Senses: glosses: Brightly colored, especially in a pattern like that of a harlequin clown's clothes.
glosses: Of a greenish-chartreuse color.
Derived terms: harlequinade
harlequin bat
harlequin beetle
harlequin cabbage bug
harlequin caterpillar
harlequin duck
harlequinery
harlequinesque
harlequin ice cream
harlequin moth
harlequin opal
harlequin snake
yellow harlequin
harlequin
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhɑːlɪkwɪn/
ipa: /ˈhɑɹlɪkwɪn/
Forms: form: harlequins
form: harlequining
form: harlequined
form: harlequined
Etymology: From earlier Harlicken, from Middle French Harlequin (in Italian Arlecchino, the name of a popular servant character in commedia dell'arte plays), from Old French Harlequin, Halequin, Herlequin, Hellequin, Hierlekin, Hellekin (a demon, malevolent spirit), probably of Germanic origin, connected to the Old English figure of *Herla Cyning (“King Herla”, a mythical figure identified with Woden) or possibly to Old Frisian helle kin, Old English helle cyn, Old Norse heljar kyn (“the kindred of Hell”). Related to Middle English Hurlewain (“a mischievous sprite or goblin”).
Senses: examples: text: And kitten, if the humour hit / Has harlequin'd away the fit.
ref: 1737, Matthew Green, The Spleen:
glosses: To remove or conjure away, as if by a harlequin's trick.
glosses: To make sport by playing ludicrous tricks.
harum-scarum
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌhɛəɹəmˈskɛəɹəm/
Etymology: Uncertain. Likely from hare (“harass, harry”) 'em (“them”) and scare 'em (“frighten them”); alternately the first element may be from hare (“rabbit-like animals”), or the second element may be a variant of stare. Attested from the late 17th century.
Senses: examples: 1832, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Eugene Aram
Lester's good heart will be to hear that little Peter is so improved;--no longer a dissolute, harum-scarum fellow, throwing away his money, and always in debt.
glosses: wild, careless, irresponsible
harum-scarum
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌhɛəɹəmˈskɛəɹəm/
Etymology: Uncertain. Likely from hare (“harass, harry”) 'em (“them”) and scare 'em (“frighten them”); alternately the first element may be from hare (“rabbit-like animals”), or the second element may be a variant of stare. Attested from the late 17th century.
Senses: examples: 1800, Maria Edgeworth, Castle Rackrent
[…] for he never looked after anything at all, but harum-scarum called for everything as if we were conjurors, or he in a public-house.
glosses: wildly, carelessly, irresponsibly
harum-scarum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌhɛəɹəmˈskɛəɹəm/
Forms: form: harum-scarums
Etymology: Uncertain. Likely from hare (“harass, harry”) 'em (“them”) and scare 'em (“frighten them”); alternately the first element may be from hare (“rabbit-like animals”), or the second element may be a variant of stare. Attested from the late 17th century.
Senses: glosses: A giddy, rash person.
Altair
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɔːltɛə(ɹ)/
ipa: /ˈɔːltaɪə(ɹ)/
ipa: /ˈæltaɪə(ɹ)/
ipa: /ˌɑltaɪˈɪə(ɹ)/
rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)
Etymology: From the Arabic اَلنَّسْر اَلطَّائِر (an-nasr aṭ-ṭāʔir, “the flying eagle”), from نَسْر (nasr, “eagle”) + طَائِر (ṭāʔir, “flying”).
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: The brightest star in the constellation Aquila; Alpha (α) Aquilae. It is the twelfth brightest star in the sky, and forms one corner of the Summer Triangle.
Derived terms: Altairian
Arcturus
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɑɹkˈtjʊəɹəs/
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin Arctūrus.
Senses: examples: text: When humanity activated the Charon Mass Relay in 2149, it led to Arcturus, 36 light years from Sol, Earth's sun. Arcturus is the third brightest star seen from Earth. It is an ancient red giant from the generation born before Sol.
ref: 2008, BioWare, Mass Effect, Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Stations: Arcturus Station Codex entry:
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: A bright yellow-orange star in the constellation Boötes; Alpha (α) Boötis. It is the fourth-brightest star in the night sky.
Derived terms: Arcturian
feedline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: feedlines
Etymology: From feed + line.
Senses: topics: broadcasting
media
radio
glosses: Physical cabling that carries the radio signal to and from the aerial.
glosses: The conveyor belt, or other transport device, that delivers the meal to the animals.
topics: automotive
transport
vehicles
glosses: The tube for gasoline that goes to the engine.
Apus
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈeɪpəs/
rhymes: -eɪpəs
Etymology: Named by Dutch explorers Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser and Frederick de Houtman between 1595 and 1597. From Latin apūs, from ἀ- (a-, “not”) + πούς (poús, “foot”); early specimens of birds of paradise obtained by Europeans had had their feet removed during traditional taxidermy, and were consequently believed by Europeans to lack feet—see Paradisaea apoda on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: A constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble a bird of paradise.
Derived terms: Apodis
Antlia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin antlia (“pump for drawing water”), from Ancient Greek ἀντλία (antlía, “bilge water”).
Originally called Antlia pneumatica (“air pump”) in the 18th century by the French astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille.
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: A faint winter constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a pump. The common English name is "Air pump".
wikipedia: Nicolas Louis de Lacaille
Derived terms: Antliae
antlia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antliae
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin antlia (“pump”), from Ancient Greek ἀντλία (antlía).
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: The spiral tubular proboscis of butterflies.
noting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnoʊtɪŋ/
rhymes: (US) -oʊtɪŋ
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of note
Derived terms: unnoting
noting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnoʊtɪŋ/
rhymes: (US) -oʊtɪŋ
Forms: form: notings
Senses: examples: text: At the end of his notings and his calculations he went out into the street with a smile of satisfaction on his round face, for the fates had been good to him.
ref: 1928, Edgar Wallace, The Twister:
text: In large Companies, it will be appreciated that notings are numerous, and therefore time consuming. While experienced staff become expert at picking out the clause applicable, it still takes considerable time to make extracts […]
ref: 1960, C. W. Kerry, Share register practice:
glosses: A note; a written remark.
noting
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnoʊtɪŋ/
rhymes: (US) -oʊtɪŋ
Senses: examples: text: To a man of honour a kick is noting, a blow is noting, de soul is de abode of glory, honour, pride.
glosses: Pronunciation spelling of nothing.
gora
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡəʊɹə/
note: Indic
ipa: /ˈɡorɑ/
Forms: form: gaura
form: ghora
Etymology: Borrowed from Hindustani गोरा (gorā) / گورا (gorā).
* In British Pakistani speech, influenced by Pahari-Potwari گورا (gorā) / Punjabi گورا (gorā).
Senses: examples: text: "Sir! Yes." He saluted, did an about face and marched off. Sher swiveled around in his chair and looked fondly at the picture of the huge dead tiger and the embarrassed looking white, gora king, Edward.
ref: 2007, Harold M. Bergsma, One Way to Pakistan: A Novel, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 199:
text: Barun enjoys this gora food as much as Indian food, but he comes to recognise its symbolic associations and power, becoming troubled by his own patterns of consumption.
ref: 2011, Michelle Superle, Contemporary English-Language Indian Children's Literature: Representations of Nation, Culture, and the New Indian Girl, Taylor & Francis, →ISBN, page 117:
text: So Myra, whose daughter is studying in Stand Ford (I think so it's in LA only), says people there voted for Hilary and they all hate Trump, so she's safe (and in any case she's very gora and she's dyed her hair blonde) but Sunny, whose smaller son is in Cantucky, where there are lots of Trump kay log, is so scared she's thinking of calling him back.
ref: 2022, Moni Mohsin, Between You, Me & The Four Walls: The Social Butterfly Bulletin, Penguin Random House India Private Limited, →ISBN, unnumbered page:
glosses: Pertaining to a fair-skinned or European person.
gora
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡəʊɹə/
note: Indic
ipa: /ˈɡorɑ/
Forms: form: goras
form: gaura
form: ghora
Etymology: Borrowed from Hindustani गोरा (gorā) / گورا (gorā).
* In British Pakistani speech, influenced by Pahari-Potwari گورا (gorā) / Punjabi گورا (gorā).
Senses: examples: text: Every day after that, my parents showed off their daughter's Urdu-speaking gora ‘friend’ to anyone who walked through the door.
ref: 2023, Ayesha Manazir Siddiqi, The Centre, Picador, page 41:
qualifier: British Pakistani
glosses: A white person; a European.
Derived terms: gora complex
Related terms: gori
domestique
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌdə(ʊ)mɛˈstiːk/
ipa: /ˌdɒ-/
ipa: /dəˌmɛˈstik/
rhymes: -iːk
Forms: form: domestiques
Etymology: Borrowed from French domestique (“domestic servant, maid”), from domestique (“domestic”, adjective), from Latin domesticus (“of the house, domestic; familiar; native”), from domus (“home, house; place of one's birth or residence, native country”). Doublet of domestic.
Senses: examples: text: In a recent poll [Sean] Yates was voted one of the top-10 domestiques of all time, a crucial cog to any leader's Tour ambitions. […] To many casual observers, the role of domestique is not a particularly rewarding one. Yates begs to differ.
ref: 2003 July 24, Matt Majendie, “Domestique Bliss”, in BBC Sport, archived from the original on 26 Oct 2021:
text: […] Bram De Groot, a domestique with the Dutch Rabobank team, drops out the back, one arm in the air. The team car responds instantly, swinging out of the line of support vehicles behind the peloton and racing, klaxon sounding, up to De Groot. The window opens and a hand emerges with a bidon (plastic drinks bottle). De Groot places it in his back pocket and the hand emerges with another. This one goes down the back of his shirt, and it is joined by five more. Then off he sprints to deliver them to thirsty team-mates. De Groot is one of the domestiques and this is their lot. They continually drop off, collecting bidons and sprinting back into the peloton with grotesquely bulging shirts.
ref: 2006 July 15, “Tour de France 2006: Life is rarely dull among the bottle-carriers and peloton pushers”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 15 Mar 2016:
synonyms: water carrier
qualifier: cycle racing
glosses: A cyclist on a cycle racing team whose role is to assist the team's designated leaders (for example, by riding in front of them to create a slipstream, or to set the pace), even if at the expense of their own individual performance.
wikipedia: 1997 Tour de France
Jan Ullrich
Udo Bölts
Related terms: pacemaker
track bike
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: track bikes
Senses: glosses: A stripped-down, lightweight bicycle, with a fixed gear mechanism and no brakes, designed for racing on a velodrome.
Synonyms: track bicycle
Related terms: road bike
street bike
track cycling
handlanger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhændˌlæŋə/
Forms: form: handlangers
Etymology: Borrowed from Afrikaans handlanger (“assistant, helper”), from Dutch handlanger (“accomplice, henchman; assistant, helper”), analyzable as hand (“hand”) + langen (“to hand over or pass to”) + -er (“-er”, agent suffix) (in the sense of someone who puts things into another person's hands), from German Handlanger (“handyman; henchman”), from Hand (“hand”) + langen (“to hand over, to give; to reach for something”) + -er (“-er”, agent suffix).
Senses: examples: text: […] building himself brick by brick, with his wife as his only handlanger.
ref: 1976, Het Suid Western:
glosses: An unskilled assistant to an artisan.
examples: text: [E]very political leader has a handlanger. Like a toddler with a security blanket, the political handlanger is a necessary sop and sponge for all the tension that goes with the job. And there is nothing either disreputable or degrading about the role. Politics can be spiteful and demanding; the handlanger is the trusted confidant, the one person whom the leader can sound out, seek counsel from and trust.
ref: 2006, Richard Calland, Anatomy of South Africa: Who Holds the Power?, Cape Town: Zebra Press, →ISBN, page 177:
text: The time for talk truly is over now. The ANC will have to do the necessary, find its backbone and rein in [Jacob] Zuma, his cronies and their handlangers to avert an economic crisis happening on its watch.
ref: 2016 March 17, Judith February, “Which colour pill will the ANC choose?”, in Daily Maverick, archived from the original on 11 Apr 2016:
glosses: An aide, an assistant.
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Handlanger.
embezzle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪmˈbɛz.əl/
ipa: /ɪmˈbɛz.əl/
ipa: /ɛmˈbɛz.əl/
note: weak vowel merger
ipa: /əmˈbɛz.əl/
ipa: /ɪmˈbez.əl/
rhymes: -ɛzəl
Forms: form: embezzles
form: embezzling
form: embezzled
form: embezzled
Etymology: From Middle English embesilen, from Anglo-Norman embesiler, embesillier, embeseillier (“to steal, cause to disappear”), from em- + Old French besillier (“to torment, destroy, gouge”), of unknown origin.
Senses: examples: text: You waste your education in burglary. You should do one of two things. Either you should forge or you should embezzle. For my own part, I embezzle.
ref: 1903, H. G. Wells, “Mr. Ledbetter's Vacation”, in Twelve Stories and a Dream:
text: You let Dunsey have it, sir? And how long have you been so thick with Dunsey that you must collogue with him to embezzle my money?
ref: 1861, George Eliot [pseudonym; Mary Ann Evans], Silas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe, Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and Sons, →OCLC:
topics: business
law
glosses: To steal or misappropriate money that one has been trusted with, especially to steal money from the organisation for which one works.
Synonyms: defalcate
have one's hand in the till
misappropriate
peculate
Derived terms: embezzlement
embezzler
unembezzled
gump
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡʌmp/
rhymes: -ʌmp
homophone: Gump
Forms: form: gumps
Etymology: Perhaps related to gumption. The term long pre-dates the slow-witted character from the 1994 film Forrest Gump.
Senses: glosses: Clipping of gumption
examples: text: […] the young ignorant gump hearing his father or mother who perhaps may be ten times more ignorant, in point of literature than himself, extoling his learning, struts about in the full assurance, that his attainments in literature are sufficient to take him through the world, when in fact, he has scarcely any learning at all!!
ref: 1829, David Walker, Walker’s Appeal, Boston: for the author, page 33:
text: […] I’d no idee of going to be shot at for money, like these ’ere fools and gumps that goes down to the Florida swamps, to be shot at all day by Ingens, for eighteen pence a day.
ref: 1839, Charles Edwards Lester, Chains and Freedom: or, The Life and Adventures of Peter Wheeler, a Colored Man Yet Living, New York: E. S. Arnold, Book 2, Chapter 3, pp. 225-226:
text: Low, coarse, undiscerning simpletons, they are all animal sensibility, and have not yet developed the ability to pick truth from error, reality from show, and fraud out of its fine garments of honesty; gumps and boobies, they are pleased with a rattle and tickled with a straw.
ref: 1893, Frederic Scrimshaw, chapter 36, in The Dogs and the Fleas, Chicago: Douglas McCallum, page 222:
text: Every fond mama is gump enough to think that every Greek god she sees looks like her own boy, even if her own happens to squint and have two teeth missing―which mine hasn’t, thanks the Lord!
ref: 1913, Edna Ferber, chapter 1, in Roast Beef, Medium, New York: Frederick A. Stokes, page 18:
text: “I’m a gump, Keith,” he exclaimed. “Someone ought to kick me. I never was so plumb mistook in all of my born days.”
ref: 1925, T. C. Bridges, chapter 31, in The River Riders: An Exciting Lumberjack Story, London and New York: Frederick Warne:
text: The toad stared balefully at his reflection and puffed himself up to show that he wasn't really frightened. "'Tis thou, thou gump," grinned Catweazle evilly, and put Touchwood down on the soap dish.
ref: 1971, Richard Carpenter, Catweazle and the Magic Zodiac, Harmondsworth: Puffin Books, page 22:
synonyms: dunce
fool
nitwit
glosses: A foolish person.
examples: text: Namond Brice (Julito McCullum): Yo, where the package at man?
Kenard (Thuliso Dingwall): Package up my ass, gump!
Namond Brice (Julito McCullum): Yo, I'm 'bout to-
Kenard (Thuliso Dingwall): You're 'bout to! Go on, walk, gump-ass motherfucker!
ref: 2006, George Pelecanos & Ed Burns, “That's Got His Own” (34:40 from the start), in The Wire, season 4, episode 12, spoken by Kenard (Thuliso Dingwall):
qualifier: Baltimore; District of Columbia; Baltimore; District of Columbia
glosses: A weak or soft person.
Related terms: gump stump
go fuck oneself
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Forms: form: go f oneself
Senses: examples: text: You ate all the cake and you want me to make more? Go fuck yourself.
qualifier: dismissal
glosses: To go to hell, to get lost.
Derived terms: go fuck yourself sideways
embezzler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɛmˈbɛz(ə)lɚ/
ipa: /ɪm-/
Forms: form: embezzlers
Etymology: From embezzle + -er.
Senses: examples: text: 1667, Samuel Pepys, Diary
It appears that Hogg is the eeriest rogue, the most observable embezzler, that ever was known.
text: At the time, I was deeply involved with the handsome embezzler who led a major telecom company into bankruptcy.
ref: 2003, Will and Grace (TV, episode 5.23)
text: That word is bezzle. It describes the period in which an embezzler has stolen a man's money but the victim does not yet realize he's been swindled.
ref: 2015 December 3, Tracy Alloway, “There's Been a Bezzle-Fueled Boom in Bonds”, in Markets, Bloomberg News, retrieved 16 Aug 2021:
text: There’s good reason to worry. In an earlier memoir, “Five-Finger Discount,” Stapinski recreated the terrifying world of swindlers, embezzlers, burglars and mobster wannabes who made up her extended Jersey City family.
ref: 2017 June 23, Max Byrd, “A Trip to Southern Italy to Shed Light on a Family Scandal”, in The New York Times:
glosses: One who steals money they have been trusted with, especially from one's employer; one who embezzles.
Synonyms: peculator
frankfurters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of frankfurter
emery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɛməɹi/
Forms: form: emeries
Etymology: From French émeri, from Old French esmeril, from Italian smeriglio.
Senses: examples: text: It took me from nine to ten days to grind and polish it ready for parabolising and silvering. I did this by hand labour with the aid of emery, but without a lathe. I finally used rouge instead of emery in grinding down the glass, until I could see my face in the mirror quite plain.
ref: 1884, Samuel Smiles, Men of Invention and Industry:
topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
petrology
glosses: An impure type of corundum, often used for sanding or polishing.
Derived terms: emerise
emerize
emery bag
emery ball
emery board
emery cloth
emery paper
emery
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɛməɹi/
Forms: form: emeries
form: emerying
form: emeried
form: emeried
Etymology: From French émeri, from Old French esmeril, from Italian smeriglio.
Senses: glosses: To sand or polish with emery.
glosses: To coat with emery.
harvest moon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: harvest moons
Etymology: Extra light provides longer hours for the harvesting that occurs in the Northern Hemisphere at this time of year.
Senses: glosses: The first full moon of autumn by a tropical year.
examples: text: Round and red as the harvest moon through the mist of the marshes
ref: 1847 November 1, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Evangeline, a Tale of Acadie, Boston, Mass.: William D. Ticknor & Company, →OCLC, (please specify either |part=I or II):
text: Boxer would even come out at nights and work for an hour or two on his own by the light of the harvest moon.
ref: 1943 November – 1944 February (date written; published 1945 August 17), George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], Animal Farm […], London: Secker & Warburg, published May 1962, →OCLC:
glosses: The full moon nearest the autumn equinox, when the moon rises the latest and lowest in the sky and seems to appear the biggest, as seen from the Northern Hemisphere.
Synonyms: wine moon
singing moon
elk call moon
Related terms: word: wolf moon
word: hunger moon
english: January
translation: January
word: old moon
word: snow moon
english: February
translation: February
word: ice moon
word: worm moon
word: sap moon
word: sugaring moon
word: crow moon
english: March
translation: March
word: storm moon
word: pink moon
word: egg moon
word: grass moon
word: rain moon
word: growing moon
english: April
translation: April
word: wind moon
word: flower moon
word: planting moon
word: milk moon
english: May
translation: May
word: hare moon
word: strawberry moon
word: rose moon
word: honey moon
english: June
translation: June
word: mead moon
word: buck moon
word: thunder moon
word: deer moon
english: July
translation: July
word: hay moon
word: sturgeon moon
word: corn moon
word: fruit moon
english: August
translation: August
word: barley moon
english: September
translation: September
word: gypsy moon
english: October
translation: October
word: hunter's moon
word: beaver moon
word: frost moon
word: frosty moon
english: November
translation: November
word: snow moon
word: cold moon
word: long night moon
english: December
translation: December
word: winter moon
word: blue moon
word: wet moon
emote
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪˈməʊt/
ipa: /əˈmoʊt/
ipa: /i-/
ipa: /ˈiˌmoʊt/
rhymes: -əʊt
Forms: form: emotes
form: emoting
form: emoted
form: emoted
Etymology: The verb is a back-formation from emotion. The noun is derived from the verb.
Senses: examples: text: In the Latin category, dancers begin the round in carnival mode, bouncing and curving voltas traveling down the length of the floor, emoting happy celebration in a Brazilianesque samba.
ref: 2017, Laurie Frederik, “Painting the Body Brown and Other Lessons on How to Dance Latin”, in Laurie Frederik, Kim Marra, Catherine Schuler, Showing Off, Showing Up: Studies of Hype, Heightened Performance, and Cultural Power, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan Press, →ISBN, page 55:
glosses: To display or express (emotions, mental states, etc.) openly, particularly while acting, and especially in an excessive manner.
glosses: To deliver (a speech), say (lines of a play, words), etc., in a dramatic or emotional manner, especially if overly so.
examples: text: She doesn't smile much; she doesn't emote. Shannen is still.
ref: 1993 November, Lynn Hirschberg, “Brat on a Hot Tin Roof”, in Vanity Fair:
text: Clint Eastwood, huh? You don't see him emoting all over the place, and what woman doesn't want to get down with "Dirty Harry," huh?
ref: 1999 November 14, Remi Aubuchon, “Fear and Loathing in Gotham”, in Jack & Jill, season 1, episode 7:
synonyms: emotionalize
glosses: To display (excessive) emotion, especially while acting.
glosses: To express a virtual action, presented to other users as a graphic or reported speech, rather than sending a straightforward message.
examples: text: There aren't many chances to see your character in Borderlands 3, but one of them is when you're emoting. Emoting allows your character to perform a gesture like a wave or a thumbs up, and it shifts the camera to a third-person view while they do.
ref: 2019 September 17, Austen Goslin, “Borderlands 3 guide: How to use emotes”, in Polygon, archived from the original on 02 Feb 2023:
text: Lords of the Fallen is yet another entry in the action-RPG soulslike craze, complete with an unsettling fantasy setting, other players invading your game for some co-op or PvP goodness, and, of course, lots of dying. It makes use of the same sort of deadly third-person combat system full of dodge rolling, posture meters, and emoting over fallen enemies as a sign of utmost disrespect.
ref: 2023 October 12, Travis Northup, “Lords of the Fallen Review”, in IGN, archived from the original on 07 Nov 2023:
topics: video-games
glosses: To perform a short action, such as a gesture or a dance move, which may be seen by other players but does not have any effect on gameplay.
Derived terms: emoter
overemote
emote
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪˈməʊt/
ipa: /əˈmoʊt/
ipa: /i-/
ipa: /ˈiˌmoʊt/
rhymes: -əʊt
Forms: form: emotes
Etymology: The verb is a back-formation from emotion. The noun is derived from the verb.
Senses: examples: text: She replied with an emote: "*hugs* I'm sorry"
glosses: A virtual action expressed to other users as a graphic or reported speech rather than a straightforward message.
glosses: Clipping of emoticon.
examples: text: Many video games allow players to purchase emotes for real-life money.
text: Juggernaut franchises like Call of Duty and Battlefield are trying to capitalize on the success of Fortnite, but battle-royale games aren't just about skins and emotes.
ref: 2018 June 14, Carter Melrose, “Why Battle Royale Games Like Fortnite Are Everywhere (It’s Not Just Money)”, in Wired, San Francisco, Calif.: Condé Nast Publications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 08 Oct 2023:
text: As old maps return to Fortnite, so do old battles over who owns some of the emotes used in-game.
ref: 2023 November 4, Wes Davis, “The copyright fight over Fortnite dance moves is back on”, in The Verge, archived from the original on 10 Nov 2023:
topics: video-games
glosses: A short action, such as a gesture or a dance move, which may be seen by other players but does not have any effect on gameplay.
penny pincher
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: penny pinchers
form: penny-pincher
Etymology: From pinchpenny.
Senses: examples: text: Over the years, he developed a reputation as a penny pincher who wouldn't spend money for anything.
glosses: One who spends little money; one who is very frugal or cautious with money.
hunter's moon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hunter's moons
Etymology: * This moon is said to provide extra light for hunting.
* hunter + -'s + moon
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: The full moon after the harvest moon.
Related terms: blue moon
harvest moon
pigeon-toed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more pigeon-toed
form: most pigeon-toed
Senses: examples: text: Alison Bechdel greets readers ass up, slightly pigeon-toed, her hair a mess, her belly sticking out, her head visible between her legs in a not-svelte downward dog: “Oh, hey! I didn’t see you there!”
ref: 2021 May 12, Elizabeth Weil, “It’s Time to Sweat It Out and Get Pumped With Alison Bechdel”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
synonyms: parrot-toed
glosses: Having toes that point inwards.
Synonyms: peristeropod
empathize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɛmpəˌθaɪz/
Forms: form: empathizes
form: empathizing
form: empathized
form: empathized
form: empathise
Senses: examples: text: empathize with someone
text: Must have been […] devastating when Kenny was killed. But I want you to know that you can trust me. I understand you. I empathize.
ref: 2001, Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci, Alias, season 1, episode 3:
glosses: to feel empathy for another person
Derived terms: empathizer
bombardier
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌbɑm.bɚˈdɪɚ/
enpr: bäm'bər-dērʹ
ipa: /ˌbɒm.bəˈdɪə/
rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)
Forms: form: bombardiers
Etymology: Partly borrowed from Italian bombardiere, from bombarda + -iere, and partly from Middle French bombardier, from bombard + -ier. By surface analysis, bombard + -ier.
Senses: examples: text: The bombardier then checked the gyroscopic stabilization of the bombsight and clutched in the electrical motor.
ref: 1990, Charles W McArthur, Operations Analysis in the U.S. Army Eighth Air Force in World War II, American Mathematical Society, →ISBN, page 142:
glosses: A bomber crew member who sights and releases bombs.
examples: Wikipedia: Bombardier (Bdr) and Lance Bombardier (LBdr or L/Bdr) are British Army ranks used in the Royal Artillery and Royal Horse Artillery instead of (respectively) Corporal and Lance Corporal. In the Canadian Forces, the Artillery Branch uses the ranks of Master Bombardier and Bombardier instead of Master Corporal and Corporal.
glosses: A non-commissioned officer rank in artillery, equivalent to corporal. Abbreviated Bdr.
examples: text: […] the officer to whom the command was deputed, to the amusement of a German bombardier, ordered one of the largest cannons to be placed under the gate of a fortress […]
ref: 1852, R. H. Major, “Notes Upon Russia”, in Works Issued by the Hakluyt Society, translation of original by Sigismund von Herberstein, page 98:
text: He has known for ages why a sturdy bombardier rides alongside the officer at the head of each battery, and why he is given a special name.
ref: 1982, Anton Pavlovich Chekhov, translated by Patrick Miles and Harvey Pitcher, Early Stories, Oxford University Press, →ISBN:
text: In 1687, with notorious effects, Morosini attacked Athens: the Turks were using the Parthenon as a powder-store, and the German bombardiers blew it up.
ref: 2001, Martin Garrett, Venice, →ISBN, page 37:
glosses: An artilleryman; a gunner.
topics: biology
entomology
natural-sciences
glosses: A bombardier beetle.
Derived terms: lance bombardier
master bombardier
bombardier beetle
Related terms: bombard
bomb
bomber
enchilada
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɛn.t͡ʃɪˈlɑ.də/
rhymes: -ɑːdə
Forms: form: enchiladas
Etymology: From Spanish enchilada, past participle of enchilar (“to add chili pepper to”).
Senses: examples: text: It was a nice little pub in the middle of nowhere / Anywhere would have been better / I ordered enchiladas and I ate 'em
ref: 1990, “I Left My Wallet in El Segundo”, in People’s Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm, performed by A Tribe Called Quest:
glosses: A Mexican dish made by wrapping a filling in a tortilla, then baking in a sauce.
Derived terms: big enchilada
chinchillada
enchalupa
enchirito
quesalada
whole enchilada
baren
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: baren
form: barens
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 馬楝 (baren).
Senses: glosses: A tool for pressing woodcuts, consisting of a disk with a coil of string glued to one side, covered with a smooth sheet.
glosses: Any of several similar printing tools with a low-friction bumpy surface, made of ball bearings, glass, plastic, or other materials.
veta
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: As vega, with the "g" substituted with a "t" to represent time.
Senses: topics: business
finance
glosses: A second-order measure of derivative price sensitivity, expressed as the rate of change of vega with respect to time, or equivalently the rate of change of theta with respect to changes in the volatility of the underlying asset.
Synonyms: DvegaDtime
Hypernyms: sense: measure of derivative price sensitivity
english: includes list of coordinate terms
translation: includes list of coordinate terms
word: Greeks
endmost
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɛndˌmoʊst/
Etymology: From end + -most.
Senses: examples: text: There was a woman sitting in the endmost chair just across the aisle in line with them.
ref: 1915, Dorothy Richardson, Pointed Roofs (Pilgrimage 1)
glosses: last in a series, furthest away
Lenten Moon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Lenten Moons
Etymology: This moon occurs during Lent.
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: The last full moon of winter by a tropical year.
dolorific
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌdɒl.əˈɹɪf.ɪk/
ipa: /ˌdɑl.əˈɹɪf.ɪk/
ipa: /ˌdoʊ.ləˈ-/
rhymes: -ɪfɪk
Forms: form: more dolorific
form: most dolorific
Senses: examples: text: dolorific perceptions
glosses: Of or relating to pain.
examples: text: her dolorific heart
glosses: Causing grief or pain.
Easter Moon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Easter Moons
Etymology: Easter is calculated to fall within a week after this moon
Senses: glosses: The first full moon of spring by a tropical year.
Synonyms: Egg Moon
Paschal Moon
non-commissioned
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + commissioned.
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Not holding a military commission.
Derived terms: non-commissioned officer
non-commissioned member
egg sandwich
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: egg sandwiches
form: egg sandwichs
Senses: glosses: A sandwich made with hard-boiled eggs mixed with mayonnaise.
glosses: A fried egg between two slices of bread, optionally with tomato ketchup or brown sauce.
1-800
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: wŭn'āthŭnʹdrəd
ipa: /ˌwʌneɪtˈhʌndɹəd/
Forms: form: 800
form: (800)
Etymology: From 1, used to dial long-distance numbers and 800, which was, for a long time, the only North American toll-free area code.
Senses: examples: text: 866-555-1234... that's a 1-800 number, isn't it?
text: FEMA has got a 1-800 number.
ref: 1994, Bill Clinton, Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States, William J. Clinton:
text: We provided a 1-800 hot line and a new food stamp tool kit which I would also like to provide for the record.
ref: 1999, 106-1 Hearing http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&vid=0tCILPy0LnkcoBE8OF0Zi49&id=i0MLwjBn5D4C&q=%22a+1-800%22+-%22a+1-800+number%22&dq=%22a+1-800%22+-%22a+1-800+number%22&pgis=1
text: Exhibit 9.2 represents a 1-800 customer ordering process.
ref: 2001, David Wade, Ron Recardo, Corporate Performance Management:
text: Once when her husband had got a 1-800 number she used to get calls from all sorts of lonely weirdos who had nothing better to do late at night than call up people they didn't know.
ref: 2001, Mark Graham, The Third Day:
text: Many people have profited from providing easy services that others do not like to do, such as a simple service like barbeque cleaning, superscoopers for cleaning up after dogs, an errand service, or a 1-800 tele-tutor service for school-age children who need assistance with their homework.
ref: 2002, Elaine Dundon, The Seeds of Innovation, page 115:
text: “I got a 1-800 number. I could check your credit card right now, and get an approval code, or find out if it's stolen or not. Just dial a 1-800 number and deal with computers."
ref: 2003, Bambi Vincent, Bob Arno, Travel Advisory!: How to Avoid Thefts, Cons, and Street Scams While Traveling:
glosses: A toll-free number or a long-distance telephone numbers; using any of North American toll-free area codes 800, 888, 877, 866, 855, 844 or 833.
Synonyms: word: 1-800 number
word: 0800 number
word: 0500 number
word: 0808 number
word: Freefone number
word: toll-free number
Related terms: 1-555
1-900
1-976
Sparty
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Spartan + -y.
Senses: glosses: The mascot of Michigan State University, usually depicted as a muscular male Spartan warrior or athlete dressed in stylized Greek costume.
gyroscopic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌd͡ʒaɪ.ɹəˈskɒp.ɪk/
ipa: /ˌd͡ʒaɪ.ɹəˈskɑp.ɪk/
rhymes: -ɒpɪk
Forms: form: more gyroscopic
form: most gyroscopic
Etymology: From gyroscope + -ic.
Senses: examples: 1990 Operations Analysis in the U.S. Army Eighth Air Force in World War II Charles W McArthur: Publisher American Mathematical Society: →ISBN P142. "The bombardier then checked the gyroscopic stabilization of the bombsight and clutched in the electrical motor."
glosses: Pertaining to, by means of, or in the manner of a gyroscope.
Derived terms: gyroscopically
gyroscopic compass
gyroscopic stabilizer
bombardier beetle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bombardier beetles
Senses: glosses: A beetle whose defence mechanism enables it to eject a hot aqueous mixture of chemicals at predators. They come from a number of subfamilies: Carabinae (e.g., Brachinus crepitans), Metriinae (e.g., Stenaptinus insignis) and Paussinae (e.g., Goniotropis nicaraguensis).
jaga
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈd͡ʒaɡa/
ipa: [ˈd͡ʒa˧.ɡa(˦)]
Etymology: From Malay jaga (“to awake; to watch over”).
Senses: examples: text: […] I better go to Ma’s place. You jaga the girls.
ref: 2014, Danielle Lim, chapter 14, in The Sound of SCH: A Mental Breakdown, A Life Journey, Ethos Books, →ISBN:
text: “Next to my shop, there was this auntie selling joss sticks and traditional Chinese items,” Mr Kadir said. “She would always help to jaga my shop when I need to go out, and when customers come she will help me to tell them to wait. After the work day finishes, she’ll always tell me to go home safely, I always remember that.”
ref: 2021 June 24, Jessica Heng, quoting Mr Kadir, “A Journey Through The Only HDB Estate In Siglap, The Lesser-known Dakota Crescent”, in ricemedia.co, archived from the original on 09 Sep 2024:
text: We sat around at the NLB after midnight and helped to jaga these migrant workers who were painting.
ref: 2023, Kristian-Marc James Paul, Myle Yan Tay, Mysara Aljaru, Brown is Redacted: Reflecting on Race in Singapore, Ethos Books, →ISBN:
glosses: To keep watch, to watch over.
jaga
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈd͡ʒaɡa/
ipa: [ˈd͡ʒa˧.ɡa(˦)]
Etymology: From Malay jaga (“to awake; to watch over”).
Senses: examples: text: The driver, holding a bunch of keys, approached the jaga, and told him that the kepala of the company, the Hock Lam Company, — in North Bridge Road, had sent him to collect some goods.
ref: 1965 February 25, “'Workers' fool jaga in $4,000 theft”, in The Straits Times, Singapore: Singapore Press Holdings Limited, page 8:
text: At the boarding house, the jaga — nightwatchman — hurriedly turned on all the lights so that everyone could see what was happening.
ref: 2010, Peter Thompson, The Battle for Singapore: The True Story of the Greatest Catastrophe of World War II, Little, Brown Book Group, →ISBN:
text: The Oldham Lane home was a big flat with an office below us and Oldham Hall up the hill. An Indian jaga slept outside the office on his charpoy (rope bed) and he cooked in the open.
ref: 2020, Irene Lim, 90 Years in Singapore, Pagesetters Services Pte Ltd, →ISBN:
glosses: A guard or watchman.
earldom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈəɹldəm/
Forms: form: earldoms
Etymology: From Middle English erldom, from Old English eorldōm, equivalent to earl + -dom. Compare English jarldom. Cognate also with Scots eirldome, ȝerledom, erldom (“earldom”).
Senses: examples: text: And, look when I am king, claim thou of me / The earldom of Hereford, and all the movables / Whereof the king my brother was possess'd.
ref: c. 1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Richard the Third: […]”, 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: The rank of being an earl.
glosses: The territory controlled by an earl.
catalytic agent
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: catalytic agents
Senses: glosses: a catalyst
earthen
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɝθən/
ipa: /ˈɜː(ɹ)θən/
ipa: /ˈɜː(ɹ)ðən/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)θən
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)ðən
homophone: Earthan
Forms: form: more earthen
form: most earthen
Etymology: From Middle English erthen, urthen, from Old English eorþen, yrþen, ierþen (“made of earth”), from Proto-Germanic *irþīnaz. Cognate with Dutch aarden (“earthen”), German irden (“earthen”). By surface analysis, earth + -en (“made of”).
Senses: examples: text: 1826, James Fenimore Cooper, The Last of the Mohicans
A hundred earthen dwellings stood on the margin of the lake […]
text: But transects have also been utilised in a large variety of arenas, including surveying the contents of Amerindian earthen mounds[.]
ref: 2019, Li Huang, James Lambert, “Another Arrow for the Quiver: A New Methodology for Multilingual Researchers”, in Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, →DOI, page 4:
glosses: Made of earth or mud.
examples: 1589, Richard Hakluyt, The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, and Discoveries of The English Nation
... the Godfathers and Godmothers follow into the midst of the Church, where there is a small table ready set, and on it an earthen pot ful of warme water, […]
glosses: Made of clay.
raw_tags: of pottery
examples: text: Will they be yours when one by one these earthen / Delights and comforts and all beauties wane? / Will they be found laid up above, illumined?
ref: 1903, Maria Lydia Winkler, From Glory to Glory; Or, The Christian's Glorious Ministry, page 228:
glosses: Earthly.
Derived terms: earthenware
earthenwork
earthen
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɝθən/
ipa: /ˈɜː(ɹ)θən/
ipa: /ˈɜː(ɹ)ðən/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)θən
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)ðən
homophone: Earthan
Forms: form: earthens
form: earthening
form: earthened
form: earthened
Etymology: From earth + -en (“to make like”).
Senses: examples: text: Their inter-tillage operations, earthening-up of some crops and tillage in orchard/gardens or plantation crops, are stated below, under special cropping system in different situations.
ref: 2017, N.R. Das, Tillage and Crop Production, 2nd Ed., page 104:
glosses: to provide or add soil to
examples: text: It deadens,—or earthens—the spirit in both directions.
ref: 1919, The Improvement Era, volume 23, page 191:
glosses: to make earthly or earthlike
DTC
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Daylight Time Coordinated.
DTC
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: DTCs
Senses: topics: automotive
transport
vehicles
glosses: Initialism of diagnostic trouble code.
DTC
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: a DTC advertisement for pharmaceutical products
text: Even outside openSNP, the largest use case for DTC genetic data was not biomedical research or research in big pharma.
ref: 2025 March 31, Bastian Greshake Tzovaras, “Sunsetting openSNP - a personal retrospective”, in Bastian Greshake Tzovaras:
topics: business
related: word: D2C
glosses: Initialism of direct-to-consumer.
topics: communications
electrical-engineering
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
telecommunications
related: word: D2C
glosses: Initialism of direct-to-cell
pharmaceutical grade
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pharmaceutical grades
Senses: examples: text: They make chemicals of pharmaceutical grade in that plant.
glosses: A standard of purity suitable for medicinal use.
hame
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -eɪm
Forms: form: hames
Etymology: From Middle English hame, home, from Old English hama, homa (“a cover, skin”), from Proto-Germanic *hamô (“clothes, skirt”). Cognate with Old Norse hamr and its descendants, such as Danish ham (“skin, bladder, figure”), Danish hams (“shell, sleeve”).
Senses: glosses: shroud, a covering, skin, membrane.
Related terms: heam
likam
hame
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -eɪm
Forms: form: hames
Etymology: From Middle English hame, from Middle Dutch hame (“horse collar, harness, fishnet”), from Old Dutch *hamo, from Frankish *hamō, from Proto-Germanic *hamô (“fishnet, collar for a horse”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱom- (“part of a harness”).
Cognate with Middle Low German ham, hame (“collar, fishnet”), Old High German hamo (“sack-like fishnet”) (Modern German dialectal Hame, Hamen (“hand fishnet”), Ham (“horse collar”)).
Senses: glosses: Part of the harness that fits round the neck of a draught horse that the reins pass through.
Coordinate terms: word: horse collar
sense: More at
word: horse harness § parts
Derived terms: hamestrap
hame string