cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
tore
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: tô
ipa: /tɔː(ɹ)/
enpr: tôr
ipa: /tɔɹ/
enpr: tōr
ipa: /toːɹ/
note: rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
enpr: tōr
ipa: /to(ː)ɹ/
note: rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
note: non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
ipa: /toə/
note: non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
ipa: /toː/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)
homophone: tor (horse–hoarse merger)
homophone: taw (non-rhotic, horse–hoarse merger)
homophone: tour (pour–poor merger)
Etymology: Probably from the root of tear; compare Welsh word for a break or cut.
Senses: examples: text: the more Tore you have, the less Quantity of Hay will do
ref: 1707, J[ohn] Mortimer, The Whole Art of Husbandry; or, The Way of Managing and Improving of Land. […], London: […] J[ohn] H[umphreys] for H[enry] Mortlock […], and J[onathan] Robinson […], →OCLC:
glosses: The dead grass that remains on mowing land in winter and spring.
Related terms: tore up
torn
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: tôn
ipa: /tɔːn/
enpr: tôrn
ipa: /tɔɹn/
note: rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
enpr: tōrn
ipa: /to(ː)ɹn/
note: rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
note: non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
ipa: /toən/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)n
homophone: tawn (non-rhotic, horse–hoarse merger)
Senses: glosses: past participle of tear
torn
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: tôn
ipa: /tɔːn/
enpr: tôrn
ipa: /tɔɹn/
note: rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
enpr: tōrn
ipa: /to(ː)ɹn/
note: rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
note: non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
ipa: /toən/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)n
homophone: tawn (non-rhotic, horse–hoarse merger)
Forms: form: more torn
form: most torn
Senses: examples: text: I'm torn between pizza and hamburgers.
glosses: Unable to decide between multiple options.
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Having marginal incisions that are deep and irregular.
tell
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: [tʰɔː]
enpr: tĕl
ipa: /tɛl/
ipa: [tʰɛl]
ipa: [tʰɛɫ]
rhymes: -ɛl
Forms: form: tells
Etymology: From Middle English tellen (“to count, tell”), from Old English tellan (“to count, tell”), from Proto-West Germanic *talljan, from Proto-Germanic *taljaną, *talzijaną (“to count, enumerate”), from Proto-Germanic *talą, *talǭ (“number, counting”), from Proto-Indo-European *dol- (“calculation, fraud”).
Cognate with Saterland Frisian tälle (“to say; tell”), West Frisian telle (“to count”), West Frisian fertelle (“to tell, narrate”), Dutch tellen (“to count”) and Dutch vertellen (“to tell”), Low German tellen (“to count”), German zählen, Faroese telja. More at tale.
Senses: glosses: A reflexive, often habitual behavior, especially one occurring in a context that often features attempts at deception by persons under psychological stress (such as a poker game or police interrogation), that reveals information that the person exhibiting the behavior is attempting to withhold.
examples: text: Those whose business it is to verify luxury bags insist, at least publicly, that there’s always a “tell” to a superfake.
ref: 2023 May 4, Amy X. Wang, Grant Cornett, “Inside the Delirious Rise of ‘Superfake’ Handbags”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
text: Republican Congressman Chris Smith of New Jersey said recently that “Israel is the only state in the world whose fundamental right to exist, within any borders at all, is openly denied by other states.” But Israel is the only nation with a “right to exist,” as the phrase is not commonly attached to any other country. And that’s the tell: This is not a legal concept, but a political one, available for broad interpretation and rhetorical weaponization.
ref: 2024 January 3, John Patrick Leary, “Israel's "Right to Exist" Is a Rhetorical Trap”, in The New Republic:
glosses: A giveaway; something that unintentionally reveals or hints at a secret.
examples: April 4, 1743, Horace Walpole, letter to Sir Horace Mann
I am at the end of my tell.
glosses: That which is told; a tale or account.
glosses: A private message to an individual in a chat room; a whisper.
Related terms: dead giveaway
tell
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: [tʰɔː]
enpr: tĕl
ipa: /tɛl/
ipa: [tʰɛl]
ipa: [tʰɛɫ]
rhymes: -ɛl
Forms: form: tells
Etymology: From Arabic تَلّ (tall, “hill, elevation”) or Hebrew תֵּל (tél, “hill”), from Proto-Semitic *tall- (“hill”).
Senses: examples: text: Succoth is now associated with a large tell situated in the Jordan Valley, Deir Allah.
ref: 2001, David L. Lieber, Jules Harlow, Etz Hayim: Torah and Commentary, page 205:
topics: archaeology
history
human-sciences
sciences
glosses: A hill or mound, originally and especially in the Middle East, over or consisting of the ruins of ancient settlements.
told
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /təʊld/
ipa: [ˈtʰɔʊ(ɫ)d]
ipa: [ˈtʰɒʊ(ɫ)d]
ipa: /tɛlt/
enpr: tōld
ipa: /toʊld/
ipa: /tɐʉld/
ipa: [tʰɒʊ(ɫ)d]
rhymes: -əʊld
homophone: tolled
Forms: form: tol'
Etymology: From Middle English tolde, talde (first and third person singular preterite), from Old English tealde (first and third person singular preterite), from Proto-Germanic *talid-, preterite stem of Proto-Germanic *taljaną (“to count; tell”), equivalent to tell + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: A tale is but half told, if only one person tells it.
glosses: simple past and past participle of tell
thought
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: thôt
ipa: /θɔːt/
ipa: /θɔt/
ipa: /θɑt/
ipa: [θɒ(ː)t]
ipa: [θɒ(ː)t]
ipa: [θɔ(ː)t]
ipa: /θoːt/
rhymes: -ɔːt
homophone: thot (cot–caught merger)
Forms: form: thowt
form: thaught
form: thot
Etymology: From Middle English thought, ithoȝt, from Old English þōht, ġeþōht, from Proto-West Germanic *þą̄ht, from Proto-Germanic *þanhtaz, *gaþanhtą (“thought”), from Proto-Indo-European *teng- (“to think”). Cognate with Scots thocht (“thought”), Saterland Frisian Toacht (“thought”), West Frisian dacht (“attention, regard, thought”), Dutch gedachte (“thought”), German Andacht (“reverence, devotion, prayer”), Icelandic þóttur (“thought”). Related to thank, think.
Senses: examples: text: Hi! I thought I’d come over and introduce myself. My name’s Chema.
text: I'd previously been thought to be a thorough fool.
glosses: simple past and past participle of think
throw
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: thrō
ipa: /θɹəʊ/
ipa: [θɾ̪̊əʊ]
enpr: thrō
ipa: /θɹoʊ/
ipa: [θɾ̪̊oʊ]
homophone: throe
rhymes: -əʊ
Forms: form: throws
Etymology: From Middle English throwen, thrawen, from Old English þrāwan (“to turn, twist”), from Proto-West Germanic *þrāan, from Proto-Germanic *þrēaną (“to twist, turn”), from Proto-Indo-European *terh₁- (“to rub, rub by twisting, twist, turn”).
Cognate with Scots thraw (“to twist, turn, throw”), West Frisian triuwe (“to push”), Dutch draaien (“to turn”), Low German draien, dreien (“to turn (in a lathe)”), German drehen (“to turn”).
Displaced warp as the word for hurling and was displaced by warp as the word for twisting.
Senses: examples: text: With an accurate throw, he lassoed the cow.
text: What a great throw by the quarterback!
text: The gambler staked everything on one throw of the dice.
text: If the expression is a throw, we unwind the stack seeking a handler expression.
ref: 2006, Hans-Wolfgang Loidl, Trends in Functional Programming, volume 5, page 62:
glosses: The act of throwing something.
topics: government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
sports
war
glosses: A move in which one lifts or unbalances one’s opponent and then brings him down to the ground.
examples: text: He’s always had a pretty decent throw.
glosses: One’s ability to throw.
examples: text: a stone's throw
text: Only on the north-east may aught save a winged thing come at the castle, across a smooth grass-grown saddle less than a stone’s throw in width.
ref: 1922, E[ric] R[ücker] Eddison, The Worm Ouroboros: A Romance, London: Jonathan Cape […], →OCLC, page 104:
glosses: The distance travelled by something thrown.
glosses: The flight of a thrown object.
examples: text: the throw of the piston
text: The visibility of the screen image is affected by the length of throw of the projector, the type of projector, the intensity of the projector lamp, and the type of the screen.
ref: 1947, James Jerome Gibson, Motion Picture Testing and Research, number 7, page 49:
glosses: A distance travelled in general; displacement.
synonyms: throwover
glosses: A piece of fabric used to cover a bed, sofa or other soft furnishing.
examples: text: Football tickets are expensive at fifty bucks a throw.
glosses: A single instance, occurrence, venture, or chance.
glosses: Any of the projections integral to a crankshaft that receive or impart cranking motion from a connecting rod or similar component.
glosses: A hand-operated lathe, especially a small lathe used by clockmakers.
Derived terms: a stone's throw
backside throw
bike throw
body throw
corner throw
discus throw
flip throw
forced throw
free throw
hammer throw
javelin throw
long throw
penalty throw
saving throw
stone's throw
throw blanket
throw board
throw-in
throw lathe
throw-off
throw of the dice
throw-out
throw pillow
throw-up
throw-weight
two-throw
throw
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: thrō
ipa: /θɹəʊ/
ipa: [θɾ̪̊əʊ]
enpr: thrō
ipa: /θɹoʊ/
ipa: [θɾ̪̊oʊ]
homophone: throe
rhymes: -əʊ
Forms: form: throws
Etymology: From Middle English, from Old English þrāh, þrāg (“space of time, period, while”). Of uncertain origin. Perhaps related to Gothic 𐌸𐍂𐌰𐌲𐌾𐌰𐌽 (þragjan, “to run”).
Senses: glosses: A moment, time, occasion.
examples: text: Downe himselfe he layd
 Vpon the grassie ground, to sleepe a throw;
 The cold earth was his couch, the hard steele his pillow.
ref: 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto IV”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
glosses: A period of time; a while.
Synonyms: stound
throw
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: thrō
ipa: /θɹəʊ/
ipa: [θɾ̪̊əʊ]
enpr: thrō
ipa: /θɹoʊ/
ipa: [θɾ̪̊oʊ]
homophone: throe
rhymes: -əʊ
Forms: form: throws
Etymology: See throe.
Senses: examples: text: O man haue mind of that laſt bitter throw;
 For as the tree does fall, ſo lyes it euer low.
ref: 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto X”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 41, page 146:
text: [Valerius] Cordus ſaith, that Iuncus bombicinus ſodden in wine, and ſo taken, helpeth the throwes and gripings of the bellie, that women haue in their childing.
ref: 1597, John Gerarde [i.e., John Gerard], “Of Cotton Grasse”, in The Herball or Generall Historie of Plantes. […], London: […] Edm[und] Bollifant, for Bonham and Iohn Norton, →OCLC, book I, page 27:
text: Commend me to them,
 And tell them, that to eaſe them of their greefes,
 Their feares of Hoſtile ſtrokes, their Aches loſſes,
 Their pangs of Loue, with other incident throwes
 That Natures fragile Veſſell doth ſuſtaine
 In lifes vncertaine voyage, I will ſome kindnes do them, […]
ref: c. 1605–1608 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Tymon of Athens”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene ii], page 97, column 1:
text: I had then ſuch Convulſions in my Stomach, for want of ſome Suſtenance, that I cannot deſcribe; with ſuch frequent Throws and Pangs of Appetite, that nothing but the Tortures of Death can imitate; […]
ref: 1719, [Daniel Defoe], The Farther Adventures of Robinson Crusoe; […], London: […] W[illiam] Taylor […], →OCLC, page 203:
text: Seiz'd by the general joy, his heart diſtends
 With gentle throws; […]
ref: a. 1749 (date written), James Thomson, “Autumn”, in The Seasons, London: […] A[ndrew] Millar, and sold by Thomas Cadell, […], published 1768, →OCLC, page 161, lines 1322–1323:
text: In this Shape, or in that, has Fate entail'd
 The Mother's Throws on all of Woman born,
 Not more the Children, than ſure Heirs of Pain.
ref: 1742, [Edward Young], “Night the First. On Life, Death, and Immortality. […]”, in The Complaint: Or, Night-Thoughts on Life, Death, & Immortality, London: […] [Samuel Richardson] for A[ndrew] Millar […], and R[obert] Dodsley […], published 1750, →OCLC, page 14:
text: [W]e never know the full force of parental affection till our children are about to be taken from us. It is then that we discover how strongly they have entwined themselves round our hearts; when we behold the fixed eye, the pale lips, the convulsive throws of death distorting the countenance; or when with aching and throbbing hearts we deposit those who are a part of ourselves in the cold and silent grave.
ref: 1806 October, J. H. K., “Hints on the Manner in which Christian Parents should Improve the Death of Children”, in The Evangelical Magazine, volume XIV, London: […] [G. Auld] for Williams and Smith, […], →OCLC, page 441:
glosses: Obsolete spelling of throe.
throw
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: thrō
ipa: /θɹəʊ/
ipa: [θɾ̪̊əʊ]
enpr: thrō
ipa: /θɹoʊ/
ipa: [θɾ̪̊oʊ]
homophone: throe
rhymes: -əʊ
Forms: form: throws
form: throwing
form: threw
form: thrown
Etymology: See throe.
Senses: examples: text: Pre-thee ſay on,
 The ſetting of thine eye, and cheeke proclaime
 A matter from thee; and a birth, indeed,
 Which throwes thee much to yeeld.
ref: 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i], page 8, column 1:
glosses: Obsolete spelling of throe.
Synonyms: word: bung
word: cast
word: chuck
word: chunk
word: cook
word: dash
word: dump
word: feck
word: fling
word: jerk
word: heave
word: hield
word: hoy
word: huck
word: hurl
word: hurtle
word: launch
word: lob
word: peck
word: peg
word: pick
word: pitch
word: precipitate
word: project
word: quoit
word: shy
word: slight
word: skew
word: sling
word: thrill
word: throw
word: toss
word: traject
word: warp
word: whang
word: whip
word: whop
word: wing
Hypernyms: word: catapult
word: direct
word: fire
word: propel
word: send
Hyponyms: word: bowl
topics: cricket
ball-games
games
sports
hobbies
lifestyle
word: egg
word: flight
topics: cricket
ball-games
games
sports
hobbies
lifestyle
word: flip
word: throw down
threw
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: thro͞o
ipa: /θɹuː/
ipa: /θɹɪu/
rhymes: -uː
homophone: through
homophone: thru
Etymology: From Middle English threw, from Old English þrēaw (first and third person past tense of þrāwan), from West Germanic *þreu, from Northwest Germanic *þrerō, from Proto-Germanic *þeþrō (first and third person past tense of *þrēaną), reduplication of *þrēaną.
Senses: glosses: simple past of throw
examples: text: "But I'd have threw lead at him if I'd been scared enough. I wasn't scared enough."
ref: 1967, John McPhee, The Pine Barrens, page 66:
text: I may have threw it away then, or I may have threw it away after I got the passport and didn't need the various other stuff any long.
ref: 1979, Investigation of the Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr […] , U.S. Government Printing Office, page 606:
text: I never should have had all them niggas in my bed for all them years. Never should have threw you out.
ref: 2005 June 1, Tracy Brown, Criminal Minded: A Novel, St. Martin's Publishing Group, →ISBN, page 152:
glosses: past participle of throw
thrown
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: thrōn
ipa: /θɹəʊn/
enpr: thrōn
ipa: /θɹoʊn/
rhymes: -əʊn
homophone: throne
Etymology: From Middle English throwen, from Old English þrāwen, ġeþrāwen, from Proto-Germanic *þrēanaz, from Proto-Germanic *þrēaną. Doublet of thran.
Morphologically throw + -n.
Senses: glosses: past participle of throw
thrown
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: thrōn
ipa: /θɹəʊn/
enpr: thrōn
ipa: /θɹoʊn/
rhymes: -əʊn
homophone: throne
Etymology: From Middle English throwen, from Old English þrāwen, ġeþrāwen, from Proto-Germanic *þrēanaz, from Proto-Germanic *þrēaną. Doublet of thran.
Morphologically throw + -n.
Senses: examples: a thrown weapon
glosses: Launched by throwing.
glosses: Twisted into a single thread, as silk or yarn.
examples: text: I was totally thrown by his bizarre remarks.
glosses: Confused; perplexed.
thrust
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /θɹʌst/
rhymes: -ʌst
Forms: form: thrusts
Etymology: From Middle English þrusten, from Old Norse þrysta, from Proto-Germanic *þrustijaną, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *trewd-.
Senses: examples: text: Pierre was a master swordsman, and could parry the thrusts of lesser men with barely a thought.
topics: fencing
government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
sports
war
glosses: An attack made by moving the sword parallel to its length and landing with the point.
examples: text: The cutpurse tried to knock her satchel from her hands, but she avoided his thrust and yelled, "Thief!"
synonyms: break
dart
grab
glosses: A push, stab, or lunge forward (the act thereof.)
examples: text: Spacecraft are engineering marvels, designed to resist the thrust of liftoff, as well as the reverse pressure of the void.
synonyms: lift
push
coordinate_terms: tractive effort
glosses: The force generated by propulsion, as in a jet engine.
examples: text: Ostensibly, the class was about public health in general, but the main thrust was really sex education.
text: “The main thrust of it was that Britain is losing out, that Brexit it not delivering, our economy is in a weak position,” said the source.
ref: 2023 February 11, Toby Helm, “Revealed: secret cross-party summit held to confront failings of Brexit”, in The Observer, →ISSN:
text: As is normal for biopics, the movie takes liberties with the historical record, but the thrust of the narrative is not disputed.
ref: 2025 January 17, “The Guardian view on musical tastes: beware the algorithm comfort zone”, in The Guardian:
synonyms: focus
gist
point
glosses: The primary effort; the goal.
Derived terms: abdominal-thrust maneuver
blind thrust fault
cut and thrust
cut-and-thrust
fold and thrust belt
hip thrust
hip thrust pad
home thrust
modified chest thrust
pelvic thrust
reverse thrust
specific thrust
squat thrust
stop thrust
thrust bucket
thrust diamond
thrust fault
thrust load
thrust reverser
thrust sheet
thrust stage
thrust vectoring
time thrust
tongue thrust
thrust
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /θɹʌst/
rhymes: -ʌst
Forms: form: thrusts
form: thrusting
form: thrust
form: thrust
form: thrusted
form: thrusted
Etymology: From Middle English þrusten, from Old Norse þrysta, from Proto-Germanic *þrustijaną, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *trewd-.
Senses: examples: text: We thrust at the enemy with our forces.
synonyms: attack
charge
rush
glosses: To make advance with force.
examples: text: I asked her not to thrust the responsibility on me.
text: It is my earnest hope that the bitter lessons China has learned may prove instructive to countries and governments, and especially those in Asia which now face the same threat of Communism. Often it is not easy for most people to realize the presence of this threat in their midst, and by the time they do, it may already be too late to prevent its thrusting them behind the Iron Curtain at least for a time.
ref: 1957, Chiang Chung-cheng (Kai-shek), “Introduction”, in Soviet Russia in China: A Summing-up at Seventy, New York: Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 7:
synonyms: compel
charge
force
glosses: To force something upon someone.
examples: text: He thrust his arm into the icy stream and grabbed a wriggling fish, astounding the observers.
text: Towers thrusting skyward.
text: Three chairs of the steamer type, all maimed, comprised the furniture of this roof-garden, with […] on one of the copings a row of four red clay flower-pots filled with sun-baked dust from which gnarled and rusty stalks thrust themselves up like withered elfin limbs.
ref: 1914 November, Louis Joseph Vance, “An Outsider […]”, in Munsey’s Magazine, volume LIII, number II, New York, N.Y.: The Frank A[ndrew] Munsey Company, […], published 1915, →OCLC, chapter I (Anarchy), pages 377–378:
synonyms: dart
reach
stab
glosses: To push out or extend rapidly or powerfully.
examples: text: to thrust anything with the hand or foot, or with an instrument
text: Into a Dungeon thruſt, to work with Slaves?
ref: 1671, John Milton, “Samson Agonistes, […].”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC, page 28:
synonyms: press
thring
thrutch
glosses: To push or drive with force; to shove.
examples: text: And thrust between my father and the god.
ref: 1692, John Dryden, Cleomenes, the Spartan Hero:
synonyms: break in
force in
glosses: To enter by pushing; to squeeze in.
synonyms: word: jab
word: run through
word: chef
word: chib
word: ching
word: chive
word: enthrill
word: foin
word: gore
word: gride
word: jab
word: job
word: juke
word: kebab
word: knifecrime
word: lancinate
word: pigstick
word: pink
word: poach
word: run through
word: shank
word: shiv
word: spear
word: speet
word: splash
word: stab
word: stick
word: stob
word: stog
word: thrust
word: yerk
glosses: To stab; to pierce; usually with through.
Derived terms: thrust one's nose in
thrust out
thruster
tread
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɹɛd/
rhymes: -ɛd
Forms: form: treads
form: treade
Etymology: From Middle English tred, from treden (“to tread”).
Senses: glosses: A step taken with the foot.
examples: text: She is coming, my own, my sweet; / Were it ever so airy a tread, / My heart would hear her and beat.
ref: 1855, Alfred Tennyson, “(please specify the page)”, in Maud, and Other Poems, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC:
glosses: A manner of stepping.
examples: text: The steps fell lightly and oddly, with a certain swing, for all they went so slowly; it was different indeed from the heavy creaking tread of Henry Jekyll. Utterson sighed. "Is there never anything else?" he asked.
ref: 1886, Robert Louis Stevenson, Strange Case Of Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde:
text: But when, after a singularly heavy tread and the jingle of spurs on the platform, the door flew open to the newcomer, he seemed a realization of our worst expectations.
ref: 1896, Bret Harte, Barker's Luck and Other Stories:
text: As we stood waiting for the departure time with the setting sun twinkling on the great brass dome of our 2-4-0, the sound of church bells was the only one apart from the measured tread of the guard slowly pacing towards his van, and, standing at an open window, I more than once heard the fireman's "Right away!" to his mate in acknowledgement of a desultory wave of the unfurled green flag.
ref: 1955 January, R. S. McNaught, “From the Severn to the Mersey by Great Western”, in Railway Magazine, page 19:
glosses: The sound made when someone or something is walking.
examples: text: And the queint Mazes in the wanton greene,
For lacke of tread are vndistinguishable.
ref: c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “A Midsommer Nights Dreame”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i]:
glosses: A way; a track or path.
examples: text: The dog was waiting for him, her paws on the second tread, pere regardant with a happy lolling tongue.
ref: 1956, Anthony Burgess, Time for a Tiger (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 25:
topics: business
construction
manufacturing
glosses: A walking surface in a stairway on which the foot is placed.
glosses: The grooves carved into the face of a tire, used to give the tire traction.
glosses: The grooves on the bottom of a shoe or other footwear, used to give grip or traction.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: The chalaza of a bird's egg; the treadle.
glosses: The act of avian copulation in which the male bird mounts the female by standing on her back.
topics: fortification
fortifications
government
military
politics
war
glosses: The top of the banquette, on which soldiers stand to fire over the parapet.
glosses: A bruise or abrasion produced on the foot or ankle of a horse that interferes, or strikes its feet together.
Synonyms: sense: horizontal part of a step
word: run
Derived terms: alt: Etymology 1
word: retread
trod
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɹɒd/
ipa: /tɹɑd/
rhymes: -ɒd
rhymes: -ɑːd (General American)
Etymology: See tread.
Senses: glosses: simple past of tread
trod
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɹɒd/
ipa: /tɹɑd/
rhymes: -ɒd
rhymes: -ɑːd (General American)
Forms: form: trods
form: trodding
form: trodded
form: trodded
Etymology: From Middle English trod, past participle of treden; see tread. Compare Norwegian trod (“a path”).
Senses: examples: text: Sir ; to me the noble lord seems to trod close in the foot-steps of his fellow-labourers in the ministerial vineyard, and u crow over us with the same reason
ref: 1813, The Parliamentary history of England from the earliest period to the year 1803:
text: It renders the paths, and the banks of the bayous in that region almost impassable in autumn, until the cattle have trodded it down.
ref: 1833, Timothy Flint, The history and geography of the Mississippi Valley:
text: They bore him to his chamber, where he lay all pale and tearless, like some broken reed, Some helpless shrub, all crushed and trodded down
ref: 1866, Fanny Fisher, Ainsworth's heir:
text: Yet alas! I see around me the trodding of the same old paths, each trying to excel the other how to ape the good old ministers who were "very much liked by their parishioners."
ref: 1895, Uchimura Kanzo, The Diary of a Japanese Convert:
text: Land of mystery and enchantment, continent of contrast and extremes, where adventure awaits those who dare to defy convention and choose to trod the unfamiliar path.
ref: 1962 February, American Motorcyclist, page 16:
text: Happily, he writes the way he walks: at a vigorous lope, both attentive to the varied soils of the ground he trods and curious about the dust and dandelions over the next hill.
ref: 2007 December 23, Matt Weiland, “Walker in the City”, in New York Times:
text: And avoid trodding on the inevitably wet soil around the base of the shrubs as you work.
ref: 2009 March 18, Sonia Day, “Nip that gardening zeal in the bud”, in Toronto Star:
glosses: To walk heavily or laboriously; plod; tread
Derived terms: downtrod
well-trod
trod
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɹɒd/
ipa: /tɹɑd/
rhymes: -ɒd
rhymes: -ɑːd (General American)
Forms: form: trods
Etymology: From Old English trodu (“track, trace”), from the same source as tread.
Senses: examples: text: In many ways this process replicates the stone trods or pannierways which date from the mediaeval period and are a feature of many parts of the North York Moors.
ref: 2019, Alan Staniforth, Cleveland Way, page 81:
synonyms: trailway
glosses: A track or pathway.
Derived terms: hot trod
trodden
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɹɒ.dən/
ipa: /ˈtɹɑ.dən/
rhymes: -ɒdən
Forms: form: more trodden
form: most trodden
Senses: glosses: crushed by being walked on.
Derived terms: crow-trodden
well-trodden
trodden
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɹɒ.dən/
ipa: /ˈtɹɑ.dən/
rhymes: -ɒdən
Senses: glosses: past participle of tread
Derived terms: down-trodden
downtrodden
unbind
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʌnˈbaɪnd/
rhymes: -aɪnd
Forms: form: unbinds
form: unbinding
form: unbound
form: unbound
form: unbounden
Etymology: From Middle English unbinden, from Old English unbindan, onbindan (“to unbind; untie”), from Proto-West Germanic *andabindan, from Proto-Germanic *andabindaną, equivalent to un- + bind. Cognate with Dutch ontbinden, German entbinden, Gothic 𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌱𐌹𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌽 (andbindan).
Senses: glosses: To take bindings off.
glosses: To set free from a debt, contract or promise.
examples: text: Unbinds the specified key from a command
ref: 2013, Douglas Chick, Minecraft Secrets Book Cheat Codes, page 23:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: To disable some kind of connection in software, such as a key binding.
unbound
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʌnˈbaʊnd/
rhymes: -aʊnd
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of unbind
Derived terms: unbounded
unbound
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʌnˈbaʊnd/
rhymes: -aʊnd
Senses: examples: text: Near-synonyms: unconstrained, unrestrained, unencumbered; unfettered, fetterless
text: The terms of the contract inadvertently left certain unbound aspects to subjective interpretation.
glosses: Not bound.
Not obligated.
examples: text: Near-synonyms: unfettered, fetterless, unrestrained, unchained, unshackled, shackleless, unmanacled, unhandcuffed
text: The hostages' hands were left unbound.
glosses: Not bound.
Not tied up.
examples: text: an unbound book
text: Beneath an old ebony table were two long carved oak chests. I lifted the lid of one, and at the top was a once-white surplice covered with dust, and beneath was a mass of tracts — Commonwealth Quartos, unbound — a prey to worms and decay.
ref: 1880, William Blades, The Enemies of Books, page 40:
glosses: Not bound.
Without a binding.
raw_tags: of a book or document
examples: text: Helium-2 is unbound, as it is energetically favorable for it to split into two separate protons.
glosses: Not bound.
Lying beyond the proton or neutron drip line; having a negative particle separation energy; capable of decaying by the spontaneous exothermic emission of one or more nucleons.
qualifier: nuclear physics
raw_tags: of an atomic nucleus
Derived terms: unbound state
underlie
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌʌn.dəˈlaɪ/
ipa: /ˌʌn.dɚˈlaɪ/
ipa: /ˌan.dəˈlɑɪ/
rhymes: -aɪ
Forms: form: underlies
form: underlying
form: underlay
form: underlain
Etymology: From Middle English underlien, underliggen, from Old English underliċġan (“to underlie, to be subject to, give way to”), equivalent to under- + lie. Cognate with Dutch onderliggen (“to lie below, lie on the bottom of”), German unterliegen (“to lie under, be subject to, succumb”).
Senses: glosses: To lie in a position directly beneath something.
examples: text: A stratum of clay underlies the surface gravel.
glosses: To lie under or beneath.
examples: text: a doctrine underlying a theory
text: […] she was carved into the bole of a red cedar tree. Sun and storm had bleached the wood, moss here and there softened the crudeness of the modelling; sincerity underlay every stroke.
ref: 1941, Emily Carr, chapter 6, in Klee Wyck:
text: Some poems, echoing the purpose of early poetic treatises on scientific principles, attempt to elucidate the mathematical concepts that underlie prime numbers. Others play with primes’ cultural associations. Still others derive their structure from mathematical patterns involving primes.
ref: 2013 July-August, Sarah Glaz, “Ode to Prime Numbers”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 4:
synonyms: underpin
glosses: To serve as a basis of; form the foundation of.
examples: text: The knight of Ivanhoe […] underlies the challenge of Brian der Bois Guilbert.
ref: 1819 December 20 (indicated as 1820), Walter Scott, Ivanhoe; a Romance. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co. […], →OCLC:
glosses: To be subject to; be liable to answer, as a charge or challenge.
topics: business
mining
glosses: To underlay.
underlay
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʌndəɹˈleɪ/
rhymes: -eɪ
Etymology: From Middle English underleyen, from Old English underleċġan (“to underlay, prop, support”), equivalent to under- + lay. Cognate with Dutch onderleggen (“to lay or put under”), German unterlegen (“to underlay”), Swedish underlägga (“to underlay”).
Senses: glosses: simple past of underlie
underlay
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʌndəɹˈleɪ/
rhymes: -eɪ
Forms: form: underlays
form: underlaying
form: underlaid
form: underlaid
Etymology: From Middle English underleyen, from Old English underleċġan (“to underlay, prop, support”), equivalent to under- + lay. Cognate with Dutch onderleggen (“to lay or put under”), German unterlegen (“to underlay”), Swedish underlägga (“to underlay”).
Senses: glosses: To lay (something) underneath something else; to put under.
examples: to underlay a cut, plate, or the like, for printing
glosses: To provide a support for something; to raise or support by something laid under.
glosses: To put a tap on (a shoe).
topics: business
mining
synonyms: hade
qualifier: fault
glosses: To incline from the vertical.
raw_tags: of a vein
underlay
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʌndəɹˈleɪ/
rhymes: -eɪ
ipa: /ˈʌndəɹˌleɪ/
rhymes: -eɪ
ipa: /ʌndəɹˈleɪ/
rhymes: -eɪ
Forms: form: underlays
Etymology: From Middle English underlay, underlei, equivalent to under- + lay.
Senses: glosses: A layer (of earth, etc.) that lies under another; substratum.
glosses: A soft floor covering that lies under a carpet.
glosses: Anything that is underlaid.
topics: media
printing
publishing
glosses: A piece of paper pasted under woodcuts, stereotype plates, etc. in a form, to bring them up to the necessary level for printing.
examples: text: The underlay in bar 3 is unclear in Handel's manuscript.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Lyrics; or more specifically, the way in which lyrics are assigned to musical notes.
underlain
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʌndəɹˈleɪn/
rhymes: -eɪn
Senses: examples: text: Phylles was still smirking at him, but there was a degree of uncertainty behind her expression, that had perhaps underlain her earlier hostility as well.
ref: 2011, Adrian Tchaikovsky, The Sea Watch:
glosses: past participle of underlie
understand
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: enpr: ŭn(′)dər-stănd'
ipa: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/
ipa: /ʌndəˈstænd/
enpr: ŭn′dər-stănd'
ipa: /ˌʌndɚˈstænd/
ipa: [ˌʌɾ̃ɚˈstæ̃nd]
ipa: [ˌʌɾ̃ɚˈsteə̯nd]
ipa: /ˌʌndɚˈsteə̯nd/
ipa: /ˌʌndɚˈstænd/
ipa: /ˌɞndəɹˈstand/
note: Indic
ipa: /əɳɖə(r)ˈsʈaɳɖ/
note: Indic
ipa: /əɳˈɖɜ(r).sʈəɳɖ/
rhymes: -ænd
Forms: form: understaund
Etymology: From Middle English understanden, from Old English understandan (“to understand”), from Proto-West Germanic *understandan (“to stand between, understand”), from Proto-Germanic *understandaną (“to stand between, understand”), equivalent to Old English under- (“between, inter-”) + standan (“to stand”) (Modern English under- + stand). Cognate with Old Frisian understonda (“to understand, experience, learn”), Old High German understantan (“to understand”), Middle Danish understande (“to understand”). Compare also Saterland Frisian understunda, unnerstounde (“to dare, survey, measure”), Dutch onderstaan (“to undertake, presume”), German unterstehen (“to be subordinate”).
Senses: glosses: Uh-huh, I see; a way to acknowledge something said by the other speaker.
Related terms: explain
why
understood
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʌndəˈstʊd/
ipa: /ʌndɚˈstʊd/
rhymes: -ʊd
Forms: form: more understood
form: most understood
Senses: glosses: Having been comprehended.
Hyponyms: little-understood
well-understood
understood
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʌndəˈstʊd/
ipa: /ʌndɚˈstʊd/
rhymes: -ʊd
Senses: examples: text: Three crewmembers are understood to have been injured in the explosion.
glosses: simple past and past participle of understand
understood
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʌndəˈstʊd/
ipa: /ʌndɚˈstʊd/
rhymes: -ʊd
Senses: glosses: Indicates comprehension on the part of the speaker.
undertake
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌʌndəˈteɪk/
ipa: /ˌʌndɚˈteɪk/
ipa: /ˌɐndəˈtæɪk/
rhymes: -eɪk
Forms: form: undertakes
form: undirtake
Etymology: From Middle English undertaken; equivalent to under- + take (after undernim).
Senses: antonyms: overtake
glosses: The passing of slower traffic on the curbside rather than on the side closest to oncoming traffic.
undertook
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʌndəˈtʊk/
ipa: /ʌndɚˈtʊk/
ipa: /ʊndəˈtʊk/
ipa: /ʌndəɹˈtʉk/
rhymes: -ʊk
Senses: glosses: simple past of undertake
undertaken
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʌndə(ɹ)ˈteɪkən/
rhymes: -eɪkən
Senses: glosses: past participle of undertake
underwrite
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈʌndəɹaɪt/
ipa: /ʌndəˈɹaɪt/
Forms: form: underwrites
form: underwriting
form: underwrote
form: underwrit
form: underwritten
form: underwrit
Etymology: From Middle English underwriten, from Old English underwrītan (“to write at the foot of, write under, subscribe”). Compare Dutch onderschrijven (“to endorse”), German unterschreiben (“to sign; endorse”), Danish underskrive (“to sign; endorse”). By surface analysis, under- + write.
Senses: glosses: To write below or under; subscribe.
glosses: To subscribe (a document, policy etc.) with one's name.
glosses: To sign; to put one's name to.
glosses: To agree to pay by signing one's name; subscribe.
examples: text: Dr. Beeching's obvious intent is that if Scottish—and similarly unprofitable English and Welsh—railways are to be maintained, it must be done by an unconcealed subsidy; he is determined that the railways shall no longer be preoccupied with—and derided for—immense deficits which include the burden of social services the State must openly underwrite, if it wants them.
ref: 1962 October, “Talking of Trains: Passed to you, Mr. Macmillan”, in Modern Railways, page 220:
glosses: Specifically, to assume financial responsibility for something, and guarantee it against failure.
examples: text: The broker who procures the insurance […]ought not, by underwriting the policy, to deprive the parties of his unbiased testimony.
ref: 1810, Samuel Marshall, Of marine insurance:
topics: business
insurance
glosses: To act as an underwriter.
glosses: To support, lend support to, guarantee the basis of.
examples: text: Diſguiſe the holy ſtrength of their command: / And vnder write in an obſeruing kinde
ref: c. 1602, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iii]:
glosses: To submit to; put up with.
Derived terms: underwriter
underwriting
underwrote
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʌn.dɚˈɹoʊt/
rhymes: -əʊt
Senses: glosses: simple past of underwrite
underwritten
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʌn.dɚˈɹɪt.ən/
Senses: glosses: past participle of underwrite
undo
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʌnˈduː/
rhymes: -uː
homophone: undue (yod-dropping)
Forms: form: undoes
form: undoing
form: undid
form: undone
Etymology: From Middle English undōn, from Old English ondōn, from Proto-West Germanic *andadōn (“to undo”), equivalent to un- + do. Cognate with West Frisian ûndwaan, ûntdwaan (“to undo; rid”), Dutch ontdoen (“to undo”).
Senses: examples: text: Fortunately, we can undo most of the damage to the system by the war.
text: What's done can't be undone.
text: Pro.[…]it was a torment / To lay vpon the damn'd, which Sycorax / Could not againe vndoe ; it was mine Art, / When I arriu'd, and heard thee, that made gape / The Pyne, and let thee out.
ref: 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii], page 4:
text: But Wigan undid their good work by conceding an avoidable second goal deep into first-half injury time.
ref: 2011 October 15, Michael Da Silva, “Wigan 1 - 3 Bolton”, in BBC Sport:
text: And judging by how well the progressive and youth-favoured party did, many observers suspect this latest round of legal charges are a response to Future Forward's commitment to undo the legacy of military rule and undertake democratic reforms.
ref: 2019 April 6, Caleb Quinley, “Thailand: Anti-military party leader faces sedition charges”, in Al Jazeera, Doha: Al Jazeera, retrieved 06 Apr 2019:
glosses: To reverse the effects of an action.
examples: text: Could you undo my buckle for me?
glosses: To unfasten.
examples: text: Woe is me, for I am undone!
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC:
glosses: To impoverish or ruin, as in reputation; to cause the downfall of.
Synonyms: sense: reverse effects
word: cancel
sense: reverse effects
word: reverse
sense: unfasten
word: unbuckle
sense: unfasten
word: unbutton
sense: unfasten
word: untie
sense: unfasten
word: unzip
Derived terms: what's done cannot be undone
undo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʌnˈduː/
rhymes: -uː
homophone: undue (yod-dropping)
Forms: form: undos
Etymology: From Middle English undōn, from Old English ondōn, from Proto-West Germanic *andadōn (“to undo”), equivalent to un- + do. Cognate with West Frisian ûndwaan, ûntdwaan (“to undo; rid”), Dutch ontdoen (“to undo”).
Senses: examples: text: How many undos does this program support?
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: An operation that reverses a previous action.
undo
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʌnˈduː/
rhymes: -uː
homophone: undue (yod-dropping)
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of undue.
undid
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʌnˈdɪd/
rhymes: -ɪd
Senses: glosses: simple past of undo
undone
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʌnˈdʌn/
rhymes: -ʌn
Etymology: From un- + done.
Senses: examples: text: Even so, it was found necessary to leave certain tasks undone.
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: Not done.
undone
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʌnˈdʌn/
rhymes: -ʌn
Etymology: From Middle English undon, from Old English ondōn, from Proto-Germanic *andadōnaz, past participle of *andadōną (“to undo”), equivalent to undo + -en (past participle ending). Cognate with Dutch ontdaan (“stripped, undone, upset”).
Senses: examples: text: Your flies are undone.
glosses: Not fastened.
examples: text: Woe is me, for I am utterly undone!
text: Your hopes are murdered and undone.
ref: 1941, Theodore Roethke, “Feud”, in Open House, New York, N.Y.: Alfred A[braham] Knopf, →OCLC; republished in The Collected Poems of Theodore Roethke, London: Faber and Faber […], 1968, →OCLC, page 4:
glosses: Ruined; brought to nought.
undone
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʌnˈdʌn/
rhymes: -ʌn
Etymology: From Middle English undon, from Old English ondōn, from Proto-Germanic *andadōnaz, past participle of *andadōną (“to undo”), equivalent to undo + -en (past participle ending). Cognate with Dutch ontdaan (“stripped, undone, upset”).
Senses: glosses: past participle of undo
Derived terms: come undone
undoneness
unwind
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʌnˈwaɪnd/
rhymes: -aɪnd
Forms: form: unwinds
form: unwinding
form: unwound
form: unwound
Etymology: From Middle English unwinden, from Old English unwindan (“to unwind; unwrap”), from Proto-Germanic *andawindaną (“to unwind”); equivalent to un- + wind (“to coil”). Cognate with Dutch ontwinden (“to unwind”).
Senses: examples: text: to unwind a ball of yarn
text: Could you unwind about a foot of ribbon so I can finish the package?
synonyms: untwist
untwine
glosses: To separate (something that is wound up)
examples: text: […]but being not so skilful as in every point to unwind themselves where the snares of glossing speech do lie to entangle them,[…]
ref: 1836, Richard Hooker, The Works of Richard Hooker, volume 4, page 27:
glosses: To disentangle
examples: text: After work, I like to unwind by smoking a pipe while reading the paper.
glosses: To relax; to chill out; to rest and become relieved of stress
glosses: To be or become unwound; to be capable of being unwound or untwisted.
topics: business
finance
glosses: To close out a position, especially a complicated position.
topics: business
finance
glosses: To undo something.
examples: text: If the expression is a throw, we unwind the stack seeking a handler expression.
ref: 2006, Hans-Wolfgang Loidl, Trends in Functional Programming, volume 5, page 62:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: To navigate back through (a call stack) so as to generate a stack trace etc.
glosses: To unravel or explain.
Related terms: wind
unwind
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʌnˈwaɪnd/
rhymes: -aɪnd
Forms: form: unwinds
Etymology: From Middle English unwinden, from Old English unwindan (“to unwind; unwrap”), from Proto-Germanic *andawindaną (“to unwind”); equivalent to un- + wind (“to coil”). Cognate with Dutch ontwinden (“to unwind”).
Senses: examples: text: The NEWPC argument specifies the address to which control should be returned after the unwind is complete. If it is omitted, its default is for control to return to the PC saved in the call frame next outermost to the unwound ones.
ref: 1989, Ruth E. Goldenberg, Lawrence J. Kenah, VMS Internals and Data Structures: Version 5 Update:
text: A primary function of the unwind is to provide a guided web into the slitter rewinder for accuracy in locating the web for slitting or to realign the edge of the web in a straight rewinding operation.
ref: 1998, Tappi Journal, volume 81, page 207:
glosses: Any mechanism or operation that unwinds something.
unwound
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʌnˈwaʊnd/
rhymes: -aʊnd
Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of unwind
unwound
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʌnˈwaʊnd/
rhymes: -aʊnd
ipa: /ʌnˈwuːnd/
rhymes: -uːnd
ipa: /ʌnˈwaʊnd/
rhymes: -aʊnd
Forms: form: unwounds
form: unwounding
form: unwounded
form: unwounded
Etymology: From un- + wound (“to hurt”). Possibly backformed from the more common unwounded.
Senses: examples: text: The time travelling episode offers us restored wholeness of many kinds, ranging from physical (the ‘unwounding’ of wounded men) to spiritual and metaphysical (our transcending the tragedy of before and after).
ref: 1999, R. Norrman, “Creating the World in Our Image: A New Theory of Love of Symmetry and Iconicist Desire”, in M. Nänny, O. Fischer, editors, Form Miming Meaning, page 62:
text: "When I'm wounded, I go after people hard and I try to unwound myself," Trump said in a much-anticipated interview with Fox News' Megyn Kelly that aired Tuesday night on Fox.
ref: 2016 May 17, G. Morrongiello, “Trump: I wound people to 'unwound myself'”, in Washington Examiner:
glosses: to make (someone’s) wounds go away, to heal