cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
nightly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnaɪtli/
rhymes: -aɪtli
homophone: knightly
Etymology: From Middle English nyghtly, neghtly, from Old English *nihtlīċe (“nightly”), equivalent to night + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: He checks his email nightly.
text: This tunnel assumed some measure of importance during the second world war, when it was used nightly as an air raid shelter for multiple unit electric trains which were propelled over the branch by a steam engine.
ref: 1952 December, R. C. Riley, “By Rail to Kemp Town”, in Railway Magazine, page 836:
text: I practice nightly, I try to keep ahead / This art of surfacing is all but dead
ref: 1979, The Boomtown Rats, “Wind Chill Factor (Minus Zero)”, in The Fine Art of Surfacing:
glosses: Every night.
nightly
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnaɪtli/
rhymes: -aɪtli
homophone: knightly
Forms: form: nightlies
Etymology: From Middle English nyghtly, neghtly, from Old English *nihtlīċe (“nightly”), equivalent to night + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Depending on how brave you are, you can even set it to update to the “bleeding edge nightlies” instead of just the point release nightlies if you want to really see the cutting edge of WordPress core development.
ref: 2014, Adam Onishi, Pro WordPress Theme Development, Apress, →ISBN, page 349:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A build of a software program with the latest changes, released every night.
Britannica
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Ellipsis of Encyclopædia Britannica, long the most prominent English-language general encyclopedia.
Vinland
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈvɪnlənd/
ipa: /ˈvɪnlænd/
rhymes: -ɪnlənd
rhymes: -ɪnlænd
Forms: form: Vineland
form: Winland
Etymology: From Old Norse, coined c. AD 1000 by Leif Ericson, but of uncertain meaning because vowel length was not marked in early texts. It can therefore be either Vínland (“Wineland”) (from vín (“wine”)) or Vinland (“meadowland”) (from vin (“meadow, pasture”)).
Senses: glosses: The name given by the Icelandic Norseman Leifur Eiríksson to the portion of North America in modern-day Newfoundland, Canada when he arrived there circa 1000 AD.
Coordinate terms: Markland
Helluland
Greenland
Iceland
Derived terms: Vinlandic
nightshirt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nightshirts
Etymology: From night + shirt.
Senses: examples: text: He wore a blue striped nightshirt and bedroom slippers.
glosses: A shirt-like garment (often oversized) that is worn to bed.
Derived terms: nightshirted
volleyball
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈvɒlibɔ(ː)l/
Forms: form: volleyballs
form: volley-ball
form: bolleyball
Etymology: From volley + ball.
In 1895, in Holyoke, Massachusetts, William G. Morgan created a new game called Mintonette, a name derived from the game of badminton. After an observer, Alfred Halstead, noticed the volleying nature of the game at its first exhibition match in 1896, played at the International YMCA Training School (now called Springfield College), the game quickly became known as volleyball (it was originally spelled as two words: "volley ball")
Senses: glosses: A game played on a rectangular court between two teams of two to six players which involves striking a ball back and forth over a net.
glosses: The inflated ball used in such a game.
Derived terms: beach volleyball
indoor volleyball
kick volleyball
rebound volleyball
sand volleyball
sitting volleyball
volleyballene
volleyballer
volleyball player
wallyball
nightlight
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnaɪtˌlaɪt/
Forms: form: nightlights
form: night light
Etymology: From night + light.
Senses: examples: text: She had brought in with her the night-light that had been burning outside her door. She blew it out.
ref: 1925, D. H. Lawrence, chapter XVIII, in Louis L. Martz, editor, Quetzalcoatl, New York: New Directions, published 1998, page 310:
text: They made you give up / your nightlight / and your teddy / and your thumb.
ref: 1974, Anne Sexton, “The Fury of Overshoes”, in The Complete Poems, Boston: Houghton Mifflin, published 1981, page 372:
text: 1988, Joseph Brodsky, "Gorbunov and Gorchakov" Canto 13 in In Urania, New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, p. 165,
Your light cannot drive off the dark from me— / not any more than night-lights by the bed / drive off my dreams.
text: He put a small nightlight in the bathroom to find his way around in the dark.
glosses: a small, dim light or lamp left on overnight
examples: text: The floor-cloth deadened his footsteps as he moved in that direction through the obscurity, which was broken only by the faintest reflected night-light from without.
ref: 1895, Thomas Hardy, Jude the Obscure, Part Six, Chapter III:
text: […] the man held up two small objects faintly twinkling in the nightlight;
ref: 1924, Herman Melville, chapter 12, in Billy Budd, London: Constable & Co.:
text: Their made-up faces were garish in the night-light and as they walked they stared fixedly ahead, afraid to make a sideways glance in case it should be called soliciting.
ref: 1980, William Trevor, chapter 4, in Other People's Worlds, Penguin, published 1982, page 79:
glosses: light that shines at night such as moonlight, starlight, etc.
Hypernyms: light
Voynichese
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Voynich + -ese, named after Polish book dealer Wilfrid Voynich (Polish Wojnicz).
Senses: glosses: The language in which the Voynich manuscript is ostensibly written.
overnight
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /əʊvə(ɹ)ˈnaɪt/
rhymes: -aɪt
Forms: form: o'ernight
form: over night
form: overnite
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English overnyght, from Old English ofer niht (“through the night, overnight”), equivalent to over + night. Verbal use (late 19th c.) may have been influenced by German übernachten (16th c.), though it could also have developed independently.
Senses: examples: text: Let it run overnight and we'll check on it in the morning.
text: They delivered the package overnight.
text: I have heard of a man, who having been drunk overnight, and passed over a very narrow Bridge, which no sober Horseman durst attempt, being brought the next day to see what danger he went through, fell down in a swoon upon the sight of it.
ref: 1677, N. Ingelo, A Discourse Concerning Repentance, London, page 36:
text: […]then put the glass into a damp cellar, on sand, and the gold will overnight shoot into crystals, which take out, and let them dissolve again in distilled vinegar[…].
ref: 1765 February, “The Art of Guilding”, in The Universal Magazine of Knowledge and Pleasure, volume 36, London: John Hinton, page 81:
text: There was also hairdressing: hairdressing, too, really was hairdressing in those times — no running a comb through it and that was that. It was curled, frizzed, waved, put in curlers overnight, waved with hot tongs;[…].
ref: 1977, Agatha Christie, chapter 4, in An Autobiography, part II, London: Collins, →ISBN:
text: Overnight, as the storm bore down on urban flood zones, city officials ramped up emergency spaces to shelter thousands more people, mostly in public schools and colleges.
ref: 2012 November 20, Nina Bernstein, “Storm Bared a Lack of Options for the Homeless in New York”, in New York Times:
glosses: During or throughout the night, especially during the evening or night just past.
examples: text: The change seemed to happen overnight.
text: Overnight, the vivacious young actress became a caricature, a relic of the previous decade, whose hard-partying socialite image seemed frivolous and out of touch amid the ensuing years of the Great Depression.
ref: 2012, Christoper Zara, Tortured Artists: From Picasso and Monroe to Warhol and Winehouse, the Twisted Secrets of the World's Most Creative Minds, part 1, chapter 1, 27:
text: "You can't overnight turn everyone into an expert on everything. [...]."
ref: 2021 December 29, Paul Stephen, “Rail's accident investigators”, in RAIL, number 947, page 32:
glosses: In a very short (but unspecified) amount of time.
Derived terms: girl rented overnight
nonovernight
overnight diaper
overnighter
overnight nappy
overnight
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /əʊvə(ɹ)ˈnaɪt/
rhymes: -aɪt
Forms: form: o'ernight
form: over night
form: overnite
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English overnyght, from Old English ofer niht (“through the night, overnight”), equivalent to over + night. Verbal use (late 19th c.) may have been influenced by German übernachten (16th c.), though it could also have developed independently.
Senses: examples: text: The overnight ferry docked at 10 a.m.
glosses: Occurring between dusk and dawn.
examples: text: Don't expect overnight delivery.
text: Federal Express handled 225 million overnight and second-day packages, cornering a 50-percent share of the entire domestic overnight market[…].
ref: 1988 August 22, Julie Webber, “The Fastest Data Delivery: Three Services Provide Quick Information”, in Info World, volume 10, number 34, page S10:
text: I like cold overnight oats eaten straight from the fridge.
ref: 2018 March 20, Jessica Merchant, The Pretty Dish: More than 150 Everyday Recipes and 50 Beauty DIYs to Nourish Your Body Inside and Out, Rodale, →ISBN, page 4:
glosses: Complete before the next morning.
examples: text: They sent their kids to overnight camp.
text: We went on an overnight ski trip.
text: Overnight visitation in the park is controlled by the National Park Service and limited by the availability of lodging and camping facilities.
ref: 2000 November, National Park Service, Final Yosemite Valley Plan: Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement, volume 1A, page 3-154:
glosses: For which participants stay overnight.
Derived terms: overnight bag
overnight case
overnight oats
overnight
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /əʊvə(ɹ)ˈnaɪt/
rhymes: -aɪt
Forms: form: overnights
form: overnighting
form: overnighted
form: overnighted
form: o'ernight
form: over night
form: overnite
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English overnyght, from Old English ofer niht (“through the night, overnight”), equivalent to over + night. Verbal use (late 19th c.) may have been influenced by German übernachten (16th c.), though it could also have developed independently.
Senses: examples: text: His visits to Paris (which he had not allowed his son to visit until he was a teenager) became less frequent too: he never over-nighted there, for example, after 1744.
ref: 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 128:
glosses: To stay overnight; to spend the night.
examples: text: We can overnight you the documents for signature.
glosses: To send something for delivery the next day.
overnight
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əʊvə(ɹ)ˈnaɪt/
rhymes: -aɪt
Forms: form: overnights
form: o'ernight
form: over night
form: overnite
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English overnyght, from Old English ofer niht (“through the night, overnight”), equivalent to over + night. Verbal use (late 19th c.) may have been influenced by German übernachten (16th c.), though it could also have developed independently.
Senses: examples: text: Have you looked at the overnights yet?
glosses: An item delivered or completed overnight.
examples: text: Some will also have to work less coveted schedules like overnights and weekends just to start building their career and demo tape.
ref: Vault Career Guide to Journalism and Information Media (page 70)
glosses: An overnight stay, especially in a hotel or other lodging facility.
examples: text: Word spread that Barney was on his way out to the location and that the Nielsen overnights had been terrific, or why else would he come.
ref: 2000, Dorothy C. Swanson, Story of Viewers For Quality TV: From Grassroots to Prime Time:
text: The TV critic had the results of the June rating survey by Arbitron and Nielsen. […] He has the hard numbers on the June book plus the recent Nielsen overnights.
ref: 2006, A. D. Brown, News-Daze, page 3:
topics: broadcasting
media
television
glosses: Viewership ratings for a television show that are published the morning after it is broadcast, and may be revised later on.
examples: text: Pardon me, madam:
If I had given you this at overnight,
She might have been o'erta'en
ref: c. 1604–1605 (date written), William Shakespeare, “All’s Well, that Ends Well”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene v]:
glosses: The fore part of the previous night; yesterday evening.
north-east
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: north-easts
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of northeast.
north-east
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more north-east
form: most north-east
Senses: examples: text: Coal is found in several places along the Hun-chiang on the north-east of Tʻung-hua.
ref: 1913, Kinosuke Inouye, “The Coal Resources of Manchuria”, in The Coal Resources of the World, volume 1, Morang & Co. Limited, →OCLC, page 256:
text: Gervasius and Borodijin rode on to reconnoitre. As my caravan entered the strip of pasture fringing the shore I saw my people in conversation with Sarts by a yurt at the north-east corner of the lake. They soon returned with the information that the whole neighbourhood, which included Kala Otlak and Bulag Bashi, was known as Dakherukta. There was no tura, but two or three miles off to the west there lived a wealthy Sart who was at the moment away from home attending a wedding at some friends of his. The festivities were taking place on the farther side of the northern mountains.
ref: 1939, Wilhelm Filchner, “Issik Pakhta—The Sarts—Good-bye to Borodijin”, in E. O. Lorimer, transl., A Scientist in Tartary: from the Hoang-ho to the Indus, London: Faber and Faber Limited, →OCLC, pages 211–212:
text: The French Concession lay between the walled Chinese city and Yang-ching-pang Creek, later filled in and called Edward VII Avenue. The British Settlement stretched from Yang-ching-pang to Soochow Creek while the American settlement consisted of a piece of land fronting the river to the north-east of Soochow Creek.
ref: 1990, Harriet Sergeant, “A Simple Equation – The Rise of a Great City”, in Shanghai: Collision Point of Cultures, 1918-1939, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 18:
glosses: Alternative form of northeast.
north-east
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more north-east
form: most north-east
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of northeast.
north-north-east
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of north-northeast.
north-north-east
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of north-northeast.
north-north-east
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of north-northeast.
bunfight
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bunfights
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bun fight.
north-northeast
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: north northeast
form: north-north-east
form: nor'-nor'-east
form: NNE
Senses: antonyms: south-southwest
glosses: The compass point halfway between north and northeast; specifically at a bearing of 22.5°.
Derived terms: north-northeastwards
north-northeast
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: north northeast
form: north-north-east
form: nor'-nor'-east
form: NNE
Senses: glosses: Of, in or pertaining to the north-northeast; north-northeastern.
examples: text: A north-northeast course.
glosses: Situated toward or in the direction of the north-northeast; north-northeastward; north-northeasterly.
examples: text: A north-northeast wind.
glosses: Coming from the north-northeast; north-northeasterly.
north-northeast
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: north northeast
form: north-north-east
form: nor'-nor'-east
form: NNE
Senses: examples: text: We are travelling north-northeast at the moment.
glosses: Towards or in the direction of the north-northeast; north-northeastwards.
north-northwest
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: north northwest
form: north-north-west
form: nor'-nor'-west
form: NNW
Senses: antonyms: south-southeast
glosses: The compass point halfway between northwest and north; specifically at a bearing of 337.5°.
Derived terms: north-northwestwards
north-northwest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: north northwest
form: north-north-west
form: nor'-nor'-west
form: NNW
Senses: glosses: Of, in or pertaining to the north-northwest; north-northwestern.
examples: text: A north-northwest course.
glosses: Situated toward or in the direction of north-northwest; north-northwestward; north-northwesterly.
examples: text: A north-northwest wind.
glosses: Coming from the north-northwest; north-northwesterly.
north-northwest
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: north northwest
form: north-north-west
form: nor'-nor'-west
form: NNW
Senses: examples: text: We are travelling north-northwest at the moment.
glosses: Towards or in the direction of the north-northwest; north-northwestwards.
north-north-west
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of north-northwest.
north-north-west
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of north-northwest.
north-north-west
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of north-northwest.
north-west
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: north-wests
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of northwest.
north-west
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more north-west
form: most north-west
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of northwest.
north-west
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more north-west
form: most north-west
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of northwest.
hit the road
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: hits the road
form: hitting the road
form: hit the road
form: hit the road
Etymology: Compare typologically Russian уда́риться в бега́ (udáritʹsja v begá), уда́рить по та́пкам (udáritʹ po tápkam), тро́нуться (trónutʹsja).
Senses: examples: text: If we're gonna make it by sunset, we'd better hit the road.
synonyms: hit the pavement
glosses: To begin traveling in an automobile or other road vehicle.
examples: text: It's time for me to hit the road and walk home.
synonyms: hit the trail
glosses: To leave a place; to go away.
Related terms: hit it
nyctophobia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: rhymes: -əʊbiə
Etymology: From nycto- + -phobia.
Senses: examples: text: "You're afraid of the dark. That's nyctophobia. And you're afraid of deep places, or depth. That's bathophobia."
ref: 2004, Michael A. Gibbs, A Fairy of Anneliese Glade, →ISBN:
synonyms: noctiphobia
scotophobia
glosses: A fear of the night, nighttime, or darkness.
Synonyms: night-fear
nightfright
noctophobia
put one's best foot forward
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: puts one's best foot forward
form: putting one's best foot forward
form: put one's best foot forward
form: put one's best foot forward
form: put one's best foot foremost
Senses: examples: text: Try to put your best foot forward at all times during a job interview.
text: Unsurprisingly, Perry puts her best foot forward on opener “Never Really Over,” a song that not only maintains a catchy, hummable refrain, but also ironically doubles as a sort of mission statement for the artist.
ref: 2020 September 27, Alex McLevy, “With Smile, Katy Perry is desperately trying to have fun again”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the original on 28 Aug 2020:
glosses: To show oneself in the best or most positive way possible; to make a favorable impression.
nutcase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnʌtkeɪs/
Forms: form: nutcases
form: nut-case
Etymology: From nut + case. Compare headcase, mental case etc.
Senses: glosses: An eccentric or odd person.
glosses: Someone who is insane.
Synonyms: sense: eccentric or odd person
word: freak
word: kook
word: nutbag
word: nutter
word: odd duck
word: wacko
word: weirdo
word: strange person
sense: insane person
word: psycho
word: crackpot
word: loon
word: nut
word: screwball
word: mad person
nursemaid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nursemaids
Etymology: From nurse + maid.
Senses: glosses: A woman or girl employed to care for children.
Synonyms: nanny
nurserymaid
Coordinate terms: nurseman
Related terms: au pair
nursemaid
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: nursemaids
form: nursemaiding
form: nursemaided
form: nursemaided
Etymology: From nurse + maid.
Senses: glosses: To tend to as a nursemaid.
examples: text: I don't believe I have to nursemaid these two rookies through their entire probationary period.
text: ‘Make the most of it,’ said Ford. ‘Because what I want you to do is to nursemaid that package out of the building.
ref: 1992, Douglas Adams, chapter 14, in Mostly Harmless (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy), page 120:
glosses: To care for or look after.
nuclear family
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nuclear families
Etymology: From nuclear + family.
Senses: examples: text: The initial result of that fragmentation, the nuclear family, didn’t seem so bad. But then, because the nuclear family is so brittle, the fragmentation continued. In many sectors of society, nuclear families fragmented into single-parent families, single-parent families into chaotic families or no families.
ref: 2020 March, David Brooks, “The Nuclear Family Was a Mistake”, in The Atlantic, →ISSN:
coordinate_terms: extended family
immediate family
joint family
stem family
glosses: A family unit consisting of two parents (traditionally a mother and a father) and their children.
fidget
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɪd͡ʒ.ɪt/
rhymes: -ɪdʒɪt
Forms: form: fidgets
form: fidgeting
form: fidgetting
form: fidgeted
form: fidgeted
form: fidgetted
form: fidgetted
Etymology: From fidge (“to fidget”) + *-et (frequentative ending), possibly from Middle English *-ten, from Old English -ettan.
Senses: examples: text: "Look, Jim, how my fingers fidget," he continued, in the pleading tone. "I can't keep e'm still, not I."
ref: 1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island, London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883, →OCLC:
text: Will you stop fucking about and fidgeting in my peripherals? I'm trying to concentrate.
ref: 1993, Mike Leigh, Naked, spoken by Johnny (David Thewlis):
glosses: To wiggle or twitch; to move the body, especially the fingers, around nervously or idly.
examples: text: “Do I fidget you ?” he asked apologetically, whilst his long bony fingers buried themselves, string, knots, and all, into the capacious pockets of his magnificent tweed ulster.
ref: 1904–1905, Baroness Orczy [i.e., Emma Orczy], chapter 1, in The Case of Miss Elliott, London: T[homas] Fisher Unwin, published 1905, →OCLC; republished as popular edition, London: Greening & Co., 1909, OCLC 11192831, quoted in The Case of Miss Elliott (ebook no. 2000141h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg of Australia, February 2020:
glosses: To cause to fidget; to make uneasy.
Derived terms: fidget-bottom
fidgeter
fidgetin
fidgetingly
fidgetsome
unfidgeting
fidget
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɪd͡ʒ.ɪt/
rhymes: -ɪdʒɪt
Forms: form: fidgets
Etymology: From fidge (“to fidget”) + *-et (frequentative ending), possibly from Middle English *-ten, from Old English -ettan.
Senses: glosses: A nervous wriggling or twitching motion.
synonyms: fidgeter
glosses: A person who fidgets, especially habitually.
glosses: An object intended to be fidgeted with (such as a tool or toy).
Derived terms: fidget pie
fidget spinner
fidget-spinning
fidget stone
fidget toy
fidgety
superlative degree
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
synonyms: superlative
hypernyms: degree of comparison
glosses: The degree of comparison of an adjective or adverb used when comparing three or more entities in terms of a certain property or a certain way of doing something. In English, the superlative of superiority is formed by adding the suffix -est or the word most (e.g. biggest, most fully); the superlative of inferiority, by adding the word least (e.g. least big, least fully).
comparative degree
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: comparative degrees
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
synonyms: comparative
hypernyms: degree of comparison
glosses: The degree of comparison of an adjective or adverb used when comparing two entities in terms of a certain property or a certain way of doing something. In English, the comparative of superiority is formed by adding the suffix -er or the word more (e.g. bigger, more fully); the comparative of equality, by adding the word as (e.g. as big, as fully); the comparative of inferiority, by adding the word less (e.g. less big, less fully).
batting glove
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: batting gloves
Senses: topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Each of a pair of protective gloves worn by a batsman to prevent damage to the fingers and hands
inswing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: inswings
Etymology: From in- + swing.
Senses: glosses: An inward swinging motion.
topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: The swing of a ball through the air in a direction towards the batsman.
inswing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From in- + swing.
Senses: topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
antonyms: outswing
glosses: Describing a bowler who uses inswing in the ball's flight.
ICC
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈʔajsisi/
Senses: examples: text: ‘‘President Assad of Syria should be put on trial at the International Criminal Court”, Dutch minister of Foreign Affairs Bert Koenders publicly stated in 2016. He now may face charges from ICC himself, since it’s been revealed he supported terrorists in Syria.
ref: 2020, Eric van de Beek, “Assad curse strikes again: Dutch official embarrassed”, in The Frontier Post, archived from the original on 17 Jul 2023:
qualifier: international law
glosses: Initialism of International Criminal Court.
topics: banking
business
glosses: Initialism of International Chamber of Commerce.
topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Initialism of International Cricket Council.
glosses: Initialism of Interstate Commerce Commission.
topics: nautical
sailing
transport
glosses: Initialism of International Certificate of Competence, certificate that may be issued to anyone who has successfully completed certain national boating licenses.
Related terms: sense: international law
word: ICJ
International Cricket Council
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the International Cricket Council
form: ICC
Senses: topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: the governing body that organizes world cricket
ill-advised
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ill-advised
form: most ill-advised
Senses: examples: text: Ashley Young's ill-advised attempt to dribble out of danger ended in a corner and when Steven Gerrard's delivery was headed goalwards by Daniel Agger, Sturridge deflected it home from virtually on the line.
ref: 2013, Phil McNulty, “Liverpool 1-0 Man Utd”, in BBC Sport:
glosses: Carried out without the benefit of wise counsel or careful deliberation, or carried out with unwise counsel.
examples: text: You are ill-advised to boast of that foul deed.
ref: 1971, Gabriel Kingsley Osei, Shaka the Great: King of the Zulus, page 42:
glosses: Acting unwisely.
Derived terms: ill-advisedly
affective
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈfɛktɪv/
homophone: effective (weak vowel merger)
rhymes: -ɛktɪv
Forms: form: more affective
form: most affective
Etymology: From Medieval Latin affectivus, from Latin affectus, past participle of afficere (“to affect”). By surface analysis, affect + -ive.
Senses: glosses: Relating to, resulting from, or influenced by the emotions.
glosses: Emotional; emotionally charged; affecting.
Derived terms: affective computing
affective disorder
affective labor
affectively
affectiveness
affective partisan polarization
affectivity
cerebellar cognitive affective syndrome
homoaffective
neuroaffective
nonaffective
psychoaffective
schizoaffective
seasonal affective disorder
socioaffective
subaffective
Related terms: affect
affectation
affecter
affection
affectionate
effective
cognitive
motor
ambient
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæm.bi.ənt/
Forms: form: more ambient
form: most ambient
Etymology: From Latin ambiēns (“going around”), from ambiō (“go around”).
Senses: examples: text: A cup of warm tea eventually cools to the ambient temperature.
text: This which yields or fills all space / The ambient air wide interfused
ref: 1667, John Milton, “(please specify the page number)”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
text: Then gazing up, a glorious Pile beheld, / VVhoſe tovv'ring Summit ambient Clouds conceal'd.
ref: 1715, [Alexander] Pope, The Temple of Fame: A Vision, London: […] Bernard Lintott […], →OCLC, page 9:
glosses: Encompassing on all sides; surrounding; encircling; enveloping.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Evoking or creating an atmosphere: atmospheric.
examples: text: ambient food
text: ambient warehousing
glosses: Relating to, or suitable for, storage at room temperature.
examples: text: These, then, are characterizations of the system of natural numbers within an ambient set theory. And they seem to work, in the sense that in a sufficiently strong set theory it can be shown that Peano's axioms have (up to isomorphism) a unique model (cf. Rem. 6.1.8).
ref: 1996, Moshe Machover, Set Theory, Logic and Their Limitations, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 282:
text: As much of the work in determinacy must proceed without AC, ZF serves as the ambient theory for this section, and uses of AC will be explicitly noted, reversing the usual procedure.
ref: 2008, Akihiro Kanamori, The Higher Infinite: Large Cardinals in Set Theory from Their Beginnings, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 369:
text: A point in the manifold is classically represented by a vector in the ambient space.
ref: 2011, Henry W. Haslach Jr., Maximum Dissipation Non-Equilibrium Thermodynamics and its Geometric Structure, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 163:
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Containing objects or describing a setting that one is interested in.
Derived terms: nonambient
subambient
superambient
ambient
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæm.bi.ənt/
Forms: form: ambients
Etymology: From Latin ambiēns (“going around”), from ambiō (“go around”).
Senses: examples: text: Much after this same manner, when the Air is exceeding cold through which it passes; do we find the drops of Rain, falling from the Clouds, congealed into round Hail-stones by the freezing Ambient.
ref: 1665, Robert Hooke, Micrographia:
glosses: Something that surrounds; encompassing material, substance or shape.
examples: text: It might be also, that attracted by that great void Vacuum ... all the ambients would be rarified, and particularly, the air.
ref: 1662 Thomas Salusbury, Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems (Dialogue 2)
topics: astrology
human-sciences
mysticism
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The atmosphere; the surrounding air or sky; atmospheric components collectively such as air, clouds, water vapour, hail, etc.
examples: text: Ambient can be flabby synth mulch that needs to access cyberism and external philosophies to convince you you're not being scammed.
ref: 1996, SPIN, volume 12, number 3, page 116:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A type of modern music that creates a relaxing and peaceful atmosphere.
Synonyms: topics: music
entertainment
lifestyle
word: ambient music
topics: music
entertainment
lifestyle
word: chillout
Derived terms: ambient device
ambient findability
ambient food
ambient house
ambient-like
ambiently
ambientness
ambient pressure
dark ambient
illbient
psybient
actuator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæk.tjuː.eɪ.tə(ɹ)/
ipa: /ˈæk.t͡ʃu.eɪ.tə(ɹ)/
ipa: /ˈæk.t͡ʃu.eɪ.tɚ/
ipa: [ˈæk.t͡ʃu.eɪ.ɾɚ]
ipa: /ˈæk.t͡ʃʉ.æɪ.tə(ɹ)/
ipa: [ˈæk.t͡ʃʉ.æɪ.ɾə(ɹ)]
Forms: form: actuators
Etymology: From actuate + -or. First attested in 1652.
Senses: examples: text: The mind is the actuator of the body.
text: […] and God is the Author and Actuator of nature, as well as of grace; […]
ref: 1652, Anthony Burgesse, Spiritual Refining: or a Treatise of Grace and Assurance, Section V, Sermon XLIII, page 264:
glosses: Something that actuates something else.
glosses: A usually electric device that causes a mechanical device (i.e., a mechanism) to be switched on or off. For example; an electric motor that opens and closes a valve.
topics: computer-hardware
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The mechanism that moves the head assembly on a disk drive.
topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A relay that controls the flow of electricity.
Derived terms: bioactuator
microactuator
multiactuator
nanoactuator
piezoactuator
thermoactuator
vibroactuator
workload
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: workloads
Etymology: From work + load.
Senses: glosses: The amount of work assigned to a particular worker, normally in a specified time period.
glosses: The amount of work that a machine can handle or produce.
Related terms: caseload
rapture
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹæpt͡ʃɚ/
ipa: /ˈɹaptʃə/
ipa: /ˈɹɛptʃɘ/
rhymes: -æptʃə(ɹ)
Forms: form: raptures
form: rapturing
form: raptured
form: raptured
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French rapture, from Latin raptūra, future active participle of rapiō (“snatch, carry off”).
Senses: examples: text: She raptured me in summer by giving me Fitzgerald's flawed and gorgeous masterpiece, the book that held his tortured heart.
ref: 2012, The Books They Gave Me: True Stories of Life, Love, and Lit, page 138:
glosses: To cause to experience great happiness or excitement.
glosses: To experience great happiness or excitement.
examples: text: "If she's raptured," Ellen said to them on the fifth night after Marylee's disappearance, as they sat on the roof of the building on their old beanbags and rusting garden furniture hauled up from the Museum, "if that's what happened to her, then […]"
ref: 2001, Allan Appel, Club Revelation: A Novel, page 320:
text: These fiction books told the story of some church people who were raptured but focused on the people who were not raptured.
ref: 2007, Leon L. Combs, A Search For Reality, page 46:
text: The third person raptured by God into heaven was Elijah […]
ref: 2010, Gerald Mizejewski, Jerimiah Asher, Charting the Supernatural Judgements of Planet Earth, page 233:
text: “Praise the Lord, he's been raptured.” Good grief. “I don't think so, Mrs. Farris. 'Course, I'm Episcopalian, and I'm pretty sure we don't get raptured. But, Baptists get raptured, don't they?”
ref: 2011, Lexi George, Demon Hunting in Dixie, →ISBN:
glosses: To take (someone) off the Earth and bring (them) to Heaven as part of the Rapture.
glosses: To take part in the Rapture; to leave Earth and go to Heaven as part of the Rapture.
examples: text: And then the flowers! May-day indeed. Hester had been in Switzerland at the end of June, years on years before, and often had she raptured to Effie about the day's ride, in which they collected a hundred varieties of flowers, most of them new to them.
ref: 1885, Edward Everett Hale, G.T.T.; or, The Wonderful Adventures of a Pullman, page 158:
text: Pulling her leggings down over unshaven legs, she raptured "I'm dry!" to her audience.
ref: 2003, Jessica Peers, Asparagus Dreams, page 75:
text: They're called angora with wonderfully long, soft fleece,” she raptured on about her first venture.
ref: 2003, Beverly Adam, Irish Magic, page 121:
glosses: To state (something, transitive) or talk (intransitive) rapturously.
widow's peak
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: widow's peaks
form: widows' peaks
Senses: examples: text: “I like your hair,” Grace said, gently pulling at the clump standing armed sentinel over my widow's peak. “It's honest.”
ref: 2010, Gary Shteyngart, Super Sad True Love Story, Random House, →ISBN, page 154:
glosses: A descending V-shaped point in the hairline in the middle of the forehead.
widdle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwɪdəl/
rhymes: -ɪdəl
Forms: form: widdles
Senses: glosses: Urine.
glosses: An act of urination.
Synonyms: sense: urine
word: piddle
word: urine
sense: urination
word: piddle
word: urination
widdle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwɪdəl/
rhymes: -ɪdəl
Forms: form: widdles
form: widdling
form: widdled
form: widdled
Senses: glosses: To urinate.
glosses: To play guitar (especially the electric guitar) quickly.
Synonyms: piddle
urinate
Derived terms: widdler
widdly
widdle
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwɪdəl/
rhymes: -ɪdəl
Forms: form: widdler
form: widdlest
Senses: qualifier: childish or mocking
glosses: Little.
Synonyms: word: ickle
word: lickle
word: liddle
word: wittle
Related terms: whiddle
whittle
whatshisface
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: whatshisfaces
form: what's-his-face
form: whatsisface
Etymology: From what's his face. The use of face in its metonymic sense in this construction reflects essential objectification via metonymy as explained at ass § Usage notes.
Senses: glosses: A person whose name is either unknown or forgotten
Synonyms: whatsaname
Related terms: whatshisname
webmag
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: webmags
Etymology: From Web + mag.
Senses: glosses: A magazine that is only published on the Internet.
Synonyms: e-zine
cyberzine
webzine
waterskin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: waterskins
Etymology: From water + skin.
Senses: glosses: A container for water made of skin.
Hyponyms: skin
Related terms: wineskin
goatskin
Harvey
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhɑːvi/
ipa: /ˈhɑ(ɹ)vi/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)vi
Forms: form: Harveys
form: Hervey
Etymology: From Haerviu, name of a Breton saint, from Old Breton hoiarn (“iron”) + viu (“blazing”). Cognate with modern Breton Haerviu.
In Ireland, used as an anglicisation of Irish Ó hAirmheadhaigh and Ó hEarchaidh.
The civil parish in New Brunswick is probably named in honour of British colonial administrator John Harvey (1778 - 1852).
Senses: examples: text: Sarah Harvey, an NHS worker from Brighton, was also told by Vodafone that she had to pay a £5,800 bill run up after she was hit on the head by a cyclist, again in Barcelona this summer.
ref: 2014 November 22, Miles Brignall, “Victory against Vodafone for schoolteacher billed £15,000”, in The Guardian:
text: Naomi Osaka, a Japanese professional tennis player, also responded to the NHK post with a popular gif of “Family Feud” host Steve Harvey expressing bewilderment.
ref: 2020 June 9, Yoko Wakatsuki, Eric Cheung and Jack Guy, “Japanese broadcaster takes down controversial Black Lives Matter anime”, in CNN:
glosses: A surname transferred from the given name.
examples: text: Miramax Films cofounders Bob and Harvey Weinstein will end their successful, but often tumultuous, 12-year relationship with The Walt Disney Company to launch their own media company.
ref: 2005 March 30, “Miramax founders leave Disney”, in The Guardian:
text: After getting permisssion from my mom, I personal messaged ten different Harveys from her profile who seemed “obviously” Native and lived in Phoenix.
ref: 2018, Tommy Orange, “Edwin Black”, in There There, New York, N.Y.: Vintage Books, →ISBN, page 69:
glosses: A male given name from the Celtic languages, in modern use often transferred back from the surname.
glosses: A railway point in Tête Jaune Cache, Regional District of Fraser-Fort George, British Columbia, Canada.
glosses: A civil parish of Albert County, New Brunswick, Canada.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Scott County, Arkansas.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A city in Cook County, Illinois.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A minor city in Marion County, Iowa.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A census-designated place in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A census-designated place in Chocolay Township and Sands Township, Marquette County, Michigan.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A city in Wells County, North Dakota.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Botetourt County, Virginia.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Fayette County, West Virginia.
glosses: A town in the South West region, Western Australia, named after the Harvey River.
glosses: A local government area in this area of Western Australia, which includes the town; in full, the Shire of Harvey.
Derived terms: english: nickname for the given name
translation: nickname for the given name
word: Harv
word: Harvey County
word: harveyize
word: Harvey process
larvae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlɑː.vi/
enpr: lärʹvē
ipa: /ˈlɑɹ.vi/
ipa: /ˈlɑɹ.veɪ/
note: Indic
ipa: /ˈlɑ(r)ve/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)vi
Forms: form: larvas
form: larvæ
Senses: glosses: plural of larva
victimization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌvɪk.tɪ.maɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/
ipa: /ˌvɪk.tɪ.məˈzeɪ.ʃən/
Forms: form: victimizations
form: victimisation
Etymology: From victim + -ization or victimize + -ation.
Senses: glosses: An act that victimizes or exploits someone.
glosses: Adversity as a result of being a victim.
Derived terms: secondary victimization
self-victimization
victimize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈvɪktɪmaɪz/
Forms: form: victimizes
form: victimizing
form: victimized
form: victimized
form: victimise
Etymology: From victim + -ize.
Senses: glosses: To make (someone) a victim or sacrifice.
examples: text: Yet, even as Democratic party leadership has decried this mass deportation plan and even as the bill maligns Democrats as victimizing Americans through its policy of “open borders,” 48 Democratic members of Congress voted for this GOP-backed bill.
ref: 2025 January 19, Heba Gowayed, “The Laken Riley Act exposes Democrats’ hypocrisy on immigration”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: To punish unjustly.
glosses: To swindle or defraud.
Derived terms: self-victimize
victimization
victimizer
Victorian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /vɪkˈtɔː.ɹɪ.ən/
ipa: /vɪkˈtɔ.ɹi.ən/
Forms: form: Victorians
Etymology: From Victoria + -an (suffix forming adjectives and agent nouns), from the name of Queen Victoria (1819–1901), monarch of the United Kingdom.
Senses: examples: text: What a perfect Victorian you are, Charles. I should like to keep you in a glass case.
ref: 1930, Dorothy L. Sayers, Strong Poison:
text: It was not until the late 1800s when older members of New York society, aghast at the invasion of vulgar "new money," devised a daunting system of social rules – not to mention silverware – meant to repel anyone of humble origins who dared to sit down at one of their twelve-course dinners. It was the Victorians who gave us such useful implements as the strawberry knife.
ref: 2008 May 29 – June 4, Aimee Levitt, “St. Louis’ etiquette masters tell us how to mind our manners”, in Riverfront Times, St. Louis, Mo.: Euclid Media Group, →OCLC, archived from the original on 02 Jun 2022, page 20:
text: The arrival of the railway turned this isolated fishing village into a popular seaside destination for Victorians who came to breathe fresh sea air, clear their lungs or take the waters.
ref: 2022 January 12, Paul Bigland, “Fab Four: The Nation’s Finest Stations: Grange-over-Sands”, in Rail, number 948, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire: Bauer Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 27:
glosses: A person born in or living in the Victorian period, or exhibiting characteristics of that period.
glosses: An item of furniture from that period.
examples: text: The commercial resurgence brought about by the area's changing tastes is reflected in midtown's conglomeration of refurbished Victorians, apartments, specialty shops, offices, corner groceries, restaurants, single-family homes, and bed and breakfast inns.
ref: 1987, Faren Maree Bachelis, “Downtown Sacramento”, in The Pelican Guide to Sacramento and the Gold Country (A Firebird Press Book), Gretna, New Orleans, La.: Pelican Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 86:
topics: architecture
glosses: A house built in the Victorian architectural style.
Victorian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /vɪkˈtɔː.ɹɪ.ən/
ipa: /vɪkˈtɔ.ɹi.ən/
Etymology: From Victoria (“state of Australia in the southeastern part of the continent”) + -an (suffix forming adjectives and agent nouns); the state was named after Queen Victoria when it was established in 1851.
Senses: examples: text: Up to 26 properties are believed lost in Victorian bushfires.
glosses: Of, from or relating to the state of Victoria, Australia.
Victorian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /vɪkˈtɔː.ɹɪ.ən/
ipa: /vɪkˈtɔ.ɹi.ən/
Forms: form: Victorians
Etymology: From Victoria (“state of Australia in the southeastern part of the continent”) + -an (suffix forming adjectives and agent nouns); the state was named after Queen Victoria when it was established in 1851.
Senses: glosses: A native or inhabitant of the state of Victoria, Australia.
Victorian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /vɪkˈtɔː.ɹɪ.ən/
ipa: /vɪkˈtɔ.ɹi.ən/
Etymology: From Victoria (“capital of British Columbia, Canada”) + -an (suffix forming adjectives and agent nouns); incorporated as a city in 1862, the settlement which preceded the city was named Fort Victoria after Queen Victoria in 1843.
Senses: glosses: Of, from or relating to the city of Victoria, capital of British Columbia, Canada.
Victorian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /vɪkˈtɔː.ɹɪ.ən/
ipa: /vɪkˈtɔ.ɹi.ən/
Forms: form: Victorians
Etymology: From Victoria (“capital of British Columbia, Canada”) + -an (suffix forming adjectives and agent nouns); incorporated as a city in 1862, the settlement which preceded the city was named Fort Victoria after Queen Victoria in 1843.
Senses: glosses: A native or inhabitant of the city of Victoria, capital of British Columbia, Canada.
victorious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /vɪkˈtɔːɹiəs/
rhymes: -ɔːɹiəs
Forms: form: more victorious
form: most victorious
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin victōriōsus, from victōria (“victory”), from victor (“conqueror”). Displaced native Old English siġefæst.
Senses: examples: text: They will not force us, / They will stop degrading us, / They will not control us, / We will be victorious!
ref: 2009, Muse, Uprising:
glosses: Being the winner in a contest, struggle, war, etc.
examples: text: The team were met with a victorious cheer.
synonyms: winning
triumphant
glosses: Of or expressing a sense of victory or triumph.
Related terms: victory
video camera
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: video cameras
Senses: synonyms: word: camcorder
english: used by amateurs
translation: used by amateurs
word: television camera
english: used by professionals
translation: used by professionals
glosses: A device for recording video footage, often a portable one used by amateurs; also as a fixed installation for surveillance purposes.
videocassette
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: videocassettes
form: video cassette
Etymology: From video- + cassette.
Senses: glosses: A cassette containing a blank or prerecorded videotape on which visual images and sounds are recorded for use with a VCR.
Related terms: videocassette recorder